Talk:Astral guide

Moving random research from the article here. Please keep your notes and stuff out of the articles and in the talk pages unless you have some concrete results to share. Reene 11:41, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Data Collection

Moon Mage with 300 PM 340 PP 300 MD 260 Astrology skill 210 ]concentration makes a guide for Taniendar (Haven) to Marendin (Shard). The guide has 2 sanity protection (Xibar), 1 force (Yavash), 0 speed (Katamba)

Guide is "The gestalt mind is sane and will maintain its sanity under any stress. It reacts to its environment at a modest pace and can manipulate its environment only with exhaustive effort."

The Yavash mind for force may have been an angry mind, however. (mood states seem to matter, happier the better).

This guide allowed an empath with 230 concentration to BARELY travel between both shards, losing 20 concentration per room until the last room, losing 30 concentration.

Verbs

Niaura, guides themselves don't have those verbs. Have you actually tested them? Reene 16:40, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
You're right. Created a new page for Cradle of Moons and moved that info over there. Thanks.
--Niaura 22:43, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Catalyzing

Anecdotlly, difficulty of the sigils scribed for catalyzing do seem to matter. 2 Ismelda sigils catalyzed the Astral guide.

Alternating between Sun and Yavash sigils, until finally at night time twice Estrilda, once Triquetra, once Heron, and maybe about 2 more high level sigils took about 20~30 scribes.

However, using Welkin, Shrike, and Penhetia completed the guide with only a total of 3 scribes.

--Niaura 00:25, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

My First Guide

Okay with 425 Arcana i got 5 Minds in. 2 destinations, 1 Black, 1 Red, 1 Blue. The messaging for not being able to more minds in is "The (fingernail) resists your attempt. Its matrix is unable to accommodate more minds." For those that don't know once the Mind is in the Cradle it stops aging. My minds were all Sentient and put in then none early. The final is a Katamba Guide:

The gestalt mind is completely lucid and has a strong personality. It reacts to its environment quickly and can manipulate its environment with ease. Names are being whispered within the device: Rolagi and Erekinzil

This took 90 some sigils of Katamba to Catalyze and i got the following messaging:

You carefully scribe the sigil of the black moon Katamba upon the sapphire fingernail with your burin. With great skill, you set the sigil directly within the magical matrix. The fingernail absorbs the energy of the Katamba. The fingernail twists and shudders as it tries to expel the built up charge of celestial energy! You are able to force the charge to remain in the fingernail with a supreme act of will! The fingernail twists with a primal urgency as long moments pass and the celestial energy merges with the psychic patterns within the matrix. With a scream that echoes in the walls of your mind, the fingernail forcefully expels the energy, but not before the transformation is complete. Impulses flow between the psychic patterns with incredible speed, while a vibrant sense of pain and confusion emanates from the fingernail. What once held a simple construct of energy now holds a single, waking mind.

The effort of creating an Astral Guide was incredibly taxing, you do not believe you will be able to do that again for many days.. ~ Dricila 4.17.2011