edit: what the **** is wrong with the forum's formatting i swear it wasn't that bad before
We are all burnt out of frost witches, and for someone who is really passionate about it & the coven, I have self-denied my own MArt and been wanting to revert as well as many others due to how terrible the lore is as it stands. We tried waiting for the rewrites, but ended up having to be stuck to this sad excuse of a lorepiece that we have. So, while we work on an actual, final rewrite for them, we have proposed some changes to actually enjoy these creatures.
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Proposed changes:
-Witches can now heal anything a normal person could normally heal by resting at an altar. (Stabs, gashes, lacerations) In the case of non-healable damaged caused, such as the loss of an appendage, organ or limb, sabbath of healing may be performed.
Old Sabbath of Healing:
Sabbath of Healing
A sabbath which is simple in nature, allowing a Mother to ease the pain and the wounds of her precious daughters. By conjuring forth cursed ice at the Altar, a Witch Mother may apply it to the wounds of a Frost Witch, healing the damage done; from a mere gash, to replacing entire limbs and ligaments lost.
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Mechanics
- The Sabbath of Healing may be performed by a Mother upon her daughters, or upon herself with the direct aid of her daughters. This may be anywhere from a few minutes of roleplay to heal something as a gash, or entire sessions over the course of days in order to replace something like a limb or heal some other significant wound.
Healing Time Frames
Moderate Bruises, Cuts, Scrapes - Small wounds no larger than an inch and a half deep or three inches long can be healed over the span of four well described, multiline emotes, simply done by the Mother conjuring cursed ice at the altar and causing it to fill the wounds before it hardens and integrates into the Witch’s form.
Gashes, Avulsions, and Stabs - Larger gashes or avulsions up to three inches deep and up to five feet long can be healed over the span of five well described, multiline emotes, having the Mother pulling ice from the region which fills the wounds and heals the Witch. In the case of stab wounds, if it is not within a directly fatal region as the heart or neck, the Witch may be healed in eight well described, multiline emotes.
Ligaments and Lesser Organs - Ligaments such as ears, noses, fingers, and toes may be regenerated by a Mother in the span of seven well described, multiline emotes, the Mother creating the new ligament from cursed ice and replacing the old one. Organs such as eyes or tongues can be regenerated over the course of two OOC days, requiring two separate sessions each day, each with seven well described, multiline emotes.
Limbs - Limbs such as arms and legs may be regenerated by the mother over the course of an OOC week. Each session consists of nine well described, multiline emotes, the Mother creating a new limb over time where the old one once was. Until the limb is completely formed, the Witch will be unable to use that limb, though may disguise it to appear like a sealed wound.
Mother Healing
There may be times when a Mother is in need of healing herself. Thus, with assistance from her daughters, she may restore whatever injuries she has sustained, either by her sacrifice or other means. The Mother herself must be conscious and present along with three other Witches in order to heal her, requiring the same amount of time as it would take to heal a normal Witch. This is often rather difficult for the Mother as they are likely within a great amount of pain.
- The healing Sabbath may only be performed in non-combat by a Mother at an Altar. Alternatively, a Mother may heal herself in a similar manner with the aid of three other FJarriagua. The mother must be conscious and present to heal herself.
- If a wound is fatal, such as being slashed across the neck, decapitation, or being stabbed through the heart, the Witch cannot be healed. Dead Witches cannot be healed back to life even if the corpse is mostly/totally intact.
- This Sabbath can only be performed when the Altar has reached tier two.
New Sabbath of Healing:
Sabbath of Healing
A sabbath which is simple in nature, allowing a Mother to ease the pain and the wounds of her precious daughters. By conjuring forth cursed ice at the Altar, a Witch Mother may apply it to the wounds of a Frost Witch, healing the damage done; from a mere gash, to replacing entire limbs and ligaments lost.
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Mechanics
- In the case of a witch losing an appendage, organ (non-vital), limb, or anything one could not reasonably heal over time, the Sabbath of Healing may be performed by a Mother upon her daughters, or by her daughters to herself.
Healing Time Frames
Ligaments and Lesser Organs - Ligaments such as ears, noses, fingers, and toes may be regenerated by a Mother in the span of at least three well described emotes, the Mother creating the new ligament from cursed ice and replacing the old one. Organs such as eyes or tongues can be regenerated over the course of two OOC days.
Limbs - Limbs such as arms and legs may be regenerated by the mother over the course of an OOC week. Consisting of at least 5 well described, multiline emotes, the Mother creating a new limb over time where the old one once was. Until the limb is completely formed, the Witch will be unable to use that limb, though may disguise it to appear like a sealed wound.
Mother Healing
There may be times when a Mother is in need of healing herself. Thus, with assistance from her daughters, she may restore whatever injuries she has sustained, either by her sacrifice or other means, requiring the same amount of time as it would take to heal a normal Witch. This is often rather difficult for the Mother as they are likely within a great amount of pain.
- The healing Sabbath may only be performed in non-combat by a Mother at an Altar. Alternatively, a Mother may heal herself in a similar manner with the aid of two other Fjarriagua.
- If a wound is fatal, such as being slashed across the neck, decapitation, or being stabbed through the heart, the Witch cannot be healed. Dead Witches cannot be healed back to life even if the corpse is mostly/totally intact.
- Regular Witches cannot perform this Sabbath on their own.
- This Sabbath can only be performed when the Altar has reached tier two.
Purpose:
Sabbath of Resurrection
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Mechanics
- The ritual consists of hunting a descendant and returning the corpse back to the Altar (the Witch’s corpse can be utilized as well if present and intact). laying them upon it. Once this is done, the Mother should encase the corpse with a large amount of cursed ice over the span of several well described multi-line emotes. The Mother and Witches must implore the Soul of the Witch to return to the realm, bidding it to the new corpse. This will allow the Witch to break forth from the ice, emerging from the ice in a rather weakened state.
- The ritual must be performed by a Mother, and at minimum three Witches have to be involved in aiding the ritual in providing their power for the Mother to harness throughout the process.
- The female corpse must be fresh and newly hunted, if it has rotted or begun decomposition, the Sabbath will not succeed.
- Upon the Witch’s return, she is unable to cast any Frost Witch Magic for two full OOC days following her revival, save from her common disguises.
- This task remains to be a taxing process on the Mother, thus a Mother can only perform this ritual twice per OOC week. Should there be no alive/active Frost Mothers to perform the Sabbath, ST intervention would be required to restore one of the Mothers. A Mother can only be revived by another Mother.
- The corpse utilized must be a female descendant and must have not been deceased for over twelve OOC hours. After that period, the corpse is unusable in the Sabbath.
- This Sabbath can only be performed once the Altar has reached tier two.
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Mechanics
- The ritual consists of returning the Witch's corpse back at the altar, laying them upon it. Once this is done, the Mother should encase the corpse with a large amount of cursed ice over the span of several well described multi-line emotes, with a single Witch aiding her. The Mother and the single Witch must implore the Soul of the Witch to return to the realm, bidding it to the new corpse. This will allow the Witch to break forth from the ice, emerging from the ice in a rather weakened state. If the Witch's body cannot be retrieved, the Mother must form a new body out of Cursed Ice with the help of her daughters, draining the Mother from her magic (save disguising) for the rest of the OOC day.
- The ritual must be performed by a Mother and a single Witch.
- The female corpse must be fresh and newly hunted, if it has rotted or begun decomposition, the Sabbath will not succeed.
- Upon the Witch’s return, she is unable to cast any Frost Witch Magic for two full OOC days following her revival, save from her common disguises.
- This task remains to be a taxing process on the Mother, thus a Mother can only perform this ritual twice per OOC week. Should there be no alive/active Frost Mothers to perform the Sabbath, ST intervention would be required to restore one of the Mothers. A Mother can only be revived by another Mother.
- The corpse utilized must be a female descendant and must have not been deceased for over twelve OOC hours. After that period, the corpse is unusable in the Sabbath.
- This Sabbath can only be performed once the Altar has reached tier two.
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thank you for reading this is just a bandaid fix until rewrite is out