Pipstickz

: You feel the talons of a crow dig into your shoulder, strange that you didn't hear it approach. It drops a small note in your hand, upon the reading of which the crow disappears silently. Addendum: Gather outside the Howling Gates in the morning hours (server time) of the appointed day and you may be taken to the toiler. Fight each other with the cause "Tithes" and pray, if enough such prayers are heard in time they may just be answered.

: You receive a flyer of unknown origin Tithes for the Gray Come one come all! This Friday the Thirteenth, all day, join us as we commemorate an event in our past, and seek guidance as to the direction of our future. Let us rejoice in the traditions of Khalazdad: We shall sacrifice creatures in the name of Shades! Bring your elemental eggs, bird eggs, barren souls, or whatever else you wish to sacrifice. Each sacrifice shall be imparted with an incantation or poem or even but a word, perhaps detailing why it is fitting to summon a Shade, or how it might coax one. Sacrifices shall take place at Fenths Toiler or Fenths Press, anywhere else may not reach them in time. Sacrifices may take place all day, perhaps even before or after, though Shades aren't known for their leniency... Participants are urged to write of their sacrifices and incantations on the back of this flyer and fret not, its contents will be shared with those who need to know of them regardless of what you do with it afterward. : You give it a confused look and file it away for later use

" Backyard birders can help ease the dangers of molting by providing a rich, reliable food source for birds to take advantage of, along with safe, secure shelter for birds that become more elusive and shy while molting. " Shelter + reliable food source = molting

Read a lot and always try even if you think you'll fail

Actually I was thinking something like Winderwild + bushies = feathers, similar to Grasans, Molly and Elus, resource-producing that's already coded...

Basic Iron Ingot (armour, arrowheads) Branches (arrow shafts) Lumber (to be carved to make the bow itself String (also for the bow) Tree Bark (for the quiver) Flowers (for fletching...hmm...if only birds dropped their feathers every once in a while...oh well, I'll pretend flower petals would work for now! :p) Any other ideas?

Attempt #2, black squares not necessarily necessary, just figured I'd add them for good measure

I will, cower in my superb MSPaint skillz

Yes please Pipstickz 29677

nad must've armpit pushuped so hard he pushed some water into reality and distribution networks! Good one nad!

Because I would assume you sponsored it. It's none of my business how you and the quest owner go about fulfilling that sponsorship, but I assumed you were in charge of dispatching Annivs, and was only trying to be helpful as you're often asking for things to be bumped to remind you, as we both know you have a lot on your plate.

Because voting worked so well the last eight or so times, let's try it again. By the way, defamation requires that the idea being spread is false, by my understanding. "...you seem to..." and "...my high suspicion..." imply the statements following those qualifiers are my opinion, and therefore should not fall under defamation. I rest my case. Ah how ironic! I might use your accusation of defamation as an example of proper defamation: as it's not true, you've stated it as fact and it could reasonably be seen to do damage to my reputation. However, I don't care to invoke laws that aren't on the restrictions page so this was for educational purposes only (as educational as I might be, considering I'm no expert of course, I'm sure someone who cares a lot more will come along) and to 'put to bed' your accusation of course.

What is a Land Weapon? A representation of each Land's greatest strength and its fatal flaw How many are there? Five Where are they? In the case of two, in the centre or close to it. In the case of another two, beside an almost-closed gate. In the case of a fifth, in the last place you'd look. What do they do? Loreroot's can pierce your core, Marind Bell's can close its land off, Golemus' can attract or repel certain things from its target, Necrovion's reveals a truth hidden within yourself, the fifth traps your soul. How are they activated? Two are activated by mechanisms that must be fulfilled by multiple agreeing voices, two are activated by a single strong-willed participant, and one is activated in turn by everybody. How are they powered? The altars of each land produce various natural effects which by their nature power the mechanisms How are they controlled? Two have control mechanisms, three cannot be controlled and produce the same effects regardless of input What would happen to it if a Land were to lose its Weapon, or access thereto? The land would likely crumble apart from the inside, its essence and "keystone" removed For each Land that contains a Land Weapon, imagine you are a citizen with full control over the Weapon and explain how you'd use your Homeland's Weapon to help your fellow citizens. Loreroot - I would use it to soften the hearts of warring lands Golemus - I would use it to bury Necrovion Marind Bell - I would save it for a rainy day Necrovion - I would invite everyone to use it to their heart's content Fifth - I would reveal its nature For each Land that contains a Land Weapon, imagine you are an infiltrator who has seized control of the Weapon and explain how you'd use it to disrupt your enemies. Loreroot - I would use it to turn citizens of every land against each other Golemus - I would use it to bury everything, causing every land to be "Golemus" and therefore erasing all lands Marind Bell - I would use it always Necrovion - I would ignore it completely Fifth - I would reveal its nature

He was not involved in the happenings, except through his influence on me from the past.

I suppose nobody cares. The image was a challenge for those involved to talk to eachother and figure out the story: If I can go and merely talk to all those involved and bloom such a beautiful flower as that event was, then why couldn't those ten people do so again without me? This was, of course, my attempt at stealing Granos' legacy for myself and it was successful, but I abdicated that option in the end, and so he remained external to me rather than on the inside with me, but ever whispering in the back of my mind. I found the original of this image rather recently, the one I hand-drew. In the middle, past me had written, and it stung me deeply: Pipstickz Everyone trusts him...for once.

I have constructed for myself a makeshift theatre out of things I had lying around. The stage is logs and branches tied with string, just barely supporting the weight of a tablecloth curtain, the floor the grass underfoot. I have been performing the last few days and nights to my creatures. Here I will log some performances, others will be lost to time.

I am not taking questions at this time. If you actually care to get an answer, you can come find me in-game and we can have a chat.

1. Claiming my crown (here on the forum as well as in-game, though I doubt anybody noticed or paid attention to the in-game part, as with most things I do. To remind folks who might have noticed: "Pathway to Pips Palace") and having more +rep than -rep on my initial crown claim 2. Having a plan to protect the herbs in the East (before Eon got his crown point for copying me, I should note) 3. My Kdoc and other pages researching the East. Realizing the MBTB Confluence 4. Having taken a seed from each of the four Mainlands and planted it within myself, through Pip and Lordy (stole/destroyed alliances respectively) 4.5. Also being the first to destroy Necrovion, even though dst was given undue credit for it. Muratus' hopefulness to avoid this outcome was shown when he gave Azull rulership to that land after it was first emptied by myself in the form of Lord Pip, under my leader's direction 5. Outdoing dst and Eon, two of the most successful villains in MD history (when Eon took Guerilla [and then apparently accidentally traded his points for a Mansion, though that might be hearsay], essentially forfeiting his claim), as well as when I intentionally abdicated the option of adopting Granos' legacy as my own, which I could've done rather easily at one point 6. Choosing and adopting my title and role as King: Feral Queen of the East 7. Having reached the Throne Hall through my own loyalty and volition (back before the AP cost was raised that is, I'm nonetheless still working on returning as are some copycats) 8. Performing admirably for my King (in taking TW) and staying loyal to the East even after losing my badge (referring to SoS, I consider TK to have been an administrative role and apart from this) and citizenship, despite my opportunities, wanderlust and, more recently, extensive derision from those who wish to hold their privilege above my head and look down their noses at me for "doing nothing" among other things 9. Being a friend to even those who I've wronged and those who have wronged me, and especially those who I know nothing of (altogether something, to my knowledge, nobody else in MD has ever accomplished without promptly leaving afterwards) 10. Judging Zleip and his Established Housing for being inactive and careless (I noticed a Gateway newb [or alt, I don't think I've seen that account again since] had depleted Bob's lumber so I proceeded to deplete the resin. If Lin hadn't come along and debated at length I would've actually depleted, but instead I left it at 5/20) These are my 'crown points'. I only intended eight but I ended with ten (point five). I refuse to take them, in grovelling, to Muratus to hope that they be accepted. I know my destiny as it was set out by me and my progenitors which include Muratus himself, by my opinion. If you must know: My original intent was to claim rulership of even the Dominion, and then settle for just the Tribunal once Muratus pushed back as I expected he might. It seems that tactic was too advanced for Muratus to realize and respond to, and so here I am.

There's already creature shield for that.

Oh is this why so many GWI newbs don't have flags? Yes please

There are so many sanctuaries in the realm already I hardly think we need more, just politely ask (read as: attacklock) your participants not to fight during seedwalks, and one or two hit and runs won't hurt too bad, could even spawn an impromptu many-vs-one situation, which could be fun and interesting. Also wouldn't it mess things up on Old Man's Road, with the NPC battle? Also to counter your argument, Awiiya's roots don't spread far enough because his leaves have been gone for so long, they don't have enough energy.