[Amendment] Necromancy - Sundering Amendment

[King_Kunuk 3022]

The purpose of this amendment is to balance out how sundering functions upon the CA undead. As darkstalkers and draugur sundering can be undone by three necromancers, I felt it would be approperate to lower the amount of Necromancers needed to smash the emergency 'oh shit' button down from 5 T5 necromancers to 3 T5 necromancers. This amendment comes in from a purely practical prespective which was discussed among the grandfathers in the past, but never addressed with an amendment until now. This amendment also works to clarify that a sundered darkstalker/draugur requires a new momento mori or the existing one to be present to resummon them should it be destroyed. Please note, this isn't made with the intention to use the spell; merely addressing a practical issue of internal magic 'balance' as the work of 5 people who must align their times can be undone by 3 people.

 

All changes have been put in bold and underlined

Was

 [Tɪᴇʀ V] Sundering - [5 Emotes] [Disconnection] [5 Necromancers]

Sundering was, initially, created for a far different purpose than the one it currently serves. A small coven’s leader, unwilling to pass into Wraithdom and thus become immortal, was set upon by his allies, the leader of whom devised this ritual to steal his old master’s magical prowess for himself. Unfortunately, the stolen sproutling of Abyssal magic faded before the transfer was complete- leading to the discovery of the art of severance.

 

Mᴇᴄʜᴀɴɪᴄꜱ:

 

Over [5] emotes, a tribunal of [5] Necromancers- all of which must know the ritual of Sundering- can gather before a bound Necromancer, performing a freeform rite to strip forth the Abyssal taint which mars and twists upon their soul- leaving the soul mangled and worn, yet incapable of performing Necromancy, rendering their [MA] denied.

 

Sundering may also be used upon Ghouls, Darkstalkers, and Draugars; if used upon any of these undead, it irrevocably drains all abyssal influence from their form, pitching their soul into the depths of the Abyss- soft-PKing them until Transcension is done to resummon them from the Abyss' depths.

 

Rᴇᴅʟɪɴᴇꜱ:

⬢ Sundering is the Disconnection rite for Necromancy, and cannot be inferred or observed passively, and must be acquired through direct teaching. This rite must be marked on the Necromancer’s [MA] in order to perform it.

⬢ Sundering when used to disconnect an individual requires [5] Necromancers, all of which bear knowledge of Sundering. They may in a freeform ritual exhume a bound and captured Necromancer of their blessing, rendering their [MA] denied; this does not require OOC nor IRP consent.

⬢ A disconnected Necromancer irrevocably loses all [3] slots dedicated to the magic, which are irreclaimable without a [MArt]. They may be reconnected to Necromancy only once at [Tɪᴇʀ I], but if ever disconnected again are rendered incapable of learning Necromancy ever again.

⬢ Upon being used on a Ghoul, Darkstalker, or Draugar, they are cast into the Abyss and Soft-PK'd; the rite of Lesser/Greater Transcension may be performed by any group of Necromancers to dredge their soul back to the mortal plane oncemore, reviving and un-PKing them from this.

⬢ Knowledge of Sundering must be taught by a valid TA in roleplay, and in tandem must be marked on the Necromancer's MA. If a Necromancer with the knowledge of Sundering is Disconnected then later Reconnected, they will NOT keep the knowledge of Sundering.

 

Is Now

[Tɪᴇʀ V] Sundering - [5 Emotes] [Disconnection] [3-5 Necromancers]

Sundering was, initially, created for a far different purpose than the one it currently serves. A small coven’s leader, unwilling to pass into Wraithdom and thus become immortal, was set upon by his allies, the leader of whom devised this ritual to steal his old master’s magical prowess for himself. Unfortunately, the stolen sproutling of Abyssal magic faded before the transfer was complete- leading to the discovery of the art of severance.

 

Mᴇᴄʜᴀɴɪᴄꜱ:

 

Over [5] emotes, a tribunal of [5] Necromancers- all of which must know the ritual of Sundering- can gather before a bound Necromancer, performing a freeform rite to strip forth the Abyssal taint which mars and twists upon their soul- leaving the soul mangled and worn, yet incapable of performing Necromancy, rendering their [MA] denied.

 

Sundering may also be used upon Ghouls, Darkstalkers, and Draugars, but only requires [3] Necromancers to be present instead of the [5] needed to disconnect a Necromancer from their  [MA]. If used upon any of these undead, it irrevocably drains all abyssal influence from their form, pitching their soul into the depths of the Abyss- soft-PKing them until Transcension is done to resummon them from the Abyss' depths.

 

Rᴇᴅʟɪɴᴇꜱ:

⬢ Sundering is the Disconnection rite for Necromancy, and cannot be inferred or observed passively, and must be acquired through direct teaching. This rite must be marked on the Necromancer’s [MA] in order to perform it.

⬢ Sundering when used to disconnect an individual requires [5] Necromancers, all of which bear knowledge of Sundering. They may in a freeform ritual exhume a bound and captured Necromancer of their blessing, rendering their [MA] denied; this does not require OOC nor IRP consent. The ritual can also be preformed upon Darkstalkers, Draugurs, and ghouls, but only requires [3] Necromancers to perform Sundering instead of [5].

⬢ A disconnected Necromancer irrevocably loses all [3] slots dedicated to the magic, which are irreclaimable without a [MArt]. They may be reconnected to Necromancy only once at [Tɪᴇʀ I], but if ever disconnected again are rendered incapable of learning Necromancy ever again.

⬢ Upon being used on a Ghoul, Darkstalker, or Draugar, they are cast into the Abyss and Soft-PK'd which is denoted upon their CA that they have been Sundered; the rite of Lesser/Greater Transcension may be performed by any group of Necromancers to dredge their soul back to the mortal plane oncemore, reviving and un-PKing them from this. For both Darkstalkers and Draugur, this requires the forging of a new Momento Mori, or the use of the old one if it still exists.

⬢ A sundered Paramount Darkstalker or Lich-Dragaur does NOT lose this elevated status if returned to the mortal plane, their souls already dredged and empowered by the excess life force

⬢ Knowledge of Sundering must be taught by a valid TA in roleplay, and in tandem must be marked on the Necromancer's MA. If a Necromancer with the knowledge of Sundering is Disconnected then later Reconnected, they will NOT keep the knowledge of Sundering.

 

[tantuni445 289]

A representative image of a darkstalker who has been sundered.

[Mestvin 947]

Lesser requirement for DS/DR/Ghoul while keeping higher count for Necromancers makes sense. +1

[Pallodium 3775]

Amendments/Additions implemented into main lore post. Thank you for your submission. Moving to correct subforum to prevent redundancy and clutter.