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| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''Description'''
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''Description'''
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Daegger'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Daegger'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Call to your side a living, daemonic daegger to aid you.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Call to your side a living, daemonic daegger to aid you.
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: '''Known:''' Yes


: '''Syntax:'''            SUMMON DAEGGER
: '''Syntax:'''            SUMMON DAEGGER
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The daemonic daeggers are actually living creatures; small daemons with a network of small brains geared towards making them somewhat intelligent weapons. You can quickly stab your daegger at your target even if your skill in weaponry isn't very high because the creature's eye and limited levitation abilities will help to guide your hand. If the daegger is envenomed then the target has a chance to receive the relevant venom affliction. The strength, accuracy, and to a lesser degree speed of your stabs will depend on your skill in Apostasy.
The daemonic daeggers are actually living creatures; small daemons with a network of small brains geared towards making them somewhat intelligent weapons. You can quickly stab your daegger at your target even if your skill in weaponry isn't very high because the creature's eye and limited levitation abilities will help to guide your hand. If the daegger is envenomed then the target has a chance to receive the relevant venom affliction. The strength, accuracy, and to a lesser degree speed of your stabs will depend on your skill in Apostasy.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Hunt'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Hunt'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Command your daegger to hunt your enemy.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Command your daegger to hunt your enemy.
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: '''Known:''' No (6 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DAEGGER LEVITATE
: '''Syntax:'''            DAEGGER LEVITATE
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Your daegger has become stronger. Strong enough, in fact, that it can, with a bit of help from you, levitate itself and even fly at potentially lethal speeds towards your target. This is superior to simply throwing the weapon because it can hook around and come at odd angles, and if it misses, it will attack again. Because you are guiding the daegger largely with the power of your mind, your intelligence, not your strength, affects how strongly it hits, and your dexterity in the throw affects how quickly it attacks. Additionally, unlike with stab, your weaponry skill is what affects the chance of it hitting, as the daegger is putting most of its energy into levitation. The higher your skill in Apostasy is, the greater the number of passes the daegger will make.
Your daegger has become stronger. Strong enough, in fact, that it can, with a bit of help from you, levitate itself and even fly at potentially lethal speeds towards your target. This is superior to simply throwing the weapon because it can hook around and come at odd angles, and if it misses, it will attack again. Because you are guiding the daegger largely with the power of your mind, your intelligence, not your strength, affects how strongly it hits, and your dexterity in the throw affects how quickly it attacks. Additionally, unlike with stab, your weaponry skill is what affects the chance of it hitting, as the daegger is putting most of its energy into levitation. The higher your skill in Apostasy is, the greater the number of passes the daegger will make.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Envenom'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Envenom'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Envenom your daegger to poison your victims.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Envenom your daegger to poison your victims.
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: '''Known:''' No (7 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            ENVENOM DAEGGER WITH <venom>
: '''Syntax:'''            ENVENOM DAEGGER WITH <venom>
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With this ability, you may layer venoms on an edged weapon. Each time that weapon hits somebody, one venom will poison your opponent, and disappear from the weapon. They work on a last-on, first-off basis, so if you put xentio on a weapon, and then put voyria on, the voyria would come off first, and the xentio second. You must have the selected venom in a vial in your inventory. In order to get rid of the venoms on a weapon, simply WIPE <weapon>.
With this ability, you may layer venoms on an edged weapon. Each time that weapon hits somebody, one venom will poison your opponent, and disappear from the weapon. They work on a last-on, first-off basis, so if you put xentio on a weapon, and then put voyria on, the voyria would come off first, and the xentio second. You must have the selected venom in a vial in your inventory. In order to get rid of the venoms on a weapon, simply WIPE <weapon>.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Pentagrams'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Pentagrams'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Sketch an infernal pentagram, in blood.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Sketch an infernal pentagram, in blood.
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: '''Known:''' No (15 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            CARVE PENTAGRAM
: '''Syntax:'''            CARVE PENTAGRAM
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At a small life essence cost (if you do not have the essence skill in necromancy then telling just how much you have and how much you are using will be difficult) you can infuse your blood with a greater power. Then, taking your daegger, you make a small puncture in your hand, and carve an infernal pentagram onto the ground with your own steaming blood. There can be only one pentagram on the ground in a room at a given time, and you can only use a pentagram drawn in your own blood, infused with the life essence of others, as it may be. From here, a variety of other abilities may be used.
At a small life essence cost (if you do not have the essence skill in necromancy then telling just how much you have and how much you are using will be difficult) you can infuse your blood with a greater power. Then, taking your daegger, you make a small puncture in your hand, and carve an infernal pentagram onto the ground with your own steaming blood. There can be only one pentagram on the ground in a room at a given time, and you can only use a pentagram drawn in your own blood, infused with the life essence of others, as it may be. From here, a variety of other abilities may be used.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Baalzadeen'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Baalzadeen'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Summon your beloved Baalzadeen to do your bidding.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Summon your beloved Baalzadeen to do your bidding.
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: '''Known:''' No (15 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            SUMMON BAALZADEEN
: '''Syntax:'''            SUMMON BAALZADEEN
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The Baalzadeen is the primary daemon of the apostasy skill. They strike a balance between being powerful enough to be very useful to you, but not so powerful that they break your will, and consume your mind and soul. Though ethereal and either unable or unwilling to do anything to defend itself, its powers can be bent towards your ends in many ways.
The Baalzadeen is the primary daemon of the apostasy skill. They strike a balance between being powerful enough to be very useful to you, but not so powerful that they break your will, and consume your mind and soul. Though ethereal and either unable or unwilling to do anything to defend itself, its powers can be bent towards your ends in many ways.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Taste'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Taste'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Taste the flesh of your Baalzadeen.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Taste the flesh of your Baalzadeen.
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: '''Known:''' No (15 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON TASTE
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON TASTE
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By tasting the sweet, sweet flesh of your Baalzadeen, you will be able to determine its level of health, and any ongoing abilities it is using.
By tasting the sweet, sweet flesh of your Baalzadeen, you will be able to determine its level of health, and any ongoing abilities it is using.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Rest'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Rest'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Order your Baalzadeen to rest.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Order your Baalzadeen to rest.
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: '''Known:''' No (15 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON REST
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON REST
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or syphon.
or syphon.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Armour'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Armour'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Request that your Baalzadeen grant you protection.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Request that your Baalzadeen grant you protection.
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: '''Known:''' No (33 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON ARMOUR
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON ARMOUR
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Your Baalzadeen's power may now be used to create a demonic armour around yourself. Its effect is cumulative with any other armour you may wear.
Your Baalzadeen's power may now be used to create a demonic armour around yourself. Its effect is cumulative with any other armour you may wear.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Horror'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Horror'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Instill great fear into your victim with your demon's aid.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Instill great fear into your victim with your demon's aid.
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: '''Known:''' No (55 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON HORROR <target>
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON HORROR <target>
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Instill great fear into your victim with your demon's aid.
Instill great fear into your victim with your demon's aid.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''[[Fiend]]'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''[[Fiend]]'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Summon a daemon fiend to attack an enemy.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Summon a daemon fiend to attack an enemy.
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: '''Known:''' No (77 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            SUMMON FIEND
: '''Syntax:'''            SUMMON FIEND
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The fiend is one of the minor daemons. Once summoned in your pentagram, it will flex and fire and lash out with its countless edged appendages, causing your target to sustain serious bleeding damage.
The fiend is one of the minor daemons. Once summoned in your pentagram, it will flex and fire and lash out with its countless edged appendages, causing your target to sustain serious bleeding damage.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Scorch'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Scorch'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Order your Baalzadeen to melt [[icewall|icewalls]].
| bgcolor=#999999 | Order your Baalzadeen to melt [[icewall|icewalls]].
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: '''Known:''' No (111 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON SCORCH <icewall>
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON SCORCH <icewall>
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Use the cursed breath of your Baalzadeen to melt icewalls.
Use the cursed breath of your Baalzadeen to melt icewalls.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Presences'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Presences'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Locate those in your local area with your Baalzadeen.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Locate those in your local area with your Baalzadeen.
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: '''Known:''' No (133 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON PRESENCES
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON PRESENCES
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Using this ability, your Baalzadeen will reach out and provide you with some information on the status of each person in your local area.
Using this ability, your Baalzadeen will reach out and provide you with some information on the status of each person in your local area.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Mask'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Mask'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Summon dark powers to mask your demonic servitor.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Summon dark powers to mask your demonic servitor.
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: '''Known:''' No (155 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            MASK
: '''Syntax:'''            MASK
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This ability will conceal the movements of your Baalzadeen. UNMASK removes the concealment.
This ability will conceal the movements of your Baalzadeen. UNMASK removes the concealment.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Sap'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Sap'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Drain away the mana of a victim with your loving demon.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Drain away the mana of a victim with your loving demon.
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: '''Known:''' No (177 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON SAP <target>
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON SAP <target>
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With this ability, your Baalzadeen will draw some mana from its target.
With this ability, your Baalzadeen will draw some mana from its target.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Trace'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Trace'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Command your Baalzadeen to trace the movements of someone.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Command your Baalzadeen to trace the movements of someone.
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: '''Known:''' No (222 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON TRACE <adventurer>
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON TRACE <adventurer>
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Though this ability will only function within the local continent, your Baalzadeen will be able to trace the movements of nearly any adventurer.
Though this ability will only function within the local continent, your Baalzadeen will be able to trace the movements of nearly any adventurer.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Fortify'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Fortify'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Fortify the health of your Baalzadeen with yours.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Fortify the health of your Baalzadeen with yours.
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: '''Known:''' No (288 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON FORTIFY
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON FORTIFY
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Using this ability, you may replenish your Baalzadeen's power at a cost of some of your health.
Using this ability, you may replenish your Baalzadeen's power at a cost of some of your health.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Apathy'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Apathy'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Become numb to the crushing pain of existence.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Become numb to the crushing pain of existence.
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: '''Known:''' No (333 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON APATHY
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON APATHY
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Your Baalzadeen is able to imbue in you such an incredible level of apathy that for ten seconds you will take no damage from attacks. There is, of course, a caveat, which is that when that ten seconds is up, you will take all the damage you received, minus 40%, in one fell blow.
Your Baalzadeen is able to imbue in you such an incredible level of apathy that for ten seconds you will take no damage from attacks. There is, of course, a caveat, which is that when that ten seconds is up, you will take all the damage you received, minus 40%, in one fell blow.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Shadowstrike'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Shadowstrike'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Use your daegger to strike at the shadow of a victim.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Use your daegger to strike at the shadow of a victim.
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: '''Known:''' No (377 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DAEGGER SHADOWSTRIKE <target>
: '''Syntax:'''            DAEGGER SHADOWSTRIKE <target>
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Once you have levitated your daegger, you can order it to perform the deadly shadowstrike. Your daegger will fly towards the target, seeming to miss, but instead plunging into the gut of the target's shadow, having the same effect as if the daegger had impaled the target through his or her stomach. Your target will take damage for as long as he or she is impaled, and will have to writhe painfully off the daegger.
Once you have levitated your daegger, you can order it to perform the deadly shadowstrike. Your daegger will fly towards the target, seeming to miss, but instead plunging into the gut of the target's shadow, having the same effect as if the daegger had impaled the target through his or her stomach. Your target will take damage for as long as he or she is impaled, and will have to writhe painfully off the daegger.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Beckon'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Beckon'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Your Baalzadeen is an attractive force indeed.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Your Baalzadeen is an attractive force indeed.
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: '''Known:''' No (422 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON BECKON <target - optional>
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON BECKON <target - optional>
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Your Baalzadeen can be a potently attractive force. With the Beckon ability, you will cause it to attempt to draw either everybody in surrounding rooms, or a specific person, into your room.
Your Baalzadeen can be a potently attractive force. With the Beckon ability, you will cause it to attempt to draw either everybody in surrounding rooms, or a specific person, into your room.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Daemonite'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Daemonite'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Summon forth a small daemonite to annoy your enemies.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Summon forth a small daemonite to annoy your enemies.
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: '''Known:''' No (466 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            SUMMON DAEMONITE
: '''Syntax:'''            SUMMON DAEMONITE
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The daemonite is a small winged daemon which is considered to be of little threat. Once summoned, it will repeatedly fly at your target adventurer, driving him off balance.
The daemonite is a small winged daemon which is considered to be of little threat. Once summoned, it will repeatedly fly at your target adventurer, driving him off balance.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Strip'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Strip'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Command your demon to strip the defences from someone.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Command your demon to strip the defences from someone.
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: '''Known:''' No (511 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON STRIP <target>
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON STRIP <target>
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With your Baalzadeen, you may strip a defence from your target, even through a magical shield.
With your Baalzadeen, you may strip a defence from your target, even through a magical shield.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Sear'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Sear'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Order your Baalzadeen to sear the flesh of an enemy.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Order your Baalzadeen to sear the flesh of an enemy.
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: '''Known:''' No (555 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON SEAR <adventurer>
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON SEAR <adventurer>
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Using this ability will cause your Baalzadeen to begin to regularly sear your target with fire and flame. DEMON REST will cause your demon to stop searing your target. Remember that your Baalzadeen will use up health every time it sears a target.
Using this ability will cause your Baalzadeen to begin to regularly sear your target with fire and flame. DEMON REST will cause your demon to stop searing your target. Remember that your Baalzadeen will use up health every time it sears a target.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Puncture'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Puncture'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Pierce another's flesh with your daegger.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Pierce another's flesh with your daegger.
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: '''Known:''' No (577 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DAEGGER PUNCTURE <target>
: '''Syntax:'''            DAEGGER PUNCTURE <target>
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By letting your daegger guide your hand, you may pierce the skin of an opponent, delivering a venom from the daemon's tip. Your daegger is able to identify and navigate your target's defenses, allowing this attack to bypass any aura of rebounding surrounding him.
By letting your daegger guide your hand, you may pierce the skin of an opponent, delivering a venom from the daemon's tip. Your daegger is able to identify and navigate your target's defenses, allowing this attack to bypass any aura of rebounding surrounding him.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Eliminate'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Eliminate'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Use your daegger to tear the beating heart from a victim.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Use your daegger to tear the beating heart from a victim.
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: '''Known:''' No (599 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DAEGGER ELIMINATE <target>
: '''Syntax:'''            DAEGGER ELIMINATE <target>
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This skill allows you to create an essentially psychic link with your daegger, seeing through its eyes as it see through yours, and analyzing your target for openings on a level most mortals can not match. You will then begin to close in on your target, and if the attack is successful, that is if you are not knocked over, paralysed, or webbed, you will penetrate any defenses they have set up, and plunge your daegger into your target's heart. Your daegger's blade will open and drive its teeth into the flesh and bone surrounding the target's heart, neatly severing it and removing it when you withdraw the blade soaking up the gore it is covered in.
This skill allows you to create an essentially psychic link with your daegger, seeing through its eyes as it see through yours, and analyzing your target for openings on a level most mortals can not match. You will then begin to close in on your target, and if the attack is successful, that is if you are not knocked over, paralysed, or webbed, you will penetrate any defenses they have set up, and plunge your daegger into your target's heart. Your daegger's blade will open and drive its teeth into the flesh and bone surrounding the target's heart, neatly severing it and removing it when you withdraw the blade soaking up the gore it is covered in.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''[[Bloodworms]]'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''[[Bloodworms]]'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Summon forth a horde of these foul lesser daemons.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Summon forth a horde of these foul lesser daemons.
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: '''Known:''' No (702 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            SUMMON BLOODWORMS
: '''Syntax:'''            SUMMON BLOODWORMS
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When the Malevolent One was sealed beneath hundreds of tons of rock, His strength to break free was stretched to its limit on multiple levels. Maggots and worms feed on what remained of the shell of a body He had initially constructed for Himself. Upon returning to His glory, He found these worms, bloated with the plunder of His flesh -- and with His power. When you summon the bloodworms, they will, after a moment, burst forth, spreading out into the surrounding rooms and attacking all with their poisoned psychic screams. All those who are not deaf will have their equilibrium disrupted.
When the Malevolent One was sealed beneath hundreds of tons of rock, His strength to break free was stretched to its limit on multiple levels. Maggots and worms feed on what remained of the shell of a body He had initially constructed for Himself. Upon returning to His glory, He found these worms, bloated with the plunder of His flesh -- and with His power. When you summon the bloodworms, they will, after a moment, burst forth, spreading out into the surrounding rooms and attacking all with their poisoned psychic screams. All those who are not deaf will have their equilibrium disrupted.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Blast'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Blast'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Order your Baalzadeen to blast your enemies from the room.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Order your Baalzadeen to blast your enemies from the room.
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: '''Known:''' No (840 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON BLAST
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON BLAST
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At great cost to your Baalzadeen's health, this ability may be used to literally blast all those who are not on your allies list out of the room, pushing them from 1-6 rooms away, if there be room to advance in a straight line.
At great cost to your Baalzadeen's health, this ability may be used to literally blast all those who are not on your allies list out of the room, pushing them from 1-6 rooms away, if there be room to advance in a straight line.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Mindread'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Mindread'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Command your demon to listen to incoming tells.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Command your demon to listen to incoming tells.
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: '''Known:''' No (943 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON MINDREAD
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON MINDREAD
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With the activation of this ability, your Baalzadeen will attempt to overhear incoming tells to the room you are in.
With the activation of this ability, your Baalzadeen will attempt to overhear incoming tells to the room you are in.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''[[Nightmare (demon)|Nightmare]]'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''[[Nightmare (demon)|Nightmare]]'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | A daemonite born of the rape of the [[Valnurana|Goddess of Dreams]].
| bgcolor=#999999 | A daemonite born of the rape of the [[Valnurana|Goddess of Dreams]].
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: '''Syntax:'''            SUMMON NIGHTMARE
: '''Syntax:'''            SUMMON NIGHTMARE
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Born of Sartan's rape of Valnurana, the nightmare is the most ethereal of daemons. Though it will sometimes briefly take on shape, it has no body, and even with the added motivation of the pentagram it will not exist within sunlight.
Born of Sartan's rape of Valnurana, the nightmare is the most ethereal of daemons. Though it will sometimes briefly take on shape, it has no body, and even with the added motivation of the pentagram it will not exist within sunlight.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Fury'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Fury'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Cause those around you to go into an enhancing fury.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Cause those around you to go into an enhancing fury.
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: '''Known:''' No (1185 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON FURY
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON FURY
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This extremely powerful, though extremely costly ability, will speed up the equilibrium and balance times of everybody in the room for 20 seconds. Please remember that your Baalzadeen is good to you, and if you overuse this ability, you run the risk of weakening it to the point of uselessness.
This extremely powerful, though extremely costly ability, will speed up the equilibrium and balance times of everybody in the room for 20 seconds. Please remember that your Baalzadeen is good to you, and if you overuse this ability, you run the risk of weakening it to the point of uselessness.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Stain'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Stain'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Stain the soul of someone with your Baalzadeen.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Stain the soul of someone with your Baalzadeen.
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: '''Known:''' No (1288 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON STAIN <target>
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON STAIN <target>
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Your Baalzadeen may be ordered to stain the soul of your target, lowering his or her various attributes for a short period and preventing the use of bloodroot to cure the slickness affliction. There is no known cure for this ability, besides death.
Your Baalzadeen may be ordered to stain the soul of your target, lowering his or her various attributes for a short period and preventing the use of bloodroot to cure the slickness affliction. There is no known cure for this ability, besides death.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Syphon'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Syphon'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Order your Baalzadeen to draw afflictions away from you.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Order your Baalzadeen to draw afflictions away from you.
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: '''Known:''' No (1426 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON SYPHON
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON SYPHON
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Your Baalzadeen has a great affection for you, and will, at a cost to its health each time it works, slowly syphon off afflictions from you.
Your Baalzadeen has a great affection for you, and will, at a cost to its health each time it works, slowly syphon off afflictions from you.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Contemplation'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Contemplation'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Perceive the state of another's mental strength.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Perceive the state of another's mental strength.
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: '''Known:''' No (1530 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            CONTEMPLATE <adventurer>
: '''Syntax:'''            CONTEMPLATE <adventurer>
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With this ability, you may see how much mana an adventurer has.
With this ability, you may see how much mana an adventurer has.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Refuge'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Refuge'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Seek refuge in the [[Inferno]].
| bgcolor=#999999 | Seek refuge in the [[Inferno]].
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: '''Known:''' No (1598 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON REFUGE
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON REFUGE
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With this ability, your Baalzadeen may be ordered to transport you to the Inferno (a region of safety for your kind).
With this ability, your Baalzadeen may be ordered to transport you to the Inferno (a region of safety for your kind).
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Corrupt'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Corrupt'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Lay low the heretics with demonic corruption.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Lay low the heretics with demonic corruption.
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: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON CORRUPT <target>
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON CORRUPT <target>
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This will cause all curses that have been laid upon the person through the application of evileye to be lifted, but at a terrible price indeed.
This will cause all curses that have been laid upon the person through the application of evileye to be lifted, but at a terrible price indeed.
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| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | '''Catharsis'''
| bgcolor=#999999 | '''Catharsis'''
| bgcolor=#9F4C4C | Perhaps their death is the greatest mercy there is.
| bgcolor=#999999 | Perhaps their death is the greatest mercy there is.
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: '''Known:''' No (1736 lessons required)


: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON CATHARSIS <adventurer>
: '''Syntax:'''            DEMON CATHARSIS <adventurer>

Revision as of 18:51, 30 March 2015

The Apostasy skill teaches members of the Apostate class the art of both summoning and commanding mighty Baalzadeens and lesser daemons. Those with the Apostasy skill also learn to use sentient daeggers. Perhaps the most feared ability of this skill is the one that allows a Baalzadeen to tear out the soul of unwilling victims.

Abilities in Apostasy

Ability Description
Daegger Call to your side a living, daemonic daegger to aid you.
Syntax: SUMMON DAEGGER
STAB <target>
Works on/against: Adventurers
Details:

The daemonic daeggers are actually living creatures; small daemons with a network of small brains geared towards making them somewhat intelligent weapons. You can quickly stab your daegger at your target even if your skill in weaponry isn't very high because the creature's eye and limited levitation abilities will help to guide your hand. If the daegger is envenomed then the target has a chance to receive the relevant venom affliction. The strength, accuracy, and to a lesser degree speed of your stabs will depend on your skill in Apostasy.

Hunt Command your daegger to hunt your enemy.
Syntax: DAEGGER LEVITATE
DAEGGER HUNT <adventurer>
Details:

Your daegger has become stronger. Strong enough, in fact, that it can, with a bit of help from you, levitate itself and even fly at potentially lethal speeds towards your target. This is superior to simply throwing the weapon because it can hook around and come at odd angles, and if it misses, it will attack again. Because you are guiding the daegger largely with the power of your mind, your intelligence, not your strength, affects how strongly it hits, and your dexterity in the throw affects how quickly it attacks. Additionally, unlike with stab, your weaponry skill is what affects the chance of it hitting, as the daegger is putting most of its energy into levitation. The higher your skill in Apostasy is, the greater the number of passes the daegger will make.

Envenom Envenom your daegger to poison your victims.
Syntax: ENVENOM DAEGGER WITH <venom>
Details:

With this ability, you may layer venoms on an edged weapon. Each time that weapon hits somebody, one venom will poison your opponent, and disappear from the weapon. They work on a last-on, first-off basis, so if you put xentio on a weapon, and then put voyria on, the voyria would come off first, and the xentio second. You must have the selected venom in a vial in your inventory. In order to get rid of the venoms on a weapon, simply WIPE <weapon>.

Pentagrams Sketch an infernal pentagram, in blood.
Syntax: CARVE PENTAGRAM
DISPEL PENTAGRAM
Details:

At a small life essence cost (if you do not have the essence skill in necromancy then telling just how much you have and how much you are using will be difficult) you can infuse your blood with a greater power. Then, taking your daegger, you make a small puncture in your hand, and carve an infernal pentagram onto the ground with your own steaming blood. There can be only one pentagram on the ground in a room at a given time, and you can only use a pentagram drawn in your own blood, infused with the life essence of others, as it may be. From here, a variety of other abilities may be used.

Baalzadeen Summon your beloved Baalzadeen to do your bidding.
Syntax: SUMMON BAALZADEEN
BANISH BAALZADEEN
Details:

The Baalzadeen is the primary daemon of the apostasy skill. They strike a balance between being powerful enough to be very useful to you, but not so powerful that they break your will, and consume your mind and soul. Though ethereal and either unable or unwilling to do anything to defend itself, its powers can be bent towards your ends in many ways.

Taste Taste the flesh of your Baalzadeen.
Syntax: DEMON TASTE
Details:

By tasting the sweet, sweet flesh of your Baalzadeen, you will be able to determine its level of health, and any ongoing abilities it is using.

Rest Order your Baalzadeen to rest.
Syntax: DEMON REST
Details:

This ability is used to order your Baalzadeen to cease using any repeating abilities, such as sear or syphon.

Armour Request that your Baalzadeen grant you protection.
Syntax: DEMON ARMOUR
Details:

Your Baalzadeen's power may now be used to create a demonic armour around yourself. Its effect is cumulative with any other armour you may wear.

Horror Instill great fear into your victim with your demon's aid.
Syntax: DEMON HORROR <target>
Works on/against: Adventurers
Details:

Instill great fear into your victim with your demon's aid.

Fiend Summon a daemon fiend to attack an enemy.
Syntax: SUMMON FIEND
ORDER FIEND ATTACK <adventurer>
ORDER FIEND PASSIVE
Works on/against: Adventurers
Details:

The fiend is one of the minor daemons. Once summoned in your pentagram, it will flex and fire and lash out with its countless edged appendages, causing your target to sustain serious bleeding damage.

Scorch Order your Baalzadeen to melt icewalls.
Syntax: DEMON SCORCH <icewall>
Details:

Use the cursed breath of your Baalzadeen to melt icewalls.

Presences Locate those in your local area with your Baalzadeen.
Syntax: DEMON PRESENCES
Details:

Using this ability, your Baalzadeen will reach out and provide you with some information on the status of each person in your local area.

Mask Summon dark powers to mask your demonic servitor.
Syntax: MASK
UNMASK
Details:

This ability will conceal the movements of your Baalzadeen. UNMASK removes the concealment.

Sap Drain away the mana of a victim with your loving demon.
Syntax: DEMON SAP <target>
Works on/against: Adventurers
Details:

With this ability, your Baalzadeen will draw some mana from its target.

Trace Command your Baalzadeen to trace the movements of someone.
Syntax: DEMON TRACE <adventurer>
DEMON TRACE OFF
Works on/against: Adventurers
Details:

Though this ability will only function within the local continent, your Baalzadeen will be able to trace the movements of nearly any adventurer.

Fortify Fortify the health of your Baalzadeen with yours.
Syntax: DEMON FORTIFY
Details:

Using this ability, you may replenish your Baalzadeen's power at a cost of some of your health.

Apathy Become numb to the crushing pain of existence.
Syntax: DEMON APATHY
Details:

Your Baalzadeen is able to imbue in you such an incredible level of apathy that for ten seconds you will take no damage from attacks. There is, of course, a caveat, which is that when that ten seconds is up, you will take all the damage you received, minus 40%, in one fell blow.

Shadowstrike Use your daegger to strike at the shadow of a victim.
Syntax: DAEGGER SHADOWSTRIKE <target>
Works on/against: Adventurers
Details:

Once you have levitated your daegger, you can order it to perform the deadly shadowstrike. Your daegger will fly towards the target, seeming to miss, but instead plunging into the gut of the target's shadow, having the same effect as if the daegger had impaled the target through his or her stomach. Your target will take damage for as long as he or she is impaled, and will have to writhe painfully off the daegger.

Beckon Your Baalzadeen is an attractive force indeed.
Syntax: DEMON BECKON <target - optional>
Works on/against: Adventurers and room
Details:

Your Baalzadeen can be a potently attractive force. With the Beckon ability, you will cause it to attempt to draw either everybody in surrounding rooms, or a specific person, into your room.

Daemonite Summon forth a small daemonite to annoy your enemies.
Syntax: SUMMON DAEMONITE
ORDER DAEMONITE ATTACK <adventurer>
ORDER DAEMONITE PASSIVE
Works on/against: Adventurers
Details:

The daemonite is a small winged daemon which is considered to be of little threat. Once summoned, it will repeatedly fly at your target adventurer, driving him off balance.

Strip Command your demon to strip the defences from someone.
Syntax: DEMON STRIP <target>
Works on/against: Adventurers
Details:

With your Baalzadeen, you may strip a defence from your target, even through a magical shield.

Sear Order your Baalzadeen to sear the flesh of an enemy.
Syntax: DEMON SEAR <adventurer>
Works on/against: Adventurers
Details:

Using this ability will cause your Baalzadeen to begin to regularly sear your target with fire and flame. DEMON REST will cause your demon to stop searing your target. Remember that your Baalzadeen will use up health every time it sears a target.

Puncture Pierce another's flesh with your daegger.
Syntax: DAEGGER PUNCTURE <target>
Works on/against: Adventurers
Details:

By letting your daegger guide your hand, you may pierce the skin of an opponent, delivering a venom from the daemon's tip. Your daegger is able to identify and navigate your target's defenses, allowing this attack to bypass any aura of rebounding surrounding him.

Eliminate Use your daegger to tear the beating heart from a victim.
Syntax: DAEGGER ELIMINATE <target>
Works on/against: Adventurers
Details:

This skill allows you to create an essentially psychic link with your daegger, seeing through its eyes as it see through yours, and analyzing your target for openings on a level most mortals can not match. You will then begin to close in on your target, and if the attack is successful, that is if you are not knocked over, paralysed, or webbed, you will penetrate any defenses they have set up, and plunge your daegger into your target's heart. Your daegger's blade will open and drive its teeth into the flesh and bone surrounding the target's heart, neatly severing it and removing it when you withdraw the blade soaking up the gore it is covered in.

Bloodworms Summon forth a horde of these foul lesser daemons.
Syntax: SUMMON BLOODWORMS
Works on/against: Room
Details:

When the Malevolent One was sealed beneath hundreds of tons of rock, His strength to break free was stretched to its limit on multiple levels. Maggots and worms feed on what remained of the shell of a body He had initially constructed for Himself. Upon returning to His glory, He found these worms, bloated with the plunder of His flesh -- and with His power. When you summon the bloodworms, they will, after a moment, burst forth, spreading out into the surrounding rooms and attacking all with their poisoned psychic screams. All those who are not deaf will have their equilibrium disrupted.

Blast Order your Baalzadeen to blast your enemies from the room.
Syntax: DEMON BLAST
Works on/against: Room
Details:

At great cost to your Baalzadeen's health, this ability may be used to literally blast all those who are not on your allies list out of the room, pushing them from 1-6 rooms away, if there be room to advance in a straight line.

Mindread Command your demon to listen to incoming tells.
Syntax: DEMON MINDREAD
Details:

With the activation of this ability, your Baalzadeen will attempt to overhear incoming tells to the room you are in.

Nightmare A daemonite born of the rape of the Goddess of Dreams.
Syntax: SUMMON NIGHTMARE
Works on/against: Adventurers
Details:

Born of Sartan's rape of Valnurana, the nightmare is the most ethereal of daemons. Though it will sometimes briefly take on shape, it has no body, and even with the added motivation of the pentagram it will not exist within sunlight.

Fury Cause those around you to go into an enhancing fury.
Syntax: DEMON FURY
Works on/against: Room
Details:

This extremely powerful, though extremely costly ability, will speed up the equilibrium and balance times of everybody in the room for 20 seconds. Please remember that your Baalzadeen is good to you, and if you overuse this ability, you run the risk of weakening it to the point of uselessness.

Stain Stain the soul of someone with your Baalzadeen.
Syntax: DEMON STAIN <target>
Works on/against: Adventurers
Details:

Your Baalzadeen may be ordered to stain the soul of your target, lowering his or her various attributes for a short period and preventing the use of bloodroot to cure the slickness affliction. There is no known cure for this ability, besides death.

Syphon Order your Baalzadeen to draw afflictions away from you.
Syntax: DEMON SYPHON
Details:

Your Baalzadeen has a great affection for you, and will, at a cost to its health each time it works, slowly syphon off afflictions from you.

Contemplation Perceive the state of another's mental strength.
Syntax: CONTEMPLATE <adventurer>
Works on/against: Adventurers
Details:

With this ability, you may see how much mana an adventurer has.

Refuge Seek refuge in the Inferno.
Syntax: DEMON REFUGE
Details:

With this ability, your Baalzadeen may be ordered to transport you to the Inferno (a region of safety for your kind).

Corrupt Lay low the heretics with demonic corruption.
Syntax: DEMON CORRUPT <target>
Works on/against: Adventurers
Details:

The skilled apostasy practitioner can command their demonic servant to corrupt the soul of an unfortunate heretic.

This will cause all curses that have been laid upon the person through the application of evileye to be lifted, but at a terrible price indeed.

Catharsis Perhaps their death is the greatest mercy there is.
Syntax: DEMON CATHARSIS <adventurer>
Works on/against: Adventurers
Details:

With hatred in your heart, you may order your Baalzadeen to bring, shall we say...catharsis, to the soul of your enemy, who must be on less than half mana.


See also
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