Baykosh

The Baykosh is ghost that haunts the soldiery of North America.

Overview

The Baykosh is a powerful ghost that feeds on those who believe themselves to have safely escaped violence; for example, police officers, soldiers, battered spouses who have escaped their abusive partners.[1] It feeds, specifically, on the time that they think they have won.[1] Mortals are not its only prey — Kindred partake in lives of even sharper contrast than most humans, between their bloody streets and safe havens, making them ready targets for the ghost.[1]

As a logical consequence of its hunting habits, it cannot attack someone who is on a battlefield or a place associated with violence.[2] In most cases, this trait fades from a location shortly after the violence ends (say, after a week for a mob killing; after hundreds of years for such a place as Gettysburg). [2]

Though called a ghost, the Baykosh's behaviors are unusual due to its age and power.[2] Its anchor is essentially all of the North American mainland, for example.[2] Its history reaches back into the myths of Native American tribes, particularly those centered around the Great Lakes, and even those stories dare not claim an origin to it. [3]

Character Sheet

Attributes: Power 6, Finesse 3, Resistance 4
Willpower: 10
Morality: 1
Virtue: Charity. In a twisted way, Baykosh believes it is giving something to humanity by disillusioning it of its foolish ideas of safety and survival.
Vice: Greed. Baykosh is so hungry to devour the hard-won time of humans it often loses a sense of self-preservation in pursuing its prey.
Initiative: 7
Defense: 6
Speed: 19
Size: 5
Corpus: 9
Essence: 10
Numina: Clairvoyance (dice pool 9), Compulsion (dice pool 9), Phantasm (dice pool 9), Telekinesis (dice pool 9), Terrify (dice pool 9)
Supernatural Powers

  • Weapons Mastery: Baykosh's targets suffer a –2 penalty to their Defense against its attacks. The ghost's weapons are as ethereal as it is and never run out of ammunition or misfire. As they are part of Baykosh, they do not add extra dice to Baykosh's attacks.

Note: When Baykosh delivers a fatal wound to a victim, all its Essence returns as it feeds upon the survivor's "time". This is its only means of gaining Essence.

References

  1. 1 2 3 VTR: Night Horrors: The Wicked Dead, p. 23 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  2. 1 2 3 4 VTR: Night Horrors: The Wicked Dead, p. 24 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  3. ↑ VTR: Night Horrors: The Wicked Dead, p. 25 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
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