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− | Paimon requires that her seal be drawn around a spellbook. The summoner must face toward the northwest during the ritual. | + | Paimon requires that her seal be drawn around a spellbook. The summoner must face toward the northwest during the ritual, so that they are standing southeast. |
== Taboo == | == Taboo == | ||
You must not read scrolls while confused. | You must not read scrolls while confused. | ||
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Wear a helmet, so that the crown appears to be supported. | Wear a helmet, so that the crown appears to be supported. | ||
== Immunity == | == Immunity == | ||
− | Paimon grants [[MC]] 3 | + | Paimon grants [[MC]] 3 and hungerless casting ala wizards (50% cost at int 15, 25% cost at 16-19, and no cost for int >20). |
== Skill == | == Skill == | ||
None. | None. | ||
== Active Powers == | == Active Powers == | ||
− | *Read Spell: Read a spell from a wielded [[spellbook]]. You don't have to pay the energy cost, and | + | *Read Spell: Read a spell from a wielded [[spellbook]]. You don't have to pay the energy cost, and there is no chance of spell failure. |
*Book Telepathy: Detect spellbooks on the current level. | *Book Telepathy: Detect spellbooks on the current level. | ||
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== Passive Powers == | == Passive Powers == | ||
− | *Lives to Pages: Targets struck with a wielded spellbook may | + | *Lives to Pages: Targets struck with a wielded spellbook may lose a level, returning a reading to the book (10% chance per hit). |
+ | *Power of Learning: When wielding a spellbook as a weapon, it deals damage equal to your power damage die plus the spellbook's level. For example, a 14th level binder wielding a [[spellbook of fireball]] deals 1d5+4 damage. A 30th level binder with the same book deals 1d9+4 damage. | ||
*Warning against magic: You gain [[warning]] against spellcasting monsters. | *Warning against magic: You gain [[warning]] against spellcasting monsters. | ||
+ | *Master Magician: You gain a bonus to spell failure chance equivalent to wearing a [[robe]] without [[metallic]] [[body armor]]. This bonus stacks with the bonus from an actual robe. |
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Paimon, the Fell Archivist
Paymon is a king of hell who governs 200 legions, half of them from the Angelic Order, and half from the Order of Powers. He appears as a man with a woman’s face riding a dromedary, and crowned with a headdress made with precious stones.
[ Dictionnaire Infernal by Collin de Plancy (1863) ]
Binding Ritual
Paimon requires that her seal be drawn around a spellbook. The summoner must face toward the northwest during the ritual, so that they are standing southeast.
Taboo
You must not read scrolls while confused.
Mark
A crown floats above your head.
Detection
The crown can be seen from a distance.
Disguise
Wear a helmet, so that the crown appears to be supported.
Immunity
Paimon grants MC 3 and hungerless casting ala wizards (50% cost at int 15, 25% cost at 16-19, and no cost for int >20).
Skill
None.
Active Powers
- Read Spell: Read a spell from a wielded spellbook. You don't have to pay the energy cost, and there is no chance of spell failure.
- Book Telepathy: Detect spellbooks on the current level.
Passive Powers
- Lives to Pages: Targets struck with a wielded spellbook may lose a level, returning a reading to the book (10% chance per hit).
- Power of Learning: When wielding a spellbook as a weapon, it deals damage equal to your power damage die plus the spellbook's level. For example, a 14th level binder wielding a spellbook of fireball deals 1d5+4 damage. A 30th level binder with the same book deals 1d9+4 damage.
- Warning against magic: You gain warning against spellcasting monsters.
- Master Magician: You gain a bonus to spell failure chance equivalent to wearing a robe without metallic body armor. This bonus stacks with the bonus from an actual robe.