Mystic Branch

A Mystic Branch allows a witch or warlock who has previously successfully applied a Rite of Infusion to themselves, to draw symbols into the air and produce limited magical effects. Each effect will drain a specific amount of their infused power. Certain symbols may be inaccessible depending on the type of infusion the player has.

Symbols are drawn by holding the right mouse button and moving the mouse around in any direction. The symbols will appear in the air. If a pattern that makes sense is drawn, the name of the associated effect will appear. The effect can now be targeted normally and will occur when the mouse button is released.

The Mystic Branch can also be used to deflect targeted effects produced by another Mystic Branch, in much the same way as a Ghast Fireball may be hit. Left-clicking with the branch held, just before the effect hits, will deflect the effect back at the caster. Some effects may be unblockable, so know your colors!

Effects produced by symbol magic are much weaker that similar effects produced by other means (with one or two exceptions), but it is the utility of having so many possibilities in a single device that makes the Mystic Branch so interesting. The Swiss Army Knife of the witchcraft world, so to speak.

Demonic effects

A few spell effects can only be performed if the witch (or warlock) has consumed the soul of a specific type of demon, these demonic souls are obtained by dealing with Flame Imps or by defeating powerful demon lords.

Boosting Power with Hobgoblin Worshipers

Using a bound Statue of Hobgoblin Patron, it is possible to get Hobgoblins to worship it and redirect the power to the bound witch, instead of the Hobgoblin gods: Mog and Gulg.

With a few worshipers, infusion power of the witch will recharge when near to the statue, with more worshipers, a symbol may be drawn larger to cause a more powerful (mostly AOE) effect. For example, defodio when drawn as up, up, up, left, left, down, down, right, right, will dig a 3x3 area.

With many worshipers, even larger symbols may be drawn for even wider effects. For example, defodio when drawn as up, up, up, up, left, left, left, down, down, down, right right, right, will dig a 5x5 area.

More worshipers also increases the chance of the avatars of Mog and Gulg paying the witch a visit.

Gestures and effects

Deflect branch effects
Left click

Grab item entity in world
{Stroke.LEFT, Stroke.UP, Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.DOWN}

Create water
{Stroke.UP, Stroke.UP, Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.DOWN}

Open door
{Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.UP, Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.DOWN}

Fortify base by upgrading material type based on hardness
{Stroke.UP, Stroke.LEFT, Stroke.UP, Stroke.UP, Stroke.RIGHT}

Lock a door by converting it to a harder to open door
{Stroke.LEFT, Stroke.LEFT, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.RIGHT}

Cause confusion
{Stroke.LEFT, Stroke.LEFT, Stroke.UP, Stroke.UP, Stroke.RIGHT}

Very minor damage (restricted use, expensive)
{Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.LEFT, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.RIGHT}
    
Dig a block
{Stroke.UP, Stroke.UP, Stroke.LEFT, Stroke.DOWN }

Remove stun effects
{Stroke.UP, Stroke.LEFT, Stroke.UP, Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.LEFT, Stroke.UP, Stroke.RIGHT}

Heal at the cost of Hunger
{Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.UP, Stroke.LEFT, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.RIGHT}

Disarm
{Stroke.UP, Stroke.UP, Stroke.DOWN}

Pushback
{Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.LEFT }

Slows incoming person
{Stroke.LEFT, Stroke.LEFT, Stroke.RIGHT}

Control creature (restricted use, expensive)
{Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.DOWN}

Start fire on block
{Stroke.LEFT, Stroke.UP, Stroke.UP, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.DOWN }

Create light block
{ Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.RIGHT }

Stop rain (very expensive)
{Stroke.UP, Stroke.UP, Stroke.UP, Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.UP, Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.DOWN}

Break torches
{Stroke.UP, Stroke.UP, Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.UP}

Shield (ground target)
{Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.UP, Stroke.UP, Stroke.UP}

Stun (slow to nothing)
{Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.UP, Stroke.LEFT, Stroke.UP, Stroke.RIGHT}

Dark Mark (Shoot in the air, demonic magic consume Soul of Fear Demon)
{Stroke.UP, Stroke.UP, Stroke.LEFT, Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.RIGHT}

Fleshy Feast (Gain power by consuming flesh, demonic magic consume Soul of Hunger Demon)
{Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.UP, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.DOWN}

Soulfire (Burn victims with the power of your own anguish, demonic magic consume Soul of Anguish Demon)
{Stroke.LEFT, Stroke.LEFT, Stroke.UP, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.DOWN}

Torment (Torment your victim, demonic magic consume Soul of Torment Demon)
{Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.DOWN, Stroke.LEFT, Stroke.RIGHT, Stroke.RIGHT}