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A Whispering… Word?Front

magical, immobile, terrifying

Hidden from the sun, in a ring of runes, there is a... word?... floating in the air. Squiggling and wriggling, yearning to be free, it whispers promises of power. But the runes around it fill you with dread.

To unlock its secrets, you must…

Baleful UtteranceReverse

When you speak the dread word, name an object that your voice can reach—it shatters, unravels, or is otherwise unmade. Then roll +CON: on a 10+, pick 1; on a 7-9, pick 1 and the GM picks another; on a 6-, pick 1 in addition to whatever else the GM says; regardless, if the item you destroyed was indestructible, pick 1 more.

  • Your throat burns and your tongue blisters; mark miserable and you can barely whisper for a few days.
  • Your ears and those of all who heard the word start bleeding ( damage, ignores armor, temporarily deafened).
  • other objects of the GM's choice also shatter/unravel/are unmade.
  • This place is corrupted by the Things Below; if already corrupted, it gets worse; otherwise, it is now a shunned place, a place of disquiet and unease.