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Nalatac has been having Computer troubles. Anyone who has submitted to him would do best to re-submit them to myself or Wrynn.

Good afternoon all, I hope you're enjoying your day! ~Competition is Closed~ P.P.S You look cute today, are you trying a new look? Suits you. <# Waffle hearts all round -Thomas

Registration approved: report to me personally for further indoctrination. - Maven Crumena Izalith

Registration approved: report to me personally for further indoctrination. - Maven Crumena Izalith

Registration approved: report to me personally for further indoctrination. - Maven Crumena Izalith

Registration approved: report to me personally for further indoctrination. - Maven Crumena Izalith

Registration approved: report to me personally for further indoctrination. - Maven Crumena Izalith

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Registration approved: report to me personally for further indoctrination. - Maven Crumena Izalith

The Hileial Military Mandate Established with the aim of providing Celein with a functioning standing army, and the military influence needed to survive within the ever growing world. With a mixture of mages, and warriors, the Hileial seeks to protect Celein through a combination of arcane and tactical knowledge unseen outside of the Nation, To apply you must either be a citizen of Celein, or currently without nation. Travel to Celein is recommended, or penning a letter to a commanding officer. APPLICATION: OOC: Skype name: Username: IC: Name: Race: Mage or Warrior?: If Mage, what Magic(s) do you know (If none, specify which you’re willing to learn): Reasons for applying: Do you agree to PK if RP is done well?: An example of Hileial armour Ranks Higher Command Maven In total command of the Hileial, answering only to the council, and the Hierarch. Those beneath are expected to follow without question, and trust in the authority given to the Maven above all else. Maheir (High Commander) The most senior of elven commander within the Hileial. Picked from only the most noble, wise, and logical of the commanding officers. With experience, and skill, the Maheir deliver orders on the field of battle, commanding waves of soldiers into the heat of conflict. Vulibar (Grand Magister) The highest ranking mage of the Hileial. Tasked with ensuring stability and order is maintained within the ranks of his brethren. These commanders are tasked with ensuring the Arcane Amplifiers remain operational on the field of battle, and bear the responsibility of punishing any and all rebellious mages within the Hileial. ~~~~ Lower Command Marceru (Commander) Commanders tasked with the control of smaller groups of units. Used to form scouting parties, or Complete smaller. Tasks upon the field of battle. Seen as a gateway to higher command for skilled soldiers. Ailer (Magister) Commanders skilled in magic whom more often than not control smaller groups of mages, tasked with guerrilla style attacks on small groups of enemies. Talikurn (Paladin) A non-magic wielding commander, entrusted with handing out appropriate punishments, to those regular soldier with the Hileial, for crimes such as desertion, treason, or cowardice. ~~~~ Levies Lomkathir (Knight) Proven and tested warriors or mages, who have fought in many battles for Celein. Their loyalty is unquestionable and their skill undoubtable. Making up the brute force of the Hileial. Larllir (Footman) Soldiers, who (though untested) show great promise: They may have yet to prove their skill in countless skirmishes, however prove to be above average in either their magic, or combative skill. Kreyihnsil (Initiate) The very lowest of the levies within the Hileial. Haven chosen a path of either magic, or combat skill, these soldier will be expected to train in their respective art, until worthy of higher rank. ~~~~ Supporting Ranks Illertayna (Healer) Mages tasked with healing, and revival of those fallen on the field or elsewhere. These healers play a crucial part in maintaining the well-being of the Hileial. Sultahu (Sigil bearer) Soldiers tasked with holding the Hileial banner high, during the heat of battle. Not only for moral, but for pride and traditions sake. Conduct The Hileial follows a strict code of conduct that must be followed by both officers and soldiers alike. To stray from these guidelines could result in punishments extending to banishment from the nation of Celein or worse. 1. A member of the Hileial must not, and will not harm, or by extension betray the Hileial, or the nation of Celein. To do so will result in punishment. 2. A member of the Hileial will not harm, or kill a fellow member, unless the cirumstances would allow for this to prevent the breaking of the first rule. 3. A member of the Hileial will not steal, or take from their brothers and sisters without permission. Nor will they steal from the state, or the military. 4. A member of the Hileial will follow an order given by their Maven, without question. In the case of an order presented by a lower ranking officer, they

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Either! Though PMs is preferred as it's easier to keep track of.

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Yes, but submit an image with the default texture pack too. No limit!

Collaborative projects are welcomed, though the prize won't be increased because two people made the art. The prize will simply be split.

Greetings folks and folkettes Today we bring some exciting competitions to the mix, to flow along with our current agenda in place. We’ll be holding 3 competitions this month, hosted by yours truly, and the ever so wonderful pair, Wrynn and Nalatac. We'll be working together to hold the creative competition this month, and along with that; giving out many prizes. We hope to see many submissions by yourself and your friends, so get creative! These trio of Competitions will run from now till the 12th of May so ensure to get your entries in before then! Building Hello everyone, It’s Wrynn here, and I’ll be hosting a Building Competition to most of your delight. I’ll have two themes for you this month, and it’s your task to create these themes in the medium of minecraft at your best possible ability! All you have to do to enter, is PM me with the theme you have chosen (or if you have chosen both), then include the screenshots of your builds that revolve around the theme set! Skins Salutations frie nds, Tahmas is h ere to deliver and host a similarly artistic contest in conjunction with the Building and Art contest, held by both Wrynn and Nalatac respectively. Holding a consistent theme with the previously motioned competitions, the Skin Competition will open doors for all members of the Lord of the Craft skinning community to get involved with the artistic competitions. All that is needed to submit, is to PM me with the theme you have chosen, and include screenshots of the Skins you have created. Art Howdy folks, Nalatac stopping by to host an artistic contest. Continuing on with the themes present in both the Creative Building Contests and the Skinning Competition, this contest of art will have two categories to submit artwork for. In this Art Competition, I will be accepting all artists of all skill and tenure to work off of the similar themes as the others. All one needs to do to enter, is PM me with the themes you have chosen,and include the image, watermarked or otherwise, of the art you have created. *~-~* Prizes There will be prizes for each theme individually for each contest! So, if you enter into both of the themes, you do have the chance of winning to both prizes! However do make sure that you’ve worked hard on your entries! The Themes Now obviously the competition wouldn't be complete without some wondrous themes for each competition to work off of, now would it? Take a gander at these beautiful themes and see what you can make with the following: High Fantasy Forest There is some concept art included below that may help you visualise what you’d like to work on, or work off of. Nevertheless, interpret the theme in your own way! Individual trees, whole forests, floating waterfalls made of trees for building, fauna or flora for skins and a plethora of possibilities for artwork. However you interpret the theme! Steampunk Once again, this can include many many things, however it’s up to you to interpret it how you wish! Perhaps vast cities, organic model of a steampunk engineer for the builders, or maybe some golems and clockwork figures for the skinners? Definitely a great bredth of room for those creative artists out there. Go crazy, design whatever you’d like! Here’s some concept art that you may find useful: Please note: All obvious rules will still be put in place. Joke entries will be ignored and any and all entries which fall under the following (Pornographic, Explicit, Racism/Sexism, Offensive Content, Plagiarized Material) will be deemed inappropriate and will be met with the appropriate response from the Global Moderation Team. Use your brain, if you believe what you are creating may be offensive, copied or in any way violates this rule, moderate yourself before we are forced to do so for you. Other than that, we look forward to seeing your entries! Happy creative...ing! -Tahmas, Wrynn and Nalatac

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Greetings friends! As some of you may have noticed, the other day we enabled and implemented the 'Chair Plugin'. This allowed you to type /sit or right click a stair block and it would place you in a seat position. A great addition which we were all enjoying and loved! Right, well there's a problem. In the past few hours, many players and GM's have found a bug with the Chair Plugin which allows for easy use of glitching into and out of various different areas. Our Dev Team has been notified and is already working on a patch solution for this bug. In the meantime, this is a general warning for all members not to abuse the Plugin. If you use the plugin, and it glitches you somewhere you shouldn't be, do not abuse this and just leave. Teleport back out and continue with what you were doing, or Alert a GM and we'll help you. Any and all people found abusing this glitch will find themselves facing a heavy punishment for abuse of this Mechanical Glitch. You have been warned. Anyway, enjoy your day as usual!

Good afternoon, ladies and gentleman of Lord of the Craft. This afternoon, at roughly 1800 hours (GMT), a server wide Inventory Wipe occurred for all players online due to a mistake and underestimation of a command by myself. The wipe effected roughly 90 or so players who were online at the time of the fallout, and was responsible for the complete and total loss of all items within any and all online players inventory at the time of the event. I will personally place my hands up and admit and accept responsibility for this disastrous, and most definitely, poorly timed event. - Details So what happened? Well, I allowed myself to be tricked by a player through an April Fools joke into performing a command which I personally believed to result in an output alternative to what the command actually did, to which I foolishly fell for. On every server I have previously been a part of, the command "/ci *" has performed an inventory wipe on yourself, or a selected player you place in at the end of the command as an argument. This was used to prevent accidental wiping (how ironic) of inventories. I was under the generalised impression that this was a global command across every server. I was, as evident now, entirely incorrect. Regardless, I was pulled into a Party with a certain player, and was informed of a borked inventory on his part. I tried to use the command "/ci * [insert player name]", to which it did not work. I then tried the command without the player's name to test it on myself, to which Essentials did what essentials does best, and activated a command which no one was expecting. - Solution The player has since been banned, and the Admin, Dev and GM Team are all working closely now to ensure preventative measures are put in place to ensure nothing like this may occur again, and a sufficient solution is delivered to compensate for this grave mistake on my part. For one, the use of the command /ci * has, thankfully, been stricken from everyone's permissions, ensuring that this mistake does not occur once more. As for your reimbursement, a screenshot was taken immediately after the fallout of all the players who were currently online as the event occurred. If you were online, and if you did indeed lose your items due to this, we ask you to submit one modreq, stating what items you as a player have lost due to the incident. The GM Team will be working through the list, through each player who has lost their items, and will be refunding each victim with most of the supplies and RP items, giving out, with moderation, the items that were lost. The GM Team will be working within reason to reimburse as much as we can. - Apology I sincerely and wholeheartedly apologise to the player base for misunderstanding and fooling for an April Fools joke cast by a member of our own community, which resulted in the loss of a multitude of items, taking full responsibility for this mistake. I was not aware of the result it would produce, and granted, while that is no excuse for the event, I hope at least some level of understanding will come from the situation we have just been presented with. I personally, among with the other diligent members of the GM team, will be working to repair the damage this has caused. - To hopefully make at least one person feel slightly better about this horrible event, here is an image which depicts how foolish the cause of this situation was. -

And so it be from this moment forth, agreed and enforced with the full authority of His Imperial Majesty, Emperor John II Sigismund of the House Horen and His Majesty, King John Godfrey I of the House Horen, do hereby sign and bond an officialized treated alliance between the fraternal nations of Oren and Vandoria respectively. The Orenian Empire Shall offer it’s sworn allegiance and support in all offensive endeavours the Kingdom of Vandoria lays claim upon. Aiding in facets of currency or bolstered abled-bodies, Vandoria will have the blades of Oren in its offense measures. Shall offer it’s sworn allegiance and support in all defensive endeavours the Kingdom of Vandoria hold strong against. Aiding in facets of currency or bolstered abled-bodies, Vandoria will have the blades of Oren in its defensive measures. Shall use all methods possible to secure and guarantee the Crown of Vandoria remains within its Kings line in the case of rebellion. Shall offer the use and transport of all traded goods through all lands under the Empire, allowing free trade between the two Nations and trafficking of goods thereunder. Shall allow the pedaling and transport of Vandorian slaves through the lands within the Empire. Shall allow the recapture of escaped Vandorian slaves within the lands of the Empire. Shall not allow the capture of Orenian citizens, purchase or sales of slaves within the lands of the Empire. The Kingdom of Vandoria Shall offer it’s sworn allegiance and support in all offensive endeavours the Empire of Oren lays claim upon. Aiding in facets of currency or bolstered abled-bodies, Oren will have the blades of Vandoria in its offense measures. Shall offer it’s sworn allegiance and support in all defensive endeavours the Empire of Oren hold strong against. Aiding in facets of currency or bolstered abled-bodies, Oren will have the blades of Vandoria in its defensive measures. Shall use all methods possible to secure and guarantee the Crown of Oren remains within its Emperor’s line in the case of rebellion. Shall offer the use and transport of all traded goods through all lands under the Kingdom, allowing free trade between the two Nations and trafficking of goods thereunder. Shall not capture, purchase and sell loyal citizens of the Orenian Empire. Shall not abuse its liberties and rights within the lands of the Empire in regards to slavery, and shall adhere to the predetermined terms. Declared and signed; The Emperor of Oren, John II Sigismund of House Horen Declared and signed; The King of Vandoria, John Godfrey I of House Horen Drafted and officiated; The Privy Seal, Thomas of House Ashford de Aryn

A Legitimised Remarriage The Matrilineal Wedding of Thomas de Aryn and Klara Ashford de Bar Within the Principality of Savoy, there was chatter and gossip spreading across the land, from Esheveurd to Peremont, to Nessevelt and Riveryn, the knowledge of this wedding fell upon many ears. Thomas de Aryn, once a young Brother of Esheveurd and protector of His Majesty Olivier de Savoie, and now the Baron of Virdain and Seal upon the Privy Council, had arranged the wedding alongside the House Ashford de Bar and had finally reached an approval. While already considered married in all eyes, he was to marry his Wife once again in a form previously unseen in recent history. The Bride, known previously as Klara de Noir turned Aryn, was once known by the name of Klara Ashford de Aryn, the daughter of Frederique de Bar and Otto Rovin. Klara de Bar was previously bastardised and exiled from her family and the Realm based on the actions of her now fallen Brother, though after lengthy discussions between the Baron de Aryn and the Ashford House, her namesake and legitimacy was returned and she was welcomed to return to the fold of the legitimate bloodline. Despite the solemn and dreary atmosphere of the Empire in the latter months, the Principality and the land in Ashford name chirped and gleed as the previously forbidden lovers were finally welcomed to stand side by side and hand in hand. Within the Cathedral in the Duchy of Drusco, the ceremony was held in squalor and cheer, and as the bells began to ring, the citizens gathered for the duely awaited event. The Baron and the Ashford stood to each others side as the Priest began to officiate. The Wedding was as quiet and peaceful as one would hope, holding semblance as a light and warming event in the latter dark period. As the ceremony progressed and the vows were spoken, the two recalled their childhood in Siegrad with one another, and their secret relationship during the Ducal Conflict, their eloped marriage and the family they cultivated with one another. The Priest finished up the matrilineal ceremony, and the crowd clapped as the now wedded pair finalised the event with the signature lipped embrace. The wedding was done, and the link as created. While together in honour and drive, the Ashford House and House de Aryn had intertwined. Given the state of the Marriage, and the culture of Ashford, the House de Aryn was now integrated with it’s line and by it’s side it would continue to grow, just as Thomas had by Klara’s side. Finally, after decades of waiting, the pair had their ambitions realised. With a final cheer, the deed was done.

Good afternoon, LotC! With the shift of positioning within the lately developed and trialed Wiki Team, it was spoken about and decided among it's members to hold a small poll to determine the community's thoughts, opinions and experiences with the Lord of the Craft Wiki in both form, past and present. The Wiki Team and the Wiki proper is being restructured and worked on diligently by our new members, and aims to bring about more structured and easy to read content for any and all players to gather and learn information. Whether you're a player new, or old, the Wiki is a hive and source of all information pertaining to Lore Approved, and non Lore Approved topics which uphold the Roleplay atmosphere you each experience on a day to day basis. Before this moment, the Wiki had been neglected and only saw updates through the actions of a few. This caused the content of the Wiki to become sparse, and to hold no consistent formatting throughout each and every page. Over the coming weeks, months etc, the Wiki Team will be working to correct and work to shape and mold the Wiki into the state we all believe it to be in. So how can you help? Well, to accommodate and appeal to players new and old, we the Wiki Team need to understand which pages you feel are most vital. This will give us an understanding on where to start, and in which fashion to work through. If you happen select other or have any other feedback in regards to any of the above questions, or even just feedback in general, please feel free to make a post on the thread. The more feedback and information we receive, the better!

So like, hello. I make skins sometimes. I'm stealing @Katiesc's layout because it's decent and what's hers is mine, vice versa and what not. I don't normally display my skins, as anyone who has ever seen my Planet Minecraft can tell you. I don't post skins often, and I won't explain why but I generally just don't. So this is unique and special so you enjoy that. I like Nick Miller, and New Girl. Can you tell? So let's jump into things and get this over and done with. I do not take commissions. I'm a busy person, balancing a multitude of things so I simply cannot commission and make skins for all that ask, as much as I would love to. Truly, I would. This is a showcase of my skins simply to place them somewhere other than Planet Minecraft, and somewhat to gain critique for my skins so I can improve. Shameless self plug for Planet Minecraft: http://www.planetminecraft.com/member/tahmas/ While I do not take commissions, I do take requests. If you want a skin, and are truly in desperate need (and I really do mean desperate), or I enjoy the idea of the skin proposition, I will take on the request and make said skin. If I've overly enjoyed making a skin, or if the skin is delivered after two weeks of it's acceptance, I'll generally deny payment and simply give you the skin for free. This is rare, so don't bank on it. - Skin costs range from 900-1200 (I know this is expensive as hell, but it's employed as a deterrent. Busy busy Thomas remember) - Requests are chosen and fulfilled based purely on my interest in the skin - Do not bug me about the skin, if accepted, for 7 days after acceptance. You may then commence bugging. Art Trades/Skin Trades > LotC Requests > PMC Requests If you do indeed wish to make a request, message me on Skype, T_J_Jackson, or PM my Forum account. ---- also ok i get it, i use 3x1 pixel eyes, im scum i get it i do dont judge again pls. I used them before you can think of, i promise. [8th March 2016]

Powergaming in Combat Introduction Right, this is likely a bad time to write and post this given the heated atmosphere surrounding the topic in the latest days, but I and others feel that perhaps now is the opportune time to clear up some things and aim to prevent some arising concerns from coming to mass fruition. Blame Bagley, he told me to do this now. I had planned to give it a week before making another post, but hey ho time to continue on. Seriously, blame him. He smells really bad. Anyhow, on to the topic. In this thread I will not be covering what powergaming is, as I have done that in this thread, I will, however, be covering Powergaming directly in combat, how to avoid powergaming and the best course of action to take if you are confronted with a Powergamer. It was never specified how long this will be, but to avoid super paragraphs I’ll try and be concise and to the point. How to avoid Powergaming I am going to go off the assumption that all reading this are directly aware what Powergaming is. If you do not, however, please refer to the thread linked above in the introduction. As for powergaming in combat, a simple explanation would be “being too powerful or using mechanics too overpowered to forcibly emerge victorious in a roleplay fight, even if it made no sense to do so.” So how do I avoid powergaming? It isn’t easy to spot a power gamer from a simple Minecraft skin, and it often requires you to engage in roleplay to understand the full extent of their powergaming nature. There isn’t anything you can directly do to avoid finding powergamers, however there are some things you can do to avoid being a powergamer. Here is a bullet list, for ease of reading, which can help you discern whether or not you are powergaming: Avoiding of *dodges* every incoming attack. Using emotes which assume the outcome of an attack. When attacking someone, you attempt to attack someone, you cannot assume your attack is successful. Ex. *kills him / *grabs and throws him. / *breaks his nose. | You cannot assume what result your attack will give. Using overly complicated emotes to get out of an inescapable scenario. Ex. Two men have you chained to a wall, you use your slippery skin to get out, overpower the guards and run away. Being unrealistic. One old man will not be able to beat two fully armoured men. Not giving your opponent time to react. If you string together a list of attacks, and an escape before someone can even respond, you’re doing it wrong. Like above, you cannot assume to be able to predict the defense your opponent may have. Doing stupid things like backflipping out of situations. Stalling a situation and waiting for your buddies to pop up and help you, whilst mainly a metagaming issue, is worth a mention here. Character have flaws, no one is perfect and no matter what you do, in real life and roleplay, someone will always be better than you. No one wants to lose, but losing is more beneficial (most of the time) than winning. Losing helps your character develop, gives them more purpose. If you’re better than everyone at everything, what is the point? Character Development is a subject I’ll be touching on soon in another thread, but I think it needs to be partially said here. Having an OP character isn’t fun for you, it isn’t fun for me and it isn’t fun for anyone else either. So follow this bullet list to ensure your character has room to develop, and prevents people getting irritated at any powergaming ways. Give your character an equal amount of weaknesses as you have strengths. Give your character a goal, something to accomplish. Make this goal difficult to reach, but do not make it impossible. Work for this goal, have it impact your character in various ways when you do not immediately achieve it. Shoot for a physical weakness, such as blindness in one eye to lower the depth of your field of view, or a rigid shoulder which locks up during combat. Do not forget your weaknesses in combat. If your character is blind in one eye, play to that. You won’t be an expert in sword combat if you’re unable to discern where your opponent is. Do not be afraid to lose. Now I know, I know this goes against human nature but go against this base instinct. Try to win, for sure, but always stick within the realm of reality and what makes sense for your character. Make sensible moves, be realistic. You cannot just ‘get out’ of a grip, you need to be sure. Be emotive, explain your movies. Do not over complicate everything. Remember you’re roleplaying with someone else, they need to be able to understand what you’re saying. How to deal with Powergaming Those who powergame are often regarded as ‘new players’. People new to the server, people knew to Roleplay in general generally are the most at fault for this. Powergaming is bad, and I’m sure I can speak for everyone when I say that dealing with a Powergamer is no easy task. There is, however, a way that most people have taken to dealing with powergamers, and that is to powergame back. This isn’t okay, this isn’t proper and it simply perpetuates the problem. A powergamer will simply start to believe that powergaming is the norm, and there is nothing wrong with that. Handling a powergamer takes time, and it isn’t always something you want to do. So, if someone is powergaming and you don’t want to handle them or spend the time to teach them what to do, do one of the following: Refer them to this thread. Refer them to google what powergaming is, and ask them to amend this. Refer them to an Application Team member, they are responsible to watch over and assist new players. Report them to a GM. GMs will take the necessary steps after this. If, however, you do have the time and you want to teach whem what to do, do as I have instructed above. For clarification, here is a few steps: Inform the player via PM that what they are doing is known as powergaming, and is against the rules on this server. Refer them to this power, or explain to them what powergaming is. Explain to them how they were in fact powergaming, and what they should have done instead. Explain why it is against the rules, and ask them to either try again or to be more mindful of this in the future. Profit. If, and this will happen, the player refuses to listen or simply continues in his ways, screenshot the conversation and post a BR on the forums. Staff will handle it from there. Under no circumstances should you get angry and yell at them, or simply powergame in return. This is not helpful. Closing Be mindful of others and adhere to the server rules. Remember what was said and try to guide people into being better at what they do. I do acknowledge that it can become a pain to handle, and I do understand how some people simply cannot be bothered to deal with repetitive behaviour. Some people simply do not wish to listen or learn, and we all get that. Instead of getting mad, however, simply submit a modreq saying ‘X was powergaming in <location>, and refuses to listen.” and simply go on your way. Yes, modreqs sometimes go unanswered, and yes it won’t be responded to instantly. But what does that matter? You’ve given the location, for which the GMs can look into and handle outside of your involvement. You can continue on with your day. Even if it isn’t dealt with or looked at, at least you don’t need to handle it. Powergaming isn’t fun for anyone, and with the Defender Default trial, there may be an increase in powergaming. Following what was said above may be able to aid and prevent the growth of the aforementioned. Thank you for reading. -Thomas

Hola! Okay I'll make this brief. I'm going to be writing up a Bonus Conduct post in the coming days which will cover Roleplay Combat. This will go over the different types, be that PvP, Rolls or generic Roleplay Combat. It will also cover the current Combat Default system, how it works and will act as a suggestion to the Staff for future decisions. I'd like your input, to ensure that I can cover as many bases and cite some wicked examples. http://goo.gl/forms/T3pZmTq9jW If you have any suggestions, feel free to put that in the form. Any questions? Well ask in this thread, friendo.