Symbol of Turning
Step 22
The Symbol of Turning is obtained at the twenty second step of the Order of Voln. This symbol can be used as either a single target or mass attack against undead creatures. This symbol uses the Standard success resolution system to detemine success or failure. There are several possible outcomes, from benign to instant death, that may occur depending on the level of success.
Syntax
Symbol of Turning (by itself for the mass attack version)
Symbol of Turning <target> (for the single target version)
Messaging
You draw a glowing pattern in the air before you.
A wraith backs away from the pattern for a few moments.Target flees:
You draw a glowing pattern in the air before you.
A wraith backs itself south.Insta-kill:
You draw a glowing pattern in the air before you.
A wraith lets out a blood curdling scream!
You hear a sound like a weeping child as a white glow separates itself from the wraith's body as it rises, disappearing into the heavens.Living creature:
You draw a glowing pattern in the air before a goblin.
A goblin does not seem to be affected.Favor Cost
Symbol of Turning has a cost of 72 units of favor when either targeted or untargeted (mass attack) with one undead creature in the room. The mass attack version has an escalating cost that increases for any additional undead present. The first two undead cost 72 units of favor each. Additional undead cost 36 units of favor each. There is no favor cost for any living creatures present.
Cumulative cost example:
- One undead = 72 units of favor
- Two undead = 144 units of favor
- Three undead = 180 units of favor
- Four undead = 216 units of favor
- 72 + 72 + 36 + 36 = 216
Note: Characters under level 40 have a reduced favor cost which scales with level.