Shattered Kingdoms

When I suggested this I was thinking that it'd just be a writing space, that could be used either as OOC game notes or IC journal some combo like ooc notes about ic motivations.

I like the idea of making this able to be posted to afterlife. I'd imagine people would spend a while creatively coming up with ways to use the functionality and that over time trends would appear.

I agree that there should be something for in character and OOC, but if the in character is like a diary then those entries would be date time stamped which means that certain major events during the life of the character would/could also be automatically added to the diary along with its respective date time stamp. Maybe those automatic moments would be the heading of the entry and then there would be space available to fill out more details, the future that they saw for themselves at the time, the plans that they had, etc.

As for an OOC, that would be extremely helpful as I mentioned originally. As of current, I have 'helper' files across all three machines in my house that I generally connect to SK with (background thoughts of RP, sayings the char uses, things I've been told by friends, places I want to remember, etc) and then none of that is available to me if I connect at lunchtime from work. If it were all in the game as an OOC log, then I wouldn't have to try to consolidate those files.

Not that I disagree with an in-game notes option, but something like GoogleDrive or Dropbox would provide you access to all relevant files from any device in any location.

Off the current trending topic, I have a new loyalty token idea.

Right now, you can spend loyalty tokens to boost your xp gain by 10% up to 3 times with increasing cost.
I would like to see essentially the same thing but for ability improvements, this would include skills/spells/songs.
So instead of sitting in a room spamming spells or skills to improve them, this option would allow you to master your skills quicker through just normal usage so there's no real need for spamming of most spells (though I'm sure this won't stop some folks from just spamming spells faster.) I'm sure that those people who want to be reliable but would prefer not to spam spells/skills could have another option.

I really like this option! Spamming spells in a room by myself is by far the most boring part of playing SK yet if I want to be reliable, I don't have much of a choice. I'd definitely jump on an option like this.

What would excite me to play:
Religious spells that are a buff can be used on anyone, though because of this there is either
1: A reduced effect/fatigue/cool down period on said non-church goer or
2: An enhanced effect on those of the church or
3: Both

For example:
Nashira's sacred spell
When casted by the priest on the priest's self, he or she does not suffer fatigue after the spell wears off. (Identical to a sorcerer using haste and giant strength on themselves.)
What would excite me to play would be if I as an average warrior with no ties to a religion could benefit from this spell.
What would be even better would be if I decided to become a Nashiran, then I could benefit from the spell without suffering fatigue.

There are several religious spells that apply a buff that can already be casted on those not on the faith. In response to this I would reference the second option. Said buff is more effective on those of the flock as opposed to pantheists.

I would go into more details on the various spells, however I'm under the impression this information isn't generally to be broadcast. I'm of this opinion because sometimes it sucks to have this potentially useful spell that little to no one can benefit from except yourself.

Of course I'm still of the opinion paladin's and hellions should be able to cast their own sacred spell. (However OP that might be for the paladins).

I like both of the most recent additions.

I feel as thought using the exp boost should already work for skill/spell/songs. You should master your spells at the same rate that you train at.
But if we choose to go the individual skill/spell route, that works as well.

I think multi-classing is also another great idea. But it should be restricted. Each class has a limited number of skill/spells that they can learn.
Barbarian could buy specialize for something insane like 30-50 LT's. Or warlocks could learn gate or rift for 50.

As for the faith spells, I think that it would even be reasonable to restrict darkie faith spells to dark aura's characters. Lightie spells can only be cast on lighties. And greybie faith spells can b be cast on anyone.
I also feel as though the spells should only be able to be cast in characters that are within a faith. A god's blessing for those who choose not to follow the gods doesn't make much sense from an IC perspective.
I really like these ideas though. Imm input would be awesome to hear.

I think it's safe to say that the staff recognizes that there is room for improvement in the general arena of religion-based spells. Though we haven't started any serious discussions on how to address those, it's an area that we're interested in reviewing, and feedback/ ideas/ suggestions for these will be read and considered.

As part of that feedback on religious spells, you should provide some in-game documentation on them. If you don't want the players of characters not related to that religion to know about them, then make the documentation available only to characters in the religion. So many other parts of the game are extremely well documented and yet anything that's held to only a certain group: religions, cabals, tribunals, all have nothing to help the newb or permanewb learn what to expect and how to make an educated decision on things.

How many faith spells, from each aura, are held spells and how many are aggressive spells. Would lighties get too big of a buff if we did this because of Phoenix heart? That's the faith spell, right?