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as they grow, they show signs of corruption, or if they | as they grow, they show signs of corruption, or if they | ||
might follow the path of the aberrant soul. | might follow the path of the aberrant soul. | ||
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+ | ===== Corruption of the Far Realm ===== | ||
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+ | How does the connection to the aberrant totem | ||
+ | creature manifest itself? When an aberrant soul | ||
+ | uses psionic powers, those nearby | ||
+ | might hear faint incomprehensible whispers in their | ||
+ | minds. When calling upon primal evocations, the | ||
+ | spirits summoned are subtly twisted, with echoes of | ||
+ | creatures from the Far Realm. The aberrant soul’s | ||
+ | form alters, subtly at first and becoming more apparent | ||
+ | over time. Even so, these changes can usually be | ||
+ | explained as the result of some other magic, or concealed | ||
+ | without too much difficulty. | ||
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+ | The mental changes are far more insidious. To | ||
+ | touch the Far Realm is to risk madness, but also to | ||
+ | gain unparalleled insight. Aberrant souls experience | ||
+ | visions from the perspective of their totem creatures | ||
+ | during their dreams and trances. The feeling of | ||
+ | malevolent pleasure as a mind flayer consumes its | ||
+ | victim or as a gibbering mouther rips apart its prey | ||
+ | can lead the weak to madness, but the strong can gain | ||
+ | understanding. Stories tell of a druid who traveled a | ||
+ | hundred miles to cure a child of the touch of a chaos | ||
+ | beast. When asked how she knew the boy had been | ||
+ | attacked, and how to cure him, she said only that she | ||
+ | had seen it in a dream. In the Underdark, spymasters | ||
+ | tell tales of a drow who stopped a major illithid | ||
+ | incursion. When a scout’s brain was devoured by a | ||
+ | mind flayer, the drow used his totemic connection to | ||
+ | siphon off the knowledge gained by the mind flayer, | ||
+ | and thus learn the scout’s findings. | ||
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+ | It is possible to try to control these flashes of | ||
+ | insight, and some aberrant souls who are more experienced | ||
+ | with ritual magic have created a ritual to aid | ||
+ | with this control. |