Applicable BYOND Key - SilkyIndigo

Character Name - Ariadne Sarpellia
Request Type - Lore Submission, Appearance Request

Request Details - An unique Heron lacking angelic qualities and wings for flight, with their racial traits replaced and corrupted by a curse from an ancient beast akin to the modern feathered serpent. 
Blackened feathers, as opposed to white/gold - sharp serpentine incisors and tongue, and lastly a black tail. Lacking wings on their back, with wings on their head instead, completely unusable for flight.
Access to Heron Words and Heavenly, as well as Golden Eyes are untouched, despite the featured blank eyes of the Heron being now stained with serpentine slits.

Reason for Request - 
I've dawdled on making this post for a short while, having asked for advice and confirmation through ModMail and contacted a few friends to prim it as best as I can whilst keeping it simple.
In the end it isn't much beyond the display of a somewhat unique concept for a character in appearance and mentality, with a leeway of making an event string out of it.

So, here it is. As small and concise as I could make it.

Roleplay & Lore supporting your Request - Having wronged the deity that had protected them from the weather since their inception, the Sarpellia tribe were struck with a curse that would taint them for all of time so long as they prevailed. One that would spread the deity's influence, and seep away at the blessings that were etched to them as a kaelensia as well as their lifespan - strengthening the beast itself.

Ariadne dwells within a long line of Sarpellian lorekeepers, and one of its only survivors after years of culling - shortening their numbers in admonishment of their past. 
She shares this curse; but views it as a blessing. Wishing to prevail, she travels across the land for traces of this ancient being, should it even be real.

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Let's get away from the dark topic that shown up lately but how about this simple change to traps in general? When you disarm a trap you earn some resource related to the trap that way people feel like trap disarming could be worth their time.

That skill always rubbed me the wrong way.  There is no real advantage for having it, over contract tres and just juggling friendship...Which I think is weird to begin with.


Can it be changed to not Limit the amount of youkai contracts you have but instead just make it so that you can only have ONE BONDED youkai? So you can still have friendship high for the others so that they don't literally refuse to even exist?

Also allows for easier bonding swapping between youkai without you first entering a battle and summoning/ending the turn a couple of 50 times with no FP to cancel your friendship abo.

Also means when you equip both contracts you basically set yourself up for perfect single bonded youkai, with 3 youkai set up.

Basically topic. 

I am pretty sure that thing doesn't really have any Lore to it, but it is an Item that can be brought, for real money no less.

I always expected it to be an Artifact of sorts, a mask that can quite literally shift your appearance, based on the essence of absorbed beings. But also that it would be mostly just an appearance thing, like a tangible illusion.

But usually using such, is very tricky as many people barely see it as IC.


So the idea I wanted to RP is, either with the Help of Shapeshifting or illusions, to maintain a form for a longer period of time.  But technically its probably easier explained with an Magical Artifact, that just changes the physical appearance, without granting any actual benefits out side of what the person would already be capable of.
Maybe stuff like minor flight, in case you take that form of a birb. But nothing special outside of that.

It be a bit weird, when you could buy a donation item, and never actually use it. So I am trying to find a way to make use of it, while fitting the setting. Else I usually just use it for Shapeshifter Shenanigans or Illusions, but.. Can't really use the mask for most youkai.

Sooo yeah! Would be alright, to be using it ICly to change appearance, assuming its literally just the physical shape thats being changed, without any boons mechanically nor in RP, beyond the visuals? If thats not okay, I'd probably ask for permission to just be able to use an extended time Shapeshifting, to basically pull a Yoroichi from Bleach in her cat form.

So it's come to my attention that by opening the BYOND cache, it's trivial to tell who is playing a certain character, due to their BYOND key being attached to their face icon.

There are multiple reasons why this is a bad thing, and apparently, it's an open secret. Please change it so that file names saved to the cache are encrypted somehow.

Post thy sins in this thread.
Or don't

Applicable BYOND Key - Sirtrex
Character Name - Linzi Kilima
Request Type - Medical Hemomancy
Request Details - 


I want Linzi to be able to use blood magic to diagnose and treat others out of combat. This would not have any effect in combat as there are no mechanics for it beyond the standard set of ghost abilities. At most, certain mechanical treatments, such as applying gauze to a cut, could be RPed as using blood magic to sew up the wound. This is entirely for RP, and has many limitations listed below to keep it balanced in that space.



Notable Abilites:
     Bloodshot eyes: Linzi can turn the irises, or his entire eyes, red by forcing more blood into them. Allowing him to see the the heart, blood, and vascular tissue of people near him at the cost of his regular vison while its active.
     Blood control: In addition to controlling his own blood to heal himself. Linzi can manipulate the blood of others remotely to heal them, with a set of caveats.
     The target must consent to it, be heavily injured, or unconscious. 
              Doing otherwise means his magic runs into the passive magic resistances of the person he is trying to influence, causing it to be weaker, if not fail outright. 
     The target has to be relatively close. The strength and precision of this control, decays exponentially with distance. Amount of focus required increases exponentially with distance as well.
     Using it effectively requires intense attention and amounts focus to avoid hurting the person rather than helping them.
              Its basically magical surgery, so it can't be done in combat. Theoretically some basic things could be done in combat, but he'd have to skip a turn and take no other actions for it to be legit. Even then, it wouldn't have any impact on the fight because there are no mechanics for it.
              All he can manipulate is what is there in the body. He can shift blood and tissues around, but he can't create any without the help of a potion ,a nearby gleamweaver, or a transfusion. Its magical surgery that allows him to control the blood flow of a person. He also can grab onto blood vessels to move body tissues around.
    Hormone Control: Is able to stimulate the hormone production levels of a target to reduce pain from injuries or induce other temporary effects.
        Similar limitations of Blood control apply, and spiking the production of hormones can take alot out of a person if not used carefully.
    Heme Control : Able to concentrate the Iron in blood to make hard surfaces. It can be used to harden skin in places, or create temporary iron tools at the cost of significant amounts of blood.

All of theses abilities are extensions of abilities the ghost class already has in its class skills reconfigured to heal others. Despite this, all of the above abilities are purely RP abilities to be applied out of combat as no mechanics for them exist.

Bloodshot eyes => Death Gaze
Blood Control => Blood Spike, Red Rain, Rebound, Claret Call, Etc
Hormone Control = >Pain Tolerance, Rising Game, Haunting, Claret Call
Heme Control => Pain Proof, Rising Game, Afflicted Spectre

RP Justification:

      Linzi has been RPed as having a hard time using Gleamweaving, or light magic in general, but has become very adept at using the ghost techniques to heal himself and do damage to others. He's spent an extensive amount of time studying alchemy and anatomy to heal people with the knowledge close to that of an EMT, but never had the knack for using gleamweaving. 
     This is his way of learning to heal people without using gleamweaving. It is without a doubt weaker than gleamweaving. It can't be used in combat, and just acts like surgery without an initial incision required. Thus it can take a lot out of a person without additional transfusions of blood especially when seriously wounded. Despite this it can be very handy for stabilizing patients with heavy blood loss, as the control of blood can be used to slow down or stop bleeding quickly, repair arteries, perform CPR, and even do some surgeries without having to expose an affected area of the body to outside infection. The bloodshot eyes allow him to more easily diagnose some conditions however so long as they have an impact on the patients blood flow or vascular system.
     Due to it requiring the user to manually move each vessel or tissue in the right place It takes the users full attention, and significant amounts of focus, so it can't be used in combat without dropping everything else first, and leaving oneself open to attack. He also can't do it forever due to the focus demands.
     Linzi wouldn't gain all of these abilities instantly. Though a process of trial and error he'll learn what abilities he has and how to properly control them. Probably with a share of mishaps, some humorous and others unsettling that could create decent RP scenarios.
    

In West of Loathing there is a Snake Pit. You can fight unlimited snakes to get unlimited EXP. Why don't you? Because there's no real progression- you could just as easily be fighting monsters elsewhere and gain EXP while also getting map progress.

In this vein, at the back of many dungeons there should be an interactable tile/object that lets you spawn an encounter from the dungeon. The actual on-map encounters should still exist as a means of progression through the dungeons to the boss, but this way people won't be able to map-clear a dungeon and be forced to wait for respawns before continuing their grinding.

Alright, Heres hoping people dont end up hating me for what I am about to say, Or what-have-you. Maybe one day I'll return. And maybe this doesn't need to be said at all. Maybe some of you might recognize some of the words I say because I honestly thought you were right on the money with some things.

I've never seen such a broken community in my life.

The things I've seen over the past few months-- Which became more apparent during this war that I honestly dont think needed to happen the way it did and still dont. Even Im guilty of occasionally getting frustrated, stressed, or what-have you. I take things pretty seriously since this was one of the few creative outlets I, and many others have.

Some folk might think Im just writing this because my friends got banned and maybe you're right. 'Cause I do have friends, And some might look at them as the Scum of the earth-- That they deserved what they got, And maybe they did. But I cant know that because of the way the transparency system even works.

But I see them as a human being same as any of you. God forbid people have friends, I guess.

Maybe some of you might think I am doing this because I got warned recently for my outbursts. And well. I admit, They weren't all appropiate. Though I certainly dont do it out of a place of hatred. Maybe frustration, yes. But honestly I dont really hate many of you, even if you dislike me for the people Im associated with.

But theres a clear sickness. Maybe Im wrong and it'll go away with the recent ban wave. Maybe Im right and we'll live in Cyslodia. An actual fictional city where people just sell eachother out to the secret police for mistakes - . And damn the person who wasn't the first on the draw, Whether they were truly guilty of some heinous crime or not.

I've made my mistakes. And some people might consider that to be friendship- I just wanted to provide cool things for the community. And some people offered their hand in helping that happen. The one time we trusted others with our work, it got run into the ground. So admittedly my trust in others has been abit low. And my stress has only gotten higher and higher.

The current system talks about how it cares about people. And maybe it does care about some people. But only the ones who really speak up. It never really takes the feelings of others into account. It breeds paranoia, and hatred. Instead of working things out, We simply seek to get rid of the stains we personally have a problem with. Even Im not innocent of this. No one really is innocent of anything. They're just the first ones to speak about others, it feels like.

I used to think alot of the people of this community was cool. Maybe one day I'll return and enjoy myself again. Doing PvP, RPing with people Im close too, Doing cool things in events, Maybe even enjoying some of the intrigue that Korvara could have provided.

Most of all I kind of wish everyone saw eachother like how I used to see them. Instead all I see is people broken and at eachothers throats.

Here's hoping we can reach a point of healing. But thats up to the community to do. I dont envy the new GMs, or even Dev, because they have alot of work to do. And sometimes that work isn't taking the most straight forward and easy road. Theres no easy answer to the problems with this community. I suppose Ban-IP or whatever your verb is for it might do it for awhile, until a new victim comes into the concious of public opinion. Personally. My vote is to be the bridge between communities-- instead of the thing that divides them.

Happy trails. And heres hoping when I return, its not all a giant ashpile of hopes and dreams. Of adventures that never were or could have been. But I dont think the next leg of my journey through the internet is here, atleast.