Fianna
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| =Fianna Spells= | =Fianna Spells= | ||
| - | The spells are awful, like beyond awful. The only one that is of any use at all is Wee Size that allows big things to shrink down and get through openings, but even then you can't turn it off. | + | *RIP* Fianna spells, we hardly knew ye! Only spell left is the (newish) Fey Bolt, a very expensive electrical bolt which may or may not be good (testing needed) |
| - | The biggest travesty are spells like Fae Grace and Powrie's Strength, which give 50 Quickness and 50 Strength at MAX. So that's basically over 1,000 skill points to get 50 Quickness, which probably | + | |
| - | gives 1 Speed if you're lucky. | + | |
| - | ==Fae Bolt== | + | ==Fey Bolt== |
| - | Knowledge Requirement : has at least 50 points among [[imagination]] skill, [[poetry]] skill, [[legend lore]] skill, and [[telesmatic weapon]] skill | + | Knowledge Requirement : has at least 50 points among imagination skill, poetry skill, legend lore skill, elektraturgy skill with related skills contributing, and thaumaturgy skill |
| - | Rating Formula : 30% of [[poetry]] skill plus 50% of [[imagination]] skill plus 50% of [[evocation]] skill | + | Rating Formula : 30% of poetry skill plus 50% of imagination skill plus 50% of evocation skill plus 75% of elektraturgy skill with related skills contributing plus 50% of thaumaturgy skill |
| Rating Minimum : 15 | Rating Minimum : 15 | ||
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| Rating Maximum : 650 | Rating Maximum : 650 | ||
| - | Energy Costs : ten points of spiritual energy and ten points of endurance | + | Energy Costs : thirty-five points of spiritual energy and five points of endurance |
| - | Process to Activate Fianna Spell : imagine a bolt of fae energy <target> | + | Process to Activate Fianna Spell : imagine a bolt of fey lightning striking down <target> |
| + | This ability summons forth a bolt of magickal lightning to strike down an opponent. Though formal knowledge of magickal skills is not required to learn or activate this | ||
| + | ability, those practiced in the arts of elektraturgy and thaumaturgy can use this spell to devastating effect. Though this spell is associated with the fey races by members of the | ||
| + | Fianna, it is not actually derived from the power of fey blood, but rather is an ancient spell known by garou devotees of the Fianna who were originally granted knowledge of the | ||
| + | power to control lightning by Aeda, the Earthmother. | ||
| - | This fae ability summons forth a tiny, stinging needle of pure magickal energy to strike at an opponent. Targetting on this ability is all but non-existent, since the needle itself reacts to hostile intent towards whoever summoned it. Summoning this needle outside of combat will yield no results, and summoning it in combat will allow it to lash out at an opponent. | ||
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| - | ==Fae Grace== | ||
| - | Knowledge Requirement : has at least 50 points among [[imagination]] skill, [[quickness]] skill, [[combat reflexes]] skill, and [[somatesthesia]] skill | ||
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| - | Rating Formula : 50% of [[poetry]] skill plus 75% of [[imagination]] skill plus 50% of [[enchantment]] skill | ||
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| - | Rating Minimum : 55 | ||
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| - | Rating Maximum : 650 | ||
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| - | Energy Costs : forty-five points of spiritual energy and sixty-five points of endurance | ||
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| - | Process to Activate Fianna Spell : imagine the speed and grace of a faerie in flight | ||
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| - | The closeness of the bond between the Fianna and the Fae can be concentrated into brief bursts. These short bursts are known as Fae Grace. Under such an effect, time moves differently around your form, and you will find your movements faster and much more graceful. | ||
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| - | ==Glibness== | ||
| - | Knowledge Requirement : has at least 50 points among [[imagination]] skill, [[savoir faire]] skill, [[haggling]] skill, and [[linguistics]] skill | ||
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| - | Rating Formula : 40% of [[poetry]] skill plus 60% of [[imagination]] skill plus 50% of [[enchantment]] skill | ||
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| - | Rating Minimum : 15 | ||
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| - | Rating Maximum : 650 | ||
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| - | Energy Costs : forty points of spiritual energy and ten points of endurance | ||
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| - | Process to Activate Fianna Spell : imagine a silvery spoon | ||
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| - | The first thing the Fianna are known for is their passion for life. A close second is their natural gift for gab and glibness of tongue. This fae ability enhances a Fianna's already prodigious social abilities, making them truly entertaining and persuasive. | ||
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| - | ==Powrie's Strength== | ||
| - | Knowledge Requirement : has at least 50 points among [[legend lore]] skill, [[massive blow]] skill, [[load bearing]] skill, and [[massive exertion]] skill or has at least 10 points in [[sanguiphrasty]] skill | ||
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| - | Rating Formula : 50% of [[poetry]] skill plus 45% of [[enchantment]] skill plus 50% of [[imagination]] skill | ||
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| - | Rating Minimum : 50 | ||
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| - | Rating Maximum : 400 | ||
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| - | Energy Costs : seventy-five points of spiritual energy and fifty-five points of endurance | ||
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| - | Process to Activate Fianna Spell : imagine the savage blood strength of the powrie | ||
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| - | Among the various fae beings, there is a particular type known as the Powrie. These odd fae creatures are known for their freakish strength for their size. This spell grants the caster the proportionate strength of the powrie. The process of acquiring this strength is an ordeal, and few can manage to maintain this extreme level of strength for any period of time. It is best used when a sudden, short burst of strength is needed, for it tends to fade as quickly as the sun chases away the morning mist. | ||
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| - | ==Wee Size== | ||
| - | Knowledge Requirement : has at least 50 points among [[imagination]] skill, [[poetry]] skill, and [[legend lore]] skill | ||
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| - | Rating Formula : 25% of [[poetry]] skill plus 50% of [[imagination]] skill plus 60% of [[enchantment]] skill | ||
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| - | Rating Minimum : 15 | ||
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| - | Rating Maximum : 100 | ||
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| - | Energy Costs : sixty-five points of spiritual energy and ninety-five points of endurance | ||
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| - | Process to Activate Fianna Spell : imagine myself smaller | ||
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| - | The fae have long been referred to as the 'wee folk' due to their generally diminutive size. This Fianna spell grants the Fianna the ability to reduce their size down. Upon initial use of this ability, the size change may not be much. At higher proficiency in this ability, the Fianna will be able to shrink down to a very diminutive stature. This change in size does not reduce the user's strength at all. This ability is very useful for getting into small places normally prohibited by one's normal bulk. | ||
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Due to a particular pact or agreement between the ancestral inhabitants of Avalon, a small number of individuals were granted the ability to take upon themselves a handful of powers of the fey to help them in protecting the realm. Lacking the immortality of some of the fey races, the mortal counterparts of this pact were granted the ability to pass these powers down through their bloodlines. Not every generation will have Fianna amongst them, and the abilities tend to skip several generations at a time. By some catalyst known only to the fey granting these powers, those gifted to become Fianna show up during times of change or oppression to help protect and guide their kinsmen.
Many generations of shorter lived races can pass in a single lifetime of most fey beings. The original pact between just a handful, when passed down through the generations, resulted in beings far and wide being able to call upon that ancestral tie. Though the original mortals of the pact were humans, the pact has been seen in garou, sleklith, and sekh. How this has come to be is unknown, but after centuries, only a handful of races did not display at least one individual capable of becoming a Fianna. Those few races that were excluded have some history with the fey races in the dawn of time. Demonic races, no matter how little demonic blood remains in their veins, are excluded entirely from the Fianna. So too are direct descendents of the original fey, since their ancestors were the part of the pact that was granting the powers used by the Fianna. Part of the calling of the Fianna is to uphold to oral traditions of the original fey, which is expressed in rhymes and tales older than written language. Where the uninitiated hear a simple folk tale, the Fianna hear the history of the worlds. With the advent of written language and the subsequent use of books to convey history, the oral tradition of the fey fell into disuse. These books became tools for those in power to manipulate history to their liking, changing facts and all but eradicating the original way of life of fey creatures. As such, the fey that empower the Fianna have a particular dislike for advocates of certain religions who actively sought to reduce the fey's influence upon the world by changing the names of holy days and places, and by subjugating the truth of the fey's existence into mere children's stories.
The retelling of the fey's true history is a sacred trust, and as such, poetry is a paramount skill for the Fianna. These warrior poets are also noted for their courage and imagination. It is their imagination which fuels the powers granted to them by their fey pact, and only through their imagination can they believe that the tales they heard as a bedtime story may have some truth to them.
The Fianna have a certain metaphysical rapport with one another which includes the ability to communicate regardless of distance and language via the 'fianna' communication channel. For further information, please refer to 'help fianna spells'.
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Minimum skill reqs
Courage and History to 30? Some Imagination (More than 28, at least 30)
Known compatible races
Amberite Sekh Garou Dracon Troll Shoggoth
- Note: Vivisecting into a fae race after joining Fianna as a non-fae race is possible, but one loses access to the fianna spells by doing so. Unclear as to whether or not the ability to use the spells can be regained somehow.
- Shoggothim must have a hurgkthorg flgath ng'flgath to join.
Known compatible guilds
- Aligned work very well as Fianna.
- Aisenshi
- Zetesai, particularly good with an imaginary friend.
Failure to join messages
Cailte asserts, _\\|The Fianna are known fer bein' warrior-poets. Take a wild guess at t' which part of that ye aren't.|//_ to you. (poetry skill requirement)
Cailte asserts, _\\|The fey whisper t' me and tell me tha' yer mind be too dull fer their liking. Larn t' loosen up a wee bit.|//_ to you. (apparently an imagination skill requirement)
Cailte asserts, _\\|I can tell just by lookin' at ye, and how ye cow yer head, that ye are far too much of a coward to be counted among our ranks.|//_ to you. (probably courage, or, maybe, tenacity)
Cailte asserts, _\\|You cannot join the Fianna because you are a nihilist.|//_ to you.
Cailte asserts, _\\|You cannot join the Fianna because you are a racist.|//_ to you.
Incompatibilities
The tan male garou asserts, _\\|As a White Maiden of the Coven, you could not become a warrior by joining the Fianna.|//_
You'll be unable to advance as a Fianna if you worship Yehovah, join the Pantarchic Church, are berserk, have fey blood, or have demonic blood. You can still be in such associations, as there are several ways to work around the join process, but you just won't be able to advance to the next level afterward.
- Note: Also strippable and rejoinable immediately.
Association leader
Specialty Details
[min..]max REQUIREMENTS Courage 1..+10 Enchantment 1..+10 Imagination 1..+10 Poetry 1..+10
2 int x 1 wil x 1 per
ACCESS Acting +1 Awareness +3 Axe +3 Balance +1 Combat Reflexes +3 Dodge +3 Enchantment +1 Find Weakness +1 Lack of Weakness +1 Linguistics +5 Legend Lore +1 Memory +3 Mimicry +1 Musical Composition +5 Percussion Instruments +5 Precision Strike +1 Prose +7 Quickness +3 Running +1 Swimming +1 Savoir Faire +1 Shield +3 Singing +5 Spear +3 Staff +3 Storytelling +1 Streetwise +1 Stringed Instruments +5 Sword +3 Vocalization +5 Wind Instruments +5
Fianna Spells
*RIP* Fianna spells, we hardly knew ye! Only spell left is the (newish) Fey Bolt, a very expensive electrical bolt which may or may not be good (testing needed)
Fey Bolt
Knowledge Requirement : has at least 50 points among imagination skill, poetry skill, legend lore skill, elektraturgy skill with related skills contributing, and thaumaturgy skill
Rating Formula : 30% of poetry skill plus 50% of imagination skill plus 50% of evocation skill plus 75% of elektraturgy skill with related skills contributing plus 50% of thaumaturgy skill
Rating Minimum : 15
Rating Maximum : 650
Energy Costs : thirty-five points of spiritual energy and five points of endurance
Process to Activate Fianna Spell : imagine a bolt of fey lightning striking down <target>
This ability summons forth a bolt of magickal lightning to strike down an opponent. Though formal knowledge of magickal skills is not required to learn or activate this ability, those practiced in the arts of elektraturgy and thaumaturgy can use this spell to devastating effect. Though this spell is associated with the fey races by members of the Fianna, it is not actually derived from the power of fey blood, but rather is an ancient spell known by garou devotees of the Fianna who were originally granted knowledge of the power to control lightning by Aeda, the Earthmother.
