Manifestation (skill)

Manifestation is a magical discipline which gives form to thought and impulse, drawing upon ambient shadow as the means to its end. The art includes the raising of phantasms, manipulations of time and space, and the symbiotic devouring of one's foes, its shadowy techniques prove as versatile as they are terrifying. Phantasms can be either mindless creations conjured whole from the thoughts of a Revenant, or emboldened to act of its own accord. Like the Shadow that they are woven from, a phantasm consumes with an insatiable hunger and will attack foes from all angles, but can also rejuvenate their masters at their own expense. Phantasms may be used for more than just destruction - when one masters the art and learns to manipulate shadow without falling into its treacherous influence, even death is merely a momentary setback.

Skill	Rank	Percent	Description
Phantasm	Inept	0 %	Manifest a phantasm of shadow.
Seek	Skilled	0 %	Send a phantasm to sniff them out.
Chimerization	Gifted	0 %	Devour your phantasms to gain their power.
Discord	Gifted	33 %	Instill discord into their bodily functions.
Metabolize	Gifted	66 %	Fully recuperate a devoured phantasm to gain its essence.
Shade	Gifted	66 %	Send a shade to watch your ally.
Sidestep	Expert	0 %	Distance is nothing to the power of shadow.
Parasite	Expert	33 %	Set a parasitic shadow on them.
Apocrypha	Fabled	33 %	Recite the words of the Apocrypha.
Embolden	Fabled	33 %	Will your phantasm to act upon its own accord.
Reanimate	Fabled	66 %	Call upon your phantasm to bring another back to life.
Retrieve	Mythical	75 %	Command your shade to bring its target to you.
Engulf	Transcendent	0 %	Engulf your ally in the protection of your phantasm.

Phantasms

Skill	Rank	Percent	Description
Influence	Novice	0 %	Your phantasm will influence your strikes, aiding accuracy.
Congeal	Apprentice	0 %	Will your phantasm into a protective barrier.
Leech	Capable	0 %	Draw upon your phantasm to heal your wounds.
Claw	Adept	0 %	Your phantasm will claw alongside your strikes.
Mire	Skilled	0 %	Corporeal shadow will mire attempts to heal.
Choke	Expert	33 %	Command your phantasm to damage your enemy from within.
Tether	Virtuoso	33 %	Tether a phantasm to your location.
Wail	Virtuoso	66 %	A piercing wail to disrupt mental faculties.
Absorb	Fabled	0 %	Your phantasm will greedily absorb your afflictions.
Siphon	Mythical	0 %	Siphon your phantasm's power to fuel your mind.
Symbiosis	Mythical	50 %	Suffuse yourself with the essence of those you slay.

Phantasm	Manifest a phantasm of shadow
Syntax:	PHANTASM <phantasm> and PHANTASM QUELL <phantasm>
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Details:	You may activate and deactivate what phantasm will be actively fed your mana, in return for its abilities. Each phantasm has a different cost. Some phantasms will aide the ally who possesses your shade as well, and their AB files will detail these benefits. Using PHANTASM alone will detail which phantasms are affecting you.
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Seek	Send a phantasm to sniff them out
Syntax:	PHANTASM SEEK <target>
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Details:	Send out a phantasm to learn where your target is. Should that target possess your shade, or they have been struck with the mark of livfa, you will gain more details about their location.
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Chimerization	Devour your phantasms to gain their power
Syntax:	PHANTASM DEVOUR <phantasm> and PHANTASM QUELL CHIMERIZED <phantasm>
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Details:	Consume your phantasm and chimerize yourself with it. This will cause your phantasm to cease consuming your mana, but it will be weaker in this form, and only affect you. You may only chimerize three phantasms at once, lest your memories be food for the phantasms.
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Discord	Instill discord into their bodily functions
Syntax:	PHANTASM DISCORD <target> <affliction>
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Details:	Draw forth twisted shadows to strike at your target from below, bringing discord to their bodily functions. Afflictions possible: Paresis, stupidity, and confusion.
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Metabolize	Fully recuperate a devoured phantasm to gain its essence
Syntax:	PHANTASM METABOLIZE
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Details:	Disrupt the normal order and consume a random chimerized phantasm in return for healed health and mana. The more skilled you are in Manifestation, the more will be returned. This skill can be used while off-balance or off-equilibrium.
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Shade	Send a shade to watch your ally
Syntax:	PHANTASM SHADE <ally> or PHANTASM SHADE NOBODY
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Details:	Break away a piece of your shadow, your shade, and set it to haunt an ally. They must also consider you an ally in order for the shade to truly latch on. If you are not in the same location as your ally there will be a short delay while your shade travels. Your shaded ally can choose to REJECT PROTECTION to cast off your shade. This ability is necessary for many other abilities, which cannot affect others without a piece of yourself present to ground them.
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Sidestep	Distance is nothing to the power of shadow
Syntax:	PHANTASM SIDESTEP [PHANTASM]
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Details:	Step through your shadow to your shade, they are the same. If you have tethered a phantasm, you may specify that and travel to it instead. Monolith sigils will prevent this form of transportation. NOTE: If you should unintentionally end up in the Forgotten, please make sure to write down your circumstances accurately. The next Revenant to arrive will add your account to the handbook.
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Parasite	Set a parasitic shadow on them
Syntax:	PHANTASM PARASITE <target>
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Details:	Set a phantasm on your target, and it will feed from them. This will grant them the withering affliction.
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Apocrypha	Recite the words of the Apocrypha
Syntax:	PHANTASM APOCRYPHA
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Details:	At dawn, when the grip of night has faded, you may call upon the phantasmal Apocrypha and begin the day with vigilance by extolling the dangers of encroaching Shadow to all present and granting them experience. The amount of experience awarded is increased based on the number of people present. If you perform the Apocrypha before the forbidding barrier in the Revenant's Roost, you will also gain the 'apocrypha' defence for one hour, which will increase your resistance to denizen damage by 5%.
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Embolden	Will your phantasm to act upon its own accord
Syntax:	PHANTASM EMBOLDEN
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Details:	By focusing on your phantasms, you may embolden them to act freely, negating their need to feed on your mind. If you perform an aggressive action they will return to normal in order to allow you to focus on combat once more.
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Reanimate	Call upon your phantasm to bring another back to life
Syntax:	PHANTASM REANIMATE <target>
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Details:	Bring a corpse held in your arms back to life with a phantasm. Metaphysical questions of soul and what manner they are crammed back inside are merely academic. They may choose to not accept, or take too long, causing the phantasm to disperse and the chance to be lost.
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Retrieve	Command your shade to bring its target to you
Syntax:	PHANTASM RETRIEVE
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Details:	Summon your shade, provided you are on the same continent. Whomever your shade is attached to will be brought along.
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Engulf	Engulf your ally in the protection of your phantasm
Syntax:	PHANTASM ENGULF
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Details:	Allow your shade to fully engulf your ally for a temporary amount of time, deepening the bond and further making you the same in the eyes of shadow. You will both experience increased health and resistances while in the same location, as well as random afflictions fading periodically. The cooldown of this ability is applied to both you and your ally. Neither can be affected by this skill until the cooldown is complete. Cooldown (both you and ally): 2 hours
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Influence	Your phantasm will influence your strikes, aiding accuracy
Syntax:	PHANTASM INFLUENCE
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Details:	This phantasm will influence your strikes, enhancing your accuracy. Afflictions and effects attempting to harm said accuracy will be bypassed. This includes bows, though your phantasm is less effective at a distance. Phantasm: 20% increased to hit, increased dexterity. Chimerized: 10% increased chance to hit. Your shade will share this effect with your ally, should they be in your location.
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Congeal	Will your phantasm into a protective barrier
Syntax:	PHANTASM CONGEAL
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Details:	Utilize a phantasm to protect your physical form, from attacks both physical and magical. Phantasm: 15% resistance to cutting, blunt, and magical damage, and increased wisdom. Chimerized: 5% of the same. Your shade will share this effect with your ally, should they be in your location.
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Leech	Draw upon your phantasm to heal your wounds
Syntax:	PHANTASM LEECH
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Details:	Allow a phantasm to do what it does best: leech from your surroundings in order to bolster itself. Your health regeneration and constitution will be increased. Phantasm: 7% health regeneration, increased constitution Chimerized: 5% health regeneration. Your shade will share this effect with your ally, should they be in your location.
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Claw	Your phantasm will claw alongside your strikes
Syntax:	PHANTASM CLAW
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Details:	A phantasm to damage enemies with magical damage. It will also increase your strength. Phantasm: 10% magical damage to enemies, increased strength Chimerized: 5% magical damage to enemies Your shade will share this effect with your ally, should they be in your location.
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Mire	Corporeal shadow will mire attempts to heal
Syntax:	PHANTASM MIRE
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Details:	Disperse a phantasm to mire the area in shadow, reducing the effectiveness of non-natural healing for everyone present. Phantasm: 60% less non-natural healing Chimerized: 25% less non-natural healing The one gifted with your shade will be immune.
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Choke	Command your phantasm to damage your enemy from within
Syntax:	PHANTASM CHOKE
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Details:	Gift a phantasm to your enemies, which will make its home in their throats, sickening them from within. These sicknesses include the following afflictions: Vomiting, allergies, recklessness, masochism, epilepsy, or mirroring. Phantasm: The affliction is hidden from the target. Chimerized: They will know what has been done. Your shade will share this effect with your ally, should they be in your location.
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Tether	Tether a phantasm to your location
Syntax:	PHANTASM TETHER [OFF]
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Details:	Leave your phantasm tethered to a location. You may then use Sidestep to travel there. After a quarter of a day, the phantasm will fade.
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Wail	A piercing wail to disrupt mental faculties
Syntax:	PHANTASM WAIL
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Details:	The most annoying phantasm will pierce the ears and minds of all those around you, disrupting their minds and increasing their usage of mana. Phantasm: 50% increase to mana costs Chimerized: 20% increase to mana costs The one gifted with your shade will be immune.
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Absorb	Your phantasm will greedily absorb your afflictions
Syntax:	PHANTASM ABSORB
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Details:	A phantasm to absorb afflictions. If you are paralysed, it will be as well, and be unable to aide you. Phantasm: Cures a random affliction every 14 seconds. Chimerized: Cures a random affliction every 20 seconds. Your shade will share this effect with your ally, should they be in your location.
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Siphon	Siphon your phantasm's power to fuel your mind
Syntax:	PHANTASM SIPHON
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Details:	Siphon mana from the world around you, through the medium of your phantasm. This will increase your mana regeneration and intelligence. Phantasm: 7% mana regeneration, increased intelligence Chimerized: 5% mana regeneration Your shade will share this effect with your ally, should they be in your location.
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Symbiosis	Suffuse yourself with the essence of those you slay
Syntax:	PHANTASM SYMBIOSIS
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Works against:	Both players and NPCs
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Details:	The ultimate expression of what your phantasm desires. Feed from those you slay. Denizens are less tasty, and give less. Phantasm: Full health, mana, endurance, and willpower (based on the target) Chimerized: 33% health and mana, 10% endurance/willpower of the above Your shade will share this effect with your ally, should they be in your location.
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