viernes, 25 de septiembre de 2009

Sageroff's Sentry Summoning


What's it called? Sageroff's Sentry Summoning (in brief, SSS2; the first SSS is the much more used Scolorid's)

What does it do? Well, this spell summons a little deamon that will sit on your shoulder and chat a bit. Its main apparent function would be to defend your equipment, but as the help file states, it just 'watches over' it, meaning it will inform you when you're stolen, but it won't do anything to help you stop or prevent the stealing.
Being as it is, it comes as the most useless spell in existence. Being just warned can be done easily, and with retentive effect, by just bothering to spend a bit more in adventuring.perception. The idea behind the spell is probably of a funny, non agressive wizard equivalent of priestly wards. It needs great reworking to even come into player use and minds, though...

Where is it? Being a Shadow's business thing (imp invoking from Hell and those sort of things), it lies inside the My Firste Demon-Summoning Booke! By Beatrix Faust grimoire, at the Unseen University Library.

What does it require? a candle, a mirror, a knife and an apple. Only the fruit is consumed in the process.

What skills do I need? Fire, Charming, Summoning, Abjuring, Banishing

Has it worked? The proper output should read something like this:

You prepare to cast Sageroff's Sentry Summoning on xxx (target of protection).
You light the candle.
You let the candle smoke play over the mirror, calling for any imps that might be listening.
You slice the apple into chunks, and attempt to entice friendly imps with the apple.
You command the imp to stand watch.
You banish the dark creatures that have followed the imp.
With a popping sound, a small imp appears over your left shoulder.

Notes:

The summoned imp is quite a spammy chatterer, and has a bunch of funny phrases. I've noted down the following: “The imp whispers: You should brush your teeth more often. Phew!”/ The imp whispers: Hey, I think there's already a fiery pit of torment waiting for you back home” / “The imp whispers: When the demon lords sweep forth and conquer the Disc, all this will be mine” / “The imp whispers: I wish I were a real demon. I wouldn’t be stuck watching some loser’s stuff then, let me tell you” / “The imp whispers: Man, you’re boring. This is the exiting life of adventure, eh? I’d rather be a chiropracter” / “The imp whispers: Do you have any idea how boring it is to sit and watch someone’s stuff?” / “The imp whispers: Hey, can you see anywhere for the king of hearts?” / “The imp whispers: Hey, let’s play a game! Repeat after me: Hpathags Scoruvnum Calistat, Nevex K’z’k fthaugn! That will summon elder demon Lords of Darkness to steal your soul” / “The imp whispers: I think I lost count of your items... one or two don’t matter, do they?” / “The imp whispers: I’m going to nap for a bit. I’m sure nothing will go missing, right?” / At the end, “The imp waves and departs for its own dimensions”.

Help Information:

Sageroff's Sentry Summoning - Summon an imp to guard your inventory.

Sageroff's Sentry Summoning is a defensive spell that summons an imp from the Pit (well, a pit, anyway) to watch over your equipment. It will warn of theft, but do nothing to prevent it.

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