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Mav Murphy's diary

Written by Agent Donald

Wednesday, 14 June 2006

This handwritten work in English, by the witch Mav Murphy, is an extensive treatise on ghouls. In the diary she describes her years of studying the occult. She was a member of a network of occultists located in New York. One of the high-ranking members of this network, which she calls The Man, learns her spells with which she can make contact and command monsters that live underground and feast on the corpses of humans. In her diary Mav wrote down everything she learned over the years about - and from - ghouls. She also describes how she build and consecrated a temple dedicated to Mordiggian in her basement in Brooklyn, NY.

Mav Murphy's diary

Prerequisite Skill: English and Occult
Cost to read: Intensity 5 in the Unnatural
Gains: Mythos +1d, Language: Ghoul 1d
Study time: width-5 in weeks to study and comprehend/width-10 in hours to skim.
Spells: The diary contains the spells Call forth the Eaters of Corpses (Contact Ghoul), Command the Eaters of Corpses (Compel Ghoul) and Charm Against the Teeth that Gnaw Bones (Ward Ghoul).

Spells

Call forth the Eaters of Corpses
(Contact Ghoul)

Prerequisite Skill: Mythos and Language: Ghoul
Other Requirements: at least a pound of human remains
Madness Check: Unnatural 5
Spell Affects: ghouls
Activation Time: Width-5 in minutes
Dice Pool: 4d+1td
Description: This ritual must be cast at midnight in a graveyard that is at least a century old, whereupon a single-line sentence in the Ghoul language must be read or spoken aloud. If there are any ghouls in the local area (likely in urban areas, not so much in rural areas), they will be drawn towards the graveyard.

The height of the roll determines the number of Ghouls that respond to the call. Note that when casting you have a choice of how “far” you want to push the spell, since the trump die gives some measure of control. Keep in mind that the spell only facilitates contact between the caster and the Ghouls. The Ghouls that respond are not bound by the caster. Wise casters of this spell will set the trump die to the height of the desired number of Ghouls (the less, the better).

Height	# of Ghouls responding
4 or less	Five Ghouls respond
5 or more	Four Ghouls respond
7 or more	Three Ghouls respond
9 or more	Two Ghouls respond

Command the Eaters of Corpses
(Compel Ghoul)

Prerequisite Skill: Mythos
Other Requirements: at least a pound of human remains
Madness Check: Intensity 5 in The Unnatural (summoning a supernatural entity). Intensity 6 in Self (sacrificing human meat)
Spell Affects: Single target
Activation Time: Width-5 in minutes
Dice Pool: 7d
Description: This spell is used to force a Ghoul to do the caster's bidding. Each casting of the spell requires at least a pound of human remains. The caster invokes the spell and enchants the remains. The caster may then call a ghoul (see spell above) if one is not present. When a ghoul is present, the caster must try to bind the ghoul with a Command+Intimidation check. The Ghoul can try to resist the bind with an Empathy+Resist check. If the caster succeeds, the ghoul must obey the caster for 24 hours. If compelled to do something that goes against its nature or something dangerous, the ghoul can attempt to shake off the compulsion by trying to resist the spell (see above).

The enchantment gradually wears down the ghoul's resistance. Every four successful castings of the spell give the ghoul a 1d penalty when trying to resist the spell (to a minimum of 1d, which in effect means that the ghoul has become the unwilling slave of the caster).

Ghouls don't like being compelled to do the bidding of humans. Most Ghouls will want to attack and kill the caster as soon as they resist the spell. To prevent this from happening the caster can make a Ward that defends against angry Ghouls.

Charm Against the Teeth that Gnaw Bones
(Ward Ghoul)

Prerequisite Skill: Mythos
Other Requirements: an item made from human bone and a pound of human remains
Madness Check: Intensity 5 in The Unnatural (encountering ghouls). Intensity 7 in Self (eating human meat)
Spell Affects: Single target
Activation Time: Width-5 in minutes
Dice Pool: 5d
Description: This spell is used to create an enchanted ward (typically a bone on a necklace or a bone ring) which prevents ghouls from attacking the wearer. Creating the ward requires a suitable item made of human bone and a pound of human remains. During the casting the caster enchants the item and ingests the remains during the ritual. The ward must be worn to be effective.

Ghouls will be inclined not to attack the bearer of a ward. If a ghoul desires to attack the bearer of a ward, it must make a Empathy+Resist check against the Command+Intimidation check of the creator of the item or it will not be able to attack. Even if the ghoul is able to attack, it will sustain 1d of Shock damage to its head each time it strikes a warded person. Once a ghoul overcomes a ward, it does not have to check to overcome it again (though it will still take damage attacking the warded being).

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