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Prayer Procedures

Mar 20, 2013 19:08:06 GMT -6 Word Count:

Post by Brady on Mar 20, 2013 19:08:06 GMT -6

Prayer Procedures

Prayers in the Cathedral are concentrated--amplified into the ears of the gods, channeled through the blood of sacrifice. Though their attention is secured, there is no guarantee you will win their favor. Most commonly receiving nothing in return for your devotion, there are small opportunities for glorious blessings... and risks for horrifying curses.

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Cattle must be purchased from farmers to slay as a blood sacrifice for the attention of the gods. Although the cattle must be sacrificed on the Cathedral's offering table, roleplayers are not obligated to write the details; you are free to "fade to black" or begin your post with the act already completed. If preferred, your character may also utilize the Cathedral's magic to cast a pain-free spell for the cattle to pass gently and comfortably.
Varying based on their greed, each god desires a different quantity of sacrifice and has differing chances for nothing, a blessing, or a curse. They also differ in preference of power; the better odds they offer, the higher overall stats they require from your character before you may pray to them. Their demands are as follows:

Adoyne

1 cattle sacrifice
Minimum of 10 overall stats

Dice faces 1-25 result in nothing
Dice faces 26-28 result in a curse
Dice face 29 results in a blessing

Dakrym

2 cattle sacrifice
Minimum of 30 overall stats

Dice faces 1-20 result in nothing
Dice faces 21 & 22 result in a curse
Dice face 23 results in a blessing

Melaya

3 cattle sacrifice
Minimum of 50 overall stats

Dice faces 1-13 result in nothing
Dice face 14 results in a curse
Dice face 15 results in a blessing

Rafyre

4 cattle sacrifice
Minimum of 70 overall stats

Dice faces 1-8 result in nothing
Dice face 9 results in a curse
Dice faces 10 & 11 result in a blessing

The alchemy potion "Worship" removes the risk of curses. The dice faces that normally result in a curse will instead result in nothing for 1 prayer.
To pray, create a thread with the label "Praying" naming which god your character wishes to beseech, write a 200-400 word IC post describing your character's personal ritual, list if you are using "Seraphic Cathedral Choice" or "Seraphic Cathedral Sub-List Choice" items from the Underground, and select which cattle from your inventory you wish to sacrifice if you have multiple types. If using an item, it will only be activated and removed from your inventory if you receive a blessing or curse and actually utilize the item. Next, post in Invocation to alert staff. A staff member will remove the cattle from your account and then roll a dice with the number of faces matching which god you have chosen.
If your prayer results in a blessing or curse, a secondary dice is rolled to randomly select which you will receive unless predetermined by an item.
Several of the possible blessings and curses include multiple dice rolls to select from a sub-list unless predetermined by an item. For example, the blessing "sensory power" has 2 additional dice rolls to determine which category of sensory powers, such as auditory, and then which level within that category, such as level 2.
Should you receive an incorporeal alchemical ingredient, you must post a link to the selected contribution. You must also notify the chosen contribution creator by posting in their thread with a link to your prayer thread.
If you receive nothing, staff will archive the thread. If you receive a blessing or curse, they will update your account as applicable. Some effects are automatic and immediate, such as the addition or subtraction of coins from your account. Others require the recipient to post in Invocation to activate or remove the effect, such as applying a sensory power or healing an illness that expired.
Your character may pray once every 48 hours.

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Sensory Power

A dice is rolled with the number of sensory power categories. After a category is selected, a secondary dice is rolled with 4 faces representing levels 1-4.

30 stats

The stats will be added to a single field determined by a dice roll. If adding 30 stats to the field would exceed that field's maximum, the exceeding stats are added to a field chosen from a 2nd dice roll. If the 2nd field also exceeds its maximum, another roll will select a 3rd field for the overflowing stats, and the pattern will continue until all 30 stats are distributed. If a character's maximum amounts across all 8 fields cannot contain 30 stats, the extra stat upgrades will be added as an item to their inventory instead.

Face 1 - Constitution
Face 2 - Ranged
Face 3 - Combat
Face 4 - Strength
Face 5 - Agility
Face 6 - Stealth
Face 7 - Endurance
Face 8 - Speed
Face 9 - Your choice

Companion

Added to your inventory as an item. If you wish to apply the item, you must choose any existing companion contribution or create your own.

300 coins

Will be added to the character's account immediately.

Incorporeal alchemy ingredient

The specific ingredient is selected through a dice roll with the number of faces equivalent to the number of incorporeal ingredients, numbered in alphabetical order.

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5 stats

The stats will be removed from a single field determined by a dice roll. If subtracting 5 stats from the field would cause a negative number, the excessive stats are subtracted from a field chosen by a 2nd dice roll. If the 2nd field also reaches 0 prior to subtracting all excessive stats, another roll will select a 3rd field for the overflowing stats, and the pattern will continue until all 5 stats are subtracted.

Face 1 - Constitution
Face 2 - Ranged
Face 3 - Combat
Face 4 - Strength
Face 5 - Agility
Face 6 - Stealth
Face 7 - Endurance
Face 8 - Speed
Face 9 - Your choice

Imprisonment in the Bastille for 1 completed thread

The IC reasoning for your character’s imprisonment is that you have displeased the gods. All current IC threads are immediately paused while your character is incarcerated. After you have completed 1 thread within any of the Bastille's sub-boards, post in Invocation to have your cell sub-board removed and resume roleplaying as normal.

30 coins

Will be removed from the character's account immediately. If the character does not have 30 coins, their total will be brought to 0.

Illness

Staff will create your healing thread in Delphic Provenance stating you have a cursed illness and update the "ailment" field in your mini-profile as "Cathedral Cursed Illness." Your treatment plan will require 2 treatment posts to fully heal. The symptoms of a curse illness are shortness of breath that may lead to fainting if exerted, spells of dizziness and blurry vision, rolling stomach pain, throbbing headache, muscle ache, sore throat, nasal congestion, and a high fever leading to occasional delusions.

Injury

Staff will create your healing thread in Delphic Provenance stating which version of the below cursed injuries you have sustained and update the "ailment" field in your mini-profile. Your treatment plan will require 2 treatment posts to fully heal. A secondary dice roll determines which type of injury your character will suffer:

Face 1 - loss of limb, chosen at random by staff
Face 2 - broken bone, chosen at random by staff
Face 3 - concussion leading to amnesia
Face 4 - muteness, deafness, or blindness, chosen at random by staff
Face 5 - stiffness, pain, and loss of fine motor control in all joints

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Post by Brady on Mar 20, 2013 19:08:06 GMT -6