Update wrote:Spell Regulations
- Mana Reduction: The maximum amount of mana reduction that can be achieved has been capped at 70%.
- Cooldown Reduction: It is not possible for A-rank and S-rank spells to decrease in cooldown lower than 1 post.
- Spell Speed Clarification: Spell speed is not used when it comes to spells involving the movement of the user.
(Spells that were approved this way shouldn't have been already, as carry-cloaks were already outlawed on FTRP years ago.)
- Spell Origin Clarification: A spell that spawns elsewhere creates a magic circle at the target location and at the caster.
(The rules had this before.)

- Coating Spells: Should the user coat themselves magically, the damage exerted will only become that magical damage and not magic plus physical. This applies to limbs, body, or even weapons.
(Off Vice spells I'd think Steel pushed this, as he seemed confused on the spells, but this doesn't change them.)
- Buff and Debuff Duration: They must all be listed as Sustain spells from now on. Whether you use it for a single post or not is your choice.
(This should be all of those already, but there are effects this could be relevant for if people had registered one post buffs.)
- Buff and Debuff Clarification: In addition, the target of the spell must be within the range of the spell to remain buffed or debuffed. This could be the caster or another source. Lastly, Buff and Debuff on Constitution and Endurance does not heal or damage a target. It adds or takes away from the potential.
(Remaining within range is a good clarification I haven't seen before. Idk what "takes away from potential" means, so I think con/end de-buff still need clarification most sites have. For reference, Noel an old developer had said he didn't know con/end debuff, which matches with him not making them. Is con/end buff temporary HP that won't ever be harmful?)
- Knock-Back: This is now a specific supplementary spell. Existing personal spells that are Offensive plus Knock-Back need to be pulled for revision. Knock-Back outside supplementary can still be obtained via Enhancements.
(Knockback needed clarification too, it still appears to, as it needs to be able to be defended against with normal spells. Offensive knockback isn't an enhancement though I believe, besides for Crash Magic.)
- Binding Spells: Require one rank higher Strength now to break free from. In addition, paying the mana equivalent to purge the spell does not allow the user to ignore the spell as if they run through it.
(Reminds me of a Halloween magic. The ignore portion is a minor stun-lock for combat modding I guess, but I like this buff as binds were too weak before.)

Konyo wrote:- Certain spell types do, at the moment, such as offensive, defensive, and binding, whether the others haven't been discussed, in my opinion, they shouldn't as otherwise raw damage is further pushed into whats the best way to do things. Baratuq itself for now just affects those things.

Ah, durability's been removed from rules completely. Baratuq isn't the only magic that increases durability I believe, recent DS do as well, I think there's a non-defensive normal limited too.

It's mainly about transparency of the durability term itself now, but also how can someone defend against a knockback beside items? It's just a physical effect. Sensory spells shouldn't have durability though.

More importantly for me, but there's been similar cases.

"Buff and Debuff spells can be stacked on a target, however, they cannot be the same spell." This wasn't included in describing an update. Noel had suggested this as well, so I think he does have a reasonable sway on development still. It just pushes for spell slots.

It's easier to give a general update to reread a rule page, rather than letting people be ignorant to changes and ask confused unfair questions later.

- Supplementary sensory spells listed are just examples it's quite possible to make other types just that they might require further review.

In my case when I was a new member at D-rank, I asked if there was any sort of spell I could make that isn't a tag. I was told a hard-no, even after citing Venus's.

Later, Zeke has a heartbeat sensing spell I believe.

- Yes it is intentional for class perks to solely impact the user's magic and not items or tarots.

I think that's agreeable in balance, it's just about interaction in the rules to explicitly say that.

- Not sure what you mean about wasting money?, that's at the discretion of the user how they spend their money.

If fighting someone 2 ranks higher and not getting rewards, it'd be because it's unbalanced presumably?

Besides the non-wasting jewels, people can waste jewels on many things that don't interact to help fighting. It's fine if the activity matches to regain losses, but if people don't have a stabilized build then it's perfectly reasonable someone 2 ranks lower is stronger.

You lose spells changing magic, but that's not particularly jewels-related. Changing from a limited magic is jewels related. Regular mythics cost 5m and can take a huge chunk for not a large return (Ragnar for example). His DS cost a lot as well. Ezekiel early on as A-rank I think is a good example of what a C-rank can beat on paper relatively easily as well. It's not about upper rank fairness, as I believe he fought someone of his own choice.

Races have weaknesses and don't outright dominate, so that's a jewels investment. Whenever you buy lower-level items, you're operating at a loss. Items that are "off-meta" "underpowered" exist or simply interact badly, so that's a jewels loss.

The balance is too diverse for 2 ranks higher to be innately superior in any way to lower ranks. Enhancement changes recently made fighting at C-rank easier too on paper, but I digress.

- Outcome of the retention of a custom item held by another hasn't been discussed.

I was informed the original update had new owners losing them on inactivity.

- Temperance Tarot I'm aware of this becomes more critical if someone has it for now we are working on other projects.

I personally can't handle that many topics lol, but it's more about how it seems like an easy change right? Add on 2 extra topics perhaps, idk.

- Companions are intentionally priced differently to equipment.

Idk why, but I know I did point out inconsistencies for Kratos/Eru/another pet maybe before. It's just small things like this that has/had confused staff and members alike.

- Not sure what you mean by this "..., as carry-cloaks were already outlawed on FTRP years ago"

Many sites have had a meta of "ah, I surround myself in an aura, it now marionettes me at spell speed". I'd browsed FTRP before and saw dashes like that, but the rules had already explicitly forbid it, so I just didn't get the update mention.

- Again not sure what you mean by this "Off Vice spells I'd think Steel pushed this, as he seemed confused on the spells, but this doesn't change them."

As far as I saw, Steel does/has done development, and he had this mistaken impression that my spells had ever changed from before Ereb fight to now.

- Another clarification made for members and a balance to offset recasting buffs or debuffs.

Already addressed above, but "Whether you use it for a single post or not is your choice." that doesn't reference buff stacking at all.

Konyo wrote:- If that is the case then the grader is at fault which will have to be review.

I don't think the grader's at fault, they went to ask other staff. It's just an avoidable subjectivity regarding non-exampled sensory spells imo, and I'd have used any form of sensory in my fights if I could.

- The price difference is generally related to the ramifications of having a companion, another thing to control and becomes something that is considered when scale power to cost. Pre-existing companions meanwhile like those you meanwhile will likely receive reworks in the time to come.

My companion is ass yes lol, but I mainly mean how people don't know on first look unlimited companions are full price.

- While it does not directly reference it, because it changes from instant to sustain it inherently prevents the ability to recast as it needs to go off cool-down which doesn't begin until the spell is dismissed.

I don't disagree with the change of buff stacking, it just wasn't announced. Noel's logic doesn't hold on many sites with buff stacking and Noel personally tried to rule on a fight of me buff stacking with sustains he "allowed". Sustains are just spells/jutsu/etc effects that continue running. Now I have an actual question, in whether B-rank and below sustains that aren't buffs/debuffs can be recast while sustaining. Aaaah, I wish I could get Overheat refund as it only saves spell slots for instants then, but I recognize others have lost jewels in updates.

Consider this: why would a same spell need to go on cooldown? You can cast multiple fireballs for example per Overheat logically, there's no "strain" in casting (as you can cast other "fireballs" even if "different spells"), and spells don't have a unique incantation of some sort in-universe. It should be clear whether all spells need to end before recasting, which makes Overheat useless but o well. I'd figured I'd have to do Generic Spell 1, Generic Buff Spell 2 at some point.

It sucks others have to give me Discord updates, but it doesn't matter if durability/buff stacking/etc rules over time aren't detailed as changed. It makes people have to reread all the rules less the rug is pulled under them, but people don't do that, so there's been different and unrelated disconnects. Anyhow, I digress, thanks again for your work.