Еретик

Итак, вы еретик? Что ж, теперь вы на пути меча и магии. Собирайте разломы, завершайте жертвоприношения, проводите ритуалы и возвышайтесь до божественности!

В начале смены вам будут назначены 5 жертв. Вы сможете позже их сменить, изучив и выполнив ритуал [[Еретик#Relentless_Heartbeat|Relentless Heartbeat]]], но, до того момента, вам придется работать с тем что есть - ваши покровители примут в жертву только их.

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!Path of Ash

|The Path of Ash revolves around fire, mobility, and crowd control. It grants multiple tools that are very forgiving for a new Heretic, including a short range jaunt that works while handcuffed and a mask that slowly saps nearby Heathens of sanity and soul, and is highly recommended for first-timers. While its abilities may not be the strongest until later in the round, they are very easy to get the ball rolling with and difficult to stop. Ascending gives you the power to burn down the station in a living tornado of flame.

!Path of Moon

|The Path of Moon revolves around crowd control and conversion using their special talent of inflicting instanity on others. Extended fights benefit a moon heretic, as the more insane the crowd of people around the heretic are, the more powerful the heretic's abilities become. Certain talents may also temporarily convert those insane enough into true believers, though the light is too bright for them! They will attack anyone in range (except for you). What moonlight heretics lack in direct firepower, they make up for in diminishing others.  

!Path of Lock

|The Path of Lock grants you incredible area control as well as enough tools to bamboozle those who attempt to reach you. Your weaponry is mainly focused on utility, rather than offense or even defense, despite being able to branch into harmful sidepaths. Lock Heretics are able to quickly disappear and trick chasers with their Eldritch Card, as well as quickly return to safe points across the station. Ascending allows you to turn into empowered eldritch creatures and will open a portal into the Labyrinth's Heart at the side of the ritual, summoning an endless army of eldritch horrors at your service.

!Path of Flesh

|The Path of Flesh focuses on summoning player-controlled minions and demons to do your bidding. Heretics on this path gain almost no offensive or defensive abilities, and rely heavily on stockpiling corpses and organs to complete rituals. Despite this, it offers many fun and powerful tools to those who can make it to the end, making it a difficult (but satisfying) path overall for inexperienced Heretics. Ascending allows you to shed your human form and become something ''much'' greater.

 

!Path of Void

|The Path of Void focuses on stealth, silence and the freezing cold. While the path offers very little utility early on, they quickly gain the ability to silence and freeze their victims, opening the window to silently ambush targets with no other items or chemicals required. It also offers full immunity to freezing temperatures, an invisible armored cloak (with pockets!), and later a targeted blink that damages anything nearby. The path has access to many strong transmuted items, but requires smart use to realize their full potential, making it moderately difficult but a good beginner choice. Ascending silences those around you and makes you the eye of a deadly blizzard.

 

!Path of the Blade

|The Path of the Blade empowers you to become master of one-on-one combatant. The path lacks many spells or utility, especially early on, but as you grow in power, your blades gain the ability to counter attack and even dual wield. Blade Heretics can summon orbiting knives that will protect them entirely from any attacks, including stun batons. Additionally, Blade Heretics have a few tools to make getting the jump on your victims easier. Ascending grants you a whirlwind of knives to protect you from all kinds of attacks, as well as greatly enhancing your abilities in combat, especially with your curved blades.

 

!Path of Rust

|The Path of Rust is about healing, corruption, and brute forcing through all obstacles, at the cost of stealth. Rust grants you the ability to destroy silicons and mechs in one strike, fry any electronics, and demolish any walls or doors. Most of your abilities will create rust - standing over rust grants you healing and resilience. While you will become immensely resistant standing on rusted tiles, you have very little in the way of tools otherwise, making it a moderately difficult path to take. Ascending grants you unparalleled healing and survivability when standing over rust and spreads a tide of rust over the station from your rune.  

!Path of Cosmos

|The Path of Cosmos allows you to control the area by using cosmic fields. Cosmic fields cannot be entered by people with a star mark. The Cosmic Heretic has several spells throughout the path that give people star marks and generate cosmic fields. The path only contains spells so an amber focus will be useful. This path is complex and requires knowledge of how the path works to realize its full potential. Ascending summons a controllable entity, albeit can require a lot of attention to function optimally.

Снизу приведена таблица всех способностей Еретика. Выбрав путь, который определит ваш дальнейший набор доступных навыков, вы будете двигаться по нему вертикально. Пути в таблице разделены по уникальным цветам, бесцветные - нейтральные навыки. Нейтральные навыки располагаются между навыками путей в 3-х отдельных рядах, в которых можно исследовать каждый один за другим, - каждый открывает для изучения соседний, что, при наличии большого количества очков знаний, потенциально дает возможность исследовать весь ряд способностей целиком. Крайний левый и правый навыки в таких рядах образуют цикл, например, при изучении [[Еретик#Scorching_Shark|Scorching Shark]] вы откроете [[Еретик#Cosmic_Expansion|Cosmic Expansion]] и наоборот. Отличие же сдвоенных способностей - для открытия соседней нужно изучить только одну из двух, изучение второй при этом не блокируется.

|Позволяет создать из любой шкуры животного и любых трех гильз или патронов специальный трехзарядный магазин для [[Еретик#Lionhunter's Rifle|винтовки охотника на львов|Lionhunter's Rifle]].

== Shopping List of the Cosmos ==

Struggling to figure where to source the various pieces of random garbage you require for transmuting? Having trouble understanding what interdimensional cosmic horrors define as proper transmutation material? This list covers (some of) the specifics of what you need to get.

 

Everything named as "Knife" (obviously) with the exception of Chaplain's arrhymthic knife (It is instead defined as a Nullrod), additionally includes Butcher's Cleavers, and most significantly basic Shivs made from wrapping a glass shard with cloth and cable. The Cloth needed can be sourced from cutting up Bedsheets (Dorms ), Biogenerators (Public Garden/Botany), cutting up Medical Gauze (Medbay and Medkits), and sometimes found in maintenance. Easiest Non-Shiv Knife sources tend to be Autolathe (Cargo), Chef Vendors (Kitchen), though Miners also start with one.

==== Eyes (also other organs) ====

This sounds like a pain at first, but thankfully the Old Gods feel bad enough for their squishy mortal servants to deem that two Flashlights tied together with some Cable Restraints into the vague shape of a pair of eyes as being close enough to the real deal. Flashlights can be sourced from a Autolathe (Cargo), Tool Storage (Vendors and Toolboxes) and Engineering, Cable for Restraints can also be found from all those prior things. You can get actual flesh and robotic eyes (alongside other organs) from the protolathe and Exosuit Fabricator (Robotics, Maintenance on certain stations), Monkeys (Biogenerator, Virology, Genetics and Pun Pun), humanoid bodies (Morgue, Lavaland, Gracious donators from NT Crew).  But be mindful that even though the Old Gods appreciate you giving them an actual pair of eyes, they won't reward your efforts with a spiffier focus.  

==== Unique Pens ====

Any Pen that isn't a lame monochrome grey, red, or blue counts as unique. Unique Pens can be found in the Library (multicolor pen), Law Office. Select Station Jobs also start off with one. Fancy pens can also be bought from artvends.

==== Limbs ====

Similar places to Organs that being Exosuit Fabricator (Robotics, Maintenance on certain stations), Monkeys (Biogenerator, Virology, Genetics and Pun Pun), humanoid bodies (Morgue, Lavaland, Gracious donators from NT Crew).

==== Stun Batons ====

The understanding members of Security both fleshy and robotic (Officer Beepsky) usually have one on their person, but convincing them to let you borrow one is a bit difficult. So a much easier alternative is just making your own DIY Stun Prod version, Igniters can be sourced from a Autolathe (Cargo), and found in tool storages.

==== Trash ====

Is it truly trash if they're so valuable for transmutation? That aside trash is defined mainly as the leftover wrapping, cans and other containers of the junk food you can get from the station's vendors. Easily acquired by just consuming it yourself (once you're finished with a can you can turn it into trash by clicking on yourself with your head being aimed) or in maintenance.

==== Pool of Ash/Vomit ====

Vomit is stored in the closest place yet, yourself! The quickest way to make yourself puke is by sitting next to a rotting corpse for too long, this only works if you're not the coroner or detective. You can also eat burnt food or drink fish water. Ash is easily gotten by burning paper (scattered around desks in departments) with a lit welding tool or lighter

==== Misc ====

Quickfire for some final weird obscure specific transmutation ingredients that don't have that much interesting to say about them: Ties (but not Bow Ties) from the ClothesMate, Masks from the Autodrobe (both located in Dorms), Latex and Nitrile Gloves (Medbay), Water Tanks (Maintenance, Janitor Closet), Hatchet (Autolathe and Botany), Belts/Wallets can be made from Leather which can be made by the Biogenerator (Public Garden and Botany), an easy Ballistic Weapon and Ammo source are the Russian Revolvers in Bar, Armor (Sec Outpost lockers, protolathe once Reactive Armor is researched), Crayons (Dorms), Candles (Chapel, Cargo Order, Bar), Poppy/Harebell/Wood (Chapel, Can be grown in Botany/Public Garden, Tower Caps for Wood), Camera (Autolathe), Books (Library), Flash (Engineering Storage/Robotics), Suit Clothing (Autodrobe Dorms), Matches (Bar and Hallways, Cigarette vendors)

==Tips==

*Unlike most other solo antagonists, Heretics start weak but grow stronger over time. It would be best not to attract too much attention to yourself until you unlock more powerful spells and equipment.

* Many unlockable transmutations require body parts or whole corpses. You can get these from your victims, as well as by raiding the [[Morgue]], or with the correct access, turning monkeys into catatonic humans.

*Influences can spawn in almost any location on the station, ranging from the main hallways and public restrooms to Command staff offices and restricted security areas in the [[Brig]]. It's best to check every area you can access, public and department.

*If you can't find any influences by peaking in windows, try getting to a Security Camera Console either breaking into a security post or by building your own. Simply cycle through the cameras and make note of any influences you see. Do watch your back while doing this, you don't want to be busted by an officer while you're distracted!

*As a Heretic, access is more important than ever! The more areas you can easily access, the more influences you'll be able to snag. Getting all access can be a godsend, and knowing how to either hack or talk your way into other departments can help you beat other Heretics to the free points.

*Drawing new runes requires you to stand still for a very long time. Draw your runes beforehand to avoid having to hold on to a body for much longer, and to leave quicker. You might not have time to draw a rune if Security is hot on your tail.

*You can create two blades as most Heretics, or three as flesh / five as blade. Carry an extra in your bag to break in case you need to escape from a sticky situation. You can also carry blades on your Eldritch Armor and Void Cloak!

*The Carving Knife, while useful for making defensive traps, is also a robust throwing weapon with high embed chance. Make a few of them for a good ranged weapon!

*Having Aristocrat's Way researched allows you to spacewalk with only a firefighting suit and helmet, as they are pressure resistant. Useful if your job doesn't have access to actual spacesuits/hardsuits.

* Entropic Plume causes any living mob caught in the plume to randomly strike other nearby mobs, which includes Beepsky and other [[Securitron|Securitrons]]. Use sec's robot pets against them!

* Pierced Realities cause harm to Heathens depending on how you interact with them. Examining them as a Heathen deals 10 brain damage. Interacting with them as a Heathen has a 1/4 chance of your arm being eaten up by it. Interacting with them as a Heathens using telekinesis will cause your head to literally explode in a very flashy manner.

*When starting out, you may want to rely on certain [[Crafting#Weaponry|makeshift weapons]]. You can craft flashlight eyes for use in certain rituals, and create shivs by wrapping cloth (cut up bedsheets) around a shard of glass to transmute your blade.

*Live or die, victims you send to the shadow realm will never remember that you did it. This means that for avoiding detection, the most important thing is to make sure nobody ''else'' knows about you.

*Your Ritual of Knowledge is a great way to get a ton of points without drawing too much attention (probably.) Completing it as soon as possible is a good way to get a lot of power fast.

*Monkeys, and monkey-humans (created by giving a monkey mutadone) make for great, usually non-suspicious sources of organs or corpses for your heretical rituals.

*Security about to check out your ritual hideout? Remember your grasp can instantly destroy a circle, leaving no evidence behind you were up to no good. But be careful - It'll go on cooldown after, and people may hear the cast sound.

*Remember that other players can hear your Living Heart, too. Don't use it in public unless people are distracted.

*Ashen Shift and Void Phase make for incredibly powerful escape tools. If you have either of these, it might be wise to have an Amber Focus somewhere on you at all times for emergencies.

* Most summoned monsters will drop the components used to create them on death. While having them to die is not ideal, you can easily grab the parts and summon another.

*Shattered Risen ghouls are strong enough to bash open locked lockers and airlocks.