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| Jomon has five curious spells that can only be used by [[Magic|Mage]]-[[Holy|Priests]]. The Holy levels are primary. Lore-wise, these are intended to be used by a ??Monk of the Fivefold Path??; or, to be more precise, each Monk of the Fivefold Path can cast //one// of these. They're rather poor at using these, though. As [[Divine Magic]], the Signs accrue only base [[Encumbrance|Spellcasting Encumbrance]]. | Jomon has five curious spells that can only be used by [[Magic|Mage]]-[[Holy|Priests]]. The Holy levels are primary. Lore-wise, these are intended to be used by a ??Monk of the Fivefold Path??; or, to be more precise, each Monk of the Fivefold Path can cast //one// of these. They're rather poor at using these, though. As [[Divine Magic]], the Signs accrue only base [[Encumbrance|Spellcasting Encumbrance]]. |
| * **??Welcome Sign??** (Divine) \\ {{path>H1F1}} \\ **Extremely-short-range [[Charm|Charming]] with a base [[Magic Resistance|Penetration]] of 7.** This is of dubious utility, most interesting on ??Dai Oni?? thugs or suicidal counter-thugging Monks. In prior ages, where Javelin-tossers were ubiquitous, your average ??Monk of the Fivefold Path?? wouldn't have survived being within 5 squares of the enemy; fortunately, now they only have crossbows (and running ahead of their peers) to worry about. Still, you need a fair few casters to make up for this spell's low Penetration, and spamming {{path>F1H1}} Monks is difficult due to their [[Sacred]] status. | * **??Welcome Sign??** (Divine) \\ {{path>H1F1}} \\ **Extremely-short-range [[Charm|Charming]] with a base [[Magic Resistance|Penetration]] of 7.** This is of dubious utility, most interesting on ??Dai Oni?? thugs or suicidal counter-thugging Monks. In prior ages, where Javelin-tossers were ubiquitous, your average ??Monk of the Fivefold Path?? wouldn't have survived being within 5 squares of the enemy; fortunately, now they only have crossbows (and running ahead of their peers) to worry about. Still, you'll need several casters to make up for this spell's low Penetration, and spamming {{path>F1H1}} Monks is not very easy. |
| * **??Fear-not Sign??** (Divine) \\ {{path>H1A1}} \\ **A short-ranged, small-AOE combination of ??Sermon of Courage?? and ??Air Shield??.** It's notably the only source of Air-Shielding [[underwater]], in case you bump into [[erytheia-la|Erytheian]] crossbowmen under the sea, and it technically scales better with level than ??Protective Winds??; a {{path>A3H2}} ??Dai Tengu?? gets the same AOE coverage from both spells, for example. Air Shield in general is very nice for Jomon, since the country lacks Shields for handling [[Precision#Missile-Combat|crossbow bolts]]. | * **??Fear-not Sign??** (Divine) \\ {{path>H1A1}} \\ **A short-ranged, small-AOE combination of ??Sermon of Courage?? and ??Air Shield??.** It's notably the only source of Air-Shielding [[underwater]], in case you bump into [[erytheia-la|Erytheian]] crossbowmen under the sea, and it technically scales better with level than ??Protective Winds??; a {{path>A3H2}} ??Dai Tengu?? gets the same AOE coverage from both spells, for example. Air Shield in general is very nice for Jomon, since the country lacks Shields for handling [[Precision#Missile-Combat|crossbow bolts]]. |
| * **??Meditation Sign??** (Divine) \\ {{path>H1W1}} \\ **Removes around 15 [[Fatigue]] from the caster:** a pittance for a pittance. Your {{path>W1H1}} Monks won't get much from this Sign, unless you have [[Scales#Magic-and-Drain|Magic Scales]] that put {{gems>1W}} spells under the tipping point, but their [[Communion|Communion Slaves]] (if you give them a ??Sky Metal Matrix??) will find it nice. It should be noted that mage AI doesn't handle Fatigue-reducers very well; if you want them to use this Sign, put it on their script. | * **??Meditation Sign??** (Divine) \\ {{path>H1W1}} \\ **Removes around 15 [[Fatigue]] from the caster:** a pittance for a pittance. Your {{path>W1H1}} Monks won't get much from this Sign, unless you have [[Scales#Magic-and-Drain|Magic Scales]] that put {{gems>1W}} spells under the tipping point, but their [[Communion|Communion Slaves]] (if you give them a ??Sky Metal Matrix??) will find it nice. It should be noted that mage AI doesn't handle Fatigue-reducers very well; if you want them to use this Sign, put it on their script. |
