Article: Fortune Telling Skill
Author(s): Asterope (with some help from Hurik)
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Synopsis: This article will go over the uses of fortune telling; it will detail the different methods of fortune telling used in the different regions and by the races that inhabit those regions, and will feature relatively in-depth information about some of the more common methods of fortune telling. The rune and tarot section will be the most detailed, with original Mizahar runes as well a Mizahar specific oracle deck that is just as commonly used as the traditional tarot deck.
Outline: I. Prerequisites & Related Skills
II. Introduction
III. History
IV. Uses and Limitations of Fortune Telling
i. How Fortune Telling Differs from Magic & Gnosis
ii. Beliefs About Fortune Telling
V. The Process
i. Deciding on a Method
ii. Asking the Question
iii. The Reading
iv. Interpretation
v. Deciding How to Take It
VI. Methods of Fortune Telling
i. Bone & Rune Casting
ii. Tarot & Oracle Cards
iii. Tasseography
iv. Palmistry
v. Scrying
vi. Haruspicy
vii. Other
VII. Fortune Telling Throughout Mizahar
i. Taldera
ii. Syliras
iii. Cyphrus
iv. Eyktol
v. Falyndar
vi. Kalea
vii. The Islands
VIII. Skill Progression
i. Novice (1 – 25 XP)
ii. Competent (26 – 50 XP)
iii. Expert (51 – 75 XP)
iv. Master (76 – 100 XP)
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