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Re: Aetolian Picrew!
Felt limited in a few ways but honestly this is the closest I've probably been able to get to making Tet in his modern iteration and tbh that makes me p happy 
Tetchta
5
Re: LOVE
I love my new miniature exercise bike. I've only had it for three days and been using it 30 minutes a day. Being extremely overweight, this, along with walking, is a big step towards a better me. Now I just need to keep up with the longer weekend walks, 30mins daily on the bike and eating all my veggies and I might actually be able to make a change in my life!
Oba
12
Re: Aetolian Picrew!
This is seriously such a good character maker: https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/featured/events/avatar-creator#/
Lenoriel
6
Re: Announce post #3255: Anomalous Focus Postmortem
Based on feedback, we've decided to go ahead and add the spirit eld into the major chance pool.
We'll be looking at a way of incorporating the anomalous focus mechanics into major foci in future, but we won't rush this out.
We'll be looking at a way of incorporating the anomalous focus mechanics into major foci in future, but we won't rush this out.
Ictinus
7
Re: God Descriptions.
Varian
Lleis
Old Severn
He is a radiant Immortal and is roughly twenty feet tall in His current form. Though He is built as a humanoid, He lacks the details of an actual mortal. His limbs are smooth, and while clearly powerful, display no musculature definition. His face is an unnerving blank slate, with gentle curves where the traditional eyes, nose, and mouth tend to be. He glows and crackles with a palpably powerful energy that makes your hair stand on end. He is wearing:
a canvas backpack
a bullet satchel
a canvas backpack
a bullet satchel
Lleis
She is a radiant Immortal and is surrounded by a muted halo of dawn's first light. Despite a demure stature, Her viridian eyes allow no illusions of the hidden strength which lies within. Skin as pale as the winter's first snow stands out starkly against the thick fringe of midnight eyelashes that frame Her eyes. Her head is crowned by unevenly cropped golden tresses, which carry with them the scent of starlight and the red moon's harvest. Although Her hands and feet remain clear of ornament, Her pale skin is delightfully marred by perpetual
grass stains and earthen residue. She is wearing:
a circlet woven from blooming wildflowers
a simple white robe, hemmed in grass stains
grass stains and earthen residue. She is wearing:
a circlet woven from blooming wildflowers
a simple white robe, hemmed in grass stains
Old Severn
He is a radiant Immortal and is swathed in an aura of ever-shifting shadow. His tall, thin body is barely discernable through the veil of shadow, which masks the details of His true appearance from even the keenest observer. Only the distinctive shape of the Claws of Artifice, worn upon His left hand, serves to augment His otherwise regular form. Though not cloaked by shadow, His face, if He can be said to have only one, is hidden by the Mask of Dissimulation. Despite this, His piercing eyes are still visible, gazing upon you with sinister intent. He is wearing:
the Claws of Artifice
the Mask of Dissimulation
the Claws of Artifice
the Mask of Dissimulation
Oba
2
Happy Veteran's Day
I want to take a moment to give a big shout out to all of you beautiful Aetolians that have served and are right now as well. I know we have a good number of vets and current military folk out in our community. I won't name any names but, I want to say thank you!
Re: God Descriptions.
For some strange reason, I can't find a log were I actually LOOKED at Arion, even though I am fairly sure I have done so with being his Order Head. I have some of the old descriptions of a few of the Gods, though. Enjoy!
Ivoln of old
Dhar of old
Galleus of old
Slyphe of old
Chakrasul of old
Ivoln of old
He is a radiant Immortal and is devoid of any garb from His waist up, clad only
in a pair of trousers, a set of greaves, and a flowing, golden sash. His flesh,
composed of miniscule grains of sand, shifts and crawls in a perpetual state of
motion; nevertheless, He maintains a solid, robust form. Strong, proud features
dominate His barren head, and His eyes, lacking pupils, are claylike orbs. The
raw, pungent stench of earth exudes from Him.
in a pair of trousers, a set of greaves, and a flowing, golden sash. His flesh,
composed of miniscule grains of sand, shifts and crawls in a perpetual state of
motion; nevertheless, He maintains a solid, robust form. Strong, proud features
dominate His barren head, and His eyes, lacking pupils, are claylike orbs. The
raw, pungent stench of earth exudes from Him.
Dhar of old
He is a radiant Immortal and is wrapped in a flowing white cloak, a hood pulled
over His head. The hem of the cloak hangs several inches above the floor
revealing nothing beneath it as it flaps gently in a non-existent breeze. Long
white hair hangs from beneath the hood, partially obscuring His face. The face
beneath the hood is impossible to perceive, as it appears to be in a state of
constant motion. No one feature remains the same for more than a moment, leaving
any sense of personal identity completely missing.
over His head. The hem of the cloak hangs several inches above the floor
revealing nothing beneath it as it flaps gently in a non-existent breeze. Long
white hair hangs from beneath the hood, partially obscuring His face. The face
beneath the hood is impossible to perceive, as it appears to be in a state of
constant motion. No one feature remains the same for more than a moment, leaving
any sense of personal identity completely missing.
Galleus of old
He is a radiant Immortal and is standing about ten feet, five inches tall. Long
strands of black and silver hair cascade down broad shoulders ensconced in a
robe of ebon and azure, with clouds and stars appearing and fading away upon its
surface. His skin, pale as the winter moon, glows with a soft radiance, and His
eyes are pools of night, within which distant stars glitter and burn. Thin lips
of rose-red complete a well defined face, all features seeming as though carved
with a master's touch. His body is lithe, but well-built, and in many ways seems
both young and old.
strands of black and silver hair cascade down broad shoulders ensconced in a
robe of ebon and azure, with clouds and stars appearing and fading away upon its
surface. His skin, pale as the winter moon, glows with a soft radiance, and His
eyes are pools of night, within which distant stars glitter and burn. Thin lips
of rose-red complete a well defined face, all features seeming as though carved
with a master's touch. His body is lithe, but well-built, and in many ways seems
both young and old.
Slyphe of old
He is a radiant Immortal and is nine feet tall with an amphibious look. His skin
is covered in scales, the numberless plates resembling a fish's scales or a suit
of armor. These scales shimmer pale blue and sea green, the iridescent nature of
each causing His frame to appear to undulate like ripples on a pond. His fingers
and toes are connected with lucent webbing between the digits as delicate as a
spider's silk. More as a badge of honor than a true injury, a jagged discolored
scar mars His right side. His broad face is characterized by sharp cheekbones
and a square chin. Closely cropped hair, like knots of seaweed, frames His face
like a crown.
is covered in scales, the numberless plates resembling a fish's scales or a suit
of armor. These scales shimmer pale blue and sea green, the iridescent nature of
each causing His frame to appear to undulate like ripples on a pond. His fingers
and toes are connected with lucent webbing between the digits as delicate as a
spider's silk. More as a badge of honor than a true injury, a jagged discolored
scar mars His right side. His broad face is characterized by sharp cheekbones
and a square chin. Closely cropped hair, like knots of seaweed, frames His face
like a crown.
Chakrasul of old
She is a radiant Immortal and is tiny and childlike, with the soft, pale
features of a delicate child. Her flesh is the white perfection of youth, Her
flawless complexion broken only by arching ebon brows, and a soft, full rosebud
mouth. Her wide eyes are a vivid, startling jade, framed by inky lashes that
brush full cheeks when She blinks. Her fine, dark hair is pulled back from Her
face in two elaborate braids, the strands woven through with platinum filaments
fashioned into the twining forms of gleaming serpents, each clasping a black
pearl drop within its jaws. A thin, wyrmsilk veil is pinned to Her elaborate
coiffure, the shimmering folds spilling down Her back to trail along the ground,
the edge of the fabric adorned with the living forms of a million tiny duskywing
butterflies.
features of a delicate child. Her flesh is the white perfection of youth, Her
flawless complexion broken only by arching ebon brows, and a soft, full rosebud
mouth. Her wide eyes are a vivid, startling jade, framed by inky lashes that
brush full cheeks when She blinks. Her fine, dark hair is pulled back from Her
face in two elaborate braids, the strands woven through with platinum filaments
fashioned into the twining forms of gleaming serpents, each clasping a black
pearl drop within its jaws. A thin, wyrmsilk veil is pinned to Her elaborate
coiffure, the shimmering folds spilling down Her back to trail along the ground,
the edge of the fabric adorned with the living forms of a million tiny duskywing
butterflies.
Teani
3
Announce post #3258: Mining Artifacts & A New Weapon Rune!
11/10/2021 at 13:50
Ictinus, the Architect
Everyone
Mining Artifacts & A New Weapon Rune!
As promised, Mining artifacts have now arrived, along with a new weapon rune (entirely unrelated to Mining)!
These can be purchased through the normal means in game, or (with the exception of the iron coin items) through the artifact cart for a 30% discount (40% with Iron Elite). The cart can be found at: www.aetolia.com/credits .
Onto the goods!
CREDIT ARTIFACTS
----------------
a venantium pick (artifact_pickaxe) - 300 credits
- A permanent pick that instantly breaks deposits in one swing when mining them, and automatically places the ores into your inventory.
- This item also confers faster balance on all mining abilities that use your pickaxe, and can be secured in weaponbelts.
an unbreakable miner's lantern (artifact_lantern) - 250 credits
- A permanent lantern that always provides the full 7 tile radius of light without needing to be wielded like standard lanterns.
a gold-braided lifeline (artifact_lifeline) - 250 credits
- This lifeline will never decay or break, and holding it halves the channel time when using MINING LIFELINE.
an ever-burning beacon (lightbringer) - 350 credits
- While in a mine, whenever you walk into a tile that is unlit, or its adjacent tiles are unlit, the beacon will attempt to place a torch there if it is safe and valid location to do so.
- The beacon generates its own torches.
- You must still buy your own torches if you want to manually place one.
- Unlit means unlit by any sources, not just a torch.
- Safe means it won't place torches where it would explode gas or set something on fire.
a Gnomish screw pump (screwpump) - 250 credits
- This pump allows you to instantly remove lava or water from an adjacent tile in your mine.
- MINING PUMP <dir> to use it.
a Syndicate survey map (double_markers) - 100 credits
- Doubles the amount of mining markers you can place with the Markers ability.
a venantium-reinforced minecart (artifact_minecart) - 350 credits
- This cart holds double the amount of ores before it needs to be emptied.
- It will also never eject you if it crashes into another cart.
a Gnomish ore detector (ore_report) - 150 credits
- Adds a new section to your MINING REPORT display, detailing how many ores remain in the mine.
- This includes counts from both veins and deposits.
IRON COIN ARTIFACTS
-------------------
a steel hard hat (mining_hardhat) - 50 iron coins
- This hard hat can be given to one of your miner Gnomes to change them into a different race, depending on the hat's label.
- Options available are: Dwarf, Goblin, Imp, Kobold, Mhun, and Nazetu.
- The hats are labelled for ease of telling them apart, and can be used multiple times to transform your whole workforce.
- This only works for the owner, and only on your own Gnomes.
WEAPON RUNE
-----------
a serrated rune (serration) - 500 credits
- An old favourite, but repurposed:
- When attached to a bow, this rune has a 1/3 chance to increase bleeding by three times on a successful arrow hit.
- ONLY works on bows, not on any other weapon type.
Enjoy!
Penned by my hand on Tisday, the 16th of Slyphian, in the year 498 MA.
Ictinus, the Architect
Everyone
Mining Artifacts & A New Weapon Rune!
As promised, Mining artifacts have now arrived, along with a new weapon rune (entirely unrelated to Mining)!
These can be purchased through the normal means in game, or (with the exception of the iron coin items) through the artifact cart for a 30% discount (40% with Iron Elite). The cart can be found at: www.aetolia.com/credits .
Onto the goods!
CREDIT ARTIFACTS
----------------
a venantium pick (artifact_pickaxe) - 300 credits
- A permanent pick that instantly breaks deposits in one swing when mining them, and automatically places the ores into your inventory.
- This item also confers faster balance on all mining abilities that use your pickaxe, and can be secured in weaponbelts.
an unbreakable miner's lantern (artifact_lantern) - 250 credits
- A permanent lantern that always provides the full 7 tile radius of light without needing to be wielded like standard lanterns.
a gold-braided lifeline (artifact_lifeline) - 250 credits
- This lifeline will never decay or break, and holding it halves the channel time when using MINING LIFELINE.
an ever-burning beacon (lightbringer) - 350 credits
- While in a mine, whenever you walk into a tile that is unlit, or its adjacent tiles are unlit, the beacon will attempt to place a torch there if it is safe and valid location to do so.
- The beacon generates its own torches.
- You must still buy your own torches if you want to manually place one.
- Unlit means unlit by any sources, not just a torch.
- Safe means it won't place torches where it would explode gas or set something on fire.
a Gnomish screw pump (screwpump) - 250 credits
- This pump allows you to instantly remove lava or water from an adjacent tile in your mine.
- MINING PUMP <dir> to use it.
a Syndicate survey map (double_markers) - 100 credits
- Doubles the amount of mining markers you can place with the Markers ability.
a venantium-reinforced minecart (artifact_minecart) - 350 credits
- This cart holds double the amount of ores before it needs to be emptied.
- It will also never eject you if it crashes into another cart.
a Gnomish ore detector (ore_report) - 150 credits
- Adds a new section to your MINING REPORT display, detailing how many ores remain in the mine.
- This includes counts from both veins and deposits.
IRON COIN ARTIFACTS
-------------------
a steel hard hat (mining_hardhat) - 50 iron coins
- This hard hat can be given to one of your miner Gnomes to change them into a different race, depending on the hat's label.
- Options available are: Dwarf, Goblin, Imp, Kobold, Mhun, and Nazetu.
- The hats are labelled for ease of telling them apart, and can be used multiple times to transform your whole workforce.
- This only works for the owner, and only on your own Gnomes.
WEAPON RUNE
-----------
a serrated rune (serration) - 500 credits
- An old favourite, but repurposed:
- When attached to a bow, this rune has a 1/3 chance to increase bleeding by three times on a successful arrow hit.
- ONLY works on bows, not on any other weapon type.
Enjoy!
Penned by my hand on Tisday, the 16th of Slyphian, in the year 498 MA.
Events post #276: Fragments of Time, Part III: The Third Party
11/9/2021 at 4:03
Anonymous
Everyone
Fragments of Time, Part III: The Third Party
Under cover of darkness they sailed, driven forward by the grace of a vigorous maritime wind. The vessel banked and crested over the ways as the captain reviewed a brief missive. Orders were clear; they were to dispatch the greatest threat prior to seeking their prize. As Sapience came into view, the course was set, and they soon moored near the docks of Enorian, unseen and unnoticed all the while.
With much of Sapience distracted by a prolonged ylem instability in the Aureliana Forest, opportunity arose. Seven of them disembarked and stalked the harbour in search of weak points. Concealed by crimson veil and armour black, they plied their clandestine craft with great efficiency, darting onto ships to lay explosives in their hulls and lacing the harbour with an array of rigged - and deadly - fusebombs.
Filing quietly back on board their own ship, the stealthy forces prepared for departure as the first of many violent explosions shook the city with massive force. The ensuing chain reaction was monstrous - ships soon caught fire and began sinking, the screams of countless crew and personnel filled the air as they drowned, smoke billowed into the sky. It was only after hauling up their anchor that realisation dawned: one of their number had been left behind. Nevertheless, they cut a quick and dexterous path out of the dock, speeding away from the shore.
The sea itself came alive to bar their egress, the ever-shifting form of Slyphe, the Maelstrom, rising monstrously from the depths in a whoosh of air and spray. Commanding it to stop in a voice bearing all the force of the oceans, the Sea God drew back Their hand, heaving globes of aqueous essence at the fleeing vessel in an attempt to destroy it. As each approached Slyphe's target, the divine might simply dissipated into harmless mist and steam, leaving it wholly unharmed.
Astonished and naming them Albedi interlopers, the Maelstrom brought forth a wave to rival the Vashnars in size, a terrible tsunami that They sent toward the ship. The waters frothed and churned as it fell upon the vessel at terrifying speed, yet as the sea returned to its calm seremity, nothing of wreckage or craft could be seen.
In the aftermath, the Maelstrom converged upon Enorian, showing no strain as They spoke regret at the invaders' successful escape. The Warlord then joined the growing crowd, His attention drawn by the Albedi incursion. Fully cognisant of Enorian's status as the sole naval power of note on the continent, He promised the aid of His Legion and offered His considerable resources to the rebuilding of the docks. Tense collaboration ensued between the Beacon and those of Strife, overseen by Rhulin Glintspear - grudgingly called out of retirement yet again - and Nok, a Kobold tinkerer loyal to Bamathis.
Investigations at the docks uncovered the occasional remnants of undetonated and inert fusebombs - close to the corpse of a veiled operative. In consultation with Braytal Haarfil - steward of Enorian's pylon - it became clear that the figure was one of the Haekathi - the bastard half-breed offspring of the Dreikathi. Uncertain of the reasoning behind Drakkenmont's involvement, those gathered set themselves to forming plans and commencing repairs, anxious of the Haekathi's inevitable return.
Penned by my hand on Gosday, the 8th of Slyphian, in the year 498 MA.
Anonymous
Everyone
Fragments of Time, Part III: The Third Party
Under cover of darkness they sailed, driven forward by the grace of a vigorous maritime wind. The vessel banked and crested over the ways as the captain reviewed a brief missive. Orders were clear; they were to dispatch the greatest threat prior to seeking their prize. As Sapience came into view, the course was set, and they soon moored near the docks of Enorian, unseen and unnoticed all the while.
With much of Sapience distracted by a prolonged ylem instability in the Aureliana Forest, opportunity arose. Seven of them disembarked and stalked the harbour in search of weak points. Concealed by crimson veil and armour black, they plied their clandestine craft with great efficiency, darting onto ships to lay explosives in their hulls and lacing the harbour with an array of rigged - and deadly - fusebombs.
Filing quietly back on board their own ship, the stealthy forces prepared for departure as the first of many violent explosions shook the city with massive force. The ensuing chain reaction was monstrous - ships soon caught fire and began sinking, the screams of countless crew and personnel filled the air as they drowned, smoke billowed into the sky. It was only after hauling up their anchor that realisation dawned: one of their number had been left behind. Nevertheless, they cut a quick and dexterous path out of the dock, speeding away from the shore.
The sea itself came alive to bar their egress, the ever-shifting form of Slyphe, the Maelstrom, rising monstrously from the depths in a whoosh of air and spray. Commanding it to stop in a voice bearing all the force of the oceans, the Sea God drew back Their hand, heaving globes of aqueous essence at the fleeing vessel in an attempt to destroy it. As each approached Slyphe's target, the divine might simply dissipated into harmless mist and steam, leaving it wholly unharmed.
Astonished and naming them Albedi interlopers, the Maelstrom brought forth a wave to rival the Vashnars in size, a terrible tsunami that They sent toward the ship. The waters frothed and churned as it fell upon the vessel at terrifying speed, yet as the sea returned to its calm seremity, nothing of wreckage or craft could be seen.
In the aftermath, the Maelstrom converged upon Enorian, showing no strain as They spoke regret at the invaders' successful escape. The Warlord then joined the growing crowd, His attention drawn by the Albedi incursion. Fully cognisant of Enorian's status as the sole naval power of note on the continent, He promised the aid of His Legion and offered His considerable resources to the rebuilding of the docks. Tense collaboration ensued between the Beacon and those of Strife, overseen by Rhulin Glintspear - grudgingly called out of retirement yet again - and Nok, a Kobold tinkerer loyal to Bamathis.
Investigations at the docks uncovered the occasional remnants of undetonated and inert fusebombs - close to the corpse of a veiled operative. In consultation with Braytal Haarfil - steward of Enorian's pylon - it became clear that the figure was one of the Haekathi - the bastard half-breed offspring of the Dreikathi. Uncertain of the reasoning behind Drakkenmont's involvement, those gathered set themselves to forming plans and commencing repairs, anxious of the Haekathi's inevitable return.
Penned by my hand on Gosday, the 8th of Slyphian, in the year 498 MA.