Clerical rituals
Clerics have access to a plethora of rituals they can perform to please -- or appease -- the gods. Rituals primarily sustain Devotion in order to power the Communes. This is the standard message for a successfully completed ritual, regardless of any devotion gain:
- You sense that you are as pure of spirit as you can be, and you are ready for whatever rituals might face you.
Non-aligned rituals
The vast majority of the rituals fall under this category. They aren't all necessarily 'neutral' rituals, but they display the devotion gain message of neutral rituals:
- You feel that your gods have smiled upon you for your attempts to please them.
Consecrated ground
These rituals can only be performed on consecrated ground, either in a church, chapel or other holy place, or in a room blessed with Meraud's commune.
Acts of humility
One who shows their humble desire to please the gods may learn that kneeling and praising the statue of a god of good standing will cause them to achieve some minor attention of the gods.
- In a room with a holy object such as an altar, statue, or prayer mat, kneel and kiss the object.
- Syntax: KISS <object> (while kneeling)
Offerings of sacred wine
Offering the wine of the gods unto them by pouring it unto their altar can bring about their pleasure.
- POUR sacramental wine, deep red wine, or blessed sacramental wine onto an altar or prayer mat.
- Syntax: POUR WINE ON <altar|mat>
Dance and poetry
The gods are delighted by the dancing and recitation of their priests, and may grant their grace to those who do honor them in such ways.
- DANCE three times in a consecrated room.
- RECITE a poem of sufficient length that mentions the neutral gods or other keywords such as praise, blessing(s), love or unity.
- PLAY songs. Any song type will grant at least a small (static) amount of devotion now. The wedding, hymn, psalm, dirge, and requiem play styles will grant a larger amount of devotion, in order of difficulty.
- Syntax is PLAY <song> <style> ON <instrument> FOR <Immortal>
Menial humility
Cleaning the altars of the gods can bring a kind smile from those who watch over the altars. Of course, one cannot use just any water to wash these altars, for to otherwise is sacrilege unto the sacred and profane!
- CLEANing dusty altars with holy water.
- Syntax: CLEAN ALTAR WITH HOLY WATER
Incense
Waving lit incense at a holy object. There is an associated dark-aligned ritual which requires specially prepared incense (see below).
- Syntax: WAVE INCENSE AT <altar>
Offering of destroyed undead
Offering the skin, hide, or pelt of an undead or cursed beast will grant a small amount of devotion. The beast must have been a challenge to your own skills. Note that not all skin types are currently supported.
- OFFERing holy water-sprinkled undead skins on altars.
Last rites
Must be performed on consecrated ground. Skinning or looting the creature before doing this will prevent this from working. Does not work on cursed creatures.
- Syntax: PRAY <dead creature>
Miscellaneous
These rituals may be done anywhere, but may still require certain objects, personal or otherwise, to perform.
Visitation of shrine
Visitation of shrines is recommended, if for no other reason than to become acquainted with those whom you serve. Use a pilgrim's badge to record your pilgrimage.
- You must first KISS the badge to align it to yourself. Once aligned, you may begin your pilgrimage.
- When visiting supported shrines and other holy places, you must align your badge with the shrine by PUSHing it to the badge.
- Syntax: PUSH <object> WITH MY BADGE
- Once your badge is aligned with one or more shrines, you may reflect upon your pilgrimage by PRAYing on your badge.
- Syntax: PRAY MY BADGE
Release from greed
Tithing is encouraged.
- PUTting money into an almsbox. Tithing 5 silver provides the maximum devotion, and there's a 10 minute timer.
- Syntax: PUT <#> SILVER IN ALMSBOX
Releasing the undead
- Killing undead creatures that challenge you will randomly grant a small amount of devotion[1].
Cleansing the scourge of necromancy
- Successfully accusing someone of Necromancy.
- Syntax: ACCUSE <character> NECROMANCY
Planting of sirese
Sirese is the flower of the Cleric. Do all that you can to ensure its spread.
- You must first gather a sirese seed. You can generally find them in a room with sirese in the room description. (If you do not get a roundtime when gathering, you should keep searching). Once you have the seed, you must find another suitable room in which to plant the seed, and then cleanse the room with holy water.
The holy bath
If you have found yourself unclean and in need of cleansing, then take ye to a holy pool and there apply such herbs as are deemed by the gods to cleanse, and let yourself be cleansed.
- Holy bath in which two of chamomile, sage, or lavender are rubbed into the skin.
- Locations include the Crossing Temple, Damaris's shrine near Kaerna Village, near Leth Deriel Moss Meys, Kweld Gelvdael in the Zaulfung, Eluned's Temple on Ratha, the shell pool in Halasa Temple on Aesry, and the Temple of Kertigen in Hibarnhvidar.
- Note that the Crossing Temple bathing pool is unavailable during the winter months. During the warmer months, the pool needs to be refilled periodically. There are pots that can be filled with water from the nearby stream (FILL POT WITH STREAM). The water must then be blessed (CAST WATER IN POT) and poured into the bath (POUR POT INTO BATH). This will grant a small amount of devotion.
- Enter the bath and RUB <herb #1>; RUB <herb #2>, then just wait.
Preaching
Preaching on the greatness of our gods can bring about much favor and grace.
Breaking bread
The Anlas of Hodierna's Blessing is celebrated by breaking the bread of life.
- BREAKing a piece of lanahh pao. The fresher the bread the greater the devotion gain.
- EATing the bread.
Local rituals
Zoluren
- MEDITATEing at the guild refectory.
- Filling the Crossing Temple bath. (Requires the Bless spell)
- STUDYing the wall in the secret chamber of Urrem'tier's Eye for those who know the secret of Resurrection.
- Eyes of the Thirteen ritual for those who have gained the knowledge of Murrula's Flames.
- Meditating at Eluned's Pool to become a fish.
- Kissing dolphin statue in the Crystal Cavern at Eluned's Pool.
- Reading the book at Hodierna's Solace.
- Kissing the column in Hodierna's Solace does not work at this time (3.0). It's been bugged.
- Properly resurrecting a dryad for those who have gained the knowledge of Murrula's Flames.
Therengia
Ilithi
Qi'Reshalia
Ratha:
- TOUCHing the wires in Faenella's Temple.
- Feeding fish to the dolphin in Eluned's Temple.
- Using a dream candle in Damaris' Temple.
- Offering tarts at Glythtide's Shrine.
- Kissing the lion in Chadatru's Temple.
- Ritual of the cold metal altar.
Aesry:
- Offering fish and gems in the sand after digging a hole at the cove.
- Touching the correct Stone of the Cloud at an equinox or solstice (Days 100, 200, 300 and 399).
- Kissing the shark in Halasa Temple.
- Kissing the unicorn in Shoan Isenil'a.
Forfedhdar
Aligned rituals
Prayer
Prayer unto our deities is, of course, always smiled upon!
- PRAYing to a god. Devotion messaging reflects the god's alignment.
Prayer beads
- This is a unique ritual that can be of any alignment, depending on the bead used.
- Put the bead on a prayer bead chain.
- MEDITATE CHAIN (must be done in a holy room)
Anloral pins sold by Soulful Trinkets
- CLEANing the pins crafted from this holy stone when they acquire a layer of dust will grant devotion aligned to the god the pin represents.
Light rituals
The devotion gain message for light rituals:
- You feel that the light gods have cast their benevolent gaze favorably upon you at your attempts to please them.
Eylhaar pearl ritual
Cleanse the Zaulfung pearls at the Jackal's Maw.
- Acquire an ebon jackal's heart pearl from the giant skeletal claws in Zaulfung.
- Uncurse the pearl.
- Take the pearl to Jackal's Maw to cleanse it.
- Take the cleansed pearl to Jackal's Spirit.
- RUB pearl to enter the spiritual plane.
- Follow the path to Jackal's Rest.
- PUT pearl in the monument.
Dark rituals
The devotion gain message for dark rituals:
- You feel that the dark gods have cracked a bleak smile of good favor at your attempts to please them.
Pleasing Drogor
The god of storms loves to receive gifts in his caves.
- Offering items to Drogor in the Aesry Sea Caves.
Aldauth sacrifice ritual
Kweld Gelvdael holds the secrets of Aldauth.
- STUDY the basalt slab in Kweld Gelvdael until memorized.
- Go to Vulture's Maw.
- KNEEL and PRAY to Aldauth.
Offering of blood
While at a dark aligned altar, OFFER blood on altar.
Must have a bleeding wound on either hand or arm. Like most Dark-aligned rituals, there may be some danger involved. Use caution.
Example Messaging:
!> offer blood on iron altar
You hold your right arm out over a heavily carved altar of black ironwood, as blood trickles down toward your fingertips.
A woozy feeling washes over you as blood pours from your right arm before hissing and popping on the altar.
Wisps of foul smoke rise up from where droplets of blood land they seem to reach up and grasp at the fresh blood as it descends.
Droplets of blood sizzle as they land on the altar. A tingling sensation spreads through your right arm as the wound opens farther, the stream of vital fluid feeling drawn out.
Blood drips down and congeals into steaming lumps on the altar. Tiny eruptions from the charred cruor spit and crackle where they land. A tingling sensation spreads through your right arm as the wound opens farther, the stream of vital fluid feeling drawn out.
You feel the tugging at your wounds subside.
You sense that you are as pure of spirit as you can be, and you are ready for whatever rituals might face you.
You feel that the dark gods have cracked a bleak smile of good favor at your attempts to please them.
Offering of stolen items
- Sprinkle the item with holy water.
- Put the item on a dark aligned altar.
- Offer the item on the altar.
Example of messaging when performing the ritual:
You reverently place an envelope on the ebony altar.
A bolt of jagged black lightning strikes down from the sky instantly incinerating an envelope. Burning hot material explodes outward from an ebony altar leaving a tangled web of smoking trails in its wake. One of the conflagrant bits slams into your right hand.
You sense that you are as pure of spirit as you can be, and you are ready for whatever rituals might face you.
You feel that the dark gods have cracked a bleak smile of good favor at your attempts to please them.
Dark-aligned Incense
Dark-aligned version of neutral ritual. Requires the use of a specially prepared piece of incense. The award for the dark version is a bit higher.