(Ashtan): Dunn says, "If I have to listen to any more drama, I will kill you all."
(Ashtan): Dunn says, "And I mean all of you."
(Ashtan): You say, "Uh oh, we're dunn for now."
(Ashtan): Dunn says, "Especially you."
I feel so loved.
I dunn think he appreciates the puns. Where's Penwize when you need him?
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
You sense an alien presence blossom into existence at the back of your head,
whispering quietly into the dark recesses of your mind.
Your conscious will wastes away in moments as the susurrant voice claims
dominion over your thoughtscape, flooding your senses with notions of death,
emptiness, and blissful release from this mortal shell.
Raising your hands to your neck, agony is turned to sheer ecstasy as you
squeeze at your own throat, desperate to obey the soft whispers even as your
life leaves your body.
You have been slain by his own hand.
That death was so cool I can't even be sorry. But first Babel making me punch myself, now this... what -is- it with Gods and taking over my limbs?
________________________ The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."
(Clan): Ictinus says, "Stop it Jiraishin, you're making me like you."
Can I go on the record as stating that all mists, or fogs, or really condensed air of any sort except for the weather type and the room concealing type are dumb, unless it's Mhaldor? Same with theocracies (but we can include Targ there).
Like, the Good city needed to be a militant theocracy along the lines of Mhaldor since Shallam was clearly a failed state. Ashtan had very deep structural flaws that necessitated it to change its own structure of it ever wanted to contribute (or allow itself to be ideologically attacked) on the world stage constructively, sure. But not every city needs to be a theocracy. Hashan as a theocracy makes zero sense, for instance.
Similarly, Hashan gets to be a floating alchemy city? Outstanding, that sounds cool as hell. But it doesn't need blue fog because it's already a giant floating city. Targ is the island city. It doesn't need green fog. It has a cool moving barge restaurant shop thing. Awesome. No need for fog. It all just looks like it's trying to be Mhaldor Plus, which just has the side effect of cheapening one of the really cool things that made Mhaldor unique.
ETA: at one point within the last two months, there were TWO TYPES of purple fog in Ashtan. AND a giant alien vortex in the sky. AND an explosive lava field. Less is more, folks. Find another way.
There is a really good reason why it's green: I actually have it on very good authority that Targ and Eleusis will be merging shortly, soon to be retitled Team Seafoam.
And everything has a really great backstory, because our admin and volunteers kick ass at writing that kind of stuff. But it could be -anything- with a really good backstory. It doesn't have to be the thing Mhaldor did first and has been known for for like fifteen IRL years.
I dunno. I definitely get it. When Mhaldor was first a thing, they were the undisputed bad guys. Now that each city and faction (except maybe Cyrene? Time will tell...) are basically their own flavour of hilariously terrible people with utopian ideologies, it makes a lot of sense to me to crib from the OG villains first, and worry about making stuff sufficiently different later. Aesthetic signifiers are a good way of conceptually linking things together, and I'm totally cool with pillaging other people's schtick if it's part of a conscious effort to show how similar things are. Like... if Team A is known for their awesome signature hat, and the meta drifts everybody conceptually closer to Team A, just give the other teams their own cool signature hat. Easy solutions are absolutely fine so long as they are understood to be a token of good faith toward something bigger down the line.
Ashtan has never been 'the good guys,' though. Servelan and all the stuff she did, the Shadowsnakes, everything the Occultists ever did on a Tuesday alone, etc. Ashtan has always been chaotic neutral with a love of bloodshed, and we already have a giant vortex to Hell or whatever that is above the city. We're good.
I don't think it's too much to hope that everyone finds their own thing. There's enough sameness with the mechanics just generally speaking. Uniqueness only helps the game in roleplay and lore arenas because it provides a different play experience, which adds to its longevity.
There is a really good reason why it's green: I actually have it on very good authority that Targ and Eleusis will be merging shortly, soon to be retitled Team Seafoam.
And everything has a really great backstory, because our admin and volunteers kick ass at writing that kind of stuff. But it could be -anything- with a really good backstory. It doesn't have to be the thing Mhaldor did first and has been known for for like fifteen IRL years.
Damn they figured it out! We will have to start all over again @Farrah , but on a serious note I have wanted ivy or some plant life in Eleusis. We dont need some stinky dog! Though Cyrene rain is a nice touch, and I have often thought Hashan would look better with perpetual night and make more Shadowy.
Hashan has had blue fog and spectres since before I started playing. As far as I'm concerned that's og enough for them to keep it, whatever you think of the correlation with Mhaldor's fog and design space.
Been playing for 20 years, have never seen what Mindshell mentioned. Saw Hashan & Targossas have recently gotten "mist" or whatever, and that's extremely stupid.
Been playing for 20 years, have never seen what Mindshell mentioned. Saw Hashan & Targossas have recently gotten "mist" or whatever, and that's extremely stupid.
There was a part of Hashan that was filled with a kind of blue mist. This was like years ago like "When I was kinda sort a novice" kind of years ago. There were aggro shades in that part of the city and it regularly killed wandering novices exploring the area.
Been playing for 20 years, have never seen what Mindshell mentioned. Saw Hashan & Targossas have recently gotten "mist" or whatever, and that's extremely stupid.
There was a part of Hashan that was filled with a kind of blue mist. This was like years ago like "When I was kinda sort a novice" kind of years ago. There were aggro shades in that part of the city and it regularly killed wandering novices exploring the area.
That was Pre-Ren Hashan, basically the powers from the Wellspring were coming up from the cracks in Hashan. It is what caused the Sunderlands.
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We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
(Ashtan): Penwize says, "She's a very astute protege."
Your conscious will wastes away in moments as the susurrant voice claims dominion over your thoughtscape, flooding your senses with notions of death, emptiness, and blissful release from this mortal shell.
Raising your hands to your neck, agony is turned to sheer ecstasy as you squeeze at your own throat, desperate to obey the soft whispers even as your life leaves your body.
You have been slain by his own hand.
That death was so cool I can't even be sorry. But first Babel making me punch myself, now this... what -is- it with Gods and taking over my limbs?
The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."
(Clan): Ictinus says, "Stop it Jiraishin, you're making me like you."
You're right, Iocun, green fog would never work at al...
Results of disembowel testing | Knight limb counter | GMCP AB files
Like, the Good city needed to be a militant theocracy along the lines of Mhaldor since Shallam was clearly a failed state. Ashtan had very deep structural flaws that necessitated it to change its own structure of it ever wanted to contribute (or allow itself to be ideologically attacked) on the world stage constructively, sure. But not every city needs to be a theocracy. Hashan as a theocracy makes zero sense, for instance.
Similarly, Hashan gets to be a floating alchemy city? Outstanding, that sounds cool as hell. But it doesn't need blue fog because it's already a giant floating city. Targ is the island city. It doesn't need green fog. It has a cool moving barge restaurant shop thing. Awesome. No need for fog. It all just looks like it's trying to be Mhaldor Plus, which just has the side effect of cheapening one of the really cool things that made Mhaldor unique.
ETA: at one point within the last two months, there were TWO TYPES of purple fog in Ashtan. AND a giant alien vortex in the sky. AND an explosive lava field. Less is more, folks. Find another way.
And everything has a really great backstory, because our admin and volunteers kick ass at writing that kind of stuff. But it could be -anything- with a really good backstory. It doesn't have to be the thing Mhaldor did first and has been known for for like fifteen IRL years.
I don't think it's too much to hope that everyone finds their own thing. There's enough sameness with the mechanics just generally speaking. Uniqueness only helps the game in roleplay and lore arenas because it provides a different play experience, which adds to its longevity.
Reaching down with a massive hand, Sartan lifts your head and draws a taloned finger across your throat, the wound closing as He does so.
Red, blue, green, pink... we only need one more...
I need an out-of-work PK lawyer to draft up an ISSUE on Tlalaiad pls.
knows, Jiraishin's a darkwalker."
Griefed.
The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."
(Clan): Ictinus says, "Stop it Jiraishin, you're making me like you."
(Party): Aegoth says, "Everyone dragonform."
[dragons start dragonforming]
(Party): Lirah says, "And the not dragons?"
(Party): You say, "Non-dragons, yell 'Aaashhaaaaaaxxeeeeiiiiii!' and see what happens."
You see Lirah Chu, Reaper of Secrets yell, "Aaashhaaaaaaxxeeeeiiiiii!"
You see Jomi, Drudge of Malice yell, "Aaashhaaaaaaxxeeeeiiiiii!"
(Party): Iloisee says, "Stop listening to the Bureaucrat, please."
@Mizik got the city riffing on eachother.