#magic effect

Bear Totem! 

Not entirely happy with the lighting and shading. But I am overall happy with this! 

A collection of Super Cream and the Chaos. Angelic Fairies of Healing.

Witchtober Day 12: Garden Witch

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul. – Alfred Austin

Minute Bats are magical constructs whose origin varies depending on your campaign setting, however, they are typically sentries in charge of protecting the household of higher undead such as vampires and lich. They get their name from their Countdown ability, which spells out doom for their victim after a single minute. 

A Minute Bat will typically lie still within their master's home, specifically in spots where they blend in as just another wicked-looking ornament. They wait for intruders to walk within their ability's range, and even after binding to them, they'll remain in place unless threatened.

If attacked, a Minute Bat will try to keep an airborne distance of around 15 feet from their target, enough to stay out of harms way, yet not have their link severed by a fleeing victim moving beyond its maximum range. Otherwise, if the location allows for it, they will hide behind columns, tables, chairs, or other furniture, although they will avoid bringing danger to any their master's most prized possessions if they happen to be present in the room.

From their still position, they will rarely go after someone who managed to somehow pass by them without stepping within range, unless they have instructions to explicitly do so. All in all, they are usually just one of many layers of protection the wicked might have in their home, and one that is meant to be more passive than aggressive. Malevolent Furniture Setting: Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal HP: D Size: Tiny

Base Stats

Strength: F Dexterity: C Constitution: D Intelligence: C Wisdom: C Charisma: C

Senses/Perception: A Spell/Energy/Aura Potency: C Stamina/Energy: C Speed: N/A Speed (Flight): C Initiative: B

Defenses

Armor (Wood & Metal encased Glass): C Evasiveness: B

Resistances

Electric: B

Weaknesses

Sonic: C (Affects Glass)

Saving Throws

Fortitude/Endurance/Resistance: C Evasion/Reflex: B Mental/Willpower/Sensory: B

Attacks

[Melee] >Crash >>Accuracy: C >>Damage: D Minute Bats rarely if ever engage in physical combat. Instead, they opt for utilizing Countdown.

Grapple: N/A

Skills

Acrobatics: A Stealth: S

Loot

Self; The craftsmanship put into it and the danger in acquiring an unbroken one makes them sought after by collectors. Otherwise, shattered ones are worth the value of their significant materials, which are usually 2 tiny rubies and 5 pounds rare metals.

Suspicious Appearance

Any successful observation (difficulty: C) done on the Minute Bat reveals one peculiar detail about the Minute Bat. It is brought to the attention of the player that the liquid it contains is found at the top of the hourglass rather than the bottom, unaffected by gravity. Whether that observation alerts the player to the Minute Bat's potential danger (before its effects commence, of course) remains to be seen, but at the very least, it becomes a curiosity that the character is aware of.

Sense Life

A Minute Bat can sense living creatures within 40ft. of it, also being able to feel their exact location.

Countdown

If a living creature of any kind has passed within 5ft. of a Minute Bat, this nefarious hourglass may attempt to bind itself to the being's soul. Their target makes a willpower or similar resistance roll (difficulty: A), which, if failed, means the Minute Bat has successfully bound to them.

From this point onward, the blood within its hourglass starts pouring down from the top chamber to its lower one, signalling the start of the Countdown effect: a slow draining of the target’s life force, the flow of blood representing the time left before their doom.

The victim has exactly a single minute to either destroy the Minute Bat or find a way to sever their connection to it before dying, with every passing turn, loosing 1/6 of their total HP. This link between them will only remain active as long as both are within 40 feet from each other. If at any point the effect is interrupted, such as by stepping out of the Minute Bat's range, the victim is freed from the bind and the Countdown’s effect, although this does not return any amount of health drained.

Countdown is considered a magical effect, and as such can be affected by the usual things that affect magic.

Turning the Minute Bat upside down will not affect the blood’s flow or the time left it represents. In such a case, the blood can simply be seen continuing to flow upwards against the laws of physics.

A Minute Bat whose glass shatters may not use Countdown and typically flees. Only one Minute Bat can be bound to the same target at a time, and a Minute Bat may only bind itself to a single target at a time.

The effects of Countdown will only work on constructs, androids, or similar lifeforms if and only if your setting considers these types of beings to have some sort of “soul”, even if it is of a different nature from that of other living beings (for example, a setting that establishes that once an AI is advanced enough, it forms or harbors a type of consciousness and vital force which can be affected and interacted with in a similar way that the soul of a biological being can).

Construct Traits

Look Taako, I did it!

Probably my favorite photo I took. I edited it slightly and I’m really happy with it.

Hello Sir’s, my name is Angus McDonald and I’m the worlds greatest detective!

A basic costsest of Angus from The Adventure Zone podcast. Sadly the only prop I didn’t have was a magnifying glass.

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