Creator: Unknown, rumored to be one of Archon's sons, though it is only a rumor. However, it is certain that a Hero from the Old Kingdom created it.
Name: Ultima
Element: Universal
Description: Allows the caster to transform into any of the following forms for a limited amount of time:
(Each has it's strengths and weaknesses)
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Apprentice:This form triples the effectiveness of the caster's Will powers and abilities, and triples their Mana. In exchange, everything they have learned through Skill and their Strength is forgotten until the spell wears off.
Mythic's Appearance:
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Fey:This form triples the caster's Strength, defense, and prowess in melee combat. In exchange, the user forgets all that they have learned through the Skill discipline, and is unable to cast any Will spells.
Mythic's Appearance:
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Vagabond:This form triples the caster's agility, dexterity, and overall Skill. In exchange, the user forgets anything they've learned about melee combat, looses their strength, and is unable to cast any Will spells.
Mythic's Appearance:
*These appearances are unique to Mythic. No one else will look like any of them when using this spell, as they will have their own unique appearance for each form. Additionally, the user of the form is weaker in the discipline than the Heroes of Strength, Skill, and Will.*
X: The caster can stay in a form for one minute. (About 1 posts)
XX: The caster can stay in a form for two minutes. (About 2 posts)
XXX: The caster can stay in a form for three minutes. (About 3 posts)
XXXX: The caster can stay in a form for four minutes. (About 4 posts)
XXXXX: The caster can stay in a form for five minutes. (About 5 posts)
Cost: The cost of the ability is peculiar. Initially, it doesn't cost any Mana: the user can have full Mana, or almost no Mana at all. However, once the form wears off, then the user will be completely depleted of all Mana that they previously had. This is because it takes very little to pool abilities and experience into one tree (Strength, Skill, Will, etc.) but reversing it and changing the caster of the spell back into the original form consumes all of their Mana. Being so, once the spell runs out, then the user will be unable to cast any Will spells at all until they have rested and their Mana has returned. The user can only use this spell once a day. (Or perhaps, once per topic.)
Origin: This ability was suspected to be created a very long time ago, perhaps by someone of the Old Kingdom. The ability is almost unheard of and there is only a single book that describes the spell, and how to perform it. The spell is so much unheard of and unused, that no one today knows of how to use it, and only a very few (maybe five people at most) across Albion have even heard vague stories about the spell. It was most likely created to allow the user to be more durable, and be able to temporarily adapt to any situation, needing to borrow experience in either Strength, Skill, or Will, most likely in a "Do or die," type of situation. Of course, the spell doesn't actually add to the user's power in any way, as it borrows all experience and power from other disciplines to concentrate them into one.
Mythic found this book while venturing into an abandoned tower, which seemed to have belonged to a powerful Will-user. The book containing the knowledge and information to learn the spell was horribly damaged, and had to be repaired, and then translated. Wanting to be the only one that knew the spell, Mythic attempted to burn it. To her surprise, normal fire couldn't damage it, or even leave a mark on the book. Mythic then hid it in the demon door by the area where apprentices train Will, agreeing to allow it to watch over the book. Although she left a small note in the book for whoever finds it next: "Discard this book after use."
Mon May 18, 2009 5:32 pm
