Symbol (Aligned Form Type)
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| - | {{spoilers}} | + | Symbol: There are many types of symbols, such as heiroglyphs, letters, runes, or other kinds of abstract figures. The most common for the Aligned to utilize are kanji. Kanji are figures in Nihonese calligraphy. Typically kanji forms are actualized by visualizing them in their most perfect possible form. One's skills in calligraphy and Nihonese are thus relevant to one's facility with these forms. Other types of symbols require other skills (symbology is often helpful here). |
| - | =Crucifix= | + | |
| - | ==Knowledge Requirement== | + | |
| - | have at least 150 points among theology skill, 50% of symbology skill, philosophy skill, 50 points for having been a Knight of the Round Table, 50 points for having been a Justicar, 50 points for having been a Devonshire Cleric, 15 points for having been an Elflord, 20 points for having been a Questor of Tyr, 50 points for having been an Almerian Inquisitor, 50 points for having been a Fallen Blood of Chaos and 50 points for having been an Ol Tonatiuh | + | |
| - | ==Facility Formula== | + | |
| - | 15% of charisma plus 15% of intelligence plus 15% of symbology skill plus 15% of theology skill plus 15% of leximancy skill plus 15% of telesma skill plus 15% of philosophy skill, with diminishing returns on a scaling factor of five | + | |
| - | ==Energy Costs== | + | |
| - | fifteen points of spiritual energy and fifteen points of order energy | + | |
| - | ==Process to Actualize Form== | + | |
| - | visualize a crucifix for <target> to be hanged on | + | |
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| - | There are those in the world who believe in the inherent moral imperfection of anthropic sentience, yet take it upon themselves to be morally righteous or even evangelical. This form preys upon these vicious doctrines, bringing to full emotional realization their literal meaning and unpracticability. Fortunately, most people are not inclined towards these views and will be unaffected by this form. Those that are will find themselves faced with a test of faith and moral discipline, one that can be quite taxing and psychologically damaging to the unprepared. For those that rely upon divine invocation, this ability can be particularly crippling. | + | |
| =One in Many= | =One in Many= | ||
Revision as of 12:52, 18 September 2008
Symbol: There are many types of symbols, such as heiroglyphs, letters, runes, or other kinds of abstract figures. The most common for the Aligned to utilize are kanji. Kanji are figures in Nihonese calligraphy. Typically kanji forms are actualized by visualizing them in their most perfect possible form. One's skills in calligraphy and Nihonese are thus relevant to one's facility with these forms. Other types of symbols require other skills (symbology is often helpful here).
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One in Many
Knowledge Requirement
have at least 40 points in calligraphy skill and have at least 80 points among philosophy skill and 10% of metaphysics skill
Actualization Requirement
have at least 100 points among 50% of symbology skill, leximancy skill and 50% of calligraphy skill; and logic skill of 25 or higher
Facility Formula
15% of intelligence plus 10% of charisma plus 20% of leximancy skill plus 15% of symbology skill plus 15% of telesma skill plus 15% of calligraphy skill plus 15% of conjuring skill plus 5% of logic skill, with diminishing returns on a scaling factor of three
Energy Costs
fifty points of spiritual energy
Process to Actualize Form
visualize the kanji that represents the essential type for which <target> is a token
It is an underlying principle of all cognition that many can be treated as one: when one classifies or judges, one relates the subject to many other objects via a predicate that subsumes them all. This form allows one to leverage this logical principle to metaphysical effect: one can magickally reify an essential predicate of a thing and duplicate the subject token qua predicate type. The operation involves elementary logic, as well as a considerably less elementary esthetic, calligraphic kanji that serves as a door to grasping the relevant essence. A new token created with this form is a manifestation. It will not be able to be retokened, it will not always be a perfect duplication, and it will last only so long as one as incarnate. However, unlike other manifestations created by Aligned, it will not gradually drain your reserves of order energy. Rather, there is a base spiritual cost for actualizing this form at all, and then an additional cost in order energy based upon the value of the seed. Note also that certain items are not able to be retokened in the first place. The most common sort of resistance one encounters is from artifacts of great power or other items of sufficient uniqueness such that they essentially individuals more than they are types. It is also generally impossible to duplicate any kind of transient enchantment or manifestation: the seed must be to some degree independently enduring. There are other sorts of exceptions that are not general knowledge that often frustrate Aligned who rely heavily on this power. And, as one might imagine, many Aligned do. This form provides an inexhaustible font of many resources given only a small base quantity: food, fire, clothing, armaments, and even many sorts of restorative potions and other beneficial one-off magickal items.
True Name
Facility Formula
30% of willpower plus 50% of channeling skill plus 30% of introspection skill plus 5% of leximancy skill, with diminishing returns on a scaling factor of three
Energy Costs
thirty-three points of order energy
Process to Actualize Form
visualize the kanji for my name
Visualizing a kanji consisting of a stylized approximation of one's name has the effect of converting raw order energy into the most commonly manipulated energy type for symbolic structures -- that is, spiritual energy. This form is something of a reverse operation on the True Self form.
