CrosshairCollie Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 In 5e Champions, there's a villain, Anubis, who is actually empowered by Set. There is reference to this annoying the actual god Anubis. Outside of generic godly avatar attributes (strength, toughness, etc), what would be some actual powers appropriate to someone empowered by Anubis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizza Man Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Re: Anubis? Found this on DA. I'm not sure of the powers, but does the picture help any? http://genzoman.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d31kczh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizza Man Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Re: Anubis? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis OK, here is the Wiki write up on Anubis. He is a god of the dead, and mummification. So it looks like necromantic powers are the order of the day here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Re: Anubis? I will say this ... that is one fraggin' AWESOME picture. Dang it ... someone rep Pizza Man for me, pretty please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Re: Anubis? What's wrong with the old Bis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Re: Anubis? What's wrong with the old Bis? Well, this is potentially a PC idea. Since the old Anubis was actually given power by Set, and this kind of honks Anubis off, it seemed like he might empower a mortal agent of his own to defeat the 'false Anubis'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Re: Anubis? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis OK, here is the Wiki write up on Anubis. He is a god of the dead, and mummification. So it looks like necromantic powers are the order of the day here. I'd also suggest regeneration...as he's associated with rebirth...and some protective powers to reflect his status as "guardian" of the dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Re: Anubis? I'd also suggest regeneration...as he's associated with rebirth...and some protective powers to reflect his status as "guardian" of the dea. Good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Re: Anubis? A jackal-headed god, and a protector of the souls of the dead, would both justify enhanced senses. If Anubis's avatar can adopt a jackal's head himself, HKA jaws would also be in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Re: Anubis? Prehensile bandages? NND EB Dehydration? Failing that, the ability to create a zone of increased gravity versus the wicked (the scales of Ma'at) The ability to see the invisible and into the spirit world The ability to turn insubstantial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Re: Anubis? Sense he was known to help determine worthiness to enter the land of the dead, you could rationalize a pretty funky detect or telepathy pretty easily. Perhaps even a 'Detect Psychological Complications' so he would know who protected the innocent, and who preyed on them, that sort of thing. I'd say a power with the 'Affects Desolid' Advantage would totally fit. And, of course, regeneration with the ressurection option would be pretty awesome. I'd allow it, and say the only way to keep the Anubis powered champion dead would be to properly mumify him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Re: Anubis? Sense he was known to help determine worthiness to enter the land of the dead, you could rationalize a pretty funky detect or telepathy pretty easily. Perhaps even a 'Detect Psychological Complications' so he would know who protected the innocent, and who preyed on them, that sort of thing. I'd say a power with the 'Affects Desolid' Advantage would totally fit. And, of course, regeneration with the ressurection option would be pretty awesome. I'd allow it, and say the only way to keep the Anubis powered champion dead would be to properly mumify him. An interesting reversal, given that proper mummification was supposed to be your key to the afterlife. I'd suggest an IMproper mumification as the way to stop the resurrection. Deliberately profaning the ritual, hiding symbols of Set in the bandages, burning the heart and liver and putting the ashes in canopic jars, reciting curses consigning the deceased to the belly of Apep, etc. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary looks around apprehensively for the routi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizza Man Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Re: Anubis? A Body Drain attack or aura might fit well here. Since this is an agent of Anubis, you could give Him a "Weapon of Vengeance" and use him as a scrapper or a brick. Desolidification to represent the unstoppable nature of Anubis' anger. "Borne upon the wings of the night," great smoky wings of darkness can appear. He could summon the dead...skeletons with machine guns (upgrades from spears and such) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Re: Anubis? Since Anubis has two major forms in iconography - one similar to a jackal, one with a jackal's head and man's body - I'd say Shapeshift or Multiform. Danger Sense, wide area, only to detect threats to the dead. "Somewhere in this city, someone is desecrating a grave. I will find them." As a psychopomp - a guide to the dead - perhaps Direction Sense and Navigation. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary doesn't see a routi, yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Re: Anubis? There was this one episode of gargoyles (2-30), where there were two avatars of anubis: A possible background for the character: And what happened after that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhsymQgun6A&feature=related They had very different powers. The first had: Superfast Aging (RKA vs. Objects), an "Aging" Drain (STR, CON, DEX), transform to baby form... Maybe NND's where defense is living long (1 or 2 points?). The other was more like a sage/supporter: Reverse transformation, Aid/Heal Drain, great wisdom and knowledge. The more beneficial factors come forth: Protection of the Spirit in the way to the afterlife, rebirth, Protector of the Body of death people,... There also is this mixed up cult, that use elements from Anubis and Hermes: uten-ha/Sa-ka/Cynopolis. How would they stand towards him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Re: Anubis? An interesting reversal, given that proper mummification was supposed to be your key to the afterlife. That's why I suggested it. the formalities would 'finalize' the death so he wouldn't be returning. But your idea works great as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraven Kor Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Re: Anubis? Definitely control over and/or summoning of undead or such; Anubis had many servants, from the spirits of the dead themselves, to the other beings purported to carry the souls of the dead from this world to the next, etc. Kind of depends exactly which way you want to go with things. IIRC, Moon Knight had a whole Egyptian themed background, and some cool powers associated with that. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Re: Anubis? What about his horde of soldiers from The Mummy Returns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Anubis? Well, as far as Summons goes, that's out for me; I don't like the extra bookkeeping for the Summoned creature's stats, plus Anubis reads more like a 'the dead should stay dead' kind of guy. Creating undead seems like the very definition of desecrating and dishonoring the fallen. I was going to look at what I created in HD last night, but for some reason the character got blanked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Anubis? As a psychopomp - a guide to the dead - perhaps Direction Sense and Navigation. This might also call for some soul-removing and controlling powers along the lines of what the Lamplighter possesses, particularly ones applicable to those whose lives (or unlives) are maintained past their allotted span by magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Anubis? [...]plus Anubis reads more like a 'the dead should stay dead' kind of guy. Creating undead seems like the very definition of desecrating and dishonoring the fallen. Indeed, that's more his thing. While the jackal was known to be a Grave Robber, Anubis was more Guardian of the Body and the Soul. How about an anti-undead attack? Or would this fall into "fast aging nonliving material"-RKA? Another way to use fast aging vs. Unliving, is to Dispel/Drain Armor (or Foci in general). Ironically for the avatar of a god of death/afterlife, a Code vs Killing would be fitting ("It is not my purpose to interfere in matters of life and dead"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Re: Anubis? Well, as far as Summons goes, that's out for me; I don't like the extra bookkeeping for the Summoned creature's stats, plus Anubis reads more like a 'the dead should stay dead' kind of guy. Creating undead seems like the very definition of desecrating and dishonoring the fallen. I was going to look at what I created in HD last night, but for some reason the character got blanked. Well given the ancient Egyptian outlook on the afterlife I dont think "the dead should stay dead" would be exactly right. But, manipulating the dead for your own ends (aka necromancy) yeah, that would probably be definitely an affront to Anubis. But, then, gods may have different rules for themselves. Just thinking out loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Re: Anubis? Probably getting information from the dead wouldn't be outside Anubis's ethics. Conjuring them up and making them fight for you sounds kind of opposite of what the guardian of the dead should be doing, but "hey, where does this guy like to hide out?" shouldn't be too much. The dead are supposed to be able to see the future, most of them lived in the past, and there's not a whole lot to keep them out of an area if they wanted to find out something in the present, so they can provide quite a bit of info... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Re: Anubis? Probably getting information from the dead wouldn't be outside Anubis's ethics. Conjuring them up and making them fight for you sounds kind of opposite of what the guardian of the dead should be doing' date=' but "hey, where does this guy like to hide out?" shouldn't be too much. The dead are supposed to be able to see the future, most of them lived in the past, and there's not a whole lot to keep them out of an area if they wanted to find out something in the present, so they can provide quite a bit of info...[/quote'] And it is not like most common "Talk and you are death"-treaths work against them. It could even be part of a bargain between them and anubis to get hearts a little bit less weighty for helping his avatar. Perhaps a Mimic Skill VPP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Re: Anubis? Probably getting information from the dead wouldn't be outside Anubis's ethics. Conjuring them up and making them fight for you sounds kind of opposite of what the guardian of the dead should be doing' date=' but "hey, where does this guy like to hide out?" shouldn't be too much. The dead are supposed to be able to see the future, most of them lived in the past, and there's not a whole lot to keep them out of an area if they wanted to find out something in the present, so they can provide quite a bit of info...[/quote'] True, that's the actual literal definition of 'necromancy'; telling the future by calling on the spirits of the dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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