Dust Devil
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| Dust Devil | |
|---|---|
| Ritual information | |
| Deities | all |
| Type | Offensive |
| Base GP cost | 50/75/100/... |
| Components | holy symbol |
| Required powers | speech, movement |
Dust Devil is a priest ritual that summons a dust devil, a type of minion that assists you in combat.
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[edit] Performing
This ritual is not performed on anything, and costs 50 gp if you're not controlling any minions already. If you are controlling other minions, it costs an extra 25 gp per minion you're controlling.
It requires the powers of speech and movement.
[edit] Skills
This ritual uses faith.rituals.offensive.area and faith.rituals.misc.area. Both skills affect the size, hitpoints, and offensive abilities of the devils. Devils' defensive abilities seem to be constant.
[edit] Components
[edit] Performing messages
Performing
You raise your hands, and swirl them about. You speak the holy word of Sandelfon.
Success
The wind picks up a bit and starts swirling. Dust and debris in the area come together to form a colossal whirlwind of dust.
Failure
You try to gain control of a dust devil but the necessary concentration eludes you.
What others see
Details needed.
[edit] Dust devils
Dust devils will assist you in combat, attacking whatever you attack. Killing while using a dust devil will somewhat reduce the xp you get from killing.
The material they're composed of varies widely, and depends on where they're summoned (and possibly the weather where they're summoned). Devils made of certain materials can have different-looking attacks, although it's not clear whether these do a different amount of damage than normal attacks.[research]
[edit] Sizes
Dust devil size seems to be a rough indicator of offensive abilities and/or hitpoints. The sizes are (incomplete):
- large
- huge
- gigantic
- colossal
- enormous
- humongous
If you summon multiple devils, their size goes down as you summon more.
[edit] Duration
A dust devil tends to last from around five to seven minutes or so, if it's not dismissed or killed. This appears to depend on your faith.rituals.offensive.area bonus, as well as how many minions you're already controlling.
You can extend this duration by feeding them enough gp at once:
Forms of syntax available for the command 'feed':
feed <positive number> {gp|gps|guild points} [to] <minion>
feed <minion> fully
[edit] Leaving
It looks like this when they leave:
The <size> whirlwind of <material> slows its twirling as it prepares to depart. [several seconds pass] The <size> whirlwind of <material> says to you: It is time forr me to go. The <size> whirlwind of <material> dissipates into nothingness.
[edit] Wards
When the ward is triggered, a dust devil is summoned. The devil follows and will obey the victim.
[edit] Notes
[edit] See also
[edit] Related achievements
There are three achievements in the Priests category related to this ritual:
- Achievement: Connoisseur Of Debris (minor)
- Achievement: Devotee of Debris (large)
- Achievement: Disciple of Debris (massive)
