Character processes

Ribbons

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Bonding items

All Magicians can magically bond a magical item to a character.

Artificers can also create bonds between characters and magical items, but they can only bond items they know how to make, and cannot break bonds once forged.

You can never have two bonded items of the same type to the same person in the same day.

• Check whether the character is a Magician or an Artisan.
  • Artisans can perform this action for free, but only for items they know how to make.
  • Otherwise, Magicians can spend a personal mana to perform this action on any item.
• The player must show you the ribboned item attached to some suitable physrep.
• If all is satisfactory:
  • Go to the Ribbon interface, and enter the ribbon number.
  • Select "Create Bond".
  • Enter the caster's CID and verify that the displayed caster's character name is correct.
  • Enter the target's CID and verify with the caster that this is what they expect.
  • Select Create Bond.

This immediately bonds the magic item to the target character, replacing any existing bond. A message may be displayed to relay to the caster.

Unbonding items

All Magicians can unbond an item from a character, at the cost of a personal mana.

If the owner of a bond is present, they must be willing to allow the bond to be broken.

• Check that the caster's character is a Magician and has a personal mana to spend.
• Locate the appropriate Ribbon page on the system:
  • If the ribbon is in front of you, enter the number.
  • If the character it is bound to is front of you, load their character entry, select the Bonds tab, and select the appropriate ribbon entry.
• You should now have the appropriate Ribbon page displayed in front of you.
  • Select Bond History.
  • Select Break Bond.
  • Follow the on-screen instructions.

If the character is not present when the "Break Bond" spell is cast, then the power of the item for the day is automatically used, as is the character’s ability to use an item of that type for that day.

Identifying items

This is described in the section Detect Magic on the Magic page.

Editing items

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