Magic Duel Festival Records: Volume 2

On the 7^th of March the Spring Magic Duel festival began. During the festival lots of prizes were given out, RPC and PWR promotions, ad-hoc competitions of various types, a few random awards, events and more.

The festival began on an unhappy note for some, certain RPC's were demoted for inactivity, these are listed on the next page. This was not a penalty though, merely a clean-up, they retained their descriptions, but slightly altered indicating that they used to be RPC's.

On just the second day on the festival, there was a tour of our penal facilities, the Prison, this being a relatively new location which is located at the base of the Gazebo of Chaos and is where all the banned players go. Many players took up this opportunity to visit them, just this once, as I'm sure they wouldn't want to get there the way that players are normally sent there. Players already imprisoned there were also given this as a chance of reprieve, a festival gift to them, a chance of a new start. The tour lasted just a single day.

A few days after this, Laz and Dark Priestess were given another tour, but one of a place which only a handful of people have ever seen, that of Inner Necrovion. This is the part of Necrovion that is never accessible to anyone. At the same point, White Reaper and Lady Renata were given an increase of 5k maximum Vital Energy and Value Points. Muratus del Mur gave them these rewards for unannounced reasons, this writer can only presume that it's for extended service to the realm.

A new location was made public as well, and a reward was presented to Granos and Cryxus as they were the first to discover what that new location was, The Weapon Smith. Along with something else, they both received a Carnival Joker as a prize for finding it first. That type of Joker is extremely rare creature, so it's a nice reward for them to receive. Junior received the Silver armour set, presumably also for services to the realm. Who would I be as a writer for this paper if I didn't also include a quick note that we released our first issue during the festival period as well.

The Labyrinth. It was designed by Phoenyckz, declared as an evil mastermind because of it, and was open to all players until enough had completed it, at which point it was closed, to be opened again at a later date as a public puzzle. The winners got the same main prize of a maximum increase of 10k Value Points and 5k Vital Energy. You can read more about this in the article focused on it in this paper. Muratus decided to let his crazy side free nearing the end of the festival, giving $5 in credits to every player that signed up with a valid e-mail address. This means that he gave out a total of about $600,000 in shop credits to us players, yep, he's officially crazy all right.

And now onto the promotions and demotions of RPC's and PWR's.

Category One: RPC Demotions

First the bad before the good.

The following RPC characters were removed from the RPC List during the festival for inactivity.

.Morpheus.
.alche.
.phrog.
.Eden.
.Gilbert.
.Savelfuser.
.Thanasia.
.Speaker for the Dead.
.Morgana Le Fey.
.NelyaSetesh.

Removing/demoting an RPC means that the characters have lost all their spells and access to RPC interface/abilities, and now no longer appear on the rpc list. Their tag and descriptions have been changed accordingly but not entirely removed. The demoted RPC's are free to continue play as a PWR but will have to fight hard to get its RPC position again during future festivals.

This was not a penalty it was just a cleanup of the inactive RPC's.

During the second half of the festival .Renavoid. retired from his role as an RPC.
.Shoeps. also retired from his role as GM and RPC during this period.

Category Two: RPC Promotions

And now onto happier news.

There were, of course, players given the honor of becoming RPCs during this festival. These people were:

.Tarquinus. - Loreroot group
- Writer medal
- +5k Max Vital Energy
- +1 Heat slot
- Spells: openlore x 5, givevital x 20, boostbriskness LVL2 x 50, boostdefence x 30, enteroaktower x 30
- Tag: Moon Knight
- Custom description: The Champion of the Moon: a thing of evil turned to the path of love. A servitor, a speaker, and a defender of the soft light that shines in darkness.
- Dreamcatcher
- 10 Wish Points to give as rewards

.Kragel. - Archives group
- +10k Max Value Points, +10k Max Vital Energy
- Spells: earfocus x30,
- Tag: The Metal Mage
- Custom description: A half-dwarf who has spent his life learning the mysteries of metals and gems, and can smith weapons, armor, and magic jewlery in exchnage of a wishpoint. Dojo Staff.
- Ability to create items for anyone by converting one wishpoint into an unique item. Creation of items by this character is limited to a certain type, he can create only items out of metal, gems and a bit of leather, for items with more ingredients you need to provide the raw materials but even so it might be too dificult.
- 5 Wish Points to give as rewards

.Ailith. - Spells: acousticremains x50, Enter/Exit Sage Keep x30, attacklock LVL 3 x 70
- Tag: Keeper of the Peace
- Custom description: She mediates between players when serious problems occur trying to mediate conflicts. Nymph of seas, rivers, lakes and fountains. Banished from her home by those who rebelled against her Assembly of Peace.

.Zleiphneir. - +10k ve, +10k vp
- Abilities related to bob the tree
- Undisclosed (no he is not blooming the tree!) secret spell x2
- Other Spells: guardianarmy x30, turntofrog x20, weather-mildrain x10, acousticremainsx5
- Tag: Guardian of Bob
- Custom description: He doesn't really have goals being the lazy sense obsessed guy that he is, except to find out the truth about the thing on his arm. He takes it upon himself to protect Bob the Tree after having had to save him from being burned down before.

.Je Suis Oeufs Fous. - +10k ve, +10k vp
- Several archivists spells and administrative access granted.
- The rulership of the archives was assigned to him and .Pamplemousse.
- Tag: Master Archivist
- Custom description: A teacher, a guide,and a curator. As a Master Archivist he oversees the Archives and other Archivists with a gentle, but firm touch.

.Pamplemousse. - +10k ve, +10k vp
- Several archivists spells and administrative access granted.
- The rulership of the archives was assigned to her and .Je Suis Oeufs Fous.
- Tag: Master Archivist
- Custom description: Master Archivist who inspires and assists with the writing of the Realm. Organizes the Archives and delegates tasks to trusted members of her alliance.

.MRD. - Golemus group.
- His actions in this realm are well known, his role unchanged.
- As ruler of the MR he can decide who is worthy of having that name prefix and who not.
- Protector of Golemus with several abilities and spells to support it.
- Tag: Protector of Golemus and Leader of the MR's
- Custom description: A true leader, bound by honor to unite all those that have the MR name, Protector of his homeland Golemus Golemicarum.

.Logan Marquis. - Loreroot group.
- +10k Ve, +10k Vp
- Spells: 20x boostbriskness, 10x toadspeak, 10x mirrorritual, 2x permanentvit, 40x randomactionp (gives or takes random action points, unstable), 20x randomluck (changes luck).
- Tag: The Embers of Fate
- Custom description: Researching ways to persuade Fate to change the destinies of those he loves and cares for. His flames manifest from his unbridled passion and love for his friends.

.Amoran.
- Her role as an Artisans guild member continues.
- Spells: 20x teleport_oakfort, 2x openlore, 5x acousticremains, 10x weather-heavyrain, 15x boostbriskness LVL2, 5x givevital, 5x chase_kalamanirakol, 10x massiveboost (gives 20% of caster stats to target).
- Tag: Twilight Nymph of the Oak Fort
- Custom description: An Elven woman, bound to the Oak Fort forever, with a veiled future. Continually searching for answers to her past, she wields the elements of nature and commutes with Elven spirits to find her lost memories.

.Udgard. - loreroot group
- Ability to create items in exchange of wishpoints. Creation of items by this character is limited to a certain type, he can create only items out of animal/creature parts and animal representations, worship figurines, symbolic wood and stone animal statues, bone sculptures, etc. No weapons or supranatural/enchanted items. Because of ability involving wishpoints, max wishpoints reward limited to 5 instead of 10.
- Tag: unreleased
- Custom description: unreleased

Category Three: PWR Promotions

In addition to RPC, there is another category, PWR. Here are those people that were rewarded during the Festival:

Cryxus - +10k ve, +10k vp
- Spells: pirateboost x50 ctuosm ailbity to change country flag to pirate flag and give a pirate boost, 1x piratepromotion (permanatly changes a target character flag), 5x voice (allows public play of recorded sound), 20x movelock.
- Tag: Captain of the Crimson Blade
- Custom Description: This captain has a penchant for good drinks, good company, and good stories. He is half-wolf and half-human, although he has found a way to appear as either if he chooses, and wields some nature magics. He is a brave man who would do anything for his crew.

WindSpirit08 - name changed to Windy
- Spells: 10x weather-storm, 5x weather-sunny
- +15 friend slots
- +10k Ve, +10k Vp
- Tag: Pub Owner
- Custom Description: Windy is the owner of THE WIND &RAIN PUB, which is also co-owned by Ailith. Wind is a member of an ancient race which evolved from their human shells.

Peace - + 10k Ve
- Spells: 15x chase_khalazdad, 5x givevital LVL3, 10x earfocus LVL3, 1x opennecro
- Tag: Keeper of Secrets
- Custom Description: Princess of the Sage Desert. Cloaked in shadowed fire, an air of mystery eminates from her. With the power of feminine seduction at her side, she pries the ancient secrets of the realm and keeps them safe within her grasp.

Kittiness - +10k Ve
- Spells: 10x chase_khalazdad, 10x locate LV3
- Tag: Third Wife of Khalazdad
- Custom Description: A slave who was bought by Khalazdad to be his third wife, and is devoted to serving his needs and whims.

Marvolo - +1000 loyalty
- +10k Ve, +10k Vp
- 10 extra creature slots
- Spells: 3x opennecro, 10x summon shades
- Tag: Prince of Necrovion
- Custom Description: Prince of the sands and Sentinel of Necrovion, guardian of the land, benefits of the shades favor. Son of King Rajj Khalazdad, King of Necrovion. [Khalazdad Dynasty]

Cutler - +10kVe
- Rewarded with an interview with Mur about puzzles and "underlying nature and rules of the MD universe" to answer his puzzle related questions and view some of the upcomming (yet undisclosed) challenges.
- Tag: Puzzle Strategist
- Custom Description: Enjoys deconstructing puzzles such as the broken tile gazebo puzzle. Tries to understand the mechanics behind puzzles and the underlying nature and rules of the MD universe. (a.k.a. cutler121)

SubZeroo - Uses a rare tehnique of manufacturing items with aid of ice instead of fire as its usualy done. (Please note this is a PWR role not RPC so creation of items has some limits and a different meaning. Expecting urther creative ways of using this PWR role).
- He also recieved several items related to his role.
- +20kVp, +10kVe
- +10 extra creature slots.
- Tag: Icy Blacksmith
- Custom Description: Subzy is a wierd blacksmith, he uses ice instead of fire, a rare tehnique to forge the items requested. These items have unusual properties almost impossible to create when using fire. When it comes to imbuing them with powerful gems, many know that h....

StrongWilled Legna - +10kVe , +10kVp
- Spells: 10x randomactionp, 5x randomluck
- Tag: Child of Time
- Custom Description: Description lost in time after a child played with it. Still searching.

Lifeline - Spells: 10x givevital LVL2 , 1x chase
- Tag: Seeker of knowledge
- Custom Description: Seeker of knowledge and passionate fighter who desires to find out more about the Shades and mostly the Angiens especially their motives. A very neutral player that might lend his hand to one force and later to another opposing the first one.

Lady Renata - +10k Ve, +10k Vp
- Tag: The Muse of Love
- Custom Description: Inspiration to many but curse to herself and those that don't understand her. For every word, smile or action can inspire or affect you in other ways. Her love can be dedicated to only one...

Sagewoman - Spells: 5x exitsagekeep, 5xentersagekeep, 2x openlore
- +10k Ve, +10k Vp
- Received items: The White Khalazdad Diamond, Handcrafted Dovewing, ROTM Inn Guestbook
- Tag: Hostess of the Root of the Matter Inn
- Custom Description: I am the Sage who Brought the White Khalazdad Soul back to join with the Black Khalazdad. Khalazdad is now King of Necrovion and a very dear friend. King Bull was my Body Guard during that dark time and today he still claims he is. Honored Guide of the Dojo.