Mogget, Servitor creation - psi-vampire style Options

Ok, so last night I tried to construct a servitor (a cat called Mogget), using techniques similar, but somewhat modified, to what Kinjo used with Sophia.

However, due to the fact that I was dealing with principles I'm not entirely used to, Mogget went out of control. My only explanation for this is that, due to me using spastic techniques, the energy started to fray, and of the concepts used to build Mogget's mind, there was only one that pervaded its entire form - cat.
Approximately 2 hours after construction, Mogget frayed into non-existance - or so I assume. He may just have gotten loose, but I doubt it, since it seemed like he was dissipating.

The problem with my method was I was attempting to use a sigil as a guide. I don't use sigils normally, so the symbols involved were relatively useless to me, and I kept having to check definitions as I built him. Likewise, I was drawing energy from sources in an attempt to "aspect" the energy. Big nono.

So, sometime soon, I'm going to have another go at building Mogget, but this time, sticking to a properly psi-vampire method:

Step 1) Draw a design.
Given that I'm making a cat, I'm going to use a diagram of a cat's skeleton, overlayed with the outline of a cat's form. From there, I'm going to place different words in different places, to capture the ideas I'm going to be implanting into Mogget's form.
This is different from sigilisation, because rather than being an activation key, it's more of a blueprint.

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Step 2) Get a "battery".
I need a source of energy from which to draw (preferrably a person). This is so I have something to work with in the construction phase. Most people would just use their own energy, or use aspects of the zodiac to help with energy - psi-vampires however, need something living from which to draw, given that we tend not to have much of our own energy.

Step 3) Construction.
Simple enough - get the plan and form the skeleton from energy (implanting the attached concepts). From there, a base mind needs to be inserted (probably through exhaling the energy into the skull). Finally, build the form around it, which will make it a polished cat.

Step 4) Naming.
To finish off the servitor a name needs to be inserted - so that there's some way of controlling it. Obviously for my cat, the name's going to be Mogget. Once the name pervades the servitor, seal off the lines of energy connecting the servitor to yourself - so that way it becomes its own entity, rather than running from you (which might have meant they'd have been sucked into oblivion if you weren't careful).

This post has been edited by Zahaqiel: Mar 14 2005, 10:06 AM

You should read more of your books. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
The internet edition of the Psi-Vampire Codex (by House Khepru - I love those people) is very good, but I'll do a quick summary for you.

Two types of vampire - sanguine (blood drinking) and psi (energy draining).
A psi-vampire has trouble producing enough energy to sustain themselves, and thus have the ability to obtain that energy by "pilfering" it from others.
We also utilise energy faster (for instance, if you wanted to make yourself unnoticeable, you might make a sigil for it - we'd just pump the idea "don't notice me" into our aura), and, with some training, can do some very surprising (and scary) things.
Most noteably, psi-vampires have an affinity with emotion-meddling, mainly because the energy we drain is tied into willpower (I believe them to be the same thing in fact), a emotions are driven by will - so our best victims are those who are on some sort of emotive high.

However, relating this to servitors, I don't have the energy in me to build one (well I do, but I'd be completely screwed after I made him). As you say - they take a lot.
So what I'd need is someone with a lot of energy nearby (preferably in physical contact, but it's not necessary), to give me that power. There's no "ritual" involved in this, per se - a psi-vampire is just innately able to draw energy from people... so it's hard to explain to someone who's not one, how to do it. Um... yech. How well do you have your aura under control?

Once Mogget's built... I'm not entirely sure whether he'll need energy input. Does Sophia require regular "feedings"?

This post has been edited by Zahaqiel: Mar 15 2005, 02:27 AM