The Coda al Fine
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The Coda al Fine is an evil artifact, or rather, a set of twelve artifacts, written sheet music in a dozen versions of the same lovely but damning song, one each for a separate musical instrument.[1]
Background
The Coda al Fine is the product of one musician's desperate love and a corrupted Wish. Christophe Marquet was a traveling Dementlieuse musician and flutist who fell in love with Clarisse Delvaux, a talented pianist and the daughter of Richemuloise nobility. They played beautiful music together, but she was already betrothed to another man. Christophe tried to think of a love song to win her heart, but could create nothing. One night he stumbled upon a man hawking a special figurine that could grant wishes but at a "terrible price."
This "figurine" might have been The Wishing Imp. Desperate, Christophe immediately bought the figurine, but did not bother to listen to the warning the stranger would give him before making his wish for a song "that will make any who listens to it want to die for" him. He made and printed several versions, enough to supply a small orchestra.[2]
When he played the song for Clarisse, it entranced her just as Christophe had wished. But it also made wounds start forming all over her, eventually killing her. Following this tragedy, Christophe took his own life.[3]
Powers
When a version of the Coda al Fine is played by a character with proficiency in the corresponding musical instrument, the music charms any listener barring a successful save, but on the following rounds, the music begins inflicting a cumulatively increasing amount of damage on the listeners. The musician is also affected by a (nonincreasing) 1 hit point of damage per round, and, worse yet, the musician is compelled to keep the music going for the full tune (5 rounds) unless his will is strong enough to resist the compulsion. Multiple versions played at the same time add their damage. People playing this music must make powers checks with a 1% chance of failure times the number of musicians playing.[4]
The Coda al Fina was created by Marco A. Torres for the Book of Sorrows.
References
- ↑ Book of Sorrows p.114
- ↑ Book of Sorrows p.114
- ↑ Book of Sorrows p.115
- ↑ Book of Sorrows p.115
