Occult, Sorcery, and Arcana Q: Affinities, attributes, and skill ranks all seem to affect the duration of occult abilities rather than increase their potency (with one exception I know of, group vitality, sorry if there are more). Are we likely to see more abilities acquire additional effects and a...

immortals part 2 Q: Do any cultures in Arad have professional mourners or "mutes" (in this context, people hired to look sad at funerals)?In real life, both Eastern and Western cultures had them, and some still do. A: Not something he had in mind but probably. He feels that any culter tha...

Immortals Q: Are Immortals in a position to reject worship? A: it could happen, yeah, think so. Maybe one like Kebyet, an ascendant, would be more prone to spite, fickleness and human-like emotion. Might be more likely to do something like that perhaps. Q: Are prayers to multiple immortals all righ...

Viali - Ivial religion - there is debate in Ivial on the subject of religion (Is Serafina an immortal, an aengel, an aspect of power? different people will hold different beliefs) Q At what point does a netherific spooky spot go from merely spooky to nether well? Would a suitably powerful sorcerer ...

Nuum -Kebyet is very ambitious and not necessarily only in Nuum. She's Immortal, so she moves around a lot. -Most races have views on demons/angels/cosmic scale like the Ivial, who have sincubi/aengels. Most places don't put as much effort into categorizing it like the Viali/Constantians. The Nuum ...

Huecatn -Pronounciation of Huecatn: "Weck-han". Tatlhuecatn: "Tal-weck-han". -You really cannot vacation in the Huecatn jungle. It will kill you. It is dangerous and toxic. You're welcome. HILLANT MAN IS MAYBE REAL? NO CONFIRMATION, NO DENIAL! Q: Does everyone who comes through ...

Races Assorted world/culture questions - LORE: what do cultures eat in their native countries? Rias will need to stew on that one Q: Are there any particular accents you've imagined for different areas of the world? (Subnote: Please make Rias do accents for us). A: Yes, but maybe one day a document...

Caer Ioan -Change from Caer Ioan to Mistral announcement. The whole Caer Ioan thing had an interesting reception, and the feeling that Rias got was -- first of all, he knows we're excited about the faction stuff, it isn't going away, but it seemed like the general consensus was that, "Oh, okay...

Shadgard part 2 Q: Traitress asks, "As a new player I am confused about the legality and social acceptability of magic. Sorcery is obviously illegal and anyone who messes with it is at least a little bit crazy, but so far I don't think I've met anyone who didn't assure me that Arcana and Druid...

Shadgard/Assorted A: Speaking to Rias, Rocode says (muffled by a skull), "And finally, will Shadgard have a design pass to bring it up to the same level of detail as Mistral? (e.g. firearms shop, unique novelty/flavor stuff, etc.)." Rocode says (muffled by a skull), "To clarify, deta...