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The Method of Action: The Path of the Thief

The Method of Action is a way of absorbing the power of the Otherworldly without the right to possess it. The practitioner does not become the master of the power — he becomes its thief, its parasite, its temporary vessel.

The essence of the method: to take the power of the Otherworldly, but not to let it take root. To use it, but not to become dependent. To steal the fire, but not to be burned.

The stages of the method are named after the types of thieves:

The Marauder takes what lies poorly guarded.

The Swindler lives off others' trust.

The Parasite settles at another's expense without being noticed.

The practitioner must behave according to their current stage until the power becomes part of them. Until the potion is digested, the bearer is vulnerable: the power is already there, but control over it is not yet.

The roles of the path are thievish: The Marauder takes what lies poorly guarded, the Swindler lives off others' gullibility, the Parasite settles at another's expense without being noticed.

The method long remained the knowledge of the few: the hierarchies of the churches were in no hurry to reveal it, and many Otherworldly ascended blindly, paying for it with their sanity.