簡介
| 奇點Primus，一與質數 | |
|---|---|
| 基本信息 | |
| 【頭 銜】 | 一與質數The One and the Prime，發條之神the Clockwork God |
| 【陣 營】 | LN |
| 【神 力】 | ￠上一代：N→Dead（成為殘魂） |
| 【神 力】 | ￠本代：N（等同於G） |
| 與諸神的關係 | |
| 【主 神】 | 無 |
| 【敵 對】 | 晦暗Tenebrous（奧庫斯Orcus），丘斯特Chourst |
| 神國與教會 | |
| 【神 國】 | 機械境Mecchanus |
| 【簡 介】 | 奇點Primus 是魔塚與機械境之「神」，擁有匹敵強大神力的力量，每當奇點隕落，將由一隻二次塚擢升取代。 某代奇點曾經從機械境驅逐並幾乎摧毀了史拉蟾隨機性領主丘斯特，上代奇點則死於晦暗（奧庫斯）的末言變成殘魂（契靈）。 |
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2e<OHG.p048>類神力Near-Powers
校對：艾思哲
出版時間：1996
類神力Near-Powers
在諸位面的萬千屁民中，從下三濫爬到萬人之上並非聞所未聞。但毫無疑問，爬得越高、敵人就越多，他們在那個巔峰呆的時間可不會太長。而這一殘酷的事實並不能勸退每個惡棍的攀登嘗試，時不時仍會有少數一兩個幸運兒爬上山頂、死抓著權力之柄、與所有後來者殊死搏鬥。
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.
[印記城黑話：Body——就是"someone"在位面間的說法；Basher——某人，中性詞。一般但不總是，暗指其是個暴徒或打手.]
本章中所寫的老鳥並非神明（至少暫時還不是），但也差不離了。祂們像散發著惡臭的屍體般、渾身瀰漫著神性的氣息。你瞧，靠著爬上屍堆墳頭，祂們打響了自己的名號，並從腳下的傢伙身上唬弄到了讚美與敬拜。當然，祂們的力量等級差別賊大。最鶸的 深淵領主Abyssal lord，也不是 萬獸園the Beastlands 動物領主animal lord 中的最強鳥可以匹敵的。但名望可以轉化為原始的力量。某一老鳥讓越多人知道自己，越有可能進入諸神的領域。
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.
[印記城黑話：Blood——專家，智者或是任何領域的老鳥。一個角鬥士冠軍可以是一個 blood, 一個強大的巫師也可以是blood.稱呼某人為blood是對其特別尊敬的一種表示.]
並非所有 類神力near-powers 都「想」成為羽翼豐滿的神明；祂們自覺力量已經夠了，並且時不時會屈尊紆貴地與凡人發生些瓜葛。但無論如何，所有類神力都是些危險存在，能給位面行者的最好建議就是遠遠避開。
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.
[印記城黑話：Planewalker——位面行者．指在位面間旅行，尋求冒險，金錢與光榮的人――即位面旅行冒險者．通常，指稱某人為planewalker時，都會帶有一種尊敬語氣，因為這樣的個體被認為是能幹的，知識淵博且閱歷豐富的強鳥．]
奇點Primus
說實話，奇點Primus——發條之神the Clockwork God、魔塚們的守護神——就其力量來說，他大約就等同於一位強大神力。（雖然奇點超越了性別，但他通常被以男性神力稱呼。）唯一的問題是，他的大部分追隨者並不崇拜、尊崇甚至不知曉他的存在。你看，每種魔塚都僅知曉魔塚階層中其直接上級和其下級。因此，只有第二高級的魔塚——二次塚secundi——意識到了奇點的存在。
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.
儘管如此，奇點仍然把一切管理得井井有條。他是秩序本身的顯現，代表著 機械境Mecchanus 所代表的一切。在他的領導下，魔塚被期望以最高的效率運作，推進秩序的理念，並將這套結構傳播到整個宇宙中。奇點只與他的二次塚交談，但他的意志將下滲到整個魔塚隊列中。
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.
這位守護神從 獅子座大鐘樓Regulus、一片位於機械境的廣闊神國實施著統治。奇點通常被描繪為一座能量池、或是一座閃閃發光的燈塔，他是所有魔塚的源頭，是指導它們每個行動的蜂巢意識。信息必須經由指揮鏈上下傳遞，但傳言說奇點知曉所有魔塚知曉的一切（至少是在它們知道後的幾分鐘內）。
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).
當某隻魔塚死亡時，它的軀殼將融化、而它的能量將立即重歸奇點。接著，他將發出信號讓一隻低一階的魔塚擢升填補空缺，然後被擢升的魔塚空出的位置將由一隻更低一階的魔塚填補，直至某隻最低階的 一元塚monodrone 被擢升為止。而到了那時，奇點將從自我存在的能量浴中發出一隻新的一元塚，並由更高級的魔塚將其引導進新的工作中。所以，魔塚們毫無個體概念的說法是真的——它們其實都是奇點的延伸。
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.
每當機械境的齒輪完成17次循環（據 管理者the Guvners 的估計，約289年），奇點將派遣魔塚橫穿 外層位面Outer Planes。雖然 魔塚遠征the Great Modron March 的目的為何基本是個秘密，但老鳥們覺得這是為了獲取目前諸位面運轉情況的新聞。在這樣的信息的滋養之下，奇點和他那詭異怪誕的邏輯將成長得愈發茁壯。畢竟，知識就是力量，據說在奇點的心中鎖著多元宇宙幾乎所有秘密。
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.
[印記城黑話：Dark——任何秘密可稱為dark. "Here's the dark of it,"等於說 "I've got a secret and I'll share it with you." ]
[印記城黑話：Blood——專家，智者或是任何領域的老鳥。一個角鬥士冠軍可以是一個 blood, 一個強大的巫師也可以是blood.稱呼某人為blood是對其特別尊敬的一種表示.]
[印記城黑話—chant，表示新聞，本地閒話，事實，情形或者其他任何有關當前局勢的事情. ]
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