diff --git a/code/modules/antagonists/heretic/knowledge/cosmic_lore.dm b/code/modules/antagonists/heretic/knowledge/cosmic_lore.dm index 4de3b510836..9e4d77bd95c 100644 --- a/code/modules/antagonists/heretic/knowledge/cosmic_lore.dm +++ b/code/modules/antagonists/heretic/knowledge/cosmic_lore.dm @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ desc = "Opens up the Path of Cosmos to you. \ Allows you to transmute a sheet of plasma and a knife into an Cosmic Blade. \ You can only create two at a time." - gain_text = "It looked at the stars to guide himself." + gain_text = "A nebula appeared in the sky, its infernal birth shone upon me. This was the start of a great transcendence." next_knowledge = list(/datum/heretic_knowledge/cosmic_grasp) required_atoms = list( /obj/item/knife = 1, @@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ /datum/heretic_knowledge/cosmic_grasp name = "Grasp of Cosmos" desc = "Your Mansus Grasp will give people a star mark (cosmic ring) and create a cosmic field where you stand." - gain_text = "The more he looked the more everything made sense. \ - The stars traced out the path forward to his home." + gain_text = "Some stars dimmed, others' magnitude increased. \ + With newfound strength I could channel the nebula's power into myself." next_knowledge = list(/datum/heretic_knowledge/spell/cosmic_runes) cost = 1 route = PATH_COSMIC @@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ desc = "Grants you Cosmic Runes, a spell that creates two runes linked with eachother for easy teleportation. \ Only the entity activating the rune will get transported, and it can be used by anyone without a star mark. \ However, people with a star mark will get transported along with another person using the rune." - gain_text = "When day came, the Sleeper got lost. \ - The sun outshone the stars, so he lost his guide." + gain_text = "The distant stars crept into my dreams, roaring and screaming without reason. \ + I spoke, and heard my own words echoed back." next_knowledge = list( /datum/heretic_knowledge/mark/cosmic_mark, /datum/heretic_knowledge/codex_cicatrix, @@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ desc = "Your Mansus Grasp now applies the Mark of Cosmos. The mark is triggered from an attack with your Cosmic Blade. \ When triggered, the victim is returned to the location where the mark was originally applied to them. \ They will then be paralyzed for 2 seconds." - gain_text = "As the guide was lost he found a new. The energy increased as the gaze he threw. \ - He didn't know, but with focus, the Sleepers energy began to flow." + gain_text = "The Beast now whispered to me occasionally, only small tidbits of their circumstances. \ + I can help them, I have to help them." next_knowledge = list(/datum/heretic_knowledge/knowledge_ritual/cosmic) route = PATH_COSMIC mark_type = /datum/status_effect/eldritch/cosmic @@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ will be forced to sleep for 4 seconds. When the victim is hit it also creates a beam that \ deals a bit of fire damage and damages the cells. \ The beam lasts a minute, until the beam is obstructed or until a new target has been found." - gain_text = "He dreamed to know how the matter travelled from star to star. \ - He lost interest in wanting to find out." + gain_text = "After waking in a cold sweat I felt a palm on my scalp, a sigil burned onto me. \ + My veins now emitted a strange purple glow, the Beast knows I will surpass its expectations." next_knowledge = list(/datum/heretic_knowledge/spell/star_blast) spell_to_add = /datum/action/cooldown/spell/touch/star_touch cost = 1 @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ name = "Star Blast" desc = "Fires a projectile that moves very slowly and creates cosmic fields on impact. \ Anyone hit by the projectile will recieve burn damage, a knockdown, and give people in a three tile range a star mark." - gain_text = "He didn't try, yet felt the call of the night's Creator." + gain_text = "The Beast was behind me now at all times, with each sacrifice words of affirmation coursed through me." next_knowledge = list( /datum/heretic_knowledge/blade_upgrade/cosmic, /datum/heretic_knowledge/reroll_targets, @@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ The combo is reset after two seconds without making an attack, \ or if you attack someone already marked. If you combo more than four attacks you will recieve, \ a cosmic trail and increase your combo timer up to ten seconds." - gain_text = "As he ascended to be a watcher, he needed to gather knowledge. \ - He started to draw it at his home." + gain_text = "The Beast took my blades in their hand, I kneeled and felt a sharp pain. \ + The blades now glistened with fragmented power. I fell to the ground and wept at the beast's feet." next_knowledge = list(/datum/heretic_knowledge/spell/cosmic_expansion) route = PATH_COSMIC /// Storage for the second target. @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ name = "Cosmic Expansion" desc = "Grants you Cosmic Expansion, a spell that creates a 3x3 area of cosmic fields around you. \ Nearby beings will also receive a star mark." - gain_text = "He was well known, so he had a lot of drawing to do to gather as much of the things he forgot." + gain_text = "The ground now shook beneath me. The Beast inhabited me, and their voice was intoxicating." next_knowledge = list( /datum/heretic_knowledge/ultimate/cosmic_final, /datum/heretic_knowledge/eldritch_coin, @@ -227,9 +227,10 @@ The Star Gazer is a strong ally who can even break down reinforced walls. \ The Star Gazer has an aura that will heal you and damage opponents. \ Star Touch can now teleport you to the Star Gazer when activated in your hand." - gain_text = "The past is gone, the Star Gazer became a vessel to watch over the universe. \ - The Creator made this his path and he forgot his purpose. \ - THE TIME IS NOW, WITNESS MY ASCENSION, THE STAR GAZER HAS GAINED PURPOSE ONCE MORE!" + gain_text = "The Beast held out its hand, I grabbed hold and they pulled me to them. Their body was towering, but it seemed so small and feeble after all their tales compiled in my head. \ + I clung on to them, they would protect me, and I would protect it. \ + I closed my eyes with my head laid against their form. I was safe. \ + WITNESS MY ASCENSION!" route = PATH_COSMIC /// A static list of command we can use with our mob. var/static/list/star_gazer_commands = list( diff --git a/code/modules/antagonists/heretic/knowledge/side_cosmos_ash.dm b/code/modules/antagonists/heretic/knowledge/side_cosmos_ash.dm index b776b7f4469..470d98e178b 100644 --- a/code/modules/antagonists/heretic/knowledge/side_cosmos_ash.dm +++ b/code/modules/antagonists/heretic/knowledge/side_cosmos_ash.dm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ desc = "Allows you to transmute a pool of ash, a liver, and a sheet of plasma into a Fire Shark. \ Fire Sharks are fast and strong in groups, but die quickly. They are also highly resistant against fire attacks. \ Fire Sharks inject phlogiston into its victims and spawn plasma once they die." - gain_text = "My knowledge of the universe with the energy of remains, constructed it. It gave the Fire Shark life." + gain_text = "The cradle of the nebula was cold, but not dead. Light and heat flits even through the deepest darkness, and is hunted by its own predators." next_knowledge = list( /datum/heretic_knowledge/spell/cosmic_runes, /datum/heretic_knowledge/spell/ash_passage, @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ desc = "Allows you to transmute a sheet of plasma and a diamond to create an Eldritch Coin. \ The coin will open or close nearby doors when landing on heads and bolt or unbolt nearby doors \ when landing on tails. If the coin gets inserted into an airlock it emags the door destroying the coin." - gain_text = "It tossed the coin and won its bet, now it gains..." + gain_text = "The Mansus is a place of all sorts of sins. But greed held a special role." next_knowledge = list( /datum/heretic_knowledge/spell/cosmic_expansion, /datum/heretic_knowledge/spell/flame_birth,