[Syliras' OOC Thread] The Calm within the Storm

[Lotvie]

Hello all!
The name's Lotvie amd I'm excited to get down to roleplaying here in Sylrias. Should be fun!

[Katelyn Marks]

Welcome to Syliras, and back to Mizahar. It will be interesting to have an Akvatari around. Maybe Lotvie can pique Katelyn's interest in art.

[Keene Ward]

Hey all!

I just wanted to pop in here and apologize for grading out of order. It was pointed out that there is actually an old Syliras grade request thread! Whoopsies! I'll be trying to knock out a few of those in recompense.

Good day!

[Tanna]

Hello everyone! Finally back from my holiday and plan on playing catch-up tomorrow. I am so sorry to those I've left hanging and I promise I will get on top of things asap, especially with the end of the season looming. Thanks to all of you I'm writing with (and plan on writing with) for being so patient and lovely!

[Byron Allestor]

Hey guys, I know I've been slow with replies here lately but I've been working mostly and with a pretty bad case of carpel tunnel, my wrist just hasn't allowed much progress towards replies. Needless to say I'll be on top of them soon, when I can manage to type without having to wear a wrist brace.

[Nightmare]

Hello folks!

Quick update to the rules for posting in Syliras, the following rule has been added to the list:

Players are expected to maintain a common level lifestyle for Syliras. In Syliras everyone works, everyone gets paid fair wages, even laborers get an increased wage of 2 GM. There is no reason for any player character to have a lifestyle at squalor, and only exceptional reasons will a PC have poor lifestyle (e.g. A Zith player who haunts the caves nearby Syliras. Or a group of bandits camping out in the cobalt mountains, ect.)

This in response to some questions I have been getting from the playerbase. Hope this clears things up.

On a more technical note, I have fixed the code for that thread to be more friendly to our mobile phone users. The CSS will now shrink to accommodate any sized screen. This will prevent the need to horizontal scroll, which is never fun.

[Vizayas]

EDIT: I'm just going to keep going with him. It's depressing to try and figure out an alternative.

[Orin Fenix]

Hey guys! I know I disappeared for a bit this week so my apologies. That being said, my priority is going to be catching up on replies for the next couple of days. I know I promised some of you threads so if that's the case it's probably a good idea for us to put down placeholders since I don't know if I'll be able to start any new threads before the season change comes up. PM me if you're still interested in those plots.

[Katelyn Marks]

Hey everyone!

I've been pretty largely absent this month (more specifically the last two weeks), but I wanted to let all of my current and future thread partners that I'm still around. I just needed a breather, and time to focus on some other things in my life. I intend to be picking up activity again very soon, and the replies that I owe you lovely, patient compadres will be top priority.

[Nightmare]

Hello folks!

Looks like Spring is drawing to a closer and we have some housekeeping to do and some discussions.

First off!
I just posted a place that you can suggest ideas for the Summer 515 calendar. Plume and I are going to come up with some of our own to put into the calendar, and we would love to invite the playerbase to make some suggestions. It should be fun!

Now, the new season is coming up quickly. This means that players should start concerning themselves about their CS. Specifically their ledger. I would like to remind you all that all players that play in Syliras (and indeed the entire game) will need to deduct livestyle expenses. If you play in Syliras you need to deduct common living expenses, or you need to talk to me. There are some situations that I can arrange with the player that means the player uses poor living expenses. This could be a player who lives in a cave or in the wilds nearby Syliras.

Whatever the lifestyle, all players pay the full amount. No matter when you start. This can pose a problem for new players, but we do have options that can be discussed.

If you can not pay for living expenses, you do NOT get to go into debt. Your ledger should NEVER have a negative balance. If you can't pay your living expenses, you die. Please contact me if you think that you might not be able to pay your living expenses. There are options that we can discuss.

Likewise, all players should have a job for their character. If you haven't set one up or requested one, you should do so soon. Otherwise you might not be able to pay for your living expense, and ultimately end up killing your character. All players that have jobs should be able to pay their living expenses. Even laborers get an increased wage of 2 GM.

If you have run out of time or find yourself busy and the season turns without your job threads completed, I can't let you make new threads for the previous season. However, you may make placeholder threads before the season changes. You can then write up your job threads and submit them at any time after the season ends. When the season changes, all threads from previous seasons are considered "Grandfathered". This means that players can not join these old threads. But those who are already in them can post like normal. So please keep this in mind when you make any last minute plans.

In regards to Gnosis and DS level moderated threads. At this time I am unable to take any moderated threads unless I explicitly promised you one. Please remind me if I have. Please contact Plume to see if she has any slots open for moderated threads, but keep in mind she is an AS. So this means that she can not run gnosis threads.

As for ST positions. I will be making a post exclusively about it later, but for now, if you are interested in joining the staff we are looking for bright, prospective writers to assist. Here is the thing. We are looking for Assistant Storytellers that have demonstrated a desire to tell stories for many of the locations around Syliras, Cyphrus and Falyndar. If you want my recommendation, I want you to complete a guest modded thread. Just one. I also expect you to be a grader. If you can do both of those, you are Storyteller material. So, think about it. It is a lot of fun and very rewarding. Storytellers also stick together and help each other out.

There has been a change of plan in regards to the attitude of magic in Syliras. Since December, and really before then, I have been working on this concept of a magic license. The idea was to have Syliras become paranoid about magic and enforce regulations on who among the citizens can use magic. I have a write up that is almost finished, but I have realized that it is fundamentally flawed. It is not something that the knighthood would do. So, I am scrapping the idea altogether. This means that the calendar for spring is going to be edited. To reflect this.

I will elaborate at a later date what my plans are for magic in Syliras. For now, if you want to learn and practice magic, please join the knighthood.

The Knight Hierarchy.
The knighthood write up has some flaws, cosmetic and conceptual, that I have been working to address. It will be my next big project, now that I am not working on the magic license system. Luckily I am already almost done with it. So it shouldn't take long.

That's it for now! More announcements will be coming!