BakedPotato

Gazhnahk'Akaal tried to read who the Head of Foreign and Internal Affairs to the Unified Domain of Vortice was but couldn't understand their handwriting, "Agh people blah orkz kant write, whub dah zkah"

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/237877-translocation-ta-bak3d_potato/?tab=comments#comment-2047198

Yeah he's mine, OOC oversight for this one

Gazhnahk'Akaal was in the middle of roasting a nice juicy elf rib over a fire when she got the missive, "Whub dah zkah?"

I don't trust this man with magic

MC Name:

         Bak3d_Potato

Character's Name:

         Ikz'Dazkah

Character's Age:

         old

Character's Race:

         Zar'ie

Link to your accepted MA:

         https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/235299-translocation-ma-bakedpotato7/

What magic(s) will you be teaching?

         Translocation

Describe this magic or a creature as a whole:

Translocation is one of the many magics that fall under the voidal tree, a unique magic of its own right. It is the application of deconstructing material to store within the void to reconstruct at a later date as well as the ability to create voidal anchors to allow objects and beings to travel through the void in the blink of an eye across short distances. Unlike many of the other magics under the voidal umbrella, translocation does not require the intense study of something to perform, simply requiring the user to be able to form a stable connection to the void, though some of its applications require an understanding of something material to be able to work.

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

Translocation has two stark categories, that being shifting and expatriation. Shifting, often referred to as teleportation by others, is the process of forming an anchor within the material realm to allow yourself, objects, and others to pass through the void to a desired location. This shifting happens within milliseconds after the anchor is formed, making it the perfect magic for escape or dodging. Expatriation on the other hand is the ability to break down objects with your mana to store within the void. This requires an understanding of the object to be able to perform, since a mage cannot expect to deconstruct and reconstruct things they do not have any knowledge of. Expatriation also cannot be used to store living within the void to retrieve at a later time. Once something is stored within the void it can be reconstructed by the mage whenever they please, making it a great magic to store or transport objects.

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

Brisk Step

The voidstalker began to form her connection to the void, her black eyes that oozed mana began to glow a starry white. They appeared akin to pearls encased in a glossy translucent black glow. Translucent flames began the flutter to life on the back of the demon’s hands, starting off a pure putrid black which transitioned into a bloody crimson before fading into a vibrant orange. The flames ran along the back of the mage’s arms and up to her shoulders before stopping. A ring of the same flames spurred to life on top of the demon’s head, appearing like a crown of her mana.

The knight swung his blade, aiming to strike the inferi.

In a flash the inferi was no longer standing where she just was, narrowly avoiding death at the hands of the knight as she quickly blinked to the side. As she moved four meters a smokey trail of her aura that quickly faded once her form reappeared.

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

The infernal witch stared at her student, glaring at them with her dark hues. "Connect already, we don't have all day." She hissed.

As Ikz'Dazkah watched her student connect she began with her lecture, speaking in a dull and bored tone. "In our previous lesson I showed you how to store things within the void to retrieve later, this is like that but only in a swifter fashion, allowing you to quickly retrieve a weapon or focus. But, because this process is rushed, it doesn't work on complex items such as a crossbow." She began to explain. "Just like voidal pocket you form an anchor on your weapon and incase it in your aura to store it in the void so you can retrieve it later in combat. Try to perform on that dagger you have on your belt."

The demonic mage tapped her foot on the muddy ground as she impatiently watched her student store their blade in the void, "Now that you managed to do that, attempt to retrieve it in a quick manor."

Ikz'Dazkah kept her gaze on her student as they summoned their dagger from the void, "I'm surprised you managed to do that, even if was a simple task." The inferi scoffed. "That is all for todays lesson, out of my sight."

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

If my student powergamed during teaching I'd assume it came from a place of misunderstanding and correct it as well as clarifying the lore so they understand why it would be considered powergaming. If I heard or caught my student powergaming after teaching I'd check in with them and make sure they understand the lore and clarify any questions they may have had. If seemed like it was on purpose I'd let them know that is not allowed and warn them that if it continued I'd have to report them. If it was reoccurring I'd report them to ST as well as drop them from my TA.

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?:

         yes

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

         no

A mage by the name of Lillith looked at the missive and wondered when she was ever in Numendil, not having left her house in weeks. She glanced at the things she was being accused of, "I guess I should have figured the church would stoop so low to creating lies about me after I embarrassed them. I suppose worshipping a dead god leaves too much time on their hands."

MC Name:

         Bak3d_Potato

Character's Name:

         Ashryn

Character's Age:

         35

Character's Race:

         Delf

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         Fire Evocation

Teacher's MC Name:

         Ztrog

Teacher's RP Name:

         Eletha Ashdown

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

         no

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

         ye

Are you aware that if this magic is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         ye

https://imgur.com/a/XPSD6GM

MC Name:

         Bak3d_Potato

Character's Name:

         Ashryn

Character's Age:

         35

What feat(s) will you be learning?

         Voidstalking

Teacher's MC Name:

         Self-Taught

Teacher's RP Name:

         Obelisk

Do you agree to keep Story updated on the status of your feat app?:

         yes

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

         no

Are you aware that if this feat is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         yes

Somewhere in Aevos an infernal witch, past student of Arthur Burke, cackled to herself, a grin upon her face.

MC Name:

         Bak3d_Potato

Character's Name:

         Ashryn

Character's Age:

         Wouldn't you like to know (old enough)

Character's Race:

         Delf

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         Translocation

Teacher's MC Name:

         Ztrog

Teacher's RP Name:

         Lucis Avila

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

         No

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

         Yes

Are you aware that if this magic is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         Yes

MC Name:

         Bak3d_Potato

Character's Name:

         Ashryn

Character's Age:

         34

Character's Race:

         Dark Elf

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         Air Evocation

Teacher's MC Name:

         Ztrog

Teacher's RP Name:

         Eletha Ashdown

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

         Nope

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

         Yessirrr

Are you aware that if this magic is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         yuh

MC Name:

         Bak3d_Potato

Character's Name:

         Ashryn

Character's Age:

         34

Character's Race:

         Dark Elf

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         Earth Evocation

Teacher's MC Name:

         Ztrog

Teacher's RP Name:

         Eletha Ashdown

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

         No

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

         I suppose

Are you aware that if this magic is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         :pensive: Yeah

Smmer i support you and your very clearly olog

On 6/1/2024 at 8:59 PM, Unwillingly said:

 

after thinking about this for a little bit I want to come back and explain why I dont like 2 emote bows of any kind, even if they operate more as magic casting mechanics

 

As someone who plays both mundane characters and mage characters, I very much agree.

Bows have zero drawbacks, take no slots to use, and are easily accessible where someone just needs to craft a bow to become a master archer. As both a mundane fighter and a ranged caster, fighting against a two emote bow would be incredibly annoying. People can perch on unreachable walls or fire from long distances and bow spam you, which gets even worse in group scenarios. A connected mage would barely get a minor teleport off to escape and that’s only because the cast emote happens before any attacks, assuming the mage has translocation. Two emote bows have an emote count comparable to mages worse spells, while every spell worth casting needs 3/4 emotes even after connecting. As someone who crps often, multiple times a week even, I believe this is a bad change.

Bows have the advantage of range, making it hard to attack back, and the advantage of being easily accessible to anyone unlike alchemy and magic. Buffing their emote count to make them even stronger just makes bows overpowered against mundane knights and mages alike.

5 minutes ago, Xarkly said:

wouldn't want to see LotC further develop into minmax magic culture where people are inclined to weigh out what are the strongest synergies of combinable magics. While I can definitely appreciate where people are coming from in regards Transfiguration being the "worst" magic, buffing it to fit into the current magical power meta is definitely a bandaid solution - I would much rather see the utility/flavour niche developed more to promote non-minmax aspects of magic RP/culture than further compound that issue.

it's not about minmax culture or the best magics, anyone picking water evocation or transfiguration (even if its one slot) aren't doing it for the build. It's about the fact that a fun, non-combative magic, is two slots when it isn't worthy of being two slots. Thats like saying house magic and culimancy should be two slots to prevent minmax culture. I love utility and flavor magic, but flavor magic shouldn't consume multiple slots. This isn't buffing it to fit the current magical power meta, it's making it so those who don't want to minmax and enjoy the flavor rp that comes with transfiguration aren't overly punished in doing so. There are far better one slot and two slot options for both flavor and combat that a transfigurationist could take up instead, but people find transfiguration fun. Should all flavor magic such as bardmancy and house magic costs more slots so people have to further outweigh the cost of enjoying rp?

1 hour ago, UnBaed said:

Chat is this real

if u roll for ur arrows and they dont roll to dodge or for their attacks you've been professionally gaslit 

Like trav said I fear shortening the emote count for bows would be too big of a buff against magic users. Mundanes shouldn't be able to pick up a bow and easily outclass a mage with no drawbacks. The benefit to using a bow compared to magic is it takes no slots, no effort to learn irp, and has little drawbacks on the persons physical and mental state. If a mage can't even get a spell off against generic knight #147 because they are too busy blocking or dodging two emote bows then bows would be too op.

Also if bows get buffed via emote count then there should be a limit to how many arrows someone can shoot, quivers aren't infinite and mages are limited on mana, so i think limiting archers based on arrows would be a good idea

2 minutes ago, xo31 said:

 

am i naive for thinking that someone who knows how to crp can play a mundane knight with a bow and a sword and wipe the floor with a great deal of mages

 

Yes

MC Name:

         Bak3d_Potato

Character's Name:

         Cellica Ashwood

Character's Age:

         23

Character's Race:

         Mali'ker

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         Bardmancy (A+M+S+W)

Teacher's MC Name:

         _Unni_

Teacher's RP Name:

         Glorier Maiheiuh-Delevoye

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

         No

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

         Yes

Are you aware that if this magic is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         Yes

Self-Teach book within Hohkmat

MC Name:

         Bak3d_Potato

Character's Name:

         Cellica Ashwood

Character's Age:

         23

Character's Race:

         Mali'ker

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         House Magic/Culimancy

Teacher's MC Name:

         Self-Taught

Teacher's RP Name:

         Self-teach Book

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

         No

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

         Yes

Are you aware that if this magic is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         Yes

MC Name:

         Bak3d_Potato

Character's Name:

         Cellica Ashwood

Character's Age:

         23

What feat(s) will you be learning?

         Alchemy

Teacher's MC Name:

         Ztrog

Teacher's RP Name:

         Seraphina

Do you agree to keep Story updated on the status of your feat app?:

         Yes

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

         No

Are you aware that if this feat is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         Yes

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/237162-air-evocation-ta-bak3d_potato/

yeah he's mine 2/3