Viltaren

2 minutes ago, Vindicant said:

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After he remarks to the air, a specter of Axios Viltaren runs up, yelling to him,"Spooks in the square, making a mess in the tavern. We need to purge!" And then she runs off, all starry eyed with her gigantic hammer in her hand.

15 minutes ago, Vindicant said:

"They neglect history, damning that which they did not understand. You will find no attempt made upon such a thing." remarks a 'Tyrant'.

Someone in the square asks Lily about Karrysmov, and after a moment of thought, she smiles gently as she always does and gives the standard response.
"A madman with no rights or throne, hated by so many he was hunted down by the masses and torn from his tyranny, after which he abandoned his nation along with his failing wife. Not only does he not retain any level of respect he could have once had, but he is less than dirt in the eyes of many. Only just above being written out of the Sutican histories, so toxic and terrible his grabbed power was. Under his rule, all the people of our nation left. Our city was driven to emptiness and stagnated horrendously. It is only by constantly proving and showing how fair, balanced, and removed from that awful time that Sutica will once again thrive as it has continued to. And that's not to speak of his descent into demon summoning and the dark arts."

A letter is penned under the decree, one that every citizen of sutica received.
"Some of you might have seen an entry for the opal crown of the Federation of Sutica in the auction house. This was once the crown of the nation but it is no longer imbued with any power of the state, not that it ever was. We sought to sell it to help enrich our nation, as it's only true symbolism is of a time when tyrants reigned. We are commissioning a new crown through our Minister of Magic, Crumena. this new crown unlike the old will serve actual defensive purpose for our princess. It will enable her to be safer in her leading of the city, and allow her to speak to parties she could not before. No longer will the symbol of our nation be a worthless clerical artifact. 

Lily Anarion, Minister of Law"

MC Name: Viltaren

Character's Name: Lily Anarion

Character's Age: 45

Character's Race:

         High Elf

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         Arcanism

Teacher's MC Name:

         Tahmas

Teacher's RP Name:

         Crumena

Do you have a magic(s) you are dropping due to this app? If so, link it:

        https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/175098-arcanismmaviltaren/

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         Yes

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         Yes

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(On this note, I have since been accepted for the magic I had been denied for before. It was an error by a magic moderator gone too long for anyone to know why he did it. Delmodan and Flamboyant Rage have approved my application for this magic type.)

9 minutes ago, HolyTortoise said:

So everybody who wants pvp during a raid is now a pvp goon, as if thats even an insult. If the cap was at ten players and you had 10 defenders, that is 20 players roleplay fighting very close to each other. This would get very very confusing and hard to read, I am utterly at a loss for words how you cannot see how chaotic this would be.

It wasn't meant as an insult but a reference to the some players and groups that only "rp" on lotc for the sake of pvp. There are those factions and people. While that is a lot of rp fighting happening next to each other, currently we have guard default, pvp default, and rp default for a reason. Smaller raids dont have that many people. rp combat is fine. In addition to this, you will see earlier in my post that i referenced that i believe there should be a cap. I would never want 20 people on a raid. 10 is acceptable, but still a lot. 

I am the minister of law in Sutica, and I help our nation lead with a lot of diplomacy and responding to threats and issue that arise in the city. So what I say here I say as someone who heavily assists in the guiding of an established nation with not the most effective guardforce.
@Narthok

Section 1.0 Raid Procedure

1.1 To initiate a raid the leader of a raiding party must modreq one hour in advance of the raid

The handling GM must then provide a warning regional broadcast to the target. The raid will arrive one hour from the broadcast not from the posting of the modreq.
 

I really enjoy this modification to the rules. I believe, if we are allowed to rally people to defend the nation in an hour off of the broadcast, we can actually organize a defense. In addition, it would incentivise us to seek alliances with other nations. We aim for neutrality, but deals where we have paid other parties for defense have worked out well for us. This also creates rp for our nation and theirs. 

1.4 Any individual that is downed during the duration of a raid (within the confines of the raided settlement and its immediacy) may be captured even if they are popped or D40. To do so make a modreq while providing a screencap of the individual being downed, ideally accompanied by a timestamp

I do not enjoy this aspect nearly as much. This can cripple nations by having a leader forcibly taken. That may be the point, but politics are a dangerous and stressful balance already. I believe this may invite a situation where soft coups are enacted by dealing with foreign parties to raid and target a leader. In addition, it could lead to situations where raiding parties try and force PK on nation leads. It would also allow slaving parties to come on and ransack a cities rp simply due to an ooc grudge for much longer than the 2 hours you have stated.

1.5 Any individual that is downed during the duration of the raid (within the confines of the raided settlement and its immediacy) may have their head or body taken without consent.

NPCS may be made of an individual to represent them having been executed. Or a head can be requested of a moderator without the need for player consent.

What I want to know with this is how do we interact with our own bodies in rp? We are already told we are not allowed to recognise we died in rp, and it is a warnnable offense if a person recognises their own death. With this in mind, how are we to respond to reports of our own bodies or seeing our own bodies?

2.3 Battering Rams may be purchased at the Cloud Temple for (15000 minas for heavy or 7500 for light) or From a Moderator for (60 iron blocks or 30 iron blocks). The Battering Ram kit will resemble the tent kit. The Ram comes in the heavy (with arrow shield) or light (without shield) variants.

I believe these are not expensive enough. Mina is too easy to earn. 15000 minas is common to have, and not a great loss if people grind out the hunting grounds. In addition to this, can the ram be moved? What if there are multiple gates in succession? What of properly rped and prepared boiling oil let out into a gateway? If its prepared, can it be used for defense?

In addition to this, 

Once the raid has begun the supervising moderator will alert both sides that PvP is now ‘on’. PvP remains ‘on’ until the moderator specifically alerts the leadership of the offensive and defensive party.

This removes the point of having any skilled rp warriors. It also enables PVP goons to pretend to rp for the sake of complying to rules while still only seeking to profit and cause grief. This also disables inbuilt defenses against raiders, in cases such as limited escapable lava traps meant to be used to deter raiders. 

2.4 Any chest within the confines of the raided settlement may be broken open by the victorious offensive party provided the appropriate destructive emote is provided. Rolling is not required.

This allows the mass theft and stealing of a nation. In a nation such as sutica, a successful raid would see us ransacked and in danger of losing all active players as they lose all possessions and belongings. And beyond players, there is the fact that if there is no limit, no emote, no roll needed to ransack, it is a simple matter to just break into a cities storage, destroy all chests, and let an entire nations building supplies and food despawn on the floor. There needs to be some sort of protective factor, or you enable rule protected griefing on a level that could destroy a nation in a single raid. 

4.1 There is no limit on numbers for any offensive or defensive raid action.

4.2 If the aggressors are victorious the settlement’s raid cooldown shall be Forty Eight Hours from the beginning of the raid

I believe there should be somewhat of a limit in place. This invites warclaims without the paperwork. With no limit, it is entirely possible for a plan to be put in place where 20-30 plus players are gathered by a group of nations, then taken on a raid to a single nation they dont agree with, or want crippled or gone. Then, without the fairness and rules of the war claims, they can steamroll a nation and cause irreparable damage to a nation for the sake of  an ooc grudge or simple removal of competition. It would be mostly impossible to gain a defending force strong enough to manage the attackers 20-30 strong raid group in the span of a single hour. With no limit, it is a warclaim, without having to claim.
 

4.3 If the defenders are victorious the settlement’s raid cooldown shall be Fourteen Days from the day of the raid.

4.5 If the defenders are victorious in both repulsing the first raid and in the retaliatory raid then the settlement’s raid cooldown shall be Twenty One Days.

I do enjoy this, but in order to be an action taken, there needs to be a safety from CB. Bigger nations with stronger pvpers can win wars against weaker nations. But, if a weaker nation defends, and then retaliates, then the bigger nation has rights to CB. Then they can simply force war, and then destroy the weaker nation with no repercussions. THey could even intentionally lose to bait out a retaliation and a CB with it.

5.1 A raid is defined as a hostile action committed by an organized group, launched from a point of origin.

To secure the benefits and such of a raid the above definition must be fulfilled and overseen by a Moderator.

I would like to see this be a nation or specific group of origin. As in, not just a raid camp down the way, but something that invites politics and diplomacy.

5.3 A group of Villains operating within the walls or the immediate surroundings (50 blocks from the walls) will be considered an illegal raid if their numbers exceed three.

All instigators of illegal raiding shall be Villainy Blacklisted. The leader / high ranking of the party shall receive a double sentence.

5.4 You may not instigate a raid if there are fewer than three people in the city at the time of the GM going to broadcast.

To clarify when the GM accepts the modreq and goes to perform the warning broadcast if there are less than three people within the city then the raid may not be performed.

I very much enjoy both of these protections. It is something that is very needed. Off hours are off hours. In sutica we have 15-20 people rping in the city with regularity, but when its off hours, not many are there. And that's fine for our activity, but it feels really scummy.

That's all I have to comment on for now, but I very eagerly look to your response @Narthok

The Gecko Druid comes to a stop before the few words assumedly left on the banner. After reading them, he sighs, the years weighing down on his shoulders very suddenly."Just anotha false lead. Ain' gonna take me home." As he shakes his head, he pulls out a notepad. Some sketching later and its stowed, the ancient elf walking off into the forests. 

((This section is partially OOC.
@ryno2 Can you please PM me on the forums with your discord information? I am the Minister of Law in Sutica and thus I will be the ooc contact in ensuring we have your questions answered.))

[!] A letter would be penned to the The High King Regent Of Kaz'ulrah.

"This open letter is sent to The High King of Kaz'ulrah. My name is Lily Anarion and I am The Minister Of Law and Chief Justice. We were expecting you to seek to contact us, and as such we have answers prepared for you. You are of course invited to Sutica to speak personally with me and The Trade Princess. This trial was held with Mystery Uialben's consent, and the punishment will seek his consent as well. His punishment has yet to be carried out, so no honor has been harmed.
Thank you so very much for your time,
Lily Anarion."

MC Name: Viltaren

Character's Name: Lily Anarion

Character's Age: 45

Character's Race:

         High Elf

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         Arcanism

Teacher's MC Name:

         FlamboyantRage

Teacher's RP Name:

         Serene

Do you have a magic(s) you are dropping due to this app? If so, link it:

         N/A

Do you agree to keep the MT updated on the status of your magic app by using the Magic List Errors topic?:

         Yes

Are you aware that if this magic is undergoing an activity trial and fails said trial, that you will lose the magic?:

         Yes

Have you applied for this magic on this character before, and had it denied? If so, link the app:

         https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/169852-arcane-ma-soundlesssleep-arcanism/?tab=comments#comment-1602845

MC Name: Viltaren

Character's Name: Lily Anarion

Character's Age: 45

Character's Race:

         High Elf

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         Voidal Shifting

Teacher's MC Name:

         JakeTheDog115

Teacher's RP Name:

         Vel

Do you have a magic(s) you are dropping due to this app? If so, link it:

         N/A

Do you agree to keep the MT updated on the status of your magic app by using the Magic List Errors topic?:

         Yes

Are you aware that if this magic is undergoing an activity trial and fails said trial, that you will lose the magic?:

         Yes

Have you applied for this magic on this character before, and had it denied? If so, link the app:

         https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/169851-arcane-ma-soundlesssleep-shifting/?tab=comments#comment-1602863

Keef is the example of a good FM. In the many months I have known him, he has never not been on the forums at the same time as whatever else he was doing at the time. This is to the point that if he is home, it's safe to say he's taking care of the forums.

I was half awake!

MC Name: Ethetani

Character's Name: Midnus Anarion

Character's Age: 1060

Character's Race:

         High Elven

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         Communion and Control Druidic Magic

Teacher's MC Name:

         Delmodan

Teacher's RP Name:

         Owl Druid

Do you have a magic(s) you are dropping due to this app? If so, link it:

         No

Do you agree to keep the MT updated on the status of your magic app by using the Magic List Errors topic?:

         Yes

Are you aware that if this magic is undergoing an activity trial and fails said trial, that you will lose the magic?:

         Yes

Have you applied for this magic on this character before, and had it denied? If so, link the app:

         No

On 6/8/2018 at 5:07 PM, michaelhill823 said:

Is this a copy before the downfall of Aegis when everyone escaped to the Verge?

At the time of this map, Alkhazar was partly corrupted and the dwarves fell to the undead as well. I would honestly suggest downloading it and just seeing for yourself as this was... seven years ago now and I barely recall proper timelines.

Honestly, Not only does Fury know an obnoxious amount about lore and how to lead exciting interesting story lines, but he's one of the better role players I have ever had the pleasure to Rp with. I dont know if these comments matter at all, but I think he'd be a wonderful addition to the event team.

12 minutes ago, Sultan said:

Easy way to deal with this is do what Human's do.. Healing yourself from wounds fated to happen is blasphemy. 

I have yet to meet a human who treats it like that, just sayan. ? I do wish they did cause that would be neat.

9 minutes ago, Smaw said:

Let's be honest, the overarching theme of Holy Magic is mind-numbingly lame. Let's remove it all together.

I say shift it to D&D style. "holy" damage is just radiant damage, hurts most everything equally save for undead things which take a little more. 

Then you can shift unholy magic/dark magic to necrotic type damage.

There's an existing system that's been well developed and balanced to look to here, we should be doing so.

On 5/6/2018 at 6:43 AM, Gizzol said:

Hello lemme toss this at you from the kha perspective as someone who has stuck to their race for a while. To start off and clarify I don't agree with implimenting these creatures. Now for the reason why.

This is insanely helpful, and in the Xoa discord we were already figuring out places we can expand lore wise. This is the first lore of any kind I have helped with, and to be honest a lot of it was written on short notice to remove sections that would undoubtedly been considerably worse than lack of definition. 

Now to respond point by point, for the sake of being thorough and clear:

Definition, I want to write a lot more lore and alot more structure. As far as racial appearance, I want to spread into a more complete definition of the various subraces for lack of a better word for the different species. My personal goal is to have Salamander esque, crocodile esque, and more desert reptiles covered. In a similar manner to the kha and the tiger, panther, and leopard subraces. This would include a more defined approach to each race and not only how they interact with each other, but how they go about daily life. Most of what we have above was written to meet a deadline, and personally, I wanted to expose the ideas to people who would thoroughly attack the flaws in the ideas.

The weapon style is fine to change, I was going for something thematic mostly, but you raise a good point. As far as most of the strengths and weaknesses are concerned, when I was handed the lore, it didn't actually have any credible weaknesses or strengths at all. The leap strike was an idea I had, but I am more than open to modifying everything here to allow it to make sense and provide unique interesting lore and situations players might encounter. The leap distance was fairly arbitrary, but it was an attempt to have that same sort of strike ambush hunting style. 

LOCATIONS 
YES. its supposed to be hard for the subraces to travel, meaning use of some existing magic with consent of that magics lore holder, to combat conditions they could not manage. There are a lot of options for using existing lore to circumvent struggles in an interesting manner, and I really want to dive into it all. I also want one of the subraces to be more comfortable in the desert, one more comfortable in swamps and marshes, another better in the wet forests. When a player chooses a subrace I want it to express part of how their character goes about the world. 

As far as breeding that's more than fine, that portions of the lore was entirely sloth's. The egg tending is important to the culture, but i can see the creation oor fertilisation of eggs being wiped out and simply keeping the care of the eggs with a strict avoidance of any further info on that topic. My personaly thought on the Egg keeping is making it ritualistic and spiritual. Argonians have this approach in The Elder Scrolls, and its something I enjoy as a unique aspect of a sentient egg laying species.

I will be contacting you on discord, but seriously thank you for poking holes in the lore.

Aegis World Download

After some research and chasing certain parties down here on the server, I got ahold of someone who had a working copy of the Aegis world download.

I have it uploaded here to Dropbox, and have the plus plan so everyone should be able to download it.

Aegis World Download

If it tells you you can't download it, just wait till the next day, as it is possible for us to hit a bandwidth cap (though I dont see that happening)

I will not be taking this file off this drop box, so it should work for the foreseeable future.

12 hours ago, Kaldwin said:

As someone who has had a bit of experience with trying to create a CA race, I'd urge you to make this ET only to start out and see how it takes off from there. If enough people are interested in the race and the lore, than lobby to make it CA. Trust me, I know what it's like to really want to add a new cool race to the server, but in the end I swallowed my pride and agreed to make them ET. Hell, I don't even think there's been any events revolving around the stupid ass ratmen I tried to create. Guess it was for the best, though, doesn't look like anyone would've played them anyways.

 

I dunno if this is helpful or not, just wanted to provide a perspective of someone who wanted to do something very similar to you.

This is helpful. It gives us options to consider using as we move forward. As for the ratmen, some of our lore once had them as an antagonist to the Xoatol, but it was scrubbed for the sake of being better stand alone lore.

ET only might be something we consider, but i believe in order to keep them active and interesting we would need someone passionate about the race to pick them up as an et. Or, have them available through CA from the start so that they are accessible to those people interested in playing them such as me, sloth, rift, and unwillingly.

For those that have commented thus far, legitimate well put criticism is very helpful. Things such as a simple "No." or claims put upon the lore that have nothing to do with the quality of the lore do not help us rework this lore to be as good as we can make it. It was arguable with the fae realm lore that there are too many creatures or that druidism was too large a magic already, and yet it was accepted. 

My goal, I am unaware of Sloths, is to create a race that people can have fun playing that has something to contribute to the lore. I do not want them to be a simple antagonist, I do not want them to be a repeat of the Mori. The full intent of my major modifications to the Xoatol are to make a race that can spread its wings and provide interesting, driving rp. They seek to be scholars, to study the world and people around them for the sake of discovery and knowledge.

This race has been majorly changed from its previous versions. Because of this, it is lacking in some places I would care to expand it. I implore those who read this lore to leave thoughtful in depth comments about the lore. It is fine if we are not in a place to accept a new race, but part of the system of proposing lore is receiving criticism that assists in making ideas as refined and interesting as possible. If we get denied, that is fine. We can always use a chance to further go over our lore and make proper well thought out changes, just like any lore creator can benefit from the legitimate criticism of their creations.

I will be editing the main post to include this disclaimer at the bottom. 

I am no longer presenting this lore for Slothtastic but rather as my own lore to be developed.
This means that most of this lore will be rewritten and developed with its own unique ideas separate of Slothtastic's creations.
I will keep this post up so people are free to criticise it and make comment, including the LT.
I welcome any and all criticisms as stated several times. 
TO BE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR, I IN NO WAY INTEND TO HAVE THIS LORE SUBMITTED AS MY OWN.

The Xoatol
(Z-Oh-Ah-Toll)
(Meaning 'Ancient People' in their language.)

The Humanoid Lizardmen of Atlas’ swamp.
 

Appearance:
The Lizardfolk of the Swamps come in many different forms. Some are small, and some are tall.  They come in shades of blue, brown, green, black, grey, yellow, and even sometimes red. There are two common breeds of Xoatol. There are the smaller, weaker kind which serve as priests and craftsman, but can also find their way as expendable soldiers. They are known as the Lemah, and grow from about 5’0”-6’0. Then there is the bigger, stronger ones which serve as soldiers and laborers. They grow from 6’0”-7’10” and are known as the Muuk. All Xoatol have a thick, flat skull, which can grow spikes, spines, and fins with webs between them. The Xoatol have long, thick tails that also have small spines growing from them as well. The Xoatol only have four toes, three in the front, one in the back. All have sharp talons capable of cutting through the thick hide found on some beasts, with sharpened metal claws (a common fashion statement) being able to cut through cured leather. The Xoatol race varies wildly in its outer appearance, ranging from salamander like to alligator-esque beasts.

Lifespan:
 

Birthing and Procreating:
 

Technology:
 

Tactics:
 

Hierarchy:
 

Origins:
 

Language

 Misc Redlines:

A comment on the criticism this race receives:

For those that have commented thus far, legitimate well put criticism is very helpful. Things such as a simple "No." or claims put upon the lore that have nothing to do with the quality of the lore do not help us rework this lore to be as good as we can make it. It was arguable with the fae realm lore that there are too many creatures or that druidism was too large a magic already, and yet it was accepted. 

My goal, I am unaware of Sloths, is to create a race that people can have fun playing that has something to contribute to the lore. I do not want them to be a simple antagonist, I do not want them to be a repeat of the Mori. The full intent of my major modifications to the Xoatol are to make a race that can spread its wings and provide interesting, driving rp. They seek to be scholars, to study the world and people around them for the sake of discovery and knowledge.

This race has been majorly changed from its previous versions. Because of this, it is lacking in some places I would care to expand it. I implore those who read this lore to leave thoughtful in depth comments about the lore. It is fine if we are not in a place to accept a new race, but part of the system of proposing lore is receiving criticism that assists in making ideas as refined and interesting as possible. If we get denied, that is fine. We can always use a chance to further go over our lore and make proper well thought out changes, just like any lore creator can benefit from the legitimate criticism of their creations.
 

1 hour ago, Its Just Leap said:

Yes let's kill roadside rp and be lazy at the same time 

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Upvote

Most roadside rp suuuucks. Banditry is stupid, and people congregate in cities most often anyway. 

The wayshrines would be a good compromise. I liked fast travel personally, but it would be alot of help if for example you could tp to a wayshrine only 500-100 blocks away rather than 3k away from a given outlier city.

+5

I have enjoyed Briar's rp for as long as I have known them. One of the most stand out things is how their being a chimera isn't the defining aspect of their character. It is an aspect that adds to them and enriches their story. I think I have more fun with helping them train their wings than they do!

I absolutely support their lore post because I know it is well thought out and a labor of love meant to enrich those who take part in it!