Moon Mage enchanting

Enchanting Basics

Useful Terms

Activating (Activator Spell)

The process of powering or 'activating' a scribed sigil's latent properties by sending lunar mana into it. Currently there are three spells that function in this regard, they are: Shadows, Dazzle, and Unleash. These 'activator spells' work to varying degrees, with Shadows being the least effectivce, Dazzle being in the middle, and Unleash being the most effective. Unleash also slightly raises the magical quality of the enchantment.

Binding

The process of permantently sealing (or 'binding' as we call it) a sigil into an object, by focusing your magical senses on the object until you feel the sigil become one with the object.

Celestial Sigil

Pictorial representations of heavenly bodies such as the three moons, the sun, or the thirteen planets.

Conjunctive Sigil

Any combination of 2 overlaying sigils or Celestial sigils.

Enchanter's Burin

Similar to a mundane burin used in metal etching, The Enchanter's Burin, through the gem in its tip, allows a sigil to be drawn both upon a target object as well as in the space around it.

Foundation Enchantment

Enchantments that are made using only one sigil, or 'foundation sigil' as they are called. Also referred to as 'Foundation-based Enchantments'.

Foundation Sigil

A sigil that represents a single constellation or other celestial body.

Grand Square

Any combination of 4 overlaying sigils or Celestial sigils.

Scribing

The process of placing or 'drawing' a sigil on an item.

Sigil(s)

Pictorial representations of the constellations, 'drawn' to such precise geometric exactness that they can be used to evoke the raw power of the constellation upon which they are based.

Trine

Any combination of 3 overlaying sigils or Celestial sigils.

Astoshe's Eclipse

Items

• A ring worth 1 gold kronar or more
• Enchanter's Burin
• Celestial sigil of the Wolf, Nightingale, and Shrew
  • Constellation or
  • Scroll or
  • Sigilbook
• Activating Spell
  • Shadows or
  • Dazzle or
  • Unleash

Steps

1. Spell up (optional, but helps immensely)
   • Seer's Sense
   • Clear Vision
   • Piercing Gaze
   • Aura Sight
2. Cast Imbue on the ring twice or untill it warps.
   • Command: prep Imbue, cast my ring
     • Failure message: Something about the ring causes the spell pattern to dissipate.
       • If you fail when attempting to Imbue the ring then the ring cannot be made into an Astoshe's Eclipse ring, simply find another ring that will work and try.
         • Message: The bone ring twists and warps as if caught in a heat wave, then abruptly stops
3. Memorize the Celestial sigil for the Wolf.
   • Command: study Wolf / Sigilbook / Scroll
     • Failure message: You are unable to comprehend the nature of the sigil behind the Wolf.
       • If you fail when studying the Wolf, wait 3 minutes and try again. Scrolls and Sigilbooks are more forgiving and you may repeatedly try until you get it.
         • Message: Your head is still swimming from your last attempts at comprehending the sigil behind the Wolf constellation.
4. With the burin in your right hand, scribe your ring with the Wolf sigil.
   • Command: scribe my ring
     • Failure message: The sigil flutters along the bone ring but fails to do anything.
       • Go back to step 3 if you fail to scribe.
5. Activate the sigil.
   • Commands: prep Shadows / Dazzle / Unleash, cast my ring.
     • Fail Message: You sense that the sigil on the ring has failed to activate.
       • If you fail to activate the sigil before it fades away, you must go back to step 3.
6. Bind the sigil to the ring.
   • Command: focus my ring
     • You will get a 12 second Round Time, and a little message telling you that you need to focus on the ring again in order to permanently bind the sigil to the ring.
   • Command: focus my ring
     • Focus until you bind the sigil.
     • Fail Message: You attempt to bind the activated sigil of the Wolf constellation to the ring but fail.
       • If the sigil fades before you succeed, you must go back to step 3.
7. Memorize the Celestial sigil for the Nightingale.
   • Command: study Nightingale / Sigilbook / Scroll
     • Failure message: You are unable to comprehend the nature of the sigil behind the Nightingale.
       • If you fail when studying the Nightingale, wait 3 minutes and try again. Scrolls and Sigilbooks are more forgiving and you may repeatedly try until you get it.
         • Message: Your head is still swimming from your last attempts at comprehending the sigil behind the Nightingale constellation.
8. With the burin in your right hand, scribe your ring with the Nightingale sigil.
   • Command: scribe my ring
     • Failure message: The sigil flutters along the bone ring but fails to do anything.
       • Go back to step 7 if you fail to scribe.#Activate the sigil.
   • Commands: prep Shadows / Dazzle / Unleash, cast my ring.
     • Fail Message: You sense that the sigil on the ring has failed to activate.
       • If you fail to activate the sigil before it fades away, you must go back to step 7.
9. Bind the sigil to the ring.
   • Command: focus my ring
     • You will get a 12 second Round Time, and a little message telling you that you need to focus on the ring again in order to permanently bind the sigil to the ring.
   • Command: focus my ring
     • Focus until you bind the sigil.
     • Fail Message: You attempt to bind the activated sigil of the Nightingale constellation to the ring but fail.
       • If the sigil fades before you succeed, you must go back to step 7.
10. Memorize the Celestial sigil for the Shrew
    • Command: study Shrew / Sigilbook / Scroll
      • Failure message: You are unable to comprehend the nature of the sigil behind the Shrew.
        • If you fail when studying the Shrew, wait 3 minutes and try again. Scrolls and Sigilbooks are more forgiving and you may repeatedly try until you get it.
          • Message: Your head is still swimming from your last attempts at comprehending the sigil behind the Shrew constellation.
11. With the burin in your right hand, scribe your ring with the Shrew sigil.
    • Command: scribe my ring
      • Failure message: The sigil flutters along the bone ring but fails to do anything.
        • Go back to step 10 if you fail to scribe.
12. Activate the sigil.
    • Commands: prep Shadows / Dazzle / Unleash, cast my ring.
      • Fail Message: You sense that the sigil on the ring has failed to activate.
        • If you fail to activate the sigil before it fades away, you must go back to step 10.
13. Bind the sigil to the ring.
    • Command: focus my ring
      • You will get a 12 second Round Time, and a little message telling you that you need to focus on the ring again in order to permanently bind the sigil to the ring.
    • Command: focus my ring
      • Focus until you bind the sigil.
      • Fail Message: You attempt to bind the activated sigil of the Shrew constellation to the ring but fail.
        • If the sigil fades before you succeed, you must go back to step 10.

How to Use

In order to use an Astoshe's Eclipse ring, rub the ring while worn.

Messaging:
You rub a slender bone ring etched with the crest of the Moon Mage Guild.
You feel yourself flash invisible.

Notes

At any point below "fully charged" a Moon Mage can try and recharge the enchantment with lunar mana, thus attempting to restore it to its maximum number of charges. To do this simply hold the ring in your

right hand and CHARGE MY RING. It takes about half of your attunement to attempt this, regardless of whether or not you succeed in charging the ring. You may have to charge the ring many times in order to

return it to 'fully charged', depending on how depleted it is. You should be aware that it takes AT LEAST 350 ranks in Magical Devices to even have a chance at this. It is really recommended 400 ranks unless

you don't mind sitting there trying it over and over, waiting for you attunement to come back each time.

Cambrinth Retune

Items

• A cambrinth item
• Enchanter's Burin
• Celestial sigil of the Phoenix
  • Constellation or
  • Scroll or
  • Sigilbook

Steps

1. Memorize the Celestial sigil for the Phoenix.
   • Command: study Phoenix / Sigilbook / Scroll
     • Failure message: You are unable to comprehend the nature of the sigil behind the Phoenix.
       • If you fail when studying the Phoenix, wait 3 minutes and try again. Scrolls and Sigilbooks are more forgiving and you may repeatedly try until you get it.
         • Message: Your head is still swimming from your last attempts at comprehending the sigil behind the Phoenix constellation.
2. With the burin in your right hand, scribe your cambrinth item with the Phoenix sigil.
   • Command: scribe my <item>
     • Failure message: The sigil flutters along the <item> but fails to do anything.
       • Go back to step 1 if you fail to scribe.

Notes

You're done after scribing the item successfully. The item can now be charged with any type of mana before it has to be retuned again to be charged with a different type.

Celestial Beacon

• Requires Items

1. An Enchanter's Burin
2. Sigil of the Constellation The Cat
3. Sigil of the Constellation The Magpie
4. Sigil of any of the Three Moons that the Celestial Beacon is going to be attuned to.

• Requires Spells

1. The Imbue spell
2. The Shadows spell if you are creating a Katamba Celestial Beacon
3. The Dazzle spell if you are creating an Xibar/Yavash Celestial Beacon
4. A spell that can activate sigils

• Instructions:
  

1. Preparations such as Clear Vision, Piercing Gaze, Aura Sight, Seer's sense are useful but not neccessary specifically to enchant.
2. Focus a moonbeam (probably on the moon you will be tuning your Celestial Beacon to.)
3. Cast Imbue
4. This will create a shard for the basis of the celestial beacon, which you must cast either Shadows or Dazzle on. This depends on which moon the celestial beacon will be attuned to. Once solid proceed to next step.

• • One thing to note is that the shard is leaking mana while your supposed to be binding it. If you do not keep it charged it will disappear and you have to start over again. Luckily you won't be using up sigil scrolls for this part of the process.
    

5. Scribe the Cat
6. Scribe the Magpie, activate sigil and bind it.
7. Scribe any Moon sigil, activate it and bind it.

• Uses:

To attune the shard to a specific mage, the complete shard is charged and focused on. If you don't charge it enough, you won't feel bound to it, so charge more.

To clear the attunement so another mage can be attuned to it, invoke the shard.

To use an attuned shard, the user raises it. The mage it's attuned to will sense it's been raised and can focus a moonbeam on it by CAST <MOON> <PERSON>. Focusing a beam will use up the shard. If the shard is raised but no beam is focused on it, the shard remains and can be raised at a later time.

• References:

This information can be found at http://members.cox.net/eldrad/Beacon.html

These contributions were made possible by both Eldrad and Mozzik.

Constellation Jewelry

Constellation Jewelry, also called CJs, are articles of jewelry that possess enchantments that boost a designated skill. Depending on the skills of the jewelry's creator a skill can be boosted by as much as 100 ranks and each piece of jewelry could have as much as 8 uses. A CJ is activated by rubbing it. Anyone can use Constellation Jewelry, but if the user is not skilled in Magical Devices skill they will use up more than one charge when they rub it. In order to always limit the use to just a single charge per rub the user must have 100 ranks of Magical Devices skill.

Sigil Listing

Magic Skills

Skill	Vision	Foundation	Conjunctive
Primary Magic	Katamba Fluctuating	Owl	Katamba
Power Perception	Flood of Energy	Owl	Yavash
Harness	Owl Glowing	Owl	Xibar
Magical Devices	Magical Stone	Owl	Sun
Targeted Magic	3 Concentric Rings	Owl	Wolf

Lore Skills

Skill	Vision	Foundation	Conjunctive	Trine
Scholarship	Scribe in Library	Wren	Wolf	-
Mechanical Lore	Millstone	Wren	Raven	-
Teaching	Open Book	Wren	Cat	-
Appraisal	Shiny Kronar	Wren	Xibar	-
Trading	Sack of Coins	Wren	Xibar	Xibar
Empathy	River of Blood	Wren	Unicorn	Xibar
Animal Lore	A Raccoon	Wren	Ram	Xibar
Astrology	Endless Sky	Wren	Wolf	Phoenix
Musical Theory	Tuning Fork	Wren	Wren	-
Voice Instruments	Glass Shattering	Wren	Wren	Sun
String Instruments	Stretched Gut	Wren	Wren	Xibar
Woodwind Instruments	Dust Swirling	Wren	Wren	Yavash
Percussion Instruments	Drum	Wren	Wren	Katamba

Armor Skills

Skill	Vision	Foundation	Conjunctive
Cloth	???	???	???
Bone	???	???	???
Heavy Plate	Discarded Ironhelm	Phoenix	Albatross
Heavy Chain	King Snake Coiled	Phoenix	King Snake
Light Plate	Viper Slithering	Phoenix	Viper
Leather	Stolen Strap	Phoenix	Magpie
Light Chain	Weasel w/ Tiny Lock	Phoenix	Weasel
Shield	Wolverine Blocking	Phoenix	Wolverine

Survival Skills

Skill	Vision	Foundation	Conjunctive	Trine
Stalking	Cat Leaping	Phoenix	Cat	-
Hiding	Void	Phoenix	Katamba	-
Perception	Open Eye	Phoenix	Xibar	-
Foraging	Wolf Sniffling	Phoenix	Sun	-
Escaping	Web Falling	Phoenix	Yavash	-
First Aid	Puddle of Blood	Phoenix	Unicorn	-
Skinning	Cured Leather	Phoenix	Ram	-
Lockpicking	Beak Stuck	Phoenix	Raven	-
Swimming	Fish Cutting	Phoenix	Dolphin	-
Stealing	Coin Rolling	Phoenix	Panther	-
Evasion	Insect Scurrying	Phoenix	Scorpion	-
Backstab	Glint of Steel	Phoenix	Ram	Cobra
Scouting	Hunter Closing In	Phoenix	Cat	Ram

Weapon Skills

Skill	Vision	Foundation	Conjunctive
Brawling	Wrestling in the Brush	Coyote	Wolverine
Composite Bow	Snatching Up Bugs	Coyote	Magpie
Long Bow	Albatross Diving	Coyote	Albatross
Short Bow	Nightingale Flying	Coyote	Nightingale
Heavy Crossbow	Roaring Flame	Coyote	Phoenix
Light Crossbow	Dove Launching	Coyote	Dove
Light Thrown	Wren Darting	Coyote	Wren
Heavy Thrown	Raven Descending	Coyote	Raven
Offhand Weapon	???	???	???
Halberds	A Man-Horse	Coyote	Centaur
Pikes	Unicorn Jabbing	Coyote	Unicorn
Slings	Boar Kicking	Coyote	Boar
Staff Sling	Oxen Team	Coyote	Ox
Quarter Staff	Ram Crushing	Coyote	Ram
Short Staff	Dolphin Driving	Coyote	Dolphin
Light Edged	Captured Mouse	Coyote	Cat
Heavy Edged	Savage Lion	Coyote	Lion
Medium Edged	Snarling Wolf	Coyote	Wolf
Two-Handed Edged	Panther	Coyote	Panther
Light Blunt	Grinning Weasel	Coyote	Weasel
Medium Blunt	King Snake Wrapped	Coyote	King Snake
Heavy Blunt	Viper Nudging	Coyote	Viper
Two-Handed Blunt	Massive Shark	Coyote	Shark
Multi Opponent	Scuttling Scorpions	Coyote	Scorpion
Parry	Cobra Swaying	Coyote	Cobra

Divination Bones

• Items Needed:

1. A Boar's tusk preferable, other options need to be considered.
2. An Enchanter's Burin.
3. Sigil of the Constellation the Ram.
4. Some white and black skaefarees oil. (Bought at Throne City).
5. Sigil of one of the Three Moons.

• Spells Needed:

Any spell that could be used to activate a sigil is possible.

Steps Required: 1. Preparations involving Clear Vision, Piercing Gaze, Aura Sight, Seer's sense should be preferred.

2. Study the Ram constellation or a scroll with the sigil of the Ram on it until you memorize the sigil. If you fail studying the Ram constellation, wait 3 minutes and try again. Scrolls are more forgiving and you may keep trying until you get it.

3. Holding your burin in your right hand and the tusk in your left, scribe the tusk. This will put red lines on the tusk in a pattern for you to use when you carve the tusk.

4. Holding your knife in your right hand and the tusk in your left, carve your tusk. You will get around a 15 second round time and this will start the process of turning the tusk into bones. You will notice that instead of holding a boar tusk in your hand you will now be holding boar bones.

5.From here on out you will have to carve your bones. Do this until your bones are fully carved. The Moon Sphere carvings take over twice as long as the rest of the carvings, so be ready for a few minutes of carving. Once you are done carving the Sun disk you are complete.

6. Now that you have your bones fully carved, it's time to dye the Sun Disk, and paint the markings on the Moon Sphere. Holding either the White or Black skaefarees oil in your right hand, and the bones in your left, dip your bones in the oil. You will do this 4 times. Note: Supposedly it can affect your bones depending on which color you use first. I believe the color you use first is the color the sun disk can attune to, but I haven't fully tested this. You must dip your bones twice in each color, alternating between the colors. (4 dips total)

7. Now, to complete the bones you must scribe and bind a sigil from one of the moons on them. Any moon's sigil will do. Study either Xibar, Yavash, or Katamba until you memorize the sigil. Alternately you may use a scroll if you have one. If more than one moon is up and you fail on your first try, go ahead and try a different moon while you are waiting for the 3 minute timer to expire. If using a scroll you can keep trying until you get it.

8. Holding your burin in your right hand and the bones in your left, scribe your. If the sigil fails to sink in, go back to step 7.

9. Activate the sigil with an activator spell. (Shadows, Dazzle, Unleash) If you fail to activate the sigil before it fades, you must go back to step 7.

10. Bind the sigil to the bones. To do this, simply focus on your bones. You will get a 12 second round time, and a little message telling you that you need to focus on the bones again in order to permanently bind the sigil. Keep focusing on the bones until you bind the sigil. If you fail to bind the sigil before it fades, you must go back to step 7.

• Uses:

I recommend going straight to http://members.cox.net/eldrad/Bones.html for information concerning how to use Divination bones.

• Reference:

This information was originally posted at http://members.cox.net/eldrad/Divination.html

Lunar Aura Device

A Lunar Aure Device or LAD is a magical item that has similar effects to the Seer's Sense spell, namely that it increases the users magical senses. These devices are most commonly used by Thieves to aid in disarming of magically trapped cases in the Museum of Imperial History in Throne City.

Multi-armed Devourer

Items

• 1 pearl or an umbramagus talon
• Enchanter's Burin
• Celestial sigil of Katamba
  • Moon or
  • Scroll or
  • Sigilbook
• Shadows
• Activating Spell
  • Shadows or
  • Dazzle or
  • Unleash

Steps

1. Spell up (optional, but helps immensely)
   • Seer's Sense
   • Clear Vision
   • Piercing Gaze
   • Aura Sight
2. Memorize the Celestial sigil for Katamba.
   • Command: study Katamba / Sigilbook / Scroll
     • Failure message: You are unable to comprehend the nature of the sigil behind the moon Katamba.
       • If you fail when studying Katamba, wait 3 minutes and try again. Scrolls and Sigilbooks are more forgiving and you may repeatedly try until you get it.
         • Message: Your head is still swimming from your last attempts at comprehending the sigil behind the black moon Katamba.
3. With the burin in your right hand, scribe your pearl with the Katamba sigil.
   • Command: scribe my pearl
     • Failure message: The sigil flutters along the black pearl but fails to do anything.
       • Go back to step 2 if you fail to scribe.
4. Charge the pearl.
   • Commands: prep shadows, cast my pearl
     • Messaging: A veil of shadows covers the black pearl, only to be instantly drawn inside.
     • Success: The pearl pulses from within with a deep ebony shadow.
       • Do NOT over charge, the pearl may explode.
5. Memorize the Celestial sigil for Katamba.
   • Command: study Katamba / Sigilbook / Scroll
     • Failure message: You are unable to comprehend the nature of the sigil behind the moon Katamba.
       • If you fail when studying Katamba, wait 3 minutes and try again. Scrolls and Sigilbooks are more forgiving and you may repeatedly try until you get it.
         • Message: Your head is still swimming from your last attempts at comprehending the sigil behind the black moon Katamba.
6. With the burin in your right hand, scribe your pearl with the Katamba sigil.
   • Command: scribe my pearl
     • Failure message:
       • Go back to step 5 if you fail to scribe.
7. Activate the sigil.
   • Commands: prep Shadows / Dazzle / Unleash, cast my pearl.
     • Fail Message: You sense that the sigil on the pearl has failed to activate.
       • If you fail to activate the sigil before it fades away, you must go back to step 5.
8. Bind the sigil to the pearl.
   • Command: focus my pearl
     • You will get a 12 second Round Time, and a little message telling you that you need to focus on the pearl again in order to permanently bind the sigil to the pearl.
   • Command: focus my pearl
     • Focus until you bind the sigil.
     • Fail Message: You attempt to bind the activated sigil of the black moon Katamba to the pearl but fail.
       • If the sigil fades before you succeed, you must go back to step 5.

How to Use

In order to use a devourer egg, all you have to do is drop the pearl from your hand.

Messaging:
You thumb your black pearl and let it fall.
The pearl cracks open like an egg to disgorge a pool of thin shadows which quickly congeal into an opaque multi-armed devourer.

Notes

You can injure, and eventually kill off a devourer by repeatedly casting Dazzle at it.

If you drop more than one pearl that has been made into a devourer egg, the two devourers will merge into a new, larger devourer. You can do this 12 times before something nasty happens. On the 13th time you drop a devourer egg, your devourer will either explode into nothing, or it will explode and a Shadow Master will form. Good luck fighting the Shadow Master, they have a wide array of powers, including summoning other creatures. They are also immune to normal weapons and most spells. Dazzle is effective on them, doing some small vitality damage. I believe that Burn and Starlight Sphere also work. Shadows and Dinazen Olkar will actually heal them.