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| style="background:lightyellow"|The true potential might of a Demigod will not be fully made manifest unless that Demigod is in the Order of an Elder God and that God decides to form a bond with the Demigod, in which case the Demigod becomes Their Avatar (sometimes referred to as Their Herald), gaining more powers on behalf of the Divine Order of their Patron God. This is not a bond that an Elder God will lightly undertake, as the essence cost to that God is staggering and represents a deep link between the essence of God and Demigod. Avatars are expected to be walking representations of their Patron God and often act as Their voice. The powers of Avatars are not fully known to mortals, however cults to venerate aspects of Elder Gods have begun to manifest in modern times, lead by Avatars who seek to personify Their being.
| style="background:lightyellow"|The true potential might of a [[Demigod]] will not be fully made manifest unless that Demigod is in the Order of an [[Elder God]] and that God decides to form a bond with the Demigod, in which case the Demigod becomes Their Avatar (sometimes referred to as Their Herald), gaining more powers on behalf of the Divine Order of their Patron God. This is not a bond that an Elder God will lightly undertake, as the [[essence]] cost to that God is staggering and represents a deep link between the essence of God and Demigod. Avatars are expected to be walking representations of their Patron God and often act as Their voice. [[Cult]]s to venerate aspects of Elder Gods have begun to manifest in modern times, led by Avatars who seek to personify Their being. They may also learn to Resurrect members of their faith via access to the demigod power.
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{{SkillTableRow|Venerate|Inept|0|Form a divine [[cult]] to venerate your patron.}}
|[[#Venerate|Venerate]]||Inept||Form a divine cult to venerate your patron.
{{SkillTableRow|Meditation|Inept|50|Strengthen the bond between you and your patron.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Pilgrimage|Novice|0|All pilgrimages begin with a prayer for deliverance.}}
|[[#Meditation|Meditation]]||Inept||Strengthen the bond between you and your patron.
{{SkillTableRow|Glory|Novice|50|A ritual to seek the ineffable wisdom of your patron.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|ReverentContemplations|Apprentice|0|A ritual of blessing for sheltered sleep.}}
|[[#Pilgrimage|Pilgrimage]]||Novice||All pilgrimages begin with a prayer for deliverance.
{{SkillTableRow|Prospicience|Apprentice|50|See the world through another's eyes.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|SupplicantsPrayer|Capable|0|A ritual of devotion precedes all offerings.}}
|[[#Glory|Glory]]||Novice +50%||A ritual to seek the ineffible wisdom of your patron.
{{SkillTableRow|VindicatedVendetta|Capable|50|A ritual to vindicate your actions.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Intervention|Adept|0|Every flock requires a shepherd.}}
|[[#ReverentContemplations|ReverentContemplations]]||Apprentice||A ritual of blessing for sheltered sleep.
{{SkillTableRow|BenevolentEmanations|Adept|50|A ritual to manifest the benevolent will of your God.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|DevoutShield|Master|0|A ritual of protection against the blasphemous.}}
|[[#Prospicience|Prospicience]]||Apprentice +50%||See the world through another's eyes.
{{SkillTableRow|Noetics|Master|50|To know, to hear, to speak through that which is devout.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|MalevolentEmanations|Gifted|0|A ritual to manifest the malevolent will of your God.}}
|[[#SupplicantsPrayer|SupplicantsPrayer]]||Capable||A ritual of devotion precedes all offerings.
{{SkillTableRow|DeiparousSpeed|Gifted|50|A ritual to seek god-given speed.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|SolemnCall|Expert|0|A single word is all that is needed.}}
|[[#VindicatedVendetta|VindicatedVendetta]]||Capable +50%||A ritual to vindicate your actions.
{{SkillTableRow|HymnicChoir|Expert|50|All within your God's creation shall sing praise.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|PiousSacrifice|Virtuoso|0|To gain something, something else must be lost.}}
|[[#Intervention|Intervention]]||Adept||Every flock requires a shepherd.
{{SkillTableRow|Portal|Virtuoso|50|Channel a gateway through the planes.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|FaithfulCongregation|Fabled|0|All shall come at the call of the faithful.}}
|[[#BenevolentEmanations|BenevolentEmanations]]||Adept +50%||A ritual to manifest the benevolent will of your God.
{{SkillTableRow|DivineSupper|Fabled|50|Sup at the table of your patron's benevolence.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Presence|Mythical|0|Increase the reach of your God's influence.}}
|[[#DevoutShield|DevoutShield]]||Master||A ritual of protection against the blasphemous.
{{SkillTableRow|Omniscience|Mythical|50|Hear and speak freely on all planes.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|TrueSermon|Transcendent|0|Let all hear the truest of sermons as it echoes across  
|[[#Noetics|Noetics]]||Master +50%||To know, to hear, to speak through that which is devout.
your God's domain.}}
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|[[#MalevolentEmanations|MalevolentEmanations]]||Gifted||A ritual to manifest the malevolent will of your God.
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|[[#DeiparousSpeed|DeiparousSpeed]]||Gifted +50%||A ritual to seek god-given speed.
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|[[#SolemnCall|SolemnCall]]||Expert||A single word is all that is needed.
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|[[#HymnicChoir|HymnicChoir]]||Expert +50%||All within your God's creation shall sing praise.
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|[[#PiousSacrifice|PiousSacrifice]]||Virtuoso||To gain something, something else must be lost.
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|[[#Portal|Portal]]||Virtuoso +50%||Channel a gateway through the planes.
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|[[#FaithfulCongregation|FaithfulCongregation]]||Fabled||All shall come at the call of the faithful.
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|[[#DivineSupper|DivineSupper]]||Fabled+50%||Sup at the table of your patron's benevolence.
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|[[#Presence|Presence]]||Mythical||Increase the reach of your God's influence.
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|[[#Omniscience|Omniscience]]||Mythical+50%||Hear and speak freely on all planes.
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|[[#TrueSermon|TrueSermon]]||Transcendent||Let all hear the truest of sermons as it echoes across your God's domain.
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==Venerate==
[[Image:Veneration.jpg|thumb|Elder Goddess Trillillial (by Sakr)]]
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{{AB
|-
|skillname = Venerate
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 10,000,000 essence (Free if Ascendant)
|costs = Cost: 10,000,000 essence (Free if [[Ascendant]])
|-
|description = Having fanned your divine spark beyond that of a mere mortal, and having formed a bond with an [[Elder God|Elder Divine]], such a union can be furthered upon.
|}


Having fanned your divine spark beyond that of a mere mortal, and having formed a bond with an Elder God, such a union can be furthered upon.
With the agreement of your patron, you can form a divine cult to venerate an aspect of Their divinity.
}}


With the agreement of your patron god, you can form a divine cult to venerate an aspect of His or Her divinity.
{{AB
|skillname = Meditation
|syntax = MEDITATE UPON <patron>
|cost = Cost: 30,000 cult essence per meditation
|description = As a divine cult is formed, it is weak. The bond, however, can be expanded upon by meditating on it. By meditating at your altar, forged in the instant that you and your patron formed your union, you can increase the strength of your veneration.
}}


==Meditation==
{{AB
{|
|skillname = Pilgrimage
|-
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH PILGRIMAGE
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|cost = Cost: 500 essence
|-
|description = By venerating your God with a rite of Pilgrimage, They may grant you passage through the known planes to your cult's altar within Their realm.
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>MEDITATE UPON <patron></tt>
|notes = Slightly delayed teleport to the cult altar, from anywhere on Prime, Ethereal, Elemental, Cosmic, or Astral.
|-
}}
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 30,000 cult essence per meditation
|-
|}


As a divine cult is formed, it is weak. The bond, however, can be expanded upon by meditating on it. By meditating at your altar, forged in the instant that you and your patron formed your union, you can increase the strength of your veneration.
{{AB
|skillname = Glory
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH GLORY
|cost = Cost: 10,000 essence
|description = Venerate your God with a rite of Glory, seeking divine wisdom for your cult. All members present will be granted experience, the amount varying on the number of members present.
}}


==Pilgrimage==
{{AB
{|
|skillname = ReverentContemplations
|-
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH REVERENTCONTEMPLATIONS
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|cost = Cost: 5,000 essence
|-
|description = Venerate your patron with a private ritual, drawing your physical and spiritual self closer to Them. For a time, sleeping within Their realm will increase your base health regeneration by three times.
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH PILGRIMAGE</tt>
|notes = Only applies if you're sleeping, and only heals health.  This might be useful for a dreamweaver's body, perhaps?
|-
}}
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 500 essence
|-
|}


By venerating your God with a rite of Pilgrimage, He may grant you passage through the known planes to your cult's altar within His realm.
{{AB
|skillname = Prospicience
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH PROSPICIENCE OF <cult member>
|cost = Cost: 500 essence
|description = See through the eyes of a member of your cult, and know the world as they know it. Only the Avatar may perform this rite, and it must be performed at the cult's altar.
|notes = A one-time "look" at the other player's current location.
}}


==Glory==
{{AB
{|
|skillname = SupplicantsPrayer
|-
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH SUPPLICANTSPRAYER
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|cost = Cost: 100,000 essence
|-
|description = Increase the value of your cult's offerings with this rite of supplication. The more cultists are present at the time of its casting, the more potent the bonus. The benefit will last for one day, and then fade.
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH GLORY</tt>
|notes = With five cult members, you'll need to offer about eleven fully esteemed items during the following day to come out ahead.
|-
}}
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 50,000 essence
|-
|}


Venerate your God with a rite of Glory, seeking divine wisdom for your cult. All members present will be granted experience, the amount varying on the number of members present.
{{AB
|skillname = VindicatedVendetta
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH VINDICATEDVENDETTA
|cost = Cost: 5,000 essence<br>
Damage Buff: 1/10 to all sources (against order enemies)
|description = A personal promise to your Patron, you may beseech a vindication for your prejudice against cultists of an enemy god - and so smite them with a bolstered fury. Can only be cast at the cult's altar.
|notes = Lasts one hour.  Increased damage when you attack order enemies.
}}


==ReverentContemplations==
{{AB
{|
|skillname = Intervention
|-
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH INTERVENTION OF <cult member>
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|cost = Cost: 5,000<br>
|-
(Avatar Only)
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH REVERENTCONTEMPLATIONS</tt>
|description = Intervene on behalf of a cult member and risk the trials that would rise against them in their stead. Note only the Avatar of the cult can perform this rite, and it can only be performed from the cult's altar.
|-
|notes = Trade places with the cult member.
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 5,000 essence
}}
|-
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Venerate your patron with a private ritual, drawing your physical and spiritual self closer to Him. For a time, slumbering within His realm will grant you increased regeneration.
{{AB
|skillname = BenevolentEmanations
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH BENEVOLENTEMANATIONS
|cost = Cost: 25,000 essence<br>
Member Requirement: 2 (Avatar Can Cast Alone)
|description = Summon the attention of your Patron, beseeching Them to manifest Their benevolent will throughout Their realm. Healing emanations of these benevolent blessings will rain down upon Their devout, and of those who They look benevolently upon.
|notes = [OLD NOTE; PLEASE VERIFY] Lasts one hour. Does healing on order members and their allies within the godrealm.
}}


==Prospicience==
{{AB
{|
|skillname = DevoutShield
|-
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH DEVOUTSHIELD
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|cost = Cost: 5,000 essence<br>
|-
Damage Resistance: 1/6 from all sources
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH PROSPICIENCE OF <cult member></tt>
|description = Venerate your Patron with this rite, and They may bestow upon you a shield worthy of Their devout. Such a blessing will protect you against harm, no matter the source. This rite can only be cast at a cult altar.
|-
|notes = [OLD NOTE; PLEASE VERIFY] Lasts one hour.
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 500 essence
}}
|-
|}
 
See through the eyes of a member of your cult, and know the world as they know it. Only the Avatar may perform this rite, and it must be performed at the cult's altar.
 
==SupplicantsPrayer==
{|
|-
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|-
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH SUPPLICANTSPRAYER</tt>
|-
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 100,000 essence
|-
|}
 
Increase the value of your cult's offerings with this rite of supplication. The more cultists are present at the time of its casting, the more potent the bonus. The benefit will last for one day, and then fade.
 
[[Image:Veneration.jpg|thumb|Elder Goddess Trillillial (by Sakr)]]
==VindicatedVendetta==
{|
|-
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|-
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH VINDICATEDVENDETTA</tt>
|-
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 5,000
|-
|}
 
A personal promise to your Patron, you may beseech a vindication for your prejudice against cultists of an enemy god - and so smite them with a bolstered fury. Can only be cast at the cult's altar.


{|
{{AB
|-
|skillname = Noetics
| style="background:darkgreen; color:white"|'''Additional Notes:'''
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH NOETICS FOR <cult member>
|-
|cost = Cost: 10,000 essence<br>
| style="background:lightgreen"|Lasts one hour. 
|-
|}
 
==Intervention==
{|
|-
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|-
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH INTERVENTION OF <cult member></tt>
|-
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 5,000
|-
|}
 
Intervene on behalf of a cult member and risk the trials that would rise against them in their stead. Note only the Avatar of the cult can perform this rite, and it can only be performed from the cult's altar.
 
==BenevolentEmanations==
{|
|-
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|-
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH BENEVOLENTEMANATIONS</tt>
|-
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 20,000 essence<br/>
Member Requirement: 5 (Avatar Can Cast Alone)
|-
|}
 
Summon the attention of your Patron, beseeching Him to manifest His benevolent will throughout His realm. Healing emanations of these benevolent blessings will rain down upon His devout, and of those who He looks benevolently upon.
 
{|
|-
| style="background:darkgreen; color:white"|'''Additional Notes:'''
|-
| style="background:lightgreen"|Lasts one hour.  Does healing on order members and their allies within the godrealm.
|-
|}
==DevoutShield==
{|
|-
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|-
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH DEVOUTSHIELD</tt>
|-
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 5,000 essence<br/>
DMP: 10
|-
|}
 
Venerate your Patron with this rite, and He may bestow upon you a shield worthy of His devout. Such a blessing will protect you against harm, no matter the source. This rite can only be cast at a cult altar.
 
{|
|-
| style="background:darkgreen; color:white"|'''Additional Notes:'''
|-
| style="background:lightgreen"|Lasts one hour. 
|-
|}
==Noetics==
{|
|-
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|-
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH NOETICS FOR <cult member></tt><br/>
<tt>CULT SPEAK <text></tt>
|-
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 10,000 essence
|-
|}
(Cult Leader Only)
(Cult Leader Only)
 
|description = Venerate your patron with this rite and be granted the privilege to not only hear what your cult member hears, but to speak directly through him. This can only be performed at the cult's altar, and will fade if you move from it.
Venerate your patron with this rite and be granted the privilege to not only hear what your cult member hears, but to speak directly through him. This can only be performed at the cult's altar, and will fade if you move from it.
{{sub|syntax = CULT SPEAK <text>}}
 
Note: To cancel an active noetics, the Avatar need only move or re-perform the rite.
Note: To cancel an active noetics, the Avatar need only move or re-perform the rite.
|notes = Whatever the avatar says the cultist also seems to say, and whatever the cultist hears the avatar will hear.
}}


==MalevolentEmanations==
{{AB
{|
|skillname = MalevolentEmanations
|-
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH MALEVOLENTEMANATIONS
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|cost = Cost: 25,000 essence<br>
|-
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH MALEVOLENTEMANATIONS</tt>
|-
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 20,000 essence<br/>
Member Requirement: 5 (Avatar Can Cast Alone)
|-
|}
 
Summon the attention of your Patron, beseeching Him to manifest His malevolent will throughout His realm. Angered emanations of these violent curses will rain down upon those who would defile His realm.
 
{|
|-
| style="background:darkgreen; color:white"|'''Additional Notes:'''
|-
| style="background:lightgreen"|Lasts one hour.  Does damage on order enemies within the godrealm.
|-
|}
 
==DeiparousSpeed==
{|
|-
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|-
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH DEIPAROUSSPEED</tt>
|-
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 5,000 essence
|-
|}
 
Venerate your Patron with this rite, and He may bestow upon you the ability to move faster and farther than before. Move swiftly across the land, and spread the word of your God.
 
{|
|-
| style="background:darkgreen; color:white"|'''Additional Notes:'''
|-
| style="background:lightgreen"|Works as a defense (until death or logoff).  Allows additional steps before the hasty message.
|-
|}
 
 
==SolemnCall==
{|
|-
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|-
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH SOLEMNCALL</tt>
|-
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 15,000 essence<br/>
Member Requirement: 4 (Avatar Can Cast Alone)
|-
|}
 
Perform this rite and place a solemn call to duty for all cultists to answer. If they are on a known plane, they will immediately begin to draw close, and little will stop them. Enemy territory, however, will hinder, but not stop, their travels.
 
==HymnicChoir==
{|
|-
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|-
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH HYMNICCHOIR</tt>
|-
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 20,000 essence<br/>
Member Requirement: 4 (Avatar Can Cast Alone)
Member Requirement: 4 (Avatar Can Cast Alone)
|-
|description = Summon the attention of your Patron, beseeching Them to manifest Their malevolent will throughout Their realm. Angered emanations of these violent curses will rain down upon those who would defile Their realm.
|}
|notes = Lasts one hour.  Does damage on order enemies within the godrealm.
}}


Send the inhabitants of your Patron's realm into songs of praise and glory, bolstering your cult members health, mana and ego while within. As well, others not of your cult but followers of your God - or members of orders He looks benevolently upon - shall receive a lesser blessing of the same nature.
{{AB
|skillname = DeiparousSpeed
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH DEIPAROUSSPEED
|cost = Cost: 5,000 essence
|description = Venerate your Patron with this rite before the cult's altar, and They may bestow upon you the ability to move faster and farther than before. Move swiftly across the land, and spread the word of your Divine.
|notes = [OLD NOTE] Works as a defense (until death or logoff). Allows additional steps before the hasty message. [PLEASE VERIFY (it's likely a [[celerity]] boost]
}}


==PiousSacrifice==
{{AB
{|
|skillname = SolemnCall
|-
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH SOLEMNCALL
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|cost = Cost: 15,000 essence<br>
|-
Member Requirement: 2 (Avatar Can Cast Alone)
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH PIOUSSACRIFICE</tt>
|description = Perform this rite and place a solemn call to duty for all cultists to answer. If they are on a known plane, they will immediately begin to draw close, and little will stop them. Enemy territory, however, will hinder, but not stop, their travels.
|-
|notes = A delayed summon for all cultists who are on Prime, Ethereal, Elemental, Cosmic, or Astral.
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 10,000 essence<br/>
}}
Member Requirement: 3 (Avatar Can Cast Alone)
|-
|}


Offer up the essence of your cult to your God, sanctifying shrines and lands in His name.
{{AB
|skillname = HymnicChoir
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH HYMNICCHOIR
|cost = Cost: 20,000 essence<br>
Member Requirement: 2 (Avatar Can Cast Alone)
|description = Send the inhabitants of your Patron's realm into songs of praise and glory, bolstering your cult members health, mana and ego while within. As well, others not of your cult but followers of your Divine - or members of orders They look benevolently upon - shall receive a lesser blessing of the same nature.
|notes = [OLD NOTE] Last one hour. The effect is only within the godrealm. [PLEASE VERIFY]
}}


==Portal==
{{AB
{|
|skillname = PiousSacrifice
|-
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH PIOUSSACRIFICE
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|cost = Cost: 10,000 essence
|-
|description = Offer up the essence of your cult to your Divine, sanctifying shrines and lands in Their name.
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH PORTAL TO <NEXUS|GODREALM|person></tt>
|notes = Sanctifies a shrine or a single location fully.
|-
}}
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 10,000+ essence<br/>
Member Requirement: 5 (Avatar Can Cast Alone)
|-
|}


Beseech your God to provide a means of travel, piercing through the planes themselves.
{{AB
|skillname = Portal
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH PORTAL TO <NEXUS{{!}}GODREALM{{!}}person>
|cost = Cost: 10,000+ essence
Member Requirement: 3 (Leader Can Cast Alone)
|description = Beseech your God to provide a means of travel, piercing through the planes themselves.
}}


==FaithfulCongregation==
{{AB
{|
|skillname = FaithfulCongregation
|-
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH FAITHFULCONGREGATION
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|cost = Essence: 5,000<br>
|-
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH FAITHFULCONGREGATION</tt>
|-
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 5,000 essence<br/>
Member Requirement: (Avatar Only)
Member Requirement: (Avatar Only)
|-
|description = By beseeching your patron to mark you as the most faithful of Their congregations, those of the cult will find their health, mana and ego bolstered for every fellow of their cult in their area.
|}
|notes = [OLD NOTE] Lasts three hours. The boost to health, mana, and ego is proportional to how many cultists are in the area at the time of the boost, not at the time the rite is venerated. [PLEASE VERIFY]
By beseeching your patron to mark you as the most faithful of His congregations, those of the Cult will find their health, mana and ego bolstered for every fellow of their Cult in their area.
}}
 
==DivineSupper==
 
{|
|-
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|-
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH DIVINESUPPER</tt>
|-
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 5,000 essence<br/>
Member Requirement: 7 (3 if Avatar)
|-
|}
Call upon your Patron to bless your cult, and so sup as the Divine might - the divine energies restoring your health, mana, ego, endurance, willpower and protecting you against enemies."


{{AB
|skillname = DivineSupper
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH DIVINESUPPER
|cost = Essence: 5,000<br>
Member Requirement: 3
|description = Call upon your Patron to bless your cult, and so sup as the Divine might - the divine energies restoring your health, mana, ego, endurance, willpower and protecting you against enemies.
<br><br>
NOTE: This can only be cast once a month.
NOTE: This can only be cast once a month.
|notes = A full and immediate refresh for all cultists present, plus it gives you a shield.
}}


==Presence==
{{AB
 
|skillname = Presence
{|
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH PRESENCE
|-
|cost = Essence: 50,000<br>
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
Member Requirement: 4
|-
|description = Ego bonus: 1/5<br>
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH PRESENCE</tt>
Influence bonus: 1/5
|-
<br><br>
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 50,000 essence<br/>
Call your God's presence to walk amongst the Cult, bolstering your influencing, and ego for a time.
Member Requirement: 7 (4 if Avatar)
}}
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Call your God's presence to walk amongst the Cult, bolstering your influencing, charisma and ego for a time.


==Omniscience==
{{AB
|skillname = Omniscience
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH OMNISCIENCE <ACTIVE{{!}}INACTIVE>
|cost = Essence: 5,000 (50 per minute upkeep)<br>
Member Requirement: (Cult Leader Only)
|description = Beseech your God to allow your perceptions to expand across the known multiverse, allowing you to hear anything spoken on all known aethers.
}}


{|
{{AB
|-
|skillname = TrueSermon
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
|syntax = VENERATE <patron> WITH TRUESERMON
|-
|cost = Essence: 35,000<br>
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH OMNISCIENCE</tt>
Member Requirement: 2 (Avatar can cast alone)
|-
|description = Expand your presence throughout the realm of your God, through your cult's altar, and allow all loyal to Them to hear your inspiring words of your Divine's glory. For a time after such a sermon, the inhabitants of the realm shall be stronger, driven by purpose and devotion.
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 5,000 essence (50 per minute upkeep)<br/>
}}
Member Requirement: (Avatar Only)
[[Category: Divine Skills]]
|-
|}
Beseech your God to allow your perceptions to expand across the known multiverse, allowing you to hear anything spoken on all known aethers.
 
==TrueSermon==
 
{|
|-
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
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| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>VENERATE <patron> WITH TRUESERMON</tt>
|-
| style="background:pink"|Cost: 35,000 essence<br/>
Member Requirement: 4 (Alone, If Avatar)
|-
|}
Expand your presence throughout the realm of your God, through your Cult's Altar, and allow all loyal to Him to hear your inspiring words of your God's glory. For a time after such a sermon, the inhabitants of the realm shall be stronger, driven by purpose and devotion.

Latest revision as of 21:20, 24 July 2022

The true potential might of a Demigod will not be fully made manifest unless that Demigod is in the Order of an Elder God and that God decides to form a bond with the Demigod, in which case the Demigod becomes Their Avatar (sometimes referred to as Their Herald), gaining more powers on behalf of the Divine Order of their Patron God. This is not a bond that an Elder God will lightly undertake, as the essence cost to that God is staggering and represents a deep link between the essence of God and Demigod. Avatars are expected to be walking representations of their Patron God and often act as Their voice. Cults to venerate aspects of Elder Gods have begun to manifest in modern times, led by Avatars who seek to personify Their being. They may also learn to Resurrect members of their faith via access to the demigod power.
Skill Learned At Description
Venerate Inept+0% Form a divine cult to venerate your patron.
Meditation Inept+50% Strengthen the bond between you and your patron.
Pilgrimage Novice+0% All pilgrimages begin with a prayer for deliverance.
Glory Novice+50% A ritual to seek the ineffable wisdom of your patron.
ReverentContemplations Apprentice+0% A ritual of blessing for sheltered sleep.
Prospicience Apprentice+50% See the world through another's eyes.
SupplicantsPrayer Capable+0% A ritual of devotion precedes all offerings.
VindicatedVendetta Capable+50% A ritual to vindicate your actions.
Intervention Adept+0% Every flock requires a shepherd.
BenevolentEmanations Adept+50% A ritual to manifest the benevolent will of your God.
DevoutShield Master+0% A ritual of protection against the blasphemous.
Noetics Master+50% To know, to hear, to speak through that which is devout.
MalevolentEmanations Gifted+0% A ritual to manifest the malevolent will of your God.
DeiparousSpeed Gifted+50% A ritual to seek god-given speed.
SolemnCall Expert+0% A single word is all that is needed.
HymnicChoir Expert+50% All within your God's creation shall sing praise.
PiousSacrifice Virtuoso+0% To gain something, something else must be lost.
Portal Virtuoso+50% Channel a gateway through the planes.
FaithfulCongregation Fabled+0% All shall come at the call of the faithful.
DivineSupper Fabled+50% Sup at the table of your patron's benevolence.
Presence Mythical+0% Increase the reach of your God's influence.
Omniscience Mythical+50% Hear and speak freely on all planes.
TrueSermon Transcendent+0% Let all hear the truest of sermons as it echoes across

your God's domain.

Meditation For Skill Ranks
Skill Rank Meditations Essence
Inept 0 0
Novice 16 460,000
Apprentice 36 1,080,000
Capable 78 2,320,000
Adept 207 6,200,000
Master 414 12,400,000
Gifted 674 20,200,000
Expert 987 29,600,000
Virtuoso 1,400 42,000,000
Fabled 2,127 63,800,000
Mythical 3,014 90,400,000
Transcendent 4,000 120,000,000
Elder Goddess Trillillial (by Sakr)

Venerate

Having fanned your divine spark beyond that of a mere mortal, and having formed a bond with an Elder Divine, such a union can be furthered upon.

With the agreement of your patron, you can form a divine cult to venerate an aspect of Their divinity.


Meditation

Syntax
MEDITATE UPON <patron>
Cost: 30,000 cult essence per meditation

As a divine cult is formed, it is weak. The bond, however, can be expanded upon by meditating on it. By meditating at your altar, forged in the instant that you and your patron formed your union, you can increase the strength of your veneration.


Pilgrimage

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH PILGRIMAGE
Cost: 500 essence

By venerating your God with a rite of Pilgrimage, They may grant you passage through the known planes to your cult's altar within Their realm.

Additional Notes:
Slightly delayed teleport to the cult altar, from anywhere on Prime, Ethereal, Elemental, Cosmic, or Astral.


Glory

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH GLORY
Cost: 10,000 essence

Venerate your God with a rite of Glory, seeking divine wisdom for your cult. All members present will be granted experience, the amount varying on the number of members present.


ReverentContemplations

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH REVERENTCONTEMPLATIONS
Cost: 5,000 essence

Venerate your patron with a private ritual, drawing your physical and spiritual self closer to Them. For a time, sleeping within Their realm will increase your base health regeneration by three times.

Additional Notes:
Only applies if you're sleeping, and only heals health. This might be useful for a dreamweaver's body, perhaps?


Prospicience

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH PROSPICIENCE OF <cult member>
Cost: 500 essence

See through the eyes of a member of your cult, and know the world as they know it. Only the Avatar may perform this rite, and it must be performed at the cult's altar.

Additional Notes:
A one-time "look" at the other player's current location.


SupplicantsPrayer

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH SUPPLICANTSPRAYER
Cost: 100,000 essence

Increase the value of your cult's offerings with this rite of supplication. The more cultists are present at the time of its casting, the more potent the bonus. The benefit will last for one day, and then fade.

Additional Notes:
With five cult members, you'll need to offer about eleven fully esteemed items during the following day to come out ahead.


VindicatedVendetta

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH VINDICATEDVENDETTA
Cost: 5,000 essence

Damage Buff: 1/10 to all sources (against order enemies)

A personal promise to your Patron, you may beseech a vindication for your prejudice against cultists of an enemy god - and so smite them with a bolstered fury. Can only be cast at the cult's altar.

Additional Notes:
Lasts one hour. Increased damage when you attack order enemies.


Intervention

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH INTERVENTION OF <cult member>
Cost: 5,000

(Avatar Only)

Intervene on behalf of a cult member and risk the trials that would rise against them in their stead. Note only the Avatar of the cult can perform this rite, and it can only be performed from the cult's altar.

Additional Notes:
Trade places with the cult member.


BenevolentEmanations

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH BENEVOLENTEMANATIONS
Cost: 25,000 essence

Member Requirement: 2 (Avatar Can Cast Alone)

Summon the attention of your Patron, beseeching Them to manifest Their benevolent will throughout Their realm. Healing emanations of these benevolent blessings will rain down upon Their devout, and of those who They look benevolently upon.

Additional Notes:
[OLD NOTE; PLEASE VERIFY] Lasts one hour. Does healing on order members and their allies within the godrealm.


DevoutShield

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH DEVOUTSHIELD
Cost: 5,000 essence

Damage Resistance: 1/6 from all sources

Venerate your Patron with this rite, and They may bestow upon you a shield worthy of Their devout. Such a blessing will protect you against harm, no matter the source. This rite can only be cast at a cult altar.

Additional Notes:
[OLD NOTE; PLEASE VERIFY] Lasts one hour.


Noetics

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH NOETICS FOR <cult member>
Cost: 10,000 essence

(Cult Leader Only)

Venerate your patron with this rite and be granted the privilege to not only hear what your cult member hears, but to speak directly through him. This can only be performed at the cult's altar, and will fade if you move from it.

Syntax
CULT SPEAK <text>

Note: To cancel an active noetics, the Avatar need only move or re-perform the rite.

Additional Notes:
Whatever the avatar says the cultist also seems to say, and whatever the cultist hears the avatar will hear.


MalevolentEmanations

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH MALEVOLENTEMANATIONS
Cost: 25,000 essence

Member Requirement: 4 (Avatar Can Cast Alone)

Summon the attention of your Patron, beseeching Them to manifest Their malevolent will throughout Their realm. Angered emanations of these violent curses will rain down upon those who would defile Their realm.

Additional Notes:
Lasts one hour. Does damage on order enemies within the godrealm.


DeiparousSpeed

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH DEIPAROUSSPEED
Cost: 5,000 essence

Venerate your Patron with this rite before the cult's altar, and They may bestow upon you the ability to move faster and farther than before. Move swiftly across the land, and spread the word of your Divine.

Additional Notes:
[OLD NOTE] Works as a defense (until death or logoff). Allows additional steps before the hasty message. [PLEASE VERIFY (it's likely a celerity boost]


SolemnCall

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH SOLEMNCALL
Cost: 15,000 essence

Member Requirement: 2 (Avatar Can Cast Alone)

Perform this rite and place a solemn call to duty for all cultists to answer. If they are on a known plane, they will immediately begin to draw close, and little will stop them. Enemy territory, however, will hinder, but not stop, their travels.

Additional Notes:
A delayed summon for all cultists who are on Prime, Ethereal, Elemental, Cosmic, or Astral.


HymnicChoir

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH HYMNICCHOIR
Cost: 20,000 essence

Member Requirement: 2 (Avatar Can Cast Alone)

Send the inhabitants of your Patron's realm into songs of praise and glory, bolstering your cult members health, mana and ego while within. As well, others not of your cult but followers of your Divine - or members of orders They look benevolently upon - shall receive a lesser blessing of the same nature.

Additional Notes:
[OLD NOTE] Last one hour. The effect is only within the godrealm. [PLEASE VERIFY]


PiousSacrifice

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH PIOUSSACRIFICE
Cost: 10,000 essence

Offer up the essence of your cult to your Divine, sanctifying shrines and lands in Their name.

Additional Notes:
Sanctifies a shrine or a single location fully.


Portal

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH PORTAL TO <NEXUS|GODREALM|person>
Cost: 10,000+ essence

Member Requirement: 3 (Leader Can Cast Alone)

Beseech your God to provide a means of travel, piercing through the planes themselves.


FaithfulCongregation

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH FAITHFULCONGREGATION
Essence: 5,000

Member Requirement: (Avatar Only)

By beseeching your patron to mark you as the most faithful of Their congregations, those of the cult will find their health, mana and ego bolstered for every fellow of their cult in their area.

Additional Notes:
[OLD NOTE] Lasts three hours. The boost to health, mana, and ego is proportional to how many cultists are in the area at the time of the boost, not at the time the rite is venerated. [PLEASE VERIFY]


DivineSupper

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH DIVINESUPPER
Essence: 5,000

Member Requirement: 3

Call upon your Patron to bless your cult, and so sup as the Divine might - the divine energies restoring your health, mana, ego, endurance, willpower and protecting you against enemies.

NOTE: This can only be cast once a month.

Additional Notes:
A full and immediate refresh for all cultists present, plus it gives you a shield.


Presence

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH PRESENCE
Essence: 50,000

Member Requirement: 4

Ego bonus: 1/5
Influence bonus: 1/5

Call your God's presence to walk amongst the Cult, bolstering your influencing, and ego for a time.


Omniscience

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH OMNISCIENCE <ACTIVE|INACTIVE>
Essence: 5,000 (50 per minute upkeep)

Member Requirement: (Cult Leader Only)

Beseech your God to allow your perceptions to expand across the known multiverse, allowing you to hear anything spoken on all known aethers.


TrueSermon

Syntax
VENERATE <patron> WITH TRUESERMON
Essence: 35,000

Member Requirement: 2 (Avatar can cast alone)

Expand your presence throughout the realm of your God, through your cult's altar, and allow all loyal to Them to hear your inspiring words of your Divine's glory. For a time after such a sermon, the inhabitants of the realm shall be stronger, driven by purpose and devotion.

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