#[Duskruin] Animalistic Totems

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hexed meteor
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Arena is one of the fastest ways to tame your animalistic weapon. Especially if you're still doing Endless 😉 (Traiva is seriously in awe of Riend now after Friday night.)

sand ore
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Hat and arena ftw

azure briar
lucid dock
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I have to wait around ALL DAY tomorrow for an inspector ... the city's window for apptointments make the cable company look GREAT!

I'd like to finish up the Buyer's Choice Shopping Guide then!

We are short on combat stuff, so I'd like to specifically ask people to consider adding a highlight of something in that department!

(There are already three submissions for the Survivalist's Kit, so I'll just save you the time on that. It may be the most recommended purchase at Duskruin ever, by the way.)

Here's the form! We need about 10 more recommendations!

I know the HESS hasn't opened with new stuff, but you know wha the existing stuff is! We'll do a second edition afterwards with other things, Promise!

Here's the little form! What do you recommend for Duskruin Purchases?

https://forms.gle/gQB4G9VpQ5Kfyr1m7

wary helm
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Which is awesome and desirable for the list

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Can I submit my own stuff

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This is not mine that is a separate thought

lucid dock
wary helm
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This is the forum thread for animalistic totems

wispy sorrel
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I still notice no warfly option for insects.

lucid dock
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Hey, the totems are awesome and should be highlighted, too! Thanks, Miss Vanah, let me go put it in the right place. Evidently I'm already Duskruin Brain Dead. 😊

azure briar
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I mean I threw animalistic weapon stuff in here too, but I'm a rebel.

lucid dock
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Going on record: I ♥️ my totem.

pale anchor
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any chance the totem's max charges could go to integer limit like poisons?

steady wing
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how come there isn't any thraks for these? 😢

sudden drift
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I noticed that the ice-spiked scaley burgee in the arena weren't able to be put in the totem. Might be a good addition to the turtles!

ripe lotus
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Burgee are insects aren’t they?

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Nevermind.. they are def tortoise like. Belay my last. All these years I thought it was a big beetle.

sudden drift
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Does anyone know if Castoroides (giant beaver) were ever added to the approved noun list for totems? I don't have access to one anymore to check. I tried a spirit change slip on the test server but didn't see them in nouns for weapons/armor.

azure briar
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I don't know if the wiki gets updated when new things are added but I don't see it anywhere

high orchid
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the totem approved noun list is much more...forgiving
but you have to find an example of what you want

azure briar
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I still would like to see pets added to the totem... all the kittens and teadragons and puppies and sheep!

sudden drift
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Castoroides is a ranger companion, it wasn't totem-able when I checked back in August. Trying to decide on a spirit for my armor, and it had me wondering about the beaver.

sudden drift
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Does anyone have the defensive crit padding flares unlocked on their totem? I'm wondering what it looks like when it happens in combat. The shop disappeared from the Test server and my only totem there is the crit damage flare.

pine helm
sudden drift
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Thank you, some how in all my searching I missed that.

pine helm
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It’s highly customizable.

ripe lotus
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The only totem in prime is a crit flare too… you have to buy the cert to flip over until you find the one you want then unlock your totem

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I mean the defensive padding one is the best option anyhow

sudden drift
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I had used that on my test totem to try the crit dmg but I was going to make a new totem on test to try the defensive options but the shop vanished, so I can't get another cert or totem.

I was wondering what the messaging looked like mainly, so Leff's link helped.

ripe lotus
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It vanished?!?

sudden drift
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Seems so. The shrine/shop is missing.

mystic cedar
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Hey Avaluka, just wanted to say how impressed I am with the level of customization of your items in general.

Is there any possibility of adding a feature concealer unlock on the cowl/hood animalistic headdresses? And if so potentially also with similar customizable messaging for the verbs and look of it?

Wasn't sure where else to ask this.

sudden drift
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Does anyone know how the Bestial Power +crit padding flare interacts with crit padding on armor? If my armor is 2CER and the totem gives +4 crit padding, do those stack for +6 or does it take the highest?

Something I probably should have researched better before adding. 😆 (I blame discord search)

neat mountain
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stacks

sudden drift
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That's great. Thanks!

mystic cedar
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On the subject of headdresses, any chance the bug with partial feature concealers could be looked at? It removes the feature line of the headdress when worn.

round lion
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Honestly I am not sure if that's a bug on my end; might be with the partial concealer? But I don't know whether it can be fixed.

mystic cedar
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Understandable. Thanks for letting me know. Just another reason to have a feature concealer unlock in the headdress. 😏

mystic cedar
tender copper
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I had my totem altered at RW and used drakewood fodder in the description. For some reason it would not “accept” the fodder and I was told the alter was likely temporary (until fixed) and if I added anything to it I’d lose the “drakewood”. Has there been any fix for something like this? Can I not add skins/pelts? Haven’t done much with it because I don’t want to lose the “drakewood”.

round lion
tender copper
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I gave the drakewood to the merchant who altered it, but they had an issue with it and said it’d be temporary. Unless there was a fix? I have no idea how that stuff works. The item is a elven drakewood idol adorned with a wing-shaped piece of silver crowstone.

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We tried adding the small piece of drakewood.

round lion
tender copper
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The entire analyze is very long, but I can share if needed.

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You analyze the drakewood idol and sense that the creator has provided the following information:
-- Animalistic Totem --

    ==Current Settings==
* Current Spiritual Essence: a mischievous crow [Color: red-speckled black]
* Feather Design: None [Default]
* Bone/Tooth Design: None [Default]
* Flower Design: None [Default]
* Gem Design: None [Default]
* Bug/Aquatic Life Design: None [Default]
* Miscellaneous Design: None [Default
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I suppose I can try adding the Bestial Power and maybe nothing will happen.

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Won’t be until this evening that I can play with it.

round lion
# tender copper The entire analyze is very long, but I can share if needed.

Feeding them plets/skins for the Bestial Power is separate verb from adding things for the change of the totem material, so you won't accidentally change the material if you PUT <skin> in <totem>. If that's what you're worried about. Unfortunately I'd probably need to have a look at the totem itself in-game or through a BUGITEM to see what's up.

sudden drift
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I noticed my totem won't flip anymore.

You arrange the gold adorning the vaalin totem until you are sure it will look like "a gold and vaalin totem" now.
>flip tot
You arrange the gold adorning the vaalin totem until you are sure it will look like "a gold and vaalin totem" now.
>flip tot
You arrange the gold adorning the vaalin totem until you are sure it will look like "a gold and vaalin totem" now.```

It used to change the descriptions a little.
round lion
sudden drift
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I'll do that once I log back in.

sudden drift
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I sent the BUGITEM for the totem.

ornate imp
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So I just picked up an animalistic totem. It looks like I have enough BS to unlock the bestial power, but I'm undecided for which one. Any suggestions for which would be most useful for a casting empath?

pallid jetty
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Avaluka! Let me put my puppy in my totem 😦 I need puppy spirit powers.

sudden drift
# ornate imp So I just picked up an animalistic totem. It looks like I have enough BS to unlo...

The general opinion I've seen is: If you don't mind constantly feeding it skins, go the offensive route(probably CS in your case). If you don't want to micromanage it, go defensive.

I tried offensive on the test server and I was always out of charges, so I went with defensive (crit padding). It has been helpful and is easily managed. One thing I don't like about the flares is that the messaging is between you swinging and the AS/DS calculations, it doesn't look great imo. It'd be nice if it was above everything or had extra spacing like dispel flares.

    ** A ferocious chitter rips free from a gold and vaalin totem set with a dragonseye sapphire as a rippling wave of amethyst light flows from it and over your exposed skin, imbuing a sudden rush of power from a rime-kissed fog beetle that lets you endure some of the blow. **
  AS: +390 vs DS: +307 with AvD: +26 + d100 roll: +31 = +140
   ... and hits for 24 points of damage!
   Your weapon arm is mangled horribly.
   You are stunned for 2 rounds!```
pallid jetty
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especially since I can't use my familiar 😦 Apparently homunculus is not animal enough

ornate imp
sudden drift
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standard flare rate

verbal plank
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Thanks!

vernal forum
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@round lion people are reporting odd RT with all animalistic gear -- like 45 seconds to take off gloves, things like that

round lion
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Yep - debugging this now.

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Odd WEAR times for Animalistic Spirit bows and shields should be fixed. Thanks for your patience!

ripe lotus
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im told the gem eater function is not giving correct charges... is this by design or a bug?

round lion
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The charge formula for gems is different than the skins.

verbal plank
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What is the formula?

lucid dock
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One wonders why.

lapis glen
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I'd imagine the animalistic spirit doesn't care to eat gems near as much as it enjoys skins... looks like 2:1 is an approximate guess there on the formula. So...100k-ish worth of gems to load it up

ripe lotus
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Don’t quote me on this but it looks like 1 charge = 250 silver base value. Ie: appraisal may be slightly off since it accounts for trading skill

lucid dock
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You know, I never ever skin. It is why that part of my totem is always off.

mystic cedar
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Anyone know if the animal spirit change paper will clear all my custom settings? Specifically the color?

lapis glen
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Totems, nope.

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The weapons and armor- my experience had them going back to the default misty green as far as color goes

mystic cedar
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Man, that's be nice if it at least preserved the color on armor/weapons - even if the rest of the spirit settings reset.

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Kind of a bummer to be able to change your group and noun but then still need that merchant just to get back to the same color you already had.

quaint moon
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If I wanted to alter something for my totem to be "decorated with cat fur and whiskers", which setting should I have tweaked? miscellaneous or something else? I dont think I can alter a Skin to be "a set of cat whiskers" or "a wad of cat fur"

boreal basalt
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I think I'm confused about how Fluctuating Focus works. With two types of Bestial Power available on my totem now, how do I switch between them?

boreal basalt
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I know switching while in combat is not possible. How do I switch between them outside of combat? I don't see a verb for it; the wiki suggests that putting skins in the totem does the switching. I must be reading something incorrectly or misunderstanding in some other way.

sour yarrow
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PEDAL

boreal basalt
simple crescent
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Fluctuating Focus: 1 of 3 Tiers [ Animalistic Endurance]
When unlocked, the spiritual essence inside the idol can help you passively in combat. Only one of four paths can be chosen, and this cannot be changed once unlocked.
Abilities happen at a standard flare rate during combat if there are enough charges available.

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anyone give insight to what the tiers do for this?

tulip rose
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⁨```
This will unlock the Fluctuating Focus ability on an Animalistic Totem, which allows the Bestial Power ability to be changed while not in combat. This is currently set to apply the extra Bestial Power focus of: Animalistic Endurance (+2 Crit Padding per Tier) . You can TURN the letter to change the focus this will apply.

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Originally you had to choose 1 path with these things. Then this was introduced to allow you to have multiple paths and swap between them.

simple crescent
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What does the 2,3 tiers unlock?

arctic scarab
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the second and third additional path, so now you may have all four benefits on one totem if you wish. but only one active at a time

simple crescent
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With the release of Fluctuating Focus, one can pay 15,000 bs for the ability to swap between the four types of Bestial Power (out of combat). Without Fluctuating Focus, the totem is locked to one of four types of Bestial Power.

From the wiki, what additional paths are you referring to? Also there are no certs that reference increasing fluctuating focs tier lvl

tulip rose
simple crescent
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i see now, i interpreted the wiki that the 15BS scroll allows switch and access to all 4, kinda confusing wording but i finaly get it

junior tree
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Its not "the greatest" savings since you are paying half the price of a new totem just to be able to switch between two types on one totem.

quaint moon
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Does the new totem ability that allows it to change its beast power switch with TURN affect its movement style TURN verb?

sour yarrow
worn niche
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Am i wrong in thinking that the wordage of the Fluctuating Focus is misleading? It sounds like you can switch between any of the four, and not an additional of the four

sour yarrow
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You get one at a time

simple crescent
worn niche
worn niche
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When do I start finding gems I can actually feed my totem?

opal wave
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I think you mean skins

sour yarrow
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Both work, though skins are much more efficient

worn niche
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I think the threshold is 100gp for skins. I'm not sure for gems yet

broken hill
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Most simply use the totem for fluff and rare emergencies as the maintenance cost was never designed for frequent utilization. Caveat emptor.

ancient summit
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About this^..
Is is still accurate that one does NOT need to feed it for charges to use if we JUST want it for the funni movement options?

We just need to throw it at whatever we want (mule in my case) and leave it be?

Before I use this BS to purchase and unlock the fluff tier.

lapis glen
ancient summit
hexed meteor
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You can also change your color, including the custom colors in animalistic armor/weapons/headdresses.
I have a brown-flecked cinnamon bobcat in my ferroniere.

ancient summit
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broken down mule-somesuch is the goalgoosepray

strong tundra
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Can we get an unlock/cert to just permacharge these?

You’ll make way more off us than the gems/skins over time 😂

opal wave
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I thought they were charged with skins not gems

lapis glen
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There’s a secondary gem unlock… costs a lot more in gems than it does in skins though.

worn niche
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It would awesome if you could put bundles in it and get charges for the individual items in the bundle

vocal steeple
worn niche
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Oh, good to hear

lucid dock
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A gold-horned immaculate white unicorn doesn't appear like it'd have enough essence that the scrimshaw totem can capture.

Is there a thing I need to do to get the Unicorn on the list of approved creatures?

vocal steeple
lucid dock
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Yes. She clealy has more essence than any other thing in the world, too!

... I mean, just ask her!

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If I need to hug it, bug it, or something, I will be happy to.

vocal steeple
round lion
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I wonder if I forgot to ad unicorn to the new animal noun database. 🤔

boreal basalt
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I captured my unicorn a long time ago, too (although I've been procrastinating about changing his color).
* Current Spiritual Essence: a silver-horned tenebrous black unicorn wearing a war rat costume [Color: misty green]

boreal basalt
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Actually, I think something has changed with the totems' ability to capture things. I was able to capture a velnalin just now, but I wasn't able to capture a spirit from a set of Animalistic Spirit boots. This may be why you can't capture your unicorn, Luxelle?

Some sturdy vultite-toed boots lined with shaggy werebear fur doesn't appear like it'd have enough essence that the ghostwood idol can capture.```
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And I'm also no longer able to capture my unicorn's essence.

round lion
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I will try to pencil in a look into this over the weekend; I know I am a bit behind on my bug squashing. This may have been something that happened when the totems got moved over to the new system and didn't get fixed yet.

steady wing
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I was able to get my spooky horsey before, so there was a thing. But ooh yours has a costume! 😮 @boreal basalt PandaAdmireWizard

round lion
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I actually made it a bit easier to alter the spirits in the totems so they can have long descriptions that are custom instead of just having to capture them from creatures with long descriptions already. I am unsure how many other GMs are comfortable with the totem spirit alterations, though.

lucid dock
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But all t his reminds me I should get a couple extra free slots. Just in case the mood strikes me.

steady wing
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ooh, can you sadie scroll things for longer spirit descriptions?

west oriole
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Got myself a shiny new totem. Is there any way to check the movement messaging?

sharp shuttle
west oriole
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Oh I see it now when I move. I probably was doing something dumb last session, but I swear it wasn't showing me the messaging. Maybe I didn't have it turned on.

Motes of misty green light coalesce beneath your feet, merging into a skittering beetle-like mass that follows you as you stride east.

sharp shuttle
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Excellent. Be the beetle.

lucid dock
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A gold-horned immaculate white unicorn doesn't appear like it'd have enough essence that the scrimshaw totem can capture.

wary helm
ancient summit
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Can the noun options for these totems be expanded?

round lion
ancient summit
# round lion Is there a noun that is missing?

I see now how vague that was, sorry. I dont mean the attunable spirit options but rather the noun of the totem itself.

Alterations are fine, though the noun must be "idol", "totem", or "fetish".

I greatly enjoy the thing! But idol, totem, fetish isn't quite what I'd prefer if I had my druthers. If it's possible that other alternatives are possible, that'd be wonderful. If not, I understand. It's a fair bit of coding lines.

wary helm
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like what

ancient summit
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Putting me on the spot here... I'll think of some suggestions.

Insignia or symbol. Even badge seem within GS realm. Still the same feel, just not quite as.. Arcane?
Probably more.

ornate imp
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Talisman, perhaps?

ancient summit
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I'd take that^. Seems fancy enough to have a spirit.

steady wing
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how about periapt? but mostly I associate that with bat so I am biased

ancient summit
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Farmer would wear that. Used to have an ICE something periapt. That would be fine

mystic cedar
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Talisman would be pretty slick.

round lion
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Just noting here I am aware of "unicorn" not currently working properly - I'm currently considering the best spot for it. It accidentally didn't get categorized when the totems moved to use the universal animal category/noun system. I just want to be sure when it gets added in that it will not bork anything else using this system; thanks for your patience!

Were there any other nouns that used to work that no longer work for capturing in the totems?

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OK - the unicorn fix will have to be delayed a little bit, as Animalistic Spirits will have to be updated to likely allow the noun, too, and that may be why it got overlooked before. TBD! Hopefully it won't be too big of a change but it won't be happening today.

opal wave
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Ki-lin, another special horned one, weren't an option originally, not sure if they made it on any list yet

strong onyx
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Do these totems go through charges quickly or am I doing something wrong?

sour yarrow
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Every time it flares

boreal basalt
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the offensive abilities go through charges very quickly, yes, because of what Kaetel said

junior tree
strong onyx
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Considering selling mine

west oriole
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If you have ;alias and ;foreach, I have this set up to ingest all my gems after a hunt. If they can't get absorbed, they get put into another container.

fetish => ;foreach gem,skin in my pouch;get;put item in my fetish;put item in my longcoat