Devotion (skill)

This page is about the Devotion skill. For other uses, see Devotion (disambiguation).

The Devotion skill is derived from ancient rites of the Church and is used by members of the Priest and Paladin classes. To use the skills of Devotion against the forces of Good or for the benefit Evil puts such practitioners in danger of excommunication, which effectively strips these Devotion users of their power to restore devotion.

Abilities in Devotion

Fervour is a Paladin-only ability.

Ability	Description
Enlightenment	Look into the soul of someone.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM ENLIGHTENMENT/PERFORM ENLIGHTENMENT <adventurer> Details: When performed upon yourself, this will reveal your current devotion levels. When performed on an adventurer, this will reveal their devotion levels if they have access to the Light. It will also reveal if they have accepted the true path of Good and have received a Preaching blessing.
Hands	Lay hands on a person to heal him.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM HANDS <adventurer> Extra Information: Devotion cost: 150 Details: This ability will allow you to lay hands on another adventurer and heal him of some damage.
Parting	Water will pull apart to make way for your blessed self.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM PARTING <direction> Extra Information: Devotion cost: 100 Details: In true religious tradition, you will now be able to part the water in a location, allowing safe and dry passage.
Preaching	Show an adventurer the beauty of belief.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM PREACHING <adventurer> Extra Information: Devotion cost: 250 Details: This ability will allow you the opportunity to preach to an adventurer. Should they accept the enlightened truth you offer, they will receive a blessing over their life that allows them to be targeted with the DELIVERANCE and RESURRECTION abilities.
Truth	Dispel illusions with the power of your devotion.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM TRUTH Extra Information: Devotion cost: 100 Details: This ability allows you to detect certain types of hidden adventurers in your room.
Rites	List what rites are active.
Known: Yes Syntax: RITES Details: This ability will show you what rites are operating in your room.
Sustenance	The Gods will provide for you.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM RITE OF SUSTENANCE Extra Information: Devotion cost: 1500 Details: At the cost of some devotion, you may feed yourself with this ability. You need to be holding a bowl of some sort in order for this to work. Upon performing the rite, your bowl will be filled with Divine manna, which will provide you with great sustenance.
Inspiration	Gain an infusion of divinely-inspired strength.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM INSPIRATION Extra Information: Devotion cost: 800 Details: This ability will cause you to pray for divinely-inspired strength, effectively raising your strength +2 for a short time.
Bliss	Give an adventurer a glimpse of paradise.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM BLISS <adventurer> Extra Information: Devotion cost: 1000 Details: This will give your companion a glimpse of Paradise. The vision will be so calming and refreshing that the target will receive many beneficial blessings.
Pilgrimage	Give an adventurer a glimpse of paradise.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM RITE OF PILGRIMAGE PERFORM PILGRIMAGE <adventurer> Extra Information: Devotion cost: 300 for the rite 450 to actually pilgrimage Details: By performing the rite of pilgrimage, you are able to then pilgrimage to anyone standing in that rite.
Purity	Damage the Unholy.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM PURITY <adventurer> Extra Information: Devotion cost: 250 Details: This ability will use your righteousness and pious fury to attack other adventurers.
Penitence	Condemn the unfaithful to eternal penance.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM PENITENCE <target> Extra Information: Devotion cost: 300 Details: Through your piety, you are able to force an individual to perform penance for their crimes. Upon granting redemption to this person through death, your works will be rewarded with an increase in your Devotional energies.
Chaoscalm	Attack the chaotic nature of a chaos entity, pacifying it.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM CHAOSCALM <doppleganger> Extra Information: Devotion cost: 750 Details: Chaos entities are the stuff of disorder, and your ordered, calm behavior is striking enough to drive them into submission for a short period of time.
Peace	Give peace of soul to someone.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM PEACE <adventurer> Extra Information: Devotion cost: 100 Details: After performing this ability on an adventurer, that adventurer loses the will to commit offensive acts.
Warding	Drive your enemies off with overwhelming fear.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM RITE OF WARDING Extra Information: Devotion cost: 180 Details: This ability will set up a rite that will ward off any of your enemies that enter the room, by giving them fear.
Force	Make an adventurer follow your wish.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM FORCE <adventurer> <command> Extra Information: Devotion cost: 2000 Details: Using your powers over the believers, you may force an adventurer to bend to your will and carry out your commands.
Piety	Bind those around you with the force of ultimate piety.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM RITE OF PIETY Extra Information: Devotion cost: 600 Details: This rite will make it difficult for your enemies to leave the room. When it successfully prevents them from moving, they will suffer a balance penalty.
Hellsight	Give an adventurer a glimpse of Hell.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM HELLSIGHT <adventurer> Extra Information: Devotion cost: 600 Details: Using this ability, you will give your poor victim a vision of Hell itself. This will cause him much psychic stress as he witnesses the souls in pain and experiences part of their pain.
Dazzle	Confuse and dazzle an opponent.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM DAZZLE <adventurer> Extra Information: Devotion cost: 250 Details: This will dazzle the mind of an adventurer and cause confusion and dizziness.
Demons	Summon demons to torment the unrighteous.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM RITE OF DEMONS Extra Information: Devotion cost: 360 Details: This rite will cause your enemies to be tormented by vengeful demons.
Allsight	Gain insight into all movement into and out of holy areas.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM RITE OF ALLSIGHT Extra Information: Devotion cost: 360 Details: When activated, this ability will inform you whenever any of your enemies enters or leaves the room that the Rite is in.
Healing	A powerful healing ability.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM RITE OF HEALING Extra Information: Devotion cost: 360 Details: This ability will cause a rite to spring into existence which will occasionally heal an affliction from you and your allies that are in the room.
Convocation	Call to you someone in a Rite of Convocation.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM RITE OF CONVOCATION PERFORM CONVOCATION <adventurer> Extra Information: Devotion cost: 600 for the Rite 600 for the summoning Details: This powerful ability will allow you to create a Rite of Convocation. Anyone in a Rite of Convocation set up by you can then be summoned by you by doing PERFORM CONVOCATION <adventurer>, providing that adventurer does not have certain defences set up, such as the mass salve.
Revitalisation	A rite to heal health and mana.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM RITE OF REVITALISATION Extra Information: Devotion cost: 360 Details: This rite will heal a percentage of one's maximum health and maximum mana. It will affect everyone in the room who is not an enemy of the Devotionist who performed it.
Deliverance	Deliver a target unto you.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM DELIVERANCE <adventurer> Extra Information: Devotion cost: 1200 Details: This will allow you to summon an adventurer from any distance should they have been blessed with the PREACHING ability. It should be noted that a monolith sigil placed in the room of the summonee or summoner will prevent this from working.
Cleansing	Rid your enemies of their unclean aspects.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM RITE OF CLEANSING Extra Information: Devotion cost: 300 Details: This relatively short-lived rite will begin slowly stripping the defences of any enemies in the room, giving them no indication it is happening. It shall always strip the blackwind or astralform defences first.
Reclaim	Reclaim one of your rites.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM RECLAIM <rite> Details: This ability will allow you to remove one of your rites from your location, regaining some of the devotion used to summon it.
Prayer	Pray for the salvation of your congregation.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM RITE OF PRAYER Details: To perform this rite, there must be at least eight people together in a room. Apprentices do not count and you may be the only person with Devotion there. All of the adventurers must KNEEL before the rite can begin and no adventurer may participate in this rite more than once every Achaean month. You will gain a certain amount of devotion for every adventurer present, and the members of the assembled congregation will gain experience also.
Banishment	Send the unholy Chaos entities back to their hell.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM RITE OF BANISHMENT Extra Information: Devotion cost: 450 Details: This rite will occasionally attempt to destroy a chaos entity, provided that a minion of chaos, sent by the Chaos Prince, Dameron, is not in the room. Also, it is rumoured that those occultists to have formed a pact with the greatest of the Chaos Lords may be capable of defeating this potent rite.
Resurrection	Grant life anew to a slain believer.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM RESURRECTION <adventurer> Extra Information: Devotion cost: 2000 Details: One of the holiest of abilities, this will grant life anew to the target adventurer. For this ability to work, the adventurer must have been preached to and accepted the blessing over their life or be under level 30.
Inquisition	Punish the faithless for their unholy crimes.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM INQUISITION <target> Extra Information: Devotion cost: 500 Details: You are the scales upon which the sacrilege of those who oppose the Light may be measured. Paved in holy flame, Inquisition is the surest path to reckoning. By reciting the crimes of a heretic, you may sentence their minds and bodies to condemnation, lowering their mental regeneration, wracking their body, preventing their mendacious minds from focusing as easily, and denying their ability to look away from visions of Hell. The effectiveness of your inquisition depends on your target's current mental energies.
Illuminate	Illuminate your path.
Known: Yes Syntax: PERFORM ILLUMINATE <direction> PERFORM EXTINGUISH Extra Information: Devotion: 1500 to illuminate, 500 to extinguish Details: When you perform this ability, you will create an orb of light which will move off in the direction specified. The orb is unpredictable and will move erratically. Each time it moves, the orb will illuminate the room, giving a chance to strip the blackwind or astralform defences from adventurers in the room. In addition, you may extinguish the orb at any time to travel directly to the room the orb is currently in. It should be noted that the orb will only have enough energy to move a limited number of times, and it will fade if not extinguished a short while after it ceases moving.
Bloodsworn	Bond with another via a blood oath.
Known: Yes Syntax: BLOODSWEAR <priest or paladin> BLOODSWORN ON/OFF BLOODSWORN REJECT Details: The bond of the bloodsworn is one of the most revered rituals of devotion-users. When a Priest and a Paladin feel strongly that they wish to become one, they bloodswear to each other, and from that moment on, have the capability to bond their very souls to each other. When the BLOODSWORN ON ritual is performed by both the Priest and the Paladin, their maximum health and manas will be 70% of the -sum- of both their normal maximum health and maximum mana respectively. Further, some portion of the health or mana healed by either the Priest or Paladin, when using elixirs of health or mana, will also be healed on his or her bloodsworn. The hands ability shall also heal an additional amount when performed on your bloodsworn. The bloodsworn ability will automatically turn off if the Priest and Paladin are away from each other for greater than approximately 60 seconds. As with many phenomena that grant great power unto the user, the power of the bloodsworn comes at a price. While the bloodsworn pact is activated, with BLOODSWORN ON, the mana of both the Priest and Paladin will drain away. Further, and far more seriously, if either dies while the ability is active, the other will be critically damaged in body. Such is the price of power. If you wish to break your blood bond, you may do so by rejecting your bloodsworn, but be aware that you will not be able to become bloodsworn to another until the New Year. Note that this ability will not work in Arenas.