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[fairyfoes]

♛ . . . GENERAL FAQ . . . . . If you wish to contact a mod, please do so here. GENERAL FAQ APP FAQ | ARRIVAL FAQ | GAMEPLAY FAQ | QUEST FAQ WHAT KIND OF GENRE IS THE GAME? ED is, first and foremost, a Fantasy Adventure war game. The world is vast, the bestiary is large, and we fully encourage people to ride off into the sunset, become a dark lord, gain minions and have their own storyline on the go. Don't want to get involved with events? You don't have to. Please be aware that ED is not tailored to cater to sci-fi characters or technologically-based canons. We cannot stress this enough! If your character is AI or cyborg-based (beyond the steampunk-genre!) they will have to be humanized! This is a drastic alteration and cannot be reversed in order to permit such characters to function in-game. WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH THE MODS/ HOW DO I CONTACT THE MODS? The quickest way to get a hold of us is by private messaging fairyfoes with your issue in the subject line. Please understand that we work and study full time and sometimes we can be delayed when answering inquiries. On occasion, we will have to discuss a question before answer and that can also take time; ordinarily we will let you know if this is the case. Sometimes we forget! As is the way of only being human. Our mod situation is different than other games, as you will be aware. At the moment, we are currently operating with several anonymous head mods to help with all facets of the game. Sometimes we mess up, as you'll know. Our anonymous head mods also deal with NPC, event plotting, and influence, among other things. We also have several helper mods who organize our lists and who approve reserves. Anonymity within the Mod Team is a personal choice; it's convenient for us to keep all correspondence in the one place rather than being contacted individually. Some of our team feel more relaxed operating under anonymity; largely, it's easier for us to separate being a player and being a mod this way also. If you are unsure how to contact a mod, we stress that the easiest way to do so is to private message fairyfoes with clear intentions in the header. HOW OFTEN ARE APPS/RESERVES OPEN? To preserve the sanity of the mod staff, apps are on a bi-monthly basis, with as many slots open as would bring the game up to 200 characters. HOW MANY CHARACTERS CAN I PLAY AT ONCE IN-GAME? You can play up to three different characters in-game, unless you can prove two successive passed AC rounds with the max of three characters: at that point, you may apply for a fourth the following application round, providing links to the passed AC for three characters in your application. Please try not to play individuals with a more than reasonable chance of knowing each other within the same canon. Please consider the time you have available before apping more than one character! WHAT IS THE AC REQUIREMENT AND HOW OFTEN DOES IT GO UP? AC is done every other month on the 26th, staggered with apps (except for December when there will be no AC owing to it being the busiest time of the year irl for a majority of players/mods). To pass, twenty network comments will suffice (non-linear or linear as needed) or ten comments in a log. Neither of these includes entry starters. The minimum requirement per AC thread would be five for logs and ten for network threads. WHAT ARE THE OOC AND IC DATING SYSTEMS? OOC the ratio is 1:1. IC you may defer to the current UK lunar calendar (characters can realise this adds up to the cycle of 2014 if they check the libraries and keep their own notes). This is for the benefit of characters who require a set routine such as werewolves, waterbenders or wizards. As of November 2015, the current IC year is 150 in the Age of Rifts in the predominant IC calendar. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I HIATUS/DROP? During hiatus you may put your character on auto-pilot or have them fall into an enchanted sleep in the infirmary of their respective strongholds. They will be rushed back here by fairies/imps via fairy-rings no matter where they are, if they are abroad! Shardless, however, are on their own and must be taken somewhere by PCs. If you drop, your character will vanish into thin air the second they are alone and the servants will begin clearing your former rooms; where your character was last will be their newly exposed and depowered Shard. Boons your character received all vanish from the drabwurld. WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON 4TH-WALLING? Always make sure you first ask the other player involved if your character knows of theirs as a fictional creation. As a general rule, it's a no-no. HOW OFTEN MAY I CANON UPDATE? Every four months you can update your character to wherever you wish in their canon. This grace waiting period is to allow any shock factor to wear off from the new information they bring with them and to allow other characters the chance to acclimatise to any changes. While being canon updated, the character will suffer the same effects as when hiatused. That is, a deep and overwhelmingly sudden urge to sleep. This enchanted nap will last seven days! Whatever changes overcome your character will be shown on their physical body while they slumber (height/hair growth, for example). Wounds will not be displayed and instead manifest themselves as expanding scars depending on the injury. Lost body parts will remain intact in the Drabwurld but be surrounded by even nastier scars that act as an echo for the events happening in canon. NB Unlike hiatusing where Shardbearer characters are hurried to the infirmary of their faction, fairies/imps will not come for them! Canon Updating can happen at any time, anywhere! MAY I CHANGE MY ALIGNMENT? Yes, either during a canon update that significantly alters your character's perception or whenever you feel it has become necessary due to in-game developments. The same process as usual will occur for a normal canon update (the 7-day rule, etc): your character will suffer a deep and overwhelmingly sudden urge to sleep whenever, wherever you decide. However, when you change alignment, your character will "fade" from sight into their new bedroom at the opposite stronghold. IS THERE AN UNDERLYING PLOT? There is! Though it may not be immediately apparent, and is likely to grow and change around player activity. If you want to, you can completely ignore the underlying plot and live your character's life however you please. WHAT ARE THE EVENTS LIKE? Events range from adventure/political/mystery/strategy on a loose basis. For clarification, these are the basic kinds of events a player might see: 01) The monthly event, as discussed in the calendar released at the beginning of each month. All characters may participate in these events. 02) Metaplot events, which involve deep interaction with significant npcs, and reveal or advance the metaplot; for mod sanity, since these are heavily npc'd, player participation in these is usually capped. 03) Player plots and quests, which are simply players orchestrating their own events which involve others, typically involving no or very minimal npcing. 04) Player requested npc scenes or quests, which are usually very short, but give characters enough information to move forward with other quests. There are widespread events which affect all realms. One month might consist of multiple small events, whereas another might have have two large events the full span of 2-3ish weeks. The leaders might issue proclamations (listed as having been issued on the OOC monthly event post with respective dates and not posted on the IC comm, for the easy reference of players) for groups of characters to ride out and fight a foe or to commit to subterfuge and steal a relic. Events are not mandatory and you can completely ignore them or only dip into them now and again, if you like. CAN MY CHARACTER AFFECT THE GAME? Absolutely. In fact, they affect the game even if they never participate in an event. The conclusion of Monthly Events can change the balance of power in the Drabwurld just as much as player plots, and by participating in metaplot events groups of characters can gain powerful allies for themselves and their faction, and may even change the map itself.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

So magic can be learned without learning to use the shard? Good. That was what I thought but I got confused in the way. Thanks.

> there's no rule or reason why you can't link unfinished threads.

You may want to edit the AC post then because that's exactly what it says:

Do not link to two separate threads.
Do not link ongoing threads.
Inbox threads are inadmissible.

And I'm not the only one who understood it like that, since I can see at least two players making a note about the ongoing status of the thread in the "extra notes" part of ac.

[fairyfoes]

The shard doesn't teach anyone 'magic', per se. It merely enhances what you're already capable of. For example; the shard couldn't teach someone with no magical or natural abilities to fly. But if someone could already fly, they could have those abilities enhanced.

The AC post implies not to link ongoing threads that haven't met the AC requirements. If you're linking a network thread that only has 7 comments by you, it might not have reached 10 by the time the AC checker goes to count it, and this is something we've had happen in the past. Threads that are still ongoing and both parties (or multiple parties) are playing in are more than fine to link, but we require the thread to have met the actual AC length at the time of it being entered by the player, not ones that are just under and need a tag or two or five to meet the requirements.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, perfect! I was worried I was doing it wrong since my character is learning magic from a canon wizard and I thought he may need the shard, but obviously he doesn't. Thanks again.

Oh, alright! I understand better now. Thanks for the clarification. Can I suggest changing the wording of that? It's a bit confusing and as I said, I don't think I'm the only one who understood a different thing.

[oathshackledbird]

While I was chatting with Kayneth's mun about the terrible things we are going to do to our characters in the battle, a question struck me. I know that when a character heads back to their world to canon update, if they lose a limb or something like that back home, the body they return to in game doesn't have that limb missing--there is just a terrible scar instead. How does it work if someone loses a limb (or in Kayneth's case, for example, his crest) in the Drabwurld and then goes home for a canon update? Do they have that part of them sill missing while they are back home?

And a secondary question, how does a person who returns home remember the Drabwurld? Does it seem like a dream? Do they not remember it at all? I don't remember ever reading a mod answer on this, but I could just be forgetting in my old age! LOL!

[fairyfoes]

All scars/limbs lost in the drabwurld will remain so even after they return!

Individuals who return to their world have NO recollection of the drabwurld! c:

[oathshackledbird]

So, how exactly does that work? Using Diarmuid as an example, he would go home with his missing arm, but have no memory of how he lost it?

[fairyfoes]

He would return home, materialise his missing arm (thank you, shards!) and once he returned, it'd still be gone. Imagine that the drawurld-reality supersedes all other realities.

[oathshackledbird]

Oh! That is actually super cool!

Thank you very much for the clarification!

[fairyfoes]

Anytime! ♥

[daventries]

Hiya mods! Two questions:

1. I saw that Emma's player asked a similar question but I just wanted to check: is there a reference of minerals/stones and such and what they do in the Drabwurld? I know of blood granite and how it has anti-magic properties, but is there anything else?

2. Are there any sort of powerfully bred or magical dogs/wolf creatures that would be accessible in a market or a breeder's den or anything else? I know of wolfhounds and other things but I'm just asking to see if there's anything else that's common knowledge or in a guide somewhere. I checked the bestiary already.

[fairyfoes]

1. General gem lore should be your guide! While some Shardbearers use gem craft from home worlds (including Rin Tohsaka of the Unseelie court), the minerals of the Drabwurld would suit their environment, as on Earth, and their properties would reflect common gem lore (e.g. amethysts for direction, etc). The Dwarves are the best miners in this capacity, but their troves are difficult to access, as the Dwarves tend to be closed to outsiders. One would potentially need to approach them through the Cothromach Smithing Circle or through Dwarven apprentice Leo Valdez of the Seelie court.

2. While there are some magical dogs/wolves, these would not be accessible at market or through breeder's dens. Most breeders develop powerful wolfhounds, and while they may market these up as having ancestry from magical dogs, usually, that isn't true.

[skjalf]

Elizabeth would very much like to gain power and influence in Briste! Is there anything specific she'll need to do over the long-term to do that, given how stubborn and thorny the people there are to mainlanders?

I'm going to concentrate whichever quests she takes in future in the area, to start! If there is anything else, then I'll have more to work toward as an ultimate goal which would be kind of awesome.

[fairyfoes]

The best thing for her to do would be to live among them and learn the way of their people! Quests are a good start, and learning to respect the local traditions is also a great idea. For a general idea of Briste's culture, you may want to consider small, close-knit costal communities, such as those found in the UK. Their diets and general attitudes are roughly similar, with fish a key component to all meals.

Elizabeth should also consider gaining the friendship of the council of elders that rule Briste.

[skjalf]

Ah, yes! I imagine the small coastal communities in Maritime Canada would be very similar to those. She can do all of that without much issue.

Would I need to NPC them, down the line, or would any of you prefer to? A actually inspired me to ask if she could also one day be elected to the Council if she has a good enough reputation among the people.

Also, for the record: may I ask what the names of the Council members are?

[fairyfoes]

Maritime culture would work well!

You are welcome to NPC audiences with them, but for direct one-on-one interaction, we would prefer to NPC them. For the success of any attempts to sway them, you can just PM us! Election to the council is possible, but not extremely likely. Briste culture reveres age, and Elizabeth would be expected to have spent decades within the community to be a candidate for the council.

COUNCILORS:
Caitrìona Niamh
Olwen Tadhg
Lauchlan Dewydd
Séamus Niamh
Donnchad Dàibhidh
Myfanwy Darrow
Ailsa Darrow
Myfanwy Tadhg
Darach Gwil
Cináed Mabyn

[gordianknots]

Oh lovely mods!

I have looked for this info for a while now, and with the Void stuff shifting into gear I have realized I should just ask you guys: what is alchemy like in the Drabwurld? Is it mostly scholarly and esoteric, or is it also something that can be used in combat as an offensive weapon?

I'm definitely asking for combat reasons, so.

[fairyfoes]

Almost any magic can be used in combat with the right stroke of creativity and/or preparation. While alchemy is often scholarly and esoteric (as one of the most complex and difficult forms of rune magic, but which produces the best results by a far margin), its uses can indeed be used in full combat conditions.

[gordianknots]

Got it. For the sake of clarification, pre-formed transmutation circles (save for one ort two lines to close the circle) to impact environment and shift it around would be considered acceptable? (I am very much operating on Fullmetal Alchemist style here, for point of reference.)

[uncertaindestiny]

Eventually I will stop having questions for you. However, today is not that day.

I know lockets always attach to a person's name, making anonymous replies impossible. But do they always show, for instance, a person's real name? And would someone need to know a real name to specifically contact a person?

The reason I ask is because Azula may (or may not, depending on the answers!) be giving a name that's not her own to kind of mask who she is. I just want to know if it'd immediately be given away when she uses her locket.

[fairyfoes]

Lockets are always locked to an individual's real name. The only way to overcome this is to steal or be granted another PC's locket, or to be booned (or gain by other means) the locket of a deceased shardbearer.

[fairyfoes]

That would be acceptable!

[gordianknots]

Awesome, thank you!

[erythristic]

With boons being replaced by the item request and skill acquisition, if a character gained a magical ability through a boon, could they now train over the months to strengthen it or would it be effectively "locked" at the level it was at?

[withbite]

For vampires that have aligned themselves with a vampire clan, how is that going to work now? Are they still the same clans? Are there different leaders? Are there vampire clans at all?

[fairyfoes]

They can! Note that any abilities with a hard cap set on its maximum power should not train to exceed that point.