New Item Idea:Anduri's Telescope of Warp Viewing

[cailus2 17]

Hi,

Here's an item I thought I'd share with you that I created for my campaign.

 

Anduri's Telescope of Warp Viewing

In the shape of an old fashioned and brass polished telescope, its outward appearance is nothing extraordinary as it sits on its tripod. A cloth bag is placed on the front end of the telescope whilst not in use.

However the telescope is daemon powered and if the user looks through the eyepiece whilst wishing in his mind what to view, there is a 30% chance to see this. This wish needs to be quite specific and the user must have some knowledge of the event, person, place. This is adjusted by warp storms, distance and the vagaries of fate to some extent. In addition, the perspective or even time* of the event cannot always be chosen, for the Daemon inside may wish the trick the user to its own purposes. Finally, places protected by warp shields and the like are clouded or totally obscured (i.e. the GM ultimately decides what can be seen). 

Using Anduri's Telescope of Warp Viewing has its dangers. A person using the telescope must pass an Easy (+10) Willpower Test for each minute of viewing or suffers a Corruption Point.
If a user simply uses the telescope without wishing, they look into the raw Warp and suffer 5+d5 Corruption Points. If for whatever reason a person looks into the wrong end of the telescope, they are devoured by the Daemon inside the telescope, leaving an empty and dishevelled corpse.

 

*What the user sees is subject to time; it could be the present, past or future.

[LETE 24]

Hiyas!

 

 

Would using this telescope this be an alt. way of traversing the warp?

 

L

 

[player1509572 16]

 The core idea is nice, but the item has a few issues:

Looking into it without a wish: how are players supposed to figure out how this thing works? I mean, they are unlikely to look into it after the first time, at which point it at most becomes a way of gaining bonus corruption points. Unless they figure out the other end. Which brings me to:

Looking into the other end: Yeah, this is... not really good. First of all, with no save, no resistance, no damage roll or soak, it's just a giant **** you to the first player who ever actually tries to study and understand the item you've put in their path. You really don't wanna discourage players from ever bothering with stuff you give them. Usually leads to boring GM versus Player behavior.

There is, however, a bigger problem. See, the first time they discover looking into the wrong ends kills you, they're gonna stop doing that. However, with a devious player, you're gonna have a bigger problem. Because this power has no resistance, it bypasses almost any defense and it has no range limit. Which means you just gave a player an item he can put a cap on the front end of and then remove, and point towards enemies. Anybody looking at him is gonna look into the wrong end and die. With no save or resistance. Soooo yeeeeeeah...

[LETE 24]

...Unless it came w/ a manual.

 

 

L

[SomVone 6]

 Still using it to kill daemon princes.

Or terminators, really a look at this and DIE weapon is great. It's like having a pocket master navigator.

I think the problem with this device is that it's purpose (viewing things far away, and its chancy and corrupting) is totally outdone by its property as a death laser.

Fighting a sniper? Point it at them.

Chosen Terminators? "Just take a look at this guys!" It even evacuates their armor for easy use or resale

Sure it'll get less useful as the legend of the person with the scope that kills people, but I'm sure the infamy from a reputation like that will more than make up for the loss of effectiveness.

I guess my point is: The looking it the wrong end ability is way more useful than its real purpose. I think it should be removed, or just cause and insanity point.

[austothehun 0]

I love it!

One problem I can foresee with it though is will the characters know the consequences of looking through the wrong end? 

 

SomVone said:

I think the problem with this device is that it's purpose (viewing things far away, and its chancy and corrupting) is totally outdone by its property as a death laser.

Fighting a sniper? Point it at them.

Chosen Terminators? "Just take a look at this guys!" It even evacuates their armor for easy use or resale

I think that it should only kill you if you look into it at point blank range (like you would if you wanted to look through it correctly).

[SomVone 6]

 I was exaggerating, but t would still be a nasty weapon, kind of like the harlequin's kiss.

[BloodAngels4thewin 0]

Overall could be useful, but as said befor perhaps onlypoint blank vision for a kill, or something completely different

D10/5 wounds?

-10 Perception for 1 hour,

fatigue or permanent perception loss?