Lapidary

They shot Corcs again guys, still no buff. RIP

FINALLY GEYSERS. I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR 6 YEARS!

Kimura can't believe his bestie is DEAD. He despairs for several saints years in definitive real time. A hundred insects are sacrificed in her memory.

A lone Hyspian, Isidoro cackles some as a servant shows him the comic's first edition. What great art!

This being the second time Midas had written about this subject, Orion released a sigh as he set down at his desk. A quill was produced, swiftly to scrawl a letter of reply. Hopefully, his tone would not come off too snarky.

I cannot tell you how much I hate forum-based everything. It can be nice when you want to publish something that is meant to be an entire document, sure. But when I have poured hours of my time into the server, a community, existing somewhere for a consistent amount of time as one character, only to be consistently outdone by groups that post on the forums? I hate the idea of forum recruitment, unless you are writing a piece meant to be a 'poster' you are pinning up on signs in game. I rarely ever checked the forums until the past few years, and found it to be one of the only ways to access consistent rp. I want to play minecraft, and not have to read google document essays in order to have a say in any sort of story. I hate writing replies to posts with characters talking to themselves to "seem active", like I have been advised to do by other players. Sometimes it feels like conflicts of any sort turn to intense OOC drama, because of the consistent information-sharing entirely out of character or on the forums. If there is a good way to shift the culture back PLEASE I hope it works. I'm not an expert on jack. Please don't try to debate me these are just my feelings. :,)

Bro if you'd asked I'd have finished the conduit lore w/ you hello??

Hello! I do really enjoy this amendment. Thank you for clarifying these things. Testing should be a serious action not just a small "let's poke everyone in the square" sort of thing. I find it very anxiety inducing just rping in any city knowing a "random darkspawn test" could happen at any given second, and adding this redline makes the testing requirements more serious. Love this clarification + update! I've noticed a lot of the comments keep calling Corc a CA which is funny. It's an FA, meant to come w/ deception rp. :,)

+1 I want this pls gimme gimme. Let me be a MONSTER.

I WHOLLY support trans potion. Now make /persona gender normally accessible!!

Oh I would SO full kit BM if given the chance. Yes please. +1

TigerWiger would be silly n cute

It always comes when least expected. Over the years, the passing of so many had left him nearly numb, and yet- This time, it was different. It was family. Florian could feel the ache that wormed its way deep into his chest. He had waited decades for his return, spoken to him only for a day, and in such little time like a flourish he was gone. Vukosav, the very reason for his stand, the guiding hand that led him to all he now held dear. But he would not cry. It is with honor that his father had passed, it was with pride he held his head, and too would he seek to further that legacy. The bloodline of Radomavic would not cease here, rather it rolled pure throughout his veins. A fist was clenched, then pressed firmly to his chest. "Memento mori." That which separates us from the binds of the silit, and the sufferings of man. Inevitable, yet postponed to live a life of greatness. None had lived greater in his eyes, than Vukosav. This ending was a good one, despite its grief, that he knew. ". .Goodbye."

As the sky was enraptured in light once more, a pallid figure crept back within the shadowed crevices of his home, to escape that terrible sun. So much had changed so quickly, for vampiric prince, and now that terrible light had returned- different as it was. "They can have their changes, jea will too." He muttered, scowling at that once lightless sky. As though he was never there, Florian vanished again beneath the shadows that welcomed him so swiftly. Dragons, Heroes, what a strange world to live in.

A lone veilwatcher jolted awake very suddenly from where he had fallen, on the stone steps of Hokhmat. A moment was taken to clutch at his head, as Orion caught his breath. Not again, not already.

Not visions nor dreams were so common to Florian, as new to the vampiric as he was, but in his sleep his brow furrowed and he found when his eyes had opened beads of sweat rolled their way down his temples. "What does it mean?" He uttered first, a hand pressed to cover one side of his face. Below, the uncertain murmurs of others could already be heard. ". . Meeting. Jea must call a meeting."

It was nothing but grief. The form he found was still and cold, and not a sound from his lips nor the prayers he pleaded to whatever god might show mercy could bring back what was so violently stolen from him. Everything he had given, every day he strived to be better, someone better for them. His children, those gentle faces who had looked to him with trust and joy. Now, so much torn from him in such a short time, as his family was reduced to two. Had it all been worth it? Everything sacrificed? Of course it had, just to see the smile on her face. Anything for her to know she was safe, and that he was proud of her above all else. She was so good, worth everything. The walls of Hokhmat trembled, for a short time. Like a roll of thunder as he stared, near catatonic at that white sheet with the horrible knowledge of what was beneath. You never understand, until it strikes you and your kin, the true awful tendencies of the world and it's dark corners. Each time before now he had taken it, sat idle, ignored with the feeble hope that it would pass him by and he would not have to face it. It was clear now that pacifism was not enough, to drive the worldly demons away. For the first time in years, Orion would seek his blade. It would not happen again.

Florian had passed the cell on occasion, watching the imprisoned writhe as he struggled to fight off the influences so graciously given to him. Each time, with the lightest chuckle. "He'll come to thrive, in it all. . ." A murmur passed beneath his breath as that final visit drew closer. "Soon."

Naztherak are descendants, with fluid human emotions that are malleable and subject to influence and change. Removing an emotional experience entirely from a character removes so much from their overall psychology, and it feels very wrong. This removes so many avenues for grief and tragedy, just think of Shakespearian romantic tragedies? There are so many avenues for fantastic storywriting that involve romantic connections. "Romance" as an emotion isn't what so many people consider "evil bad Romance roleplay", but even then this doesn't feel like a solution. Even if this gets passed, why is it so immediate? Why not let yourself experience a slow progressive descent into madness? So many existing Naztherak already do this, because it's how they feel about their characters personally, but there's already a point of progression for Naztherak in which they lose that. Which is a choice they can make later on, that makes sense. Why push everyone else's characters into the same avenue that you feel personally? I am going to miss the demonic romantic tragedy storylines, that's for sure. -1 I don't think this adds anything to roleplay, or fixes any 'problems' that are claimed to exist. Choose who you want in your community, build it with people you like and trust. Don't try and force other people's character psychology to work how you want. Other people are making different villains, and that's good. The diversity adds fantastic flavor for good story-building. Villains should not be shells of people, they should have better reasoning than 'my magic made me crazy bad'.

Good rp is usually rewarded. If you put forth effort in your banditry to be interesting, I've seen players even un-soulbind items to give as rewards for well-done crp and enjoyable encounters. Focus on what makes the other player happy, treat yourself (as a bandit) like an event for the player you're taking things from. Don't stack yourself to win every time, don't expect to get a kill, be OOCly respectful too and players will be much more likely to give up their items. :)

I feel like I have waited long enough to give my personal take on this topic. I have been a player on LOTC for going on 5 years now, and ever since my first character on LOTC the personas I have created have all been queer in some form or another. Either by flagrant or different expression, actively seeking partners of the same gender, not conforming to gender expectations etc. I have been at this for years, I understand what the experience is like. When I first attempted to outwardly express and pursue the storyline of "gay character, homophobic state" it was something that I found exhilarating. I was something interesting, in a place that would not accept me, and I thought it would make for an interesting story line- well I can tell you flat out from my experience it was not fun. My rp consisted of being flung from my home and rp community, character lied about and called all sorts of things icly and oocly, and had their entire personality and legacy and everything destroyed with no chance for reparation because of that simple fact: they were gay. I lost my rp community and everything I had spent months on, in half a second, because of the homophobia which at the time I was fine with but I realized shortly after just the toll it had taken on me. It's the sort of thing that makes you feel guilty out of character. If the rp is not enjoyable at all OOC, what's the point? After their exposure I lost all motivation to even play the character, and if this experience sounds false I'm sure @erictafoyaremembers just how quickly I vanished off the server after this experience. I was off LOTC for about 6 months, after how jarring it was. I have tried again, and again, with the motivation to have a character of mine experience true happiness while allowing that to be a part of themselves. I have migrated from place to place on the server over the years, and it has reached such a point that I no longer have the energy to play characters who are human, as the experience of the church's homophobia has been so destructive to any character paths and external stories that I almost never play humans anymore. These past few years I have spent on that path in the hopes that one of these times, I would get to play a character in that realm peacefully and with some semblance of normality. This has not been the case, even after seeking groups that were specifically queer-friendly there had always remained burning homophobia pressured by outside prejudice. I should say, the final decision as to whether or not irp homophobia is outright admin banned is not something I am hard-pressed upon. I have been dealing with this for years, and as much as it continues to sting I will continue dealing with it anyways. I thought, though, my experiences could serve as an example for what constant irp homophobia does to a character and also to a player. It becomes so immediately disheartening to be removed from what you have, the people you care about, the work you were doing all because of something so small. It really just breaks my heart each time. Homophobia is fine when you have your first dose, at least for a little while, but you begin to feel restricted and tired and limited to a section of the server just to play a character that doesn't fit a specific mold. It's draining, demotivating and rapidly becomes so exhausting to keep reliving. If not outright banned, I think the irp harassment should at least be toned down. The church could remove their ban, the storyline of characters who have been slowly fighting for their rights beneath it is one I have been a part of and participated in for years. I've wrote in-character essays on the topic. It has been so many years of work in the making, and I'd like to see something done, instead of the accusations that it was "all OOC" and "Planned discord talk" Because I can share with you my essays, the writings, the secret wedding screenshots and the government talks. It has been happening, even if you haven't seen it- that's the nature of 'hiding it' irp right? I hope everyone on this thread chooses kindness. I appreciate everyone's constructive discussion, and I would like to see it kept that way. I've been in this for so long, it would be nice to see the years of rp amount to something, even if not admin-side. Roleplay on LOTC should be enjoyable, that's what I've always said- if you can't have fun OOC, then the hobby entirely loses it's purpose. I hope this settles without too much tension or OOC hatred.

COOLDOWN REDUCTION! YES PLEASE! +1 I'm always too scared to post MArt ideas because of the cooldown

Somewhere in the distant hills, the announcement is read by a once-wronged man who cackles a moment in delight. "Oh, what a twist! And somehow, you did not believe your actions would catch up to you?" Florian managed a grin, to himself. "Jea did not even have to send a letter. You doomed yourself from the start 'little man'."

Somewhere in the Seven Skies, a once disgraced Alstreim sheds a tear. It had been years, and finally, it had been done. Hans von Alstreim leaned towards his mother, bowing his head into her shoulder. "Hope that ze future of humans can be happier than I was." He murmured. "A shame I did not live to see it changed." Orion breathes a sigh of relief, knowing he and his husband can FINALLY hold hands in canonist nations. About damn time.

The new spells spells are cool don't get me wrong, but why are we adding another slot requirement? Why are we locking spells off from transfiguration enchantments, when enchantments are already SO debuffed, and transfiguration takes 2 slots to have anyways. Some of this could be cool sure, but I feel like maybe these rewrites could (instead of locking off T5 spells) be applied like jing in life evocation, where the abilities are accessbile with extra time after T5. Requiring another dedicated slot makes evocations feel so much weaker than they already are. Add progression, not hard aggressive limits and debuffs. It doesn't feel balanced at all. It's mostly the slot addition I find frustrating. That's a big commitment for a very small addition of power. I don't know why we're rewriting a good thing. Maybe lore addition these spells to the existing evo page? Follow the jing progression thing? idk. It feels like this will make a lot of people just sad too, I'll be honest, esp already fully built mages who would lose access to spells they might enjoy. It feels like rp-wise it would be an implementing mess. No hate, just genuinely, I don't think this will feel right on the server. -1 man, I don't like this. Please reconsider.