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{{topquote|Gas the kikes! [[Racial Holy War|Race war]] now!|/pol/'s battlecry}}
{{topquote|1=Gentlemen, I had a vision of the future. One day because we won [[The_World_Wars#The_First_World_War|this war]], a man called Adolf Hitler will take power and he will make a lot of people angry about the Jewry. And also romani. And also the blacks. And the non-whites. Except for the Japanese, they're honorable Aryans, I guess. Also there will be a website called 4chan.org, and there will be a board called /pol/, and it will just be about what I have described. Its kind of a [[My Little Pony|one-trick-pony, except the pony is retarded]].|2=[https://youtu.be/Tj-nCjnVDKM?t=2133 The Fresh Sorcerer's accurate summary of /pol/]}}

[[Skub]]'s OTHER final form, and the polar opposite of [[SJW]].

'''/pol/''' is 4chan's "Politically Incorrect" board, nowadays mostly <s>populated by</s> used for incarcerating <s>people who identify as</s> neo-nazis, alt-righters, ancaps, edgy contrarians, and other colorful characters who rant on Jews, black people, women, Marxists, Muslims, Christians, Atheists, and every variety of white depending on the time of day. This also entails dumb shit such as long passionate debates on whether Slavic or Southern European people count as white, or complaints about Jews causing everything from financial crises to World Wars to hurting your toe on a table leg (the phrase "[[Meme|Baton Roue]]" might come to mind).

If you ask /pol/, they'll claim to be the best and most enlightened board that can see through the lies of society, while everyone from the other boards will call their userbase arguably the most obnoxious and [[cancer]]ous board on the whole site and nothing more than a far-right [[My Little Pony|containment board to prevent them spreading their cancer elsewhere]].

People who frequent /pol/ usually refer to themselves as /pol/lacks, but much more terms have been used to describe them by people outside of /pol/ such as /pol/io, /pol/luters, /pol/tards, /pol/yps, tad/pol/es, /pol/esmokers, and /pol/tergeists. The recently coined-term "alt-right" has quickly become for the right what the term SJW is for the left. On that note, some SJWs and /pol/acks aren't above having similar ''fundamental'' attitudes towards both their ideology and people who don't agree with it.

==Origins==
...What, the above wasn't enough?

Do you REALLY want to know more about this?

...alright, fuck it. Put on the helmets and bring the bleach, this is going to be real long and real boring.

4chan's userbase is naturally a product of the industrial society, i.e. it bred a lot of NEETs and frustrated people who are largely kept in line with entertainment and porn and economic welfare, and will [[Roman Empire|gladly support any political party as long as their needs are met, inasmuch as they don't bother thinking about anything beyond their immediate well-being]]. Additionally, /b/ in particular had a history of racial supremacy expressed via memetic bigotry (i.e. using "nigger" as an insult, "faggot" as an endearing word, and "jewgolds" or "shekels" as the term for money) since around 2008, prior to the Anonymous v. Scientology clashes that brought them into more of a "spotlight". Most times it was considered little more than a joke by its userbase, just another way of ensuring that people who couldn't demonstrate thick enough skin to handle the typical level of discourse on /b/ would be driven off.

However, as time went on, people who took such things at face value began to show up more and more often - [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1011498 it's been said that] "any community that gets its laughs by pretending to be idiots will eventually be flooded by actual idiots who mistakenly believe that they're in good company." Eventually, some of the aforementioned idiots began espousing positions that couldn't be dismissed as attempts at humor any longer, but were soon seen for the representation of their values that it really was.

...Then along came the economic housing bubble of 2009, and said NEETs found their bread and circuses were not enough in the face of concepts such as "darkening future" and "imminent poverty". And that opened Pandora's box, unleashing the suppressed anger (normally kept in check by porn, cheap entertainment and welfare) of the NEETizens of 4chan. Unsurprisingly, the first mention of the "alternative right" coincides around the bubble, with this "internal" discontent playing a part in their rise alongside the external 'friction' that social justice represented.

Nerds can get defensive about their opinions on shit like [[Star Trek|Kirk vs. Picard]], taste in [[anime]], Warhammer fluff, but in the end that's just talking about fiction. In contrast, politics is about stuff which actually matters to you in the Real World™, and discussions (especially online) are volatile things at the very best of times. Given that 4chan is '''''the''''' place where reasonable discussion goes to die, it was inevitable that even the calmest attempts quickly devolved into extremist arguments. Trolls and fanatics alike, in many points, became impossible to distinguish from one another - they either forgot whatever reasons for trolling they had or else overcommitted to them, when they weren't seeking a cover for something they now legitimately believed in and gained validation from.

While they gleefully embraced the Nazi accusations that both sides of a debate would make at each other - and invariably decided to supercharge the politically incorrect arguments with shitposting just to enrage their opponents further - they did all of it with only a marginal knowledge of what the issues they were arguing about even entailed at any given time, if they remotely cared at all. Thus many political arguments far too numerous to count here, from immigration to crime and race, began to take root in /b/ and quickly spread elsewhere; Moot, being the [[Tzeentch|Eternal Planner]] that he is, created /n/ (what /pol/ started as) to corral the arguments.

As you can see, [[Not as planned|it's gone swimmingly for everyone involved.]] Sort of like a multilayered monkey's paw of pure [[fail]].

===Containment Board===
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As stated earlier, /pol/ is meant to contain the population of stormweenies (named for Stormfront, a website that can be considered a precursor to /pol/, and whose community still overlaps with them) on 4chan. Pretty much everyone, including both Moot and most of /pol/ itself, has acknowledged this; Global Rule #3 was once 'Keep /pol/ in /pol/'. The rule has since been changed to a more general version saying not to post flames, racism, off-topic replies, uncalled-for catch phrases and other things that are unhelpful to a board, but since that's what /pol/ shitposting essentially IS, the rule is still the same in spirit. Several boards have a sticky at the front page telling people to keep politics in /pol/ as well.

Though /pol/ isn't the only containment board on 4chan, the other containment boards such as /mlp/ and /soc/ are considered to have better userbases - those users have (mostly) less volatile baggage and the sense to leave it ''on'' those boards. When they venture onto another board, they stay on topic and only ''occasionally'' derail threads or start inflammatory ones (complete with /tg/ [[rage|deriving]] [[lulz|entertainment]] from it), but overall aren't ''nearly'' as insufferable in comparison.

Most attempts to curb /pol/, on the other hand, result in them [[Cancer|spreading to other boards]], where they will try to de-rail the threads on those boards to whatever political event that is galvanizing them and spreading around conspiracy theories. Whenever they are told to fuck off and quit derailing threads, they will change the subject, gaslight, and say whatever it takes to counter any arguments to the point of self-contradiction - in short, anything but backing down or even just going on the defense. This hasn't stopped the board from being deleted twice throughout their history, mind, but the inevitable spread forced it to be brought back both times. Even to this day, you'll still get threads here and there that fall victim to politically-based derailing.

==Ideology and Methodology (such as it is)==
While the full history of the SJW phenomenon is way too complicated to describe on their page and is usually less relevant to /tg/ (at least far less so than interactions with other boards on the site), suffice to say that while SJWs are the product of modern civil rights movements [[Ultramarines|who blindly adhere to the LETTER of a given progressive political creed's code of conduct without understanding the spirit of it]], /pol/acks essentially aspire to become the uber-racist, sexist, [[Chaotic Stupid|hyper-reactionary]] [[Marines Malevolent|card-carrying degenerates]] they think the other side believes them to be - since they are "already" damned, many decide they may as well play the part.

For all its numerous faults, /pol/ practically worships the concept of the free exchange of ideas: A common point of contention with SJWs, perceived and otherwise, is freedom of debate and free speech at all costs, especially when it's offensive. Of course, even then this only lasts up until the point where their '''''own''''' views are challenged - then they suddenly decide that maybe censorship isn't so bad after all, which explains quite a lot about the board's fascist sympathies.

The average /pol/ user conducts themselves and their approach to politics with all the nuance and subtlety of any given sportsball fandom, even '''before''' the slow bleeding of the glorified spectacle that is modern mainstream politics into the board itself commenced. The general rudderlessness, the ''typical'' response to anyone who doesn't share their opinion, and the general prevalence of bullshit artists as figureheads are all hallmarks of a group that shares the same ideological real-estate, but only cares to notice these traits when playing against the other "team"; it's not unheard of for certain ranks of /pol/ users to consist of former SJWs, often grifters who will use that cognitive dissonance to their advantage. Of course, it's all the more telling that they usually can't or won't differentiate between anyone to the left of them - even the most far left of folks can separate shitlibs and centrists, for example.

Keep in mind that badly implemented and ham-fisted progressive policies tend to alienate the people not supported by them, just like any other government policy, and it's not uncommon for social justice narratives (or ANY kind, really, but specifically these) to be astroturfed and exploited by politicians and corporations alike, as well as those out for social currency. Thus, some people feel an instinct to rebel against a status quo that supposedly coddles and encourages "white guilt" and "political correctness gone mad", while others seek out the "rightful" social positioning they couldn't get elsewhere - and still others are looking for fresh marks with animosity, insecurity, and loneliness to manipulate into a following. From these groups, the edgiest and the craziest form the core of /pol/.

However, any analysis going beyond the surface for more than five minutes would recognize progressive lip service to be just that - empty words designed to appease 'SJW' demands rather than actually meet them. Scratch that surface and you'll notice the Overton window shifting right in a lot of areas (particularly the USA) even with the ostensibly liberal window dressing. This should put into perspective why /pol/, by and large, seems so eager to put on a similar "victim complex" and join supposed 'SJWs' in the race to the bottom. Despite this, applying the "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory horseshoe theory" school of thought] is perilous as everyone likes to think their "side" is the most rational, and it only works for the most surface of political analysis unless you actually know your shit.

Granted, it seems slightly more merited considering that when they're not using it as a thoroughly cynical ploy to draw attention and stir shit, /pol/acks will use eerily similar rhetoric to signal their own virtues of traditional values, being "rational" thinkers, and otherwise acting in defense of "freedom" - the right to offend and be irreverent is elevated to a sacred cow, which is about as self-defeating as it sounds. The words "refuge in audacity" should come to mind for the [[TVTropes|tropers]] in the audience, albeit in a far more disingenuous sense.

While 4chan at large is and always has been something of a self-sustaining shitshow even at its best, /pol/ is (ostensibly) despised even by the rest of the userbase because they take ALL of their views to the logical "conclusion" and render themselves little more than bizarre caricatures. Though many right-wingers or anti-SJWs can be found on /pol/, naturally even people in both of those former groups will consider /pol/ too batshit for words. /pol/ in turn didn't write the "playbook" for either group, so much as turn it into their personal Bible.

All of this is further compounded by the fact that in terms of genuine beliefs, most /pol/tergeists have no idea how anything actually works - even the basics of their own most common political beliefs are notoriously flimsy (if not OUTRIGHT blatant) myths and lies, often more so than the SJWs they denigrate. Example of such nonsensical claims include:
*Stalin being a Jew (he was Georgian and a major anti-Semite to boot; the Jewish influence, of course, was mainly from Trotsky, which makes it all the more ironic since Stalin hated Trotsky and ultimately had him murdered following his exile from the USSR);
*The first reports of Nazi death camps came from the Soviets (it came from Poland);
*Most welfare recipients are unemployed black people (evidencing a misunderstanding of "majority" and "disproportionate number", as most people on welfare are white and only use it for 3 years or less);
*And finally, the British Empire started declining by 1800 (their Golden Age was from 1816-1915, with Jews very well represented).

The coup de grace theory to rule over them all is "The Khazar Theory", which postulates that the real "good" Jews are actually all white people (Jacob's sons), while all the stereotypical Jews are [[Mongols|Khazar nomads' descendants]]. [[What|Yes, this is your brain's sound when it shifts without the clutch.]]

This is indicative of one of the ''other'' biggest problems with /pol/: its denizens suffer from a board-wide Dunning-Kruger effect, believing themselves expert authorities on a multitude of subjects that individually take years of study at minimum. No amount of shitposting and overuse of bad memes is a substitute for wit and intelligence (no, seriously, stop laughing), especially not when the most casual Googling can debunk most of your narratives. Even Stormfront, which was run by an actual member of the Ku Klux Klan at one point (if it somehow still isn't), had ''slightly'' more principle; gods help you if you enter /pol/ from Israel.

Whenever a meme becomes popular on /pol/, they will begin forcing the meme on every other board, rapidly driving it so far into the ground that it will come out on the other side of the planet before the day is out. The memes they spam tend to be childish insults that will only impress people below 18. It says a lot about their board when getting merged with /mlp/ during an April Fools' joke '''improved''' it.

'''TL;DR:''' Even ignoring their disgusting traits AND putting aside "keep /pol/ in /pol/" talk, /tg/ remembers first and foremost that /pol/ is a containment board for a ''very good'' reason.

==/pol/ using [[Warhammer 40,000]] as propaganda==
{{topquote|Suffer not the [[xenos]] to live!|Battle cry of the [[Deathwatch]]}}

One of the greatest [[RAGE|headaches]] that /tg/ in particular has with /pol/ is the misuse of the [[grimdark]]ness and xenophobic policies of the [[Imperium of Man]] by /pol/'s [[Neckbeard|Trump supporters]], who apparently believe that he is quite possibly a modern day incarnation of [[The Emperor]], and that the Western world should really become an IRL Imperium with zero tolerance against "Xenos" and "[[Tau|Cultural Marxists]]", with lots of conspiracy theories that Trump is fighting an endless battle against the "Ruinous Powers" of Liberalism supposedly led by [[Tzeentch|George Soros]]. It's basically yet another "Jews secretly controlling the world" episode, on top of the usual boogeyman of "The All-Powerful Left" already invoked by many of the "cuckservatives" the alt-right railed against at their inception.

Initially, they "helped" him the only way they knew how: shitposting about [[anime]], Pepe the Frog, and [[Touhou|Momiji Inubashiri]] in a MAGA hat. One of their most widespread propaganda involving 40k was the complete stereotyping of all Muslims as [[Ork|ultraviolent savages who reproduce by the thousands and have no other instinct than to kill, maim and pillage]], Mexicans being cast [[Tyranids|an all-consuming swarm migrating to America to consume all of its resources]], and that every single one of them should be subject to [[Exterminatus]].

AS if that wasn't insulting to all parties real and fictional, eventually they finally "invented" a shitty forced meme where [[Heresy|they put Donald Trump's head on images of the great God-Emperor of Mankind]]. Not many people find them funny, even in the rare case of the Photoshop job being decent, and the Trump buzz started to fade anyway as reality promptly ensued; some people began to realize he was largely more of the same checkers-level propaganda volleys designed to sway voters (if "[[Derp|uber-rich American politician claiming to be the champion of the poor]]" sounds familiar to you, anyway), and the Trump supporters in the userbase eventually started to nigh-indistinguishable from the more stereotypical hardline conservatives.

The new wave of French elections around the same time brought a more horrific wave of shitposting, with [[Extra Heresy|Marine le Pen being photoshopped into Sister of Battle pictures]]. However, Le Pen lost the French election by [[Fail|a 30% margin]], much to the [[Butthurt|chagrin]] of various /pol/tards. This was possibly compounded by the fact that Le Pen's campaign partly ran off the idea of a 'Frexit', only for Le Pen to abandon the entire idea post-election; between this and it proves for the umpteenth time that relying on any kind of political figurehead for overall validation is a universally bad idea.

Given 40k had its start as a ''satire'' of dystopian fiction and a bitter, ironic reflection of right-wing 80s Britain (see also: [[Rogue Trader]]), other right-wingers latching onto 40k-memery as a vehicle for demagoguery, propaganda and appeals to emotion, and further conflating it with modern politics is perhaps a schadenfreudish circle finally come complete. Without the original context, they see nothing more than an unironic heroic fantasy that validates their beliefs, rather than the proper mockery that it constitutes.

'''TL;DR:''' Needless to say, many in /tg/ find this specific inclusion of real-world politics in our 40k to be a sad, idiotic and pathetic phenomenon that should be punished by summary [[Exterminatus|SAGE'ing]], and as such expect non-sympathetic posters to either [[RAGE|react accordingly]].

===What Do?===
Whatever you do, make sure you know they're not welcome, and don't get overinvested in any "discussion" involving them on the boards themselves - while it's not ''entirely'' impossible (only mostly) for someone to pull a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Davis Daryl Davis], we're the last people to trust with that kind of work, so we'll spare you the sermon.

Trying to be amicable and empathetic will usually prove a waste of time, unless you're actively trying to countertroll by being so patronizing that they blow a fuse in utter sanctimony. Even then, it's probably best not to engage at all and wait for the janitors to take out the trash, unless you've gone way too long without a migraine. Such is the dilemma of dealing with a /pol/yp cluster - they're barely worth any time and effort, but if you leave them unchecked they'll fester and spread.

===Connections with the Christchurch Mosque Attacks===
<span style='font-size:125%'>{{BLAM|This section concerns the attacks on the Christchurch Mosques in New Zealand, the consequences of which affected the entire board, and by extension /tg/.}}</span>

Brenton Tarrant, the 28-year-old man who attacked two Mosques in Christchurch, NZ, apparently identified as a "/pol/ack" and made a <s>detailed</s> barely literate manifesto mostly in the form of a "Q&A," containing absolutely zero original political thought and nary a trace of coherent ideology besides repetition of the basic White Nationalist complaints of a Western demographic upheaval (the "fourteen words," basically). It is all the more pathetic because he characterizes the poorly-formatted PDF as a ''magnum opus'' of three years' worth of political growth; one critical point of [[Derp|critical fuckstupid]] is his admiration for Communist China, known for its violation of free speech and other basic human rights against the Muslim Uyghurs and even its Han (the dominant Chinese ethnic group) citizens.

Said manifesto referenced several questionably tasteful memes (prominently, "remove kebab"), and the fucking degenerate actually went so far as to shout out those memes in public and play [[/v/|video game soundtracks]] and songs that /pol/ has turned into memes, while actively shooting people and live-streaming it. Sick fuck. Naturally, this means more conversations about the impact of the Internet/social media and technology in general and its role in the lives of disaffected millennials (and doing it full justice is a tall order and a half); the level of disconnect displayed, even by the expected standards of radical politics, that would allow a person to take a life while joyfully shouting silly sayings from the Internet like he was at an anime convention is disgusting and hard to fathom.

His goal, apparently, was to cause more hysteria and retribution: in his manifesto, he specifically spoke of wanting to stir up shit regarding ''inter alia'', laws regarding the rights of free speech and bearing arms which, in his mind, would lead to civil war and an ultimate victory for his ideology, such as it is. He imagined himself becoming a full martyr for the cause, or else incarcerated and (if the latter) perhaps later to be broken out of jail by a movement inspired by his "noble actions"...and yet few people online seem to consider his actions or their results desirable, even among those who would inevitably be even ''remotely'' 'sympathetic' to his cause. The only ones who would wholeheartedly support him were likely deadset on their ideology to begin with.

This, along with his choice to attack extremely soft targets (including women, children, and mainstream, non-radical places of worship), is enough to demonstrate that he was not a political actor in any real sense, but rather amounts to the perpetrator of an incident far more serious and tragic. Rather than a "proper 'domestic [i.e. white] terrorist'" (say, Timothy McVeigh), he comes across more as an aimless man on a demented rampage.

By virtue of being a white man in a European culture instead of, say, a member of a rival sect in an Islamic country, his attack on a mosque actually makes international headlines for more than five minutes; with his point well out the window, his pathetic attempts at justifying his attack only harmed his cause in the imagination of the general public and even amongst his peers. Needless to say, the consequences of his actions were quite serious: political groups of which he was a member or tangentially related to are being attacked by the government, despite their having no part in the violence, and the blood was not yet dry when the PM said that New Zealand's already highly restrictive gun laws "had to change". Most directly relevant to /tg/, their neighbor Australia [[Exterminatus|banned access]] to 4chan, 8chan and ''even fucking LiveLeak'' for distributing video of the massacre, which indirectly fucks over that entire sector of the userbase(s), likely due to the fact that the shooter, Brenton, is an Australian.

As if that wasn’t enough, the level of irony to Tarrant’s actions defies reality. Tarrant was fixated on mass migration in his manifesto, but thanks to his attack, New Zealand (and possibly other western countries) will accept EVEN MORE migrants from the Middle East and Africa in an effort to show that they’re tolerant of said migrants despite Tarrant’s attack. Way to go.

Though /pol/, with its vulgar and juvenile approach to issues of demography and race, is a tempting target to assign blame for his actions, 4chan might not be the genesis of his personal dissatisfaction; if the manifesto is to be trusted (a dicey proposition), he had apparently become interested in racial questions while touring the world and seeing the demographic changes which are afflicting Europe first hand. The problem is that when shitposting manchildren drink their own Kool-Aid and take up their guns to murdering innocent people, the average reasonable person can make a connection between the violence and the [[Star Wars|wretched hives of scum and villany]] said bad actors frequent, and so here we are.

This isn't entirely news to these folks, of course: "screw your optics, I'm going in" was how the last significant /pol/ terrorist put it, before attacking a defenseless synagogue which had no remote relation to any of /pol/'s 'concerns'. The inherent cowardice are only one of the ways in which the attacks are alike, but one of the most telling, not least because it begs the question of why the phrase "the last significant /pol/ terrorist" is even applicable.

Any reasonably well-adjusted person from anywhere on the political spectrum can see that the culture and posters of /pol/ are what give it its unfathomably bad name, which by extension affects already-considered-malignant *chan subculture such that one would be hard-pressed to assert otherwise. Inasmuch as /pol/acks even take their own putative ideas seriously, they don't tend to do themselves any favors - on- OR off-line. In addition, despite 4chan supposedly not being the birthing place for the ideals of Mr. Tarrant, the fact that it can now be tangibly tied to such people AND the resulting Australian lockdown on 4chan/8chan/etc. is certain to impact perception of the board and anyone seen as aligned with them - likely for the worse.

==See Also==
*[[SJW]]s, the (mostly) left-leaning "contrast" to /pol/'s alt-right twattery, subjected to constant, though often inaccurate, comparisons due to hypocrisy and similar but better justified zealotry.
*[[/k/]]
*[[Board-tans/pol]]
*[[Racial Holy War]], for what the rest of 4chan thinks would happen if a /pol/ack made an RPG.
*[[MYFAROG]], for when a /pol/ack actually made an RPG.
*[[Nazi]], what these guys ''wish'' they were.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBpijRDDOxQ An appropriate response] to the forced Trump meme.

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File:Back_to_pol.jpg|The appropriate dismissal of all /pol/tards.
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Vestige

2020-08-16T13:55:49Z

2600:1700:19C0:2760:B5CF:1284:9ECF:3BE5: /* Buer, Grandmother Huntress */

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Vestiges are weird super-ghost things from the later fluff of [[Dungeons & Dragons]] 3.5 edition. Specifically, these are the metaphysical entities that the [[Binder]] class calls up and allows to timeshare their body in exchange for various magical powers. Post 3.5, they show up mainly as a [[Warlock]] pact.

=List of Tome of Magic Vestiges=
This was the big array of vestiges that appeared in the 3e Tome of Magic. Tend to be either game mythology shout-outs, or references to the demons from the real-world "demonology textbook", the Ars Goetia.

==Acererak the Devourer==
The Demi-[[Lich]] who created the [[Tomb of Horrors]]. You need at least 5 levels in Binder to summon him, and he requires you place a gemstone the size of a human tooth or eye in his seal before he'll appear. He manifests as a yellowed skull with gems for eyes and teeth (including the summoning gem, which is left behind when he leaves), his sign is that one of your teeth turns into a gem (but it reverts to normal if you rip it out), and he influences you to seize power and influence when presented with a chance to do so. A Binder hosting Acererak has Detect Undead, Speak with Dead and Hide From Undead as at-will spell-like abilities, is immune to cold and electricity, gains a Paralyzing Touch, and is healed by negative energy.

==Agares, Truth Betrayed==
A former Earth Elemental general who was betrayed by his own emperor and lieutenants under false pretexts.You need at least 4 levels in Binder to summon him, and he demands that his seal be drawn upon earth or unworked stone; he won't appear otherwise. When he deigns to answer, a huge brown crocodile's head erupts from the seal, and then a hawk with eyes in its chest forces its way out of the croc's mouth, standing on its tongue and speaking to the Binder. Those bearing Agares' sign have a racking cough that causes them to spray dust and small stones from their mouth, making casting spells with verbal components impossible. His influence makes a Binder incapable of lying. He grants better ability to hurt land-based foes, increased defense against airborne foes, the ability to knock people prone by stamping on the ground, the ability to read, write and speak all languages, immunity to fear, and the ability to summon an earth elemental ally. Based upon the 2nd demon of the Ars Goetia.

==Amon, The Void Before The Altar==
A once-goodly god of light and law, ages of existence as a Vestige have reduced him to a wrath-fuelled spirit. Manifesting as a firebreathing fang-toothed ram-headed black wolf with a snake for a tail, Amon despises the vestiges Chupoclops, Eurynome, Karsus, and Leraje and so he won't show up if you've summoned any of them in the last 24 hours; the feeling is mutual and they will similarly refuse to show up if you've summoned him in the last day. He's one of the weakest vestiges, needing only 1 level in Binder to summon. Binders hosting Amon sport ram's horns, are surly, irritable and compelled to oppose the actions of deities of fire, sun or law, and have darkvision, firebreath and headbutt attacks. Based upon the 7th demon of the Ars Goetia. Heavily implied to be the vestige of [[Amaunator]], Netherese god of sun, law, and time, from the Forgotten Realms.

Amon's associated monster is the [[Horned Beast]], believed to be the corrupted forms of the golden rams that served him when he was still good and alive.

==Andras, The Gray Knight==
An Elf who served for centuries as first a [[paladin]] and then a [[blackguard]] before giving up on both sides in disgust. Only a 4th level or higher Binder is strong enough to call Andras, who manifests as a near-naked elf with an owl's head riding a giant wolf and carrying a greatsword. A Binder hosting Andras sprouts two small, vestigial owl's wings from their back, and if they succumb to his influence, they become so emotionally listless that they'll get bored and wander off from a fight if it lasts longer than 10 rounds. He grants his Binder proficiency with greatsword/lance/rapier/longsword, the ability to summon a heavy warhorse, added skill in riding, the ability to Smite Good and Evil, a free Improved Critical bonus, and the ability to force opponents to attack their allies. Based upon the 63rd demon of the Ars Goetia.

==Andromalius, The Repentant Rogue==
A chosen of the god of thieves, [[Olidammara]], who repented on his deathbed, hoping to play the ultimate trick and steal his own soul away from his god. It worked too well; his god approved, once he realised the joke, but he couldn't take Andromalius back without wrecking the joke. So he made him a vestige instead. Answering only Binders of 3rd level or higher, he requires you to sacrifice any two of twenty-four different items as part of summoning him; a belt purse, a silver key, a gold ring, a pair of dice, a copper coin, a dagger, an apple, an arm bone, a scroll, a comb, a whistle, a fish hook, a mirror, an egg, a potion, a dead spider, an oak leaf, a human skull, a lock, a closed black book, a bell, a dove, a set of lock picks, and a mouse. When he manifests, he appears as a human man whose arms split into twelve forearms at each elbow, juggling the Binder's sacrifices and whatever the other 22 trinkets they didn't provide. The Binder gains an extra digit on each appendage for Andromalius, who influences his host to make mischief but shun thieving. He makes it easier for his host to appraise items and to see through disguises, lets them cast Hideous Laughter as an at-will spell-like ability, locate items at will, and Sneak Attack like a [[Rogue]]. Based upon the 72nd demon of the Ars Goetia.

==Aym, Queen Avarice==
A corrupt dwarven queen who destroyed her own kingdom through her insatiable hunger for wealth; upon her death she cursed Moradin for failing to come to her aid, and he in turn cursed her for her greed. Appearing to even 1st level Binders, she manifests as a powerfully muscled female dwarf in the finery of an empress with two tentacles like giant worms for legs and two extra heads (a bull's and a lion's), wielding a star-shaped branding iron. She places a brand upon her host's left hand or forehead upon concluding a pact, and a Binder who succumbs to her influence is both stingy and greedy and compelled to offer money to any dwarf whose name he or she learns. She grants dwarf-like carrying abilities, proficiency with medium armor, resistance to fire, the ability to enwreath one's own body in flame and burn everything one touches, and an enhanced knack for breaking physical objects. Based upon the 23rd demon of the Ars Goetia.

==Balam, The Bitter Angel==
The despondent spirit of a slain angel who was set an impossible task - purportedly ending the practice of humanoid sacrifice - that failed and claimed her life. Appearing only to a 5th level or higher Binder, she requires 1 hitpoint worth of blood from the binder or a victim with 3+ Int to be placed upon her seal before she manifests. She appears in the form of a huge purple snake, with the upper halves of three horned humanoid heads fitting together in a triangle to make up her head. A Binder hosting Balam develops a hollow yet guttural voice and a vocal distrust of clerics, paladins and gods. She grants minor prophetic powers and a gaze attack that freezes victims. Based upon the 51st demon of the Ars Goetia.

==Buer, Grandmother Huntress==
A mysterious huntress' spirit. She only appears to a binder who is 6th level or higher and who is willing to draw her seal outdoors. [[Roving Mauler|She manifests as five satyr legs fused together at the thighs to form a star-shape, with a face on either side of this central "body"; a kindly green hag's face on one side, and a lion on the other.]] While both she and the Roving Mauler are clearly based upon the 10th demon of the Ars Goetia, any in-universe basis for the resemblance is a mystery.

After manifesting, she trundles around and around her seal, lion face outwards and speaking from her hag-face. This causes her to switch from gentle, friendly conversation to furious profanities at her body when this movement makes her unable to see her binder. Her mark is that she gives her binder the legs of a satyr, and those who succumb to her influence find themselves averse to harming natural creature, unable to deal coup de grace attacks, and prone to momentary memory lapses. To her binder, she bestows the gift of enhanced knowledge of survival and medicine, expert tracking skills, immunity to all natural poisons and diseases, rapid healing, and the ability to cure injury, poison and disease in others.

==Chupoclops, Harbinger of Forever==
A monstrous spider-creature that lurked in the Ethereal Plane, feeding on ghosts and spawning nightmares. Legend has it that it was destined to devour hope and destroy the multiverse, but it was slain by an alliance of four villains and three heroes, living and ghost alike, who sacrificed their lives to destroy it. It takes the form of a phase spider so massive that only part of it can be seen through its seal at any given time- its head is oddly tusked, with eight all too human eyes. Summoning Chupoclops requires its seal to either be drawn on grave dirt or have the remains of a sentient creature placed upon it. Binders with Chupoclops's sign grow large tusks from their jaws, and its influence pushes Binders to grow hopeless and despondent; additionally, they must voluntarily fail all saving rolls against fear effects or morale penalties. It grants its Binders a poisonous bite, the ability to linger in the Ethereal Plane, sensing the living and dead, and the power to inspire despair in others.

==Dhalver-Nar, The Tortured One==
A human who is believed to have pioneered the art of binding, most known for his obsession with teeth. Seriously, he manifests as a human man with gums instead of skin and teeth everywhere, even for fucking '''eyes''', but he has no teeth in his mouth and communicates only through moaning. His sign is that several teeth grow out of the Binder's scalp, and he influences his binder to rapidly shift between intense focus and distraction. He is bored by anything that requires prolonged focus, preventing his binder from taking any action requiring more than one round of concentration. He grants his binder natural armor, protection against madness, a moan that dazes anyone that hears it, and the ability to redirect half of the damage you take from any source to someone else.

His associated monster is the [[Tooth Beast]], a monster that resembles a bear whose hair, nails, and eyes have been replaced with teeth.

==Dantalion, The Star Emperor==
A gestalt consciousness born from the ancestral spirits of a now-lost royal line. Based upon the 71st demon of the Ars Goetia.

Dantalion has an entire [[Prestige Class]], the [[Scion of Dantalion]], dedicated to it.

==Eligor, Dragon Slayer==
A half-elf dragon slayer of such proficiency that [[Tiamat]] demanded his soul be given to her after his death, threatening to set her dragons on the mortal races and forcing the gods to surrender him. She then raised him as a dragon-revering [[blackguard]] and used him as her own mightiest champion; after he got killed again, nobody wanted to touch his soul and so he became a vestige. He appears as an armored knight with a banner and lance, riding upon a half-horse, half-dragon monster that changes colors between the five colors of chromatic dragons. His sign causes one of the Binder's hands to develop thick scales the same color as Eligor's steed when it was summoned, and his influence compels the Binder to befriend any outcasts he/she meets, especially half-elves and half-orcs. Furthermore, Eligor seeks revenge against the deities that abandoned him and so will force the Binder to attack human, elf, and dragon foes before all others when in combat. His power grants a touch attack emulating that of a chromatic dragon's breath weapon, improved strength and natural armor, heavy armor proficiency, and unmatched horseback riding skills. Based on the 15th demon of the Ars Goetia.

==Eurynome, Mother of the Material==
A titan who created the physical world by separating the sky and sea before being slain by the gods for daring to steal into the world as yet unformed, with her body becoming the land and her blood giving rise to all animals.

==Focalor, Prince of Tears==
An outsider, either a demon or an angel, who actually died of sheer grief. Based upon the 41st demon of the Ars Goetia.

==Geryon, The Deposed Lord==
The [[Archdevil]] who was once Lord of [[Baator#Stygia|Stygia]], whose loyalty to [[Asmodeus]] during the Reckoning was repaid with the loss of first his title and then his existence. He can only be summoned by binders with 5 ranks in Knowledge (Religion) or Knowledge (The Planes), and manifests as three ogre mages with their backs to each other that are merged into one being with three arms, three legs, and one head with three faces. His sign is the appearance of two additional sets of eyes on the Binder's head with green lids and catlike irises, and his influence makes the binder trusting of his allies even when they clearly plan to betray him. Furthermore, he considers the use of any ability that can read thoughts or detect lies to be an act of rebelling against his influence and will penalize his binder accordingly. Geryon's power grants the binder his baleful gaze and perfect vision, as well as the ability to fly.

==Haagenti, Mother of Minotaurs==
A former hill giant sorceress who tricked [[Thrym]], god of frost giants, into screwing her by using magic to appear beautiful. When Thrym sought her ought, and beheld both her true ugly form and the monstrous twin sons she had born him, he turned them into the first [[minotaur]]s and spread the creedo of distrusting all beauty to the frost giants. In her shame, Haagenti was unable to rest in any of the planes after her death. Based upon the 48th demon of the Ars Goetia.

==Halphax, The Angel in the Angle==
A gnomish master engineer who created an inescapable prison-city at the behest of hobgoblin conquerors to try and save his wife's life, ultimately costing the lives of thousands of his fellows.

==Haures, the Dreaming Duke==
A rakshasa turned ghost who become so obsessed with dreams and illusions that he lost all ability to distinguish reality and unreality apart, fading entirely from existence. His sign is that his Binder's palms are where the backs of their hands should be (like that of a rakshasa), and his influence makes his binder talk out loud to himself and imaginary figures; additionally, he demands that if the Binder encounters and disbelieves an illusion not of his own making, he cannot voluntarily enter its area. In return, he protects the binder from mind reading, allows them to move like a ghost, and create illusions so convincing they can kill. He appears as a ghostly tiger that changes first into a middle-aged man, then a zombie, then a skeletal tiger in a crown and purple robe, then back into a ghostly tiger again. Based upon the 64th demon of the Ars Goetia.

==Ipos, Prince of Fools==
The mystic scholar who codified the modern forms of binding, who was so obsessed with studying Vestiges that he became one himself. Based upon the 22nd demon of the Ars Goetia.

==Karsus, Hubris in the Blood==
Another Vestige based on an existing D&D character. [[Karsus]] was a human spellcaster who attempted to steal the power of [[Mystryl]], the god of arcane magic, only to be consumed from within by the uncontrollable powers he had stolen. Binders who wish to summon him must have at least 5 ranks in Knowledge (Arcana) or Spellcraft, and he will not answer a summons if his seal is in the area of an active spell. When he manifests, he takes the form of a bleeding red boulder akin to his petrified heart in the Forgotten Realms, and speaks in fountains of blood. His sign makes Binders bleed far more profusely from their injuries, though this is merely cosmetic and makes wounds look a lot worse than they are. Binders who fall under Karsus' influence find that they are overcome by his legendary arrogance, and are incapable of relating to others via Diplomacy checks and instead are required to either use lies or intimidation to get what they want. Binders who make a pact with Karsus become more naturally adept with magical items and auras; they can use magical items as if they were wizards and further increase the save DCs for every magic item that they use. They also can sense magic as if they were under a constant Detect Magic effect. Their strongest ability is probably the fact that they can Dispel Magic with a simple touch and can negate spells cast on creatures or items, or even temporarily suppress permanent effects.

Occasionally, humans who are descended from Karsus will give birth to a [[Karsite]], a subspecies of human who always have one blue eye, one brown eye, and a streak of white hair. Karsites are cursed with an inability to cast spells, but have resistance to magic, spells that fail to beat their magic resistance heal them, and they can temporarily disable magic items with their melee attacks.

==Leraje, The Green Herald==
A former herald of the god of elves, before her hubris led her to challenge her own god to a test of archery skills, in which she unthinkingly sacrificed her own life to prove her superiority to him. Based upon the 14th demon of the Ars Goetia.

==Malphas, The Turnfeather==
An elven prince who betrayed his people, murdering his own family to try and steal the throne, only to die of heartbreak when the woman he had been doing it for revealed herself as a drow who had deceived him. Based upon the 39th demon of the Ars Goetia.

Malphas's accociated monster is the [[Murder of Crows]]. His influence causes birds to form into aggressive swarms and he may be the reason why a group of ravens is called an "unkindness."

==Marchosias, King of Killers==
An expert assassin who specialised in killing other professional killers. When he died and went to the Nine Hells, hundreds of other thugs, slaughterers, executioners, and assassins banded together in a great diabolic prison riot, in which they captured Marchosias and tore his soul to pieces. Based upon the 35th demon of the Ars Goetia.

==Naberius, The Grinning Hound==
A mysterious canine-like vestige whose origin is shrouded in mystery. He manifests only for a binder with a minimum of 4 ranks in Bluff or any Knowledge or Profession skill. Though he appears as a three-headed hound with a hoarse voice devouring a black crane, he comes off as strangely amiable and eloquent. His sign makes his binder's voice gravelly and growling, and he influences the binder to seize any opportunity to speak presented to them and compels them to shout down or mock those who might take control of the discourse away from the binder. His binders become able to disguise themselves as anybody, quickly regain lost ability points, make skill checks with skills they don't have training in, and can talk their way out of any danger. Based upon the 24th demon of the Ars Goetia.

==Orthos, Sovereign of the Howling Dark==
An entity generally believed to be the first vestige, so impossibly old that nobody knows who or what it used to be. It can only be summoned if its seal is drawn in a brightly illuminated area, and it manifests as a breeze that rapidly intensifies into a chilling wind surrounding a black speck. The speck soon opens as the wind howls ever louder and then suddenly stops, heralding the invisible, unheard, but still palpable presence of Orthos itself. Its Binder feels as if they are being buffeted by a breeze only they can feel, even indoors, and under its influence the Binder becomes panicky and short of breath around darkened areas and loud noises. Orthos also demands that its binders carry an active light source at least as bright as a candle (which cannot be darkened for more than 1 round) at all times and not speak more loudly than a whisper. In exchange, Orthos grants its binder blindsight, the ability to fool the sight of others, and turn his/her breath into wind that can either carry a message far away or tear a victim's flesh from the bone.

==Otiax, The Key to the Gate==
A mysterious entity connected to the Far Realm that may or may not be Yog-sothoth, though since it cannot speak the truth of the matter is a mystery. It manifests as a locked golden gate that creaks open after something tries to force its way through, releasing a strange blue mist. Its binders are surrounded by wisps of blue fog even in heavy winds, and they are influenced to grow agitated around unopened doors and gates. Otiax also cannot tolerate secured locks, and so if its binder sees a key, they must use it to open its corresponding lock. Otiax allows its binders to open almost any lock or object, hide themselves in mist, or lash out at foes with a blast of air.

==Paimon, The Dancer==
An expert dancer, duelist and seducer who was captured by a jealous rival and had his limbs cut off and swordblades grafted to the stumps. Based upon the 9th demon of the Ars Goetia.

Paimon is worshiped by strange monsters called [[Deadly Dancer]]s, which are [[aberration]]s resembling humanoids with with bony blades in place of arms and legs.

==Ronove, The Iron Maiden==
A pioneer of the martial arts, Ronove had herself sealed inside an iron coffin to prove her skills, but spent so long that eventually her students forgot she even existed. Based upon the 27th demon of the Ars Goetia.

==Savnok, The Instigator==
A former servant of [[Hextor]] and [[Heironeous]] who stole their mother's divine armor, initially for them, but after doing so he couldn't bear to give it up. Hextor slew Savnok by stealing his mother's bow and arrows and bleeding him to death with dozens of shots, after which the brothers hid Savnok's soul where no god could find it and returned the armor, bow and arrows to their rightful place, covering up the crime. (This happened before they became enemies.) Based upon the 43rd demon of the Ars Goetia.

==Shax, Sea Sister==
The former goddess-queen of the storm giants. Based upon the 44th demon of the Ars Goetia.

Shax's associated monster is the [[Deathshead]], an undead created from the severed head of a drowned giant that walks around upside-down using its hair as tentacles.

==Tenebrous, The Shadow That Was==
The shadowy undead form that [[Orcus]] adopted after being slain; even after Orcus was resurrected as a demon prince again, the remnant of divinity he possessed as Tenebrous remained intact and eventually reformed itself into a Vestige- a shadow of a shadow, so to speak. Its seal must be drawn at night or in an area with little to no daylight exposure to summon it. Tenebrous manifests as an inky, impossibly gaunt humanoid form whose voice is both near impossible to hear and laden with unmistakeable meaning. Its binders look as if they are standing in shadow regardless of how bright it is, and their own shadows never seem to extend more than a few feet away. Tenebrous' influence takes the form of a sense of detachment, loss, and abandonment, and it requires that its binder never be the first to act in combat. It grants its binder the power to see in any darkness, shroud places in shadow, turn/rebuke undead, and chill foes with a touch.

Tenebrous has an entire [[Prestige Class]] dedicated to him, the [[Tenebrous Apostate]].

==Zagan, Duke of Disappointment==
A [[yuan-ti]] who was murdered whilst on the very precipice of ascending to divinity. Based upon the 61st demon of the Ars Goetia.

=List of Outer Source Vestiges=
Though Tome of Magic in general got little support after its lackluster release, the binder got the most of it. From online web-enhancements to Dragon Magazine and Dungeon Magazine, a bundle of new vestiges slipped into the world before the announcement of 4th edition.

==Abysm, The Schismed==
A psionic [[mythal]] that once protected a secret city of psions; when the psions all died in an unknown disaster, their souls were trapped in the Mythal by their own psicrystals, turning it into a half-insane hivemind of a Vestige. Appears in one of The Mind's Eye webarticles from WotC's old website, which can be found here: http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/psm/20070119a

==Ahazu the Seizer==
The demon prince who once controlled the [[Wells of Darkness]] before he was entrapped in his own prison. Needless to say, this makes him very hard to bind unless you take the feat that lets you forfeit special requirements; in addition to needing you to be at least a 3rd level binder, you have to draw his seal on the surface of one of the Pools of Darkness, which lie at the bottoms of the Wells of Darkness on the 73rd layer of the Abyss. Ahazu manifests as a sphere of darkness that slowly reveals the form of a giant hybrid of bodak and shadow demon. Whilst hosting Ahazu, your skin becomes cold to the touch and your mouth fills with absolute darkness, which sometimes spills forth as a small cloud from your open lips. If you succumb to Ahazu's influence, you become avaricious in the extreme; as well as constantly stealing small valuables whenever you have the chance, you are compelled to imprison your enemies rather than kill them, and if one of your prisoners escapes, you suffer a blinding rage. For powers, you gain Ahazu's Abduction (render 1 creature unable to take any action for a round at will), Ahazu's Touch (cast Unholy Blight as a touch attack once per five rounds), Blindsight, and Void Mind (you can withdraw your mind to a mystical void, rendering you immune to mind- and soul-affecting powers, but if you die in this state, nothing can resurrect you). Appears in Dungeon Magazine #148.

==Ansitif the Befouler==
An ancient demon prince with an urge to defeat the gods and all their servants. Needless to say, as well as demanding great power from his binders (minimum level to summon him: 7), he requires you scribe his seal with the broken remnants of a holy symbol, one that must belong to a true deity. When conjured, the symbol you used erupts into flame, with cascading sparks scorching any relics, holy symbols or other signs of worship in the immediate vicinity, before sending up cloying smoke, with a disembodied mouth of sparks forming in the center of the cloud. Obviously, his Sign is that your skin and hair look scorched and his influence compels you to destroy or steal relics dedicated to true gods. For powers, he gives you the ability to cast Blasphemy 3/day, spell resistance against divine magic, immunity to fire, and the benefits of the Thrall to Demon feat. Appears in Dragon Magazine #357.

==Arete the First Elan==
The psion who created the Elan race. Appears in one of The Mind's Eye webarticles from WotC's old website, which can be found here: http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/psm/20070119a

==[[Ashardalon]], Pyre of the Unborn==
A red dragon of such balls-out nastiness that he bound a [[Tanar'ri|balor]] into his body to replace his heart when he got it skewered - when that wasn't enough to keep him alive, [[Grimdark|he sought out the Bastion of Unborn Souls and began munching on the preborn souls of all life across the multiverse.]] When he got killed for this, he lingered as a vestige. Can be found in the splatbook Dragon Magic.

==Astaroth-Diabolus==
The vestige of a demon prince with a real hatred for devils, having infiltrated their ranks as Diabolus and risen to the rank of Treasurer of Hell before he was outed, slain and had his name stolen by Gargauth. Only appearing to 4th level binders who scribe his sigil on stone that has recently been burned and then doused with cold water, Astaroth appears as a handsome humanoid with a serpentine tongue and multiple pairs of wings - draconic and feathered - being consumed by hellfire. Those binding Astaroth smell of brimstone and have clouded eyes, whilst those who succumb to his influence become morose and fatalistic, but compelled to attack devils above all other foes. He grants the powers of Blackfire (all fire powers do half-fire and half-vile damage, plus can cast fireball 3/day), Divination as a spell-like ability, Serpentine Tongue (bonus to Bluff and Disguise checks that is even higher against evil outsiders) and Silvered Touch (any natural attack or attack with a metal weapon counts as silvered for piercing damage reduction). Appears in Dragon Magazine #357.

==Astaroth the Unjustly Fallen==
A fallen angel who claims to have been cast down from [[Celestia]] for giving civilisation to mortals and was slain by the mortals he sought to rule over. Binders hosting Astaroth have yellowed skin and a persistent foul odor around them, and are influenced to avoid taking responsibility for their actions. They have bardic knowledge, a breath weapon in the form of vile-smelling gas, a competence bonus on Bluff, Diplomacy, Intimidate, and Craft checks, a temporary item creation feat, and the ability to use the Suggestion spell every 5 rounds. Based on the 29th demon of the Ars Goetia.

Appears in the second Cityscape web enhancement, which can be found here: http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/we/20070307a

==Cabiri the Watching Master==
A many-eyed obyrith seer who has been imprisoned in the Wells of Darkness. Only answering the call of binders of 4th level or higher, Cabiri demands his seals be drawn in blood and outside, and will only respond if the summoning is done at night or during a solar abyss. When manifesting, a celestial body in the sky becomes a giant staring eye before the seal turns into a puddle of blood, which then becomes a ring of tiny eyes around a mouth. Those bound to Cabiri sport an extra eye in their forehead and those who succumb to his influence are compelled to watch; they can better resist figments but are more vulnerable to patterns, and can't close their eyes to ward off gaze attacks. When Cabiri is bound, the binder can cast Arcane Eye a will, has increased aptitude with scrying spells, gains (enhanced) darkvision and lowlight vision, and can cast Phantasmal Killer 3/day. Appears in Dragon Magazine #357.

==Desharus the Sprawling Soul==
The pseudo-fey spirit of the very first city, Desha. Appears in the second Cityscape web enhancement, which can be found here: http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/we/20070307a

==Kas the Bloody Handed==
The spirit of the treacherous former servant of [[Vecna]], the [[vampire]] who maimed the God of Secrets. Manifesting as his sword with Vecna's hand and eye on the tip, those binding Kas have extra eyes appear on their palms, which weep blood for 10 rounds after any of Kas' powers are used. His influence causes the binder to act warm and affectionate, but they will invariably betray someone during the first hour of binding him, and they are compelled to destroy Vecna's followers and the undead. They can inflict permanent blindness with a critical hit, ignore the usual immunity to critical hits ability of the undead, gain a bonus to Bluff checks, have a 25% chance to nullify critical hits made against them, ignore the damage reduction abilities of the undead, and gain proficiency with the bastard sword, longsword and shortsword. Only a 4th level or higher binder can summon Kas. Appears in Dragon Magazine #341.

==Primus, The One And The Prime==
The ghost of the model of Primus that was slain by [[Orcus]]-as-Tenebrous during the storyline of The Great [[Modron]] March. Needless to say, Primus will never co-share a body with Tenebrous, and a Binder who has ever allowed Tenebrous to be hosted in their body must draw Primus' seal in an area of bright light. Manifesting as essentially a smaller version of the classic Primus form (albeit a crying one because of everything that happened to the Modrons after Tenebrous killed him), those binding Primus develop a scattering of metal plates on their limbs, representing geometric shapes formed of gold, silver or bronze - though they revert to strips of skin if somehow flayed off. Those under his influence become ruthlessly practical and compelled to obey all lawful authorities. He only grants three powers, but they're doozies; Divine Structure causes you to gain a cumulative bonus if you keep taking the same action for multiple rounds, Lawful Attacks cause your attacks to count as Lawful for piercing damage reduction, and Primus' Orders allow you to issue a Command that also renders you invisible and inaudible to the being you successfully take control of. You must be at least a level 3 binder to call forth Primus. Appears in Dragon Magazine #341.

==The Triad==
Three psionic gods from a now-lost civilization that were forced to combine themselves into a single being to save themselves after the Plane of Shadow started leaking into their world. They refuse to bind with anyone connected to the Plane of Shadow in any manner, whether it's by feat, class abilities, or something else. Their manifestation is a glowing purple jade statue that shifts between the forms of their constituent beings: the god of knowledge Gorn appears as a young man with spectacles reading a book, the goddess of justice Rujsha appears as a motherly woman with bandaged eyes, and the god of battle Mintar appears as a man in armor holding his sword in salute.

Their sign is that the Binder's facial features alter slightly every hour to match one member of the Triad, from a young man's inquisitive face to a woman's concerned features to a bearded masculine face and back again. They influence the binder by changing their mental aspect to match the face that is their current sign. As Gorn, the bearer is inquisitive and prone to using many big words. As Rujsha, the binder is caring and motherly but tends to speak to others as if they were children. As Mintar, the binder is honor-bound and somewhat combative. In any case, if the binder encounters someone influenced by shadow, the Triad will insist that the binder either face that being first when in combat or avoid that being (and any help it might seek to provide) outside of combat.

The powers they grant are similarly split across the three gods. Collectively, they grant 15 power points and allow the binder to act as a psion if they're not one already. Gorn grants the psionic power Call to Mind and bardic knowledge. Rujsha grants the psionic power Empathy, a diplomacy bonus, and the ability to smite evil three times per day. Mintar provides the psionic power Detect Hostile Intent, a bonus to Sense Motive checks, and proficiency with all simple, martial, and exotic weapons.

Appears in one of The Mind's Eye webarticles from WotC's old website, which can be found here: http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/psm/20070119a

==Vanus, The Reviled One==

Vanus is a guy who was hated way more than he should have been. He grants you a fear aura, freedom of movement or gaseous form for an ally, extra damage against people with fewer hit dice than you, and good hearing.

Appears in one of the Class Articles webarticles from WotC's old website, which can be found here: http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dd/20060407a

==Zceryll, The Star Spawn==
A powerful alienist who was dragged into the [[Far Realm]] and now seeks to return to the mortal world. She appears as a collection of mirrors that initially reflect a beautiful human woman who has something off about her appearance, which rapidly transforms into a tentacled monstrosity before the mirrors all shatter. Her sign is that the eyes of her Binders become circular mirrors and living things in their peripheral vision look like they're covered in eyes, tentacles, and other vestigal organs. She influences her Binders to be unwilling to admit weakness and to treat people weaker than them with scorn, especially young women and spontaneous spellcasters. Her Binders' bodies and minds become alien, giving them the pseudonatural template, immunity to madness, a ray that dazes its targets, telepathy, and the power summon monsters like the Summon Monster spell (and the summoned monsters also get the pseudonatural template).

The only new vestige added in a Class Chronicles article on adding Binders to your [[Forgotten Realms]] games, alongside some other vestiges that could replace Tome of Magic Vestiges. The article can be checked out here: http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/frcc/20070718

==Radiance House==
The third party publisher Radiance House made a few books with third party support for the system. Those books would later be ported to [[Pathfinder]] alongside a lot of new content and released under [[Open Gaming License|OGL]]. Since there's already a site with the full OGL contents, we'll just [http://spheresofpower.wikidot.com/pact-magic/ just link to the full thing] instead of describing the many, many new spirits.

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