Ledah

I agree with this forum post.
The forum is the only place safe from people spamming for a single evo point.
That cannot stand.

I agree with this forum post.
The forum is the only place safe from people spamming for a single evo point.
That cannot stand.

I agree with this forum post.
The forum is the only place safe from people spamming for a single evo point.
That cannot stand.

I agree with this forum post.
The forum is the only place safe from people spamming for a single evo point.
That cannot stand.

Judgement: Stitched Mouseling with Mirror-Eyes
I actually quite like this one. It's creepy, it's funny, and it makes sense for a Toy Maker.
Creativity: 9/10
The idea of making a replacement pet to save a child from the pain of losing one is great. Probably not the pet I would want, but that's beside the point.
Use of Materials: 8/10
Everything has a fairly obvious place in the creation. I especially like what the Forge did with the Imprinted Darks and turned them into the Mirror-Eyes.
MD Logic: 9/10
It fits MD. Strange materials, questionable decisions, and a result that isn't quite what you expected. Seems about right.
Craftsmanship: 8/10
The finished item feels properly crafted. I would have liked a little more on the actual method though, rather than just being told you're a master of the craft.
Purpose: 9/10
The purpose is clear, and I like that it actually ties back to the reason for making it.
Forge Result: 9/10
The Forge did a good job here. It kept the mouse, the stuffing, the heart and the Dark, but gave them its own interpretation. The added cloth and white powder don't bother me. Unexpected results are part of the fun.
52/60
A good entry overall. There's an actual idea behind it rather than just throwing materials together and hoping for something useful.
And honestly, if someone gave this to their child as a replacement for a dead pet, I'm not entirely sure whether I'd be impressed or concerned.
Probably both. Wishpoint granted.

The Craft: What trade or combination of trades does your creation represent?
The most noble trade - That of a Toy Maker - bringing joy to all around with such wonderful creations and games.
The Materials: What did you gather?
1x Dead Mouse, our subject to base the toy on
2x Imprinted Darks, for eyes to replace the empty sockets
1x Mechanical Heart, to replace the dead one
1x Bit of Stuffing, to pad out the hollow interior
1x Secret Ingredient, that brings it all together - a trade secret, you understand
The Creation: What are you attempting to create?
I am attempting to create a wonderful toy, a reanimated mouse - one some poor child perhaps lost, an old pet. After all, most know the pain of losing a childhood pet - not so with my marvelous creation. Spare your child the pain of losing a pet.
The Method: Why should these materials become this particular creation?
It is a coherent use for the materials, and I am a master of my craft. I usually create mirrors for people to ogle themselves in, this is much easier.
The Purpose: What is the finished item intended to do?
It is intended to be a lifelong companion - and wonderful conversation starter at dinner parties.
The Result: What did the Forge actually produce?
Stitched Mouseling with Mirror-Eyes
A palm-sized plush mouse sewn from patched cloth and pale teddy-stuffing, its small body faintly warm and softly ticking where a gear-wound heart nests beneath the seams. Two beads of swirling Imprinted Dark are set for eyes, their blurry image shifting to face whoever stands nearest. A whisper of white powder is worked into the stitchwork, and the whole toy hums with a charge it does not spend — the surge condensed into its very substance and marked upon it.

The Craft: What trade or combination of trades does your creation represent?
The most noble trade - That of a Toy Maker - bringing joy to all around with such wonderful creations and games.
The Materials: What did you gather?
1x Dead Mouse, our subject to base the toy on
2x Imprinted Darks, for eyes to replace the empty sockets
1x Mechanical Heart, to replace the dead one
1x Bit of Stuffing, to pad out the hollow interior
1x Secret Ingredient, that brings it all together - a trade secret, you understand
The Creation: What are you attempting to create?
I am attempting to create a wonderful toy, a reanimated mouse - one some poor child perhaps lost, an old pet. After all, most know the pain of losing a childhood pet - not so with my marvelous creation. Spare your child the pain of losing a pet.
The Method: Why should these materials become this particular creation?
It is a coherent use for the materials, and I am a master of my craft. I usually create mirrors for people to ogle themselves in, this is much easier.
The Purpose: What is the finished item intended to do?
It is intended to be a lifelong companion - and wonderful conversation starter at dinner parties.
The Result: What did the Forge actually produce?
Stitched Mouseling with Mirror-Eyes
A palm-sized plush mouse sewn from patched cloth and pale teddy-stuffing, its small body faintly warm and softly ticking where a gear-wound heart nests beneath the seams. Two beads of swirling Imprinted Dark are set for eyes, their blurry image shifting to face whoever stands nearest. A whisper of white powder is worked into the stitchwork, and the whole toy hums with a charge it does not spend — the surge condensed into its very substance and marked upon it.

The Craft: What trade or combination of trades does your creation represent?
The most noble trade - That of a Toy Maker - bringing joy to all around with such wonderful creations and games.
The Materials: What did you gather?
1x Dead Mouse, our subject to base the toy on
2x Imprinted Darks, for eyes to replace the empty sockets
1x Mechanical Heart, to replace the dead one
1x Bit of Stuffing, to pad out the hollow interior
1x Secret Ingredient, that brings it all together - a trade secret, you understand
The Creation: What are you attempting to create?
I am attempting to create a wonderful toy, a reanimated mouse - one some poor child perhaps lost, an old pet. After all, most know the pain of losing a childhood pet - not so with my marvelous creation. Spare your child the pain of losing a pet.
The Method: Why should these materials become this particular creation?
It is a coherent use for the materials, and I am a master of my craft. I usually create mirrors for people to ogle themselves in, this is much easier.
The Purpose: What is the finished item intended to do?
It is intended to be a lifelong companion - and wonderful conversation starter at dinner parties.
The Result: What did the Forge actually produce?
Stitched Mouseling with Mirror-Eyes
A palm-sized plush mouse sewn from patched cloth and pale teddy-stuffing, its small body faintly warm and softly ticking where a gear-wound heart nests beneath the seams. Two beads of swirling Imprinted Dark are set for eyes, their blurry image shifting to face whoever stands nearest. A whisper of white powder is worked into the stitchwork, and the whole toy hums with a charge it does not spend — the surge condensed into its very substance and marked upon it.

Just stepping in on the stat thing - combat stats can always be countered with skillvamp and other auras. High VE cam be countered with certain auras too. There is already a certain level of balance.
Massive numbers are only for bragging rights imho.

Given Mur is reworking the armour and weapon system I thought I would throw some ideas out
My new concepts
Weapons and Armour should be harder to obtain than a click
Resources used to make the item should be used related to the rarity/importance/power of the weapon/armour
Crafting should require time waiting in the crafting area
Crafting should require a sliding scale of skill
Crafted weapons and armour will degrade (following the new Integrity system)
Crafted weapons and armour should be tradable
New Rarer Tier resources
We should have some new higher tier resources for items
Those less advanced are more likely to fail to obtain these higher tier
Having tiers like "Iron -> Mithril -> Adamantite" for ore could be a start
"Crafting in place" System - Waiting while you make items
When crafting items you should stay in one place
Leaving would "ruin" higher tier items wasting all resources
Leaving would "stop" lower tier items allowing you to continue
Someone attacking you X times (lower X for higher tier items) would cause you to ruin it
This would allow some value in crafting without it being an instant thing. This follows similar systems converting materials from one form to another.
Crafting should require skill
You should require specific skills to craft weapons and armour
The higher your skill, the less likely you fail
Some higher tier armour/weapons should only be able be produced by "Master Crafters"
By introducing a skill element people would be encouraged to specialise and train their skills
Crafted Weapons/armour should degrade
We need a "repeatable" element for armour to ensure it isn't a "get once and ignore" like current armour/weapons
Adding in the integrity system similar to items makes perfect sense
This makes it an actual system people have to interact with, rather than something "one and done"
Crafted Weapons/armour should be tradable
This lets you specialise in some areas, and creates actual professions
People can decide to either buy armour/weapons from others or make it themselves
This encourages general item movement in MagicDuel and is therefore a very good thing for the economy
Feedback Welcome!

the reason for this is that the forge learns from existing items, it uses them as examples to understand whats possible , whats allowed, what the right numbers should be and so on. Its the only way the forge can keep up with whatever other factors update the game world.

The issue in this case was that it considered ledah an institution, legendary, more than an actual player to de-personalize.. well the forge is right i could add.. but i still fixed it.

The forge was not leaking previously forged items as i thought, it was just using items from recently active people as inspiration for its outcomes.

Btw, good moment to say that the forge is influenced by whoever is online or was recently..so if you forge something in a period of high activity .. well depends who is active..

Creatures: Any four creatures you want to use
Standard Angien - Max Stage
Tainted Angien - Max Stage
Sunless Apparition - Max Stage
Unnumbered Apparition - Max Stage
Creature stage: What stage each creature should be
All max
What you feed it: Other creatures, ANY item, heat, or anything else you think could have an effect
Equal measures Reality Shards and Heat. Fed as soon as possible, to keep it well fed.
It is initially created with the item - Ledah's Staring Frame, Condensed. Description below:
Description
Result: What do you think the Primordial Pet should become?
An Angien that is as rooted in reality, such that it could be a player, not merely an aspect of one. Balanced in a sense with heat it was fed and the Liquid Dust the Apparations produce - a nominally balanced being, a master of mirrors.

Creatures: Any four creatures you want to use
Standard Angien - Max Stage
Tainted Angien - Max Stage
Sunless Apparition - Max Stage
Unnumbered Apparition - Max Stage
Creature stage: What stage each creature should be
All max
What you feed it: Other creatures, ANY item, heat, or anything else you think could have an effect
Equal measures Reality Shards and Heat. Fed as soon as possible, to keep it well fed.
It is initially created with the item - Ledah's Staring Frame, Condensed. Description below:
Description
Result: What do you think the Primordial Pet should become?
An Angien that is as rooted in reality, such that it could be a player, not merely an aspect of one. Balanced in a sense with heat it was fed and the Liquid Dust the Apparations produce - a nominally balanced being, a master of mirrors.

Due to a player asking to be removed from the AL I'm going to need to rewrite a number of days, alongside recreating images. Unfortunately I write these a few days ahead so it needs some rework. I hope I will be back on track by next week.
I have contacted everyone involved in this, so If you are involved in this, or want to be involved, and haven't gotten a PM, let me know.

A terrible day (for Ledah to be correct)

Death Ray sent a missive to Chewett, troubled by the continued emptying of the land. Having seen more and more of the Realm stripped of its natural resources, he could no longer simply stand by and watch. He asked that his name be added to CARD, and offered his aid to the growing coalition.
Chewett gladly accepted.
Death Ray wasted little time. Almost immediately he set about tracking those responsible for the depletion, following their movements and noting where the land had been left bare. Working together, he and Chewett were able to watch the depleters more closely than ever before, comparing observations and steadily building a clearer picture of what was happening across the Realm.
With another pair of eyes, another set of notes, and another voice willing to challenge those doing wrong to the land, CARD had become stronger.
CARD was growing.
Unfortunately, so was the depletion.
OOC:
Thanks to Death Ray for consenting his character into both the roleplay AND the artwork!

It's such a serious matter he decided to take his shirt off! PS: Do you find the little extra added to the image from DR's avatar?

(Apologies for the delay, I had some personal stuff I had to deal with at the weekend so this hasn't been updated as fast as I wanted. Real life is always more important than MagicDuel and I will always prioritise my family)
All Updated, It's awesome to see the community pitching in to help!

Another depleter... CARD, please help us!

I am sorry to say.... but it seems CARD does not respect its own rules!

Today, in the MDA lands, the Green Card has claimed a first minor victory:
[21/08/26 21:25] jakubhi: waves his hand in the air Show yourself, dark demon, you creature if night!
[21/08/26 21:25] Ledah:I am not here
[21/08/26 21:25] :jakubhi coughs
[21/08/26 21:25] jakubhi:oi you cheeky..
[21/08/26 21:25] :jakubhi follows
[21/08/26 21:25] :Ledah sneezes
[21/08/26 21:27] :Ledah A-oo-oo-oo-ooo!
[21/08/26 21:27] :jakubhi whispers: bargh
[21/08/26 21:27] jakubhi:AhA!
[21/08/26 21:27] :[Spell] stay here ledah
[21/08/26 21:27] jakubhi:I have trapped you, foul beast!
[21/08/26 21:28] Ledah:Pft, I can dispel this magic any time.
[21/08/26 21:28] jakubhi:...then I will trap you even more !
[21/08/26 21:28] Ledah:...but what is it you seek?
[21/08/26 21:28] Ledah:Can I.... tempt you?
[21/08/26 21:29] jakubhi:I have come excercise.. (checks spelling) .. exercise you !
[21/08/26 21:29] jakubhi:For too long has your reign gone uninterrupted
[21/08/26 21:30] jakubhi:And here, I challenge you, to a duel !
[21/08/26 21:31] Ledah:A duel eh...
[21/08/26 21:31] Ledah:What kind of duel?
[21/08/26 21:39] jakubhi:The first duel is one of Fate
[21/08/26 21:40] Ledah:Fate, eh...
[21/08/26 21:41] Ledah:I trust you have brought the dice, as ordered?
[21/08/26 21:41] jakubhi: looks at Ledah well, it is not like you can get them
[21/08/26 21:41] jakubhi: shows the dice 3 rounds. In each round, each of us throws. The one with the largest number wins the round, the one with most won rounds wins the duel of Fate
[21/08/26 21:42] jakubhi:as this is a pair of dices, we count the sum of both dices
[21/08/26 21:42] Ledah:Agreed. Best of 3 rounds.
[21/08/26 21:43] jakubhi:Should you lose... you will have to not gather any water for a full day!
[21/08/26 21:43] jakubhi:..I will be generous and not count rain..
[21/08/26 21:43] Ledah:Very well.
[21/08/26 21:43] Ledah:When you lose, I will require your gold - the pure kind.
[21/08/26 21:44] jakubhi: grimaces Fine
[21/08/26 21:44] jakubhi:Now, stand prepared demon, for I show you that fate favours me!
[21/08/26 21:45] :jakubhi shakes the dice a bit
[21/08/26 21:45] :Ledah observes
[21/08/26 21:45] : jakubhi throws 2 dice and gets 6, 3
[21/08/26 21:45] jakubhi: gazes at the dices I think that may be 9..
[21/08/26 21:45] Ledah:Not bad... for an amateur
[21/08/26 21:46] :jakubhi passed Pair of Dice to Ledah
[21/08/26 21:46] Ledah:It is time.
[21/08/26 21:46] : Ledah throws 2 dice and gets 6, 5
[21/08/26 21:47] Ledah:As expected.
[21/08/26 21:47] jakubhi:Hmm. This is just the first round. We shall see..
[21/08/26 21:49] Ledah:Prepare yourself. I roll again.
[21/08/26 21:49] : Ledah throws 2 dice and gets 4, 1
[21/08/26 21:49] Ledah:Pfeh, what trickery.
[21/08/26 21:49] :jakubhi grins
[21/08/26 21:49] :Ledah passed Pair of Dice to jakubhi
[21/08/26 21:50] Ledah:Roll for your life, librarian.
[21/08/26 21:51] jakubhi:Let me show you..
[21/08/26 21:51] : jakubhi throws 2 dice and gets 5, 4
[21/08/26 21:51] jakubhi:consistency is the key
[21/08/26 21:51] Ledah:The game continues.
[21/08/26 21:51] Ledah:The deciding round.
[21/08/26 21:52] jakubhi: shakes the dices again Indeed. Prepare to see ...
[21/08/26 21:52] : jakubhi throws 2 dice and gets 6, 6
[21/08/26 21:52] jakubhi:Not bad
[21/08/26 21:52] Ledah:You seek to mock me?
[21/08/26 21:52] Ledah:These dice are clearly enchanted.
[21/08/26 21:53] Ledah:So be it.
[21/08/26 21:53] : Ledah throws 2 dice and gets 5, 2
[21/08/26 21:53] Ledah:You have won this wager... this time.
[21/08/26 21:53] jakubhi: grins As I expected
[21/08/26 21:54] jakubhi:The Green Card claims a victory. We shall meet again
[21/08/26 21:54] Ledah:When we do... you may regret it.
[21/08/26 21:55] Ledah:Something to remember me by
[21/08/26 21:55] :[Spell] Enfeebling Curse - jakubhi
[21/08/26 21:56] jakubhi:Bah! Trickery
[21/08/26 21:56] :[Spell] fireflies

PS: anyone knows how to keep the color from the acoustic remains logs? had to color myself..

Either pay up or disqualify me

Day 232, Year 21

Hi all.
Looks like the auction is being abused again for evo points - which is a terrible thing. Especially after the warning went out.
Or are we still allowed to do this?

You already have legislators for shared items.
I would say something like this is better as a community effort, than a dedicated role.
I look forward to seeing CARD develop!

I made that out of a soda tin can. I think it's quite good considering what i used and little skills