Song Druid

If you're going to give me **** then post evidence of my involvement in the toxicity.  You'll also notice me going to defend Leo in there when he was being shittalked.  Did I realize at the time that the chat was expressly to put others down?  No.  Did we come to that conclusion after we started unearthing more evidence and looked at what was happening in the chat?  Yeah.  I had alerts off in that chat as well as Druid chat (for reference) 

You can't hold me accountable for things other people do or say.  That's preposterous.  And when Ouity and I found out exactly what was going on we endeavored to put a stop to it.

Accepted

Great post.  That's me joking around about the difference between Archdruids and Arch Druids.

Man, you sure got me!

10 hours ago, Evocress said:

Even though yes thanks to the departure of Callax be it on terms overall upon this lore master application i'm going to throw my cents and say no to Arik.

 

I believe Arik is a non-level headed person as when a piece of lore of his was denied as suggested before in a comment he went into an aggression mode when said.

 

"Your lore was denied"

 

with him going off and stating like a child on a tantrum "It doesn't happen to me" as with some other words being used. I'll sadly not vote Arik to become the new druid lore master despite if the druids need one.

Though what's to say the druids need a lore master? Not every LM is tied to every section of magic.

 

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You know, nobody seems to understand what I meant when I said that.  I suppose I should expect people to see the worst in me, but I digress.  I was disappointed in myself.  When I said "It doesn't happen to me" I meant it in a way to say "I expect more of myself."  Everyone jumped on an opportunity to give me more flak when what actually went down in the chat was me venting about the verdict that I thought was unfair, because I thought it'd be more mature than doing it on the forums and I could share my frustrations with my friends-I was wrong and now I can suffer the consequences I suppose.

3 hours ago, Space said:

Anyone who is involved with that 'Goattree' skype chat bullshit shouldn't be on any staff position-- An opinion that Fireheart agrees with in that ban report. So no, I don't think Arikshould be an LM. i just want t

Just as you give Ouity **** for being in it and leaving (doesn't matter, he was in it he's bad!!!!) I don't recall ever actually being a part of the shitfest, and in fact endeavoring to stop it.  Furthermore Ouity and I both got with Callax and told him his use of the chat was unacceptable and I was kicked from it shortly thereafter, but by all means continue to pile your twisted interpretation of the situation onto it.  You'll get rep points, plenty of people don't like me.  And you'll get a reaction out of me, which I guess is what you want.  You know, Callax went out of his way to be a toxic presence on LotC.  You seem to have a natural knack for it.

26 minutes ago, Chaotikal said:

No they don't, LoTC owns the intellectual property that you post, as you'd know by reading the Terms and Services of this website when you sign up.

Look man I'm tired of people giving me crap over something that I didn't create.  If you are a lore creator you have to be consulted in some way when revisions to it are made.  The only reason I know to say this definitely is the fact that several LMs have verified this.  Obviously it's not my intellectual property, I did not suggest that it was.  

Do I have a high horse? Maybe.  I have an ego and I constantly try to better myself but unrealistic, unfair fingers pointed in my direction constantly work against me.  LOTC will never allow me to live anything down.  I could save a child from a burning building and they would still yell about how I pitched a fit in Druid chat when my lore got denied.  I'm trying to improve myself, I'm trying to get better.  But it doesn't matter because as usual nobody cares to look at improvements only the "bad" things, and oftentimes as is the case with the final quote, it has nothing to do with me but an established practice that I was taught by several other LMs.  Wouldn't you be frustrated too?

Somewhere far away an Elf breaks down in fits of anguish and sorrow as he feels the final moments of his companion's life. 

Bazinga!

The Elf points, rushing forward to see the scrawled words.  "Look, another!"  His amusement drains from his face has his eyes trace over the first words.   "Well....very well then.  You were not involved after all." He says to Ouity at his side, his face stony and devoid of any pleasure.  He grips his staff angrily as he reads the rest of the clipping.

The Elf stands, pursing his lips, turning his gaze towards Ouity.  "This obviously has your handiwork all over it, you were never that subtle....yet....nay, even you would not be so stupid as to openly parade this.  Who is it then?"  He chuckles to himself as he awaits the wolf's response.

Telanir what are the chances that you could make the chat plugin's colors be able to be customized on a user side?  It is a stellar plugin imo, but Bunnyboy does raise a point that could easily be solved for players who don't like the colors.  

As for the update.....I haven't seen enough of it to understand, except to know that it broke mobdisguise and now I have to find skins to do events ='(

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Ya'll need to put a stop to the back and forth on this thread, thanks!

As for Ski, I've worked with Ski for a very long time, from FM to App team a loooooong time ago.  Good pick, imo.

This event is on hold.  Expect it within the next month, we ran into some slight complications when preparing, we want everything to be perfect =)

THE DRUIDS WILL BE TOURING SOON IN A CITY NEAR YOU.  

Ya

4 hours ago, cmack1028 said:

 

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Isn't there currently a "shape circle"?  Comprised entirely of shapeshifters that determine who gets the book with much prejudice?

As for accessibility, the book is a big problem imo.  I'd rather the book be RPly tranformed into a ritual at a special altar that can be built.  It'd have to meet certain requirements.  Like, have some form of animal hide, blood, etc.  Ritualistic stuff.  

I like a majority of these changes but I do not stand by losing the ability to communicate with people change.  What possible reason would they lose their ability to understand common tongue yet regain the rest of their senses?  I don't like that one bit.  Everything else seems peachy though.  Also I'm obliged to say we should incorporate a change on how the tome is necessary to facilitate the completion of the trial, and instead create something less.....hoardable?

Updated with suggested edits of limbs and non druids.

Hello!  Today I bring before you a revision of a branch of Druidic magic, which has been revised in the past but many have asked me about reverting it and so here I am with the proposal.  I wish to change Druidic healing to bring it back to the key themes of the Druids.  So let's look into the existing lore, shall we?

Now, let's highlight some points here.

• Druids use herbalism and their powers to create interesting remedies unlike other races.
• Druids can replace limbs with wooden appendages at certain levels of power.
• Druids, at certain levels, can directly heal wounds without the aid of herbs and such, just heal wounds with their own energy.

Druids should not be able to direct heal.  I've been against this for a long time and was against it when they changed it before, and then they changed it back, then they changed it back again, and now I'm looking to revise it once more.  So let's discuss which parts we should remove.

Replacement limbs:

Replacing limbs for Druids to control shouldn't be a part of healing.  This doesn't take any knowledge or skill with healing, simply a proficiency with Control of Nature.  Thus any Druid who has trained in that department could create and use these limbs, even the "peglegs", as they would simply grow them around the affected area.  Certainly treating the wound would require knowledge, but nothing related to the replacement limb itself.  This should be moved over entirely to the Control of Nature department. 

Direct healing:

Direct healing should be removed in favor of the herbal route Druids have traditionally gone.  Druids have a unique opportunity to provide interesting RP that other groups can't do.  It's very rare for somebody to suffer an injury that can't be healed totally by a magic of some kind.  And if somebody is RPing an injury they have to RP it for a good while to properly feel it.  However with the Druid's herbal augmentation players can seek first aid from druids in wounds that they can RP out over a couple IRL days and then be healed from, thus being able to feel the inconvenience of being wounded or crippled without having to permanently feel it, or be healed instantaneously of it.  Also, the flavor from this type of healing is all but incomparable, with different acts such as scabbing over wounds with bark or sowing seeds into an arm wound to have grass grow from it when it has healed.  Really interesting and quirky ties to the overall flavor of Druidism.

With the new version, I wanted to emphasize that Druids can leave a legacy with their healing.  The better the Druid is, the more powerful the remedies they can create and any Druid with knowledge on how to apply the bandages and such created are able to do so without performing magic.  Although, there are actions that a Druid can do on the spot at higher levels, such as closing wounds with wood and such, but there are still ways to pass on the power and effectiveness to others in a tangible way.  So, let's post the edited, proposed version, shall we?  Striking away "Nature's Healing", we shamelessly present "Herblore"!

Denied.

Finalhazard will be posting with the reasons in a moment.

Those poor souls who have gotten the max and highest on their skills....

Accepted!

As per our interview I will once again iterate it's important to know that the function of Druidic magic is primarily defensive.  Keep that in mind when teaching and you should be good!

What kind of event would you like to see? 

I would personally like to see an exodus created by the players.  For instance, imagine some sort of magic user war that ravages the land in some way.  
 
Would you rather see the descendants pushed off our current land, or giving incentive to move themselves?
 

Forced to leave for whatever reason I suppose.

If you want to be pushed off, how so? If you want incentive, what would that be?
 

Like I said earlier, some sort of catastrophic magic war that causes the land to be uninhabitable. 

 
How should we travel to the next map (boat, portal, etc)?
 

Boat is tried and true, I suppose.  

Accepted

Accepted