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- | The Azure Magi, a group of aeromancers, traverse the skies above the mountains of the southern continent, Tenochlan. They | + | =Guild Help= |
- | embody the chaotic nature of the winds, as well as the impartiality of nature. | + | |
- | =Joining the Azure Magi= | + | You are a member of Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris, a cabal of magi attuned to meteorological energies. |
- | {{spoilers}} | + | |
+ | Like all magi, you require a handful of esoteric skills that will allow you to manipulate the arcane, as well as a deep reserve of spiritual energy. In addition to these skills and energies, you will use several techniques and power stores unique to your order. | ||
- | On the main Almerian map, at coordinates 19, -33 there is an exit eastup into the Azure Magi guildhall. Presumably the Azure Magi live high in the mountains as it is close to the chaotic winds of the world -- otherwise I have no clue why they live up there. | + | Your primary style of spell usage is aeroturgic. While many factors affect the weather, the atmosphere is the medium in which those factors combine with the most dynamism and fungibility. Elemental air energy is thus of great value to a Frater Zephyrius Mutatoris. |
+ | Underlying the patterns of the atmosphere is raw chaos, and it is incumbent upon you to reflect this chaos within your spirit. This will both allow you to better manipulate and draw out the deepest mysteries of the weather, and give you a valuable ethos by which to live your life. The universe, like the weather, is fickle, and it takes a certain acceptance and transmission of its fickle nature in order to harmoniously express and manifest one's most personal self. (More on this below.) | ||
+ | Overlaying the patterns of the atmosphere is electricity, the highest and most intense form that the weather takes. Electricity is the fuel for the most powerful and dangerous of your spells. | ||
- | the Azure Magi guildhall [n, wd] | + | These three things -- elemental air, chaos, and electricity -- serve as fuel that you can use to manipulate and resonate with any number of natural phenomena. Almost as many of us find comfort in a life at sea as one in the clear skies; some prefer the starry night, others a tempestuous storm. Precipitation is commonly manipulated by the Frater Zephyrius Mutatoris, but there have been those that could call upon fiery heat of the desert, or the lensing effects of water droplets, or even the atmospheric vacuum of deep space. |
- | You see a wooden-framed white wooden bulletin board and Torlira the Master of the Wind. | + | |
- | This relatively large room is where the Azure Magi make their home. The walls are | + | As mentioned a moment ago, a certain type of chaotic ethos is central to your spellcasting prowess. This does not mean that you must be a prancing fool (after the fashion of Discordians) or rampantly destructive (after the fashion of most adventurers) -- though some of us have been those things. It means rather that you must strive to maintain a certain degree of independence and spontaneity within you. As the weather emerges as a system in its own right out of a confluence of forces, so the Frater Zephyrius Mutatoris must always strive to be more than the sum of his surroundings; he must always bring something new and uniquely himself to every situation. |
- | all painted bright azure, and give off a warm glow. To the north is another | + | |
- | section of the guildhall, while westdown leads out. Obvious exits are north and | + | |
- | westdown. You see a wooden-framed white wooden bulletin board and Torlira the Master | + | |
- | of the Wind. | + | |
- | Torlira is a middle aged aviar of approximately forty years. Her proud face bears the | + | While most of our order are wanderers, and while there is no official hierarchy within the cabal, a certain degree of civility is expected among its members. The cabal recognizes that this is rather difficult, as its Magi tend to be strong personalities. Nonetheless, the egregore that you use is maintained by the strength of the ethos that you follow and the energies that you command collectively within your spirits. With inner strife, our magicks are be weakened. |
- | marks of intelligence, experience and power. She is the leader of the Azure Magi, a | + | |
- | guild of powerful aeromancers. She looks about nineteen and a half dimins tall, five and | + | |
- | two fifths dimins wide and one and seven twentieths dimins long. She is in good shape | + | |
- | and is resting. Snowy-white mists surround her. She wields an iron-banded oak | + | |
- | quarterstaff in her hands. She wears a robe around her body. | + | |
- | If you are not a member of a guild, you may receive information on the Azure Magi by typing | + | =Joining the Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris= |
- | 'help guild'. If you wish to join the Order of the Azure Magi, say 'pledge me to the Azure | + | {{spoilers}} |
- | Magi'. To leave them, say 'I renounce the Azure Magi'. Azure Magi may say the command | + | |
- | 'advance'. | + | |
- | Torlira's limbs are named head, chest, right wing, left wing, right arm, left arm, right hand, | + | In [[Tetlacana]], at coordinates 7, 39, 0 there is an exit "in" to the guildhall. |
- | left hand, right leg, left leg, right foot and left foot. Torlira was created by Rand; | + | |
- | The source code was last updated Wed Mar 07 11:05:29 2007. | + | |
- | The aviar race was created by Chaos and Nightmare; | + | |
- | the source code was last updated Fri Jun 15 17:48:01 2007. | + | |
- | Torlira is a middle aged aviar with vast amounts of intelligence, experience, and power. | + | The guildmaster is Torlira, a female aviar. If you wish to join the Order of Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris, say 'pledge me to Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris'. To leave them, say 'I renounce Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris'. |
- | She is the leader of the Azure Magi and has been given the title of Master of the Wind. | + | |
+ | The OZM is a chaotic neutral guild. This means that you CANNOT level up unless you are chaotic neutral, or very close to it. | ||
+ | Torlira quietly intones, ~* As a Stalker of the Gate, you could not become a proponent of chaos by joining Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris. *~ to <§> | ||
+ | Arcane <§> . | ||
- | You say, "pledge me to the Azure Magi" in lyrically-accented Anglic. | + | Torlira told me I could not join because literacy too low at 40. It seems to require anything over 40. Joined successfully at 41 and 44. |
- | &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Azure Magi News &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& | + | |
- | & & | + | |
- | & Welcome to the Azure Magi guild; a group of dangerous aeromancers & | + | |
- | & serving chaotic neutrality. & | + | |
- | & & | + | |
- | & All the help files have been written. Type 'help spells' for a & | + | |
- | & complete listing of all the spells, the minimum level required to use & | + | |
- | & that spell and also what type of spell it is (Offensive, Defensive, or & | + | |
- | & Utility). & | + | |
- | & & | + | |
- | & We're always open to suggestions, comments, ideas and the like, so & | + | |
- | & don't hesitate to mud-mail us, or talk to me if I'm online. & | + | |
- | & & | + | |
- | & --Fixy & Rand (95/07/18) & | + | |
- | &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& | + | |
- | You begin to float in the air. | + | |
- | You wear your robe around your body. | + | |
- | You are now a first-degree specialist in aeromancy, arcane lore, chaos affinity, Enochian, | + | |
- | introspection, legerdemain,memory, prestidigitation, scholarship and telesmatic weapon. | + | |
- | You are now a second-degree specialist in literacy. | + | |
- | You are now a third-degree specialist in centering and channeling. | + | |
+ | ==Leaving== | ||
+ | If you have left the Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris, there is a 4 month wait before you are able to rejoin. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Required and bonus specialties== | ||
+ | Bonus Min | ||
+ | [[Literacy]] 2 | ||
+ | [[Prose]] 2 | ||
+ | |||
+ | So that's 4 [[intellect]] specialties. | ||
{{endspoilers}} | {{endspoilers}} | ||
- | =Guild Help Files= | + | =Specialty access= |
+ | |||
+ | Aeroturgy 50 | ||
+ | Alchemy 20 | ||
+ | Anatomy 7 | ||
+ | Anglic 13 | ||
+ | Animal Lore 4 | ||
+ | Animaphrasty 10 | ||
+ | Arcane Lore 10 | ||
+ | Archery 3 | ||
+ | Aretophrasty 10 | ||
+ | Armour Lore 4 | ||
+ | Astrology 10 | ||
+ | Awareness 4 | ||
+ | Bellerophrasty 30 | ||
+ | Cartography 7 | ||
+ | Centering 20 | ||
+ | Chaoturgy 50 | ||
+ | Combat Reflexes 4 | ||
+ | Concentration 20 | ||
+ | Conjuration 20 | ||
+ | Cosmology 4 | ||
+ | Courage 4 | ||
+ | Critical Thinking 7 | ||
+ | Dagger 4 | ||
+ | Dancing 3 | ||
+ | Diplomacy 7 | ||
+ | Discipline 4 | ||
+ | Dodge 4 | ||
+ | Elektraturgy 50 | ||
+ | Elude Pursuit 4 | ||
+ | Enchantment 20 | ||
+ | Equilibrium 20 | ||
+ | Equipment Maintenance 4 | ||
+ | Ergiphrasty 10 | ||
+ | Etiquette 7 | ||
+ | Evocation 20 | ||
+ | Farming 3 | ||
+ | Finance 3 | ||
+ | First Aid 4 | ||
+ | Fishing 3 | ||
+ | Fletching 3 | ||
+ | Flight 4 | ||
+ | Gem Lore 4 | ||
+ | History 7 | ||
+ | Horticulture 3 | ||
+ | Hylophrasty 10 | ||
+ | Imagination 4 | ||
+ | Insect Lore 4 | ||
+ | Introspection 7 | ||
+ | Keraunaturgy 50 | ||
+ | Klimaphrasty 10 | ||
+ | Law 4 | ||
+ | Leadership 7 | ||
+ | Legend Lore 7 | ||
+ | Legerdemain 7 | ||
+ | Literacy 10 | ||
+ | Load Bearing 4 | ||
+ | Logic 7 | ||
+ | Logistics 4 | ||
+ | Mathematics 7 | ||
+ | Meditation 7 | ||
+ | Memory 7 | ||
+ | Musical Composition 3 | ||
+ | Navigation 3 | ||
+ | Nymophrasty 10 | ||
+ | Orienteering 4 | ||
+ | Ownership 7 | ||
+ | Percussion Instruments 3 | ||
+ | Philosophy 7 | ||
+ | Physics 10 | ||
+ | Plant Lore 4 | ||
+ | Poetry 3 | ||
+ | Politics 7 | ||
+ | Precision Strike 4 | ||
+ | Prestidigitation 20 | ||
+ | Prose 10 | ||
+ | Psychology 7 | ||
+ | Psychophrasty 10 | ||
+ | Resilience 4 | ||
+ | Rhetoric 7 | ||
+ | Rigging 3 | ||
+ | Rune Lore 10 | ||
+ | Scholarship 10 | ||
+ | Seamanship 3 | ||
+ | Singing 3 | ||
+ | Staff 4 | ||
+ | Steadiness 4 | ||
+ | Streetwise 3 | ||
+ | Stringed Instruments 3 | ||
+ | Summoning 20 | ||
+ | Swimming 4 | ||
+ | Symbology 20 | ||
+ | Teaching 7 | ||
+ | Tenacity 4 | ||
+ | Thaumaturgy 50 | ||
+ | Theology 7 | ||
+ | Throwing 4 | ||
+ | Vocalization 3 | ||
+ | Weapon Lore 4 | ||
+ | Weaving 3 | ||
+ | Wind Instruments 3 | ||
+ | Wyrding 20 | ||
+ | |||
+ | =Skills= | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Aerina]] is available in the guildhall for training. | ||
- | The Azure Magi | + | =Spells= |
+ | Before any spells may be cast, you must enter into the proper mental state for hermetic spellcasting, forming a mental link with the magickal forces they wish to wield. For members of Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris, this link is called a ventus -- a mental approximation of the chaotic flows of the winds. To initiate your ventus, simply visualize a chaotic swirl of air forming a serpentine rune. To dismiss your ventus, concentrate on withdrawing your connection to the winds. | ||
- | You are a member of the Azure Magi of Lost Souls, a guild of powerful aeromancers dedicated to serving chaotic neutrality and all it stands for. | + | The spells of Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris involve [[evocation]] processes of varying sorts, but they all begin by incanting the spell's name, followed by the target (if any), in the [[Enochian]] tongue. Some spells have additional requirements, such as material components or an environs with respirable air. These will be noted in each spells help file. |
- | The Azure Magi, or wind magi, use wind as a medium for their magickal art. | + | |
- | The Azure Magi study and harness chaos the chaos of the weather by reflecting that chaos within themselves. Each Azure Magi much strive to | + | The syntax for casting spells is 'cast <spell name> [on <target> | with <component> | using <argument> | without <spell step>]'. See Spellcasting for detailed information. |
- | maintain his independence and spontaneity, and his spellcasting will be hindered if he does not do so. | + | |
- | Despite this, the Azure Magi are a dedicated cabal, and it is only by strict perseverance and disciplined study of nature that he can advance in | + | Your rating for any spell step is determined by a weighted average of certain attributes and skills, listed in the help file. You must have a certain minimum rating (also listed) into order to cast the spell at all, and every point above that rating will increase the effectiveness and decrease the energy cost of the spell. Exactly how much it's decreased depends on the difficulty of the spell step -- ordinary steps will go down to about half of the base rating, while more difficult steps will go down by only a small fraction. |
- | his arcane abilities. While there is no official hierarchy in the Azure Magi, members are expected to be, at the very least, civil to one another. | + | |
- | Read 'help spells' for information on Azure Magi spells and spellcasting. | + | Spells do not have endurance cost, except when cast in combat. The amount of extra energy it takes to cast a combat spell is determined by one's skill at [[legerdemain]]. |
- | === Trainers === | + | Almost all combat spells require you to aim them and can potentially be dodged; your attack rating with these spells is determined by your [[wyrding]] along with the relevant magickal control skills (such as [[aeroturgy]] and [[elektraturgy]]) and their mother attributes. |
- | ==== Aerina the Learned ==== | + | |
- | * Location: Azure Magi Guild Hall | + | |
- | Aerina is a simple aviar woman, of about fifty years of age, but behind her eyes, | + | Many spells utilized by Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris require the knowledge of specific runes, some spells may even make use of multiple runes. To find help on Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris runes, simply 'help [[ordo zephyrius mutatoris runes]]'. |
- | you sense great knowledge and experience. She works here, in the Azure Magi study, | + | |
- | to teach aeromancers things they need for casting spells. She looks about eighteen | + | |
- | dimins tall, five and a twentieth dimins wide and one and a quarter dimins long. | + | |
- | She is in good shape. Frosty-black mists surround her. She wears a robe around her body. | + | |
- | Aerina's limbs are named head, chest, right wing, left wing, right arm, left arm, right hand, | + | ==Spellcasting== |
- | left hand, right leg,left leg, right foot and left foot. | + | To cast a spell, simply type "cast <spell name>". One specifies targets with the preposition "on", and specifies components with the |
+ | preposition "with", lastly one specifies spell arguments using the preposition "using". | ||
- | Aerina is an instructor and responds to the following verbal commands: | + | Certain steps in spellcasting are optional and can be skipped. Skipping a step will tend to make casting the spell more difficult and more |
+ | energetically expensive. However, it results in the spell being faster to cast, and can indirectly aid in the spell being cast by skipping steps | ||
+ | that involve magickal skills with which one is less practiced. To skip spellcasting steps, use the preposition "without". | ||
- | Availability inquiry: Aerina, what do you teach? | + | The order of the prepositions matters: first specify targets, then components, then spell arguments, then skipped steps. |
- | Cost inquiry: Aerina, what would a lesson in <subject> cost? | + | |
- | Instruction request: Aerina, teach me <subject(s)>. | + | |
- | Aerina was created by Rand; the source code was last updated Sat Jun 02 09:32:09 2007. | + | To get a description of the steps one uses to cast a spell, set the "verbose spellcasting" depiction to on. This will also give you an |
- | The aviar race was created by Chaos and Nightmare; | + | indication of how well one is managing the spellcasting process. |
- | the source code was last updated Fri Jun 15 17:48:01 2007. | + | |
- | Aerina the Learned is a simple woman with great knowledge and experience. | + | For most spellcasting steps it is possible to fumble the spellcasting process if one's relevant magickal skills and their mother attributes are |
- | She works in the Azure Magi study teaching aeromancers things they need for | + | insufficient to manage even a skeleton of the correct procedure. The effects of fumbling vary, but typically involve one being overwhelmed by the |
- | casting spells. | + | type of energies involved in controlling that spell step, resulting in damage to one's body and spiritual energy reserves. For example, if one |
+ | fumbled Taxos Anemou, a spell involving [[aeroturgy]], one would receive elemental air damage that affected both one's body and spirit. Skipping | ||
+ | spellcasting steps makes the spell more difficult to control and thus makes fumbling more likely. | ||
- | Aerina intones, ~* I can provide instruction in [[aeromancy]], [[arcane lore]], [[centering]], [[channeling]], | + | ==List== |
- | [[conjuring]], [[enchanting]], the [[Enochian]] language, [[evocation]], [[legerdemain]], [[linguistics]], [[literacy]], | + | Currently incomplete |
- | [[meditation]], [[memory]], [[metaphysics]], [[prestidigitation]], [[scholarship]], [[symbology]] and the use of | + | |
- | [[telesmatic weapons]]. *~ to you in Anglic. | + | |
- | -Azure Magi Spell Table- | + | /---------------------------------- Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris Spell Summary ----------------------------------\ |
- | + | | Spell Summary Common Name Spell Type | | |
- | The spells of the Azure Magi involve evocation processes of varying sorts, but they all begin by incanting the spell's name, followed by the | + | >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------< |
- | target (if any), in the Enochian tongue. Some spells have additional requirements, such as material components or an environs with respirable air. | + | | Anemos Chaos chaoswind area attack [[chaoswind (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Chaoswind]] area of effect attack | |
- | These will be noted in each spells help file. | + | | Astrape Serpentina sorcerous chain lightning attack [[serpentina's Lightning (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Serpentina's Lightning]] area of effect attack | |
+ | | Epombria water area attack [[torrential rain (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Torrential Rain]] area of effect attack | | ||
+ | | Procella clinging, shredding air area attack [[squall (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Squall]] area of effect attack | | ||
+ | | Concalo extradimensional spirit conjuration [[summon (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Summon]] conjuration | | ||
+ | | Convocatione Vocabunt gather existing summons [[call summons (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Call Summons]] conjuration | | ||
+ | | Eiri Psyche manifest benevolent rainbow spirit [[rainbow butterfly (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Rainbow Butterfly]] construction | | ||
+ | | Aemophthoria elemental air attack [[wind blast (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Wind Blast]] directed attack | | ||
+ | | Aemophthoria Heremites desert wind attack [[desert wind blast (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Desert Wind Blast]] directed attack | | ||
+ | | Aemophthoria Skia umbral wind attack [[umbral wind blast (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Umbral Wind Blast]] directed attack | | ||
+ | | Aither clinging vacuum attack [[rarify aether (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Rarified Aether]] directed attack | | ||
+ | | Anemostrophos sorcerous wind attack [[tornado (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Tornado]] directed attack | | ||
+ | | Astra magickal attack [[Magick Dust (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris Spell)|Magick Dust]] directed attack | | ||
+ | | Astrape lightning attack [[lightning bolt (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Lightning Bolt]] directed attack | | ||
+ | | Astrape Chaos chaos-infused lightning attack [[chaos lightning (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Chaos Lightning]] directed attack | | ||
+ | | Astrape Skia umbral lightning attack [[Umbral Lightning (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris Spell)|Umbral Lightning Bolt]] directed attack | | ||
+ | | Brontema thunder attack [[thunderclap (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Thunderclap]] directed attack | | ||
+ | | Krios break door [[compression ram (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Ram]] directed attack | | ||
+ | | Magicae Iaculum mana attack [[magick dart (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Magick Dart]] directed attack | | ||
+ | | Pneuma Kokusasa shrieking wind attack [[shrieking gale (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Shrieking Gale]] directed attack | | ||
+ | | Spinthar elemental air attack [[seeker spark (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Seeker Spark]] directed attack | | ||
+ | | Epistasis end one's enchantment [[Disenchant (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Disenchant]] dispell | | ||
+ | | Scientia de Ventis identification [[knowledge of the winds (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Knowledge of The Winds]] divination | | ||
+ | | Tropos orientation [[direction of the winds (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Direction of The Winds]] divination | | ||
+ | | Aer Vincula constraints of reified air [[scithial bonds (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Scithial Bonds]] enchantment | | ||
+ | | Aggelopteros magickal wings [[welkin wings (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Welkin Wings]] enchantment | | ||
+ | | Allevo Sarcina load bearing boost [[lighten load (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Lighten Load]] enchantment | | ||
+ | | Anastrape electrical protection [[electrical protection (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Lightning Ward]] enchantment | | ||
+ | | Animo Creui psychic protection [[mind maelstrom (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Mind Maelstrom]] enchantment | | ||
+ | | Apportation using the winds to move objects [[Apportation (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Apportation]] enchantment | | ||
+ | | Auge multifaceted sensory enhancement [[sunlit senses (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Sunlit Senses]] enchantment | | ||
+ | | Caelum Furia resilience/ruthlessness boost [[skyfury (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Skyfury]] enchantment | | ||
+ | | Eidos Anemou invulnerability [[essence of the wind (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Essence of The Wind]] enchantment | | ||
+ | | Electrica electrical contact damage [[electrification (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Electrification]] enchantment | | ||
+ | | Exokeanismos multifaceted protection charm [[sea's blessing (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Sea's Blessing]] enchantment | | ||
+ | | Hekros Anemou protective wind barrier [[wall of wind (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Wall of Wind]] enchantment | | ||
+ | | Mollis Laevitas order/earth/cold resistance [[resilient volatility (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Resilient Volatility]] enchantment | | ||
+ | | Mousike Animou thunder protection [[windsong (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Windsong]] enchantment | | ||
+ | | Nepheleidon anorganic, cloud-like state [[cloud form (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Cloud Form]] enchantment | | ||
+ | | Ploion wingless flight [[drift (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Drift]] enchantment | | ||
+ | | Pneuma respiratory replenishment [[Breath of air (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Breath of Air]] enchantment | | ||
+ | | Taxos Anemou burst of speed [[wind speed (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Wind Speed]] enchantment | | ||
+ | | Torpor analgesia [[numb (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Numb]] enchantment | | ||
+ | | Typhos physical/elemental protection [[fog (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Fog]] enchantment | | ||
+ | | Rheumatizon weather energy infusion [[channel currents (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Channel Currents]] energy channeling | | ||
+ | | Colligentes Venti gradual energy accumulation [[Gather Wind (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Gather Wind]] energy collection | | ||
+ | | Pneuma Psyche rejuvenation [[breath of life (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Breath of Life]] healing | | ||
+ | | Pneuma Nymphikos hasten weapon [[sylphic pulse (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Sylphic Pulse]] item enchantment | | ||
+ | | Vehi Ventis teleportation [[ride the winds (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Ride the Winds]] teleportation | | ||
+ | | Concelo extradimensional interference [[Shroud (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Shroud]] weather modification | | ||
+ | | Electrica Tempestas mobile storm area attack [[electrical storm (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Electrical Storm]] weather modification | | ||
+ | | Noctilucent Caligo visibility enhancement [[noctilucent mist (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Noctilucent Mist]] weather modification | | ||
+ | | Phlogeos increase atmospheric combustibility [[dephlogisticate air (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Dephlogisticate Air]] weather modification | | ||
+ | | Zephyrus restorative atmospheric effect [[zephyr (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|Zephyr]] weather modification | | ||
+ | \------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------/ | ||
+ | :Currently known old spells that are missing: | ||
+ | [[feather mantle (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|feather mantle]] armour encumbrance reduction | ||
+ | [[osprey's call (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|osprey's call]] avian charm | ||
+ | [[thunderforge (Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris spell)|thunderforge]] mass weapon electrification | ||
- | Your rating in a spell is determined by a weighted average of certain attributes and skills, listed in the help file. You must have a certain | + | =Playstyle= |
- | minimum rating (also listed) into order to cast the spell at all, and every point above that rating will increase the effectiveness and decrease the | + | Early Game (levels 0-20): |
- | energy cost of the spell. Exactly how much it's decreased depends on the difficulty of the spell -- ordinary spells will go down to about half of the | + | Inconclusive, but playstyle seems to be based around summoning things (Concalo) and then throwing down damage-over-time effects with Squall/Tornado, while keeping yourself protected and punishing attacks with Electrica. |
- | base rating, while more difficult spells will go down by only a small fraction. | + | |
- | The available spells, and your ratings in them, are as follows. (Spells not castable are deemphasized.) | + | Early-Midgame (Levels 20-??): |
+ | You can start relying on things like flight (drift) and fog for dodgy defence; magick dart/dust will help a lot and are powerful spells in their own right if not thematically satisfying. Tornado is still a good opener - buff up, open with that, and fling magick darts at them. Bring summons if you don't mind the exp hit while you spell (heh) others' doom. | ||
- | [[breath of air (Azure Magi spell)|breath of air]] [[breath of life (Azure Magi spell)|breath of life]] [[channel currents (Azure Magi spell)|channel currents]] [[chaoswind (Azure Magi spell)|chaoswind]] | + | But that's just what works for me and I'm hardly an expert; your mileage may vary! |
- | [[dephlogisticate air (Azure Magi spell)|dephlogisticate air]] [[direction of the winds (Azure Magi spell)|direction of the winds]] [[drift (Azure Magi spell)|drift]] [[essence of the wind (Azure Magi spell)|essence of the wind]] | + | |
- | [[fog (Azure Magi spell)|fog]] [[lightning bolt (Azure Magi spell)|lightning bolt]] [[ride the winds (Azure Magi spell)|ride the winds]] [[shrieking gale (Azure Magi spell)|shrieking gale]] | + | |
- | [[summon (Azure Magi spell)|summon]] [[thunderclap (Azure Magi spell)|thunderclap]] [[tornado (Azure Magi spell)|tornado]] [[torrential rain (Azure Magi spell)|torrential rain]] | + | |
- | [[wall of wind (Azure Magi spell)|wall of wind]] [[wind blast (Azure Magi spell)|wind blast]] [[wind speed (Azure Magi spell)|wind speed]] [[zephyr (Azure Magi spell)|zephyr]] | + | |
- | Almost all combat spells require you to aim them and can potentially be dodged; your attack rating with these spells is always determined by your | + | It seems that better summons get unlocked with more skills, or perhaps greater perfection in the skills for Concalo, but I'm still looking into this. |
- | [[telesmatic weapon]], [[aeromancy]], and their mother attributes. | + | |
- | Spells do not have endurance cost, except when cast in combat. The amount of extra energy it takes to cast a combat spell is determined by one's | + | --Calabora |
- | skill at [[legerdemain]]. | + | |
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- | Spells and other special abilities your character can use may be obtained | + | |
- | by joining one of the guilds, associations or offices available in various | + | |
- | locations throughout Lost Souls | + | |
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- | Individual help is available for each spell. | + | |
+ | =Conflicts= | ||
+ | Storm Walkers are warriors, so you are barred from joining. | ||
+ | Can't be Ordered. | ||
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[[Category: Guilds]] | [[Category: Guilds]] | ||
- | [[Category: Azure Magi guild]] | + | [[Category: Affiliations]] |
+ | [[Category: Chaotic (affiliation types)]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Initiate (affiliation types)]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Magician (affiliation types)]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Scholar (affiliation types)]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris]] |
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Guild Help
You are a member of Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris, a cabal of magi attuned to meteorological energies.
Like all magi, you require a handful of esoteric skills that will allow you to manipulate the arcane, as well as a deep reserve of spiritual energy. In addition to these skills and energies, you will use several techniques and power stores unique to your order.
Your primary style of spell usage is aeroturgic. While many factors affect the weather, the atmosphere is the medium in which those factors combine with the most dynamism and fungibility. Elemental air energy is thus of great value to a Frater Zephyrius Mutatoris.
Underlying the patterns of the atmosphere is raw chaos, and it is incumbent upon you to reflect this chaos within your spirit. This will both allow you to better manipulate and draw out the deepest mysteries of the weather, and give you a valuable ethos by which to live your life. The universe, like the weather, is fickle, and it takes a certain acceptance and transmission of its fickle nature in order to harmoniously express and manifest one's most personal self. (More on this below.)
Overlaying the patterns of the atmosphere is electricity, the highest and most intense form that the weather takes. Electricity is the fuel for the most powerful and dangerous of your spells.
These three things -- elemental air, chaos, and electricity -- serve as fuel that you can use to manipulate and resonate with any number of natural phenomena. Almost as many of us find comfort in a life at sea as one in the clear skies; some prefer the starry night, others a tempestuous storm. Precipitation is commonly manipulated by the Frater Zephyrius Mutatoris, but there have been those that could call upon fiery heat of the desert, or the lensing effects of water droplets, or even the atmospheric vacuum of deep space.
As mentioned a moment ago, a certain type of chaotic ethos is central to your spellcasting prowess. This does not mean that you must be a prancing fool (after the fashion of Discordians) or rampantly destructive (after the fashion of most adventurers) -- though some of us have been those things. It means rather that you must strive to maintain a certain degree of independence and spontaneity within you. As the weather emerges as a system in its own right out of a confluence of forces, so the Frater Zephyrius Mutatoris must always strive to be more than the sum of his surroundings; he must always bring something new and uniquely himself to every situation.
While most of our order are wanderers, and while there is no official hierarchy within the cabal, a certain degree of civility is expected among its members. The cabal recognizes that this is rather difficult, as its Magi tend to be strong personalities. Nonetheless, the egregore that you use is maintained by the strength of the ethos that you follow and the energies that you command collectively within your spirits. With inner strife, our magicks are be weakened.
Joining the Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris
In Tetlacana, at coordinates 7, 39, 0 there is an exit "in" to the guildhall.
The guildmaster is Torlira, a female aviar. If you wish to join the Order of Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris, say 'pledge me to Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris'. To leave them, say 'I renounce Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris'.
The OZM is a chaotic neutral guild. This means that you CANNOT level up unless you are chaotic neutral, or very close to it.
Torlira quietly intones, ~* As a Stalker of the Gate, you could not become a proponent of chaos by joining Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris. *~ to <§> Arcane <§> .
Torlira told me I could not join because literacy too low at 40. It seems to require anything over 40. Joined successfully at 41 and 44.
Leaving
If you have left the Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris, there is a 4 month wait before you are able to rejoin.
Required and bonus specialties
Bonus Min Literacy 2 Prose 2
So that's 4 intellect specialties.
Specialty access
Aeroturgy 50 Alchemy 20 Anatomy 7 Anglic 13 Animal Lore 4 Animaphrasty 10 Arcane Lore 10 Archery 3 Aretophrasty 10 Armour Lore 4 Astrology 10 Awareness 4 Bellerophrasty 30 Cartography 7 Centering 20 Chaoturgy 50 Combat Reflexes 4 Concentration 20 Conjuration 20 Cosmology 4 Courage 4 Critical Thinking 7 Dagger 4 Dancing 3 Diplomacy 7 Discipline 4 Dodge 4 Elektraturgy 50 Elude Pursuit 4 Enchantment 20 Equilibrium 20 Equipment Maintenance 4 Ergiphrasty 10 Etiquette 7 Evocation 20 Farming 3 Finance 3 First Aid 4 Fishing 3 Fletching 3 Flight 4 Gem Lore 4 History 7 Horticulture 3 Hylophrasty 10 Imagination 4 Insect Lore 4 Introspection 7 Keraunaturgy 50 Klimaphrasty 10 Law 4 Leadership 7 Legend Lore 7 Legerdemain 7 Literacy 10 Load Bearing 4 Logic 7 Logistics 4 Mathematics 7 Meditation 7 Memory 7 Musical Composition 3 Navigation 3 Nymophrasty 10 Orienteering 4 Ownership 7 Percussion Instruments 3 Philosophy 7 Physics 10 Plant Lore 4 Poetry 3 Politics 7 Precision Strike 4 Prestidigitation 20 Prose 10 Psychology 7 Psychophrasty 10 Resilience 4 Rhetoric 7 Rigging 3 Rune Lore 10 Scholarship 10 Seamanship 3 Singing 3 Staff 4 Steadiness 4 Streetwise 3 Stringed Instruments 3 Summoning 20 Swimming 4 Symbology 20 Teaching 7 Tenacity 4 Thaumaturgy 50 Theology 7 Throwing 4 Vocalization 3 Weapon Lore 4 Weaving 3 Wind Instruments 3 Wyrding 20
Skills
Aerina is available in the guildhall for training.
Spells
Before any spells may be cast, you must enter into the proper mental state for hermetic spellcasting, forming a mental link with the magickal forces they wish to wield. For members of Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris, this link is called a ventus -- a mental approximation of the chaotic flows of the winds. To initiate your ventus, simply visualize a chaotic swirl of air forming a serpentine rune. To dismiss your ventus, concentrate on withdrawing your connection to the winds.
The spells of Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris involve evocation processes of varying sorts, but they all begin by incanting the spell's name, followed by the target (if any), in the Enochian tongue. Some spells have additional requirements, such as material components or an environs with respirable air. These will be noted in each spells help file.
The syntax for casting spells is 'cast <spell name> [on <target> | with <component> | using <argument> | without <spell step>]'. See Spellcasting for detailed information.
Your rating for any spell step is determined by a weighted average of certain attributes and skills, listed in the help file. You must have a certain minimum rating (also listed) into order to cast the spell at all, and every point above that rating will increase the effectiveness and decrease the energy cost of the spell. Exactly how much it's decreased depends on the difficulty of the spell step -- ordinary steps will go down to about half of the base rating, while more difficult steps will go down by only a small fraction.
Spells do not have endurance cost, except when cast in combat. The amount of extra energy it takes to cast a combat spell is determined by one's skill at legerdemain.
Almost all combat spells require you to aim them and can potentially be dodged; your attack rating with these spells is determined by your wyrding along with the relevant magickal control skills (such as aeroturgy and elektraturgy) and their mother attributes.
Many spells utilized by Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris require the knowledge of specific runes, some spells may even make use of multiple runes. To find help on Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris runes, simply 'help ordo zephyrius mutatoris runes'.
Spellcasting
To cast a spell, simply type "cast <spell name>". One specifies targets with the preposition "on", and specifies components with the preposition "with", lastly one specifies spell arguments using the preposition "using".
Certain steps in spellcasting are optional and can be skipped. Skipping a step will tend to make casting the spell more difficult and more energetically expensive. However, it results in the spell being faster to cast, and can indirectly aid in the spell being cast by skipping steps that involve magickal skills with which one is less practiced. To skip spellcasting steps, use the preposition "without".
The order of the prepositions matters: first specify targets, then components, then spell arguments, then skipped steps.
To get a description of the steps one uses to cast a spell, set the "verbose spellcasting" depiction to on. This will also give you an indication of how well one is managing the spellcasting process.
For most spellcasting steps it is possible to fumble the spellcasting process if one's relevant magickal skills and their mother attributes are insufficient to manage even a skeleton of the correct procedure. The effects of fumbling vary, but typically involve one being overwhelmed by the type of energies involved in controlling that spell step, resulting in damage to one's body and spiritual energy reserves. For example, if one fumbled Taxos Anemou, a spell involving aeroturgy, one would receive elemental air damage that affected both one's body and spirit. Skipping spellcasting steps makes the spell more difficult to control and thus makes fumbling more likely.
List
Currently incomplete
/---------------------------------- Ordo Zephyrius Mutatoris Spell Summary ----------------------------------\ | Spell Summary Common Name Spell Type | >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------< | Anemos Chaos chaoswind area attack Chaoswind area of effect attack | | Astrape Serpentina sorcerous chain lightning attack Serpentina's Lightning area of effect attack | | Epombria water area attack Torrential Rain area of effect attack | | Procella clinging, shredding air area attack Squall area of effect attack | | Concalo extradimensional spirit conjuration Summon conjuration | | Convocatione Vocabunt gather existing summons Call Summons conjuration | | Eiri Psyche manifest benevolent rainbow spirit Rainbow Butterfly construction | | Aemophthoria elemental air attack Wind Blast directed attack | | Aemophthoria Heremites desert wind attack Desert Wind Blast directed attack | | Aemophthoria Skia umbral wind attack Umbral Wind Blast directed attack | | Aither clinging vacuum attack Rarified Aether directed attack | | Anemostrophos sorcerous wind attack Tornado directed attack | | Astra magickal attack Magick Dust directed attack | | Astrape lightning attack Lightning Bolt directed attack | | Astrape Chaos chaos-infused lightning attack Chaos Lightning directed attack | | Astrape Skia umbral lightning attack Umbral Lightning Bolt directed attack | | Brontema thunder attack Thunderclap directed attack | | Krios break door Ram directed attack | | Magicae Iaculum mana attack Magick Dart directed attack | | Pneuma Kokusasa shrieking wind attack Shrieking Gale directed attack | | Spinthar elemental air attack Seeker Spark directed attack | | Epistasis end one's enchantment Disenchant dispell | | Scientia de Ventis identification Knowledge of The Winds divination | | Tropos orientation Direction of The Winds divination | | Aer Vincula constraints of reified air Scithial Bonds enchantment | | Aggelopteros magickal wings Welkin Wings enchantment | | Allevo Sarcina load bearing boost Lighten Load enchantment | | Anastrape electrical protection Lightning Ward enchantment | | Animo Creui psychic protection Mind Maelstrom enchantment | | Apportation using the winds to move objects Apportation enchantment | | Auge multifaceted sensory enhancement Sunlit Senses enchantment | | Caelum Furia resilience/ruthlessness boost Skyfury enchantment | | Eidos Anemou invulnerability Essence of The Wind enchantment | | Electrica electrical contact damage Electrification enchantment | | Exokeanismos multifaceted protection charm Sea's Blessing enchantment | | Hekros Anemou protective wind barrier Wall of Wind enchantment | | Mollis Laevitas order/earth/cold resistance Resilient Volatility enchantment | | Mousike Animou thunder protection Windsong enchantment | | Nepheleidon anorganic, cloud-like state Cloud Form enchantment | | Ploion wingless flight Drift enchantment | | Pneuma respiratory replenishment Breath of Air enchantment | | Taxos Anemou burst of speed Wind Speed enchantment | | Torpor analgesia Numb enchantment | | Typhos physical/elemental protection Fog enchantment | | Rheumatizon weather energy infusion Channel Currents energy channeling | | Colligentes Venti gradual energy accumulation Gather Wind energy collection | | Pneuma Psyche rejuvenation Breath of Life healing | | Pneuma Nymphikos hasten weapon Sylphic Pulse item enchantment | | Vehi Ventis teleportation Ride the Winds teleportation | | Concelo extradimensional interference Shroud weather modification | | Electrica Tempestas mobile storm area attack Electrical Storm weather modification | | Noctilucent Caligo visibility enhancement Noctilucent Mist weather modification | | Phlogeos increase atmospheric combustibility Dephlogisticate Air weather modification | | Zephyrus restorative atmospheric effect Zephyr weather modification | \------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------/
- Currently known old spells that are missing:
feather mantle armour encumbrance reduction osprey's call avian charm thunderforge mass weapon electrification
Playstyle
Early Game (levels 0-20): Inconclusive, but playstyle seems to be based around summoning things (Concalo) and then throwing down damage-over-time effects with Squall/Tornado, while keeping yourself protected and punishing attacks with Electrica.
Early-Midgame (Levels 20-??): You can start relying on things like flight (drift) and fog for dodgy defence; magick dart/dust will help a lot and are powerful spells in their own right if not thematically satisfying. Tornado is still a good opener - buff up, open with that, and fling magick darts at them. Bring summons if you don't mind the exp hit while you spell (heh) others' doom.
But that's just what works for me and I'm hardly an expert; your mileage may vary!
It seems that better summons get unlocked with more skills, or perhaps greater perfection in the skills for Concalo, but I'm still looking into this.
--Calabora
Conflicts
Storm Walkers are warriors, so you are barred from joining.
Can't be Ordered.