Dithmenos

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"Spread the eternal night."

Dithmengos the Shadowed desires all to be darkness. In exchange for their life essence and that of the inhabitants of the dungeon, followers of Dithmengos gain a strange and otherwordly affinity to the shadows of their environment. Dithmengos despises sources of light, including most forms of fire, and forbids their use by worshippers; Dithmengos favours those who would instead destroy those sources of illumination.

Followers of Dithmengos are constantly surrounded in an unholy aura, the extent of which is reflective of their level of devotion. Dithmengos grants followers the ability to instantly step into the shadow of nearby creatures, provided their shadow is still enough to do so. Dithmengos protects followers by occasionally shrouding those struck by attacks in dark smoke. Sufficiently pious followers of Dithmengos will find their own shadow will begin to attack on its own, and eventually gain the ability to assume the form of a shadow themself.

• A temple god; guaranteed an altar in Temple or somewhere on D:2-9.
• Accepts kills of most dungeon enemies, particularly those associated with fire or light.
• Dislikes use of fire and light.

Given Abilities

Piety level (-):: “Gloomy”

• No granted abilities.

Piety level (*): “Aphotic”

• You are surrounded by an umbra which expands with piety.

Piety level (**): “Caliginous”

• Shadow Step - step adjacent to an immobile target creature no further away than your umbra. The target must not be a vampire or invisible. (Costs 4 MP, and 4-6 Piety)

Piety level (***): “Darkened”

• The player occasionally bleeds smoke on taking sufficient damage.

Piety level (****): “Shadowed”

• Shadow Mimic - the player's shadow sometimes mimics melee and ranged attacks and targeted spells (so long as they're not self-targeted).

Piety level (*****): “Eclipsing”

• Shadow Form - invisibility, resistance to many effects associated with darkness and 50% damage resistance at the expense of skill drain, a 50% reduction in melee damage output and significant reduction in spell power.

Piety level (*****): “Eternal Night”

• No new abilities.

History

Dithmengos will be added in 0.14.