Morae (CTD)

Morae are a type of Chimera found most usually in the Waking World.

Overview

Also called nighthags, nightmares, or nocturnae, Morae wander the Flesh Realm in search of sleeping mortals. These sleepers provide a source of Glamour and a method by which the chimera can affect the physical.

Morae can live in and alter the dreams of their victims. Since more intense and disturbing dreams create more Glamour, more tend to cause these types of dreams. Over time, this theft of Glamour, called "riding" the victim, causes the host to weaken and die. Morae can also control the sleeping body of their hosts and make them do and say strange things.

To their hosts, morae appear as anything they want; preferred forms in the past have included black horses, medusae, or swirling dust motes. In the Dreaming, they look like terrifyingly beautiful women with tangled black hair.

Morae have veritable temperaments and different agenda, but all crave the Glamour their hosts provide. Only a few seem to care for the welfare of their hosts. A few morae, called nocturnae by the Garou, delight in pushing their victims to despair and suicide. The Garou believe these morae to be "corrupted" somehow.

Morae treat the Kithain with a wary distrust. A few enterprising Unseelie have overcome these prejudices and even forged occasional alliances.

When a morae is outnumbered in the Dreaming, or if friends of the host manage to drive it off through warding, the morae will seek better pastures elsewhere; with some exceptions, they are not vindictive.

Chalk lines across all entrance in a sleeper's bedroom will keep them from entering.

Stats

Attributes: Strength 4, Dexterity 2, Stamina 2, Wits 3, Intelligence 2, Perception 4
Glamour: 6
Willpower: 7
Health Levels: OK (x2), -1 (x3), -2 (x3), -5 (x2)
Attack: By weapon (for possessed victim; in the physical world, morae has the physical stats of its victim), Claws/5 dice (in Dreaming)
Talents: Brawl 3, Dodge 2
Redes: Dreamweaving, Difficulty reduction (-2 for Possession), Enchantment, Possession (only of sleeping victim)
Banes: Warding (chalk lines across all entrances in a sleeper's bedroom)

References

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