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Arcana of Ithia Expanded: Puppet Mages

Order Name: Puppet Mage 

Sub-Orders: – 

Patron God/Founder(s): Kalm 

Renown Members: – 

Feats of Power: Puppet Mages can wield terrifying, varied, and dependent power, depending on the entity that has contracted the mage.  

Restrictions: – 

Power Source: Contracts. 

Forming Source: Deals. 

The Drain: Puppet Mages burn their Consciousness. Casting their magic leaves them fatigued, pulling them ever closer to sleep. If drawing on too much power too quickly, they can enter a comatose state. While unconscious, their bodies are controlled by outsiders. 

Tools of Trade: – 

Puppet Mages are unorganized, highly private, and isolate themselves from other Puppet Mages. Many of the outsiders they deal with are at odds with one another and in constant conflict. They do, however, enjoy maintaining many subservient minions.  

Puppet Mages are versatile, powerful, and capable of summoning outsider servants. They call upon the power of Outsider Gods and Entities, spreading death, ruin, and terror. Puppet Mages struggle to maintain control of their bodies as their magic grows and drains ever more consciousness with every spell woven. The end is often an empty shell with some great and terrible power. 

Puppet Mages dwell wherever they find open, can be taken by force, or built by the labor of their servants. They build prestige, wealth, and power through force and the influence of their puppet master. 

Puppet Mages have no ranks. 

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