Radicals

The de facto leaders of some segments of the Green Grith who have greater power in their elements.

Radical of Beasts

The Radical of Beasts is usually a tierist. They are often the one who has rescued the most animals and built a large base of bonded animal friends. Those who achieve this are visited by Old Tybert, an ancient, one-eyed, three-legged cat with a stumpy tail. He is a street cat who is the leader of all the feral animals of Haenor, and he brings special magic to the Radical of Beasts.

PRO +1 ATH +5 STR +2 AWA +2 WIL +1 PRS / STH +1

Old Tybert

Old Tybert is the leader of all feral animals in Haenor. He can grant special boons to any animal friend, but he saves nine special boons for the Radical of Beasts: an extra eye (+6 vision), an extra leg (+3 agility), a length of tail (+3 balance), a bit of whisker (+3 perception), a patch of fur (+3 resistance to magic), a cracked tooth (+1 PRO), a soft paw (+1 STH), a quiet pur (+1 PRS), and a low growl (+3 intimidate).

Radical of Chaos

Radical of Death

The Radical of Death in the Green Grith is usually an ucigash. They are an elite assassin who is given special powers and knowledge by Death Herself. They are also tasked with destroying any undead they come across. They carry the cifru, a key that can turn mundane doors into gateways to the Nether Realm.

PRO +3 ATH +4 STR +1 AWA +4 WIL +4 PRS / STH +4

Cifru

A small, white metal skeleton key that can fit into any common door lock. When turned, it will open the door, but not to its usual location. Instead, the door will open to the Nether Realm. Opening such a gate will draw every soul within 50' into it, even if they are still attached to a living body, including that of the Radical of Death. The Radical of Death is trained to resist, but all others will have to roll their highest base stat against a power of 20 or die instantly. If they are undead, the difficulty is 29. If they are soulless undead, they still roll against a 29 or be destroyed.

Radical of Earth

A kadzakh who has passed all 12 trials usually becomes the Radical of Earth. They train other kadzakhs and lead them in the fight against cops and other forces facing the Green Grith. The Radical of Earth has the khanekkuar, a piece of elemental flint shaped into a full-arm sleeve that is both armor and weapon.

PRO +4 ATH +1 STR +5 AWA / WIL +2 PRS / STH /

Khanekkuar

The khannekkuar is a full-arm sleeve of elemental flint that is a jagged but fluid piece of armor that can also be used as a slashing weapon. It is a +8/+8 armor and a +7/+7 slashing weapon.

Radical of Flame

The Radical of Flame in the Green Grith is usually an hariq. They are a teacher of other hariqs, a skilled veteran of the work, and someone who truly understands fire. They have the zujtan, a special bottle that contains multiple flames at once.

PRO +1 ATH +3 STR +1 AWA +2 WIL +1 PRS +4 STH +1

Zujtan

A corruption of "zujajatan" (bottle), this bottle is made of a special glass that can contain any intensity of flame and multiple flames at once. It amplifies the flames stored in it by +3, gives +3 to PRS to control them, and cannot break.

Radical of Fungi

The Radical of Fungi was elected 175 years ago when they became a possibly inmortal yothagosa by communing with a fungal colony of immense proportions and gaining incredible powers. The colony, called kephothogghatheph, grants them the power to commune with any other yothagosa in the city at will.

PRO / ATH -2 STR +2 AWA +5 WIL +3 PRS -4 STH +2

Kephothogghatheph

The fungal colony lives underground in one of the old city's lost buildings, buried under mud, living in the dark. It is about 100' in diameter and 20' tall. It grants the Radical of Fungi the ability to coax other fungi into having these properties:

• Hyperviolence: the user understands suddenly how to cause intense physical harm, gaining +6 PRO for up to five minutes.
• Hyperflexibility: the user's muscles loosen and relax, giving them +6 ATH, for up to five minutes.
• Invincibility: the user's body becomes impervious to mundane physical harm for one minute.
• Hyperconsciousness: the user becomes aware of everything to the minutest detail, giving them +6 AWA, for five minutes.
• Intensity: the user gains a supernatural intensity of mind that makes them mentally invulnerable for one minute.
• Empathy: the user gains supernatural empathy, giving them empathic senses (AWA) and +6 PRS, for three minutes.
• Invisibility: the user vanishes, gaining +9 STH, for three minutes.

Other powers may be probable. Consult the GM.

Radical of Life

The Radical of Life is not merely a rudentist, but a full vitalist, one of the few who has attained full training and thus has the power to do greater healing. They have a magical rope called a hemacuil, which makes their magic easier.

PRO -3 ATH +1 STR +1 AWA +4 WIL +4 PRS / STH /

Hemacuil

The hemacuil is a silver rope brought by an elven healer long ago. It has been passed between the Radicals of Life for 200 years. It gives a +3 to all healing magic. If it is burnt away, it can revive a person from full death once.

Radical of Light

The Radical of Light is usually the most skilled and experienced - and paranoid - lumenungo in the Green Grith, one who is charged with coordinating multiple cells in a complex mission or greater work. They are granted the vitralux, a powerful sayich.

PRO +1 ATH +1 STR -1 AWA +6 WIL +2 PRS +2 STH -2

Vitralux

The vitralux is a shard of a magical mirror in the sky called the Lesedian Mirror. The vitralux gives a +3 to all use of light magic and shines with a special light that also gives the wielder the ability to take the form of light once.

Radical of Metal

The Radical of Metal is usually a skilled celsis who has been elected for their long years of work. They are granted by the Green Grith a special tool called a furscinula.

PRO +1 ATH / STR +4 AWA +2 WIL +2 PRS / STH /

Furscinula

The furscinula is an elemental metallic hooked fork that stretches metal as if it were taffy, allowing the Radical of Metal to shape it in ways others can't, granting them a +3 to their counterfeiting work.

Radical of Moons

The Radical of Moons is an ancient crone who was elected not long after the founding of the Green Grith. She has served as an adviser to the Quaedam and a leader of the Green Grith since then. Her powers are immense. She wields the oglindaeluna, a magical mirror that contains the energy of a full Grey Moon no matter the night.

PRO +2 ATH +1 STR -1 AWA +7 WIL +7 PRS +3 STH +4

Oglindaeluna

A mirror that has absorbed the power of the Grey Moon's fullness over the course of 333 years, this mirror is so full of magical power, it grants the user the magical might of a full Grey Moon no matter what night it is. It allows the Radical of Moons to cast her spells on any night.

Radical of Nature

Radical of Plant

The Radical of Plant is usually the best maruntuk in the Green Grith, running a massive, secret greenhouse. They have the only greenhouse capable of growing a small supply of an extra magical plant, called mativamma.

PRO +1 ATH +1 STR / AWA +4 WIL +1 PRS / STH /

Mativamma

Mativamma is an extremely potent stimulant. Side effects include a dayslong hangover, internal bleeding, and psychosis. When rendered into a powder or fluid, it can be ingested or injected. It gives +3 ATH, +3 AWA, and a further +3 reaction for 10 minutes. Every minute, the PC must roll. On a roll of a 1, they are afflicted with psychosis for the rest of the ten minutes. Any other roll, and they simply have the heightened confidence and energy the drug provides. The first minute, they roll a d100, the second a d20, the third a d12, the fourth a d10, the fifth a d8, the sixth a d6, the seventh a d4, the eighth, ninth, and tenth, they flip a coin (tails 1, heads 2).

Radical of Shadow

Yichstho

Radical of Storms

Radical of Sun

The Radical of Sun is a whistleblower who betrayed the Winchester Steel Company a century ago and has gained enormous solar powers since. They are a wanted criminal. They have takrear, a golden scroll with the information they stole and released to the public.

PRO / ATH / STR +2 AWA +3 WIL +2 PRS +4 STH -4

Takrear

The takrear is a golden scroll etched with information stolen from the Winchester Steel Company that exposes their environmental practices. It cannot be read by anyone and not be believed, and it will burn anyone intent on destroying it.

Radical of Water

Radical of Wind

The Radical of Wind is often a peregrin with a lot of experience and many stored winds, including a bit of one of the four ordinal winds. They are given a special satchel by the Green Grith called the flotcodd.

PRO +1 ATH +5 STR / AWA +3 WIL / PRS +2 STH +1

Flotcodd

A satchel made of cloudweave and rukh feather, it can contain more wind than any other satchel and gives +3 to directing the winds when released.