AlphaMoist

Changed Status to Pending Your application has been put on pending as there are changes needing to be made before you may be accepted, as follows: → Your Powergaming Definition is incorrect. Please review our Wiki’s definition and correct yours accordingly! I recommend including an example so I know you fully understand. Let me know if you need any help ❤️ https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Metagaming_%26_Powergaming → Your Character Biography is missing a lore reference. Please remember to include at least two. You have one with the mention of Siramor; you only need to include one other. These can be existing settlements, wars, religion, etc. Here are some links that may help you find some. https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Arcas https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Races https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Nations_and_Major_Charters → Your Character Biography has a lot of run-on sentences. You need at least ten sentences in your biography, but currently only have six. If you fixed your run-on sentences, this issue will easily be solved. → You’ve applied as a wood elf, yet the skin you chose is has a white complexion. Wood elves have a specific skin tone, which falls under a bit of a tan spectrum. You’ll need to edit the skin tone of your character in order to reflect this. Here’s a handy guide regarding all of that. → Lastly, Please try to fix all grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors in your application to the best of your ability. I recommend using a free grammar checker such as Grammarly. https://app.grammarly.com/ If you do not make these changes within 24 hours, your application will be denied. When you are finished, please message me on Discord AlphaMoist#5682 to let me know, or if you don’t have a Discord, send me a forum message, and please do ask if you have any questions. If you still need help, make sure to check the wiki, and I highly recommend joining the LotC Discord as well. → https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Main_Page → https://discord.gg/7sTjWYX I am here to help, so if you would like assistance, please do shoot me a discord message! I’ll try my best to help you out or answer any questions you may have. Good luck!

Changed Status to Under Review

Within the TOS, “Us” is specifically defined as Tythus LTD and any relevant entities. While I question the legality of the TOS due to its absolute vagueness, it is extremely doubtful that “relevant entities” means the average LOTC user, as a customer to a service normally doesn’t hold that kind of legal power. Because it specifically does not specify that the average forum user has the right to “create derivative works of your content”, technically speaking, working off of someone else’s lore in order to expand or rewrite it is in violation of the TOS. With how horribly TOS is written, technically speaking, only Tythus and, probably, his staff are given permission to use other users’ lore. You also are not giving away ownership of your lore when you post it on the forums either. You’re just giving Tythus and co a license to use and distribute it however they see fit. I can sympathize with Quav in the fact that having your lore dramatically changed by someone else can be rather disheartening and infuriating, but it’s the way lotc goes.

insert “nO oNe Is AlLoWeD tO kNoW tHe MaGiC’s NaMe Or ThAt’S mEtA” excuse here and your issue is subverted

Cognatism did it first, and seeing how this is pretty much a complete overhaul of Cognatism, I find it more than appropriate. The two magics are nothing alike, and they don’t step on each other’s toes at all. Also, who cares as long as they both provide fun content that players can enjoy and aren’t just copy paste replicas of each other.

“And t’is h'rein these winding corrid'rs and endless hallways that I hast become lost and entranced into a maddening stup’r. The labyrinth of mine own mind, a spiraling maze of immeasurable mass, enwheeling all knowledge I know and shall ev'r know, hast become both mine own prison, and mine own deathbed.” Origin The Journal of Charles Slater Explanation By reading a book of forbidden knowledge, written by a T5 Keeper, and pacting with a Voidal Horror, a Collector learns how to visit a plane of existence labeled as their Mindspace, which is a meta-physical representation of the inner workings of their mind. Through their Mindspace, they may commune with the voidal horror and learn a series of spells and gain access to abilities that are themed around the mind, which is roleplayed as your character entering their Mindspace and retrieving information previously stored within it. As the Collector progresses through tiers, their ability to practice the basic spells of the magic grows easier, however, the repetitive communing with a being beyond their comprehension results in their mind slowly unraveling at the seams. By T5, a Collector will have become a rambling lunatic cursed to bear a vast array of forbidden knowledge that they are unable to share. Furthermore, their Mindspace will have grown so large and expansive that venturing into it, something they will have done so easily before, can result in them becoming lost within the Voidal Horror’s realm. Keepers of Knowledge is a feat magic from T1-T3. Afterwards, the Collector must further their pact with the Horror in their mind and take up a spell slot. Definitions Seeker - One who seeks to become a practitioner of Keepers of Knowledge. Collector - One who practices Keepers of Knowledge. Keeper - One who has mastered and has a TA in Keepers of Knowledge. Books of Forbidden Knowledge In order to pact with a Voidal Horror, a Seeker must find and read a Book of Forbidden Knowledge. In doing so, they enter a trance-like state, with outside observers only seeing them as reading a book. To the Seeker, however, this book’s text will warp and move about the page until the mind becomes disoriented, and their vision will fade to black as their mind becomes open to the Void. The Seeker will awake at the entrance of what would appear to be their mind, and they are free to explore it to their heart’s content. However, memories will be undecipherable to them, and they will find themselves unable to understand any knowledge stored within the shelves lining the library of their mind. Within the Mindspace, they will feel a beckoning call, and once locating its source, they will find an eldritch tome that will emplore them to read its contents. After opening the book, a Horror will begin to fill a singular page of the book with a sliver of forbidden knowledge detailing exactly how to visit their Mindspace again. By reading, closing, and taking the book for themselves, they will accept the Horror’s Pact, and they will reawaken in their normal plane of existence, and they will feel compelled to write down what the Horror had told them. The words they write regarding this knowledge will seem entirely incomprehensible, and only the Collector who wrote them will be able to understand the meaning behind the words written down. Any attempt to share their forbidden knowledge to anyone else will result in their words becoming garbled, writings becoming chicken scratch and mad in nature, and thoughts becoming unraveled. Only the Collector has access to what they have learned, and they are cursed with the inability to share their truths of the universe. As the Collector becomes more and more learned, the Horror will share unto them more and more forbidden knowledge. Each piece of forbidden knowledge must be written down in the same tome as before, and when the Horror has determined that there is nothing left it wishes to share, the Collector may allow others to read his finished Book of Knowledge, and the cycle shall continue. Mechanics Redlines Mindspace Upon reading their first Book of Forbidden Knowledge, the Collector is granted access to their Mindspace for the first time. After accepting the Horror’s Pact, the Collector will be able to visit their Mindspace again whenever they please, however trips will be limited to communing with the Horror in order to advance to the next stage of their tier, learn from the Horror how to use the Mindspace and the abilities it may grant, and completing the use of a singular ability at a time for the first three tiers. After furthering their pact with the Horror, they may gain the ability to visit their Mindspace whenever they wish for however long they wish. T1/T2 - The Collector’s Mindspace itself is determined by their personality, mental state, and past experiences. At first, it takes the form of an extremely simple building, the physical state and appearance of such determined by the above factors. The interior of the Mindspace will look like any normal building for the first three tiers, however, it will always have some sort of library in its center. T3 - The Collector’s Mindspace has become far more complicated in nature and is capable of holding many rooms, ones that contain the Collector’s memories. T4 - The interior of the Mindspace has become expansive and maze-like, and it becomes easy to lose yourself in the great many hallways the Mindspace has developed. Because the Collector’s mind has fractured due to gazing upon the Horror and from the forbidden knowledge they have consumed, their Mindspace will too begin to grow decrepit looking. The Collector may stay and explore the inner workings of their mind for however long they please, however, leaving the Mindspace will be somewhat difficult, as they can now become lost inside of it. T5 - The interior of the Mindspace has grown gargantuan and labyrinthian in nature, and leaving it becomes an arduous task. Because of the disheveled, manic state the Collector’s mind has become, the Mindspace will be rotten, broken down, and riddled with pests and creatures of eldritch, incomprehensible nature that cannot be interacted with. The Collector now has the ability to alter their Mindspace at will, however, and is able to add onto the building and furnish it however they please. Cleaning and renovating their Mindspace may become a form of meditation, however it will always revert to its worn-down state upon leaving. If one so wishes, they may forgo leaving all together and live within their mind for eternity while their body withers away in the mortal plane. Mechanics Redlines Abilities Recollection - Archival T1 - The Collector is able to retrieve information he has learned and/or forgotten by entering his Mindspace via meditating upon his Book of Forbidden Knowledge and retrieving a physical manifestation of the knowledge he seeks in the form of an archived book. After reading the book, which cannot contain more information than a page’s worth of reading, he is able to use this information outside of his mental space. 4 emotes, read the book, connection → searching → reading contents of knowledge T2 - The Collector is able to retrieve information via the same method listed above, however the knowledge recollected can be more complicated in nature, encompassing enough information to fill a standard book. Furthermore, they no longer require prior mediation using their Book of Forbidden Knowledge. 3 emotes, connection → searching → reading T3 - The Collector is able to retrieve information via the same methods listed above. However, they may also recollect more complex forms of knowledge, such as blueprints or maps. Such blueprints or maps must be created by themselves entirely, requiring them to have either already created a functional blueprint of what they are crafting, or having already known the location a map details at a personal level to be able to make their map. 3 emotes, connection → searching → reading T4 - The Collector is able to retrieve information via the same methods above. However, finding archived knowledge is vastly simpler and theoretically instantaneous. In contrast, leaving the Mindspace is much harder, as it has grown complex in nature. 3 emotes, connection → searching and reading → Roll 20 10+ → leave mental space 1-9 → emote, Roll 20 (repeat until success) T5 - The Collector is able to retrieve anything from their Mindspace in one sitting, from entire novels, to blueprints, to maps. However, it is even more difficult to leave, as the Mindspace has become labyrinthian in nature. Each piece of knowledge retrieved requires its own specific emote. 3+ emotes, connection → searching and reading, Roll 20 15+ → leave mental space 1-14 → emote, Roll 20 (repeat until success) Mechanics Redlines Recollection - Memoriam T3 - The Collector is able to recreate a memory and replay it within his Mindspace. This memory can be as complex as needed, but it must be a singular scene for a specific memory, and they may only recall the visual and auditory aspects of the memory. One cannot recall an entire day in one go, rather they must divide the day through its own specific memories throughout multiple visits to the Mindspace. 3+ emotes, connection → playing the memory → watching the full memory T4 - The Collector is able to recreate a memory and replay it within his Mindpsace, as well as mimic all sensations felt within the memory they are replaying, such as emotions, smells, etcetera. However, leaving the Mindspace is much harder, as it has grown complex in nature. 3+ emotes, connection → playing the memory and watching it in full, → Roll 20 15+ → leave mental space 1-14 → emote, Roll 20 (repeat until success) T5 - The Collector is able to stay within his Mindspace and recreate as many memories as he wishes, and he may also interact with his memories and the characters and objects within. However, it is even more difficult to leave, as the Mindspace has become labyrinthian in nature. 3+ emotes, connection → playing the memory and watching it in full, → Roll 20 15+ → leave mental space 1-14 → emote, Roll 20 (repeat until success) Mechanics Redlines Telepathy T4 - The Collector is able to commune with the Horror inhabiting his Mindspace in order to speak with someone without the use of sound via the void. In turn, the Horror may translate the target’s response within the Collector’s mind, allowing up to five sentences for each of them. Conversational Telepathy can only be used once an hour. 3+ emotes, connection → communion → converse up to five sentences each. T5 - The Collector is able to send a distant, one way message to someone he knows personally by communing with the Horror and having it send a message through the void. However, because of the distance, the Horror may only recite the message in Moonspeak. In order to understand the message given, the subject must then write down the information obtained, with the Horror aiding in its translation. The subject will feel inclined to keep the message intact and will never destroy it. Should the recipient be unable to access pen and paper, they may use whatever substitute they can as ink, including their own blood. 3+ emotes per party, connection → communion → send message - receive message → write down message → read message. Mechanics Redlines Astral Visitation T4 - The Collector is able visit their Mindspace alone, or, by using their Book of Forbidden Knowledge, with one other party. By doing so, the Collector may explore their Mindspace to any degree they wish, be it for meditative purposes, or to showcase various experiences and memories to their visitor. 4/6 emotes, bring out the book (if bringing another party) → other party reads the book→ connection → communion → explore Mindspace → Roll 20 T5 - By using their Book of Forbidden Knowledge, the Collector is able to bring up to two consenting parties into their Mindspace. By doing so, the Collector may showcase various experiences and memories to the visitor. They may also warp the fabric of their Mindspace to a nearly any degree, so long as it sticks with the theme of an expansive, in door space. 4/6 emotes, bring out the book (if bringing another party) → other party reads the book→ connection → communion → explore Mindspace → Roll 20 Mechanics Redlines Memory Removal T5 - By using his book of forbidden knowledge and Astral Visitation, The Collector is able to view a memory of the other party. By doing so, the other member of the party is offering this memory to the Horror, which then devours it. Neither the Collector nor the party member is able to recall the memory again. 9+ emotes , bring out the book → other party reads the book → connection → communion → explore Mindspace → find horror → other party recreates their memory → Horror devours memory → Roll 20 to leave when ready to do so. Mechanics Redlines Tier Progression T0 - The Seeker discovers a Book of Forbidden Knowledge, reads it, and accepts the Horror’s Pact. The Horror grants upon the Seeker a bit of forbidden knowledge, along with the information required to visit their mind space in order to continue communion. Once they fill a page within their own Book of Forbidden Knowledge with what the Horror shared with them, they can apply for a Feat MA. Once accepted, they advance to T1 and become a Collector. T1 - By visiting the Horror within their Mindspace, the Collector may commune with it in order to learn how to use Recollection - Archive. At this tier, the Horror will only communicate through written word, however it may be done. After one week of thorough practicing, they may commune with the Horror and retrieve another piece of forbidden knowledge. The Collector will copy this knowledge into their growing Book of Forbidden Knowledge, and they will advance to T2. T2 - At Tier 2, the Collector’s reading comprehension along with his literacy increases in skill level. Books are easier and faster to read, and the Collector’s skill with a pen becomes graceful and elegant. By visiting the Horror within their Mindspace, which will now whisper in order to communicate, the Collector may commune with it in order to learn how to make such visitations without their Book. The Horror as well furthers the Collector’s knowledge on Recollection - Archive. Finally, the Horror will share another piece of knowledge with the Collector, who will write said knowledge into his Book once again. Afterwards, he will progress to T3. T3 - At Tier 3, the Collector begins to feel a compulsion to either read, write, or teach. This desire is not all consuming, however it will be just annoying enough for it to be difficult to ignore while not preoccupied. By visiting the Horror in their Mindspace, which will now speak with a booming voice, the Collector may commune with it in order to learn the tier’s abilities. Once the abilities have been taught, the Horror will grant the Collector another bit of forbidden knowledge that is to be transcribed into his Book. Progression from here, however, halts. In order to further progression, the Collector must visit with the Horror again, only this time, he must strengthen the pact between him and the primordial entity. To do this, the Collector must only consent to gaze upon a fragment of the Horror’s true physical form. Doing so sends ripples through the Collector’s mind, fracturing it. After success, a Magic Slot is filled. T4 - At Tier 4, the Collector’s reading comprehension and literacy begins to drain. Reading becomes difficult as the forbidden knowledge they have collected has begun to take its toll on the Collector’s mind, which is now beginning to rot. Writing becomes messy and difficult to decipher. By visiting the Horror in their Mindspace, they may commune with it to further their abilities and strengthen those already present. Just as before, the Horror will grant the Collector a piece of knowledge that must be transcribed into his Book. The Collector progresses to T5. T5 - At Tier 5, the Collector communes with the Horror a final time. The Horror manifests in front of the Collector in its full and true form, which shatters the Collector’s mind. This causes the Player to choose one of three downsides. Illiteracy: The Collector loses the ability to read and write in anything other than Moonspeak, and they feel an unnatural and obsessive compulsion to write. This can be anything from idle scribbles to large messages painted on walls about things no one can comprehend. Muteness: The Collector loses the ability to speak anything other than Moonspeak, and they feel an unnatural and obsessive compulsion to speak. This can range anywhere from quiet, distant mumbles to loud, uninhibited ranting. Paralysis: The Collector loses the ability to walk and see. While they may communicate fluently however they wish, aside from Moonspeak, the darkness that now surrounds them will be filled with indescribable horrors that speak in quiet whisperings and mad tongues. Once the Horror has finished its teachings, it will grant a final piece of knowledge, and once this knowledge has been recorded within the Book, the Collector will become a master, and a Keeper of Knowledge. Upon becoming a Keeper, one may use their finished Book of Knowledge to allow others to pact with a Voidal Horror, and the cycle begins anew. Mechanics Redlines Dropping the Magic Should the Collector or Keeper decide that the price of knowledge is too great, they may beg the Horror to be released from its grasp. The Horror will grant the student three choices to make. Drop the Magic like normal, but keep all downsides collected. Forget everything you have experienced after learning the magic, and choose one downside to keep, such as the compulsion to write, blindness, etcetera, and never be able to learn from a Horror again. Forget everything you have ever known, allowing the mind to become a blank slate and be wiped clean of impurities. Mechanics Redlines Redlines Purpose The purpose of this magic is to provide a nice flairyreason as to why the characters in lotc can remember nearly every detail about their lives despite not realistically being able to, if they would like to. More than likely, people have referred to written notes, looked back at their character bios, or done some other manner of OOC research about their character to remember a specific event, even though this is kind of metagaming. This gives a non metagaming way to do that, while also adding a lovecraftian twist if one decides to surpass the feat and take up a magic slot. By taking up a magic slot, many mental magic spells are also reintroduced. The magic slot aspect of this lore is meant to rejuvenate a lost theme of mental magic rp, along with providing a good tool for detailed self-rp and character development. Voidal Horrors are nearly never given justice, and I hope to have made a good point as to just how horrifyingly incomprehensible they’re meant to be with the deeper aspects of this magic. Guide pending Credit Writer: TheAlphaMoist Consultation: DarkSainthood, Sorcerio Support, praise, and the like: Ellenananananananaore, NLThomas, Ztrog, The guy who plays a bat, Bepis, Mav, and like anyone else who so much as gave me a “good job” or “nice lore” or any valid criticism, haven’t slept in a fat minute, my apologies. Changelog: Added the chance to slip into the Mindspace while sleeping for those at T5 who have a TA Added how time works inside the Mindspace.

Changelog: After consideration and the application of common sense, I’ve decided that a lot of these don’t need to be considered “combative” and can be labeled non-combative without issues arising. These spells are as follows: All “Visions of Arun’Asna” Removed the requirement for tenets to be involved with a Shade CA’s PK, due to tenets no longer existing.

added the ability for deities or spirits to purge shade CAs

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Okay well I enjoyed the read, at the very least

Changed Status to Accepted Congratulations, you’ve been accepted! Welcome to Lord of the Craft! Now that you’re accepted, you will spawn in Cloud Temple as a player and be able to interact with the world around you. If you need any help, you can message me in game by doing /msg WetBoysWeekend, or if I’m not online, you can find me on Discord AlphaMoist#5682 Lastly, if you need any guidance in-game, and I am not around, please do... /creq [message] … along with a message as to what you need, and another Community Team Member will get to you as soon as possible! After reading the below information and logging into LotC, I highly recommend sending this in chat so a Community Team Member can help you out: /creq I have just been accepted and would like a Wilven Monk! I highly recommend you join the LotC Discord using the invite link below! For guides, tutorials, and how to request help from a CT member, please head to the New Player Hub found here. → https://discord.gg/7sTjWYX → https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/193743-new-player-hub/ In addition, I recommend taking a look at our Settlement Guides. Below, I’ve linked the settlements you may be interested in based on your character’s race. → https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Nations_and_Major_Charters If you aren’t interested in any of those, take a look at our Settlement Guide Hub! → https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Settlement_Guides

Changed Status to Pending Your application has been put on pending as there are changes needing to be made before you may be accepted, as follows: → Your Metagaming Definition is on the right track, though it’s not quite there. Take another look at our Wiki’s definitions for help, and I recommend including an example so I can tell you fully understand! https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Metagaming_%26_Powergaming → Your character biography is very good, however it needs just one more lore reference. Please refer to these links for assistance. https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Arcas https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Races https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Nations_and_Major_Charters → Your skin is very close, however you’ll need to remove what appears to be the character’s horns. Her hands also don’t seem to match with the complexion of the not-scarred portion of her face. If you do not make these changes within 24 hours, your application will be denied. When you are finished, please message me on Discord AlphaMoist#5682 to let me know, or if you don’t have a Discord, send me a forum message, and please do ask if you have any questions. If you still need help, make sure to check the wiki, and I highly recommend joining the LotC Discord as well. → https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Main_Page → https://discord.gg/7sTjWYX

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The lore I’ve been waiting for

They didn’t spam me to rep their **** this time so now I’m choosing to rep their ****; good job mark

A man lay against his bedroom floor, shaking uncontrollably, frothing at the mouth. This was something that had become routine for him. When his seizures first showed their prominence to him, he hated them ferociously. Then, he learned to live with them, accepting them as a part of who he was. Now, once again, the spasms brought him nothing but pain and reminded him of his never ending misery. “R-release me from my b-burdens,” he mumbled amongst his writhing. “P-please, Mother, r-release my from m-my burdens.” His eyelids were shut so tightly that the rocky orbs hidden behind them were chafing his very flesh. While he wept, he did not cry. He merely bled. This man knew his soul was lost. He did not care. He embraced the fact that his soul was the Mother’s to have after his death, cherished the idea, even. While others would spend their eternity in Ebrietæs, his heart warmed at the thought of spending the rest of time unending within the rays of the loving grace his deity so regularly bathed him in. Truly, he was by far the most appreciative of Her believers. He spread the love of Her word with more fervor than any task he had set himself towards before. In return, She gave him a great multitude of gifts that many would, nay - have, killed for. But he did not want them anymore. “Release me from my burdens!” he wailed as his spine bent backwards unnaturally. A loud, singular pop echoed loudly between the middle of his vertebrae, and the Exalted was stripped of his breath. He released a strong gasp as his rampant, uncontrollable movements halted entirely, and he collapsed onto the hardwood floor below him. He was frozen there, eyes clamped shut as he covered them with his hands, drowning out any inkling of light that could have possibly invaded his golden irises. “I need not your power,” he quietly murmured between his breaths, “I need not your gifts or promise of immortality to love and obey you - I can spread your knowledge and way of life to the ignorant and worthy without such gratitude. “Please, take my soul, take my life, rip my very existence from my cold, dead hands once I’m gone. Just please, please, Dearest Mother, Arun’Asna, Savior of Shades, Daughter of Iblees: listen to my cries once more, I beg of you: “Strip the Amber from my veins. Give me back my mortality. Deliver me from my torment. “Release me from my burdens.”

please delete this holy ****

Changed Status to Denied Your application has unfortunately been denied at this time due to having too many mistakes, though here are the changes that would need to be made: → Your Metagaming definition is on the right track, but it needs some work. → Your Powergaming definition is incorrect. → Your application needs at least two lore references from the server. It would also be preferred if you used full sentences. Tell it like you’re telling a story! → Your character can’t change their eye color drastically unless through certain magics, and the same goes for their hair. → Characters can’t have cat ears. → Your roleplay scenario needs a bit of work. After correcting the above things, you may re-apply at any time. If you have any questions, please send me a message on Discord AlphaMoist#5682, and I recommend you join the LOTC Discord using the following invite: → https://discord.gg/dAMBCJm I also recommend you read the New Player Hub. It contains a lot of very important information, and it also includes a great many list of links to other guides and other resources that can help you greatly with your application. This link is found here: I’ve taken the liberty to add you on discord so I can help you out a bit further if you need it. Feel free to shoot me a message at any time.

Changed Status to Denied

Your application has unfortunately been denied at this time due to multiple IP connections. After correcting the above things, you may re-apply at any time. If you have any questions, please send me a message on Discord AlphaMoist#5682, I highly recommend you join the LotC Discord using the invite link below. For guides, tutorials, and how to request help from a CT member, please head to the New Player Hub found here. → https://discord.gg/7sTjWYX → https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/193743-new-player-hub/

Changed Status to Under Review