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==                                                 '''FOR THE LOVE OF NAR'SIE, PLEASE READ THE GUIDE''' ==


[[File:Cult.png]] So you've joined the cult of the almighty Nar'Sie, but you don't know where to start? Then this is for you, apprentice.
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|duties = Brainwashing everyone and summoning the avatar of entropy
|guides = [https://forums.yogstation.net/threads/how-to-newbloodcult-for-hyperdunces.16896/ How to newbloodcult for hyperdunces]
|quote = <span style="color:red;">'''NAR'SIE HAS RISEN'''</span>
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'''Gamemode in rotation'''


As a cultist, you have an abundance of cult magics at your disposal, something for all situations. In order to use cult magic, you need an Arcane Tome and the correct word combination to form a rune. If you've started the round out as a cultist, you are given a talisman that you can use to spawn various objects (More on that later.), memories of your cult objectives, and the translation of two words. '''Remember these translations and be sure to share it with other cultists!'''
The Geometer of Blood, Nar'sie, has sent a number of her followers to Space Station 13. As a cultist, you have an abundance of cult magics at your disposal, something for all situations. You must work with your brethren to summon an avatar of your eldritch goddess!


== "That's just a doodle!" ==
Several cultists will arrive at the station. When you spawn, you'll find a ritual dagger and 10 runed metal in your bag. The dagger is essential for drawing runes and removing them, while the runed metal is used to make valuable structures and fortifications.  
When you become a [[Cultist]] at round start, you will have a paper imbued with blood in your backpack. It's a special talisman, which can be invoked 5 times to spawn a regular 1-use talisman of your choice. Make sure to hide this from basically everyone not in your little book club or they will robust your ass.
==Objectives==
Your objective requires you to sacrifice a certain crewmember and summon Nar'sie.


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! style='background-color:brown'|Name [[File:Fff.png|50px]]
! style='background-color:brown'|Descripition
|-
!Tome
!The Arcane Tome is the most important item for any cultist. It is used to draw runes with your blood. It also contains some basic info on the runes you can use. The tome is too large to be put in a pocket. The tome can also be used as a potent weapon, each hit dealing random amount of damage, from 5 up to 25 per hit.


You are also able to share your notes (And thus your translated words) by using your tome on another tome. Make sure you spawn one of these before you run out of talisman charges. Without it, you can't do anything.'''
The general path of action of the cult and those in it:
|-
#From a discrete location, contact your allies through your Commune button. <br>Warning: <u>When communing with the cult, any nearby crew can see and hear you whispering, potentially revealing your cult. Be careful!</u>. <br>'''Important: Communication and teamwork is essential! If you fail to read the guide, you will probably fuck up the round for everybody, prove unworthy for the cult of Nar'sie, and possibly even be banned from becoming an antagonist!'''
!Communications Talisman
#Choose a Cult Master, usually being the most experienced player or the one with the most advantageous access level. More on this [[Blood Cult#The_Cult_Master_and_You|later]].
!When used, a text window appears to allow you to broadcast whatever you want directly into the minds of all cultists and constructs in '''BOLD, CAPITAL, RED TEXT'''.
#Find an area to convert into a base, usually accessible by one or more members of the cult, but well-hidden enough that security or crew won't find it easily.
|-
#Set up a teleport rune, so all cultists can access it. Inform the cultists that a teleport rune is ready. If you teleport to the base, try to have a hidden teleport rune to get you back; otherwise, you could be stuck!
!EMP Talisman
#Set up an empowering rune and then prepare up to four blood spells. Stun spells are your bread and butter - but diversifying with spells like EMP, Teleport, Blood Rites, etc. will ensure you're ready for anything.
!Creates a high powered electromagnetic pulse which is mainly effective at taking out radios, draining energy-based weapons, stunning and damaging Cyborgs, damaging an AI and messing with other electronics.  
#Convert new members, or sacrifice implanted crew, on the offer rune. Combine the filled Soulstone Shards from sacrificed humans to create powerful cult constructs!
|-
#Use teamwork, or the spirit rune, to find your sacrifice target. Remember, stun magic won't work if the chaplain has his null rod. Kill the sacrifice target and place them on an offer rune with 2 other cultists nearby.
!Armor Talisman
#Prepare to summon Nar'sie. She can only be summoned in a few locations and the crew will fight desperately to stop you! Make sure you have enough cultists and equipment to withstand their assault.
!Summon a cultist body armor and hood which protect against close combat damage, as well as summoning the unholy cultist blade which is very powerful as it is cursed by Nar'Sie's dark power (Non-Cultists will have a "drunken" camera and when trying to use it will fall to the ground and take some damage).
#Gather 9 cultists on the final rune to summon Nar'sie!
|-
#4 bloodstones will appear throughout the station. Protect them.
!Summon Soul Stone
#One of the bloodstones will be chosen as the Anchor from which Nar'sie will rise. Protect it with your life!
!A capturing device use to trap the souls of dead/in Limbo mobs (doesn't work on humans who left their body) and when captured they will become a trapped shade which can be released out of its jail or it can be used on a construct shell.
|-
!Summon Construction Shell
!You summon a shell which cannot be picked up, it requires a filled soul stone to create either a Artificer, Juggernaut or Wraith.
|-
!Stun Talisman
!Creates a stun paper which when used on people will cause them to become temporarily paralyzed and unable to speak for 15 ticks (This paper can't be used on yourself or other cultists).
|-
|}


== "I'm not a witch I'm not a witch!" ==
Fantastic, you've joined a cult, and not because of the Koolaid.  At the beginning of the round, you start out with the talisman we mentioned earlier in your backpack. Depending on your experience with being a cultist, this talisman can either be your best friend, or your worst enemy. Every use of this talisman will do a small amount of damage to yourself as well as being exceptionally obvious to any passerby. It is incredibly versatile, yet if you're caught with it you will likely be killed. Avoid taking this out of your bag until you're positive nobody will walk in on your unholy deeds.


If you're in a position that would usually wander the halls, try to gather a word or two from your fellow cultists before you summon a tome of your very own! Communication talismans are great for this but remember not to get caught, when you use the talisman you also chant a phrase out loud that people might hear if they're close enough! And remember, '''if you get caught, you endanger the entire cult.'''
====Sacrifice====
<span style="color:red;">'''REMINDER:'''</span> One cultist is required to sacrifice a dead body, three for a live one, standing adjacent to the rune.


The Stun Talisman option will spawn you another piece of paper, to use this one you only need to click on somebody with the paper in your hand. It has the same effect as a parapen, stunning people immediately and rendering them unable to speak, this also works on cyborgs if you need to. Like a parapen, this item is risky if you don't have a way to either convert your victim, or kill them.
To please Nar'sie, you must find and sacrifice your target using an offer rune. Only then you can scribe the Summon Nar'sie rune.
===<span style="color:red;">Nar'sie HAS RISEN</span>===
After you have sacrificed your target, you can summon Nar'sie. Nar'sie can only be summoned in one of three rooms randomly chosen at round start. Drawing the summon rune takes 45 seconds and creates a weak shield around the caster but alarms the entire station of your location, so prepare to fight. After it's drawn, 9 cultists, constructs, or summoned ghosts must stand on the rune, which can then be invoked to manifest Nar'sie herself. Once the rune has been activated, 4 bloodstones will appear throughout the station. One of the surviving bloodstones will be chosen as the Anchor from which Nar'sie in come. Protect it with your life, or the cult loses.
==The Cult Master and You [[File:Cultist.png|32px]]==
The Cult Master is the leader of your cult, the main driving force behind your goal to summon Nar'sie. The Cult Master has access to a wide variety of abilities to assist the cult in achieving its goals. Make sure to protect and serve him/her at all costs, as they are the key to the cult's success!


==="They gave me a word but didn't give me a jogging suit!"===
Once you have your own tome, either put it away or put known words into your notes section if anyone else has shared their word. After you've set a word in your notes, when you Scribe Runes it will show the translated word instead of the original. You never need to check your notes once you've set them once!


===Culting and Not Getting Caught===
===So, how does one become the Master?===
You have your tome, you have some words, and you want to start scribing runes. A lot of jobs on the station have access to areas great for research, remember that a simple examination can tell the non-believers whether a rune was drawn in your blood or with crayon. Try to place runes in areas people rarely frequent, that the AI won't be watching like a hawk. While the AI can't actually see runes, he can easily inform security of suspicious activity and you'll be hung and burned at the stake before you can say PRAISE NAR'SIE!  
When the round first starts, an additional button along with your Commune verb will be available. The "Assert Leadership" button will allow you to apply for the Cult Master status. Once a member of the cult asserts their leadership, an announcement will be made to all cultists. After a few seconds, a vote will be called where the cult can vote whether or not they want that person as the Cult Master. If the vote passes, the player will gain the Cult Master's abilities. If you are not the Master, make sure to follow his/her orders, as they are now your superior!


And remember, maintenance tunnels are low access and you could easily be caught with your pants down before you ever see them coming.


===Hooked on Phonics: CTHULHU EDITION===
===Being The Master of Wrist Cutting===
Now you've started researching words. The best way to do this is start by using two known words then going down the list to fill in the last word.
So, you asserted your leadership and won the vote of the cult. Congratulations on your promotion to Cult Master! I hope you know what you are doing. If you have experience playing as a department head this shouldn't be too different, minus the killing and summoning elder gods part.  


A good way to start is by figuring out the Convert rune, Join-Blood-Self. '''The cult will always start with Join, Blood, Self, and Hell if all cultists share their words.''' Remember, if a rune is correct it will always be the same color (Exception being armor runes.), Convert will always be a dark blood red color, teleport will be purple, etc. If you think you have the right rune word but you aren't sure, create another using the same three words, if it's the same color you likely have it right. With some practice this will become second nature
To summon Nar'sie, you are going to need to keep organized and grow your numbers as much as possible while remaining hidden. As the Cult Master, your Commune power is enhanced, making all of your messages large and bolded just like when you use a megaphone. This will assist greatly in organizing the cult, as the other cultists will be able to easily see your messages among the common radio rabble.


Once you have Join, Blood, and Self, you have a huge list of runes to choose from to research new words. The Blood Drain rune consists of Travel, Blood, and Self, so to find the Travel word you would go down the list of unknown words until you create a proper Blood Drain rune. Once you have Travel, you can easily move on to the Wall rune which is Destroy, Travel, Self, again you only require one word so just work your way down the list. You can do this with any rune you like until you've discovered every word and noted them in your Tome.


==='''Communication is Key'''===
Here is a quick reference guide on what you should be doing as the Cult Master:
#Determine a hidden, easily defendable location for your cultists to congregate. They will need a place to create runes and structures to assist the cult.
#Beat back and silence any potential [[Security|intruders]] to your hideout.
#Stay back and relay information and orders with use of the Spirit Realm rune, and let your [[Assistant|goons]] handle the dirty work. Make sure to have a Medbot, Pylon or some other source of healing nearby so you don't drain your life completely.
#Staying at the base helps you reach the two-cultist requirement you need to convert someone. When a fellow cultist manages to snag and send back an unconverted crewmember, you will be there to bring them into the cult.
#Lead your brethren into battle when the time comes to face the crew head on!
#Use your unique powers to move things around, target foes for your fellow cultists and use the Final Reckoning when you are ready to summon Nar'sie herself!


You, or another cultist has now translated all of the words. Hopefully you remembered to use the communication rune ''(Self-Other-Technology)'' to share this with the entire cult. With proper communication, you can do things like summon cultists to a meeting place, resurrect fallen allies, create teleportation networks for ease of escape or access to areas, supply the other cultists with armor, weapons, stun and teleport talismans, and whatever else you might think of. Be sure to inform your converted brothers about any runes or places of worship that you have set up, and if you're able, give them a tome of their own (Translated is good.) so they may help the cause.


A cult that doesn't communicate is a dead cult.


===Hooked on Phonics: CTHULHU EDITION or how to research words===
Now you've started researching words. The best way to do this is start by using two known words then going down the list to fill in the last word. Here is a list to research


* 1) convert (join / blood / self)
In the end, you call the shots. Your cult doesn't have to be run like this; experiment and find what works and doesn't! Even if you lose (odds are you will lose... a lot), you'll be better prepared for the next time the Cult of Nar'sie needs a leader.
* 2) blood drain  (you now have teleport) (travel)
* 3) wall (destroy)
* 4) ghost (Hell)
* 5) summon tome (see)
* 6) EMP (technology)
* 7) stun (hide)
* 8) Notice (other)


With the final word researched you can and should now communicate your newly found knowledge, with the rune you just finished drawing.


== The Runes ==
===Cult Master Powers===
Each rune contains three words combined to form a single rune through the "Scribe Rune" option. Runes can be destroyed by using your arcane tome on the rune, this will destroy the rune completely and you will need to scribe a new one.
As the Cult Master, you have access to a handful of powerful and versatile occult powers to assist you and the rest of the cult. These powers can be accessed from the HUD on the top left. The powers are as follows:
 
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There are 10 words used for rune scribing, what they translate to are: "travel", "self", "see", "Hell", "blood", "join", "technology", "destroy", "hide", and "other". Your Arcane tome, however, requires research and translation, each person who begins as a cultist remembers one word, the four total words are always "Join", "Blood", "Self", and "Hell" so that you always know the words for Convert and Summon Nar'Sie if you properly communicate.
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! style="background-color:brown" width="140px" |Name
There are two ways to find out meaning of words. First, you can simply use sacrifice runes to sacrifice humans and monkeys, with each sacrifice comes a chance to suddenly remember a rune word, unfortunately sacrificing requires three people standing next to the rune for it to work. The other way is through trial and error. Knowing at least one word needed for a rune, you can find out the the other word(s) with only a few paper cuts involved. Don't forget: All proper runes always have fixed colors and sprites, while incorrect runes are random colors, the exception being Armor runes which will always be random colors.
! style="background-color:brown" width="830px" |Description
 
! style="background-color:brown" width="73px" |Cooldown
 
|-
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|[[File:Final_Reckoning.png|64px]]
! style='background-color:brown'|Name and Words
!Final Reckoning
! style='background-color:brown'|Description
|A single-use spell that brings the entire cult to the master's location. Useful for when it's time to summon Nar'sie and you need the whole cult to help defend and invoke. <b>Please note that this is a <u>one-use ability</u>. If you screw up, it's on you!</b>
! style='background-color:brown'|[[File:Fff.png|50px]]
|One Use
|-
|[[File:Mark_Target.png|64px]]
!Mark Target
|Marks a designated player target that you select with your cursor for the cult to be marked as top-priority for 90 seconds. Successfully marking a person sends a message to the entire cult, giving the name and location of the target. Useful for calling your entire cult to attack a specific target.
After using this ability, it goes on a 120-second cooldown.
|120 Seconds
|-
|[[File:Eldritch_Pulse.png|64px]]
!Eldritch Pulse
|Seize upon a fellow cultist or cult structure and send it through time and space to a nearby location on your screen. A very versatile ability with many potential applications. Teleport a cultist into the armory! Teleport cultists into inaccessible areas! Teleport cultists and structures away from harm! Teleport cultists behind a security raid to flank them! Limitless potential!
After using this ability, it goes on a 15-second cooldown.
|15 Seconds
|}
==The Ritual Dagger [[File:Render.png|32px]]==
Your dagger is your most important tool and has several functions:
*You can draw runes with it.
*Hitting a cultist or reagent container with it converts [[Chaplain|Holy Water]] inside into Unholy Water.
*Hitting a non-cultist with it will result in you stabbing them (huh), dealing 15 armor-piercing brute damage.
*Hitting runes with it removes them after a short delay.
*Hitting cult structure with it will unanchor and anchor them, allowing you to move them around.
If you're in a position that would usually wander the halls, try to seek out your fellow cultists in person. If not, check in with your brothers using your Commune verb, but do this in private, to prevent people from hearing your whispers. A lot of jobs have access to isolated areas of the station that are great for this, and there's also space. Remember, '''if you get caught, you endanger the entire cult.'''
==Blood Spells [[File:Bloodspells.png|32px]]==
Blood spells can be created at any time via an action button that appears below your character. <b>However</b>, blood spells created without an empowering rune will take longer, cause significant blood loss, and will cap your spell count at two (Empowering Runes allow up to 5 spells). Blood spells are limited-use tools that disappear after they're spent, and they're your bread and butter when fighting the crew. Make sure to try and have a stun spell and a teleport spell with you, to escape risky situations.
====List of Available Spells====
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! style="background-color:brown" width="130px" |Name
! style="background-color:brown" width="700px" |Description
! style="background-color:brown" width="203px" |Health Cost/No. of Charges
|-
|-
!Stun
|A potent spell that will stun and mute victims upon contact. Effects become much weaker as the cult grows in size. '''Mindshielded personnel such as members of security and the captain are completely immune to it.'''
|10 HP
|-
!Teleport
|A useful spell that teleports cultists to a chosen destination with a teleport rune on contact.
|7 HP
|-
|-
!Convert Rune
!Electromagnetic Pulse
join blood self
|A large spell that discharges a wide EMP, disabling and scrambling electronics.
!The first rune that you are likely to use. To convert somebody, you need to place a live human, willing or otherwise on top of the rune and then "use" the rune with an empty hand. This will work on anyone who is not loyalty implanted or in possession of a null rod. Loyalty implants will not remove somebody's status as a cultist, only prevent them from being converted.
|10 HP
!No.
|-
|-
!Wall Rune
!Shadow Shackles
destroy travel self
|A stealthy spell that will handcuff and temporarily silence your victim. Useful for subduing crew.
!This rune magically thickens the air above it when used, making an impassible wall that stops projectiles, and all mobs trying to pass through it, including you. You invoke the rune to create a wall, and invoke it again to remove the wall.
|4 Charges
!No.
|-
|-
!Blood Boil Rune
!Twisted Construction
destroy see blood
|A sinister spell used to convert: Plasteel into runed metal, 50 metal into a construct shell and airlocks into runed airlocks (combat mode toggled on)
!This rune requires three cultists standing around it before you are able to use it. When invoked, it instantly deals 51 brute damage and 51 burn to all non cultists that can see the rune (Think of a flash bang, only it doesnt affect friendlys and puts enemies into critical). There is even a 5 percent chance that those inflicted by the rune will be gibbed. However, cultists in range of the rune will take 15 damage, with no additional effect if more than 3 cultists chant the rune. Also, as a potential bonus (Or negative effect), any rune that is visible from the blood boil rune (including the blood boil rune) has a 10 percent chance of exploding.
|12 HP
!No.
|-
|-
!Blood Drain Rune
!Summon Equipment
travel blood self
|A crucial spell that enables you to summon either a ritual dagger or a full set of combat gear including armored robes, a Nar'sien bola, and an eldritch longsword.
!This rune instantly heals you of some brute damage, at the expense a person placed on top of the rune. Whenever you invoke a drain rune, ALL drain runes on the station are activated, draining blood from anyone located on top of those runes.One drain gives up to 25HP per each victim, but you can repeat it if you need more. Draining only works on living people, so you might need to recharge your "Battery" once its empty. Blood hunger: Draining over 50 HP in one gulp intoxicates you, making you want more. You will keep slowly losing health until the hunger goes away or is satisfied.
|1 Charge
!No.
|-
|-
!Raise Dead Rune
!Hallucinations
blood join hell
|A ranged and stealthy spell that will secretly induce hallucinations in your target.
!To make the rune work, you will need two bodies: a living one, and a dead one. Living body will provide the life essence, while the dead body will provide a vessel for your friend. Put a dead body on the rune, and then have the ghost of your friend stand directly on top of it. Then put a living human body on top of a different resurrect rune. Note that the living body can be yourself, so don't stand on the rune when invoking it if you dont want to sacrifice yourself. If everything is done right, the dead body will be alive and at full health again, controlled by the ghost who was on top of that rune, while the living guy is immediately gibbed.  
|4 Charges
!No.
|-
|-
!Summon Narsie Rune
!Conceal Runes
hell join self
|A multi-function spell that alternates between hiding and revealing nearby runes and cult structures.
!This spell summons a huge all-consuming monstrosity from outer planes. It is often an objective to summon it so you need to know how to summon it. What you need is to have 9 cultists standing in circle around the rune. When you have enough people and the Horror is summoned, you can try to run away, or submit your mortal body to your god.
|10 Charges
!No.
|-
|-
!Communicate Rune
!Blood Rites
self other technology
| A spell that allows you to gather blood from the floor, or from live victims. Then, you can expend the blood to heal yourself or others. Or, you can use the spell in hand to summon a blood spear, cast blood bolt barrage, or cast blood beam. A blood spear is a robust two-handed weapon that can be recalled to your hand if it has a clear path back to you. The blood spear can also be thrown, which causes it to shatter and stun whoever it hits. Casting blood bolt barrage temporarily grants you the ability to launch powerful projectiles from your hand, similar to the wizard's arcane barrage. This spell requires both hands to be free in order to use it to its maximum strength. Casting blood beam will cause you to start channeling a powerful ritual. Once the channel is complete, you will launch a series of projectiles in a cone in front of you. These projectiles pierce through structures, and will convert any walls, floors, airlocks, and windows they pass through into their cult variant in addition to damaging any non-cultists they pass through.
!This spell allows you to easily (and very safely) communicate with your cult mates. Invoke it, type a message, and it will be transmitted to all cult members in fat, red letters so they surely won't miss it. You can get one with your starting talisman, and you can imbue a paper with it as well.  
|5 Charges
!Yes.
|-
|-
!EMP Rune
|}
destroy see technology
==Runes==
!Remember those EMP grenades and that EMP wizard spell? This rune does exactly the same.The rune itself doesn't generate a strong pulse, and only disables items in small radius. Imbuing the rune into a talisman makes it a lot stronger.  
The Ritual Dagger allows you to scribe any of these runes, using Scribe Rune. Simply pick the rune you want, and wait until completion. Scribing a rune deals minor damage, since you need to cut your wrists to get the necessary blood.
!Yes.
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! style="background-color:brown" width="130px" |Name
! style="background-color:brown" width="830px" | Description
! style="background-color:brown" width="73px" |Invokers Required
! style="background-color:brown" width="64px" |Phrase
! style="background-color:brown" width="64px" |Rune
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!Manifest Rune
!{{anchor|Rite of Offering}}Offering Rune
blood see travel
|Instantly converts a normal crewmember on top of it to the cult, healing them for 75% of their brute and burn damage, and spawning a ritual dagger. Mindshield-implanted crew cannot be converted, only sacrificed - <b>therefore it is recommended that you quickly finish off security victims before their radio or suit sensors can give you away!</b>
!This rune is close to the resurrect spell, but works differently. It does not need any dead bodies or sacrifices, just you and a ghost both standing on top of a rune. You also might want to put a paper with a name on the rune if you want your manifested ghost to have a name, else he will appear as unknown. Once invoked, a new body will appear right where you stand. The body will last indefinitely as long as you are standing on the rune. You, however, will be constantly receiving damage. Once you die or leave the rune, the ghost is banished from the body, gibbing it in the process.
If the target is dead, is ineligible for conversion, or is the required sacrifice target, they'll be sacrificed instead; this will gib them, and create a Soulstone Shard that can be used to power a construct.
!No.
|1 to sacrifice dead targets, 2 to convert, 3 to sacrifice the objective or living targets
|Mah'weyh pleggh at e'ntrath!
|[[File:Sacrifice rune.png|64px]]
|-
|-
!Summon Tome Rune
!Empowering Rune
see blood hell
|Allows cultists to prepare greater amounts of blood magic at far less of a cost. While standing on an empowering rune, the spell count is capped at 4 instead of 1. Additionally, preparing blood magic takes far less time, and you don't lose as much blood while doing it.
!While just having a henchman cultist is useful, he will be of much more help if he has an arcane tome to create more runes. This rune simply summons a new arcane tome. Always have one hidden somewhere so that you can get a new tome in case you lose your current one.
|1
!Yes.
|H'drak v'loso, mir'kanas verbot!
|[[File:Empowerrune.png|64px]]
|-
|-
!Teleport Rune
!Teleport Rune
travel self x
|This rune warps everything above it to another teleport rune when used. Creating a teleport rune will allow you to set a tag for it.<br><b><u>Warning: Teleporting from Lavaland or Space will make the destination rune glow brightly and open a rift in reality that may not only reveal the rune, but the location of your main base as well, choose your rune locations wisely!</u></b>
!Teleport rune is a special rune, as it only needs two words, with the third word being destination. Basically, when you have two runes with the same destination, invoking one will teleport you to the other one. If there are more than 2 runes, you will be teleported to a random one. Since there are 10 words, you can create 10 independent teleport networks. You can imbue a teleport rune into a talisman, which will then teleport you to the destination rune upon use.
|1
!Yes.
|Sas'so c'arta forbici!
|[[File:Teleport_rune.png|64px]]
|-
|-
!Teleport Other Rune
!Revive Rune
travel other x
|Whenever someone is sacrificed on a Convert rune, they add one (global) charge to this rune. Placing a cultist corpse on the rune and activating it will bring it back to life, expending 3 charges.
!This variation of the teleport rune allows you to teleport objects between the runes. You need to have 3 people standing by this rune to properly invoke it, so its utility isnt very high.
This will inflict 40% of the invoker current health to them as brute damage and 60 brute damage to the revived corpse.
!Yes.
|1
|Pasnar val'keriam usinar. Savrae ines amutan. Yam'toth remium il'tarat!
|[[File:Raisedead_rune.png|64px]]
|-
|-
!See Invisible Rune
!Barrier Rune
see hell join
|When invoked, makes a 30 second invisible wall to block passage. Can be invoked again to reverse this. Examine the rune to see how much time the barrier has left.
!This nice rune does exactly as it says. It allows you to see invisible objects and people as long as you stay on top of the rune. Most importantly, it lets you see ghosts, this might help you when working in conjunction with a resurrection rune. But it also works on hidden runes, cloakers and aliens who use invisibility.
|1
!No.
|Khari'd! Eske'te tannin!
|[[File:Wall_rune.png|64px]]
|-
|-
!Hide Rune
!Summoning Rune
hide see blood
|This rune allows you to instantly summon any living cultist to the rune, consuming it afterward. <u>This rune will only work on the main space station</u>, but can grab cultists from almost any location! Does not work on restrained cultists who are buckled or being pulled.
!This handy rune, which you can also make with your starting talisman, makes nearby runes invisible. Note, however, that you cannot invoke the runes if you can't see them, so you need to either use a "see invisible" rune, or use a reveal rune. This rune is useful for revealing support runes that you do not activate directly. For example, a teleport rune in a safe place where you can teleport to with a teleport talisman.
|2
!No.
|N'ath reth sh'yro eth d'rekkathnor!
|[[File:Summon_rune.png|64px]]
|-
|-
!Reveal Rune
!Blood Boil Rune
blood see hide
|When invoked, it saps some health from the invokers to send three damaging pulses to anyone who can see the rune, causing 75 burn damage. When the effect is over the rune will briefly set fire to anything over it.
!Need to activate that rune you have hidden, but dont know the words for a "see invisible" rune? Well now your hide rune always comes with its sister - the Reveal rune! Just reverse the wording order of the Hide rune, and you will get a rune that reveals all hidden runes in large area around itself.
Some species, such as golems, do not have blood, and thus are immune to this rune.
!No.
|3
|Dedo ol'btoh!
||[[File:Boil_rune.png|64px]]
|-
|-
!Ghostself Rune
!Rune of the Spirit Realm
hell travel self
|This rune gives you two powerful options:<br><br>
!This rune allows you to leave your mortal body and become a ghost. This comes with all those benefits of being a ghost - being able to communicate with other ghosts, seeing invisible, and so on. Of course, you are unable to control your body as a ghost, and if you fly away, you will have no idea if something is happening to it. You can re-enter your body the same way as you re-enter corpse as a regular ghost. The body itself slowly receives damage while you are ghosted, and if it is removed from the rune, you will not be able to re-enter it so beware.
(1) To manifest ghosts as semitransparent homunculi, which are effectively weak, humanoid, armed and armored cultists with no self preservation instinct. To sustain these homunculi, you must remain on the rune, and each homunculi you have summoned will deal brute damage to you over time. <u>This option is only available on the space station itself - the veil is not weak enough in space or on Lavaland to give spirits a physical form!</u><br><br>
!No.
(2) To ascend as a dark spirit. This option costs <b>no health</b> to use and will give you the virtually unlimited knowledge of a [[Ghost]]! You can use information given to you by ghosts in this form, commune with the cult with your booming voice, and even mark a target that will be "pinpointed" for the rest of the cult. You can even use this function after manifesting homunculi to help guide them in combat - manifested ghosts can also see regular ghosts and therefore can see your dark spirit as you lead them in battle!
|1
|Gal'h'rfikk harfrandid mud'gib!
|[[File:Manifest_rune.png|64px]]
|-
|-
!Imbue a Talisman Rune
!Apocalypse
hell technology join
|A harbinger of the end times. It scales depending on the crew's strength relative to the cult. Effect includes a massive (often stationwide) EMP, unique hallucination for non-cultists, and if the cult is doing poorly, certain events. The rune can only occur in the Nar'sie ritual sites and will prevent Nar'sie from being summoned there in the future. Similarly to the Ritual of Dimensional Rending, the Apocalypse rune can only be scribed in one of the 3 ritual areas. <u>After the Apocalypse rune has been scribed, that particular ritual area can no longer be used to summon Nar'sie.</u><br>
!This handy little rune imbues an empty piece of paper with the power of an adjacent rune. It only works with EMP, Summon Tome, Hide Rune, Reveal rune, Teleport, Notice, Blind and Deafen runes. Have a rune of mentioned type beside the imbue rune, put a paper on the imbue rune, invoke it.You will now have a 1-use talisman with the power of the target rune. Using a talisman drains alot of health, so be careful with it
<br> If the cult makes up <15% of current players, and an apocalypse rune is scribed, a D100 is rolled
!No.
*If 1 - 10: Disease Outbreak + Mice Migration
*If 11 - 20: Radiation Storm
*If 21 - 30: Brand Intelligence
*If 31 - 40: Immovable Rod x3
*If 41 - 50: Meteor Wave
*If 51 - 60: Spider Infestation
*If 61 - 70: Localized hyper-energetic flux wave, Gravitational anomaly, Pyroclastic anomaly, Localized high-intensity vortex anomaly
*If 71 - 80: Space Vines, Grey Tide
*If 81 - 100: Nar'sian Portal Storm (spawns AI-controlled Nar'sian constructs similarly to a Syndicate Portal Storm)
|3
| Ta'gh fara'qha fel d'amar det!
||[[File:Apocalypse.png|96px]]
|-
|-
!Sacrifice Rune
!Ritual of Dimensional Rending
hell blood join
|This rune tears apart dimensional barriers, calling forth the Geometer. It needs a free 3x3 space, and can only be summoned in 3 areas around the station. To start drawing it the requested target must have already been sacrificed. Starting to draw this rune creates a weak forcefield around the caster and alarms the entire station of its location. The caster must be defended for 45 seconds before it's complete.
!The sacrifice rune is used to gain favour of your God by sacrificing different living things to it. It also might be your objective to sacrifice a specific person. You can sacrifice monkeys and humans, with all of them having different chance to gain favor of your God. If you are lucky enough, you will suddenly remember meaning of one of the rune words, possibly one you already know. You can sacrifice dead bodies and monkeys alone, but to sacrifice a living human or your target, you need to have 3 cultists chanting by the rune. Sacrificing a living human is very likely to yield a positive result for you
After it's drawn, 9 cultists (5 if the invoker is the cult leader), constructs, or summoned ghosts must stand on the rune. After this, the cult must protect 4 Bloodstones scattered around the station, and then the Anchor Bloodstone.
!No.
| 9
|TOK-LYR RQA-NAP G'OLT-ULOFT!!
|[[File:Rune_large.png]]
|-
|-
!Summon Cultist Rune
|}
join other self
 
!This rune allows you to summon any cultist to the rune. You need 3 cultists chanting for it to work, and the target must not be cuffed, buckled or hiding in a closet. Note that this rune drains quite alot of health from every chanting cultist.
 
!No.
===Structures===
By using a construction talisman on platsteel, you are able to get runed metal. With it, you can build several structures, with unique powers. You can unanchor cult buildings by hitting them with your tome. Using "Conceal Runes" near these structures will make them turn invisible, and make runed doors look like regular airlocks.
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! style="background-color:brown" width="140px" |Name
! style="background-color:brown" width="830px" |Description
! style="background-color:brown" width="73px" |Cost
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!Free Cultist Rune
|[[File:Altar.png|64px]]
travel technolgy other
!Altar
!A nice compliment to the summon rune, this rune also requires 3 cultists chanting by it to work. Activating it allows you to free any of your fellow cultist from many kinds restrictions: handcuffs, locked DNA machines, muzzles (but NOT straight jackets), both locked and welded closets.  
|A bloodstained altar dedicated to Nar'sie. By using it, you are able to create an Eldritch Whetstone to sharpen your weapon, a Construct Shell, or a Flask of Unholy Water which heals cultists and greatly reduces stuns, or can be thrown to poison non-cultists. After using the altar, it needs some time to recharge.
!No.
|3 runed metal
|-
|-
!Deafen Rune
|[[File:Forge.gif|64px]]
hide other see
!Forge
!This rune temporarily makes all non-cultists in visible range deaf. You can imbue this rune into a talisman, it will have the same range, but the duration of deafness will be shorter
|A forge used in crafting the unholy weapons used by the armies of Nar'sie. By using it, you are able to create a Shielded Robe, which creates a powerful shield around the user which blocks any three attacks, a Flagellant's Robe, which makes you faster, but at the cost of increasing damage taken by 50%, and a mirror shield that can block 50% of attacks while providing distracting illusions, or serve as a potent -bouncing- thrown weapon that will knockdown on impact and return to you after a successful hit! After using the forge, it needs some time to recharge.
!Yes.
|3 runed metal
|-
|-
!Blind Rune
|[[File:Pylon.gif|64px]]
destroy see other
!Pylon
!Blind rune works exactly the same way as the deafen rune, except it blinds everyone in visible range
| A floating crystal that slowly heals those faithful to Nar'sie. Heals brute, burn, and bloodloss damage. Also slowly turns the surrounding floor into engraved floor. Engraved floors allow for significantly faster rune scribing and are distinctly cultish in appearance, which may alert the crew if the flooring spreads outside your cult den.
!Yes.
|4 runed metal
|-
|-
!Stun Rune
|[[File:Archives.png|64px]]
join hide technology
!Archives
!Unlike other runes, this ons is supposed to be used in talisman form. When invoked directly, it simply releases some dark energy, briefly stunning everyone around. When imbued into a talisman, you can force all of its energy into one person, stunning him so hard he cant even speak. However, effect wears off rather fast. This talisman is basically a cult version of stun baton. Stun time is rather short (15 ticks), and mute time is even shorter (5 ticks) but unlike other weapons, it can be concealed and not visible when held in hand. Use it to stun candidates for conversion in case they refuse to join you, or robust the security with these.
|A desk covered in arcane manuscripts and tomes in unknown languages. Looking at the text makes your skin crawl. By using it, you are able to create a Zealot's Blindfold, which lets you see in the dark, gives you a medical hud, and is flash proof; a Veil Shifter, a 4 use teleporter that sends you forward a medium distance; a Void Torch. which lets you teleport objects to other cultists; or a Shuttle Curse, which when used, delays the escape shuttle for 3 minutes. You can only use two shuttle curses each round. After using the archives, it needs some time to recharge.
!Yes.
|3 runed metal
|-
|[[File:Runed_airlock.png|64px]]
!Runed door
|Only opens for cultists. Useful securing your base, but a dead giveaway that a cult is onboard. Non-cultists who attempt to use these airlocks are stunned and thrown back hard. Try it in zero-gravity, catapult them into space!
|1 runed metal
|-
|-
!Armor Rune
hell destroy other
!Cultists now have access to real weapons and hooded robes that double as armor. There is the Cult Blade (An energy sword), Cult robes (armored robes), and Cult Hoodie (armored hoodie), as well as a backpack (the Chaplain's trophy rack), and Cult Boots (essentially grey jackboots). To invoke, simply activate the rune with an open hand to recieve the cult blade, likewise with the robes and hoodie. Just have the slots open. These will robust people and borgs very fast.
!Yes.
|}
|}
==Constructs==
Robust cultists will likely want to enlist the services of a few constructs. To create a construct, a cultist requires:
*A filled soul stone, either by sacrificing a human, or capturing a soul manually with a stone from an artificer.
*An empty shell, either by casting Twisted Construction on 50 metal sheets, from an artificer, or from an archive.
When the filled soul stone shard is used on an empty shell, the cultist will be allowed to choose the desired construct to create. Keep in mind these guys are pretty much a dead giveaway that there is cult activity on the station, so try to be covert about it in the beginning.
[[Construct|A complete guide to constructs can be found here]]. Artificers will poop out new Soulstone Shards and Shells, wraiths can kill the AI, and Juggernauts are great tanks.
==Threats to the Cult==
Even with access to a large number of different runes and talismans, there are still several threats to the cult on the station.
===[[Clockwork Cult|Ratvarian Scum]] [[File:servant_of_ratvar.png]]===
The followers of Ratvar want nothing more than do summon their machine god, so it can take revenge on our beloved Nar'sie. Due to their connection to Ratvar, they or their constructs cannot be converted, but they also can´t convert followers of Nar'sie. As such, Ratvarian magic will be more effective against Nar-Sian cultists. The opposite is also true; much of Nar'sie's magic is more effective against Ratvar's servants.
===[[Security]] and the [[Chaplain]] [[File:Generic_hos.png]][[File:Generic_chaplain.png]]===
Unprepared cultists will have trouble defending themselves against the united power of security, especially if the Chaplain Helps them. The Chaplain is able to turn normal water into Holy Water, which will turn cultists back into normal people if it stays in their system for long enough. The Chaplain is also immune to cult magic, and his bible is able to make hidden runes visible.
==Tips==
*Cultists can know a rune's name and effects by examining it.
*Your dagger is a robust melee weapon with 15 damage and good armor-piercing, it can also be sharpened to further increase its lethality.
* Always be ready to summon a cultist in trouble. <b>Stunned or restrained cultists cannot call for help on the cult communion, so keep an eye on the Common channel. If you see a cultist being arrested be sure to report it in communion so they can be rescued before it's too late! You can also use the spirit rune to check for cultists in trouble, or ask ghosts for the location of dead cultists to revive</b>.
*The power of the Dark Spirit is an incredibly potent exploration tool, and ghosts can give you precious hints.
*The chaplain's weapon makes them immune to most of your magic. Don't attempt to use stun spells on them while they have their weapon, or you will get discovered and likely killed - they require a more blunt approach.
*Cultists often find a use for medibots. Having a single bot with a low threshold, backed up by brutepacks or pylons, can keep your cult in fighting shape. Careful with your EMP spells.
*Get some plasteel either from technological fabricators (Stock parts > plasteel alloy) in science or engineering, the ORM, or EVA storage, or deconstructing reinforced walls/tables if you are desperate.
*The EMP spell, Twisted Construction, and Apocalypse Rune are all incredibly useful access tools. They can get you almost anywhere, just don't forget your crowbar (or your health)!
* Manifest Spirit is useful for getting those missing cultists you need for the Nar'sie rune, or any rune.
*A [[construct]] can quickly take down an [[AI]]. The best one to do the job is the Wraith, it can jaunt on top of the cores and take down the AI down before the crew can respond, but any construct can break down walls and ignore taser turrets.
*Drawing a rune on a cult floor is 50% faster than on a normal floor (except the Nar'sie rune).
*If the Harvesters bring enough people to Nar'sie you may or may not get a special ending.
* You may be tempted to try converting the Free Golems down in mining but be warned, Adamantine Golems are '''anti-magic''' and your spells will not work on them, similarly, Silver and Cloth Golems are Holy and will also be immune to your conversion.
* Making your own Golems through [[Guide to Xenobiology|Xenobiology]] will automatically give them the cultist status.
*Do not use your spells on those you know have holy melons. It will be nullified so it's best to engage these targets with your sword or dagger.
* You must make sure there is a soul in the soul stone, or nothing will happen when you press a construct with it.
*1 minute is taken off of the Anchor Bloodstone timer for every standing bloodstone on station.
==Nar'sie==
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[[File:Narsie.gif|512px]]
Once you've completed the ritual, Nar'sie will come forth.


== Journal of the Arch Heretic (Cultists can not into space) ==
Her destructive power is unmatched, transforming the bodies of the unenlightened and twisting the very walls to suit her image.
Today was a good day for the True Believers. We managed to get to the abandoned shuttle and set up camp there. I had the time to read through my book and translate everything and gathered everyone at the [[White Ship]] to lay seige to the station. We even managed to steal a communications board and killed the research director for his ID card to keep the shuttle from ever coming. The more ghost legions we sent to the station, the more bodies they sent back to us, allowing a way for the etherals to stay tied to this mortal realm.  It took a while but we located the captain, killed him and sacrificed his body to the great one. All we left behind on the station was our mark, blood, gibs, and the bodies of the many non believers. They are sending our escape shuttle to another station....and we will cleanse that station too. Below I have listed the most effective means of showing the feeble minded the might of Nar-Sie. Even the Singularity is no match for great Nar-Sie.


=== How to into Space ===
Few things are capable of challenging Nar'sie's sheer power.
The biggest problem facing the cult is getting caught early or not being able to research words. Here is a fun and easy way to to get into space to safely research. Get a toolbox, a firesuit, gloves if possible and a few cups of robust coffee.  Proceed to the chapel and if the chaplain is there, ask him to massdrive you, sending you to the derelict. If the chaplain isnt there, break down the wall and grab a coffin to put into the mass driver.Once you have hit the derelict, drink your coffee and go into the pressurized and warm environment to the east. A space suit will be north from there. As a note, the abandoned ship makes the best base with wall runes as it cannot be broken into except by the chaplain.


=== Ghost Legion ===
One of them is Ratvar.
If you were smart, you researched your words and you can now manifest an army. This requires a medibot (but medibots are useless now) for sustained use. What you need will be an active teleport rune that goes to the main station, 3 or 4 cult armor runes and a manifest ghost rune. Manifest as many ghosts as you have armor for, have them teleport to the station to MAIM BURN AND KILL.


=== Summoning others by yourself ===
If Nar'sie and Ratvar encounter one another,
If you are by yourself, you can still summon your cultist friends. Set up a manifest ghost next to a summon cultist (or free cultist) rune and manifest two ghosts. Have the two ghosts help summon your friend.


=== No medibot ===
Th̗̮̪̹́ͅe̘n̺ ̤̣͟ơ͙͈̻n̵̘̦l̫̬̀ͅyͅ ̲ò̮̤n̼̻̼̖̭̪͠ͅe̬͚͕̲̻̰ ҉͚̞͙̞̭̼s̡͖h̜̻̞̣̩̟ͅa̴͉͍̯̟͎̠l̳̝̖̫͞ḷ͔̘̞͞ ̯̞̥̱̲͙̕ͅe̛̙m̦̻̗̹̝̹͘e͈r̫g͕͉̠e͢ ̮͎̗̮̭̭̝a̱͍͍ͅl͙̗͔̹̻̗͈i͕͕̣̫̳̞v̗͈͍͝e.̛̟
On the chance that you are on the mining station or just dont have a medibot, you can still heal yourself. Set up a blood drain rune next to a manifest ghost rune. Manifest the ghost and have him stand on the blood drain rune and drain him of life. Rinse and repeat as needed.
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=== [[Construct]]s ===
Using the supply-paper starting cultists are granted from their dark lord, they are able to create an army of shades and constructs. This can be used to bring those to your side who typically would never do so on their own, like the chaplain or security officers. A wise move is to create an artificer first, which saves you valuable points on the supply-paper.


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ENEMY STAFF
Cultist.png
Follower of Nar'sie
Access: Whatever you have
Additional Access: Wherever a teleportation rune is
Difficulty: Medium
Supervisors: Nar'sie
Duties: Brainwashing everyone and summoning the avatar of entropy
Guides: How to newbloodcult for hyperdunces
Quote: NAR'SIE HAS RISEN

Gamemode in rotation

The Geometer of Blood, Nar'sie, has sent a number of her followers to Space Station 13. As a cultist, you have an abundance of cult magics at your disposal, something for all situations. You must work with your brethren to summon an avatar of your eldritch goddess!

Several cultists will arrive at the station. When you spawn, you'll find a ritual dagger and 10 runed metal in your bag. The dagger is essential for drawing runes and removing them, while the runed metal is used to make valuable structures and fortifications.

Objectives

Your objective requires you to sacrifice a certain crewmember and summon Nar'sie.


The general path of action of the cult and those in it:

  1. From a discrete location, contact your allies through your Commune button.
    Warning: When communing with the cult, any nearby crew can see and hear you whispering, potentially revealing your cult. Be careful!.
    Important: Communication and teamwork is essential! If you fail to read the guide, you will probably fuck up the round for everybody, prove unworthy for the cult of Nar'sie, and possibly even be banned from becoming an antagonist!
  2. Choose a Cult Master, usually being the most experienced player or the one with the most advantageous access level. More on this later.
  3. Find an area to convert into a base, usually accessible by one or more members of the cult, but well-hidden enough that security or crew won't find it easily.
  4. Set up a teleport rune, so all cultists can access it. Inform the cultists that a teleport rune is ready. If you teleport to the base, try to have a hidden teleport rune to get you back; otherwise, you could be stuck!
  5. Set up an empowering rune and then prepare up to four blood spells. Stun spells are your bread and butter - but diversifying with spells like EMP, Teleport, Blood Rites, etc. will ensure you're ready for anything.
  6. Convert new members, or sacrifice implanted crew, on the offer rune. Combine the filled Soulstone Shards from sacrificed humans to create powerful cult constructs!
  7. Use teamwork, or the spirit rune, to find your sacrifice target. Remember, stun magic won't work if the chaplain has his null rod. Kill the sacrifice target and place them on an offer rune with 2 other cultists nearby.
  8. Prepare to summon Nar'sie. She can only be summoned in a few locations and the crew will fight desperately to stop you! Make sure you have enough cultists and equipment to withstand their assault.
  9. Gather 9 cultists on the final rune to summon Nar'sie!
  10. 4 bloodstones will appear throughout the station. Protect them.
  11. One of the bloodstones will be chosen as the Anchor from which Nar'sie will rise. Protect it with your life!


Sacrifice

REMINDER: One cultist is required to sacrifice a dead body, three for a live one, standing adjacent to the rune.

To please Nar'sie, you must find and sacrifice your target using an offer rune. Only then you can scribe the Summon Nar'sie rune.

Nar'sie HAS RISEN

After you have sacrificed your target, you can summon Nar'sie. Nar'sie can only be summoned in one of three rooms randomly chosen at round start. Drawing the summon rune takes 45 seconds and creates a weak shield around the caster but alarms the entire station of your location, so prepare to fight. After it's drawn, 9 cultists, constructs, or summoned ghosts must stand on the rune, which can then be invoked to manifest Nar'sie herself. Once the rune has been activated, 4 bloodstones will appear throughout the station. One of the surviving bloodstones will be chosen as the Anchor from which Nar'sie in come. Protect it with your life, or the cult loses.

The Cult Master and You Cultist.png

The Cult Master is the leader of your cult, the main driving force behind your goal to summon Nar'sie. The Cult Master has access to a wide variety of abilities to assist the cult in achieving its goals. Make sure to protect and serve him/her at all costs, as they are the key to the cult's success!


So, how does one become the Master?

When the round first starts, an additional button along with your Commune verb will be available. The "Assert Leadership" button will allow you to apply for the Cult Master status. Once a member of the cult asserts their leadership, an announcement will be made to all cultists. After a few seconds, a vote will be called where the cult can vote whether or not they want that person as the Cult Master. If the vote passes, the player will gain the Cult Master's abilities. If you are not the Master, make sure to follow his/her orders, as they are now your superior!


Being The Master of Wrist Cutting

So, you asserted your leadership and won the vote of the cult. Congratulations on your promotion to Cult Master! I hope you know what you are doing. If you have experience playing as a department head this shouldn't be too different, minus the killing and summoning elder gods part.

To summon Nar'sie, you are going to need to keep organized and grow your numbers as much as possible while remaining hidden. As the Cult Master, your Commune power is enhanced, making all of your messages large and bolded just like when you use a megaphone. This will assist greatly in organizing the cult, as the other cultists will be able to easily see your messages among the common radio rabble.


Here is a quick reference guide on what you should be doing as the Cult Master:

  1. Determine a hidden, easily defendable location for your cultists to congregate. They will need a place to create runes and structures to assist the cult.
  2. Beat back and silence any potential intruders to your hideout.
  3. Stay back and relay information and orders with use of the Spirit Realm rune, and let your goons handle the dirty work. Make sure to have a Medbot, Pylon or some other source of healing nearby so you don't drain your life completely.
  4. Staying at the base helps you reach the two-cultist requirement you need to convert someone. When a fellow cultist manages to snag and send back an unconverted crewmember, you will be there to bring them into the cult.
  5. Lead your brethren into battle when the time comes to face the crew head on!
  6. Use your unique powers to move things around, target foes for your fellow cultists and use the Final Reckoning when you are ready to summon Nar'sie herself!



In the end, you call the shots. Your cult doesn't have to be run like this; experiment and find what works and doesn't! Even if you lose (odds are you will lose... a lot), you'll be better prepared for the next time the Cult of Nar'sie needs a leader.


Cult Master Powers

As the Cult Master, you have access to a handful of powerful and versatile occult powers to assist you and the rest of the cult. These powers can be accessed from the HUD on the top left. The powers are as follows:

Name Description Cooldown
Final Reckoning.png Final Reckoning A single-use spell that brings the entire cult to the master's location. Useful for when it's time to summon Nar'sie and you need the whole cult to help defend and invoke. Please note that this is a one-use ability. If you screw up, it's on you! One Use
Mark Target.png Mark Target Marks a designated player target that you select with your cursor for the cult to be marked as top-priority for 90 seconds. Successfully marking a person sends a message to the entire cult, giving the name and location of the target. Useful for calling your entire cult to attack a specific target.

After using this ability, it goes on a 120-second cooldown.

120 Seconds
Eldritch Pulse.png Eldritch Pulse Seize upon a fellow cultist or cult structure and send it through time and space to a nearby location on your screen. A very versatile ability with many potential applications. Teleport a cultist into the armory! Teleport cultists into inaccessible areas! Teleport cultists and structures away from harm! Teleport cultists behind a security raid to flank them! Limitless potential!

After using this ability, it goes on a 15-second cooldown.

15 Seconds

The Ritual Dagger Render.png

Your dagger is your most important tool and has several functions:

  • You can draw runes with it.
  • Hitting a cultist or reagent container with it converts Holy Water inside into Unholy Water.
  • Hitting a non-cultist with it will result in you stabbing them (huh), dealing 15 armor-piercing brute damage.
  • Hitting runes with it removes them after a short delay.
  • Hitting cult structure with it will unanchor and anchor them, allowing you to move them around.

If you're in a position that would usually wander the halls, try to seek out your fellow cultists in person. If not, check in with your brothers using your Commune verb, but do this in private, to prevent people from hearing your whispers. A lot of jobs have access to isolated areas of the station that are great for this, and there's also space. Remember, if you get caught, you endanger the entire cult.

Blood Spells Bloodspells.png

Blood spells can be created at any time via an action button that appears below your character. However, blood spells created without an empowering rune will take longer, cause significant blood loss, and will cap your spell count at two (Empowering Runes allow up to 5 spells). Blood spells are limited-use tools that disappear after they're spent, and they're your bread and butter when fighting the crew. Make sure to try and have a stun spell and a teleport spell with you, to escape risky situations.

List of Available Spells

Name Description Health Cost/No. of Charges
Stun A potent spell that will stun and mute victims upon contact. Effects become much weaker as the cult grows in size. Mindshielded personnel such as members of security and the captain are completely immune to it. 10 HP
Teleport A useful spell that teleports cultists to a chosen destination with a teleport rune on contact. 7 HP
Electromagnetic Pulse A large spell that discharges a wide EMP, disabling and scrambling electronics. 10 HP
Shadow Shackles A stealthy spell that will handcuff and temporarily silence your victim. Useful for subduing crew. 4 Charges
Twisted Construction A sinister spell used to convert: Plasteel into runed metal, 50 metal into a construct shell and airlocks into runed airlocks (combat mode toggled on) 12 HP
Summon Equipment A crucial spell that enables you to summon either a ritual dagger or a full set of combat gear including armored robes, a Nar'sien bola, and an eldritch longsword. 1 Charge
Hallucinations A ranged and stealthy spell that will secretly induce hallucinations in your target. 4 Charges
Conceal Runes A multi-function spell that alternates between hiding and revealing nearby runes and cult structures. 10 Charges
Blood Rites A spell that allows you to gather blood from the floor, or from live victims. Then, you can expend the blood to heal yourself or others. Or, you can use the spell in hand to summon a blood spear, cast blood bolt barrage, or cast blood beam. A blood spear is a robust two-handed weapon that can be recalled to your hand if it has a clear path back to you. The blood spear can also be thrown, which causes it to shatter and stun whoever it hits. Casting blood bolt barrage temporarily grants you the ability to launch powerful projectiles from your hand, similar to the wizard's arcane barrage. This spell requires both hands to be free in order to use it to its maximum strength. Casting blood beam will cause you to start channeling a powerful ritual. Once the channel is complete, you will launch a series of projectiles in a cone in front of you. These projectiles pierce through structures, and will convert any walls, floors, airlocks, and windows they pass through into their cult variant in addition to damaging any non-cultists they pass through. 5 Charges

Runes

The Ritual Dagger allows you to scribe any of these runes, using Scribe Rune. Simply pick the rune you want, and wait until completion. Scribing a rune deals minor damage, since you need to cut your wrists to get the necessary blood.

Name Description Invokers Required Phrase Rune
Offering Rune Instantly converts a normal crewmember on top of it to the cult, healing them for 75% of their brute and burn damage, and spawning a ritual dagger. Mindshield-implanted crew cannot be converted, only sacrificed - therefore it is recommended that you quickly finish off security victims before their radio or suit sensors can give you away!

If the target is dead, is ineligible for conversion, or is the required sacrifice target, they'll be sacrificed instead; this will gib them, and create a Soulstone Shard that can be used to power a construct.

1 to sacrifice dead targets, 2 to convert, 3 to sacrifice the objective or living targets Mah'weyh pleggh at e'ntrath! Sacrifice rune.png
Empowering Rune Allows cultists to prepare greater amounts of blood magic at far less of a cost. While standing on an empowering rune, the spell count is capped at 4 instead of 1. Additionally, preparing blood magic takes far less time, and you don't lose as much blood while doing it. 1 H'drak v'loso, mir'kanas verbot! Empowerrune.png
Teleport Rune This rune warps everything above it to another teleport rune when used. Creating a teleport rune will allow you to set a tag for it.
Warning: Teleporting from Lavaland or Space will make the destination rune glow brightly and open a rift in reality that may not only reveal the rune, but the location of your main base as well, choose your rune locations wisely!
1 Sas'so c'arta forbici! Teleport rune.png
Revive Rune Whenever someone is sacrificed on a Convert rune, they add one (global) charge to this rune. Placing a cultist corpse on the rune and activating it will bring it back to life, expending 3 charges.

This will inflict 40% of the invoker current health to them as brute damage and 60 brute damage to the revived corpse.

1 Pasnar val'keriam usinar. Savrae ines amutan. Yam'toth remium il'tarat! Raisedead rune.png
Barrier Rune When invoked, makes a 30 second invisible wall to block passage. Can be invoked again to reverse this. Examine the rune to see how much time the barrier has left. 1 Khari'd! Eske'te tannin! Wall rune.png
Summoning Rune This rune allows you to instantly summon any living cultist to the rune, consuming it afterward. This rune will only work on the main space station, but can grab cultists from almost any location! Does not work on restrained cultists who are buckled or being pulled. 2 N'ath reth sh'yro eth d'rekkathnor! Summon rune.png
Blood Boil Rune When invoked, it saps some health from the invokers to send three damaging pulses to anyone who can see the rune, causing 75 burn damage. When the effect is over the rune will briefly set fire to anything over it.

Some species, such as golems, do not have blood, and thus are immune to this rune.

3 Dedo ol'btoh! Boil rune.png
Rune of the Spirit Realm This rune gives you two powerful options:

(1) To manifest ghosts as semitransparent homunculi, which are effectively weak, humanoid, armed and armored cultists with no self preservation instinct. To sustain these homunculi, you must remain on the rune, and each homunculi you have summoned will deal brute damage to you over time. This option is only available on the space station itself - the veil is not weak enough in space or on Lavaland to give spirits a physical form!

(2) To ascend as a dark spirit. This option costs no health to use and will give you the virtually unlimited knowledge of a Ghost! You can use information given to you by ghosts in this form, commune with the cult with your booming voice, and even mark a target that will be "pinpointed" for the rest of the cult. You can even use this function after manifesting homunculi to help guide them in combat - manifested ghosts can also see regular ghosts and therefore can see your dark spirit as you lead them in battle!

1 Gal'h'rfikk harfrandid mud'gib! Manifest rune.png
Apocalypse A harbinger of the end times. It scales depending on the crew's strength relative to the cult. Effect includes a massive (often stationwide) EMP, unique hallucination for non-cultists, and if the cult is doing poorly, certain events. The rune can only occur in the Nar'sie ritual sites and will prevent Nar'sie from being summoned there in the future. Similarly to the Ritual of Dimensional Rending, the Apocalypse rune can only be scribed in one of the 3 ritual areas. After the Apocalypse rune has been scribed, that particular ritual area can no longer be used to summon Nar'sie.


If the cult makes up <15% of current players, and an apocalypse rune is scribed, a D100 is rolled

  • If 1 - 10: Disease Outbreak + Mice Migration
  • If 11 - 20: Radiation Storm
  • If 21 - 30: Brand Intelligence
  • If 31 - 40: Immovable Rod x3
  • If 41 - 50: Meteor Wave
  • If 51 - 60: Spider Infestation
  • If 61 - 70: Localized hyper-energetic flux wave, Gravitational anomaly, Pyroclastic anomaly, Localized high-intensity vortex anomaly
  • If 71 - 80: Space Vines, Grey Tide
  • If 81 - 100: Nar'sian Portal Storm (spawns AI-controlled Nar'sian constructs similarly to a Syndicate Portal Storm)
3 Ta'gh fara'qha fel d'amar det! Apocalypse.png
Ritual of Dimensional Rending This rune tears apart dimensional barriers, calling forth the Geometer. It needs a free 3x3 space, and can only be summoned in 3 areas around the station. To start drawing it the requested target must have already been sacrificed. Starting to draw this rune creates a weak forcefield around the caster and alarms the entire station of its location. The caster must be defended for 45 seconds before it's complete.

After it's drawn, 9 cultists (5 if the invoker is the cult leader), constructs, or summoned ghosts must stand on the rune. After this, the cult must protect 4 Bloodstones scattered around the station, and then the Anchor Bloodstone.

9 TOK-LYR RQA-NAP G'OLT-ULOFT!! Rune large.png


Structures

By using a construction talisman on platsteel, you are able to get runed metal. With it, you can build several structures, with unique powers. You can unanchor cult buildings by hitting them with your tome. Using "Conceal Runes" near these structures will make them turn invisible, and make runed doors look like regular airlocks.

Name Description Cost
Altar.png Altar A bloodstained altar dedicated to Nar'sie. By using it, you are able to create an Eldritch Whetstone to sharpen your weapon, a Construct Shell, or a Flask of Unholy Water which heals cultists and greatly reduces stuns, or can be thrown to poison non-cultists. After using the altar, it needs some time to recharge. 3 runed metal
Forge.gif Forge A forge used in crafting the unholy weapons used by the armies of Nar'sie. By using it, you are able to create a Shielded Robe, which creates a powerful shield around the user which blocks any three attacks, a Flagellant's Robe, which makes you faster, but at the cost of increasing damage taken by 50%, and a mirror shield that can block 50% of attacks while providing distracting illusions, or serve as a potent -bouncing- thrown weapon that will knockdown on impact and return to you after a successful hit! After using the forge, it needs some time to recharge. 3 runed metal
Pylon.gif Pylon A floating crystal that slowly heals those faithful to Nar'sie. Heals brute, burn, and bloodloss damage. Also slowly turns the surrounding floor into engraved floor. Engraved floors allow for significantly faster rune scribing and are distinctly cultish in appearance, which may alert the crew if the flooring spreads outside your cult den. 4 runed metal
Archives.png Archives A desk covered in arcane manuscripts and tomes in unknown languages. Looking at the text makes your skin crawl. By using it, you are able to create a Zealot's Blindfold, which lets you see in the dark, gives you a medical hud, and is flash proof; a Veil Shifter, a 4 use teleporter that sends you forward a medium distance; a Void Torch. which lets you teleport objects to other cultists; or a Shuttle Curse, which when used, delays the escape shuttle for 3 minutes. You can only use two shuttle curses each round. After using the archives, it needs some time to recharge. 3 runed metal
Runed airlock.png Runed door Only opens for cultists. Useful securing your base, but a dead giveaway that a cult is onboard. Non-cultists who attempt to use these airlocks are stunned and thrown back hard. Try it in zero-gravity, catapult them into space! 1 runed metal

Constructs

Robust cultists will likely want to enlist the services of a few constructs. To create a construct, a cultist requires:

  • A filled soul stone, either by sacrificing a human, or capturing a soul manually with a stone from an artificer.
  • An empty shell, either by casting Twisted Construction on 50 metal sheets, from an artificer, or from an archive.

When the filled soul stone shard is used on an empty shell, the cultist will be allowed to choose the desired construct to create. Keep in mind these guys are pretty much a dead giveaway that there is cult activity on the station, so try to be covert about it in the beginning.

A complete guide to constructs can be found here. Artificers will poop out new Soulstone Shards and Shells, wraiths can kill the AI, and Juggernauts are great tanks.

Threats to the Cult

Even with access to a large number of different runes and talismans, there are still several threats to the cult on the station.

Ratvarian Scum Servant of ratvar.png

The followers of Ratvar want nothing more than do summon their machine god, so it can take revenge on our beloved Nar'sie. Due to their connection to Ratvar, they or their constructs cannot be converted, but they also can´t convert followers of Nar'sie. As such, Ratvarian magic will be more effective against Nar-Sian cultists. The opposite is also true; much of Nar'sie's magic is more effective against Ratvar's servants.

Security and the Chaplain Generic hos.pngGeneric chaplain.png

Unprepared cultists will have trouble defending themselves against the united power of security, especially if the Chaplain Helps them. The Chaplain is able to turn normal water into Holy Water, which will turn cultists back into normal people if it stays in their system for long enough. The Chaplain is also immune to cult magic, and his bible is able to make hidden runes visible.

Tips

  • Cultists can know a rune's name and effects by examining it.
  • Your dagger is a robust melee weapon with 15 damage and good armor-piercing, it can also be sharpened to further increase its lethality.
  • Always be ready to summon a cultist in trouble. Stunned or restrained cultists cannot call for help on the cult communion, so keep an eye on the Common channel. If you see a cultist being arrested be sure to report it in communion so they can be rescued before it's too late! You can also use the spirit rune to check for cultists in trouble, or ask ghosts for the location of dead cultists to revive.
  • The power of the Dark Spirit is an incredibly potent exploration tool, and ghosts can give you precious hints.
  • The chaplain's weapon makes them immune to most of your magic. Don't attempt to use stun spells on them while they have their weapon, or you will get discovered and likely killed - they require a more blunt approach.
  • Cultists often find a use for medibots. Having a single bot with a low threshold, backed up by brutepacks or pylons, can keep your cult in fighting shape. Careful with your EMP spells.
  • Get some plasteel either from technological fabricators (Stock parts > plasteel alloy) in science or engineering, the ORM, or EVA storage, or deconstructing reinforced walls/tables if you are desperate.
  • The EMP spell, Twisted Construction, and Apocalypse Rune are all incredibly useful access tools. They can get you almost anywhere, just don't forget your crowbar (or your health)!
  • Manifest Spirit is useful for getting those missing cultists you need for the Nar'sie rune, or any rune.
  • A construct can quickly take down an AI. The best one to do the job is the Wraith, it can jaunt on top of the cores and take down the AI down before the crew can respond, but any construct can break down walls and ignore taser turrets.
  • Drawing a rune on a cult floor is 50% faster than on a normal floor (except the Nar'sie rune).
  • If the Harvesters bring enough people to Nar'sie you may or may not get a special ending.
  • You may be tempted to try converting the Free Golems down in mining but be warned, Adamantine Golems are anti-magic and your spells will not work on them, similarly, Silver and Cloth Golems are Holy and will also be immune to your conversion.
  • Making your own Golems through Xenobiology will automatically give them the cultist status.
  • Do not use your spells on those you know have holy melons. It will be nullified so it's best to engage these targets with your sword or dagger.
  • You must make sure there is a soul in the soul stone, or nothing will happen when you press a construct with it.
  • 1 minute is taken off of the Anchor Bloodstone timer for every standing bloodstone on station.

Nar'sie

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Once you've completed the ritual, Nar'sie will come forth.

Her destructive power is unmatched, transforming the bodies of the unenlightened and twisting the very walls to suit her image.

Few things are capable of challenging Nar'sie's sheer power.

One of them is Ratvar.

If Nar'sie and Ratvar encounter one another,

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Antagonists on Yogstation

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Individual Antagonists Traitor, Internal Affairs, Changeling, Vampire, Wizard
Team Antagonists Blood Brothers, Nuclear Operative, Blood Cult, Clockwork Cult, Gangster, Heretic, Darkspawn
Mid-Round Antagonists Abductor, Xenomorph, Revenant, Space Ninja, Holoparasite, Swarmers, Blob, Obsessed, Eldritch Horror
Rare Antagonists Devil
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Traitor, Internal Affairs and Blood Brothers

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Changeling

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Bloodsuckers

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Nuclear Emergency

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Revolution

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Gang War

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Blood Cult

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Clockwork Cult

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Shadowling

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Wizard

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Malfunction

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Heretic

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Other Modes