Divination mirror

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Designed after the legendary mirror used by Tezirah, this mirror is a scrying tool used by Moon Mages. Detractors claim that all such mirrors should be destroyed, some because they worry that Tezirah went mad while scrying, others simply to remove the Guild's association with the magess. Others are quick to disagree, pointing out that the mirrors themselves hold the same properties as other divination tools, while some, most notably the mages who call themselves the Progeny of Tezirah, consider their use to be a show of respect for a mage who, despite her legendary actions, was by all accounts a most skilled and powerful seer.

When gazed into by a prophet with intent, many possible futures will converge into one yielding a view of what may come. The most potent of divinations will be rendered in a blaze of colour while weaker portents remain clad in shadows.

Properties

• Sect Affinity: The Progeny of Tezirah.
• Domain: ???
• Prediction Affinity: Potency. Divination mirrors have a slightly higher base quality for potency than other tools.

Availability

The following table includes all known reliable (or semi-reliable, in the case of auctions) sources of mirrors, with some example wares. Any other wares from the same source will be of the same quality as the example(s). The quality listed in the table is overall craftsmanship, so take care to shop around. In particular, The Future is Now is known for offering mirrors that are strong on one quality and weaker on others.

Source	Location	Restriction	Example	Price	Currency	Quality
Despondent Elothean	Crossing Middens		ornate mirror	5000	Kronars	1) Below Average
Banister Mausoleum Repository	Shard	Progeny	polished obsidian mirror with a carved ebony frame resembling writhing shadows	180400	Dokoras	2) Average
The Future is Now	Hollow Eve Festival	festival	gold-backed mirror framed with obsidian spirals	5000000	Dokoras	3) Above Average
						4) Very Good
The Future is Now	Hollow Eve Festival	festival	intricate clockwork divining mirror	50000000	Dokoras	5) Spectacular
		auction				6) Masterful

Use

Note:See Prediction for complete details on the general process of prediction. Only details specific to divination mirrors will be covered here.

Prerequisites

• A divination mirror that has been INVOKEed to bond it to you.

Syntax

• GAZE MIRROR to perform a prediction on yourself.
• SHOW MIRROR TO <TARGET> to perform a prediction on another player.

Qualities

ANALYZE mirrors to see their qualities.
See Prediction for detailed general information about divination tool qualities, how they relate to each other, and how they increase or decrease.

Physical Qualities

Potency Damage

Potency damage is indicated by the clarity of the glass. The clearer it is the less damage there is.

• The glass is exceptionally clear.
• The glass is quite clear.
• The glass is clear.

Duration Damage

Duration damage is indicated by the flatness and state of the surface of the mirror. The flatter and less scratched it is the less damage there is.

• The surface of the mirror is flat and polished.
• The surface of the mirror is flat and unscratched.
• The surface of the mirror is flat.

Alignment Damage

Alignment damage is indicated by the integrity of the frame. The more integrity it has the less damage there is.

• The mirror's frame has very good integrity.
• The mirror's frame has good integrity.
• The mirror's frame has reasonable integrity.

Polarity Damage

Polarity damage is indicated by the quality of the reflective coating and resulting image. The smoother it is and the less clouded the image is the less damage there is.

• The reflective coating is smoothly spread across the glass, resulting in a coruscating image.
• The reflective coating is smoothly spread across the glass, resulting in a limpid image.
• The reflective coating is smoothly spread across the glass, resulting in a mundane image.

Bond Qualities

Potency Bond

Potency bond is indicated by how defined your reflection is relative to the background. The more contrast the weaker the bond.

• Your reflection is perfectly defined in contrast to the malleable surroundings.

Duration Bond

Duration bond is indicated by your age in the reflection. The younger you are the weaker the bond.

• He/She appears as you were as a youth.
• He/She appears as you were as an infant.

Alignment Bond

Alignment bond is indicated by your emotional state in the reflection. The more fearful you are the weaker the bond.

• He/She hides his/her face behind his/her hands.
• He/She hides his/her face and cowers in the fetal position.

Polarity Bond

Polarity bond is indicated by your body's state in the reflection. The more sickly you appear the weaker the bond.

• His/her body is clearly atrophied and malnourished flesh hangs pathetically from his/her bones.

Age and Construction Qualities

These are identical for all types of tools. See Prediction for a list of both.

Example

The glass is clear.

The surface of the mirror is flat.

The mirror's frame has reasonable integrity.

The reflective coating is smoothly spread across the glass, resulting in a mundane image.

The mirror is rather new.

It appears to have seen little use.

The overall craftsmanship is above average and the mirror should prove slightly resistant to damage.

Recognizing the investiture as your own, you cautiously probe the mirror with your prophetic talent.

Your reflection is perfectly defined in contrast to the malleable surroundings.

He appears as you were as a youth.

He hides his face behind his hands.

His body is clearly atrophied and malnourished flesh hangs pathetically from his bones.

This mirror is quite new and barely used. It has an average level of damage across all physical qualities which means all of the bond qualities will still be able to increase fairly regularly. It is of better than average construction, so the physical qualities will damaged less often than for an average mirror. The bond qualities are all quite low, although the skill alignment and duration bonds are slightly stronger than the others. This results in predictions being ever so slightly more likely to land on the desired skill when aligning to a specific one, and the durations of your predictions with this mirror will be more likely to be slightly longer on average.

Prediction Interpretation

Potency

The more colors that appear the greater the potency.
Disclaimer: The power cap is known to be 20% of the ranks of the predicted skill. However, beyond that all ranges listed are estimates only.

You see yourself in surroundings very much like your own...	%
???	1-???
Though they are saturated with vibrant colours, the tonality is alien and wrong.	???-???
however, only the primary colors are rendered vividly while the secondaries are lost in white and shadow.	???-20

Duration

Instead of indicating a relative duration like with other divination tools, the message indicates an explicit time in game when the prediction will end.

Judging by the heavens above this prophecy will come to pass by <early|the middle of|late> <anlas>.

Since each anlas lasts 30 minutes this means that the finest resolution available is a 10 minute window, although it is very easy to determine when that window will occur.

Skill and Polarity

The action you are performing in the vision determines the skill. If the action's outcome is successful then it is a bonus. If it is a failure then it is a curse.

Defense Skills

Skill	Bonus	Curse
Brigandine	You are clad in a lamellar hauberk, and manuever about in it like it was your own skin. Confident in your ability you engage a <creature>.
Defending	You are under assault by a <creature> but casually fend off the blows.
Chain Armor
Light Armor
Parry	You are under assault by a <creature> but casually fend off the blows with your parry stick.
Plate Armor
Shield Usage	You deflect a blow from a <creature> with your shield as you press the assault.
Endurance
Evasion	You are under assault by a <creature> but easily lean away from attacks.	You are under assault by a <creature> and repeatedly dodge directly into the line of attack.

Lore Skills

Skill	Bonus	Curse
Alchemy
Appraisal
Enchanting
Engineering
Forging
Mechanical Lore
Outfitting
Performance
Scholarship
Tactics	You study a chess board for a few moments before placing your opponent in checkmate.
Bardic Lore
Empathy
Trading

Magic Skills

Skill	Bonus	Curse
Arcana
Attunement
Augmentation
Debilitation
Primary Magic
Targeted Magic
Sorcery	You gesture at a <creature> as it is utterly consumed in a pillar of colourless flame.
Utility
Warding	A fireball explodes around you, causing the latticework of blue-white lines about you to shimmer as it deflects the blast.	A fireball explodes around you, causing the latticework of blue-white lines about you to shatter as the flames consume you.
Astrology
Summoning
Theurgy

Offense Skills

Most weapon skills use the same messaging, only replacing the weapon with an appropriate one for the skill:

• Bonus: You are locked in a frantic battle with a <creature> but are preparing to press the assault with your <weapon>.
• Curse: You are under heavy assault by a <creature>. The attack shatters your resolve and you turn to flee, discarding your <weapon> in your panic.

Skills that do not use the above messaging list the full message in the table.

Skill	Bonus	Curse
Bow		bow and arrow
Brawling
Crossbow		crossbow
Heavy Thrown
Large Blunt
Large Edged	battle axe
Light Thrown	dart
Melee Mastery	Surrounding you are countless racks of perfectly ordered melee weapons.
Missile Mastery
Offhand Weapon
Polearms	pike
Slings
Small Blunt
Small Edged		dagger
Staves
Twohanded Blunt		war mattock
Twohanded Edged
Expertise

Survival Skills

Skill	Bonus	Curse
Athletics
First Aid
Locksmithing	You effortlessly pick the lock on a large chest.	You attempt to pick the lock on a large chest but snap your pick and jam the lock.
Outdoorsmanship
Perception	You gaze about your surroundings before pointing out a <creature> that lurks in the shadows.
Skinning	You kneel over a freshly slain deer and gracefully peel away the hide with your knife.
Stealth	You lurk in the shadows, waiting to ambush a <creature>.	You lurk in the shadows, waiting to ambush a <creature>. However, you are quickly spotted.
Thievery
Backstab
Scouting
Thanatology

Special Messages

Special messages usually indicate either damage to a physical quality or an increase to a bond quality, although it can also indicate a polarity inversion or a prediction averaging.

• The threads of prophecy respond sluggishly to your efforts, as if already strained.

You already have a prediction on that skill. Your two predictions are now averaged.

• The mirror oozes wisps of shadow which leech into your flesh and eagerly begin to feed. The process leaves no physical mark but vague feelings of ??? linger.

The potency bond quality increased.

• The mirror oozes wisps of shadow which leech into your flesh and eagerly begin to feed. The process leaves no physical mark but vague feelings of unnatural age linger.

The duration bond quality increased.

• The mirror oozes wisps of shadow which leech into your flesh and eagerly begin to feed. The process leaves no physical mark but vague feelings of lethargy linger.

The alignment bond quality increased.

• The mirror oozes wisps of shadow which leech into your flesh and eagerly begin to feed. The process leaves no physical mark but vague feelings of ??? linger.

The polarity bond quality increased.

• A blast of heat emanates from the surface of the mirror as the glass appears to momentarily bubble and liquefy.

Damage to the potency physical quality.

• ???

Critical fumble. Damage to all physical qualities, all bond qualities decreased slightly (unless at maximum), and guaranteed to be a nasty curse.

• You sense a darker fate that lurks within the mirror but your careful observations brought this reflection to the surface instead.

Polarity inversion. Possibly turned due to skill, full prediction pool, or polarity bond.

Example

You see yourself in surroundings very much like your own, however, only the primary colours are rendered vividly while the secondaries are lost in white and shadow.

You deflect a blow from a vykathi reaper with your shield as you press the assault.

Judging by the heavens above this prophecy will come to pass by early Phelim's Vigil.

You sense a darker fate that lurks within the mirror but your careful observations brought this reflection to the surface instead.

The mirror oozes wisps of shadow which leech into your flesh and eagerly begin to feed. The process leaves no physical mark but vague feelings of lethargy linger.

This is a very strong, positive prediction on the Shield Usage skill that will end in the first third of the anlas Phelim's Vigil. The prediction inverted polarity from a curse to a bonus, and the skill alignment bond quality increased.

Verbs

• Everyone: CLEAN, EXHALE at, KISS, OBSERVE, PEER into, POSE, PUNCH, RAISE, RUB, SCOFF at, SCOWL at, SEARCH, STARE into, TURN, and WAIL at, WAVE, or WHISPER.
• Progeny: ???.

Creation

Creation of divination mirrors is not yet possible. Presumably it will use the Enchanting skill.

Variations

Note: Due to a technical error with the site, the following list also contains some mundane mirrors and is missing some divination mirrors.

	Rare
Polished steel frame holding a square mirror	false
Abyssium divination mirror with shifting whorls of the constellations	true
Large divination mirror set in an simple oak frame	true
Crescent-shaped divining mirror with a sun coral frame	true
Tiny hand mirror decorated with animite wirework	true
Oval divination mirror backed with moonsilver inlaid rosewood	true
Loimic divining mirror with a twisted handle	true
Round mirror beautifully framed with walnut	true
Triangular mirror set within a silverwood frame	true
Hexagonal divining mirror set within an iroko frame	true
Yavash-red divination mirror inlaid with granite	true
Oval mirror mounted in a wrought iron frame	true
Divining mirror orbited by clockwork celestial bodies carved from niello	true
Small hand mirror of polished aldamdin	true

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