March Game Announcements

[magicademymods]

March Game Announcements A Word From Your Mod Team We had an exciting first month, didn't we? And hello to the new players as well! We're looking forward to seeing you all in-game. What Changes Are Coming? As we've processed some activity and responded to your actions, you've doubtless seen us reference a few new things! The two biggest ones are: Positive regard. Positive regard from NPCs is just that -- you've earned a measure of that NPC's respect, trust, or fondness. Though there is no hard-and-fast guideline to what this means, in some ways it might be considered like a currency. Using a level of positive regard from an NPC could get them to ignore catching you in a restricted area. Using ten levels of positive regard on the Headmaster could get her to teach you the secrets of Thinking Spells. Familiar Bond. Those who have worked on enhancing their bond with their familiars will find benefits accrue! We will be updating the familiar page this month to explain this. In general, if we think your actions can result in a fun mechanic, we'll develop one for it to reflect your off-camera time in Diatu. Let us know if you have more ideas you wish to pursue! This Month In Diatu Spring Weather is, frankly, terrible. Rain pours down almost without end, an unfortunate side-effect of Ascelion's elevated position. The campus is wet and muddy, slippery and messy. Golems roam the halls and the classrooms, aggressively cleaning up water and dirt and occasionally students. Classes Continue and students are now starting to venture into uncharted territory -- be it their first real spells for new arrivals, or the advanced new techniques of their next-level courses. Despite the wards and protections over the classrooms and labs, things tend to get a bit wacky around this time. Strange mists spill into hallways, students quickly fling bubbling potions out windows before they explode, someone forgets to carry the two and Modifies their desk into a dinosaur... The Bala-inlota Game features the Striking Fists of Diatu, the school's professional team, against the Exarthin Wildfires. Excitement is rampant, especially among those who've never seen a Bala-inlota game before, and team spirit and merchandising both run rampant leading up to this inaugural game of the season. This Month In Anastara Bala-inlota Fever grips the town in anticipation of the big game, but not everyone in the city is unified behind the Striking Fists. The Wildfires have a small but fanatic contingent within the city, and tempers are running high this year. Step into an establishment with the wrong team logo on, and you might find yourself turned down and turned out. Wear nothing at all, though, and expect to get quizzed on who you support. Better give the right answer! Adventures As detailed on our Adventures page, you may sign up for an adventure by responding to the appropriate comment on this post. We will respond with your adventure setups in a few days. We were surprised at the speed with which you all reached your adventure staging points or ends! To that extent, we'll be trying our best to respond more quickly to your thread posts or completed adventures, to keep us from being a bottleneck in your fun. Actions To represent characters working long-term towards a goal, you can submit up to two actions on the appropriate comment below that your character will be focusing their time towards (or one action twice). This can range from studying, to exploration, to trying to gain points for the Colormarch, to buttering up NPCs, to others. At the end of the month, once you submit AC, you will be given your results. BBS Question! With no clear consensus, we have elected to leave the network community open to all communications. Players may still use inboxes if they desire, but are not obligated to. At our current size, we think this will not lead to the network being dominated by individual conversations. We may change this in the future if we decide this determination is having negative effects, of course. Feedback and the Future! Now that many of you have been here and experienced the game for a month, we want to ask you: where would you like to see the game go? Is there a focus you'd like from us? Something you want to see? Some way in which we can improve? What is working well, and what do you enjoy? For example, an NPC inbox or ways to interact with the NPCs in detail; house events or inter-house competitions; large-scale adventure plots? This is your place to have fun as much as it is ours to run, so we want to know what you like and what you would like! Monthly Mod Plans We still have a few things to do for the monthly turnover, so we're letting you know now what our agenda is: Update Locations to include all new discovered areas Update Adventures with new options Update NPCs with an explanation of regard Update Familiars with an explanation of Familiar Bond Create a Religion page to explain the religion of the Tenscore Kingdoms Our event log will be posted tomorrow or Friday no later than 8 pm. We can't wait to see you all on it. Enjoy your RP!

Comments

Adventures

[magicademymods]

Reply to this comment with the adventure you would like your character to undertake.

Re: Adventures

[nomoremistergneissguy]

I am mean to my characters.

That said, I would like Cliff here to undertake "Geese!", please.

[thirdpint]

I'd like to sign Sora up for "The Long Long Line", please!

Re: Adventures

[darkenedmoon]

Please sign Yotsuyu up for "Some Enchanted Eveningwear". Thank you!

Re: Adventures

[nobodys_puppet]

Xion: The mysterious building on Campus. Because that sounds like her sort of thing to get mixed up in.

Sho: Let's go with the guy with the going, because ridiculous suits him.

V: Potion Peril, please!

[pawper]

Lys is gonna undertake Delivery Service! ding dong open up and say hello to your friendly neighborhood UPS furry

[outofyourshadow]

I'll sign Lena up for Sellout Crowd, and Fluttershy for Familiar Turf, please!

[intellectualstrategist]

Take 2: The Mysterious Building Not On Campus.

[puzzlers]

A Children's Card Game... again. Because he didn't get enough.

Re: Adventures

[hotheadwarmheart]

Not sure if two people are allowed to pick the same adventure in the same month, but I'd also like to try 'The Long, Long Line' one with Lea if I could.

[blue_ice]

I'd like Kaiba to try 'Ivy with Thorns' because he's still reckless as heck.

Actions

[magicademymods]

Reply to this comment with the actions you would like your character to undertake.

[thirdpint]

Sora's primary action is going to be exploring! Secondarily, he'll be working on his familiar bond (hey, someone's gotta get that bird off the path of self-centered evil after all).

[darkenedmoon]

This month, Yotsuyu is going to investigate the Plaza of Sun and Moon, finally. She will continue to make progress in her classes (if you would like specifics, Discovery and Modification, again). She'll also work a bit on her familiar bond with Gosetsu, her snake, not that she's actively neglected him.

[woo_oo]

Now that Webby's been here a month, time to do some exploring!

As for her second action, she'll still keep up her studies, focusing on History of Wizardry!

[pawper]

As a zesty new arrival that needs to find her footing in a magic academy of all things, Lys will be focusing first and foremost on her studies: specifically Thaumaturgy. Of second priority will be working on her familial bond with Arthur the capybara, as she'll see him as a smaller, weaker creature (for all his charms) to be protected and cared for.

Re: Actions

[grim_heaper]

Sho:
Primary: trying to figure out how to create Taboo Noise here. (This is a bad idea and one he should probably fail at)
Secondary: Teaching. Those poor poor students. (Also random trash heap art piles around the area.....)

V:
Primary: still researching ways to regain their previous powers.
Secondary: Researching new powers.

Xion:
Primary: Spending all the time with Lea/Axel that she can, let's be honest.
Secondary: looking for things she is allowed to kill for Munny to fund a three ice creams a day habit. (one for her, one for Axel, one for Roxas. Even if he never shows up, she is buying him one.)

[outofyourshadow]

Lena will continue learning more about the Catastrophe Cannon. She'll also take to exploring a bit.

Fluttershy will continue trying to find a way to use magic to communicate with animals. She will also be working on her familiar bond.

[plusfivedex]

Kamala will be spending her downtime this month exploring and practicing magic.

Louie’s focuses this month will be continuing business ventures and taking better class notes.

Peridot will extensively study the book Mythoanatomy she’s been loaned. She’s also going to asking around in hopes of learning if this world has ever taken in Sundered before, or anything remotely similar.

[blindedbyruin]

Mizael is going to throw himself at Thaumaturgy with the specific intent of finding and learning spells that can replicate his force shield and throwing balls or waves of energy at people enough for him to not feel super vulnerable. (Sundering is also very interesting, but intensive research will have to wait.)


Canale will be focusing on exploring to learn the layout of the campus and the schedules of all the teachers/other authority figures by heart, and also bonding with his familiar.

[puzzlers]

Yugi is going to see about getting a job at the shop that sells Fantastic Foil cards and he's going to do more studying of Thaumaturgy - mostly defensive spells, like protection & wards & etc. whatever!

[nomoremistergneissguy]

Cliff will be working on his familiar bond with Rounder, while also working on his studies in Discovery and Forging, primarily. If he has time left over, he'll wander around the campus a bit to explore--if the geese leave anything behind.

Re: Actions

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea's primary action will be spending time with Xion and any other friends he might make. But mostly Xion for now. His secondary will be exploring with a side of figuring how much effort he's actually going to put into most of his classes.

Lea will not be earning any familiar bond points this round, as he keeps (unsuccessfully) trying to give his away. X3

[scattered_rose]

Daniel's main action is going to be studying, particularly offensive magic; just got here, after all! Going to have to get used to everything. The second is learning the ins and outs (and how to play?) Bala-inlota, mostly as a hobby for now.

Feedback/Suggestions

[magicademymods]

What would you like to see? What are you enjoying? What could we do better?

[scattered_rose]

A bit of a minor suggestion, I guess? It'd be neat to be able to see at a glance on the Taken page which house a character is in, maybe color-coding the names or icon borders or something.