She was tall, with pointed and back-turned ears. Her eyes were large, in contrast to her small features. She was taller than most men, and her figure was slim and muscled under flowing robes. She had used her wiles to convince the young duke to give her free reign over his small duchy. The ancient texts had said that an ashiron could drain a person of their life essence, maybe even their soul. From the look of the Duke, she had drained all but the most basic intelligence from him.
While my research had stated that most rare or magical metals would damage her, it was still a tough battle. She drained my strength, somehow giving it to the possessed guards, and tested my abilitySomething a character can do or feel, whether a skill, a pas... More to know what was real and what wasn’t. But finally, my blade took her down. Although no texts mention a chance for resurrection, I still burned her body, spreading salt and silver on the ashes.
—Etahn
When an Ashiron crosses over to Atheles, they typically traverse the In-Between with their original body intact. Sometimes, if their body is destroyed, their spirit might possess another body in Atheles. If this happens, all evidence indicates that the original inhabitant of the possessed body, now trapped, with no control over his or her own body, grows increasingly mad as time passes. If the possession is not ended quickly, the original inhabitants will either remain drooling and helpless for the remainder of their lives, or will be destroyed utterly, their soul lost. A single occurrence of the Ashiron possessing an inanimate object was written of by a mage, but this could be naught but mere legend.
They often use their charisma and abilitySomething a character can do or feel, whether a skill, a pas... More to drain people of their senses in order to gain power and status in our lands. All evidence presented shows they have little care for the inhabitants of these lands other than as vessels and food. They’re interested only in escaping the Navirim and gaining enough power to remain in our world.
—Oharad, Cryptonombus of the Navirim
Ashiron
An ashiron has the stats of any standard character or NPC. The also gain the following bonuses and abilities:
Class: Being
Type: Navirite
Speed: 25
HPA measure of the relative health of your character, represen... More: +15 to standard HPA measure of the relative health of your character, represen... More
Armor ValueThe numeric value representing how much damage armor absorbs... More: +2 Natural AVThe numeric value representing how much damage armor absorbs... More
Weaknesses: Cold Iron
Magic Abilities
At will—Light; 3/day—Counter Magic 5 mana.
Spirit Warp
As a standard Heroic Action, an ashiron can transfer an abilitySomething a character can do or feel, whether a skill, a pas... More score, HPA measure of the relative health of your character, represen... More, or mana from a target creature and grant it to themselves, another creature, or simply destroy it. They must succeed at a contested rollWhen a skill check is in opposition of another PC or NPC ski... More of Intellect vs Spirit while the target is visible.
The ashiron must be within 60 ft. of both targets of the transfer, and each transfer is specific to the type of transfer: 1d2 Spirit, 1d8 HPA measure of the relative health of your character, represen... More, or 1d6 mana. They can do this once per round. If the ashiron so chooses, the transferred energy can be destroyed or voided rather than transferred to a new creature.
These effects last 24 hours for those affected, or can be cured with a restoration spell or ritual.
Possess
As a standard action, an ashiron can possess the body of a medium-sized living or recently dead humanoid. A target under the effects of a Protection from the Never spell cannot be possessed.The ashiron must be in incorporeal form to attempt to possess the creature (Spirit saveRolling a characteristic to resist an effect or spell. More). Once per day, a living creature can try a Will saveRolling a characteristic to resist an effect or spell. More to expel the ashiron with a Spirit saveRolling a characteristic to resist an effect or spell. More. When an ashiron takes over a body, the consciousness of the original owner slowly falls to madness. The original owner must succeed at a Horror An optional system where your character’s mental health ... More check each day or suffer 2/2d6 Horror An optional system where your character’s mental health ... More. Once they lose all Horror An optional system where your character’s mental health ... More Resistance, their spirit is lost and the body belongs to the ashiron.
A dead creature gets no saveRolling a characteristic to resist an effect or spell. More, nor has any issue with the previous spirit of the body.
A possessed body gains all the benefits and abilities of the ashiron and loses all of its original abilities. A possessed body always has the ashiron’s statistics, and slowly morphs over a period of months to physically embody those stats. Due to their use of charisma and negotiation, ashirons tend to target beautiful individuals.
Incorporeal Form
An ashiron can leave the host body it possesses at any time. The only way to trap an ashiron in a body is with a circle of salt, or with a rune circle. This form looks like a green mist. An ashiron only takes damage from cold iron (or enchanted weapons vs Navirite fey) in incorporeal form.