MANA REWARDS

[ryslighelpers]

MANA REWARDS

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. Feel free to write your own quests for lower-cost purchases if you'd like to give your character something fun to do.

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.

(Please note: the Mana Rewards received a major overhaul and fresh page in November 2023. We've kept the old Mana Rewards page on record, so you can review your character's past purchases! However, please keep in mind that mod answers to questions there will likely be outdated! The FAQ compilation on this page will always be leading.)

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 - 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.
20 - Change to a different monster form for one month. Temporary monster form is chosen by the player.
40 - Change to a different monster form for two months. Temporary monster form is chosen by the player.
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).
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. When submitting your form, please be sure to reply to the current month's header, as opposed to posting an entirely new comment.

<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) NOVEMBER 2023

[ryslighelpers]

(frozen comment)

[soundsurfing]

Character Name: Beat
Reward Cost: 120 Major Spell - Fusion (Discussed here)
Activity:
6 COINS FOR JULY 2022 (0 left)
15 COINS FOR MARCH
20 COINS FOR APRIL
10 COINS FOR MAY
20 COINS FOR JUNE
20 COINS FOR JULY 2023
7 COINS FOR AUGUST
18 COINS FOR SEPTEMBER
11 COINS FOR OCTOBER
Request: A fusion ability to join his strengths together with someone else. He would make sure to note he would like to become intangible in some way during it so he's safe. Grats, he literally joins with them.
Backfire? N/A
Quest? No thanks!

Reward Cost: 20 Temp Monster - Naphil
20 COINS FOR OCTOBER
Request: A month change to Naphil for Josh's birthday!
Backfire? N/A
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please adjust your coin count accordingly.

(frozen comment)

[telewarped]

Character Name: Shoka Sakurane
Reward Cost: 20 coins (temporary monster change for one month - Manticore)
Activity:
2 COINS FOR JULY
4 COINS FOR AUGUST
11 COINS FOR SEPTEMBER
3 COINS FOR OCTOBER (19 remaining)
Request: To have one month as anything but a prey animal.
Backfire? N/A
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please adjust your coin count accordingly.

(frozen comment)

[waitingforplayer2]

Character Name: Chiaki Nanami
Reward Cost: 20 coins for temp change - manticore
Activity: 20 COINS FOR AUGUST
Request: Kitty time please!
Backfire? Nope, kitty it is!
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please adjust your coin count accordingly.

(frozen comment)

[purevanillacookie]

Character Name: Pure Vanilla Cookie
Reward Cost: 20 Coin 1 Month Temp - Faerie
Activity: 20 COINS FOR OCTOBER(20 left)
Request: A temp change to Faerie, please!
Backfire? N/A
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please adjust your coin count accordingly.

(frozen comment)

[missleadingquestions]

Character Name: Maya
Reward Cost: Magical Item: 60 coins ON DISCOUNT: 48 coins
Activity: 3 REMAINING COINS FOR January 2023 (6 used previously)
3 Coins April 2023
9 coins May 2023
14 Coins June 2023
19 Coins July 2023
Request: Very carefully, Maya requests a wearable magical item that would allow the wearer to breathe underwater.

She receives a martingale style collar that allows the wearer to breathe underwater.

I'm open to whatever limitations need to be on the duration of the breathing spell per day, if necessary! But if there is a time limit, I would like to request that the collar shows the time left by letting the little bell on the collar fill with water like the reverse of an hourglass.

(frozen comment)

[ryslighelpers]

Before we approve this purchase, we'd just like to draw attention to the rule that gifts for close CR cannot cost more than 30 coins. (This rule can be found in the Basic Mechanics compilation, as well as the FAQ on our old Mana Rewards page.) If we're misunderstanding, and this item is intended to be used mainly by Maya herself whenever she temps to a different monster, we'll approve it. If it's intended to be a gift, one way to get around the rule would be to use the 'pool coins for a shared reward' option, where the recipient's buy-in may be accomplished through a backfire if they aren't meant to be aware of the gift beforehand.

Furthermore, there would be no time limit associated with the item's spell. There would only be the limitation that it must be worn by the user in order to function.

(frozen comment)

[clottedcream]

Character Name: Clotted Cream Cookie
Reward Cost: 60 48 - A magical item from Ryslig.
Activity: 14 COINS FOR MARCH 2023
5 COINS FOR APRIL 2023
1 COIN FOR JULY 2023
2 COINS FOR AUGUST 2023
26 COINS FOR OCTOBER 2023 (8 coins remaining)
Request: Clotted Cream has a bad habit of disappearing into the sea for long periods of time without bringing his laptop with him. It's bulky in his bag and it takes up space he could use for collecting treasures instead. But, he wants a way to still be able to communicate with friends back on land. So, he comes to Mana with his conundrum! Please give him something small that allows for long-distance communication.
Backfire? Not exactly a backfire but: Mana gives him a shell. (because it's a shell-phone, get it, get it-- you get it) It looks like your average, everyday conch shell, but if Clotted Cream holds it to his ear and thinks about the person he wants to call, the phone closest to them will ring. Likewise, if anyone wants to call him, they simply have to pick up any phone and dial "3214789". (The joke is lost on rotary phones, but on other phone key pads, it forms a large C.)
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please adjust your coin count accordingly.

(frozen comment)

[offtracks]

Character Name: Ingo
Reward Cost: 60 48 - a magical item from Ryslig
Activity: 14 coins from April
20 coins from May
14 coins from June
Request: A small wearable item, such as a ring, that would turn the wearer's emotions off - he'd describe it as similar to the deadened emotional state he experienced as a sim hybrid back during that event
Backfire? Not so much a backfire as just How That'd Probably Go but it's gonna suck so bad every time he wears it for a while and then takes it off again

(frozen comment)

[ryslighelpers]

Granted! Please adjust your coin count accordingly.

(frozen comment)

[detectivision]

Character Name: Sherlock Holmes
Reward Cost: 60 coin magic item (A god boon disabling item as outlined in the FAQ here) discounted to 48 coins for November + a backfire faerie temp (20 coins) for a total of 68
Activity: 9 coins from July (0 remaining), 20 coins from August, 20 from September, and 19 from October (21 remaining).
Request: A magic item that disables god boons for a limited time. I'd like it to be a watch, to have a larger range than the 4-5 feet, and be subject to recharge times. Leaving it up to y'all how long it can be active/what the range is/how long it has to recharge, but I'd be thrilled with two hours as a single use or 30 minutes cumulatively + twenty foot radius + only useable once a day. He is the only one who can activate it. He must remain within the area of effect: if he takes the watch off and leaves the item's range, the disabling effect stops. As always, players can choose to have their character be unaffected by it.
Backfire? Just the faerie temp! Once again, Sherlock says something misconstrued. When Mana tells him the quest, he replies, "And I must be honest?" and seals his own doom.
Quest? Mana tells Sherlock that he has to shake the hands of 3 Fog followers and 3 Fourth followers and sincerely tell them something he likes or admires about them. Once he does that, the watch will be waiting for him under his pillow when he returns home.

(frozen comment)

[ryslighelpers]

We find the magic item purchase to be acceptable with the limitation of 30 cumulative minutes a day, and a range of 20 feet.

Both purchases are approved! Please adjust your coin count accordingly.

(frozen comment)

[agiantbird]

Character Name: Dee Reynolds
Reward Cost: 20 Coins - Temporary monster change for one month
Activity: + 1 Coin for February (carried over from previous request)
14 Coins for March
5 Coins for April, with 13 left!
Request: Dee would like to spend her December as a Naphil
Backfire? N/A
Quest? N/A

Reward Cost: 40 Coins
Activity: 13 Coins for April (Carried over from request above)
17 Coins for May
10 Coins for June, with 10 left over.
Request: Dee would like to request the Thunder Gun tetralogy (on VHS!), because she needs her monster friends to see these works of art.
Backfire? N/A
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[ryslighelpers]

Before we approve both of these, we've got good news! A smaller collection of movies only costs a character 20 coins. Can you please indicate which coins you'd like to use for this purchase?

(frozen comment) under the wire...?

[sweartoyou]

Character Name: Rachel Gardner
Reward Cost: Item - 60 48 (magical item from Ryslig.)
Activity: 12 COINS FOR June 2023, 20 COINS FOR July 2023, 16 COINS FOR August 2023
Request: A way to have clothes she puts on fit any monster/human form, without alterations. She would cite Reira's magical girl locket as partial inspiration, with how it can change her look, though stress that she wants this to be a physical change and not an illusion, even if the clothes would return to their natural state when she is not wearing them.
Backfire? x
Quest? x

Character Name: Rachel Gardner
Reward Cost: Item - 20 16 (imbue item with additional spell.)
Activity: 4 COINS FOR August 2023, 12 COINS FOR September 2023.
Request: For the clothes she wears (under the influence of the aforementioned magic item) to remain undamaged and clean.
Backfire? x
Quest? x (unless lumping this and the former request together has it count for a quest I guess?)

(frozen comment)

[ryslighelpers]

Both purchases are granted! Please adjust your coin count accordingly.

(frozen comment) Re: NOVEMBER 2023

[truthliesinspace]

Character Name: Ash
Reward Cost: 50-80
Activity:
20 COINS FOR JAN 23
20 COINS FOR FEB 23
20 COINS FOR MARCH 23
40 COINS FOR OCT 23
Request: Kaito wants a statue built that represents THE STRUGGLES THEY OVERCAME AND ALL OF THEM SAVING HUMANITY AND COMING TOGETHER!!! But it's really a fancy way of saying he wants a statue of himself. IN THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN BAVAN, THE LUMINARY HERO.
Backfire? Kaito spends as much time as possible in human form so Mana is not really sure what kind of monster he is so settles on goblin. The statue has him holding up the moon (or kicking or standing on it)and the wings sparkle. Also, it can't be destroyed no matter anyone's efforts for AT LEAST one ooc month. (I don't care what people do to it afterwards I just thought it'd be funny)
Quest? NAH

(frozen comment)

[ryslighelpers]

We love this purchase and can't wait to grant it! However, we think the easiest way to go about it would be to make this statue a 'magical item from Ryslig', which would usually cost 60 coins. With November's discount factored in, it'd be 48. Does that sound good to you?

(frozen comment) NOW IN THE RIGHT PLACE

[figlia_morbida]

Character Name: Trish Una
Reward Cost: Small Magical Item, originally 60 but 48 via November discount! Assuming my math is right.
Activity:
30 COINS FOR OCTOBER 2022
12 COINS FOR AUGUST 2022
6 COINS FOR DECEMBER 2022

Request:
Trish, no longer hostile towards Mana, would request the strength to continue forward now that nearly everyone she's ever known here is gone. Even a symbol of it would be worthwhile. Obviously, Mana wouldn't be able to honor the initial request due to its nebulous and conceptual nature, but she does conjure up a stunningly well-made plush doll of Trish's Stand, Spice Girl. It comes imbued with magic – magic that closely resembles Trish's Stand power in its effect – essentially rendering it impervious to damage and able to be squashed and stretched easily without any ill effects. It's an invincible friend! Not very practical though when applied to a tiny plush toy. It's the symbolism that matters.

Backfire? N/A
Quest? N/A

(frozen comment)

[ryslighelpers]

Hi Pinch,

Unfortunately, your December 2022 coins were already spent here. Once you've supplied a different source for the remaining 6 coins, your purchase is granted!