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----------------------------------------------------------------------- Pixie Pollen ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Pixies coat their wings with pollen in order to deepen their connection to the Mother. By doing so, the pollen serves as a conduit by which the power of Life and Nature flows into the Pixie and out into the world through the casting of spells. *********************************************************************** * To view the pollens that the Pixie has accumulated, use the * * "pollen" command. * *********************************************************************** Each pollen type allows the Pixie to use a particular spell in its retinue. These spells draw half of their strength from the Pixie's innate bond with the Mother (quintessence) and the other half from the potency of the pollens themselves (the quantity of the pollen currently accumulated by the Pixie). Each pollen also grants a certain bonus to two of the Pixie's passive skills. In the diagram below, active spells granted are listed below the pollen name, while passive bonuses are indicated above it. Pixies must choose which pollen(s) with which to affinitize themselves (see "help skill pollen"), as not all pollens can be empowering the Pixie at the same time. *********************************************************************** * While a particular pollen is required to cast each Pixie spell, * * please note that the pollen is NOT consumed by using the spell. * * In other words, the pollen "unlocks" the spell but is not spent to * * cast the spell (i.e. casting the spell will not reduce the quantity * * of the associated pollen that the Pixie has gathered). Instead, * * the current quantity of pollen associated with the spell is used in * * determining the effective level of the spell whenever that spell is * * cast. * *********************************************************************** There are ten types of pollen from ten flower genera found throughout Tsunami. The flowers are known to grow in the following terrains. Any room that has at least one of these terrains has a chance to contain pollen for any flower type: cemetery, cultivated, farm, field, forest, garden, hills, jungle, mountains, plains, shore and swamp. The pollens from the flowers grant the following spells and passive skill bonuses: KEY (for passive bonuses) W = Weapon Damage C = Combat A = Attacking / Offhand T = Toughness R = Resistance N = Awareness S = Stealth (W, A) (W, R) (W, R) CLOVER ------- LILY ------- HEATHER (plerosis) (acerbate) (somnolence) | | | | (W, A) (W, S) TULIP BLUEBELL (galvanize) (acclimate) | | | | (W, N) (C, S) MOONFLOWER SNAPDRAGON (glow) (hoodwink) | | | | (T, N) (W, T) (W, C) ROSE ------- LOTUS ------- DAFFODIL (brambles) (bliss) (gullibility) The maximum number of pollens that may be affinitized simultaneously is equal to the Pixie's character level, divided by seven, plus one: 1-6: 1 pollen 7-13: 2 pollens 14-20: 3 pollens 21-27: 4 pollens 28-34: 5 pollens ...etc When juxtaposed pollens are affinitized (based on the diagram above), they will grant special additional effects to each others' granted spells. These synergistic contingencies derive their efficacy from both the strength of the particular casting of the spell (half quintessence and half spell's primary pollen quantity) and the quantity accumulated of the secondary pollen. For instance, if using the "glow" spell powered by Moonflower, if the Pixie also has Tulip affinitized, the spell would additionally curse its target with reduced weapon skill based on the effective level of the particular casting of the "glow" spell plus the amount of Tulip pollen the Pixie is carrying. See each Pixie spell ("help spell <x>") for more details. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- See also: help skill pollen, help spell acclimate, help spell acerbate, help spell bliss, help spell brambles, help spell galvanize, help spell glow, help spell gullibility, help spell hoodwink, help spell plerosis, help spell somnolence