User:Tony

Current Faith Rod Research

All prayers were 350 GP, so the GP totals could be off by up to 350 GP.

My aim with this research is to imprint three rods with rituals of varying sizes (gp cost to perform) and discover the maths behind them. My first method is to simply count prayers of 350 GP each and note down these counts as each stage advances. Once I have some general figures, I shall go back and carefully analyse the individual stages to gain more exact figures for the final formulas.

Ongoing theories

My current thinking is this:

"GP" = GP cost to perform ritual

• 750 + (GP * 12.5) for imbued stages
• 1500 + (GP * 25) for impressed stages (or twice the imbued cost)
• First stage is 20% more than the other imbued stages

• Important to note: I believe only 90% of the prayer GP goes into the rod, whilst the other 10% is taken for Deity Points.

Additionally, the Softly pulsing stage appears to be treated the same as the impressed stages overall, although the artifact only becomes impressed 80-90% through this stage.

Still to test

• Exact amounts for a sample imbued and impressed stage
• What percentage through the Softly pulsing stage does it impress?

Endless Halls (200 GP) into a serrated baton (off aff)

I only started keeping track when I hit the 'dim' status. I'll come back and test the initial phases afterwards.

Stage	Prayer count	GP Total
Barely visible	12.4*	4,350*
Faint	9.8*	3,450*
Dull
Pale
Dim	10	3,500
Moderate	10	3,500
Softly pulsing	19	6,650
Total up to impressed
Softly pulsing	2	700
Brightly pulsing	21	7,350
Bright	21	7,350
Strong	19	6,650
Brilliant	21	7,350
Dazzling	20	7,000
Radiant	18.3*	6,400*
Total up to imprinted

Breakdown of the calculations:

((200 * 12.5) + 750) * 6 = 19,500  (6 imbued phases)
((200 * 25) + 1,500) * 7 = 45,500  (7 impressed phases)
19,500 + 45,500 = 65,000           (total all phases)
65,000 / 0.9 = 72,222              (adjusted up to account for 10% loss to DP)

Will the above table show a total of around 72,000?

Detect Alignment (10 GP) into ribboned baton (misc aff)

Stage	Prayer count	GP Total	Second (accurate) reading
Barely visible	4	1,400	1,233
Faint	3	1,050	1,044
Dull	2	700	1,040
Pale	3	1,050
Dim	2	700
Moderate	3	1,050
Softly pulsing	5	1,750
Total up to impressed	22	7,700
Softly pulsing	1	350
Brightly pulsing	5	1,750
Bright	6	2,100
Strong	5	1,750
Brilliant	6	2,100
Dazzling	6	2,100
Radiant	4.3*	1,500*
Total up to imprinted	55.3	19,350

* I stepped through prayers of 100 GP each to get a more accurate value here.

Breakdown of the calculations:

((10 * 12.5) + 750) * 6 = 5,250  (6 imbued phases)
((10 * 25) + 1,500) * 7 = 12,250 (7 impressed phases)
5,250 + 12,250 = 17,500          (total all phases)
17,500 / 0.9 = 19,444            (adjusted up to account for 10% loss to DP)

That's pretty close to the 19,350 figure in the table above. Good data to support my calculations.

Rod charging table template

Stage	Prayer count	GP Total
Barely visible
Faint
Dull
Pale
Dim
Moderate
Softly pulsing
Total up to impressed
Softly pulsing
Brightly pulsing
Bright
Strong
Brilliant
Dazzling
Radiant
Total up to imprinted