Skills

Causes targets to need to make a will check or run from you for 1d4 rounds. If you are a priest of Joasri, Spector, or Zodo, add your Runic Energy as a penalty to their will check.

Dark Alignment

Component Cost: 2 Sun Flowers and 3 Morning Glories

With this mighty summon you call upon the Light Realm for assistance. Brilliant white light floods the battlefield. All enemies are dealt 2d% damage and are blinded for 1d6 rounds. The arcessomancer and his or her allies are unharmed.

Grants self and those in a 3x3 area (allies and enemies) double of each action type (can attack twice, use two potions, move twice, etc), double runic speed, and double movement for 1d3 rounds. Double the duration if you are a priest of the Four Winds.

Light Alignment

Component Cost: 1 Bog Beacon Mushroom

With this summon you call upon the departed lost souls of the world to torment your enemies. Suddenly, your enemies begin hearing voices, feeling sudden temperature shifts, and seeing things which aren't there. This decreases their melee power by ½ for 1d4 rounds.

Either remove the effects of poison by touch or cause 1d6 Vitality poison (non-stacking) by touch. If you are a priest of Spector, the poisoning increases to 1d8.

Neutral Alignment

Increase the end of session character point reward, found treasures, and any money found by 20%.

Please Note: You will not gain extra character points for using this skill.

Grants you the benefits of rage and not the negatives when in rage. This skill doesn't give you the rage status effect. Instead, should you become enraged or get the rage status effect, because you possess this skill you will only get the benefits and not the negatives. If you are a Priest of Arameas, this becomes an aura effect, affecting yourself and anyone right next to you.

Neutral Alignment

Makes you appear more intimidating giving you an extra 3 to Influence and targets a -3 penalty to Will when using Glamour.

Neutral Alignment

+10 to Will and an extra +5 to Influence per level of mastery for 1 day.

Neutral Alignment

Lets you combine a number of items to make a new item:

• 2 Items: Easy Insight Check
• 3 Items: Normal Insight Check
• 4 Items: Hard Insight Check
• 5 Items: Impossible Insight Check

N/A

You can harm or heal a target that you touch by your Runic Energy + 1d6. Double the effect if you are a priest of Nikolai.

Healing the target only is considered Light Alignment

Healing and Harming is considered Neutral Alignment

Component Cost: 3 Almonds

With this summon you call for help to withstand possession and mind alteration, and that is what you gain. During the rest of the battle, you cannot be controlled.

Component Cost: 1 Snake Grass and 2 Black Lichen

With this summon you call upon the lord of the shadow realm, Joasri, for help. The great trickster responds by whispering into the minds of all but the arcessomancer, asking for a sacrifice of 50 HP, allies and enemies. Those who refuse must make a will check. If they fail the will check, they begin to hallucinate and begin to attack themselves to try and rid themselves of the monsters they imagine are on them. The temptation then comes in the second round where they are promised that they would be cured of their fears if they would sacrifice 100 Vitality. If they refuse, the will continue to attack themselves and hallucinate for the next 3 rounds (4 rounds total). Allies can be spared if the arcessomancer spends double the stat and component costs.

Increase Hit Chance by 10% with attack type per level.

The Attack Types are:

• Punching
• Kicking
• Grappling
• Bashing

Each martial attack type is its own skill and you would have to level up each one individually. Just because you have an attack type punching at level 3 you won't also have grappling at level 3. When you acquire grappling it will be at level 1.

Increases the attack value of your martial arts weapon by 10% per level of mastery. This is a percentage increase, not a flat value increase. If your attack value with your weapon is 10, this skill will make it 11. 

The Martial Arts Weapons are:

• Unarmed
• Katana
• Nunchucks
• Rods

Each weapon type is its on skill and you would have to level up each one individually. Just because you have an weapon type unarmed at level 3 you won't also have nunchucks at level 3. When you acquire nunchucks it will be at level 1.

Components Cost: 2 Moon Flowers and 3 Bog Beacon Mushrooms

A terrible, screaming, miniature hurricane roars its way onto the battlefield and batters it with high winds, heavy rain, and a massive flood. It deals 5d% damage to all enemies. Allies and arcessomancer are protected.

Causes enemies in a 3x3 area around you to need to make a will check with a 5 penalty or be controlled by you for 1 round.

A priest of Joasri increases the penalty by 1d6. A priest of Zodo increases the penalty by 1d4 and the area of effect to 4x4.

Dark Alignment

Component Cost: 2 Almonds

With this summon you call upon the power of Ova to protect you and your friends. She does so by providing all of you a protective layer of magical tree bark which covers your abdomen, legs, chest, and arms. This natural armor gives you a defense and spirit of 15 The armor falls off and disappears after 1d4 rounds.

Component Cost: 2 Spotted Mold and 1 Faded Hope Willow Leaf

With this summon you call upon the power of Ova to bless you and your friends. She responds by giving you all a regeneration effect on your Soul, Endurance, and Power of 5 per round, which does stack if called upon again. The summon lasts for 1d10 rounds.

Component Cost: 1 Fairy's Stool Mushroom

With this summon you call upon the spirit of mother nature, Ova, to aide you and your friends in battle. She does so by steadily and slowly restoring your lost life. This provides a small regenerative effect that restores 4 Vitality per round for you and you allies for 1d10 rounds. The effect is stackable.

Component Cost: 1 Morning Glory and 1 Sun Flower

With this summon you call upon the spirit of mother nature, Ova, to smite your enemies. She does so by calling up a great tornado. All enemy targets must make a strength check with the arcessomancer's runic soul as a penalty. If the targets fail, they are wiped clean from the battlefield and the area. If they succeed, they will take the arcessomancer's Runic Energy x 20 magic damage.

Causes enemies in a 3x3 area around you to have a 5 penalty to any skill roll or stat check. The area of effect lasts for 2 rounds. If you are a priest of Joasri increase the penalty by 1d4.

Dark Alignment

Component Cost: 3 Dragon's Eyes and 3 vials of Bog Imp's Blood

With this you summon the god of the earth Norvus and the goddess of nature Ova. They join the battle, after each allies turn either Norvus or Ova will act. Norvus will repeat any attack increased by 20%. Ova will repeat any supportive action or spell increased by 20%. At the end of 1d6 rounds both will attack the enemies making them all roll for an instant death check (1d6 with 6 = death).

Component Cost: 1 Black Rose Petal

With this summon you call upon the magic of the other realms of existence to empower your own magic. With this your magic spells immediately become non-elemental and they do 25% more damage or have a 25% greater healing effect. Basically it is like your magic has become strong against every element, even your own. This removes the negatives against elements you are weak against and removes the chances of immunity. Once the summon's duration of 1d6 rounds is over, your magic returns to normal.

Buy or sell character points in point markets. Buy 1 character point for 50 shillings. Sell 1 character point for 25 shillings. The worth of character points increases per level, so at level 4 you would get to buy 4 character points for 50 shillings or sell 0.25 character points for 25 shillings. You can use Haggle with this skill.

Please Note: You will not gain extra character points for using this skill.You will however gain the extra character points for using Haggle.

Grants self and those in 3x3 area +5 to any skill roll or stat check while in the area of effect. The area of effect lasts for 1 round. If you are a priest of Nikolai increase the bonus by 1d4.

Light Alignment

The effects of this skill depend largely upon your character's deity. This can only be used once a battle.

Arameas: targets with negative alignments will receive Runic Energy Vitality damage. Targets with positive alignments will restore Vitality, Soul, and Endurance by Runic Energy. Those with neutral alignments are ignored. Light Alignment

El Anon: You and your allies armor and weapons restored, enemies dazed for 1d6 rounds and you and allies will not have to roll to hit for 1d6 rounds. Neutral Alignment

Joasri: The great trickster responds by whispering into the minds of all but the priest, asking for a sacrifice of 100 vitality, allies and enemies. Those who refuse must make a will check. If they fail the will check, they begin to hallucinate and begin to attack themselves to try and rid themselves of the monsters they imagine are on them. The temptation then comes in the second round where they are promised that they would be cured of their fears if they would sacrifice 200 vitality. If they refuse, the will continue to attack themselves and hallucinate for two more rounds. Dark Alignment

Kymara: You and your allies Vitality, Soul, and Endurance is restored by 1.5 x your runic energy, any possessions, negative status effects, and mind control is removed as well. Ky'Yurei may (with luck check) embody the priest's weapon doubling its attack power and causing instant death to anyone of a negative alignment for 1d6 rounds. Light Alignment

Nikolai: Beams of light batter the battlefield and the enemies, appearing very much like lightning bolts. All enemies are dealt 12d% damage, though if they have reflective armor such as glass the light will be reflected harmlessly away. All enemies will also suffer visual instability for the remainder of the battle, having to make perception checks to move or act. The priest and his or her allies are unharmed. Light Alignment

Norvus: Spiritual energy washes over you increasing your Strength and Fortitude by your runic energy temporarily for 1d6 rounds. Neutral Alignment

Ova: You call upon the power of Ova to protect you and your friends. She does so by providing all of you a protective layer of magical tree bark which covers your abdomen, legs, chest, and arms. This natural armor gives you a Defense and Spirit of 1d% for 1d6 rounds. Neutral Alignment

Spector: You call upon the power of Spector, the god of death, asking for him to vanquish your enemies. His power comes onto the battlefield to judge your enemies. Each enemy must roll a 1d6. If they roll a 6, they are instantly killed. If they roll a 1, they are restored completely.  Any other number is multiplied by 1d20 (per target) and dealt against them as vitality damage. Neutral Alignment

The Four Winds: You call upon the power of the four winds to help you in combat. The four winds respond, with Eros giving your weapon an extra 1d% magic damage plus 1d10 stackable poison damage. Zephyr blesses your feet giving you double movement. Solara blesses your armor so that is neglects 20% of any physical or magical damage. Tyria increases your reflexes letting you make a second attack action. This all lasts for 1d6 rounds. Neutral Alignment

Zodo: Your weapon, whatever it may be, in empowered by the powers of the forsaken realm of Xodod and its destructive magic. Every attack you do with your weapon sends a black flame copy to every other enemy target, doing the same attack and same amount of damage. Furthermore, your weapon is coated in the non-elemental fires of Xodod, giving you an additional magic damage of 1d%. Once the duration of the summon is over, your weapon returns to normal. This lasts for 1d6 rounds. Dark Alignment

Taal: All enemy targets must roll a 1d6. If the target rolls a 6, the target falls instantly asleep, and is unable to awaken for a for 1d6 rounds, no matter what happens to the target. Light Alignment

Grants self and those in a 3x3 area immunity to any kind of control for 1d4 rounds. Double duration and area of effect if you are a priest of Kymara.

Light Alignment

Component Cost: 1 Specter Daisy and 1 vial Black Maple Sap

With this summon you attempt to call forth a power from the Shadow Realm to aide you in combat. You reach forward, attempting to pull forth this power, but nothing comes forth. Instead, your very hands disappear into the Shadow Realm and reappear in the physical realm, multiplied to be in front of every enemy that is present on the battlefield. Your total melee damage is divided among all of the enemy targets but the shock of seeing your hand come out of no where has a 30% chance of dazing each enemy target for a round. There is a 10% chance that you and your allies will be dazed for a round from shock as well.

Component Cost: 1 Black Lichen and 2 Purple Haze Lilies

With this summon you call out to Nikolai for aide. He arrives upon the battlefield, ready and willing to help the arcessomancer, but is ever confused about who is the enemy. Each round of the summon he will approach a random single target and ask for 20 Soul. If the target agrees, the target will be left alone for that round. If the target refuses, Nikolai will attack the target, doing 4d% magical damage to the target instantly. After 1d6 rounds Nikolai will disappear.

Damage done against opposite alignment targets doubled and always crit.

Either Light Alignment or Dark Alignment - cannot be neutral

Grants self and those in a 3x3 area +10 to Will against possession, fear, and rage for 1d4 rounds. If you are a priest of Kymara, increase the bonus by 1d6 and the area of effect by 1.

Neutral Alignment