19.10.33 Portrait Locket

Portrait lockets are formed from bloodstained shards of enamel. They are unique artefacts which can be upgraded with additional shards to feature a variety of different effects and powers.

When you get your first shard, you can SLICE PALM WITH <shard> to create a locket. This locket, and the portrait inside, will be linked to you, bestowing a variety of special powers. Additional powers will unlock as you obtain additional shards, then FUSE <shard> INTO <locket>, upgrading the portrait and the powers.

There is a cost to these powers though: The locket must be fuelled by your very being. Once every 24 RL hours, you can CARESS <locket> to imbue it with your blood. The varying skills will use a portion (or all) of the stored blood power.

     The locket has 20 levels of power:
        Level 1:  Creation of the locket.
        Level 2:  The locket no longer decays.
        Level 3:  SOLICIT LOCKET FOR IMMORTALITY Death is suspended for 5
                  seconds after you die (** See note below **) 
                  (100% power usage.)
        Level 4:  The locket now resets to you.
        Level 5:  SPIN LOCKET - changes the appearance of your locket to one 
                  of 7 different themed versions. Usable once per day.
        Level 6:  Immortality now lasts 10 seconds.
        Level 7:  SOLICIT LOCKET FOR REST - Draw your fatigue into your
                  portrait, refreshing your tiredness. (33% power usage)
        Level 8:  SOLICIT LOCKET FOR SATIATION - Trade satiation with your
                  portrait, quenching your hunger. (33% power usage)
        Level 9:  Immortality now lasts for 15 seconds.
        Level 10: SOLICIT LOCKET FOR SOBRIETY - Cleanse yourself of all
                  alcoholic effects. (Does not work in drinking contests.)
                  (33% power usage)
        Level 11: Caressing the locket now has a lower cost.
        Level 12: Immortality now lasts 20 seconds.
        Level 13: SOLICIT LOCKET FOR ENDURANCE - Gain 5% of your maximum
                  endurance. (50% power usage)
        Level 14: SOLICIT LOCKET FOR WILLPOWER - Gain 5% of your maximum
                  willpower. (50% power usage)
        Level 15: Immortality now lasts 25 seconds.
        Level 16: SOLICIT LOCKET FOR RAGE - Store/retrieve your rage in your
                  portrait. (33% power usage)
        Level 17: SOLICIT LOCKET FOR TATTOOS - Freeze your tattoos on your
                  portrait, preventing automatic fading for an hour. 
                  (33% power usage)
        Level 18: Immortality now lasts 30 seconds.
        Level 19: Soliciting your locket for willpower or endurance now imbues
                  you with 10% of your maximum stat.
        Level 20: Immortality will no longer kill you, should you reach your
                  full health and mana before immortality fades.

 ** Note **
It's not true "immortality", more of a slight postponement of the inevitable.
Here's what happens with the immortality power active:
   1. You receive a non-instakill attack that brings you to 0 health.
   2. The ability fires, giving you and people in the room a message that it
      fires.
   3. Your health is set to a very low level, any afflictions and effects on
      your person remain.
   4. You continue the fight as normal until either:
      a) Receive an attack that brings you to 0 health again.
      b) You get instakilled.
      c) The immortality power fails.
       d) You heal up to full health/mana (with a level 20 locket only).
   * Being killed in the immortal timeframe will kill the victim normally.
   * Immortality will bypass any SOULCAGE (Necromancy) or TRANSMOGRIFY
     (Occultism)  defences that you have when it activates.
   * Immortality will not work in the arena.