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num = 23 | name-glyph = [du]p[li][co] | name-full = Duplico | name-lower = duplico | name-plain = Multiplication | categ-main = Symbolic | categ-sub = Alter | represents = Multiply, Fuse, Mixture, Combination | psv-image = claire | psv-name = Claire Bonheur | sav-image = heilao | sav-name = Heilao | color = b89241
Duplico
Duplico is a Symbolic Alter Aspect showing Fiagia's representation of multiplication and the combination of two objects physically and magically. The aspect is divided by two facets: repetition and mixture.
Aspect Mediums for Duplico can be made by combining two :amplius: Amplius mediums together. The aspect medium will have a chance of leaving the other aspect medium out and be filled with Duplico instead of Amplius.
Duplico stems from :aetas: Aetas and sorcia made with Duplico is often paired with :amplius: Amplius and :imitio: Imitio.
Impact
Duplico is a powerful aspect that acts similar to :amplius: Amplius where it adds more to an aspect, except it does in multiples. It also mixes two traits together into one. In addition to its multiplicative and mixing traits, it can be used to temporatily duplicate traits of what items or sorcia already have by itself. However, not every item or skill can be duplicated due to some having a one-use nature, such as materials and food.
Since Duplico is commonly used to duplicate, there's actively anti-sorcia for Duplico to be used on Sylv as a counter-measure for being massively copied and creating an influx of currency, which can be disastrous in terms of economy.
Duplico's nature is often also used for alchemy and forgery in use with refining items and equipment.
:aetas: Aetas is the main influence for Duplico, while :amplius: Amplius and :imitio: Imitio influences the effect of each other.
Characteristics
The aspect is divided by three facets: repetition and mixture. Both of them being similarly related to one another as an aspect.
Repetition
Duplico's facet for repetition refers to its multiplicative and duplicative properties as an aspect, mainly to add more of one of its own traits.
Multiplication
When used alone or with :amplius: Amplius, the aspect allows for the sorcia being cast have a trait be enhanced in multiples.
For sorcia being cast, the cost of force is scaled based from the following:
- The trait specified
- Intensity, exponentially
- Margin of error (less than intended intensity)
- Lowest is 25% away from intended
- Duration
Duplico used to amplify a trait in multiples is more exhausting in high amounts compared to :amplius: Amplius alone. So it is more commonly used on Sorcia that has naturally low cost on force.
A higher margin of error from using Duplico is more beneficial than being accurate since it ends up being more efficient, though it ends up more common the be less than and rarer to achieve the indended intensity.
Duplication
If used with :imitio: Imitio, Duplico allows a trait of an item or sorcia to be temporarily duplicated.
For sorcia being cast, the cost of force is scaled based from the following:
- The trait specified
- Amount of duplicates
- Margin of error (less than intended amount)
- Lowest is 25% away from intended
- Duration
- Effectiveness
The nature of Duplico itself does not make a complete copy of an item or sorcia, but only its traits and only temporarily. Not all traits can be duplicated, such as the effects of potions. For example: a healing potion can be duplicated, but there will be next to no healing effect nor satiate thirst.
If Duplico was effectively used on one-time status healing items without consuming them, it can be used to mass heal a status effect among the party. Consuming duplicated items ends up being more harmful to the user than actually be of use since the duplicates themselves are made with sorcia.
Mixture
In addition to use Duplico for amplification, the aspect can be used to combine traits as well.
Blending
Duplico can be used to selectively blend one or more traits from one trait to another in an item and/or sorcia. For items, this only blends a group of traits from one item into another, but not all of them. The item is not expended in the process.
For sorcia being cast, the cost of force is scaled based from the following:
- The amount of traits involved
- Chance of success (overall and/or per trait)
- Lowest is 25% chance
- Degree of success
- Lowest is 25% of intended
- Duration
Blending is used more in situations where not all traits are necessary from items and/or sorcia. Such as increasing the damage or offensive sorcia but not necessarily its range.
Combination
If blending is not an option, Duplico can be used to combine two sets of traits into one in an item and/or sorcia. For items, it only combines traits of one item to another and the item being transferred from is not expended.
For sorcia being cast, the cost of force is scaled based from the following:
- The amount of traits involved
- Chance of success (overall and/or per trait)
- Lowest is 25% chance
- Degree of success
- Lowest is 25% of intended
- Duration
In most cases Duplico is used in alchemy and forgery, mainly to combine and stack the effects of items and/or equipment used in the field. In battle, the effects of these is highly varied since sorcia in battle tends to have lower duration in active use. This is very useful for support spells when done right.
Author Notes
- Sorcia using Duplico tends to be harder to pull off than :amplius: Amplius due to its multiplicative nature exponentially scaling the cost.
- Duplico is intended to be used to amplify affects muliplicatively rather than just outright duplicating an object or skill. Should one consider the use of Duplico to duplicate, it must be paired with :imitio: Imitio instead.
- Duplico is not designed for transmutation, but in extreme cases it is allowed but a forbidden aspect must be involved in the process.
Trivia
- Among all of the aspects, Duplico's location is found at
J5(or the 50th color) in the color chart, responding to a moderate orange color#b89241. - Duplico was introduced in the aspect list's second pass, originally named “Miscere”.
- Duplico's old name is “Miscere”, which means “mix” in Latin. This was changed due the word being also similar to the word “misery” and to favor what Duplico actually does.
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