Raindancing

From Mizahar Lore

Raindancing is Makutsi's Gnosis gift. As the goddess of rain and water, Makutsi will grant Gnosis marks that allow those who receive them to bring the rain... although how much and how well they can control it does depend the number of Gnosis marks that they have. Those who are given marks by Makutsi are called Raindancers.

She cannot be bothered to issue Negative Gnosis marks, simply in that when Makutsi rages it's fast and furious - retaliate and go on with it. Life's too short for grudges. Even if you're a goddess.

Mechanics

Makutsi likes to spend time with her followers and pays attention to them, helping out those who have proven themselves to her. She is challenging, though, and demands that they prove their mettle to her. Marks are not given out indiscriminately, but go to dedicated followers. She has, on more than one occasion, selected those whom she will grant the gift of Raindancing to from the Myrian rain festival and the enormous obstacle course that is set up and ran then. But for those that cannot get there, she will give out personal and highly variable challenges. If they succeed in these challenges, she will usually grant them a Gnosis mark.

Raindancing is not an instantaneous Gnosis, despite however much as Makutsi might like it to have been. Instead, one performs it, and then soon after, the rains will come. Sometimes they come immediately, sometimes they take a little longer. But the rains do come. Each Raindancer's dance is usually unique to that Raindancer, and is not something that can be passed along. Each Raindancer learns the dance from the goddess herself, and where they take it from there makes it their own. Even though the Rain Dance is often affected by cultural tendencies, a group of Raindancers dancing in unison can be a truly beautiful sight. It should be noted that when a Raindancer calls the rain, rain is the only result. Not wind, not thunder, not lightning. Only rain.

Introduce the Gnosis, talk about how the god/dess relates to the person, and how the power manifests.

Mark Progression

Marked [Cursed] - 1 Gnosis Mark
	At this level, one Raindancer can bring forward a very light shower of rain that will cover one square mile and will last for ten minutes. The rain can take anywhere from an hour to a whole day to finally fall.
Favored [Despised] - 2 Gnosis Marks
	At this level, one Raindancer can bring forward an average rain shower lasting for two hours and covering ten square miles. The rain can take anywhere from one to eight hours to fall. Raindancers can also sense and find underground water sources that are within twelve feet from the surface (dowsing).
Priest/Priestess [Adversary] - 3 Gnosis Marks
	At this level, one Raindancer can bring forward a heavy rain shower lasting up to six hours and covering thirty square miles. The rain can take anywhere from thirty minutes to four hours to fall. They can also sense and find underground water sources that are fifty feet below ground (dowsing), and manipulate these springs or channels to bring them to the surface.
Champion [Nemesis] - 4 Gnosis Marks
	At this level, one Raindancer can bring forward a torrential rain shower that can last 12 hours and covering fifty square miles. The rain will fall within two hours. Not only can they sense and manipulate underground water sources fifty feet below ground, but they can create an average-sized oasis if they so desire.