Shield of the Wisent Witch
Major arcanum #8
+1 armorcloseforcefulmagical+1 Readiness on a 7+ to Defend
A shield of horn-oak, glossy from long use, shod in bronze and adorned with a stylized wisent skull. It's heavier than it looks, but its heft gives you a feeling of confidence, like anyone would be a fool to mess with a titan such as you.
When you bear the Shield openly, natural creatures give you wide berth and treat you with the respect that they would give a 1,000-lb. bison.
When you use the Shield to Defend with both feet planted firmly on the ground, so long as you hold Readiness you cannot be moved or tripped. When you spend Readiness to strike back at an attacker, you also break their momentum, knock them back, and/or send them reeling.
When you perform the sacred rites of the forest witches, alone in the woods under a clear crescent moon, mark 1.
When you make the last mark, you unlock the shield's mysteries, and can use Spirits of the Herd (see reverse).
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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