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  1. I remember helping write this as one of the last things I did on the mod team. I'm very glad it's been published as it's very important. And I can't believe I missed it by over a week. I want to put to words my thoughts on why I wanted to help Anna with this.

     

    I hate that we must consistently address this situation on this server. I really wish that we could treat every person on this server with respect and care. I especially wish the adults on this server treated the children on this server better. I have a 6-year-old son. People often joke with me whether I will allow him on the server in seven years, when he is old enough to join. Though they joke with the question, I never joke with my answer. I emphatically tell them no. In the current state of the community, we let minors be witness to awful racial prejudices, harassment, and sexual content that no child should be subjected to.

     

    I recognize that we are on the internet and most of us are anonymous faces to each other. Judicial precedent in the United States currently gives less weight to defamatory statements made online because the sheer negative hyperbole that we feel we can use in this anonymous guise is so overwhelming. I would love us to be better than the rest of the internet and, let's face it, that's not a high bar to accomplish. More importantly, I want to work to make this a place that I could, in good conscience, let my child join one day. I ask you to help me make that a reality. 

     

    When I was a mod, I probably would have finished this with a note that I hope you can come to me if you need to talk. But I really truly hope that, now, you contact Anna. There are people on the moderation team I do not trust and there are people on the moderation team that I know spread the same lies and rumors Shmeep talked about above. But Anna, I trust completely. Talk to her. She will listen and she will do her best to help you.

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    Deep in his meditations as commanded by Callahan Bishop Citrea, on the Fifth Day of his journey on the Path of Owyn, Sir Zugha the Tower found himself drowsy and weary after seemingly unending fasting and prayer in front of the Pyre of Minitz. Fighting exhaustion, he felt a hand upon him and the Uruk was suddenly compelled to write. Pulling parchment and ink from his pack, he began to put word to paper, but found he wrote not the hastily scrawled scratchings that were his normal script, but rather that of a delicate hand. He found his spelling to no longer have issues and he wrote as if he had been brought up speaking the common tongue and not the tongue of the orcs.

     

     

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    As the heat of the flames rise,

    But for my faith, my eyes would turn away.

    Could our end but be in flames?

    Does the Uruk deserve more in their soul?

    Every Uruk is a slave to their rage,

    For they are bound to it,

    Granted no respite from it, as the

    Humans are bound to their short lives.

    I turn away, but it calls me ever to it,

    Just as the addict is drawn to the Green.

    “Keep it contained,” I cry out to my Creator.

    “Let not my rage turn me from Your Light.”

    My will, alone, is not enough,

    Nor my body, alone, strong enough,

    Or my spirit, alone, able to cage it.

    Place Your icy hand upon my brow.

    Quell the fever Iblees placed there.

    Relief would flow through my body,

    Sighing, I would relax in your hand.

    Tortured, I would be no more.

    Under your care, I would be at peace,

    Very content in your embrace.

    Would that You would find me.

    Exact Your will upon me.
    Your servant, then, would I always be,

    Zealous to Your every command.

     

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    The earth cries out to you, oh God.

    Creator, Your achievement proclaims Your name.

    The sun rises each morning,

    A flame to mark Your blessings.

    The mountains rise up to be close to You,

    The clouds gather around them, hoping for Your touch.

    Ever do the waves lap upon the shores,

    Ever does the spring bring rain.

    The moon changes phase,

    The tides rise and recede.

    Without words or voice,

    Your presence is clear,

    Your presence is distinct,

    Your presence is illustrious.

    None can plead ignorance.

     

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    Show Your Displeasure to the unworthy, Creator of all,

    Let no one proclaim Your name for his own gain,

    Let their wickedness draw your wrath.

    The starving man begs for a place at the feast,

    But the fat man casts him away for disturbing his meal.

    The wicked place those who might seek You in a cage.

    Will You not break the chains placed down by them?

    Their words are honey,

    but their deeds are poison.

    Their praise of You is beyond measure,

    But they heap scorn upon Your creation.

    Ever it bites like a swarm of locusts,

    And those that draw close to You feel its sting.

    Bring upon them fire and ruin.

    Let them feel the chains they themselves place.

    Tear their skin, rend their flesh.

    Make right all they have done wrong.

     

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    In the depths of time, where shadows dwell,

    Beneath the watchful eye of the Almighty,

    The understanding of God beckons to the hearts,

    Of the uruk, the mightiest Descendant.

    Yet, not all heed the call, for the path is wide,

    And many are the roads that souls may wander.

    In the forge and the fight, God's presence waits,

    For those who choose to turn their gaze above.

    Krug, their progenitor, in ancient fires forged their legacy,

    A tale woven into the fabric of existence.

    For God, in His boundless love, gazes upon the uruk with favor,

    And in His wisdom, has set a destiny unique.

    At the culmination of days, in a symphony of cosmic order,

    When the celestial bodies align and the Skies resonate,

    The Void, shrouded in darkness and steeped in mystery,

    Shall be bequeathed to the uruks, a realm to eternally refine.

    In this realm of dread, amidst the boundless expanse,

    They shall hone their strength, their spirits unwavering.

    For God has seen the potential in their hearts,

    And gifted them a forge of eternal fire.

     

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    O God, the heart of the uruk cries out in anguish,

    For the burden of bloodrage weighs heavy upon him.

    In the heat of battle, his honor is eclipsed,

    Lost in the tempest of uncontrollable fury.

    Thine eyes, O Lord, have seen his struggle,

    Yet the shackles of this curse remain unbroken.

    He stands on the precipice of his own nature,

    Yearning for release from this unrelenting storm.

    Why, O God, hast Thou not granted him reprieve?

    His soul is ensnared in the throes of relentless rage,

    And his honor, once gleaming, now lies tarnished,

    Like a blade dulled by the ceaseless onslaught of time.

    In his righteous fury, he marches forth,

    Seeking a path through the darkness that shrouds him.

    His heart beats with a fervent desire for redemption,

    To reclaim the honor that has been stolen from him.

    O God, if it be within Thy divine will,

    Extend Thy hand to lift this heavy burden.

    Grant us the strength to rise above our curse,

    And let our spirits soar on wings of newfound grace.

  3. Spoiler

     

     

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    Deep in the dungeons of the Silver City, a low hum was heard initially by the guards assigned there. The humming grew louder and then a deep, basso voice cried out in song. The song was mournful, yet the hope carried within it was as if sounded by a clarion. It drifted up and out of the cells, into the sea air.

     

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    [!]Mighty Sequana crests in the deep ocean.

     

    In shadows bound, amidst foreign shores,

    Captured heart, yet spirit soars.

    Salt-stained skin, a soul untamed,

    In chains of iron, not subdued or maimed.

     

    The waves still call, their whispers near,

    A note of freedom, held quite dear.

    Through starlit nights and sun-kissed days,

    Their rhythm guides, in ceaseless ways.

     

    To distant isles, my thoughts do fly,

    On narn'mataliarme, I'll again ride high.

    With linannilers' wisdom, stars to read,

    And Sequana's current as my steed.

     

    Though captive now, my spirit's free,

    The ocean's pulse held deep in me.

    In every surge, in every swell,

    The Waveman's heart, they cannot quell.

     

    For manum lives not in chains and locks,

    But in the heart that never mocks.

    In adversity, our souls grow strong,

    In darkness, we find where we belong.

     

    So hear my song, O boundless sea,

    A Waveman's soul shall ever be,

    In trials faced and trials to come,

    The ocean's child, heart a-thrum.

  4. Brave Version 1.1 has now been released! Please see the below change notes.

     

    Statistics: All statistics have had their names changed in order to better differentiate them. Statistics no longer share parts of their name with each other and each one also begins with a different letter. Hat tip to @Fishy for the suggestion.

     

    1. Strength (Offense) has been renamed to Strength.

    2. Strength (Defense) has been renamed to Fortitude.

    3. Skill (Offense) has been renamed to Training.

    4. Skill (Defense) has been renamed to Expertise.

    5. Spirit has been renamed to Psyche.

     

    Health: The starting health for each character at the beginning of a fight has been increased from 10 to 25. This, along with the damage changes below, will help reduce the advantage that Strength and Fortitude had over Training and Expertise. The marginal difference in the simulated fights (hat tip to @NotEvilAtAll for the amazing help with this) with these changes do not seem statistically meaningful, especially when considering the ingenuity of the human behind the emotes.

     

    Damage Roll: The standard damage roll has been increased from 1d6 plus modifier to 1d12 plus modifiers. Additionally, damage rolls for attacks that require emote counts have been increased from 2d6 to 2d12. Please see the above note on Health for the reasoning. 

  5. 2 hours ago, ScreamingDingo said:

    mfw have to decide between sweaty dice or sweaty clicks

     

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    It's an optional system. If you don't like it, don't use it. There's a third path to this trolley.

     

    And honestly, given it's optional, why as a staff member, did you feel the need to troll it? 

  6. 1 hour ago, NotEvilAtAll said:

    changing the system to d12 damage dice and 25 hp makes skill vs strength not as big a difference so that is the system to use if you want your skill build to be just as viable as strength builds

     

    Thanks for posting this, Jumper. Yeah, Jumper and I have been theory-crafting over DMs tonight and we think this is the answer. I expect to make an update to the main post tomorrow when I'm not sleepy. 

  7. 5 minutes ago, NotEvilAtAll said:

    Conclusion: You should play an Orc

     

    NGL, kinda feel it makes sense that orcs are just slightly better in 1v1. Not overpowered better. Just slightly better. 

     

    That said, what would you recommend to fix the "going first" issue? That seems a difference with a more than a standard deviation. 

  8. 12 minutes ago, Mordhaund said:

    It'd be cool to see this, but with more archetypes spanning the more combat-centric dark, voidal and deific CAs. 

     

    I specifically wanted to keep this simple. The more complicated the system, the less it is usable without a plugin. I think @Moribundity's ideas would make sense. I would absolutely agree to that in combats where I'm facing against you guys. This is why I wrote in the rules that the rules can be changed/added to at the mutual agreement of the people in combat.

  9. Sir Zugha the Tower cracked his knuckles as he leaned against a pillar inside the Commonwealth. "'N' 'ow 'bou' any punishmen' for beatin' the li'l snot' tha' made the boun'y in the firs' place? Cause if'n there t'ain't, I volunteer." The uruk chuckled, hoping he'd meet the fellow soon.

  10. Spoiler

    I know you're new to the server, so I have a few suggestions for you. In-character posts should not make reference to Out of Character things. For example, don't say things like "At the Later hours The Power will go to the Player AbraxasReaper" or "DM me." Instead, write things like "At the later hours, the power will go to Sir Bob of Bobington [or whatever the player's character name is]" or "Please reach me via Aviary."

     

  11. The Moderation Team has reviewed the evidence against you and agree with the overseeing moderator on your infraction. You may request a review by an administrator if you feel this was in error. 

     

    As for this appeal, you have not yet reached your appeal date. You may appeal again once that has been reached. Appeal denied. 

  12. 4 hours ago, Nug said:

    staff, pls just get into a habit of posting a feedback thread with your current draft before implementing. there's so many comments already pointing out problems or loopholes, but atm now these are our rules? save everyone and yourselves the headache 

     

    We welcome players to join our Moderation discord, where rules are often posted ahead of time and workshopped with the community.

     

    https://discord.gg/ZHeGjY8H

  13. 12 minutes ago, Charles The Bald said:

    Oh you mean the schizo that thought he could hold off the release of the PvP plugin because he wanted someone banned ? His behavior should have him kicked out of the team.

     

    That person was not a staff member.

  14. 45 minutes ago, Xarkly said:

     

    Or you could engage with the genuine concerns of your community

     

    Either or works

     

    You can see me responding in the main announcements thread, working through questions with players on the new rules and trying to clarify them for those players. But if you're trying to honestly tell me that the new name for combat is a "genuine concern," I'm going to laugh at you.

     

    Do I think it's a bad name because of its other uses? Yes. 

    Do I think the people who made that change didn't know the other connotation? Yes.

    Do I think it's pathetic and petty that mods have changed the words pvp to mrp in peoples' posts and in game? Yes.

    Do I think this name will be changed once the people who have the authority to change rules (admins) wake up and re-vote on it? Yes.

     

    Do I think that it is a genuine concern of this community that we are now calling pvp mrp, as in it will cause actual harm? No.

    Do I think you're trying to act high and mighty for the upvotes? Yes.

     

  15. 2 minutes ago, MailC3p said:

    I give it 10 minutes before this is changed to “Stop censoring MRP” 

     

    +1

     

    NGL, even though I'm not the person doing the changing, I kind of want to just because Jumper is so very worked up by it.

  16. 8 minutes ago, wowj said:

    what happened to the rules regarding fall damage? ie: falling more than 24~? blocks would end in your character dying, 21~ blocks being your character getting incapacitated,  18 blocks breaking your leg, etcetera.

    Because the idea was to simplify the rules, not pause combat so everyone can start counting blocks and arguing over just what block you started at/ended at/hit along the way... 

  17. 2 hours ago, Benleft said:

    Thank you. That is an insightful and helpful article. I will amend my thoughts in time. 

     

    And I apologize for such a harsh tone I took. It wasn't warranted. You hit upon something I'm extremely passionate about in gaming, and I saw the need for RIGHTEOUS FURY. Which, to be fair, shouldn't have been leveled on you, but on the culture in gaming that has bred a lot of RPers to think the same way you did. I really hope you take that article to heart; it and another article on "Playing to Lift" have dramatically affected the way I game. And, I'd like to think, for the better.

     

    Here's a Primer on Playing to Lift: https://nordiclarp.org/2018/02/21/play-lift-not-just-lose/

     

    And here's the other article that I said changed the way I play: https://thespacebetweenstories.com/2019/01/10/how-to-playing-to-lift-makes-you-one-of-the-cool-kids/

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