User:Elryn/WorldSkills

ACTIVE WORLD EXPLORATION SKILLS

This is my attempt to catalogue the available skills which are not entirely intended for PvP-duels.

Rules

• [PvE] Must be able to be used without a player opponent
• [Active] Must be something that you might decide to use while adventuring, not a set-once or always-on defence.
• [Tangible] Must be something that causes a consequential change in your state or the world around you, more so than cosmetic (not changing only how you or your surroundings look)

Primary Skills

Cosmic

• CosmicFire - a 50% magic, 50% fire attack by engulfing a target in coruscating cosmic energy.
• Quickening [3p] - for about 10 seconds, recover equilibrium much faster than normal with a 25/25 bonus.

Elementalism

• Blast - a 100% fire attack by firing a blast of magical energy at a target.
• Cleanse - remove any odours from yourself or another player.
• Dig - unearth anything buried in natural ground.
• Doorblast - force open a locked door with a gust of wind (some doors are immune).
• Magelock - prevent a door from being opened.
• Freeze - use icy air to douse any wildfire.
• Icewall - create a wall of ice that blocks an exit.

Kata

• Punch - a 100% blunt attack where you use one or both of your arms to punch a target.
• Kick - a 100% blunt attack where you use one of your legs to kick a target.

Knighthood

• Striking - a 100% cutting/blunt attack that swings your weapon at the target.
• Raze - remove the protection shield around a denizen.

Music

• MinorSecond - a 100% magic attack. Play a disharmonic chord on your instrument which causes pain in the target.
• MinorThird - pacify a hostile attacker by playing a soothing note on your instrument.
• MajorThird - restore health to yourself or another player by playing a harmonious note on your instrument.
• PerfectFourth - call out additional vermin by playing a lively note on your instrument.
• MajorSixth - plant a milestone and play a note on your instrument to return to that location.
• Roulade - restore ego to yourself by playing a confident note on your instrument.

Nature

• Talisman - a 100% magic attack where you curse your target with nature's wrath.
• Nut - you can plant a seed in your commune to grow a new protective tree.
• Growth - you can increase herb growth in your current location for a short time.
• Flow - you can travel instantly to another player as long as you are both in forest of the same type.
• Guard - protect herbs in the location from dying out for a period of time.
• Rain - call down a shower that removes stink and puts out any wildfires.

Primary Specialisations

Axelord (Warrior)

• Warcry - divert any denizens attacking your allies to focus on yourself, except for certain loyal creatures.
• Chop - attempt to bring down the great trees in a forest commune.

Cavalier (Warrior)

• Tender - restore the health, mana and ego of your mount.
• Warcry - divert any denizens attacking your allies to focus on yourself, except for certain loyal creatures.
• Muster - summon your steed back to your side.

Blademaster (Warrior)

• Warcry - divert any denizens attacking your allies to focus on yourself, except for certain loyal creatures.

Bonecrusher (Warrior)

• Warcry - divert any denizens attacking your allies to focus on yourself, except for certain loyal creatures.

Pureblade (Warrior)

• Warcry - divert any denizens attacking your allies to focus on yourself, except for certain loyal creatures.

Loralaria (Bard)

• JadeGrazioso - when sung, this stanza regenerates health of yourself and player allies.
• CrimsonCourante - when sung, this stanza gives 2/4 balance bonus to yourself and player allies.
• LoralChord - a 50% cold, 50% asphyxiation attack that turns the target's flesh to crystal.
• ChromaConcerto - when sung, gives 1-2/8 cold, fire and electricity resistance to yourself and player allies.
• Crescendo - when sung, gives 1/8 damage buff to anyone from your nation.
• EmeraldGrazioso - when sung, cures you and player allies of afflictions.
• StratusSerenade - when sung in cloudy terrain, gives you and player allies a chance to dodge attacks.
• ClearCapriccio [8p] - when sung, cures you and player allies of afflictions and gives alacrity.

Minstrelry (Bard)

• DrinkingSong - when sung, gives you increased maximum vitals based on drunkenness, and player allies increased alcohol tolerance.
• FireForte - when sung, gives you and player allies a 1/8 fire/psychic damage buff and a 1/8 fire/cutting/blunt resist bonus.
• ChaosChord - a 50% fire, 50% psychic attack that boils the target's blood.
• Cabaret - when sung, restores mana and ego to yourself and player allies.
• MorningStar - when sung, gives 1/8 damage buff to anyone from your nation.
• Jamboree - when sung, cures you and player allies of mental afflictions.
• BurningPower [3p] - gives yourself or an ally a bonus that causes the next five power-consuming feats in a pyrocast desert to cost 1 less power.

Necroscream (Bard)

• VileBlood - when sung, cures you and player allies of afflictions, and gives a viscanti-only ego bonus.
• UndeadBlues - when sung, makes you and player allies count as undead for influence, and gives 1/8 blunt, cold and cutting resistance.
• IronChord - a 50% excorable, 50% cutting attack that is attuned to tainted energies.
• NecroBallad - when sung, restores health, mana, ego and willpower to any undead.
• EngineWords - when sung, gives 1/8 damage buff to anyone from your nation.
• TaintedLove - when sung, gives 2/4 bonus to equilibrium and balance recovery for player allies.

Shadowbeat (Bard)

• ShadowLight - when sung, gives you and player allies cutting and blunt damage resistance and shroud.
• SpiderLegs - when sung, gives you and player allies faster writhe balance.
• ShadowChord - a 75% poison, 25% excorable attack that plagues a target with shadows.
• DarkHeart - when sung, gives 1/8 damage buff to anyone from your nation.
• WyrdSong - when sung, periodically raises magical shields around you and player allies if you stand in wyrden forest.

Starhymn (Bard)

• Processional - when sung, restores health, mana and willpower to yourself and player allies.
• HopesCarol - when sung, gives you and player allies 1/8 resistance to cold, fire, poison and electricity.
• StarChord - a 50% divinus, 50% fire attack that engulfs a target in celestial fire.
• CelestOde - when sung, gives 1/8 damage buff to anyone from your nation.
• GuardianAngel [2p] - gives 3/10 damage resistance for a short time, if the right songs are being sung.
• AngelicHost [10p] - resurrects another player, if the right songs are being sung.

Wildarrane (Bard)

• AncestralCall - when sung, summons spirits that give you a 1/3 universal resistance bonus.
• PaleBeauty - when sung, restores ego to yourself and player allies.
• LunaMelody - when sung, decreases herb balance recovery for yourself and player allies.
• WildeChord - a 75% cold, 25% divinus attack that vibrates with the cold winter.
• Celebrate - when sung, gives 1/8 damage buff to anyone from your nation.
• NatureRhythm - when sung, restores health, ego or mana based on season for yourself and player allies.
• EternalTree - when sung, improves vital elixir effect for yourself and player allies.
• AncestralFealty - when sung, gives you and player allies a 1/4-10 damage buff.

Celestialism (Guardian)

• Wings - fly into the sky or land
• Link - channel energy from an astral node into your nexus.
• Symbol - a 100% divinus attack that strikes a target with the energy of a chosen Supernal.

Harmonics (Guardian)

• Harvest - retrieve charged gemstones from the Continuum plane.
• Link - channel energy from an astral node into your nexus.
• MendingStone [3p] - restore health and cure afflictions for yourself and allied players.
• Glorygem - restore mana and ego to yourself or another player.
• Convoke [3p] - summon another player to you.
• CrystalWeapon - a 100% magic attack that releases harmonic energies at a target. Also allows discharging periodically to give a short bonus for 1 minute.
• Heartstone [5p] - resurrects another player that you have previously linked with.

Nihilism (Guardian)

• Wings - fly into the sky or land
• Link - channel energy from an astral node into your nexus.
• Syphon - ask your demonic companion to cure yourself of an affliction.
• Symbol [10p] - a 100% excorable attack that strikes a target with the energy of a chosen Demon Lord.

Transmology (Guardian)

• Harvest - retrieve flesh from the Vortex plane.
• Link - channel energy from an astral node into your nexus.
• Legs - allows you to leap over obstacles into an adjacent location.
• Ribbachi [2p] - a flesh-formed spy creature that you can order to move around and deliver items.
• Torso - grants wings which you can use to fly/land.
• Hands - provides one of three types of attacks, either 100% cutting, 100% blunt or 100% psychic.

Wicca (Wiccan)

• Broom - fly into the sky and land.
• Maiden [1p] - summon a fae for a short time that gives random blessings to yourself or another player.
• Dryad [1p] - summon a dryad into your location, providing a tree canopy.
• Mushrooms [1p] - summon a mushroom circle in forest, then snort the spores to teleport back there from the same plane.

Druidry (Druid)

• Sapling - sprout a new tree in forest that will eventually grow to a size where it can be harvested for lumber.
• Forest [1p] - change the environment of the location to forest.
• Totem - hatch a unique beast companion for Beastmastery skills.
• Storm - periodically heal yourself and your allies (forested terrain only).
• Cudgel - a 50% cutting, 50% blunt attack with splinters, or a 100% poison (Crow) or 100% lightning (Stag) attack.

Wildewood (Druid)

• Wildewood - a 100% magic attack that turns a target's skin to bark.
• AutumnalSurge - allows a tree to die, leaving behind sap resources.
• Garland - a 50% blunt, 50% magic attack that involves holding a garland of flowers while squirrels throw nuts.
• Treehug - a 50% blunt, 50% asphyxiation attack where you embrace your target at the cost of one faeblossom resource.
• Wildecall [5p] - summons random animals for the next hour, providing minor boosts such as damage resistance or mana restoration.

Wyrdenwood (Druid)

• Wyrdenwood - a 100% magic attack that turns a target's skin to bark.
• WyrdenBlaze - allows a tree to die, leaving behind sap resources.
• Flailing - a 50% poison, 50% cutting attack that involves whipping a thorned vine item to flay a target.
• Noose - a 50% cutting, 50% asphyxiation attack where you garrote your target with your vine.
• CrimsonMoss [5p] - reduce bleeding for an hour, and if others in the room bleed you will restore some health.

Aeromancy (Mage)

• Windwalk - Can fly into the sky and land.
• Condensate [1p] - change the environment in the location to clouds.
• Thunderbird - hatch a unique beast companion for Beastmastery skills.
• SwiftWind - give a 10/10 balance or equilibrium recovery bonus to the next skill used by yourself or an ally (cloudy terrain only).
• WestWind - periodically heal yourself and your allies (cloudy terrain only).
• Staff - a variable percentage electrical/cold attack using elemental air.

Aerochemantics (Mage)

• Windwalk - Can fly into the sky and land.
• BeamGenerator - a 50% electric, 50% asphyxiation attack
• FocalTip - changes the BeamGenerator attack to be 100% electric at a cost of 1 altostratus resource per attack.

Aquamancy (Mage)

• Turtle - hatch a unique beast companion for Beastmastery skills.
• Flood [1p] - change the environment in the location to flooded.
• Dilute - give a vital elixir bonus to yourself and allied players (flooded terrain only).
• Healspring - periodically heal yourself and allied players (flooded terrain only).
• Staff - a variable percentage cold/blunt/asphyxiation attack using elemental water.

Aquachemantics (Mage)

• Chalice - a 50% asphyxiation, 25% cold, 25% blunt attack using celestial waters.
• Gild - changes the Chalice attack to be 100% divinus at a cost of 1 luminated resource per attack.
• Novamist [5p] - will prevent death from damage once by restoring a large amount of health, with the effect lasting one hour.

Geomancy (Mage)

• Burrow - dig down underground.
• Taint [1p] - change the environment in the location to taint.
• Wyrm - hatch a unique beast companion for Beastmastery skills.
• Lodestone - give a particulate curing bonus to yourself and allied players (tainted terrain only).
• Grounding - periodically heal yourself and allied players (tainted terrain only).
• Staff - a variable percentage poison/cutting/asphyxiation attack using elemental earth.

Geochemantics (Mage)

• Magnum - a 50% asphyxiation, 50% cutting attack using explosive iron.
• Nozzle - changes the Magnum attack to be 100% excorable at a cost of 1 taint resource per attack.

Pyromancy (Mage)

• Combust [1p] - change the environment in the location to burning.
• Phoenix - hatch a unique beast companion for Beastmastery skills.
• Mirage - give an ice curing bonus to yourself and allied players (burning terrain only).
• Flashfire - periodically heal yourself and allied players (burning terrain only).
• Staff - a variable percentage fire/asphyxiation attack using elemental fire.

Pyrochemantics (Mage)

• Pyrocannon - a 50% fire, 50% asphyxiation attack using a blast of fire.
• Muzzle - changes the Pyrocannon attack to be 100% fire at a cost of 1 pyrrhic resource per attack.

Nekotai (Monk)

• Nekai - a 100% cutting damage attack using an arm to slice with a nekai blade weapon.

Ninjakari (Monk)

• Jakari - a 100% blunt damage attack using an arm to swing a jakari chain weapon.

Nunchaku (Monk)

• Nunchaku - a 100% blunt damage attack using an arm to swing a nunchaku weapon.
• Neihuo - cure any chill afflictions and gain fire defense.

Shofangi (Monk)

• Shofa - a 100% cutting damage attack using an arm to swing a shofa blade weapon.
• Ram - destroy a wall blocking an exit.

Tahtetso (Monk)

• Tahto - a 100% blunt damage attack using an arm to swing a tahto staff weapon.
• Polevault - leap over any obstacle to an adjacent location.

Tessenchi (Monk)

• Tessenku - a 100% cutting damage attack using an arm to swing a tessen weapon.
• CalmingWind [5p] - restores 20% of health, mana and ego for allied players present.

Secondary Skills

Acrobatics

• Balancing - ignore a certain number of attempts to knock you prone.
• Sprint - travel in a straight line as far as you can until you encounter a barrier.
• Handspring - leap over walls or obstructions into an adjacent location.
• Avoid - as long as you do nothing else, prevent the next attack.
• Barrelroll [2p] - using a jump and roll technique, teleport two steps in the same direction.
• Tripleflash [10p] - for a short period of time, gain an extra 50% chance to have an extra 1/8 resistance when receiving a damaging attack.
• Airpike [1/3p] - using a jump and twist technique, teleport two steps in different directions.

Astrology

• Volcano [?p] - raise or lower summon resistance of yourself or another player, effect depending on current celestial alignment.
• Antlers [?p] - raise or lower balance recovery time of yourself or another player, effect depending on current celestial alignment.
• Twin Crystals [?p] - raise or lower magic, psychic, divinus and excorable resistance of yourself or another player, effect depending on current celestial alignment.
• Astroglide [5p] - transverse to or from your nation's nexus on the astral plane.
• Dolphin [?p] - raise or lower equilibrium recovery time of yourself or another player, effect depending on current celestial alignment.
• Lion [?p] - raise or lower maximum ego of yourself or another player, effect depending on current celestial alignment.
• Crocodile [?p] - raise or lower regeneration of health, mana and ego of yourself or another player, effect depending on current celestial alignment.
• Burning Censer [?p] - raise or lower fire, poison and asphyxiation resistance of yourself or another player, effect depending on current celestial alignment.
• Spider [?p] - raise or lower writhe speed of yourself or another player, effect depending on current celestial alignment.
• Dragon [?p] - raise or lower maximum mana of yourself or another player, effect depending on current celestial alignment.
• Skull [?p] - raise or lower maximum health of yourself or another player, effect depending on current celestial alignment.
• Bumblebee [?p] - raise or lower movement speed of yourself or another player, effect depending on current celestial alignment.
• Glacier [?p] - raise or lower cold, electric and physical resistance of yourself or another player, effect depending on current celestial alignment.

Athletics

• Sprinting - travel in a straight line as far as you can until you encounter a barrier.
• Transmute - convert mana into health instantly.
• Numbness [5p] - for 15s, gain significant universal damage resistance of 25/25.
• Bulwurk - for a short time you will guard another player, such that you take damage instead of them.

Dramaturgy

• Inspiration - restore ego to yourself by taking a moment of inspiration.

Dreamweaving

• Dreambody - separate from your physical body and explore without being physically harmed.
• Bodysnap [3p] - instantly return to your physical body while in dreamform from anywhere.
• Envelop - pick up items while in dreamform.
• Tether [1p] - form a link to another player, then teleport to them while in dreamform.
• Link - follow another player while in dreamform.
• Coalesce [5p] - emerge from dreamform at your current location.
• Dreamdrift [3p] - teleport to another player on the same plane while in dreamform.

Ecology

• Empathy - engage in empowerment or weaking influence battles with land-based animals
• Rebirth [5p] - awaken an animal companion, one of which you can order to move around.
• HerbRenewal [5p] - restore one type of herb to a barren room.
• AnimalGrowth [5p] - temporarily increase the size and strength of an animal.
• Unite [2p] - teleport to the location of your animal familiar.
• ForgePath [10p] - with the help of another player, create a mystic pathway between your locations.

Glamours

• Manse [10p] - create an illusory room that you and allies can enter, restoring willpower (may not do anything any more?).
• IllusorySelf [5p] - summon an illusory doppleganger that occasionally absorbs an attack, lasting until about twice your health has been absorbed.

Harmony

• Akhkrak [3p] - boil away afflictions if you are currently chanting three fire mantras.
• Akhlumangchu [1p] - call a prismatic shield that cannot be broken.
• Akhoosh [2p] - shift to an adjacent location regardless of afflictions if you are currently chanting three wind mantras.

Healing

• Heal - restore health to yourself or another player.
• Cure - relieve yourself or another player of a random affliction.
• Sensory - specifically relieve yourself or another player of a sensory affliction.
• Auras - radiate a healing aura that continually has a chance to relieve the target of an affliction.
• Fractures - specifically relieve yourself or another player of a fracture affliction.
• Anesthesia [2p] - for a short time give another player a 2/5 universal damage resistance.
• Neurosis - specifically relieve yourself or another player of a neurosis affliction.
• Bolster [2p] - for a short time give another player protection from losing more than 10% of their health from a single attack.
• Sanitise - cleanse yourself or another player from stink
• Choleric - specifically relieve yourself or another player of a choleric affliction.
• Farheal - restore health or cure another player within the local area.
• Aurashift - move one of your healing auras onto another player.
• Inspirit - add a small heal-over-time component to your next restoration of health.
• Sanguine - specifically relieve yourself or another player of a sanguine affliction.
• Phlegmatic - specifically relieve yourself or another player of a phlegmatic affliction.
• Quicken [2p] - for a short time, halve the equilibrium time from using healing abilities.
• Auric - specifically relieve yourself or another player of an auric affliction.
• Projection [2p] - relieve all allies in your location of some afflictions.
• Attend [2p] - link to another player in the same area so that 20% of healing you do to others is received by your patient, and there is a chance you receive afflictions instead of themselves.
• Sacrifice [2p] - transfer your health (or life) to another player or all allies in the local area.
• Mania - specifically relieve yourself or another player of a manic affliction.
• Insanity - siphon some astral insanity from another player into yourself.
• Draw [1-2p] - siphon up to three afflictions from another player to yourself.

Hexes

• Nothing

Hunting

• Fishcatch - attempt to catch a fish while standing in a river.
• Cluck - easily pick up chickens.
• Soothe - calm down an animal that is panicking, preventing it from running around.
• Rustle - lasso a cow or sheep to have it follow you.
• Mimic - attempt to summon an animal in the local area to yourself.
• Campfire - build a campfire in your location which restores health, mana and ego and can raise them above maximum.
• SnakeCharm - catch snakes in a specially constructed net.
• Tent - pitch or take down a portable tent in a natural environment, which provides benefits while sleeping inside.
• Pathfinding - travel through wormholes which are found throughout natural environments, linking one location to a distant one.

Illusions

• Reflection - a fragile glamour that absorbs one hostile attack before being destroyed. Dissipates if you take any hostile action.

Phantasms

• Nothing

Psionics

• Hyperhidrosis - sweat off certain afflictions, at the cost of possibly making your skin slick.

Psychometabolism

• Gliding - travel in a straight line as far as you can until you encounter a barrier.
• Shift - travel through walls and wooden doors by phasing your body.
• Bodyfuel - drain health to restore your own power reserves, up to 5 power at a time.
• Biodrive [10p] - for a short time you will periodically cure yourself of afflictions and gain 5/10 regeneration bonus to all vitals.

Rituals

• Laetitia - restore ego to yourself or another player via chanting.
• Puella - restore health to yourself or another player via chanting.
• Via - as long as both you and another player are on a Prime highway road, you can teleport to them with this ritual.

Runes

• BenignProphesy [5p] - for five minutes increases maximum health by 10% for you and allied players.

Shamanism

• Lightburst [1p] - magnify the sun to clear ice from your location or cure freezing and provide fire defence to yourself or another player.
• Trance - fall into a trance that gives you 1/7 regeneration to all vitals until you end it.
• Cloudburst - shower your location and any adjacent ones, putting out wildfires.

Stealth

• Evade - shift to an adjacent location ignoring afflictions or obstructions.

Tarot

• Healer - restore health to yourself or another player by throwing a card of Dionamus.
• Magician - restore mana to yourself or another player by throwing a card of the magician.
• Hermit - mark any number of cards with a particular location, then teleport back as long as no other players are there.
• Empress - summon an ally from within the local area, or someone who lusts after you from the same continent.
• Teacher - boost one skill at random for an hour, on yourself or another player.
• Starleaper - causes you to immediately flee to an adjacent location upon being attacked.
• Catacombs - enter the underground passages of Urlach, allowing teleport to many village locations.
• Princess [5p] - after throwing the card, you can later beseech Marilynth to cure some afflictions and restore your health, mana and ego.

Telekinesis

• None

Telepathy

• None

Totems

• Squirrel - forage in a forest location to alleviate some hunger.
• Groundhog - burrow underground in natural environments, or unearth something that is buried.
• Stag - travel in a straight line as far as you can until you encounter a barrier.
• Horse - leap over obstacles that block you moving into an adjacent location.

Tracking

• HuntingCompanion - summon a hound/wolf companion and order it to move around.
• Deliver - Send an item to another player on the same plane, via your hunting companion.
• Unite - teleport to the location of your animal companion.

Zarakido

• EnigmaticFlow - Increases your enigmatic flow up to a maximum of 100% by drinking beer or tea.
• AdaptiveFlux - Reduces damage taken through attacks at the cost of enigmatic flow resources per hit.
• Consumption [5p] - greatly restores a particular vital at the cost of enigmatic flow.
• AttitudeFlux - boost influence attacks at the cost of enigmatic flow resources per attack.
• EnigmaticBurst - heal allies for 20% of a vital at the cost of enigmatic flow resources.
• EsotericFlux - boost critical hit bonus chance at the cost of enigmatic flow per strike.
• AugmentedMemory [7p] - increase your enigmatic flow greatly at the cost of power.
• PositionFlux - move yourself and another player somewhere in the local area at the cost of enigmatic flow resources.

Secondary Specialisations

Aeonics (Hallifax)

• Alacrity [1p] - restores 20% health 5 times before fading.
• PastGlimpse - cures one affliction at random.

Necromancy (Magnagora)

• Mastery - allows influence of undead denizens
• Carrion - eat corpse to reduce hunger level
• Cannibalize [3p] - convert 50% of your health to mana, or vice versa
• Ghost [3p] - avoid many forms of attack while in ghost form

Paradigmatics (Gaudiguch)

• ChaoteSign [2p] - after receiving a certain number of attacks, activate the sign to completely absorb one damaging attack.
• Reimagination [3p] - increase a vital or damage bonus of yourself or another player for a short time

Sacraments (New Celest)

• Benediction [3p] - give random blessings to yourself or another player
• HallowedGround [3p] - restores health and cures afflictions for yourself and allies
• Honour [5p] - an aura that periodically restores all vitals of sacraments users in the location
• Numen [4p] - for 20 seconds, halves damage you receive
• HolyHealing - ??
• Resurrect [1/10p] - returns another player to life with a body
• Sacrifice [1/10p] - returns another player to life without a body
• Trueheal [10p] - completely heals yourself or another player, and surrounds you with a prismatic barrier

Moon (Serenwilde)

• Beam - teleport to another player in the local area
• Light - cause allies in the room to regenerate ego at 1/4
• Cone - channel energy from an astral node into your nexus
• Waxing - restore health over time, based on the phase of the moon
• Full [4p] - cure some afflictions of yourself and receive a prismatic barrier
• Moonburst - a 100% magic damage attack
• Resurgem [0/10p] - resurrect another player
• Conclave [5p] - summon other coven players to your current location
• Drawdown [10p] - a 50% fire, 50% divinus attack that channels moonfire

Stag (Serenwilde)

• TotemCarve [10p] - transform an elder commune tree into a living totem
• TotemReturn [0-8p] - teleport back to your bonded totem
• MedicineBag [8p] - touch to heal for more than a usual healing elixir
• Sacrifice [10p] - grant one or more allies regenerative and curative bonuses in exchange for weakening (or dying) yourself
• StagTotem [5p] - summons a healing totem for 5 minutes that restores vitals and cures afflictions for allies and yourself