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) JULY 2022

[ryslighelpers]

(frozen comment)

[cratecrasher]

Character Name: Crash Bandicoot
Reward Cost: 60 (Pet) + 20 (Temp Change) = 80
Activity:
4 COINS FOR FEBRUARY
4 COINS FOR MARCH
5 COINS FOR APRIL
3 COINS FOR JUNE
10 COINS FOR JULY
19 COINS FOR OCTOBER
5 COINS FOR NOVEMBER
8 COINS FOR DECEMBER
4 COINS FOR JANUARY 2022
12 COINS FOR FEBRUARY 2022
10 COINS FOR MARCH 2022 (4 Remaining)

Request: Crash would like to have "Baby T" back! While regaling an interested Mana about what the heck dinosaurs are, he realizes smelling like wild boar as a minotaur might be BAD. So he wants to smell like his old bandicoot self too. Thanks!

Backfire: Crash ends up a werebear for a month!* Luckily for him, he'll still smell like one post-temp. Meanwhile, Baby T gains some proto-feathers.

(*30 days, so mid-July to mid-August)

Quest? Yes! If possible, with an opportunity for accidentally adding/doing too much in a slapstick way (ex. sneezed into the magic dust instead of putting a pinch)

(frozen comment)

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please adjust your coin count accordingly.

Mana will take Crash's coins and tell him to gather the soil at the edge of the Lager Woods, an empty eggshell, a claw (any source will do), and a whole lot of ground pepper. Crash must then gather the ingredients in the pot under the light of a full moon, putting exactly three tablespoons of soil and two pinches of pepper. With this, he'll be able to summon Baby T--and, of course, getting the proportions wrong on the recipe will also result in Crash becoming a werebear!

(frozen comment)

[aquilasshadow]

Character Name: Altair
Reward Cost: 60 coins for a hot air balloon that can comfortably fit two monsters as discussed here.
Activity: 6 COINS FOR MAY
7 COINS FOR JUNE
9 COINS FOR JULY
6 COINS FOR AUGUST
5 COINS FOR SEPTEMBER
8 COINS FOR OCTOBER
4 COINS FOR NOVEMBER
4 COINS FOR DECEMBER
6 COINS FOR JANUARY
9 COINS FOR FEBRUARY (w/4 coins leftover)
Request: Altair would ask for his father's sloop, made into an airship like he always wanted it to be. He has a very detailed painting of the ship so Mana will know exactly what he wants and he will even offer to use his own energy to replace the magical crystals needed to power the ship.
Backfire? Altair gets a large hot air balloon with a steampunk design instead.
Quest? I would like to write my own quest. It is designed around a special tradition from Altiar's home. Altair has to conquer his fear of water for a day and spend a night out at sea with someone he loves. At midnight he has to fill an empty rum bottle with sea water and on the night after he returns, he must pour the sea water into a shadow where he wants the airship to appear the next morning.

(frozen comment)

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please adjust your coin count accordingly.

(frozen comment)

[softspokenlandlord]

Character Name: Ryou Bakura
Reward Cost: 80 for weakness exchange (light to silver) + 20 for monster swap (Nephilim)

Activity:
2 COINS FOR NOV 2020
6 COINS FOR APR 2021
10 COINS FOR DEC 2021
20 COINS FOR FEB 2022
20 COINS FOR MAR 2022
12 COINS FOR APR 2022
15 COINS FOR MAY 2022
15 COINS FOR JUN 2022

Request: Sometime after his chapter in the Shadepocalypse, Ryou will gather all his coins up, summon Mana, and in a state of regretful dissociative fugue, will beg her to take his weakness to light away, swap it for something else, then change his monster type. He'll mention that the vengeance is too much to bear, and that he wants to be anything but a shade, but will also add in that he understands if she doesn't do this for him, since he shouldn't be asking for things without properly repenting for his actions.
Backfire? Mana is such a kind witch that she grants Ryou's wish, to be anything but a shade, so that he can repent? The opposite of "shade" and "vengeance" is "nephilim" and "justice", right? She's got you, fam. ;)
Quest? Personalized quest would slap! Eff him up, he'll do it immediately, even if it hurts.

(frozen comment)

[ryslighelpers]

Mana will tell Ryou that he has to fill a container big enough to hold him with nephilim-purified holy water, then bring it to the top of the tallest building in Bavan at midnight. He has to stay in the tub until the sun rises, with no shelter or shade. The rising sun will boil the water away, and Ryou will hurt in the light like he usually does, but he won't die. When the water is gone and the steam clears, Ryou will be a nephilim, and his darkness weakness will be gone.

(frozen comment)

[bollinger]

Character Name: Alex Drake
Reward Cost: Item (10)
Activity: 9 COINS FOR OCTOBER 2021
1 COIN FOR FEBRUARY 2022
Request: A photo album filled with pictures from Molly's childhood.
Backfire? In the final photos Molly is starting to look like she's in her early teens. Alex is nowhere to be seen in these pictures.
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please adjust your coin count accordingly.

(frozen comment)

[charmpagne]

Character Name: Sparkling Cookie
Reward Cost: Magical Item from Home | 60 Coins
Activity: 10 Coins for March
20 Coins for April
20 Coins for May
10 Coins for June
Request: A keg of Sparkling's "Pink Juice" from home, as discussed! It will be able to produce infinite quantities of juice, no matter how much Sparkling drains from it.
Backfire? YES...also as discussed
Quest? No thanks!

(frozen comment)

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please adjust your coin count accordingly.

(frozen comment) Re: JULY 2022

[nonmagical]

Character Name: Mirabel Madrigal
Reward Cost: 20 coins for a monster temp change!
Activity: 5 COINS FOR FEBRUARY
5 COINS FOR MARCH
4 COINS FOR APRIL
4 COINS FOR MAY
2 COINS FOR JUNE

Request: Mirabel would ask to be anything but a monster.
Backfire? Turning into a Pooka for a month!

(frozen comment)

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please adjust your coin count accordingly.

(frozen comment)

[knifemonopoly]

Character Name: Atem
Reward Cost: 20 coin one-month monster swap!
Activity: 20 COINS FOR APRIL (2022)
Request: Right at the end of the first July fog, Atem will ask to swap to merperson, so as to not be caught as a monster with sunlight weakness in the middle of July in Monster Sweden when the tempswap wears off.
Backfire? Nah!
Quest? N/A!

(frozen comment)

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please adjust your coin count accordingly.

(frozen comment)

[waitingforplayer2]

Character Name: Chiaki Nanami
Reward Cost: 10 coins - An item from home that can easily fit in someone's hand.
Activity: 10 COINS FOR APRIL
Request: Her Game Girl Advance, from back home.
Backfire? Nanami will receive the little carrying case she usually keeps her handheld game console in. This will include the console, its charger, and a small handful of games for it.
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please adjust your coin count accordingly.

(frozen comment)

[endlesspastability]

Character Name: Sonic Wachowski
Reward Cost: 40 coins - additional feeding method
Activity: 20 COINS FOR NOVEMBER 2021, 14 COINS FOR DECEMBER 2021, 3 COINS FOR JANUARY 2022, 3 COINS (7 left) FROM FEBRUAY 2022.
Request: A new way to feed. Sonic was pretty happy with the bone thing he had going on as a Pooka
Backfire? None! In order to consume bones, Mana will grant Sonic's chest engine intake an… upgrade. When it is time to munch on bones (or flesh, or blood, or pretty much any material with the density of bones or less), his engine intake will be hidden by an aperture like an old camera. When it opens again, the hole in his chest now leads to a full on James and the Giant Peach robot shark monster mayhem, with spinning blade like teeth and crushing, tearing machinery deep within. It's a hellacious wood chipper. It also seems to be noneuclidian in nature and appears to go deeper than the physical dimensions of his chest would allow. It is very much not a safe place to put your hand or tail or any other objects you are attached to! While it is a powerful garbage disposal hellhole, it is limited by its size (approximately the width of a small plate) — humans and their bones must be butchered to fit inside. Sonic can put pretty much anything that will fit in there, but rocks and metal will cause damage to the blades and shredding parts. He will gain normal energy from normal food, but his monster hunger will only be satisfied by human bones and flesh.

He can also taste whatever goes in there. Gross.

Quest? n/a

(frozen comment)

[ibalsamina]

Character Name: Lusamine
Reward Cost: 20 coins (a non-magical pet from home that is the size of a small dog)
Activity:
7 COINS FOR NOVEMBER
9 COINS FOR DECEMBER
4 COINS FOR JANUARY
Request: Lusamine will be asking Mana for a Pokémon that she can give as a birthday gift to Beat—specifically a Rockruff.
Backfire? The Rockruff will arrive as an egg that Beat will have to care for until it hatches. Once hatched, it will also be de-powered, built more for companionship than Pokémon battling.
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment) Re: JULY 2022

[boneshears]

Character Name: Gabriel Rhodes
Reward Cost: Temporary monster change, 1 month. (20 coins)
Activity: 7 COINS FOR DECEMBER 2021 (3 used previously)
10 COINS FOR JANUARY 2022
3 COINS FOR FEBRUARY 2022 (5 remaining)
Request: Demon temp form for a month, starting August 4th
Backfire? N/a
Quest? n/a

(frozen comment) Re: JULY 2022

[evilopportunityemployer]

Character Name: Black Hat
Reward Cost: 80 coins - existing monster ability upgrade (discussed here)
Activity: 7 COINS FOR FEBRUARY 2021(remainder from last purchase)
4 COINS FOR MARCH 2021
7 COINS FOR APRIL 2021
20 COINS FOR MAY 2021
2 COINS FOR JUNE 2021
3 COINS FOR JULY 2021
1 COIN FOR AUGUST 2021
3 COINS FOR SEPTEMBER 2021
13 COINS FOR OCTOBER 2021
10 COINS FOR NOVEMBER 2021
2 COINS FOR DECEMBER 2021
4 COINS FOR FEBRUARY 2022
2 COINS FOR MARCH 2022
2 COINS FOR APRIL 2022

Request: Black Hat wants the ability to possess images of himself. Pictures, statues, dolls, sock puppets; if it depicts him, he can take control of it from wherever he may be! (so long as he's within his one hour time limit per day)
Backfire? The image quality will affect how well he can hear/see from the possessed image, as well as how intelligible he is when speaking through it. A frantic napkin scribble will make things very difficult for him, and abstract art makes him wholly incomprehensible. Additionally, while possessing an image, Black Hat's physical body enters a trance-like state, wholly unresponsive until he returns to it. Better make sure it stays safe.
Quest? Yes please!!

(frozen comment)

[soundsurfing]

Character Name: Daisukenojo "Beat" Bitou
Reward Cost: 20 (Temp Change)
Activity:
20 COINS FOR MAY (2022)

Request: "Yo my birthdays on the 1st, le's roll the dice an' surprise me! Gimme a new monster for the month!" Well, he's always wanted a dog, so! Mana decides to make him his own birthday present. Tada! Werewolf! Starting August 1st!

Backfire? N/A

Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[certaininequities]

Character Name: Norman Osborn
Reward Cost: Buildings - 50 Coins
Activity:16 COINS FOR FEBRUARY
13 COINS FOR MARCH
20 COINS FOR APRIL
1 COIN FOR MAY (13 COINS LEFT OVER)
Request: Oscorp Headquarters. Most of the space is offices and laboratories, but since Norman assumes that Mana cannot replicate that technology, he's fine with just the furniture and whatever chemistry equipment would still be available in the peninsula, along with a full stock of period-appropriate pharmaceutical chemicals and paraphenalia (bottles, empty capsules, pill molds, etc). (Image references: full filming location & detail shot)
Backfire? Since Norman has never done this before, feel free to throw in a couple of surprises and have fun! As long as he can still use some of the space for research and lab work and give a floor or two to the Young Avengers for them to use, I'm happy.
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[knifemonopoly]

Character Name: Atem
Reward Cost: 20 coin one-month monster swap to nymph!
Activity: 20 COINS FOR MAY (2022)
Request: Really this is the Fog's fault for giving him a priest power where his sunlight weakness is still a problem in summer. Atem will ask Mana for a temp that is not a nephilim, where he can deal with the no-sleep effects of the Haftesal blue pill better, and which isn't weak to sunlight. Mana tells him to try being a tree and makes him a nymph near the end of August's first fog!
Backfire? Nah!
Quest? N/A!

(frozen comment)

[softspokenlandlord]

Character Name: Ryou Bakura
Reward Cost: Change to a different monster type - 20 coins
Activity: 20 COINS FOR JULY (It's not frozen yet, but I used the spreadsheet and counted and recounted my threads a bunch and NARRATIVELY, Ryou is changing on the 4th so I gotta...do it like this. |D I am sorry mods, answer when you deem it valid.)
Request: Ryou would ask Mana to make him, specifically, a naga, and he'd have some bite on his voice, because he's mad at her for the nephilim thing, even though it's not actually entirely her fault. He'll also (un)kindly tell her never to make him a nephilim again unless he asks.
Backfire? Mana grants his request, but since he had some bass in his voice, she'll add a bit of a condition--after each feeding, he'll immediately be forced into a shed cycle. Get deleted, son.
Quest? n/a