A whispering… word?
Minor arcanum #46
Hidden from the sun, in a ring of runes, there is a... word?... floating in the air. Squiggling and wriggling, yearning to be free, it whispers promises of power. But the runes around it fill you with dread.
To unlock its secrets, you must…
Requirements
- ☐ …master your fear, forcing yourself to grasp it and take it inside of you.
- ☐ …hold tight as it wracks your body and soul, attempting to unmake you (2d6 damage, messy, ignores armor).
- ☐ …spend weeks in isolation, wrapping your mind around the dread word that now lives in your head.
- ☐ …risk corrupting your locale and destroying your possessions or anything else nearby as you practice speaking the dread word aloud.
The rest is discovered in play. Every arcanum has a hidden back — what it becomes, what it wants, what it costs. That’s for your table to find out, so it isn’t published here.
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