SlitheryC1

Nerd time.
What classes or levels would your persona(s) be or have in DnD 5e and why?
credit to xo31 for telling me to make this topic into a forum post.

the crystal image reminds me of lemon-flavored jello

+1, will eat immediately when accepted

A helmed man peeked at the missive, squinting at it for a moment. He muttered "Herb-man is makin moves again oi see... oi need more herbs," They eased into a bench upon the public, briefly crumbling some Sun's Shard and jamming it into the nose area of their helmet-hole. 

After enjoying the euphoric sensation of the alchemical reagent being packed into their nose he stood, sketching a letter and delivering a note to  Stefan via hammering it onto the front door of the very tavern advertised before scuttling away, refusing to walk up to them in person and ask like a normal human being.
 

One/3

On 3/29/2024 at 10:05 PM, Diogen said:

-The destruction of the pet's head results in an instant death.

I think clarifying what a 'head' is, is quite important. Some constructs might not even have a defined head- maybe use 'gearheart' instead, since it's needed to keep lifeblood pumping throughout the body?

Other than that tight post dio, +1

2 hours ago, xo31 said:

your honor, my student was doing it for the vine

No harm no foul, but if theres a lack of quality in the rp, if its done too much, if they are aware that they are powergaming, etc, then yes i will snip their FA no further questions asked.

MC Name:

         _Helmet_

Character's Name:

         Slith Cobbett

Character's Age:

         Dudes old man, take my word for it

Character's Race:

         A descendant :thumbsup:

Link to your accepted MA:

        https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/229999-animiiautomaton-crafting-fa-straighte/?tab=comments#comment-2003215

What magic(s) will you be teaching?

         Animii (Science-Magic Robots)

Describe this magic or a creature as a whole:

as a tldr: Steampunk robotics except they aren't actually steam powered at all, and instead are powered by a little bit of magic alchemical gunk we call 'lifeblood'.

in the long, it takes alchemy and makes it slightly more sciencey by letting you do more than make hair dye for your colleagues for 50 minas a pop.
with it, you can make all sorts of things!
Specifically prosthetics, full creatures of varying intelligence, little gadgets and gizmos that are 99.9% of the time noncombative, and a way to circumvent death irply if you are okay with the pk clause that comes with it.
Of course, you'll need T3 in regular alchemy before being able to learn this stuff, so... do that first!
Automatons and Animii creations in general have 5 core components. These components are VITAL to an automaton's structure.
1. The skeletal frame, used to give all the parts that will go on top of it a foundation to sit on.
2. Pulley systems, granting the automaton the ability to move or bend.
3. Lifeblood Vessels, to carry the mystical lifeblood around the automaton's body.
4. A gearheart! This is a little artificial organ that needs a gemstone covered in or infused with redstone, & a means of pumping lifeblood along the lifeblood vessels often in the form of some leather sacks & gears. There is a miniature version as well for simpler constructs, and will often be the first gearheart a student will assemble.
 

Are there different sections or subsections of magic? Can those be elaborated upon?

Organs (or Modules, as the lore post likes to call them) are something most automatons, regardless of their complexity need- though higher tier automatons may need more to work well, but unlike the 'core components' are not actually required in an automaton for it to function.

These are split into: Intelligence Vessels (Leather treated lifeblood wrapped into the shape of a brain, more bends & wrinkles = more smarts. Maxxed out at a regular descendant's intelligence), Visual Module (Glass ball filled with lifeblood), Voice Module (noteblock device letting the creature speak in an instrumental or staticy voice), and Audio Modules (Leather treated lifeblood that lets the automaton hear).

Obviously, all these organs must be hooked up to the Lifeblood Vessels within the automaton to function properly, and if the automaton is drained of said lifeblood these organs too will be rendered useless.
Obedience Vessels aren’t really an organ, just a literal blood pact between the ‘owner’ and the construct being given the 20ml of blood which must belong to the owner in question. Machine Spirits are unable to be pacted, and automaton CAs must oocly agree.
 

Meanwhile, Tiers serve as good ways to represent levels of complexity for story reasons irp, and help clearly establish limitations or boundaries in a mechanical sense.

T1 consists of non-sentient inventions & very simple automaton prosthetics (arms, jaws, legs, etc). These are often little devices for flavor, and often require teeny gearhearts to work. I am aware that in the redlines it states that “arms and legs are T2, Lungs T3, and Voiceboxes T4” but this contradicts the lore within the T1 section so i’m sticking with T1’s lore.
T2 are often sentient creatures that can be as large as at most a backpack- but unable to be used in combat. These also include devices which can perform simple tasks.
T3 are between the size of a backpack & a golden retriever. These can be complete pets, but cannot be used to augment a person’s body in any way like how a prosthetic would. Their lifeblood bleeds out in 5 emotes should they be used and damaged in combat, and someone using them should refer to the pet/summons guidelines. Body parts are also broken in 2 blunt strikes.
T4 are your mounts or automaton humanoid npcs. Very complex constructs and aren’t able to be used in combat, and cannot be used to relay information. The exception to this are mounts, which can only be used akin to a regular horse. Automatons in this tier need 8 emotes to bleed out, & 3 strikes on a component to break it.
T5 are playable CAs! Either regular automatons or your machine spirits. These are effectively robot people, and can be modified with things that could logically fit within the automaton’s body. Automatons are capable of overclocking in a minor fashion or in a major fashion, minor resulting in a small temporary boost (+25% for 4 emotes) to an automaton’s physical capabilities at the expense of hindering themselves the moment it passes (-50% nerf until repaired), or in a major fashion resulting in a significant breakdown which exaggerates what occurs (+50% for 2 emotes, but goes inert when its over for the rest of the crp fight). Trying to overclock again without a repair inbetween will result in the automaton breaking entirely. Olog sized automatons can’t overclock. If a gearheart is damaged, the construct will go down & memories/personality traits developed may vanish while it is harmed- these sadly being permanent should the gearheart be entirely destroyed. This goes for all automatons, but is especially important for T5 automatons.
Machine Spirits are compatible with most forms of magic except for genus based & deific magics due to the machine daemon’s hold upon their souls. Voidal magic still poisons the physical body, having to be repaired more often. It also takes 2 weeks to create a husk on your own, but it can be shortened down to 1 so long you have a friend to help you.
Anything that doesn’t fit within any of the above categories or this one should be MArted, and any lesser inventions that are made should only be non-combative & mundane if not worthy of an MArt.

Can you give an example of a casting emote, of a spell of your choice?

Creation of an Intelligence Vessel to be used in a construct.

Can you give an example of a teaching-emote (interacting with another) of a spell of your choice?

[!] "Good morning, coward!" The helmed geezer kicked their own oak door in, stumbling into the workshop as they stared at his totally-willing apprentice. "Today we'll learn how to make an arm!" He cackled with glee, shambling to the alchemical workstand.

[!] "...What's that? Sorry, can't hear you over whats covering yer mouth." They nodded for a while as they rambled for some 'ingredients'. A bottle of lifeblood here, some metal plates & rods there... Before pausing. "Let's get started with the measurements, shall we?" They chimed, trotting over to the chair where he had tied the poor man down- freeing their arm and tightly gripping it. He proceeded to take some measurements if unimpeded, slowly bobbing his helm up and down before retying it again- walking over to the bench once more.

[!] "First, we establish a skeleton-frame for the rest of the junk to sit on..." They hummed, grabbing at the ferrum rods & affixing hinges & joints & screws into place with their trusty chisel- making a rather primitive ferrum skeleton, following the measurements he just took from Billy. "There we are!" He cackled once more, rubbing his gloved hands together.

[!] "Time for the pulleys- wouldn't want your new arm to be motionless~!" They said with a merry tone, rurmmaging around in his spare parts crate to pull out a mish-mash of pulleys & ropes, the helmed man visibly eye-balling the measurements. Slowly but surely, they began to screw the pulley systems into place with nails & chisel, scratching at their ferrum chin as he granted movement to it. From the tiny digits to the mighty upper bicep. "Next... Er, lifeblood vessels- Don't worry, it's not made of real blood! You need these to carry the well, uh, life, through the arm!" He chortled again, turning to rummage around in that box of parts once more.

[!] He pulled out quite a few leather cords & pipes, roughly gluing it to the skeleton between the pulley systems he had just established before using ferrum bracers to ensure the pipes would not wiggle about that much. After doing so, he reached into the box one more time to pull out a small strange organ. It looked like a brass box with two accordion sacks able to be pushed in and out embedded within it- a red 'star' of a gemstone glistening in the middle. "Ah, my favorite. The lesser gearheart! Can't put all that pressure on your heart, oh no no no." He wagged his finger at their 'test subject'.

[!] "Lets put it in, shall we?" They laughed again, visibly taking pride & joy in their work- his helm's gaze lifting from the intricate wrist of the child-sized arm to the shoulder upon the very top. They 'plugged' it in to the lifeblood vessel systems which were already installed, gluing it to ensure a watertight-seal before using bracers of metal to hold it in place. "And now, for the finishing touches..." He chortled once more, moving to grab at the many ferrum plates he had scattered earlier on the table.

[!] The helmed one started to slowly but surely bolt the plates onto the limb, careful not to impede the movement of the arm. He'd then start sanding down portions of the limb that were too crude or sharp till he was left with a metal piece which resembled your ordinary arm in shape! "See? It wasn't that hard!" He looked towards their test subject, cackling again. "Now, me bruddah..." Their helm began to focus on the glorified lab rat, slowly reaching over to their medical tools to gently pull out a bonesaw. "Let's see how it fits, yeah?"

Say your student powergames during or after teaching, how do you reprimand that?

the punishment's potency will depend on:

- whether or not they knew they messed up or not

- the severity of the crime (power armor BAD!!!)

- if it was funny (their intentions behind the powergaming)

Often I will give them a warning, then clarify/teach them the error of their ways.

If enough warnings have been given out, or if too much tomfoolery is had at the expense of others I will request that their FA be snipped and vow to provide enough irp physical brain trauma to them to ensure lotc's global-story-timeline runs smoothly.

Do you have a magic(s) you are dropping due to this app? If so, link it:

         no

Do you agree to keep the ST updated on the status of your magic app?:

         ye

Have you applied to teach this magic on this character before, and had it denied? If so, link the app.

         nah

IGN: _Helmet_
MC NAME: Slith!!!
NATION: Yes
WILL YOU NEED AN ENCHANTED WAND: No!!!!

lectors

A helmed man, 'Slith', looked at the missive with a faint grumble within the comfort of their own home, placing a hand upon their ferrum forehead.
"Ye kiddin me? Why didn't they scratch m'feckin name out yet!?" The man yelled, slamming his fist into his armrest as they grumbled.
"...Oi bettah have nae paladins at m'doorstep..." He malded. Seethed, even.

Name of the Artifact:

         Arcane Distillery

Is this a combat related Artifact? If marked as “no”, it will not be usable in combat situations:

         yes

MC Name of the person(s) currently in possession of the Artifact:

         _Helmet_

 RP Name of the person(s) currently in possession of the Artifact:

         Slith Cobbett

MC Name of the creator(s) of the Artifact (N/A if not applicable, e.g. for event items):

         _Helmet_

RP Name of the creator(s) of the Artifact (N/A if not applicable):

         Slith Cobbett

Screenshots showcasing the attempted creation of the artifact (use an imgur album or a spoiler please | if an event item just screenshot the item itself | If you're resubmitting an old MArt put N/A:

MC Item description (the exact description that will be used for the MC item if this MArt is accepted):

Item name: | "T4" | Arcane Distillery |
An odd ferrum stand with a triangular potion rack at the bottom, allowing at most 3 bottles to be placed upon it. Above the slots of this rack was a single thin magegold rod, numbering 3 in total to pair up with the potion slots beneath with a considerable amount of air between each partnered slot & magegold limb. These 3 magegold digits stretched upwards forming what appeared to be a bulky band of the same substance, tightly hugging what appeared to be a Lightstone at the stand's very apex.

This piece of fancy junk seemed to do nothing on it's own, with no immediate effects or unique attributes beyond the strange design. What was it's purpose? And if it did anything at all, how?

Effect(s) of the Artifact:

Arcane Distillery
This artifact allows the creation of new ‘potions’, often magical or chaotic in nature due to both the irregularities formed in the applied process. Deific Mana is used to feed into each potion over time as the potions often must be left in place to be exposed to the 'holy' magic for a long period of time, often a narrative month or so. This is done by using the Lightstone as a means of containing this special mana, diluting it into the substances through the magegold limbs/band the device possesses.
It is both a taxing & tedious process to make, much like base alchemy- and has another complicated step of gathering a source of Deific Mana whether it be sourced from paladins, templars, shamans, or druids as the Lightstone itself does not come with power on it's own.

Fueling the crystal is luckily somewhat simple, but the method may vary from magic to magic. Shamans may try to bless/curse the crystal, meanwhile Templars may simply draw their imbued weapon to place upon the crystal for a moment. Not only this, but it is often the case that the potion being handled needs to have a material that is receptive to magic in some manner be ground up and added to the base (Magegold Powder, for example) to allow the energies from the lightstone to jump from the limbs into the very bottle.

[COMMON] Luck-be-a-Lady [T3]

Red Lines of the Artifact:

Arcane Distillery Redlines

Luck-Be-A-Lady Redlines

Explanation of the effect(s) (i.e. how it does what it does - slight bending of magic lore is allowed):

As a TLDR, its effectively a way to jam what is called "Deific Mana" (found in the Canon Energies lore post) into a potion to do some fancy schmancy stuff regular Liquid Essence cannot, using the Lightstone as a means of storing this mana to slowly dilute it into the potions/inert alchemical solutions via the magegold wrapped around.
Meanwhile, the Luck-be-a-Lady potion is the first of it's kind utilizing this method, & overall very chaotic/fun. I do not want this potion to be practical or hyper widespread like your usual combat potions, nor do i intend on making more MArt recipes with this fancy invention. I do however want to use it to manually inject some chaos and uncertainty into CRP fights to combat the feeling of playing chess which is overall quite boring, & maybe hand out a couple from time to time. If the MArt is ever stolen the 'common' nature of the Luck-be-a-Lady potion means that these potions will still be able to be made, so long as the character that has them is an alchemist & tinkers with the distillery for long enough.

Number of duplicates of this Artifact:

         N/A

Do you understand that there is a three-month cooldown between posting MArts per-player, and that cooldown begins upon acceptance? (Denial does not trigger a cooldown period.)

         yes

 Have you applied for this Artifact before, and had it denied? If so, link the app:

         no

I'm all for fancy plugins and what not, but can't we just attain the same level of convenience via satchels?
Thats literally what they are for- to be able to cram several unique items that are normally stackable into a single slot (example: varied building blocks in vanilla mc's case, or in LOTC's the many alch herbs), while being effectively useless in carrying unstackables (pvp gear).
Not sure why yall are making specific bags for specific plugins (example, fishing plugin's junk bag) when yall could just make satchels accessible.

Beyond those thoughts, the plugin itself looks smexy- love less inventory clutter!

I HATE THE PALEBEAST!!!

Gimme another reason to clay out, ST. +1

1 hour ago, Jihnyny said:

-Troll fever causes the loss of any sexual or romantical need and want.

Immediate +1

Beyond that though, I will have to ask what 'high intellect' is defined as. Are these knowledge based feats/magics?
also there any other ways this disease can be cured? (think shamanism blessing, alchemy's fervor concentrate, copius amounts of pot, etc)

1 hour ago, ClassyDryad said:

 

Sprinting rules did not always exist.

Oh god
Imagine trying to catch someone that can tp 32 blocks when ur limited to 4 blocks an emote

As a dude whos fought against a ton of magi as a regular dude in 1v1s,
it is NOT fun to go against with translo's current state, and I firmly believe this would make it better for both the magic & opposing persons going against the magic.
as per sam's words, it is quite literally cheesing your opponents as ranged attacks are not guaranteed (especially with minor brisk steps) to catch them, and if comboed with air shield its pretty much a hard W no matter what.
Then again, it might just be a skill issue on my end & grants me bias against this, but at the end of the day moving 32 blocks in 2-3 emotes is insane lmfao

TLDR: unfun win button feature, +1ing this nerf

were so back.
this is edgy, but a good kind of edgy.

A helmed man inspected the paper, scratching their ferrum chin at the note within the comfort of their own subterranean home.
Stretching their back after peeling it from the cushioned seat they grumbled, yet this did not grant him sanctuary from pondering.
"...Am I to be proud, or to be disappointed?"

Stifle Ointment (Rare, T3)

Background
Discovered after much experimentation by a many a goblin messing about with paddfoot & alchemical solutions consisting of freshly extracted symbols intent on giving themselves new options to skulk around the orcish city unnoticed. it shares the sound numbing capabilities of Paddfoot, and when released directly into the air around it, it makes the air more dense- giving sound (& sometimes light) a harder time to pass through the effected area.

Recipe

Base: Paddfoot Salve x1

Air | Silence x2
Air | Curtailment x1
Mundane | Lethargy x2
Mundane | Poison x1
Mundane | Rigidity x3
 

Description
A gray oil to be stored within an air tight container, strangely expanding into the rest of the container to fit it's shape perfectly with time. It has a variety of purposes, depending on whether the oil is exposed, treated on an object, or consumed directly. If a crack in the bottle results in the substance leaking and is not handled within a narrative minute, the potion itself may spoil with no substantial effect.

Effects (Throwing)

Effects (Treating Materials)

Effects (Ingesting)

OOC Reasoning

MEDIKAL AGH RESEARCH LODGE!
______________________________
 

The center of orcish innovation, manufacturing & medicine- in that order specifically.
The surface & upper floors are available for use by the public, so long as equipment remains unharmed & folk clean up after themselves
once they are done tending to the wounded or finished working upon their creations.
Often this lodge shall be used as a staging ground to not only heal members of the Horde, but also to manufacture less simple products than what other lodges may provide alongside granting the nation a place to work on nation-wide scientific projects.
______________________________

DAH MEDIKAL SIDE

______________________________


DAH MANUFACTURIN SIDE

______________________________

DAH INNOVATION SIDE

______________________________

Signed,

Slith Cobbett
Grand Alchemist of the Iron Horde

______________________________

 OOC

A helmed man reading this missive within the confines of the Iron Horde pumped a fist towards the air, loudly declaring in his little cave.
"WAGH- er... nae, that's not right. ARU? ...One o th'two!"

4 hours ago, esterhase said:

His character flaw is his homosexuality, a taboo in the orcish kingdom as it does not often result in offspring.

its not taboo, its your only option.
feorcs don't exist.

yub
3/5, hidden page
https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/223826-alchemy-ta-slitherye/?tab=comments#comment-1968670

yes 2/5

hidden page
https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/223826-alchemy-ta-slitherye/?tab=comments#comment-1968670

5 minutes ago, Me_llamo... said:

but Alas, Slith's sexiness impeded it I guess.

Why must you word it this way.
You are not wrong, but you are not right either.