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.

(IMG:http://www.icestormcity.com/zahaqiel/mogget.gif)

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