Book of Holy Lore

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  |                     BOOK OF HOLY LORE                      |
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  |    Page 1........................................Index     |
  |    Page 2......................................Casting     |
  |    Page 3.......................................Relics     |
  |    Page 4........................................Vials     |
  |    Page 5......................................Turning     |
  |    Page 6........................................Tasks     |
  |    Page 7.......................................Purity     |
  |    Page 8................................Reincarnation     |
  |    Page 9......................................Candles     |
  |    page 10...................................Orphanage     |
  |    page 11...........................Holy Battleground     |
  |    page 12................................Achievements     |
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                          CASTING                      
     For nuns casting is far more complex compared to the other guilds. First
of all, a nun needs a special holy relic to cast some of her spells. Learn
more about this in the 'relic' section. The relic has major effect especially
to the outcome of offensive spells. This effect depends on magnitude of the
spell. Mana costs of all nun spells are affected by one's purity.
     Nun spells are roughly divided into three categories: offensive spells
against evil creatures and demons, offensive spells against undead beings and
various protective auras. Offensive spells used against evil opponents are
called dispel type spells. Sometimes these are referred as excorzing spells.
The damage made by these spells depends on the target's alignment. However,
undead opponents have partialy grown resistant to this type of spells and it
is often futile to use dispel type spells on undead targets.
     Exorcise spells have no effect on good or neutral aligned targets. Holy
type spells are solely used against undead opponents and they are often the
best weapon against those treacherous beings.
     Good discipline is essential when casting offensive spells. In the old
days the spells of the nuns were quite weak compared to the powers of evil and
undead opponents. Nowadays the power of the nun's spells has increased
considerably - especially the most effective ones are even more destructive
than those used by the mages of Bat realm. Nuns with weak discipline are in
danger to stray from the path of Light and lose their humility when they see
the destructive power of their spell casting.

                          RELICS                      
    Nuns use special holy relics to cast certain special spells. A relic is
often a cross or rosary or other blessed or holy item, but most rare ones can
be anything from a book to an orb. Relics have various powers bound into them,
but they are roughly divided in three categories: holy, exorcise and
protection. The power of the relic affects either little or much, depending on
how difficult and powerful the spell is.
    Newbie nuns may receive top three relics per boot as a gift from Las. See
'nun guidance' for more information.

                          VIALS                      
    Nuns have a special ability to bless water inside small vials, thus
generating holy vials. With skill called vial throwing, these vials can be
used as a weapon against evil or undead beings. Vials can be also used to
boost protections by sprinkling holy water upon good alignmented target, see
'nun help' for more info. To bless water you need a specially prepared vial
from the guild shop. This kind of vial filled with water can then be blessed
to produce a holy vial.

                          TURNING                      
    Turning undeads is an essential part of a nun's daily work. From time to
time saints value your turning rate and remind you if you should turn more.
The bigger undeads you turn the longer your turn rate will stay high. You
should also keep in mind that casting protective auras diminish your turning
rate. See nun help for more information.

                          TASKS                     
    Tasks are an important part of a nun's career. When training or studying
skills and spells you will notice that some can only be learned halfway to
what you are used to. The rest can be gained by proving your worthiness to
obtain more knowledge. This is done by performing tasks. Every task can be
completed only once. There is no limit on how many times you may try them.
All spells/skills are not dependant on only one task but various. When you
have obtain enough knowledge the tasks will pop up to the list in the task
room and you may try to accomplish them. Remember that more than one
skill/spell may affect to the availability of a task. Some tasks have
limitations in the amount of sisters who may attempt to complete them at the
same time, and you may have to wait a while. If there is the text '(Within the
boot)' behind the time to complete it, it means you will fail the task unless
you have accomplished it before the boot occurs, no matter how much time you
would have left. If there is no such flag it means you may continue the task
after boot. This also means that if a crash should happen, tasks with boot
flag will _fail_. _NO_ reimbursement is given if you fail your task because of
a crash! Before you start a task, read the description very well as it is not
repeated when you start the task. There could be more than one goal in a task
and achieving them all could provide you with extra credit. If this is the
case, you will be informed when starting the task. You may also end your task
when ever you want, this is desirable especially if you know that you are
going to fail the task anyway. You may start the same task only once in a
boot.Almost all the tasks are saved over reinc. This can be guaranteed by
achieving status 'Elder' or reincing from nun to nun.

    Do not try to cheat while performing tasks. If you are caught cheating you
can never accomplish the task again and you will lose purity permanently.

                       PURITY OF THY HEART                      
    Purity of thy heart is perhaps the most important characteristic of a nun.
Purity is shown in your skills as 'Purity of thy heart'. It can't be trained
but it will rise along your nun career as you successfully perform nun spells,
skills and such. Purity affects for example to mana costs and damage.

                       REINCARNATION                      
    If you choose to leave the guild of nuns and then return in some point,
your reincarnation back falls in some of these three categories. (1) You are
Elder nun. This means your purity of thy heart is fully restored and you will
not lose any of your tasks. Also your previous guild age and other possible
characteristics are restored. And you may continue as an Elder nun, like you
were never gone in the first place. (2) You reinc back to the guild within
boot also known as 'nun to nun' reinc. This means that you will lose about
1-2% of your purity and maybe one task and a bit from your guild age but not
much. If you are member of the Holy Synod, you retain your place with this
type of reinc. (3) Reincing back after a reboot has past. This means that you
will lose much of your purity, three or more tasks and a considerable amount
of your previous guild age.

                          CANDLES
    Nuns have revived the lost art of candlestick making. The guild members
are taught the art of moulding a lump of wax into a source of light and
warmth. Candles are widely used during incantations and prayers as symbols of
purity and enlightment. Rumours also tell of a sacred place where candles can
be dipped into sacred water to receive a blessing and even more powerful
enchantment.

                            ORPHANAGE
    As you well know, the Sisterhood is keeping an Orphanage at Batcity.
Beside taking care of the orphans our mission is to clothe and feed the poor.
There are a lot of misfortunate ones so we need all the extra clothing and
food we can get. Abbess Abigail has ordered that every nun must participate by
gathering some clothes and food from time to time and deliver them to Sister
Hannah, who handles the stock and distributions to the orphanage. The higher
your level is, the more you are expected to contribute. From time to time
Sister Hannah will go through her papers and the one who has gathered the most
both clothes and food is rewarded with temporal enhancement of purity. Also
the amounts of monthly donates are valued when choosing new Synod. Also the
clothing and food made yourself is considered the most valuable.

                            HOLY BATTLEGROUND
  Sister Alysia is known to test the skills of fellow sisters at holy
battlegrounds. The names and accomplishments of best nuns are kept at the
ruins and the best nun is known as Master of Holy Battlegrounds and as a gift
from las her wisdom, intelligence and spell point regeneration are increased.
The rumour is that the spells of best nun are often one round shorten than the
rest of nuns. Find sister Alysia and ask her about test of faith and she will
tell you more. Don't forget to check the engravings of the runes.

  Around the realms there are many places where you can view your progress
andthe progress of your friends and enemies. Us nuns also have the benefit
ofcomparing our progress to fellow sisters.
  By the fountain in the convent, one can view plaques showing top 25 of
largestundead turned, amount of undeads turned and 20 most pure nuns ranked in
order.
  A poster at the entrance of the convent shows the times the best 5 have used
tocomplete 'Virtuosic nun of Holy Might task'.
  Sister Alysias cavern has engravings of the best scores in the
battlegrounds.