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''' | '''Essence''' can many meanings in Lusternia, however this article concerns the three main mechanical meanings: essence collected from the [[Ethereal Plane|Ethereal]] and [[Elemental Planes]], personal essence used by [[demigod]]s, and essence accumulated by divine orders. | ||
[[Category:Metaphysical]] | |||
==Essence from Ethereal/Elemental Planes== | |||
Killing some denizens of the Ethereal and Elemental Planes rewards a unit of essence flavoured by the denizen's home area. | |||
====Light Essence==== | |||
Light essence appears to be created from palpable light energy, rolled up into a small sphere which floats in the air. | |||
*Comes from starsuckers and dream leeches. | |||
====a bit of dark essence==== | |||
The dark essence is utterly impenetrable. It looks like nothing more than wadded up shadows. | |||
*Dropped by ''a morbidly tainted grub'' and ''a decaying gargoyle''. | |||
====a bit of cloud essence==== | |||
Looking like a miniature cloud in its own right, a bit of cloud essence radiates a cold, chilling aura, the fluffy interior surrounded by a swirl of icy winds. Occasionally the essence darkens, loosing a few trickles of precipitation before lightening once more. | |||
*Formed by the shrieking deaths of stormeaters, cloud carrion and aerial stalkers. | |||
===Uses of Ethereal/Elemental Essence=== | |||
*Essence of the correctly corresponding type can be placed into a [[Nexus of Power]] to generate power. | |||
**Certain entities, typically powerful Cosmic or Nature beings, can convert essence of any type into their favored type. | |||
*Essence can be transmuted by [[Wildewood]], [[Wyrdenwood]] and [[mage]]s with chemantic training into various reagents. | |||
**There is also ''amorphous essence'' produced by beaker [[artifact]]s that is specially for chemantic purposes. (See <tt>ASHOP 198</tt>, <tt>219</tt> and <tt>260</tt>.) | |||
*Throughout modern history, it has been common for various one-time projects or transient entities to require large amounts of elemental essence. | |||
==Demigod Essence== | |||
Mortals who reach level 100 become demigods and from then onward gain essence in place of additional experience. They can then spend this for various powers. See [[Demigod]] and <tt>HELP DEMIGOD</tt> for more information. | |||
==Divine Essence== | |||
Divine orders, as well as their cults, have a pool of essence built up primarily through offerings and drawn upon to erect shrines and enact miracles on behalf of their deity. | |||
*Note: The deity does not need to be active for the order to generate or use this essence. | |||
===Generating Divine Essence=== | |||
*Offering a corpses or gold at a shrine. | |||
*Offering figurines (or wonder braziers) imbued with esteem. | |||
*Order members empowering the denizens of their deity's [[God Realm]]. | |||
===Uses of Divine Essence=== | |||
*Erecting shrines | |||
*Beseeching the god for shrine powers. | |||
**See <tt>HELP 11.3 OFFERINGS AND SHRINES</tt> for a list of shrine powers and how to use them. | |||
*Cult members can call upon powers their leader has unlocked in the [[Veneration]] skill. | |||
[[Category: Metaphysical]] | |||