Hey friends,

Fae are lackluster in my opinion...

Like really lackluster.

Let us do a few things to maybe rectify it? Just a few ideas of mine are:

• Give them back the Blessing spell for 0 RPP. It is called FaeBlessing for a reason; because I paid for it to be added to Faes!
  
• Every 5 RPL gives them another +1 Force, for a total of +40 at 200. Passive
  
• Attach: Join a player in a Roleplay Battle; you may not fight alongside them, however you grant them +10% health and power for the duration. Can be used at the start of a RPB if you are close to them. You share their fate in the battle.
  

• Start at RPL 180
  
• Immortal (Age DR starts 30 years after creation)
  
• Can spend 20 Essence to push back Age DR by 1 year permanently. No limit, no cooldown.
  
• May steal all Essence of captured targets (open a ticket)
  
• -5RPP Discount on Meta Opener
  
  
• A Faeling can shift between their Fae and human form at will: -15%dr, +70force toggle
  
• In Fae Form, you are a Fairy. It is impossible, by any means save the Divine, to distinguish a Faeling from a Fae in their Fae form (although it is easy to tell OOCly!) You keep your items in Fae form.
  
• In Human Form, you are mechanically a Human with no passive.
  
• Transformation: https://i.imgur.com/Y2kqxGJ.gif
  
• Faeling Wings, +5% AP, 10 crit/agi (8 colors available)
  
  
• Can purchase Wayfinding for 10 RPP as a Racial.
  
• Automatically gains WayfindingWarp for 5 RPP at RPL 210 (Open a ticket, you will have to refund something else for Warp if you don't have the RPP!)
  
• Unlocks DreamWalking at RPL 200 (Open a ticket)
  
• May invade others DreamWalking at RPL 220+ if they are present to one of the sleeping bodies (Open a ticket at the time)
  
• Can spawn a Pact book for Nyphadora for 5 essence, signed souls can learn Riftmancy for Essence among other things.
  

• Their teachings are derived from the gods of Worldscape:
  

• Faeling are born as a result of Nyphadora siphoning life itself from the lifestream through World Trees, and granting them life in her realm as Faeling instead. They are Faes twisted into something different. As a result, all Faelings are unable to reproduce, but may lay claim and consume a part of the Lifestream (Usually via World Trees or alternative dimensions) to 'birth' children of their own.
  
• Most Faeling consider Nyphadora and Isaac their “Grandparents” due to the nature of their birth.
  
• Upon birth in Worldscape, a Faeling is assigned to one of the Gods of Worldscape. Depending on who, their personalities and goals may vary:
  

• ALL Faelings are a little mischievous and a little capricious in nature.
  
• The ultimate goal of Worldscape and Faeling is to steal World Trees and dimensions from civilizations to expand Worldscape and the Faeling empire; inconsequentially destroying or damaging all life within that branch of the Lifestream. How they achieve this (and how fast) is entirely up to the Faeling themselves; it is, however, inevitable that they will try. They do not consider this act evil, but are aware most mortals would.
  
• Born within Worldscape, all Faeling are natural Wayfinderers at birth. They do not know the meaning of Glyphs, but cast them like speaking a language when teleportation is needed. (You may NOT mentor this, as your character doesn’t know how a human would do it!)
  
• As Denizens of Dreams, the Faelings are naturally able to interact with them. How this works varies from Faeling to Faeling, however due to the nature of their magic (And where they spend their time), they are often close allies of Witches.
  
• Nyphadora has praised Azrael for hundreds of years, her mission shaped in his image; all Faeling as well.
  
• Faelings do not have a soul; their birth is a result of their very spirit, essence, physical vessel and soul being twisted into sustenance and consumed by the Void. They are now an extension of its hunger, seeking only to expand Worldscape.
  
  
• Faelings consider the Glade within the Worldscape their home, but their loyalties are akin to that of a family instead of a faction. Unless they harm another Kin, they know their Gods will not care. They may choose to either join the Faeling already on Meranthe, wander freely or try to join any existing faction.
  
• Holy / Occult is not mandatory. Your personality will be unaffected by either.
  
• It is common for their Female names to end in -Dora and their Male names in -Dor, however it is by no means mandatory. All Faeling choose their own name upon birth.
  

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The realm has requested our hand to be raised and in my return, so it shall be.

 

The land of Varesia was formed by some members that once wore the colors of our Empire proud. Yet their faces were not shown in our time of greatest need. Instead do they wallow in drugs, undead and fel. Long has it been something which I have looked towards in distaste as they remain so close. In times have they acted against us and in turn we have acted against them.

 

We march for the first time since our losses in the Atrellyan invasion where we found victory despite great sacrifice. Let us not forget the same fire we carried there. Let them not forget our strength, let them feel our unending spirit.

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The first time I heard of your nation was when your leader attacked me and those close to me while I was scouting the lands. A man after death, who chased their end. The following month was their life spared again as they answered my question, claiming that they attacked me in seeking attention, they wished to be seen.

 

We see you, worry not.
 

In the years which followed your lands have chosen to wallow in drugs, undead and fel. In the years before that there were other issues to handle, things far more important than tents upon a southern slope.
 

Now you reach too far, now you seek to lay claims to lands promised to another. Now you look to make trouble in the extended realm as they look to remove a far more imposing threat.
 

You may surrender. My home awaits your presence.

If you do not, your buildings will crumble and you will be made no more. This stain is to be removed from the mountain and its history.

personal context: yes i have not been active on eternia, but i played a very active medic for a decent duration, maxed out the class and then some, etc

There has been a lot of talk on the Discord about temporary injuries being too weak: I dislike the Discord threads for serious ideas (annoying to scroll to the top, searches very poorly, scrolls fast with off-topic) so I've decided to put some ideas here also.

Current state of events:
Temporary injuries have a fairly large impact until treated, at which point a medic can treat them multiple times to reduce their duration to just minutes.

Results:
1. Temporary injuries are debilitating to those without medics and fairly trivial to those with medics.
2. Fizzy pops are assumed, which is very annoying as a "dungeon grind" chase item.
3. Replenishment potions are very useful, and I consider encouraging medics to interact with both types of crafter to be a pro.
4. Expensive food is useful for medic, which is probably a pro for similar reasons (but often just bought in a store).
5. Healing potions are generally worse than Medic in most situations due to their cost, which I consider a positive thing due to their storability. 
6. Expert Medic is not particularly meaningful except in situations where you must heal a significant amount of injuries, despite being twice as strong numerically.

I do not believe increasing the length of temporary injuries or reducing the numbers on Medic meaningfully shifts this, considering repeated use of medicine scales exponentially.

Proposal A: Per-injury cooldown
A significant cooldown on treatment per injury would reduce spam as a whole (likely with medic number buffs)
This would mean the fastest way to treat injuries would involve multiple medics, and that Expert would be more meaningful.
However, it would make alchemy potentially much better than Medic, would require EXP buffs if progression were to remain similar, and would further hurt small factions as well as removing some interaction wrt "medical supplies".

Proposal B: Temp injury minimum length
A simple minimum length for temporary injuries would make them "matter", and would even give a reason to use some of the lesser-used mechanics for injury reduction.
This would also need medic EXP buffs if progression were to remain similar, and the minimum length would have to be thought out (~8h feels right to me: most temporary injuries are fairly boring to roleplay for an extended period of time, but it still serves as a meaningful "don't fight" duration). If temporary injuries were to stick around for a meaningful amount of time, it would also probably be ideal if medics could rewrite their text like permanent injuries. Additionally, it would force people to look for medics immediately rather than the current system not really penalizing not being able to find a medic fast, which could be a problem for lowpop factions or solo characters.

(Note: With an angel tree involving medic being released over time currently and a theoretical injury rework being released SoonTM, these are probably just things to think about for "afterward" rather than ideal things to implement right now.)

I personally don't believe changes are particularly urgently needed, but temporary injuries certainly could be made more interesting.

Discussion appreciated.

Quote:It's been some time since you've heard from me, hasn't it?
Plans are proceeding accordingly. We have had some missteps and hiccups, but otherwise, we return to the track we were set on.
I imagine Ka Shaer is as agitating as it has ever been.
Enclosed in this letter is coin. Use it to prepare yourself and journey to us here in Meranthe. We are in need of an extra hand.
I have started a little game, one that your expertise is needed for, so that we can begin growing.

Signed,
Cythonis, Elevated Warlord.

Quote:The art of Decomposition offers an elegant solution to the problem of Nyctorre. More and more, weaponry bearing this malignant metal is seen across the continent, with many uncertain of it's true nature or what to do with it, beyond it's forbidden status.

Make no mistake, Nyctorre is a truly accursed thing, a tormented soul bound into Arcanium to be yoked for strength. Every moment trapped within it's metal tomb is agony by design, an eternal prison from which it lashes out at the world about it in a tortured frenzy for freedom. All for a meagre dose of power eclipsed by all but the weakest beast cores... ordinarily such weaponry is a waste of material and a blight upon the world. It proves startlingly difficult to remove from weaponry without destroying the underlaying thing as well... a costly, agitating thing to dispose of. Doubly so if you want to save the weapon it is affixed to.

However, this need not be the case.

If you or anyone you know has acquired such weaponry, or even the metal itself, visit me within the city of Martyr's Vigil. I will sever the Nyctorre from it's weapon and free the soul within, claiming the arcanium as salvage - With one sole exception: Should the weaponry be made of Nyeshk, a choice is offered unto you as to which you would prefer to keep. I have need of that metal (subject to change). Of course, if you desire neither, I'll happily keep both.

Consider this not a fee, but my own reward, for rendering a weapon that was an unusable blight into something that may once-again see service... or be broken down into material, for your own projects. Know it will be put to far better use than it was before.

Quote:... Also, Nomul, if you find this, half these weapons that I keep getting handed for this process have your name on it. What happened to 'not using anything arcanium or higher' in your works?