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Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 08:00 AM CDT
someone brought this to my attention... what is it?

The seishaka leaf contains a complete description of the Icutu Zaharenela spell. You quickly label the leaf with this identification.

"The Khalaen accuse us of basest immorality, but we are tired of walking small lest someone judge us. We are sick of having to be squeaky clean healers! This is our answer, our weapon..."

Icutu Zaharenela turns the esteemed Empathic Touch into something deadly and, depending on whom you ask, treacherous. It is not for the weak of stomach, as those who look hopefully to you for healing will find pain instead. Knowledge of Shifting and Paralysis, as well as a certain degree of empathic insensitivity, is required for this spell.


Because this spell is within your magical realm, you can attempt to INVOKE the scroll to temporarily memorize it.
Roundtime: 15 sec.
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 08:09 AM CDT

Whoa, I didn't think it was out? I remember it being discussed a handful of months ago. I have no idea what it does.
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 08:23 AM CDT


Please don't be teasing.
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 08:54 AM CDT
It dropped for me at taisidon too.
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 09:16 AM CDT
You guys mind sharing where you found your scroll? I'd very much like one.
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 09:24 AM CDT
dropped from the monkey catch game. Not sure if it was a mistake or not, though.
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 09:32 AM CDT
>>Not sure if it was a mistake or not, though.

It is not a mistake.

Have fun.

-Armifer
"Perinthia's astronomers are faced with a difficult choice. Either they must admit that all their calculations were wrong ... or else they must reveal that the order of the gods is reflected exactly in the city of monsters." - Italo Calvino
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 09:33 AM CDT


Does anyone know what it does?
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 09:51 AM CDT
>>Does anyone know what it does?

Oo Oo! Pick me! Pick me!

-Raesh

"It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to BE itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true." ― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 09:55 AM CDT
I don't play an empath but if it does what it says on the tin, it sounds really cool, and I'm excited for you guys.
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 10:13 AM CDT


>Oo Oo! Pick me! Pick me!

You're killing me. But I'll bite - Raesh, what does it do?
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 10:22 AM CDT
>>You're killing me. But I'll bite - Raesh, what does it do?

You asked if anyone knew what it does - I do.

You didn't ask if I'd share. (I won't)

-Raesh

"It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to BE itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true." ― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 10:26 AM CDT


Can you tell us if it's able to be memorized permanently? Will it ever be available outside Taisidon? Can it be found as a critter drop on the island, or only from games?
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 10:46 AM CDT
>>Can you tell us if it's able to be memorized permanently?

Yes.

>>Will it ever be available outside Taisidon?

It already is.

-Raesh

"It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to BE itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true." ― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 11:04 AM CDT
>>Does anyone know what it does?

Yes. It's right there in the name.



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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 11:05 AM CDT
>>Will it ever be available outside Taisidon?

It already is.

-Raesh

Like from a Guildleader?
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 11:15 AM CDT
>Yes. It's right there in the name.

Touch Old/Poison?
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 11:17 AM CDT
If someone can give me the DISCERN output then I can document the mana cost and difficulty for you on the wiki. If not, then I'm putting the spell up as we speak and someone can fill those details in.



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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 11:24 AM CDT
I'll also need the spellbook it belongs to before I can add it to the graphical spell tree. I'm assuming Life Force Manipulation for now...



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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 11:33 AM CDT
>>Touch Old/Poison

No expert of DR languages, but I took it as "Touch of the Old Woman" or "Old Woman's Touch".

Icutu: Touch
Zaharen: Old
Ela: Woman




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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 11:40 AM CDT
I read it as "aging touch."



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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 11:44 AM CDT
This is why spell names (and everything else) should always be in English :/

Sounds like an interesting addition though. Probably not something I'll pursue for my character, but it seems like something some folks will enjoy.

Thanks,
-Life Weaver Karthor
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 11:47 AM CDT
Hopefully it makes you old and withered if you twist the empathic link in such a way. And Constanze rocks your socks when she catches up to you.



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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 11:52 AM CDT
>>This is why spell names (and everything else) should always be in English :/

TBH Icutu Zaharenela sounds a lot cooler than "Old Spooky Touch"



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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 12:01 PM CDT
>discern iz
"The Khalaen accuse us of basest immorality, but we are tired of walking small lest someone judge us. We are sick of having to be squeaky clean healers! This is our answer, our weapon..."

Icutu Zaharenela turns the esteemed Empathic Touch into something deadly and, depending on whom you ask, treacherous. It is not for the weak of stomach, as those who look hopefully to you for healing will find pain instead. Knowledge of Shifting and Paralysis, as well as a certain degree of empathic insensitivity, is required for this spell.

This spell relies on your targeted magic ability, but it cannot be targeted. This spell does cold and slice damage. This is a cyclic spell. To cast this kind of spell, prepare it at the amount of mana you wish to cast it at, and then cast it. This spell will continually pulse as long as you have harnessed enough mana to fuel the mana requirements. Cambrinth also works as a source of fuel for cyclic spells, as does your raw attunement if you have the Raw Channeling feat. It can be cast without a target and at hostile creatures. It requires a minimum of fifteen mana streams, and can expand to a maximum of forty-five mana streams woven into it. To begin to be able to cast this spell, you will need to reach the rank of a professional. By the time you have mastered this spell, you will be ranked as a legend in your abilities as a caster. It requires the Targeted Magic skill to cast effectively. Before you can learn this spell, you must know Paralysis. It will also cost two spell slots.

You don't think you are able to cast this spell.
Roundtime: 7 sec.


In the chapter entitled "Life Force Manipulation", you have notes on the Refresh, Icutu Zaharenela [iz], Paralysis, and Lethargy spells.
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 12:03 PM CDT
Thanks!



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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 12:22 PM CDT
Okay, the spell is documented on the wiki and the spell tree has been updated, although there's a few pieces of info missing here and there, such as messaging, pulse timing, and possibly if it's AoE, DFA, etc.



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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 12:30 PM CDT
Thanks for doing that.

Also thanks to GMs for the work on that. It was also fun to figure it out. I liked how there was no announcement about it and was just a surprise.
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 01:35 PM CDT


Where did you all learn it (scroll only?), not seeing it avail from the guild leaders yet.
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 01:44 PM CDT
Scroll only. I doubt the guild leaders would be teaching a spell that explicitly goes against the guild line.



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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 01:44 PM CDT
<<Where did you all learn it (scroll only?), not seeing it avail from the guild leaders yet.

Yes from a scroll. Looks like right now it is scroll only possibly.
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 02:32 PM CDT

You gesture.
Your empathic shock makes the spell slightly more pliable.
Monstrous feelings of cold-bloodedness uncoil from within, taking root in places where your empathy has receded. Their physical echoes are concentrated most in your hands, and you immediately recognize the onset of an abnormal arthritis.

>
Your hands throb with pain!

>per
You reach out with your senses and see radiant (15/21) streams of vibrant blue and white Life mana flowing through the area.
Letting your senses extend further, you feel there is pale (7/21) mana to the northwest, and pulsating (10/21) mana to the south.
You sense the Icutu Zaharenela spell making your touch deadly.
Roundtime: 3 sec.

> touch boar

You reach out toward a heggarangi boar with the back of your hand in a gesture of false sympathy.
The hand lightly grazes the heggarangi boar's ear, raising a large grey and red blemish about its head.
The heggarangi boar is stunned!

Pain blossoms within you, your empathic shock deepening, but you compose yourself.

Roundtime: 3 sec.
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 02:34 PM CDT
I'm going on a limb and assuming this is signature?



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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 02:45 PM CDT
That's a pretty sturdy limb that's already fallen to the ground given that it requires empathic shock and the ability to shift.



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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 02:47 PM CDT


Also, the townsfolk don't like it.

"Burn him! Burn him!" You hear the cries echo around you as everyone in the vicinity suddenly moves away, giving you a wide berth! It goes without saying you'll be wanted for forbidden practices in City of Riverhaven now.
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 02:50 PM CDT
>>That's a pretty sturdy limb that's already fallen to the ground given that it requires empathic shock and the ability to shift.

You never know!



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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 02:51 PM CDT


it DOES work on constructs:

You charge and reach out toward a silver origami mouse with the back of your hand in a gesture of false sympathy.
The origami mouse tries to twist away from your spell!
The origami mouse's abdomen withers, its body wasting away to an attenuated mockery of itself.

Roundtime: 6 sec.


it does NOT seem to work on undead:

You insouciantly swing a backhand at a lesser skeleton.
The spell pattern collapses at the last moment due to the undead state of a lesser skeleton.
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 02:52 PM CDT
<<it does NOT seem to work on undead:
<<You insouciantly swing a backhand at a lesser skeleton.
<<The spell pattern collapses at the last moment due to the undead state of a lesser skeleton.

Are you casting the spell with more than minimum prep? That may just be the undead magic resistance that requires min prep +1 to bypass kicking in.



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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 02:58 PM CDT


good call.

> touch gh

Feeling implacable, you charge and lunge with an extended hand toward a ghoul.
The fingers leave discolored contusions on the ghoul's abdomen, grey ringed with a tinge of red.

Pain blossoms within you, your empathic shock deepening, but you compose yourself.

Roundtime: 6 sec.
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Re: Icutu Zaharenela 08/09/2016 03:01 PM CDT


Whoa ho ho ho! That looks awesome!

Is each TOUCH increasing your shock? The 'but you compose yourself' is what I'm wondering about.

So it seems like it's a cyclic that changes it so whenever you TOUCH something it counts as a slice/cold TM damage spell?

Is the "Your hands throb with pain!" message just letting you know it's active, or are you taking damage?
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