I’ve been tagged by Down in the Barrow for Stella’s mask relay. The Brazen Bull of Machces was the most infamous of the many immolation devices

There is a happening. The baton has been passed by Rumored to lay in the Great Horned Owl's treasure horde. Cumbersome, and uncomfortable. Should tak...

_C Kessler tagged me in Stella's mask relay. _ Formed from flesh and bone, adorned with tooth and tusk and antler. The fur remains warm as if a heart still beat within. Ancient Mankind brokered a pact with the Horned Ones - a juvenile dons the Mantle to have a foot in both worlds. No longer Man. But not quite Horned. In exchange, they gain the Horned Ones sense for abundance but also the willingness to lie down so others don't starve. Those who wear the Horned Ones' Mantle find twice as much food and wealth when foraging or searching for treasure. However the wearer becomes possessed with inhuman generosity and cannot refuse requests for aid or succor, giving away every last coin and even their own flesh to the deprived. The Mantle cannot be removed once worn and the _remove curse_ spell irreversibly transform the wearer into a deer as the Horned Ones spare their fostered kin Mankind's pain. _Next I tag Lava Desert._

sam sorenson tagged me into stella condrey's mask game. i'm gonna cheat a little. this is a supervillain for longshot city or troika!, but the masks would all translate pretty effortlessly to a d20 based system. aaron i choose you ## Masquerade Skill:9 Stamina:18 Initiative:6 Armor:4 Bartleby Fontaine has enjoyed a successful 20-year career as a high society art dealer, but he wants something more. His personal collection consists mainly of masks, several of which have unique occult histories and abilities attached. Fontaine occasionally makes an appearance in the celebrity gossip pages for rekindling his on-again off-again relationship with the notorious Jack Towers, a.k.a. Rocketman. Special: Bartleby wears a cloak woven from the unformed nightmares of infants, where he keeps a selection of magical masks stashed. Changing masks on his turn still leaves him enough time to act as normal. **Funeral Mask of the Broken King** The Mayan King Tlacatla of Pétocten who was buried in this jade mask held onto his kingdom through much of the Spanish holocaust by allying himself with a nearby settlement of English privateers. Eventually the English abandoned the colony and its nearby allies to the genocidal whims of the Spanish. The wearer can cause everyone in earshot to obey a direct command or adopt a simple belief at the permanent cost of one skill point. Luck test to avoid. **Void Mask** Forged, stained and cursed by aristocratic french magician named Jacqueline Du Monde who was executed during the Great Terror. Absorbs all ranged attacks. Sucks melee combatants into a pocket dimension that drops them back into reality 1d3 miles away. **Bronze Helm of the Gladiator** Infused with the spirit of its wearer, Brutalis, a captive enemy of Rome forced to fight against overwhelming odds who somehow never lost. He lived to retire and die an old man, and he insisted on being buried in his helm. Imbues the wearer with 2 ranks in Superstrength and 3 ranks in Fast Healing. **Broken Mirror Veil** Infused with the spirit of a bride-to-be named Lily Tenbaugh (to be Lily Pond) who was murdered in her dressing room by the best man, one Richard Haupstein in a fit of jealous rage. Allows the wearer to become invisible at the expense of one Luck Point per round (or Stamina for NPCs). **Steamboat Willy Gas Mask** Thousands of these were made in Hawaii during World War Two and distributed to families with small children in the hope that the kids would practice putting them on while playing. A little boy named Bobby Stipend was wearing this one while playing on the beach when a piece of unexploded ordinance from the battle of Pearl Harbor detonated underfoot. Causes its wearer to physically transform into a child until the mask is removed. **Motives** 1. Add to mask collection 2. Petty revenge 3. Appease an impatient entity 4. The excitement of a good heist 5. Unrequited lust 6. Enjoy the company of bad friends

Tagged by blark as a part of Stella’s relay. A shroud of fine silver maille, the fringes tarnished by time. Fine golden rings pick out scripture,

An iron cavalry mask features a prominent split down the center, from forehead to chin. The overlay of silvered bronze is chipped away, leaving

And a growing collection of masks to wear

Found in a ruined cliff-city. The mask takes the gruesome form of a bloated corpse. The torso fits over the wearer’s head, while the limbs and head

Stolen from an ancient chamber of occult artifacts. The mask is a very basic wooden mask with black, ink-brushed features and a fleshy, puls...

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Not a mask, more like a cave. Damp and cool and lonely. Lose your eyes. Buttons from black holes. Liquid drips beneath. Hands turn to elongated pincers. “You hear that? It’s an animal’s voice.” When worn, thirst for new feelings. Each day you do not consume something new, a close friend forgets your name. // Image source: _Psychotherapy and Materialism,_ ed. Marlon Miguel and Elena Vogman, ICI Berlin Press, 2024. I was brought here by unturned hovel. Other posts in this series.