Specialty Priests of Cyric

[Memnoch]

We all know that there are specialty priests of Helm, Lathander and Talos. But ever wanted to create a kit for a specialty priest of Cyric? Here's the info.


** Cyric (The Dark Sun)
Greater Power of Hades, NE
Portfolio: Death, murder, the dead, strife, tyranny, lies
Requirements: Wisdom 13, Intelligence 13
Weapons Allowed: All bludgeoning weapons and the long sword (Cyric used
a long sword to slay a traitorous halfling).
Armor Allowed: Any
Major Spheres: All, Astral, Charm, Combat, Guardian, Healing, Necromantic,
Summoning, Sun, Weather
Minor Spheres: Divination, Elemental, Protection
Magical Items Allowed: Same as clerics

Granted Powers
* Specialty priests of Cyric may command undead as do clerics, but
do so as if they were two levels higher.
* Specialty priests of Cyric are immune to fear and other
emotion-altering magic. They can still be charmed and are subject to
enchantment/charm magic, provided that the spells have no effect on the
emotions.
* Specialty priests of Cyric at 5th level can summon an aerial
servant (as per the spell). This servant will fight for the priest and
can act as a magical assassin.
* Specialty priests of Cyric have the ability to attempt to convert
those who previously followed Bhaal, Myrkul, and Bane. After speaking
directly with such an individual for an hour on the new glory of Cyric,
the target makes a saving throw vs. spells. Failure indicates that the
target is receptive and willing to convert to the new religion (player
characters can make such decisions for themselves and are not required
to make the saving throw). Priests of the religions of Bhaal, Myrkul,
and Bane add +5 to their saving throws. Add +2 if the target is of
higher level than the specialty priest and -2 if the target is of lower
level. A priest changing faiths to Cyric loses all granted powers and
special abilities and must become either a cleric or specialty priest
of Cyric. The converted priest's experience point total also drops to
one point above the next lowest level (a 5th-level cleric with 16,000
XP, for example, becomes a 4th-level cleric with 6,001 XP). Should the
individual make the saving throw successfully, his reaction depends on
the situation. Mildly interested followers of the Dead Three may be
only mildly offended and willing to continue listening and arguing.
Priests and those devoted to the following of the Dead Three will
become violent once they realize what is happening. Once the saving
throw is made, that individual will be unaffected by all future
arguments by the Cyricists.

Other Notes
Cyric is the youngest of the gods and potentially one of the most
powerful, having taken on the portfolios of Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul, as
well as adopted their huge horde of followers and worshipers.
Due to his relative youth as a deity, Cyric has very few original
followers of his own, though this is changing. Those assassins' guilds
which survived the Time of Troubles and those which have arisen since
are enthusiastic supporters, as Cyric was responsible for the
demolition of the previous assassin god, always a good recommendation.
Many of the common folk, unsure of the status of the Dead Three, have
been swayed by the arguments of the new temples of Cyric.
The former church hierarchies of the Dead Gods are still in place,
however, and to receive the power of their worship, Cyric must still
provide the spells to these priests, though trying subtly to sway them
fully to his side. While most of the hierarchy of Myrkul has embraced
the new master, much of the church hierarchy of Bhaal and Bane do not
agree with Cyric or his aims, and/or fear the loss of power. Currently
the matter is unresolved as Cyric consolidates his power and the
various factions of Bhaalists and Banites jockey for position in the
new order.
The "true priests" of Cyric dress simply in black or dark purple
robes with hoods. All wear silver bracers on their wrists as a symbol
of enslavement to their god. While the Banite custom of facial tattoos
is ignored, priests of Cyric paint the symbol of their new god on their
cheeks and/ or forehead on high holy days.
The priests of Cyric and the god himself have a great effort ahead
of them. Not all the former followers of the Dead Three venerate or
even recognize Cyric. The former Banites and Bhaalists are heavily
factionalized among their own numbers and petty warfare is already
erupting. As an evil god, Cyric's temples and shrines are openly
tolerated only in the most evil or most tolerant of cities. And the
other evil gods (Talos, Malar, Shar, Umberlee) are carefully watching
this young usurper to see if he succeeds in commanding his godhood or
stumbles. If Cyric stumbles, the other gods will certainly be there to
pick up the pieces and rob the bodies.


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Memnoch - Custodian of the Order of the Holy Flame

[DJG]

Hey Memnoch, how do you create your own "Kit" or "Class" like that??? Is it Shadowkeeper?? I have that, but I can't create classes. Plus, if possible, please tell me how to edit items!!!

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Starstryke will Stryke U!

[Memnoch]

Originally posted by DJG: Hey Memnoch, how do you create your own "Kit" or "Class" like that??? Is it Shadowkeeper?? I have that, but I can't create classes. Plus, if possible, please tell me how to edit items!!!

SK is a saved game editor which allows you to edit characters. To create new kits is a totally different (and tricky) process which involves editing 2DA files and there's no guarantee that your kit will work - that's the risk with editing! In extreme cases this can crash your game.

I suggest you go to Drizzt 1180's Customization Site and download a copy of his kit tutorial before you go around making changes to game files. You may want to get familiar with viewing 2DA files by going to www.teambg.com and downloading Infinity Explorer too.

Good luck!

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Memnoch - Custodian of the Order of the Holy Flame

[Yorick]

Originally posted by Memnoch: We all know that there are specialty priests of Helm, Lathander and Talos. But ever wanted to create a kit for a specialty priest of Cyric? Here's the info. ** Cyric (The Dark Sun) Greater Power of Hades, NE Portfolio: Death, murder, the dead, strife, tyranny, lies Requirements: Wisdom 13, Intelligence 13 Weapons Allowed: All bludgeoning weapons and the long sword (Cyric used a long sword to slay a traitorous halfling). Armor Allowed: Any Major Spheres: All, Astral, Charm, Combat, Guardian, Healing, Necromantic, Summoning, Sun, Weather Minor Spheres: Divination, Elemental, Protection Magical Items Allowed: Same as clerics Granted Powers * Specialty priests of Cyric may command undead as do clerics, but do so as if they were two levels higher. * Specialty priests of Cyric are immune to fear and other emotion-altering magic. They can still be charmed and are subject to enchantment/charm magic, provided that the spells have no effect on the emotions. * Specialty priests of Cyric at 5th level can summon an aerial servant (as per the spell). This servant will fight for the priest and can act as a magical assassin. * Specialty priests of Cyric have the ability to attempt to convert those who previously followed Bhaal, Myrkul, and Bane. After speaking directly with such an individual for an hour on the new glory of Cyric, the target makes a saving throw vs. spells. Failure indicates that the target is receptive and willing to convert to the new religion (player characters can make such decisions for themselves and are not required to make the saving throw). Priests of the religions of Bhaal, Myrkul, and Bane add +5 to their saving throws. Add +2 if the target is of higher level than the specialty priest and -2 if the target is of lower level. A priest changing faiths to Cyric loses all granted powers and special abilities and must become either a cleric or specialty priest of Cyric. The converted priest's experience point total also drops to one point above the next lowest level (a 5th-level cleric with 16,000 XP, for example, becomes a 4th-level cleric with 6,001 XP). Should the individual make the saving throw successfully, his reaction depends on the situation. Mildly interested followers of the Dead Three may be only mildly offended and willing to continue listening and arguing. Priests and those devoted to the following of the Dead Three will become violent once they realize what is happening. Once the saving throw is made, that individual will be unaffected by all future arguments by the Cyricists. Other Notes Cyric is the youngest of the gods and potentially one of the most powerful, having taken on the portfolios of Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul, as well as adopted their huge horde of followers and worshipers. Due to his relative youth as a deity, Cyric has very few original followers of his own, though this is changing. Those assassins' guilds which survived the Time of Troubles and those which have arisen since are enthusiastic supporters, as Cyric was responsible for the demolition of the previous assassin god, always a good recommendation. Many of the common folk, unsure of the status of the Dead Three, have been swayed by the arguments of the new temples of Cyric. The former church hierarchies of the Dead Gods are still in place, however, and to receive the power of their worship, Cyric must still provide the spells to these priests, though trying subtly to sway them fully to his side. While most of the hierarchy of Myrkul has embraced the new master, much of the church hierarchy of Bhaal and Bane do not agree with Cyric or his aims, and/or fear the loss of power. Currently the matter is unresolved as Cyric consolidates his power and the various factions of Bhaalists and Banites jockey for position in the new order. The "true priests" of Cyric dress simply in black or dark purple robes with hoods. All wear silver bracers on their wrists as a symbol of enslavement to their god. While the Banite custom of facial tattoos is ignored, priests of Cyric paint the symbol of their new god on their cheeks and/ or forehead on high holy days. The priests of Cyric and the god himself have a great effort ahead of them. Not all the former followers of the Dead Three venerate or even recognize Cyric. The former Banites and Bhaalists are heavily factionalized among their own numbers and petty warfare is already erupting. As an evil god, Cyric's temples and shrines are openly tolerated only in the most evil or most tolerant of cities. And the other evil gods (Talos, Malar, Shar, Umberlee) are carefully watching this young usurper to see if he succeeds in commanding his godhood or stumbles. If Cyric stumbles, the other gods will certainly be there to pick up the pieces and rob the bodies.

What about the Sickle?



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Where were Hamlet and Horatio when I needed them?!

A fair dinkum laughing Hyena!

[Memnoch]

Originally posted by Yorick: What about the Sickle?

What sickle?

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Memnoch - Custodian of the Order of the Holy Flame

[Memnoch]

Originally posted by Yorick: What about the Sickle?

You being your usual smarty self with the quoting?

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Memnoch - Custodian of the Order of the Holy Flame

[Yorick]

Originally posted by Memnoch: You being your usual smarty self with the quoting?

LOL no!

The Sickle, the symbol of the grim reaper, the symbol of death. Why is that not the favoured if not ONLY weapon available to Priests of Cyric.



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Where were Hamlet and Horatio when I needed them?!

A fair dinkum laughing Hyena!

[Memnoch]

Originally posted by Yorick: LOL no! The Sickle, the symbol of the grim reaper, the symbol of death. Why is that not the favoured if not ONLY weapon available to Priests of Cyric.

Oh...OK. *suspicious look around.*

Nerull the Reaper is an actual inhabitant of Hades. He's not really a deity as such, more a daemonic lord at a level similar to that of the Abyssal Princes (eg Demogorgon and Orcus) and the Grand Duke of the Nine Hells (Asmodeus). His symbol is that of a huge scythe.



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Memnoch - Custodian of the Order of the Holy Flame

[Yorick]

Fair enough. Does he answer to Cyric though? Don't their portfolios comewhat overlap?

Pardon my ignorance Memnoch.

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Where were Hamlet and Horatio when I needed them?!

A fair dinkum laughing Hyena!

[250]

so what does it do in terms of BGII?