DreamBlade

Art Statistics
Focus:	Insight (Major)
Cost:	5
Orbit Required:	0
Affected:	Talisman created
Duration:	Instant

Description

Creates a talisman in the form of a Blade.

Use of the talisman swings it, causing damage to any dreamer or mare directly in front of the user.

The blade will disappear from the inventory after a certain period of time.

Dropping the blade will cause it to disappear instantly, and it may not be given to another dreamer.

It can, however, be shown to others.

Also see Blade.

Plateau Effect

For each level this art is Plateaued, casting time reduces, blade duration increases, and the damage associated with it grows, as shown in the following table:

Plateau	Damage
0 - 9	1 - 4
10 - 19	2 - 6
20 - 29	5 - 10
30 - 39	7 - 12
40 - 49	7 - 18
50 - 59	9 - 23
60 - 69	9 - 28
70 - 79	11 - 30

Art Research

The DreamSeer, knowing the true nature of the dream, is able to isolate a very small portion of the dreamscape and use it as the basis to forge their primary melee weapon. Unlike other classes, who call upon chaos to create a blade, the seer is able to control the physical aspects of the dream, well enough to have the dream be part of their bidding, making them by far, the most superior warriors of the dream.

Art History

From the earliest times in the dream the ancients and those that followed looked to replicate the tools that had existed in Cloudsbreak. Prominent among these tools was the blade. Originally, this utensil was made to be short, simple and efficient. It served a purpose and was thus made a dreaming art, one which all dreamers know upon entering the dream. This existed for a time, until the coming of Amniir. A member of a nomadic Cloudsbreak tribe, Amniir desired a scimitar blade similar to the one he carried when riding. After several years of hard effort and work, Amniir successfully changed his simple blade into a finely edged one, almost exactly like the one he bore. However, the change in this fundamental art was widespread. When dreamers awoke they found they found that their simple blade had been replaced by these large unwieldy, yet very deadly tools. Now we all have this art, and each is tailored to the focus that summons it. As we move up in this art, the blade becomes lighter and has a finer edge allowing us to effectively use it.

Notes

While casting DreamBlade, the evoker must remain motionless, or the art fails.

The evoke cone for this art is jade with a chalk riser.

References

http://www.angelfire.com/ab7/dranak/Arts/arts-ds.htm#DreamBlade