Ritual:Phantom Shadows

Phantom Shadows (5)

Requirements:	Changeling, Dreamcraft or Legerdemain, Rituals 5
Components:	Costuming, pros, masks or make up that represent the role the summoned Chimera should play
Cost:	5 Glamour
Cast Time:	15 minutes
Notes:	The Chimera summoned will arrive as STs have NPCs available
Purpose:	Summon a chimera to aid you for one hour

The ritualist gathers the materials for the summoned chimera, the props and costumes that it shall wear, and places them into a circle.

“From the Dreaming, I summon you. Chimera, be conjured!”

The Dreaming is fickle and doesn’t always respond in linear time. (IE, there has to be a spare NPC available for this to work.) The ritualist is presented with a blank slate chimera (NPC in neutral garb) that they prepare by giving them costuming, props and make-up of their own. The ritualist is responsible for dressing up the NPC, and in the process briefing them on their identity and function, conjuring the chimera from raw dream-stuff.

The Chimera will only last an hour. It has 10 health levels, no will power, and no powers other than Gauntlet Perception. The Chimera is Umbra-Bound under normal circumstances, though it can be Shunted normally. It will cease to exist if seen by a veiled human while it is in the Realm, and any time it hears someone verbally deny the existence of magic, it takes 1 damage. It will play the role it was designed to do to the best of its ability.

A Chimera may have the appearance of a mask or tabard power, without any of the benefits or abilities associated with them. A chimerical werewolf or other animal mask still triggers delirium should they be seen by a normal human, but the summoned chimera also will cease to exist in the process.