Tenebrous Assassin Ritual

E/F/M:

This Ritual requires one Action Turn of lime spent in casting the dweomer for each league of range Distance the resultant Effect is to have. The Casting summons a Shadow Quasi-Elemental of no great Power, but the practitioner can fortify the being by Investing additional Heka. For each 2 points spent. the Shadow Quasi-Elemental gains I point of Rests-Lance to heka cast or sent against It. The maximum Resistance possible to convey thus is equal to the casters M TRAIT (MR CATEGORY if a Partial Practitioner). In addition. the caster can strength. its P TRAIT in the same manner, with the same limit to additional points added. The Shadow Quasi-Elemental has M, P, and S TRAITS equal to one-half the casters own. It moves silently, travelling at human norm rates, save when in shadowy areas when its speed is five times that rate. It delivers 4D6 points of Blunt. Cutting or Piercing Physical damage at the casters option, the type determined when the dweomer is activated. It has a BAC of 70%. Consider its ability to be Criminal Activities, Physical at 70 STEEP. Whenever possible the being will so act as to be able to initiate its attack from Complete Surprise. It will attack, never attempting to parry. in combat. It has an Average Armor Protection of 1 4. Its shadowy nature causes opponents to attack at Ñ10 BAC. The Quasi-Elemental takes only one-half normal PD from all attacks save Fire and those from enchanted weapons or of Heka-related sort it suffers an automatic 1 D6 PD per CT of exposure to light equal to full daylight or in total darkness. The creature is negated when it has no P TRAIT left due to PD inflicted. The Casting Effect can. of course, be otherwise negated or dispelled. The Tenebrous Assassin must always be aimed at specific individual or party. At the moment of activation the caster must direct the being summoned accordingly, giving name(s), identification, local distance, and so forth. If the target of the Casting is not located by the Quasi-Elemental after following the directions given it, it will return to May the caster Instead.