Beastmastery

The ancient dracnari skill of Beastmastery allows the training and transformation of certain creatures, sometimes referred to as beasts, which can range from a simple horse to a great winged wyvern. By using certain alchemical reagents, beasts can be transformed to grow wings or taught to cast simple spells. Although you may have and train as many beasts as you like (and can afford the stable fees), you can only ever have one beast out at any one time.

Riding	Inept	Train any beast to be your loyal mount.
Swimming	Inept +50%	Any beast can be trained to ford waters.
Balancing	Novice	Beasts trained to balance will be harder to move.
Battle	Novice +33%	Prepare your beast for the rigours of battle.
Galloping	Novice +66%	Gallop at great speed upon a mounted beast.
Whistling	Apprentice	Whistle to call your active beast to your side.
Armour	Apprentice +33%	Thicken the hide of a beast so it takes less damage.
Trader	Apprentice +66%	You can trade your beast, bestowing its loyalty to another.
Diving	Capable	Explore the ocean depths courtesy of your loyal beast.
StableMaster	Capable +33%	Remove or house your beast from anywhere.
Regeneration	Capable +66%	Quicken your beast's metabolism to heighten regeneration.
Trotting	Adept	Your beast is able to trot quickly across the land.
Aggressive	Adept +33%	Increase the damage of battle beasts.
Jumping	Adept +66%	Your beast can jump over obstacles blocking exits.
MinorBreath	Master	Transform your beast to breathe magical blasts.
Influencing	Master +33%	With a well trained beast, influencing can be made easier.
AdvancedRiding	Master +66%	You've learned advanced skills for riding a mount.
Flying	Gifted	With wingsyour beast can take you to the clouds.
BeastEmpath	Gifted +33%	Use your own energy to provide for your beasts.
Burrowing	Gifted +66%	Train your beast to burrow deep into the ground.
Gust	Expert	Use your beast's wings to create powerful gusts of wind.
MajorBreath	Expert +33%	Major breath weapons fill an entire room.
Healing	Expert +66%	Channel your beast's healing energies into yourself.
Blocking	Virtuoso	Train your beast to block exits.
Scaling	Virtuoso +33%	Scale up to the mountain peaks and down again.
Chameleon	Virtuoso +66%	Train your beast to be invisible from prying eyes.
Kicking	Fabled	Use your beast to kick an unmounted opponent.
Trampling	Fabled +33%	Frenzy your steed to trample all prone in your location.
Curing	Fabled +66%	Allow your beasts natural healing energies to cure you.
Bodyguard	Mythical	Your loyal beast will attempt to protect you.
Poison	Mythical +33%	Venom sacs allow your beast to spit poisons at your foes.
Spellcasting	Mythical +66%	The most intelligent beasts can be trained to cast spells.
Beastmaster	Transcendent	Claim one skill over which you have complete mastery.

Mounted Warrior (by Terenas)

Riding

Syntax:

MOUNT <beast>DISMOUNT

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN MOUNT<br\> Type: Body<br\> Trains: 10

By training your beast for riding, you can mount and dismount the beast.

Swimming

Syntax:

FORD <direction>

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN SWIM<br\> Type: Body<br\> Trains: 20

By training your beast to swim, you can ford across rivers and other watery areas upon your steed. As long as you remain on your steed, you will not be in danger of drowning.

Balancing

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN BALANCE<br\> Prerequisite: mount<br\> Type: Body<br\> Trains: 60

While your beast is trained to balance, it will be difficult to move, thus making you difficult to move (and thus hard to knock you off while mounted).

Battle

Syntax:

BEAST ORDER ATTACK <target>

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN BATTLE<br\> Type: Body<br\> Trains: 20

You can train any beast to attack, and its damage is dependent on its level. Note that beasts will only attack upon command.

Galloping

Syntax:

GALLOP <direction>

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN GALLOP<br\> Prerequisite: mount<br\> Type: Body<br\> Trains: 30

Gallop quickly in a direction upon a mounted steed.

Additional Notes:

Gallop is similar to sprinting.

Whistling

Syntax:

BEAST WHISTLE

If you have a beast out of a stable, you can whistle and call it to you.

Additional Notes:

Only works from within the same plane.

Armour

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN THICKEN HIDE<br\> Type: Body<br\> Trains: 120

By hardening the hide of your beast, it will absorb damage.

Trader

Syntax:

BEAST TRADE TO <player>

Trade your beast to another, transferring its loyalty. Make sure you get a good price!

Additional Notes:

You can also list your beast for sale at your city or commune stables. STABLE SELL <beast> <price> to set your beast for sale, or STABLE SELL <beast> STOP to remove it from sale.

Diving

Syntax:

DIVE, RISE

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN DEEPSEA DIVE<br\> Prerequisite: swimming<br\> Type: Body<br\> Trains: 80

You can train your beast to dive into the depths of the ocean.

StableMaster

Syntax:

BEAST DISMISS FEED BEAST SUMMON <beast>

You can dismiss your beast, sending it back to its stable. Your bond is so strong that the beast need not be in your presence in order to dismiss. You may also summon a beast from its stable, though this may take a little time before the beast can find you.

If you dismiss a beast with the 'feed' option, it will feed out of its feedbag while it is in the stable.

Additional Notes:

When you can't whistle your beast, you can always dismiss it (even if it's not nearby) and then summon it again, though this takes a while.

Regeneration

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN REGENERATE [HEALTH|MANA|EGO]<br\> Type: Spirit<br\> Trains: 40 (each type)

By speeding up different parts of a beast's metabolism, you can also speed up the regeneration of their health, mana, or ego.

Trotting

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN TROT<br\> Prerequisite: mount<br\> Type: Body<br\> Trains: 30

This is an automatic ability for a beast trained to trot. You will be able to spur your beast into a trot, so that when you are mounted you can move further before worrying about undue haste.

Aggressive

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN AGGRESSIVE<br\> Prerequisite: battle<br\> Type: Body<br\> Trains: 120

You can increase the damage of battle beasts by increasing its aggressive nature.

Jumping

Syntax:

BEAST ORDER JUMP <direction>

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN JUMP<br\> Prerequisite: mount<br\> Type: Body<br\> Trains: 120

Use your beast to jump over obstructions.

MinorBreath

Syntax:

BEAST ORDER BREATHE <type> <target>

Beast Mana: 500

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN BREATHE FIRE|COLD|LIGHTNING|GAS|PSIONICBLAST<br\> Type: Mind<br\> Trains: 100 (each breath type)

You can transform your beast to breathe different types of breath weapons, each with a different damage type.

Influencing

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN INFLUENCE [BEGGING|SEDUCTION|EMPOWER|WEAKEN|PARANOID]<br\> Type: Spirit<br\> Trains: 50 (each influence type)

This is a passive ability. So long as a beast has been trained to help you influence, you will automatically gain a bonus while using the influence type so long as your beast is at your side.

AdvancedRiding

Your skills in riding mounted beasts have improved to the extent where you are capable of the following skills:

Syntax:

VAULT <beast>

Instead of mounting a beast trained in riding, you can vault onto it, cutting your balance time by two-thirds.

Syntax:

GET <item>

Your ease of being upon your steed is so great that you can easily scoop up items that lay on the ground while still mounted.

Flying

Syntax:

SPUR <beast> SKYWARDS, LAND

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN FLY<br\> Prerequisite: mount<br\> Type: Body<br\> Trains: 100

Whether your beast naturally has wings or specially grown with reagents, your beast can fly you into the wild blue yonder.

BeastEmpath

Syntax:

BEAST EMPATH HEALTH|MANA|EGO

Your bond with your loyal beasts are so great that you can channel your own health, mana, or ego into your beasts. Note that this uses a beast action, as though you ordered them.

Burrowing

Syntax:

BURROW

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN BURROW<br\> Type: Body<br\> Trains: 80

Your beast can burrow below the ground, if possible. BURROW BELOW will allow you to break through the surface or dig deeper down. You can dig upwards with BURROW ABOVE. To move horizontally, use BURROW <dir>.

Gust

Syntax:

BEAST ORDER GUST BEAST ORDER GUST <player> <direction>

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN GUST<br\> Prerequisite: wings<br\> Type: Body<br\> Trains: 60

If your beast has wings, you can train it to flap its wings to create a gust that can either blow a fog or cloud out of the room, or blow a player in a particular direction.

MajorBreath

Syntax:

BEAST ORDER BREATHE <type>

Beast Mana: 1000

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN BREATHE [SLEEPCLOUD|AMNESIACLOUD]<br\> Type: Mind<br\> Trains: 150 (each cloud type)

You can transform your beast to breathe a special type of breath weapon which will flood a room with a cloud that effects all enemies.

Healing

Syntax:

BEAST ORDER HEAL HEALTH|MANA|EGO

Beast Mana: 500

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN HEAL [HEALTH|MANA|EGO]<br\> Type: Spirit<br\> Trains: 100 (each heal type)

Every beast has channels of energy within, and you can train the beast to tap into its reserves and channel those energies into you.

Blocking

Syntax:

BLOCK <direction>

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN BLOCK<br\> Prerequisite: mount<br\> Type: Body<br\> Trains: 150

Train your beast to use its mass to block exits.

Scaling

Syntax:

SCALE UP|DOWN

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN SCALE<br\> Type: Body<br\> Trains: 80

You can train your beast to scale up the mountain heights.

Chameleon

Syntax:

BEAST ORDER CHAMELEON [ON/OFF]

Beast Mana: 500

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN CHAMELEON<br\> Type: Mind<br\> Trains: 70

By training your beast to blend in with the surroundings like a chameleon, you may order the beast to disappear from cursory sight at will.

Kicking

Syntax:

BEAST ORDER KICK <player> <direction>

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN KICK<br\> Prerequisite: mount<br\> Type: Body<br\> Trains: 150

Allows you to buck someone into an adjacent room, assuming they are not mounted, prone, or have defenses that prevent you from moving them.

Trampling

Syntax:

BEAST ORDER TRAMPLE

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN TRAMPLE<br\> Prerequisite: mount<br\> Type: Body<br\> Trains: 200

Whip your beast into a fury and trample the ground. Any personal enemies who are prone in your location will be in danger of having their limbs crushed under your steed's deadly rampage. The number of limbs crushed is based partly on chance and partly on your steed's level. The amount of damage is based upon the level of your steed and number of limbs crushed. Further, the larger group of enemies that are trampled the fewer potential limbs will be crushed per individual (i.e., trampling 4-6 people will only potentially break 3 limbs per person, and over that the maximum that could be broken per person is 2 limbs.)

Curing

Syntax:

BEAST ORDER CURE BODY|MIND|SPIRIT

Beast Mana: 1000

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN CURE [BODY|MIND|SPIRIT]<br\> Type: Spirit<br\> Trains: 200 (each cure type)

Every beast has channels of energy within, and you can train the beast to tap into its reserves and channel those energies into you to cure you of certain ailments.

Additional Notes:

These cure approximately the same afflictions as the corresponding FOCUS skills in Discipline.

Bodyguard

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN BODYGUARD<br\> Prerequisite: mount<br\> Type: Body<br\> Trains: 150

If you have this skill, your beast will automatically attempt to protect you from attacks. This is only effective against denizens (i.e., not players).

Poison

Syntax:

BEAST ORDER DRINK <poison> BEAST ORDER SPIT <target> BEAST ORDER PURGE

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN SPIT POISON<br\> Type: Body<br\> Trains: 200

By having your beast grow special venom sacs, your beast can drink poisons and then spit them out. You must first allow your beast to sip from a vial of poison to fill its venom sac. For every 5 applications in a vial, your beast will be able to spit once. Your beast's venom sac cannot hold more than 10 uses nor can it hold more than one type of poison.

Spellcasting

Syntax:

BEAST ORDER CAST REFLECTION|HYPNOTICGAZE

Beast Mana: 1500

For Training:<br\> Syntax: BEAST TRAIN CAST [REFLECTION|HYPNOTICGAZE]<br\> Type: Mind<br\> Trains: 200 (each spell)

Some beasts are intelligent enough that you can train them to cast spells.

Beastmaster

Syntax:

BEASTMASTER LEARN <skill> BEASTMASTER IMBUE BEASTMASTER

Power: 10 (any) to learn, 3 (any) to imbue

You can master one beastmaster skill and be able to temporarily imbue it in one of your beasts. The skill will last one hour and you may imbue three times per month. Typing BEASTMASTER on its own will show you whether you can train a beast this month, or how long a beast has left before it will forget the Beastmaster skill.

Raising And Training Beasts

Additional Notes:

Training a beast is a multiple step process. Buy an egg, colt, or foal. See the Beasts page to see which ones are available where. Bring it to the stable on Avechna's Peak or in your city or commune. STABLE INCUBATE <egg> to start incubation, which takes about 30 game days. STABLE REMOVE <beast> when the beast has matured. Enroll your beast in a stable. STABLE HOUSE <beast> ENROLL to enroll the beast in a stable. STABLE PAY <beast> <months> to pay stabling fees. You can have up to three years paid. If it runs out, the stable will stop feeding your beast. If he starves, he'll lose levels and eventually die permanently. Take your beast out with you while you hunt or influence, so he can gain levels. Beasts can be up to level 12. If a beast dies, it will lose a level, return to its enrolled stable, and be unavailable for a while. A beast of level 1 that dies is permanently dead and gone. Beast levels will increase how much damage it can take, and how much it does in battle. Beast levels have nothing to do with training, feeds, or reagents. Choose the abilities to give your beast. You can only train abilities you yourself know in Beastmastery. Even if a beast already has an ability (innately or because someone else taught it), you can't use it if you don't have the skill. Each ability requires a certain number of Trains of either Body, Mind, or Spirit. Some abilities also have other abilities as prerequisites. A beast can have only 600 total Trains. You will divvy up the 600 between Body, Mind, and Spirit by feeding the beast with the appropriate feeds, then applying the corresponding reagents. The innate abilities a particular kind of beast comes with don't count against the 600 trains and don't have to be trained at all. If you make a mistake and give it too much Body, Mind, or Spirit, so you will run out of the 600 trains before you get all you need for other abilities, you can't get it back except by starting over using wackodoru reagent. Building the beast's Body, Mind, and Spirit also determines how much Health, Mana, and Ego it will have. Some abilities use Mana or Ego, so as you choose abilities, be sure your beast has enough Mana or Ego to power them, and enough Body to survive long enough to use them. Feed your beast to build its strength during its first year BEAST FILL FEEDBAG WITH <feed> to feed your beast. meatfeed and oatfeed will increase your beast's Body (and thus Health). fishfeed and vegfeed will increase your beast's Mind (and thus Mana). eggfeed and fruitfeet will increase your beast's Spirit (and thus Ego). Different feeds can also affect the appearance it will get when it is a year old. If you don't like the appearance you get, zimoru reagent will re-randomize it. Apply reagents to build up your beast's Trains. Apply bodoru to build Body Trains. Apply mindoru to build Mind Trains. Apply suporu to build Spirit Trains. You can only apply a reagent after the beast has eaten enough of the corresponding feed, usually two. STABLE HOUSE <beast> FEED to keep your beast eating from its feedbag while in the stable to speed up this process. Otherwise, it'll eat generic stuff the stable provides which keeps it alive but doesn't add Body, Mind, or Spirit, or prepare it to receive reagents. Train your beast with abilities. BEAST TRAIN <ability> to train an ability. You must have the available and unused trains to do this. Be sure to keep your beast in the stable when you're offline so it won't be killed or starve to death.