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Labyrinthum Mod ([personal profile] labyrinmods) wrote2024-12-31 11:50 pm

Shard Spending



• Rewards •

The Gist of It
All characters receive a crystal pendant upon arrival. This crystal harnesses energy from those characters and the people around them via interactions and emotions. This energy is called a shard, and it can be exchanged for an item or power of their choice. To do this, your character will need to approach the giant crystal in the center of the town and press their pendant against it, giving it the power they have harnessed. They can then make their wish, and given the right amount of energy, it will manifest.

Characters can wish for an item, power, animal companion or request for a specific event to happen. Characters who require certain items for sustenance (e.g. vampires who need blood to survive) do not have to wish for this through rewards. You can assume the item they need will be readily provided.

Wishes can be IC or they can be something your character did not ask for. In the latter situation, simply assume the crystal had read their innermost desire/random thought, or that the Overseer is just messing with them.


How it works
After submitting threads on the Banking page and having them verified by a mod, players may use banked shards to submit a rewards request using the form below, and a mod will grant the request in due time. Your character's wish will then manifest however you wish it to e.g. they will regain a power right there and then, or they'll go home and find that magical sword they want sitting on their bed. It's also possible to use shards to grant wishes on behalf of other people.

Players may submit multiple rewards requests per month, provided they have banked shards available.

Please only use shards that have already been banked and verified on the Banking page. Please do not submit threads for shards in your rewards request.



Rewards
Shards can be exchanged for the following wishes, for the right price.
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REGAINS (Powers)
  • 150: A single special ability That the character canonically has or will have. Abilities must be under a single related umbrella; see header below for more information about powers. Items necessary to use the power may be regained as part of this reward.
  • 400: All canon powers This is a discount for characters with multiple powers where it would be too cumbersome to request them one at a time. As before, any items necessary to use the powers may be regained as part of this rewards. Should the number of powers or level of powers exceed a certain amount we reserve the right to adjust this cost accordingly and will discuss it with you upon redemption attempt. Weapons and other tools that are independent of these powers, however, must be regained separately.


  • REGAINS (Items)
  • 25: A small non-magical item or weapon from your world e.g. a piece of jewelry, a photograph, or a small knife
  • 50: A basic item Small technology such as smartphones or laptops, lightweight transportation, or larger mundane real-world items
  • 50: A standard mundane weapon or armor from your world Anything up to modern tech and firearms
  • 100: A small magical or sci-fi tech item Nothing powerful enough to be used in combat
  • 150: A powerful magical or sci-fi item Such as a weapon, a protective item, or any other significant ability
  • 400: All canon weapons or items at once This is a discount for characters with multiple weapons and specialized equipment where it would be too cumbersome to request them one at a time. This is considered a one timediscount, and once powers are begin to be requested piecemeal, the discount will no longer be offered.


  • REGAINS (Companions)
  • 50: A small domestic pet such as a dog, cat, or domestic bird from a character's own home - local small domestic animals are free to adopt narratively and are not a reward item.
  • 150: A large exotic animal Up to the size of an elephant from a character's own home - local large exotic animals are not able to be requested as rewards at this time.
  • 250: A magical creature up to size of an elephant from a character's own home - local magical creatures from the game setting are not able to be requested as rewards at this time.


  • WISHES (Personal Housing)
    Characters can have 1 home in Visium and 1 home in Lumindeas.

  • 150: Homes with two bedrooms
    • 75: Extra room or significant renovation to a home

  • 275: Manors with four bedrooms
    • 100: Extra room or significant renovation to a manor

  • 450: Mansions with six bedrooms
    • 150: Extra room or significant renovation to a mansion

  • 600: Landholding (outside Lumindeas only) - Eight bedroom building with two acres of land. Requires six permanent residents.
    • 200: Extra room or significant renovation to a landholding building
    • 400: Two additional acres of land

  • 1000: Specialized housing - A small castle or other large building, a farm or other specialized facility, or any housing that serves a special purpose or has unusual capabilities. Only one specialized housing allowed per character.
    • 375: Extra room or significant renovation.


  • WISHES (Vehicles)
  • Carriages For personal use, drawn by dragons | one per character
    • 250: Small carriage (2 passengers)
    • 400: Medium carriage (4 to 6 passengers)
    • 150: Custom additions

  • Boats For personal use | one per character
    • 500: Small boat (two passengers, tiny cargo)
    • 700: Medium boat (4 passengers, small cargo)
    • 200: Custom additions

  • Airships Personal or Business | one per character
    • 800: Small airship (one pilot two passengers, medium cargo)
    • 1000: Medium airship (one pilot, four passengers, medium cargo)
    • 275: Custom additions


  • WISHES (Potions)
  • 50: A second potion transformation For those who have taken a gold potion.
  • 75: Full use of your Elemental or Healing potion power For those who have already taken the appropriate potion.
  • 100: A second potion This can either grant a second potion color, or access to another element for those who have already taken a red potion. Limit one per character.


  • WISHES (Setting)
  • 200: A business license Please submit a description of your business to the locations page after approval
  • 200: A generic or simple non-canon ability or special item These can be commonplace powers such as super-strength or flight, or the simple canon abilities of other characters, subject to mod approval.
  • 400: Up to four non-canon powers OR special weapons at once This option is exclusively for characters with no special abilities or magical/technological equipment in canon. It may only be purchased once.
  • 1200: A special request. Characters can request for a town-wide event (such as a change in the weather, more flowers, something terrible happening), an unusual or powerful non-canon power (Anything too unique for the 200 point regain), a permanent change to their body, or something specific to happen to them. Mods will decide if the request can be granted. Shards will not be used if the request cannot be granted.



  • Claimable Powers:
    • Canon powers already owned by your character can be reclaimed.
      Unless opting to reclaim all powers at once, 150 shards typically regain 1 special ability. This comprises of an umbrella of related abilities. For example, all fire-related abilities (the ability to blast fire, the ability to heat things up, resistance to fire) count as 1.
    • We will not be approving abilities powerful enough to destroy a large part of the city unless they can be nerfed heavily. The limit to destructive power should be the ability to destroy 1 house.
    • Mind-reading or mind control powers can be reclaimed but can only be used with consent from other players.
    • Teleportation powers can be reclaimed but they only work within the land not covered by crystal, and in the lands beyond with the usual distance restrictions. When teleporting into character's homes, there needs to be some OOC discussion beforehand.
    • New powers can be granted through rewards, as mentioned above. Reasonably generic powers or powers learned from another character in-game can be granted at the 200 point reward. Anything extremely unique or powerful can be discussed with the team upon submission, but may be denied altogether or be extremely expensive.
    • Potion power upgrades are only available to characters with the basic potion power. You can't get full blue potion healing unless you already have the blue potion, you can't get full gold potion animal shapeshifting unless you already have the gold potion, et cetera.

    Requesting items on another character's behalf: Characters cannot request powers, licenses, residences or large rewards for another character, but they can request small items. Please check with the character's player before doing this; if you do not mention their consent on the form, we will ask.
    Cooperative wishing and miscellaneous requests: We'll approve cooperative reward requests on a case by case basis. Just ask under the header below!

    If there's something you want that isn't on the list or you have some doubts, feel free to ask below! Please note that mods have the last say in all regains.


    Please use the following form for submissions, do not link gdocs or other external spreadsheets!
    (Delete whichever parts don't apply.)

    nohero: (Default)

    reward submission 001

    [personal profile] nohero 2025-03-03 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
    Player Name: kas
    Character Name and username: reiner braun [personal profile] nohero

    Requested Reward: all canon powers
    Reward Cost: 400
    Extra Details: All of Reiner's powers stem from the Armored Titan, a 15-meter-tall … armored titan. His Titan's size will need to be nerfed so he can't destroy multiple houses in one go.

      Associated Powers
    • brain function transfer — he can use his titan's brain place of his own, or send his consciousness into his nervous system to avoid insta-death if his spine is severed
    • memory inheritance — n/a unless he eats another special titan, in which case he will inherit their memories
    • regeneration — can recover from nearly any wound, dependent on will to live and overall stamina; if he doesn't have enough of either, he will not heal
    • regeneration withdrawl — just suppresses his regeneration ability
    • transformation — into the armored titan. transformation causes a bolt of lightning that generates from Reiner, as well as enough heat to instantly cook anyone too close (e.g., someone hugging him, rip)

      Armored Titan
    • 15 meters tall — shrink him to whatever is the biggest he can be, please! idk what max-size is!
    • armored skin — covered in a carapace of sorts. sharp objects will not pierce it, but heavy-duty explosives will
    • enhanced speed/strength — he's stronger and faster, proportionate to his increased size
    • hardening — creates crystals on his body; he's shown to do this on his fingers/toes so he's able to stab into things and climb them
    • steam generation — basically his titan gets really hot? and to cool himself, he exhales steam (and one time steam so hot it turned into fire, wow)

    Total:
    416 previously banked - 400 reward cost = 16 shards remaining
    Edited 2025-03-03 02:41 (UTC)
    labyrinhelp: (Default)

    Approved!

    [personal profile] labyrinhelp 2025-03-06 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
    Everything looks good! Reiner can now terrify and amaze the citizens of Visium-Lumindeas with the Armored Titan. No shrinking needed - 15 meters is the height cap and we trust you not to go crazy with the destruction!

    You now have 16 shards left in the bank.
    nohero: (anime 85)

    [personal profile] nohero 2025-03-06 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
    ohhh that's amazing, thank you! ♥
    nohero: (Default)

    reward submission 002

    [personal profile] nohero 2025-05-11 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
    Player Name: kas
    Character Name and username: reiner braun [personal profile] nohero

    Requested Reward: A generic or simple non-canon ability
    Reward Cost: 200
    Extra Details: Telepathy: the ability to speak in other people's minds and (if possible) to hear their responses. Enables communication along the lines of what was possible during May's TDM.

    Total:
    349 previously banked - 200 reward cost = 149 shards remaining
    labyrinhelp: (Default)

    Approved!

    [personal profile] labyrinhelp 2025-05-11 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
    Team Braun, checking in! Reiner can now communicate telepathically, no team affiliation necessary. (Usual mind-reading permission caveats apply.)
    nohero: (Default)

    reward submission 003

    [personal profile] nohero 2025-06-01 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
    Player Name: kas
    Character Name and username: reiner braun [personal profile] nohero

    Requested Reward: A powerful magical or sci-fi item
    Reward Cost: 150
    Extra Details: Vertical maneuvering equipment, aka ODM gear. This is the original version used by Paradis' military to kill Titans, not the anti-personnel gear utilized later.

    Total:
    684 previously banked - 150 reward cost = 534 shards remaining
    labyrinhelp: (Default)

    Approved!

    [personal profile] labyrinhelp 2025-06-05 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
    Reiner can now maneuver vertically in an omni-directional manner!

    You now have 534 shards left in the bank.
    Edited (i am so tired) 2025-06-05 03:27 (UTC)
    everylife: (Default)

    reward submission 001

    [personal profile] everylife 2025-05-10 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
    Player Name: kas
    Character Name and username: hermes [personal profile] everylife

    Requested Reward: full use of his healing potion power
    Reward Cost: 75
    Extra Details: n/a

    Total: 75
    207 previously banked - 75 reward cost = 132 shards remaining
    labyrinhelp: (Default)

    Approved!

    [personal profile] labyrinhelp 2025-05-10 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
    Hermes can now herald the holistic honor of his healing hpowers!
    everylife: (Default)

    Re: Approved!

    [personal profile] everylife 2025-05-15 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
    hey mods! i just noticed that the 207 previously banked should be 265 banked. (207 new + 58 previous.) i didn't notice the error until just now. i left a comment on the banking thread as well.

    so this should be 265 - 75 = 190 remaining, unless i'm mistaken?
    labyrinhelp: (Default)

    [personal profile] labyrinhelp 2025-05-16 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
    Correct, thanks for catching that!

    You have 190 shards left in the bank.
    everylife: (Default)

    reward submission 002

    [personal profile] everylife 2025-06-24 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
    Player Name: kas
    Character Name and username: hermes [personal profile] everylife

    Requested Reward: all canon powers
    Reward Cost: 400
    Extra Details:
    Creation Magics: Like all Ancients, Hermes can use aether to create basically anything: clothing, plants, animals, and even familiars. He is the foremost expert on winged life forms, specializing in birds and similar creatures. He can create familiars who are intelligent, independent, and to all intents and purposes their own person. (Possible nerfs: no creating familiars. No creating anything larger than a horse.)

    Offensive Magic: Most of Hermes' offensive spells are wind-based. These include spells that create barriers, spells that hit a single person very hard, and spells that blast out and hit anyone in the area. He can also call down a limited number of meteors, which basically just strike an area and then sit there as rocks. Arguably his most powerful spell, Hermetica, creates large green panels that shoot blasts of wind at whoever is in their way, knocking those people back unless they take cover.

    Augmentation Magic: Used to make his other spells more powerful. Includes True Bravery, which is a flat damage buff lasting for 20 seconds.

    Transformation: He can use aether to transform his body into something capable of flight. This is a combat-form; in it, even a gentle touch risks hurting those he cares about.

    Total:
    422 previously banked - 400 reward cost = 22 shards remaining
    labyrinhelp: (Default)

    Approved!

    [personal profile] labyrinhelp 2025-06-26 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
    Don't be so sad, sad man! The crystal has returned your powers to you!

    Everything looks great! The same creation magic nerf applies to Hermes as the rest of the ancients - nothing taller than ten feet, and any living creature that's created can only exist temporarily. If you want a creature he's created to exist permanently, you are welcome to wish for it as an animal companion! (Hyth has done such with an ambystoma, for example.)

    You now have 22 shards left in the bank.
    keppeki: (Default)

    reward submission 001

    [personal profile] keppeki 2025-05-18 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
    Player Name: kas
    Character Name and username: chisaki kai [personal profile] keppeki

    Requested Reward: A single special ability
    Reward Cost: 150
    Extra Details: regaining his Quirk: Overhaul
      Basics:
    • Chisaki can disassemble and reassemble matter
    • after being taken apart, Chisaki can assemble matter into its original form, into something new, or leave it destroyed
    • works on inorganic and organic matter, including living people
    • in combat: used to alter the terrain, to disassemble his opponent, or to merge someone else's body with his own (a last resort; enables him to use the person's Quirk)
    • outside of combat: used to disassemble and reassemble people; reassembling removes all ailments (even cavities!)
      Limits:
    • only works on matter Chisaki touches with his bare hands
    • if he's working with two objects/beings, one per hand; can't work with more than two
    • loses effectiveness if something is "fractured" instead of a whole piece (e.g., broken terrain)
    • requires the use of his arms, and is limited by whether or not Chisaki can make physical contact

    • Suggested nerf: no merging someone's body with his own, therefore no using that person's special abilities.

    Total:
    168 previously banked - 150 reward cost = 18 shards remaining
    Edited 2025-05-20 01:54 (UTC)
    labyrinhelp: (Default)

    Approved!

    [personal profile] labyrinhelp 2025-05-22 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
    All the proposed nerfs look great to us, thank you so much for taking the time to do that!

    By the power vested in the crystal, Chisaki can now pull apart and put together everything like Lego blocks. What could go wrong!

    You now have 18 shards left in the bank.