Minerva's Haruspices
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- | You are one of Minerva's chosen; a being of sufficient wisdom and strength of | + | The Haruspices are a secret society; never reveal your membership to the world at large. You may, however, instruct a potential member in how to join our ranks when you have taken adequate measures to ensure that they do not intend to act against us. |
- | mind to be initiated in her esteemed order of the Haruspices. As such, you | + | |
- | have been granted a circlet which, when worn, enables you to perform feats of | + | |
- | insight which have been heretofore unattainable by mortal beings. | + | |
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- | There are several skills that, when possessed by a Haruspex, provide for | + | |
- | more effective divinations; more information can be found in the help file | + | |
- | 'haruspex skills'. | + | |
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- | The various insight skills you gain by wearing this circlet are detailed in | + | |
- | the help file 'haruspex divination'; this file also contains fundamental | + | |
- | divination information and instruction. | + | |
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- | The Haruspices are a secret society; never reveal your membership to the world | + | |
- | at large. You may, however, instruct a potential member in how to join our | + | |
- | ranks when you have taken adequate measures to ensure that they do not intend | + | |
- | to act against us. | + | |
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- | With such powers come restrictions; read the help file 'haruspex restrictions' | + | |
- | for details. | + | |
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- | '''Haruspex Skills''' | + | |
- | Specialty requirements: | + | |
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- | You are now a first-degree specialist in astrology, divination, and literacy. [event logged] | + | |
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- | A Haruspex will find useful to hir divinations the skills of | + | |
- | [[anatomy]] | + | |
- | [[animal lore]] | + | |
- | [[divination]] | + | |
- | [[legend lore]] | + | |
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- | As these skills grow, one will find that | + | |
- | divinations become easier, and thus less taxing on one's spiritual reserves. | + | |
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- | '''Haruspex Divination''' | + | |
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- | As a Haruspex, you may perform four different types of divinations: | + | |
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- | divine location -- divine the general location of another being | + | |
- | divine area -- divine the exact circumstances of another being's | + | |
- | location | + | |
- | divine inventory -- divine the full inventory of another being | + | |
- | divine alignment -- divine the exact alignment of another being | + | |
- | divine artifact -- divine the general location of an artifact of the | + | |
- | land | + | |
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- | The syntax for divinations involving living beings is: | + | |
- | divine <being>'s <divination type> with <corpse> | + | |
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- | The syntax for artifact divination is: | + | |
- | divine artifact <artifact name> with <corpse> | + | |
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- | '''Haruspex Restrictions''' | + | |
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- | Due to the deep level of concentration that must be attained in order to | + | |
- | properly perform a divination, one must maintain an ordered alignment if one | + | |
- | expects to take advantage of the benefits of being a Haruspex. In addition, | + | |
- | a Haruspex may not use instruments of chaos, for these will disrupt the ordered | + | |
- | structure of the mind; nor may a Haruspex worship the goddess of Discord, | + | |
- | Eris. | + | |
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- | Jylarl says, "As a Stalker of the Gate, you could not become a proponent of order by joining the Haruspices." to you. | + | |
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- | Jylarl says, "The worship of Athena does not allow the veneration of Asmodai, so you cannot join the Haruspices." to you. | + | |
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- | It appears that you may not rejoin the Haruspices after leaving the association. | + | |
[[Category: Associations]][[Category: Affiliations]] | [[Category: Associations]][[Category: Affiliations]] | ||
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[[Category: Ordered (affiliation types)]] | [[Category: Ordered (affiliation types)]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Secret (affiliation types)]] |
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The Haruspices are a secret society; never reveal your membership to the world at large. You may, however, instruct a potential member in how to join our ranks when you have taken adequate measures to ensure that they do not intend to act against us.