The Syssin

Centuries ago, Severn, God of Artifice chose a select few mortals to act as defenders of Spinesreach, bestowing upon them His gift of guile and deception. With a history steeped in tradition and mystery, the Syssin stand as the staunch defenders of the Spires today just as they did during the founding and height of the Ankyrean Order ages ago.

Though their training has now spread to all of Sapience, the Guild itself remains true to their historical roots of a close-knit, deeply loyal collection of men and women. As the fourth century of the Midnight Age approached and came to pass, the Syssin were given an additional charge by Severn, the Manipulator.

Following the emergence of the Shadowbound onto the Prime Material Plane, the Syssin were commanded by their Patron to oppose the advance of the fell creatures and their creator, the Shadow Mother. This ongoing war is mysterious to the continent as a whole, its details known only to the Syssin and their God.

Masters of stealth, the Syssin employ the skill of Subterfuge to live in the Shadows, effortlessly weaving in and out of the battlefield and gaining reconnaisance without their enemies' knowledge. Rather than rely on brute force in combat, Syssin instead prefer to act with finesse through the skill of Assassination, training in dirks, whips, and long-range bowmanship to kill with deadly precision. To further these ends, Syssin use their skill of Hypnosis to manipulate a victim's mind and body, implanting maladies and even defined actions into their brain.

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Syssin Skills

Subterfuge Assassination Hypnosis

Subterfuge

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.

Assassination

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.

Hypnosis

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 a Syssin

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