Oneiromancers

Oneiromancers are a branch of mages, deriving their powers from the eldritch landscape known as the Astral Realm - a subsidiary realms of Chaos ruled by Omei, the Imago. Though they find no home in any particular guild, they hold an association with the Council of Duiran and by extension, align with the forces of Spirit.

Through the skill of Oneiromancy, practitioners gain power over fate and dreams. Hyalincuru is the ancient art of paper folding, elevated to an eldritch magic through ambient spirit. Their tertiary skill, that of Contracts, involves negotiating with the Fae Nobles of the Astral Realm and forming bargains in exchange for power over the entities that dwell therein.

Adventurers seeking to learn the arts of the Oneiromancer should seek out Beau Greva in the Seer's Wood. For a fee of 40 credits, they will share knowledge of the Astral. (LEARN ONEIROMANCER FROM BEAU at v62953)

While adventurers may practice these skills within their guilds, new Oneiromancers who begin through the introduction cannot join a guild until they have met the relevant multiclassing prerequisites. Namely, they will require Virtuoso level of skill in Oneiromancy, Hyalincuru, and Contracts, or Transcendent level in two of the three.

Oneiromancer Skills

Oneiromancy Hyalincuru Contracts

Oneiromancy

Subterfuge is a diverse skill, encompassing abilities ranging from the secret sign language that only those of serpentine ambitions may use to communicate with each other, the conjuring of illusions, dimensional wormholes, and various stealth abilities.

Abilities in Subterfuge

Signs	Knowledge of the secret hand language.
Hide	Conceal yourself from view.
Illusion	Create an illusion of your choosing.
Lipread	The ability to understood what is said while deaf.
Shadow	Shadowing a target in order to track them.
Concealment	Conceal an item from view.
Evade	Misleading your pursuer.
Forge	Seal a letter with a fake sigil.
Secret	Give someone an item without their knowledge.
Lightwall	Create a palpable wall of light.
Palming	The use of sleight of hand to conceal.
Shadowsight	Focus your vision on those hiding within the shadows.
Ghost	Give yourself a ghostly appearance.
Listen	Detect conversation and action nearby.
Dispel	Rid your environment of illusions.
Waiting	Awaiting a target to be shadowed.
Cloak	Hide your actions from others.
Eavesdrop	Listen even through closed doors.
Subtext	A hidden message in every action.
Banish	Banish the denizens of the Shadow Plane.
Appraise	Quickly measure your foes offensive capability.
Bedazzle	Distract your opponent into losing his thought.
Phase	Alter your status in space-time itself.
Darkflood	Flood your location with magical darkness.
Phasesense	Find a phased target.
Shadowslip	Slip into the shadows as your victim falls.
Abduct	Abduct a victim into phase-time.
Phaseveil	Hide yourself when phased.

You can utilize the following wormhole abilities:

Seek	Sense for dimensional wormholes.
Channel	Hurl an object through a dimensional wormhole.
Echo	Detect presences through wormholes.
Warp	Open and enter a dimensional wormhole.
Resonance	Allow sounds to resonate through a distant wormhole.
Cancel	Destroy a wormhole.
Vortex	Suck an unwilling target into a wormhole.
Sources	Sense out all dimensional wormholes.
Splice	Create a dimensional wormhole.

Hyalincuru

Assassination is the practice of dirks, whips, and bows to quickly kill or subdue another, known by those of the Syssin. Methods include poisoning, choking the life out of someone with a whip, binding an unconscious target, or lynching the enemy within their own city. An assassin can be spotted by the metal fangs they wear in place of their canines, a tool of which that inspires stories of terror across the land.

Abilities in Assassination

Dash	Sprint in a particular direction.
Envenom	Coat a weapon in venoms.
Stagger	A quick strike with the hilt of your dirk.
Doublestab	Quickly administer two venoms to a target.
Flay	Flay away protective defences using your whip.
Recuperating	Heal your wounds in the safety of darkness.
Warding	Pray to your comrades to protect you from harm.
Finesse	Hone your reflexes to avoid a rebounding aura.
Yank	Use a whip to pull an opponent into your room.
Swinging	Swinging up to a higher vantage point.
Seize	Grab an unwary victim and drag him up to your footing.
Bowmanship	Use of the valued projectile weapon.
Garrote	Choke the life out of a target with your whip.
Block	Obstructing departure with your body.
Bowstance	Wield bows fluidly.
Shove	Sending a hapless victim crashing to the ground.
Aiming	Increase your accuracy in shooting.
Marking	Track your target's movements.
Fangs	Use of the iconic assassin's fangs.
Slit	Cut the throat of a helpless victim.
Binding	Hog-tie an unconscious or sleeping opponent.
Scaling	Agilely climb over a wall.
Pacing	The ability to anticipate and keep pace with others.
Shrugging	Shrug off the effects of certain venoms.
Scan	Scanning the area for potential targets.
Darkbows	Using the infamous darkbows of lore.
Noose	Covert and deadly assassination from above.
Weaving	Twist and dodge to avoid attacks.
Backstab	Plant your dagger into an unsuspecting victim.
Snipe	The ability to sharpshoot.
Keeneye	Perceptional awareness of your opponent.

Contracts

It has long been known that our subconscious mind is a powerful force and that it can be influenced in mysterious ways, but until a forgotten Syssin discovered the principles of Hypnosis, there was no way to use it.

With this skill, you will be able to sink someone into a hypnotic trance, possibly even without them realizing it, and implant various subliminal suggestions. You then seal your victim's mind and implant a timer that determines how long after the hypnosis has been triggered until the suggestions start becoming active.

Note that only Hypnosis, Suggest, Analyse, Cleanse, Sleights, Marks, Disrupt, and Action have ability help files. The rest are all suggestions to use in tandem with Suggest.

Abilities in Hypnosis

Hypnotise	Begin the process of hypnosis.
Suggest	Implant a victim with a suggestion.
Sleights	Subtly manipulate shadow to bewilder foes.
Trigger	One mere word is all you need.
Marks	A long lasting shadow effect.
Analyse	Discover the implanted suggestions in someone.
Cleanse	Clean yourself or another of suggestions.
Ethergaze	Perform hypnosis from the curtain of phase.

You can hypnotise the following afflictions and states:

Impatience	Inability to concentrate on focused tasks.
Clumsiness	Inability to use weaponry effectively.
Amnesia	Causes the victim to forget to do his next action.
Addiction	A terrible addiction to elixirs.
Masochism	The love of your own pain.
Loneliness	Fear of being left on your own.
Claustrophobia	Fear of enclosed spaces.
Stuttering	Anxious difficulty with speech.
Hallucinations	Vivid hallucinations to plague your foe.
Pacifism	Loss of desire to cause anyone harm.
Bulimia	Inflict ravishing hunger to overcome any constitution.
Hypersomnia	A condition that prevents insomnia.
Dementia	Hugely distorts victim's perception of the world.
Deadening	Weakening of the mind.
Epilepsy	Throw your victim's nervous system into disarray.
Agoraphobia	Fear of open spaces.
Paranoia	They are out to get you, believe me.
Recklessness	Ignorance of health and disregard for well-being.
Vertigo	Fear of heights.
Indifference	Who really cares?
Hatred	Irrational hatred.
Narcolepsy	A constant need for sleep.
Lethargy	A distinct lack of energy.
Anorexia	Loss of desire to eat.
Hypochondria	The conviction that one is constantly afflicted.
Eradicate	Eradicate a mental affliction from the mind.
Confusion	Causes the mind to become confounded.
Stupidity	Abject, stumbling idiocy.
Generosity	Indiscriminate, overwhelming generosity.
Action	The ability to suggest an action of your choice.
Berserking	Drive them into a furious rage.

Roleplaying an Oneiromancer

Oneiromancers are not trained - these astral mages began to awaken to their potential after 498 MA, practicing their first fumbling arts by instinct. They are aligned with the cause of Spirit, seeking to preserve memory, meaning, and color against Shadow's relentless advance, and the ways in which they choose to confront it are as many and varied as the colors they command.

What is the Astral Realm?

The Astral Realm is a subplane of Chaos, that which winds through and around existence like an amorphous shell. This realm is ruled by Omei, the Imago, having been conquered by Her order, the Chromatic Court, in Midsummer of the year 498 MA. The Realm is composed of seven spheres of differing hues, with Yellow standing at the center and Red, Orange, Green, Blue, Violet, and Silver orbiting it at increasing distance.

All seven spheres hang suspended within the Astral void, a ceaseless midnight sky full of stars of different colors. Oneiromancers draw from the Astral's colorful variety, forming channels from its heart to summon the potential and power of Chaos across the multiverse.

What is the Dreamworld?

The Dreamworld is a subplane of the Prime Material Plane, and has existed for nearly as long as the Prime itself - beginning small, but multiplying in size and dimension as mortal awareness of its Goddess, Omei, came to light in the Midnight Age.

Now the Dreamworld is a sprawling, mutable plane, host to a thousand secrets and places. It serves as the seat of the Imago's power, as well as a bridge between the Prime and the Astral Realm.

The sources of the Oneiromancer's arts include:
- Opening direct channels to the Astral Realm and its seven spheres.
- Manipulating ambient spirit to empower shapes folded from paper.
- Trading with the Nobles, Fae denizens of the Astral Realm.

Oneiromancers are defined by their broad, versatile command of magic, drawing upon potent, transformative extraplanar force to enact their will throughout the multiverse. Whether it's manipulating ambient spirit to bring paper to life, opening channels to draw upon Chaos, or negotiating with Nobles, cleverness, caution, and strength of will are paramount.

Visual style of the class:

Oneiromancers move as though dancing, opening their channels by way of expressive physical motion. The precise details of these gestures might vary between mages, since individual expression lies at the core of the arts, but are essentially imitative, seeking to evoke the power they summon by mimicking or embodying its force.

Side effects of the class:

The Hyalincuru practiced by the Oneiromancers serves to ground them in the present, tying their power to specific, tactile actions. This is important, given the wide variety of elements they draw upon. Drawing upon ambient spirit may, over time, render even a calm personality more excitable, erratic, or volatile.

Moreover, employing Oneiromancy and Contracts too extensively can lead to an Oneiromancer losing distinction between dreams and reality, unsure whether they're awake or not - because both consciousness and sleep can feel like a lucid dream.

Roleplaying the class:

Oneiromancers may comprise a range of archetypes, ranging through warlocks, witches, and planar travelers, and the arts they've learnt may be a result of studying with another Oneiromancer, or independent experimentation. The closest thing to a central tradition consists in the Oneiromancy practiced by Omei, the Imago's order, but many Oneiromancers wander outside Her purview, realizing mortal dreams upon their own terms.

Entity lore:

The Astral entities summoned by Oneiromancers are comprised of a myriad number of 'individuals' - chaotic creatures which have united into a single whole. Most have been influenced by the Goddess' conquest as well as Dendara, taking on a Fae aesthetic, but they are ultimately beholden to the same countermeasures as an Indorani's entities, since they share an identical material basis.