Work in progress: Acolyte is being built toward this design, and current game
behavior differs in places.
Acolytes serve a divine patron. They heal, curse, bless, bargain, cleanse,
resurrect, read omens, walk pilgrimages, consecrate ground, and protect allies
through faith.
Every Acolyte has a patron and a vocation.
Daily service looks like this:
Serve a patron through prayer, taboo, offering, and rite
Build Devotion through service, pilgrimages, trials, and prayer use
Use shared prayers in the patron's style
Unlock patron rites and vocation training at Devotion thresholds
Read omens, follow portents, and keep shrine work active
Patron choice remains until the character leaves the guild. Vocation shapes
play without replacing the patron.
Patron Power Training Taboos
Mitra Light, mercy, truth, cleansing, resurrection Healing, holy wards, undead repulsion, warhorses, paladin training Cruelty, corruption, dishonor, hostile bargains Set Chaos, ambition, shadow, bargains, curses Dark pacts, leeching, fear, fragility, anti-paladin training Weakness, broken bargains, wasted power, betrayal of Set Gaea Stewardship, renewal, purification, sacred law Blight cleansing, living wards, rain, stone, roots, no metal Metal armor, unnatural corruption, severance from the living cycle Luna Moonlight, dreams, silence, hidden roads Night protection, dream omens, quiet travel, moonlit healing Profaned sanctuary, betrayed hidden roads, abuse of the hunted
Vocation Work Training
Ministry Healing and service Best healing, best resurrection, strongest shrine and pilgrimage work Doctrine Divine casting Stronger curses, seals, judgments, combat omens, and offensive prayers Oath Martial service Shields, weapons, armor, auras, smites, rushes, and divine weapon seals
Devotion measures service to the patron and mastery of Acolyte rites. It opens
thresholds and stays with the character.
Devotion rises through shrine prayer, tithes, offerings, pilgrimages,
patron quests, healing, cleansing, resurrection, consecration, marked enemies,
taboo keeping, prayer use in combat, and patron or vocation trials.
Rank Title Shared unlocks
1 Listener Patron symbol, mend, bless, ward, omen insight 2 Devotee cleanse, shrine offerings, first vocation training3 Keeper consecrate, pilgrimage bonuses, first patron rite4 Vessel guiding strike, mail training, stronger patron channel5 Seer commune, clearer portents, first resurrection training6 Oracle rebuke, improved shrine rites, second vocation training7 Exemplar sanctuary, stronger wards, patron trial rite8 Herald Resurrection mastery, advanced armor training, major vocation rite 9 Radiant Plate Vow or equivalent capstone training, major patron aura 10 Avatar Patron capstone, strongest omen reading, highest resurrection aftermath
Rank Mitra Set Gaea Luna
1 Spark of Mercy Whispered Bargain Seed-Breath Moonlit Murmur 2 Lesser Blessing Blood Price Clean Water Silver Hush 3 Holy Light Chaos Bolt Rooted Sanctuary Dream Omen 4 Seal of Warding Dreadspike Thorn Aegis Quiet Step 5 Truthsense Fragility Blight Purge Reflection Rite 6 Repel Undead Leech Rain Blessing Tide of Mercy 7 Angelic Intercession Anathema Living Aegis Silver Veil 8 Warhorse Shadow Step Earthmeld Hidden Road 9 Sunray Dark Pact Stone Oath Moonlit Vigil 10 Radiant Avatar Dread Avatar Verdant Avatar Lunar Avatar
Rank Ministry Doctrine Oath
1 Better mend Better omens Basic shield prayer 2 Better cleanse Minor judgment Weapon blessing 3 Stronger offerings First curse or binding Guarded stance 4 Group healing rite Stronger offensive prayer Mail training 5 Resurrection preparation Portent blessing Shield rush 6 Strong shrine prayer Stronger rebuke Divine weapon seal 7 Group sanctuary Major curse or seal Front-line aura 8 Resurrection mastery Major omen rite Heavy armor training 9 Mass cleansing Patron judgment Plate Vow 10 Miracle of return Divine sentence Avatar's oath
Practice Acolyte edge
Omens Clearer prophetic language and patron warnings Portents Short tactical blessings, especially for Doctrine and Luna Pilgrimage Devotion, favor, and temporary patron rites Shrines Prayer refreshes minor rites or strengthens consecrated ground Tithes Aligned offerings grant Devotion Holy Hour Patron prayers strengthen and taboos tighten Marked enemies Defeating them grants Devotion and moves the omen cycle
Sigil Use
Faith Reduces Acolyte prayer costs Consecrated Strengthens prayers cast on consecrated ground Protection Reduces incoming damage Warding Improves shield strength received Mercy Improves healing received and given Bargained Reduces immediate costs while reserving a future price Rooted Reduces forced movement and knockdown Moonlit Improves quiet recovery and omen clarity at night Pilgrim Improves shrine and pilgrimage rewards Martyr Reduces ally damage while increasing personal strain
All patrons use the same common prayer list. Patron choice changes messaging,
damage type, side effects, taboos, and secondary bonuses.
Prayer Use
Mend Heal over time or close wounds Bless Short blessing Ward Defensive shield Cleanse Remove affliction Consecrate Mark room or ground Guiding Strike Weapon or attack prayer Rebuke Push back hostile force Commune Ask for guidance Sanctuary Protect or stabilize Resurrect Return the fallen
Resurrection returns the fallen, helps recover the corpse, stabilizes the target
after death, and gives a chance to restore lost level progress.
Patron Aftermath
Mitra Protective shield, brief courage, cleansing light Set Chance to recover some lost experience, with debt or bargain weight Gaea Regeneration, poison or disease cleansing, temporary bond to soil or water Luna Quiet movement, dream clarity, protection from immediate pursuit
Command Use
acolyte, acolytes, ahistUses Acolyte communication prayersLists available prayers and rites patronShows patron, taboos, favor, and rites vocationShows Ministry, Doctrine, or Oath training devoteReviews Devotion rank, vows, debt, and thresholds offerMakes offerings or fulfills bargains consecratePrepares ground for stronger rites omens, portentsReads the current divine balance pilgrimageShows Acolyte pilgrimage guidance pray at shrinePrays at a shrine in the room tithe <amount> at shrineTithes at a shrine in the room