Wiki Lottery

As a strange and new experiment, I'm going to provide a list of sage abilities for which I have never written any proper content, and allow my readers to vote on them.  Thereafter, EACH DAY, gawd help me, I'm going to write up one of these abilities as a wiki page, as determined by the number of votes the proposed sage ability receives.

For the moment, I'm going to limit the possible sage abilities that can be voted upon to those associated with amateur-levels of knowledge ~ the sort that characters would start the game with.  I have a great many of these to write and they are the most important, as it is improbable that a specific higher-level sage ability would come into the player's possession.  However, if this experiment works out, I'll begin to add new abilities to the possibles list.  Hell, later on, I might start adding rules from other facets of my wiki.  It would be a very good thing if I did create one new wiki page a day, virtually in perpetuity.

A few caveats:

• There's a possibility that a sage ability I've proposed isn't possible, at least in the form proposed.  In which case I will have to rethink the ability.  If this happens, I will explain the problem and work on the ability with the next post.
• If some injury happens, such as occurred with my finger of late, I maintain the right to excuse myself from the task until such time as I'm able to continue (the finger is fine, by the way).
• Occasionally, I will need to take a holiday.  I will try very hard not to do this too often; and when I do, I will explain why I am not creating the wiki page.

Voting

All persons receive at least one vote.  Those who contribute to my wiki (and can demonstrate this, as I know many of you by your emails and not by your blogger nicks) receive two votes.  If you wish to make your identification clear without informing the internet, my email address is alexiss1@telus.net.

If you wish to vote twice for the same thing, add "x2" to your choice.

If you wish to change a vote, please write, "delete [choice] and replace with [choice]."

When I complete the writing of a wiki page, I'm going to delete all comments voting for that choice and remove that choice from the list (so don't include a long comment with your vote; write a separate comment if you have something to say).  Thereafter, you can vote again.  I will break all ties by voting myself.  Each day, I will update the list to show how many votes each wiki page has received.

This tactic is an attempt to get more people to support my Patreon account.  The harder I work, I figure, the more respect my patrons will have for me.  Larger patreon donors are sure to gain my vote when I break ties.

Here is the list I'll start with.  As time goes on, and I work on upgrading the new wiki, I'll add to this list.  Links describe "studies" ~ vote on the list of "abilities" listed after the study.

Architectural Aesthetics: building allure, recognition of style, site judgement

Athletics: kayaking, skating, surfing, throwing

Beachcomber: steershand

Blood: amend self (1), resist fatigue

Breath: fleetness, jump

Calligraphy: characters of beneficence

Claw: paired weapons, speed of blow

Clay Masonry: adobe, brickwork, kilnwork I, tile-work

Clay Materials: find clay, prepare glues & acids, ready clay

Concealment: burrowing, freeze

Construction:  construction tradecraft, foreman, simple design

Dragon: other self, protective aura (aut.)

Falconry: companionship, rouse to hunt (1), train falcon, waken regard
Fist: disarm, headbutt, pin

Foot: back kick, kick practice, snap kick

Fortification: defensive obstacles

Glaze: flux I

Guile: beggary

Hand: correct form, hammer strike, target strike

Insight: commune with magic (1), sense attention, sense vibration

Lockpicking: pin-lock (1)

Martial Discipline: artillerist I

Mindfulness: resist fear or curse, wakeful sleep

Moat: correct stance, evade missiles

Modelling: pottering, putty & knife, wheel balance

Murder: exhaustive questioning (1)

Oceanography: net fishing (1)

Pedestal: root feet, strength of the pillar

Poisoning: acid use, drain venom (aut.)

Puissance: close drop, gain proficiency, shield as a weapon, strengthened arm

Setting Traps: animal trapping, trapping pit
Smoke: back tumble

Tranquility: meditation, rested state, smile

Unarmed Combat: boxing

Use of Materials: material tradecraft, strengthen material

Wall: block pain, correct fall, invigorate body

Yin & Yang: backflip, drunken art, healing energy

(aut.) ~ indicates authority level ability.

Lance: pinlock, rouse to hunt

Pandred: commune with magic

Sterling: net fishing, exhaustive questioning

Vlad: amend self

Please vote.