But just how do you get this truth, I hear you scream, I hear you cry? Well, do not worry, for I have the solution for you.
Let me show you.


Oh my, but isn't that formatted wonderfully!

DISCOURSE HEADLINES
Circa 1661, in the early times of the year, before the harvest. 

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The Pelleaux's Gala, crashed?!

That's right, everyone. The word currently rocking the streets from Sudbury to the Crown Authority is that the party that the Pelleaux estate held in celebration of their nobility, in which the other noble houses were invited, was crashed!.. If you could call it that. It seems that while a myriad of angry peasantfolk, entertainers, and even a few invited guests attempting to force their way inside through the guardsmen, it provided ample opportunity for another group to get their way inside through uncertain circumstance. While the nobles bickered and feasted, there were reports of a rumbling noise from the household. While immediately thought to be fireworks, the festivities were quickly replaced with horror and what can likely only be considered to be absolute carnage. Many, many servants have been seen purchasing replacement tapestries and furnishings, and a few have even been seen removing ink-covered niceties out of the buildings over the last month or so.

Eye-witnesses report hearing a chant near the end of the Gala, calling out to, or for, our most irrevocably handsome and wonderful Exarch Knight Elijah Soleis. Perhaps one should seek him out, if they're more curious about the happenstance of what exactly happened at the Pelleaux Gala?

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Discourse in Sudbury; A Riot?

It's not a surprise that the residents of Sudbury, since the massive influx of Rhoynish labor, have been unsettled and upset with their current living style. Many of them openly speak of things that would get most law-abiding citizenry arrested, and the mere mention of the First Light is enough to start a chain of arguments that would continue until I was blue in the face, aha! Recently, however, there's been rumors of a mass brigade of arrests, be they legitimate or not, coming from that area of Osrona. It sounds as if the nobility and the military are starting to take a more severe stance against the downtrodden and weak, and it sounds as if things are becoming rather unstable in our dear Sudbury.

In news related to this article, there's rumors that our Exarch Elijah and our Paladin Atrosus single handedly quelled a rebellion of ten magi and fifty non magi. In the wake of this 'riot', a good number of people were hauled off to prison, and a good number more were left to flee with their trails between their legs. This reporter notes seeing a few of the arrested party walking the streets again, however.

I wonder what kind of bargain they struck to get out of a capital crime?

So, I want to start this off by saying, I do love the concept of metal magic and the skills in it are really awesome in theory. That being said, Metal Lance, the 30 RPP opener for the metal tree needs to be rebalanced.

So, I went ahead and got some help from Cpt. Prinny and did some tests before I made this thread, but this is the short and sweet of it.

Metal Lance is currently a very underpowered skill, especially as an opener for a tree (So far, openers in Esshar have been fairly notorious for being downright awesome to compensate for their increased RPP cost).

Metal Lance is a 10Pow Linear skill that has a 15 second CD, and is supposed to leave a 5 second slow upon contact. As of the time of this writing, this skill does -not- have its five second slow, and I am willing to state that even with the slow, it would still be very underpowered when compared to similar techniques. Note: Metal Lance can tick twice -if- a target moves in the direction the lance is travelling, however this is an issue that affects all linear/line skills, so I'm not mentioning it.

In comparison, we'll start with Fireball, the Fire Tree's opener at 10 RPP (Fire Affinity is 20 RPP). It is a 8Pow Linear skill with a 3 second CD that inflicts burn damage after it hits. Fireball also travels incredibly fast when it is sent out, making it far easier to strike with than metal lance. In comparison, the burn damage inflicted by fireball increases its 8pow damage significantly, and it appears to be closer to 12+ pow worth of damage, when it hits.

In a completely different direction, we'll point towards Time's opener, Decay (30rpp). Decay is a 6Pow linear skill with a 14 second CD, a range that exceeds both Fireball and Metal Lance, and it inflicts a +10% Increase to enemy CDs as well as Slows your opponent for 6 seconds. The skill also travels as quick, if not quicker than fireball (I witnessed it striking an enemy from about 8-10 tiles away almost instantly), and if your opponent does not leave Decay's area of effect quickly, it inflicts about 6-8 ticks of 1Pow damage in quick succession.

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So, in summary, I ask you all, which would you rather have?

A Basic opener that costs 30 RPP, gives +5 Pow(Fire Affinity), and a 12+Pow Immediate skillshot with a 3 second Cooldown.

A Seperate Specialization Opener that costs 30 RPP, and gives you a 6-12Pow  Immediate Skillshot with a 14 second CD that inflicts a 6 second Slow, increases enemy CDs by +10% and has extended range,

Or

An Earth Specialization Opener that costs 50 RPP, gives +5 Vit(Earth Affinity), and a 10Pow Regular Skillshot with a 15 second CD that should inflict a 5 second slow. (Currently does not inflict the slow. I've tested).

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Please give Metal Lance some love.
Edit: Showing a picture of metal lance in action, per request.

hey all! i'm currently not playing the game but i thought i'd offer up my services as everyone gets into their new characters
i dont have many examples except this, of my last character from spires: https://prnt.sc/nld5gs
i'm sure most of you know what i do, though.

since I'm not playing the game, i currently take IRL currency only, through paypal or venmo. as my last service was, this is pay what you want, although the recommended payment per desc is 5$ USD.

to contact me for inquiries, my discord is jen#9986.

you MUST provide me with a playby and name for me to make a description. i will not find an image for you.

There are so many people in this game that it gets a bit overwhelming to try and manually remember each name. Perhaps make an option where you can click on someone and add them to a 'contact list'. Where basically you just have the person's name and relationship in comparison to you.

This would be good for those one time interactions where you don't see the person for a while, but know the person would indeed hold an impact and you would remember the name at the very least.

Well I have looked up magic in general for the elements, Earth has... a ton of different specs vs air which is really sad in that area. So I decided to throw out some ideas you can ponder on, even if some are lazy, half baked, or just plain basic.

Air has two at the moment, so maybe reworking the old Holy or Occult wind types into E3 named Healing Wind or Cyclone respectively. Maybe some form of Astral Projection in a way it'd be like clones but they disappear after an attack or purely distractions.  Could even make Storm be some type of weather manipulation strand with a bit of Mornegale and Holy Wind mixed in.
Something like manipulating gas could also be possible, say... Neon(Yeah based on another game but it's a good example) which can be used in ways like mist form, an aoe via an explosion, beams, upon other things. It also has possibilities for extra effects being cold enough to be below freezing if made a liquid for frostbite/slowing/freezing effects as well as being able to be used as a light source to blind. 

Steam could work for Water in a pinch. As for Fire...
--Smoke/Ash; I know... more mist form bait, but I'm more thinking of lingering damage and obscuring view... and maybe some healing qualities via incense.[This could also be Air funny enough.]
or
--Radiation; Which could basically be Fire's Riptide but instead it makes fire poison instead of burn and perhaps heal through the status dealt. As well as some weakening effects at the cost of raw power.[Can even be lazy here and just have green fire.]

I'm hoping more to spark discussion and hopefully get Air some love, maybe even get all specs to three to four sub-elements for the public eventually.

Edit: All new profiles will be added to this page thx.

I do basic bich profiles for ingame currency.
If you want it to be IC, then it can be RPed as a blurb for your character's business or for their ic narcissism idc.
OOC would be easier tho not gonna lie.
Crumby hot trash examples below.




Mind you these r really basic bich...

You're free to write your own description up for it. However I do give the option of giving me a brief summary and I'll re-word it in my stupid way. Then everyone can think you're Dimmie.

Ain't that swell?

That'll be 50c Extra tho.

Basic Profiles without worded descriptions (Includes Name, random bottom symbol, placeholder music, Edited picture): 200 ingame coins
Basic Profiles with my word-style descriptions: 250 ingame coins.

Note: You're required to provide me with the image of your desire thanks.
I can do slight modifications as well but rarely does that work out. I'm not an artist. Me subpar no professional.

Am just cheap.
U pay 4 what u git u dig.