IN> Attunements for Israfel

[Landon W Schurtz]

I present some ideas I had for attunements for
Israfel.  Hopefully others on the list will find them
interesting or helpful.  I tried to keep theme
thematically consistent; it would certainly be
ridiculous to give servants of the Angel of Music
Attunements such that they became notorious combat
monsters, for instance.  Anyway, here they are:

***Israfel - Angel of Music***

**Servitor Attunements**

*Musician's Ear*
Servitors of the Angel of Music are uniquely 
aware of the harmonies - and the disharmonies - 
of the Symphony.  Square the Angel's Celestial 
Forces when determining the base range at which 
she can detect disturbances to the Symphony.

*Magister Cantorum*
Whenever an Servitor of Music hears a song 
performed (even if by detecting the Disturbance 
generated by performing the Song - but not by 
anything else), he knows unerringly which Song 
(and Version), the degree of skill of the 
performer, and if there were any modifiers or 
changes in effect in the performance (e.g.: if 
the performer took extra time, used Sotto Voce, 
performed with a Chorus, or had a bonus - 
although this Attunement will only reveal if the 
performer had a bonus and how much, but not exactly
why).

*Musica Universalis*
Israfel's devoted understand the Symphony well 
enough to glean information from careful 
listening even when there are no Disturbances at 
present.  With a few minutes careful attention to 
the music of the spheres, and a Perception check, 
the angel can discern what, if any, Word would be 
most likely to hold sway over the area in 
question.  Generally, only high-level Words are 
considered, and the Word in question is not 
always obvious as it may seem at first blush.  An 
office rife with internecine rivalry might be 
more appropriately under Faction than Trade, and 
an adult movie set might be - depending on the 
motivations of the individuals involved - more 
appropriately under Trade than Lust!  In essence, 
this power gives the angel the 'zeitgeist' of the 
area (or, more appropriately, 'platzgeist').  On 
a Check Digit of 6 or more, he also learns if any 
servitors of that Word have in fact had some 
influence (such an Influence must have produced 
some Disturbance, or else it will go undetected) 
here in the past, but since this is not 
restricted by time, it may be useless on certain 
"areas."  The definition of an "area" is fluid, 
and the same physical locale can yield different 
results depending on the 'character' of the place 
- an empty office building is a far different 
place from the functioning office that could have 
been found there the day before, and from the 
hideout for a band of thieves that will be found 
there one week hence.  It is said that wider 
applications of "area" are possible - an angel 
who spent months moving about a city, listening 
to the strains of the Symphony, might be able to 
get a 'read' on the whole metropolitan area!  No 
doubt, however, such a Perception check would be 
at massive penalties, and the task would require 
supreme dedication, as well as a willingness not 
to generate any disturbances to the Symphony 
one's self (so as not to interfere with the 
delicate chords one is listening for). 



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