Difference between revisions of "Paradigmatics"

|skillname = Initiation

|description = Once you have been initiated into the mysteries of shifting paradigms, sanity becomes a matter of perception. You will be better equipped to handle insanity than those who are still bound by outmoded perceptions of reality.

|skillname = Enthrall

|syntax = SHIFT ENTHRALL<br>

|description = Shift the perceptions of those around you so that any enemy who loves you (or is in lust with you) or is engaged by you will find it difficult to leave your presence. You can also view those who are desperately lusting after you with the latter ability.

|syntax = SHIFT REVELATIONS <target>

|description = Your perception of reality is shaped by your own will. By revealing how you perceive reality to others, you can test their sanity. Subjects will no doubt become temporarily insane.

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|skillname = Flux

|syntax = SHIFT FLUX

|description = By fluxing reality in the location, you will cause any enemy to leave your location to suffer from temporary insanity. Further, there is a chance they will turn around and not be able to leave.

|skillname = BadLuck

|syntax = SHIFT BADLUCK <target>

|cost = Power: 3 (Eternal Flame)

|description = By imagining the worst possible events that could plague your target, you can manifest that into reality, plaguing your victim with bad luck.

|skillname = Figment

|syntax = SHIFT FIGMENT <target> <illusion>

|description = Create a figment of the imagination and embed it in another. That person will see your figment three times. A person may only carry one figment at a time.

|skillname = ChaoteSign

|syntax =  SHIFT CHAOTESIGN [ACTIVATE]

|cost = Power: 2 (Eternal Flame)<br>

Damage Modifier: 2/8 universal damage resistance

|description = By drawing this arcane symbol on your forehead you will gain a 2/8 universal damage resistance. The chaote sign upon your brow will charge each time you are attacked. After a dozen strikes, it will be fully charged, allowing you to activate a flare of energy that completely absorbs damage from the next strike that hits you. An unused charge will fade 10 seconds after it reaches its peak; an activated charge will fade on the next hit or after 30 seconds, whichever comes sooner.

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|skillname = GreyWhispers

|syntax = SHIFT GREYWHISPERS <target>

|cost = Power: 3 (Eternal Flame)

|description = There are constant whispers that manifest from the grey static behind reality. Opening up the mind of another to those whispers will cause madness.

|skillname = EyeSnare

|syntax = SHIFT EYESNARE

|description = By tweaking reality just slightly in your location, your enemies will have a slight chance of being distracted and losing an action. If they are so distracted by what they see out of the corner of their eyes, they will suffer some temporary insanity.

|description = By surrounding yourself with the best possible luck, you will notice that you are more likely to receive critical hits than otherwise.

|syntax =  SHIFT POLARITY [BUFF{{!}}RESIST] <damage type> <damage type><br>

|description = You may switch damage type affected by all buffs of the given types. Any buffs or resistances which would affect the first damage type, will now affect the second damage type, and vice versa.

|skillname = Reimagination

|syntax = SHIFT REIMAGINATION <target> <type> [PLUS{{!}}MINUS]

|cost = Power: 3 (Eternal Flame)

|description = This powerful ability can be either a blessing or a curse. You can reimagine another person, changing their maximum health, mana, ego or offensive universal buffs either positively or negatively by 4 factors. Only one stat on any person can be reimagined and it will last only a short time.

|skillname = Gnosis

|syntax = SHIFT GNOSIS

|description = By raising your own consciousness, you can achieve a higher spiritual state, which will offer resistance to some spiritual afflictions, such as healthleech, manabarbs, warpedaura, pacifism, disloyalty or succumb.

|skillname = Reality

|syntax = SHIFT REALITY

|cost = Power: 5 (Eternal Flame)

|description = The ultimate in paradigm shifting is altering reality to the point where the physical location is affected. This powerful spell may -not- be cast on the prime material plane nor can it be cast on aether manses or ships. The shifting of reality is indiscriminate, affecting the caster and allies as well as enemies and neutral bystanders. Upon casting, there is a chance it will fling others in the room into another room in the local area (though there is a small chance it will fling a person into the astral plane regardless of where they are). Further, while reality has shifted in the room cast, there is a chance that anyone entering or exiting the room will be flung into a random room in the local area (or possibly the astral plane).

|cost = Power:  6 (Eternal Flame)

|description = You can cause your enemies to see brief glimpses of your own personal visions that shape your own unique reality. These visions will cause insanity as well as mental diseases. The use is dangerous as your max ego and mana will be halved while the visionflux is active.

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|skillname = TrueName

|syntax = SHIFT TRUENAME <target>

|cost = Damage Modifier: 1/8 universal increase

|description = Every person bears a true name, which is hidden even from one's own self. Discovering the truename of a person is very traumatic to that individual, physically, emotionally and psychically. If the victim's temporary insanity is at least moderate, the truename will be revealed. Regardless of whether you are able to receive the truename or not, your target will suffer a brief blackout. You can hold the truename of only one individual. While holding the truename of a person, any damage you do to that person will be increased.

|description = By drawing upon your chaotic perception of reality, you can create an aura of gibbering madness and bind it around your hands. Warrior weapons, and Transmology Flay, Crush, and Claw attacks will have a chance to cause insanity.

Furthermore, warrior weapons will have 1/6 of their attacks will be converted to psychic damage.

Effect: For the next 5 rounds*, you will deal two random afflictions per round.<br>

Possible Afflictions: Confusion, Paranoia, Hallucinations, Stupidity, Addiction, Anorexia.

|description = *Two Handers will deal two afflictions per strike, One Handers will deal one affliction per strike, for a total of 10 afflictions.

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|skillname = Fusion

|syntax = SHIFT FUSION ON/OFF

|description = By fusing your heart, mind and body into one whole, you will find that 20% of the time your body is harmed, your mana or ego will absorb the damage instead of your health. Fusion is costly to maintain as your mana and ego will constantly be drained to upkeep the fusion.

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|syntax =  SHIFT SNAFU

|cost = Power: 5 (Eternal Flame)

|description = You can envision the worst possible outcomes for all your enemies, and embed that reality in the room you are in. This will cause bad luck for all enemies in the location.

|skillname = Illumination

|syntax = SHIFT ILLUMINATION <target>

|cost = Power: 8 (Eternal Flame)

|description = Every master of shifting paradigms creates their own personal reality which brings with it a unique illumination or enlightenment. While this is of great spiritual import to the individual, it can be deadly when pondered by anyone else. If you have a person's truename and if their temporary insanity is massive, they will immediately die upon being so illuminated.

|syntax =  SHIFT BUTTERFLY <target> [<direction>]

Pit:         5 power<br>

Displacement: 5 power<br>

Rip:          7 power<br>

|description = Could the fluttering of a butterfly's wings in the Tolborolla Valley raise a sandstorm in the Skarch Desert? Such is the capricious and precarious nature of the multiverse where the repercussions of one small event can have unpredictable and momentous consequence. By manifesting the butterfly, the symbol that embraces the nature of chaos theory, you can send it towards one other so long as he or she is within your line of sight. The results will be extremely volatile and unpredictable and could even backfire on the caster.

The power taken by this chaotic skill will vary wildly from use to use. When the butterfly lands on its target, it will attempt to manifest a power and will only be able to do so if it can draw the energy from you. The costs are shown below: