Stolen by Bats: Correspondent

 

Sunless Seas

No permission from Loch. If he wants to make his own (undoubtedly better), use his.

Correspondent

They say...
You've begun to study the Baroque and Primeval writings of Xanadu. Unwise, if you value your eyebrows.

+1 Mirrors and +1 Sigil per Template
Starting Equipment: Pot of Violant Ink, Faded Morning Suit, Burning Smell, Semiotic Monocle, 3 Blank Lead Plaques.
Skills:1) Academia 2) Archaeology 3) Engineering 4) Law 5) Poetry 6) Astronomy
A - Inflammatory Language, Adamic, +3 Sigils
B - Mixed Media
C - Gramarye, Eyes of Icarus
D - Red Science

Inflammatory Language
You've learned a few symbols of the language they call the Correspondence. As far as you can tell, each symbol is a highly specific, yet incredibly vague ideogram. You know how to write and use 3 such sigils, and you can get a vague idea of the contents of a message written in any common Correspondence sigils.

That is, if you can survive reading the message. Writing Correspondence on anything has the effect of setting it on fire, and reading correspondence written on anything has the effect of setting you on fire. Paper is set alight by 1 unique sigil, Stone by 3, Lead by 6. Reading a message in correspondence deals 1d6 fire damage per unique sigil. This is not based on comprehension, but rather on concentration. Looking at a Correspondence message through your Semiotic Monocle reduces the damage by one sigil.

Adamic
Next to Correspondence, every language is trivial. You can begin to understand any language in about an hour, given reference materials.

Mixed Media
You can depict correspondence in other forms than simple writing. If you have a skill in an artform, you can use that to communicate Correspondence Messages, with the same effect on the medium and audience as regular Correspondence Messages.

Gramarye
You can create Correspondence Messages that communicate something definite, so long as what you communicate is a synthesis of the Sigils used. For instance, if you use the Sigils "To Become Fire Rather Than Be Burned" and "The Conquest of an All-Too-Familiar Rival", you could communicate "My rival has surrendered and we're friends now", or "I'm blowing you up with a Hydrogen Bomb", or many other things. Rarely, this can produce esoteric effects.

Eyes of Icarus
You have developed some ability to withstand Correspondence. You reduce the damage of all Correspondence Messages you read by 2 sigils.

Red Science
You can now reliably produce esoteric, world-bending effects using combinations of Correspondence sigils. When you do this, roll d6s equal to the Sigils that you are using. If any show a 1, a 6, or Doubles, your Red Science fails, and deals damage equal to [sum] to you. You might just want to use the Sorcerer to adjudicate this.