Post:Braun's Conjecture, Destiny Cipher and Teleport Changes - 03/07/2016 - 21:25

Braun's Conjecture, Destiny Cipher and Teleport Changes · on 03/07/2016 09:25 PM CST	447
Two new spells are now on PREMIUM preview: Braun's Conjecture: 2 slot advanced utility ritual Braun's Conjecture is a ritual that adjusts the balance of the caster's conscious mind and their innate planar link. In such a state the caster is able to comprehend and calculate the extremely sophisticated formulae of Enlightened Geometry nearly instantaneously. These calculations are most useful when applied to the advanced forms of divination, though they can also be applied to teleportation. Oddly, this innate understanding does not extend to conventional mathematics. Essentially this makes teleportation spells (Teleport, Moon Gate, Contingency and Riftal Summons) easier to cast, reduces the difficulty of using ALIGN Transmogrify and Split, reduces the RT of Predict State and removes the penalty for targeting specific skills with predictions. Destiny Cipher: 2 slot basic utility ritual Destiny Cipher is one of the more exciting results to arise from the Heritage House's meticulous research. In essence, it is a Sophister meditation technique that has been blended with strands of philosophy from Fortune's Path and grounded in the planar theory first outlined by the Celestial Compact. Unlike other spells that enhance a mage's prophetic talents, Destiny Cipher seeks to clarify the meaning of a prophecy. Many find it useful when working with unfamiliar divination tools or techniques, allowing for a rapid increase in familiarity. This causes you to treat all tools equally (removing sect preference), increases the potency of your visions and increases the bonding rate. Much like Read the Ripples, both of these spells aren't fans of Teleologic Sorcery. (Worry not Sorcerers, love for you guys is coming too.) Ritual foci are available for both at the Crossing Artificer. Coming along for the ride with these two spells are the previously discussed changes to teleport spells: Teleport: Reduced to a basic spell. Now uses similar logic to Moongate to handle distance calculations, meaning you need to invest mana instead of raw ranks of PM to overcome greater distances. You will also take a penalty when crossing the oceans just like Moongate. Moongate: No changes aside from support for Braun's Conjecture. Riftal Summons: Same distance changes as Teleport. Contingency: Same distance changes as Teleport (Note: Previously the distance checks for this spell didn't work at all so this is going to be a fairly major change for some of you, particularly people who use INVOKE CONTINGENCY regularly.) Now uses Utility ranks instead of PM ranks when calculating the odds of automatically triggering. Please note that Braun's Conjecture is checked when you establish the Contingency spell not when it's triggered. Will generally act much more like teleport when you're still alive. Thanks go to all the players who helped out with this on Test and both Naohhi and Grejuva for their swift QCs. -Raesh
This message was originally posted in The Moon Mages \ Game Master and Official Announcements, by DR-RAESH on the play.net forums.