MANA REWARDS (DEFUNCT)

[ryslighelpers]

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.

<b>Character Name:</b> <b>Reward Cost:</b> (The category and cost of your reward. If we previously discussed your reward cost, please link it here.) <b>Activity:</b> <a href=""># COINS FOR --MONTH--</a>(Link us to the frozen permanent activity comment/s featuring the coins you would like to redeem) <b>Request:</b> (What your character would ICly request) <b>Backfire?</b> (If your character would not ICly request what you want, describe what you actually want here) <b>Quest?</b> (If 80 or above, indicate whether you'd like a personalized quest. If you'd like to write your own for a lower request, describe it here.)

Comments

(frozen comment) DECEMBER 2016

[ryslighelpers]

Submit reward claims for December here!

(frozen comment)

[makehistoria]

Character Name: Stocke
Reward Cost: 20
Activity: 12 REMAINING COINS FROM FEB 2016
5 COINS FROM MAR 2016
3 COINS FROM APR 2016
and that perfectly uses up the rest of my old ac coins, nice
Request: "To not need to feed on souls, at least for a short while."
Backfire? He gets to be a werewolf for a month. It's technically not even a backfire! It absolutely means he's not gonna eat souls for a little while.
Quest? Nah! (Or Mana gives him a dog skull he has to crush and consume or something.)

As a minor note: ICly he's going to ask this sometime around the ~15-20th of December; I'm just dropping this here early.

(frozen comment) APPROVED

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please modify your coin count accordingly.

(frozen comment)

[manuscripture]

Character Name: Rohan Kishibe
Reward Cost: Item - 60
Activity: 20 COINS FOR June
20 COINS FOR July
20 COINS FOR September
Request: He wants a mirror/something reflective that he can look into that won't break! Just one.
Backfire? No thanks!
Quest? n/a

Thank you!

(frozen comment) APPROVED

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please modify your coin count accordingly.

The mirror Rohan receives will be about his natural "standing" height; the frame is gilded and rather ornate, obnoxiously so, but the glass is completely unbreakable. (The mirror talks, which may be a good thing or a bad thing, but it gives great makeup tips.)

(frozen comment) IT'S TIME...

[soft_focus]

Character Name: Reira
Reward Cost: 60 - Magical Item from Ryslig
Activity: 10 COINS FOR SEPTEMBER, 40 COINS FOR OCTOBER, 10 COINS FOR NOVEMBER (10 Remaining)
Request: Something special that he can use in the air, water, and on the ground!
Backfire? IT'S......... ALIVEEEEEEEEEE it would be preferred if it can survive going deep underwater and high up in the air though. (And maybe don't freak out if underground since that is where Reira Lives) Maybe Mana realized he's missing Sazha :'[
Quest? If a quest isn't attached by necessity, I'll have someone write it, but given it's Ryslig lotto something tells me the quest is an automatic deal!

Character Name: Reira
Reward Cost: 10 - Small Item from Home/Gift
Activity: 10 COINS FOR NOVEMBER
Request: A deck of Duel Monster cards for Ron so they can play together!
Backfire? Nope, tabletop with a 5 year old who struggles with reading pays for its own backfire
Quest? I've got someone writing a little blurb for this one!

(frozen comment) APPROVED

[ryslighelpers]

Both reward are granted! Please modify your coin count accordingly.

Although quests are never a guaranteed part of a reward we have written one up. Please note that as this reward is only 60 coins it has been added to the pool of pre-made quests in addition to being given here:

Mana will tell Reira to swim to the bottom of Lake Fors and retrieve the largest spherical stone he can carry. It must be smooth. He should let it dry out before leaving it overnight in a separate body of water (even something like a bath tub would do) along with daisies from the edge of the lake. Despite the time of year he should find a small patch where they are plentiful when he emerges from the lake with the stone.

In the morning he will find a creature roughly half his size, in the water where he left the stone. It is coated with a thin layer of short fur - despite this, it feels rubbery to the touch. It has a long-nosed face with no eyes, trading them out for a single stalk in the center of its forehead; the tip lights up neon yellow. The creature's body is covered in mouths, near-undetectable when closed.
The creature is just light enough for Reira to be able to pick it up and carry it easily with monster strength. Due to its lack of eyes, it does not seem to mind being high up in the air once it gets used to being carried.
It seems to feed on stone - the deeper underground they come from, the better - but is most comfortable in water. It is affectionate to Reira but snappish to anyone unfamiliar.

(frozen comment) TIME INDEED... For my quest writing debut!

[chosenofthunder]

For the deck of cards, Mana will instruct Reira to catch a bird, lizard, and a snake.

They can be any species that can be found during this time of year and will need to be alive because as soon as he has all three creature, he needs to drown them in a polluted body of water (such as a certain lake filled with blob goop).

Afterward Reira needs to collect the corpses, water and all, and kneed the... lovely mixture until it's a paste. Leave this meat ball in a deck box overnight and bam. A 60 card starter deck.

Might wanna have noseplugs.

(frozen comment)

[tony_redgrave]

Character Name: Dante
Reward Cost: 20
Activity: 2 COINS FOR November 2016(10 were used toward scales)
6 Coins for December 2016
12 Coins for January 2016
Request: To have his face back, or barring that to look more like himself for a change.
Backfire? He kind of gets it. In that he gets to be a werewolf for a month.
Quest? I don't know man chew on some wolfsbane or something he doesn't know any better.

Also going to use this one around the same time Stocke is for pack shenanigans but getting it in early so I don't forget.

(frozen comment) APPROVED

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please modify your coin count accordingly.

Dante needs to go out into the woods, collect some herbs, and make a pizza. Mana will warn him to not drop the pizza under any circumstances once the herbs have touched the cheesy top. He must not share it either, as it may have unforeseen consequences for him.

(frozen comment)

[viliorate]

Character Name: Zolf J Kimbley
Reward Cost: 20
Activity:
10 Coins from an event way back when
2 COINS FOR MARCH 2016
2 COINS FOR APRIL 2016
2 COINS FOR JUNE 2016
4 COINS FOR AUGUST 2016
Request: "Something interesting to happen"
Backfire? Werewolf for a month. Hey, it counts!
Quest? Nah.

Ditto to Stocke and Dante; this is for pack shenanigans.

(frozen comment) APPROVED

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please modify your coin count accordingly.

Mana will tell Kimbley he needs to steal a slice of pizza from Dante and eat it.

(frozen comment)

[patricided]

Character Name: Lady
Reward Cost: 20
Activity: 1 COIN FOR OCTOBER 2015 (left over from her last request)
3 COINS FOR NOVEMBER 2015
10 COINS FOR JANUARY 2016
6 COINS FOR FEBRUARY 2016 (there will be 16 left over)
Request: "To be able to find my friends when something happens."
Backfire? Lady turns into a werewolf for a month.
Quest? Nah. Let's just have her wake up minus her scales and such that will be weird enough.

As a note this will be timed with Stocke and Dante for pack shenanigans.

(frozen comment) APPROVED

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please modify your coin count accordingly.

Mana will tell Lady she needs to steal a slice of pizza from Dante and eat it.

(frozen comment)

[andthetombstones]

Character Name: Robbie Valentino
Reward Cost: Pets- 20 coins
Activity: 20 coins for November
Request: His pet tarantula

(frozen comment) APPROVED

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please modify your coin count accordingly.

(frozen comment)

[shikosuki]

Character Name: Choromatsu Matsuno
Reward Cost: Item - 10
Activity: 10 COINS FOR AUGUST
Request: he'd like something from his collection of Nyaa-chan garbage stuff, specifically something with her face on it.
Backfire? not exactly a "backfire" but the item will end up being the Nyaa-chan coin purse that Karamatsu gave him at his going away party. Not the first thing he would have thought of while making the request but still what he asked for.
Quest? nah

(frozen comment) APPROVED

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please modify your coin count accordingly.

(frozen comment)

[ueteribus]

Character Name: Lucius Malfoy
Reward Cost: Item - 20
Activity: 10 COINS REMAINING FROM JULY 2016
10 COINS FROM AUGUST 2016 (10 REMAINING)
Request: His son's racing broom, intact even if non-operationable, so that he can give it to him as Christmas gift.
Backfire? N/A
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment) APPROVED

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please modify your coin count accordingly.

(frozen comment)

[fourthsaken]

Character Name: Jade Ellsworth
Reward Cost: Monster Changes- Temporary, 20 coins
Activity: 20 COINS FOR SEPTEMBER 2015
Request: She'd like to be a werebear for a month!
Backfire? n/a
Quest? I'm going to write my own small quest if that's okay! basically, Jade will be given a beeswax candle and a small book. Inside the book are instructions and a small incantation. She's to go into the forest at sunset, say the incantation while lighting the candle, and stay with the candle through the night, making sure it stays lit and making sure she stays awake. If she's successful, at dawn the form transformation will take place.

(frozen comment)

[abysmalactor]

Character Name: Shingo Sawatari
Reward Cost: 60 ('Magical' Item from Home) + 120 (Large 'Magical Creature' from home) = 180
Activity: 40 COINS FOR OCTOBER, 20 COINS FOR NOVEMBER, 10 COINS FOR DECEMBER, 5 COINS FOR JANUARY, 27 COINS FOR FEBRUARY, 20 COINS FOR MARCH, 17 COINS FOR APRIL, 14 COINS FOR MAY, 13 COINS FOR JUNE, 6 COINS FOR JULY, 2 COINS FOR AUGUST, & 6 COINS FOR SEPTEMBER (9 Remaining)
Request: He'd have asked for his duel disk and deck back, and to actually be able to summon things with them, although he's not aware that the most he'd get back is only one card actually being summonable, whoops.
Backfire? The summonable card is this card, and the problem is. It's called an Escape Coach-it drives like an escape coach. Shingo will not be able to get a handle on this thing at all it's going to drive like a madman. Alternatively, the little skeletal coachman dude ends up not coming with it but either way the whole thing boils down to the fact that Shingo will have to Learn To Drive A Carriage by himself.
Quest? absolutely i would love a personalized request, thanks.

(frozen comment)

[goldcuffed]

Character Name: Damianos
Reward Cost: 20 (item)
Activity: 20 COINS FOR JUNE 2016
Request: A cask of griva from home, for his upcoming wedding. (Griva is basically his world's equivalent of hillbilly moonshine, strong but awful tasting and otherwise normal booze.)
Backfire? Nah let them drank.
Quest? Nah

(frozen comment) MER CHRSMS

[noasark]

Character Name: Noa Kaiba
Reward Cost: Small Item, Gift; 10 coins!
Activity: 8 COINS FOR SEPTEMBER, 2 COINS FOR OCTOBER (18 remain)
Request: For Judai to have his deck of duel monster cards back. Being technically from the same world, he'll know if these aren't actual cards too!
Backfire? N/A
Quest? Nahhhh just wrap it in a bow it's Christmas, Mana-

Touya was easier to get a gift for he can buy that one from a STORE

(frozen comment)

[long_live_the_queen]

Character Name: Kaede
Reward Cost: Monster change, temporary -- 20
Activity: 20 COINS FOR OCTOBER
Request: "If you're going to give me feathers at least go all the way. Make me a harpy."
Backfire? Nah, let her be a cranky bird on her own
Quest? N/A