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283 | 283 | }, |
284 | 284 | }, |
285 | 285 |
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| 286 | + greatwork: { |
| 287 | + entry: { |
| 288 | + enlightened_splicing_table: { |
| 289 | + "": "Mindsplice Table", |
| 290 | + page: { |
| 291 | + "1": "The $(l:items/splicing_table)$(item)Splicing Table/$ is fine. Adequate. But limited, oh so limited. I have $(italic)seen/$ what is possible now, and I must have it, no matter the cost.$(br2)\ |
| 292 | + I shall MAKE the table think for itself.", |
| 293 | + "2": "A solution. Yes. Familiar -- almost $(italic)simple/$ in its infinite complexity. As with my $(l:greatwork/impetus)previous insights/$, I can specialize a mind -- sever it from the body, redirect, connect, rewire, $(italic)transform/$ -- for the task at hand. Like an $(l:greatwork/impetus)$(item)Impetus/$... but greater, more complicated, more and more and more and more and-- I MUST FOCUS.", |
| 294 | + recipe: "Another $(l:greatwork/brainsweeping)$(thing)mindflaying/$ ritual. The task demanded of the mind is almost identical to that of a $(l:greatwork/impetus)$(item)Toolsmith Impetus/$, but more experience is required for this specialized, intricate work.", |
| 295 | + "3": "The resulting $(thing)Mindsplice Table/$ is almost the same as before, but transmuted, $(italic)improved/$, in a single all-important way. With a mind to channel the patterns, the table can cast $(italic)any/$ _Hex almost effortlessly, triggered by nothing more than the press of a button.$(br)\ |
| 296 | + A small $(l:items/splicing_table#cost)infusion/$ of media is still required to initiate the process -- wasteful, but perhaps less so than my archaic, short-sighted designs of old. For spells, media is drawn from the same source.", |
| 297 | + "4": "Of course, the flayed mind has limits. It must be $(italic)taught/$; even such a skilled mind cannot predict my needs without some guidance. Unlike an $(l:greatwork/impetus)$(item)Impetus/$, however, slates are not required -- the commands are instead $(l:patterns/enlightened_splicing_table)$(thing)imbued/$ directly into the mind, rewriting its neural pathways and leaving it no choice but to carry out my will.", |
| 298 | + "5": "To facilitate even more complicated operations -- one $(thing)Mindsplice Table/$ controlling, $(italic)dominating/$, the next, and so on and so on and so on and so on and so on into eternity, if I have the patience and $(l:casting/mishaps)capacity/$ to use it -- the table's influence extends a small distance (four blocks, no more and no less) from the table. Small, yes, but perfectly adequate for most purposes. If more space is needed, my $(l:patterns/great_spells/greater_sentinel#hexcasting:sentinel/create/great)$(action)Greater Sentinel/$ can be used.", |
| 299 | + }, |
| 300 | + }, |
| 301 | + }, |
| 302 | + }, |
| 303 | + |
286 | 304 | patterns: { |
287 | 305 | entry: { |
288 | 306 | debugging: { |
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303 | 321 | Costs about ten $(l:items/amethyst)$(item)Charged Amethyst/$.", |
304 | 322 | }, |
305 | 323 | }, |
| 324 | + |
306 | 325 | splicing_table: { |
307 | 326 | "": "Splicing Table Patterns", |
308 | 327 | page: { |
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338 | 357 | }, |
339 | 358 | }, |
340 | 359 | }, |
| 360 | + |
| 361 | + enlightened_splicing_table: { |
| 362 | + "": "Mindsplice Table Patterns", |
| 363 | + page: { |
| 364 | + "hex/": { |
| 365 | + read: "Remove a vector from the stack, then push the _Hex currently imbued to the $(l:greatwork/enlightened_splicing_table)$(item)Mindsplice Table/$ at that position, or $(l:casting/influences)$(thing)Null/$ if it has not yet been imbued.", |
| 366 | + write: "Remove a vector and list of patterns from the stack, then imbue the list of patterns into the $(l:greatwork/enlightened_splicing_table)$(item)Mindsplice Table/$ at that position.", |
| 367 | + }, |
| 368 | + circle: "In addition to these patterns, I can also cast $(l:patterns/circle#hexcasting:circle/impetus_pos)$(action)Waystone Reflection/$ and $(l:patterns/circle#hexcasting:circle/impetus_dir)$(action)Lodestone Reflection/$ from within a $(l:greatwork/enlightened_splicing_table)$(item)Mindsplice Table/$. However, trying to cast them through a $(l:items/staff)$(item)Staff/$, or trying to cast other $(l:greatwork/spellcircles)$(item)Spell Circle/$-only patterns through a $(l:greatwork/enlightened_splicing_table)$(item)Mindsplice Table/$, will still fail rather spectacularly.", |
| 369 | + }, |
| 370 | + } |
341 | 371 | }, |
342 | 372 | }, |
343 | 373 | }, |
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