The world is made
up of many realms. The “Higher” realms of the Gods and Divine
beings, the “Lower” realms of the dead and demonic. Then there
are the realms of man and beast; of the mortal realms. But there are
leftovers. Spaces between spaces from the creation of the world. Most
of these realms are places where monsters have come from, or places
that mad Wizards have created and slipped away into. But there is one
that is totally empty. It is a silent, dark place. No mind sculpts
this realm or gives it a purpose.
Except for just
one.
The Realm of
Emeralds is a left over dimension. Perhaps from the creation of the
world, a fractal part of the Sacred Sapphire from which all things
came. Or perhaps it was once the afterlife or prelife of a race or
god, which became desolate after a spiritual exodus from the place.
Maybe it was created once, long ago, or it simply always
existed.
The Realm of Emeralds is a dark, shadowy place wrapped in an eternal twilight. Everything there is stained in shades of green. Everything in the realm of the mortals is copied here; it is exactly as wide and vast as the mortal realm, but totally devoid of life. It is a very quiet, lonely place. Only one being here disturbs the Emeralds, and that is known as the Walks-In-Emeralds. It is technically a sexless being, but appears as a male humanoid of elderly age, and is usually referred to as a him. It is a one of kind thing, with no other race or caste of beings that are exactly the same. It seemingly can understand language, but is not known to speak. It is also intelligent, but has its own goals and intelligence that run contrary to what most living beings understand.
The Realm of Emeralds is a dark, shadowy place wrapped in an eternal twilight. Everything there is stained in shades of green. Everything in the realm of the mortals is copied here; it is exactly as wide and vast as the mortal realm, but totally devoid of life. It is a very quiet, lonely place. Only one being here disturbs the Emeralds, and that is known as the Walks-In-Emeralds. It is technically a sexless being, but appears as a male humanoid of elderly age, and is usually referred to as a him. It is a one of kind thing, with no other race or caste of beings that are exactly the same. It seemingly can understand language, but is not known to speak. It is also intelligent, but has its own goals and intelligence that run contrary to what most living beings understand.
The
Walks-In-Emeralds is a very lonely spirit, its home realm is the
Realm of Emeralds, but is can leave its home dimension. It may open
portals between the realms, stepping from the Realm of Emeralds and
stepping into the mortal realm at the same location within the real
world. Once there, the Walks-In-Emeralds can fight and be fought like
any normal creature. However, it rarely seeks conflict and prefers to
run; if the Walks-In-Emeralds opens a dimensional portal, it only
takes one round to open and step through it, and will automatically
use this ability if it drops to half HP.
Its main goal in
our world is to touch things. Usually it touches living things,
though it will sometimes touch inanimate objects too. It prefers to
touch people when they are sleeping as to allow its magical powers to
spread, but will always attempt to touch 2d6 living beings or objects
during each visit. It also prefers to spread its touch out to wide an
area as possible, as to better enrich the Realm of Emeralds.
The Realm of Emeralds
The Realm of
Emeralds is a dark dimension. Everything in the mortal realm is
mirrored here, but decayed and lessened in some fashion. If you just
finished building a castle, the castle would appear in this realm
too, but crumbling and overgrown with moss. The realm is filled with
dark mist, which nourishes the Walks-In-Emeralds. Every turn in the
Realm of Emeralds, the Walks-In-Emeralds regains one hit point,
meaning that in just a few days it can make a full recovery and be
ready to strike again.
The Realm is a
dark mirror to the world, but is devoid of living things. The only
exception are plants, but the plants here are almost crystalline,
with transparent and weak leaves, barely moving or swaying in the
wind. There are no animals or people. It is a sad place. However, the
Walks-In-Emeralds brings more energy into its realm by touching
things.
Anything touched
by the being will appear in the other realm, a copy. It appears as a
ghost or phantom of the thing in question, spilling forth light from
whatever surface was touched and is colored with the green energy in
the mortal realm. Within this realm, it is like a ghostly copy that
mimics the motions and actions of the first; it brings light and
movement to this realm in some capacity. Similarly to the buildings,
these manifestations are “lesser” then their real counterparts.
They appear as spirits or as moving images and sounds, discordant
smells, sometimes appearing from multiple different times in the real
world at the same time in this one. The Walks-In-Emeralds may only be
doing this so that its realm is more lively, or because this gives it
power.
These
manifestations can also be controlled by the Walks-In-Emeralds. They
have ½ the power of their real world counterparts; an orc warrior
with a green blemish in the real world appears as a spirit in the
Emerald one, and when the Walks-In-Emeralds commands it, it will
fight on his behalf with ½ the Orc's hit dice and dealing half the
damage. It is very real here, however lessened, a servant of the
realm's mysterious master.
Walks-In-Emeralds
(6+2 HD, 14 AC, +2 to hit, 1d6+1 Emerald Staff, Emerald Command,
Spells)
Morale-
12 (+2 in its dimension)
The
Walks-In-Emeralds can transport itself between worlds, and is a
physical being. It can be killed, though it is a wily creature and is
very difficult to capture or corner, due to its power to open portals
between dimensions. It can open and step through a portal in one
round, meaning once it activates this power you have one round to
kill it before it passes through. If you are touching the being when
it passes through, you will be dragged into its realm. Once there, it
has little qualms about killing people invading its silent realm- you
can escape only by finding an area where the wall between worlds is
thin, or by grabbing the Walks-In-Emeralds again when it leaves its
realm.
Anything the Walks-In-Emeralds has touched is considered part of its
growing domain. In the mortal realm, this means people or objects
touched by it, with its emerald magic growing on their skin or
emerald paint stuck to the bricks or metal. With a motion it can
command these objects to animate or beings to obey its commands;
intelligent beings get a saving throw to resist. Usually, the
Walks-In-Emeralds doesn't want the beings it touches to die and
avoids killing them; it simply wants to spread its emerald infection
in the world to enrich its own realm, not cause mass destruction, but
will force beings infected by its touch to jump in the way and block
anyone chasing it so it can escape. Within its home realm, it can
command the constructs of emerald light, which it will animate to ½
of their full power that they would have in the mortal realm.
The
Walks-In-Emeralds can also cast spells. It has the same number of
spells and casts spells as though it was a 5th
level Magic User. Most of its powers are based on disabling attacks;
Slow, Sleep, Color Spray, and other staple spells are likely to be in
its arsenal. The Walks-In-Emeralds can also cast two bonus spells per
day of any level, of any spells it knows.
The Walks-In-Emeralds also knows (has invented?) a few unique spells.
If you manage to kill or defeat the being, you may be able to learn
these spells by reading the inside of its skull. It has no known
spellbook or arcane laboratory in its home dimension, except the
mirror-world version of sorcerer lairs in the mortal realm. The books
in these realms are printed on pure emerald sheets of crystal paper-
but there is a 1 in 100 chance that any book may have a few usable
runes barely legible. These runes could help teach a Magic User some
of this being's unique spells.
[1]
Emerald Flames
- 1st
Level
This
is a buff spell. The caster changes the elemental affinity of fire
within themselves for the rest of the day. The Walks-In-Emeralds
always has this spell effect on. This changes the color and powers of
all the fire spells of the caster; turning their conjured flames to
dark emerald and their summoned lighting to lime green. All prepared
fire, lighting, and highly energetic evocations are altered. They
deal a bonus dice
of the appropriate size on a damage roll, and opponents hit by them
save at -2. These spells don't kill however, instead knocking the
target to 1 HP, helpless, and scarring their body with emerald
patterns across their flesh and clothes.
[2]
Flash of Crimson
- 1st
level
When
cast by the Walks-In-Emeralds; causes everything around them to turn
bright red for a second, which generates a supernatural fear and
desire to flee in everyone around. All targets must make a save at
minus the caster's HD or level, or else they flee the area; they must
flee for at least 3 rounds, unless otherwise blocked. The
Walks-In-Emeralds will use this ability to scare off foes before
disappearing back through a portal if it is too risky to do so
otherwise. After the first time you are subject to this ability, you
can expect it next time and now no longer flee from it.
If
this spell is learned and cast by someone else, it has no effect
unless enough green material is nearby to create the supernatural red
light. Wizards who wish to use this spell will need to be wearing a
green robe and hat, have green skin, or be wearing a piece of jewelry
studded with emeralds worth at least 6,000c or greater in value.
[3]
Brittle Patch
- 2nd
level
This
spell is used to patch up a hole, either in a piece of clothing, a
crack in the wall, or the hole of a ship. The Walks-In-Emeralds can
also use this to patch up wounds, which is much more difficult and
requires a Mage of at least 6th
level to perform, even though a lower level Magician can cast this
spell.
The
patch cast by this spell has two effects. First, for all beings who
lack the true sight or ability to reveal illusions; this spell makes
the patched object look exactly as though it was totally whole and
mended on its own. If this spell is used on wounds, it creates the
illusion of a rapid although natural covering and healing of the
wound. However, this spell does not truly “fix” the object in
question. The bucket that is mended will still leak, though not in an
obvious way. The patched hole in the wall will still be drafty, but
people will not be able to identify the source. Wounds healed are not
really healed, and are instead kept in a state of injury though
without pain or open pathway for infection or further aggravation;
hit points are not restored for the value of the injury, just patched
over and ignored, even with natural healing.
The
second power of this spell is that when the caster dies, this spell
is undone. This means that all damaged things are opened back up on
the slaying of the caster; including wounds, mended ropes and armor,
and many more. The Walks-In-Emeralds has many beings and important
monuments patched by this spell, though anything patched by this
spell can be truly restored with an appropriate healing or mending
spell. Killing the Walks-In-Emeralds will cause quite a lot of damage
to be done to the world, however unintentionally it will happen; the
being may project psychic images of this to the party members, but it
is unlikely to be understood unless someone in the party has a Wisdom
modifier of +2 or better to understand the defense mechanism of this
otherworldly being.
[4]
Mask of Obliviousness
- 3rd
level
This
spell can only be cast on an unaware target. Cast on a single person,
they will not be able to notice you for the rest of their life, or
until the spell is otherwise removed. This “not noticing”
includes invisibility, auditory, and even touch, though the person
will be aware if they are being touched or moved and think a ghost or
supernatural force is touching them. The victim of this spell will
not accept any proof of the proposed individual, and will not be able
to defend themselves from one sneak attack. Every time the caster
attacks or casts a magic spell upon the victim, they get a chance to
save and break free from the effect.
The
spell creates a spectral “mask” over their eyes, which can only
be seen by holy men or those who have the true sight. If
Walks-In-Emeralds casts this on somebody, the mask will appear a dark
crystal green. If anybody else casts this spell on a person, it will
appear as a dark shadowy mask. If a rival Wizard of a higher level
investigates, they can see your Wizard vigil hidden in the vapors and
know you cast the spell upon this victim.
[5]
Green Gateway
- 4th
level
This
spell allows the caster to open a portal into the Realm of Emeralds.
This portal is permanent. The Walks-In-Emeralds will notice the
portal in 2d6 weeks after it has been opened, but cannot destroy it
outright with its magical powers. The Walks-In-Emeralds can open and
close portals on its own with ease, but this spell may be required to
actually go into its realm and chase it directly.
[6]
Magic Malcontent
- 4th
level
This
spell is chaotic, and the Walks-In-Emeralds only uses it in serious
fights, or battles when it is defending itself in its own realm and
can no longer flee. The spell magically prepares and casts the
caster's other prepared spells, one every round, starting from the
lowest level prepared spell and going to the highest until all of
their spells have been exhausted. This spell can be ended prematurely
by the caster concentrating for one round and skipping their normal
action.
This
spell creates a spiritual, Emerald-Energy duplicate that begins to
cast the caster's spells. In the mortal realm, it is barely visible
as a green shimmer, but in the Realm of Emeralds, it is an obvious
spectral copy of the spell caster- motioning and blasting magical
energy outwards. Every round, this entity casts a spell of the
caster's without hesitation, but will still cast the spell in a way
that is beneficial to the caster. Offensive spells will be targeted
towards random enemies, Defensive spells on their allies or the
caster themselves, miscellaneous spells are cast on random objects or
in the most useful way they could be used in that context, and so on.
If all the enemies are removed or defeated, the spirit will still
cast offensive spells but will be cast them on random objects nearby
or the corpses of the caster's enemies; it must cast the magic it has
been granted, even if it is no longer useful.
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