Astral guide

The Astral Guide is an enchantment used to help guide and protect a mage traveling through the Astral Plane.

Creation

Components

• A random Imbued item
• An un-enchanted becon shard
• Enchanter's Burin
• Celestial sigil of the Katamba, Yavash, Xibar, Shrew, Unicorn, Durgaulda, and Scales
• Activating Spell: Shadows, Dazzle or Unleash

Steps

• Part One: The Cradle of Moons

1. Imbue the item to be used
2. Scribe, activate, and bind the Katamba
3. Scribe, activate, and bind the Yavash
4. Scribe, activate, and bind the Xibar

• Part Two: The Crystal Mind

1. Scribe Shrew onto the Becon shard
2. Scribe, activate, and bind the Unicorn
3. Scribe, activate, and bind the Durgaulda
4. Scribe, activate, and bind the Scales
5. INVOKE the crystal immediately (it goes bad quickly and is then useless)
6. ALIGN to one of the four moons depending on whether you wish to set destinations or statistics <Grahzir to set destinations, Xibar for sanity protection, Yavash for force, and Katamba for speed>
7. TAP/TOUCH one of the desired destination shards with the crystal (this must be done soon after it is created, but not immediately)
8. Set aside and let it age for around 22 days

• Part Three: Combining and Finishing

1. Hold both the Cradle of Moons and the Crystal Mind and FOCUS on one to place the mind in the cradle
2. Once desired amount of Minds have been placed in the cradle begin to SCRIBE sigils on the Cradle till it catalyzes. <It doesnt matter what sigils are scribed onto it>

Notes

• Astral Guides typically have a minimum 7 charges depending on skill.

• The aging process of the Crystal Mind can be sped up by scribing the Celestial Sigil of the Shrew on it, though this can have consequences.

• The stages of Mind growth are:

1. 10 minutes - infantile
2. 1 hour - made of barely coherent energy
3. 1 day - made of chaotic impulses
4. 2 days - beginning to form simple patterns
5. 3 days - a series of repetitive patterns
6. 4 days - beginning to form complex patterns
7. 6 days - composed by the interplay of numerous psychic patterns
8. 8 days - beginning to bring disparate patterns together into a gestalt
9. 10 days - developing primal intelligence
10. 12 days - instinct-driven
11. 14 days - mimicing animal intelligence
12. 16 days - developing a sense of cunning
13. 18 days - mimicing higher-order animal intelligence
14. 20 days - testing the limits of its environment
15. 22 days - nearly sentient
16. 22+ days - sentient... but only for a little while

• Astral Guide enchantments operate on a cooldown timer shared by Gwethsmashers. If you have made a Gwethsmasher within 30 days, you cannot make a Guide. If you make a Guide, you cannot make another for 30 days, or a Gwethsmasher for 15.