FAQ & SUGGESTIONS

[kyriakosmods]

QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS?

You have questions! We probably have answers! Comment here to ask your questions and we shall do our best to answer them as completely and swiftly as we can. Or you might have suggestions as to how the game might be better run, or something you'd really like to see? Dump those here too, and we'll work with you on them! Any FAQ-type questions, when answered, will be added to the appropriate section of the game info.

Comments

[corvitae]

Ohh ohh first!!

IS THERE DAY/NIGHT IN KYRIAKOS? Or I guess more specifically is there a sun?? Since lolol vampire, and not the Twilight kind. :')

[storybreaking]

+1

[storybreaking]

Question!! What IC excuses do we have for when we miss games? :O

[kyriakosmods]

Many! You could have gotten lost in the castle, perhaps, or just did not feel like attending, or fallen asleep and missed the bell, or been waylaid by a stray Echo, or had your path blocked off by a truly vicious territorial battle between Zubats and jackalopes. Any real reason you can think of to not bother attending, as attendance is not actually mandatory.

[pklove]

Question! There are understandable limitations on healing and I've read it up, but what about characters whose powers specialize in healing rather than combat? Will they be able to keep their spells? Will an additional cost to the user be implemented? Or maybe they would be among the last abilities recovered...? It's nothing extreme as allowing people to regrow limbs, it's more on the standard closing wounds and making bruises disappear or reviving them from unconsciousness.

[kyriakosmods]

They can keep their spells, subject to the same powercap as everyone else! In RPG terms, level 30 out of 100. Closing wounds and healing bruises or reviving from KO shouldn't be a problem as long as you keep character stamina in mind!

[unicorn]

Is Kyr planned to be a plotty game - or I guess my question is more like, will there be accessible casual ways to interact with all the window dressing of "your goal is to rebuild your world" outside of the team-and-game structure or big plot events? Whether through NPC questing/interaction, or trying to explore the unknown blankness past the castle, or whatever!

[kyriakosmods]

Yes, it is! We've actually already had an event related to things that characters have done. Epona went down into the dungeons and got plot because they explored a thing. There are a lot of accessible casual ways to get the plot, they just ... haven't been explored by the characters yet! But we'd like to bring about plot because of things that characters have done and let them control the plot of Kyriakos by things that they do. Or, well, maybe control isn't necessarily the best term, but they can be the trigger for plot events and can even take part in the actual plot once it's been triggered.

[gandere]

DUMB QUESTION TIME

if a character has a prosthetic limb and they come to this world, will they be without said limb or will they have a fleshy one

[kyriakosmods]

They would have the prosthetic! ... Unless you want to have them regain missing that limb as a skill and start them with a fleshy body. . .

But that's up to you!

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

A few questions and if this is written down somewhere, I can't seem to find it. '-'

Is there a powercap policy?

And I know there are OCs and previous game characters, what is the whole policy on that?

[kyriakosmods]

"The powercap is fairly simple for this game! Everyone is capped at level 30 out of 100, because their souls are shattered and they don't have all of their powers anyway. They can cast and beat things up as much as they want as long as things remain reasonable. No world-ending, endgame abilities! The level 30 of 100 cap should hopefully allow for characters to access their midtier spells without things going overboard. Theoretically, it is possible for a character to exceed the powercap and do things at their max level, though. However, this takes a lot of effort and strain, and it runs a severe risk of breaking your soul back apart to how the character was at the beginning. If your character intends on trying to do this, please ping the mods!

There may be times where we lift the powercap for plot reasons, but our aim is going to be keeping things as equal as possible for every character in the game.

As a note, the powercap does not effect people that are normally below the powercap."

Quoted from the mechanics page, since this is now added! Sorry about that; we were all really confused when you mentioned that you couldn't find it, and then we couldn't find it. It's added now!

As for previous game characters and OCs, the only thing we don't allow are fandom OCs. The apps are all judged the same for the most part.

We hope this helps!

[hologramblue]

If a character is from a single canon entry that involves multiple timelines/endings, do you have to pick one set of events to be "canon" for them to remember or would they be a composite of their possible selves and get memories from all endings?

[kyriakosmods]

You have to pick a single set of events for their canon! It is possible that later memories from other routes could be brought in and added to their registry in the future, but for now you need a single route to app from.

[puncheshitlerforjustice]

Question about power caps! :)

If a character's body has a semi skill (increased strength, stamina, agility) and a heightened metabolism, would those be things they need to earn throughout the game or would they be a basic skill they could come in with?

Disregard, my question I've found my answer through much digging :)

[kyriakosmods]

Haha! That's fine, but if you ever have anymore questions please don't be afraid to ask!

[scrapthis]

Yoo I'm wondering if a character needs medication for any health issues, how does that work? Would their item they bring with them need to be a bottle of those pills that automatically refills for them, or will the castle take care of that?

[kyriakosmods]

There are two options!

You could have the health issues be a skill that need to be regained, therefore meaning that you don't have to worry about it. If they haven't regained the memories needed by the time the skill happens you could have them instinctually know what they need.

Or, you could start out with a medicine bottle labeled with what they need and they can get ongoing quests (like take care of the garden on a daily basis) from a Patron Echo or Echoes in general if the team doesn't have a Patron.

It's up to you and what you think would be most fun/easiest to play with in the end, though!

[onebullet]

Hi! If the item I was planning to bring in had my character's rank and name on it, would the name still be there or would it be myseriously erased?

[kyriakosmods]

The name and rank would still be there, but unless they had their starter memory telling them their name, they wouldn't have any significance to it or necessarily realize it was theirs.

[dirtydoll]

THIS IS A REALLY DUMBAWFUL QUESTION but I have been stalking and wondering, how long does a person have to be in the game before they can app an Echo? And could someone app one even if they're still waiting in the queue?? XD;;

[kyriakosmods]

That's not dumb at all!

It's fine to play an Echo without having a character in the game or if there is a character in the queue. We actually have a case like that now—Barghest's patron does not currently have a character in game, but she does have a character in the queue.

[gleamer]

Question, do you have a limit on how young a character can be to join? Also, are we able to age up a character?

[kyriakosmods]

We currently don't have a limit on age, but we'd still like it if people kept the game tone in mind if they decide to app someone that's younger since things like death and maiming can and will happen! So even if the character is younger, please make sure that they could cope with the situations.

As for aging up a character, only if it happens in canon. You can either start them at the age up if that's a thing in canon, or you can start them as younger and make their age up a skill!

We hope that answers your questions. If you have any other questions please feel free to ask!

[karlsefni]

QUESTION (i don't know if this is a thing that was already looked over, i haven't been able to find it/i don't remember my brain is mush)

do hiatus'd people need to make full AC? if not, then how long must a hiatus be in order to qualify for this AC exemption & how many comments must one make for this hiatus-AC combo?

[kyriakosmods]

Sorry for the belated response! A hiatus should be three weeks in order to qualify for AC exemption and it can be 20 comments instead of 40 comments generally. However, if you are going to be gone that long, please shoot us an email so we can talk it out since longer hiatuses are probably going to be more case-by-case because we want to work with you and figure out what might be most comfortable with you.

[glorifiedtrash]

The game's been open a few months (half a year I think actually); would it be possible to get information on good ends soon?

[kyriakosmods]

Good ends are not going to be available just yet! We were planning on opening them once the game hit the nine month point, but along with that, the game hitting nine months won't mean that all characters will be able to have the good end option immediately.

A specific character has to hit nine months before they will be eligible for a good end, although it won't be impossible to apply early -- however, in the case someone applies early, we will take it on a case-by-case basis.

We will release more details about this process when we come closer to the nine month point of the game, so please sit tight! We aren't able to give you more solid information at this point in time.

[unguilded]

I was gonna come here and reference the good end thing for my question so it's awesome to see that someone asked about them already.

BUT my question was! Are you planning to do something as an alternative to good ending for characters who hit their mem-regaining end but want to stay in play, like Legacies?

[kyriakosmods]

Unfortunately, due to the mechanics of the game, a legacy option won't be available. However, we have considered the possibility of 'duds', so to speak -- not that they'd be duds, but they would be considered little extra bits of soul that need to be filled out still.

[tearsofademon]

Hi!

Say I was hoping to app a character (not this one, the one I'm thinking of just doesn't have a journal yet) who has a familiar spirit attached to his soul who has a personality and opinions but is a vital piece of this character's soul due to soul shenanigans in their universe. Would it be okay to treat this familiar spirit as a skill?

[kyriakosmods]

That would be fine, yes!

[peoplediewhenikillthem]

What happens if someone leaves a memory shard out of their mirror for days on end or more specifically dumped them into the cove in hopes to dispose of them indefinitely?

[kyriakosmods]

Nothing would happen to it if it got thrown in the cove!

However, keep in mind that the shard won't have anything happen to it while it's in the cove in terms of it deteriorating, so other characters could pick it up, or it could get lost and be difficult to refind later on if your character decided to try to do that at a later point in time.

[saburai]

If a character wanted to move out of their team dorm - either by crashing on another team's couch or by like sleeping in the library or something - would there be any sort of negative effect?

[kyriakosmods]

We apologize for this belated response! The emails for this post were not showing up where we could see them.

No, there would not be any negative effects!

[robin_hoodesque]

Question: how does reapping work?

[kyriakosmods]

We apologize for the belated response! The emails for the notifications to this entry weren't showing up where they were supposed to.

For reapping: just send us an email saying "Hey, I'd like to reapp this character!"

Power Question

[tolls]

I have a question about the one item/area we're allowed to bring in and how that's attached to powers regained later. Sabriel's powers have a lot of attachment to some items: most of all a set of seven named bells that each have a different effect when sounded. She normally wears these bells on a bandolier over her armor/clothes. This is something similar to how a wizard in Harry Potter would use a wand. They're an instrument, but they're quite essential to the character.

Is it possible to bring these bells as her 'item' or get these specific bells back in game as separate powers/shards? Related to that, if they are considered too many items since there are seven of them - they're a set - what if they were in the 'area' that she took with her?

Re: Power Question

[kyriakosmods]

We apologize for this belated reponse. The emails for the notifications to this entry weren't showing up where they were supposed to.

Because of the nature of the bells, if they were an item, only one or two could be brought with! We're not sure if we want to allow them being an area though, since things that are considered areas are for changing the environment of the game, rather than an item. However, this does not mean that the bells cannot be quested for. They can be quested for and regained like that, though the ability to use them would have to come from regaining the shards.

[killerfields]

Hey, I noticed the app page doesn't mention whether or not it's okay, so: is it okay to link to a wiki for their background, given that it's a full and informational one? (I'm not gonna like. Link to a wiki that has two flimsy paragraphs LMAO.)

If not that's cool, just wanted to check!

[kyriakosmods]

Totally fine, go ahead and link the wiki! We would like to see it written out since it doesn't have to be long, but we don't disallow it either.

[onelevelmeaner]

Hey! When do your apps open? It doesn't look like there are dates listed anywhere. Thanks in advance! :)

[kyriakosmods]

We are going to be reopening them on August 1st and they will go through August 7th!

We hadn't said anything just yet because we tend to keep an eye on our queue and determine when to open apps from there — we don't want to increase the wait time of the people in the queue by adding more applications into the queue while it's still large!

[oirokeup]

Question! When apping characters that have canonmates in game, does everyone need to be taken from the same point in canon? For example if there's a 10-or-so-year time skip in their canon, would we be allowed to app characters from different time periods orrrr not so much?

Thanks! ;w;/

[kyriakosmods]

They do not! You can take your characters from whenever you want in canon.

[for_redemption]

Hi, I'm Riax and I'm interested in apping in my OC, I just have a few questions though.

- When a character comes, are they limited to just one item or can they bring in like a sword and one two two small items?
- Do they also lose the emotion attached with a certain memory like say rage or guilt?
- Are physical skills like say fighting or honed senses also lost, or is it just skills like magic or the like?
- What's the pace of the game? Is it fast or medium?
- Would the character who choose to lose all their memories even forget their name?

Sorry if it's a lot!

[kyriakosmods]

One item, unless it's something like a pair of nunchuks (which is functionally one item).

As for the emotion attached to a memory — if they don't remember it, they won't remember the emotions that come attached. This is not to say that they won't feel a twinge if something hits a ping or a trigger, but for the most part they won't remember how angry or guilty or full of rage a certain memory could make them unless they are naturally like that before the memory happens.

Physical skills are lost along with magical skills. There are even skills that have been played with in game that involve aging up, paralysis, or even death (to turn into a vampire or a ghost). Skills are fairly flexible!

The pace of the game is about medium right now, though it does have fast moments.

And yes! Characters - no matter who they are - will lose all of their memories upon arrival in Kyriakos. There is no choice about it unless they start with a single memory instead of a single skill. In that case, they could have the chance to remember their name if you want your character to know their name immediately! Some teams have cute themes (Barghest uses stars, Dawon uses flowers, Takshaka uses Color Bird style names, Gulgallana uses transition sounds, etc.) that they will help their new members with once they wake up ICly, and some teams just come up with whatever sounds cool at the time. This is optional if you choose to give them back a name with their first and only memory, but it's a possibility!

[astroquote]

hi mods! just a quick but possibly confusing question (i apologise in advance)

say a character is from a canon that has a crossover with another canon, taking place in the other canon's universe. the version of this character in the crossover is never confirmed to be the original one from the original canon, but there isn't any material that would prove otherwise either, as their characterisation is consistent over both materials.

would a player be able to have their character regain memories from that crossover?

[kyriakosmods]

Hey there! This kind of thing is decided on a case-by-case basis since all canons are different. We can't give an answer on this without knowing the exact details, so go ahead and email us at kyriakosmods@gmail.com with the details (or just respond here if you'd like!) and we can give you a proper answer on this.