Doom's Possession

This spell is a part of the Time Distortion spell chain and can be found in the Time Distortion rune stone.

Doom is patient. It has watched every life from its position in the dark end of the future, has seen every moment of every story conclude in the same direction regardless of how the middle chapters tried to resist it. It does not rush. It does not need to. But when the posteramancer opens the door and invites it forward, not just to lend its power but to step fully into a living vessel and act directly, Doom does not hesitate. It has been waiting for exactly this kind of invitation.

When this spell is cast Doom pours into the posteramancer completely, filling them the way darkness fills a room, not by forcing anything out but simply by being present in every space simultaneously. The target's eyes glow red. Their voice stops. Doom has no use for words, only for what comes next. Whatever the posteramancer was doing, whatever plans or strategies they had, whatever magic they were preparing, all of it becomes irrelevant. Doom is here now, and Doom has a singular focus. 

For the duration the possessed posteramancer can do three things: move, fire blasts of concentrated temporal energy from their hands at a cost of 1 support action each dealing 4d12 damage unaffected by runic energy or runic soul, and wield Doom's Blade which is present in place of their weapon. Nothing else. Doom is not interested in anything else. Status effects of any kind, be they beneficial or negative, simply fail to take hold as long as Doom occupies the vessel, the dark future symbol too fundamental to be touched by anything so temporary. Any damage that reaches the possessed is reduced by 25%, Doom unwilling to have its vessel destroyed before it is finished. When the duration ends Doom withdraws, and the posteramancer is left standing in whatever they have become, voiceless for one round more, the red fading from their eyes, the weight of what just occupied them settling heavily into the sudden quiet.