Ledah

Unfortunately for the last year or two work has become busier and busier... this has meant that I end up doing a lot of things that I don't really want to, but need to, and not doing what I would like too....
 
At work I took over from my boss and I have been playing another one of those mobile games where I walk a lot. Walking is good and since starting I have walked 875,781 steps! Taking over from my boss has meant even more work, but I am hoping in the next year I will be able to reduce that after we get all the things that were not in control, under control....
I am hoping by the summer I can have a plan to reduce some of the various things I am doing so that I can have a bit more free time.
 
How is everyone doing?

In this contest, strange and grim,
Where heads are sought and gathered in,
Contestants roam from land to land,
With swords in hand, a deadly band.
Their goal were not just points of style,
But heads, a grisly, gory pile.
The prize they seek, of great desire,
A newly created creature of Aia.
The ground is stained with crimson red,
With heads collected from the dead.
The people tremble, filled with fear,
At the sound of battles over here.
But still the contest rages on,
With not a slight of mercy shown.
The heads keep piling, one by one,
Til contest's end, when all is done.
And though the prize is great to win,
The cost is great, and stained with sin.
So ye do enter, if ye dare,
And know, it were indeed, unfair.

What if someone is in an otherwise inaccessible location? After all, you can only attempt that story mode once, so I can't get into the shrine.

I mean I thought there was a feedback from last HC: 

 
Also these quests have the same flaws as a HC test from February/March from last year.

A tale of Jakubhi, a man of lore,
In the land of Loreroot, he seeks to explore.
For knowledge and books were his greatest desire,
Ignoring the noble maidens, his heart never did tire.
He'd seek out ancient tomes, dusty and old,
On the power of knowledge, his faith would not fold.
He would wander the library, searching each shelf,
To understand the secrets, he was determined and felt.
He would bravely run away, when faced with Ledah,
The evil master of skilldamage, full of dread and dismay.
But Jakubhi was brave and he was strong,
He never gave up, no matter how long.
He searched for forgotten secrets, tales of old,
In the dark corners of the library, he would be bold.
He would seek out knowledge, far and wide,
In his quest to understand, he would never hide.
He'd search for the truth, and search for the lies,
He'd search for the answers, even through demise.
He'd battle the darkness, never fall to fear,
His courage and strength, it was always made clear.

A tale of Jakubhi, a man of lore,
In the land of Loreroot, he seeks to explore.
For knowledge and books were his greatest desire,
Ignoring the noble maidens, his heart never did tire.
He'd seek out ancient tomes, dusty and old,
On the power of knowledge, his faith would not fold.
He would wander the library, searching each shelf,
To understand the secrets, he was determined and felt.
He would bravely run away, when faced with Ledah,
The evil master of skilldamage, full of dread and dismay.
But Jakubhi was brave and he was strong,
He never gave up, no matter how long.
He searched for forgotten secrets, tales of old,
In the dark corners of the library, he would be bold.
He would seek out knowledge, far and wide,
In his quest to understand, he would never hide.
He'd search for the truth, and search for the lies,
He'd search for the answers, even through demise.
He'd battle the darkness, never fall to fear,
His courage and strength, it was always made clear.

A tale of Jakubhi, a man of lore,
In the land of Loreroot, he seeks to explore.
For knowledge and books were his greatest desire,
Ignoring the noble maidens, his heart never did tire.
He'd seek out ancient tomes, dusty and old,
On the power of knowledge, his faith would not fold.
He would wander the library, searching each shelf,
To understand the secrets, he was determined and felt.
He would bravely run away, when faced with Ledah,
The evil master of skilldamage, full of dread and dismay.
But Jakubhi was brave and he was strong,
He never gave up, no matter how long.
He searched for forgotten secrets, tales of old,
In the dark corners of the library, he would be bold.
He would seek out knowledge, far and wide,
In his quest to understand, he would never hide.
He'd search for the truth, and search for the lies,
He'd search for the answers, even through demise.
He'd battle the darkness, never fall to fear,
His courage and strength, it was always made clear.

Greetings to all.
As quests for the anniversary oft do take time to prepare, I shall speak of this one presently, such that more may prepare for this contest ahead of time.

 
The first quest is Of Heads. I believe there to be some circulating number presently, and some may yet lie within gifts of bounty. The contest were simple: 
Provide a screenshot of thyself (and post it within this thread) passing me a large number of heads. This should be posted in this thread as soon as the exchange doth occur.
The largest number given to me in a single passing before the *beginning* of the anniversary in one passing will win a coloured (non-anniversary) creature which has yet been unreleased.
The largest number given to me in a single passing between the *beginning and the end* of the anniversary will also win a coloured creature of this type.

The largest number given to me in a single passing during the entire duration from the commencement of the quest to the end of the anniversary, for a character of the Fourth Mind-Power, will also win a coloured creature of this type.
I am likely to be idle, and these heads may be taken by anyone else (including thyself). It matters not from where the heads may arise; nor whither they shall end; the important part is the record of it in question. In case of a tie, the one who provides the record within this thread earlier will be deemed victorious.
One may pass heads to myself in a scene where I am present by speaking, and replacing 2 with the desired number: *gives 2 heads to Aia*
Do remember to use the number, and not "all" - using "all" will invalidate the entry, @Ledah.
 
 
 
The second quest - Of Tales - is as follows. One may refer to such submissions as found within the thread of the mind of artifice:
Write a story or poem about thyself (the MagicDuel character); one may use whatever aids or tools required (including ChatGPT) provided thou hast the right to distribute the content. (Of note: Thou hast the right to distribute ChatGPT content that it creates when thou dost converse.) Such content should be created anew. I encourage the use of this in this quest, but it may be that one prefers to write by herself.
The best half (rounded down) of such stories or poems as judged by myself will also win a coloured creature of the aforementioned kind. Entries for this contest of tales are open until the end of the Anniversary.
Other stories or poems on a different player may be posted in this thread also and count towards the entries above.
However, if such an entry Is deemed to win, the prize will go to the player who is the subject, not the player who is the author. (One would, of course, write about another player in an attempt to earn them a prize!)
 
As is customary, if the winner of both the contest of heads (either category) and the contest of tales (the single best entry as judged by myself)  is the same person, I will grant them a wishpoint.
There is no limit to the number of entries to either quest, but players may only obtain one creature per contest (for a maximum of two.)
 
Blessings, and fortune favour thee this Anniversary.
Aia
 
Edit: An additional rule, for which effects will arise in one week:
 

The beings of the other realm (that beyond the portal, so to speak) do appear to possess of their own form of magic; although its form were not quite the same as in our realm, it were wondrous to behold, and to watch in action. Its name were ChatGPT, for those curious.

I had the opportunity the other day to ask it to speak of some other-beings of the realm; henceforth were its creation:
 

Further words it spake:
 


I am also told that Jakubhi did hear the following from this same being:

On day 364 year 17, a delegation ventured inside Necrovion for an unprecedented offering to the Shades.
Three individuals (Ledah, Nep and The Puppeteer) were taken to the Eternal Toiler, where they sacrificed altogether 50 creatures.
111 fenths were created and left for time to erode.
This outstanding sacrifice was awarded with a spell-doc page for each participant.
Below the full log of the event:
 

Let none doubt my reading comprehension skills!
Please may I have a coloured pope and half a WP
Cheers for the quest and the incentive to really try this feature out.

For those curious, this were my present interface:

Let me start by saying I wasn't sure where to place this, so if it needs to be moved please move it
With that out of the way, I humbly suggest that battles involving MP7s should reward the non MP7 party with maximum Honor per battle (400ish if memory serves) regardless of respective win/loss ratios.
I suggest this because my current win/loss ratio is abysmall, and it will only continue to get worse. I can not, and will not be bothered to fix it working 40 hours a week. Not with the current population
I realize it'll most likely be a pain to code, and for that I sincerely apologize. If this isnt fixed eventually (read Soon™️) however, I will no longer be able to aid mp3s in rising up the various Mind Powers due to how our battle system works (or more precisely, DOESNT work)
Thank you for your time, and if I offended you, I'd suggest you get over it. Have the day you deserve 

i just cant find that button

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Log for above
 

Although this may now no longer be replicated (it appears adding negative stats to a creature were a very bad idea), here is the result of a test battle with Ledah. Note that all changes have been reverted (but Ledah may require a reset of his Winertia):

 
 
 
Oh, and, also, to fore-run of @Ledah and @Chewett:

 

Congrats, Ledah - again first out of the box (except for the playtester).  Impressive.

Not a fan of surprise prizes for a competition like this. Think that was most of the feedback from before, too.
Didn't think I'd have to suggest it, but how about awarding the medal as a prize?

Not a fan of surprise prizes for a competition like this. Think that was most of the feedback from before, too.
Didn't think I'd have to suggest it, but how about awarding the medal as a prize?

Thanks all.
So story time!
 
Yesterday quite late after I had been busy I was informed that Petrify was not working properly and it had been earlier that day. So I spent some time immediately checking into the code as it was deemed important in the HC. As I was rushing I was checking the petrify item and not the petrify spell. The petrify Item runs for 30 minutes although the code, structure, etc, is very similar. This is important later.
Digging into the casting code I found an odd feature where any spells that run set up a trigger, but then if they are cast on others they are then deleted and re-created using a different set of parameters. Because of name shadowing and a few different variable names this actually caused a bug whereby:
Petrify runs, trigger created with X minutes Petrify deleted from triggers Petrify trigger re-created, with different params and using a new variable This is pretty deep into the code and it looks like it has been around for a while but I have now fixed it. However after fixing it I still didn't see petrify being cast for 30 minutes. This is where I left it as I didn't have time to debug and it was already much past midnight for me.
 
Today I investigated again and noticed that I had the wrong spell file, finding the correct spell file did indeed show me that the petrify spell follows the same pattern for spell casting. So the petrify spell has never lasted for 30 minutes.
 
Long story short, Petrify spell level 1 has the standard 8 minute cast duration, it has always been the case. There was a bug that was affecting some items which have a special "longer" duration, but these are now fixed again.
If you have any questions, feel free to post or message me!

I'm not seeing this, the last cycle everyone online gained heads. Even the dead!

Sounds good.