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Hello everyone!

I found myself pondering the other day about how controversial magic RP is on LotC and how it can be a very black and white situation. Everyone’s got an opinion on mages and a lot of them are pretty similar.

That being said, what do you think makes a bad mage RPer (if you’re going to answer with just “edgy” or “power-gaming,” please elaborate and go further into depth than just the generic answer), and what do you think makes a GOOD mage RPer that creates a fun atmosphere to be around?

The purpose of of this post is to receive constructive criticism from LotC’s playerbase regarding mage RP and then put it to use with the hopes of setting a taboo for DON’Ts of magic RP.

Please keep the conversation civil, as I would HATE for this post to devolve into a target thread and then get taken down by a mod!

Unless I’m blind, what’s lacking in this rewrite is a proper tornado spell. What gives? @ZythusRequiem

18 hours ago, _Hexe_ said:

whoever has this problem needs to learn some self-control, or just admit to themselves that they don’t really want to move on. i think if anybody who has read this can relate to what leo has written in respect to this needs to get help as much as he does, honestly sounds like some people are nearing on my strange addiction type ****.

The thing is, this isn’t bullshit. This is literally most of the playerbase. The server brings you back over and over again

1 hour ago, Jenny_Bobbs said:

 

I didnt say that. I said, Transfiguration and Sensory Illusion which are two separate magics can create light spells. Fire evocation in my opinion should be kept simple to heat, fire, smoke. 

 

You don't need to quote me or try to argue, this is my thoughts and opinion on the magic.

1 hour ago, ZythusRequiem said:

 

If you or somebody else made magelight available to everyone I’d be ok with taking light out of this lore. But for now it’s just a small addition. Fire already produces light on it’s own. 

Mage light is available to EVERY MAGE. Household magic permits magelight with roughly the brightness of a torch. I don’t think transfig having access to magelight which can be brighter than that is really a big deal. It’s obsolete anyway since making it blindingly bright doesn’t do much damage and drains too much mana for such a little outcome.

9 hours ago, Zarexan said:

You aren’t the lorewriter and I personally brought this up with Zythus, due to the fact fire evocation is, like every other evocation, about conjuring and learning every aspect of the element, therefore, as FIRE EVOCATION is about conjuring every aspect, LIGHT is apart of those aspects, thus its VERY relevant. To make this lore as accurately as possible, DESPITE there being lore for conjuring light that’s a completely different magic as a whole, is to take a literal two seconds to add it, which Zythus says they did. I don’t see why it’s so horribly impossible for this to be done, or why you have such an issue with it, regardless this has blown up over me making a simple suggestion so let’s stop this here, yeah?

By that logic, I’d be able to heat things up with Electric Evocation. Heat is a BYPRODUCT of electricity just as light is a byproduct of fire.

22 hours ago, Zarexan said:

It was tho, before that lore it was canon, Tox neglected to mention it, it’s been canon for a long time as Fire Evocation involves conjuring all the aspects of Fire itself, smoke, light, heat, and the flame itself. I’ve had the magic for three years nearly, I know my ****.

Either way, it doesn’t seem too relevant to the lore. There’s already lore for conjuring light and I think that Fire Evocation can live without it.

On 10/23/2019 at 1:14 PM, Zarexan said:

Might I request mention of light evocation, which is an aspect of fire evocation where, like smoke, the caster only casts a certain aspect of fire ❤️ otherwise +1 I’m loving your rewrites. FIRESTORM BEST STORM.

Light Evocation was never actually canon in Fire Evocation lore (written by Toxcat) and no additions were ever added on the forums. If you’re going to conjure light, just used household magic mage light or transfiguration mage light.

I like AlphaMoist’s rewrite better. Nothing wrong with yours, Luv.

beevy puzzlah

3 hours ago, ZythusRequiem said:

 

That part was actually scrapped in favour of the community’s voice. Instead now it is a one slot magic with the expectation that your average mage won’t have all the spells in every specialization. If this is an issue LT will bring it up and I will fix it.

I’m still struggling to understand this. How many specializations can you have for one slot and can additional slots be provided?

52 minutes ago, ZythusRequiem said:

Red Lines:

• Beams cannot cover an infinite length. They are capped out around seven to ten meters in length.
• Beams cannot kill a foe instantly, they may incapacitate them greatly, but not fully kill. They can bring targets to the brink of death.

The way I’ve RP’d beams is that upon initial impact, it’s going to break bones. However, if you pin someone up against a hard surface and fling a beam at them, it’ll crush them to death. I think you should put that in the second redline. It’s perfectly realistic that after letting a mage charge for five emotes (six with connection) that they should be able to crush you to death provided they use their environment.

“I guess Lily figured tha’ she could only be some junkie now tha’ she failed at leadin’ a nation, an’ I wholeheartedly agree,” commented a high elf.

Absolutely not.

I’ve had nothing but bad experiences with Luv, especially in lore-related situations, such as rage quitting lore discords when they receive criticism or end up throwing a tantrum when something doesn’t go their way. The last team I want to see Luv on is the Story Team.

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hey look now its finally been decided that runesmithing is a deity magic.

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1 hour ago, Vermy said:

Sulraell smiled from ear to ear, a disturbing tone in his voice as he chuckled ”hah, perhaps w-we should l-let the v-void take Curon..”  he’d pause, fiddling with his beaded bracelet ”As a-an experiment of c-course..”  he added 

“****, tha’s edgy.” Jude would say in regards to Sulraell.

34 minutes ago, MordskovFanboy said:

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Amen, Joel.

“I do ‘ope Cyrene finds somethin’ more valuable t’put time into t’an Llyria,” Jude commented with a frown upon reading the letter, “stay safe, pal.”

gross ascended finally gone,,,

nah but for real, good luck man.

Epic.