✦ Adventurer's Supply Kit
Healing potions, aether restoratives, ailment cures. This kit is fully customizable and provides just about anything you may need.✦ Whisperwine
A sleep aid made from a curious algae. Only a drop is needed to cover the patient in a veil of sleep. Be warned, taking more than recommended may have consequences.✦Wanderer's Blood
A tonic made using Oschon Roselles from a unique Isle. This unsettling red tonic can cure most swelling, inflamation, and pain. Noted to cure anything from gout to bunions.✦ Schade
Lost but not forgotten, be it a person or object; you're in need of help finding something. This potion gives a slight claircognizance for a short amount of time. Smells of Citrus and Mint, this bright colored potion is hard to miss with it's strong fizzy flavor

Pomanders

Mundane Pomanders

Totentanz dancing is a unique Radz-at-hanz form of dance and combat that focuses on a different kind of aetherical energy. This energy is known to most researchers as of late as "Dynamis". An energy that is based around emotions and thought. Depending on a person's state of mind, they could very easily become possessed of or become a monster.
The purpose of these dances serve not only as a combative technique, but as a way to purge the body and soul of these tainted dynamis energies. At request, and proceeding proper evaluations, dancers will perform in order to remove said energies and upon bringing them forth in a monsterous form, combat will take place to get rid of them.RP Combat
These events will take place off hours to the venue, to allow for better story experience! Not everything is solved in one fell swing, and events may be drawn out however long you'd like to create an investigative and ritualistic story.How does RP Combat work?
RP combat follows a simply borrowed system for Levequests based off of /random dice rolls! You are not locked to specific 'job' roles, and may emote freely as any class! The only difference we use in the system is Wychwood tends to impliment a 'Roll first' environment, to allow for people to get as creative or silly as they'd like with their emotes! HP thresholds in combat are subject to change based on number of participants.

• Ba'als
• Leve System

Ba'als

Lords and Ladies of Pathos

Ba'al; Noun; A 'lord' or 'owner' presiding over specific domains in energy known as 'Dynamis'.

On the subject of emotions; "Pathos And Dynamic Energy; Chapter 8, section 2.51; Lords And Ladies Of Pathos" Written by Tatiana Ainsworth. The quill clinks against the inkwell as it comes to rest. The Dancing Witch reading over her work.

What Is A Ba'al?
Ba'als are demons who serve under higher classed entities known as 'Blasphemies'. Their purpose remains to be seen in full, save they exist solely to feast upon the emotions of others, and sway the humane form to change in drastic measures. Often associated with negative emotions, Ba'als reside over a wide range of emotional reactions. Fear, joy, pain, love. If it can be felt, a Ba'al will certainly be drawn to the location.Often found within areas where higher populations reside, Ba'als, which from here on out shall be referred to as demons¹; may afflict singular targets or larger groups. Spreading influence and changing the behaviors of their victims to suite that of domain they are ruling.Example: A man is overcome with anger. Rather than the emotion working itself out over time, a demon comes in to play and whispers below the skin to further incite the feeling. The anger turns to rage that lasts a day, two days, three-- growing more volatile as the days go on. Eventually, the victim loses control of their actions. Body moving in strange and uncontrolled ways, acting out in fits that may in course turn violent, harmful to self and others. This is the second stage of affliction known as the 'Totentanz' and is a telltale sign that the victim is nearing the end of their rope.Ba'al Hierarchy
There are three ranks of demons in which Ba'als are categorized. From higher to lower rung, Ba'als rank as follows;
Blasphemies > Ba'als > TerminusNot to account for neighbors², in which they reside over an adjacent domain.Blasphemies are thus named for the apparent offense against the image of gods, holding sway over a specific realm of emotion, and thus employing Ba'als to spread their influence in full to victims who are easily overwhelmed. Turning them into lesser demons known as 'Terminus' from which there is no known salvation save merciful death.The Lords and Ladies of Pathos rank fifteen in number all together, and while they may be defeated, will always find way to return. existing so long as there is emotion. They may be exorcised via a mix of ceremonial dance and prayer; a combination of step and arcane incantation known as the "Kriegstanz" to which the nature of it's spellwork is well gate-kept, often disguised nowadays as simple performances.Simple rules must be followed when dealing with a Ba'al.
- Never let your emotions get the better of you
-Stay focused and unwavering in your steps
- Never face a Ba'al alone.

Emotions

Tatiana carries with her a crystal that changes color based on the emotion that is most prevelant at the time, and shines brighter the closer she gets to the source of said emotion. If you wish to have your emotions displayed; or to take place in an rp involving a Ba'al, simply send a tell or a whisper!

The System:

The Flow:

1. Combat begins. The DM decides who goes first (via rolls or story-relevant choice.) For the sake of this example, we'll say players go first.2. Players roll with /random at the start of their turn, THEN after the GM tally's the score, players will get to emote.
Every character has two actions per turn of combat.
Available actions are:
- ATTACK: Deal damage based on the roll + chart.
- SUPPORT: Add to your roll or someone else's by the amount specified by roll + chart.
- HEAL: Restore someone's HP based on roll + chart.
- DEFENSE: Absorb an amount of damage either on yourself or for another based on roll + chart.
- LIMIT BREAK: One bar of LB is accrued every 3 rounds. Each individual has their own limit break. Costs one action and considered an automatic success. Anyone can choose to cast any LB type so long as they can write it in a way that makes sense.3. When writing the emote, please consider appending on the back what you're mechanically rolling for. For example, "Player A defends Player B and attacks. (Defend (@PlayerB) + Attack (@Boss)"
The order of declaration will match the order of rolls, i.e. if you say defend + attack, your first roll will be treated as defense and your second roll as attack.4. On the boss's turn, it rolls for its ability and automatically inflicts its statuses, damage, etc. There is no vs. roll in this system; players do not roll against the boss's abilities.5. Repeat until end of scenario.

Thanks to Absolute Baraunit for letting me use the basis of their system!

Stepping Through The Threshold

Door Locations

Publications (WIP!)

Feywilds; Why you don't belong. A tome detailing the deeper ends of the shroud and the impact that man has on spirits, demons, fae, or other neighbor related nomenclature

There are certain areas of the deep Shroud that go untraveled, not for favor of pathways, but because the deeper one travels, the more they become lost. The more they simply realize; they were never traveling alone in the first place. It can start as a simple feeling of being watched, of being compelled, but all roads point to one conclusion. Despite the welcoming hand you are dealt, you really-- really, don't belong here.Stories are passed along over the years of the strange creatures that reside in the forest. Some say they are pure beings and others demand they are simply evil spirits. Tales of children gone missing and of men who wander too far into the wood only for them to awake to their bones beneath brambles, born again as something else entirely are all too common here.It takes a foolish man to believe he can control the world beyond the forest gates, often not realizing that they've already stepped through them long ago, and have become part of that world themselves. Here, the forest is alive, and has a will of it's own. A wise man would do well to abide by it's laws.Always say please and thank you.
Do no harm to the forest.And never look a God in the eye.

Publications

The Mage and His Relation To The Unconcious. An essay detailing the cost of magick and the effects it can have on not just the body, but the mind as well.

It was spoken once, that to commit to magick was to commit not only the aether, but the mind and body as well. That the magick one produces is built upon not what they offer from others, but what they offer themselves.

Real magic can never be made by offering someone else's liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back.

There comes a price when handing over one's being to perform magick of any kind. Whether the user is aware or not. Even the 'lightest' of spells can carry with it a push and pull. Every action holding a reaction. Mages who understand this sacrifice weigh their choices carefully, tearing apart their being bit by bit for the greater whole of their spellwork or study.Not always attributed to physical deterioration, it can cast a toll on one's psyche. Stepping away from a ritual will never leave one the same as when they went into it. It is to be expected, then, that when one hears the whispers in the back of their mind or feels the many eyes cast upon them in shadow that they are not falling to insanity. But that they should find, in an all too real sense, that they have joined as part of the greater whole.Magick is not meant for everyone.Nor should it be allowed to rest openly in the palms of individuals who are unknowing to it's costs and virtues. This is a key principle within the Orthodoxy, and the first of many valuable lessons to be learned by the Neophytes of the order. Revealation of the order's teaching and shared magick will, more often than not, result in catastrophic consequences.

Publications

To Dance The Threshold; accounts of the Dancing Witch and walking the threshold between footwork and magick.

The practice of ritual dance goes far back into history, not exclusive to the regions of Thavnair. It has been recorded in accounts of shamanic priests of the Shroud, spiritual leaders of Gyr Abania, shrine maidens of Hingashi, and the Strega of Ilsabard.Not just for show, these dances are performed in combination with intent and aether to weave together spellwork.One such method, common to Thavnair and known as the 'Kriegstanz' utulizes the aether of the dancer. Stretching their aether out to reach their -- all too literal -- captive audience. Sinking their delicate fangs into the aether of the intended subjects and compelling them to move. To dance. A cruel yet beautiful method to combat the stage of Ba'al influence known as Totentanz, in which the victim finds themselves unable to control their movements and behavior.These puppeteers of the human body walk a fine line of magick. Using their body as an open conduit to bring forth their spells. New methods of Arcano-kineticism rise each day. Where some may use items to help cast their spells, others may simply rely on the formation of movement and aether.

A note is scribbled in the corner of the page, it looks like a strange set of chicken scratched sigils; 'Dance Notation'.

Publications

Nightmares, Dreams, and Manifestations; Chapter 4: Dreams and their relation to the subconcious. Details on the manifestation of nightmares from unresolved emotions.

Emotions exist on multiple levels within a person's being. The two most prominent levels are those of the concious and subconcious.The concious level of emotions are what you feel in your day to day, the push and pull of pathos be it negative or positive. The subconcious level of emotion is what occurs when one rejects these outward emotions and seals them away inside themselves. They do not simply vanish, nor do they work out on their own. In truth, these subconcious emotions fester into dreams. And dreams introduce nightmares.Nightmare (Noun); a highly distressing or frightening dream that usually causes the sleeper to wake up in a state of terror, anxiety, or sadnessUnlike a mild "bad dream," nightmares provoke strong physiological and emotional reactions. In the field of magick, especially in the realm of emotion, Nightmares hold another meaning. They are the manifestation of subconcious emotions, a form of Ba'al born from one's dreams and manifested into horrendous creatures that sup on their victim's dynamic energy.Methods are still being researched as to how to deal with these next level entities, but the main exorcism form remains listed as the Kriegstanz.

Publications

Gelmorran Seals and How to Repair Them; Detailing events of a dive into ruins located in the Central Shroud. A step by step analysis is given on Crystal Resin and how create it.

A recent delve into a ruin known as the King's Tomb brought to light a new kind of mechanism from Gelmorran artisans. A type of lock and key mechanism that utulizes Crystal enclosed sigils upon the floor, creating an aetherial channel that locks and unlocks doors within the tomb and provides passage to the main chamber belonging to the king.An unfortunate series of events lead the adventuring party to both injury, the sight of death, and discovery with which notes were produced on how to maintain and keep these sigils functional. the most notable of sigils was claimed to be the 'Verdant Seal'.This seal is comprised of aether akin to wind. The sigils within give direction to which the currents will flow and connect it to their respective doors. Longer channels require more seals and thus for this one in particular, two had been put in place to carry the currents down to their proper chambers. In the event a seal is broken; the lock to which they are connected will remain sealed. And any attempt to open the doors will be met with no results. Unless you find yourself unlucky enough to stumble into a trap.

It was mentioned in some chapters prior, that the author of the novel had the misfortune of stepping into a trap themselves, and suffering a nasty burn from an explosive magick as a result.

While attempting to find the keys to these doors, it was discovered that the tomb halls were littered in aetherially conductive crystals. However, not just any crystal would work. In order to properly create the key to the doors at hand, one must match the aether needed. Thus; if the Verdant seal required wind based aether, then wind infused crystals would be needed.To firmly fix these aether bound crystals to their proper seal, a resin needs to be created. This is done by alchemically melting the crystals down into a molten state, akin to that of what a glass-blower would work with, and pouring the resin into the necessary points of the seal.From there, the resin is shaped to complete the circle, and close it in it's entirety to allow the magicks to flow properly from seal to seal. Or seal to door in a stable conductive aetherial channel. A sloppy use of the resin on the seal will not gaurantee that it will work. And thus; it is extremely important that while shaping these seals, the resin must be slowly applied and cooled with no gaps or bubbles.

Publications

This book is not a simple historical piece, but also discussed everything one might need to begin training as a red mage. As one of the most physically demanding yet also accessible forms of magic available in the modern day, it is only natural that one would wish to learn it. This text not only encourages this desire in the reader, but also gives them all the tools they need as well as the (with permission) locations of the new, flourishing groups of red mages, from far-off ala mhigo to eorzea.

Publications

Lifemend Preparations

A whisper on the wind, the tugging at your person to follow, quickly- this way! Ariels giggle and flutter their wings, arms outstretched to usher you closer. Rumor of strange magicks have reached your ears.Every year, a rite is performed on the lifemend stump in the shroud to renew the enchantments that keep its magick flowing. And every year, a new cohort of mages is called upon to do so. This year; you have caught the attention of these strange forces, and are guided to participate in preparing for the rite.

July 25th 7pm EST

In preparation for the lifemend rite, you've been urged to follow the whispers of the wood to one of the clearings in the Feywilds.Here, you find a a small group of mages already at work to collect crystals. Thoug one mage warns you along the way;

"You should only take two crystals! Any more and you may upset the spriggan king!"

With this in mind, you join the small gathering to find the perfect crystal that calls to you. The field is rife with shining stones, and each one is a blank slate for you to draw upon.

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What To Expect

During this event, participants will go about collecting their crystals for the Lifemend Rite, these crystals will be clear in color!As the event goes on, a mage will lead a circle to perform the final act and closing spell for the crystals in hand.By channeling emotion into the crystals, be it through a memory, a feeling, or a simple dream; the crystal will begin to change to a single color!

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Want to learn more about Lifemend?
Click the stump below!

Emotion	Crystal Color
Hope	Green
Courage	Red
Peace	Dark blue
Resolve	Yellow
Curiosity	Purple
Reflection	Light Blue

Trading Crystals

Lifemend is about community and socialization. When you trade your crystal off to someone to power the magicks at play for the rite, their color will be added to the crystal as well.

Ex; Tatiana's crystal was originally green. When she handed it off to Euphie, the memory used to charge the gemstone caused it to gain purple as a color. Now the crystal holds both hues.

By the end of the trading, your crystal may look like a rainbow of colors!