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Re: Lusternian Divine AMA
IC:Tyrus said:My turn to ask some questions:IC:1. What is one animal that best represents your personality?
2. How do you deal with stress?3. What is your favorite scenic area in the Basin?OOC:
1. What is your most memorable or favorite spontaneous (non-Event) RP moment?
2. If you could go back and talk to your Ephemeral-self, what would you tell them?
3. What is your favorite easter egg in the game?
- Probably a lioness? Does all the work for the male lions (aka the Firsts) and is the primary hunter (Warrior, Golden Circle)?
- Exercise.
- "Atop a sunlit peak" (Mt. Seirode and its variations) or "Monastery Bell-Tower" (Tosha).
- It is hard to top the infamous "@Avaris Asks A Question" but most recently I liked the interaction with @Falaine at New Celest's harbour. It was a kind of "letting Terentia's hair down," especially with the firemead in the flask. It has some reactions for mortals, but for Terentia in particular, there are some nice treats for Her to get into the mood and mindset.
- Progging gets easier. Don't be upset with yourself at not getting it immediately.
- @Hoaracle's roaming bottle.
Since you said any that are excluding what is associated with Terentia, maybe the gladiolus?Esei said:If you could pick a flower to represent your godrole, what would it be? This is excluding any that are already associated with Them in one form or another.
Terentia
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Re: Tweets VIII: Knocks Me Off My Tweet
I feel like I am becoming so cultured from people giving me food they design. All these things make google, so I have an idea... Learning about so much fancy foods.
Lorina
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Re: Lack of Raves VI: Rave Today, Tweet Tomorrow
Jolanthe said:Not gonna lie, I am definitely enjoying seeing sargassum and random sea life on the highways - and being able to use trailblaze on them since they are natural terrain now.
Optional plot to keep flooded highways forever pls? <<
Soon, the seaweed ring will be complete.
Lorina
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Re: Lusternian AMA
1. Lavender always seems to be what my character goes for.Lantra said:Inspired by the Divine AMA thread, again forgive any repeats, I think it's been awhile since we've tried these:
- What flower do you associate with your character?
- If your character could give advice to their younger self, what would they say?
- What "impossible" dream does your character have?
- What is your character's favorite place in Lusternia?
- Describe who your character is in one sentence. No cheating with semicolons!
2. Lorina's advice to the young, bright-eyed girl is: treasure the people you are with, for one day they may vanish and you will never see them again.
3. Flood the Basin of Life Become the Ascendant of Beauty.
4. The Inner Sea
5. Spirited and kind, she is as permanent as a wispy stormcloud choosing to breeze through the Basin shading mortals from the sun, showering them with cooling rain or striking them with wayward bolts.
Lorina
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Re: Lusternian AMA
1. Magnolia for its meaning of benevolence and love of nature, but this one would also work (tiger rose)
2. You'll be happier when you stop comparing yourself to others. Other advice: Don't eat floor food, and be suspicious of everyone in the Inner Sea.
3. a) Returning the Blasted Lands to a lush, verdant land b) Having a positive kill/death ratio - at this point he may embrace pacifism just to salvage his pride.
4. Moon Falls, Moon Lake (*blows kisses to the naiads*) and just recently, Daev ma'Mornhai
5. Charming buffoon with a heart of gold
Tyrus
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Re: Lusternian AMA
1. Don't really have one. Maybe it would be a dried flower, I don't know?Lantra said:Inspired by the Divine AMA thread, again forgive any repeats, I think it's been awhile since we've tried these:
- What flower do you associate with your character?
- If your character could give advice to their younger self, what would they say?
- What "impossible" dream does your character have?
- What is your character's favorite place in Lusternia?
- Describe who your character is in one sentence. No cheating with semicolons!
2. Branch out from geochemantics sooner, you'll thank me for it.
3. To form a cult to <redacted> in Drocilla's order and learn more about <redacted> in general.
4. There are several spots with good sunset views in Magnagora he likes. Or the garden outside the theater.
5. Amoral mad scientist with equally amoral religious convictions.
Uzriel
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Re: Lusternian Divine AMA
Tyrus said:My turn to ask some questions:IC:1. What is one animal that best represents your personality?
2. How do you deal with stress?3. What is your favorite scenic area in the Basin?OOC:
1. What is your most memorable or favorite spontaneous (non-Event) RP moment?
2. If you could go back and talk to your Ephemeral-self, what would you tell them?
3. What is your favorite easter egg in the game?
IC:
- Cat. No, I'm not copying @Lantra, I swear! I thought of it before I even read her reply. Nocht would be the mysterious, aloof black cat.
- Nocht knows that everything will eventually work to his favor. There's no stress to deal with.
- A particular spot high in the mountains where you can see most of the Basin from.
- Ahh! There's so many. One of the first to pop into my head was the time Lisaera and I fought each other via possessing our order members.
- Think more about what would be fun in an area, and not so much about hitting a certain difficulty or time requirement.
- I'm horrible at naming things, and this was even more true long ago. I may have named a few rooms, somewhere, using a fantasy language translator and shifting letters slightly to get something that looked pleasing enough. The translations are very, very uninspired...Esei said:If you could pick a flower to represent your godrole, what would it be? This is excluding any that are already associated with Them in one form or another.
Touch-me-not!
Nocht
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Re: Lusternian AMA
Lantra said:Inspired by the Divine AMA thread, again forgive any repeats, I think it's been awhile since we've tried these:
- What flower do you associate with your character?
Nelumbo nucifera, the sacred lotus.- If your character could give advice to their younger self, what would they say?
Don't waste your time trying to be good in a fight. You're not. Focus on other things.- What "impossible" dream does your character have?
Becoming a Vernal Ascendant just as a symbol of the commune, not for combat reasons.- What is your character's favorite place in Lusternia?
The two concentric circles of stones in the grasses beside Moon River, where Serenguard vision quests took place; the north and south watchposts of the Wodewoses; in the Hifarae Hills, particularly in Sakima's great scoop.- Describe who your character is in one sentence. No cheating with semicolons!
Everiine is a washed up old swordsbird long past his physical and mental prime, but coming into his spiritual prime, once a Chieftain and a Chief among protectors, who now lives as a hermit in the Serenwilde hills that offers spiritual guidance to the Wodewose tribes while maintaining a strong kinship with the centaurs of both the Serenwilde and the Hifarae Hills.
Everiine
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Re: Upcoming Celestine Rework
Meteor and soulless are both available to other classes and should be balanced around being achievable for all classes, not only achievable through inquisition.
I am also concerned about the ego drain. It seems a bit different to every other levelled aff to have that on failure, but so is the heretic requirement. But I'm not sure why it is ego, and there don't seem to be any justifications that can't be copied over to the toadcurse or wrack lines. Do warriors do enough bleeding to make a three-move mana instakill too easy?
I assume it's not just "die or nothing" because of the heretic requirement and the subsequent loss of all holyfire when inquisition ends, but it's very weird that it's set up to help an entire different class (or two, with dramaturgy bards) pull off an instakill when you fail, because there's no way someone won't cure up before you can drop another inqui on them.
There is no ego drain amount given for 71-74 Holy Fire. I assume it's 80%, so you can reach maximum HolyFire and avoid unlucky smokes from screwing you. Then again, the holyfire is checked after the stun, so you can just touch up the holyfire during that period.
Regarding holylight, I think some of the holylight moves need to be very expensive. HolyBeing probably deserves an 8p cost, but 2p per holylight isn't universal - RighteousArms could just be free like all of the other weapon things.
Regarding RighteousArms, if you want this to be more useful for guardians than warriors you need to make sure that the symbol attack matches the weapon attack. That's part of the problem nihilists have - a warrior can do deathmarks, plus a dust modifier aff (or two) or stun, plus possible deathblade plague affs every balance. Nihilists can't, and demonmarks/crunch don't make up the difference. Both nihilists and celestines probably need the option to symbol evoke, doing deathmarks/holyfire plus an aff, and the pact/pledge pools looked over to ensure there is a dust or spiritual aff available to everyone.
Is CelestialRay expected to be useful for solo inquisitions? It's important to understand the power costs and affliction durations expected.
I am also concerned about the ego drain. It seems a bit different to every other levelled aff to have that on failure, but so is the heretic requirement. But I'm not sure why it is ego, and there don't seem to be any justifications that can't be copied over to the toadcurse or wrack lines. Do warriors do enough bleeding to make a three-move mana instakill too easy?
I assume it's not just "die or nothing" because of the heretic requirement and the subsequent loss of all holyfire when inquisition ends, but it's very weird that it's set up to help an entire different class (or two, with dramaturgy bards) pull off an instakill when you fail, because there's no way someone won't cure up before you can drop another inqui on them.
There is no ego drain amount given for 71-74 Holy Fire. I assume it's 80%, so you can reach maximum HolyFire and avoid unlucky smokes from screwing you. Then again, the holyfire is checked after the stun, so you can just touch up the holyfire during that period.
Regarding holylight, I think some of the holylight moves need to be very expensive. HolyBeing probably deserves an 8p cost, but 2p per holylight isn't universal - RighteousArms could just be free like all of the other weapon things.
Regarding RighteousArms, if you want this to be more useful for guardians than warriors you need to make sure that the symbol attack matches the weapon attack. That's part of the problem nihilists have - a warrior can do deathmarks, plus a dust modifier aff (or two) or stun, plus possible deathblade plague affs every balance. Nihilists can't, and demonmarks/crunch don't make up the difference. Both nihilists and celestines probably need the option to symbol evoke, doing deathmarks/holyfire plus an aff, and the pact/pledge pools looked over to ensure there is a dust or spiritual aff available to everyone.
Is CelestialRay expected to be useful for solo inquisitions? It's important to understand the power costs and affliction durations expected.
Esano
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Re: Lusternian AMA
Lantra said:Inspired by the Divine AMA thread, again forgive any repeats, I think it's been awhile since we've tried these:
- What flower do you associate with your character?
- If your character could give advice to their younger self, what would they say?
- What "impossible" dream does your character have?
- What is your character's favorite place in Lusternia?
- Describe who your character is in one sentence. No cheating with semicolons!
1: Heliotrope.
2: "Be patient." Also "Don't ask Terentia that one question."
3: 
4: Lantra's godrealm. Specifically, the top of the waterfall, for reasons.
5: Socially awkward knight templar who cast his heart into the stars.
Avaris
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