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Re: New show, the successor to the podcast
As always, here's this week's Youtube link. Twitch VOD is on the Twitch channel on Videos tab.
Aeryx
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Re: Greater Lessers - The End of The Missing Numbers
It's been a while, but I wanted to share another idea, based on some chatter I've heard in the past month: Deep Ylem Mines!
In the middle of non-Orrery seasons (i.e. 10th Arios and 10th Niuran), special secondary shafts open at all the city ylem mines. These secondary shafts all converge on some sort of exposed central leyline, spanning all the cities. The goal is to quickly bash your way through eld and environmental hazards, intended for a group of 2-3 people, and extract that central leyline for your city. A few details:
In the middle of non-Orrery seasons (i.e. 10th Arios and 10th Niuran), special secondary shafts open at all the city ylem mines. These secondary shafts all converge on some sort of exposed central leyline, spanning all the cities. The goal is to quickly bash your way through eld and environmental hazards, intended for a group of 2-3 people, and extract that central leyline for your city. A few details:
- These shafts are instanced and do not have an Open PK aura. Some of the chatter that prompted this idea is about how non-PVP people are never going to be roped into a PVP event, which is true! This is a competitive but purely PVE event!
- A new set of secondary shafts open at noon every day between the 10th and 25th. 16 rounds (and therefor possible points) in total. Each city has their own "set" of shafts (i.e. any number of instances can be spawned).
- You may invite 1 or 2 allies into your instance, but may not enter a deep ylem mine if you helped with an extraction earlier that day.
- Each city is in a race for First Extractions. Multiple shafts may be extracted per day (by different people), but the important bit is who gets a day's First Extraction. A First Extraction would a boost a city's production facility, instead of the Orrery's gift of commodities.
- The tethers are still intrinsically linked in this endeavor and the final score is combined by tether. Each First Extraction is worth one point. At the end of the month, the points of each tether are compared against one another, much like the Orrery, and boons are granted to each city based on the difference. A score of 8-8 would be a wash, with neither tether having been able to secure any long-lasting benefit. A score of 10-5 would be great for the winning tether, conferring bonuses to their pylon such as: a free Transmute charge for every citizen; the ability to gather some residual ylem from the Cities' pylons; or a special modification only available from the Deep Ylem Mines.
- After a first extraction is made, other cities have a chance to up the ante by "delving deeper". Higher depths increases the eld power level and the environmental hazards very quickly. Speed becomes less important, in favor of bashing power. It could be required to go deeper each day, so, by the 25th, you are 16 levels deep, if 15 First Extractions had been made already. Otherwise, each day could have its own minimum depth, keeping speed paramount and not locking out people who can't complete a 16-depth mine.
- As you delve deeper, you could see signs of other cities making their own runs. Manipulating the ylem of the mines, you could draw eld into enemy mines and make their runs harder.
- A difficult to navigate, chaotic map. There may be no way to tell if you're getting closer to the extraction point, save for stumbling on it with Detection on, and environmental hazards make running through without killing eld impossible.
Seurimas
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Announce post #3203: Minotaur playable race
7/29/2021 at 2:15
Razmael, the Synthesist
Everyone
Minotaur playable race
Having received visions of a great calamity, the elders of Sterion have sent their Minotaur youth, trained by the experts of the Carnifex, out into the world to search for anything that might be a sign. Minotaur is now a playable race! You can either make a new character with the Minotaur race, or reincarnate into it. Endgame race players will be able to switch their heritage only to Minotaur for the next two weeks.
Whether you choose to play a Minotaur loyal to Sterion; one that is using this opportunity to break ties; or one that has lived outside the village all their life, you'll want to read over the newly revamped HELP MINOTAUR file.
Default statpack: Powerful
Racial Skills:
Level 1 : Fur Coat
Level 25: Cunning
Level 50: Intimidation
Level 75: Headbash
You can use RACIAL HELP <skill> to learn more about their racial skills.
Thanks as always to the hard-working Celani that make all this possible! Enjoy!
Penned by my hand on Gosday, the 15th of Niuran, in the year 496 MA.
Razmael, the Synthesist
Everyone
Minotaur playable race
Having received visions of a great calamity, the elders of Sterion have sent their Minotaur youth, trained by the experts of the Carnifex, out into the world to search for anything that might be a sign. Minotaur is now a playable race! You can either make a new character with the Minotaur race, or reincarnate into it. Endgame race players will be able to switch their heritage only to Minotaur for the next two weeks.
Whether you choose to play a Minotaur loyal to Sterion; one that is using this opportunity to break ties; or one that has lived outside the village all their life, you'll want to read over the newly revamped HELP MINOTAUR file.
Default statpack: Powerful
Racial Skills:
Level 1 : Fur Coat
Level 25: Cunning
Level 50: Intimidation
Level 75: Headbash
You can use RACIAL HELP <skill> to learn more about their racial skills.
Thanks as always to the hard-working Celani that make all this possible! Enjoy!
Penned by my hand on Gosday, the 15th of Niuran, in the year 496 MA.
Announce post #3202: Auction II
7/28/2021 at 20:18
Tiur, the Gnosis
Everyone
Auction II
Because it's been a long while since we've had an auction I made some mistakes and made this one too boring. Here's round two to fix that. 12 days again!
CREDITS:
*NEW* icepocket (artifact power)
Added like coldpocket to a container, any container. Slows food decay by a factor of 14.
Custom wings token
Trade in for a custom wings room, you choose the exits and the command word.
Custom Unity Token
Change the text of your marriage line. Subject to admin approval.
*NEW* A drinking goblin contract
Owning this entitles you to recieve a drink every RL hour, delivered upon request via the contract. The drink that shows up will be at the whim of the deliverer.
IRONCOINS:
Full relic token
Trade for any relic (except the oldschool ones that are just normal artifacts)
Relic Piece
Trade for any relic piece for any relic
*NEW*A <blank> door
Did you know doors can be things that aren't "pine"? Neither did I, but Ceraen says they can. Pick the material for the entry door to your home.
GOLD:
Relic Piece
Trade for any relic piece for any relic
Special Room Environment
We'll set up rooms in your house with a special environment. The list available via BUILDING ENVIRONMENTS is something like 12% of the actual ones. If nothing matches your idea, we'll make another.
-T
PS Again, this takes me a little bit to input into the system. Patience!
Penned by my hand on Quensday, the 13th of Niuran, in the year 496 MA.
Tiur, the Gnosis
Everyone
Auction II
Because it's been a long while since we've had an auction I made some mistakes and made this one too boring. Here's round two to fix that. 12 days again!
CREDITS:
*NEW* icepocket (artifact power)
Added like coldpocket to a container, any container. Slows food decay by a factor of 14.
Custom wings token
Trade in for a custom wings room, you choose the exits and the command word.
Custom Unity Token
Change the text of your marriage line. Subject to admin approval.
*NEW* A drinking goblin contract
Owning this entitles you to recieve a drink every RL hour, delivered upon request via the contract. The drink that shows up will be at the whim of the deliverer.
IRONCOINS:
Full relic token
Trade for any relic (except the oldschool ones that are just normal artifacts)
Relic Piece
Trade for any relic piece for any relic
*NEW*A <blank> door
Did you know doors can be things that aren't "pine"? Neither did I, but Ceraen says they can. Pick the material for the entry door to your home.
GOLD:
Relic Piece
Trade for any relic piece for any relic
Special Room Environment
We'll set up rooms in your house with a special environment. The list available via BUILDING ENVIRONMENTS is something like 12% of the actual ones. If nothing matches your idea, we'll make another.
-T
PS Again, this takes me a little bit to input into the system. Patience!
Penned by my hand on Quensday, the 13th of Niuran, in the year 496 MA.
Announce post #3201: More treaty terms
7/28/2021 at 15:31
Keroc, the Starborn
Everyone
More treaty terms
Hey all,
Another treaty term has been added!
SUPPORT : (Guild only) Can only be offered to the
city the guild calls home. This will
reduce ylem upkeep in the city while the
treaty is active.
This one is important for cities to sort out, as I've increased ylem costs to offset the reduction from support treaties. Ideally this gives guilds a bit of bargaining power where usually the power lies entirely within the hands of the city.
That's all for now!
Penned by my hand on Falsday, the 12th of Niuran, in the year 496 MA.
Keroc, the Starborn
Everyone
More treaty terms
Hey all,
Another treaty term has been added!
SUPPORT : (Guild only) Can only be offered to the
city the guild calls home. This will
reduce ylem upkeep in the city while the
treaty is active.
This one is important for cities to sort out, as I've increased ylem costs to offset the reduction from support treaties. Ideally this gives guilds a bit of bargaining power where usually the power lies entirely within the hands of the city.
That's all for now!
Penned by my hand on Falsday, the 12th of Niuran, in the year 496 MA.
Announce post #3199: More treaty terms!
7/27/2021 at 4:09
Keroc, the Starborn
Everyone
More treaty terms!
Hey guys,
I've added three new treaty terms you can now propose with certain effects.
IMMUNITY <person> : You will offer diplomatic immunity to the
person in question. It will not be possible
to enemy them to your organization until
the treaty is broken.
OPEN TRADE : (City only) You can offer open trade to
another organization, granting their
members to the ability to purchase
commodities at citizen prices.
OPEN PRODUCTION : (City only) You can offer open production
to an organization, granting its members
the ability to process raw resources into
commodities at citizen prices.
You can read over HELP TREATIES for the full list. More to potentially come!
Enjoy!
Penned by my hand on Gosday, the 3rd of Niuran, in the year 496 MA.
Keroc, the Starborn
Everyone
More treaty terms!
Hey guys,
I've added three new treaty terms you can now propose with certain effects.
IMMUNITY <person> : You will offer diplomatic immunity to the
person in question. It will not be possible
to enemy them to your organization until
the treaty is broken.
OPEN TRADE : (City only) You can offer open trade to
another organization, granting their
members to the ability to purchase
commodities at citizen prices.
OPEN PRODUCTION : (City only) You can offer open production
to an organization, granting its members
the ability to process raw resources into
commodities at citizen prices.
You can read over HELP TREATIES for the full list. More to potentially come!
Enjoy!
Penned by my hand on Gosday, the 3rd of Niuran, in the year 496 MA.
Re: GOOD THINGS IN LIFE
I've been pretty afk for a while, spent the last year working on grad school applications. Ended up paying off!
Tedrunai
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Re: GOOD THINGS IN LIFE
It was Albie's third birthday yesterday. Boy loves his presents!I could watch three full of hours of your dog being adorable and opening presents and being doted on.
Mati
4
Re: GOOD THINGS IN LIFE
I dunno how out of character this is, but I had a lot of fun with it and it was a 'Good thing in life to me'.
So, like, I've had this couple as best friends in my real life, for man, maybe like 8-9 years now. We met at a local gaming store, through Magic the Gathering, and we have been roommates on two separate occasions. I was at their wedding, we were playing D&D when they were pregnant with their twins, etc, etc. Anyways, I've told them over the years about 'that game I play' in Aetolia from time to time, and they're skeptical as everyone else is that you tell about MUDs.
Anyways, randomly for the first time in his life, my friend decided to connect to Aetolia earlier tonight, while I was on voice chat with him, and made a character. He's never played a MUD in his life, and was playing on Nexus, and I was super distracted for 3 hours straight teaching him how to play the game. We eventually got into a funny little RP at Temple of the Gods with Haley, and then Kalena after. He learned how to use says, how to emote, and how to use say to, already. He made a Troll, and of course, decided he wanted Aeryx to 'take him to the closest bridge' and that's where he logged out for the night. Oh man. I hope he sticks with it, but even if he doesn't, he at least had the one time and it was funny and memorable.
So, like, I've had this couple as best friends in my real life, for man, maybe like 8-9 years now. We met at a local gaming store, through Magic the Gathering, and we have been roommates on two separate occasions. I was at their wedding, we were playing D&D when they were pregnant with their twins, etc, etc. Anyways, I've told them over the years about 'that game I play' in Aetolia from time to time, and they're skeptical as everyone else is that you tell about MUDs.
Anyways, randomly for the first time in his life, my friend decided to connect to Aetolia earlier tonight, while I was on voice chat with him, and made a character. He's never played a MUD in his life, and was playing on Nexus, and I was super distracted for 3 hours straight teaching him how to play the game. We eventually got into a funny little RP at Temple of the Gods with Haley, and then Kalena after. He learned how to use says, how to emote, and how to use say to, already. He made a Troll, and of course, decided he wanted Aeryx to 'take him to the closest bridge' and that's where he logged out for the night. Oh man. I hope he sticks with it, but even if he doesn't, he at least had the one time and it was funny and memorable.
Aeryx
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Re: Galilei
Maybe sketching the knighting outfit and a new ensemble will make me work harder for it?
Galilei
5