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CHIROGRAPHY

Actuate

1p You actuate $(weapon) in a surge of murmurous shadow, the curving Kalsu script of $(empowerment) burning upon your weapon in divine silver.
3p none


1p

Annul
1p You annul $(weapon) in a burst of pale light, leaving the weapon devoid of effect and silvery script.
3p none

Reaping

1p 0 UC$(objname2$(weapon))+" in your "+hand$+" holds "+ply_weapon_charge(ply, weapon)+" shadow essence.\n"
1p (2nd line) "The shadow essence is attuned to "+tar$+".\n"

Lawid
1p You manifest the word of lawid upon $(replica), directing its unstable force toward $(lname$) to engulf $(lhim$) in a surge of crackling shadow.
2p $+(caster$) manifests the word of lawid upon $(replica), directing its unstable force toward you - a moment later, you're engulfed in blinding, crackling shadow.
3p $+(caster$) manifests the word of lawid upon $(replica), directing its unstable force toward $(lname$) to engulf $(lhim$) in a surge of crackling shadow.


1p You manifest the word of lawid upon $(replica), directing its unstable force toward $(lname$) to engulf $(lhim$) in a surge of crackling shadow.
2p $+(caster$) manifests the word of lawid upon $(replica), directing its unstable force toward you - a moment later, you're engulfed in blinding, crackling shadow.
3p $+(caster$) manifests the word of lawid upon $(replica), directing its unstable force toward $(lname$) to engulf $(lhim$) in a surge of crackling shadow.

Owinta
1p You manifest the mark of owinta upon $(replica$), projecting its explosive force $(direction) in a surge of pale, silent fire.
3p $+(caster$) manifests the mark of owinta upon $(replica$), projecting its explosive force $(direction) in a surge of pale, silent fire.
Rmote Eerie white light engulfs you, its utter silence belying the scorching, agonizing absence of sensation that accompanies it. The shadowy imitation of fire which catches upon you - despite your inability to fully perceive it - nevertheless carries all the crackling, flesh-melting impact of the real thing.

Telvi
1p You manifest the mark of telvi upon $(replica$) and angle the weapon toward $(lname), stealing $(lhis$) warmth in a flash of colorless cold.
2p $+(caster$) manifests the mark of telvi upon $(replica$) and angles the weapon toward you, stealing your warmth in a flash of colorless cold.
3p $+(caster$) manifests the mark of telvi upon $(replica$) and angles the weapon toward $(lname$), stealing $(lhis$) warmth in a flash of colorless cold.


1p You manifest the mark of telvi upon $(replica$) and angle the weapon toward $(lname), stealing $(lhis$) warmth in a flash of colorless cold.
2p $+(caster$) manifests the mark of telvi upon $(replica$) and angles $(his$) weapon toward you, stealing your warmth in a flash of colorless cold.
3p $+(caster$) manifests the mark of telvi upon $(replica$) and angles $(his$) weapon toward $(lname$), stealing $(lhis$) warmth in a flash of colorless cold.

Aneda
1p With a sweep of $(replica$), you pen the mark of aneda in floating, silvery script. A moment later, you actuate the unstable letters - they dissolve into eldritch lightning, scouring $(lname$) in eerie silence but for the sizzling of flesh.
2p With a sweep of $(replica$), $(caster$) pens the mark of aneda in floating, silvery script. A moment later, $(he$) actuates the unstable letters - they dissolve into eldritch lightning, scouring you in eerie, agonizing silence.
3p With a sweep of $(replica$), $(caster$) pens the mark of aneda in floating, silvery script. A moment later, $(he$) actuates the unstable letters - they dissolve into eldritch lightning, scouring $(lname$) in eerie silence but for the sizzling of flesh.


1p Sweeping $(replica$) through the air, penning the mark of aneda in floating, silvery script. You actuate the letters in a pulse of shadow, and pale, colorless lightning blossoms into the air, arcing away toward $(lname$).
3p $+(caster$) sweeps $(replica$) through the air, penning the mark of aneda in floating, silvery script. $+($he) actuates the letters in a surge of shadow, and pale, colorless lightning blossoms into the air, arcing away toward an unseen destination.

Error1 You cannot pen the mark of aneda while inside.


2p A blast of pale, silent lightning arcs from the heavens, transfixing you in a surge of colorless, senseless agony - your frame, warped and blighted by the shadowy storm.
3p $+(caster$) is consumed in a colorless conflagration of pale lightning which streaks from the sky, shadowy dim following in place of an eerily absent thunderclap.

Cull

1p Shadow and blight gather about $(replica$) as you raise it, fixing your grim sights upon $(lname$) as fell force builds within your weapon.
2p Shadow and blight gather about $(replica$) as $(caster$) raises it, fell force building within the weapon as $(he$) fixes $(his$) grim sights upon $(lname$).
3p Shadow and blight gather about $(replica$) as $(caster$) raises it, fell force building within the weapon as $(he$) fixes $(his$) grim sights upon $(lname$).


1p You sweep $(replica$) in an arc of colorless light, shadow surging forth in an oily tide - but melting away, ill-formed, before it can reach $(lname$).
2p $+(he$) sweeps $(replica$) in an arc of colorless light, shadow surging forth in an oily tide - but the deadly power, ill-formed, melts away before it can reach you.
3p $+(he$) sweeps $(replica$) in an arc of colorless light, shadow surging forth in an oily tide - but the deadly power, ill-formed, melts away before it can reach $(lname$).


2p An arc of colorless light crackles through the air, interwoven with the oily tide of shadow in a surge of unstable power - more than sufficient to obliterate you where you stand, melting you to mere modicums in an instant.
3p An arc of colorless light crackles forth, interwoven with the oily tide of shadow in a surge of unstable power - more than sufficient to obliterate you where you stand, melting you to mere modicums in instants.

Atdum
1p You scribe the silvery mark of atdum upon $(replica$) - a split second later, a shadowy silhouette of the weapon appears, landing an insubstantial strike upon $(lname$).
2p $+(caster$) scribes a silvery mark upon $(replica$) - a split second later, a shadowy silhouette of the weapon appears, landing an insubstantial strike upon you.
3p $+(caster$) scribes the silvery mark of atdum upon $(replica$) - a split second later, a shadow of the weapon descends, landing an insubstantial strike upon $(lname$).

Lurk

1p Summoning a disembodied shadow, you bind it within $(replica$) to lie in wait for $(target$)'s moment of weakness.
The lurking presence within $(replica$) bursts forth in an all-consuming miasma of shadow, lunging forth to consume $(target$) in a blaze of colorless, chiaroscuro light.
2p $+(caster$) hefts $(replica$), the weapon taking on an eerie, shadowy sheen as $(he$) angles it toward you.
The lurking presence within $(replica$) bursts forth in an all-consuming miasma of shadow, lunging forth to consume you in a blaze of colorless, chiaroscuro light. There is no pain, no suffering, in this final demise - your very nerves and spine are devoured, leaving your final moments bereft of all sensation.
3p $+(caster$) hefts $(replica$), the weapon taking on an eerie, shadowy sheen as $(he$) angles it toward $(target$).
The lurking presence within $(replica$) bursts forth in an all-consuming miasma of shadow, lunging forth to consume $(target$) in a blaze of colorless, chiaroscuro light.

Cooldown reset You may summon another disembodied shadow to lurk within your weapon.

Ingather

1p You begin to gather ambient shadow from the environment around you, infusing your weaponry with dark power.

Error You can only gather so much ambient shadow at once!


1p You cease to gather ambient shadow, allowing its invisible force to flow from your weaponry and back into the surrounding environment.

Error You weren't gathering ambient shadow to begin with.


Def line You are gathering ambient shadow to infuse your weaponry.
Ran out of wp Your willpower is insufficient to gather ambient shadow.


NOTE: Things below this point are empowerments, so their messages proc after their empowered weapon hits the target. Like a venom


Duskosa
1p $+(replica$) flares with bloody, sanguine light, deepening $(target$)'s wounds with an audible ripping noise.
2p As $+(caster$)'s attack strikes you, $(replica$) flares with bloody, sanguine light, and your wounds tear themselves further open.
3p $+(replica$) flares with bloody, sanguine light, and $(target$)'s wounds worsen with an audible ripping noise.

Nalay
1p Colorless fire awakens upon $(target$), motes of shadow escaping the pale tongues of flame.
3p As $(caster$) strikes, colorless fire awakens upon $(target$), motes of shadow escaping the eerie flames.

Bimre
1p $+(replica$) engulfs $(target$) in an oily smear of shadow, causing $(him$) to stagger for a moment before he recovers - dark motes remain, dancing across $(his$) frame.
2p $+(replica$) engulfs you in an oily smear of shadow - after a moment your senses return to you, dark motes dancing across your weakened frame as terror rises in your thoughts.
3p $+(replica$) engulfs $(target$) in an oily smear of shadow, causing $(him$) to stagger for a moment before he recovers - dark motes remain, dancing across $(his$) frame.

Failed You fail to awaken mortal terror within "+ply_name$(target)+", plagued as they are by another's shadowy power.

Diag line suffering mortal terror at the hands of Severn.
Cure line The motes of shadow weighing upon you melt away bit by bit, leaving you unhindered.

Dirne
1p A burst of colorless light from $+(replica$) - eerily silent despite the force of the blaze - disrupts $(target$)'s equilibrium.
2p A burst of colorless light from $+(replica$) - eerily silent despite the force of the blaze - robs you of all sense and equilibrium.
3p A burst of colorless, silent light blazes from $+(replica$).


1p A burst of colorless light from $+(replica$) - eerily silent despite the force of the blaze - disrupts $(target$)'s balance.
2p A burst of colorless light from $+(replica$) - eerily silent despite the force of the blaze - robs you of all coordination and balance.
3p A burst of colorless, silent light blazes from $+(replica$).


1p "Your strike fails to affect "+ply_name$(target)+", absent the mark of bimre.\n"

Azu
1p Colorless light crackles from $(replica$), mercilessly withering $(target$)'s lower half.
2p Colorless light crackles from $(replica$), mercilessly withering the lower half of your body.
3p Colorless light crackles from $(replica$), mercilessly withering $(target$)'s lower half.


1p Colorless light lances forth from $(replica$), warping $(target$) beneath its onslaught.
2p Colorless light lances forth from $(replica$), warping your frame beneath its onslaught.
3p Colorless light lances forth from $(replica$), warping $(target$) beneath its onslaught.

Livfa
1p In the wake of $(replica$)'s strike, the shadows recoil from $(target$) as though in disgust.
2p In the wake of $(replica$)'s strike, the shadows recoil from you as though in disgust.
3p In the wake of $(replica$)'s strike, the shadows recoil from $(target$) as though in disgust.

Lura
1p Shadow takes root as $(replica$) lands, threading through $(target$)'s "+limb$+".
2p As $(replica$) connects with your "+limb$+", dark power erodes your flesh and bone from within.

Baludu
1p Creeping cold consumes your $(limb$) in the wake of $(replica$)'s numbing strike.
2p Creeping cold frosts across $+(caster$)'s $(limb$) in the wake of $(replica$)'s numbing strike.

Nipdo
1p As $(replica$) lands, your focus and willpower shatter, cohesion itself robbed from you in the strike's aftermath.
2p $+(caster$) reels in the wake of the strike, eyes momentarily unfocused and dull.

Doyfo
1p You cut $(target$) with a tongue of shadow from $(replica$), forcibly agitating $(lhis$) lifeforce.
2p Shadow seeps into you with $(replica)'s strike, agitating your lifeforce to a seething stir.

Atele
1p Shadowy power floods $(target$), annulled from $=(replica$) in an extirpative burst.
2p Shadowy power floods from $=(replica$) to occupy you in a single, extirpative burst.


1p Conflicting omens twist in the air between $=(replica$) and $=(target$) before dissipating in an inky burst.
2p Conflicting omens twist in the air between you and $=(replica$) before dissipating in an inky burst.


2p Grotesque visions surge to the fore, gaining momentary reality as they rend to the core of your being.
3p $+(caster$) recoils amidst a surge of shadowy omen, screaming in horror.


2p Your instinctive horror momentarily removes you from yourself.


2p "Your " + defence$ + " defence is annulled beneath a surge of ominous fire.\n"


2p Cohesion eludes you as the dark omen leads your thoughts astray.


2p Shadows recoil from you as though in disgust.


2p Your lifeforce seethes, tormented by the fell portents.

Adil
1p Pale starlight surges from $(replica$), stunning $(target$) in its cold, celestial wake.
2p Pale starlight surges from $(replica$), stunning you in its cold, celestial wake.
3p Pale starlight surges from $(replica$), stunning $(target$) in its cold, celestial wake.

Wasi
1p A line of inky blackness leaps from $(replica$), annihilating $(target$)'s aura of rebounding in a darkling burst.
2p A line of inky blackness leaps from $(replica$), annihilating your aura of rebounding in a darkling burst.
3p A line of inky blackness leaps from $(replica$), annihilating $(target$)'s aura of rebounding in a darkling burst.

Vusbadu

1p A line of inky blackness leaps from $(replica$), annihilating $(target$)'s $(defence$).
2p A line of inky blackness leaps from $(replica$), annihilating your $(defence$).
3p A line of inky blackness leaps from $(replica$), annihilating $(target$)'s $(defence$).


1p A line of inky blackness leaps from $(replica$), but $(target$) is defenceless.
2p A line of inky blackness leaps from $(replica$), finding you defenceless.


1p A line of inky blackness leaps from $(replica$), failing to make contact with $(target$).
2p A line of inky blackness leaps from $(replica$), failing to make contact with you.

Wilave
1p $+(replica$) emits a cold, metallic hiss, which has no obvious effect.
2p $+(replica$) emits a cold, metallic hiss, which has no obvious effect.


1p A river of blood bursts from $(target$)'s exposed wounds, drawn forth in the wake of $(replica$)'s cold hiss.
2p A river of blood bursts from your exposed wounds, drawn forth in the wake of $(replica$)'s cold hiss.

MANIFESTATION
Phantasm

1p Tendrils of shadowy essence slither out from your mouth, manifesting at your command into a $(phantasm$) phantasm.\n
2p A chill curls down the length of your spine as you feel the effects of "+ply_name$(ply)+"'s "+phantasm$+" affecting you. \n.
3p Tendrils of shadowy essence slither out from $(caster$)'s mouth, manifesting at $(his$) command into a phantasm.


1p Your lingering phantasms burst into thick motes of shadow that you greedily absorb back into your body.


1p You destroy your "+phantasm$+" phantasm with a dismissive flick of your hand, absorbing its energy back into your body.


Error1: That is not a valid phantasm you can manipulate.
Error2: You do not have a phantasm to reabsorb.
Error3: You were not benefitting from a "+phantasm_to_name$(phantasm)+" phantasm.
Error4: You have no phantasms, chimerized or otherwise.


Error1: "You have already manifested a "+phantasm$+" phantasm.\n"
Error2: "You have already chimerized a "+phantasm$+" phantasm. \n"
Error3: "You do not know how to manifest that phantasm.\n"

Seek

1p You summon into existence a reflective pane of shadow, beseeching it to reveal the form of " + ply_name$(target) + " in its reflection.\n"
3p NONE


1p "The shadowy reflection reveals " + ply_name$(target) + " to be at " + get_room_name$(room, 0) + " in " + area_name$(ROOM_AREA(room)) + ".\n"
3p NONE

Chimerization

1p 0 You open your mouth wide, vision going black momentarily as you utterly devour your $(phantasm$) phantasm, chimerizing it deep beneath your flesh to amplify its effects.
3p $+(caster$) opens $(his$) mouth wide, $(his$) eyes going black momentarily as $(he$) devours one of the lingering phantasms that surrounds $(his$) form.


1p You release your chimerized phantasms, diffusing their essence throughout your body.


1p You grit your teeth, diffusing your chimerized "+phantasm_to_name$($phantasm)+" phantasm throughout your body.


Error1 That is not a chimerized phantasm you can diffuse.
Error2 You have not chimerized a "+phantasm_to_name$(phantasm)+" phantasm.


1p You cannot chimerize more than three phantasms.


1p You have already chimerized a "+phantasm$+" phantasm.
1p You have already manifested a "+phantasm$+" phantasm.


1p You are unable to chimerize a phantasm you cannot manifest.

Shade

1p Your jaw clenches as you manifest a shade of pure shadow into existence near $(target$), bidding it to protect $(lhim$) at all costs.
2p $+(caster$)'s jaw clenches as $(he$) manifests a protective shade of pure shadow into existence near you.
3p $+(caster$)'s jaw clenches as $(he$) manifests a protective shade of pure shadow into existence near $(target$).


1p You manifest a protective shade into existence, bidding it to seek out $(target$).\n
2p A protective shade manifests itself into existence beside you by $(caster$)'s command. \n
3p $+(caster$) manifests a protective shade into existence, bidding it to seek out $(target$).\n


1p Your release " +UC$(pers_name$(protected))+" from your shade's protection, calling it back to you to absorb its power into yourself once more.
2p UC$(ply_name$(ply)))+" releases you from " +his$+" shade's protection, the shade vanishing noiselessly from your side in response.


1p A valid target is required to manifest a shade towards.


1p You have no summoned shade.


1p You dismiss " + pers_name$(pers) + "'s protective shade, sending it back from whence it came.
2p Your shade returns to be absorbed back into you once more, dismissed away by UC$(ply_name$(ply))


1p A shade does not currently protect you.

Metabolize

1p A flurry of sensations wrack your insides as you metabolize one of your chimerized phantasms, willing it to disperse itself throughout your body in a way that leaves you feeling immediately stronger.
3p A pulse of black-hued energy ripples its way throughout $(caster$), $(his$) skin bulging and blackening where the essence beneath the flesh makes itself known before dispersing.


1p Your " + UC$(phantasm_to_name$(phantasms[db].Type)) + " chimerized phantasm has been metabolized.


1p You may metabolize another chimerized phantasm.


1p You have no chimerized phantasms to metabolize.


1p Your body yet reels from its recent metabolization; you must wait to attempt another.

Sidestep

1p Your eyes glaze over in a murky haze as you seek out the latent shadow of your protective shade. Your body lurches forward as you find and focus upon it, called to by the awaiting essence.
3p saw leave $+(caster$)'s eyes glaze over in a murky in a murky haze that's followed immediately thereafter by a lurch of movement as $(he$) disappears, body wreathed in shadow.
3p saw enter $+(caster$) appears from seemingly nowhere, $(his$) body wreathed in a murky haze of shadow that's gradually reabsorbed into $(his$) skin.


Error You have not yet manifested a shade upon which you may travel to.


Error A "+ mono$ + " prevents your departure.


Error You find yourself unable to travel to your manifested shade.


Error You cannot sidestep to your shade across Planes.
Error You cannot sidestep to your shade across continents.

Parasite

1p You expel a sliver of parasitic shadow from your fingertips that glides easily through the air before before coiling itself tightly around $=(target$)'s neck. Flashes of deep crimson pulse along its length as it greedily feeds from its host, suffusing itself at $=(lhis$) expense.
2p $+(caster$) expels a sliver of parasitic shadow from $=(his$) fingertips that glides easily through the air before coiling itself tightly around your neck. Flashes of deep crimson pulse along its length as it greedily feeds from you, suffusing itself at your expense.
3p $+(caster$) expels a sliver of parasitic shadow from $=(his$) fingertips that glides easily through the air before coiling itself tightly around $-(target$)'s neck. Flashes of deep crimson pulse along its length as it greedily feeds from its host, suffusing itself at $=(lhis$) expense.

Serpent

1p Undulating tendrils of shadow slip forth through your chest, weaving and winding their way down your body and into the ground below to hold you firmly in place.
3p Undulating tendrils of shadow slip forth from $(caster$)'s chest, weaving and winding their way down $(his$) body and into the ground below to hold $(him$) firmly in place.


1p You call the shadowy tendrils that hold you in place back into your body with a sharp hiss, their sinuous lengths disappearing beneath your flesh at your command.
3p $(caster$) calls the shadowy tendrils that hold $(him$) in place back into $(his$) body with a sharp hiss, their sinuous lengths disappearing beneath $(his$) flesh at $(his$) command.


Apocrypha
Written by:
Does nothing, pending RP

Embolden
Written by: Brax
1p You allow your hold upon your phantasm to loosen, emboldening it to act of its own accord to ease the burden of maintenance upon your mind.


Def Line You are emboldening your phantasm to lessen the burden on your mind.
Fade Your attack forces you to return your attention to your phantasm once more.


Error You do not yet know how to embolden your phantasm.
Error You have already emboldened your phantasm.

Reanimate

1p With an outstretched arm you will your manifested shadow to lurch towards $(target$), inky blackness finding a home within $(lhis$) body by means of entrance through $(lhis$) mouth. The skin covering $(lhis$) throat bulges and darkens as the energy courses throughout $(lhis$) body in an attempt to take root and reanimate $(lhis$) lifeless form.
3p With an outstretched arm $(caster$) wills a stream of manifested shadow to lurch towards $(target$), inky blackness finding a home within $(lhis$) body by means of entrance through $(lhis$) mouth. The skin covering $(lhis$) throat bulges and darkens as the energy courses throughout $(lhis$) body in an attempt to take root and reanimate $(lhis$) lifeless form.


Long Inky black shadow skittering visibly beneath its skin, the body of " +ply_name$(target) + " is here.
Extended Bulging veins of blackened shadow writhe and contort throughout this corpse as stygian shadow attempts to knit together its wounds. Although it is wracked periodically by involuntary spasms, it does not yet appear to be genuinely reanimated.


2p You claw your way back into a lucid state, your surroundings tinted a murky shade of black that slowly fades in time.
3p $+(replica$) spasms one final time before lurching upright, $(lhis$) fingers clawing into the ground around $(lhim$).

Retrieve

1p Reaching forward to grasp at the shadow you command, you call upon the shade that stands watch over $(target$), bidding both it - and $(lhim$) - to return to you.
3p A turgid blackness pulses outwards from $(caster$) as $(he$) reaches forward, grasping at something unseen.


2p The shade places a shadowy appendage suddenly over your face, blurring your vision as your body is wracked by the sensation of movement. When it finally withdraws, you find yourself elsewhere.
3p saw leave $+(caster$)'s face is suddenly obscured by the shadowy appendage of a shade. A turgid blackness coils around it and $(him$); when it finally dissipates neither remain.
3p saw arrive A ripple of cold energy precedes the sudden arrival of $(caster$), motes of shadow slipping off of $(his$) frame.


1p You find yourself unable to bring them to you.


Error1 "A " + mono$ + " prevents your summoning.
Error2 A nearby " + mono$ + " prevents your summoning.


Error1 You have not manifested a protective shade upon your target.

Engulf

1p You thrust a hand towards the protective shade that stands between you and $=(target$), engulfing it in a suffusing stream of shadowy essence that causes it to grow and distort as it greedily accepts the offering.
2p $+(caster$) thrusts a hand towards the protective shade that stands between you and $=(him$), engulfing it in a suffusing stream of shadowy essence that causes it to grow and distort as it greedily accepts the offering.
3p $+(caster$) thrusts a hand towards the protective shade that stands between $=(him$) and $=(target$), engulfing it in a suffusing stream of shadowy essence that causes it to grow and distort as it greedily accepts the offering.


1p A chill spreads across your skin as a protective shade reaches through you, an affliction drawn with it as it pulls away once more.


1p The shade withers and shrinks, returning once more to its previous size.


1p You may once again infuse your shade with energy.


Error You find yourself unable to engulf your shade.


Error You have already suffused your shade's power
Error ply_name$(target) + " is already protected by another's suffused shade.


Error Your shade has not yet recovered from its previous infusion of power.
Error ply_name$(target) + " cannot benefit from an engulfed shade so soon.

Influence
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1p
3p

Congeal
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1p
3p

Leech
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1p
3p

Claw



1p You roll your shoulders, summoning forth two claw-like appendages of stygian shadow that erupt from your shoulderblades, their wicked tips eagerly awaiting the opportunity to strike.
3p $+(caster$) rolls $(his$) shoulders, the action seeming to summon forth two claw-like appendages of stygian shadow that erupt from $(his$) shoulderblades, their wicked tips eagerly awaiting the opportunity to strike.


1p Your shadowy claws strike out at $(target$), ripping mercilessly at $(lhis$) tender flesh.
2p The shadowy claws strike out at you, ripping mercilessly at your tender flesh.


2p The claws greedily rending the flesh from your bones are too much for your frame to bear. You sink to the ground in a tattered heap, bleeding out as your ribbons of flesh lie sloppily around you.
3p The claws greedily rending the flesh from $(caster$)'s bones are too much for $(his$) frame to bear. $+(he$) sinks to the ground in a tattered heap, bleeding out as $(his$) ribbons of flesh lie sloppily around $(him$).

Mire
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1p
3p

Choke



1p Your chimerized phantasm lurches from your body, finding refuge within $(target$)'s mouth. It squirms, bulging $(lhis$) throat as it forces itself deep down through $(lhis$) esophagus.
2p $+(caster$)'s chimerized phantasm lurches from $(his$) body, finding refuge within your mouth. It squirms, bulging your throat as it forces itself deep down through your esophagus.
3p $+(caster$)'s chimerized phantasm lurches from $(his$) body, finding refuge within $(target$)'s mouth. It squirms, bulging $(lhis$) throat as it forces itself deep down through $(lhis$) esophagus.


1p Your phantasm propels itself forward, wrapping itself around $(target$)'s mouth and plugging $(lhis$) nostrils.
2p $+(caster$)'s phantasm propels itself forward, wrapping itself around your mouth and plugging your nostrils.
3p $+(caster$)'s phantasm propels itself forward, wrapping itself around $(target$)'s mouth and plugging $(lhis$) nostrils.

Tether

1p You conjure forth a mote of shadow that drops weightily to the ground at your feet as if made of lead, the point of impact darkening in hue as the mote tethers itself to this location.
3p $+(caster$) conjures forth a mote of shadow that drops weightily to the ground at $(his$) feet as if made of lead, the point of impact darkening in hue as the mote tethers itself to this location.

Error You have already tethered shadow to another location.


1p You call back to you your tethered mote of shadow, absorbing it into your body once more.

Wail
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Absorb


1p Your phantasm surges ominously as it purges an affliction from your body, absorbing it unto itself.


1p Your phantasm surges ominously as it purges an affliction from "+ ply_name$(ply) + "'s body, absorbing it unto itself.

Siphon
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Symbiosis


1p The moment $(target$)'s corpse hits the ground, your phantasm is upon it. It feverishly devours every morsel of matter it can find, each bit consumed empowering you until naught but the disturbed ground the corpse previously sat upon is left behind.
3p The moment $(target$)'s corpse hits the ground, a phantasm is upon it. It feverishly devours every morsel of matter it can find, each bit consumed seeming to empower $=(caster$) until naught but the disturbed ground the corpse previously sat upon is left behind.

RIVING

Juxtapose

1p You take a step forward, leaving behind a spectral fragment of yourself that lingers ominously beside $(target$).
2p $+(caster$) takes a step forward, leaving behind a spectral fragment of $(him$)self that lingers ominously beside you.
3p $+(caster$) takes a step forward, leaving behind a spectral fragment of $(him$)self that lingers ominously beside $(target$).


1p The spectral fragment of yourself that sits in wait by $=(target$) snaps fluidly back into your body at your command.
2p The spectral fragment of $+(caster$) that sits in wait beside you snaps fluidly back into $=(his$) body.
3p The spectral fragment of $+(caster$) that sits in wait beside $=(target$) snaps fluidly back into $=(his$) body.


Error It would do you no good to try juxtaposing yourself.

Separate

1p Ethereal power aiding your momentum, you propel yourself thunderously towards $(target$).
2p Ethereal power aiding $=(his$) momoentum, $=(caster$) propels $=(him$)self thunderously towards you.
3p Ethereal power aiding $=(his$) momentum, $=(caster$) propels $=(him$)self thunderously towards $=(target$).


1p You slam into $=(target$) like a bludgeon, though $=(lhe$) fails to be moved by the effort.
2p $+(caster$) slams into you like a bludgeon, though you fail to be moved by the effort.
3p $+(caster$) slams into $=(him$) like a bludgeon, though $=(he$) fails to be moved by the effort.


1p "Shadowy fingers curl around " + tar$ + "'s neck as you effortlessly carry " + him$(playnum) + " away to the " +direction$ + ".\n"
2p "Shadowy fingers curl around your neck as " + caster$ + " effortlessly carries you away to the " + direction$ + "!\n"
3p saw leave Shadowy fingers wrapped around $(lhis$) throat, $(target$) is carried effortlessly away by $(caster$) to the + direction$
3p saw enter UC$(doer$) + " carries " + tar$ + " in by the throat, shadowy fingers holding $(lhim$) aloft.


1p "You discard your target, unable to move them any further " +direction$ + ".\n"


Circle


1p You loosen your hold on your incorporeal form, bracing it to circle $(target$) at the first sign of weakness.
2p Glimpses of ethereal appendages quiver forth from $(caster$)'s frame as $(he$) levels $(his$) focus upon you.


1p You cease your heightened focus, your incorporeal form settling beneath your skin for the time being.
3p $+(caster$)'s ethereal limbs recoil back beneath $(his$) skin, $(his$) heightened focus ceased for the time being.


1p Spotting an opportunity to strike, your incorporeal form viciously separates itself from you.



1p Your incorporeal form settles beneath your skin, unable to remain in anticipation of " +ply_name$(ply) + ".\n"

Rive


1p "Your limbs blur as you slam " + objname2$shield) + " into $=(target$) with concussive force. \n"
2p "$+(caster$)'s limbs blur as $=(he$) slams " + objname2$(shield) + " into you with concussive force.\n"
3p "$+(caster$)'s limbs blur as $=(he$) slams " + objname2$(shield) + " into $=(target$) with concussive force.\n"


Fell

1p "You propel yourself to the side, preparing to strike with "+objname2$(weapon)+ " from another angle".\n"
3p "$=(caster$) propels $=(him$)self to the side, preparing to strike with "+objname2$(weapon)+ " from another angle" .\n"

Duplicity
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1p
3p

Umbrage

1p You release your grasp upon your spectral form, allowing it to burst forth with "+objname2$(sword)+" in a vicious blur that slashes mercilessly at all within reach.
3p $+(caster$) releases $(his$) grasp upon $(his$) spectral form, allowing it to burst forth with "+objname2$(sword)+" in a vicious blur that slashes mercilessly at all within reach.


1p Your spectral form strikes $=(target$) with "+objname$(sword)+" in the onslaught."
2p A dizzying blur precedes the sudden sensation of pain as you are carved up by "+objname$(sword)+".

Initiate

1p Your muscles twitch, tightening in anticipation as you eye an attack upon $(target$) from afar.


1p You surge towards "+UC$(ply_name$(target))+", your spectral form barely bound beneath your flesh".\n"
3p saw leave "$+(caster$) surges away to the $(leave_direction$., shadow rippling above $(his$) flesh.\n"
3p saw enter $+(caster$) surges into sight, "+objname2$(weapon)+" held aloft for an overhead strike.\n"


1p You slam the hilt of "+objname2$(weapon)+" down upon $(target$)'s head, ethereal hands bursting from your chest to grab $(lhim$) and drag $(lhim$) to the ground.
2p $+(caster$) slams the hilt of "+objname2$(weapon)+" down upon your head, ethereal hands bursting from $(his$) chest to drag you to the ground.
3p $+(caster$) slams the hilt of "+objname2$(weapon)+" down upon your $(target$)'s head, ethereal hands bursting from $(his$) chest to grab $(lhim$) and drag $(lhim$) to the ground.


Gouge

1p Vicious claws of stygian shadow erupt from your hands to gouge their way deep into $(target$)'s flesh as you strike $(lhim$) with "+objname2$(weapon)+"."
2p Vicious claws of stygian shadow erupt from $(caster$)'s hands to gouge their way deep into your flesh as $(he$) strikes you with "+objname2$(weapon)+"."
3p Vicious claws of stygian shadow erupt from $(caster$)'s hands to gouge their way deep into $(target$)'s flesh as $(he$) strikes $(lhim$) with "+objname2$(weapon)+"."


1p Blood begins pouring freely from your grievous incisions.
2p Blood begins pouring freely from $(caster$)'s grievous incisions.

Deceive
Written by:
1p
3p

Eclipse
Written by:
Channel start (this never shows the target's name)
1p
3p

Channel mid
1p
2p
3p

Channel end (success)
1p
2p
3p
Deathsight

Channel end (failed cause Dreikathi are OP)
1p
2p
3p

Channel interrupted for some reason
1p
3p


Harrow

Channel start, this is followed up by a generic weapon attack message so it shouldn't really mention the weapon connecting
1p You charge towards $=(target$), "+objname2$(weapon)+" held at the ready for a harrowing assault.
2p $+(caster$) charges towards you, "+objname2$(weapon)+" held at the ready for a harrowing assault."
3p $+(caster$) charges towards $=(target$), "+objname2$(weapon)+" held at the ready for a harrowing assault."

Secondary hits (same for all ticks), again followed up by a generic weapon attack message
1p You shift your positioning in a blur of shadowy limbs, "+objname2$(weapon)+" soaring through the air in an attack from a different angle."
3p $+(caster$) repositions $(him$)self in a blur of shadowy limbs, "+objname2$(weapon)+" soaring through the air in an attack from a different angle."

Channel interrupted for some reason
1p The world around you seems slow as your harrowing assault comes to an end.
3p $+(caster$) stops, $(his$) harrowing assault brought to an end.

Transpierce

1p You propel yourself behind $=(target$), hands crackling with shadow as you sheathe "+objname2$weapon+" deep into $(lhis$) back, the blade erupting clear through $(lhis$) chest on the opposite side.
2p $+(caster$) propels $(him$)self behind you, hands crackling with shadow as $(he$) sheathes "+objname2$weapon+" deep into your back, the blade erupting clear through your chest on the opposite side.
3p $+(caster$) propels $(him$)self behind $=(target$), hands crackling with shadow as $(he$) sheathes "+objname2$weapon+" deep into $(lhis$) back, the blade erupting clear through $(lhis$) chest on the opposite side.


2p You are forcibly ejected off of the weapon that transpierces you, the sickening squelch of you bloodied body landing upon the ground the last thing you hear before slipping into death.
3p $=(caster$) is forcibly ejected off of the weapon that transpierces $(him$), the sickening squelch of $(his$) bloodied body landing upon the ground the last thing $(he$) hears before slipping into death.


1p You surge behind $=(target$), ready to deliver "+objname2$(weapon)+" into $=(lhis$) spine, but $=(lhe$) narrowly spins out of the way.
2p $+(caster$) surges behind you, ready to deliver "+objname2$(weapon)+" into your spine, but you narrowly spin out of the way.
3p $+(caster$) surges behind $(target$), ready to deliver "+objname2$(weapon)+" into $(lhis$) spine, but $(lhe$) narrowly spins out of the way.

Hemoclysm

1p An ethereal hand reaches out to seize $(target$)'s " + limb$ + ", ensnaring it in place for you to follow up with a brutalizing strike with $(weapon$).
2p An ethereal hand reaches out to seize your " + limb$ + ", ensnaring it in place for $(caster$) to follow up with a brutalizing strike with $(weapon$).
3p An ethereal hand reaches out to seize $(target$)'s " + limb$ + ", ensnaring it in place for $(caster$) to follow up with a brutalizing strike with $(weapon$).


1p The hand greedily claws itself into $(lhis$) " + bruise$ + ", rupturing it to send blackened blood coursing beneath the flesh.
2p The hand greedily claws itself into your " + bruise$ + ", rupturing it to send blackened blood coursing beneath the flesh.
3p The hand greedily claws itself into $(lhis$) " + bruise$ + ", rupturing it to send blackened blood coursing beneath the flesh.

Jumpcut
Written by:
1p
3p saw leave
3p saw enter


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2p
3p


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2p
3p

Harvest

1p You thrust a hand forward, shadowy tendrils of shadow curling around your blade to hold it aloft. At your command, it begins a whirling orbit around you.
3p $+(caster$) thrusts a hand forward, shadowy tendrils of shadow curling around "+objname2$(weapon)+" to hold it aloft. At $(his$) command, the blade begins a whirling orbit around $(his$) form.


1p The hungry blade continues to spin around you, picking up speed as it yearns for the blood of your enemies.
3p The hungry blade continues to spin around $+(caster$), picking up speed as it yearns for the blood of $(his$) enemies.


1p The blade's menacing orbit ceases, its hilt snapping back into your awaiting hand.
3p The blade's menacing orbit ceases, its hilt snapping back into $+(caster$)'s awaiting hand.


1p The lack of would-be victims returns your blade to your hand.

Extirpate

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2p
3p


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Deathsight