Difference between revisions of "Occultism"

'''Occultism''' was long considered a lost skill until it was rediscovered in the [[Modern Age]] by [[Shakti]], '''Silverstorm''', and '''Saruman''', who were aided by the [[God|Goddess]] [[Eris]] in their completion of the [[Eschaton Experiment]] first attempted by [[Ezekial]] aeons earlier during the [[Burning Times]]. This skill is now available to those of the [[Occultist]] [[:Category:Classes|class]].

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| bgcolor=#999999 | A chill that enters from the aura to the body.

You can afflict a person's aura with an ague. This will cause the unfortunate wretch to freeze in two or three stages. If the target has a caloric salve applied, this will nullify the caloric salve. If not, then it will set him or her shivering, which will regularly cause a loss of equilibrium. If you chill a shivering person, you will freeze him or her completely.

Using the power of your will, you can seek out the location of anyone's aura.

| bgcolor=#999999 | [[Shroud]]

You can warp your own form into an unspeakable image, causing a primal fear even in the most hardy.

| bgcolor=#999999 |  Conceal the movement of your [[chaos entities]].

This ability will cause all the chaos entities in your entourage to become cloaked. While cloaked, their movement in and out of rooms will not be seen. To remove the cloak, use UNMASK.

Your knowledge of auras is such that you may read the auras of others, seeing any anomalies and enchantments attached to the auras, or sense any presence that protects or affects the aura.

| bgcolor=#999999 | Karma 

| bgcolor=#999999 | Sense how much [[karma]] you have accumulated.

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You may now utilize karma by probing the occult mysteries found in various valuable items found across the land. KARMA will tell you how high your karma level is. When you STUDY <item>, your karma level will rise, and the karmic value of the item you are studying will be slowly consumed by this thirst for knowledge.  

| bgcolor=#999999 | Heartstone

| bgcolor=#999999 | Create a figurine of your heart to help give you [[mana (statistic)|mana]].

Using your karma, you can create a heartstone, which stores mana that will be drawn upon until the heartstone cracks.

| bgcolor=#999999 | Simulacrum  

| bgcolor=#999999 | Create a figurine of yourself that absorbs damage.

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| bgcolor=#999999 | Entities  

| bgcolor=#999999 | Sense the whereabouts of Chaos Entities in the land.

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You are a master of time itself and can warp the field of time in your location. If there are any vibes in your location, one will be randomly dislocated outside of time.

| bgcolor=#999999 | Pinchaura  

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You have become exceptionally expert in the study of auras. Indeed, now you can surgically alter an individual's aura, removing one of the following defences: cloak, speed, caloric, frost, levitation, insomnia, kola.

| bgcolor=#999999 | Impart your karmic knowledge to others with Occultism.

This ability will allow you to transfer some of your own karma to another Occultist. It should be noted that this is not an even exchange - more karma is lost by you than is gained by the recipient of the transfer.

| bgcolor=#999999 | Open a gateway to the [[Chaos Plane|Plane of Chaos]].

Open a gateway to the Chaos Plane, allowing you to go there and bargain for the services of the Chaos Entities. Once the gate is opened, ENTER GATEWAY to enter the Chaos Plane. Once there, you can either wait the quarter part of an Achaean day (in which case you will be unceremoniously ejected), or you can seek the exit, which is hidden in the Whirlpool of Chaos.

From your studies of occult lore, you can use karma to actually speak the Unnamable's name or cause a vision of the Unnamable to appear to everyone in a location. For any who are not trained in occult studies, those hearing the name or seeing the vision will be afflicted with various insanities.

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| bgcolor=#999999 | Devolve

| bgcolor=#999999 | Devolving your enemy will make them unrecognizable.

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: '''Syntax:''' DEVOLVE <target>

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| bgcolor=#999999 | Cleanseaura  

| bgcolor=#999999 | Cleanse away those pesky [[Metamorphosis|animal spirits]] from an aura.

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This obscure occultic ability allows one to strip away the natural defences of a target's aura, exposing them to more invasive assaults.

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| bgcolor=#999999 | Tentacles  

| bgcolor=#999999 | Master your body and create tentacles of your own.

: '''Syntax:''' TENTACLES

You can warp your body so that it sprouts tentacles, which seek out your enemies of their own accord, holding them in your location.

Transmuting your karma into pure chaos, you can summon forth the Seven Rays to blast a location, hitting everyone in the room except yourself with random rays of chaos.

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| bgcolor=#999999 |  Instill

| bgcolor=#999999 | Instill your victim's aura with diseases of the body.

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: '''Syntax:''' INSTILL <target> WITH <affliction>

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| bgcolor=#999999 | Whisperingmadness

| bgcolor=#999999 | A curse of madness not soon forgotten.

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Having an insanity weakens the mind enough to afflict that person with the dreaded curse of whispering madness. Once afflicted, none of those insanities can be cured until whispering madness is cured first.

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| bgcolor=#999999 | Devilmark

| bgcolor=#999999 |  The Mark of the Devil grants great power.

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| bgcolor=#999999 | Truename

| bgcolor=#999999 |  Find the truename of your enemy.

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Your occult knowledge has grown to such an extent that you can discern the truename of an individual, the name that vibrates to that person's soul, from his or her corpse. TRUENAMES will tell you whose truenames you have and how many times you may utter it. If the truename of a person is uttered in front of him or her, that person will be harmed in body and mind and be inflicted by the Aeon curse. Once uttered, that particular truename will be forgotten.

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| bgcolor=#999999 |  Astralform

| bgcolor=#999999 | Turn yourself into a being of pure energy.

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: '''Extra Information:''' Human cooldown: 4.00 seconds of equilibrium

| bgcolor=#999999 | [[Enlightenment|Enlighten]]

| bgcolor=#999999 |  Reveal the truth to the uninitiated.

Perhaps the cruelest curse imaginable, you can reveal the occult mysteries to a non-initiate as you have learned it. Their minds must be sufficiently open for the revelation to be received. In other words, the target must have whispering madness as well as three (or more) of the following insanities: dementia, stupidity, confusion, hypersomnia, paranoia, hallucinations, impatience, hypochondria, recklessness, masochism, agoraphobia, anorexia, loneliness, claustrophobia, lover's effect.  

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| bgcolor=#999999 | Unravel

| bgcolor=#999999 |  Destroy the psyche of the uninitiated.

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| bgcolor=#999999 | Transmogrify

| bgcolor=#999999 |  Reincarnate as a [[Chaos Lord]].

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Congratulations! Your studies have now reached the plateau wherein your mastery of the occult is so great that you can now prepare your body and aura for true transformation. Instead of dying, you will transmogrify into a being of pure chaos--you will become a Chaos Lord.  You will receive one change of the body, skin and a very odd miscellaneous change which correspond to the effects listed below. MUTATIONS will show you exactly what the functions of the mutations you have are. It will not show useless mutations (see below).

By raising a barrier between yourself and the Chaos Lord's spirit, you may prevent your transformation from occuring upon death. This barrier can be lowered in the future at a much smaller cost.

TRANSMOGRIFY STATUS will show the state of the Chaos Lord within your soul, if any.

You may only use this ability once every 3-9 (random) Achaean days.

* Note: The chance for positive changes outweighs the chance for negative changes by nearly a 2-1 margin. It is also possible to get a useless mutation. For instance, bulging muscles that give no strength advantage, or blotchy skin that does not subject you to greater magical damage.

:stiff joints (-1 to -3 DEX)

One Misc. Change       Description

:a chicken-like head (LVL 1 to 2 Health Regeneration)

:frog feet (LVL 1 to 2 Mana Regeneration)

:bulging eyes (LVL 1 to 2 Willpower Regeneration)

:elephantine legs (LVL 1 to 2 Endurance Regeneration)

:a bloated belly (LVL 1 slow balance

:a protruding brow (LVL 1 slow equilibrium)

:droopy eyes (LVL 1 to 2 slow wake)

:a sunken chest (LVL 1 slow heal)

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