Sky

shut up you aussie bastard

He was weird the entire time

i mean there's just not anything holding him back anymore.

hehe xd

silly Australian it's a bloomin' onion 

how could you forget the the food of your people?  

I like fresh oats in the morning.

Rip

ive never seen that button before

Eat your oats kids, help you grow big and strong

I'm not a shaman but I do have something that does involve it (bloodsmithing) which is a feat basically learned through the use of a Farseer

Bloodsmithing is locked to the orcs of the redskins of Raguk clan because they are blessed with red skin, a trait that shows the blessing of one of three main spirits that Clan Raguk worships, Gazigazh. The lore post of Dar Ob Griish and Bloodsteel Smithing go into deeper detail, but it is only limited to the Redskinned orcs. So yes, some immortal spirits do care whether or not you are an orc, and specifically what kind of orc you are (clan, subrace, etc.)

And for your snaga question, of course. Now, i say this not as a shaman but as someone from the Krugmarian orc playerbase: that is how we want someone to learn shamanism. For them to know and appreciate our culture rather than cherry pick the part they want to use for their roleplay.

The Elementals get their main spiritual praise from the Orcs since they were passed the teachings of Shamanism by Krug and then onto his daughter who was also an Orc. The teachings weren’t passed on by Malin or Horen or Urguan and only conflict with the teachings those brothers passed onto their societies. Even if you are some sort of heretic and wish to worship both the spirits and let’s say the void, you might still contribute to the being of the Spirit but in no way would a Spirit reach out to you since you would rather go about learning other teachings instead of staying devoted to only the worship of the Spirits. It’s only when others try to divide Shamanism and spread it to every other descendant society who’s main belief isn’t Shamanism is the conflicting part, because it’s not very common for other races to have the same type of behavior or culture as the Orcs do (such as worshiping the Fire Spirits by setting cities on fire). Slavery has always been the key to achieving dynamic interaction with other Orcs/Shamans and can earn Honorary and exist in Orcish Society as an equal to the Orcish people hence the term, Honorary Orc.

From there, it is possible to perhaps then create a Clan, Society, City under the Orcish Country and earn your way to Stargush’Stroh under the Greater Ancestor of the Clan instead using foreign Immortals to invade and settle in the Ancestral Realm. Though many people are often very disturbed by any interaction when they are taken as prisoner and I've seen multiple people throw fits about it. I feel others consider the concept of slavery as too brutal for their liking (even considering every other nation does it whether they are peasants or bondsmen, same ****) but the word snaga translated into Old Blah literally just means, Labor Worker. A Snaga is taken in by a Clan to serve and fight for the clansmen to earn their way and prove themselves alongside their brothers.

In the current iteration of the lore the spirits will pretty much take what they can get so long as it isn’t going to put them in harm’s way. Immortal spirits can be a bit more finicky since they’re far more unique than the elementals, for example Leyd may not be fond of Elves because he sees them as week though of course an Elf could likely prove their worth through grand feats and all that sort of stuff that boils down to the individuals involved, though really all spirits are typically just trying to find the people who will honor their end of a pact. 
Slave question has already been answered but for my 2 cents I’d say that Honoraries who prove their might to earn their rank are far more respected than snagas (but that requires a certain capacity to pvp), the most prominent example for that would be Phaedrus.

life is good mate thx many good things happened.  Moved for one, got married and starting a family for two

great to hear, hope things keep going up and congrats!

Very excited to see some more events and builds coming through from the new Event Team!

: )

yay

nerlend

Join the orcs fam they are fun

Hey bro hows things, I was living in Melbourne for two years and now I'm back in frizzy! Hows things bro

*******, add me on Skype again you mutt. 

Xiryks

Good to hear from u Jake! It's tntlover if u dont remember add me on skype as well luke and yimmya miss u

as far as I know, it was just an upgrade to another forum board(?)

I think a majority of the lag comes from the theme itself. There's /a lot/ to go through when loading up a page on here.

But hey, it's a bit of a coincidence it suddenly starts lagging beyond oblivion when the changes were made, so maybe that was the straw that broke the camel's back or some dumb analogy!

Sometimes the staff is just beyond reason when it comes to things 

It now takes an extra 5 second for me to load the load the forums now. The joys of 250KB/s Australian tin can and string internet. 

Thanks guys.

Step One. Ask the bear kindly

Step Two. Sit down on the bear

Step Three. If the bear is angry and attacks you, try to talk to it. Don't run away!

You have to b a furry, and then use your mating call to calm it with some nice erp.

you can't claim them yet just like when everyone can come on ur girl and ride her 

you never do

that actually hits deep man – joel serious question, are there any australian communities or groups?

Nope. 

I'll not directly answer the question - but here's a good thread if you're looking to learn more about it @Sky

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/162799-✓-the-shamanic-codex/

Spirits use your mana to influence the realm. You have to communicate with them to build that foundation, and then you call out to them so they take notice and work through you.

Dark shamanism is better, then you can be like "Hey yo spirit *****, do my will!"

what temp said

boring

What temp said and what Hexe reiterated 

******* **** 

me want items

@MrPepsiWaffles Do I have to send you pepsi and waffle gore again?

if the primary rp u enjoy is cybering u dont deserve to be on this server

im down

Also down if you’ll have me

I find unfair dumping all responsability on staff members, who at the end of the day are still players. The main problem is the desire to win against other players, and lotc being inherently competitive instead of cooperative. 

To make an example, instead of a staged theater duel between two actors, LotC is an american football match.

What a world we live in.

@Salvo
at least if it was European football we could introduce the acting part ?