June Activity Check

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June Activity Check Welcome to the June activity check for Diatu Magicademy! A reminder of our rules: You must provide one log thread with at least 5 comments from your character. You must provide either an additional log thread with at least 5 comments from your character, or a network thread with at least 10 comments from your character. If you have some activity during the month, but not enough to pass AC, you may request a strike. To clear the strike, you must provide double activity the subsequent month. Activity is valid for posts made between the close of applications in June and the close of applications in July -- so this month, any activity made between Wednesday, June 5th, and 8 PM Eastern time, Wednesday, July 3rd. Activity must be submitted by Saturday, July 6th at 8 PM Eastern time. Also, as a reminder, the results of your Actions will be posted as a response to your activity check. If you haven't chosen any, you have until AC closes to do so. For rewards for playing out the consequences of Research on the Sundered threads, please link to them here. Please use the following form: <b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Log Thread:</b> <a href="LINK">5+ log comments</a> <b>Log/Network Thread:</b> <a href="LINK">5+ log or 10+ network comments</a> <b>Research on the Sundered:</b> <a href="LINK">(Optional Link)</a>

July Game Announcements

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July Game Announcements A Word From Your Mod Team We received no reserves or applications, and effectively no test drive interest, this month. Needless to say this is of some concern. We're happy with the size of the game and delighted by our close-knit community, but we also want to keep a steady flow of new possibilities coming in to keep the game from stagnating. To that end, we're still eager for ideas on how to sell this game to others and promote it! REGAINS?! This month's Research on the Sundered comes with a special benefit: our first power regain! Of course, that means the prompt will be suitably painful... All those who pariticipate in July's Research on the Sundered will have the opportunity to regain one power. It does not need to be one listed on your application -- we will use those for times when we want you to regain OTHER people's powers. In addition, this advancement will allow new characters apped in to retain one power of their choice. You'll see why... This Month In Diatu Stupidly Hot Weather plagues the Magicademy, though truth be told the campus is far cooler than Anastara thanks to its open fields and spread-out grounds. Still, it's too much for most people to tolerate, especially those from northern, colder climes. Humidity also makes the outdoors a misery, thanks to both the rivers and canals. Weirdass Weather arises when students tamper with the weather systems, as some bold souls inevitably attempt. If you're lucky, you find a breath of cool air, a gentle rain, or at least a dry heat. But when student spells go bad, or two students both try their hand at their magic too close to each other, you end up with small tornadoes, vicious hail, lightning and pouring rain, or ankle-height hurricanes. Duck! The Library of Starchime Inventory begins as midterms wind down, as library staff sort through all their volumes, check for any overdue or lost, and bundle off old volumes being replaced by new. If you've been criminal with your library ways, now is the time your debt comes due, but on the other hand the swirling chaos might be the perfect time for you to score a book you wanted. Midterm grades are a thing, by the way. How'd you do? This Month In Anastara Experimental Steering tests are slowly getting underway, as workers struggle to erect large poles on the island's cliffsides. Sails deployed from these poles could catch the wind, allowing the island to move and be steered as desired. But can this plan possibly go well? 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. You may undertake a new adventure this month even if you are still in an adventure from previous months. We also want to encourage everyone to involve others in your adventures! Though it is possible to do many adventures solo, we intend them as opportunities for characters to mix and mingle. 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. The Colormarch! We'll announce the results during... Second Event: Bodyswap! Thanks to a magical mishap brought on by certain people who may have decided to attempt this sort of nonsense while forgetting they were tainted by a weird chaos beast from the nether, the second event log this month will offer bodyswap shenanigans! We'll put up an OOC plotting post as it approaches, as well as allowing for random signups. Monthly Mod Plans Update Locations to include all new discovered areas (monthly) Update Adventures with new options (monthly) Create a Religion page to explain the religion of the Tenscore Kingdoms (we swear we'll do this sometime)