Owl (Empathic Bond)

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Contents 1 Requirements 2 Known Abilities 2.1 Attribute Modifiers 2.2 Specialty Access 2.3 Charms 2.4 Additional Abilities 2.4.1 Traits Granted 3 Suspected Abilities

Requirements

Unsure.

You imagine what it would be like to have a deep bond with the tawny male owl, and you feel a distinct echo from within it.

You experience feelings of insight, wisdom, patience and serenity.

You experience visions of stars burning in a moonless sky, rain hissing onto the surface of a dark lake, the silouhettes of mountain peaks at dusk and wind whistling through a shadowy forest.

Known Abilities

Attribute Modifiers

Those who form an empathic bond with an owl receive bonuses to their Willpower, Charisma and Perception.

Specialty Access

Initial bonus specialties are provided to:

Awareness: 1
Centering: 1

Additional bonus specialties with bond development in order of appearance:

Introspection and Telesmatic Weapon: 1

Discipline: 1

Channeling: 1

Awareness and Centering again to 2

Fire Affinity, Water Affinity, Air Affinity and Earth Affinity: 1

Pyromancy, Hydromancy, Cthonimancy, Aeromancy: 1

Specialty access is provided for:

Fire Affinity, Water Affinity, Air Affinity and Earth Affinity: 2
Pyromancy, Hydromancy, Cthonimancy, Aeromancy: 2

Note: For Coven characters that bond to the Owl, specialties are quite different; 11 for each of the elemental magick skills, and 10 for each of the elemental affinities.

Charms

The ability to recall your conjured followers to your side. To do this, concentrate on recalling the desired follower or followers.

The ability to summon a water spirit. To do this, concentrate on summoning a water spirit

The ability to call your familiar to your side. To do this, concentrate on calling your familiar.

The ability to summon a earth spirit. To do this, concentrate on summoning an earth spirit.

The ability to send your familiar to safety. This ability can be used even if you do not know where your familiar is. To do this, concentrate on sending your familiar to safety.

The ability to summon a loamphlage. To do this, concentrate on summoning a loamflage.

The ability to urge your familiar to specific action. This ability can be used even if you do not know where your familiar is. To do this, concentrate on urging your familiar to undertake the desired action.

The ability to convert spiritual energy into more refined forms. You sense that this bond is enabling you to acquire elemental fire, elemental water, elemental earth and elemental air energies with this ability. To do this, concentrate on channeling my spiritual energy into the desired type of energy.

The ability to urge your familiar to specific action. This ability can be used even if you do not know where your familiar is. To do this, concentrate on urging your familiar to undertake the desired action.

The ability to perceive subtle energy flows. To do this, concentrate on perceiving subtle energy flows. (astral perception)

Additional Abilities

Owl familiars open and charge the Sahasrara(willpower) chakra periodically and allow for various elemental energy powered attacks.

Attack                     Activity Cost

Wisp of Moonfire           11        
Gale of Shrieking Wind     16        
Stream of Elemental Water  17      
Stream of Elemental Air    17     
Jet of Stormwater          18      
Bolt of Elemental Earth    19      
Gout of Fire               19      
Blast of Earthfury         21      
Sheet of Moonloam          23      

Note from Ralnos: There seems to be three tiers of elemental attacks. The one shown here is a bottom tier attack, which means it takes only one type of elemental energy and very minimal amounts of it. The middle tier attacks take two types of energies, as far as I know, and take more significant amounts. (Stream of Elemental Water takes one water energy per use, Jet of Stormwater takes around 3 and some air energy as well.) The top tier attack (only one is known so far) hasn't been much tested yet.
Note from Castien: I`m not sure there is such a well defined pattern. Blast of Earthfury(earth+chaos) and Gale of Shrieking Wind(air+sonic) both seem to use one type of energy.

At "Fairly Healthy" bond strength, 1 bonus specialty and +1 maximum is granted in each of Aeromancy, Cthonimancy, Hydromancy, Pyromancy, Air Affinity, Earth Affinity, Fire Affinity and Water Affinity.

Traits Granted

Owl familiars grant Night vision and reduced Light sensitivity that increases based on bond strength.

Suspected Abilities

Misc. skill bonuses in centering, telesmatic weapon and others.

Ralnos comments: Twilight said that owls can summon twelve different spirits. We'll see soon what they are and what they're capable of. We already know of loamflages and two elemental spirits- water and air- so far. I suspect that we get actual elementals eventually and maybe another extraterrestial summon like the loamflage.

Annis comments: Twilight has also said that Owl eventually obtains the Cloud Cane charm, which enchants any staff or rod to grant wingless flight.