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The Devil's Column

Page history last edited by Michael Grasso 14 years, 1 month ago

 

Artifact: Ley Markers (••••••)

Size 2, Durability 5, Structure 7

Mana: Maximum 11

Generally made of stone or petrified wood, these small tombstone-like objects are of mysterious origin. Sleepers unable to perceive the hidden runes written upon them consider Markers to be traveling signposts or altars to gods long forgotten. The Awakened know better. Ley Markers set ley lines upon new paths, reconfiguring their shapes, similar to the “Ley Shift” spell, above. Unlike that spell, their effects cannot be dispelled. Much like magnets, Markers can repel or attract a ley line depending on the Marker’s “programming.” Those of a “positive” nature attract lines: once one is placed (see below), it will draw the nearest ley line to it like a magnet draws a paper clip. Those Markers of a “negative” nature repel lines.

A Marker is placed by burying it halfway in the ground, so that half of it sticks out and half is underground. Once that happens, the Marker is automatically activated and begins exerting influence on nearby ley lines (any line within 25 yards of the Marker), either attracting or repelling them. The Marker spends its own Mana, one per line it anchors. The Markers do not have to be visible to work; they can be covered by another object. In the past, mages sometimes buried them as part of the foundation of buildings.

By using a series of Markers, a mage can weave ley lines in any configuration she desires, provided she can keep the Markers from being removed. When this Merit is purchased, it comes with five Markers.

When a Marker is removed, the lines it controlled snap back into their natural shapes, a phenomenon that will rarely go unnoticed by those with active Mage Sight. Lines that have been marked for a very long time, however, are said to remain in their marked configuration.

Relocating a mage’s Ley Marker is a guaranteed way to court trouble. A sanctum that depends upon a node could find its energy disrupted if the ley lines its cabal carefully manipulated to cross suddenly snap back to their natural configurations.

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