Simple questions?

Zeleni

The doll is obviously a phoenix.

Sylandra

Hair curios. How to obtain? (Specifically, if you know what hair curio you want, is there a way of angling towards it? This whole curio business is new to me.)

Tridemon

Hair curios are sold by Sergei- he's below the normal curio shop. There are different types of packages of hair curios you can buy, and the curios you can get from each type are listed in HELP HAIRCURIO

Enyalida

As far as trying to get pieces from a particular set from those boxes, you're out of luck. You'll have to trade with other people who have those particular hair pieces.

Tarkenton

On that note, let me know what you're looking for. I have a ton of hair curios I haven't rubbed yet.

Daraius

Sylandra said:

Hair curios. How to obtain? (Specifically, if you know what hair curio you want, is there a way of angling towards it? This whole curio business is new to me.)

Just, um... just so you know, becoming a hair trill is gonna be a deal breaker.

Sylandra

Ah, thanks! Boo, this sounds needlessly complex. The age of the hairstylist tradeskill and design will never be. </3 But I'm game to plunge into the wonderful world of hair curios.

I'm eyeballing the dove-grey feathers and the luminous sidereal feathers, specifically. Whichever one I complete first I guess!

Daraius said:

Hair curios. How to obtain? (Specifically, if you know what hair curio you want, is there a way of angling towards it? This whole curio business is new to me.)

Just, um... just so you know, becoming a hair trill is gonna be a deal breaker.

Shaddus

I..what...how..

Zeleni

Do plants die on their own?  Not by overharvesting or anything, like maybe the down month?

Ssaliss

Zeleni said:

Do plants die on their own?  Not by overharvesting or anything, like maybe the down month?

Every day in a month has a chance of a plant dying off completely, yes. I can't remember the odds off-hand, but I think it's somewhere around 75% of the plants over the entire month. This can be remedied by guarding the room or having the Lesser Nature blessing on that herb.

EDIT: Also, if the terrain is altered in the room, the herbs have a chance to die off too. In this instance they don't die completely though, but rather just reduce their numbers by (I think) 10.

Enyalida

So in short, yes. Without player intervention, all of the herbs would eventually die off.

Zeleni

Well that sucks.  Thank you for the answer.

Ssaliss

That said, there are also ways to bring plants back to life without having to replant. Ecology HerbRenewal will revive a single kind of plant (not sure on the amount, but I think relatively small, like 5) for five power. This also doesn't work if there are any plants in that room. There's also the Demigod power of Gift (in the Nature Domoth) that works much the same, but also has a small chance to revive a full group of them (so 60). Unfortunately though, only Vernal Demigods, Ascendants and those with the Nature seal can pick that power.

Rancoura

Why don't people (excluding Divine) zap anymore? Did it get nerfed or something?

Enyalida

Regular people zap did back when the demistore came out. It was used to burst people down, because a large number of people could be counted on having it, as you got it for free as a demigod. Once you had to chunk out millions of essence and eat up a bunch of weight, most players dropped it. 

IIRC, God zap (at least the killing kind) is rationed, so it doesn't get used willy nilly.

Rancoura

I ask because I can't remember the last time I've seen a non-Divine zap. I'm contemplating spending the essence and weight to get it mostly for flavour (because flavour), but was afraid it got nerfed to the point of worthlessness.

Riluna

I used to try to zap specific people to see if they were in the area, and otherwise undetectable. Does that still work?

Xenthos

Enyalida said:

So in short, yes. Without player intervention, all of the herbs would eventually die off.

Not entirely true.  In the month after hibernation, there is a small chance that a room will spontaneously start growing that herb on its own as well.  No herb will ever entirely die off without intervention (eventually it will come back naturally).

Daraius

Can suits be made without any armpit stats, or do they all function as great robes? Dar is going to need some formalwear that doesn't negate his tattoo armor.

EDIT: That's ARMOR stats, but that autocorrect is too good to tamper with.

Aeldra

@Daraius I faced the same problem myself when I switched to tattoo armor, netting Aeldra without her beloved kimono. I solved this using highfashion as they have dresses and suits taht don't count as greatrobes:

----------------/ Seamstress - Item view \---------------------
a simple pin-stripe suit of classical desi    (  12318, Highfashion )
a handsome aristocrat's suit                  (  17232, Highfashion )
a pale turquoise kata suit detailed with s    (  17842, Highfashion )
a cocoa brown suit                            (  18711, Highfashion )
a diamond-studded, white feminine suit wit    (  22510, Highfashion )
a black suit cut in a military style          (  22828, Highfashion )
---------------------------------------------------------------

Daraius

Perfect, thanks! Now to find a designer.

Zagreus

Am I not remembering correctly, or did Veneration - PiousSacrifice used to fully sanctify in 1 use? The wiki says that as well, and I don't see any envoy reports about it.

I just tested it out and it took about 12 uses to fully sanctify.

Synkarin

Ixion said:

Am I not remembering correctly, or did Veneration - PiousSacrifice used to fully sanctify in 1 use? The wiki says that as well, and I don't see any envoy reports about it.

I just tested it out and it took about 12 uses to fully sanctify.

It's been that way for as long as I can remember (at least since I was still in Glom, with my own cult), I couldn't tell you when/if it was changed.

Aeldra

Curios... how will we know the wayfaire has arrived? I kind of would like to not miss it.

Daraius

There will be an announce post.

Delsea

I'm working on a book and I'm wondering, is it alright to include 'sketches' of the subject matter? Not ascii art but descriptions. How would I work that?

Daraius

Something like:

[carefully sketched in the lower third of the page is a blah blah blah]

If I'm remembering correctly, Nihmriel's book on living crystal has examples of this.

Enyalida

Personally, I really like it when authors include well written, concise "illustrations" in that style.

Portius

For reference, I pulled out the book @Daraius mentioned. This was published and approved, so there is precedent for sketches.

"Experiments with Crystal", By Nihmriel Goldwyne, ays Lyreth ey Tiriel (Page 4)
Diagrams of Units of Matter
                                                                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------

With the recent discovery of Xion, new designs for magnification tools
have come to light, instruments much more powerful and precise. With
such a magnifier, it is possible to view matter at a much closer level,
and examine an individual unit. Following are diagrams of some of the
types of matter thus far studied.

Diagram of a unit of plant matter:
--- Carefully coloured with green tints, this neat drawing depicts an
object that is largely circular in shape and predominantly green and
white in hue. Around the edge is a thin crust of dark green, in the
centre of which floats a large pale bubble. Next to this is a smaller,
irregularly shaped object that appears to occupy a central role in the
drawing, appearing larger and more finely detailed than the several
smaller spheres and ovals that occupy the space, each of which is shaded
in green. Fine lines are drawn in clusters in plain inks. ---

Delsea

That will work! Thank you!