Shadow Servant (2.0)

	Shadow Servant
Abbreviation:	None
Prerequisites:	25th Circle, Shadowling.
Minimum Prep:	44
Casting Cap:	54
Valid Spell Target:	n/a
Description:	The Shadow Servant spell summons a great hulking brute of a spirit creature, too stupid to serve as a bodyguard but suitable as a beast of burden. Give an item to a Servant, and it will carry it for you until you ask for its return. To see what it's carrying at any time, you must cast Piercing Gaze on the Servant. It will follow you faithfully, but slowly, until you release it. The spell takes a lot of effort to cast, so if you're unsure of your harnessing abilities you should not choose this spell.
Example Messaging:	You gesture. With nothing more spectacular than a soft grunt of surprise, a looming Shadow Servant appears. >release servant A looming Shadow Servant disappears. >give servant The Servant accepts your backpack. It swallows the backpack in one mighty gulp. >ask servant for backpack A looming Shadow Servant gets a strained look for a moment, then regurgitates a sturdy backpack and hands it to you. >give shoe tack to servant The Servant accepts your shoe tack. It swallows the tack in one big gulp, and then belches with satisfaction. >ask servant for shoe tack The Shadow Servant stares at you in confusion.

Notes

• A portable vault. To see what it is holding, cast Piercing Gaze on it. To have it hold an item, give <item> to servant. To retrieve an item, ask servant for <item>.

• The servant can carry 10 items, but this can be increased by putting things in a container and then giving the container to the servant. Make sure to close any container before giving it to the servant or it will dump the contents on the ground! Total number of items, including those in containers, that your servant can carry is half of your Primary Magic skill skill with a maximum of 300 items at 600PM.

• The servant will immediately spit out an item upon GIVE if it is over the limit. "The Servant accepts your Nisha short bow. It starts to stuff it in its mouth, then changes its mind and drops it on the ground."

• A servant will not accept a container holding another container holding yet another container. For instance, if you give a backpack full of boxes to the servant, if one of those boxes happens to hold any type of container, the servant will drop the backpack onto the ground.

• The servant will digest some items rather than store them, such as single pelts, foragables and cambrinth. It belches when it does this. It was also found that servants will digest ingots used for forging.

• The more weight the servant is carrying, the slower it moves. Casting the spell with more mana increases the servant's speed.

• The servant can be dismissed with release servant or by logging out. WARNING: If you release servant while the servant is not in the same room as you, it will dump everything it is carrying in its current location, which is usually undesirable. Re-casting it can also result in item loss. Logging out will not cause it to dump what it's holding.

• The adjective you get (e.g., "a grumpy Shadow Servant," "a looming Shadow Servant," etc.) is based on the letters in your character's name and never changes. Possible adjectives include (incomplete list): brooding, cantankerous, disagreeable, gloomy, glowering, grumpy, hunchbacked, indolent, lethargic, looming, lugubrious, misshapen, morose, obstreperous, ornery, ponderous, sluggish, sulking, sullen, surly.

• You can push servant to push your servant through a Moongate or other portal if you don't want to wait for it to catch up to you.