Esoterica (skill)

Skill	Rank	Percent	Description
Victimise	Inept	0 %	Torment your foes with stray sorcery.
Geminate	Novice	0 %	A protective simulacrum.
Panoply	Apprentice	0 %	Gird yourself by arcane aegis.
Ascend	Apprentice	50 %	Claim the skies as part of your domain.
Besmirch	Capable	0 %	Stain your foe's flesh with the mark of a target.
Indulge	Capable	50 %	Revel in your own superiority.
Forestall	Adept	0 %	None shall threaten the purity of your humours.
Illusion	Skilled	0 %	Call forth an illusory image of your own creation.
Proscribe	Skilled	33 %	Magic is yours to dismiss at will.
Acumen	Gifted	50 %	Empower your boar tattoo with ritual energy.
Ensorcell	Expert	0 %	Empower an arcane aegis with your ritualism.
Embellish	Expert	25 %	Weave colour into your illusions.
Alluvion	Expert	50 %	Push them away with a tide of blood.
Sozedeti	Virtuoso	0 %	The power of a high ritualist.
Egress	Virtuoso	50 %	A skyward retreat beyond barriers and reach.
Mania	Fabled	33 %	Mass hysteria.
Shadebind	Fabled	66 %	Bind an opponent in shade, obscuring vision.
Blear	Mythical	33 %	Blear their eyes with a haze of misty blood.
Attunement	Transcendent	0 %	Bind an aegis within your city.

Runes

Skill	Rank	Percent	Description
Runes	Inept	0 %	Sketch magical runes upon your surroundings.
Observation	Inept	0 %	Detect those who trespass upon its location.
Portal	Adept	33 %	Journey vast distances with runic symbology.
Destruction	Adept	66 %	Unleash arcane mayhem upon them.
Irritation	Skilled	66 %	Irritation made real.
Addling	Gifted	25 %	Eat away at the bonds of their sanity.
Entrapment	Gifted	75 %	A rune of entrapment.
Slumber	Expert	75 %	A rune of somnolent influence.
Arrogance	Virtuoso	25 %	Symbolic arrogance.
Leaching	Virtuoso	75 %	Feed upon the mana of your victims.
Gravity	Fabled	0 %	Tear down the skies.
Clarity	Mythical	66 %	A mark of eldritch mastery.

Victimise	Torment your foes with stray sorcery
Syntax:
Required:
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:	Both players and NPCs
Cooldown:
Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Usage: UNLEASH VICTIMISE <target 1> [target 2] [target 3] [target 4] Unleash a wave of energy upon your foes that can strike a given target or targets up to four times. You can choose a target for each wave, if you so like. For any remaining waves with no target, they will strike your last hit mark.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Geminate	A protective simulacrum
Syntax:	UNLEASH GEMINATE [target]
Required:
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
Cooldown:	15 seconds per
Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Enact a ritual that summons a sanguine simulacrum as a reflection of a target. Each time you enact this ritual, the ability will consume a charge that will take time to recover. Only one charge may recover at a time. Once you use three charges, you will be unable to cast any further simulacrums.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Panoply	Gird yourself by arcane aegis
Syntax:	UNLEASH PANOPLY
Required:
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
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Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Free the ambient elements from their bonds and commandeer them to create a protective encasement around your body, helping you resist blunt and cutting damage. The strength of the damage resistance offered by this ability will increase the more you learn in Esoterica.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Ascend	Claim the skies as part of your domain
Syntax:	UNLEASH ASCEND LAND
Required:
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
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Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Unleash a ritual invocation of flight, allowing you to ascend to the skies.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Besmirch	Stain your foe's flesh with the mark of a target
Syntax:	UNLEASH BESMIRCH <target> <SKULL/ORB/SQUARE/TRIANGLE/STAR>
Required:
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
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Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Mark someone as a ritual sacrifice, making them visible across the battlefield for some time. The target can then be targetted using the name of the symbol marking them. You can only have one marker in existence at a time.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Indulge	Revel in your own superiority
Syntax:
Required:
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
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Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Usage: UNLEASH INDULGE <10-1000> Indulge in your mastery of occultic forces and arcane ritual, replenishing your mind at the cost of mental stability. This will deplete your willpower proportional to how much mana you choose to recover.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Forestall	None shall threaten the purity of your humours
Syntax:	UNLEASH FORESTALL
Required:
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
Cooldown:
Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Secure invisible arcane wards to your form, granting you a 2% chance to turn aside venoms used by your opponent. If you are channeling a skill or action, then this chance is increased to 20%.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Illusion	Call forth an illusory image of your own creation
Syntax:	UNLEASH ILLUSION <illusion> UNLEASH ILLUSION AT <target> <illusion>
Required:
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
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Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	A mainstay of ritualists everywhere, simple illusions can astound your allies and confound your enemies. Note: You can add a new line into your illusion by using the tag $nl within the text, however you may only do this once.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Proscribe	Magic is yours to dismiss at will
Syntax:	UNLEASH PROSCRIBE HERE UNLEASH PROSCRIBE <aegis> <symbol> UNLEASH PROSCRIBE <symbol>
Required:
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
Cooldown:
Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Undo the spellwork that has left any lingering effects in a location. This will not dispel symbols unless they are specifically targetted, and dispelling your own runes will not consume your equilibrium. It will also dispel any bodily emanations that has been cast by you within the world at large. You can also cast the dispel upon an aegis to remove the specified symbol from it, though the protective magic of the aegis will make this process take some time. Note: a symbol is any glyph or rune.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Acumen	Empower your boar tattoo with ritual energy
Syntax:	UNLEASH ACUMEN [target]
Required:
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
Cooldown:
Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Enact a ritual that will imbue your boar tattoo with occultic energies, boosting its effects upon your health regeneration. You can additionally supply a target to give someone else this benefit.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Ensorcell	Empower an arcane aegis with your ritualism
Syntax:	UNLEASH ENSORCELL <aegis>
Required:
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
Cooldown:
Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	An aegis typically needs to be attuned to the land so that it can draw upon the mana it needs to operate its defences - but a mage has ways around this. By giving it a constant supply of mana from your own reserves, you can have the aegis' defences work wherever you happen to be holding it. This is a channeled operation and most other actions will interrupt the process.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Embellish	Weave colour into your illusions
Syntax:
Required:
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
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Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Syntax: UNLEASH ILLUSION [AT <target>] COLOUR:<colour> <text> Add some flair to your ritualism with illusions presented in vivid colour. There is an increase in equilibrium cost for this effect.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Alluvion	Push them away with a tide of blood
Syntax:	UNLEASH ALLUVION <direction>
Required:
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
Cooldown:
Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	You may impel droplets of blood to create a river of force, constantly pushing anyone present up to five rooms away in a line. There is a delay between each movement push. This spell is negated by the density defense, though the presence of one of your clarity glyphs in the target's room will give it a chance to bypass this. The effect will end after a short duration, or if the rift it creates is destroyed by being attacked.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Sozedeti	The power of a high ritualist
Syntax:
Required:
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
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Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Syntax: UNLEASH GEMINATE [3-10 seconds] This ability adds the extra functionality of having a geminated reflection appear after a delay to the Geminate skill. Please see AB ESOTERICA GEMINATE for more information on this skill.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Egress	A skyward retreat beyond barriers and reach
Syntax:	UNLEASH EGRESS <dir>
Required:
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
Cooldown:
Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	A refined version of an amateur ritual, you can position yourself to fly in a direction of your choice, taking you into the skies above the room in your targeted direction.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Mania	Mass hysteria
Syntax:	UNLEASH MANIA <illusion> UNLEASH MANIA ON AEGIS <illusion>
Required:
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
Cooldown:
Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Manifest mass hysteria by unleashing a ritual of unsettling energy. Anyone who enters a room with such mania attached to it will see the illusion upon entry. Only a single illusion may reign in the room, and subsequent casts will overwrite the previous. Such mania can also be attached to an attuned crystal aegis, where it will persist forever or until dispelled. It will only be shown to targets of the aegis in this situation. Spells like Proscribe and Dispel can be used to clear the illusion prematurely.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Shadebind	Bind an opponent in shade, obscuring vision
Syntax:
Required:
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
Cooldown:
Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Usage: UNLEASH SHADEBIND <target 1> <target 2> <target 3> Unleash a living tendrils of shade to wrap around the head and obscure their eyesight. The shade will make it difficult to see, lowering their physical accuracy by 15% for a short duration. You must target exactly three people with this spell, no more or less.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Blear	Blear their eyes with a haze of misty blood
Syntax:	UNLEASH BLEAR
Required:
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
Cooldown:
Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Unleash the power of a blearing ritual that will mask the presence of all in your location. Such an illusion will not prevent anyone from attacking others should they know they are there. Abilities like Dispel or Proscribe can remove effects like this.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Attunement	Bind an aegis within your city
Syntax:	ATTUNE AEGIS HERE DAMPEN AEGIS CEDE AEGIS <org>
Required:
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
Cooldown:
Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	In an impressive feat of spellcraft, you can attach a crystal aegis to the land around you. By attuning it to the leylines that course all throughout the continent, you can keep the aegis permanently supplied with the energy it needs to keep its defences activated. Such an act takes a considerable length of time, and requires your utmost concentration. Once attuned in place, the aegis cannot be moved. You cannot attune an aegis to a room if there is another attuned aegis already placed within a two-room distance. An attuned aegis will only have four of its glyphs activated when set up in this state. Within a city, the help of its pylon can further increase it to all six. During a period of stable activity of the leylines however, an attuned aegis will become dormant due to a lack of energy. Please see AB REFINING FLUXATIONS for more information. To remove an aegis, you can focus on dampening its connection to the leylines. This act will take a much shorter time than attuning, but your utmost concentration is still required. As a mage, you can perform this feat significantly faster than the Survival skill equivalent. Once completed, the crystal aegis will shatter into pieces, destroying it completely. You can also cede ownership of an aegis to any organisation, so long as the aegis has been attuned upon a location that belongs to that organisation. Once the ownership has been ceded, the aegis will instead attack enemies of that organisation, instead of your personal enemies.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Runes	Sketch magical runes upon your surroundings
Syntax:
Required:
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
Cooldown:
Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Runes are eldritch symbols sketched through the air with gem dust and infused with mana. Each rune has a different effect depending on the runic script sketched and the gem dust used to create it. There are currently two types of runes: persistent runes, and triggered runes. Persistent runes will last for a short duration and impose a constant effect upon their location, until they fade from their magic being depleted. Triggered runes will hang in the air until an enemy of yours enters the location, at which point their effect will trigger and the rune will dissipate as its magic depletes. The clarity defence will protect an enemy from being affected by most triggered runes. Each room can only contain two runes, for any more than that would cause the magics to disrupt each other. Both runes must be different. Runes can additionally be sketched onto the facet of a crystal aegis, instead of in the air. When upon an aegis, runes will be permanently powered and no longer fade. Some runes may have a different effect when upon an aegis. An aegis can exist alongside runes sketched in the room.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Observation	Detect those who trespass upon its location
Syntax:	SKETCH OBSERVATION SKETCH OBSERVATION ONTO <aegis>
Required:	1 topaz dust
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
Cooldown:
Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Type: Triggered The observation rune will alert you when it is triggered, informing you of the location and who did it. If sketched onto an attuned aegis, this rune will alert the owner of the aegis when a caravan passes through its location (HELP PRODUCTION). If sketched onto an attuned aegis that also has its ownership set to an organisation, the observation rune will instead make an alert over that organisation's channel.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Portal	Journey vast distances with runic symbology
Syntax:	SKETCH PORTAL <target> SKETCH PORTAL ONTO <aegis>
Required:	1 topaz dust
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
Cooldown:
Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Type: Persistent (room), Triggered (aegis) Sketch the outline of a portal and it will open soon after, leading between you and your target. If sketched onto an aegis, the portal rune will attack the limbs of your enemy, crippling one at random.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Destruction	Unleash arcane mayhem upon them
Syntax:	SKETCH DESTRUCTION SKETCH DESTRUCTION ONTO <aegis>
Required:	1 ruby dust
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
Cooldown:
Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Type: Triggered The destruction rune will attack the physical form of your enemy with spears of terrible energy, damaging their health.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Irritation	Irritation made real
Syntax:	SKETCH IRRITATION SKETCH IRRITATION ONTO <aegis>
Required:	2 topaz dust
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
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Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Type: Triggered The irritation rune will attack your enemy with a maddening rash that gives them the itchy affliction.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Addling	Eat away at the bonds of their sanity
Syntax:	SKETCH ADDLING SKETCH ADDLING ONTO <aegis>
Required:	1 topaz dust, 1 emerald dust
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
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Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Type: Triggered The addling rune will corrupt the mind of your enemy, afflicting them with dementia. This rune will work regardless of the clarity defence, and will strip the defence from your target. If sketched onto an aegis, the addling rune will always be the first rune to fire.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Entrapment	A rune of entrapment
Syntax:	SKETCH ENTRAPMENT SKETCH ENTRAPMENT ONTO <aegis>
Required:	2 ruby dust
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
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Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Type: Triggered The entrapment rune will send magical ropes to entangle your enemy.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Slumber	A rune of somnolent influence
Syntax:	SKETCH SLUMBER SKETCH SLUMBER ONTO <aegis>
Required:	1 diamond dust
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
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Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Type: Triggered The slumber rune will instill a lulling drowsiness into your enemy as it attempts to put them into a deep sleep. If sketched onto an aegis, the slumber rune will always be the last rune to fire.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Arrogance	Symbolic arrogance
Syntax:	SKETCH ARROGANCE SKETCH ARROGANCE ONTO <aegis>
Required:	1 emerald dust, 1 ruby dust
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
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Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Type: Triggered The rune of arrogance will bolster your own pride, giving you the egocentric affliction.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Leaching	Feed upon the mana of your victims
Syntax:	SKETCH LEACHING SKETCH LEACHING ONTO <aegis>
Required:	2 emerald dust, 1 ruby dust
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
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Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Type: Triggered This powerful glyph will draw upon the mental strength of your enemies, draining mana from them.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Gravity	Tear down the skies
Syntax:	SKETCH GRAVITY SKETCH GRAVITY ONTO <aegis>
Required:	1 topaz dust, 2 emerald dust
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:
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Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Type: Triggered The rune of gravity will pull anybody above the ground elevation back to earth after a short delay. This affects everybody into the room, regardless of enemy status. After a period of time, the rune will fade on its own if not sketched on an aegis.
Note:	{{{note}}}

Clarity	A mark of eldritch mastery
Syntax:	SKETCH CLARITY SKETCH CLARITY ONTO <aegis>
Required:	1 topaz dust, 1 diamond dust
Channels:	{{{channels}}}
Shapes:	{{{shapes}}}
Transitions:	{{{transitions}}}
Attacks:	{{{attacks}}}
Works against:	Players only
Cooldown:
Attune Effect:	{{{attune}}}
Symbol:	{{{symbol}}}
Details:	Type: Persistent This powerful glyph will empower your spells while you stand in its presence, concentrating unrefined magic into a deadlier form. Your arcane-sourced spells will do 15% more damage, while ALL mana costs will be increased by 25%. Only the creator of this glyph will be affected by it. After a period of time, the glyph will fade on its own if not sketched on an aegis.
Note:	{{{note}}}