Sciomancy (skill)

Sciomancy is used by the Sciomancers guild.

Skill	Rank	Percent	Description
Channel	Inept	0%	Open conduits to the Elemental Realms.
Lash	Inept	32%	Send a scourging lash of Shadow energy.
Flood	Inept	65%	Flood your surroundings with magical darkness.
Reflection	Novice	0%	Create a distracting illusion of yourself.
Galeward	Novice	66%	Protect yourself from afflictions with Wind.
Nightsight	Novice	75%	See through the shadows with ease.
Stoneskin	Apprentice	0%	Create a protective but supple layer of stone around you.
Fortification	Apprentice	33%	Protect your open channels from attack.
Stonebrand	Apprentice	66%	Place the brand of the Earth upon your foe.
Meteoswarm	Capable	0%	Summon a cloud of meteorites to batter your enemies.
Mirage	Capable	25%	Place a shifting mirage over your location.
Tornado	Capable	50%	Call down a tornado to empty the skies.
Voidstaff	Adept	0%	Place the mark of the Void upon your staff.
Scry	Adept	33%	Peer through the shadows to find your target.
Drain	Skilled	0%	Crack open the earth to drain away water.
Illusion	Skilled	33%	Conjure forth an illusion.
Windbrand	Gifted	0%	Place the brand of the Air upon your foe.
Quake	Gifted	33%	Shake the very earth underfoot.
Erode	Gifted	66%	Destroy the defenses of your enemy.
Bloodleech	Expert	0%	Leech the afflictions out of your blood.
Ring	Expert	50%	Extend the life of a crystalline vibration.
Binding	Virtuoso	0%	The magic of channel binding.
Condensate	Virtuoso	25%	Condense the water out of the air.
Shadowbrand	Fabled	0%	Place the brand of the Shadow upon your foe.
Simultaneity	Fabled	25%	Parallel channeling.
Copy	Fabled	50%	Copy the last ability performed against you.
Tune	Fabled	75%	Slow the decay of your vibrations.
Transfix	Mythical	0%	Mesmerize your target into inaction.
Shadeling	Mythical	33%	Solidify the shadows into an elemental daemon.
Voidgaze	Mythical	50%	Give your victims a glimpse of the void.
Stormhammer	Mythical	66%	Call down the wrath of the storm upon multiple enemies.
Singularity	Transcendent	0%	Prepare an unstable point of singularity.
Fluxus	Transcendent	0%	Transmogrify your foe at the elemental level.

Channel
Syntax:	CHANNEL EARTH/AIR/SHADOW
Description:	Using this ability, you may open a channel to one of the elemental realms to which you have access. Keeping these channels open has a cost in willpower. SEVER EARTH/AIR/SHADOW will close that channel. CHANNELS will list what channels you have open.

Lash
Syntax:	CAST LASH <target> CAST LASH ICEWALL [<direction>]
Description:	Elements: Shadow Send a lash of Shadow energy to strike out at your foe.

Flood
Syntax:	CAST FLOOD
Description:	Elements: Shadow Flood the area and its surroundings with magical darkness.

Reflection
Syntax:	CAST REFLECTION [target]
Description:	Elements: Air Create an illusion of yourself or another that will protect you against certain attacks.

Galeward
Syntax:	CAST GALEWARD
Description:	Elements: Air Create a ward of winds about your person with the chance to prevent being afflicted with venoms.

Nightsight
Syntax:	NIGHTSIGHT
Description:	See easily through the shadows that surround you.

Stoneskin
Syntax:	CAST STONESKIN
Description:	Elements: Earth Create a layer of supple stone about your frame to mitigate damage against your person

Fortification
Syntax:	FORTIFY <channel/ALL>
Description:	Using this ability will provide you protection against abilities that may attack your open elemental channels. These abilities will first have to attack your fortification before destroying your channel. However, fortify does have a regular willpower cost associated with it.

Stonebrand
Syntax:	CAST STONEBRAND <target>
Description:	Elements: Earth Place the Brand of the Stone upon your foe, causing their endurance usage to double.

Meteoswarm
Syntax:	CAST METEOSWARM
Description:	Elements: Earth, Air Call down meteorites from the sky to strike at your enemies.

Mirage
Syntax:	CAST MIRAGE
Description:	Elements: Air Create a mirage in your room, causing those seeking to look in to see elsewhere.

Tornado
Syntax:	CAST TORNADO <target>
Description:	Elements: Air Summon a tornado to knock a foe in the sky or the trees down to the ground.

Voidstaff
Syntax:	CAST VOIDSTAFF
Description:	Elements: Shadow, Air, Earth The elemental staff is perhaps the sciomancer's strongest pure-damage attack. Once you have summoned one, you may use the following attacks: STAFFCAST DISSOLUTION AT <player/mobile> (magical damage) STAFFCAST LIGHTNING AT <player/mobile> (electric damage) STAFFCAST SCINTILLA AT <player/mobile> (fire damage) STAFFCAST HORRIPILATION AT <player/mobile> (cold damage)

Scry
Syntax:	CAST SCRY AT <target>
Description:	Elements: Shadow, Air Peer through the realm of the Shadow to pinpoint your foe's location.

Drain
Syntax:	CAST DRAIN
Description:	Elements: Earth Crack open the earth underfoot to drain away the water in the room.

Illusion
Syntax:	CAST ILLUSION <illusion> CAST ILLUSION AT <target> <illusion>
Description:	Elements: Air Create an illusory image in the room, or target it at another through a cataclysm vibration. Note: You may use the $nl character to force a newline, however you may do so only once per illusion.

Windbrand
Syntax:	CAST WINDBRAND <target>
Description:	Elements: Air Place the Brand of the Wind upon your foe, extending the length of their elixir recovery time.

Quake
Syntax:	CAST QUAKE
Description:	Elements: Earth Create an earthquake underfoot to bounce your enemies out of thelocation.

Erode
Syntax:	CAST ERODE <TARGET>
Description:	Elements: Earth With your grip on the elements, you can cast a spell of erosion at your foe, destroying a defence.

Bloodleech
Syntax:	CAST BLOODLEECH
Description:	Elements: Earth Leech away your afflictions with the power of the elemental earth.

Ring
Syntax:	CAST RING
Description:	Elements: Shadow Call upon the Shadow to extend the life of your vibrations.

Binding
Syntax:	BIND <channel/ALL>
Description:	Like fortification, binding provides protection against losing your channels due to others attacking them. If a channel that is unfortified is attacked, binding will protect that channel a large percentage of the time. It has a willpower loss associated with it, however.

Condensate
Syntax:	CAST CONDENSATE
Description:	Elements: Air Force the water out of the air and flood your surroundings with the mass condensation.

Shadowbrand
Syntax:	CAST SHADOWBRAND <target>
Description:	Elements: Shadow Place the Brand of the Shadow upon your foe, increasing damage done to them by 5%.

Simultaneity
Syntax:	SIMULTANEITY
Description:	Simultaneously channel the Shadow, Air, and Earth elemental channels.

Copy
Syntax:	CAST COPY
Description:	Elements: Shadow, Air, Earth Through the primal elements, you can replicate the last aggressive attack targeted at you, and dish it out back at your opponent. Due to the nature of the ability, you must witness the attack with your own eyes in order to do so. You cannot replicate the attacks of those performed by a loyal servant, such as Angels or Golems. Note: If you are unable perform an ability successfully due to say an affliction, you will still be taxed by attempting to cast it.

Tune
Syntax:	CAST TUNE
Description:	Elements: Shadow Any vibrations that you own within the room will be set into a dormant state. They will no longer vibrate, but they will cease to decay. CAST RING will bring your vibrations out of this state along with focus in crystalism.

Transfix
Syntax:	CAST TRANSFIX AT <target>
Description:	Elements: Air, Earth Weave a pattern of air and earth to transfix your opponent into complacency.

Shadeling
Syntax:	CAST SHADELING ORDER SHADELING FREEZE <target>
Description:	Elements: Shadow Summon forth the shadeling, a being of elemental Shadow, to do your bidding. CALL ELEMENTALS will allow you to recall your shadeling should it be lost to you. You may also order your shadeling to freeze your target. This will take the place of the shadeling's regular attack.

Voidgaze
Syntax:	CAST VOIDGAZE <target>
Description:	If you have a target transfixed, you can create the image of a void before them, causing them to stare hopelessly into its depths.

Stormhammer
Syntax:	CAST STORMHAMMER AT <player/mobile> AND <player/mobile> AND <player/mobile>
Description:	Elements: Air This powerful attack can cast a lightning bolt at one, two, or three players or mobiles.

{{AB |skillname = Singularity |syntax = CAST SINGULARITY <timer> |description =Elements: Shadow Create an unstable singularity with a certain phase offset for safety. When the phase offset recorrects itself, the singularity will collapse violently.

Fluxus
Syntax:	CAST FLUXUS <target>
Description:	Elements: Shadow With the Shadow, Air, and Earth Brands upon your foe, you may force their own shadow to merge with their corporeal form, triggering a breakdown of their body into its constituent elements.