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The general path of action of the cult and those in it: | 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 | #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!''' | ||
#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]]. | #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]]. | ||
#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. | #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! | ||
# | #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. | ||
#Convert new members, or sacrifice implanted crew, on the offer rune. Combine the filled Soulstone Shards from sacrificed humans to create powerful cult constructs! | #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 | #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. | ||
#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. | #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. | ||
#Gather 9 cultists on the final rune to summon Nar-Sie! | #Gather 9 cultists on the final rune to summon Nar-Sie! | ||
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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. | 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>=== | ===<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 | 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. | ||
==The Cult Master and You [[File:Cultist.png|32px]]== | ==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 success! | 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! | ||
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!{{anchor|Rite of Offering}}Offering Rune | !{{anchor|Rite of Offering}}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 - <b>therefore it is recommended that you quickly finish off security victims before their radio or suit sensors can give you away!</b> | |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> | ||
If the target is dead, ineligible for conversion or is the required sacrifice target, they'll be sacrificed instead, | 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 | |1 to sacrifice dead targets, 2 to convert, 3 to sacrifice the objective or living targets | ||
|Mah'weyh pleggh at e'ntrath! | |Mah'weyh pleggh at e'ntrath! | ||
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!Rune of the Spirit Realm | !Rune of the Spirit Realm | ||
|This rune gives you two powerful options:<br><br> | |This rune gives you two powerful options:<br><br> | ||
(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 Lavaland to give spirits a physical form!</u><br><br> | (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> | ||
(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! | (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! | ||
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|[[File:Archives.png|64px]] | |[[File:Archives.png|64px]] | ||
!Archives | !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 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 | |3 runed metal | ||
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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. | 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]]=== | ===[[Security]] and the [[Chaplain]] [[File:Generic_hos.png]][[File:Generic_chaplain.png]]=== | ||
Even the best-prepared cultists will have trouble | Even the best-prepared 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== | ==Tips== | ||
*Cultists can know a rune's name and effects by examining it. | *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. | *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 | *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 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. | *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. | *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 > plasma+iron alloy) | *Get some plasteel either from technological fabricators (Stock parts > plasma+iron 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)! | *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. | *Manifest Spirit is useful for getting those missing cultists you need for the Nar'Sie rune, or any rune. | ||
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*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. | *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. | ||
*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. | *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. | *You must make sure there is a soul in the soul stone, or nothing will happen when you press a construct with it. | ||
==Nar-Sie == | ==Nar-Sie == | ||
<center> | <center> | ||