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) MARCH 2023

[ryslighelpers]

(frozen comment)

[agiantbird]

Character Name: Dee Reynolds
Reward Cost: Discounted Building (A structure from home no bigger than a mansion) - 32 Coins
Activity: 5 coins for September (3 used in December.)
14 coins for October
14 coins for November, leaving 1 left
Request: Dee would like to request Paddy's Pub, from home. The building is somewhat large, with a basement, and an upper level/attic that appears to be only accessible by crawling through the vents.
Backfire? N/A. Dee very much wants the bar, and hopes Mana will come and visit sometime!
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[eudaimonikos]

Character Name: Michael
Reward Cost: Discounted Building (A structure from home no bigger than a five-bedroom house) - 24 coins
Activity: 20 COINS FOR August
4 COINS FOR September, leaving 10 left
Request: Michael would like to have the house he built for Eleanor back in the original fake Good Place! It's not a very large house, but he will specify that he would like to retain all of the awful, awful decor and furnishings. They're nostalgic for him at this point.
Backfire? None!

(frozen comment)

[softspokenlandlord]

Character Name: Ryou Bakura
Reward Cost: Temporary Monster Change (Mer) - 20 Coins
Activity: 20 COINS FOR OCTOBER 2022 (0 remaining)
Request: Ryou is going to request to be changed into a mer, which would have ICly happened on the 1st. Nothing fancy!
Backfire? n/a
Quest? n/a

(frozen comment)

[thegreatmysterio]

Character Name: Quentin Beck
Reward Cost: Temporary Monster Change (Werewolf) - 20 coins
Activity: 11 COINS FOR MAY 2022
9 COINS FOR JUNE 2022
Request: Quentin would like to change to another monster type that, quote, "has a fuckload of teeth and can maul somebody if needed. I need claws." He's going on that Wastelands expedition and wants to be prepared.
Backfire? N/A, he was so vague that Mana went "Idk, wolf then? Alright."
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[songstressedout]

Character Name: Yuzu Hiiragi
Reward Cost: Temporary Monster Change (Mer) = 20 Coins
Activity: 16 COINS FOR MARCH 2021
4 COINS FOR APRIL 2021 (13 remaining)
Request: To go back to the Merperson form she had back when everyone was changed temporarily, but not permanently.
Backfire? N/A
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[isawallflower]

Character Name: Riley Williams
Reward Cost: Temporary Monster Change (Kelpie)
Activity: 2- COINS FOR APRIL 2022
Request: Riley wants to support her friends in the Lake Fors expedition, as she's sure many people also do, so she would like a more aquatic form (blah blah blah she talks forever she just wants a temp). Hastily adds that she'd like it to be the one she's familiar with, the horse, so as to not get bamboozled once more.
Backfire? N/A
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[charmpagne]

Character Name: Sparkling Cookie
Reward Cost: Temp Change | 20 Coins
Activity:
8 Coins for October, leaving all coins spent
12 Coins for November, leaving 8 unspent
Request: Sparkling will ask Mana if she can make it so he can fly permanently in his normal form as a Vampire. He quite enjoys flying and would like to be able to do it more easily, please!
Backfire? Mana will be making him a Demon for the month, which can fly, so technically grants his request! I'd also like this to start March 4th and last until April 4th.
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[cratecrasher]

Character Name: Crash Bandicoot
Reward Cost: 80 64 Coins (Building Upgrade to Magical, March Discount)
Activity:
6 COINS FOR MAY 2022
9 COINS FOR JUNE 2022
9 COINS FOR JULY 2022
8 COINS FOR AUGUST 2022
20 COINS FOR SEPTEMBER 2022
23 COINS FOR OCTOBER 2022 (11 remaining)

Request: As discussed, Crash is looking to expand WHQN Radio’s library... Things go a little sideways.

Backfire: Both the Simulacrum-exclusive digital library and the vinyl record storage have expanded as intended, but with its albums and tracks dated strictly between 1980 to 2005. Nothing a year earlier or later. (Re-release "Best Of" collections with specific tracks that fall outside this range have those missing.)

Thanks to the expansion, the aforementioned vinyl record storage within the basement becomes a massive maze bigger than the building would suggest on the outside, easy to get lost in for anyone who’s not a minotaur or werebear. The warranty on these one-of-a-kind records is phenomenal though, magically replacing themselves if they shatter.

... Also, nobody can quite be sure, but the building seems to have a mind of its own now. Like a haunted house crossed with Pandora.

Quest: Yes? If applicable.

(frozen comment)

[summonthesuit]

Character Name: Steven Grant
Reward Cost: Item | An additional spell combined with 'pay the difference to make it magical' | 60 coins
Activity:
20 COINS FOR DECEMBER 2022
20 COINS FOR JANUARY 2023
20 COINS FOR FEBRUARY 2023
Request: Steven would like the scarab compass he received from the Nattenskatt to regain its power of pointing towards a god. However, instead of honing in on Ammit, he'd like it to hone in on Day and/or Night.
Backfire? This isn't backfiring so much as nerfing, since this needs to come with some limitations.
- Because of a combination of the Fog causing interference, and Day and Night's powers being extremely weak, the compass is short-range. Unless some sort of event-related explosion of Day/Night power occurs, it would only point to anything within half a mile's radius. (This means that 99.9% of the time, the compass is dormant.)
- Whenever Mana is within that radius, it will point to her, since she holds some of Night's power. Same for other beings or objects which have been established to hold Day or Night power in the past.
- Any time the compass points to something that's not been previously established, it will be agreed upon with the mod team beforehand.
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[unlivinglegend]

Character Name: Neku Sakuraba
Reward Cost: 20 coins
Activity: 2 COINS FOR Nov
8 COINS FOR DEC
10 COINS FOR FEB

Request: 1 month temp to merperson, backdated to the 1st
Backfire? nah
Quest? no thanks!

(frozen comment)

[alexandercityborn]

Character Name: Aaron Wojciecowski
Reward Cost: 24 (A structure from home no bigger than a five-bedroom house. 30 - 6 for 20% discount)
Activity: 8 COINS FOR April 22
2 COINS FOR MAY 22
1 COINS FOR JULY 22
4 COINS FOR AUG 22
4 COINS FOR SEP 22
5 COINS FOR OCT 22 1 remaining
Request: I'd like my family ranch back. I'd like somewhere safe for us to live.
Backfire? It's the ranch, but immediately post murders :^)
Quest? n/a

(frozen comment)

[toaflame]

Character Name: Adrian Cinnabar + Rosso Ainen (flammadecinis)
Reward Cost: Magical Item from home | 60 Coins
Activity: Rosso's Contribution:
3 Coins for January, leaving none left
15 Coins from February
Adrian's Contribution:
11 Coins for December, leaving none left
20 Coins for January
11 Coins for February, leaving 9 left
Request: Adrian and Rosso are pooling their coins to buy Rosso's Scythe! With the caveat that Rosso is going to teach Adrian how to use it so they both can use it. Sparring lesson time baybeee. The magical part of this scythe allows it to be natively summoned/unsummoned on command and can float. If this needs to be altered at all please let us know!
Backfire? N/A please shit backfires on them so much-
Quest? N/A
Also just in case, I hope this is done right since iirc it's not yet been done before, but I saw that the rule for pooling coins had been expanded, so let me know if this is okay!

(frozen comment)

[figlia_morbida]

Character Name: Trish Una
Reward Cost: Temporary Monster Change (One Month) – 20 coins
Activity:
6 COINS FOR DECEMBER 2022
7 COINS FOR JANUARY 2023
7 COINS FOR FEBRUARY 2023
Request: A request to be swapped to mer for the Lake Fors expedition!
Backfire? N/A
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[detectivision]

Character Name: Sherlock Holmes
Reward Cost: Item from home up to a meter tall/wide, 20 coins
Activity: 4 COINS FOR NOVEMBER 2022, 5 COINS FOR DECEMBER 2022, 5 COINS FOR JANUARY 2023, and 6 COINS FOR FEBRUARY 2023 (4 left for Feb)
Request: His violin, please, the one retrieved for and then given to him by Mr. Anthony Jones. Not any other; he will know the difference.
Backfire? N/A
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[roseheartz]

Character Name: Rose Quartz
Reward Cost: Permanent Monster Change, different feeding source | 40 coins
Activity:
17 COINS FOR DECEMBER 2022
18 COINS FOR JANUARY 2023
5 COINS FOR FEBRUARY 2023 (5 left over)
Request: Feeding on souls doesn't sit well with Rose. It feels very unnatural and holds uncomfortable implications about the human beliefs of afterlife. If she is to kill humans for sustenance, at least let her put some mustard on them. Understanding perfectly, Mana turns her into a meat-eater instead.
Backfire? N/A
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[buckybbarnes]

Character Name: Bucky Barnes
Reward Cost: 32 (40 - A structure from home no bigger than a mansion. 40 - 8 for 20% discount)
Activity: 20 COINS FOR August 2022
6 COINS FOR January 2023
Request: Bucky's buying a present for Leo and Donnie, so he's asking for the Lou Jitsu School of Ninjutsu for them. He's not completely cogent that he's asking for the whole building, which includes a full apartment above the dojo facilities, but that is what he's asking for, and he won't pay any attention to paying more coins than he expected. Pretty much literally just holding out a wad of coins and expecting Mana to take whatever she needs.
Backfire? n/a
Quest? n/a

(frozen comment)

[zoomingupthathill]

Character Name: Max Mayfield
Reward Cost: Item from home + magical spell, 60 coins as discussed here.
Activity: 38 coins for October
1 coin for December
20 coins for January
1 coin for February
Request: Max wants a car that she can drive. A Camaro, preferably. And she wants to make sure it can't just BREAK or blow up or something as soon as she gets it. Make it durable. Her emphasis in this request is going to be on the that she can drive part, which leads to our backfire.
Backfire? Max has driven exactly one car before, and it's her stepbrother's Camaro! Gee, that fits with her request really well. She CAN drive it, and it's a Camaro, all Mana has to do is make it magic and that's perfect, right?!
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[offtracks]

Character Name: Ingo
Reward Cost: A magical item that can fit in someone's hand - I think 50 coins per the "pay the difference to enchant a regular item from Ryslig" clause brought up over here?
Activity: 35 coins from October
9 coins from November
6 coins from December, leaving 14 left
Request: Ingo has acquired a silver locket that he's put a picture of his Ryslig family in, and he wants to enchant it so that it will always reappear on his person again if lost. For amnesia reasons.
Backfire? N/A

(frozen comment)

[luckless]

Character Name: Nagito Komaeda
Reward Cost: 1 month monster swap — 20 coins
Activity: 20 coins for February
Request: Komaeda would like to ask Mana to turn him into a werewolf!
Backfire? N/A
Quest? Mana will tell Komaeda that if he wants to be a werewolf, he must take to the forest with a pack of other weres and spend the night running through the trees, digging holes, and participating in general pack bonding. He cannot go to sleep throughout the entire night. Once the sun rises, his skin will burst with new fur growth, his scales will slough off, and he'll gain all the tall tale features of a werewolf.

(frozen comment)

[certaininequities]

Character Name: Norman Osborn
Reward Cost: Magical Building - 104 Coins (50 for rebuild + 80 for magical effect @ 20% discount). Rebuilding Oscorp Industries with additional magical effects as discussed here.
Activity:
13 COINS FOR MAY '22 (-1 used for the first instance of purchase)
20 COINS FOR JUNE '22
20 COINS FOR JULY '22-
20 COINS FOR AUGUST '22
13 COINS FOR SEPTEMBER '22
10 COINS FOR OCTOBER '22
16 COINS FOR DECEMBER '22 (8 coins remaining)
Request: Norman would ask Mana if she would please rebuild his previous purchase, with the addition of a magically enhanced security & fire suppression system that cannot be disabled or tampered with.
Backfire? Please make the alarm something extremely ridiculous. Also, if Mana would like to add a little more New York she is welcome to. :D Just keep the hot dog cart, or Beat is going to be very heartbroken.
Quest? No thanks!

(frozen comment)

[livesfastdiesung]

Character Name: Freyja Wion
Reward Cost: Items - 20 Coins
Activity: 20 COINS FOR FEBRUARY 2023
Request: A big ol' box of galactic apple seeds.
Backfire? Nope!
Quest? No thanks.

(frozen comment)

[sweartoyou]

Character Name: Rachel Gardner
Reward Cost: 40 (20 x2)
Activity: 20 COINS FOR JAN, 20 COINS FOR FEB
Request: Monster change into a shade for two months.
Backfire? n/a.
Quest? n/a.

(frozen comment)

[knifemonopoly]

Character Name: Atem & Ryou
Reward Cost: A magical five-bedroom house (80 coins discounted to 64)
Activity: 20 COINS FOR DECEMBER 2022, 12 COINS FOR JANUARY 2023, the other 32 from Ryou below
Request: Atem and Ryou request a magically protected house on an empty stretch of Lake Dala, outside Bavan's city limits. Anybody who crosses the property line not accompanied by Atem or Ryou, or whose permission to be there is revoked, gets dropped into a magically sealed pit (shade and teleportproof!) and held there until Atem or Ryou lets them out, they die, or the next Fog comes in. The house itself's requests get described to Mana, who throws up her hands and gives its aesthetic a room-by-room gradient, from the airy and Egyptian rooms nearest the lake, to darker art-deco to Victorian gothic rooms at the middle, to horror castle on the side away from the lake nearest the road. It is the best she can do. Also, they request a workshop basement and gardens big enough for a fully grown lion to run around and play in.
Backfire? N/A!
Quest? N/A!

(frozen comment)

[waitingforplayer2]

Character Name: Chiaki Nanami
Reward Cost: 20 coins - temporary monster change for one month (werewolf)
Activity: 20 COINS FOR OCTOBER (20 remaining)
Request: To be a werewolf for a month.
Backfire? N/A
Quest? N/A