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| + | | title = The Ancients | ||
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| − | + | | image = [[File:TheAncients.png|300px|More tentacles than you'd usually prefer]] | |
| + | | caption = Gaze into the abyss. | ||
| + | | enemy = Evil | ||
| + | | dedication = Always considered a member of whatever faith checks. | ||
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| + | | aid = Restore 20% Mana. | ||
| + | | smite = Deals 50 Poison/Cold damage and drains 10 mana. | ||
| + | | bless = Gain 100 in all stats, but suffer 100 damage. | ||
| + | | curse = Unbounds the maximum mana of the target in 10% intervals; on each interval, the maximum increases again and deals 30 damage to the target. | ||
| + | | boon = Creates a highly poisonous yet brittle dagger. | ||
| + | | sanct = Fills an area with tentacled monstrosities. | ||
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"Seek not to hasten their return, any more than you would hasten an earthquake or tidal wave upon the land, for they are beyond the power to influence. To our hopelessly primitive understanding, they are unknowable, yet if we are to stretch out infant limbs and learn to crawl to their presence we must be prepared to suffer the growing pains of madness on the way to enlightenment." High-Priest Sarento, The Codex Sagaticus | "Seek not to hasten their return, any more than you would hasten an earthquake or tidal wave upon the land, for they are beyond the power to influence. To our hopelessly primitive understanding, they are unknowable, yet if we are to stretch out infant limbs and learn to crawl to their presence we must be prepared to suffer the growing pains of madness on the way to enlightenment." High-Priest Sarento, The Codex Sagaticus | ||
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However, this is not to say it has not been tried with some success. Like a force of nature itself, the brave, the foolish, the dedicated , and the mad have won secret knowledge of the nature of the cosmos from aligning their thinking to those of these most ancient ones. | However, this is not to say it has not been tried with some success. Like a force of nature itself, the brave, the foolish, the dedicated , and the mad have won secret knowledge of the nature of the cosmos from aligning their thinking to those of these most ancient ones. | ||
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What they think of Other Pantheons Saints- "It is good to acknowledge the great works of those who came before you." Twins - "Perhaps they temper with light what they fear to look too deeply into in dark." Lords - "But a fraction of the madness that awaits us all." Scales - "As we are to dragons, so dragons are to the great Ancient ones, trifling lesser beings." Sun - "Even this mighty star will be swallowed upon their return." Watcher - "Let them turn their contemplation skyward and recoil in horror at what they learn of the true nature of reality." | What they think of Other Pantheons Saints- "It is good to acknowledge the great works of those who came before you." Twins - "Perhaps they temper with light what they fear to look too deeply into in dark." Lords - "But a fraction of the madness that awaits us all." Scales - "As we are to dragons, so dragons are to the great Ancient ones, trifling lesser beings." Sun - "Even this mighty star will be swallowed upon their return." Watcher - "Let them turn their contemplation skyward and recoil in horror at what they learn of the true nature of reality." | ||
Revision as of 04:19, 30 November 2017
| The Ancients | |
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 Gaze into the abyss. | |
| Protected from | Evil |
| Dedication | Always considered a member of whatever faith checks. |
| Aid | Restore 20% Mana. |
| Smite | Deals 50 Poison/Cold damage and drains 10 mana. |
| Bless | Gain 100 in all stats, but suffer 100 damage. |
| Curse | Unbounds the maximum mana of the target in 10% intervals; on each interval, the maximum increases again and deals 30 damage to the target. |
| Boon | Creates a highly poisonous yet brittle dagger. |
| Sanctify | Fills an area with tentacled monstrosities. |
"Seek not to hasten their return, any more than you would hasten an earthquake or tidal wave upon the land, for they are beyond the power to influence. To our hopelessly primitive understanding, they are unknowable, yet if we are to stretch out infant limbs and learn to crawl to their presence we must be prepared to suffer the growing pains of madness on the way to enlightenment." High-Priest Sarento, The Codex Sagaticus Beyond the limits of mortal understanding, far off in the distant reaches of space and yet somehow also lurking just beyond the thin veneer of reality separating this world from another, there reside The Ancients. Creatures of impossible age, understanding, and power, whose inhuman intellect so drastically outstrips mortal minds that one would go mad simply attempting to comprehend them.
However, this is not to say it has not been tried with some success. Like a force of nature itself, the brave, the foolish, the dedicated , and the mad have won secret knowledge of the nature of the cosmos from aligning their thinking to those of these most ancient ones.
What they think of Other Pantheons Saints- "It is good to acknowledge the great works of those who came before you." Twins - "Perhaps they temper with light what they fear to look too deeply into in dark." Lords - "But a fraction of the madness that awaits us all." Scales - "As we are to dragons, so dragons are to the great Ancient ones, trifling lesser beings." Sun - "Even this mighty star will be swallowed upon their return." Watcher - "Let them turn their contemplation skyward and recoil in horror at what they learn of the true nature of reality."