MET LARP SRD

The practice of placing coins in the mouth of the dearly departed is primarily associated with the ancient Greeks and Romans. These bronze or copper coins were payment for the psychopomp Charon, the ferryman who transported souls across the River Styx that separated the lands of the living from the lands of the dead. Necromancers skilled in the Ash Path can cross this boundary on their own. By creating and gifting the Charon’s Obol to their allies, they too can sojourn into the Shadowlands.

To create a Charon’s Obol, you must journey into the Shadowlands using Ex Nihilo and submerge a bronze or copper coin into the fetid and murky waters that exist there while adding 1 point of Blood to the water. Once completed, you can return to the land of the living and gift these coins to your allies. An ally who possesses a Charon’s Obol can willingly accompany you when you use the power of Ex Nihilo. This is an exception to the rule that prevents the user of Ex Nihilo from bringing others to the Shadowlands.

Once in the Shadowlands, those gifted with a coin need not follow you, but can follow any necromancer wishing to lead the journey across the Shroud. To do so the recipient must simply place the small coin in her mouth and follow her guide. If at any time the coin is broken, destroyed, or spit out, the recipient is immediately ejected from the Shadowlands at a location determined by the Storyteller. This shared usage of Ex Nihilo does convey the ability for allies to participate in the focus effect version of Ex Nihilo.

A necromancer may have a number of Charon’s Obols equal to her Occult skill at a given time. Crafting a new one in excess of this limit destroys the first one created.