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Welcome to our August Items of the Month! This month, we are happy to present you with another brand new set of items which are centered around Myths and Legends. Expect to see some legendary and mythical creatures, weapons, and other manner of fabled concepts. That said, we, as always, hope you enjoy this set and can find something that interests you or fits your character/s~
August 2020 IotM designed by our standing Devs and Admin Team! Show them some love!
- Gimmick:
Name:
Pan Pipes
Grade:
Weak
Type:
Item
Proof of Acquisition:
[Insert link to purchase post]
Description:
To be honest, this thing’s kind of a mixed bag. It was fashioned by the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature of mountain wilds, rustic music, and also, strangely, to getting jiggy with it despite the fact he had the butt of a goat. He made this thing out of the reeds some nymphs turned the girl he was stalking into to “save” her, so …
Anyway, whosoever plays a lovely little folk tune on this flute can hold nature by the nads. Wanna grow some plants? Play a song. Want to tame any woodland creature? Toot a tune. Want to suddenly seem irresistibly sexy to your crush? I mean, you can try ... sometimes it works ...
Abilities:
Name: Woodland Woo
Description: By breathing across the hollow reeds one can cause plants to grow and all manner of beasts to become friendly and tame. Flora and Fauna obey the user’s will once a melody is played on the flute, and the magic will remain for the rest of the day at least. The user may also play a diddy to woo a prospective lover, but just know that the magic for this part isn’t super reliable. When it works, it’s great. When it doesn’t, you end up with the bottom half of a goat for the rest of the day, and folks are way less accepting of that sort of thing these days … but make sure not to panic. [The user must have OOC permission to use this ability on a player character, a player-owned NPC, or an Event NPC as well as associated magics belonging to those mentioned.]
Price: 5,000 Jewels
Stock: ∞
- Lacrima:
Name:
Medea's Fury
Type:
God Slayer
Item/Energy needed to reach Force:
Anger, Blood, Fire
Slayer Can Control:
Anger, Blood, Fire
Appearance:
History:
There is no greater power than that of a woman scorned. Such is the story of Medea, the forsaken wife of Jason. Once the most happily married woman and mother of two, Medea was shocked when her husband cast her to the side, all for the sake of gaining more political power. She was ordered by the king to abandon her home and leave, banished to the wilds all alone.
But Medea raged against her judgement. She confronted the king and demanded that he reverse his position. When he didn't, she gifted the queen a flower of faux defeat. When the queen touched it, it burst into flames, engulfing her. When the king rushed to try and put her out, he found himself swallowed up as well. But Medea's thirst for blood had awakened and her desire for revenge burned even brighter. She cast her sons from the roof to spite their father, solidifying her vengeance. As Jason cursed the world and declared the gods dead, fate granted Medea the title of God Slayer - for she had taken the faith from her husband and all that had witnessed her actions. After she fled, her whereabouts were lost to history, leaving her final resting place unknown. But rumors tell that this lacrima was fused with her soul before her death by a witch, capturing all of her enraged emotions and casting it into the world so that all scorned women would have a means to punish those that dare abuse them.
Price: 2,000,000 Jewels or 100 CC
Stock: 1
- Weapon - Claimed by Amber Stone:
Name:
The Fragarach
Rank:
Legendary (+)
Type:
Weapon
Proof of Acquisition:
[Insert link to purchase post]
Description:
The Fragarach, a sword of Celtic legend. Said to be forged by the gods, and bears alternate names such as 'The Answerer' or 'The Retaliator'. With a curious affinity for commanding the wind, the wielder of this weapon is originally believed to an incredibly powerful deity called Manannan Mac Lir, a god of the Sea. Having passed through the hands of many legends, it is believed to have felled all who have come to blows with it.
Abilities:- Plot Ability:
The Answerer: It was said that no one could tell a lie or move with Fragarach at their throat, thus giving it the name 'Answerer'. This ability requires OOC Permission to be used on players, player-owned NPCs, or Event NPCs.
Name: Commander of Wind
Rank: User Rank (Up to A)
Category: Offensive
Type: Multi Target, Piercing, Buff
Damage: User Rank Multi Target Damage
Range: User Rank Multi Target Range
Speed User Rank Multi Target Speed
Duration: User Rank Max
Description: When wielded, a powerful wind encircles the blade. This can either be used to add to the strikes of the blade or released from the blade to create a series of wind slashes that lash out at the wielder's enemies. Once wielded, the wielder of the sword will receive a user-rank active buff to spell damage for the remainder of the duration of the ability. Additionally, this ability can pierce through armors, shields, or barriers at the cost of sacrificing 50% of its base damage when doing so.
Name: The Retaliator
Rank: User Rank Advanced (Up to B+)
Category: Offensive
Type: Burst, Piercing, Immobilization
Damage: User Rank Advanced Burst Damage
Range: User Rank Advanced Burst Range
Speed User Rank Advanced Burst Speed
Duration: User Rank Advanced Max
Description: Once per post for the ability's duration, the wielder can build up a mass of wind energy by either slashing the sword or stabbing it into the ground. This will release a burst of the divine wind, which will explode outward with immense force, hitting anyone within range. Those hit by this ability will be frozen in place by the sword godly power, held there for a single post. This cannot be stacked, however, they can be immobilized once every other post should they be struck by this ability again. Additionally, this ability will pierce through armors, shields, and barriers at the cost of sacrificing 50% of its base damage when doing so
Price: 75,000 Jewels or 5 CC
Stock: 1
- Armor - Claimed by KuroFaustΩ:
Name:
Vestments of Midas
Rank:
Strong (+)
Type:
Armor
Proof of Acquisition:
[Insert link to purchase post]
Description:
This brilliant robe is crafted of the finest scales across the land, combining the golden plates of a famous treasure dragon and the crimson lamina of an even more infamous fire dragon. These materials were sewn together and gifted to the legendary man with the Golden Touch, Midas. It is said that he requested the construction of this robe so that he could imbue his magical curse into it, in hopes that he could rid himself of its ability and finally be free. While the robe itself may carry some of his magical ability, it certainly didn’t release Midas from his terrible malediction.
Abilities:
Name: Glittering Impairment
Rank: User Rank (Up to C)
Category Offensive
Type: Multi Target, Immobilization
Damage: User Rank Multi Target Damage
Range: User Rank Multi Target Range
Speed: User Rank Multi Target Speed
Duration: User Rank Max
Description: This is an ability that activates once the user takes damage. The latent curse of Midas can be released once the user suffers damage, the entire attire turning a bright gold and unleashing bolts of golden light. Enemies struck by the blots will find themselves immobilized for one turn as their bodies fight off turning into solid gold. Targets can only be immobilized once every other post max, and only if hit again.
Name: Treasured Defense
Rank: User Rank Advanced (Up to B+)
Category: Defensive
Type: Single Target, Anti Piercing, Buff
Durability: User Rank Advanced Single Target Damage + 50%
Range: Self / Melee
Speed: Self / Melee
Duration: User Rank Advanced Max
Downside: Sacrificing range and speed for 50% more durability
Description: For a short time, the wearer of the Vestments can borrow Midas’ curse and imbue themselves, or one ally within melee distance, with its power. In doing so, the user’s body is coated completely in gold, forming a hardened metal layer over their flesh and aiding in their defensive capabilities. The carapace also grants the user an active buff to spell durability at a user-rank advanced percentage for the duration of this ability.
Price: 35,000 Jewels
Stock: 1
- Item:
Name:
Selkie Skin
Grade:
Artifact (+)
Type:
Item
Proof of Acquisition:
[Insert link to purchase post]
Description:
Off the coast of Pergrande lies an island that holds a small population of fishermen and their families. For generations, people have kept the culture and business of fishing alive, making their livelihoods on the seaside. But, long ago, when the island was first settled, a legend came to be born that was passed down through the generations. The newest generations don't believe in its truth, but this cloak is proof that the legend is true.
Seals used to occupy the shores of this island. When the first fishermen came along, they had to scare the seals away every day in order to catch enough fish. The humans and seals were in direct competition. The rocky harmony between the two species didn't last very long. Fisherman began to kill the seals, clubbing their young and harpooning the adults. As one young man discovered, though, these were no ordinary seals. They were selkies, a magical creature that could take on human form from their usual seal form. A female selkie called him to the beach one night, standing on the sand as a human. In her hands was a piece of perfect seal skin, her own skin that allowed for the transformation between forms.
The selkie woman begged him to cease the killing and make peace between their people. She asked the wrong man, for he stole away her seal skin, forcing her to remain human. He hid the skin and the woman had no choice but to live among the fishing people. The other selkies migrated to another island to save themselves, and she was left with her captors, staring longingly at the sea from her cottage every day. It didn't take long before she passed. A few years later, the man had decided to make the selkie skin into a cloak for his son, forgetting that it was not normal seal skin. It appeared indestructible and gave the boy many fantastic abilities.
Abilities:
Name: Selkie Agility
Rank: User Rank (Up to S)
Category: Auxiliary
Type: Passive
Description: When in possession of this cloak, the user finds themselves automatically able to breathe underwater and gains a passive user-rank buff to their speed (Up to S). They also regenerate 5% of their max HP passively once per post. This reflects the natural protections that a seal's skin provides to the creature.
Name: Selkie Magic
Rank: User Rank Advanced (Up to A+)
Category: Auxiliary
Type: Passive
Description: The true magic of the sea channels through the user of this cloak, granting them a passive user-rank advanced buff to their magic power and health points (Up to A+). This is split evenly between the two stats. The user is also able to see in the dark.
Price: 350,000 Jewels or 20 CC
Stock: 1
- Combat Pet - Claimed by Amber Stone:
Name:
Sharir Tayaran
Grade:
Ethereal (+)
Type:
Combat Pet
Proof of Acquisition:
[Insert link to purchase post]
Description:
Sharir Tayaran, "dark wing", is a mythical creature from the deserts of Desierto. Essentially, this creature is a black and blue phoenix. The people of Desierto consider the sight of this creature as a bad omen as, within days of a sighting, sometimes within mere hours, someone in the village or city dies, if not more than one individual. They die in a variety of ways: Disease, poison, fire, violence, suicide, or old age. It is therefore considered bad luck for not only the person who sees the creature but also for the community as a whole. Various attempts to stop the impending dread have been futile, as are the charms and spells to prevent the Sharir Tayaran from visiting the settlements.
In truth, this rare creature does not cause bad luck nor the deaths. It happens to herald the deaths to come simply because they are used as a pawn in a game of shadows. Sharir Tayaran’s are sought after by assassin sects from the desert sands, for a bond with these creatures allows them to look through the eyes of the phoenix. A valuable skill that allows an assassin to plot the death of their target without being caught. The Sharir Tayaran can also change their size between that of a hawk and that of a full-sized phoenix. In its full size, it can be ridden. They also have magical abilities.
Abilities:- Plot Ability:
Eye of the Desert: The user can look through the eyes of the phoenix and see what the creature can see at their own discretion.
Name: Shadow Strike
Rank: User Rank Advanced (Up to A+)
Category: Offensive
Type: AoE, Debuff, Immobilization, HP Regen, MP Regen
Damage: User Rank Advanced AoE Damage
Range: User Rank Advanced AoE Range
Speed: User Rank Advanced AoE Speed
Duration: User Rank Advanced Max
Description: The Sharir Tayaran spreads its wings and from it spawn thousands of phantom blades of shadow in the form of feathers. They bombard the area around the creature within the ability's range, dealing user-rank advanced AoE damage to all caught in the attack. Each post of the ability's duration another bombard occurs. During the attack, the AoE will be covered in a thick shadow and those afflicted will be unable to move for one post for the initial post. Targets can be immobilized once every other post max. The Sharir Tayaran and the user are not affected by the shadow, instead, they gain a 5% regeneration to their max MP and HP every post for the ability's duration.
Name: Azure Breath
Rank: User Rank (Up to S)
Category: Offensive
Type: Burst, MP Drain, HP Drain
Damage: User Rank Burst Damage
Range: User Rank Burst Range
Speed: User Rank Burst Speed
Duration: User Rank Max
Description: Once per post for the ability's duration, the Sharir Tayaran can breathe fire, it’s azure coloured flames burn everything that stands in its way in an expanding cone up to the range of the ability. The flames deal user-rank Burst damage. Those hit by its flames are also inflicted with, besides the damage, a drain that destroys 5% of a target's max HP and MP once per post for the duration of the ability.
Price: 350,000 Jewels or 20 CC
Stock: 1
- Mythical - Claimed by Digit v2:
Name:
Πήγασος (Pegasus)
Grade:
Mythical
Type:
Weapon
Proof of Acquisition:
[Insert link to purchase post]
Description:
Begotten by violence as well as steeped in it, this weapon and shield still assist in protecting its hero while striking down those its hero has judged. Once, long ago, a legendary hero slew a beautiful woman, cursed by the gods to have snakes for hair and a petrifying glare. As her blood dripped into the god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses’ seafoam below, they mixed and from this union, a glorious winged horse of the purest white was born. Anywhere the wild Pegasus’ hooves touched, wellsprings would bubble up from the ground, and none were faster or more reliable than he. Once tamed by his hero, they went on to have many adventures together, slaying horrible creatures.
Eventually, he was taken to the mount all the gods rested upon. The head god took an interest in him and added him to his heavenly stable, using him to carry his lightning bolts and transport his attendants, handmaids, and shieldbearers. For years Pegasus was faithful, and at long last, the head god blessed him and transformed him into a constellation. During his transformation, a single feather fell from his wing down to Earthland.
While watching from the stars, Pegasus can still benefit the world below through his feather. Anyone who possessed the feather need only hold it out and whisper his name and it’ll transform into a glorious golden spear made of sharp feathers that will never dull and a golden shield shaped like the horse’s head to defend with.
- Plot ability:
Heavenly Hooves: While the user may not sport white, fluffy wings like the mythical flying horse, there is a perk. While commanding the spear and shield, the user’s feet will glow gold and they gain the ability to fly at their own movement speed and hover in the air to take advantage of Pegasus’s natural environment for battle. The shield and spear also have the ability to hover and fly independently, obeying the thoughts and words of their wielder.
Abilities:
Name: Swift Currents
Rank: D
Category: Auxiliary
Type: Burst
Damage: N/A
Range: Self
Speed: Self
Duration: 3
Downside: Sacrificing range and speed for 50% more buff.
Description: Being the child of the god of the sea, should the user hold the spear and shield at the same time for even a brief moment, mini sea waves will manifest on their feet. For the duration of this ability, the user will receive a 75% buff to speed.
Name: Healthy as a Horse
Rank: User Rank (Up to C)
Category: Auxiliary
Type: Passive
Description: Despite being an animal, the winged steed is still essentially a demi-god. That paired with the heartiness of his more mundane species, he bestows his favor upon the owner of this weapon and shield, passively buffing their HP by a user-rank percentage.
Name: Hard Head
Rank: User Rank (Up to B)
Category: Defensive
Type: Single Target, Immobilization
Durability: User Rank Durability + 50%
Range: User Rank Single Target Range - 50%
Speed: User Rank Single Target Speed - 50%
Duration: User Rank Max
Downside: Sacrificing 50% of range and speed for 50% more durability.
Description: The eyes within the horsehead-shaped shield flash brightly and the feathery headdress bristles and extends. It will zoom across the battlefield to defend a single person the user wishes. The user can either command the flying shield to defend themself or one ally within the specified range. Those who either physically damage the shield or have their magic damage the shield who are still within the appropriate range of it will cause the blue, glowing eyes of the horse shield flash brightly and shoot out beams of light at the attacker. Channeling his mother, if these beams hit a target, the Pegasus shield can immobilize the foe for one post max, and only ocnce every other post max only if the beams hit them again.
Name: Homing Pidgeon
Rank: User Rank (Up to A)
Category: Offensive
Type: Single Target, Drain
Damage: User Rank Single Target + 50%
Range: User Rank Single Target - 50%
Speed: User Rank Single Target - 50%
Duration: User Ranked Max
Downside: Sacrificing 50% of range and speed for 50% more damage.
Description: Whether the user merely commands it with their mind or manually throws the spear, it will soar through the air at breakneck speed toward the intended target. The feathers that serve as its indestructible blades are flexible, allowing it to adjust its course in the air in a split second. This allows the weapon to home in on its target as long as they within its range, and the spear can only home in on targets for a distance of up to the spell's range at max. Those that take damage from the Pegasus spear will feel their magic power start to drain toward the heavens for the duration, fueling the guardian constellation, removing 5% of the opponent's max HP and MP from their respective pools once per post for the ability's duration.
Name: [Custom ability for the user to design]
Rank: User Rank (Up to S)
Category:
Type:
Damage:
Range:
Speed:
Duration:
Downside:
Description:
Name: [Custom ability for the user to design]
Rank: User Rank (Up to H)
Category:
Type:
Damage:
Range:
Speed:
Duration:
Downside:
Description:
Price: 1,000,000 Jewels or 50 CC
Stock: 1
- Summoning Key - Claimed by Eli:
Name:
Xanusia
Rank:
Summoning Key
Type:
Unknown Key
Summon Melee Damage:
User Rank Unknown Summon Melee Damage (Up to H)
Summon HP:
User Rank Unknown Summon HP (Up to H)
Range:
User Rank Burst Range (Up to H)
Speed:
User Rank Burst Speed (Up to H)
Duration:
User Rank Max (Up to H)
Description:
Xanusia, is a very rare creature known as a Gorgon. With the body and face of a beautiful woman, but a head of snakes in place of hair. Xanusia is generally calm and collected being, but should you cross her. You will feel her venomous wrath, and her deadly eyes will open. When she is calm, she generally keeps her eyes closed, and will use her snakes to see, she is perfectly capable and nothing gets passed her, even with her eyes close. She has incredible hearing and an even greater sense of smell, meaning she can smell a living thing from miles away. As a young gorgon, Xanusia was kidnapped from her home by mages who feared her abilities, as such, they cast powerful spells on her eyes in an attempt to take their power for themselves. However, this didn't work and as she fought them off, she was able to use her gaze to turn them all to stone. All bar one. One mage who before escaping cast a curse upon her that would limit her power, meaning she can only turn those who are of weak will. Even so, her eyes are still powerful enough to deal devastating damage to those whom she gazes upon, and the curse altered her magic effect meaning she can deal damage to them without having to actually meet their gaze as she would have before. Thus meaning that in any form of a weakened state, avoiding her gaze would still be best.
Abilities:- Plot Ability:
Stone Death: When looking upon someone who is considered weak, whether this is emotionally, physically or of will/spirit, with some exertion, Xanusia can turn them to stone and end their existence completely. Albeit with great strain to herself, after which she requires immediate rest for the toll the curse has on her body. This ability requires OOC permission to be used on players, player-owned NPCs, or Event NPCs.
Name: Gaze of Death
Rank: User Rank Advanced (Up to H+)
Category: Offensive
Type: Single Target, Piercing, Immobilisation, Debuff
Damage: User Rank Advanced Single Target Damage
Range: User Rank Advanced Single Target Range
Speed: User Rank Advanced SingleTarget Speed
Duration: User Rank Advanced Max
Description: When Xanusia opens her eyes, a beam of sinister magic shoots through the space between her and whoever she looks upon. Due to the curse inflicted upon her, her lethal sight was made avoidable by allowing others to see her line of sight and thus potentially dodge it. The air between herself and her target will glow ever so slightly with a gold and green hue, depicted as a thin stream, anyone caught in this stream of lethal power will be hit with immense damage. This stream of Gorgon power will pierce through shields, armors, or barriers at the cost of only 25% of this ability's base damage. Those struck by this power will be frozen in place, and feel as heavy as stone. Unable to move for a single post, they can also be frozen once every other post granted that they are hit with the same ability again. On top of this, those who are hit by the stream of power will not only take a large hit of damage, but will also have their speed debuffed by a user-rank advanced active debuff (Caps at H+) for the remainder of the ability's duration.
Name: Ancient Power
Rank: User Rank (Up to H)
Category: Auxilliary
Type: AoE, Debuff, HP Drain, MP Drain
Range: User Rank AoE Range
Speed: User Rank AoE Speed + 25%
Duration: User Rank Max
Downside: Sacrifices 1 effect for 25% more speed
Description: Although Xanusia is quite the enigma, it is clear that she hosts an ancient power manifested several millennia ago. It is this ancient power that resides in her body and can ebb and flow at her will. The lethal magic stored in her eyes can be released through her pores in a somewhat weaker, yet still effective manner. The area around her will appear to glow with ancient magic, and this will stretch out for quite the distance. Anyone caught in this will feel their HP & MP drain for 5% of their max each post for the remainder of the duration of the ability. Additionally, they will also have their strength drained for user rank active debuff for the remainder of the ability's duration.
Price: 675,000 Jewels or 35 CC
Stock: 1
- Lineage - Claimed by Fraag:
Name:
The World Serpent
Wielder:
[Insert Character Name here]
Proof of purchase:
[Insert Link to Purchase Post]
Description:
The concept of the World Serpent is something that has permeated the legends and mythologies of a multitude of different cultures over the cours of history, each developing their own lore and legend around their version of the snake that coils around the world, and sometimes the universe itself. Certain cultures refer to it as Ouroboros, the snake that bites its own tail, others refer to it as Ananta Shesha, the Leviathan, and some notably talk about Jormungand, the snake that calls the oceans of Earthland it's territory and is said to cause massive devastation with the twists of its body that, according to legend, is large enough to encircle the entirety of the world. Of course, it was always unclear how much of these stories is rooted in reality, but that has never stopped humans from perpetuating stories, and indeed, making them their own.
Within what is modern-day Minstrel, a group of influential men and women existed centuries, if not even millenia ago, who are rumored to have been in leagues with the World Serpent itself. The Cult of Jormungand, as it is has come to be known in stories, reveered the creature as a god that represented the infinite and the power to hold the world within one's grasp. In exchange for ritualistic sacrifices to the World Serpent, it would offer them fortune, blessings, and great power, with members of the cult carrying the mark of the serpent on their bodies, a snake that bites its own tail. Over generations, the members of this cult would rise to power, though as they grew in influence and standing, so would increase the demands of Jormungand's blessings, until, one day, it wanted the cult to take the young son of the king of Minstrel so it could devour the boy to sate it's ever-growing hunger. Driven by their blind fanaticism and the prospect of the World Serpent's reward, they obiently carried out this task, sacrificing the king's son in the process, yet, while they were successful in this task, their plot was found out.
When the king learned of this and the existence of the cult, which included some of his closest confidants, the man, devastated by the loss of his only child, lashed out in unrelenting anger and rage, ordering every last member of the cult exterminated. Their existence threatened, the cult pleaded with the serpent to aid them, though Jormungand, furious with their failure, instead placed upon them a curse that would not just remove their blessings, but also permanently burnt the mark of the serpent into their flesh to brand them as outcasts for all eternity. Through a series of inquisitions, brutal trials, and morbid executions, they would be hunted down one by one ... except for one. A single member of the cult managed to flee the country before the king and his men could capture them, vanishing from the face of Earthland, along with the Cult of Jormungand and the mark of the serpent. Over the generations, the stories were forgotten, and life returned to normalcy, but the World Serpents hunger would only continue to grow, until it would awaken once more. The mark of the serpent will manifest again in the descendant of the sole survivor, and, who knows, perhaps the World Serpent is ready to bestow it's blessing on a mortal once more?
Abilities:
❊ Champion of the World Serpent ❊
The hunger of the World Serpent has grown, and continues to grow evermore. With this, Jormungand has awoken once more, and, surprisingly, seems to have chosen its champion, granting the one marked by its curse strange and ancient powers. While the World Serpent itself is not especially capable of magic or the arcane, the user embodies the beast's strength and is not entirely limited by this drawback. The user gains access to a new magic type called "Serpentine" which they will be able to use in the creation of magic. "Serpentine" type magic relies on the use of Jormungand's divine authority as the legendary World Serpent to imbue spells with conceptual infinity, allowing the user to utilize "Caster" type spells in any magic using the "Serpentine" magic type. The increase to max spell durations applies only to the given magic in question and doesn't stack with other "Serpentice" magic type or "Lost" magic type benefits. The benefit levels for "Serpentine" type magic can be found below:- Solitary: +5 posts to max spell durations. +100% to Spell Damage and Strength
- Primary: +4 posts to max spell durations. +50% to Spell Damage and Strength
- Auxiliary: +3 posts to max spell durations. +25% to Spell Damage and Strength
❊ Beast of Ragnarök ❊
Not much is known about the enigmatic World Serpent to the majority of people, though it is said that Jormungand is large enough to encircle the world, and strong enough to crush it between its body. While not exactly a patron of the arcane, the World Serpent is nonetheless steeped in divine power of special kind, and what it lacks for magical or fantastical properties and proficiency it makes up for in raw power, raw strength, and perhaps most notably, raw durability. These traits also carry over to those that draw their own power from the World Serpent. The user of this lineage cannot use Defensive spells of any kind. They cannot cast shield spells, cannot manifest barriers to defend themselves, or otherwise utilize spells that are based on Spell Durability (Note that others can still use these spells on the user and grant them their shields, etc.). The user can still use Equipment classed as Armor and benefit from its durability. In exchange, though, the user benefits from an unnaturally impressive vitality, their body naturally being as durable as the divine scales of Jormungand. The user's base HP, in return for the previously mentioned drawback, is increased by 300%.
❊ Mark of the Serpent ❊
The user, as a descendant of the single survivor of the purge that has eradicated the rest of the original Cult of Jormungand, has inherited the mark of the serpent, a manifestation of the curse placed upon their lineage by the World Serpent. Somewhere on the user's body, the same mark of the serpent will manifest as if it has been etched into their flesh, a serpent biting it's own tail making it obvious that the user is afflicted with the same curse. The curse, while branding the user as a hunted exile, is a definitive sign that the user is influenced by the World Serpent and benefits from the pseudo-deity's power. The user gains an additional user-rank Advanced Spell per magic, which will rank with them up to H+ Rank. These additional Advanced Spells will each gain a single additional base effect. Further, the user gains access to one additional Signature Spell for each of their magics, all of which will rank with the user up to S. Lastly, the user gains 5 additional user-rank spell slots for a single one of their magics, which will rank with the user up to S. The base MP cost of these 5 spells is doubled and the spells in question, in addition to following the theme of the magic they are contained in, must be serpent-themed.
❊ Jörmungandr's Coil ❊
The user, as the chosen one of the World Serpent, receives the blessings of Jormungand. To embody the World Serpent is to hold within one's embrace the world. The godlike power of the primordial Serpent Jormungand flows through the user's body, granting them exceptional potential. The user's Base Spell Damage and Base Strength are increased by 50% passively.
❊ Shard of Infinity ❊
Jormungand, as a false deity of infinity, represents a piece of conceptual endlessness, and by extension, the universe that encircles the world. The user can temporarily invoke this infinity by using their body as a vessel for Jormungand's divine authority, boosting their magical capabilities by a potentially limitless amount. Invoking infinity, the user can enter a state called "Serpent Force", covering portions of their body in white, serpentine scales, their pupils changing into snake-like slits and their irises glowing with a bronze hue. Serpent Force, in essence, functions like Third Generation Slayer Force, meaning the user can enter Serpent Force at will, provided they have at least 50% of their total MP left. Once the user enters Serpent Force, they will receive the following benefits:- Serpent Force increases the user's Strength, Spell Damage, and Speed by 100% as long as Serpent Force is active.
- While Serpent Force is active, the user is surrounded by an aura of pure magical energy that seems to grow the longer the user remains in their state of Force. This increases either their Base Spell Damage or Base Strength by 50%. This increase is separate from other base increases and can apply independently of the cap imposed on base increases.
- While Serpent Force is active spells cost no MP to cast.
- In order to maintain Serpent Force the user must spend 10% of their total MP every post it is active. MP cannot be regained or regenerated while Serpent Force is active by any means. Once the user of Serpent Force hits 0 MP or once they choose to cancel it the state of Serpent Force will end. If the user hits 0 MP through Serpent Force they suffer from the consequences of running out of MP as they otherwise would.
Price: 1,000,000 Jewels or 50 CC
Stock: 1- Solitary: +5 posts to max spell durations. +100% to Spell Damage and Strength
