Powder of Ibn-Ghazi
Origin: first appears in "Dunwich Horror (fiction)"(?)
Powder of Ibn-Ghazi, AKA Dust of Ibn-Ghazi, Dust of Seeing, Witness of the Unseen, Compound of Perception
Description
Makes magically invisible things visible by blowing the powder against or over the invisible thing. The powder must be compounded carefully, according to exacting instructions, and involves three special ingredients and the sacrifice of 1 magic point per dose. A dose is one application of the powder. The Keeper determines the special ingredients required.
The powder is either blown from a tube or thrown over the target. The thing that is dusted stays visible for no more than ten heartbeats. That which could be made visible includes the magical lines extending from a place enchanted for the calling of a Mythos deity, the aura around a Gate, and a creature that is normally invisible (such as a star vampire). Using the powder costs no Sanity points, but seeing what it exposes may provoke such a roll.
Alternative names: Dust of Seeing, Witness of the Unseen, Compound of Perception
Appearances
Scenarios:
Sourcebooks:
- Call of Cthulhu 7e
- Call of Cthulhu 6e
- Call of Cthulhu 5e
- Call of Cthulhu 4e
- Call of Cthulhu 3e
- Call of Cthulhu 2e
- Call of Cthulhu 1e
- D20 Call of Cthulhu
Quotes
- "Those without the telescope saw only an instant's flash of grey cloud — a cloud about the size of a moderately large building — near the top of the mountain. Curtis, who held the instrument, dropped it with a piercing shriek into the ankle-deep mud of the road. He reeled, and would have crumpled to the ground had not two or three others seized and steadied him. All he could do was moan half-inaudibly." — H.P. Lovecraft, The Dunwich Horror"
Notes
D20 Call of Cthulhu treats this spell as a subset of Enchant (spell).
