OSR: The Servants of Chaos
- seeroftheabyss
- Aug 8
- 42 min read
In Nukaria, alignment and morality are objective, part of the universe. However, people still have differing opinions on what actually constitutes "Good" or "Evil" as mortals exist in a degraded state and cannot accurately perceive the will of the Creator. Alignment is thus divided into two axes, one of Good and Evil, the other of Law and Chaos.
Law is a stabilizing, organizing force. When a person is lawful, it means he believes that the order of civilization, from laws, rules and customs should be obeyed and preserved. It is a belief that the world is fundamentally rational and mortals should seek to discover these principles and live by them. Lawful people produce such things as civilization, organization, hierarchy, order, tradition, statutes, regulations and constitutions. It should be noted that Law is independent from Good or Evil, so it can produce a justice and fairness as easily as it produces tyranny and oppression.
Chaos, on the other hand, is a force of change and entropy. What Law binds and structures, Chaos breaks apart and reshapes. When a person is Chaotic, it means that he believes truth and morality are found in individual freedom and choices, not in dictates from a higher authority or some external code of conduct. Chaotic people try to bring freedom to those who are oppressed and enslaved, weaken or dismantle oppressive hierarchies or breathe life back into stagnant systems.
Chaos is a force of creativity, vitality and regeneration. All Art, all Magic, all bright ideas begin with Chaos, unbound by the notions of the pass. Yet Chaos is like fire, contained and harnessed, it brings heat and warmth. Unshackled, it can easily rage out of control and destroy everything in it's path.
The Servants of Chaos are those who reject this latter belief and refuse to accept any limitations. They will be free, no matter what.
Law represents a series of beliefs and practices most succinctly defined as "the belief that rules, whether they be laws, customs or traditions, are generally Good." Law produces things like organization, obedience, hierarchy, order, tradition, government, statutes, constitutions and etc. It is a stabilizing, organizing force. This need not be good organization, though. Law can produce tyrannies as easily as it can produce peace and tranquility.
Chaos, on the other hand, is a series of beliefs that can most succinctly be defined as "the belief that rules are generally bad." Chaos believes in freedom, liberation, the reformation or outright abolition of various harmful structures. It is a force of creativity, vitality and regeneration. However, chaos is like fire. Unshackled, it can easily consume everything and leave behind nothing but a wasteland.
We will be discussing those who follow the latter philosophy in this post.
The First Commandment:
The only thing all servants of Chaos agree on is that the First and greatest edict of Chaos is 'Do as thou wilt'. For them, that is the whole of the Law. Anything beyond that is negotiable. Some servants of Chaos say that the true servants of Chaos do not allow their freedom to be taken, but also do not impose their will on anyone else. Others disagree severely, claiming that the only true path to Chaos requires everyone to follow the Path of Chaos, and often their specific ideology of what "True Chaos" or "True Freedom" is.
To put it mildly, there is a vast breadth of disagreement and debate within the Servants of Chaos.
Hired Hands:
We will discuss this more later. First, let me talk briefly about the accidental servants of chaos, the so-called "Hired Hands". These are the individuals or groups who are not directly aligned with the cause of Chaos, yet sometimes work in concert with the true Servants. Whenever there is a major incursion or operation by Chaos, one or more of these groups can often be found nearby, either assisting directly or waiting for the right moment to jump in and exploit the chaos. To see who is nearby, roll on the table below.
1d6
1- Wild Dragons. Wild Dragons are proud, vain and greedy, just like all Dragons. That being said, these are not the only things that motivate Dragons. Wild Dragons will often assist the true Servants for gold or glory, or for the chance to humiliate a Civic Dragon*.
2- Druids. Druids are already working to destroy civilization, they only need to be aimed. The only problem is that the Druids regard you as bad as the people you are fighting and are likely to betray you; or more likely, refuse your initial offer and try to cut your throat with a stone handaxe.
3- The Fair Folk. As Druids, but with less self-righteousness. The problem with the Fair Folk/Faeries is that they cannot be trusted. They can't lie, but that doesn't make them any more truthful. A Faerie is the type of person who will transform into a horse and seduce your wife, then make her get pregnant with half-mortal changelings, a fact you'll only discover 9th months later after the babies gestating in her womb turn out to look like some unholy fusion between male model, tree and salamander. Asking something like that to support you is asking for trouble. Plus, the Fair Folk bargain like fishwives.
4- Amazons. Amazons are fiercely independent, relentlessly self-interested, and they refuse to take orders from any man. They will take polite suggestions, but usually they will ignore those too. Only a female Servant has a reasonable chance of getting the Amazons to listen, and even then, Amazons are not exactly known for their internal cohesion.
5- The Orcs. Orcs are violent, mysterious creatures. They shun other races and only interact to take slaves or make war. No one knows what exactly they are or where they come from. They are truly effective at violence, however. An Orc will sometimes aid the Servants of Chaos, but only so long as it furthers the Orc's own goals.
6- The Handsome Men. The Handsome Men are very similar to Faeries, in that they cannot lie and operate according to an inhuman perspective. However, Handsome Men wear shoes and eat bread, so they are much more understandable. This doesn't mean they aren't mercurial or untrustworthy, however, so any Servant attempting to speak to them should be wary. Additionally, while the Handsome Men will support certain types of Chaos, other types will get one torn to shreds by pastel-colored tigers and wolves with braided hair.
*Civic Dragons are Dragons who believe it is okay for Dragons to live near intelligent creatures that it doesn't rule over as a God or devour on a whim and generally tolerate the presence of mortal institutions. They also run businesses, found organizations or sponsor mortal governments or practice other works of mortal civilization. In truth, any civilization that tolerates the presence of Civic Dragons will quickly find itself under their dominion, semi-benevolent or otherwise. The best examples of this are the Bizoan Republic to the Far South or in the Oasis Kingdoms to the Distant East. The one notable exception to this rule is the "God" Lord Messenger Godflesh, Dragon of Frogs and Sulfur. Wild Dragons obviously disagree with the choices and ideology of the Civic Dragons and duel with them, whenever they see fit.
True Servants of Chaos:
Chaos Cultists
Number Appearing: 2d6+3
Alignment: Any Chaotic
Languages: The Lingua Franca
Treasure: Weapons and armor available to their social class, pocket change
Chaos Cultists are the core of any Chaos operation. They make up the soldiers, spies, saboteurs and lay-members of any Chaos Cult. They are the backbone of any successful Chaos incursion. If a Red Ruler does not have sufficient Cultists, he is doomed to failure. However, this is not usually a huge problem. For contrary to popular belief, there are many potential recruits out there to join the local Chaos Cult. For unlike the Minions of the Dark Powers, Chaos is not regarded as universally evil.
For the Minions often seem to represent suffering and violence for its own sake, at least from an outsider's perspective. This is not true with Chaos. Chaos represents freedom, mortal ingenuity and equality, all noble ideals. The Red Rulers, the commanders of Chaos Cults and Cultists are very good at presenting Chaos as freedom and her true Servants as agents of liberation. This isn't even necessarily a lie. Chaos does end up breaking down barriers wherever it gains power. That is not in dispute. What is in dispute is whether or not people are better off that the barriers are broken.
Due to the high ideals and natural allure of Chaos generated by its soaring idealism, there are many who wish to join or support Chaos Cults. However, unlike the popular depictions where Chaos Cultists come from the lower classes, the poor, downtrodden or disenfranchised, the opposite is more often true. Most Chaos Cultists come from comfortable or affluent backgrounds, where they have enough safety and food to contemplate abstract ideas such as the nature of society, freedom and ultimate reality. Cultists who join from lower class backgrounds often do so not because they are convinced by the high idealism of the cult, but because of a chance to overturn oppressive institutions or unfair laws.
Chaos Cults vary of course, obviously, so a Cult composed of entirely lower-class Cultists is not unknown. It all depends on what the Cult teaches and advocates, along with how it presents itself, the character of the leader and a dozen other reasons. The real problem for the leader of any Chaos Cult is usually not in recruiting eager souls, but in keeping them. Chaos teaches one to break off the shackles of authority. It is a democratization of decision making, sometimes literally, a flourishing of freedom. That, however, makes keeping hold of your Cultists especially difficult. After all, even a fool recognizes the inherent contradiction in "'Do as thou wilt' is the only law" and "Now come, follow me and do what I say!"
That's not to say that all Chaos Cultists defect, but many do. And unlike in the Minions of the Dark Powers, where once you join you are an outcast from all conventional society, Lawful or Chaotic, there are Chaotic societies out there. Additionally, one can always just go back to pretending to be a normal subject after the Chaos Cult you put your faith in collapses under the weight of Law's military forces or destroys itself in an orgy of infighting.
Note: Chaos Cultists don't call themselves Cultists, but usually refer to themselves as the 'True Servants' or various other euphemisms.
To determine what a specific chaos cult or Servant of Chaos believes, roll 1d6 times on the table below.
To follow the path of true Chaos requires one to...
1d20
1- To never use money, only to barter.
2- To own nothing but the clothes on their backs.
3- To work to destroy civil government.
4- To reject any form of organized religion.
5- To reject the belief in objective truth, meaning or value.
6- To reject all belief in morality or ethics.
7- To reject all beliefs that do not personally come from your sense experience.
8- To stop trusting your senses and believe they are unreliable.
9- To only wear clothes when necessary.
10- To join no organization and to leave the ones you have already joined.
11- To take whatever you desire through any means you desire.
12- To reject the social norms of your society.
13- To never get married.
14- To never have children.
15- To create or join an organization that will further the cause of Chaos, secretly or otherwise.
16- To have children.
17- To create art that glorifies chaos.
18- To rebel against any society that does not uphold your ideals.
19- To work from within the system to change the institutions of society to uphold freedom .
20- To reject any additional bylaws but the First Commandment of Chaos.
Statblock:
Chaos Cultist
HD 1
AR 1
Atk Weapon 1d6
Mor 9
Saves 7 or less
Disguise: Chaos Cultists rarely wear uniforms or even insignias that mark them as the Servants of Chaos.
Tactics:
- See below
To customize an individual or group of Chaos Cultists, roll on the table below:
Why did he join up?
1d6
1- He is a true believer
2- He craves power
3- He wants to be free to do whatever he wants to do
4- As above, but what he wants to do is very evil
5- He feels that the current system is oppressive and anything is better than who is in charge right now
6- He was already an enemy of the current regime.
How does this group of them fight?
1d8
1- Like a disorganized rabble. They rush in and try to hack you to death in a flurry of unorganized violence.
2- With shields and spears, in a phalanx or with a shield wall.
3- With ranged weapons, they attack and then retreat. Will flee if forced into melee combat.
4- They use slings and hurl stones, metal balls and small pots full of horrible, caustic chemicals (such as acid or burning oil).
5- They fight in pairs, with each one working to protect his partner.
6- They are well-disciplined and trained, fighting like a professional army.
7- They use guerrilla tactics, hit-and-run attacks, traps and poison.
8- They always attempt to ambush their enemies and utilize stealth.
Chaos Cult Lieutenant
HD 1d4
AR 1d3
Atk Weapon 1d6+1/1d6+1
Mor 8
Saves (7+HD) or less
Disguise: Cult Lieutenants rarely wear uniforms or even insignias that mark them as the Servants of Chaos. If they aren't wearing something like that right now, and they usually aren't, they look identical to normal people.
Call Targets: A Cult Lieutenant can take an action to call out a target. If they do so, any Cultist or other Cult Lieutenants will prioritize attacking that target. The first Cultist to attack a target the Lieutenant has indicated has advantage on the attack.
Tactics:
- See below
To customize a Chaos Cult Lieutenant, roll on the tables below:
How much of a believer is he?
1d4
1- He's a pretender. The Lieutenant does not actually believe any of the drivel the Cult's leadership teaches, he's just in it because he wants money, power, revenge or any other reason.
2- He believes, but not much. The Lieutenant believes, but his faith is weak. Should things get bad for the Cultists, he will jump ship and run.
3- He believes, but pretends to be more devout than he is. The Lieutenant is pretending to be a zealot, but in actuality, he has doubts. Should the Cult attempt something very evil or risky, he might back out or sabotage the operation.
4- He's a true believer. He's one hundred percent on board with whatever the leader of the Cult wants.
How does he fight?
1d4
1- At the front, in melee. He is the tip of the spear.
2- In the middle of the group, he works to support his allies.
3- In the middle, he holds back to guide the battle and keep an eye on the big picture.
4- From the rear, he focuses on making ranged attacks.
He has a X-in-6 chance of having a special weapon, where X is his HD.
If he does, what is it?
1d6
1- A firearm. He has a pistol that does 1d6+1 damage and reloads on a 7+ (damage). Any enemy targeted by it can make a save to take half damage if within 50'. If the pistol is a flintlock, it has to be reloaded after every shot.
2- A wand that fires blasts of elemental energy. The wand can shoot two blasts of 1d6 [1= Fire; 2= Ice; 3= Acid; 4= Lightning; 5= Poison; 6= Thunder.] These blasts do 1d6 damage on a hit. The Lieutenant can choose to take 1 damage and increase the damage his shots do for one round to 1d8 damage.
3- 1d6 flasks of 1d4 [1= Poison Gas, creates a 30' cloud, take 2d6 damage per round in cloud, save for half; 2= Mutagenic Gas, creates a 30' cloud, for every round inside it save or suffer a mutation; 3= Laughing Gas, creates a 30' cloud, if within cloud you must save to take any action besides collapsing to the ground and giggling hysterically; 4= Vision Gas, creates a 30' cloud, all who are in the cloud must save vs insanity, on a failed save they flee and run screaming for the hills, recover after 1d8 hours of gibbering and shaking.]
4- A blowgun with poison darts. The darts do 1 damage on a hit and the poison does 1d4 [1= 1d6 damage per round until it does 3d6 damage or the creature affected passes a CON save; 2= Causes 2d6 DEX damage, if reduced to 0 DEX, paralyzed for 1d10+5 minutes; 3= Causes agonizing pain, +1d4 damage from all sources for 1 hour after being hit; 4= Save or Die, on a successful save, take 1d4 damage.]
5- Bombs! The Lieutenant's bombs are 1d4 [1= Regular explosives- 3d6 damage in 30' radius, save for half; 2= Incendiary- 2d6 fire damage in 30' radius, save for half, failed save lights creatures on fire; 3= Concussion- 2d6 damage in a 30' radius, save for half, on a failed save creatures are paralyzed for 1 minute or until they can pass a save, may save each round; 4= Flashbang- no damage, save or be blinded and deafened for 1 minute or until a CON save is passed.]
6- A Spirit Companion. The Lieutenant is accompanied by a small spirit that gives him the ability to 1d4 [1= Stop one magical attack per round, deflecting it and causing it to target a random creature that is not the Lieutenant; 2= Conjure an infinite amount of throwing knives or arrows; 3= Make him superhumanly strong for 1 minute per day, strong enough to rip a man apart with his bare hands or flip a wagon with one hand; 4= 3/Day, lets him teleport up to 30' as a free action.]
How do his underlings feel about him?
1d4
1- They hate him. His underlings hate him. If he were in trouble, they would not help him.
2- They dislike him. His underlings don't like him, but he's their jerk. They will help him, but not at the risk of their own lives.
3- They respect him. His underlings don't like him, but they do think he does good work. They would take some risks to protect and help him.
4- They love him. His underlings worship him. They would die for him if he asked. His biggest threat comes not from them, but from the other Lieutenants or the Leader, who may try to eliminate him, as he poses a threat to them.
Chaos Sorcerers
Number Appearing: 1 or 2
Alignment: Any Chaotic
Languages: The Lingua Franca, plus 1d3 ancient languages
Treasure: Potions, Scrolls, laboratory equipment, books of forbidden lore, wands or staves
The Servants of Chaos will tell you that Chaos is fount of all magic, which isn't entirely untrue. The true Servants also claim that Chaos is the origin of all light, life, fire, art, and emotion in this world. But while the latter are disputed, the first one seems to be at least partially true. To some Agents of Law, Magic is problematic, as it entails a rejection of a mortal's role in submitting to the Gods by defying the laws they laid down to govern this world. This is not a widely accepted belief, but there is a definite strain of anti-sorcery sentiment in Lawful philosophy. Chaos, on the other hand, has no such issue.
To the true Servants, magic is the embodiment of Chaos, the flowing power of the Primordial World, the blood of Great Mother Isfet, the Dragon Goddess of the Primordial World, Mistress of the Sea of Night, Ruler of the World Before and the World to Come. The Chaos Sorcerers are embraced by Chaos Cultists and Red
Rulers alike as divinely-touched, with their bodies protected and their words heeded.
This is partially because of the religious and ideological implications of the holistic worldview of Chaos, but also because Chaos Sorcerers are capable of incredible feats. Many a chartered Wizard has faced a Chaos Sorcerer, confident that their training would prevail, only for the rambling madman with a lobster claw for a hand to utterly dominate them in a magical duel.
Statblock:
HD 2
AR 2
Atk Throwing Axes 1d6/1d6
Mor 9
Saves 8 or less
Spellcasting: Chaos Sorcerers have 1d6+1 spellcasting dice and 1d6 spells prepared. To determine which ones, roll on the table under "Chaos Magicks" below. Their spellcasting dice burn out on a roll of a '5" or "6".
Chaos: If a Chaos Sorcerer casts a spell with 2 or more spellcasting dice, they have a 2-in-6 chance of invoking Chaos. If they do invoke Chaos, roll on the table below.
Chaos of the Chaos Sorcerer
1d6
1- A chest-sized cube of 1d6 [1= Stone; 2= Ice; 3= Glass; 4= Bronze; 5= Salt; 6= Blood] appears 30' in the air above a random creature within 30'.
2- A statue of you is formed out of nearby materials. The likeness is uncanny. The statue has a 1d10% equal to the number of dice you used in the spell that induced chaos of coming to life.
3- Every person within 100' should save. The first person to fail their save projectile vomits glowing, rainbow sludge.
4- For the next 1d10 minutes, any Magic-User within 100' who casts a spell must save. On a failure, they accidentally cast Prismatic Ray, targeting a random target.
5- You develop a mutation. Save after ten minutes. On a failure, it becomes permanent.
6- A random object within range of the spell catches fire.
Tactics:
- Cast spells, focus on strong things
- Uses axes to affect what spells cannot
- Finish the fight in the flashiest way possible
Mutants
Number Appearing: 1d6+2
Alignment: Any Chaotic
Languages: The Lingua Franca, plus 1 underclass dialect
Treasure: Seditious propaganda, scavenged weapons and armor, improvised weapons, stolen goods and coin
Mutants are creatures who have their bodies twisted and warped by the presence of Chaotic energies. In some cases, this will lead to a swift death, but in others the creature will struggle on, deformed by the alien power of Chaos. This is often a far worse fate, as Mutants are often oppressed and mistreated by most societies. In some places, they are killed on-sight and have to exist as an underclass as part of the criminal underworld, while in other places their existence is tolerated, though they are treated as second-class citizens if they are lucky, or more commonly, as untouchables, the rock-bottom of the social hierarchy.
This means that most Mutants lead awful lives, persecuted either by the State or by mobs of armed citizens or criminals. This leads most of them to resort to crime, working outside the law to obtain what they need. They make excellent recruits for the True Servants, who regard mutation as a sign of favor from the Chaos Gods or the Dragon-Mother. As such, many Mutants will eagerly join a Chaos Cult or Warband and work to overthrow the society they so hate. When the True Servants call forpeople to liberate themselves, the Mutants are the first to answer the call. The fire rises!
Statblock:
Mutant
HD 2
AR 2
Atk (+1) Weapon 1d8+1
Mor 9
Saves 8 or less
Mutated: All Mutants are different, disfigured or altered from the baseline of their race. To determine what this change is, roll once on your favorite mutation table and apply the result to the Mutant in question.
Tactics:
- Attack as a swarm
- Utilize any offensive abilities your mutations grant
- Retreat if faced with real resistance
Variants:
- Mutant Magi: A Mutant that has the ability to use magic as a result of their exposure to Chaotic energies.
- Mutant Bruiser: A Mutant that is significantly larger and tougher than it's race normally is. Has a chance of being much less intelligent as well.
- Mutant Mastermind: A Mutant who, along with being physically altered, has it's intelligence dramatically increased as well.
Chaos Cursed
Number Appearing: 1
Alignment: Any Chaotic
Languages: N/A, they do not speak
Treasure: Random shiny objects, pocket change, shredded clothing, magical grist, piles of garbage
Chaos Cursed are those scorned by the Gods of Chaos, those mutated badly by Chaos Sorcerers, or those who were are exposed to Pure, Elemental Chaos. This transforms them from ordinary mortals into Chaos Cursed. Chaos Cursed are always horribly mutated masses of flesh, barely recognizable as any natural creature. They are disgusting, hideous in appearance, a mockery of God and Nature. However, to think their condition is purely physical is to badly underestimate it.
Chaos Cursed are broken in body, but it is their souls that suffer the most. A true Chaos Cursed is created when a mortal's mind is shattered into a million disparate pieces by unrefined Chaos. Chaos Cursed are self-aware, but usually live tortured existences, their thoughts and memories a swirling vortex of half-formed ideas. They have fractured minds, running through fractal labyrinths of half-formed ideas and notions that disintegrate as soon as they are touched.
Chaos Cursed are mentally broken things. Some appear to be little more than beasts, while others seem partially coherent, even lucid for a moment. These moments never seem to last however, as whatever semblance of a mind it has left is dragged down and disappears back into the storm of incoherent thoughts it calls a psyche. It is not even madness in the traditional sense, for madness is based on logical principles. A Chaos Cursed's mind is little more than random impulses, half-formed thoughts and barely recalled memories jumbled and spliced together into a continuum of sheer nonsense.
Some Chaos Cults pity the Chaos Cursed and put them down, seeking to end their miserable lives. This often ends badly, as the one thing the Chaos Cursed understand is self-preservation. Some try to tame or fix them, a prospect with even less success. Most that do keep them around use them as terror-weapons, sending them out to act as a distraction or to create havoc.
This is their only true use- tasking a Chaos Cursed to anything more complex than this is sure to result in failure. There is no known method of turning a Chaos Cursed into something else and no known method of rehabilitating them, though with time and effort you can make them into something approximating a living demolition crew.
Statblock:
Chaos Cursed
HD 1d6
AC 1d4
Atk Natural Weapons (1d6+1d4/1d6+1d4)
Mor (1d10+4)
Saves (7+HD) or less
Thoughtless: Each round, the Chaos Cursed must make a morale check. On a failed morale check, it takes whatever action it needs to preserve itself. On a successful morale check, it takes a random action. To see what random action it takes, roll on the "What actions does the Chaos Cursed take?" table.
What actions does the Chaos Cursed take?
1d6
1- Attack a random creature (50% it will not target an ally, equal chance allies are a valid target).
2- Run in a random direction.
3- Try to steal a random object.
4- Attack the nearest inanimate object.
5- Hide from one creature.
6- Sit there and waste it's turn doing nothing.
Horrifically Mutated: To create a Chaos Cursed's appearance, select a standard race and roll 1d20+1 times (min 9) on your favorite Mutation table. Apply all the results. The Chaos Cursed also receives any abilities such a Mutation grants- though it might not be smart enough to utilize them.
Tactics:
- Acts as per 'Thoughtless'
Turned Elementals
Number Appearing: 1d4
Alignment: Any Chaotic
Languages: All Languages
Treasure: Magical grist, the Name of an Outsider
These guys will get their own post at some point. However, I will mention them here. Besides the Courts of Earth, Fire, Water and Air, there are also several sub-Courts. Some of these sub-Courts are formed through legal authorization of the other Courts. Some are not, however.
There are six sub-Courts. The Legal sub-Courts include the twin Courts of Magma and Lava, the Court of Steam and the Court of Auroras.
The Traitor Courts include the Court of Mud, the Court of Dust and the Court of Storms, or as it is more commonly called, the Court of Bubbles.
Red Rulers
Number Appearing: 1
Alignment: Any Chaotic
Languages: The Lingua Franca, plus 1d6 local languages
Treasure: Rare weapons and armor, disguises, large amounts of money stashed away in various hiding places
Some Chaos puritans will tell you that any Chaotic organization with hierarchies is illegitimate. Other, more moderate adherents to Chaos will say that hierarchy can be justified, if the situation demands it. It's an endless debate and not one that will be addressed here. However, most adherents of Chaos believe that currently, hierarchies are necessary to organize against the agents of Law. Those elevated to lead the forces of Chaos are known by a hundred names, but the most common one for non-adherents is Red Ruler or Chaos King. These titles are frowned upon by the central adherents of Chaos though.
Many who do not follow Chaos are fond of comparing the Servants of Chaos to the Minions of the Dark Powers and equating the Red Rulers to the Secret Masters, but this comparison rarely works. For while the Secret Masters are almost univerally wicked and vicious, this isn't necessarily true for the Red Rulers, who are as varied as the Cultists they rule over.
Statblock:
Red Ruler
HD 1d4+1
AC 1d3+1
Atk Weapon (1d8+2/1d8+2)
Mor 13
Saves (7+HD) or less
To generate a unique Red Ruler, roll on the tables below:
This Ruler is...
1d6
1- A Prophet of one of the Gods of Chaos. He has one of the Secret Names of God- reality buckles at his command.
2- A Chaos Sorcerer. The Ruler knows 1d6+2 spells, with an equivalent number of spellcasting dice.
3- A skilled warrior. The Ruler has an Attack bonus equal to his HD, can parry attacks 1/Round and 1/Round, if damaged, can make a ranged or melee attack against a creature within range.
4- A Monstrous Mutant. The Ruler is a hideous freak, with +1d4 HD, a STR of 18 and the ability to: 1d4 [1= to spray cones of acid every 1d4 turns, 2d6 acid damage, save for half, acid dissolves anything non-magical; 2= To regenerate 1d6 HP a round; 3= To make an extra attack because of their second set of arms; 4= To grapple on a hit with their sticky tentacles.]
5- A schemer and a talker, but with no combat ability. The Ruler is very smart, but possesses almost no individual combat ability. This ruler will work behind the scenes, manipulating events in their favor.
6- A monster or magical beast, such as: 1d4 [1= A Dragon (50% shapeshifted into a humanoid form); 2= A Werewolf who can transform whenever he wants, as long as he's not in sunlight; 3= A Vampire; 4= A Doppelganger- there is a 50% the Doppelganger killed the real Red Ruler and usurped his position.]
The Ruler fights with...
1d6
1- A magic weapon. Example: An Axe named Bone-Eater. Anyone struck by this takes 1d6 DEX damage as the Axe steals calcium from their bones. If this damage ever equals or exceeds someone's DEX score/HD, that person's skeleton changes to the consistency and properties of cartilage.
2- A bow and arrow. This Ruler can make one extra attack, as long as they are archery attacks. He is also capable of amazing trick shots, can fire while running, back-flipping or on a moving vehicle/creature with no penalty to accuracy.
3- A wand that fires bolts of magic. The bolts of magic: 1d4 [1= Light people on fire; 2= The rays transform into snakes under the Ruler's control when they strike an object; 3= Explode on impact, doing extra damage; 4= partially and temporarily paralyze whatever body part they hit.]
4- A firearm.
5- An axe guitar. Attacks as a great axe or every 1d4 rounds can fire a blast of fire that does 2d6 damage in a 30' cone, save for half.
6- Magical explosives. Each one explodes for 3d6 damage and affects a 30' radius circle, save for half damage. The Ruler can be hurt by these explosives. The explosives can be set to explode from remote control or because of some trigger.
This Red Ruler is...
1d6
1- A true believer. The Ruler is a fanatic, who whole-heartedly believes in the cause. Weakness: The Ruler will not alter any of their ideological beliefs for the sake of pragmatism.
2- A revolutionary. The Ruler does believe in the cause, but is no fool. He is smart and capable. Weakness: The Ruler will make any sacrifice he deems necessary to achieve victory; he could be baited into foolish gambles. Additionally, his Cultists are not very loyal.
3- A narcissist. The Ruler is doing this to glorify themselves. He doesn't care about his men or the cause, only for himself. Weakness: The Ruler will not back down from a challenge. Additionally, any insult will send him into a rage against whoever is responsible.
4- An opportunist. The Ruler is using chaos and the cause as an excuse to accumulate money and power. He doesn't care about the cause. Weakness: The Ruler is cowardly and will flee at the first sign of danger to himself.
5- A blood-thirsty madman. The Ruler is advancing the cause because it brings him blood and battle, which are the two things he lives for. He is terrifying on the battlefield. Weakness: The Ruler will not ignore a chance to fight, no matter how small, unless the foe is too weak to be worth the trouble or so powerful fighting it would be suicide.
6- A competent individual. The Ruler is wise, compassionate and hard when he needs to, He is a father to his men, well respected and liked. His cultists would follow him to Sheol if he ordered them to. Weakness: The Ruler will not leave his underlings to their own fates, but will always try to help or rescue them.
This Ruler believes Chaos is...
1d4
1- A force of liberation, a Good in and of itself. The Ruler wants to increase Chaos. He fundamentally believes that Chaos is good and will help people.
2- A fundamental part of the universe. To fight Chaos is foolishness, the Ruler insists, for Chaos is the universe. The Ruler just picked the winning side.
3- A necessary evil. The Ruler attempted to change things through other means, but all legal and Lawful avenues failed. Now, Chaos is all that's left.
4- A tool. The Ruler has only become a Servant of Chaos for his own reasons and this is obvious by the way he talks about Chaos. He does not seem to practice the Red Faith or even believe much Chaotic philosophy. He sees Chaos only as a tool, a force to be directed so that he can achieve his desires. He believes he is in control, not the Chaos Gods or Demons he claims to serve.
Angels of Isfet, Demons of Tyranny
Number Appearing: 1
Alignment: Any Chaotic
Languages: All languages
Treasure: Magic weapons, the Name of an Outsider, magical grist
Chaos is more than just a worldview, a way of looking at the world. It is also a religion, a faith, and a fact. And like any Faith, Chaos has its tempters and seducers seeking to waylay the faithful, as well as its comforters and helpers, seeking to keep them on the red road to salvation.
Angels of Isfet
These are the Angels that would be chief among the Sons of the Great Mother, at least if her sons bothered to organize themselves into hierarchies, which they do not. These creatures resemble evershifting, ever-fluid masses of flesh and bone. Their faces shift whenever you shift away and they naturally and easily change shape with their moods, shifting into various forms to do whatever they are to do. It could be said that they have a different body for every occasion, but that would imply a sense of organization that these creatures simply do not possess. Along with their natural mastery of shapeshifting, Angels of Isfet have the power to disrupt complex systems or machinery with a breath, induce mutations with a touch and exhale clouds of freezing wind, blistering air or burning acid.
Cultures who do not share the values of Chaos call these creatures Demons of Chaos or Demons of Disorder, though some Chaos Cults use the former term as well.
Angel of Freedom
There is nothing sweeter than Freedom, which is why the Angels of Freedom are so darn persuasive. All desire to be free, or at least, to feel free. Despite the lectures from every authority figure, from parents all the way up to His Imperium, that order is there for your own good, even under legitimate authority, men still chafe to be free. Thus, the Angels of Freedom. They resemble birds, with glossy, color-changing feathers that can glow in the dark and long, delicate limbs ending in six-fingered hands. They appear to slaves to stir revolt, beside petty kings and governors to encourage rebellion against distant overlords, they even creep into the bedchambers of hurting young people with magical talent to encourage them to lash out at the world, to free themselves. They possess silver tongues and rhetorical training that would astound any demagogue. Along with this, they possess the ability to open locked doors or containers with a touch, make someone's organs attempt to revolt and leave their body, and cause someone's DNA to unwind as the proteins within their cells attempt to make a break for it.
Cultures who do not share the values of Chaos call these creatures Demons of Rebellion or Demons of Destruction.
Angel of Exemption
Chaos iconography is always full of images of the Cultists as conquerors, smashing the rod of the taskmaster and bringing about an era of freedom and peace. This is the dream of Chaos, of the utopia that will arise once the bonds of Law have been smashed, once and for all. It is what motivates Chaos Cultists to keep fighting. But it is hard, living in secret, laboring for something you might never see. So to help them, the Gods of Chaos send the Angels of Exemption. These Angels come disguised as merchants and traders, bearing impossible goods to the right people and the right price. While these Angels primarily seek to encourage and comfort the Servants of Chaos, they also love to spread discord and confusion among the unsuspecting Agents of Law. They do this by selling unsuspecting people powerful magicks, pouring mind or body altering chemicals into the water supply, impersonating officials then making nonsensical rulings and any number of other acts of criminal mischief. They are despised among the Agents of Law for this, because while they are not the most directly dangerous, they are easily the hardest to catch. Angels of Exemption can ignore attacks against them, turn invisible, and phase through solid objects.
Cultures who do not share the values of Chaos call these creatures Demons of Theft or Demons of Discord.
Demon of Tyranny
Juvenile and simple-minded Servants hate the System, the Law and the Man because he restricts their freedom. However, the truly erudite among the Servants recognize that the problem with the current system is not that it restricts freedom, though that is a problem, but because it is based on coercion. If the system was entirely consensual, there could be no valid critique against it based on the logic of Chaos. That is, assuming you recognize the Laws of Logic. Nevertheless, the Servants dislike Law because Law enforces itself at the tip of a blade. This is why the System must be destroyed.
These creatures disagree, however. They come to ask pointed questions and urge the Servants to reconsider. They shelter refugees and raise strongholds in the wilderness, transforming the wilds into gardens. They offer safety, food and peace. Of all the outsiders arrayed against the Servants of Chaos, the Demons of Tyranny are worst of all; because no Servant who encounters them can resist the urge to wonder, even if for just a moment, if they are on the right side. Demons of Tyranny can cause spells to vanish and turn the elements against their foes, subjecting them to quicksand, chasms in the earth, dust storm and blasts of wind, while using the same to protect others and themselves.
Cultures who do not share the values of Chaos call these creatures Angels of Order or Angels of Refuge.
Demon of Oppression
The Demons of Oppression are related to the specific aspect of how Law takes away freedom. These creatures come to justify the claims of the Agents of Law, insisting that there is some kind of difference between a governor and his soldiers and a band of robbers. Demons of Oppression are extremely well studied in law, custom and rules of all sorts. They are strange creatures, composed of dozens of interlocking metal cubes, each one rotating and warping perpetually, making the Angel's body ripple with constant, but predictable changes. When threatened, Demons of Oppression have the power to disassemble, each cube moving independently, to form cages out of their bodies, and to fire bolts of electricity from their faces.
Cultures who do not share the values of Chaos call these creatures Angels of Law or Angels of Obedience.
Demon of Judgement
Law is never kind. It is cold, unyielding. Even in the case of extenuating circumstances, even in the case of excellent reasons, it must still be enforced. To not do so would weaken the entire system. Magistrates must act, even if they find the action unbearable. To do otherwise is impossible. And for those on the other side of the Magistrate's ruling, they must obey or face the consequences. To refuse to do so is an additional violation. This is why the Servants of Chaos seek to undermine the Law wherever they go, by means covert or otherwise. The Demons of Judgement hate them for this, and come to stop them. These Demons are flinty-eyed, cold-souled monsters with wings of smokeless flame and eyes on their palms. They wear cloaks of shimmering silver and diadems of cold steel. In combat, they can impose restrictions on enemies that if violated cause painful burns, summon spectral chains to bind creatures of flesh or spirit and conjure swords that can destroy anything they touch, provided the Demon has the permission of the local rulers to slay a creature.
Cultures who do not share the values of Chaos call these creatures Angels of Justice or Angels of Vengeance.
Daemon Princes
(These guys are definitely going to get their own post as well.)
Daemon Princes are not a thing exclusive to Chaos, but they are most commonly found here. Daemon Princes are mortals who have achieved pseudo-immortality through Daemonhood. They possess the powers of an Outsider, such as immortality and the ability to traverse the Realm of Spirit, but also still possess a living body, making them much harder to banish or exorcise.
They range in power, for while the lesser ones are only about as strong as a Lich, the strongest rival the Dragons and the Royals of Deep Heaven. This is because while they possess the spiritual nature of an Outsider, they can still cultivate and gain power as mortals can, granting them access to powers Outsiders rarely use or even understand.
Chaos Magicks:
This is all the information you need to make or play as a Chaos Sorcerer. If you are doing the latter, remember that Chaos Sorcerer is just a sub-class of the Base Wizard, and you can find all the information about them here.
Power: You can create harmless showers of light, sounds no louder than a human shout, small illusions no bigger than something you could hold in your hand, cause an object person-sized or smaller to become dirty or clean, and light or snuff fires no bigger than a torch with a word or gesture as a free action, though any fires started like this cannot damage anyone on the first round they are created, and must burn for at least a round and consume some non-magic fuel before they can do damage. Referee's discretion applies, of course.
Drawback: You start with a mutation. Mutants are usually scorned in lands where people will realize it is a mutation. Some places even expel mutants from their lands or hunt them down. This is rarer, however, and usually the worst thing you will have to face is harsh words and exclusion from most of public life.
Spell List:
Chaos Sorcerer Starting Spell List
1d12
1- Dimension Door
2- Finger Gun
3- Flesh to Stone
4- Gamma Infusion
5- Induce Mutation
6- Malignant Portal
7- Prismatic Ray
8- Polymorph
9- Salamander's Breath
10- Secret Door
11- Spell Deflection
12- Street Shark
13- Bubbles of Pure Madness
14- Defy Death
15- Immatize the Eschaton
Dimension Door
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R: touch T: [dice] creatures D: one action
Up to [dice] creatures you can touch, counting yourself as one of the creatures, teleport up to 10*[dice]'.
Finger Gun
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R: 50' T: creature D: one action
Point your finger at one creature. That creature takes [sum] damage as a bolt of magical energy blasts from your fingertip and strikes them. If you cast this spell with more than 1 [dice], you may also damage up to [sum] additional creatures, as long as they are adjacent to the original creature you targeted.
Flesh to Stone
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R: 30' T: creature D: [dice] hours
One creature within range must save. If the creature has more HD than [dice], it adds the difference to its save. If it has 3x more HD than [dice], it automatically passes. A creature that fails its saving throw is turned to stone. After the duration, the petrified creature turns back to normal, unless the spell was cast with 4 or more [dice], in which case the caster may make the duration as long as they wish, including permanent.
Gamma Infusion
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R: 30' T: creature D: one action, then [sum] minutes
One creature within range takes [sum] nonlethal damage. If the damage the spell causes equals or exceeds its HP, the creature then transforms into a monster. This monster gains [sum] HP, gains a STR, DEX and CON scores equal to 12+[dice] and regenerates [dice] HP a round. The monster then proceeds to fly into a rage, attacking and destroying everything in its path. It is stupid and feral, driven only by a primitive desire to destroy. And while it cannot plan, it will retain its personality from before transforming, and any antipathies had before. If it disliked you before you cast this spell on it, it will probably try to find and pull your limbs off. The creature continues its rampage for [sum] minutes or until it is killed. After that, it transforms back. If this spell is cast with four or more spellcasting dice, you can choose to make the duration for as long as you want, or permanent.
Induce Mutation
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R: 10' T: creature D: one action
Disfigure one creature by molding its flesh into some aberrant shape. The creature must make a save vs. spell, minus [sum]. On a failure, the creature gains [dice] mutations. If 4 or more [dice] are used to cast this spell, you may specify the mutations.
Malignant Portal
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R: 30' T: a flat surface within range D: [dice] rounds
You create a portal on a flat surface that begins sucking up everything near it. Everything within 10*[dice]' begins to feel suction as if a creature with a STR score equal to [sum] (maxing out at 19(+4)) is pulling on it. Any creature that fails to resist this pull is sucked off their feet and into the portal. The portal also pulls in loose objects, air, gases in the atmosphere, and etc. Note that the caster also knows that whatever ends up going through that portal is probably gone forever.
But in case you do end up falling through it...
Where does this Portal lead to?
1d8
1- Sheol. The grey, sunless land of the dead, where the dead walk through the wastes forever, occasionally being hunted by unimaginable monsters and each other.
2- The Sun. This isn't instantly fatal. You arrive in the golden offices of the Burning Bureaucracy, the heart of the Elemental Court of Fire. You are likely to be instantly arrested and seized as you will stick out like sore thumbs, but if you manage to escape that, you will find the Sun has parks and taverns and cities. The only long term problem you might have is finding food. Being arrested might not even be a bad thing, as you might be able to convince the Pyrocrats or the Sultan to send you back. 3- The Moon. The moon is covered in strange forests and red oceans. It is mostly humid and tropical, with the exception of the poles, which are quite cold.
4- The Veins of the Earth. Enjoy starving to death forty miles below ground. Also, read the book if you haven't.
5- A parallel universe. Nothing seems different at first. Soon you might realize that this is not your world. Or maybe you won't. Who knows?
6- Heaven. The Domain of the Law Gods. It's not full of mortal souls, but the Law Gods, their Angels and their Celestial Bureaucrats. A really swanky place, but if they catch you, they will send you back.
7- The middle of the wilderness. You have no idea where you are.
8- New York City. The air is warm and the sky is blue, but everything else looks different. The roads are paved in solid slabs instead of individual stones and there are metal towers that reach halfway to Heaven it seems. You have no idea what to make of this place.
Prismatic Ray
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R: 50' T: [dice] creatures D: one action
Fires [dice] rays at up to [dice] targets. Each ray requires an attack roll. On a hit, each ray does 1d6+[dice] damage. To determine what ray is fired, roll 1d8, rerolling duplicates. All additional effects last [dice] minutes.
What ray is fired?
1d8
1- Red. Does fire damage. All hit by this are set on fire and take 1d6 damage a round until they take an action to put out the fire.
2- Orange. Does necrotic damage. All hit by this must save or age 1d6+[dice] years.
3- Yellow. Does radiant damage. Undead, enemies of the Court of Fire or those hated by the Sun take double damage.
4- Green. Does acid damage. All hit by this must save or go insane for [dice] minutes.
5- Blue. Does cold damage. All hit by this are trapped in a thin shell of ice and cannot move until they take an action to free themselves.
6- Indigo. Does psychic damage. All hit by this must save or become overcome with delusions of grandeur.
7- Violet. Does electrical damage. All hit by this must save or be scared of the caster for the duration.
8- Double Strike. The caster fires two rays because of this result. Roll again twice. If you roll this result again, treat it as '7'.
Polymorph
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R: 30' T: creature D: [dice] hours
One creature within range must save. If the creature has more HD than [dice], it adds the difference to its save. If it has 3x more HD than [dice], it automatically passes. A creature may also choose to fail its save, if it wishes to.
On a failed save, the creature is transformed into an animal. If appropriate, Referee's discretion, the person transformed gains +[sum] FS when transformed. This should only be if the animal is something large and more difficult to kill then the creature's original form.
After the duration ends, or whenever the caster wishes to, the transformed creature returns to their original form.
Salamander's Breath
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R: 30' T: creature D: one action
You breathe fire from your mouth, spewing flames in a line 10*[dice]' long. This line is wide enough to engulf one Medium sized creature. If you breathe fire at a creature, that creature must save. On a failure, it takes [sum] fire damage. On a success, it takes half damage. Creatures directly adjacent to the targeted creature must save as well. On a success, they take no damage, but on a failure they take half of [sum] in fire damage.
Secret Door
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R: touch T: a surface, object or creature D: [dice] minutes
One surface, object or creature you touch has a door appear on it. You can open this door and pass through it. If cast on a surface, the Secret Door allows you to pass through the surface to the other side. If cast on an object or person, the door allows you to access the inside of an object. If cast on a creature, opening a door created on/in it does not hurt the creature. After the duration, the door vanishes, leaving no sign it was ever there.
Spell Deflection
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R: self T: a spell D: one free action
You may cast this as a reaction. A spell that is targeting you is instead reflected against a random target. If this spell is cast with 4 or more [dice], you can redirect the spell to a target you choose.
Street Shark
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R: 30' T: flat surface D: [dice] rounds
You conjure a Street Shark, which is a finned creature that can swim through stone or earth like it is water. The Street Shark will remain for the duration or until is killed, taking an action each round to jump out and attack a random target. The Street Shark has [sum] HP and makes attacks as if it had a STR of 12+[dice].
Bubbles of Pure Madness
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R: 100' T: anyone who touches the bubbles D: [dice] minutes
You conjure [dice] colorful, opaque bubbles about the size of a carriage. These bubbles float around randomly, bumping into things. Anyone who touches one of these bubbles passes through it, without popping it. Instead, anyone whose head passes through the bubble takes [sum] COG damage as they are suddenly assaulted with horrible cosmic revelations. If reduced to 0 COG or below, they see one of the visions below and gain a Conviction based on what they see within the vision. These Convictions are believed, no matter how little sense they make.
What Conviction have you gained from your exposure to the Void...
1d6
1- You see the stars fall out of the sky. The sky goes dark and something vast and terrible emerges from the Night to devour the Sun. Darkness reigns eternal. The world's new masters crack the moon into pieces and hurl it down to earth, where it crashes down with terrible force, shaking the pillars of Heaven. You gain the Conviction, "The world is going to end soon and I must prepare."
2- You see the skies covered with maroon clouds. A rain of blood descends upon the earth. Those hit by the rain begin going insane, mindlessly attacking anything that moves until killed themselves. A violinist wanders through this scene, her silk dress soaked in blood, her expression one of wild glee as she plays her heart out. None of the creatures touch, or even seem to notice her. You gain the Conviction, "A Wizard is going to do something terrible near me, I must be ready."
3- You see your own funeral. Your friends and family are there, weeping over the grave. You gain the Conviction, "I must take all precautions to prevent my own demise."
4- You see a great, stone idol with a diamond, ruby and emerald eye. The idol seems to call to you, demanding you reach into its open mouth. You do, albeit reluctantly, and remove a massive, living pink tongue from the stone. The idol then begins to speak, asking you why you have torn out your own tongue. You realize this is the case, but you can't respond, as you are choking on your own blood. You gain the Conviction, "I will not trust any stranger."
5- You see yourself seated on a throne, wearing a fur cape with a diadem on your head. Before you, men from a dozen lands present tribute, zebra hides and onyx jewelry and fine silk and all the other treasures of the world. Your beautiful wife and children gather around you, and you should be happy. But the bodies, the living dead staring at you with silent, accusing eyes from the base of the dais, from the shadows in the hall and through the windows rob you of your peace. You gain the Conviction, "I must not kill anyone if I can help it."
6- You see yourself walking down a street, being showered in flower petals. Women sing and play the tambourine and shout with joy as you return at the head of an army, laden with booty and captives. The King rides at your side, but this is no unknown King. This is the current King of your homeland. In your dream, you call this man you call "Father," and he rejoices with you. You gain the Conviction, "I must return home, something grand awaits me there."
Defy Death
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R: 10*[dice]' T: all within range D: [dice] minutes
For the duration, no one within range can die. This spell does not stop or mitigate pain, madness or anything else. After the spell ends, anyone suffering from a mortal wound will begin dying as usual.
Immatize the Eschaton
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R: special T: special D: one action
The sky turns an unnatural color, crows fly backwards, or slain animals laugh in your nets. Time jumps forward by [dice] days. This does not affect living creatures, but all natural forces and spells will be affected as if that many days happen. This spell does not do damage, but if someone was in a particular situation, such as being in a very cold place or close to a rapidly advancing fire, it could cause them to take damage indirectly.
Chaos of the Chaos Sorcerer
1d6
1- A chest-sized cube of 1d6 [1= Stone; 2= Ice; 3= Glass; 4= Bronze; 5= Salt; 6= Blood] appears 30' in the air above a random creature within 30'.
2- A statue of you is formed out of nearby materials. The likeness is uncanny. The statue has a 1d10% equal to the number of dice you used in the spell that induced chaos of coming to life.
3- Every person within 100' should save. The first person to fail their save projectile vomits glowing, rainbow sludge.
4- For the next 1d10 minutes, any Magic-User within 100' who casts a spell must save. On a failure, they accidentally cast Prismatic Ray, targeting a random target.
5- You develop a mutation. Save after ten minutes. On a failure, it becomes permanent.
6- A random object within range of the spell catches fire.
Corruption of the Chaos Sorcerer
1d6
1- One person of your choice within 100' must save. On a failure, they explode and are killed instantly, unless they could somehow survive being blow up from the inside out.
2- You take 1d8 damage as a 1 HD clone of you is born. The clone is a new entity with no inherent allegiance to you, but it also has no knowledge. If raised, it could be a useful ally. If rejected, it will flee and return at a later time to take revenge.
3- Every person within 100' should save. The first person to fail their save is horribly mutated, gaining a lobster claw, a lion's mane, 1d6 extra eyes and 1d4 extra arms.
4- For the next 1d10 minutes, any Magic-User within 100' of you who casts a spell must save. On a failure, they accidentally cast Gamma Infusion, targeting a random target.
5- You develop a mutation. It is permanent.
6- A cloud of thick, green fog centered on you forms, extending for 100 cubic feet. The gas is highly flammable. If exposed to any sparks or open flames, everyone takes 1d6 fire damage from the initial blast as the gas cloud ignites, then 1d6 damage for the next 1d6 rounds as the gas cloud burns. After that time is up, the gas is gone, having all been burned up.
Doom of the Chaos Sorcerer:
Doom of Fools- You gain an impressive mutation. The Referee should select one from his favorite table, or roll below.
1d6
1- You grow a pair of functional wings. You can now fly, if you have a running start.
2- You grow gills. You can now breathe air and water.
3- You grow claws, furry ears and a cute tail. Your unarmed attacks do 1d6 sharp damage and you get to double your STR bonus when you try to climb.
4- You grow a badass tentacle arm. The arm does 1d6 damage on a hit and grapples automatically on a hit.
5- You grow a third eye in the middle of your forehead. This eye gives you a +2 bonus to perception and observation checks.
6- You grow chitinous armor all over your body. You gain +2 FS if not wearing armor, not counting shields or helmets.
Doom of Kings- You gain a horrific mutation. The Referee should select one from his favorite table, or roll below.
1d6
1- You lose 1d6 points of STR as all the meat falls off one of your arms, leaving you with only bone. You can still use the bone as an arm, but it is much weaker than a normal arm.
2- You lose 1d6 points of DEX as your feet turn into hands. You can use your feet-hands as hands as well, but they are much more sensitive and hard to move on.
3- You lose 1d6 points of CON as your Spleen crawls out of your mouth, falls to the ground and transforms into a cloud of butterflies.
4- You lose 1d6 points of COG and your body begins automatically changing color based on your mood.
5- You lose 1d6 points of CHA as your eyes become mouths and your mouth is replaced by a single, massive eye.
6- You lose 1d6 points of CHA as you lose your face, leaving the space where your face would be entirely smooth. You can still eat, even with your mouth gone, but the process is horrific to witness.
Ultimate Doom- You degenerate into a Chaos Cursed.
This Doom can be avoided by pledging your allegiance to a person or organization that serves Law and serving them faithfully, or by tracking down the person who taught you magic and consuming them.
Treasure of the Servants of Chaos:
1d8
1- A Nonsense Number. The player gains access to an imaginary number, such as i, the square root of pi or Qark. At any point, the player may substitute anything they roll on any dice with this imaginary number. This frees the imaginary number and the player loses it, but it also changes the outcome of the roll. They should then roll on this table: instead of what would have normally happened happening 1d6 [1= One random intelligent creature within 100' turns into a frog. No save is permitted; 2= Everyone's weapons are teleported to random locations and replaced with vegetables; 3= A chest full of money appears in front of the number's previous holder; 4= As three, but the money is stolen; 5= A giant snake slithers out from a space and begins acting like a giant snake would; 6= A God of Chaos shows up and demands you make a wish. If you wish for anything good, the Chaos God will twist your wish to make it hurt you. If it is something bad, the Chaos God will give you exactly what you ask for.]
2- Electro-Gauntlet. It is a weapon, a gauntlet of steel and copper wire. The user may make a touch attack. Anyone hit by this takes 1d8 electric damage and must save or be paralyzed for as long as the user is touching them. However, if the user ever rolls a natural "1" when wielding this weapon, it stops working.
3- Potion of Duplication. It is a potion. Any non-magical item that has this potion poured on it will duplicate. Any creature who drinks this will have an exact duplicate of them as they are then pop into existence next to them. If poured on a magical item, it instead produces a cloud of stinging, but non-damaging gas.
4- Hotel Key for a room in the Infinite Hotel. Roll to see what type of room yours is: 1d4 [1= positive number; 2= Negative number; 3= Fraction or mixed number; 4= Imaginary number (you have to do some serious drugs to find and enter your room).] You can reach the Infinite Hotel by entering any place with a room for rent and showing the key to the owner. The Infinite Hotel is a mega-dungeon overflowing with rare treasures and fabulous riches, but also dangerous monsters and strange creatures from across the multiverse. Beware the Night Manager.
5- Starchild-Egg. It looks like a translucent crystal with a small glowing embryo inside. It also radiates energy like a wood stove radiates heat. If dropped off a high place, hit with an attack that does at least 12 damage or struck by fire hot enough to melt steel, the egg hatches and unleashes a massive explosion. Everything that has less than 5 HD or a Damage Threshold of 4 or less within 100' of the egg is instantly vaporized, all others must save or die. For the next 1d10*100 feet, all take 6d6 explosion damage, save for half. If kept warm and safe for 100 days, it will hatch into a seemingly normal human with strangely colored hair and eyes. This person will grow superhumanly fast and become a great hero or villain, depending on how they are raised and will change the world dramatically. You could groom them into become a Messiah for your personal interpretation of the Red Faith, or they could become the hero destined to defeat you.
6- Powered Armor. Treat this armor as if you gained a STR and CON of 18 and gained an additional +10 FS. You can also run as fast as a horse, bend steel and smash through anything less solid than a brick wall. When worn, the Armor grants these powers to the wearer for 10 minutes, before shutting down. It will then need to charge and cannot be used again until the next day.
7- Page from the spellbook of Zuul the Accursed. It contains three spells from the list above that the players don't have and 1 rare spell from a random spell list. The page also has a 50% chance of being cursed. If it is cursed, anyone who tries to access the spells contained within it is cursed with illiteracy, and cannot read or write. They also cannot learn. For Wizards or Magic-Users, this means they can put their spells back into their spellbooks, but they can't take them back out again.
8- Anakl's Revolver. It's a gun with six bullets left. Each of these bullets is made of bronze and are magical. Any creature hit by one of these bullets must save or be Charmed to the wielder of the Revolver for 1 day. Creatures Charmed by the Revolver must obey any order given, except ones that would place them in obvious danger- ie they cannot be ordered to kill themselves or enter a situation that would cause certain death. On a successful save, the creature instead takes 3d6 damage. If a creature is hit, it can choose to fail it's save.
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