King_Kunuk

The enlightened man says "all magic uses mana" and therefore you can hinder any magic. Necromancy, nazthrak, blood magic, Kani, etc.

I highly doubt the intent of this amendment is to let one coven mass PK all other wights. Frankly I never seen more then two wights in one location, let alone 4 or 5

Slop Level: Mystical! As cool as phylacteries are I get why no one likes them in modern LotC. So approved by me.

PoV: you are venting into prima slop post once more. Edit: when squak comes down from the heavens to call your amendment lame, you should know what to do.

"You have come before these hollowed crypts with bold words." "I shall come down and eat your heart" "You live because I will it." "You'll die because I COMMAND it" -Gravelord Adalmbhrun, also known as the Witch King

I actually think this is oddly decent. I would probably remove the idea of them learning magics entirely, but I like how they been given more ability of intelligence. Still should make sure there is a no TFB clause if it doesn't exist already.

As a victim of book copy mods I agree. Ban book copy mods.

The Witch King gazed down at the elven welp that was left to his unkind ministrations. Contempt seethed through his mind. What need does he have for cowards? Only the mighty and those with drive and will could stand against him, and perhaps even with him. Thus, Tiva was sent to an ignoble death; consumed by hungry thralls to obsessed with the need to satisfy the eternal hungry which no amount of flesh could never meet. Such was the cruelty of the world. And the Gravelord was beyond cruel in all things he did.

Perhaps magical spells which trigger on audio ques should just ignore earplugs and ear coverings. It is magic after all, and takes away from the aura and uniqueness of these spells. I do think of all the audible spell effects which exists, Wights Wail is actually one of the most balanced. Sure it blasts you with a one emote stun/disconnect, but it also effects all of the wights allies, undead or mortal, mystic or not. So perhaps the solution to this problem should be to address how these spells function and should function. Because as much as it sucks to be hit by these spells, it also kinda sucks to have your spell be completely ignored.

The flex is that its very dumb (sorry aekaj, security, Johann, etc but I won't mince my words) to need some hyper rare event material which is basically locked behind Squakhawk deciding that today he wants to hand some out. I thought we had learned this lesson already.

I think it's alright :3. Better then current pale knight lore, but I still feel hesitant on the idea of a "merger" or however it is put. Who really cares if two CAs follow a similar niche. Frankly how this reads, their is more implication on the Blood Mage side of the lore then the Mystic Side of the lore. Beyond "a few aesthetics" there is 0 variation and genuine mechanical differences between mystic dreads and blood magic dreads which hurts both mystics and blood mages instead of helps them. There should be a genuine difference in what spells, augments, and abilities they should have. Such a lack in difference harms the CA more then helps, convergence in magics be damned; ghostly rock people are different enough from alphons from FMA who was bound to his metal chaise in blood. I am sorry but I don't approve completely with the execution of this lore. That being said it is flawlessly written, mechanically sound (even tho some abilities feel underwhelming), and pretty dope. Also 3/4 of the comments and replies are mindless pallo formating and lore glaze (sorry guys it's the truth) (and Samson's +1 reply isn't glaze since it actually contains a solid opinion behind his approved). Edit (after Pallo Edits. I refuse to ruin rep ratio for lore gooning). After the changes which have been made (such as removal of augments, oath blades), I think it is SLIGHTLY better. I firmly believe Rusting is cringe as **** and should be removed entirely as a mechanic (considering BM and Mysticism basically call on you to MURDER someone), but I suppose we can't all get the best things in life. I think allowing them to learn the magics does in a way, help them be more different, but I think this comes with its own flaws. 1. Dreadknights have 0 genus or the ability to hold it. This needs amending. They shouldn't be able to generate it naturally, but letting them suck it out of corpses or people could work 2. Rusting needs to go. Just remove it. Templars don't get punished for gooning someone. Vampires don't get punished for gooning someone. Dreadknights get punished for gooning someone? 3. SInce dreadknights can learn BM and Mysticism, they should not have the innate ability to create more of their kind without the intervention of occultists. I would remove this mention and just say "needs Mystic or Needs Blood Mage" and call it a day (as they can not BE the mystic or Blood Mage). regardless, went from 3/10 slop to 6.5/10 "i think its okay". Still better then current pate knights.

The prophesy has come true guys. Stingy is being angrily attacked violently and without compromise by the Azdrazi shadow cabal! It is so over for our poor boy. He just had a dream curse you!

Ya but treelords are lame good guy tree man while wraiths are giga chad, "strikes fear into the entire army" type creature. So sob and weep tree lover!

Overall I think this is a good CA, but honestly I think it suffers from these two issues. 1. I think that Draconic Sacrilege is utterly pointless and hides a fun aesthetic over a frankly hyper rare material. 2. I think you need to clarify if darkstalkers and liches who have been given elevation can help with the ritual. Getting 5 T5 necros is a struggle at the best of times. Letting the CAs be stand and would just be something required. That isn't to speak of some of the Balancing issues which arise within the spells itself. Darkening's strength drain should not wear off after 2 emotes. Eclipse Mantle should last longer then 3 emotes. Everdrain should be knowledge locked. 1 cast of the spell per ooc is bleh should be 2 or even 3. Additional questions ariss. Can pre made Blighted lands be used in creation? Why does new blighted land need to be made? Feels like a process in a half if you need to remake a blight totem? Compared to wight and Zar akal as end game CAs the creation here is just tedious and mildly annoying (it is cool though in how it has to be done. I'm just speaking logistically). If you have lost spell slots from other magics (since losing slots now is a think I suppose. The biggest one that comes to mind is nazthrak), can you still become a wraith? Or does not having that lost slot now bar you from the CA. (Frankly I think this should not add any additional slots and a wraith should be allowed to keep 2 spell slots so they can express their magical acumin in different ways). In summary I think it is okay but it suffers from being weak as hell for what should be one of the most terrifying player CAs to encounter. People will probably over hype it a bit in the comments as they tend to do. You wrote this with the same mentality of Abyssal of "aim low amend high" which just makes the whole Magic and creature mildly unappealing, which in the end is just more disappointing then it is annoying. Edit: for the aurum weaknesses, 1 ingot weapons are like, nothing. everything which people actually use as weapons are 2/3 inogts. Plus the symmetry hit mechanic where if stabbed with a gold dagger on one arm for it to then carry over to the other WITH a stun is just nasty brutal. You strike them with gold, stun them, and then your friend delivers another major blow and they die in 2 emotes. Frankly I feel like wraiths should be immune to all mundane weapons, for they are just shadow smoke monsters. Let them be hard to take down and dreadful if gold can be so debilitating. Edit: ya werewolf is right

I love this potion, and frankly wish more potions held a kinda mystical vibe. It's a niche in alchemy rare touched upon since we focus more on the science aspect then the estranged aspect. Although I will confuse, I actually think including the heart of Corcs takes away from this potion, rather then adds to it.

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