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qotd: how does your character cope with trauma, grief, or their overall mental wellbeing? do they dissociate? resort to alcohol or drug abuse? project it on others? etc
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Avyn writes. She is a big scholar, and finds writing her thoughts helps her process and heal.
Noruiwyn is an ex chaos demon, and thus has lingering instabilities. She has a large pool of patience despite this, but certain things can tick her off and then she just explodes. Following any angered bout, she tends to struggle with returning to her more reserved 'patient' self, and generally needs a few days before she feels 'normal' again. She tends to linger around specific people who help her calm down and feel normal :)
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qotd: what's your character's perception on the concept of "family?" maybe they only believe in family by blood, vice versa. or maybe they come from a very torn origin, and cherish the people close to them now, etc
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Avyn is a member of one of the original Seeds from when 'Ame Seeds were first implemented - Calithil (now Acaele'thil). Unlike the other seeds that gained new members through trials etc, Calithil was very strictly bloodline with the extremely rare honourary title gifted (maybe 2 in existence). As a result, she only considers her family to be those who are blood, or those related via marriage who make an active effort to be in her life. This helps cut out the ridiculous amount of "family" gained through marriages into other seeds etc.
Noruiwyn has forged her own family with a daughter she adopted over two centuries ago. As a mortal, prior to her original ascension, her family was of marriage and legitimate children. After ascending and having her soul warped, she abandoned this family and instead developed a 'found family' through the form of very close connections. It is interesting to see her perspective on family adjust the more she reflects on her path and comes to new realisations!
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qotd: what's your character's primary weapon when faced with combat? does it have any sentimental significance, or is it simply convenient to have? it could be a magic, transformation, animal companion, weapon, etc
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my words.
irene (my homunculi) uses a bigass bone sword that sprawls from her arm after tearing her skin apart in combat
ardromiath (my azdrazi) uses a draanbound ashen cutlass, a remnant from the pirate which he was before
otton (my siliti, rip) used two daggers, one themed around the sun and one around the moon, ensorcelled with light and dark ensorcellments respectively, these were looted from him after being chased and temporarily slain
bane (my merchant) uses a spyglass and shovel stored on his backpack, not really a weapon but it's just what he has on hand
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my character (wolfgang) used to use a bo staff that he handmade himself until he received a very cool bokken courtesy of @Benleft , so now i use that :3
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Valindra's primary weapon is a spear which seems to be crafted from ice with a chain at the end so she can pull it back into her grasp. It was gifted to her by a very old and dear friend.
Second are probably her Azhl daggers. These were the equivalent of hers and her ex husband's wedding rings. Hers was named 'Affliction of the Chosen', and his was named 'Afflicted of the Trusted', which feeds into the irony that came with the storyline, as her husband cheated on her and broke her trust, so she was not chosen and he was not trusted.
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qotd: what's your character's favorite weather, and why? what kind of feelings does it inspire? nostalgia? memories? etc?
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The scorching, gritty winds of a desert sandstorm. It reminds Kor'garr of the long travel of pilgrimage after he gave up the Rexdom, and his eventual near death experiences that caused him to meet the great spirit Kor. Memories of that meeting are the main drive for his goals in both life and after death.
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Valindra enjoys the cold. It reminds her of who she once was and how far she has come. After abandoning Wyrvun as her patron deity due to his inactivity, she spent a lot time stood out in the snow, cursing and taunting, desecrating shrines and assaulting his followers while knowing he'd do nothing in response. As a rebelling former snelf, she still does this, seeing the act as one of defiance and mockery.
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A clear night sky. Haus practically grew up reading under the moonlight, and gazing up at the stars when there wasn't enough to continue reading. It's been a constant in the chaos of life - always there, always the same, giving him a time where he could just relax. The Mori invasion was quite a disruptive event to him as the Night Sky vanishing, as it took that time from him.
Otherwise, the rain. It's a soothing sound and feeling, as long as your out of the mud and your belongings have a waterproof cover. He's been under a bit since he started wandering place to place, so he learned to enjoy it.
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qotd: what was the most memorable, authentic, story-driven, good-faith narrative or even one-time RP encounter you've ever participated in?
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My Paladin getting kidnapped by Azdrazi and spending 3 hours talking her way out of death @kindEmperor
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qotd: what's something that strikes true, raw fear into your character? it could be a person, a concept, a magic, etc. you could also talk about an RP interaction relating to a time they were afraid of something, somewhere
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This is late, but for Valindra, it is voidal horrors, most notably when invading her mind, and tears in turn. Knowing the power of the void, and that of the creatures that it spawns, Valindra has fallen victim to their wrath of several occasions. During Arcas, she was tortured by horrors after infiltrating the ranks of the cultists during the tear crisis. On Almaris, both of her closest friends were force-PKed in the hollow. Considering deific magics cannot reach the hollow, she can't even assume where their souls have ended up, if they still exist at all. It all plays into an additional fear of hers, which is her own mortality (ironic for an elf, I know).
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welcome to the server :) if you need any in-game help or have questions, you can use the following: /sreq (story team request), usually to ask about lore-related stuff such as magic, magic rules, creatures, notable areas, event sites, etc /modreq (mod team request) to ask about rules, report players, general non-lore related questions, etc /creq (community team request) best for helping with learning commands, basic server mechanics and plug-ins, teleporting you out of random holes, or telling you which RP hubs have the most players if you're ever interested in some one-on-one RP, I have a pretty flexible schedule and you can PM me whenever :)
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qotd: when you first created your character, what was the goal you had in mind for them, if any? has it been accomplished yet? has RP generated any new goals for them as a character?
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Skaatchnak was to be born of Mor'Ghuun and essentially a different generation of orcs around 6.0. With a different section of clans and identities the main theme of the orcs in question were that they had never actually practiced Shamanism in the way Krug's direct descendants did, but still understood the importance of the Spirits- which is why ritual and action was more important to them then just magic. The goal was moreso to get people to take orcs and the faith more seriously in a time when orcs were very memey.
They eventually find their footing and after Krug loses its land the two separate groups had a minor civil war until being swallowed by Krugmar and reforming. During this conflict Ram (the dark shaman clan) ends up joining the Horde and rather then accepting the dark shamans who had recently turned to Leyd rather then Ixli, he killed them off and refused the offer given to him. I end up leaving the server for a while, and return toward the middle end of the character's life, returning to a pretty dead nation of Krugmar with no understanding of Krug and the legacy that he left behind or the paths and identity of different orcs.
I restored a bunch of different practices like haruspexy, orcish xionism, helped a bunch of shamans practice better, and eventually led up to the Freygoth v Gentharuz conflict and Azdromoth/the azdrazi branding my character and nuking some of the land outside of Krugmar. One thing despite how messy the land actually looked was how much active conflict went on during the tile between Spirits or different practioners of Shamans on the server.
Despite my clan initially being "cursed" to never practice Shamanism, I end up having it taught to me by my enemies, which kind of ended the cycles of violence between my character and Krugmar and ended that arc of wandering the world.
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its really unfortunate that you've had such an awful experience with the server and I hope you come to enjoy it if you decide to stick around. have you tried communicating with staff about these players? lotc is a server of micro communities, and some will be less pleasant than others. kind people can be found in the right spots at the right time, just like how unkind people can be found in the wrong spots at the wrong time, though I wish we wouldn't have to say the latter
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I feel like as time goes on we're starting to see less and less consistent, passive RP in the activity hubs and more and more afk standing or running around in circles - I feel like every time I try to RP with strangers they're either totally afk or there's just no interest at all. I've always experienced the opposite with post-map transitions where RP seems to be at its peak, but with Braevos it still feels like we're at the end of last map when RP momentum was at its lowest. Might be really anecdotal and I could just be not trying hard enough, but has anyone else experienced this?
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accidentally found this while responding to the other question. my suggestion would be to just travel, sometimes people might ghost you but i've found it easier to actually rp (even though most if the time it's short lived, because there isn't a specific plot/idea running the scene) by just kinda wandering everywhere and asking people to buy things
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what do you think of the current Cloud Temple soulstone system?
Unwillingly replied to frankdh's topic in Debate
it's really clunky and I constantly see new players asking how to get to x place and struggling to figure out how to SS. Last map it wasn't as big of an issue because last map you didn't NEED to know how to soulstone to get somewhere, but now you do which I don't imagine is great for player retention just having them be warp signs would be infinitely easier and simpler. it's also irritating having to constantly cycle through and rebind and unbind every time you want to go somewhere -
whats the most wholesome item you've found in a vault so far
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this happens every time the logos get changed settle down edit: also u guys literally complained about the shield logos too when they first were changed
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Should magics have verbal requirements for spells?
Unwillingly replied to Markisstreaming's topic in Miscellany
key word "cool magics" if you don't have a verbal chant to cast then ur magic simply isn't cool. srry idk I don't make the rules -
it's such a non issue the only ppl who I've seen actually care are the ppl who larp as anti-degeneracy crusaders constantly. if u think u have a good concept don't let the prehistoric stigma of genderbending stop u
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it would be extremely awesome if tech team found a way to re-implement seventhcircle's book plugin from atlas, I was trying to paste stuff into a book last night and it was very time consuming
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[✗] [Magic Lore] Druidic Communion & Control
Unwillingly replied to RaiderBlue's topic in Denied Lore
druidisms only hope to be cool is if I can strangle my enemies in tree roots or suffocate them with ants like in kingdom of the crystal skull -
[!] You discover an aged booklet containing scribbles of poems and short-stories. Most are torn out, illegible and tattered, but the one that remains reads as follows in careful, clean writing. Between the marrows of human faith and reverence, some forgotten, blinkered cultures tell tales of omen and augur. Some farmhands erect scarecrows in order to ward these avians of their fragile crops, while others do it for a much lesser, paranoid reason. In some cultures, it is said that murders of crows are signs of a shift in one’s life depending on the count. The saying goes as: One for sorrow, Two for mirth, Three for a wedding, Four for death, denoting that whoever spots the murder is to experience one of these events soon. When I was a boy, I witnessed the violent, bloody death of a treacherous tax collector at the hands of the people on the streets of Dobrov. Before he died, while the people strung his body by the rope and gallows, I noticed a gathering of crows along the peaked rooftops. I asked them, “Why are you perched up there?” One of them looked at me, and said: “The trees whisper something cruel, but mankind is something crueler. When they splatter you with blood, cover your eyes and keep walking.” Kingdoms with a history of reverence for the crow are said to draw misery and death for its people. Valdev, formerly Karosgrad of Haense, can attest to the attraction of devil, demon, and their scourges: a prophecy made true by virtue of their sigil, the bad omen. However, consider the opposite, in which we bear witness to their multiple victories in the face of the Inferis legion: a prophecy made true by virtue of their sigil, the good omen. If a crow drops you a dead mouse, it means that you are being hunted by hellhounds. Should this happen, your first step should be to enter a building or small room, and pour raw salt along entrances. Miss not a grain, for these salt lines will prevent these phantom devils from reaching you until help arrives. Do not leave the room. Ensure there are no drafts that would brush away the salt. Re-enforce the saltlines until you run out. Even when all seems calm and days have passed, do not leave the room. Outside, they wait in hiding with glistening teeth and growing hunger. Your only hope is to expect the arrival of a priest. If that cannot happen, then pray. It’s a common misconception that crows are forebringers of these omens, that it is their presence that summons death and misfortune in their wake, hence why their flocks are oft called murders. They are far from such. Instead, they arrive to warn us of misdeeds and good fortune, for they soar with the gales of the ever-churning woods.
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there are arguably sillier things that are locked behind a paywall like the fact that if u need to pay to not have ur chat spammed by potato donations
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A pale man spies the parchment. He snatches one for himself, later showing it to his companions. A discussion soon follows.
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the real solution here is not glorifying nation leaders as an OOC position (along with their government or council buddies) in part I also think giving NLs less OOC power will contribute to making the actual RP aspect more valuable and pave the roads towards respectable leaders who pursue it for RP and not the OOC, and once u do that PK clauses don't need to be a conversation anynore
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I'll never trust RP to have mechanical influence because I know for a fact that as soon as you give that to things like alchemy, it's only pursued for the le epic buffs by people who don't gaf about RP and never for the actual niche or character interest. it's bad enough right now that a lot of people only use alchemy to spam potions for the mina grind, and incentivizing it through mechanics would only serve to make it more dull and unimpactful than it already is. we would see people/groups who would otherwise have no interest in this RP suddenly have an alchemy FA up within a day and it devolves into some of the most cancerous, bad-faith functions on the server alchemy is just a good example but this goes for any other niche of RP that might become codependent or even reliant on mechanics. prominent examples of these happening are when we saw a tidalwave of olog CAs come in when defender default was removed, or when bandits and pvpers only played dark elves for the speed boost
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It's something tech will probably fix once more players get usernames and lose number discriminators anyways I hate twitterification this username update sucks
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CW: SA/r*pe
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