Magic Sling

Magic Slings are runestaff sheaths created by GM Sindin and sold at Duskruin in Art of Lore. Slings have four possible tiers. Tiers 1 and 2 were available in the June 2018 shop. Sindin stated that further unlocks would be made available in the future, at an unspecified time and place.

The sling holds a single runestaff, and is offered in four variants: Elemental, Spiritual, Mental and Sorcery. Each type offers different messaging when interacted with, and will vary based on the owner's Elemental Attunement (for Elemental Slings only) or Lore ranks (non-Elemental slings, and Elemental slings where the owner has chosen no attunement).

Per GM Thandiwe, if the wearer has no lore attunement or training then the messaging will be "generic". (See her post below.)

Further, these rules apply:

- If your character uses ATTUNE to choose an element and you use an Elemental Sling, you will see messaging appropriate for the ATTUNED element regardless of your Lore trainings.

- If your character is not ATTUNEd to an element, or owns any of the non-elemental slings, and your Lore trainings are "tied" - say, 50 Religion and 50 Blessings trainings - you have a random chance at seeing EITHER the Religion or the Blessings messaging.

Spiritual Magic Sling Analyze

You analyze your runestaff sling and sense that the creator has provided the following information:

Your runestaff sling is part of the Spiritual Magic Sling group and will provide fancy messaging based on your Spiritual lore trainings.  It has 2 tiers of 4 tiers unlocked at this time.

It will also allow for the following verbs to be used on it: Cover, drop, get, pull, push, and tap.

Restrictions on this are a little complicated when it comes to altering.  It can have a show description only as one of the unlock tiers will allow it to display the weapon it carries.

If you GIRD SET (weapon) and use READY LIST to select sling as your SHEATH, then GIRD, READY, SHEATH and STOW give the special messaging of Magic Sling.

At the higher tiers the Spiritual Magic Sling will randomize stow/draw messaging.

You might be able to have a talented merchant lighten the runestaff sling for you or deepen its pockets.

Spiritual Sling Verb Traps

TIER	VERB	FIRST	THIRD
Off-the-Shelf Tier 1	GIRD	A powerful aura of holy white light trails your fancy runestaff as you draw it from your runestaff sling.	A powerful aura of holy white light trails XXX's fancy runestaff as she draws it from her runestaff sling.
	READY	You draw your fancy runestaff from your runestaff sling, tracing an arc of holy white light in its wake.	XXX draws her fancy runestaff from her runestaff sling, tracing an arc of holy white light in its wake.
	SHEATH	You stow your fancy runestaff in your runestaff sling with a flash of holy white light.	XXX stows her fancy runestaff in her runestaff sling with a flash of holy white light.
	STOW	A powerful aura of holy white light trails your fancy runestaff as you stow it in your runestaff sling.	A powerful aura of holy white light trails XXX's fancy runestaff as she stows it in her runestaff sling.
	DROP	A powerful aura of holy white light trails your fancy runestaff as you stow it in your runestaff sling.	A powerful aura of holy white light trails XXX's fancy runestaff as she stows it in her runestaff sling.
	GET	You draw your fancy runestaff from your runestaff sling, tracing an arc of holy white light in its wake.	XXX draws her fancy runestaff from her runestaff sling, tracing an arc of holy white light in its wake.
	PULL	You tighten the straps on your runestaff sling so that it sits higher upon your shoulder.	XXX tightens the straps on her runestaff sling so that it sits higher upon her shoulder.
	PUSH	You loosen the straps on your runestaff sling so that it hangs lower upon your shoulder.	XXX loosens the straps on her runestaff sling so that it hangs lower upon her shoulder.
Tier 2	COVER	You pantomime the motion of drawing a runestaff from your runestaff sling with a sly grin.	XXX pantomimes the motion of drawing a runestaff from her runestaff sling with a sly grin.
	TAP	You tap on your fingertips on the a fancy runestaff hanging from your runestaff sling, looking rather pleased with yourself.	XXX taps her fingertips on the a fancy runestaff hanging from her runestaff sling, looking rather pleased with herself.

Elemental Magic Sling Analyze

You analyze the runestaff sling and sense that the creator has provided the following information:

Your runestaff sling is part of the Elemental Magic Sling group and will provide fancy messaging based on your Elemental lore trainings.  It has 2 tiers of 4 tiers unlocked at this time.

It will also allow for the following verbs to be used on it: Cover, drop, get, pull, push, and tap.

Restrictions on this are a little complicated when it comes to altering.  It can have a show description only as one of the unlock tiers will allow it to display the weapon it carries.

If you GIRD SET (weapon) and use READY LIST to select sling as your SHEATH, then GIRD, READY, SHEATH and STOW give the special messaging of Magic Sling.

At the higher tiers the Elemental Magic Sling will randomize stow/draw messaging.

You might be able to have a talented merchant lighten the runestaff sling for you or deepen its pockets.

Elemental Sling Verb Traps

TIER	VERB	FIRST	THIRD
Off-the-Shelf Tier 1	GIRD	A dull grey energy trails your fancy staff as you draw it from your runestaff sling.	A dull grey energy trails XXX's illthorn staff as he draws it from his runestaff sling.
	READY	A dull grey energy trails your fancy staff as you draw it from your runestaff sling.	A dull grey energy trails XXX's illthorn staff as he draws it from his runestaff sling.
	SHEATH	A weak pulse of dull grey energy trails your fancy staff as you stow it in your runestaff sling.	A weak pulse of dull grey energy trails XXX's fancy staff as he stows it in his runestaff sling.
	STOW	A weak pulse of dull grey energy trails your fancy staff as you stow it in your runestaff sling.	A weak pulse of dull grey energy trails XXX's fancy staff as he stows it in his runestaff sling.
	DROP	A weak pulse of dull grey energy trails your fancy staff as you stow it in your runestaff sling.	A weak pulse of dull grey energy trails XXX's fancy staff as he stows it in his runestaff sling.
	GET	A dull grey energy trails your fancy staff as you draw it from your runestaff sling.	A dull grey energy trails XXX's fancy staff as he draws it from his runestaff sling.
	PULL	You tighten the straps on your runestaff sling so that it sits higher upon your shoulder.	XXX tightens the straps on his runestaff sling so that it sits higher upon his shoulder.
	PUSH	You loosen the straps on your runestaff sling so that it hangs lower upon your shoulder.	XXX loosens the straps on his runestaff sling so that it hangs lower upon his shoulder.
Tier 2	COVER	You pantomime the motion of drawing a runestaff from your runestaff sling with a sly grin.	XXX pantomimes the motion of drawing a runestaff from his runestaff sling with a sly grin.
	TAP	You tap your knuckles on your sling nervously as an anxiousness seems to consume you.	XXX taps his knuckles on his runestaff sling nervously.

Sorcery Magic Sling Analyze

You analyze the runestaff sling and sense that the creator has provided the following information:

Your runestaff sling is part of the Sorcery Magic Sling group and will provide fancy messaging based on your Sorcery lore trainings.  It has 2 tiers of 4 tiers unlocked at this time.

It will also allow for the following verbs to be used on it: Cover, drop, get, pull, push, and tap.

Restrictions on this are a little complicated when it comes to altering.  It can have a show description only as one of the unlock tiers will allow it to display the weapon it carries.

If you GIRD SET (weapon) and use READY LIST to select sling as your SHEATH, then GIRD, READY, SHEATH and STOW give the special messaging of Magic Sling.

At the higher tiers the Sorcery Magic Sling will randomize stow/draw messaging.

You might be able to have a talented merchant lighten the runestaff sling for you or deepen its pockets.

Sorcery Sling Verb Traps

TIER	VERB	FIRST	THIRD
Off-the-Shelf Tier 1	GIRD
	READY
	SHEATH
	STOW
	DROP
	GET
	PULL
	PUSH
Tier 2	COVER
	TAP

Mental Magic Sling Analyze

You analyze the runestaff sling and sense that the creator has provided the following information:

Your runestaff sling is part of the Mental Magic Sling group and will provide fancy messaging based on your Mental lore trainings.  It has 2 tiers of 4 tiers unlocked at this time.

It will also allow for the following verbs to be used on it: Cover, drop, get, pull, push, and tap.

Restrictions on this are a little complicated when it comes to altering.  It can have a show description only as one of the unlock tiers will allow it to display the weapon it carries.

If you GIRD SET (weapon) and use READY LIST to select sling as your SHEATH, then GIRD, READY, SHEATH and STOW give the special messaging of Magic Sling.

At the higher tiers the Mental Magic Sling will randomize stow/draw messaging.

You might be able to have a talented merchant lighten the runestaff sling for you or deepen its pockets.

Mental Sling Verb Traps

TIER	VERB	FIRST	THIRD
Off-the-Shelf Tier 1	GIRD
	READY
	SHEATH
	STOW
	DROP
	GET
	PULL
	PUSH
Tier 2	COVER
	TAP

Flare Colors by Lore Type

Lore	Flare Colors
Elemental, Earth	wind-whipped sand
Elemental, Air	dull grey energy
Elemental, Fire	fire and smoke
Elemental, Water	rainbow-hued mist
Mental, Divination
Mental, Manipulation	prismatic light
Mental, Telepathy
Mental, Transference
Mental, Transformation	glowing/intense violet
Sorcerous, Demonology	black energy
Sorcerous, Necromancy
Spiritual, Blessings	radiant golden light
Spiritual, Religion	holy white light
Spiritual, Summoning	grey miasma

Teaser from GM Sindin

Maybe you're the type who finds yourself attuned to the elements...

>You draw your illthorn runestaff from your runestaff sling, tracing an arc of crackling lightning in its wake.

>A fiery plume of hissing smoke trails your illthorn runestaff as you stow it in your runestaff sling.


Maybe you've said your Blessings...

>A searing arc of radiant golden light trails your illthorn runestaff as you draw it from your runestaff sling.


Or maybe you're studied in Demonology...

>You touch your runestaff sling, and a cloud of black energy pulses from it to encompass your hand.



Either way, I can promise you almost everyone who wields a runestaff will enjoy what is to be discovered in The Art of Lore.

Sindin

More info from GM Thandiwe

Hello,

There seem to be some misconceptions about the Magic Sling. I'd like to help clear them up.

PUT/DROP/STOW/SHEATH - All one set of messaging
GET/GIRD/READY - All another set of messaging.

If you have a Tier 2 unlock, then you have 2 RANDOM types of messaging that cycle. 1 randomly shows for put/drop/stow/sheath, 1 randomly shows for get/gird/ready.

There are also 4 different kinds of slings: Mental, Sorcery, Elemental, Spiritual

If you have a sling that is keyed to the different type - Analyze will tell you the type - then you will get generic messaging.

ALL other verbs are the SAME for all makes of the sling.

I hope this helps clear it up.

~*~ Thandiwe ~*~
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