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Re: Descriptions: From Divines to Mortals, and Beasts, and Items, and Mobs, and Places!
Someone's been naughty in Hallifax lately:
Slightly damp and worse for wear, the poster has been secured with what appears to be sticky algae and depicts a striking nereid. The depiction is artful, with clear lines of a realistic sketch that has been brought to life with watercolours. Her skin is midnight blue, her hair fireweed crimson darkening to the finest wine, and her luxurious piscine tail flares into rosetail fins. Her beauteous form is the crimson of sunset sinking into twilight's embrace. While the rendering is perfection, it is the posing itself that leaves a little to be desired, however. The nereid is drawn from too high an angle, as if she were holding the artist within her grasp above herself.
It has the following aliases: poster
It has the following aliases: poster
BUT! Imma cheat.
This kirin is a wonder to behold, graceful and majestic in her hybrid glory. As with most kirin, she has the head and scales of a dragon, a thick mane of fur that extends from her brow, where a resplendent curved horn of glittering beryl emerges, to where her head meets the deer-like body. Unlike other kirin however, her mane seems to be made from iridescent dreamy mist, with wisps of clouded memories and motes of vibrant light escaping from it occasionally as it shifts between dozens of vibrant hues. Her scales, too, seem to glow with an inner light and fade from brilliant emerald to deep sapphire as they flow from her back to her belly and down her legs, where fetlocks of cloudy dreamstuff roil out to obscure her hooves, and along her tail, which bears more of the same iridescent material as her mane bursts forth from the lower half. Surrounding her is an aura of half-seen images and vague memories, which gives her an odd, translucent appearance to the unwary.
Kaiyo, the lucid Dream has an air of extreme strength.
She is strangely weightless.
She is loyal to Jade Dreamer Luce Shevat, Quintessence of Refinement.
Kaiyo, the lucid Dream is holding:
Nothing.
It has the following aliases: kaiyo, kirin.
Kaiyo, the lucid Dream has an air of extreme strength.
She is strangely weightless.
She is loyal to Jade Dreamer Luce Shevat, Quintessence of Refinement.
Kaiyo, the lucid Dream is holding:
Nothing.
It has the following aliases: kaiyo, kirin.
Luce
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Re: Guise Database
Activating and wearing a Brooch of Precise Gems will have you appear as the following:
Guise Say: a delicate gem golem
Guise Emote: a delicate gem golem
Appearance: Resplendent light rays reflecting and refracting from thousands of brilliant facets, a
delicate gem golem glimmers here.
You remove a Brooch of Precise Gems.
A Brooch of Precise Gems flashes with a rainbow of resplendence, precise rays of many-coloured light refracting and reflecting until you are enclosed in a polyhedral crystal of brightness. Your gemstone form loses solidity, forming a latticework of outlines, which fade into the crystal cocoon itself until you emerge back in your original form.
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Activating and wearing a Brooch of Elemental Air will have you appear as the following:
Guise Say: a stormy air elemental
Guise Emote: a stormy air elemental
Appearance: Swirling clouds of purest white meld to outline the ghostly figure of a stormy air elemental here.
You slip into a Brooch of Elemental Air.
Tendrils of white spin out from a Brooch of Elemental Air, creating a tiny cyclone that grows in size by the moment, until you are entirely enveloped by the swirling, twirling air. Winds whip through your body, seeking every nook and cranny with their freezing cold and electric touch, until you feel yourself disintegrating into the storm. As the maelstrom clears, you have taken the appearance of an air elemental, your form white and mist-wreathed, ever-changing and yet contained within the fractal regularity of the winds.
You remove a Brooch of Elemental Air.
Tendrils of white spin out from a Brooch of Elemental Air, creating a tiny cyclone that grows in size by the moment, until you are entirely enveloped by the swirling, twirling air. The winds and the lightning drain from your outline, swirling with the mists that tumble back into the brooch as you resume your original form.
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Activating and wearing a gossamer, snowy stole depicting a paintbrush and palette will have you appear as the following:
Guise Say: a pair of twin trill painters
Guise Emote: a pair of twin trill painters
Appearance: Holding hands like mirror duplicates, a pair of twin trill are here, one with a paintbrush wielded and the other with a paint palette.
Guise Say: a delicate gem golem
Guise Emote: a delicate gem golem
Appearance: Resplendent light rays reflecting and refracting from thousands of brilliant facets, a
delicate gem golem glimmers here.
You slip into a Brooch of Precise Gems.
A Brooch of Precise Gems flashes with a rainbow of resplendence, its precise rays of many-coloured light refracting and reflecting until you are enclosed in a polyhedral crystal of brightness. Geometrical outlines shimmer into shape over your body and your limbs, refining your features and adding regularity until you emerge from the crystal cocoon as a delicate gem golem, multifaceted in your beauty.
A Brooch of Precise Gems flashes with a rainbow of resplendence, its precise rays of many-coloured light refracting and reflecting until you are enclosed in a polyhedral crystal of brightness. Geometrical outlines shimmer into shape over your body and your limbs, refining your features and adding regularity until you emerge from the crystal cocoon as a delicate gem golem, multifaceted in your beauty.
A Brooch of Precise Gems flashes with a rainbow of resplendence, precise rays of many-coloured light refracting and reflecting until you are enclosed in a polyhedral crystal of brightness. Your gemstone form loses solidity, forming a latticework of outlines, which fade into the crystal cocoon itself until you emerge back in your original form.
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Activating and wearing a Brooch of Elemental Air will have you appear as the following:
Guise Say: a stormy air elemental
Guise Emote: a stormy air elemental
Appearance: Swirling clouds of purest white meld to outline the ghostly figure of a stormy air elemental here.
You slip into a Brooch of Elemental Air.
Tendrils of white spin out from a Brooch of Elemental Air, creating a tiny cyclone that grows in size by the moment, until you are entirely enveloped by the swirling, twirling air. Winds whip through your body, seeking every nook and cranny with their freezing cold and electric touch, until you feel yourself disintegrating into the storm. As the maelstrom clears, you have taken the appearance of an air elemental, your form white and mist-wreathed, ever-changing and yet contained within the fractal regularity of the winds.
You remove a Brooch of Elemental Air.
Tendrils of white spin out from a Brooch of Elemental Air, creating a tiny cyclone that grows in size by the moment, until you are entirely enveloped by the swirling, twirling air. The winds and the lightning drain from your outline, swirling with the mists that tumble back into the brooch as you resume your original form.
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Activating and wearing a gossamer, snowy stole depicting a paintbrush and palette will have you appear as the following:
Guise Say: a pair of twin trill painters
Guise Emote: a pair of twin trill painters
Appearance: Holding hands like mirror duplicates, a pair of twin trill are here, one with a paintbrush wielded and the other with a paint palette.
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Activating and wearing a lavish, paradisiacal stole of brocade finery will have you appear as the following:
Guise Say: a regal bird of paradise
Guise Emote: a regal bird of paradise
Appearance: Arrayed in resplendent colour, a regal bird of paradise raises its neck here in haughty beauty, starry trails of light winking in and out around its form.
Guise Say: a regal bird of paradise
Guise Emote: a regal bird of paradise
Appearance: Arrayed in resplendent colour, a regal bird of paradise raises its neck here in haughty beauty, starry trails of light winking in and out around its form.
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Activating and wearing a lightwoven stole of shimmering luminescence will have you appear as the following:
Guise Say: a lightwoven nephele
Guise Emote: a lightwoven nephele
Appearance: Airy and ephemeral, a lightwoven nephele drifts above the ground here shimmering with dawn's radiance.
Guise Say: a lightwoven nephele
Guise Emote: a lightwoven nephele
Appearance: Airy and ephemeral, a lightwoven nephele drifts above the ground here shimmering with dawn's radiance.
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It's unfortunate that the Isune ones don't have wear/remove lines =<
Luce
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hi from california (after 10 years!)
I just started playing again, I stopped after I moved to the US in 2011. Whoops!
anyway if you're near oakland, california then feel free to say hi!
anyway if you're near oakland, california then feel free to say hi!
Morik
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Re: Announce Post #3269: A Haunting Invitation
Uilani said:What's wrong, @Jolanthe?
Ah, issue's since been dealt with/resolved. Didn't notice this until now - thanks, though.
Jolanthe
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Re: Gurashi Draws: An Autobiography
I guess I haven't posted much of my art here lately - I am sorry! Life was pretty tumultuous so I'll share more soon. I can start with my submission for artisinals in March! Tiny faeling Gurashi releasing big cobalt anomaly.
Inspired by the in-game line: You place your hands over a luminous cobalt anomaly, which crackles with small bolts of lightning.
Inspired by the in-game line: You place your hands over a luminous cobalt anomaly, which crackles with small bolts of lightning.
Gurashi
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Re: Anniversary Quiz 2022
Also for anyone wishing to brush up on their modern history, here's where you can find the information needed for each question.
The Goddess Li-varili refused the choices offered Her during Her Trial. What did She do instead?
Events #488
What are the names of the Supernal and the Holy Emanation that left their respective cosmic planes to be together?
Events #299
Which location in the Basin of Life has been utterly obliterated by the fierce rays of the Black Sun? Give its full name.
Events #353
What was the full name of the Gnafia Gnome who went by the moniker "Greedy".
Events #211
Where was the infamous Morokeche Seat found and who was bound to it?
Events #463
Who was it that led the group of Hallifaxian scientists in establishing a weather-controlling facility in the Plaxios Lowlands? Give their full name.
Events #296
The Goddess Li-varili yearned for the love of just one Divine. State Their name and moniker.
Events #477
The crew of the Empress' Last Breath lost one of their own during the trouble caused by the Goddess Li-varili. Who did they lose? Full name and moniker.
Events #476
Which Two Elder Gods' Voices came into the Ice Angels' possession during the Era of the Wounded Sky?
Events #245
The Four Sisters Adushoc, Croobuk, Edathic, and Fiik were the teachers of astrology to the nations of Lusternia. What is their shared last name? First mentioned
Events #33, last name mentioned in Events #78
How did members of the Army of Love identify one another? What did they wear and where?
"Diary of Deliora La'Saet", to be found in the tomb of Deliora La'Saet, Verasavir Valley
When Nature was threatened by the Soulless Nemach, who or what did Queen Maeve beseech for help in soothing the ill brownies?
Events #317
During the trouble with mature dragons, the names of several True Dragons became known. Name at least two True Dragons.
Events #445, 448
What is the name of the name of the process by which mature dragons merge with True Dragons?
Events #449
The pirate crew of Teyitha Contelli owned more than one vessel. Name the vessel that was damaged in a raid on the Rhizoda Mangrove.
Events #458
Who designed the legendary compass that could seek out the heart's truest desires? Give their name and moniker.
Events #476
Where was the so-called Fortress of Glory which housed Crazen's Goloths before He was captured?
"Diary of a Time Dame", to be found after helping Goloth Maxyenka and his Time Dames in taking control of Lirangsha
What moral concepts did the "Guardians of Icewynd" Loranara and Wiliki claim to represent?
Events #230
As a part of the Circle of the Deep's plan to draw all of Lusternia into the Dreaming, which Elder was apparently consumed first, and by which Soulless?
Events #337
What was the name of the first 'cure' marketed for skinrot, which turned out to be nothing more than a fake?
Events #210
The Goddess Li-varili refused the choices offered Her during Her Trial. What did She do instead?
Events #488
What are the names of the Supernal and the Holy Emanation that left their respective cosmic planes to be together?
Events #299
Which location in the Basin of Life has been utterly obliterated by the fierce rays of the Black Sun? Give its full name.
Events #353
What was the full name of the Gnafia Gnome who went by the moniker "Greedy".
Events #211
Where was the infamous Morokeche Seat found and who was bound to it?
Events #463
Who was it that led the group of Hallifaxian scientists in establishing a weather-controlling facility in the Plaxios Lowlands? Give their full name.
Events #296
The Goddess Li-varili yearned for the love of just one Divine. State Their name and moniker.
Events #477
The crew of the Empress' Last Breath lost one of their own during the trouble caused by the Goddess Li-varili. Who did they lose? Full name and moniker.
Events #476
Which Two Elder Gods' Voices came into the Ice Angels' possession during the Era of the Wounded Sky?
Events #245
The Four Sisters Adushoc, Croobuk, Edathic, and Fiik were the teachers of astrology to the nations of Lusternia. What is their shared last name? First mentioned
Events #33, last name mentioned in Events #78
How did members of the Army of Love identify one another? What did they wear and where?
"Diary of Deliora La'Saet", to be found in the tomb of Deliora La'Saet, Verasavir Valley
When Nature was threatened by the Soulless Nemach, who or what did Queen Maeve beseech for help in soothing the ill brownies?
Events #317
During the trouble with mature dragons, the names of several True Dragons became known. Name at least two True Dragons.
Events #445, 448
What is the name of the name of the process by which mature dragons merge with True Dragons?
Events #449
The pirate crew of Teyitha Contelli owned more than one vessel. Name the vessel that was damaged in a raid on the Rhizoda Mangrove.
Events #458
Who designed the legendary compass that could seek out the heart's truest desires? Give their name and moniker.
Events #476
Where was the so-called Fortress of Glory which housed Crazen's Goloths before He was captured?
"Diary of a Time Dame", to be found after helping Goloth Maxyenka and his Time Dames in taking control of Lirangsha
What moral concepts did the "Guardians of Icewynd" Loranara and Wiliki claim to represent?
Events #230
As a part of the Circle of the Deep's plan to draw all of Lusternia into the Dreaming, which Elder was apparently consumed first, and by which Soulless?
Events #337
What was the name of the first 'cure' marketed for skinrot, which turned out to be nothing more than a fake?
Events #210
Uilani
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Anniversary Quiz 2022
NEW QUESTION: "What is my name?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 0.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 10 seconds to answer this question.
NEW QUESTION: "The Goddess Li-varili refused the choices offered Her during Her Trial. What did She do instead?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 1.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 10 seconds to answer this question.
NEW QUESTION: "What are the names of the Supernal and the Holy Emanation that left their respective cosmic planes to be together?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 15 seconds to answer this question.
NEW QUESTION: "Which location in the Basin of Life has been utterly obliterated by the fierce rays of the Black Sun? Give its full name."
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 10 seconds to answer this question.
NEW QUESTION: "What was the full name of the Gnafia Gnome who went by the moniker "Greedy"."
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 12 seconds to answer this question.
NEW QUESTION: "Where was the infamous Morokeche Seat found and who was bound to it?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 15 seconds to answer this question.
NEW QUESTION: "Who was it that led the group of Hallifaxian scientists in establishing a weather-controlling facility in the Plaxios Lowlands? Give their full name."
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 12 seconds to answer this question.
NEW QUESTION: "The Goddess Li-varili yearned for the love of just one Divine. State Their name and moniker."
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 12 seconds to answer this question.
NEW QUESTION: "The crew of the Empress' Last Breath lost one of their own during the trouble caused by the Goddess Li-varili. Who did they lose? Full name and moniker."
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 3.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 15 seconds to answer this question.
NEW QUESTION: "Which Two Elder Gods' Voices came into the Ice Angels' possession during the Era of the Wounded Sky?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 12 seconds to answer this question.
NEW QUESTION: "The Four Sisters Adushoc, Croobuk, Edathic, and Fiik were the teachers of astrology to the nations of Lusternia. What is their shared last name?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 12 seconds to answer this question.
NEW QUESTION: "How did members of the Army of Love identify one another? What did they wear and where?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 15 seconds to answer this question.
NEW QUESTION: "When Nature was threatened by the Soulless Nemach, who or what did Queen Maeve beseech for help in soothing the ill brownies?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 10 seconds to answer this question.
NEW QUESTION: "During the trouble with mature dragons, the names of several True Dragons became known. Name at least two True Dragons."
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 15 seconds to answer this question.
NEW QUESTION: "What is the name of the name of the process by which mature dragons merge with True Dragons?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 12 seconds to answer this question.
NEW QUESTION: "The pirate crew of Teyitha Contelli owned more than one vessel. Name the vessel that was damaged in a raid on the Rhizoda Mangrove."
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 12 seconds to answer this question.
NEW QUESTION: "Who designed the legendary compass that could seek out the heart's truest desires? Give their name and moniker."
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 12 seconds to answer this question.
NEW QUESTION: "Where was the so-called Fortress of Glory which housed Crazen's Goloths before He was captured?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 15 seconds to answer this question.
NEW QUESTION: "What moral concepts did the "Guardians of Icewynd" Loranara and Wiliki claim to represent?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 15 seconds to answer this question.
NEW QUESTION: "As a part of the Circle of the Deep's plan to draw all of Lusternia into the Dreaming, which Elder was apparently consumed first, and by which Soulless?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 15 seconds to answer this question.
NEW QUESTION: "What was the name of the first 'cure' marketed for skinrot, which turned out to be nothing more than a fake?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 20 seconds to answer this question.
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 0.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 10 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "Duck, the Confused Chicken."
NEW QUESTION: "The Goddess Li-varili refused the choices offered Her during Her Trial. What did She do instead?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 1.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 10 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "Splinter"
NEW QUESTION: "What are the names of the Supernal and the Holy Emanation that left their respective cosmic planes to be together?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 15 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "Dumaliel, Dancer Upon Glittering Clouds, Grimbach, the Golden Poet"
NEW QUESTION: "Which location in the Basin of Life has been utterly obliterated by the fierce rays of the Black Sun? Give its full name."
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 10 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "Arthar'rt Observatory"
NEW QUESTION: "What was the full name of the Gnafia Gnome who went by the moniker "Greedy"."
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 12 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "Guido Bondshredder"
NEW QUESTION: "Where was the infamous Morokeche Seat found and who was bound to it?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 15 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "Namiraa Trench. Li-varili, Lady of the Lagoons"
NEW QUESTION: "Who was it that led the group of Hallifaxian scientists in establishing a weather-controlling facility in the Plaxios Lowlands? Give their full name."
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 12 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "Juryk Plaxios"
NEW QUESTION: "The Goddess Li-varili yearned for the love of just one Divine. State Their name and moniker."
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 12 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "Keltari, the Sea-Bringer"
NEW QUESTION: "The crew of the Empress' Last Breath lost one of their own during the trouble caused by the Goddess Li-varili. Who did they lose? Full name and moniker."
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 3.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 15 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "Teyitha "the Stormfury" Contelli"
NEW QUESTION: "Which Two Elder Gods' Voices came into the Ice Angels' possession during the Era of the Wounded Sky?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 12 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "Crys and Gullagumbah"
NEW QUESTION: "The Four Sisters Adushoc, Croobuk, Edathic, and Fiik were the teachers of astrology to the nations of Lusternia. What is their shared last name?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 12 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "Zi'Prouep"
NEW QUESTION: "How did members of the Army of Love identify one another? What did they wear and where?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 15 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "Heart shaped red earring, left ear"
NEW QUESTION: "When Nature was threatened by the Soulless Nemach, who or what did Queen Maeve beseech for help in soothing the ill brownies?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 10 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "The Tree of Trees"
NEW QUESTION: "During the trouble with mature dragons, the names of several True Dragons became known. Name at least two True Dragons."
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 15 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "Isikathi, Sachiana, Nemuruko, Mamira Shika"
NEW QUESTION: "What is the name of the name of the process by which mature dragons merge with True Dragons?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 12 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "Yugomaru"
NEW QUESTION: "The pirate crew of Teyitha Contelli owned more than one vessel. Name the vessel that was damaged in a raid on the Rhizoda Mangrove."
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 12 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "The Spotted Dogfish"
NEW QUESTION: "Who designed the legendary compass that could seek out the heart's truest desires? Give their name and moniker."
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 12 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "Ilaedron the Fair"
NEW QUESTION: "Where was the so-called Fortress of Glory which housed Crazen's Goloths before He was captured?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 15 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "The Valley of Rumidia"
NEW QUESTION: "What moral concepts did the "Guardians of Icewynd" Loranara and Wiliki claim to represent?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 15 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "Wisdom and Justice"
NEW QUESTION: "As a part of the Circle of the Deep's plan to draw all of Lusternia into the Dreaming, which Elder was apparently consumed first, and by which Soulless?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 15 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "Jadice, by Illith"
NEW QUESTION: "What was the name of the first 'cure' marketed for skinrot, which turned out to be nothing more than a fake?"
The Grand Inquisitor sets the next question's point value at 2.
The Grand Inquisitor has decreed that you have but 20 seconds to answer this question.
CORRECT ANSWER: "Big Mama's Blue Beauties"
Ayisdra
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Re: It is now abhorrence.
You wouldn't be able to comment during admin review and for pending, you would have needed to vote first but should have received a message telling you that. Others were able to comment. The only thing that changed for the do-overs was the consideration period was shorter.
Orael
1
Re: It is now abhorrence.
1) I'm not at liberty to divulge who wrote what report - but I would think you would think this person is knowledgeable about monks. Maybe I'm wrong, but given your comments, I don't think I am.
2) You say 'bipartisan comment' - I'm saying 'bipartisan comments'. There were multiple comments from your own side saying it was strong and agreeing with some of the solutions (not all of them). There were comments that did not agree, but there were multiple that did.
3) I know that you think holyfire is strong - but we've reviewed your logs and made adjustments that we think are appropriate. We've reserved the right to make further adjustments. I've been pretty vocal that I prefer incremental changes rather than sweeping ones and I believe I've been consistent overall when it comes to making incremental change decisions on reports. Maybe it's not enough at this time, but we'll make further changes, we just need to see more than 'holyfire is still crazy!' comments to act on.
4) I understand that it's a nerf and where you're coming from, but again - based on the comments and the report, we felt this was a change that was good for the game. Not to mention the fact that you had a chance to give input on this report and -nobody- did. I'm not sure it's really fair for you to complain about the outcome when you didn't take advantage of speaking up before we made a decision.
5) I get that being on the receiving end can be bad and negative attitudes can be draining. Trust me, I bear quite a bit of the brunt of people's negative behaviors and complaints. It can be hard to keep motivated to make changes when no matter what you do, someone is going to shit on you for it.
2) You say 'bipartisan comment' - I'm saying 'bipartisan comments'. There were multiple comments from your own side saying it was strong and agreeing with some of the solutions (not all of them). There were comments that did not agree, but there were multiple that did.
3) I know that you think holyfire is strong - but we've reviewed your logs and made adjustments that we think are appropriate. We've reserved the right to make further adjustments. I've been pretty vocal that I prefer incremental changes rather than sweeping ones and I believe I've been consistent overall when it comes to making incremental change decisions on reports. Maybe it's not enough at this time, but we'll make further changes, we just need to see more than 'holyfire is still crazy!' comments to act on.
4) I understand that it's a nerf and where you're coming from, but again - based on the comments and the report, we felt this was a change that was good for the game. Not to mention the fact that you had a chance to give input on this report and -nobody- did. I'm not sure it's really fair for you to complain about the outcome when you didn't take advantage of speaking up before we made a decision.
5) I get that being on the receiving end can be bad and negative attitudes can be draining. Trust me, I bear quite a bit of the brunt of people's negative behaviors and complaints. It can be hard to keep motivated to make changes when no matter what you do, someone is going to shit on you for it.
Orael
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It is now abhorrence.
I'm prefacing this writing with:
I've only ever written one other discussion post and that was due to a very large OOC issue that happened regarding what should have been an IC happening.
My current issues regarding the Lusternian community stem from a vast majority of sources now. Organizations, players themselves, and producers as well.
Let's start small and build from there up.
I've only ever written one other discussion post and that was due to a very large OOC issue that happened regarding what should have been an IC happening.
My current issues regarding the Lusternian community stem from a vast majority of sources now. Organizations, players themselves, and producers as well.
Let's start small and build from there up.
For as long as I have played, the issue system has been present. It has been a useful tool at times for de-escalation and escalation where needed for problem players and actions that have needed to be addressed. I've valued the system for what it was, a third-party mediation tool so that the admin team could assist in finding a resolution or stating that a certain player was out of alignment with their RP.
Since the start of 2021, the issue system has been abused by all different players as an "I don't like this person so here, have an issue that I could solve in RP/IC but because I don't like you I want OOC consequences for you." The amount of issues I personally have seen stemming from newer players is quite frankly disgusting. And oft directed towards the more veteran players who have the knowledge and framework for why they said or did what they said. At some point, the issuing system has become the complaint hotline and it's gross to see.
But to add to this, the issuing system cannot handle the out-of-character harassment that players are now receiving. Discord is the biggest issue. The biggest perpetrators of this within the time span that I have been near the Lusternia discord are [names redacted by moderation for breaking forum rules]. The reason that I have never spoken with the admin and hiked my own shorts up to deal with this is that I have heard repeatedly from several others "The admin won't do anything because Discord is not Lusternia." Players stop playing because they are harassed about in-character actions or words and decide "Yeah, this is pretty toxic. I need to stop because clearly, they won't."
Next problem: Organizations and Toxicity
It is not a hidden fact that many players have seconds or alts in other organizations. Generally speaking, once you find a community in an organization you resonate with you tend to play and spend the most character time there. I'm guilty of it as well, having bounced between Serenwilde, Celest, and Magnagora. It's truly great that we are allowed to have seconds so that you don't have to go rogue each time to find the organization you fit best with. In most other games, you'd have to restart a new character to join another faction.
But to add to this, the issuing system cannot handle the out-of-character harassment that players are now receiving. Discord is the biggest issue. The biggest perpetrators of this within the time span that I have been near the Lusternia discord are [names redacted by moderation for breaking forum rules]. The reason that I have never spoken with the admin and hiked my own shorts up to deal with this is that I have heard repeatedly from several others "The admin won't do anything because Discord is not Lusternia." Players stop playing because they are harassed about in-character actions or words and decide "Yeah, this is pretty toxic. I need to stop because clearly, they won't."
Next problem: Organizations and Toxicity
It is not a hidden fact that many players have seconds or alts in other organizations. Generally speaking, once you find a community in an organization you resonate with you tend to play and spend the most character time there. I'm guilty of it as well, having bounced between Serenwilde, Celest, and Magnagora. It's truly great that we are allowed to have seconds so that you don't have to go rogue each time to find the organization you fit best with. In most other games, you'd have to restart a new character to join another faction.
My issue with organizations is that the sheer disgust for a videogame organization carries over into real life. When you receive threats because your character belongs to a videogame organization and somebody doesn't like that? Absolutely vile. It's a fair reason why a small minority of players have decided to stop playing. The toxicity that oozes from organizations into Discord. Or into forums. It's a videogame, yet some people can't mentally handle or separate the two and it is a large problem.
Last Problem: Balancing of Classes and sneaky changes.
I understand that reports are the chances for players to say "Hey, I think this is too powerful right now." or "Hey, this has no usage because it does too little".
The last round of reports that were sent out had the 5 admin reports as well to state and fix key points of the game in terms of conflict that are underwhelming or overwhelming. I'm happy to see that there were a lot of positives and negatives stated by everyone in the game (that I've spoken to from all organizations.)
My issue with the balancing is that it was stated "Hey, reach across the aisle and work with others to achieve what you think is a reasonable solution." Using the Holyfire reports as an example (and yes, I know I am slightly biased here), I collected data. I sent data to someone who I know can be more objective than I. That someone worked with a person of Celest to reasonably tone down how the affliction was built. Cool, we're working together to make the game more fun for everyone involved with it, yeah?
But then there are sneaky changes included in changelogs from producers. Or changes that weren't discussed with someone who has ANY relevant knowledge of how a class functions. Case and point: "Monks are overpowered." which has echoed throughout the game.
The last round of reports that were sent out had the 5 admin reports as well to state and fix key points of the game in terms of conflict that are underwhelming or overwhelming. I'm happy to see that there were a lot of positives and negatives stated by everyone in the game (that I've spoken to from all organizations.)
My issue with the balancing is that it was stated "Hey, reach across the aisle and work with others to achieve what you think is a reasonable solution." Using the Holyfire reports as an example (and yes, I know I am slightly biased here), I collected data. I sent data to someone who I know can be more objective than I. That someone worked with a person of Celest to reasonably tone down how the affliction was built. Cool, we're working together to make the game more fun for everyone involved with it, yeah?
But then there are sneaky changes included in changelogs from producers. Or changes that weren't discussed with someone who has ANY relevant knowledge of how a class functions. Case and point: "Monks are overpowered." which has echoed throughout the game.
Ok, cool, so what can you do to ALL monks to bring them in line with how you'd like to see them played out?
Have you asked any of the current monks within your organization?
Do you have at least a basic understanding of how they have to build their kill conditions?
Easy examples of monks that I know of that understand the class (that are still present in-game): Zagreus, Thalkros, Ulkhar, Vayelle, Freja
If you don't understand, maybe try the test server to try the class out. Or an alt. Monk is significantly far more difficult to build and achieve a kill condition on than any other class in the game. So yes, when properly executed they are extremely deadly and can be thought of as overpowered. But if you miss a single piece of how to reach what you need, then you'll never achieve a kill. How many monks do you see in-game, compared to any of the other classes faction wide?
Warriors and Guardians are much less forgiving and Guardians themselves are nearly game-breaking with how fast their leveled afflictions can build.
Warriors and Guardians are much less forgiving and Guardians themselves are nearly game-breaking with how fast their leveled afflictions can build.
How many times have we now seen Pulp kills, even though they were supposed to have received a large debuff? Several, and that is a good sign. Because it means that while it was balanced down, it is still viable.
Having written all of this above, I actually find myself killing time now in Lusternia with daily credits or gold farming and have jokingly called the game a retirement simulator because if you do anything conflict related you receive OOC backlash and I simply don't care anymore. I've lost too many friends over the span of two years who enjoyed the game to OOC harassment and toxicity which spills.
Discord was the worst move for this game hands down and I'll retire on that fact.
Having written all of this above, I actually find myself killing time now in Lusternia with daily credits or gold farming and have jokingly called the game a retirement simulator because if you do anything conflict related you receive OOC backlash and I simply don't care anymore. I've lost too many friends over the span of two years who enjoyed the game to OOC harassment and toxicity which spills.
Discord was the worst move for this game hands down and I'll retire on that fact.
Mirae
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