Ive had a new idea for a secondary skill, and im still having trouble naming it.
Here is what it consists of.

This skillset deals in the belief, that everything has a true name, and nature. If used correctly, with certain abilities, these names can call forth greater attributes of whatever is dealt with, or destroy it completely.

The use of words, gestures of the hands, and even a few "nifty" dancing moves to draw sigils on the ground in singles, or in a group depending on the strength of the ability invoked are all involved here.

You start with a basic understanding of your environs, and so, say you were from Serenwilde, being that your nexus is connected through the forests, you would understand the forests, and wood far easier than say, the ocean and stone, etcetera and so forth. The opposite applies to a Celestian, or a Magnagoran, and the like.

Some skill examples. :

Kolate: The basic Glyph of understanding
"This glyph ability will tell you the basic makeup, and composition of an item, be it metal, wood, stone, or some other exotic material. Some materials cant be completely identified untill one has great skill."

Metals: Understanding of Metals
"This ability allows one to meld with a Metal and understand it. Understanding a metallic implement may allow you greater ability in its use. This understanding when mixed with the ability of "Injunction" will allow you to weaken a metal. When used with the "Manipulate" skill, one can change the strengths, and improve some metallic implements.
(this was an example of a type skill, metal, wood, stone, all of these are type skills)

Conjure: Use glyphs to conjure protections, or spirits
"Using this skill after one has learned the truename of a spirit will allow you to summon their strengths, or in some cases, their forms, or their presence to you."

Truename: Attempt to learn the true name of an Item, Person, Spirit, Plant, or Animal.
(This skill would let you attempt to learn somethings true name, it would be sort of like an Ego battle I suppose, only with respect and patience are the greatest things given.)

I think this skill could go in the same slots as healing does, as both are willpower in nature I would think, but of course, all these things are up to the Admins!

Any suggestions are very very welcome. As long as they are constructive.

Is this for Wiccans? I can't really see Moondancers not...having... Moon. Do you mean tertiary skill?

Clearly, this is Patryn/Sartan rune magic? No?

Kind of, Esano, but not really. Patryn/Sartan rune magic involved defining runes for an object's true name, but from there one had to manipulate possibilities. I forget which, but one of them involved manipulating the possibilities that xyz had already happened, while the other manipulated the possibility that it is going to happen.

For instance, when someone dies, Alfred leapfrogged the possibility that they had actually died and forced them to live still. Kind of. Read the book for the logic behind that one.

The more outrageous the possibility, the more magic/energy it took to create it. And of course, most patryn/sartan rune battles quickly degraded into who could cut their opponent off from all possibilities first.

/Ramble.

Those were the specific parts that especially made me think 'rune magic'. And I have read the books - all of them, several times, and enjoyed them. A lot.

And Patryn magic worked by changing a specific thing, using it's true name, whereas Sartan changed everything in order to obtain a particular effect. Haplo likened it to changing the laws of genetics and evolution to give yourself an egg sandwich, or something similar.

I think all of them worked off the possibilities of what will happen. Would need to re-read.

That's freaky, I'm actually eating an egg sandwich right now

Hail Sartan!

I said that precisely to freak you out, the actual quote is:
And it wasn't Haplo, it was the end-text-thing for Elven Star. It's just written from a Patryn point of view.

And the leapfrog quote:


And back to the actual skill: I support this idea. However, if it's made a secondary skill for Mages, we'd need a good alternative to Terrain.

Might be an interesting idea to use. I dunno. I'd have to see a lot more development before I could have a real opinion.

Hinthint!

I believe secondary skill might just refer to things such as dreamweaving or hexes

I dont think moondancers could just get rid of Moon heh.

However, Healing, Hexes and the like are also secondary skills, this could be taken instead of those.

And you reminded me of the deathgate cycle, but this isnt from that, although it seems rather similar if you read it in a certain way I suppose. Eventru is right about possibilities in Sartan and Patryn Magick.

This magic would deal with changing things not to possibilities, but in refining their true nature more than regular means would. IE, a blade forged from fire has imperfections, but if you were able to speak with the blade, and through magic convince it to be the best it could be, that would be using this skillset.

Hexes and healing are tertiary skills.

Yes, though some people refer to skills as skillsets and abilities as skills.

Thanks for the ideas! We're not in a position to consider new tertiary skills at this time, though.