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But really, frogs do have teeth! Some sharp, some not.
The help file states that scarification is a regular cultural practice amongst the two races, while also stating that each race tends to have their own traditions.
Are there in-game examples of designs? How would the two different “styles” look? Would there be a certain type of blade used for the scarification? Just how ritualized is it?
Overall, the patterns they marked themselves with indicated the stories of their lives, station, and accomplishments or devotions. As Orcs lean more towards physical aspects of warfare, Ogres trend religion or historical or magical study. The motifs and patterns they use would emulate this, so that it is recognizable to their kin from standing distance.
Similarly, practices have been left a little open ended. Dunnites would either receive their markings from a family member, or from the community's shaman (spiritual elder, not class), depending upon what the occasion being commemorated is.
Criminals were also marked with scarification, coloured with ink or ash.
Tools would be similar to real world historical counterparts, such as these:
The aesthetic would be a range from West African patterns and Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime.
Hey there! I don't really play Caolan anymore, but while I did, something that he was very interested in was the preservation and continuation of orcish scarring traditions.
This is of course based on backstory I invented with a few other people, but if you'd like to use the same system, then go for it!
The orcish tribe that Caolan learned from used slightly hook-tipped knifes to carve a slight width of skin off at once, rather than simply part the skin. The right shoulder to elbow was used to signify tribe and family - Caolan's was a simple helix rather than a particular design because his family wasn't orcish, just him, and he came up with it himself. The right forearm signified familial positions and responsibilities - scars that marked you as a hunter, as an elder, and so on. The upper left arm was personal - personal achievements, sins and stories that an authority deemed fit to mark upon your skin. Caolan's only personal scar was a band of knots - signifying the bond that tied his tsol'aa upbringing and his orcish blood into a single person. The left forearm is reserved for the family you marry into, with the husband taking the wife's family scar and the wife taking the husband's.
The chest, back and face were used to mark milestones of age and manhood, and were more or less the same among tribemates. The arms were the ones that varied.
The scars that Caolan's tribe used tended to be more winding and flowing, but I hadn't known what the normal aesthetic would be. In hindsight, I'll just say that Caolan's tribe was modernised and used adapted knifework techniques.
If you do play an orc, remember that orcs invented the sword, not those filthy dwarves. Orc superiority.
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Cute-Kelli by @Sessizlik.
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*edit to add - at least, he isn't the one bringing you back from the mirror, he might unrelatedly rezz people
It's up to the Celestine whether you're brought back or not, and yourself. If you decided, upon looking at the mirror, that you are better off dead (like real decide, not surface thoughts) then you stay dead. If you somehow threaten the creation, or just rubbed Varian the wrong way, you stay dead. This was the reason people told me in a different thread as to why people are so afraid of death: They might not come back due to the idea that they should -stay- dead. Like how you only go to hell if you believe in one and that you deserve to be there, such as in the Sandman comics.
I can't imagine Dhar is happy about the mirror existing, but someone would have to ask him in character. Might be a fun thing to bring up.
I've a question that I've forgotten the answer to: Is Albedos on another planet? Is Sapience our entire planet or is it like continents?
Second, no one knows how big the world really is, if there are more continents, or if there are other planets. Albedos was reached by airship, as far as I know, but that yields little information to be honest. I believe it has always meant to be a bit of a mystery, as parts of the world have yet to be discovered.
Do Archivist tokens float? Or do they just sort of turn up sitting on the ground nearby, or on a table, or in the crook of a tree or whatever's nearby?
I honestly can't tell which idea I like more.
Hrm...
Cute-Kelli by @Sessizlik.
frankly, nothing makes sense and Omei is still a shadow god so idk why we're worried about this
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"A pang of loss fills you as target's soul quickly flees your weapon.",
"You feel a momentary wholeness as a portion of your soul returns to you."
Regarding Galleus: That was primarily a loose script for when Galleus became producer, to transition him from an Elemental God/In Character entity, to more of an administrative figure. This lead to the policy of unique Producer identities.
The default for Archivist tokens is it lies on the ground and appears/disappears. Inverted tokens anchored in space can float, and can be anchored to the ground as well. Artifact/special tokens can float if you choose. When an impression is triggered, they lift and twist to show a symbol before returning to wherever they had been.
@Teani First off, my statement clearly said if DHAR decided to mess up the process, he'd have to answer to Varian and Galleus. As in, they are his direct superiors in the god hierarchy. Nothing about the rez process.