11.8 OFFERINGS, SHRINES, AND MONUMENTS
Offerings
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Related commands:
OFFER <offering>
OFFER CORPSES
OFFERINGS SHOW
Offerings are the major way in which you as a devoted follower may gain
Your Order shrine energy. Many things that an Order might do cost it
energy. In order to replenish shrine energy, you must first find a
location in which a shrine to that God has been erected.
Once you have done that, you must find something to offer. You may only
offer corpses of once-living things. Simply type OFFER <offering> and
you will send your offering winging its way to both your beloved Patron,
who will be notified of your offering and their divine Order.
Shrines
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Related commands:
ERECT SHRINE
PRAY FOR DEFILEMENT
PRAY FOR SANCTITY
OFFER <corpse> TO DEFILE
OFFER <corpse> TO SANCTIFY
As you wander about the land, you will undoubtedly encounter shrines to
various Gods. These shrines have been erected by highly-ranked followers
of Gods as testaments to the glory of their God or Goddess, and in order
to provide more offering points for followers.
Those who have attained a certain rank or higher in an Order may ERECT
SHRINE. This will take approximately ten seconds and raise a shrine,
during which you may not do anything else. It will also sap a quarter of
both your endurance and willpower. It should be noted that shrines may
not be placed closer than three locations away from each other and that
each order may only have a maximum of one hundred shrines.
Each shrine can be used to call upon various powers from their Deity,
whether they be for the user's benefit, or to call upon abilities to harm
enemies that wish to defile your shrine. These abilities expand the
range of the shrine influence, which is designated by the size of the
shrine. Newly erected shrines are very weak and cannot be used for any
powers, while large sizes have their influence expand out to two rooms
away from the shrine.
As such, it is possible to both strengthen shrines to a larger size, and
harm them so they become smaller in size. PRAYing TO DEFILE at a shrine
will cause it to shrink the longer you pray, while PRAYing TO SANCTIFY
will cause it to grow.
When a shrine reaches its full size, a protective seal is placed on the
shrine to prevent malicious people from defiling it. However the seal
only provides limited protection, and can be broken by OFFER <corpse> TO
DEFILE. It can also be strengthened by OFFER <corpse> TO SANCTIFY.
To see the various powers useable by Orders at a shrine of their Divine,
read HELP ORDERS.
Monuments
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Related commands:
ERECT MONUMENT
OFFER ORB UPON MONUMENT
BREAK ORB UPON MONUMENT
POUR BLOOD ON MONUMENT
Monuments are focal structures which help strengthen shrine powers. An
Order can only have a maximum of three at any time, and only one per
area. It is often advised to place monuments in hard to find places, as
they affect the Order's ability to call upon defensive shrine powers
which would help them defend shrines against defilers.
Those with the ability to erect shrines can also ERECT monuments to
their Order. Once erected, the monument will enter a turbulent stage in
which the Order will need to strengthen it with orbs of essence, or risk
having the monument lost. These orbs will spawn within a ten room radius
of the monument, and will need to be collected. Once you have collected
as many as you can find, the orbs can either be used to strengthen
the monument (OFFER ORB UPON MONUMENT) or broken to harm the monument
(BREAK ORB UPON MONUMENT). For each orb of essence not found, the
monument will be damaged, so it is important to find as many as you can
and offer them before the time runs out.
Destroying monuments can only be done during a Holy War. First you need
to collect ten buckets of blood and POUR them upon the monument to break
the seal protecting it, and bring it into the turbulent state mentioned
before. During this time, you will need to gather orbs of essence and
break them upon the monument. For each missed orb not collected, the
monument will heal itself so it's important to do this as quickly as
possible.
Once destroyed, the Order's shrine powers will become weakened. Be warned
that when a seal protecting a monument is broken, all Order members will
be informed of this act, so be prepared for repercussions.