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PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 7:54 pm 
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Why is Raiker referred to as "that ****" :D


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PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 7:57 pm 
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"A summoning has gone awry, and Raiker Venn is left with a tetravite in that ****'s hand."


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PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 8:01 pm 
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Why is Raiker referred to as "that ****" :D

I think it's because nobody appreciates the genius in his own time...

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 4:00 pm 
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The multiverse has it out for Raleris, as Rishima, Queen of the Black Sands catches up to Raleris, the Lorekeeper. Poor Raleris now has to get Sri Hara's help.

Rishima: "I heard you were writing notes about me..."

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While quietly pondering the meaning of life, Renn Winmoore was attacked by Lia Xin. Now, Renn has decided to take it out on Rishima, Queen of the Black Sands.

You know, Renn, sometimes I think you make poor decisions.

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Fisco Vane, the Shark arrives on Aliavelli, in the possession of the artifact known as a gilded lotus. Mad with power, he uses a gilded lotus to terrible effect!

You should probably avoid that plane, Fisco...

Actually...


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Denner Fabellian begins searching for the Sword that Cuts Eternity. But things are rarely simple and matters take a serious turn when An Æther Vent appears too. Now Denner has a difficult choice to make.

Denner: "Hmm. This one will likely kill me, whereas this one will likely kill everyone. Which one will impress the ladies more?"

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Clade arrives unexpectedly on Ergamon, home of Truga Jungle. There, he tears down civilization, leaving only a Dryad alive.

Dryad: "Sure, but, why did you tear down our jungle to put up this, uh, other jungle?"

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While investigating mysterious ruins, Larasa Farleth was attacked by a Spawn Rigger. Now, Larasa suffers from the necrotic plague.

Yeah, Spawn Riggers are...dangerous...cunning animals...


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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 4:58 pm 
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@The Duchess and Fisco:

Yeah, I've been wondering that myself actually... It's hard to know where the conspiracies begin and end.


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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:02 pm 
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@The Duchess and Fisco:

Yeah, I've been wondering that myself actually... It's hard to know where the conspiracies begin and end.

Well, I think we can safely deduce that Gruff is behind all of it, but beyond that... :shifty:


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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 6:42 pm 
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@The Duchess and Fisco:

Yeah, I've been wondering that myself actually... It's hard to know where the conspiracies begin and end.

Then I've been doing my job.
Barinellos... AWAY!

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 2:43 pm 
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Out of boredom (and putting off the work I really should be doing now...) I've written a few more prompts. I don't know if they'll show up in this batch or not. Let's find out, shall we?

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The multiverse has it out for Jinsen, as a Gigantic Merfolk attacks him. Poor Jinsen now has to find Asher to appeal to his good nature.

:ookay:

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Things have gone poorly, and it seems to be Daneera's darkest hour. But then, suddenly and out of nowhere, Aloise Hartley arrives! She comforts Daneera, and things start to seem better for her. Together, Daneera and Aloise head off to explore the turbulent land of Zendikar.

Aaawww.

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A thousand years ago, the Dual-Walkers, Syl and Chardis, host the Amphiseum Games, and watch a Fungus battle an ingenious Werewolf Citizen.

"I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand,
Walkin' through the streets of Soho in the rain,
He was lookin' for a place called Lee Ho Fooks,
Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein!
Aaahooo! Werewolves of London!"

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The paths of fate have converged and Syl of the Dual-Walkers becomes infatuated and begins stalking Raiker Venn because of a phenomenon known as Interplanar Tunnel.

What...what happened in the Interplanar Tunnel?

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Ellia the Endbringer starts a band with the Eightfold Lotus, Clade, and Ygraine of Segovia, but is Jinsen truly as epic a guitar player as he claims???

Probably. I'm more concerned about Ygraine's ability to project, to be honest.

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Agmund is investigating a murder on Arkhos, home of Lethe Lake and his suspects include Lukas Harran, Illarion Vale, Larasa Farleth, and Sri Hara. To his surprise, all the facts point to... Gruff !

Um, Agmund? You feeling okay, buddy? I think you could use a vacation.

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A thousand years ago, the Dual-Walkers, Syl and Chardis, host the Amphiseum Games, and watch a planeswalker battle an Angry Sheep.

Chardis: "You know, dear sister, this may be the least interesting fight we have ever seen."
Syl: "You just wait, dear brother. When the planeswalker hits his fireball, I suspect the sheep will hit the fans."
Chardis: "Excellent." (smirks)


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PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 5:11 pm 
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An Interplanar Tunnel of Love?!

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The multiverse has it out for Kirsh, as Lourima Viiran catches up to him. Poor Kirsh now has to get Mari Gwynn's help. He ventures into Janhapurh seeking the help him needs.
That should call gender rather than pronoun.

But awesome job adding the pronouns and shorthands.

I have a suggestion: add some more creatures to the $humanoid list. Right now it seems to be missing a lot. For example, it's got Leonin and Cyclops but not Giant or Cat (not all catfolk are leonin). I suggest adding:
Ainok
Amphin
Ape
Aven
Cat
Centaur
Fox
Giant
Gorgon
Insect (due to Nantuko and Eumidians)
Orochi
Ouphe
Prax
Rat
Selkie
Snake
Treefolk
Turtle {80%} (there's an MEM oldwalker who was a "turtlefolk" or something, plus there were kappa on Kamigawa, so I figure why not?)
Werebear
Wererat
Wolfir

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 5:14 pm 
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I would avoid doing Wolfir, Orochi, and Ainok.
Those are plane specific names for creatures.
That would be the equivalent of putting "Nacatl" in despite the term only existing on Naya.

As to the kappa... welll...

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 6:02 pm 
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Kappa are extinct, but Serra's Plane and Mirrodin and Rath and Keter and Taramir are all in the list of planes.

Wolfir, Orochi, and Ainok have only appeared on one plane each, but same with Myr and Metathran and they're on the lists. Plus there's no reason Ainok, Kappa, or Orochi can't appear on other planes, and while you could call Ainok Hounds, there's no way you can call Orochi Snakes with a straight face, 'cause they just plain aren't.

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 7:46 pm 
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Kappa are extinct, but Serra's Plane and Mirrodin and Rath and Keter and Taramir are all in the list of planes.

Wolfir, Orochi, and Ainok have only appeared on one plane each, but same with Myr and Metathran and they're on the lists. Plus there's no reason Ainok, Kappa, or Orochi can't appear on other planes, and while you could call Ainok Hounds, there's no way you can call Orochi Snakes with a straight face, 'cause they just plain aren't.

The difference being that those proper names wouldn't match if they appeared on another plane when the call goes out for them.
On the one hand, yes, it's somewhat silly to have dead planes show up in the generator list, but by the same merit, those aren't likely to cause a cascading dissonance like when you arrive on Innistrad to find an Orochi.

I mean, at the same time it's silly as hell in the first place to have that call list mixing up things like "Skeleton Elephant Rigger" but... I dunno, I just don't think the proper names should go in there.

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 7:52 pm 
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I would categorize "wolfir" in the same place as "catfolk" potentially actually--sort of generic wolf person. Maybe.

We should remove "orochi" but add Lord Orochimaru.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 2:13 pm 
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Laughed my ass off.

Oh hey, Kappa. I forgot they even sort of pretended to ever exist. Man, that is an interesting part of the MULTIVERSE that could use some EXPANDING.

If only there was a group of people dedicated to doing that sort of thing... :( All well.

(I'm going to have to look into that in all seriousness.)

@Fisco and the Duchess: Ahaha, man, I am basically just - wow. Ok, you know what? I'm keeping my lips shut on the matter. Who knows what the real reasons for all of this is?

I'm totally down with Gruff being the master conspirator, though.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:59 pm 
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So why not add Salamander, Snake, Bat, Rat, Aven, Selkie, Cat, Fox, Wolf, and Hound?

Is there any fitting generic term for Orochi? "Snake" doesn't fit at all. They're already called Orochi in Gentev.

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Is there any fitting generic term for Orochi? "Snake" doesn't fit at all. They're already called Orochi in Gentev.

As co-conspiratorcreator of that continent, I feel I can safely say that Gentev was written by two relatively young and rather new members to the Magic setting, so we defaulted to the name Orochi because
  1. That was the only snake people we knew of at the time
  2. We were going for an East Indian/Hindu influence, so
    • We felt we needed a snake
    • The four-arm thing fit the aesthetic at a glance
    • A Japanese influenced creature didn't seem too far removed from the culture

Looking back on it all, I have to agree with Keeper in how disjointed all of Sertaria feels, and that there are so many things I would change if I had the chance. I would actually kind of spearhead such a project, since one of my first attempted stories for the M:EM was set on Gentev, but that would of course involve me making time to write -_-

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As co-conspiratorcreator of that continent, I feel I can safely say that Gentev was written by two relatively young and rather new members to the Magic setting, so we defaulted to the name Orochi because
  1. That was the only snake people we knew of at the time
  2. We were going for an East Indian/Hindu influence, so
    • We felt we needed a snake
    • The four-arm thing fit the aesthetic at a glance
    • A Japanese influenced creature didn't seem too far removed from the culture

Looking back on it all, I have to agree with Keeper in how disjointed all of Sertaria feels, and that there are so many things I would change if I had the chance. I would actually kind of spearhead such a project, since one of my first attempted stories for the M:EM was set on Gentev, but that would of course involve me making time to write -_-


Personally, I like the Orochi and Nezumi in Gentev, but think there needs to be some differentiation between the two, culturally. If we were going to do some type of Redo Sertaria project, it would be interesting to see the Orochi and Nezumi as part of an older culture that was conquered by the Vampires (hence their low place in Varna). Samurai, rather than referring to the third Varna as it is now, could be a rank within certain Dissident sects that want to go back to the old ways.

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I... don't believe there are Samurai on Gentev. I could be wrong, but it doesn't fit the aesthetic in my head for the continent. But of course, I always thought the most interesting bits were the Priesthood and the Angels.

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I... don't believe there are Samurai on Gentev. I could be wrong, but it doesn't fit the aesthetic in my head for the continent. But of course, I always thought the most interesting bits were the Priesthood and the Angels.


There are. There shouldn't be, but there are:

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Huh. Yanmato and I borrowed a lot from Kamigawa, didn't we? Again, something I was too young and new to really catch on to

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