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i remember during 2emps people wouldn’t be imprisoned b/c “heart attack aghghh” and it was ruled that was an OK thing to do so people resorted to quick nuggeting (chopping just all limbs off then cauterizing) then sending them back out so they would have to rp consequence, or mods would get involved if they didnt or if they pkd or something we’ve moved a long way since then and tbf its really just up to the playerbase and the respect they hold for roleplay, we’ve improved much since then and while there still is occasional groan-worthy rp because of ooc siding regarding to capturing or the like, it is what it is

why you gotta be mean like that

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I’ll keep my review short so it does not null a vote Just by looking at “Shielding”, the sillyness of this whole piece is encompassed, at once. The echochamber created by tox that arcanism is bland does have some merit, but it is by no mean standard, representative of, or proof of the magic. This infact, makes arcanism stronger. Isaac had pretty interesting ideas in his write, such as different shields with different purposes. Whatever made him think this was overpowered compared to what is now, is absolutely absurd. The only power scaling in this magic is not with emotes, no, not whatsoever- but with time. Merely waiting, and you can become even more overpowered than before with base arcanism. Not just with shielding, but near every spell, in every aspect. Cheaper emote times, far stronger spells. To me, just a glance at this write warrants its denial. Aswell, just remove the MA wipe- I as manager won’t see it, as much as magic trading and poorly rp’d magic happens (decently rare, to uncommon respectively), it is merely what happens when a magic becomes spread. Even to that extent, evos are seeing a significant revival and use oncemore. It is just an absurd idea created in an echo chamber; I don’t believe it has warrant otherwise. The aesthetic is cool, don’t get me wrong I think it is excellent, but the purpose itself is hypocrisy to the piece written for it as note im just providing criticism, i have no ill will toward you or anyone- were it most others i would have little to no reply to the write, but i know the purpose is why this piece was written- and the purpose, to me, is severely flawed, particularly given the lorepiece

Anethra lay idle in her comfortable, yet uncomfortable bed, exhaling a deep sigh. The day long and torturous before, as the worst of herself took over and considered the thoughts that clouded her troubled mind. She sat within her manor, looking over a bronze lion pendant of sapphire eyes, which seemed long old and just edging tarnishing. She heard thrashing downstairs, and stepping throughout the manor. None, of her concern, until a knock came to her door. A young Uradir boy, but looking to him- a skin of black, horns of grey, a black blindfold and leatherous skin. He spoke, but little words came out. “The Maheral is Dead. It seems by her council; what do you make of such, An?” The deep, almost echoing, voice reverberated and echoed throughout the room and her head, ears rung and stung from the thought. She set the odd bit of jewelry aside, looking to the messenger as he continued to exasperatedly speak in panic and terror. ”Truly?” She asked simply in reply, looking over her room a moment. Her thoughts came to a slow, shift focusing of doubts, anxieties, and self hatred, to that of worry, uncertainty, and even anger. She took the moment as the boy continued to speak, the sounds of a deep pressure, almost as if below the sea drowning out whatever attempts he made to speak to her. She stepped toward the door, the boy watching in awe, and fear. He moved aside with question, continuing to beckon and insist, stepping through the halls and down the many stairwells of her pearled labyrinth. She continued along the road, as the boy persist that she stop and beg, but never laying a hand upon her; the fiend of black skin and grey armour watching, as she continued toward the Bastion of tyranny which lay before her honest and humble fields. She arrived, at the trial of Aerendyl and Kinahen. Fear, raced through her, as her body was paralyzed but mind raced. There was an imagined image of thousands of needles, piercing through a membrane of sorts- dulled, fiery hot things that punched and seared an undulating and unbreaking wall of flesh. The words drowned and people went by, responses of mere fleeting thought in return. ”The last words say it was Adeline. Do you recall, standing by her at the trial, An? Do you recall, working out accord. Even in death, she is perfusing stagnancy and discord. It is as almost as if I could taste, such within the air; the saliva, of Aerendyl’s panic. The sweat of your lover’s fear. Is this not to revel, An?” The dark figure asked, sitting upon the throne of the dais, legs sprawled over the arm, torso bending over the other as Nelgauth spoke before him. Ane’s thoughts continued to race, as did the rods which pushed and pulsated at breaking the barrier, the dim golden eyes of a long lost ‘thill watching soullessly as the trial continued onward before her. She thought, of what he said; thought of his laughter and his mockery, his judgement and his sarcasm. She wept as Aerendyl died, but inside she did not feel to; inside, she did not feel pain. Her body did, as her soul did not; continuing forward unto the tavern, of her making. She closed the gate with a harsh clang unheard of for fifty years, as the veil was starting to break, and the words of undeserving living echo throughout. ”The Okarir’indor? Never heard of him.” ”Such a rotten one, that Sulraell. If only we had gotten him sooner, I always had a bad feeling about him.” ”So what is next, of our Diarchy? Mister Lazul, he of absences?” ”Azorella last stated, it was Adeline.” Anethra paused, as such closed; hearing the heavy beat of a distant drum, which pounded at her ears and mind, her soul tormented and squirming with the fragments that remained. She stepped past the bartop, past the kitchen, past the freezer, into her dark beyond. She crawled upon her belly, chest scratched and bloodied in some, wiry arms mangled and awkward as she pushed through and fell into that dark abyss. While in reality a short fall, it felt as if eternity was before her- the beyond below her feet, falling for as long as she lived. She crawled, and fell, and rolled down further into that starry void. When the ground became wet, she stopped, laying upon her back as creatures of the night skittered and crawled around and upon her, looking to the gemmed ceiling of twinkling white, just beyond her arms reach. ”You knew, I was right.”

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just thought id toss in comparison to two other maps for servers ive played on https://prnt.sc/6mn1k6 (https://i.imgur.com/ilBlm5I.jpg) These are both from 2013/14ish so i thought it was interesting to add in how things change

Material Name and Description - Raw form Focus crystals are incredibly common, unnaturally occuring rhombohedral crystal formation which occurs in areas of lightly-intense voidal affliction, such as by mana obelisks, voidal heaths and the deathbeds horrors, and places where mages have funneled mana, intentionally so, or by frequent spellcasting. These crystals in their raw form are rather inert and find no true use, unable to be anything but a dull crystal which seems devoid of color. Yet with the touch of a mage or other individual, it can burst into a full spectrum of colours reflecting the individual’s aura. Applications - Raw Form In raw form, a Focus Crystal, have all but one use outside of decor and aesthetic. When a focus crystal is consumed and time is taken to reach the bloodstream, the caster would begin to experience a light taint that would overtake them. Requiring yearly re-intake of the same method of consumption, the user would begin to have their anatomy slightly shifted; their blood coursing a deeper colour resembling a dark purple almost. Their extremities would feel stiff, but by no means truly impeded. When a mage under Focii Taint would connect to the void, their skin would darken as the blood in their veins deeped to a dark purple or navy colour, reflecting to their skin. Aswell, symbols and lines may appear to float above or onto the skin where mana is flowing through one, typically around one’s abdomen and arms, crystal formations slowly appearing upon one’s uncovered extremities. When casting, the magic would emit from the crystal formations grown, nullifying aswell any self-harm effects that may come as a backdraft from casting so closely to one’s self, such as burning from their fire spell. These crystals protruding from the skin would provide light pains to the user when they cast, but by no means inflicting agony. When such are broken, through grasp or through other trauma, they would also inflict minor pain to the mage akin to peeling a scab. When the connection is severed, the mage would have the crystals and blueblood fade, back to their normal state. Redlines - Raw Form - Focii Taint is nonaddictive, and would not impair the user beyond minor inconveniences, stiffness, and brief bouts of pain from time to time. Frequent overuse in short increments of time may, however, make the pain more prominent. - Anyone may be submitted to Focii Taint, however such will come into no effect unless a connection with the void is made, in which corrupting blueblood and crystal formation begin to emerge as visible symptoms. - Backdraft means effects that come as ambient to casting the magic. Such as light burns, wetting, colding, or dirty-ing from casting an evocation from bare hands, or so close to one's self. Spells that if interrupted have negative effects, would carry negative effects to their fullest extent. - A voidal mage may opt to take blueblood, crystal formation, and symbol formation, as addition to normal voidal tells. Harvesting Method Harvesting Focus Crystals is rather simple and lacks complexity. A pickaxe well struck into a formation would likely cause the yield to shater, however the effects staying the same if such was in intended effect. Using a hammer and chisel and chopping off or coaxing out formations for larger and more complete crystals proves more optimal. Harvesting Redlines - Focus Crystals are inert and have no effect in raw form, merely being a greyed gem until touched. - There is no incorrect manner to, nor is there any hazard in collecting a Focus Crystal Cluster. Focus Crystal (Refined Form) When refined, a Focus Crystal is significantly more shapely, and pure. Often taking up a more dark and opaque version of it’s original form, likely completely smooth along the surface. A refined Focus Crystal is able to store, transport, and expel mana quite easily so long as it is funneled with such. It aswell holds the hardness of an average rock, quite solid but cracking under measly blunt force, easily exerted by something such as a weapon or a solid object; signifying an incredibly brittle composition. Applications (Refined Form) Known as good conduits of mana, opting for a more refined and distanced form rather than raw consumption- Focus Crystals are almost entirely used to make mage weaponry. Commonly referred to as Staves, Wands, and other implements, Focus Crystals in their refining process may be meld to a desired shape and size that the mage would wish. Lightly magical in nature, the crystals would be mundane until a connection between the mage and the void was created; at such a point, the weapon would take on magical properties. With only minor affect and addition, a Focus Crystal implement would only provide aesthetic and non-combative or beneficial affect, such as crystals which flew around the head of a staff, or the tip of a wand which glowed lightly. Similar to ingestion, a casting implement minimizes potential self harm and backdraft from casting. If a magi has gained access to a Mana Obelisk or Voidal Tear, they have the option to utilize a Focus Crystal in the creation of a true Arcane Focus, granting them a number of more significant benefits to their casting. All such methods and guidelines can be located in its respective lore piece found here. Red Lines (Refined Form) -A Focus Crystal cannot refuel one’s mana. -A Focus Crystal may not be given mana then laying dormant, losing it’s mana to residual loss after about 24 hours. Given such nature, Focus Crystals do not have to be signed. -A Focus Crystal would be easily broken by anything stronger than a child directly hitting it. This aswell applies to implements. -A Focus Crystal Implement does not need signage, and provides no combative bonus except for preventing backdraft of spells, if following common sense. -Backdraft means effects that come as ambient to casting magic. Any and all affliction to ones self from casting voidal magic ambiently (such as dirtying, colding, wetting, burning) would be entirely nulled. Spells that if interrupted have negative effects, would carry those negative effects as if a person was one meter away, if such has hard-written difference in effect. -A Focus Crystal Implement cannot provide any combative affect or bonus, the shape, size, and magical effects being entirely minor and nonharming. No blinding wands, no swirling crystal blades upon a staff. Refining Technique To refine a focus crystal, it must be fueled with mana. Obviously, the grander the size, the more mana such would take. In refining, any impurities would be ebbed away (scratches, cracks, etc.). The crystal would take on a more refined shape, conforming to how the caster funnels in their mana. Refining Red Lines -A Focus Crystal refined may take any shape, not limited by standard mineral formations so long as it is shaped in such a way during refinement. -A refined Focus Crystal would solidfy, becoming opaque and likely intransparent in colour and form. The colour will still take on that of the original crystal, though likely in the darker hues- not certainly so however. -A refined Focus Crystal does not require signage or ST Oversight to create, form, or make. Purpose (OOC) Fomcus Crymstal Citation Spoiler A Credit and thank you to; Me (everything) Sorcerio (chad formatting) ETAN__ (Toxcat) (Supervision, ideas, thoughts) IAAC__ (Toxdog) (Supervision, ideas, thoughts)

Anethra continued to swing from the bench in the vineyard as she lay upon it, wind blowing throughout the trees and grasses of her beautiful field. A loving mal’onn approached, offering a missive. The armoured brother stepping away, and allowing her to read such. She looked over it with dim, yet interested and perceptive yellow orbs which scrutinized the paper carefully. She gave a light smile offering such back to the armoured boy. ”Brother, what do you think of a pushing things a bit forth? We still have much to do in rebuild.” she asked, then giving him a wave; signifying she had already made up her mind. ”The boy who questions you, and the woman who follows suit; what makes them different in their pursuit? Why bother with either of them.” He asked, lowly. ”You know that answer.” she said, in quick apparantness rather irritated, and in a frustrated manner to herself. “The binds that tie us, what flows through his veins as mine.” she furthered, looking up from her book blankly to him. ”I am sure you will make the wrong decision, An. Do not be so bold.” he furthered, his low and smooth tone deafening to her. ”Quiet; I’ve much more to consider rather than you.”

Anethra looked over the paper with rather distaste, giving a curt frown to such. She looked up and considered some, and attempted to recall Elibar’acal within the city, drawing a blank. ”The Maheral must be busy with her vacation.” he added, the voice smooth of him smooth and low, almost with a reverb of delay to it. She pondered and fermented the thought as it festered within her head, thinking then of the Okarir’mali and her accomplishment, then stepping down and throughout the manor. She plucked a thick-spined book from her shelf, and found Nuala tending to her children within the kitchen as they played just outside the window. She gave a curt, complacent smile; familiar to her face in recent times, as she considered her thought and history. She stepped outside The Grand Manor out to her Uradir Fields, where she looked upon the flowing terrain of grasses and wheats. She gave a light smile, to see all she knew and cared for before her; her houseservants tending fields, her guard training along the roads, and her children playing as they pretend and fight. Along the background a silver bastion, which she looked up to with pride. She stepped along and entered her vineyard, laying across the lightly swinging bench as she read her book. ”Let’s see what she’ll play next.”

Anethra gave a wired, thin smile as she looked down upon the paper with a cocked head. She looked to her wardrobe, witnessing the two outfits she most commonly wore; one of black, and the other of blue. She set down the invitation, both hands before her as if to pick while stepping across her bedroom with light taps of her shoes against the paled floorboards. She took the black dress, looking over it; a thought glazing over her mind, brushing the used silken fabric with a bare thumb. She looked up and considered thoughts which danced around her head mockingly, before looking down to such rather listfully oncemore. Half lidded, dim yellow eyes looked to the soft black cloth which stared it’s scarred face back. She set the cloth aside, looking up and taking a moment to pause; before turning, and stepping back unto the bed in which she rested with little further upon her mind.

Self teaching, defined, is in some aspect learning magic autonomously. This can be with, or without a teacher, and it takes on both forms in this system. Direct teaching and representation may not be 100%, but may exist within regardless. Here are the two systems. “Book Teaching” Book Teaching is what truly may come to mind with “Self Teaching”. In this sense, a person seeking to learn a magic would find a book at an Altar, a story-made and supervised area with a book or text that begins the inklings to start grasping how to do magic. This is true “Self Teaching”, where the player learns to do magic on their own; with of course, the creation of an MA following the format as outlined in the application available here. - You may have one book-teaching app across all personas at any given time. - Usage of a book requires an /sreq in game to confirm access to the book. - In the case of rare alchemical recipes, no addition app or sreq is required. - Books that teach you something which requires an app (Housemagery, Alchemy, Etc.) require ST Signature upon the item and the lectern it may be placed upon, if applicable. “Event Injection” Event Injection is the final, and somewhat common method of magics or feats with little to no activity. When a magic is suffering from gatekeeping, inactive teachers, or simply not enough teachers, at ST Management discretion magics, feats, CAs, etc. may be injected into the community through a variety of methods. These are all unique in nature and conform to no single system; simply written here for posterity. - Please do not contact ST management to request a magic, creature, or feat application. - If you are concerned (As a magic/creature/feat Grandfather) upon the activity of your magic or your TA(s), contact ST management. What magics are Self Teachable? Self Teaching with a TA You can teach any voidal (or otherwise explicitly redlined) magic you have a TA, but not an MA in, to yourself on the TA-possessing character at halved (rounding down) pace. You do not need to perform lessons when teaching one's self. (Example of rounding: from 7 days Tier 1 -> Tier 2, rather than "3.5", the player would instead simply do 3 days.). Book Teaching You can self teach Alchemy, Housemagery, Bardmancy, and Further Alchemy recipes under Book Teaching as permitted by the magic write. True Self Teaching You can true-self-teach magics where applicable within their lore. This currently applies to The Voidal Feats (Arcane Scions, Voidstalking, Voidal Artificery, Veil Watchers, and Voidal Eminence) and to the Sycophants of Boletius. Feats, magics, and creatures not mentioned upon this list may not be self taught. How do I know if I am learning the magic on my own right? There is a guide for every Evocation submitted and accepted, and it is heavily expected of a person self teaching, regardless if book or teacher teaching, to be consistently reading over the guide and magic. This is to properly get a grip on how things work, and to minimalize margin for mistakes. Guides are entirely there to help a player understand how to do the magic, and offer examples which they may use or take inspiration from in practice. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask the ST in The Story Discord or in game via Sreq. What does this mean for me as a teacher? As a teacher, you have the potential to allow Teacher-Self teaching to your students. It is completely up to you, and in no way or means swayed by how a student will or may want it. As a teacher doing this method, you are entirely expected to keep up with your students and verify their teachings, as they act as an extension to you. If the student does not keep communication with you, they may be dropped at any whim without room for self teaching onward. Keep in mind that this will still take up one of your TA slots as normally teaching someone would. This also goes without saying that your character must be alive and must still hold a TA to allow another player to self-teach! I'm writing a magic, creature, or feat, Can I add it to this list? Absolutely! Include somewhere upon the post (Or notify an ST Manager/Admin) that you would like to have your magic, creature, or feat eligible to be gained by one of the above methods. Event Injection applies across all magics, creatures, and feats, and thus cannot be requested as it is automatic. Any further elaboration, addition, or editing needed may and will be applied to this announcement which acts as a formals service to this system.

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please stop rewriting this **** this is the fifth time i have to review shitty brain magic

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