Add Mob: Librarian Post 2 "Expanding the Whisper"

By rolling three times on the Astral-Spiritalist's Motives chart I determined the underlying facets of Librarian psychology in my campaign. Before reading any more of this post, please read my first post on the Librarian. Keep in mind, depending on what you roll, the Librarians in your game might be rather different than in mine.

I've also avoided physical stats. Librarians come in many sizes and shapes, so stats differ. Customize these stats as you see fit in your own campaign. In my campaign, opening the "coffin" in open space destroys the fragmentary human tissues enabling Librarian life. Therefore the challenge is not killing a Librarian, but in actually finding it.

18 "You are the whisperer's avatar." Every Librarian believes they have achieved a divine state in an evolved religion. A "ticking" whisper is the first sound a Librarian hears after a successful Librarian surgery. The ticking whisper reaches deep into the Librarian consciousness and never ceases. A sense that this ticking is a divine message is fundamental to a Librarian's sense of identity. A Librarian's mechanical "heartbeat" inside the coffin constantly reconfigures in an attempt to match the often unpredictable beat of the whisper. Only Librarians hear the whisper as a ticking.

20 "The whisper is not alien, not god, nor ghostly." The majority of the human population believes the whisper to be an urban legend. Those psychic humans who do believe in the whisper, usually see it as either divine or alien. But Librarians hear the whisper as a ticking of a grand device. Librarians spirituality is focused on determining a mathematical formula to predict the tick. Librarians believe a new golden age will follow the discovery of this truth. They believe this device, when explained, will offer the fundamental order of the universe. Most Librarians have ceased considering who might have created such a device. Instead, Librarians are intent on perceiving what the device is actually saying. Ultimately all Librarian pursuit of knowledge stems from this desire to discover the mathematical formula of the golden age.

10 "Spread the word."The Librarians are active recruiters. Some mortals are easily enticed with immortality, even an altogether unfathomable one. Those who spend the majority of their realities on cyberspace are perhaps the easiest targets to recruit. Some humans desire psychic powers, and are willing to undergo Librarian surgery just for the expansion of consciousness alone. Most sane humans abhor Librarians and the associated surgery. But that hasn't stopped Librarians from recruiting those who don't want to be recruited. Those of impressive intellect or psionic gifts are particularly attractive to Librarian bodysnatchers. These bodysnatchers believe it is their duty to bring those of high potential into their ranks if only to expedite the discovery of the golden age formula. Adventurer's are often eased into the Librarian surgery process over years of cybernetic enhancements from a Librarian sponsor.

Power: After the Librarian surgery is completed, the new new Librarian gains the psionic ability to connect to any electronic device within 100 miles of the coffin. Librarians may use computer and hacking skills as normal. Of course once connected to a computer, the entirety of the galactic-spanning internet is only a step away. Many Librarians see to it that their coffins are placed in remote storage with a nearby computer. The ability to tap into other devices spans also to robots. Many Librarians own several robotic shells which they use for physical chores. A Librarian may only utilize (i.e. "possess/ body ride" one robot at a given time). Lastly a Librarian is effectively immortal. With the ability to copy and store their personality on any number of databases, it is very difficult to destroy a Librarian whose "coffin" is out of physical reach.