Legacy:Ancestral Worship
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| Ancestral Worship | |
|---|---|
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| LP Cost | -999 |
| Skill(s) Required |
Hearth Magic |
| Skill(s) Enabled |
None |
| Hearth Magic(s) Unlocked | None |
| Required By (1) | Ancestral Shrine |
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Ancestral Worship is a skill that allows you to sacrifice items of your ancestor's desires to an Ancestral Shrine, which gives you numen points that can be used to pray for various things (see Prayers section). To sacrifice an item, left-click it to hold it in your hand, and then right-click the ancestral shrine.
You may check what your ancestors desire under the Worship tab of your character sheet. At any time, they will desire 3 items: sacrificing the first (left-most) item will allow you a chance to gain numen points based on your Tradition/Change belief, whereas sacrificing one of the other 2 less desired items will merely reset which items they desire. Since you can only gain numen for sacrificing the first item, you should only sacrifice one of the others when the first item is too difficult for you to acquire. If you sacrifice items of a lower quality rating than the amount of numen points you have, you will lose a numen point instead. This applies regardless of whether the primary or secondary desires are fulfilled.
The number of numen points you gain is based on your Tradition/Change belief. If you are full Tradition, you have a 100% chance to gain 3 numen points; at full Change, you have a 1/3 chance of even getting 1 numen point.
Note
A character that has just started and has no real ancestors instead has fake ancestors with stats of 10, 20, and 40, giving an average of 30 stats for use in determining the effect of prayers. [1]
Prayers
Light of the Ancestors (3NP): Light effect on your character determined in strength by the perception + exploration of your ancestors. The effect lasts six ingame hours.
A Prayer for Bread, 5NP: You get a loaf of bread, quality determined by the cooking skill and the perception values of your ancestors.
Prayer of a Lost Child, 10NP: You get a local map of the area you are in, filled in to a degree corresponding to the perception/exploration values of the ancestors.
Forge Prayer, 10NP: gives you a metal nugget, chosen at random from Cast Iron, Tin or Copper, at a quality based on the Strength and Smithing of the ancestors (but softcapped by the total amount of numen points you've collected currently; so if your ancestors have 50 in Strength and Smithing, but you've only collected exactly 10 NP, the nugget would become q30).
Prayer of Life, 20NP: will take a seed (any seed) in your inventory, and change its quality to that of your ancestors' Farming stat (not softcapped).
Einherjeraspekt, 40NP: Strength, melee, unarmed and ranged combat values of your ancestors are added to yours. This effect lasts for one full ingame day.
"There is the Forge Prayer, which costs 10 Numen Points, and gives you a metal nugget, chosen at random from Cast Iron, Tin or Copper, at a quality based on the Strength and Smithing of the ancestors (but softcapped by the total amount of numen points you've collected currently; so if your ancestors have 50 in Strength and Smithing, but you've only collected exactly 10 NP, the nugget would become q30). There is the Prayer of Life, which costs 20 Numen Points, and will take a seed (any seed) in your inventory, and change its quality to that of your ancestors' Farming stat (not softcapped)." [2]
"The nugget is now given at the same level of quality as the amount of Numen points available to the character, but is soft-capped by ancestral stats." [3]
In-Game Text
"For the ancestors!"
Ancestral Worship allows your character to gain numen points by sacrificing to his ancestors. You can see your ancestors' desires in the "Worship" submenu of your character sheet. Numen points can be used for various effects, all lending you some of the strength of your predecessors.