简介
| 奇点Primus，一与质数 | |
|---|---|
| 基本信息 | |
| 【头 衔】 | 一与质数The One and the Prime，发条之神the Clockwork God |
| 【阵 营】 | LN |
| 【神 力】 | ￠上一代：N→Dead（成为残魂） |
| 【神 力】 | ￠本代：N（等同于G） |
| 与诸神的关系 | |
| 【主 神】 | 无 |
| 【敌 对】 | 晦暗Tenebrous（奥库斯Orcus），丘斯特Chourst |
| 神国与教会 | |
| 【神 国】 | 机械境Mecchanus |
| 【简 介】 | 奇点Primus 是魔塚与机械境之“神”，拥有匹敌强大神力的力量，每当奇点陨落，将由一只二次塚擢升取代。 某代奇点曾经从机械境驱逐并几乎摧毁了史拉蟾随机性领主丘斯特，上代奇点则死于晦暗（奥库斯）的末言变成残魂（契灵）。 |
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2e<OHG.p048>类神力Near-Powers
校对：艾思哲
出版时间：1996
类神力Near-Powers
在诸位面的万千屁民中，从下三滥爬到万人之上并非闻所未闻。但毫无疑问，爬得越高、敌人就越多，他们在那个巅峰呆的时间可不会太长。而这一残酷的事实并不能劝退每个恶棍的攀登尝试，时不时仍会有少数一两个幸运儿爬上山顶、死抓着权力之柄、与所有后来者殊死搏斗。
Among the creatures of the planes, it's not at all uncommon for lowly beings to rise to heights of great power. No doubt they'd stay there longer if it weren't for the fact that the higher a body gets, the more enemies he has. But that doesn't stop every basher in the multiverse from trying to improve, and every once in a while a lucky few claw their way to the top, hold onto power tenaciously, and fight off all comers.
[印记城黑话：Body——就是"someone"在位面间的说法；Basher——某人，中性词。一般但不总是，暗指其是个暴徒或打手.]
本章中所写的老鸟并非神明（至少暂时还不是），但也差不离了。祂们像散发着恶臭的尸体般、浑身弥漫着神性的气息。你瞧，靠着爬上尸堆坟头，祂们打响了自己的名号，并从脚下的家伙身上唬弄到了赞美与敬拜。当然，祂们的力量等级差别贼大。最鶸的 深渊领主Abyssal lord，也不是 万兽园the Beastlands 动物领主animal lord 中的最强鸟可以匹敌的。但名望可以转化为原始的力量。某一老鸟让越多人知道自己，越有可能进入诸神的领域。
The bloods in this section aren't gods - yet. But they're close. The smell of divinity surrounds them like the stench of a reeking corpse. See, by climbing the heap, they made names for themselves, and are rewarded with praise and worship from those beneath them. Course, they have vastly different levels of strength. The toughest animal lord on the Beastlands is still no match for the weakest Abyssal lord. But fame does translate into raw power. The more folks who know a blood's name, the more likely it is that he'll pass into the realms of mythic belief.
[印记城黑话：Blood——专家，智者或是任何领域的老鸟。一个角斗士冠军可以是一个 blood, 一个强大的巫师也可以是blood.称呼某人为blood是对其特别尊敬的一种表示.]
并非所有 类神力near-powers 都“想”成为羽翼丰满的神明；祂们自觉力量已经够了，并且时不时会屈尊纡贵地与凡人发生些瓜葛。但无论如何，所有类神力都是些危险存在，能给位面行者的最好建议就是远远避开。
Not all near-powers want to become full-fledged gods; they feel they have plenty of strength as it is, and they aren't above interacting with mortals. But all of these beings are dangerous, and the best advice for a planewalker is to steer clear.
[印记城黑话：Planewalker——位面行者．指在位面间旅行，寻求冒险，金钱与光荣的人――即位面旅行冒险者．通常，指称某人为planewalker时，都会带有一种尊敬语气，因为这样的个体被认为是能干的，知识渊博且阅历丰富的强鸟．]
奇点Primus
说实话，奇点Primus——发条之神the Clockwork God、魔塚们的守护神——就其力量来说，他大约就等同于一位强大神力。（虽然奇点超越了性别，但他通常被以男性神力称呼。）唯一的问题是，他的大部分追随者并不崇拜、尊崇甚至不知晓他的存在。你看，每种魔塚都仅知晓魔塚阶层中其直接上级和其下级。因此，只有第二高级的魔塚——二次塚secundi——意识到了奇点的存在。
To tell the truth, Primus - the Clockwork God, patron of the modrons - is about equal to a greater power on his own merit. (Though Primus is above the distinction of gender, he's usually referred to as a male power.) But the only problem is he's not worshiped, revered'd, or even acknowledged by most of his followers. See, each moclron knows only of the others dircclly above and below it in rank. Thus, only the second-highest modrons — the secundi — are aware of Primus's existence.
尽管如此，奇点仍然把一切管理得井井有条。他是秩序本身的显现，代表着 机械境Mecchanus 所代表的一切。在他的领导下，魔塚被期望以最高的效率运作，推进秩序的理念，并将这套结构传播到整个宇宙中。奇点只与他的二次塚交谈，但他的意志将下渗到整个魔塚队列中。
Nonetheless, Primus runs a tight ship. He's the manifestation of order itself, the representation of all that Mecchanus stands for. Under him, the modrons are expected to function at maximum efficiency, to advance the ideals of law, to spread that structure across the cosmos. Primus speaks only to his secundi, but his wishes are filtered down throughout the ranks.
这位守护神从 狮子座大钟楼Regulus、一片位于机械境的广阔神国实施着统治。奇点通常被描绘为一座能量池、或是一座闪闪发光的灯塔，他是所有魔塚的源头，是指导它们每个行动的蜂巢意识。信息必须经由指挥链上下传递，但传言说奇点知晓所有魔塚知晓的一切（至少是在它们知道后的几分钟内）。
The patron rules from Regulus, a vast realm on the plane of Mcchanus. Portrayed as a pool of energy or a shimmering tower of light, Primus is the source of all modrons and the hive mind that directs their every action. Information must filter up and down the chain of command, but chant is Primus knows everything any modron knows (at least within a few minutes of the discovery).
当某只魔塚死亡时，它的躯壳将融化、而它的能量将立即重归奇点。接着，他将发出信号让一只低一阶的魔塚擢升填补空缺，然后被擢升的魔塚空出的位置将由一只更低一阶的魔塚填补，直至某只最低阶的 一元塚monodrone 被擢升为止。而到了那时，奇点将从自我存在的能量浴中发出一只新的一元塚，并由更高级的魔塚将其引导进新的工作中。所以，魔塚们毫无个体概念的说法是真的——它们其实都是奇点的延伸。
When a modron dies, its shell dissolves and its energy immediately returns to Primus. He then sends the signal to promote a lower-ranking modron to fill the slot, and a still-lower modron to fill that post, and so on down the line until a monodrone is promoted to replace its superior. At that point, Primus emits a new monodrone from the energy bath of his being, and higher modrons shepherd it to new assignment. Thus, it's true to say that modrons don't have individuality -they're all extensions of Primus.
每当机械境的齿轮完成17次循环（据 管理者the Guvners 的估计，约289年），奇点将派遣魔塚横穿 外层位面Outer Planes。虽然 魔塚远征the Great Modron March 的目的为何基本是个秘密，但老鸟们觉得这是为了获取目前诸位面运转情况的新闻。在这样的信息的滋养之下，奇点和他那诡异怪诞的逻辑将成长得愈发茁壮。毕竟，知识就是力量，据说在奇点的心中锁着多元宇宙几乎所有秘密。
Every time the gears of Mechanus complete 17 cycles (which figures out to 289 years as counted by the Guvners), Primus sends modrons off across the Outer Planes. Though the purpose of the Great Modron March is dark to most, bloods think it's to pick up chant on the current workings of the planes. Armed with such information, Primus and his alien logic grow ever stronger. Knowledge is power, after all, and it's said that there are few secrets in the multiverse that Primus doesn't have locked away in his mind.
[印记城黑话：Dark——任何秘密可称为dark. "Here's the dark of it,"等于说 "I've got a secret and I'll share it with you." ]
[印记城黑话：Blood——专家，智者或是任何领域的老鸟。一个角斗士冠军可以是一个 blood, 一个强大的巫师也可以是blood.称呼某人为blood是对其特别尊敬的一种表示.]
[印记城黑话—chant，表示新闻，本地闲话，事实，情形或者其他任何有关当前局势的事情. ]
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