Alchemy

Alchemy

Alchemy is the skill of either enchanting pre-existing items with magickal powers, or creating magickal items. Doing either an enchantment or a creation involves three things:

1) The presence of two silver cauldrons. 2) Some commodities. 3) Performing a sequence of ritualistic actions.

Each ability help file for enchantment will show you the syntax for creating and using that item, what commodities are required, and what actions you need to perform.

How to

Once you have obtained the necessary commodities, put them in one of the cauldrons. If you are enchanting an item (as opposed to creating), then put the item to be enchanted into the other cauldron.

After doing this, you will need to do either:

BEGIN CREATION OF <whatever>

or

BEGIN ENCHANTMENT OF <whatever> WITH <enchantment>

The exact syntaxes for each one are in the ab help files.

After this, you simply have to perform the relevant actions in the proper order. Once you've done this, merely type END RITUAL. If you've performed everything properly, you will succeed. If not, you will fail, destroying your commodities and item (if enchanting as opposed to creating) in the process.

In the ab file, you will see an "actions" field. These are the actions you must perform for each item.

The actions are as follows:

1)  RING BELL
2)  CHANT <phrase> (different phrase for different products)
3)  BANG DRUM
4)  SPIN AROUND THRICE
5)  LIGHT CANDLE
6)  CLAP HANDS
7)  BURN THE POLYGON
8)  POINT SWORD
9)  BURN INCENSE
10) PLAY HORN
11) STRUM LUTE
12) FLIPCOIN
13) ROLL DICE
14) WAVE ARMS
15) CRUSH QUINCE
16) WAVE FEATHER
17) SQUARE THE CIRCLE

Key: 10x12,9,3x7

do #12 (flipcoin) 10 times
do #9 (burn incense) once, and then
do #7 (burn the polygon) 3 times.

Skill List

Name	Rank	Percent	Description
Worrystone	Inept	0	An unpredictable magical item.
Firelash	Novice	0	A lash of burning fire.
Hearing	Apprentice	0	Hear while otherwise deaf.
Fist	Capable	0	The fist sigil.
Cold	Capable	40	Enchant rings with the power to resist cold.
Waterwalking	Capable	60	Enchant shoes with the power to walk on water.
Flame	Adept	0	The flame sigil.
Beads	Adept	25	Coat yourself in an elemental essence.
Electric	Adept	50	Enchant rings with electric resistance.
Firewall	Adept	75	Create a wall of fire.
Brooch	Skilled	0	Create a brooch of Thanatos.
Enchantprobe	Skilled	20	See what enchantments are on an item.
Key	Skilled	40	The key sigil.
Eye	Skilled	60	A sigil dealing with souls and other dimensions.
Chimes	Skilled	80	Announce your arrival.
Augment	Gifted	0	Increase the power of weapons and armour.
Meteor	Gifted	16	Turn arrows into flaming meteors.
Magick	Gifted	33	Enchant rings with magick resistance.
Knife	Gifted	50	The knife sigil.
Comprehension	Gifted	66	Understand all mortal languages for a time.
Magicklist	Gifted	75	Check the status of your magickal items.
Icewall	Expert	0	Create a blocking wall of ice.
Mushroom	Expert	25	The mushroom sigil.
Whirlwind	Expert	50	The roaring whirlwind of the storm.
Robes	Expert	75	A set of element infused robes.
Concealment	Virtuoso	0	The obfuscating orb of concealment.
Fire	Virtuoso	22	Enchant rings with fire resistance.
Bauble	Virtuoso	44	A magically scented bauble to attract falcons.
Monolith	Virtuoso	72	The monolith sigil.
Dreamcatcher	Fabled	0	Increase regeneration while sleeping.
Negation	Fabled	22	The powerful gem of negation.
Cube	Fabled	45	The vibration-dampening cube sigil.
Pestilence	Fabled	72	Create a ring of pestilence.
Stasis	Mythical	0	Items in the bag of stasis decay more slowly.
Lattice	Mythical	25	Stabilise the flows of magick you control.
Orb	Mythical	50	The demon destroying orb sigil.
Trinket	Mythical	75	Conceal the details of your status from others.
Purity	Transcendent	0	Create a necklace of purity.