Runic Orb

Opponent

Image
Combat Name	The orb
HP	??-??
Stats	Perception: Reflexes: Strength: Will:
Power	Melee: Ranged: Fire: Etheric: Stealth: Evasion: Unopposed:
Defense	Melee: Ranged: Fire: Etheric: Stealth: Reactive:
Awards	5 XP You've learned a new skill: Shard of Language

Encountered

Called Back to the Tablet

Attacks

Info

Technique	Chain	Power	Dam	Type	Notes
Evil Eye with BotA	6			Etheric
Stone Eye	5,7			Etheric
Lancing Gaze	4,8	Nothing			(first, third, etc.)
''				Etheric	(second, fourth, etc.)

Text

Technique	Text
Evil Eye	The orb focuses its gaze on you. You burst into crimson flame, taking x damage.
Stone Eye	The orb gazes down on you like a stone eye, carving strange patterns over you for x damage.
Lancing Gaze	First time: It hovers above you, focusing on you like a great eye. Next time: Its sight lances out at you like a ray of burning light, boring into you for x damage.

Chains (to do)

Chain		Chance
a:b	this:that	1/x
a:b	this:that	1/x

Notes

The orb for the most part has impenetrable armor:

<You attack>, but your attack glances off the orb's surface.

The "shatter" version of the rune effects can do damage though:

You etch a <symbol> before the orb. The rune shatters over the orb, dealing it x damage. The shards dig into the orb's surface, marring its writing.

You need to do the above attack four times, each with a different script effect active. When you do it the last time, you win the fight and the the message changes:

You etch a <symbol> before the orb. The rune shatters over the orb, dealing it x damage. The shards dig into the orb's surface. It trembles, then shatters.

And at the end of the fight results:
You see strange patterns in the falling shards of the orb, each representing a form or facet of the shard you carry.

You've learned a new Skill: Shard of Language

(Hidden lose 2 of (each?) of your rune techniques? See discussion.)