Mind Vessel
Summary
Mind Vessel is a national spell exclusive to EA R'lyeh, Time of Aboleths. It is described ingame as: putting a part of the Aboleth's mind in a humanlike vessel that has been bred for this purpose. The vessel will have little left of its own mind and the Aboleth part will have to guide it along. After the merging of minds the vessel will be able to use its old magic knowledge as well as that of the Aboleth.
This spell sets the Astral level of the target to be the same as the Caster's, can only be cast by creatures like Aboleths and Grandmothers, and can only target an Androdai
Mechanics
Can only target monsters with a specific tag (Searchable in ModInspector's advanced search as "mindvessel")
Can only be cast by monsters with a specific tag (Searchable in ModInspector's advanced search as "aboleth")
Adds the "Commands a Slave Vessel" tag to the Caster/Aboleth
Adds the "Is a Slave Vessel" tag to the Slave Vessel
Sets the base
Astral path magic level of the "Slave Vessel" to the current base Astral level of the Aboleth
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If the Aboleth dies, the Slave Vessel will also die the same turn
Cannot be successfully cast while the Aboleth already has the "Commands a Slave Vessel" tag
Cannot be successfully cast if targeting an Androdai which already has the "Is a Slave Vessel" tag
Notes
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Magic Boosting items work as normal on Slave Vessels, and will not boost the Astral level of their Aboleth
Magic Boosting items like a Crystal Coin will not increase the true base level of the Aboleth, and therefore will NOT boost the Slave Vessel's Astral level
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Performing an Empowerment will increase the base level of the Aboleth, and therefore will boost the Slave Vessel's Astral level
Performing an astral Empowerment on the Slave Vessel will not increase their Astral Level
This will consume the gems used by the Empowerment, and will result in a "(Unit Name) successfully empowered himself in Astral." message, but their level will remain the same as their Aboleth's
Empowering again will cost the same amount of gems as before, proving that the Slave Vessel's base level remains the same
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If the Aboleth becomes Feebleminded, their Slave Vessel will lose all Astral skill
This will be visually seen the following turn, assuming the cause of Feeblemind was applying an item like Slave Collar
The Aboleth will have their cost to Empower be the same as if they were not Feebleminded, once Feeblemind is cured they will have their magic paths back
The Slave Vessel's empowerment screen will show an option to go from 0 to 1 Astral skill
If the Slave Vessel becomes Feebleminded they will keep all their paths, even their non Astral paths
They will also not suffer reduced Attack, Magic Resistance, or any other effect of Feeblemind
Potentially just a mindless thing?
Death
If the Aboleth dies, the Slave Vessel die by the time the next turn is shown
If the Aboleth dies in a battle where the Slave Vessel is present, the Slave Vessel will not die immediately but instead continue fighting until the end of battle
The Slave Vessel will still die by the start of the next turn
If the Slave Vessel dies, the Aboleth will lose the "Commands a Slave Vessel" tag and otherwise be unaffected
Eligibility
Can be cast by: Giboleth-1403, Gibodai-1522, Aboleth-1522, Abodai-2883, Grandmother-2886, Mind Lord-1522, Mind Lord-1691, Aboleth-660, Polypal Queen-1402, First Spawn-3098, Necrodai-3451, Necrodai-3452
Notably excludes Polypal Mother, Polypal Spawn, Androleth, and Androdai
Notably includes the MA/LA R'lyeh Aboleth hero
Potential Uses
Sources of Info