[UA] The Invisible Hand

[Steve Dustin]

>From: "Bailey Watts" <didi_mau at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
>To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
>Subject: [UA] The Invisible Hand
>Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 22:53:30 CDT
>
>For my little Invisible Hands campaign arc (which none of you bastards
>helped me get info on) I've got an artifact which is known as the Invisible
>Hand.  It is a significant natural artifact and is actually not invisible.
>
>It was created six years ago when an unknown epideromancer attacked Tim
>Wilke, a hanger on with the Satan's Chosen Temple.  She attempted to use 
>her
>body warping ability to squeeze through Tim's neck like butter.  Another of
>"Satan's Chosen" (several claim credit) hacked off the fleshworker's hand 
>at
>ther wrist with a fire axe.  The spell was broken, but the hand had already
>dug deep enough into Tim's neck to kill him.
>
>The mojo that the fleshcrawler was using had a peculiar effect on the
>severed hand.  As long as someone was in contact with it they not only felt
>phantom limb pain, but could use the phantom limb as well.
>
>In game terms anyone spending a minor charge may get one use out of 
>phantomb
>limb as if had never been amputated.  Non-adepts may make a soul check to
>activate this power as may an adept with no charages.  A significant charge
>may be spent to engage in a continuous activity with the phantomb limb, 
>like
>running with an amputated leg.  One significant charge lasts for a day.
>
>Seeing someone jogging who is missing is a rank-2 Unnatural stress test.
>
>Not knowing the extent of the Invisible Hand's power the temple sold it off
>at deep discount to some adept from the midwest.  Now it is coveted by 
>three
>separate groups.  First is Mat, an flashcrawler who has gotten his share of
>major charges and is suffering from the aftermath.

Next is a cabal
>of
>thieves who cut their left hands off as a symbol of loyalty to the cabal.

My only question here is: if the police notice a rash of burglaries and such 
by people with no left hand, wouldn't they be easy to spot and apprehend?  
The concept is pretty darn cool and pulpy, I think.  I see these guys being 
very shadowy (obviously mystical), more as a convoluted rumor on the street, 
like Batman or ninjas, which should keep the PCs guessing, until the cabal 
gets the drop on them.  I'd make the Hand something that has been *lost* for 
awhile, with the PCs trying to track it down.  This concept seems real 
pulp/noir-like to me.

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