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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-gSJW3sHXE

For anybody that wants to play an Orcussan concept, this should be playing on repeat in the background at all times.

In and out until my connection is fixed. Should be tomorrow!

Any store that accepts Aberdenn Keys, or Caermyn Coins has more than one store to access, and two dialogue options.

[[SIZE="4"]BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GODSKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE[/SIZE]]

[tface=salt][COLOR="DarkRed"][SIZE="4"]BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE[/SIZE][/COLOR][/tface]

• The Cult of Orcus continues to grow. If you'd like to get involved with this concept, feel free to send me a Forum PM and I'll forward a little more detail regarding the group and how to find 'The Skull' in game. We're looking for more cultists to actively be involved in the worship of the Prince of Undeath, and to roleplay to bloody joy that comes along with it.
• Some people have expressed concern about the concept, worried that their character will not last long, being the victim of the gank squad bane of the necromancer that is often established on the server, to that I say -
  

  re: 'What good is it to be a necromancer?'
  The attraction of playing something that will be pursued, hunted and opposed at every step. The thrill that you may become a villain to be feared, hated or respected. Surpassing the difficulty of playing a necromancer.
  
  That is what's good about it.
  

[[SIZE="4"]BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GODSKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE[/SIZE]]

[tface=salt][COLOR="DarkRed"][SIZE="4"]BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE[/SIZE][/COLOR][/tface]

• The Cult of Orcus continues to grow. If you'd like to get involved with this concept, feel free to send me a Forum PM and I'll forward a little more detail regarding the group and how to find 'The Skull' in game. We're looking for more cultists to actively be involved in the worship of the Prince of Undeath, and to roleplay to bloody joy that comes along with it.
• Some people have expressed concern about the concept, worried that their character will not last long, being the victim of the gank squad bane of neromancer that is often established on the server, to that I say -
  

  re: 'What good is it to be a necromancer?'
  The attraction of playing something that will be pursued, hunted and opposed at every step. The thrill that you may become a villain to be feared, hated or respected. Surpassing the difficulty of playing a necromancer.
  
  That is what's good about it.
  

I watched this happen earlier, several times. Sure enough, a dwarf spawned and after a moment or two it dropped dead.

The same thing is happening with my familiar, also. My familiar is the Skull.

My character is not an Arcane Mimic, so it is a bug and not a feature.

The DR would only be useful if it lasted for a decent amount of time, akin to the time that blur lasts. As it stands, it is irrelevant using a spellslot to obtain the DR as you will get very little utility from it, compared to other spells of that level.

I do think Divination could do with being altered in such a way that it is on a par with other Spell Schools.

[Skull]

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[COLOR="white"][tface=fraktur][SIZE="8"]Orcus[/SIZE][/tface]
~ [FONT="Garamond"][SIZE="4"]Prince of True Freedom[/SIZE][/FONT] ~


[FONT="Garamond"][SIZE="4"][tface=fraktur][SIZE="6"]F[/SIZE][/tface]ree yourself from the Tyranny of the Gods, Free yourself from the Tyranny of your Aberdenn Slave Masters, Free yourself from the fear of the Maiden. Find the will of Orcus and writhe in the juices of his victory. Drink of his blood, devour his flesh and revel in the pleasures found through the true freedom only service to him may grant.


[tface=fraktur][SIZE="6"]F[/SIZE][/tface]ind the Skull, open your mouth and accept the labours of Orcus' love.[/COLOR]
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..more propaganda found here
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[tface=salt][COLOR="DarkRed"][SIZE="4"]BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE[/SIZE][/COLOR][/tface]

The Skull was a necromantically enhanced floating skull that had once been a devout cultist to Orcus; Astriedax Aline. It would be that in his death, like many that followed the way of the weight of numbers, he was animated and continued work as a sentient, tenebrous cultist with a faith in the Prince of Undeath that had not altered. Unfortunately for him, being only a head, it would be that he needed others to bend to his will - it would be that Silia Bontrolva was the perfect mix of morbid, macabre lunatic that would help such a skull out.

A heavily depraved woman that found no joy in the faiths of the more conventional faiths of depravity and undeath; Silia Bontrolva found herself dispassionate, loathing of the Gods and eager to satiate her perverted ideas on life. It was in the Demon Orcus that she found the source of untold, profane pleasures and it was in his veneration in the secret society of the flesh that she found her faith, and her goal in life. Deathly afraid of the grave, and desperate to see it something that would never enter her life, the dark whispers of the Orcus Cult would lead her to believe that there was another way. That death would never touch her, only in the most intimate of ways.

Finding herself in the paradise of undeath that is Ymph, Silia moved to find and embrace the withering, serve Orcus and see death as something that none may ever have to endure. That the cold touch of the grave would be something romantic, to be savoured and enjoyed - her mind warped by the ideology of Astriedax Aline .

Shortly after arriving in Mistlocke, Silia found the Gore Reaver Abu'to. A luster of blood that would become her first convert - Without him, she would not have found her place on Ymph. Abu'to became a staunch and depraved servant of Orcus.
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It happened that Silia and Abu'to were not the only cultist of Orcus on Ymph. Stumbling into a sacrificial grounds, They meet with Graz'zul the Enlightened.
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As all depraved, macabre cultists - there were plenty of dark rituals in the haunted halls of Old Stones
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There were a few other Cultists lingering in the shadows of the crypts, digging graves in the middle of the night and tinkering with the innards of zombies and ghouls a'plenty - but, they will remain locked in the human-skin journal held in Silia's backpack; to continue the depraved worship of the Prince of Undeath in the stead of The Skull, Astriedax Aline.

Sadly, this is the end of Astriedax Aline and his thrall Silia Bontrolva - I would like to thank 'Precious Blood', the player of Abu'to, who without I would not have lasted for five minutes and who was with me till the end. Also, to all of the other players of the Orcussan Cult and those interested in joining. I'm sorry to those that had yet to meet, but as is the nature of Necromantic concepts, they are always played on borrowed time

Keep telling wonderful stories, Efu.
AllMYBudgies

As there are a fair few graveyards and barrows around Ymph, I am of the opinion that they should all be similar to the Mortuary Graveyard nearby Mistlocke when using the dig command.

While evidently a fairly selfish suggestion, it would make the process of exploring some of the further away, creepy and macabre spaces a little more rewarding for characters with certain eerie hobbies to visit.

[Dogma]

[tface=fraktur][SIZE="6"]The Cult of Orcus[/SIZE][/tface]

"The majority of cults dedicated to Orcus are, in a way, predictable evils. They seek destruction for its own sake, they collect innocent blood to slake their lord’s thirst, and they possess his hatred for all life. Horrible, yes. Vile, absolutely."

• If you are a fan of gothic and macabre fantasy, then Orcus delivers horrific themes a'plenty. From profane rituals, animating the dead, consorting with demons and generally allowing a chance to play a morbid, ugly luntic without shame. The Cult of Orcus is making movements toward realising the grotesque goals as highlighted in the Prince of Undeath's dogma, so now is the chance to unleash the shakles and play a blood crazed berserker, a cowled and revolting Necromonger, or a creepy and death obsessed rogue - the list of concepts is endless.
• Induction is easy, simply find 'The Skull' through IG means and get instant access to Necromantic, tenebrous roleplay.

Dogma
Promise your soul to Orcus, eat of his flesh and drink of his blood, and through him you will gain life everlasting. Mercy is a luxury that none are worthy of; suffering and torment are the fuel that will empower Orcus' ascent. The worshippers of Orcus will overwhelm the world in a tide of undeath and even the gods will perish.

Race: Any (monstrous races can even find a place)
Alignment: Evil (chaotic preferred)
Class: Non Paladin, Non Druid

[hide=A few Orcus related sources]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_Orcus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orcus_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)

http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Orcus

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/364_AshenCovenant.pdf
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