Suxals

It took some time, buts its done.

For some reason Discord doesn't let me send you a friend request, however i would like to know more about it, discord is: Suxals#5845

They look awesome, good job!

After Aegis the purpose of the Ascended became save souls from being altered through dark magic and attempt to find a way to restore those already altered to their previous state, and also protect the descendants from those that wish to annihilate them like world antags. But due to the rigidity of both loreholders and LT cure creatures of altered soul wasn't possible, so our rp focused on trying to defend descendants from such individuals and their soulless minions, which the LT is trying to avoid rn. At the start of this lore is pretty clear that the Ascended as they were before won't exist anymore and a totally new kind of Ascended will replace them, basically leaving behind the deific fire to move towards Astra which is holy water/ice of sorts. Tbh i was in favor of changing the name of the magic to leave behind all the hate and resentment that some people still holds towards it, having in mind that the abilities are totally different and the playerbase is a rather fresh one... but the majority preferred to keep it. Now once i explained that; The new purpose of the Ascended is ensure that all souls reach an adult age before they pass on the soulstream, as such is beneficial to Aeriel, which implies help those in need so they are able to develop correctly (so they don't die young, their souls are not corrupted etc). The magic itself will be orientated towards utility and support instead of solely fighting, in my opinion the main purpose of any magic should be generate a kind of rp different than what can offer any other magic, and i think that this rewrite will do so once finished. We are open to feedback if you think that something could be different or if you wish to contribute with ideas.

Don't wanna be that guy, but you missed two jerks there, i only count 8.

Clearly Lotc is not what you came looking for, how you can develop you character and write lore is clearly limited by common rules and how the community expects them to be, i would advise you trying to find an activity that could help you to explore your creativity instead of improving your issues as Lotc seems to be doing. I would really like to believe that you didn't make this to get attention and you really wish to improve your mental health, so don't disappoint me boyo. I didn't get to meet you, but good luck with whatever you do.

I really liked it, good job guys!

Name's Angelo, he is an Ascended human of ginger hair that looks like of he would be 25 years, is two meters of height and he has a small scar on the left side of his face and the tattoo of a snake along his left arm. He is pretty quiet and doesn't find interesting talk with other men except when he needs something or they are his friends.

I can do nothing but agree with @Lynx, and if what @The Templar says is true then i find it really sad, especially having in mind that you took 9 extra days to post it. From my point of view i see the lore being bloated with too many different spells and not really moving away too much from the older lore, also the points of abilities and how much the abilities last being measured as minutes just make it messy. The way in which is written leaves a lot of things unclear and hard to understand to no-clerics and leaves room for mistakes and possible abuse. Also... can no-clerics uses the damage type blessings?

Sorry but i find it really hard to read, the organization and formatting is pretty bad... However i will try to read it again once i get more time and give some feedback.

I think curses, abyssblades etc etc add a lot of stuff to do to holy users, that's always good to see.

I have only read half of it yet, but i really like the way in which it is written, very detailed and explained step by step. Good work. (I might edit this later to add my thoughts of the lore itself once i finish)

This is just so good.

Sure, lets us fight and we will PK if we die protecting Laklul.

It is not bad nor good, it works for some specific cases... and probably the only way to fix it is if it would go through armor, tho that would make it overly overpowered. Do you have any suggestion? An Ascended cant acknowledge that they will come back after death and put themselves in risk due to the fact that they know that they will come back, that works exactly like any other descendant with the monks, also nothing stops an Ascended from PKing after a meaningful rp. Also, items do not disappear after death, only the body of the Ascended turns into embers, leaving everything behind, that will most likely be reworded in the rewrite. How was I deceitful? I was talking about irl days which are months in game. And how I don't know my own lore? I think you are getting a bit altered. Also i didnt lose the point, I wasn't talking about soulmending, I was talking about the normal regeneration of an Ascended. I think you didn't understand what i tried to explain. Of course, we are a collaborative server, yet i dont understand why some people consider a raid of ghouls ( i have nothing against them) as dynamic rp while if a group of holy users fights them back that is just ruin rp, i think both sides are part of the "COLLABORATIVE roleplay server" and the whole dark vs light dynamic should be healthier than how it is atm. Of course how dynamic and meaningful is the rp would depend of the quality of the emotes and the people taking part of it. What??? When did I mention any of this at all? What I said was part of my example of the raid of ghouls... maybe if you wouldn't separate my paragraph into 7 sentences that would give it more sense. However, I had nothing to do with that incident of the manor and I don't even know what you are talking about regarding joel. That was also part of my whole point of the ghoul raid. I never oriented my previous post as a response towards you or anyone, it was just my point of view of the different abilities of the Ascended, the last paragraph was a critic to those that see holy rp as way of ruining the "dynamic rp" of dark users, when really it just makes it even more dynamic. You can pm me if you wish to discuss more stuff more in-depth, for now, I just ask you to stop saying baseless stuff like: That cant be more false.

By default in Lotc the only race that has issues with aging are humans, because age doesnt matter at all in dwarves, elves or orcs. And even then, an Ascended needs to reach T4 to stop aging, until then they just age 2 times slower than normal ( 1 year every 2 weeks )

Let me voice my opinions regarding the magic: Soulfire: It is not very effective because it needs to enter in direct contact with the tissues of the dark being for it to make effect, and you could say: "B-but the all the armors have little holes" yes, but almost none rps that properly and also i have met undead that place other stuff between their bodies and their armor, plus you need to be rather close to shoot the soulfire, which makes a mace or morninstar way more useful. Immortality: I don't see why too many people is hurtbutt about it, everybody is already immortal thanks to monks... and that is one of the worst excuses for immortality that i have ever seen, instead Ascended resurrection tries to make it more meaningful, explaining it as Aeriel bringing the Ascended back to life. Also to the one that said that we do not lose items when we die... idk where you heard that, but we lose both items and clothes. Holy Alteration/Ember Infusion: Clearly the most interesting thing after the last rewrite, i focused the most of my rp around these because it was a good way to bring holy rp to the common folk and give them the means to be able to defend by themselves without the need of holy users around. Yet this is being never a lot with the current rewrite... Regeneration: Probably the only truly good thing that the magic has left, and it has no use in combat, so i dont see how that is bad for anyone, in any case the Ascended loses the opportunity of rp the wound for 2 or 3 days instead of 1. Healing: Ascended are supposed to only heal wounds caused by being of corrupted souls, to keep souls within the limits of their soul cycle, we are not clerics supposed to heal everything, because that would ruin medic and herbalist rp. (Maybe i overused it a bit during my first month as an Ascended but that was almost one year ago.) Regarding the one talking about dynamic rp... how is dynamic rp a group of ghouls raiding a city that doesn't want to be raided, ruining the fun of those roleplaying there, but it isn't dynamic rp if a group of holy users defend that city or heal the wounds caused by the attack? I think that reasoning is only having in account the point of view of the group of undeads. I don't see why people must suffer by this "Dynamic rp" of supernatural creatures attempting against their mundane roleplay, and lets be honest, 90% of the people that do banditry or any harm to others do it for personal gain and not trying to generate "dynamic" roleplay, otherwise they wouldn't kill people.

If you see someone being toxic you report it. If you see someone powergaming you report it. If you have doubts regarding magical rp you can ask for a MT/LT to oversee the roleplay. Once we clarify that i would ask you all to focus on the magic itself, what are the reasonable and fix-able issues that you have with it? The magic is actually being reworked and that information could be really useful for both the players that use it and the ones that interact with it.

You should detail how the process to disconnect a student takes place and please remove these sentences: You shouldn't be calling out members of our community and even less in a lore post. (Tbh this seems more like a "We should write lore for this" instead of a proper lore submission imo.)

I like it. +1