Haku/Caster
Music Caster Ver 2.0
Musical Instrument Artifact - May be made out of any magical metal
Artifact : 1 (As below)
Hearthstone Slots : 0
Music Range: unlimited indoors (within a single room), 100 yards outdoors, +1 Performance
Requires : Performance 2
Attunement : 1 mote (IF made of magical metal and used as an impact weapon)
A music caster, or simply 'caster', is the magical version of string instruments such as guitars, lutes, harps, violins, cello, etc. Most of the known casters are designed so that even a mortal may play it.
All known casters have the ability to project clearly the music played on them, the power is such that a room of any size may be filled with the soft tones of the instrument as well as the voice of the singer (if he sings), however the enchantment laid on the caster is such that the music is never loud enough to disturb the audience if they need to speak. This ability is available to even mortal players, although the player may adjust the music range to something less so as not to disturb other people while he's practicing.
Casters are fairly common in the Realm and elsewhere as entertainment devices. It is a mark of good breeding amongst the Dynast to have some skill at playing a caster. It would cost a fair bit to have a decent caster crafted in any major city in the Realm. Inns as well as restaurants have been known to have had casters handed down amongst their entertainers for generations. Each caster is a unique work of art and can be identified by their appearance and the way they play.
In times of extreme personal danger, the character may use his caster as an impact weapon with his brawl or melee skills. If the caster is made out of any of the five magical metals, the metal give the same bonus as a daiklave would to the attuned Exalted when it's used as an improvised weapon.
The typical caster typically has no commitment costs due to the fact that it taps on ambient essence. It is possible for a -gifted- mortal craftsman with the aid of a wise savant or occultist to craft the non-magical metal version of music caster at a great cost of time and effort.
It is said that there are exceptional music casters that can enhance the playing skills of a gifted musician with phantasimal imagery that illustrate the song being played or sung. (This would be the artifact 2 version, and would give a bonus of 4 dice to the performance pool, and has an attunement cost of 5 motes OR 2 willpower. This version is almost always made of a magical metal.)
It is also whispered by sages and savants that there are some music casters with horrifying powers and abilities crafted by the various anathema with powers that mere mortal men and Dragon-Blooded dare only dream about in their darkest nightmares.
If the dematerialized least god of a music caster is seen via charms, artifacts, spells or even drugs, she would appear as a 'talented' female with silvery metal hair, wearing translucent clothes (that matches the music caster) and would typically be seen hovering near the caster or caressing the musician before a performance or after a masterful performance. See page 47 in 'Games of Divinity' for average stats of such a being.
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