[Slydria]

October Thread:

Right so I guess I wasn't very clear with part of my Doraid question.

If a Doriad dies does the forest pop out another one? And would that one be at all similar to the previous one if the forest's treatment didn't change that much? Or even regardless?

Probably not for a long, long time.

You mentioned before that slavery was legal one place. Where or what is this place?

Law's End.

Are there any ways to get rid of a Lich other than finding their secret lair or dropping them into a Dark Zone?

Is there any real way of locating a Lich's phylactery, or people in general really, possibly using magic or something?

And to go with those two questions, what would the empire/whatever authority do should there be a Lich causing trouble?

What races can't become a Lich? Mechanation obviously, and I think the rest can but I'm not entirely sure about Doriad.

Is alchemy mostly used in science-y ways (healing potions) or can it be used in a more witch-y manner (spells and curses)?

If by 'get rid of', you mean 'kill', no.

There are divination-type spells, but they require rituals and objects related to the target, and aren't at all practical. Sort of a hot/cold type of deal. Liches often enchant their phylactery against detection anyway.

Currently, only Mechanations can't become Liches.

Spells and curses occupy a different 'school' than alchemy and is more akin to enchanting.

Who stuffs the treasure ball machines in Cellsvich?

Why exactly are there porno magazines in said treasure balls, alongside rather useless sticks.

"A special, blue feather said to fall from Alga the Uncaged." is the description of the Alga Plumes. Who is/was Alga the Uncaged?

"A solid piece of the void itself." is the description of Void Shards, is this literal. If so, do they leak void radiation?

With the Verglas discipiles, are these the only 3 disciplines? Do most Verglas specialize in one, or do they like to mix the styles for the best results?

Workers.

They're gentleman's literature, please refrain from making baseless accusations or judging the worth of sticks.

A bird god who really didn't like being kept in one place for very long.

No, it's not literal. No, they don't leak any radiation.

There are a variety of disciplines, but the three listed are the most practical and common.

What did you mean that Umbral transformation was just like a Shaitan? I suppose it would just be easier if you answered 'Umbrals can only be humans due to this/Umbrals can be from other races due to this'.

It means that Umbrals can only originally be humans or certain animals/monsters.

Is the Mercalan-domain spell Rescue anywhere akin to the Void? I honestly doubt it since it's Mercalan-domain and seems to use Mercalan-domain energies, so if it is then that sort of defeats the purpose. But anyway, it'd be nice to know what kind of actual, lore-wise (and technical-wise) teleportation function it has, since it's risen some querent arousal.

I answered this in-game, but there's no teleportation involved in it. It's like a really fast (faster than the eye) pull that can't be stopped.

Is the Lich Ritual a brand new thing? If so, who came up with it?

If not, are there any note worthy liches in recorded history?

What if a Lich were to put their phylactery somewhere in the god damn VOID?

Can the "area around a phylactery" be enchanted to provide it with masking/protection?

"Unbreakable means UNBREAKABLE unless you use magic to counter it." Is it possible for mages/Liches to place enchantments upon their Phylacteries? I'd assume no since Phylacteries are already enchanted to hell and back being able to hold the soul of someone. But you never know.

No. The first lich did.

Not publically.

They'd die.

Yes.

Yes, and I state this in the racial description for the race, like a lot of things.

http://sl2.wikia.com/wiki/Undeath
'There are three kinds of undeath in the world of Sigrogana. The first is Cladis Mortem Null, which are mindless undead such as zombies. The second is Cladis Mortem, which are sentient undead such as liches. The third is unliving, which are creatures that are not mortal but do not possess Cladis Mortem such as Vampires.'

Are Lich's actually undead as stated here and if so, do Church Knights hunt them down like they sometimes do with Vampires or what?

Liches as in the race are not undead. The example listed there was to give the impression more along the classical lich; an undead that is fully aware of their actions.

Can Laplace PDAs take pictures?

Do Camera Hats print out actual pictures or do they need to be extracted somehow?

If Yes to the previous question, can they be synced with Laplace PDAs to view the photos?

Not for you.

They need to be developed.

No.

Discussion has lead to an odd question. It's been brought up that Doriad's do not reproduce, but does this mean they don't even have the appropriate organs? What happens when they need to pee

Now I feel awkward for that question. *goes off to munch a cookie*

They have the appropriate organs.

I've been meaning to ask. Since Air doesn't let you into Cellsvich without a pass, how is security handled with the other access routes than gates? That being, mages guild, the use of magic to get through or above, or around the wall. . . (Blink, void portals, etc.)

You can enter the city through the mage guild portals, but if you want to use the gates freely, you need passage papers. Aside from that, only an idiot would use blink/void teleports to get in and out of the city, because each time you use them, you're risking accelerating void poisoning. If you get caught doing so, they'd probably ask to see your papers, and if you didn't have them, you would be detained, questioned, and forced to get passage papers.

And of course, running from the Sigrogana guard is a good way to make yourself jump to the top of the wanted list, so I don't recommend it.

Are Liches affected by any of Iahsus' oscillating modes? Can they be?

They're not corrupted, so no.

Do potions that spontaneously swap whatever set of genitalia you have or change your age exist?

Do some form of homunculi exist? The kind you would place a soul into, for example.

Do creatures such as doriads and liches have their own language?

Are Papilions a "humans only" corrupted race?

No.

I specifically ask people not to ask this type of question in the OP.

No.

Yes.

Also, how big are actual wyverns?

They've also been stated to be able to go into human form, do relationships between wyvern-riders and their wyverns actually occur? (WT lore.)

About three times the size of your average horse.

Probably. I doubt it'd be anything long term though.

Are most spells Somatic or Vocal?

Most spells are both.

What is involved in the trials to become a Church Knight?

First you have to prove yourself loyal to the faith over a long period of time (usually childhood/adolescence) and have significant combat abilities, which are also tested. This obviously requires the right mix of personality and power, and they hold themselves to a high standard, so not just anyone can become one.

Are the 'Ghosts' an actually known title? (The class)

Are they known far across the worlds?

If so, are they known for their dark ways of fighting?

Does any faction exist that utilize these people or desire their membership?

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Are Power Suits a thing? I know they were in SL1, and the icons for them are in the mirror menu on SL2, so would it be possible to have beefy mechanized armor that someone of a high strength could use and control?

When entering Whirlpool dungeons, are you being sucked down into an underground ankle-high watery cavern, or into some sort of pseudo-water land where you can actually breathe the water? Or anything different?

Are there any common naming traits of the different races? Long vowels for this race, short names for that one, etc?

No.

The former.

No, that's more region specific rather than racial. Though there are some exceptions like Doriads, which I've always thought should have names related to plants in some fashion, even if it's just scientific names being played around with. But that's not a rule or anything.

How is every race's name actually pronounced? I personally thought it was obvious, but my best friend IRL also plays VERY casually (He has one character past level 20) and we got into a discussion where we kept going "Wait, what?" For example, I thought "Shaitan" had a short ai, like in "Thailand" where he thought he had a long ai like in Rainbow, the end results being like Shy-tan vs Shay-tan. We had a few other confused moments, like with Zeran (I thought it was like Zair-en, like in stairs, while he pronounced it like Zuh-ren, with almost no emphasis on the first syllable.)

So I figured, I'd ask for the actual canonical pronounciations.


EDIT: Question 2: What about Iahsus influences the corrupted? Could such a connection be diminished or severed?

I'm not going to type every races' here, since most of them are fairly obvious, but for your specific questions, Shaitan is Shy-tan, Zeran is Zair An.

It's not especially strong usually. It's like being irritated by bright sunlight or allergies or whatever. No, you can't sever it.

How genetically similar are all the races that have been influenced/changed by a God/Deity? Considering the Lore, and considering how once nearly everyone inhabiting the planet was human, can it be assumed they're similar genetics-wise?

Considering most of them resemble humans and can have children with them, yes, this is an assumption we can make.

What are some of the animals native to each of the continents?

Standard fare for most places. Birds and grazing beasts for Sigrogana/Kysei. Desert lizards, camels, that sort on Gold. Egwyn has animals like big cats and such; the kind you'd expect to see in a rain forest. Alstalsia is more... unique. There are birds and beasts and reptiles, but most of them are rather monstrous compared to every else (think harpies, cockatrice, worgs, etc.), probably because of what happened there.

What is keeping monsters from leaving the dungeons on their own? Or do they leave it?

Social anxiety. Or maybe they can't leave it.

I asked a question before about how people get pictures and things for memoires. The previous answer was that cameras aren't a convenience and you'd have to go to a painter for that sort of thing, but..

Now that the camera hat exists, does that mean cameras do too now; or only the camera hat is one; or they just shouldn't be RPd as an actual thing? I'm asking because I still want to know if in the lore that photography isn't a convenience or how that works with the existence of that item.

Cameras have always existed, but they aren't a convenience. And just because you have a camera doesn't mean you have film. A painting is much more preferred by most people because it lasts a long time and can be as big as you need it to be.