Oath: Visionshaper

For the version that existed prior to the 13th September, 2024, see here.
==Description==
Oath: Visionshaper is one of the 16 obtainable Oaths in Deepwoken. It allows one to utilize the power of illusions with a pact made with The Nestmind to quickly and effectively overwhelm their enemies in various ways. It is the opposing Oath to Blindseer.Visionshaper as an ability is the power to make illusions reality, one granted by a Vow the user makes with The Nestmind, allowing them to bring Deep Owls into reality by simply imagining them being real. The Visionshaper pact is a malevolent one however, as once a certain amount of time has passed, the Deep Owls devour the Visionshaper's mind, killing them. This has no reflection in game, however.
== Obtainment ==
*Meet the following requirements:
**50 Charisma
**Complete Aelita's Encounter, found in Valley of Heroes when it's not winter, at least once
**Have a Dark Feather in your possession
*Find Surge, located inside the Widow Cave in The Depths.
*Give him a Dark Feather. Surge will become OwlSurge and the area will seamlessly transition.
*When you go to leave Surge's room, you will find yourself within A Conscious Intersection.
**Do not fall into the void, doing so will send you down into Layer 2 without a lighthook.
**Talk to the Nestmind, ensuring you select the first options. Once the Nestmind mentions food select "I accept" to take the Oath.
**Refusing to become the Nestmind's food will steal your dark feather and teleport you back to reality.
For a more in-depth walkthrough, consider watching this video.
Visionshaper can be reobtained if you Oathbreak it, costing you an additional Dark Feather.
==Progression==
To progress Visionshaper, Void Feathers must be brought to Surge to unlock all mantras and Talents, 5 Void Feathers are needed to completely progress the Oath, taking 16 Dark Feathers to if only crafting Void Feathers.
* Void Feathers can be crafted using 3 Dark Feathers and 1 Umbral Obsidian. Non-Corrupted Deep Owls can also rarely drop Void Feathers.
* Alternatively you may spend 10 knowledge to immediately max out the Oath (Only if you logged in on a slot with maxed out Visionshaper after the 26/04/2024 update).
The abilities below are listed in order of obtainment.
== Effects ==
This Oath grants 1 Support Mantra slot and 2 Combat Mantra slots. Appearance-wise, it changes the eye color of the Oath taker to a light purple and creates a wispy ethereal particle effect which stems from the user's right eye, this eye trail can be dyed.
File:Visionshaper Visual.gif|Visionshaper Visual
== Abilities ==
*Illusory Servants - Combat Mantra
**Turn invisible briefly and spawn an illusory clone that targets the closest enemy.
**Can be modified with Aeon Logstones and Eternal Logstones, which increase the duration and cooldown proportionately. It's generally better to leave this mantra unmodified for a shorter cooldown.
***Grants I-frames while invisible.
***Clones walk towards their target like a humanoid NPC, and they stop fighting entirely if their target dies.
***The clones appear to do half of the caster's damage.
***Clones disappear if hit 3 times, but are immune to damage over time effects.
****Clones do not copy enchantments or most Talents.
**Duration scales with your progress of the Visionshaper Oath. [test needed to see if this is true]
**If the target has the Disbelief Talent, the duration of the clone is shortened.
**Shaper Clones do apply hit-stun.
File:Illusory Servant.gif
*Reality Shift - Passive
**Command the closest conjured servant to attack their hallucinating target, using either a Critical Attack or a Mantra.
***The last non-Oath mantra or critical attack you used before spawning your clones will be stored into the clone. The stored ability will be listed above the clone's head in white text with a purple outline.
***Pressing or utilizing the Reality Shift tool will make your clones use their stored ability.
***Clones created from Mirror Illusion will copy your opponent's last used critical or mantra instead.
***If the clone is too far away from your opponent upon using Reality Shift, they will teleport to them.
***Clones will copy your attunement path and mantra modifiers when utilizing your mantras, but they do not utilize your enchants or most Talents.
***Reality Shift cannot be activated if no targets are nearby.
***Clones will only copy the standing critical or aerial of weapons and cannot trigger any other alternate criticals of weapons like Boltcrusher or Deepspindle.
*Illusory Counter - Combat Mantra
**Ready a stance for a brief moment. If hit during the stance, negate the attack, swap places with the user, and spawn a Visionshaper Clone in place of the previous location.
**Can be modified with a Reversal Spark which seemingly does nothing.
***Reflects any effect that would have been applied by the attack (such as fire, which would burn the attacker instead).
**Does not restrict movement like most mantra casts.
File:Illusory Counter1.gif
*Mirror Illusion - Support Mantra
**This mantra knocks back targets within its radius and creates an allied clone of them. [Does this work if the mantra is blocked/parried/dodged? Does this automatically target whoever was hit by it? Can it make clones of more than one target at once, or any bosses? - all need testing]
***Has the same properties as allied Visionshaper clones, including Shaper Mimicry.
***The clone stores the target's last used non-Visionshaper mantra or critical attack, and will attempt to use it on its target when using Reality Shift.
***Only works on humanoids.
*Shaper Mimicry - Passive
**The servants you have conjured will imitate your actions when you Swing/Block/Parry/Jump.
***Your clones will repeat your basic actions like jumping, M1'ing, blocking, venting, and parrying.
****Although it isn't listed in the Talent description, your clones will also vent when you vent.
*Cheap Trick - Passive
**When hit below 50% health, turn invisible and summon a Shaper Clone, granting I-frames on activation.
***60 second cooldown.
**Become invisible for 2.5 seconds whenever you knock an enemy. This does not grant I-frames.
File:Cheap Trick Half Health.gif|Half Health
File:Cheap Trick Knockdown.gif|Knockdown
==Gallery==
VisionShaperIconFix.png|Old icon
Oath_Visionshaper.png|Original icon
==Trivia==
*The Mental Fortress Talent, Disbelief, only affects Illusory Servants, reducing the amount of time they last by half.
*This Oath was created by Dexerius, along with Arcwarder.
**Dexerius was thought to have taken inspiration from Naruto for Visionshaper, notably the Shadow Clone Jutsu and Genjutsu from the series, but this was proven false.
*On 20th of September 2024, Visionshaper received a rework that removed Illusory Realm for Mirror Illusion, and changed the behavior of Shaper Clones.
==References==
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