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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.



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[personal profile] hairday 2022-04-22 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Related to this question, if a character bought a buff to an ability that is specific to their core monster form, is it still possible for it to carry over during a temporary monster swap in some way? Would their investment grant them access to the ability fully, in a more limited form, or not at all?

For Steve, the ability in question is his shapeshifting magic. I plan on going through a few temps that do not possess any inherent shapeshifting abilities, so I was wondering! I have some limitations in mind, if need be.
Edited 2022-04-22 22:59 (UTC)
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[personal profile] cratecrasher 2022-04-29 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
Scientific arguments I'm not poking on warm or cold-blooded dinosaurs aside... this starts with assuming that a large horse-sized tyrannosaurus needs what is basically a super-sized reptile setup.

Crash has the space and the funds for doing things himself (or with extra help), but I'm not sure about the technology and/or efficiency of a horse dino-sized heat lamp.

Is that something that can be put together with existing parts in Ryslig? Otherwise, how many coins must be coughed up?
youngtimer: (so happy together)

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[personal profile] youngtimer 2022-05-02 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Character Name: Horatio Hargreeves
Reward Cost: 50 - Building - A significant landmark built for your character (e.g. a castle, housing complex, massive bronze statue)
Activity: 10 COINS FOR DECEMBER (Subtracted HMD coin, which was used to buy his blinking)
8 COINS FOR JANUARY
15 COINS FOR FEBRUARY
13 COINS FOR MARCH
7 COINS FOR APRIL (3 coins left over)

Request: The Hargreeves Mansion, which is more like a whole city block, detailed in this Tumblr post. Due to this, it would fit in pretty seamlessly with the rest of Bavan. If/when this is approved I will gladly write up a page for Player Locations!
Backfire? He'd be very specific and provide Mana with a floorplan!
Quest? (N/A)
Edited (math is hard) 2022-05-02 19:06 (UTC)
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[personal profile] soundsurfing 2022-05-05 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Character Name: Daisukenojo "Beat" Bitou
Reward Cost: 120 - A Major Spell or Ability as discussed here
Activity: 30 COINS FOR OCTOBER (5 remaining)
10 COINS FOR DECEMBER
20 COINS FOR JANUARY
20 COINS FOR FEBRUARY
20 COINS FOR MARCH
20 COINS FOR APRIL

Request: A way to summon him so he can be there for the people who need him, when they need him.
Backfire? N/A
Quest? If you wanna but otherwise nah!
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(frozen comment) Re: MAY 2022

[personal profile] wheresmyjuul 2022-05-05 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Character Name: Reverie
Reward Cost: 60 coins as discussed in link, A pet from home the size of a horse
Activity: 11 COINS FOR DECEMBER 21(9 used previously)
10 COINS FOR JANUARY 2022
14 COINS FOR FEBRUARY 2022
20 COINS FOR MARCH 2022
5 COINS FOR APRIL 2022 (2 remaining)
Request: The return of Tristita to him, his beloved cat. (She's a displacer beast the size of a horse).
Backfire? n/a
Quest? n/a
Edited (forgot to note remaining #) 2022-05-05 18:57 (UTC)
hairday: (► ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴛʀɪᴄᴋʏ)

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[personal profile] hairday 2022-05-05 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Not a problem! Thanks, mods!
legbreakings: (Default)

(frozen comment) Re: MAY 2022

[personal profile] legbreakings 2022-05-09 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
A monster change which I'd like Jiang Cheng to request from Mana pre-temp event but due to the temp changes delaying his quest, he ICly won't be transformed until after the temp event ends. I just wanted to have it on file so you won't go ??? if you see me referring to him having requested it (as I'd like for him to be big mad, assuming at first that his mer temp is a backfire)

Character Name: Artemis
Reward Cost: 150 coins - Permanent monster change (manticore)
Activity: 20 coins March 21 6 coins for April 21 6 coins for May 21 7 coins for June 21 7 coins for July 21 11 coins for August 21 5 coins for September 21 33 coins for October 21 11 coins for November 21 3 coins for December 21 9 coins for January 22 20 coins for February 22 1 coins for March 22 11 coins for April 22
Request: He asks Mana to be permanently transformed into a monster that is organic and within his realm of understanding, one that has a powerful body well-suited to physical fighting, which returns his ability to fly and lets him transform into a predator animal.
Backfire? No
Quest? I want to come up with my own but have been stuck on that for a while, so I'm tentatively placeholding here - he won't go on his quest for months yet.
heyunderoos: (Spider-Man/POINT/you know the meme)

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[personal profile] heyunderoos 2022-05-14 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I am adding ANOTHER question onto the pile. I'm curious about something. I'm sure the mod team will get back to me whenever possible. Ya'll are busy.

How much would it cost coin wise for Peter to regain his Spider-Sense? I'm maybe guessing it could be 80 since its not a major power?

For reference: Peter's spider sense is an inherent ability in the back of his mind to sense danger. Think of it as having a blaring alarm in the back of your head freaking out over some hint of danger. This warning specifically only applies to Peter himself and any oncoming danger/someone having the intent to actively hurt him.

He doesn't have his previous enhancements from the spider bite, so it would prove to be slightly less effective than before given Pooka's have enhanced senses in a different way than Peter had previously.

If you'd like me to go into more detail about the spider sense, I'd be happy to!
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[personal profile] pocketspa 2022-05-17 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
Character Name: Taako Taaco
Reward Cost: 80 coins for his Phantom Steed, as discussed here!
Activity:
Request: "Heeeey, Mana, my gal, my dude, my bestie, you wanna give me my binicorn back right? Yeah you do. Here's some cash, I want this spell back."
Backfire? Nah.
Quest? No, unless you have like, an outlandishly funny idea at which point hit me.
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[personal profile] heyunderoos 2022-05-21 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

Would it also be safe to assume Peter's wall crawling/sticking ability would be 80 coins as well? I asked that question a month ago and wasn't sure what the status was on the answer.

Thank you again!
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[personal profile] riproduzione 2022-05-23 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
gives this a very small nudge in case it slipped through, i know y'all are busy.
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[personal profile] i_am_emmet 2022-05-23 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
No problemo! Thank you verrry much :D