The Tome of Higher Constellations was created
by an anonymous scholar in Prague, for the library of Rudolf II. The first half
of the book consists of astronomical tables: meticulously compiled and
corrected, but nothing out of the ordinary. However, the second half introduces
more charts, graphs, from a wide range of sciences natural and occult. Through complex
calculations these are cross-referenced with the heavenly constellations.
Uncanny patterns, otherwise hidden, emerge… making it possible to trace and
predict the finest shifts of the celestial spheres that command the fate of the
whole universe. The final result is a single date in the future, when all
factors align, and major, cosmic changes are possible. Actions undertaken on
that day will bear major consequences: warlords bent on world domination crave
to know this date, alchemists and magicians seek it as the date of their opus
magnum or most complex ritual…
The catch: this prognosis is not
descriptive. It’s prescriptive. Once a date is divined using the Tome of Higher
Constellations, something
world-changing is bound to happen. But the exact details are malleable. Anybody
who knows the time can attempt some insane endeavor.
To peruse the Tome, one must have a strong
academic or arcane background, and then spend 2d4 weeks working on the
calculations in a library or laboratory.
After the period of study, a date in the
future is predicted.
Dice type
|
Time unit
|
|
1
|
1d4
|
days
|
2
|
1d6
|
|
3
|
1d8
|
months
|
4
|
1d10
|
|
5
|
1d12
|
|
6
|
1d20
|
years
|
Roll two d6’s and consult the chart. The
first d6 gives a dice type. The second d6 gives a time unit. A roll with the
given type of dice defines the amount of time units.
Example: roll #1 is 3 = 1d8. Roll #2 is 5 = months. The 1d8 roll comes up as 6. This is combined as 6 months.
Repeat this process two more times, then sum
up all the results to learn how far into the future will the grand
constellation take place, counted from the FINAL day of work with the Tome.
Example: #1 = 6 months; #2 = 8 days; #3 = 12 years. The constellation will take place 12 years, 6 months and 8 days into the future.
If one time unit comes up more than once,
just add them up as usual.
Example: #1 = 6 months; #2 = 13 months; #3 = 2 days. The constellation will take place 19 months and 2 days into the future.
Yeah... This is how I envision "epic level" games in LotFP, mwhahah...
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