Talisman of Polaza

Unearthly powerful Death-Magic totem that provides the following powers (once agreed to be bound to it):

• Bonding Catalyst

  • In order to access the powers of the talisman, the person must stab the talisman into one's body and draw blood while stating in Latin "To the dark gods of Polaza, I give you my soul to project your power and influence across this realm as well as those that fall under my command and control, until the next bearer bests me to be your next harbinger of death, unless they be kin. I commit myself and my people to you forever more in death's grace".

  • Once performed (and there is not counter magic blocking or subverting the spell), the powers of the Talisman will be unlocked and become a lifetime curse to the bearer and those under the command of the bearer, so long as the Talisman is within physical contact/proximity to the bearer (no greater than 10 feet of distance, or separation between ethereal and physical states which only leaves the bearer in his previously chosen state, yet still bound to the Talisman's range of less than 4 miles distance; as such, if the talisman were physical and the bearer intangible, the bearer could not control it fully other than be bound to its last ordered/controlled state/power tasking).

• Powers of the Bound Talisman

  • Immortality

    • Bearer and any selected people (or animals) under the bearer's control will have immortality.​

    • Bearer cannot be killed outright except through the destruction of the Talisman.

    • Bearer will adhere to the automatic Body Transformations associated with the immortality, however, once 'relieved' of the curse, can return back to the age/body once had at the time of becoming the bearer/controlled person or animal.

    • Physical bodies regenerate at an unearthly rate.

  • Body Transformation

    • Once bound to the Talisman, the bearer and the souls of those under the bearer's command are physically transformed due to the required incredible energies and conditions placed upon the bodies for the powers of the Talisman to operate through them.​

    • Skin will turn varying shades of either grey, white, yellow or black and become 'dead skin', looking shriveled, leathery or dry

    • Hair will turn grey or white or dissolve from the bodies

    • Bodies will no longer require oxygen to breath, nor food or water to be sustained

    • Body composition will not change if left in water or in the ground too long

    • Those bound to the Talisman bearer will function at a reduced level of fighting, agility, strength and endurance against typical capabilities (these reduced functions do not apply to the bearer).

    • Body does not have blood anymore; vital organs do not function; body is operated through a powerful magical state

    • Souls are still attached to the bodies, but controlled by the bearer

    • Bearer retains his own soul (well, except for that part that can be 'influenced and controlled' by the dark gods of Polaza...should they ever choose to actually control a bearer for the first time in nearly over 2 millennia).

  • Intangibility

    • Has the incredible ability to make one's body (and/or allow the bound crew's bodies) to become 100% intangible or partial intangible.​

    • In such a state, the body cannot be harmed except by another bearer of death magic that is intangible too.

  • Ethereal Control

    • Has the incredible ability to make any physical object, once touched by  bearer, ethereal or linked to another object's/being's ethereal state (i.e., Captain Muerto's pistols turn ethereal when he does; the ship's new cannons (created in 1967) turn ethereal with the ship that are linked to.

    • Ethereal properties are those related to "Intangibility" (described above).

    • FEAT: Captain Muerto can touch a nemesis' weapon and turn it ethereal right from the hand of the nemesis and take said weapon from him once Captain Muerto shifts to an ethereal state and takes the weapon, which can now be used with an additional equivocal yet not compounded 'magical' damage capability. Can also to this to cars, ships, etc.  

  • Death Magic Manipulation

    • Has the incredible ability to manipulate death magic and associated spells to perform the following (except against kin):​

      • Inanimate object control​

        • Can lift or manipulate inanimate objects up to incredible levels of weight within a 40 yard range (ropes, swords, cannons, etc.)​

        • Can only affect 4 large items (cars, small boats, large cannons), 10 mid sized (crate-sized) objects or 20 small objects (rope, gun shot/bullets, cloth, etc)

      • Life Energy Transference

        • Can transfer up to 40% of a target's health and stamina for 40 minutes to his own powers, health and/or crews' health​ Can only do this 4 times a day or suffer a 40% chance of being able to use the power for an additional day

      • Invoke Curse​

        • Can ​impose a  remarkable magical 'state' on a target that can last up to 30 days:

          • Life Drain​

            • Keeps target below 30% health, stamina and psyche each day for duration​

            • Requires daily endurance check to ensure target doesn't take a 'turn for the worse'

          • Ethereal State Change​

            • Keeps target either in a solid, physical state or an ethereal state (usually ethereal)

            • While in this state, target is not under Talisman's or bearer's control​

            • Target will not die in this state or become hungry, famished

          • Geographically Bound to Fixed Location​

            • Cannot move more than 30 yards from a fixed geophysical location​

            • Target is still susceptible to oxygen, food, water, etc to survive and can DIE if not resolved

          • Body Transformation​

            • Target's body is transformed into that of a Talisman's affected body, but not under the control of the Talisman​

            • Body will not require oxygen, food, water etc., but will also be weakened as per Body Transformation for crew listed in entry.

            • Body CAN die; it is not immortal in this state (Seeing as it can't eat, drink etc, that is the most likely outcome of this curse, usually occurs within a week of the curse's embodiment)

  • Magical Bolts

    • Can shoot excellent level magical bolts from his hands, but usually from his pistols instead​

    • Range 200 yards

  •  Soul Conversion/Control

    • Amazing dark magic soul control power

    • Can control up to 400 people/animals/beings

    • Bearer can add to his 'crew' control by touching the talisman to the skin of a person/being and having said person/being say in Latin "I am yours to serve forevermore"​

      • Each affected soul will no longer be accessible to anyone else but Talisman bearer and/or Dark Gods of Polazo (should they invoke their will over the bearer)​

      • Once a soul is under the bearer's control, the bearer controls the general thoughts, moods and actions of the soul and its associated body, usually evoking a command/obey manipulation

      • Can be done with animals and beings of poor or feeble or less intelligence/reason just by touching the talisman to the animal/being​

  • Ghostly Flight (Hovering)

    • Can hover/fly at a max speed of 10 mph to an altitude of over 1,000 feet (never tested beyond that)​

    • Can be done in physical or ethereal state

  • Voodoo-Enchanted Pistols​ (2)

    • Enchanted by a Haitian voodoo hogan, the pistols can effect good magical damage at a range of 200 yards

    • Never needs reloading

  • Dark Enchanted Cutlass (2)​

    • Empowered with unearthly magics, making the swords unbreakable

    • Can fire off dark energy blast once every 30 seconds for each sword

    • Can fire dark energy blast through the sword on contact or shot out to a 10 yard range as good dark energy damage

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