Dramaturgy
| Skill | Learned At | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Etiquette | Inept+0% | Grace and manners may enhance performances. |
| Inspiration | Novice+0% | True genius springs from the waters of inspiration |
| FirstScene | Novice+50% | Compose the first scene of your masterwork. |
| Haemophilia | Novice+50% | If you prick us, do we not bleed? |
| Addiction | Apprentice+0% | |
| Foppery | Apprentice+50% | You can never be overdressed or overeducated. |
| Confusion | Capable+66% | When there's nothing to offer except your own confusion. |
| Subtext | Capable+33% | Weave subtle subtext within your performances. |
| SecondScene | Capable+66% | Compose the second scene of your masterwork. |
| Clumsiness | Adept+0% | Clumsiness is often mated with a love of solitude. |
| Catharsis | Adept+50% | The mind dulls as emotion drains. |
| Vomiting | Adept+66% | Throwing up is nature's way of telling you something is off. |
| Mendacity | Master+0% | Nothing is more powerful than the odor of mendacity! |
| Hallucinations | Master+33% | It was all completly serious, all completly hallucinated. |
| Sensitivity | Master+66% | You seem afflicted with an unbearable sensitivity. |
| ThirdScene | Gifted+0% | Compose the third scene of your masterwork. |
| Jealousy | Gifted+50% | Bring this monstrous birth to the world's light! |
| Epilepsy | Gifted+66% | Make them Shake it off, Shake it off. |
| Paranoia | Expert+0% | Let not light see my black and deep desires! |
| FourthScene | Expert+50% | Compose the fourth scene of your masterwork. |
| Pacifism | Virtuoso+0% | Can you survive when you've no fight left in you? |
| Paralysis | Virtuoso+33% | Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death. |
| Pratfall | Virtuoso+66% | Base comedy will literally bring them to their knees. |
| Stupidity | Fabled+0% | Against stupidity, the gods themselves strive in vain. |
| FifthScene | Fabled+33% | Compose the fifth scene of your masterwork. |
| Sleep | Fabled+66% | O sleep! O gentle sleep! Nature's soft nurse. |
| Rebuff | Mythical+0% | Audience participation is a double edged sword. |
| Lust | Mythical+33% | Lust's effect is tempest after sun. |
| Asthma | Mythical+66% | Deliver a breathtaking performance. Literally. |
| Climax | Transcendent+0% | Compose the climatic end of your masterwork. |
Etiquette
| Syntax |
| DRAMA ETIQUETTE |
Any Dramatics skills that are performed (bully, sycophant, bureaucrat, gorgeous, vagabond, diplomat) will have double effect.
Inspiration
| Syntax |
| INSPIRE STATUS INSPIRE [SELF|<person>] |
Inspiration is gained through influencing denizens based on the skills of Influencing and Dramaturgy. The amount of inspiration is increased if using the Dramatics skills that are performed (bully, sycophant, bureaucrat, gorgeous, vagabond, diplomat) while influencing, and the amount of increase depends on the dramaturge's skill in Dramatics. While inspiration is used to write scripts in Dramaturgy, the dramaturge can also inspire him or herself, or another, to recover ego.
FirstScene
| Syntax |
| SCRIPT FIRSTSCENE SHOW SCRIPT FIRSTSCENE WRITE <text> |
| Inspiration: 1% (to embed an effect) |
You can write a scene in your script. By performing the scene, you can also embed an effect which will strike the audience member that you target.
When writing a scene, it MUST include your name in the text (i.e., if your name is "Roark", then "Roark" should be the subject of the sentence). It also MUST include "^target" as the object. Scenes must also be more than 5 words and less than 45 words. You can also use "^target_his", "^target_him" and "^target_he" as pronouns.
Example: With a mischievous grin, Estarra bops ^target on ^target_his head with a high-heeled shoe.
NOTE: Scenes must make sense, not be obscene and should be obvious that you are doing something to the target. Be aware that all scenes are recorded for administrative review.
Haemophilia
You can now embed haemophilia in your scenes.
Addiction
You can now embed addiction in your scenes.
Foppery
| Syntax |
| DRAMA FOPPERY |
You will naturally be able to dodge attacks, depending on how fine your clothes are. This ability stacks with acrobatics dodging.
Dodging is the ability to move out of the way of incoming attacks, this includes physical attacks and some magical attacks that are aimed at you. You will only be able to dodge those attacks which you can see coming, making this ability of limited use against psionic attacks, dreamweavers, and long-ranged attacks where your assailant is not near to you.
Confusion
You can now embed confusion in your scenes.
Subtext
| Syntax |
| SCRIPT FIRSTSCENE SUBTEXT [<effect>|NOTHING] |
| Inspiration: 5% (to embed) Power: 1 (to perform) |
When you perform the scene, the subtext effect will be given to the target (as well as the normal effect). Subtext effects are hidden from the target.
SecondScene
| Syntax |
| SCRIPT SECONDSCENE SHOW SCRIPT SECONDSCENE WRITE <text> |
| Inspiration: 1% (to embed an effect) |
You may now script a second scene. See AB DRAMATUGY FIRSTSCENE for details.
Clumsiness
You can now embed clumsiness in your scenes.
Catharsis
You can now embed catharsis in your scenes. A cathartic scene will drain approximately 10% of your target's maxmimum mana and ego.
Mendacity
| Syntax |
| DRAMA MENDACITY AT <target> |
By telling lies about someone, you will enrage them so much that the target of your mendacity will not be able to think straight about you. Their next attack at you will fail and they'll lose balance.
Hallucinations
You can now embed hallucinations in your scenes.
Sensitivity
You can now embed sensitivity in your scenes.
ThirdScene
| Syntax |
| SCRIPT THIRDSCENE SHOW SCRIPT THIRDSCENE WRITE <text> |
| Inspiration: 1% (to embed an effect) |
You may now script a third scene. See AB DRAMATUGY FIRSTSCENE for details.
Jealousy
| Syntax |
| DRAMA JEALOUSY [ON|OFF] |
With this defense up, you will be so filled with jealous rage that you will do 1/8 more damage on attacks against those you are lusting after. Having this defense up will have a constant drain on your ego.
Paranoia
You may now embed paranoia in your scenes.
FourthScene
| Syntax |
| SCRIPT FOURTHSCENE SHOW SCRIPT FOURTHSCENE WRITE <text> |
| Inspiration: 1% (to embed an effect) |
You may now script a fourth scene. See AB DRAMATUGY FIRSTSCENE for details.
Pacifism
You can now embed pacifism in your scenes.
Paralysis
You may now embed paralysis in your scenes.
Pratfall
| Syntax |
| DRAMA PRATFALL AT (target) <target2> <target3> <target4> <target5>] |
| Power: 0-4 Damage Type: 100% Blunt |
You can perform a comic pratfall which will damage a target. If multiple targets are hit, they will also be sent sprawling to the ground. You can add up to 4 more targets at the cost of 1p per extra target.
Stupidity
You can now embed stupidity in your scenes.
FifthScene
| Syntax |
| SCRIPT FIFTHSCENE SHOW SCRIPT FIFTHSCENE WRITE <text> |
| Inspiration: 1% (to embed an effect) |
You may now script a fifth scene. See AB DRAMATUGY FIRSTSCENE for details.
Sleep
You can now embed sleep in your scenes.
Rebuff
| Syntax |
| DRAMA REBUFF [ON|OFF] |
With this defense up, you will be alert for those who try to pull you from your performance, going so far as to push them into your spot if they give you the hook. Having this defense up will have a constant drain on your ego.
Lust
You can now embed lust in your scenes.
Asthma
You can now embed asthma in your scenes.
Climax
| Syntax |
| SCRIPT CLIMAX SHOW SCRIPT CLIMAX WRITE <text> |
| Power: 5 (to perform) Inspiration: 25% (to embed the effects) |
You can write a climax and perform it at others like any scene. For a climax, however, you can embed 5 dramaturgy afflictions instead of just one. You cannot have any subtext in a climax. See AB DRAMATURGY FIRSTSCENE.
The major difference between other scenes and climax is that climax does not afflict with any of those afflictions. Instead, when performing a climax with all 5 effects embedded, if the target already has one of these afflictions, he or she will be stunned and drained of ego. The stun time and egoloss will increase based on how many of the embedded afflictions he or she already has.
Each affliction the target has will be cured upon a climax.
If the target is under 50% ego afterwards, they will instantly be killed.