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'''Ethereal Censer''' shapes mana into a smoky haze that invigorates the caster and may optionally be targeted to ensnare a single enemy in a [[SMR|maneuver]]-based attack. The strength of the attack is determined by Cleric Base spell ranks, [[Spell Aiming]], and [[Spiritual Lore, Religion]]. |
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'''Ethereal Censer''' is a targeted offensive spell that will perform a maneuver attack against one target and has a 30 second buff to the caster to reduce mana costs of spells. It has a 30 second cooldown, with a chance to break early every every 2 seconds. Over the 30 second buff duration, it will also return 20 mana to the caster. |
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The lingering effect of the smoke provides a replenishment effect to the caster for 30 seconds which reduces the mana cost of subsequent spells. This effect occurs even if the initial maneuver misses. |
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The base mana reduction benefit for subsequent spells is 20% and increases once a cleric has more than 200 skill bonus (i.e. 100 skill ranks) in [[Spirit Mana Control]] (up to 30% at 3x SMC). In addition, there is a spell rotation bonus for casting different spells. Every time the cleric casts a different spell than the previous few spells, the bonus is +5%, up to +25% after 5 spells. If at any time the cleric recasts any spell they had already cast since starting the rotation, the spell rotation '''bonus''' resets to 0%. |
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==Self-Cast Messaging== |
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Ethereal Censer has a 30 second cooldown between recasts. There is a base 0.3% chance every 2 seconds for the cooldown to end early, increased by [[#Lore Benefits|Spiritual Lore, Religion]]. |
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<pre{{log2}}> |
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Ethereal Censer has no mana cost. |
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{{Usage|s=320}} |
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==Maneuver== |
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1x Cleric Base spell ranks and 2x Spell Aiming ranks are expected for normal like-level performance. |
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To increase the maneuver's effectiveness through training: 2 Cleric Base spell ranks = 4 Spell Aim ranks = each Religion Lore threshold. |
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Cleric Base spell ranks above level help but have diminishing returns: the next 50 Cleric Base spell ranks above level are only half as effective. Ranks 51+ past level are 1/5 as effective. |
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The maneuver is only meant to be moderately powerful, as the main design of the spell is around mana reduction. The damage output is based solely on the maneuver roll result and if successful deals [[Disintegration critical table|disintegration]] critical damage. |
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==Mana Reduction== |
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The base mana reduction benefit for subsequent spells is 20% and increases once a cleric has more than 200 skill bonus (i.e. 100 skill ranks) in [[Spirit Mana Control]] (up to 30% at 300 SMC Ranks, using the formula of '''20% + ((SMC skill bonus - 200) / 20)'''). In addition, there is a spell rotation bonus for casting different spells. Every time the cleric casts a different spell than the previous few spells, the bonus is +5%, up to +25% after 5 spells. If at any time the cleric recasts any spell they had already cast since starting the rotation, the spell rotation bonus resets to 0%. |
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Subsequent casts of 320 have no effect, positive or negative, on the rotation. |
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The mana reduction effect does not apply to spells above level 19 but those spells will count towards the rotation bonus. |
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The rotation bonus does not apply to any spells that do not use mana (i.e. wands, scrolls, 1700, etc.). |
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The spell also tracks partial mana savings over time and refunds the mana when a full mana point of savings is reached (i.e. if you save 0.4 mana on each 302 cast, you would receive 0 mana reduction on the first two casts and 1 mana reduction on the third cast, with an additional 0.2 mana savings to be applied later). |
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[[Multicast]] functions properly both on reducing the cost of each cast, as well as triggering the bonus. |
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==Lore Benefits== |
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Training in [[Spiritual Lore, Religion]] increases the effectiveness of the maneuver attack using a [[Summation chart|seed 1 summation]] of ranks. Example: 55 ranks = 10 thresholds = +10% maneuver effectiveness. |
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Religion Lore also increases the base 0.3% chance for the cooldown to end early by 0.1% per seed 1 summation of ranks. |
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!align="right"|Spiritual Lore, Religion ranks||0||1||3||6||10||15||21||28||36||45||55||66||78||91||105||120||136||153||171||190 |
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|align="right"|Reset Chance Every 2s||.3%||.4%||.5%||.6%||.7%||.8%||.9%||1.0%||1.1%||1.2%||1.3%||1.4%||1.5%||1.6%||1.7%||1.8%||1.9%||2.0%||2.1%||2.2% |
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|align="right"|Cumulative Reset Chance||4.1%||5.5%||6.8%||8.1%||9.4%||10.6%||11.9%||13.1%||14.3%||15.6%||16.7%||17.9%||19.1%||20.2%||21.3%||22.5%||23.6%||24.6%||25.7%||26.8% |
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The base chance for the cooldown to end early is 1 - .997^14 = 4.1% (over 14 ticks, every 2 seconds for 30 seconds). With 28 ranks of [[Spiritual Lore, Religion]] this is increased to 1 - .99^14 = 13.1%. The value of the cooldown resetting early goes down with each 2s tick as the natural end of the cooldown approaches. |
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If the cooldown ends early and you recast while the original effects are still active, the mana return effect will stack but the 30 duration on the mana reduction effect is simply reset to 30 seconds. |
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==Messaging== |
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!Self-Cast |
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|<pre{{log-inline}}> |
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>prep 320 |
>prep 320 |
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You chant a reverent litany, clasping your hands while focusing upon the Ethereal Censer spell... |
You chant a reverent litany, clasping your hands while focusing upon the Ethereal Censer spell... |
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>cast |
>cast |
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You gesture. |
You gesture. |
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''This section on cast changes based on CONVERT-status. See below deity messaging.'' |
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Mana swirls into the visible spectrum and manifests as an ethereal, emerald green censer swinging pendulously through the air beside you. A bronze haze of incense smoke trails in its wake, quickly spreading in sinuous tendrils through the area. |
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As the fragrant haze settles over you, you feel revitalized. |
As the fragrant haze settles over you, you feel revitalized. |
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Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds. |
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds. |
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</pre> |
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!Cooldown |
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|<pre{{log-inline}}> |
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<pre{{log2}}> |
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Your ethereal censer fades away, leaving only a faint lingering scent of incense. |
Your ethereal censer fades away, leaving only a faint lingering scent of incense. |
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You sense the flows of mana around you are once again strong enough to support the manifestation of an ethereal censer. |
You sense the flows of mana around you are once again strong enough to support the manifestation of an ethereal censer. |
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!SNIFF Messaging |
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==Combat Resolution== |
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|<pre{{log-inline}} |
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Successful cast: |
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You have the powerful scent of cedar and aromatic cypress wafting from your skin. Notes of crisp vetiver linger above a sharp incense base, like the flame of a flickering taper. |
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<pre{{log2}}> |
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The subtle scent which had been clinging to you dissipates. |
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!colspan=2|Combat Resolution |
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!Successful cast |
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|<pre{{log-inline}}> |
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>prep 320 |
>prep 320 |
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You chant a reverent litany, clasping your hands while focusing upon the Ethereal Censer spell... |
You chant a reverent litany, clasping your hands while focusing upon the Ethereal Censer spell... |
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>cast rolt |
>cast rolt |
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You gesture at a rolton. |
You gesture at a rolton. |
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''This section on cast changes based on CONVERT-status. See below deity messaging.'' |
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Mana swirls into the visible spectrum and manifests as an ethereal, emerald green censer swinging pendulously through the air beside you. A bronze haze of incense smoke trails in its wake, quickly spreading in sinuous tendrils through the area. |
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[SMR result: 581 (Open d100: 179)] |
[SMR result: 581 (Open d100: 179)] |
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As the fragrant haze settles over you, you feel revitalized. |
As the fragrant haze settles over you, you feel revitalized. |
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Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds. |
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds. |
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{{Spells-Arkati-LST}} |
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==Saved Post== |
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GS4-ESTILD |
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Ethereal Censer (320) on 11/14/2018 10:51 AM CST |
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Ethereal Censer is now available to clerics. When cast, it will perform a maneuver attack against one target, then provide a 30 second mana reduction enhancement to the caster. The strength of the attack is determined by Cleric spell ranks, Spell Aiming, and Spiritual Lore, Religion. While the mana reduction enhancement is active, the cleric will gain 20 mana over the duration of the effect. The spell has a 30 second cooldown, but has a small chance to end early every 2 seconds with Spiritual Lore, Religion increasing the odds. |
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The base mana reduction benefit is 20% and increases once a cleric has more than 200 skill in Spirit Mana Control (up to 25% at 2x SMC and 30% at 3x SMC, using the formula of ((SMC skill - 200) / 20)). In addition, there is a spell rotation bonus for casting different spells. Everytime the cleric casts a different spell than the previous few spells, the bonus is +5%, up to +25% after 5 spells. If at anytime the cleric recasts any of spell they had already cast since starting the rotation, the bonus resets to 0%. |
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GameMaster Estild |
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This message was originally posted in Professions, Cleric. To discuss the above, follow the link below. |
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http://forums.play.net/forums/19/330/3382/view/389 |
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==Origin Story== |
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GS4-ESTILD |
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320 on 10/12/2018 02:29 PM CDT |
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I'm wanting to address the boring/repetitive nature of hunting as a Cleric (i.e. 302/317 ad nauseam). However, I don't just want to introduce another new spell/ability when in terms of actual effectiveness, Clerics are in a pretty good spot. That's not to say there couldn't be enhancements in other areas (bolts, AoE crowd control/damage, etc), but my goal is the aforementioned issue. So how can that be accomplished without tipping the scales too much? |
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I see the 320 spell slot as a potential solution. As a rough idea, it could be a maneuver attack with a secondary effect when successful. It could have a 30 second cooldown, but also have a random chance to come off cooldown early. That accomplishes a few things. First, as a maneuver attack, it gives Clerics a new tool to fall back on when other attack methods are ineffective, but it's also limited due to the cooldown which also prevents it from just replacing one spell number with another in their hunting tactics. Second, with a chance to randomly come off cooldown early, it breaks up some of the monotony as you could then choose to use it immediately or save it for the next target. |
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If that idea was pursued, what interesting secondary effects would be worthwhile? |
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* There's no guarantee any of this would actually be implemented, but I am interested in feedback and suggestions on it. |
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GameMaster Estild |
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==Resources== |
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Ethereal Censer shapes mana into a smoky haze that invigorates the caster and may optionally be targeted to ensnare a single enemy in a maneuver-based attack. The strength of the attack is determined by Cleric Base spell ranks, Spell Aiming, and Spiritual Lore, Religion.
The lingering effect of the smoke provides a replenishment effect to the caster for 30 seconds which reduces the mana cost of subsequent spells. This effect occurs even if the initial maneuver misses.
The base mana reduction benefit for subsequent spells is 20% and increases once a cleric has more than 200 skill bonus (i.e. 100 skill ranks) in Spirit Mana Control (up to 30% at 3x SMC). In addition, there is a spell rotation bonus for casting different spells. Every time the cleric casts a different spell than the previous few spells, the bonus is +5%, up to +25% after 5 spells. If at any time the cleric recasts any spell they had already cast since starting the rotation, the spell rotation bonus resets to 0%.
Ethereal Censer has a 30 second cooldown between recasts. There is a base 0.3% chance every 2 seconds for the cooldown to end early, increased by Spiritual Lore, Religion.
Ethereal Censer has no mana cost.
Usage
Maneuver
1x Cleric Base spell ranks and 2x Spell Aiming ranks are expected for normal like-level performance.
To increase the maneuver's effectiveness through training: 2 Cleric Base spell ranks = 4 Spell Aim ranks = each Religion Lore threshold.
Cleric Base spell ranks above level help but have diminishing returns: the next 50 Cleric Base spell ranks above level are only half as effective. Ranks 51+ past level are 1/5 as effective.
The maneuver is only meant to be moderately powerful, as the main design of the spell is around mana reduction. The damage output is based solely on the maneuver roll result and if successful deals disintegration critical damage.
Mana Reduction
The base mana reduction benefit for subsequent spells is 20% and increases once a cleric has more than 200 skill bonus (i.e. 100 skill ranks) in Spirit Mana Control (up to 30% at 300 SMC Ranks, using the formula of 20% + ((SMC skill bonus - 200) / 20)). In addition, there is a spell rotation bonus for casting different spells. Every time the cleric casts a different spell than the previous few spells, the bonus is +5%, up to +25% after 5 spells. If at any time the cleric recasts any spell they had already cast since starting the rotation, the spell rotation bonus resets to 0%. Subsequent casts of 320 have no effect, positive or negative, on the rotation.
The mana reduction effect does not apply to spells above level 19 but those spells will count towards the rotation bonus.
The rotation bonus does not apply to any spells that do not use mana (i.e. wands, scrolls, 1700, etc.).
The spell also tracks partial mana savings over time and refunds the mana when a full mana point of savings is reached (i.e. if you save 0.4 mana on each 302 cast, you would receive 0 mana reduction on the first two casts and 1 mana reduction on the third cast, with an additional 0.2 mana savings to be applied later).
Multicast functions properly both on reducing the cost of each cast, as well as triggering the bonus.
Lore Benefits
Training in Spiritual Lore, Religion increases the effectiveness of the maneuver attack using a seed 1 summation of ranks. Example: 55 ranks = 10 thresholds = +10% maneuver effectiveness.
Religion Lore also increases the base 0.3% chance for the cooldown to end early by 0.1% per seed 1 summation of ranks.
Spiritual Lore, Religion ranks 0 1 3 6 10 15 21 28 36 45 55 66 78 91 105 120 136 153 171 190 Reset Chance Every 2s .3% .4% .5% .6% .7% .8% .9% 1.0% 1.1% 1.2% 1.3% 1.4% 1.5% 1.6% 1.7% 1.8% 1.9% 2.0% 2.1% 2.2% Cumulative Reset Chance 4.1% 5.5% 6.8% 8.1% 9.4% 10.6% 11.9% 13.1% 14.3% 15.6% 16.7% 17.9% 19.1% 20.2% 21.3% 22.5% 23.6% 24.6% 25.7% 26.8%
The base chance for the cooldown to end early is 1 - .997^14 = 4.1% (over 14 ticks, every 2 seconds for 30 seconds). With 28 ranks of Spiritual Lore, Religion this is increased to 1 - .99^14 = 13.1%. The value of the cooldown resetting early goes down with each 2s tick as the natural end of the cooldown approaches.
If the cooldown ends early and you recast while the original effects are still active, the mana return effect will stack but the 30 duration on the mana reduction effect is simply reset to 30 seconds.
Messaging
| Self-Cast | >prep 320 You chant a reverent litany, clasping your hands while focusing upon the Ethereal Censer spell... Your spell is ready. >cast You gesture. This section on cast changes based on CONVERT-status. See below deity messaging. As the fragrant haze settles over you, you feel revitalized. Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds. |
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| Cooldown | Your ethereal censer fades away, leaving only a faint lingering scent of incense. > You sense the flows of mana around you are once again strong enough to support the manifestation of an ethereal censer. |
| SNIFF Messaging | You have the powerful scent of cedar and aromatic cypress wafting from your skin. Notes of crisp vetiver linger above a sharp incense base, like the flame of a flickering taper. > The subtle scent which had been clinging to you dissipates. |
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| Successful cast | >prep 320 You chant a reverent litany, clasping your hands while focusing upon the Ethereal Censer spell... Your spell is ready. >cast rolt You gesture at a rolton. This section on cast changes based on CONVERT-status. See below deity messaging. [SMR result: 581 (Open d100: 179)] A rolton becomes enveloped in the incense smoke! ... 50 points of damage! Vicious attack begins at base of neck and moves upwards, leaving only a fine mist above the rolton's shoulders! The rolton collapses to the ground, emits a final bleat, and dies. As the fragrant haze settles over you, you feel revitalized. Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds. |
When casting this spell, the messaging will be different depending upon the caster's CONVERT-chosen deity, except with the rare exception Well of Life (308) where it instead detects the target's deity. Expand the chart below to see all known possibilities. Any missing information can be added at the deity messaging page.
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| Pantheon of Liabo | |
| Charl |
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| Eonak |
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| Imaera |
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| Jastev |
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| Kai |
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| Koar |
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| Lorminstra |
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| Lumnis |
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| Oleani |
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| Phoen |
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| Ronan |
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| Tonis |
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| Pantheon of Lornon | |
| Andelas |
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| Eorgina |
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| Fash'lo'nae |
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| Ivas |
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| Luukos |
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| Marlu |
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| Mularos |
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| Sheru |
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| V'tull |
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| Pantheon of Neutrality | |
| Gosaena |
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| Zelia |
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| Lesser Spirits | |
| Aeia |
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| Amasalen |
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| Arachne |
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| Ghezresh |
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| The Huntress |
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| Jaston |
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| Kuon |
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| Laethe |
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| Leya |
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| Niima |
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| Onar |
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| Tilamaire |
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| Voaris |
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| Voln |
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| Other |
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