Energy Weapon

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Energy Weapons are scripted weapons themed similarly to their counterpart, the Energy Shield. They require affinity to be used to the greatest benefit.

They were first introduced at Duskruin's in February 2019 run in the Stay Awhile and Glisten shop. They were created by GM Retser. These were originally limited to runestaves and lances, similar to Shock Weapons, but opened to other weapon bases in August 2020.

Tier 0/OTS

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Analyze

You take a closer look at a thick golden lance with a leather-wrapped haft.
You analyze the golden lance and sense that the item is largely free from merchant alteration restrictions.

The creator has also provided the following information:
                           ENERGY WEAPONS
  Energy Flares:  Turn them on to let your weapon flare.
  Surged Flares:  These drain mana and stored energy to increase flare strength.  You cannot
                  store mana during surged flares.
  Drained Flares: These reduce the strength of your flare to bond and store energy.
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 Verb
  PROD     ON/OFF Energy Flares
   Currently: ON
  PULL     ON/OFF Drained Flares (Store Mana/Bonding)
   Currently: OFF
  PUSH     ON/OFF Surged Flares (Increases flare strength)
   Currently: OFF
  PRAY     Increases Affinity if you are ready.
  PUNCH    UnAttunes

Unlocked Abilities

General Information
 Tier: 0                                  Affinity Level: 0
 Total Energy Bound (Bonding): 0
 Total Energy Stored: 0/100
 Flare Type: Electrical
 Daily Energy Cap: 0/1000
 22 Hour Energy Tracker: Expired
 Flared Blasts: Locked
 Reactive Flare Armor: Locked

Customization
 Custom Color: white         Custom Color 2: black
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Usage

Verb Use First Third
PRAY Initial bonding You lift your sleek rune staff and give it a careful examination. You notice a small rectangular depression near the base. You press your thumb into it and begin to feel the flow of energy. You feel like if you press harder something may happen.

[Type PRAY staff again within the next 30 seconds to bond to it.]
No room messaging.
Bond confirmed You push your thumb down firmly and hear a small clicking noise. Several mechanical arms and apparatuses spin around the sleek rune staff before settling into secret compartments. You also notice a few small levers. No room messaging.
Affinity 1 You carefully inspect your sleek rune staff, making note of any new features. You discover a small latch system near the end of the sleek rune staff. You get the feeling that if you were to prod it, you could turn on or off the flares. You also find a small mechanism that flips over the end of the staff. You think you could PULL at it to put it in place to capture the energy of the flares. You notice a collection of runes near the small energy container. You feel like you could PUSH this to increase the strength of flares at the cost of energy. Person carefully inspects her sleek rune staff with a fascinated look on her face.
Nothing new You carefully inspect the sleek rune staff and can't seem to find anything new. No room messaging.
PROD Turn flares off You sweep your sleek rune staff downward, a flickering trail of white light following it.

[EnergyFlares are now turned OFF.]
Person sweeps her sleek rune staff downward, a flickering trail of white light following it.
Turn flares on You hold your sleek rune staff aloft as you etch an intricate symbol overhead. The length of your staff glows briefly before fading away.

[EnergyFlares are now turned ON.]
Person holds her sleek rune staff aloft as she etches an intricate symbol overhead. The length of her staff glows briefly before fading away.
PULL Storage off You spin your sleek rune staff end over end before planting the base into the floor. A small, white mechanism flips off the top of the staff and tucks itself away into a small hidden compartment.

[Flare Storage is now turned OFF.]
Person spins her sleek rune staff end over end before planting the base into the floor. A small, white mechanism flips off the top of the staff and tucks itself away into a small hidden compartment.
Storage on You spin your sleek rune staff end over end before planting the base into the floor. A small compartment near the end of the staff opens up to deploy a white mechanism that flips over the top of the staff.

[Flare Storage is now turned ON.]
Person spins her sleek rune staff end over end before planting the base into the floor. A small compartment near the end of the staff opens up to deploy a white mechanism that flips over the top of the staff.
PUNCH You smash your fist down onto the sleek rune staff sending a wave of energy into the surroundings. Person smashes her fist down onto the sleek rune staff, sending a wave of energy into the surroundings.
PUSH Surged flares off You place the palm of your hand against the surface of your sleek rune staff and chant quietly. A crystal chamber embedded in your staff stops glowing.

[Surged Flares are now turned OFF.]
Person places the palm of her hand against the surface of her sleek rune staff and chants quietly. A crystal chamber embedded in the staff stops glowing.
Surged flares on You place the palm of your hand against the surface of your sleek rune staff and chant quietly. In a sudden flash of light, a crystal chamber embedded in the staff glows black.

[Surged Flares are now turned ON.]
Person places the palm of her hand against the surface of her sleek rune staff and chants quietly. In a sudden flash of light, a crystal chamber embedded in the staff glows black.

Tier 1

Energy Flares: Turn them on to let your weapon flare.

Surged Flares: These drain mana and stored energy to increase flare strength. You cannot store mana during surged flares.

Drained Flares: These reduce the strength of your flare to bond and store energy.

Usage

Verb Use First Third
PRAY Affinity 2 You carefully inspect your sleek rune staff, making note of any new features. You make note that through repeated use the energy tank appears to be larger. You feel as if your power flows through the staff better. Person carefully inspects her sleek rune staff with a fascinated look on her face.
PRAY Affinity 3 You carefully inspect your sleek rune staff, making note of any new features. You make note that the energy tank appears to have grown in size again and your connection strengthens. Person carefully inspects her sleek rune staff with a fascinated look on her face.

Tier 2

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Usage

Verb Use First Third
NUZZLE Affinity 4+ You flick a small lever near the center-point of your sleek rune staff. The end of the sleek rune staff glows with white and black energy. Person flicks a small lever near the center-point of her sleek rune staff. The end of her sleek rune staff glows with white and black energy.
POINT After NUZZLE You flip your sleek rune staff end over end until snatching it out of the air by the base. You take aim as the staff glows brightly with white and black energy! Person flips her sleek rune staff end over end until snatching it out of the air by the base. She takes aim as the staff glows brightly with white and black energy!
PRAY Affinity 4 You carefully inspect your sleek rune staff, making note of any new features. You make note that the energy tank appears even bigger. You also feel like if you were to NUZZLE the staff it would activate some power. Perhaps if you were to POINT it at your adverseries after a brief NUZZLE? Person carefully inspects her sleek rune staff with a fascinated look on her face.
PRAY Affinity 5 You carefully inspect your sleek rune staff, making note of any new features. You notice the energy tank has grown once again, just how large can this get? You also feel like your connection to the staff grows. Person carefully inspects her sleek rune staff with a fascinated look on her face.
PRAY Affinity 6 You carefully inspect your sleek rune staff, making note of any new features. You notice the energy tank has grown in size and your connection grows. Person carefully inspects her sleek rune staff with a fascinated look on her face.

Tier 3

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Usage

Verb Use First Third
RUB Affinity 7+ You slam the base of your sleek rune staff into the ground sending a blast of white and black energy upward! The energy crackles audibly as it coalesces around you in the shape of armor. Person slams the base of her sleek rune staff into the ground sending a blast of white and black energy upward! The energy crackles audibly as it coalesces around her in the shape of armor.
PRAY Affinity 7 You carefully inspect your sleek rune staff, making note of any new features. The energy tank has expanded again within the body of the staff. You also feel like you could RUB the surface beneath the energy tank to deploy something. The symbol near the grooved section looks like a suit of energy-coated armor. Person carefully inspects her sleek rune staff with a fascinated look on her face.
PRAY Affinity 8 You carefully inspect your sleek rune staff, making note of any new features. The staff feels like an extension of your body, but there is still something to learn. You notice a slight increase in the energy tank and your bond with it grow. Person carefully inspects her sleek rune staff with a fascinated look on her face.
PRAY Affinity 9 You carefully inspect your sleek rune staff, making note of any new features. You feel as though you have mastered the staff. The energy tank appears to be at its maximum and its power swells. Person carefully inspects her sleek rune staff with a fascinated look on her face.

Additional Information

Affinity

Every time the weapon handles its script flare the bond increases. The strength of the flares increase with the affinity of the weapon, and maximum affinity is limited by unlock tier.

TIER AFFINITY
LEVEL
ENERGY BOUND NOTES
Tier 0
Off-the-Shelf
Level 0 0
Level 1 1,000
Tier 1 Level 2 2,500
Level 3 5,000
Tier 2 Level 4 10,000 Unleash/Point
Level 5 25,000
Level 6 40,000
Tier 3 Level 7 60,000 Reactive Armor
Level 8 80,000
Level 9 100,000

Energy Weapon Add

Automated certificates for this service have been sold in Duskruin's The Annex shop.

You analyze the multicolored sphere and sense that the creator has provided the following information:


This Unlock Certificate applies an improvement or service as described below. It may not be changed in any way. Unless otherwise stated, it may be used at any time and does not expire. Additional usage may apply. When applicable, items attuned to someone else are ineligible. Usage: APPRAISE Check eligibility REDEEM Apply the improvement
A multicolored sphere of swirling energy grants the Energy Weapon script at Tier 1/OTS to an eligible weapon. DETAILS: > Weapons must be unscripted, with the exception of Rotflares. > UCS gloves/boots are ineligible.

Energy Weapon Common Flare

Automated certificates for this service have been sold in Duskruin's The Annex shop.

You analyze the energy flare certificate and sense that the creator has provided the following information:


This Unlock Certificate applies an improvement or service as described below. It may not be changed in any way. Unless otherwise stated, it may be used at any time and does not expire. Additional usage may apply. When applicable, items attuned to someone else are ineligible. Usage: APPRAISE Check eligibility REDEEM Apply the improvement
A common energy flare certificate grants the ability to change an Energy armament's COMMON flare. DETAILS: > Use LOOK to view the current setting. > Use TURN [to #] to toggle the desired flare. Currently: Cold (1) Cold (3) Impact (2) Fire (4) Lightning

Energy Weapon Exotic Flare

Automated certificates for this service have been sold in Duskruin's The Annex shop.

You analyze the energy flare certificate and sense that the creator has provided the following information:


This Unlock Certificate applies an improvement or service as described below. It may not be changed in any way. Unless otherwise stated, it may be used at any time and does not expire. Additional usage may apply. When applicable, items attuned to someone else are ineligible. Usage: APPRAISE Check eligibility REDEEM Apply the improvement
An exotic energy flare certificate grants the ability to change an Energy armament's EXOTIC flare. DETAILS: > Use LOOK to view the current setting. > Use TURN [to #] to toggle the desired flare. Currently: Acid (1) Acid (5) Plasma (2) Disintegrate (6) Unbalance (3) Disruption (7) Vacuum (4) Grapple

See Also

Energy Weapon Information
Type Mechanical
Item Classification Weapon
Item(s) Applied to Weapon
Alterable Yes
Light/Deep Yes
Customizable Yes
Custom Custom Color 1
Custom Color 2
Original Release Venue Duskruin
Original Release Year 2019
Tiered Yes
Number of Tiers 4
How to Unlock Certificate
Affinity Needed Yes
Eligible to be Added Yes
Item Verbs
NUZZLE POINT PRAY PROD
PULL PUNCH PUSH RUB