Cipher spells and passives (in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire)Ĭipher powers require and consume Focus on use.
Even today, some people still regard ciphers with a lot of suspicion, and their place in the world is still being defined. Ĭiphers were feared for a long time because people didn't understand how they accomplished what they could do. Since they were able to figure out a lot of new techniques that help them expand their abilities and learn to master them. Given Dyrwoodans' general discomfort with the Glanfathan language, the cipher name stuck and continues to be used in everyday conversation. From the brîshalgwin, the animancers learned that Glanfathans had developed mental abilities that allowed them to perceive and contact what animancers categorized as "housed" souls, i.e., souls held within a physical vessel.Įxcited by these revelations, animancers in Defiance Bay began working with the brîshalgwin, whom the animancers had previously described as ciphers due to their mysterious nature. In the years that followed the Dyrwoodan revolution for independence, relations between Eir Glanfath and the Dyrwood thawed, the tribal princes of Eir Glanfath allowed Dyrwoodan animancers to speak with some of their brîshalgwin, the elite warriors that had terrorized Aedyrans and Dyrwoodans in past wars. However, with Dyrwoodan settlers in a state of war with the population of Eir Glanfath, the researchers couldn't find many Glanfathans who were willing to talk about it. In the War of Black Trees, Dyrwoodan animancers confirmed many of these experiences across a wide number of soldiers and settlers. But over the decades that followed, more settlers reported similar violent encounters with Glanfathan guerilla fighters. The war was a new experience for everyone involved, so many Dyrwoodans dismissed many of the more outlandish tales over time. Over a century ago, during the Broken Stone War, soldiers in the Dyrwood reported wild tales of having their minds invaded, of seeing comrades lose control of themselves, of orlan and elven Glanfathan warriors wielding knives engulfed in purple flames that "cut away" the souls of their victims. They are gaining acceptance over time, but are generally distrusted, especially by the uneducated.Ĭiphers latent mental talents are a relatively recent discovery, that occurred naturally among the Glanfathan population. Though most ciphers are still found in the Eastern Reach, practitioners of the techniques have spread throughout the known world. Ciphers have the ability to directly contact and manipulate another person's soul and psyche, using an ally's or enemy's essence as the focus for their magic. A recent discovery in the Eastern Reach, ciphers were once called "brîshalgwin" ("mind hunters") by the Glanfathans.
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