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MANA REWARDS (DEFUNCT)

MANA REWARDS DEFUNCT

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Once you've started earning bonus coins, your characters will find a small canvas satchel either in their pocket or under their pillow. The satchel will contain the number of bonus coins earned. Each coin is copper and looks very much like a penny except it has the character's monster stamped on it. The satchel also contains a small scroll featuring a single word: AGIMAT. Reading this word will summon Mana, who will gladly accept these coins as payment for magical favors, whether that be summoning an item from your character's home or bestowing unto them an amazing new power.

Receiving a reward isn't always easy, however. To focus her magic, Mana will send characters on a quest, usually to gather materials or perform a ritual. To receive a mod-custom quest, you must purchase a reward at 80 coins or higher. This is limited to one per player per month. Lower purchases may receive pre-written quests unless you opt out of them, and you are also free to write your own.

Mana can only be summoned by each character once a month. A new toplevel for each month will be posted where you can leave your requests, and the threads will be frozen at the end of the month, once all requests have been processed. Below are categories of rewards for characters to choose from, with a general idea of how much each thing might cost. If you're unsure which tier your reward belongs on, ask below in the relevant thread.

DISCOUNTS
Having recently become a bit more business-savvy, Mana is now offering regular discounts to monsters on various items! Every other month, different request categories will have a 20% discount. Wow! When putting in a request, make sure to note the discount in your comment. The schedule is as follows:

JANUARY
New year, new me! Permanent monster changes are on sale!
MARCH
Time to put down some new foundations. Buildings are on sale!
MAY
April showers bring May powers--that is, powers/abilities are on sale!
JULY
It's the dog days of summer. Pets/creatures are on sale!
SEPTEMBER
More like Sep-temp-ber. Temporary monster changes are on sale!
NOVEMBER
Get a gift for that special someone. Items/weapons are on sale!

ITEMS
This section excludes weapons; additionally, advanced tech (think super futuristic/sci-fi, not necessarily cell phones) falls into the same category as magical items. Magical items may be imbued with up to four magical spells.

10 - An item from home that can easily fit in someone's hand. You may make it magical and imbue it with a spell for an additional 50 coins.
20 - An item from home up to a meter tall/wide. You may make it magical and imbue it with a spell for an additional 40 coins.
40 - An item from home up to three meters tall/wide. An item from home up to three meters tall/wide. You may make it magical and imbue it with a spell for an additional 20 coins.
60 - A magical item from home with a single spell/effect it already has in canon.
60 - A magical item from Ryslig. Mods will design the item, but you should give us an idea of what it should do/be used for.

20 - A second spell or effect for your item.
40 - A third spell or effect for your item.
80 - A fourth spell or effect for your item.

WEAPONS
As with items, weapons may be imbued with up to four magical spells. Ammo availability will be determined on an individual basis.

20 - A mundane weapon from home. You may make it magical and imbue it with a spell for an additional 40 coins.
60 - A magical/high-tech weapon from home with a single spell/effect it already has in canon.
60 - A magical weapon from Ryslig. Mods will design the weapon, but you should give us an idea of what it should do/be used for.

20 - A second spell or effect for your weapon.
40 - A third spell or effect for your weapon.
80 - A fourth spell or effect for your weapon.

PETS/CREATURES
Any creature or monster summoned from Mana will come with their summon item (e.g., a Pokémon would come with a Pokéball, a demon would have their summoning catalyst, etc.). Characters may have as many non-magical pets as they can buy, but only one (1) magical one. Magical pets are limited to a single ability slot, and these abilities do not work on monsters. The prices listed below are in mundane-magical format; the first number is the price for a base pet, the second is the price for a magical pet.

20-60 - A pet from home that is the size of a small dog.
30-60 - A pet from home that is the size of a large dog.
50-70 - A pet from home that is the size of a human.
60-80 - A pet from home that is the size of a horse.
100-120 - A pet from home that is the size of a hippo. This is the largest size allowed; pets bigger than this in canon will be shrunk upon arrival in Ryslig.

MONSTER CHANGES -- TEMPORARY
20 - Change to a different monster form for one month. Temporary monster form is chosen by the player.
20 - The ability to switch between human and monster for a month. The spell allows the character to voluntarily switch every two days, and does not stop cravings. The human form does not retain any monster abilities, aside from the ability to switch forms.
20 - Turn human for a month. This eliminates cravings. You may revert at any time, but this will void the remaining duration.
60 - Change to a different monster form for four months. Temporary monster form is chosen by the player.

MONSTER CHANGES -- PERMANENT
20 - A minor modification to a character's appearance (e.g., gain a few inches, change eye color, sharper teeth, web toes, etc)
40 - Change to a different feeding source (e.g., meat, blood, souls). You will be gifted with the necessary modification for that source (claws and teeth for meat, a spell to drain souls, etc).
80 - A functional body modification (e.g., flight-capable wings, second pair of limbs, etc.)
80 - Weakness exchange (e.g., exchanging sunlight weakness for cold weakness). The player must provide the weakness being exchanged, but either the player or mods may submit a weakness to replace it.
100 - Change your monster type (mods randomize from 7 player-provided options)
120 - Change your monster type (mods randomize from 3 player-provided options)
120 - Ability to switch between monster and human form once per day. This does not stop cravings, and no monster powers carry over to the human form.
150 - Change your monster type (player's choice).

POWERS/ABILITIES
60 - A minor spell or ability, possibly with a time limit (e.g., walk on water for 20 minutes, double strength bonus usable once a day).
80 - Upgrade an existing monster ability.
80 - A summon, or a power tied to a summon (e.g., Stands, Personas). See the FAQ for details.
80 - An intermediate spell or ability. This largely covers powers that don't have a lot of restrictions, but don't affect monsters besides the possessor of the ability.
120 - A major spell or ability.

60 - An additional Travel or Stealth form, no time limit, but restricted to the bestiary's allowed species. (e.g., a rat Pooka with an extra rabbit form)
60 - An additional Travel or Stealth form outside the allowed species, restricted to one consecutive hour a day.
80 - An additional Travel or Stealth form outside the allowed species, no time limit.

BUILDINGS
20 - A structure from home no bigger than a two-bedroom apartment.
30 - A structure from home no bigger than a five-bedroom house.
40 - A structure from home no bigger than a mansion.
50 - A significant landmark built for your character (e.g. a castle, housing complex, massive bronze statue). This will be added to Player Locations.
60 - A small town (≤80 small houses).
80 - A magical location or structure no bigger than a five-bedroom house, or the enchantment of a preexisting Ryslig location.
120 - A large city (≤400 houses) that comes with a statue of the character.

20 - A second spell or effect for your magical location.
40 - A third spell or effect for your magical location.
80 - A fourth spell or effect for your magical location.

SUBMIT YOUR CLAIM
When describing your reward, please be as detailed as possible. Many lower-tier rewards are self-explanatory, but high-tier rewards such as powers, magical items/weapons, and monster modifications especially should be outlined clearly. The mods will be happy to work with you to ascertain a fun and balanced power set.

If your character wouldn't outright ask for the reward you want them to have, have them ask for something else and then fill out the backfire field with what you actually want them to have. (Mana is not as good at summoning as Tikbalang, and characters who don't follow her quests to the letter risk the ritual going wrong.) Your backfire should be something that could conceivably result from the actual request.

Please be advised that mods reserve the right to modify or veto a reward that is too incongruous with the setting.



isawallflower: ([monster] liberty)

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[personal profile] isawallflower 2021-10-03 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Character Name: Riley Williams
Reward Cost: 20 Coins for a 1 Month monster swap
Activity: 20 Coins from May
Request: Only hours after the completion of her previous quest, Riley storms back up to Mana with the tiger pelt in hand, not even completely clean of blood. She's rather angry, not even sure what the quest did yet.

"This isn't what I— No. No, it's my- I wasn't clear enough, I didn't— I just. Want to have...to get back the- escape, positive feeling I had like when I was on the Tigers. Okay? Like that. But real."

Backfire? Riley is still far too vague for Mana. She wants to be a Tiger? Okay! She'll be a manticore for the month of October.
Quest? No thanks, she just got done with a big one, after all!
softspokenlandlord: eye color edits by <user name=MomeMordrid site=plurk.com> (recolor7)

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[personal profile] softspokenlandlord 2021-10-05 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Character Name: Ryou Bakura
Reward Cost: Powers/Abilities - Upgrade an Existing Ability (80 coins), asked about it here! Basically Ryou's painshare is going to become paintake once a day, in the same vein as a Nephilim's healing. The upgrade will focus primarily on physical healing, so he'll be able to take the pain of physical injury onto himself permanently. Taking emotional/mental pain is still on a timer, but maybe it's more effective? (say, 10 minutes of relief to his target post-contact, then it shifts back to them). I understand if the emotional/mental pain augment is overstepping, and will omit it if needed!
Activity: 20 COINS FOR JULY 2021
1 COIN FOR FEBRUARY 2021
12 COINS FOR MARCH 2021
11 COINS FOR MAY 2021
20 COINS FOR AUGUST 2021
16 COINS FOR SEPTEMBER 2021

Request: After presenting the coins to Mana, Ryou would then put in his request as simply as he could. "I hope this is enough. Please, give me the power to take on the pain of my friends permanently. I don't just want to help for a few minutes, or an hour. I want it to stick."
Backfire? No backfire, please
Quest? Personalized quest, please! Preferably something that, if it includes friends, doesn't give away what he's doing completely, since they'd all hate it. :) otherwise, eff him up!
Edited (forgot to specify timelimit on the physical pain-taking) 2021-10-05 18:52 (UTC)
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(frozen comment) sorry, didn't realize I commented this in the wrong place!

[personal profile] joiseydevil 2021-10-06 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Character Name: Djinn Dupree
Reward Cost: Temporary Monster Change : 20 Coins for one month
Activity:
12 COINS FOR June
6 COINS FOR JULY
2 COINS FOR SEPTEMBER
Request: "Can you make me how I was before?"
Backfire? DJ means to ask Mana to turn back into a human, but he wasn't human before coming here. Mis-interpreting his request from vague phrasing, Mana assumes he must mean when he was a demon pre-Ryslig!! Ryslig demons are a little different, but he won't mind, right?
Quest? None
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[personal profile] softspokenlandlord 2021-10-09 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
First of all, thank you so much mods, y'all hit my brand exactly on the head!

Secondly, even if he's invisible, can people still hear him, or is it just the telekinesis they can perceive? I just want to make sure!
softspokenlandlord: (148)

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[personal profile] softspokenlandlord 2021-10-10 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Rad!! Thanks again! :3

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[personal profile] chemoscion 2021-10-22 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
Character Name: Lucius the Eternal
Reward Cost: 40 Coins (upgrading a mundane weapon to magical)
Activity:
18 COINS FOR MARCH 2021
16 COINS FOR APRIL 2021
6 COINS FOR MAY 2021 (2 Remain)
Request: Powering up the Laeran Blade! By touching the activation rune at the sword's hilt, Lucius can trigger its power field, sheathing its blade in an energized current that disrupts solid matter it comes into contact with. In other words, turning it on makes it cut real good.
Backfire? N/A
Quest? N/A
hairday: (► ᴡʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʀᴇqᴜᴇɴᴄʏ ᴋᴇɴɴᴇᴛʜ?)

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[personal profile] hairday 2021-10-25 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
Character Name: Steve Harrington
Reward Cost: 10 coins for an item that fits in someone's hand.
Activity: 5 COINS FOR JUNE 2021
5 COINS FOR JULY 2021, leaving 8 leftover.
Request: A circa-1985 polaroid land camera.
Backfire? N/A
Quest? N/A
soundsurfing: (You know it could be worse)

(frozen comment) why do twewy powers gotta be so complicated

[personal profile] soundsurfing 2021-10-30 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Beat's going to eventually want his Soundsurf psyche back. What this does is allows him to move at incredibly fast speeds. It's commented in game that he can move at a pace 'nigh imperceptible to the naked eye', and when used in short distances, can create a shock/soundwave, though the wave doesn't seem to do any damage. Just very windy. The lightning also seems to be merely an effect of the energy expended.

The secondary bonus of Soundsurf is he can extend the speed bonus to those who 'sync' with him, though it seems like the speed slows down when there's more than just him. Bringing three other people along with him, for example, meant they could traverse a distance faster but less 'they disappeared into thin air' and more sustained sprinting.

Would this fall under 120 coins for both parts OR 120 coins to simply boost himself and more coins later on to upgrade it to extend to others, as it is a pretty powerful speed boost.
rysligmods: (Everett)

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[personal profile] rysligmods 2021-10-30 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
Granted! Please adjust your coin count accordingly.
pawntakesking: (Our revels now are ended)

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[personal profile] pawntakesking 2021-10-31 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Character Name: Regulus Black
Reward Cost: 80 - A magical location or structure no bigger than a five-bedroom house, or the enchantment of a preexisting Ryslig location.
Activity: 4 COINS FOR APRIL 2019 | 16 COINS FOR JULY 2019 | 6 COINS FOR AUGUST 2019 | 6 COINS FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 | 6 COINS FOR OCTOBER 2019 | 5 COINS FOR NOVEMBER 2019 | 16 COINS FOR APRIL 2020 | 4 COINS FOR MAY 2020 | 20 COINS FOR OCTOBER 2020

Request: A small manor house (with grounds including a small lake or body of water, if this would be allowed at the cost) half a mile from Bavan. This house is two stories (plus attic storage), and engraved over the door with the words THE LIGHTHOUSE. It is built in a more or less Victorian style, and furnished similarly, with dark wood furniture and heavy drapery.

Upstairs are three meeting rooms (one large enough to hold around 15 people, the other two much smaller), a bathroom, and a small library. The upstairs library has a wall of large maps of the peninsula, and is designed as a kind of information bureau, with pamphlets and location information for new arrivals. One shelving unit is specifically designed to contain information on the political/religious situation: there are three sets of shelves in the unit, labelled with brass plates that read FOG, FOURTH, and AUTHOR AFFILIATION UNKNOWN.

Downstairs is an auditorium/town hall space (capacity of around 40, with a small stage and good acoustics), a small kitchen suitable for making tea and soup, and a larger library which contains everything Regulus has collected on Ryslig history (and anything Mana wants to throw in there!).

While inside the building, or on its grounds, physical or magical attacks on another monster are impossible. Anyone who tries to attack another monster will find themselves teleported outside the bounds of the property, and unable to return for a minimum of 12 hours. If they try, they will find themselves faced with an invisible wall around the area, and teleporting or faerie rings will not work for the duration of the time-out period, either.

Backfire? N/A
Quest? N/A
soundsurfing: (There comes a time you've gotta)

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[personal profile] soundsurfing 2021-11-01 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh perfect, honestly! Yeah no he definitely wouldn't be able to go cross peninsula with it, even in canon it seems to be used in short jaunts (a couple of blocks at most), as it undoubtedly drains energy pretty badly to go at such a speed.

Thank you, Mods! This works perfectly, I appreciate it!
knifemonopoly: ([event] on the top of tower of babel)

(frozen comment) oh god here we go, /closes eyes and pulls the trigger

[personal profile] knifemonopoly 2021-11-05 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Character Name: Atem
Reward Cost: 80 coins, as discussed here + a 20-coin one-month temp swap
Activity: 40 COINS FOR OCTOBER, 20 COINS FOR SEPTEMBER, 20 COINS FOR AUGUST, and 20 COINS FOR JULY.
Request: A very detailed, workshopped-with-friends, loophole-free description of precisely the symbol-drawing remote-vision powers in the linked cost discussion comment. He is very thorough, even going so far as to state what kind of limitations he'd prefer to have on it if it needs to be limited. He thanks her for her time, and asks if she'll want more coins than expected due to the specifications; is tipping your witch a thing? He implies during the conversation that he wishes he had more time on his hands, and also expresses appreciation that he got to be in his living body while he was temporarily changed to a naga. It was unexpected but ended up giving him what he needed during those months. 100 coins change hands.
Backfire? An unexpected 1-month neph temp ends up being part of it!
Quest? Yes, please! I'd like to request that having to remove his own eyes himself not be a required element of it, but anything else is fair game.
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[personal profile] boneshears 2021-11-05 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Character Name: Gabriel Morgenstern
Reward Cost: 20 Coins | A minor modification to a character's appearance
Activity: 1 COINS FOR July 2021
1 COINS FOR AUGUST 2021
6 COINS FOR SEPTEMBER 2021
12 COINS FOR OCTOBER 2021 (4 remaining)
Request: His instructions are super specific this time. He's like a permanent set of small ibex horns. No other changes, no temporary new forms, just some actual horns.

Backfire? N/A
Quest? N/A


I hope this makes sense I'm on my phone in a hotel room
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[personal profile] softspokenlandlord 2021-11-05 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Character Name: Ryou Bakura
Reward Cost: Temporary Monster Swap (Werewolf) -- 20 coins
Activity: 20 COINS FOR OCTOBER, which leaves 20 remaining.
Request: Ryou is really leery of Mana after his last purchase, but all the same, he'll explain that he wants to try being a monster that doesn't eat souls for a month, to figure out if he wants to spend coins on buying a feeding change. Mana decides he needs dog vacation.
Backfire? No backfire, please!
Quest? If there's a prewritten tiny one for this situation, sure! No if otherwise. :3
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[personal profile] gray_son 2021-11-05 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Character Name: Dick Grayson
Reward Cost: 60 Coins for Amusement Mile as previously discussed / A 'small town'.
Activity: 7 COINS FOR MAY 2021
11 COINS FOR JUNE 2021
8 COINS FOR JULY 2021
8 COINS FOR AUGUST 2021
7 COINS FOR SEPTEMBER 2021
19 COINS FOR OCTOBER 2021 (15 remaining)
Request: "Hey Mana. I'd ike to bring Amusement mile to the peninsula. We could do with some fun. Let me show you some plans I've drawn up..."

Dick's just buying his amusement park and the land it sits on back, and sticking it on the north coast.

Backfire? N/A
Quest? N/A