Devotion

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Skill Rank Percent Description
Enlightenment Inept 0% Look into the soul of someone.
Hands Inept 50% Lay hands on a person to heal him.
Parting Novice 0% Water will pull apart to make way for your blessed self.
Truth Novice 50% Dispel illusions with the power of your devotion.
Rites Apprentice 0% List what rites are active.
Sustenance Apprentice 50% The Gods will provide for you.
Inspiration Capable 0% Gain an infusion of divinely-inspired strength.
Bliss Capable 50% Give a player a glimpse of paradise.
Pilgrimage Adept 0% Travel to a someone in a Rite of Pilgrimage
Purity Adept 50% Damage the Unholy.
Chaoscalm Skilled 0% Attack the chaotic nature of a chaos entity, pacifying it.
Peace Skilled 33% Give peace of soul to someone.
Warding Skilled 66% Drive your enemies off with overwhelming fear.
Force Gifted 0% Make a player follow your wish.
Focus Gifted 0% Focus your energies to anchor yourself to the ground.
Hellsight Gifted 33% Give a player a glimpse of Hell.
Dazzle Gifted 66% Confuse and dazzle an opponent.
Demons Expert 0% Summon demons to torment the unrighteous.
Severance Expert 33% Sever the holy energies of your rites.
Allsight Expert 66% Gain insight into all movement into and out of holy areas.
Healing Virtuoso 0% A powerful healing ability. Paladin only
Well-being Virtuoso 33% A rite to keep those nearby fed and rested.
Convocation Virtuoso 66% Call to you someone in a Rite of Convocation.
Revitalization Fabled 0% A rite to heal health and mana. Paladin only
Deliverance Fabled 33% Deliver a target unto you.
Prayer Fabled 66% Pray for the salvation of your congregation.
Banishment Mythical 0% Send the unholy Chaos entities back to their hell.
Resurrection Mythical 33% Grant life anew to a slain believer.
Absolution Mythical 66% Grant absolution to an afflicted victim.
Justice Transcendent 0% Empower your blades with holy energy. Paladin only
Damnation Transcendent 0% Curse the eternal soul of your victim.
Piety Transcendent 0% Bind those around you with the force of ultimate piety.

Enlightenment

Syntax:
PERFORM ENLIGHTENMENT/PERFORM ENLIGHTENMENT <player>
Devotion cost: 50

This enables you to check the level of Devotion of yourself or another.

Hands

Syntax:
PERFORM HANDS <player>
Devotion cost: 150

This ability will allow you to lay hands on another and heal them somewhat, depending on their level in either Devotion or Illumination. Those without either will benefit also, though the Undead and Necromancers will feel no benefit from your healing touch.

Parting

Syntax:
PERFORM PARTING <direction>
Devotion cost: 100

In true religious tradition, you will now be able to part the water in a location, allowing safe and dry passage.

Truth

Syntax:
PERFORM TRUTH
Devotion cost: 100

This ability allows you to detect certain types of hidden players in your room.

Rites

Syntax:
PERFORM TRUTH

This ability will show you what rites are operating in your room.

Sustenance

Syntax:
PERFORM TRUTH
Devotion cost: 1500

With this ability, you may feed yourself or others. You need to be holding a bowl of some sort in order for this to work. Upon performing the rite, your bowl will be filled with Divine manna, which will provide you with great sustenance. This may not be performed very often.

Inspiration

Syntax:
PERFORM INSPIRATION
Devotion cost: 500

This ability will cause you to pray for divinely-inspired strength, effectively raising your strength +2 for a short time.

Bliss

Syntax:
PERFORM BLISS <player>
Devotion cost: 1000

This will give your target a glimpse of Paradise. The vision will be so calming and refreshing that the person will receive many beneficial blessings.

Pilgrimage

Syntax:
PERFORM RITE OF PILGRIMAGE

PERFORM PILGRIMAGE <player>

Devotion cost:

500 for the rite
750 to actually pilgrimage

By performing the rite of pilgrimage, you are able to then pilgrimage to anyone standing in that rite.

Purity

Syntax:
PERFORM TRUTH
Devotion cost: 250

This will damage someone, with more damage done to the Undead and to Necromancers. It is worth noting that Purity can be used through most forms of magical barriers.

Chaoscalm

Syntax:
PERFORM CHAOSCALM <chaosentity>
Devotion cost: 750

Chaos entities are the stuff of disorder, and your ordered, calm behavior is striking enough to drive them into submission for a short period of time.

Peace

Syntax:
PERFORM PEACE <player>
Devotion cost: 100

Chaos entities are the stuff of disorder, and your ordered, calm behavior is striking enough to drive them into submission for a short period of time.

Warding

Syntax:
PERFORM RITE OF WARDING
Devotion cost: 300

Chaos entities are the stuff of disorder, and your ordered, calm behavior is striking enough to drive them into submission for a short period of time.

Focus

Syntax:
PERFORM FOCUS
Devotion cost: 900

By using this ability, you are able to use your Devotional energies to anchor yourself to the ground. Simply use it once more, to allow the energy to dissipate.

Force

Syntax:
PERFORM FORCE <player> <command>
Devotion cost: 2000

Using your power to manipulate Life, you may force a player to bend to your will and carry out your commands. The Undead and Necromancers will not easily fall prey to this ability.

Hellsight

Syntax:
PERFORM FOCUS
Devotion cost: 600

Using this ability, you will give your poor victim a vision of Hell itself. This will cause him much psychic stress as he witnesses the souls in pain and experiences part of their pain.

Dazzle

Syntax:
PERFORM FOCUS
Devotion cost: 250

This will dazzle the mind of a player and cause confusion and dizziness in him.

Demons

Syntax:
PERFORM RITE OF DEMONS
Devotion cost: 600

This rite will cause your enemies to be tormented by vengeful demons.

Severance

Syntax:
PERFORM RITE OF SEVERANCE [rite type]
Devotion cost: 500

This rite will sever all your holy rites at your current location, or just a single rite.

Allsight

Syntax:
PERFORM RITE OF ALLSIGHT
Devotion cost: 300

When activated, this ability will inform you whenever any of your enemies enters or leaves the room the Rite is in, including your natural enemies, the Necromancers, and the Undead.

Well-being

Syntax:
PERFORM RITE OF WELL-BEING
Devotion cost: 200

The rite of well-being is a beneficial rite to all in the room. While in it, one will not grow any hungrier or sleepier. It lasts for quite a bit longer than the standard rite.

Convocation

Syntax:
PERFORM RITE OF CONVOCATION

PERFORM CONVOCATION <player>

Devotion cost:

1000 for the Rite
1000 for the summoning

This powerful ability will allow you to create a Rite of Convocation. Anyone in a Rite of Convocation set up by you can then be summoned by you by doing PERFORM CONVOCATION <player>, providing that player does not have certain defences set up, such as the mass salve.

Deliverance

Syntax:
PERFORM DELIVERANCE <player>
Devotion cost: 1200

This will allow you to summon any ally across the continent, provided they also have you allied. A monolith sigil on either end of the deliverance will result in a failure.

Prayer

Syntax:
PERFORM RITE OF PRAYER

To perform this rite, there must be at least eight people together in a room. Novices do not count, however. All of the players must KNEEL before the rite can begin and no player may participate in this rite more than once every Aetolian month. It will gain you a certain amount of devotion for every player there, and will gain the members of the assembled congregation experience or devotion.

Banishment

Syntax:
PERFORM RITE OF BANISHMENT
Devotion cost: 750

This rite will occassionally attempt to destroy a chaos entity, provided that a minion of chaos, sent by the Chaos Prince, Dameron, is not in the room.

Resurrection

Syntax:
PERFORM RESURRECTION <player>
Devotion cost: 2000

One of the holiest of abilities, this will grant life anew to the target player.

Absolution

Syntax:
PERFORM ABSOLUTION <player>
Devotion cost: 1000

A powerful curing ability, you will absolve the target of his sins, curing Damnation and Curse.

Damnation

Syntax:
PERFORM DAMNATION <player>
Devotion cost: 1500

This terrible curse will cause the victim's body to disintegrate immediately upon death, leaving no chance for resurrection or restoration in the Tear of Lleis. Those suffering the curse of Damnation will also suffer additional experience loss on death.

Piety

Syntax:
PERFORM RITE OF PIETY
Devotion cost: 1000

This Rite will make it difficult for your enemies to leave the room, throwing them off balance occassionally when they attempt to leave.