Cross of the Scorned Puppeteer¶
This shiny black marionette cross reveals a masked figure standing in its reflection where its wielder should be.
Keywords: Magic, Psionic
Item Prerequisite: A spool of silk, a plank of stage wood, and the soul of a famous performer
Project Source: A record of a soulbinder ritual in Anjali
Project Roll Characteristic: Reason or Intuition
Project Goal: 450
Effect: While holding the cross, it emits faint strings made of light that you can control with your mind.
Whenever an enemy minion is reduced to 0 Stamina within 5 squares of you, you can use a free triggered action to attach a string of light to their corpse and command an illusory double of them until the end of the encounter. The minion is organized into the cross's squad of minions with the same name under your command (up to a maximum of six minions). On each of your turns, you can direct the squad to move and use a main action while they're within 5 squares of you.
You can also pull the strings of your allies to keep them out of harm's way. Whenever an ally takes damage within 5 squares of you, you can use a triggered action to vertically pull them 5 squares (ignoring stability) and halve the damage.
Special: If you are a summoner holding the cross, you can organize the minions gained with the cross into one of your class's squads instead.