DISCOLIQUID

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Maybe instead of adding an entirely separate potion, we could collapse both Babbling Concoction & Nim’s Babbling Unction into one potion with two recipes? You are saying that you wrote the original lore for Nim’s Babbling Unction, so I agree that I would rather the piece of lore for the Babbling Concoction be changed or expanded for the original RP item.

As the potion requires no ST signing and is only Tier 1, I would lower the requirements of order, strength, and slowness from 2 counts to one. Excepting strength, those symbols are currently hard to get ahold of, and this will make your cosmetic potion more accessible to low level alchemists. Great potion idea!

2nd Helena Livery Board, 1772 Having been elected as Lord Mayor by popular vote of the citizenry of the Imperial City of Helena, Grouch Carrington takes the stand alongside the City Clerk. As the Livery Masters find their seats in Varoche Hall, he begins at once. “Honorable Masters, first, the roll! “The Lord Mayor of Helena, Grouch Carrington! City Clerk of Helena@BobBox Master of the Honorable Company of Mercers@Slapacookie Master of the Honorable Company of Vintners, Brewers and Innkeepers@Merqurie Master of the Honorable Company of Ironmongers, Blacksmiths and Founders@howard Master of the Honorable Company of Grocers and Cooks@Ozziemine Master of the Honorable Company of Tylers, Bricklayers and Paviors @cap Master of the Honorable Company of Barbers and Surgeons @jmeatball Master of the Honorable Company of Drapers and Haberdashers – To be electected Master of the Honorable Company of Thespians and Revelers @Heff Master of the Honorable Company of Scriveners @Neon123 Master of the Honorable Company of Publicans @libertyybelle As is our obligation at the beginning of every livery board, each Livery Master must recite the ancient Nauzican Oath of fealty to the Crown in order to sit.” Grouch raises his hand as he stands alongside the City Clerk before the lectern, imploring all of his colleagues to follow suit: at once the Livery Masters rise, as individual assistants scramble to provide their superiors with the proper paperwork. Once all were ready, they collectively spoke: ”I swear to be true to the Emperor and the realm and not to maintain silence about any evil that I may know which is being contemplated against them. I swear to work tirelessly to the betterment of the Empire and the Orenian people that comprise it. I swear also not to eat or drink with traitors and not to have anything in common with them, and always to defend the honor of the gentlemen I serve. This I swear by the Holy Scrolls.” Grouch sits and helps himself to a nice ale as he leads the livery guilds to discuss issues of budget & term goals. This is a role-play post, please stay in character. You may not post unless your character would be allowed into Varoche Hall of Helena during this meeting. [SPACE RESERVED]

“Well ****,” says Grouch.

a forged signature demands christ punchsteel’s return

Wow, yeah. Imagine a team of 5 IRP 3 Horse-Archers & 2 Wagonmen on the roads – not technically a toll road, executing mass kidnappings!

A keen eared Grouch hears thunderous cries; his bulbous nose sniffing no rain clouds, only the dry and summerish grass thriving below. “Curious.”

No, I really hope we don’t keep these techlock weapon designs because of how obviously better some of these weapons are than others. As it was before these posts, most people just threw three emotes behind projectiles, bow and crossbow alike, and called it a day. No one shot at each other from fourty+ blocks unless they were in an event. Having the techlock level of specificity that certain weapons are just flat out better like the recurve bow is just going to lead to emotes like Johnny Snipes laughing at fools entering the kill-zone.

It’s true, some of us want the best, better than all the rest! I am glad the folks here commenting about metagaming and having a tier list are volunteering to use the lesser quality weapons that just aren’t as effective. God knows I won’t! It’s important that some folks step up and pick weaponry that is outright bad, otherwise we would all just be using the same busted Recurve Bow. Johnny Snipes waits for a poor sap to enter the kill zone.

Hey guys! Just ranking all of the now lore-limited armaments for you guys so you don’t make the mistake of roleplaying a weapon or armor that is terrible in CRP and wasting your time. Blowgun – A- - 2 emotes to use. One to load, one to fire. - Darts are capable of shallowly piercing skin, yet incapable of piercing much more than 2 layers of cloth, no less armor. - Poisons on blowgun darts must be ST approved. - 15 block range. - Usable on horseback. As we can see, the Blowgun comes in strong as the first 2-emoter in the weapons mix. Emotes are an easy way to check the balance of a weapon; in general, the shorter the emotes, the stronger the weapon. Obviously the blowdart has the weakness of not being to pierce armor, but keep in mind that your strategy with this weapon should be to load the weapon somewhere out of sight, probably in #q as it is a simple enough motion to hide, and then to surprise fire on someone. This #q emote, fire in #rp is a strong pathway to use the blowdart, as it will even allow you with an unpoisoned bolt to shoot someone right in the eyeball. The 15 block range fits neatly outside of the 8 block #q range, so feel free to go absolutely nuts with this one! Hand Crossbow – B - 3 emotes to use. One to pull back the string, one to load in the bolt and aim, and one to fire the bolt. - 10-150lb draw weight. - Bolts are capable of deeply piercing the skin, and embedding into bone, though able to be stopped by gambesons or chainmail. - 45 block range. - Usable on horseback. The hand crossbow is a staple enough of a weapon, but keep in mind that with three emotes taken to load this heavy weapon, you are likely going to encounter some resistance via shields or dodging if you aren’t sneaky with it. The 45 block range means that you can load up, aim, and fire your bolt outside of the #rp chat distance, so feel free to perch yourself on a roof with no intent of letting someone else see your emotes, only to snipe them down with the very last emote you PM them. Very cool! Using this weapon on horseback is okay, try to pair it with a shield as that’s going to raise the chance that you aren’t distracted or hit while loading your weapon. You’re going to be best with a hand crossbow picking people off from outside of their render distance than getting in close, but that’s just what we call combat role-play here on Lord of the Craft! Sling – B - 2 emotes to use in short range. One emote to load the sling ammo, and one to throw it. 3 emotes to use in long range. One emote to load the sling ammo, one emote to swing the sling, and one emote to throw the sling ammo. - Standard stones are capable of fracturing bone or bruising muscle. Metal sling bullets are capable of breaking bones and embedding shallowly into the skin. Incapable of -piercing armor, though capable of translating concussive force into non padded areas. - 10 blocks as short range, 45 blocks max range. - Usable on horseback. Well, this weapon used to be called the mage killer, but there’s literally no point in using one of these unless you’re in close range now. From close range, you might be able to break some bones, but the relatively obvious nature of winding up a sling makes it unlikely your opponent isn’t queuing up some type of dodging emote. If you’re fighting someone who is otherwise immobile or slow, while also not wearing armor, the Sling is a monster in its own right as long as you have metal bullets. Shortbow – B- - 3 emotes to use. One emote to knock the arrow, one emote to pull back the bowstring, and one emote to fire. -20-80lb draw weight. - Arrows are capable of piercing into the skin and embedding into bone, though able to be stopped by gambeson and chainmail. - 40 block range. - Usable on horseback. This is a shame, as it’s strictly worse than the hand-crossbow. You may be able to hide your loading up of it, but likely not. If you are going to use this weapon, I wouldn’t unless you are trying to achieve a specific goal – like flaming arrows. See the hand-crossbow above for a better weapon. Crank Crossbow – D- - 4 emotes to use. One emote to attach the crank, one emote to pull and then remove the crank, one emote to load the bolt, and then one emote to fire the bolt. - 80-500lb draw weight. - Bolts are capable of piercing into the skin and even through bone. Is capable of piercing gambeson, though not able to consistently pierce chainmail. - 40 block range. - Not usable on horseback. Easily one of the worst weapons. There is no reason to use this weapon what-so-ever. Not only are you unable to use this weapon on a horse, it is likely too heavy to use with a shield. The weapon might pierce gambeson, but after the techlock posts, characters will not be wearing gambeson when they can use chainmail just as easily. You should expect other players to make informed decisions about their armor when you are fighting them in long-term CRP, and as far as a sneaky weapon goes you should just use the shorter loading speed of a hand-crossbow. This is a disappointing design. Recurve Bow – A - 3 emotes to use. One emote to knock the arrow, one emote to pull back the bowstring, and one emote to fire. - 60-120lb draw weight. - Arrows are capable of piercing into the skin, and even through bone. Is capable of consistently piercing mail and chainmail, though able to be stopped by specialized anti-arrow armor, such as leather with silk vests. - 40 block range, - Able to be strikingly accurate in ranges of less than 15 blocks. - Usable on horseback. Now this is a weapon! While you may struggle to RP a shield with this, you can always strap a small one to your arm. The recurve bow is your weapon of choice for nearly every strategy. You can shoot people down from the top of roofs without being in #rp loading distance, ride on horseback while peppering people with a 3 emote firing-time, and within 15 blocks just feel free to emote “Johnny Snipes smirks, within the killzone – he aims for the head”. There’s only one weapon more powerful than this – expect to see a lot of anti-arrow armor being crafted in these coming weeks! Flatbow – A- - 3 emotes to use. One emote to knock the arrow, one emote to pull back the bowstring, and one emote to fire. - 50-110lb draw weight. - Arrows are capable of piercing into the skin, and even through bone. Is capable of consistently piercing mail and chainmail, though able to be stopped by specialized anti arrow armor, such as leather with silk vests. - 48 block range. - Impractical for horseback. Nearly identical to the Recurve Bow, you trade 8 blocks of range for the inability to use it on horseback. If you aren’t going to be a cavalry archer, you may find some niche benefit to using this, but the Recurve Bow will always do more damage within 15 blocks. Longbow – A - 3 emotes to use. One emote to knock the arrow, one emote to pull back the bowstring, and one emote to fire. - 60-180lb draw weight. - Arrows are capable of piercing into the skin, and even through bone. Is capable of consistently piercing mail and chainmail, and are capable of denting armors such as lamellar, or the thinner plates of plate armor. - 48 block range. - Impractical for horseback. Now, the horseback drawback feels bad, but you might be lucky to find someone who is dumb enough to call their armor lamellar instead of just saying it’s the best grade steel available like everyone else is going to do. On those people, you can blast them down with confidence knowing that you pulled the best weapons from the tier list, and they just didn’t have the guts to do that with their armor. Arbalest – C - 5 emotes to use. One to attach the windlass, one to crank the windlass, one to loosen the windlass and remove it, one to load the bolt and aim, and one to fire. - 700-2,000lb draw weight. - Bolts are capable of piercing into, and through unarmored targets, and are capable of consistently piercing through chainmail and gambeson, and are capable of consistently warping or slightly puncturing lamellar or thinner plates of plate armor, and even denting thicker sections of plate armor. - 48 block range. - Obviously, not usable on horseback. Seeing as I can name the amount of times I have fought someone wearing ‘Lamellar’ on 0 fingers, and who is going to emote their plate armor being ‘thin’, you should just read this weapon as a slower Longbow. On the off chance you are literally in the monty-python scene where some knight takes five whole emotes to get over to you and you can shoot his leg, you might find some use from this weak weapon. Mounted Crossbow – A+ - Requires a prebuilt MC build of a mounted crossbow to use. - Takes 6 emotes to use with one person, yet 3 emotes with 2 people working together. - 2.000-5,000lb draw weight. - Bolts are capable of piercing into and through lightly armored targets, and is capable of consistently piercing into platemail. - 48 block range. - Requires line of site from its mounted place, and cannot be moved unless built on top of a cart. Now THIS is a weapon! Yes, you need pesky line of sight, but you literally always need line of sight to operate ranged weaponry. Feel free to litter your cities with a design of one of these, and be confident that you will be able to utterly destroy anyone you do CRP with. The only downside is that 2 people working together likely means you’re raiding at that point, so make sure you have trojan-horsed your Mounted Crossbow in through a ‘Wandering Trader’s Cart’. However, for events, this weapon reigns supreme. Just roll out that cart and go to town! A weapon that can pierce platemail is not going to be dodgeable, so unless someone sees you loading this and starts to hide, a shot is a kill most likely. Credits: - Auric_Saint

Amazing, I can’t wait to buff out my garden. : )

Can you add the amount of the symbols? Like x2 Life, x3 Growth, or maybe x4 Life x1 Growth?

Grouch, ever the working-man of Helena, announces to the public his bid for mayorship of the city he calls home. “Hail to all and any, the name’s Grouch Carrington. For decades I have toiled as the common man of Helena, starting my dues in this humble town as a sheep shearer and street-sweep. It has been my lastin’ pleasure to work alongside the humble and varied folk that call Helena homeland. I’ve been a home-owner in Helena since the lands o’ Atlas. Upon my move to Arcas, I sought a greater understandin’ of Helena and her peoples. I have labored as clerk, store owner, street-merchant, and Livery Master. The years have flown by and I have met too many folks & fellows to name them all, but none have ever left my heart completely. It was my work that flourished the Livery Guilds in many ways, stepping up constantly ta see what’s been needed o’ me and mine. ‘Twas I that kept the streets clean in so many windy nights where sand or junk mail was left to waste on our lovely andesite roads. ‘Twas I who labored humbly ta bring so many folks jobs in the tavern, or the farms, or the Mercer’s Guild. No man can say that he has a closer relationship ta the workers o’ Helena than I. From rock and wool, I built myself from nameless man to the humble urban Grouch I am today. Let there be nae confusion, I am indebted ta Helena till my last breath. The city was my cradle & home, and I wake to her every mornin’ with a proud grin to call myself a citizen of her walls. If I am ta be elected Mayor, I shall see the Livery Guilds continue ta be organized and used as a tool to provide the common-folk well paying jobs and immaculate crafts. If I am ta be elected Mayor, I shall see the crime rates o’ Helena be addressed with a keen eye towards justice & equality. Under me, the city shall expand and offer housin’ to those without padded pockets & provide any man, woman, or child with a purpose to fill in our city. I am understandin’ of those who wish ta see festivities as well as social gain. If I am ta be elected Mayor, Helena will have never seen more organized events. From the Livery Fair ta a Boating Gala, and the employment of Town Criers & Minstrels to keep our streets merry. I shall continue ta hold my cherished horse auctions, and we shall see events for both the common folk and the nobility alike. And finally, if I am elected Mayor again, we’ll kill the sewer gator once and for all!” The Orenian Census is also pinned below. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfj9NYoALOuKiOEamQupbcWgRSqbt9eqRPlQQDrKzXSURaufQ/viewform

If this turns out well, that would be nice! I do enjoy some sportsmanship and easy going combat RP.

Grouch Carrington posts a letter on this missive, offering his service as a weapons-designer.

What tier of Alchemist (1,2 or 3) is needed to craft one of these?

Give me the Big Garlic

PETRICAN Sign(s): Earth Symbol(s): Silence x 3 Blindness x 3 Appearance: Petrican is series of eye-sized black orbs connected by a web of dark blue tendrils. (Blue Glazed Terracotta) Location: Petrican grows just underneath and adjacent the surface of clay, spreading through clay blocks that are not exposed to sunlight. Petrican can grow on the side of clay formations as well, and flourishes wherever clay and darkness meet. Harvesting: Finding Petrican is difficult, as any loud noise or light will cause the plant to shrink back into the clay through a flexing of the blue tendrils inwards. Only complete darkness and near silence will cause the herb to relax and be visible above ground. To harvest Petrican, simply excavate enough of the orbs and web with a trowel to gain an exposed handhold to rip the herb out of the clay substrate. Once Petrican is unearthed, the blue tendrils shrink into the black orbs, giving the herb the impression of very large caviar. Petrican can be farmed, requiring a completely dark set of 3x3 clay blocks with a source-herb (blue glazed terracotta) in the center. This type of dark-garden would allow for one unit of Petrican to be harvested every 3 OOC days from one of the eight adjacent blocks to the source-herb. Raw Effect(s): Harvested Petrican can be dried in sunlight to drain the herb of the water within, leaving you with rigid, empty orbs near the size of eyeballs. These can be used as decoration or eaten as a hearty snack. Redlines: Any light such as a torch, the indirect light from a cave mouth, to even the light from a smoking pipe will cause Petrican to enter its protective mode, whereby it retreats and is undetectable underneath a clay formation. Any noise louder than a whisper will also alert the herb, so care must be taken in the scouting process to not speak, bump into walls, or rattle tools. This makes locating and approaching it incredibly difficult, so the ability to see in the dark is a pre-requisite for harvesting the herb.

Sorcerio sure is looking forward to running these gathering scenes for me for this new reagent!

A letter is written to Mahir Nicolas. Thank you for your application to the Company of Mercers! Please visit our guildhall in Helena and speak to Grouch Carrington in order to secure your apprenticeship. Signed, Grouch Carrington, Master of Mercers

A letter is pinned to the missive, an application to the guild for one prospective Grouch Carrington. Name: Grouch Carrington Persona’s Race: I hail from the grasslands of Southron culture as a mutt elf of nameless lineages. Persona’s Age: The years roll on by, but by the calendar I am somewhere in my 15th decade of life. Any particular skills: I am a master craftsman of many useful tools such as crossbows, bows, spears, shields, saddles, medical equipment, compasses, wands, and more. In matters of warfare, I am an amateur with an arbalest & shield, and battlefield medicine. I also lay claim to the talents of horse-breeding, fletching, and the humble art of accordion-playing. Affiliations and Allegiances: I am a proud member of the Carrington family, and I lead the Merchants and Craftsworkers of Helena. MC Name (IGN): DiscoLiquid Discord: DiscoLiqui#9251 Timezone: EST +5