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The Chosen of Vashanka, the God of War

Molin asks, <| So, you believe yourself worthy to join the Chosen of Vashanka? |> 
Molin looks you over.
Molin says, <| Well, I am not sure you are fit, but if you have enough money, perhaps.  An initiation tithe of fifteen thousand gold should suffice. |> 
Molin says, <| But he does not allow any of his flock to wield ordinary, unenchanted weapons, or weapons which do not pierce or cut. |> 
Molin says, <| You can leave at any time, but none of the gods of Sanctuary will accept you after that. |> 
Molin exclaims, <| You may worship here and become one of the Chosen of Vashanka! |> 
Molin exclaims, <| Vashanka treats his worshippers well! |> 
Molin says, <| Welcome to the Temple of Vashanka the Storm God. |> 

Vashanka grants each of his worshippers an amulet as a token of
their devotion and strength, through which his worshippers may call upon
his favor according to their stature.  Those who wear the amulet also
gain resistance to some forms of attack.

Vashanka is always seen in magical black and red armour, wielding
very formidable swords in either hand, exuding strength and power.  Vashanka
is known to be the eldest brother amongst the gods of Sanctuary.  He
considers both of his brothers cowards, and discourages association with
their followers.

Contents 1 Joining 2 Requirements 3 Abilities and Favour 4 Specialty Access 5 Conflicts 5.1 Spoilers

Joining

Visit Molin in Vashanka's Temple off Temple Street in Sanctuary. Say "I wish to devote myself to Vashanka".

In order to join the Chosen of Vashanka, you require a high amount of strength relative to your racial maximum. You also need a tithe of 15000 gold.

Requirements

 1 antagonism      [WIL]
 1 combat reflexes [AGI]
 1 courage         [WIL]
 1 killer instinct [PER]
 1 massive blow    [STR]
 1 piety           [WIL]
 
 3 Willpower
 1 Strength
 1 Agility
 1 Perception
 6 Total

Abilities and Favour

The favor of Vashanka seems to come primarily in the form of a bonus to Strength, Constitution, and Dexterity as well as some minor resistances while the amulet is worn.

perform anointment of "weapon" for a finisher

You also get:

 [OOC Fate] Also you can get extra access in sword, spear, dagger, axe, shield from a lot of progress.
 [OOC Fate] Like 5 from 100000 access.
 [OOC Fate] er 100000 progress.

(Note: Fate says "access" here, but after killing a bunch of things and sacrificing a bunch of weapons, I got 2 *bonus* specs in each of those skills, all at once when I took my amulet off)

Items can be sacrificed on the altar of Vashanka for more favour, as well as piety, courage, and possible other skills, formula below.

Specialty Access

Piety             +5
Antagonism        +5
Courage           +5
Armour Lore       +1
Armour Use        +1
Axe               +1
Brawling          +1
Carousing         +1
Combat Reflexes   +5
Dagger            +1
Demolition        +1
Dirty Fighting    +1
Discipline        +1
Dodge             +1
Find Weakness     +1
Hardiness         +1
Impact Absorption +1
Intimidation      +1
Killer Instinct   +5
Lack of Weakness  +1
Massive Blow      +5
Massive Exertion  +1
Mounted Combat    +1
Pain Tolerance    +1
Pole Arm          +1
Practice          +1
Precision Strike  +1
Regeneration      +1
Recuperation      +1
Resilience        +1
Shield            +1
Spear             +1
Stamina           +1
Steadiness        +1
Strategy          +1
Subordination     +1
Sword             +1
Tactics           +1
Tenacity          +1
Training          +1
Unarmed Combat    +1
Weapon Lore       +1

Molin says, <| The worship of Athena does not allow the veneration of Ares, so you cannot join the Chosen of Vashanka. |> to you.

Molin says, <| You cannot join the Chosen of Vashanka because you are a healer. |> to you.

Molin says, <| You specialize in scholarship, which is forbidden to Chosens of Vashanka. |>

Molin says, <| You may not worship Vashanka because you are a rogue |> (mostly likely Brotherhood of Wine and Song)

Molin says, <|As a White Maiden of the Coven, you could not become a warrior by joining the Chosen of Vashanka.|> (guess even though Halea says the White Maidens are warriors of the Coven, that is not good enough for Vashanka.)

Molin says, <| You specialize in torture, which is forbidden to Chosen of Vashanka. |> to you.

Molin says, <| You specialize in stealth, which is forbidden to Chosen of Vashanka. |> to you. This forbids Maidens of the Spear.

Conflicts

Forbids specializing Scholarship, so conflicts with Aisenshi.

OZM can join - it simply de-specs scholarship when you do so.

Spoilers

[OOC Fate] int query_vashanka_rating() {
[OOC Fate] float out = 0.0
[OOC Fate] foreach(int skill : Chosen_of_Vashanka_Rating_Skills)
[OOC Fate] out += diminishing_returns(
[OOC Fate] max(owner->query_skill(skill, True)-80, 0), // need spec investment above assoc reqs
[OOC Fate] Chosen_of_Vashanka_Rating_Base)
[OOC Fate] foreach(int attr : Chosen_of_Vashanka_Attributes)
[OOC Fate] out *= 1.0 * owner->query_attribute(attr, True) / owner->query_attribute_racial_maximum(attr)
[OOC Fate] return round(out)
[OOC Fate] }