ANNOUNCE NEWS #554
Date: 4/15/2006 at 22:17
From: Lisaera, the Empyrean Mother
To : Everyone
Subj: Area Shrine Powers

I've noticed a lot of confusion about this, let me clarify - area shrine
powers do NOT just work in the sanctified rooms of the shrine, if a
power is area-range as opposed to personal, that means it works across
the entire local area.

Penned by My hand on the 10th of Urlachmar, in the year 145 CE.


Yeah, um, I'm done raiding. I'll be good!

Those shrines powers indeed looks overpowered. If Celestia/Nil or any other place will be filled with them (im not sure how close can they be put each other) defending would be much easier and raiding much harder.
Unless people start eneming only for crimes against gods not cities they are alligned.

LIFEFORCE (Healing) - This power instantly heals the health, mana and ego of
all order members and allies in the area, and cures them of all
afflictions before surrounding them with a temporary prismatic barrier.

Woot areatrueheal!

By the way, just because I saw you guys talking about envoys and think this might please a lot of people - over this weekend I will be monitoring shrines and balancing and fixing them, however I will also begin to start on envoy changes (both reports and summit-inspired) and by Monday I will be full tilt on them.

hehe, I wonder with who my order will ally.

And we don't know costs yet...maybe this full health mana ego stuff will cost asmuch as worldburn...

This is really interesting stuff and some of the powers are looking pretty strong, can't wait to try these babies out on some raiders! Muaha

Only one of each type of shrine to a god can occupy a local area. So you can't stuff a plane with shrines. It will take some strategy to place them though because of the sanctified rooms. For instance, one of Terentia's shrines could be put somewhere near Elohoia's realm for max protection, but the other 2 would likely be placed in one of the other tabernacles.

The sanctified rooms make it more of a siege mentality though. Of course, essence is costly, but defiling is also costly now.

Herald will definately be a blessing for Guardians and Mages wanting to protect their planes from raids.

There's always demesne watch.

I just feel for the relatively inactive orders...
And actually *grin*. Raezon's must be pissed. They had shrines EVERYWHERE on Astral.

I'm pretty sure Ekard ment War+Healing+shield all on Celestia to Terentia, with the max number of possible rooms sanctifyed around each, which would lock up the zone a lot nicer then before.

Raezon will ally Fain
Terentia will ally Hajamin (If it's possible, with no active Hajamin)
Viravain will ally Shikari (See above)
Lisaera will ally Auseklis (See above)
Elcyrian will ally Lacostian (See above)
Isune will be lonely

Holy crap. Where did all our gods go? *Grumble*

erm first of all Hajamin does not have an order and is quite possibly dead IC.

And I have a feeling Terentia will not team up with anyone for now since most of the celest gods have tainted order members. and probably the same for Lisaera (though I don't know her to well,but I get the impression she wouldn't want to team up with an order that allows those of glomdoring in it)

but then thats just me and I am probably way off.

Huzzah! Envoys comin up quick!

Oh my god. This is all worth it, if for no other reason, for the amazing ****ing shrine descs.

Swathed in the unnatural shadows of a perpetual twilight, a great pyramid of
polished marble has been erected here. Across each burnished face, burning
glyphs and runes twist and writhe in horrific and obscene contortions. Atop the
peak a silver barb extrudes, awaiting hapless victims to impale, and flesh to
drain of blood. Strewn around the foot of the shrine, piles of bones and gristle
lie, crushed into the barren soil, rotten corpse entwined in rotten corpse:
mortality united in decay. Within the shadow, insubstantial shapes form and
fade: sons strangle their fathers, jilted lovers stab their sweethearts, brother
and sister lie down together. Bound to endless servitude, wailing spectres enact
scene after scene of greedy slaughter and savage hate-filled murders, while
round them an ever-whirling rings of frenzied shadows dance in honour of their
savage master. As though in perpetual readyment, the altar hums and glows, and
purple flames jolt up and down its length.

I almost shed a tear.

Isune's doesn't... then again, it doesn't really have many members at all.

Lovecraft ripping off FTW.

There's like...9 of us. None of us are tainted though, all Celestians and Seren.

And how many of them are active? Hope She and Terentia bond or whatever its called, because there really isn't a better choice for Terentia. Lacostian's has tainted, and Hajamin's doesn't exist.