[Gossamer's Scrapbook] The Ethereal Canyon I

[Gossamer]

. Paranoia I'm having one of those days where everyone's out to get me. Ever had one of those? I'm having one now. The mailman scared me by dropping by early. I got a survey in the mail from my work with a two dollar bill in it (a real one - whats that about?) asking me to completely unload about how much I hate my job because some prof at the U of OR is doing a survey and study. It says the cover letter will be removed with my name and entered into one of fifteen drawings for $50-$500 visas. Yet - I don't buy it. I think its just my company wanting to get dirt on me. I see right through them. I've gotten two phone calls for political surveys before 8am. I filled out my presidential ballot and am mailing it off with said survey and wondering if someone will firebomb my house due to my choices. And I'm unloading on a complete and virtual stranger on the net about how irritating people can be. They really are irritating. I had about twenty SWIFT drivers in the yard at once yesterday. I'm still alive. It's a miracle. And no one else was run over or died. We did have a Central trailer get backed into twice. But that's a good day when the SWIFTs come to town. However, some good points. The graveyard hostler at work quit. I couldn't stand him because of his laziness and the ability he has to pass the blame and nap the night away behind storage trailers while leaving the work for everyone else. One of my favorite drivers ever took his job so now I'm happy that I get to actually work with someone who isn't a douche bag and is a whole lot of fun. Someone I loaned ten bucks too actually paid me back when they said they would. My car is now running well, though I have had to formally swear off AMPM Arco gas because my mechanic is mean and a bully and yells at me whenever I even remotely mention I might have driven by one. And yes, I'm terrified of him. He knows where I live and like is on first name basis' with my mom - even though I introduced them. I'm having fun with my PCs. My city is vibrant and going well. Now all I have to do is concentrate on getting my quests going again and posting for poor Jules before she disowns me as a buddy. But then again, she hasn't yet and probably won't for a while. I even have the Night Tower post called up too do which might shock Antar because hes given up hope on me too. Same with Paonna's visit to the past - its up and written too. Maybe in my paranoid state today I'll envision them as a lynch mob and this will scare me enough to go post like crazy for all of them. And... I have to finish one more project before too much longer because Tarot is only so patient and I can only whine so much before he'll say "You had your chance!". Its time to clean a few handguns. That always calms me down. .

[Antar]

lynch mob? No

Organize a Flash mob,(with a bunch of nuits) to michael jackson's thriller ?

Why, yes.... yes indeed .

[Gossamer]

. Horse Sizes! Beware! Pet Peeve Alert! A hand is four inches. When measuring horses, you measure them in hands from the ground to the tip of their shoulders aka the withers. Most horses are 15 hh. That's a standard sized horse. The measurements from there goes up in increments like so: 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 16, 16.2, 16.3, 17 hh etc etc etc Anything over 17 is generally considered enormous and too tall to climb on without a ladder. There are no such things as horse that are say 16.5 hh. My enormous draft irl is 2,500 lbs and 18.2 which is giant. No human can mount her without the aid of something to stand on then jump up from! If your going to assign a horse a height, make sure you know what horse height is! Otherwise you send all of us horsey folks twitching. The biggest horses on the game... the warhorses the Syliran knights ride, are probably in the 17-18 hh range. The smallest horses are around 12 hh in terms of the mountain and tidal ponies. There! Got it? Don't make us call you out on it then! .

[Accolade]

Silently nods.

[Paonna]

I'll just leave this here.

[Xalet]

Oh boy. Submitting my riding threads to a horse expert is going to make me nervous. You know what you know through however many years of life experience. I know what I know through my dear friend Wikipedia. Oh and I rode a horse twice 18 years ago!

[Gossamer]

. Development Plans After NaNo I really want to get a great deal of the Gnosis' done. They've waited too long and I have a powerful itch to develop. I know Audius is almost complete. Mele just needs to be posted. And I have a massive kelvic rewrite that is half on my netbook and half on my laptop that I need to piece together hopefully this weekend and get up. But beyond that I really want to get busy on some more magic. In addition, I want to set up some past life guidelines because people keep asking me about various ways they can find out about their past lives and either visit them or reconnect with who they were since Mizahar is reincarnation heavy. I know thus far my PC has visited two of her past lives and they were amazing writing experiences for both myself and the people involved. I know others want to reconnect the same way, so I have some great ideas I'll present to the staff and get posted up in a similar manner to the Flashback guidelines. I think it will open a new dimension of RP for folks to enjoy and give them new character insights. In terms of skills, I think I can get jewelcrafting posted - its done - and now that I've researched the heck out of Beekeeping for my PC, I'll have no problem producing that writeup as well. I also have a ton of notes on herbalism, so that's not a stretch either. And I can probably do a gardening writeup by just sitting down and doing it. But gnosis first... and then these gems. I want to make sure the lore keeps growing and expanding, just not being added to by a line here and a line there. We had such great momentum to start out with. I know I can recapture that spirit and get some things created! Now, for my own personal notes.. Lost Disciplines Static - Being able to interrupt gnosis abilities. This was something that has been introduced into the game via Denval. There is a partial writeup in the HD on it, but it doesn't cover everything I wanted to cover with it. And because it was something I suggested to the Mod staff of Denval to help clean up quest ideas in that domain, I'm perfectly fine conscious wise of taking it over. I even suggested the original name, so I might as well be the one to finish the writeup. Pathwarden - This is one I've talked about before. But I want to create a magic that allows the user the ability to 'track' things magically. If you have a part of someone, say a lock of hair or a clipping of a fingernail, then you can cast this magic a luminous trail will lead in their direction. You can't tell anything about the object or person being tracked only be able to locate it via this magic. If your tracking a book, you'd need a page from it. If you are tracking a person or living thing you need biological material. Shielding could interrupt this discipline's ability to be used. Manifestation - This discipline allows you to manifest a copy of yourself for brief periods of time, such as during battle or to do multiple things at once. This is a construct of your own djed, but if damaged the damage would manifest in the original version ie the manifestor at half strength/degree. If your doppelganger is killed you are killed. I suspect it would half your skill set but say allow you to run for help and stay and fight at the same time. I think at upper levels this would allow you to manifest your past life selves as well, so if you could hold whole conversations with yourself both past and present. How mind blowing would it be to be able to divide yourself in two and hold an intelligent conversation with yourself? Or ask more in depth questions about what you were thinking when you were thinking it etc. Any info gained from Past Life conversations that is not readily available in Mizahar currently (such as knowledge of a lost discipline or dead god) would need help desk ticket permission before the info was passed on in thread. Switching Gears.... I'd like to eventually modify the ruling that restricts Mortals from RPing Gods. I think honestly that those who have earned three gnosis marks from a god or goddess or higher should be able to RP interactions of those Gods on their terms. This has been bothering me for a while since mods don't grow on trees and aren't around often. This wouldn't be say meaning that a mortal could control a Gods actions in a huge way, but rather that they could hold conversations with them and receive tasks from them. Champions are supposed to be the voice - eyes - ears - the hand of their Gods. They shouldn't be tethered so tightly once we get a couple of them in game. Okay, that's about it for now. .

[Evalin]

All I can say is that that is an amazing goal and good luck! I can't wait to have a few more articles to read

[Ronan]

This is awesome - especially for Mele and Jewelcrafting

I'd be excited to see a more clear set of guidelines on the past life stuff too, you've given me a big itch to scratch now, and I'd like to explore Ronan's other past life as a soldier we discussed.

[Thomas Cosa]

This all sounds really interesting!

I can't wait too see what the final lores look like -- especially manifestation. Good luck with all of this!