MET LARP SRD

No one knows exactly how the Shadowlands is shaped, only that it is affected by the intense emotions of the mortal world. Talented necromancers harness this power to shape small pockets of the Shadowlands into Stygian Fortresses. These locations offer heightened privacy and security, even if they come with an added bit of danger.

While in the Shadowlands, you must combine 1 point of your Blood with the ashes of white heather, gladiola, and churchyard dirt in a copper bowl, and then paint the exterior of a door with the mixture. As you do, the Shadowlands surrounding you ripple and shift, mutating and changing. This continues for 15 minutes at which time she can open a door directly into a Stygian Fortress; a structure that exists in the Shadowlands.

Although each Stygian Fortress differs aesthetically, they are nearly mechanically identical. Each Stygian Fortress is a Prestige Stock Location with a rating of 5. The qualities of the location are: Dead Zone, Haunt, Isolated, Location, Off the Grid, and one additional quality of the necromancer’s choice.

A necromancer may only have one Stygian Fortress in existence at any given time. The door to the Stygian Fortress can only be opened by the necromancer who cast this ritual, though others may attempt to gain access to the fortress through a difficulty 5 Complex Quest into the Shadowlands. Should anyone exit the fortress, rather than exiting to the Shadowlands, they will return to the last location this ritual was cast. The door and the fortress will retain its potency for 30 days, though the ritual may be refreshed once per month by expending a downtime action. If the ritual lapses, you may cast it again to gain access to the same fortress with all its previous belongings. Others may attempt to find a lapsed Stygian Fortress as described above. 

Stygian Fortress The massive estate juts out of the twisting ephemera of the Shadowlands, offering a safe haven to those who dare enter the land of the dead. Though the aesthetics are always slightly different, the heart of the building is the same — a sprawling villa reminiscent of Ancient Rome. Ivy and turrets might be added by the necromancer, but the building is always recognizable. Prestige Stock Location Stock Location Rating: 5 Qualities: Dead Zone, Haunt, Isolated, Location, Off the Grid, plus one additional quality of the necromancer’s choice.