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Prayerbeads are a unique religious RP tool that takes into account a character's converted deity in it scripts. There are several different varieties.
'''Prayer beads''' (also prayerbeads and prayer-beads) are a unique religious RP tool that takes into account a character's converted deity in its scripts. There are several different varieties, including the specialty [[Arkati Prayer Beads]].


Historically, an alternative name has been chaplet.
==Version 1==
==Version 1==



Revision as of 15:41, 23 November 2019

Prayer beads (also prayerbeads and prayer-beads) are a unique religious RP tool that takes into account a character's converted deity in its scripts. There are several different varieties, including the specialty Arkati Prayer Beads.

Historically, an alternative name has been chaplet.

Version 1

Analyze

The creator has also provided the following information:
You sense that the prayerbeads can be altered so long as it remains something similar to prayer beads!

You can try to WAVE, HOLD, CLUTCH, RAISE, TOSS, and TOUCH the prayerbeads.

Verb Traps

VERB FIRST THIRD
WAVE You wave your moonstone prayerbeads around, chanting the invocations of (deity). XXX waves her moonstone prayerbeads around, chanting the invocations of (deity).
HOLD You grasp your moonstone prayerbeads firmly, whispering a prayer to (deity). XXX grasps her moonstone prayerbeads firmly, whispering a prayer to (deity).
CLUTCH You clutch your moonstone prayerbeads tightly. XXX clutches her moonstone prayerbeads tightly.
RAISE You raise your moonstone prayerbeads to the sky, shouting the name of (deity) to the heavens. XXX raises her moonstone prayerbeads to the sky, shouting the name of (deity) to the heavens.
TOSS You pass your moonstone prayerbeads between your hands, thumbing each individual bead. XXX passes her moonstone prayerbeads between her hands, thumbing each individual bead.
TOUCH You touch your moonstone prayerbeads lightly, pondering the messages of (deity). XXX touches her moonstone prayerbeads lightly as she ponders.

Version 2

Analyze

The creator has also provided the following information:
These marble prayer beads are attuned to (deity).
They may be freely altered but must remain "prayerbeads" or "prayer beads."
Activating verbs: RUB, KISS, TURN, SHAKE, PULL, PINCH, GAZE, RAISE, WAVE.

Unattuned prayer beads will state:

These marble prayer beads are not yet attuned.  COVER allows a cleric or paladin to attune the beads to their patron deity.

Verb Traps

There are slightly different sets of messaging depending on whether the prayer beads have been attuned to a deity, and if so whether or not the person using the prayer beads is converted to that deity. The WAVE verb only has messaging for player targets.

Unattuned Prayer Beads
VERB FIRST THIRD
RUB You contemplatively rub your fingers across your marble prayer beads. XXX contemplatively rubs his fingers across his marble prayer beads.
KISS You raise your marble prayer beads reverently to your lips. XXX raises his marble prayer beads reverently to his lips.
TURN You wrap your marble prayer beads around your hand, binding yourself to your deity. XXX wraps his marble prayer beads around his hand with a look of devotion on his face.
SHAKE You rattle the marble prayer beads in your hand, keeping time with a softly chanted prayer to your deity. XXX rattles the marble prayer beads in his hand as he chants a quiet prayer.
PULL You pull a single bead through your fingers, marking off another prayer to your deity. XXX gently pulls a single prayer bead through his fingers.
PINCH You grasp a single bead between your forefinger and thumb, focusing your entire mind and spirit on the words of a prayer to your deity. XXX grasps a single bead between his forefinger and thumb, a look of devotion on his face.
GAZE You gaze intently at your marble prayer beads, opening your soul. XXX gazes in meditation at his marble prayer beads.
RAISE Your raise your marble prayer beads above your head, appealing for a moment of your deity's attention. XXX raises his marble prayer beads above his head in a beseeching gesture..
WAVE
Live Target
You extend your marble prayer beads toward Target and trace a symbol in the air, invoking your deity's blessing on her. XXX extends his marble prayer beads toward you and traces a symbol in the air, invoking a blessing on you.
WAVE
Dead Target
You drape your marble prayer beads reverently over the prone body of Target, calling on your deity to acknowledge her death.

With a quick twist of your wrist, you gather the marble prayer beads back into your hand.
XXX drapes his marble prayer beads over your cold and motionless corpse, invoking divine recognition of your death.

With a quick twist of his wrist, XXX gathers his marble prayer beads back into his hand.
COVER You cover your marble prayer beads with your hand.
You pray to (deity), invoking a blessing on the item.
Some white marble prayer beads glow with a faint aura of holy light.
XXX covers his marble prayer beads with his hand.
Actor prays to (deity), invoking a blessing on the item.
Some white marble prayer beads glow with a faint aura of holy light.
Arkati-Attuned Prayer Beads, Actor/Arkati Mismatch
VERB FIRST THIRD
RUB You absentmindedly rub your fingers across your marble prayer beads. XXX absentmindedly rubs his fingers across his marble prayer beads.
KISS You raise your marble prayer beads to your lips. XXX raises his marble prayer beads to his lips.
TURN You wrap your marble prayer beads around your hand, but your heart is not in your prayer. XXX wraps his marble prayer beads around his hand.
SHAKE You rattle the marble prayer beads in your hand, keeping time with a softly chanted prayer. XXX rattles the marble prayer beads in his hand as he chants a quiet prayer.
PULL You pull a single bead through your fingers, marking off another prayer. XXX gently pulls a single prayer bead through his fingers.
PINCH You grasp a single bead between your forefinger and thumb, focusing your entire mind and spirit on the words of a prayer. XXX grasps a single bead between his forefinger and thumb.
GAZE You gaze intently at your marble prayer beads, opening your soul to your deity. XXX gazes at his marble prayer beads.
RAISE Your raise your marble prayer beads above your head. XXX raises his marble prayer beads above his head.
WAVE
Live Target
You extend your marble prayer beads toward Target and trace a symbol in the air. XXX extends his marble prayer beads toward you and traces a symbol in the air.
WAVE
Dead Target
You drape your marble prayer beads reverently over the prone body of Target to acknowledge her death.

With a quick twist of your wrist, you gather the marble prayer beads back into your hand.
XXX drapes his marble prayer beads reverently over your cold and motionless corpse.

With a quick twist of his wrist, XXX gathers his marble prayer beads back into his hand.
Arkati-Attuned Prayer Beads, Actor/Arkati Match
VERB FIRST THIRD
RUB You prayerfully rub your fingers across your marble prayer beads. XXX prayerfully rubs his fingers across his marble prayer beads.
KISS You raise your marble prayer beads adoringly to your lips. XXX raises his marble prayer beads adoringly to his lips.
TURN You wrap your marble prayer beads around your hand, binding yourself, body and soul, in service to (deity). XXX wraps his marble prayer beads around his hand with a look of intense devotion on his face.
SHAKE You rattle the marble prayer beads in your hand, keeping time with a softly chanted prayer to (deity). XXX rattles the marble prayer beads in his hand as he chants a quiet prayer.
PULL You pull a single bead through your fingers, marking off another prayer to (deity). XXX gently pulls a single prayer bead through his fingers.
PINCH You grasp a single bead between your forefinger and thumb, focusing your entire mind and spirit on the words of a prayer to (deity). XXX grasps a single bead between his forefinger and thumb, a look of intense devotion on his face.
GAZE You gaze intently at your marble prayer beads, opening your soul to (deity). XXX gazes in rapt meditation at his marble prayer beads.
RAISE Your raise your marble prayer beads above your head, appealing for a moment of (deity)'s attention. XXX raises his marble prayer beads above his head in a beseeching gesture.
WAVE
Live Target
You extend your marble prayer beads toward Target and trace a symbol in the air, invoking (deity)'s blessing on her. XXX extends his marble prayer beads toward you and traces a symbol in the air, invoking (deity)'s blessing on you.
WAVE
Dead Target
You drape your marble prayer beads reverently over the prone body of Target, calling on (deity) to acknowledge her death.

With a quick twist of your wrist, you gather the marble prayer beads back into your hand.
XXX drapes his marble prayer beads reverently over your cold and motionless corpse, invoking (deity)'s recognition of your death.

With a quick twist of his wrist, XXX gathers his marble prayer beads back into his hand.