Draft:Holy Symbol of Set

Omega 0.90.4

Holy Symbol of Set&TypeArtifactBase value (Au)5000Item level10Weight5Unidentified appearanceJet ScarabCursed nameHoly Symbol of Set

The Holy Symbol of Set is the Jet Scarab artifact carried by the High Priest of Set. It is a rival-symbol offering for Odin or Druidism. For a Set follower, reusable healing, cleansing and mana recovery require an authorized copy; a priest's stolen scarab is not automatically usable by a fellow believer.

Generation

The Temple of Set supplies the normal encounter with its high priest. The office can also appear in mansions, wilderness encounters and random historical-NPC summons. Newly generated priests receive their symbols even if another copy exists. Obtain a carried symbol through normal death or a successful ordinary theft; theft takes the first possession and does not guarantee that the symbol precedes other acquired loot.

The scarab's initial state excludes it from ordinary random-object generation, normal acquirement and automatic pawn-shop stock. The normal authorized Set copy comes from converting a Symbol of Odin at Set's final priesthood promotion.

Promotion routes

Goal	Required action
Become High Priest of Set	Bring Odin's symbol as an eligible Set Senior Priest and pray at a Set altar; it becomes an authorized Set symbol
Use this symbol for another faith	An eligible Odin or Druid Senior Priest brings Set's symbol to their own altar for promotion

The offered symbol may be in inventory or the pack; identification and prior authorization are not required for the offering. Choose Pray, not the separate Sacrifice command. Set's final advancement accepts alignment at most +1 and requires a character level above the incumbent's record, along with the Senior Priest requirements. Replacement produces one authorized symbol, so do not offer a stack while expecting spare copies to remain.

Activation

Use A → a with the symbol in accessible inventory. Beneficial use requires an identified, authorized scarab and Set as current patron; the symbol's blessing or curse does not change these conditions. It costs no mana, does not consume the symbol and does not expend a finite charge supply. It provides healing of up to 100 HP, removes blindness, poison and disease, uncurses equipped items and restores mana to at least the normal maximum. HP restoration is not necessarily complete.

The six kinds share their last-use clock hour. Reusing during that same 24-hour clock hour destroys a symbol and leaves 1 HP; waiting until the same hour on a different date does not reset it. Known unauthorized or wrong-patron use can instead destroy accessible possessions, drain mana and reduce HP to 1. An unidentified copy doing nothing is not a safe test of the identified version.

Strategy

An Odin follower should plan the hostile temple encounter and preserve positive alignment for promotion afterward; a successful theft moves alignment toward Chaos. A Set follower seeking a usable scarab should pursue Odin's symbol and the promotion, not repeatedly identify or bless a replacement taken from Set's own priest.

Track the shared hour before relying on the scarab for emergency mana. Another symbol cannot bypass it, and ordinary prayer does not reissue a lost authorized copy once you already hold the office. Beneficial artifact enchantment repairs stripped power or backlashes on intact power; it does not authorize the object.