Overwhelm a target with your presence, rendering them Insensate. +2 to Clash of Wills against owners of supernatural locations.Īpply your Presence as false Status, convincing others you rank in their organization.Īpply successes as an Intimidation bonus. - recorded interview with Matt McFarland linked from front page.Declare yourself, and up to your Presence in allies beside you, a rightful guest, unharried by protection from intruders.An Evening With Matt McFarland - an interview about Promethean on Shadownessence.Jovian - A mysterious and tricksy force that seeks to keep Prometheans trapped on the Pilgrimage.They are among the most powerful and least understood beings in the Chronicles of Darkness. Qashmallim - Mysterious servants of the Divine Fire, formed from the Pyros itself, who appear on Earth to hinder or aid Prometheans.
They study Pandorans and may learn to command them. Centimani - Prometheans who practice a Refinement which seeks to transcend Promethean existence, but by becoming more of a monster rather than by attaining a soul.They feed on the Divine Fire within Prometheans. Pandorans - Powerful and chaotic creatures created when the creation of a new Promethean is botched.It causes unease and, with enough exposure, fear and hatred among humans, and manifestations of unnatural phenomena in the surrounding area.Īntagonists See also PTC: Pandora's Book and PTC: Night Horrors: The Tormented. They call the aura of their unnatural nature the Disquiet. While powerful and capable, the Prometheans are unnatural beings and find that the natural world rejects them. Prometheans may only choose one Athanor to develop for mortality. If a Promethean succeeds in transforming, these Athanors grant them special traits as mortals, the only power they have to show for once being a Promethean. The Vitriol may be sealed away, or it may be placed in an Athanor, which converts the Vitriol into a special substance and gives the Promethean additional Boons that prepares them for humanity. The different Classes of Transmutations allow a Promethean to transform and manipulate different types of physical or conceptual objects, from their own bodies, to inanimate matter, electricity, minds and even the Pyros itself.Īs part of the Promethean's Great Work, a Promethean achieves a milestone and gains Vitriol. Prometheans tend to understand the world through an alchemical lens, and their powers, known as Transmutations, reflect this. Powers and Abilities Main article: Transmutation Those who succeed in attaining a soul become Redeemed. Each follows one of the Refinements, applications of the Great Work which focus on particular strategies and philosophies. Prometheans generally do not care for politics, instead concentrating on the Pilgrimage, their quest to attain a soul and transform themselves via a " Great Work" into truly living beings. Goals and Philosophy Main article: Great Work
There are believed to be five Lineages extant in the modern day, though rumours of additional Lineages circulate. Lineage determines many particulars of a Promethean's existence. Prometheans, or the Created, are beings constructed from corpses given life through specific rites, most of ancient origin.Įach Promethean belongs to a Lineage, a "family" of Prometheans all created according to the same rites and ultimately all tracing their descent back to a Progenitor - a Promethean created by a human demiurge.
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