Dark Cleric

For 6 hours, this skill will cloak any corporeal undead making them appear to be alive. The Detect Life spell, First Aid skill, or Detect Undead skill will reveal the character as being alive. The character will look as they did in life and will appear to have flesh, be warm to the touch and otherwise appear to be a living breathing character. The undead will even appear to bleed if struck. However, if the undead is immune to a class of weapons or spells, then no effect will show. This skill will also protect the character from sunlight for the duration of this skill.

This skill provides no protection from damage and will not work on incorporeal undead such as Wraiths or Specters.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

This skill allows the character to bend any single undead or demon of any type within hearing range and line of sight to their will for 30 minutes. The targeted character will do exactly what the user commands; care should be taken that these commands are explicit since the target character may carry out the letter but not the spirit of the command. After the duration of this ability expires, the undead may seek revenge for being controlled, depending on its personality and the nature of the commands given. If given a command within the designated time period, the undead must attempt to accomplish and complete the command to the best of its ability, within the duration of this skill. If the duration should expire, all incomplete commands are forfeit, and the target character is free to react of its own free will. This skill can be used as a counter to the Follower of the Light turn skills. This skill can only be countered by a Follower of the Light skill, Servant of Darkness skill, or sorcery; necromancy or abilities will not counter this ability. A character cannot use this skill on themselves.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

Any lesser undead and lesser demons within hearing range or Line of sight of the character must obey all the character’s commands for 30 minutes. If the duration should expire, all incomplete commands are forfeit, and the undead will return to their own will and react according to their nature. This skill can be used as a counter to the Follower of the Light turn skills. This skill can only be countered by a Follower of the Light skill, Servant of Darkness skill, or sorcery; necromancy or abilities will not counter this skill. A character cannot use this skill on themselves.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

All undead and all demons within hearing range or Line of Sight of the character must obey their commands for 30 minutes. Greater Undead will act as if affected by the Compel Undead skill. If the duration should expire, all incomplete commands are forfeit, and the undead will return to their own will and react according to their nature. This skill can be used as a counter to the Follower of the Light turn skills. This skill can only be countered by a Follower of the Light skill, Servant of Darkness, or sorcery; necromancy or abilities will not counter this ability. A character cannot use this skill on themselves.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

This skill allows the character to bless Servants of Darkness, Dark Acolytes, and non-mortal beings of evil (such as Hierarchs, Demons, and undead) with a +1 Strength Bonus and immunity to fear. This skill is non-latent and will last for 10 minutes from time of blessing. If this skill is used on an unaligned person, a Follower of Light or a being of good, the skill is used but it will have no effect.

This skill cannot be stacked with itself, but will stack with other Strength Bonuses. This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

This skill grants the character a limited immunity to necromancy. The character is immune to any undead creation spell in the Necromancy School. Damaging spells from that school still effect the character normally and a Death Slave spell will bring the character to the Brink of Death. Undead creating sorcery rituals affect the character normally.

A player may only have the Dark Cleric or Dark Paladin skill at one time. It is possible, with Plot approval and appropriate in-game roleplay, for a character to change from a Dark Cleric to a Dark Paladin by swapping this skill for Dark Paladin, with the appropriate Build Point change.

This skill allows the character to choose either Necromancy or Demonology as a second school they can cast creation/summoning spells from using their Wounding Pool. Additionally, they can cast all spells from their original school, not just creation/summon, for twice the Power Point cost in Wounding Pool points. Note, the spell Summon Total Demonic Power to Infuse Me with Magic spell is not able to be cast from their pool. The character must still spend double pool points.

This skill allows the character to empower an intelligent lesser undead, a greater undead, any demon, or a Servant of Darkness to resist one Follower of the Light destroy skill, turn skill, Heal Wounds skill, or Heal Life skill. Additionally the Empower Evil skill will stop one Servant of Darkness Pain skill, Envenom skill, Death Touch skill, control skill, Wounding skill, Fear Gaze skill (not ability), and Withering Touch. Empower Evil is latent and non-stackable.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal which must be at least 5 syllables not including the skills name and must contain the name of the skill.

The character must call “Empower Evil” when they invoke this skill.

Once purchased, this skill allows the character to add Fire, Ice, Shadow, or Rot effect to their Wounding damage. This effect is in addition to, not instead of, the normal Dark damage normally dealt with their Wounding pool. For example, a character using 10 Wounding Pool points and has chosen the fire effect would call, “10 Fire Dark”. In the specific case of this skill, the added effect must be called before “Dark” always. This additional effect is optional, and the character can choose when to use it.

When this skill is purchased, the character has to choose one of the four effects. This choice is final and cannot be changed once selected, unless by Infernal Intervention (ie they become a Demon Knight and their patron does it). Further, if the character chose Demonology School to use with their Wounding Pool, their Hellish Attunement must match that aspect.

If the character is attempting to use their pool to heal, the added effect may affect the attempt. If the target character would be harmed by the added effect, the healing will harm the target character instead.

With the purchase of this skill, the character is able to lie while under the effects of a charm spell or truth inducer once, per tag, per question asked per truth inducer or charm. Therefore if the character is subjected to a Speak the Truth spell, they can use one use of this skill to lie to this question. If asked the same question with another Speak the Truth spell, the character needs to use another use of this skill. However, if the character is dominated or enslaved by spell or skill, then no matter how many times they are asked the same question, they may use one Lie tag to stop all those questions.

This skill will also prevent you from being forced to commit an action that would answer a question. For example, if a character was dominated and asked if they were an assassin, they could use this skill to lie to that question. For as long as that particular Domination spell was in affect they could continue to lie. If they were asked to raise their arm, stand, dance, etc. if they were an assassin they could “lie” and not follow those commands. However, if they were ordered to follow the caster, protect the caster, or any other similar action they would be compelled to do so. If the character was again dominated and asked the same question, they would have to use another purchase of the Lie skill to lie.

This skill will cause the targeted character to fall to the ground or to their knee in extreme pain. The target character cannot move or take any other action except invoke latent spells. This effect can be cured by using the Heal Wounds skill to Heal Body.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

This skill can be delivered by touch or through a weapon. This skill can be blocked by, and is expended by, a magical defense that stops physical attacks or the Resist Evil skill, or a defensive martial skill which is used but does not expend the Pain Touch skill for that Tag Cycle. This effect can only be cured by a Heal Body cast from a Heal Wounds skill, not the spell.

Once this skill is purchased, the character’s immunity to being turned into an undead is forfeit. Every time the character is raised as an undead through necromancy or sorcery they gain the characteristics of the undead they are turned into – body and abilities – and will be able to use all of their skills and Servant of Darkness skills as a free thinking character not under the caster’s control. The one exception is Zombies and Skeletons created through the Necromancy School, the character cannot use any skill or ability that requires verbals.

If the character is resurrected, they will retain memory of their time as an undead, but not the act of being animated. This skill will not protect them from skills or abilities that control undead

By use of this skill the character is able to disable a limb or Stun a target character with an evil rot depending on where the target character is struck. If a limb is affected, the limb is useless until healed. If the torso is struck, the targeted character is affected by a Stun effect for 5 seconds. The attack can be delivered by touch or channeled through a weapon.

The effected limb can only be healed by faith healing. An attack against a torso does not require healing after the Stun effect is over.

This skill requires the use of a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill. This skill can be delivered by touch, thrown, or through a weapon. If delivered through a weapon, the targeted character must be struck and weapons and shields will stop the attack. If the character misses their target, whether thrown or delivered threw a weapon, or the target uses a martial skill to stop the attack, the skill is not used. If the attack is stopped by a Resist Evil skill or a magical defense that stops physical attacks, the skill is used.

Once this skill is purchased, the character gains a Wounding Pool. For each purchase of this skill the character gains 25 Wounding Pool points. How these points are used by the character depends on whether they are a Dark Cleric or Dark Paladin.

A Dark Cleric or Dark Paladin may use their Wounding Pool to heal their own and any evil character’s (Dark Acolytes, Servants of Darkness, undead, demons, etc.) Body Points at a rate of one for one. The character may not use their pool to mimic Healing School spells. Additionally, either class may throw their pool points at any rate up to their maximum current number of pool points via a spell packet. The character would recite their in-game verbal (see below), throw their packet and call “X Dark”, where ‘X’ is the number of points used. Since a Servant of Darkness can both harm and heal other evil characters, they clarify their intent to heal by suffixing “Dark Healing” to their verbal. For example, if a character wanted to heal their demon ally for 25 Body Points, they would use their in-game verbal and say, “25 Dark Healing”. If they wanted to harm their demon ally instead, they would just say, “25 Dark”.

A Dark Cleric or Dark Paladin may also use their Wounding Pool Points to augment the damage type of their weapon attack with “Dark”, which does direct Body Point damage to any character and counts as Magic damage for the purposes of Damage Resistance. A character cannot heal an ally with their weapon swing, ever. The character needs to use their in-game verbal for each use of this skill. If the character fails to land their attack, they have 5 seconds to try to land the attack before they must recite their in-game verbal again.

A character that has the Dark Cleric skill can increase the damage of their weapon attacks but is limited to a maximum of 25 points (one purchase of the Wounding skill) of additional Dark damage.

If the character has the Dark Paladin skill, they may use any amount of their available Wounding Pool in their attack up to the maximum total points left in their pool.

Finally, Dark Clerics can use their pool points to cast Necromancy School creation spells or Demonology School summoning spells up to Rank 4 and not lost, for double the Power Point cost of the spell. If the character chooses Demonology, they need to pick an aspect – ice, fire, shadow, undead – and this aspect cannot be changed without divine intervention. The character must choose which school they wish to have access to when the skill is first purchased. The character may not change their choice once the skill is purchased for the first time. Note: Resist Evil will not stop these spell effects and the Absorption spell will stop the spell but not give any Power Points.

This skill requires the use of a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill. This skill can be delivered by touch, thrown, or through a weapon. If delivered through a weapon, the targeted character must be struck and weapons and shields will stop the attack. If the character misses their target, whether thrown or delivered through a weapon, or the target uses a martial skill to stop the attack, the skill is not used. If the attack is stopped by a Resist Evil skill or a magical defense that stops physical attacks, the skill is used.