A few in game questions

[Metis 1,108]

So I was going through the skill list in the mod tools and encountered this among the unnamed DELETE skills:

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The afterlife has a language all its own, an unearthly vocalization which consists not only of sound, but also of physical phenomenon. It is possible to learn to understand this speech, and even 'speak' it.

Dominant Attribute: Insight

Is that still a thing, or has that been removed both from the game and the setting?

[Rhialto 19]

30 minutes ago, Metis said:

So I was going through the skill list in the mod tools and encountered this among the unnamed DELETE skills:

Is that still a thing, or has that been removed both from the game and the setting?

I would imagine that its study is part of gates.

[Legate of Mineta 0]

Shhhhhh...;)

[Rhialto 19]

13 minutes ago, Legate of Mineta said:

Shhhhhh...;)

Is that a confirmation of my thoughts?

[Legate of Mineta 0]

I can neither confirm nor deny.

[Schwarzbart 1,053]

1) Are other magic pillar beside gate magic have some magic that are known to have random side effects? (Astrology maybe?)

[Legate of Mineta 0]

S;

It is thought not other Pillar has such intrinsic instability- all other randomness has either been proved not to be random, or is theorized not to be.

Of course, Gates was originally not as random as it is today...

[Rhialto 19]

3 hours ago, Legate of Mineta said:

S;

It is thought not other Pillar has such intrinsic instability- all other randomness has either been proved not to be random, or is theorized not to be.

Of course, Gates was originally not as random as it is today...

Would it be legal to do research about why Gates was less random in the past, so long as no Gates magic were used? Or would that research be itself illegal?

[Legate of Mineta 0]

Illegal.

[Schwarzbart 1,053]

1) How long ago was the Banishment again?

2) Are there many recorded history about lands that did fall down and if so is it more in common recently?

No magic works for ever as far we know and the Banishment is some kind of magic! Resulting from this my guess is that the increasing chaos factor of the gate magic is actual the first indicator that the whole Banishment magic start to weaken.

[Metis 1,108]

IIRC if you're talking about the Exile, it's magic was self-sustaining, somehow? Something that even modern mages didn't understand? Legate'll have to confirm/deny that one.

[Schwarzbart 1,053]

Yes I talking of the Exil what is in the view of the Dragons a Banishment of the rebelling humans. So please Legate answer to my 2 questions.

1) How long ago was the Exil/Banishment again?

2) Are there many recorded history about lands that did fall down and if so is it more in common recently?

[LaughingHero 1]

On 7/13/2019 at 7:42 PM, Rhialto said:

Would it be legal to do research about why Gates was less random in the past, so long as no Gates magic were used? Or would that research be itself illegal?

Let me guess - because it was a known practice and people knew how to use it. Hence less randomness, since it wasn't people using something that they don't know as much about, esp. the theory behind it.

[Legate of Mineta 0]

S;

1) The actual date is subject to conjecture- if there are any written records, they are with the Dragons. It’s believed it may be anywhere from 3 to 6 thousand years ago.

2) There are oral accounts which have survived as myth and legends. Most of the old libraries and literate societies were destroyed by the Dragons after the Exile. Certainly no lands have fallen except Monteon, during the Cataclysm.

[Rhialto 19]

@Legate of Mineta: is it legal to introduce new gods into Mineta, so long as they submit to the new gods and their cults are not worshipping  dragons?

[Metis 1,108]

Try to make a case that a recently deceased individual deserves to be declared/recognized as a saint, maybe, but beyond that I doubt it. I mean, IIRC one of the actual New Gods isn't put on the same pedestal as his peers are, so I doubt a complete outsider would be tolerated.

EDIT: Were all the Old Gods seen as equals, or did people fold them (accurately or otherwise) into...not "tiers", but...word. For example, was the Old God of weapon forging considered the son of the Old God of War and brother to the Old God of Hunting, not necessarily relatives but something along those lines, or was the Old God of flatulence considered an equal to the Old God of Life or some such?

Edited July 21, 2019 by Metis

[Legate of Mineta 0]

Rhi;

No, not at all.

Metis;

They were ranked by power, down to demigods and even lesser spirits. It wasn’t very formal, and waxed and waned with their adherents and the prestige of their chosen peoples.

[Metis 1,108]

Did any of them have (and managed to hold) a particularly noteworthy rank, for good or ill? One that, measurably, was sees as standing above/below the rest, or at least his relative peers?

[Legate of Mineta 0]

Metis;

You mean, akin to a Zeus? No.

[Rhialto 19]

@Legate of Mineta: How common and formal are adoption procedures among commoners in Mineta?

[Legate of Mineta 0]

Formal - primarily through the local Imperial Temple.

Common - very rare, except within family groups that have lost members.

[Rhialto 19]

@Legate of Mineta: 1. Would spells that allow people to sleepwalk be mastery, or could some be glamour? I ask because Hedi is the college of dream magic.

2. Is Sima's interest in theatre only as an actress, or would she be interested in writing plays?

[Legate of Mineta 0]

Rhialto;

Dream magic is not usually associated with sleepwalking, but rather the magic of and through dreams.

Sleepwalking would likely be regarded with suspicion of Mastery.

Sima is interested in writing too, I believe.

[Rhialto 19]

@Legate of Mineta: I was not claiming that dream magic is associated only with sleepwalking, but was wondering whether parts of dream magic can be used to trigger sleepwalking in a way that is not mastery.

Also, I am thrilled that you answer a question about a student in way that is not telling us that we have to ask the character. Does this mean that Y2 is very close to completion?

[Legate of Mineta 0]

Rhi;

No comment, alas!