Holy receptacle

[Adhara]

Has anyone successfully used this feature yet? I don't read the official boards about GS4 and would like to know how it works. I have the required ranks of lore and the gems but I don't know where to start...

I thought it might be like imbed but one cannot prepare the spell 325. It says something like "this is not something you can prepare" or some such.

I hear folks that were in alpha testing were able to do it. Any of you know how?

[draconis nematoda]

Last time I checked it hadn't been implemented yet, at least not in Plat.
Go figure.:rolleyes:

Ray

[Adhara]

Ohh Daina yes that's the one. It's 325 and I'd like to know how it works. U2U me how to contact this person if you know how please...

[Geoff]

From Stay's "Lores" post in the mechanics folder (For those who don't know much about the spell.)

325 Holy Receptacle - Spiritual Lore, Blessings: The failure rate of blessing a spell into a gem is decreased by training in Spiritual Lore, Blessings.

Along with the ability to bless spells into gems, Clerics will be able to bless deity powers into gems. This is more restrictive and takes much more skill than normal spell blessing. Currently, there are 5 common blessing spells available to Clerics. The tiers are as follows:

1. Silver to Gold
This spell enables a player to transform a solid silver object to a gold object upon a successful attempt. The primary target for this ability is the silver slabs created from vaporizing a treasure box full of coins. Players may also use this gem on silver wands to create golden wands. This gem is useable by everyone and has 1 to 3 charges max.

Requirements: Blessing Lore 25 skill/5 ranks, Religion Lore 50 skill/10 ranks, Gem Value >= 1.

2. Brimstone
Once thrown or tossed in a room, a gem imbued with this spell will attempt to strike creatures in the room. This is dependent upon the character?s skill, the gem value, and the level of the creatures in the room. The gem is useable by everyone and has 1 charge.

Requirements: Summoning Lore 25 skill/5 ranks, Blessing Lore 25 skill/5 ranks, Religion Lore 70 skill/15 ranks, and Gem Value >=1001.

3. Nexus
This spell imbues a gem with the power of transporting the Cleric and companions to a preset location. The Cleric will set a bind location by tapping the gem in the desired destination room, and then activates the gem by rubbing it. This form of transportation must adhere to the same area restrictions as a gold ring would. The chance of creating a successful Nexus portal depends on the skill of the user along with the value of the gem. The difficulty becomes harder if the room that the Cleric is teleporting from contains hostile creatures. The gem is only useable by Clerics and has 1 charge.

Requirements: Summoning Lore 50 skill/10 ranks, Blessing Lore 25 skill/5 ranks, Religion Lore 90 skill/20 ranks, and Gem Value >=2001.

4. Chrism

This spell imbues a gem with two different abilities. Firstly, when used as a pre-resurrection ritual, the gem must be waved over the body of the corpse by a Cleric. Upon resurrection the previously dead player will have an enhanced rate of recovery to their health, mana and spirit pools. Also, the Death Recovery penalty will be lessened by a certain percentage. Secondly, when used upon the living, the gem has the power to bestow the ability for other players to enter a state of meditation like Clerics, Empaths and Savants. They will receive an enhanced rate of recovery to their health, mana and spirit pools as well. This only lasts for a set amount of time and will only work in rooms where one can meditate. The gem is only useable by Clerics and has 1 charge.

Requirements: Summoning Lore 70 skill/15 ranks, Blessing Lore 50 skill/10 ranks, Religion Lore 105 skill/25 ranks, and Gem Value >=3001.

5: TBD

[Adhara]

Yep I saw that. That's why I want to know how to use it so bad.

[Adhara]

Nope every time I log on to test I ask on the net if anyone knows how to use it. I usually get smartass comments like "holy receptacle? is that like a divine trash can?" but never anything helpful.

[AnticorRifling]

They need to change the name of that spell. I keep thinking of that damn picture of the altar boy that says "Got Preacher?" I think I might have saw it on Methais' site can't remember.

[Adhara]

No Daina you can't even prepare the spell. You get "This is not something you can prepare."

[Sean]

you use the bless verb to do the tiers ... i still cant find a use for any of them as my cleric so i hanvt tried it though

[Adhara]

After they have posted the requirements for the creation of such gems (when they posted about the lores I think) I quickly went to the test server to reallocate making sure I had the required lore ranks. Then I held the gem(s) in my hand and tried to prep the spell.

This is not something you can prepare.

So with your advice about blessing, I tried all I could think of using the verb "bless". I tried the same syntax as the imbedding, no luck.

I really, really wish there was someone who knew how to do this because I sense the release date is coming at us fast and I still haven't heard of a single cleric (aside from your friend Daina) who knows a thing about this spell. There might be something on the official boards but if so I have missed it. With hundreds of posts a day, it's hard to keep up.

[Edited on 10-29-2003 by Adhara]

[Adhara]

That's a good lead, I'll try that thanks!

[Sean]

if you still need help with blessing let me know ill hop over into the test game and show you some of it

[Reyek]

bless (spell) into gem using (activator) for ((3) of charges
i got this to work with a star ruby