Major Sanctuary (220)
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With the Major Sanctuary spell, the caster can transport his group into a special place of safety in which to rest and rescue. If the caster has a patron Arkati or Spirit, this being's spiritual servants will provide him with a unique place of refuge. Otherwise, lesser spirits local to the realm construct the sanctuary. The caster can specify which natural sanctuary to transport to by using a runestone.
Success Factors
Successful creation of a Major Sanctuary is determined by level, Major Spiritual spell ranks, Wisdom bonus and Spiritual Mana Control.
According to a post made by GM Oscuro (1/22/09), the most important factor is SMC, and that without it, the other factors have very little effect.
The area in which the spell is cast also has an effect on the success. Areas that will dispel a Major Sanctuary include Temple Wyneb, Old Ta'Faendryl, Griffin's Keen, The Scatter, and the Ruined Temple.
Messaging
Deity Messaging
Whipping winds carry the hot, metallic taste of lightning to you as your surroundings blur... [Eye of the Storm Sanctuary] Protected within the eye of the storm, the waters of the grey chamber lap gently at your feet. Beyond the calm and quiet of the sanctuary is a raging hurricane of whipping winds and lightning streaked skies. Directly above, the sky is clear and the quiet sounds of a gull drift to your ears. >out The blinding flash of lightning shatters the chamber in a cloud of wind and light, causing it to dissolve around you...
Unaligned
As of 2/23/08 Major Sanctuary will now allow people to enter a "natural" sanctuary supposedly based on the spirits of the area they cast the spell in. However, if anyone, including aligned people, wish to enter one of these "natural" sanctuaries, they can cast this spell at a runestone corresponding to the sanctuary of choice. (e.g. using an taiga runestone to get to the Taiga Sanctuary).
Also, the old neutral sanctuary may still be available, but it is currently unclear how one can enter this older version.
The following list was furnished by Nilandia.
- Alpine Runestone
You are bathed in a snow white light and your surroundings shift...
[Alpine Sanctuary]
Gazing out from the granite ledge yields a view of snowy expanses and sparse evergreens that punctuate the white landscape. Smooth stone rises on one side, while the rest of the sanctuary lays open to the cold mountain air. Pale clouds, close enough that they can almost be touched, speckle the brilliant blue sky on a firm breeze that chills to the bone.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in a snow white light and your surroundings shift...
- Astral Runestone
You are bathed in a silvery light and your surroundings shift...
[Astral Sanctuary]
Dense white mist spreads across the floor, which is cooled with a slight breeze that brushes only a handspan above its wispy surface. Unobstructed grey spreads across the sky, its expanse bleak and dull to the senses. Strange, rhythmic thumping echoes through the air at even intervals and pulses with a steady, strong beat.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in a silvery light and your surroundings shift...
- Aurora Runestone
You are bathed in an intense yellow light and your surroundings shift...
[Aurora Sanctuary]
The purple sky dances with waves of rainbow lights, filling the heavens with their awe-inspiring illumination. Bands of color swirl downward to touch the snow-capped mountains only to suddenly spike upward as they seek the sky. A dry breeze drifts by carrying with it the bite of the arctic and a random snowflake.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in an intense yellow light and your surroundings shift...
- Badland Runestone
You are bathed in a sandy tan light and your surroundings shift...
[Badland Sanctuary]
High canyon walls are layered with bands of copper and reddish clay as they rise into a sky darkened by the approach of a purplish dusk. Brittle bushes, which long ago gave up on life, tumble across the dusty ground and collect other twigs and vines to their girth. A dry wind, laden with sand and heat, passes through the area, stealing moisture as it travels.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in a sandy tan light and your surroundings shift...
- Bog Runestone
You are bathed in a sickly green light and your surroundings shift...
[Bog Sanctuary]
Long vines of kudzu cling to the trees, their leafy expanses add a shade of color to the already verdant landscape. Here and there pockets of water, viridian and chocolate with long skeins of algae, speckle the land. Downed trees stand at angles to their brothers like drunken comrades holding each other up. A soft buzzing is punctuated by the strange sound of swamp gases popping and carries with it the distinct aroma of brimstone.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in a sickly green light and your surroundings shift...
- Boulder Runestone
You are bathed in an earthy brown light and your surroundings shift...
[Boulder Sanctuary]
Dropping on all sides to twice again the height of a giant, the boulder rises high off the ground. Smooth sides and surface space provide ample room for movement, while remaining open to the air above. The landscape can be seen beyond, but is only dotted with a field of enormous rocks and dirt pathways.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in an earthy brown light and your surroundings shift...
- Cavern Runestone
You are bathed in an earthy brown light and your surroundings shift...
[Cavern Sanctuary]
Riddled with stalactites, the ceiling of the sanctuary is dark, and the walls are distant and riddled with veins of ore. A feeling of great weight fills the air, which is laden with the scent of metal and dirt; a sense of antiquity rises like dust from the smooth ground.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in an earthy brown light and your surroundings shift...
- Celestial Runestone
You are bathed in a silvery light and your surroundings shift...
[Celestial Sanctuary]
Dull and grey, craters riddle the landscape, which seems to go on in all directions for as far as the eye can see. Sound is muted, and everything seems somehow softened by the tranquility of the sanctuary. High above, the sky is riddled with hundreds of stars and interrupted in the distance by the strong, burning glows of Liabo and Lornon.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in a silvery light and your surroundings shift...
- Crevasse Runestone
You are bathed in an earthy brown light and your surroundings shift...
[Crevasse Sanctuary]
Twin stone walls, smooth and marked with waterlines from a river long since evaporated, rise high toward a peaked ceiling awash in tans and whites. Dust descends in a fine rain around the boulders that rise to obstruct either end of the sanctuary. A strand of light illuminates the area from a series of glowing mushrooms clustered between the wall and floor, their shine greenish and bright.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in an earthy brown light and your surroundings shift...
- Desert Runestone
You are bathed in a sandy tan light and your surroundings shift...
[Desert Sanctuary]
The walls of the sanctuary rise in a swirling vortex of beige light, sand, and dirt, and are in constant motion, sporadically blocking out the light of the sun above. The howl of the winds is almost deafening, yet the ground remains smooth and calm. Falling like snow, a fine rain of glittering gold sand sprinkles in calm contrast to the chaotic walls.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in a sandy tan light and your surroundings shift...
- Dune Runestone
You are bathed in a sandy tan light and your surroundings shift...
[Dune Sanctuary]
Rolling hills of golden sand sparkle in the silvery moonlight, their faces rippled with the pattern of a wind that tattooed the landscape with its ethereal tendrils. Crickets sing a discordant song, while sparrows and finches rise from their daytime shelters into the cooling desert air. A lone well, dusty and brown, rests at the heart of the sanctuary, its rope swaying back and forth in a hypnotic rhythm.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in a sandy tan light and your surroundings shift...
- Forest Runestone
You are bathed in a forest green light and your surroundings shift...
[Forest Sanctuary]
Ringed on all sides by the protective embrace of enormous redwood trees, the sanctuary is filled with shafts of light and the lyrical song of a lark as it lazily drifts from bough to bough. Soft moss carpets the ground and clings to the dark wood, though it climbs no higher than three hand-spans, and five-fingered leaves flutter on a wind that is light and cool. A deep feeling of antiquity fills the air and is accented by the subtle groaning of the rooted giants.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in a forest green light and your surroundings shift...
- Geyser Runestone
You are bathed in an aqua blue light and your surroundings shift...
[Geyser Sanctuary]
Centered within a ring of mineral pools, and rising from the ground like an enormous anthill, is a volcanic rock-ringed geyser. The aqua blue waters bubble and churn as the vent prepares for another burst of sky high waters. Deposits of iron, rhodocrosite, rhyolite, and spongy rock speckle the landscape, which glistens wetly in the ambient light.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in an aqua blue light and your surroundings shift...
- Glacier Runestone
You are bathed in a snow white light and your surroundings shift...
[Glacier Sanctuary]
Cupped in a bowl between mountain peaks, the glacier resembles a smooth, uncut aquamarine of enormous proportions. Plump flakes drift downward on a chill breeze, their lazy movements accented by the hoarse call of the wind through the ragged stone. Faint cracks and groans can be heard at random moments as the mountains and glacier converse in their own venerable tongue.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in a snow white light and your surroundings shift...
- Island Runestone
You are bathed in an aqua blue light and your surroundings shift...
[Island Sanctuary]
Surrounded on all sides by water, the sanctuary is a small island of sand and beach grasses. A single pine tree reaches its verdant tendrils towards a sky that is sapphire blue and devoid of clouds. Crashing insistently against the white sands is the ebb and flow of the ocean, its passage creating a soothing breeze.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in an aqua blue light and your surroundings shift...
- Lake Runestone
You are bathed in an aqua blue light and your surroundings shift...
[Lake Sanctuary]
The aquatic walls of the sanctuary glisten with phosphorescent filaments that illuminate the otherwise dark space with a light glow. Water creeps between the rocks ringing the sanctuary and flows through the area in a sinuous pattern over smooth stones, its passage melodic and calming. The air is heavy with a dampness that seeps to the bones and is nearly too chill to tolerate.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in an aqua blue light and your surroundings shift...
- Lavaflow Runestone
You are bathed in a deep red light and your surroundings shift...
[Lavaflow Sanctuary]
Molten lava, bright orange and fiery hot, surrounds the obsidian island on all sides as it swiftly flows past. Tiny bubbles rise and pop along the surface and randomly spray the air with embers that twist and burn. A searing heat radiates from the boiling river, though the heart of the sanctuary remains only warm.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in a deep red light and your surroundings shift...
- Luck Runestone
You are bathed in rainbow light and your surroundings shift...
[Luck Sanctuary]
Bands of color cut across the sanctuary and illuminate everything in their path with a powerful glow. Reds transition to oranges, which become yellows in an arc that eventually melds into green, blue, and violet. Beyond the edges of color, the world is void of light and hue, though it is filled with merry laughter and a sound like the clinking of countless coins cascading to the ground.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in rainbow light and your surroundings shift...
- Marsh Runestone
You are bathed in a sickly green light and your surroundings shift...
[Marsh Sanctuary]
Twisted banyans rise from the stagnant waters that surround the small, dry island; their limbs spread wide until woven into a canopy of leaves and vines. Thick mosses carpet the ground, creating an unnatural silence that is frequently punctuated by the tapping of a woodpecker. A dark shape moves beneath the surface of the water, disrupting floating leaves and causing ripples to lap at the muddy shore.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in a sickly green light and your surroundings shift...
- Mountain Runestone
You are bathed in an earthy brown light and your surroundings shift...
[Mountain Sanctuary]
Winds howl and gust beyond the opening of the sanctuary, which is a black hole of ragged stone and dangling tree roots. Smooth walls taper as they reach towards the back of the cave, and the ground is speckled with large and small rock formations that provide natural furniture for the small space. A thin band of water glistens upon one of the wall faces and sparkles faintly in the ambient light.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in an earthy brown light and your surroundings shift...
- Ocean Runestone
You are bathed in an aqua blue light and your surroundings shift...
[Ocean Sanctuary]
Tranquil and serene, the surface of the ocean below you is as smooth as glass and equally reflective. Golden motes of light glisten as they pass through the smooth water to disappear in the shadowy depths, while random clouds drift past the translucent walls of the sanctuary to create darker images below. The air is still with a feeling of waiting, as if the world holds its breath, and sound is muffled.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in an aqua blue light and your surroundings shift...
- Oxbow Runestone
You are bathed in an aqua blue light and your surroundings shift...
[Oxbow Sanctuary]
Cradled by verdant hills, the bend of the river rises high against the hillside, while dropping away to white silt in the valley. Violets, bluebells, and chamomile flowers dot the landscape, where rich grasses rise and fall with the wind. The rushing water is deep blue and rainbow salmon arch their bodies against the current to reach the river's zenith.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in an aqua blue light and your surroundings shift...
- River Runestone
You are bathed in an aqua blue light and your surroundings shift...
[River Sanctuary]
Tumbled stones and pebbles cover the muddy expanse of the riverbed, their surfaces covered in brown and green algae. Transparent walls swirl with the flow of water that parts around the sanctuary. Some of the clear liquid bubbles up and over the strange, translucent dome ceiling. A spray of color tickles the moist air as a cool breeze passes by.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in an aqua blue light and your surroundings shift...
- Snow Runestone
You are bathed in a snow white light and your surroundings shift...
[Snow Sanctuary]
Thick and blinding, the blizzard howls beyond the translucent icy walls of the sanctuary. Within the shelter, a lazy swirl of snow dances in the ambient illumination and falls to the soft, smooth ground. A series of icy mounds provide resting places, while a warm fire burns fitfully at the center of the room. Oddly, the ice does not melt from the heat of the blaze.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in a snow white light and your surroundings shift...
- Solar Runestone
You are bathed in an intense yellow light and your surroundings shift...
[Solar Sanctuary]
Wrapped in a bubble of energy that protects against the heat, the sanctuary is cocooned within an inferno of orange and yellow light. Cracks in the surface give way to pulses of energy that seek ways through the protective shell, though they disperse before they can break through. A red nimbus covers the floor, which vibrates slightly.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in an intense yellow light and your surroundings shift...
- Spring Runestone
You are bathed in an aqua blue light and your surroundings shift...
[Spring Sanctuary]
Ringed on all sides by fiddlehead and silver-leaf ferns, the spring is fed by a small stream that can be glimpsed through the sprawling vegetation. Tulips, water lilies, and honeysuckle vines dot the banks, while a fallen log stretches across the spring and houses the echoing chirp of a cricket. A trio of water sliders dances across the surface, creating ripples that radiate outward.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in an aqua blue light and your surroundings shift...
- Stream Runestone
You are bathed in an aqua blue light and your surroundings shift...
[Stream Sanctuary]
The petite and narrow stream winds its way through a wall of vegetation along the edges of the sanctuary and then disappears. Tiny pebbles within the water glisten and provide a soothing, burbling backdrop to the subtle sounds of the surrounding vegetation. Strands of tall reeds add their own chime, while dark lotuses gaze at their reflections in the crystal clear water.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in an aqua blue light and your surroundings shift...
- Sun Runestone
You are bathed in an intense yellow light and your surroundings shift...
[Sun Sanctuary]
Pulsating bright and round above, an enormous orb fills the sky and radiates long tendrils of orange, red, and yellow flames. Swirling mist, balmy and tingling to the touch, obscures the ground, while a deep hum thrums through the sanctuary. The air is dry, though filled with a deep warmth that is almost uncomfortable.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in an intense yellow light and your surroundings shift...
- Sunburst Runestone
You are bathed in an intense yellow light and your surroundings shift...
[Sunburst Sanctuary]
Bright, though not uncomfortably so, the sanctuary's walls are bathed in orange, red, and yellow light. Swirls of energy lick upward from the floor to coil on anything in their path, their tendrils warm and comforting. Random solar flares pulsate through the sky in flashes of bright white light, and a constant wind, dry and warm, stirs the air.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in an intense yellow light and your surroundings shift...
- Swamp Runestone
You are bathed in a sickly green light and your surroundings shift...
[Swamp Sanctuary]
Large and gnarled, the roots of the mangrove form parabolic arches as they rise from the fetid swamp in a ring around the small island sanctuary. Clinging lichens, pale yellow and red, snake their way up the thick trunks, while the limbs are heavy with near black vines and mosses. A screech owl makes its presence known at regular intervals, its strange cry echoing off the murky, dark waters and is accompanied by the constant hum of mosquitos.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in a sickly green light and your surroundings shift...
- Taiga Runestone
You are bathed in a forest green light and your surroundings shift...
[Taiga Sanctuary]
Tall conifers reach towards the sky with their spindly trunks and shed pine needles every time the wind shifts through them. A ring of fallen trees hugs the granite facing, which comes to life with a burbling stream of clear spring water. Soft rays of the sun fall in long dim slants upon the frost-covered ground.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in a forest green light and your surroundings shift...
- Tidal Runestone
You are bathed in an aqua blue light and your surroundings shift...
[Tidal Sanctuary]
Water-smoothed boulders and stones surround the edges of the sanctuary in an earthy barrier on three sides, while the rush of the open ocean stretches beyond. Moist sand is speckled with tiny tidal pools that house urchins, crabs, and starfish, while spotted periwinkle snails cling to the boulders that are submerged in water. Several long skeins of seaweed lap at the shore as the tide pushes them along.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in an aqua blue light and your surroundings shift...
- Tree Runestone
You are bathed in a forest green light and your surroundings shift...
[Tree Sanctuary]
Glittering light filters through the arching boughs of the sanctuary, its source distant and obscured by the glossy leaves of the tree. Hundreds of laden limbs rise from the monstrous trunk only to curve over to create a living umbrella of greenery that shelters its denizens from the world beyond. The soft chatter of chipmunks and squirrels rises and falls through the area, its source somewhere deep within the tree.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in a forest green light and your surroundings shift...
- Tropical Runestone
You are bathed in an aqua blue light and your surroundings shift...
[Tropical Sanctuary]
Balmy air moves across the desolate beach, its tendrils scented with ripe fruits and exotic flowers. Upon one side of the sanctuary, the ocean laps at the sandy coastline in a quiet rhythmic motion, while the palm fronds of enormous trees on the opposite end sway in counterpoint to the tide. A cluster of lazy clouds drifts above over a sky that is brilliant blue and is speckled with the vibrant hues of strange, long-feathered birds that squawk lyrically as they pass.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in an aqua blue light and your surroundings shift...
- Volcano Runestone
You are bathed in a deep red light and your surroundings shift...
[Volcano Sanctuary]
Encased in a bubble of orange swirled with obsidian, the sanctuary is illuminated from above by a swiftly flowing river of fiery crimson magma. Rocky formations melted and twisted from the extreme temperatures throughout smoke slightly and radiate a burning heat that is almost stifling. A deep rumble vibrates through the glassy floor and dislodges soot and ash from their resting places high above.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in a deep red light and your surroundings shift...
- Wasteland Runestone
You are bathed in a sandy tan light and your surroundings shift...
[Wasteland Sanctuary]
Pock-marked with stagnant craters, the largely barren landscape is covered in a clinging silver mist that stretches as far as the eye can see. Putrid and noxious scents rise from tepid pools, whose edges are overrun with black mold and mushrooms. The air is oppressive and tainted with foul scents.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in a sandy tan light and your surroundings shift...
- Will-0-Wisp Runestone
You are bathed in a flickering yellow light and your surroundings shift...
[Will-O-Wisp Sanctuary]
Amorphous motes of light speckle the silver and grey mist that drifts from the cool ground, their source indiscernible. Faint swirls move the cool air around, and a quiet song, its words ancient and forgotten before they can be remembered, plays a haunting tune that fills the sanctuary. The mist clings to the ground and shifts with the slightest movement through the area.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in a flickering yellow light and your surroundings shift...
- Wood Runestone
You are bathed in a forest green light and your surroundings shift...
[Wood Sanctuary]
Silver-leafed aspens rise on all sides, their limbs lifting to the sky and reaching out towards each other. Tufts of grass cling to a small game trail that winds its way between the slender giants, the edges dotted with dark stones and blue slate. A brown wren warbles quietly as it gazes down from above, its body nearly hidden against the pale bark.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in a forest green light and your surroundings shift...
- Woodland Runestone
You are bathed in a forest green light and your surroundings shift...
[Woodland Sanctuary]
Spindly arms reach toward the distant sky, their frames ringed in thin white bark that is banded with ebon lines. Elliptical leaves shimmer brilliant crimson and amber like the dying light of a summer day and are moved by the low breeze that swirls through the area. The rich aroma of loam, moss, and grass scents the air, and a sense of peace pervades the sanctuary.
Obvious exits: out
You are bathed in a forest green light and your surroundings shift...
- Neutral Sanctuary
A swirling grey mist enshrouds you as your surroundings blur for a moment...
[Sanctuary]
A grey, swirling mist surrounds you, its tendrils creeping around your feet and twisting into a thick, translucent mass that vaguely forms a curved wall around the chamber. A feeling of calmness and protection passes over you as you sense that nothing harmful may pass the swirling walls.
Obvious exits: out
A grey mist erupts around you and your visions of sanctuary slowly fade...
Resources
- Saved Posts
- Major Spiritual Spell Circle: Major Sanctuary, on Play.net