Prepare for the #LodanRespawn2024 Existing characters may choose to be displace from/have memories of different timelines, thereby allowing returning members the option to retcon their whole character. These changes are the result of the "Unnatural Fog" plot device that is running between now and the Respawn. The plot is simple: no matter where your character is, that place is shrouded in a thick fog that suspends time, but not thoughts or memories, so even if they're repeating the same day over and over again, they continue to remember, so each time feels like a new day. For those retconning OCs; this is where new versions of themselves have the opportunity to replace the old versions. Official lore and tree updates will be announced asap
Good day or evening, Lodan members. A small reminder that threads may be opened and take place after the event. Please note when a thread takes place before or after the event.
In regards to the war thread, please remember it is a single battle in a losing war. It will not end well. Things will not be very happy afterwards, so if you plan to make a thread take place after the current war event keep in mind that your character will carry over any injuries you plan to give them.
Post by Kalum Wulfgang on Jan 15, 2016 6:43:32 GMT
The name of the event New Beginnings has been changed to Battle of Castamere to better reflect the story line. Sorry for the inconvenience this may present.
Hello wonderful Lodan citizens! An announcement to one and all, pertaining to the FanFIC folder.
Firstly, it is no longer just a fanfic folder. It is now a folder for all works of written art! There are now two sub-boards, one for stories that take place in the canon of our fair city of Lodan. And another for all the stories that don't quite follow the rules In addition, the OC Biographies board has been moved into the Written Works area, since these stories are written and are art.
To everyone who has posted stories in the fanfic folder: Your stories will be sorted and moved to the appropriate folder in the near future. And if we've made a mistake in moving yours, send a message to either yours truly or your wonderful Guild Leader (or both!) so that we can correct the mistake as soon as possible.
A big thank you goes out to everyone who has been contributing to the fanfic folder, and as always, we look forward to seeing more stories being posted.
Have a good day!
-The Admin Team
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Post by Lasair Landevier Lupen on Jul 22, 2016 4:56:08 GMT
Shadow Beasts, while scary and dangerous in the canon, are a well-known and much loved aspect of the City of Lodan. And while I don’t want to discourage anyone from exercising their creative freedom with these vast and diverse beasts, I need to cover a couple things about them to make sure threads stay fair during all RP encounters.
When creating a shadow beast for use in the canon threads, message an admin member and ask him or her to review and approve of the design before its put to use. This is to ensure that the beast you’ve created is appropriate for forum use and doesn’t have any flaws that might be unfair to other members on Lodan. For a simple example; “Billy creates a shadow beast. The Beast’s only weakness happens to something that only Billy has. Billy makes a thread and sends the beasts off to fight everyone, but only Billy can defeat it.” To avoid this and other situations similar to it, I ask that a short description on your shadow beast be sent to an admin member (myself and Edelweiss Fjäril are the fastest with responding; the admin account is also an option) for approval before using them in canon threads.
For things that occur outside of the canon, such as artwork or fanfiction admin approval is not needed! Also, no approval is needed when filling out the Shadow Beast application meme. Memes will be periodically moved to the Beastarium when they’re approved.
Lastly, when creating a beast you intend to use in a canon thread or submit as a Monster meme, please check This Link to the Beastariumfirst, to make sure your creation doesn’t have too much in common with any of the pre-existing monsters.
Thanks for reading, and I hope to see more shadowy monsters filling the forum soon!!
Some of you might have noticed there's now a new little feature that can be filled in your characters' profiles, a bar to state their birthday!
This will be helping us to better gauge a character's accurate age - mainly for cases of members who don't like having to update how old their characters are every year, and also to reduce/annul the math needed to find out the exact date someone was born.
This is mainly an OOC feature rather than a canon one. The admin team created the birthday with the intent of it serving as a more accurate reference for us the writers rather than the characters, so that our characters only commit silly mistakes over each other's if we decide to, instead of it happening because we also made a silly mistake when trying to imagine how they look. This way, even if no one ICly would know when a character's was born, you and the other OOC players in lodan will still be able to interact with them in a more precise way, and avoiding things such as referring to someone in their twenties (and not aflicted with stunted growth) as if they're still teenagers.
There's no deadline for filling the birthday bar, but we'd like to see it complete as soon as possible, like the rest of your profiles.
Thanks for reading, and and to all of you who've been rping and contributing to this forum! Have a great day.
-The Admin Team
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Post by Lasair Landevier Lupen on Mar 2, 2017 6:09:46 GMT
Hello everyone (: There's been a slight teak to the magic tree that I thought you'd all like to be formally updated on. These changes won't apply to most people, but nonetheless, here they are.
Both changes are within the Necromancy branch. Previously, the skills read as follows: . Necromancy IV Can summon a deceased character (with permission of person OOCly if the character belongs to someone.)
. Necromancy V Increases all necromancy spell duration to 2 minutes ~or~ can control all summoned undead creatures.
They now read as thus:
. Necromancy IV Can summon a deceased character (with permission of person OOCly if the character belongs to someone). One cast lasts for 12 hours.
. Necromancy V Increases all necromancy spell duration to 2 minutes ~or~ can control all undead creatures the caster has summoned.
If there are any questions please let me know! And do have a good day