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✦ Jinn don't mean to but they make themselves lucky. It's not win the lottery lucky every day but they'll never lose their keys and seem to win raffles a lot. This does not spread to non-Jinn that they are close with unless they actively start to push it onto them, at which time they will be less lucky themselves. ✦ Jinn are all POC. They are at least 50% Syrian, Palestinian, Iraqi, Turkish, Egyptian, Iranian, Kuwaiti, Jordan, Saudi, Oman, Indian, or Yemen. Please be sure to have faces that reflect this accordingly. They will all be quite old unless they are the child of Jinn, in which case they can be younger but both parents must be Jinn for them to have full Jinn abilities. ✦ Jinn are fantastic at hide and seek, to the point it's annoying. No one wants to play hide and seek with them.

POSSIBLE ABILITIES:

Overlooked (technically not invisibility but the tendency of others to just not notice them)

Enhanced vision in fog/mist/sand/darkness

Accidental luck

Sensing storms

Unable to dehydrate

Attracts lightning strikes (regularly survive them)

Djinn

While Jinn in general are typically viewed as wish granters Djinn actually are, but what really is a wish? Magical law isn't super clear about it but they do want to make sure people aren't out there destabilizing the economy, so any Jinn able to grant wishes must take a course and be licensed. There's a whole pamphlet about what you can and can't wish for, it's a lot. Great cosmic powers, itty bitty paperwork.... or something like that. Typically older than their younger cousins these creatures have a unique connection to the world and the forces that surround it. ✦ Some Djinn get what is called 'The Call' and simply vanish from where they are only to reappear decades, even centuries, later. It is described as a song on the wind that just makes them want to go somewhere else. Depending on who and where they go different Djinn experience different things on these adventures. ✦ A Djinn can visit you in your dreams but they will not look like their physical body if they do. Often glowing or unusual colors and builds it's not strange for someone that knows them very closely to not even recognize them in this state. This is because Djinn are more spiritual creatures in physical bodies than most creatures would be. This also means that any ghosts that know them will know them in a very different form than the physical creatures that are close to them. ✦ Djinn are creatures somewhat out of time. They were born a long time ago and have seen the world grow and change from what they knew then to what it is now. Some of them have found their favorite decades and live accordingly, some have adapted, some don't even know how to work a phone.

POSSIBLE ABILITIES:

Magical home (where they live is randomly magical)

Elemental attunement (knowledge of the upcoming weather)

Enhanced strength

Astral projection

Limited invisibility

Granting wishes (must be purchased, overseen by magical law)

The second-to-last member group coming your way folks! One more and then some fun new things! As always feel free to ask any questions you have.

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✦ Shapeshifters are able to change into things other than the more common wolves. A shape shifter that turns into a seal may well be where the myth of the selkie came from or a shifter that could turn into a bird could be the inspiration for harpies. It's hard to nail down what the limits are on the ability until someone finds it. ✦ Wereboars, seals, bears, deer, foxes, and eagles have all been documented but not nearly as often as their wolf like cousins. Shapeshifting requires registration for their own safety and for the safety of others, can't have a shapeshifter robbing the bank every other day or someone picking the wrong target on a hunting trip. ✦ Transforming hurts. Bones and muscles are being rearranged in your body so it's not a smooth process, especially the first time. That being said the more often you transform the less it hurts and the more used to it you become. ✦ Silver is toxic. Prolonged exposure will cause rashes and burns. Ingestion is fatal.

POSSIBLE ABILITIES:

Razor like claws/spines

Unusual coloring (skin, hair, nails, eyes, ect)

Changing height/build (somewhat)

Changing specific body part - animal (cat eyes, goat horns, hooves, ect)

Changing specific body part - human (must be purchased)

Shape shifting into people (very rare, must be purchased)

Werewolves

Werewolves are the most common shapeshifters, at least here in Hearthwick. They occasionally transform into enormous wolves that are faster and stronger than any of their non-magical cousins. Standing roughly 4 feet at the shoulder they look like a normal wolf otherwise other than the color of the glint of their eyes in the light. A werewolf looks back in blue in the firelight. There are very few destructive groups of wolves in town as there are spaces built to house them during full moons when they have to transform and potion makers to help keep them from going ballistic. While magical they are usually people that have been altered and so they typically don't live much past 120 years old unless they're born to werewolf parents, then they have sometimes reached 200 years old but that's the exception. ✦ Werewolves are much stronger than a normal human their size would be. They're not going to be throwing cars like superheroes in movies but they need special gym equipment. Even relatively weak werewolves are still stronger than a human. You should probably get the warranty on the ps5 controller before the full moon hits. ✦ Transforming hurts. Bones and muscles are being rearranged in your body so it's not a smooth process, especially the first time. That being said the more often you transform the less it hurts and the more used to it you become. There have been rumors of werewolves in the old days that would change too often, that wound up spending more time as wolves then men and eventually lost track of themselves. This is called 'the loss' but hasn't been heard of except in rare ocassions in hundreds of years. ✦ Silver is toxic. Prolonged skin exposure will cause rashes and burns. Ingestion is fatal. ✦ Some werewolves experience what's called "the bond". Not all werewolves will meet the person or persons that inspire it but those that do describe it as your stomach dropping like going over a hill too fast and say that they "just knew" when asked about it. It seems to happen just from meeting them, but there's not a lot of information out there as it's a very personal matter. Those that experience it don't immediately fall in love or anything like that but they do immediately attach to the person(s) and find themselves compelled to protect and be around them.

POSSIBLE ABILITIES:

Faster healing

Enormus size

Increased strength (even in human form)

Enhanced senses (smell, hearing, taste)

Less painful transformation

Full transformation between full moons

Blood sense (can smell blood from a much greater distance)

Partial transformation (must be purchased)

Today's sneak peak is the shapeshifters member group!

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Just so you know, the phrase is "fool-proof," not "full-proof." I can certainly understand the mix-up though! Obviously this ask DOES NOT need a response.

You still get a reply XD I have a habit of typing on my phone and my phone has a habit of making me look drunk. If you see me fully misspell something please don't feel bad pointing it out. Literally for no reason it just started adding 'bbr' in the middle of words until it updated and finally stopped, I won't take it personally. - Rem

will this be a private or public site?

The site will be public, although things can change depedning on how they go, but for now and the foreseeable future it is public. (That being said feel free to invite your friends)

✦ A mermaid's tail comes and goes at will, so long as they are in water. Not an easy transformation but one they can actively control, so no accidently growing a tail in the bathtub. It isn't too unusual to find someone on the beach that literally doesn't know how to stand up, local ordinance says you should call the fire department. ✦ A mermaid doesn't just breathe water, they simply don't breathe. They don't need air so above or below water doesn't matter to them, but it does make it really weird to sleep next to one of them. After time with humans some have developed the ability to make themselves breathe because it can be so off-putting, all you have to do is ask.

POSSIBLE ABILITIES:

Shared breath (can breathe into a non-mermaids lungs and allow them to breathe underwater for a time)

Enhanced swimming

Relatively hydrated (mermaids require more hydration then other creatures, some less so)

Buoyancy

Resistance to cold

Unusual tail colors

Enhanced sounds (Mermaids can make sonic and subsonic sounds in water)

Sirens

Much like mermaids, sirens come from the sea. Also like mermaids they are claimed to drag sailors to the depths and kill them. Maybe they used to but now it's all a lot more metaphorical. A siren is usually good at some form of art, they claim to be relatives of the muses which is unlikely but who knows, mortals forget so easily. They run the gambit from artists to singers to crafters to cooks to who even knows, but they all seem to love a shiny thing. ✦ Sirens have a blessing they can bestow on someone that makes it so they don't need to breathe for a time. It's unclear if they are able to remove the blessing, but once it is bestowed the person doesn't even need to be aware of it. They simply won't suffocate without air. According to some mermaids there are still sailors down there from who knows when, feeding the sirens they've attached themselves to, but there's no proof that it makes you immortal. ✦ Since sailors are no longer really an option for dietary needs sirens now rely on consuming emotions ethically. Any strong emotion is nourishing for them but love and adoration and lust are the most filling. They don't need to eat food but it doesn't hurt them at all to do it. Typically they "fall in love" and feed off their partner and, assuming they don't go too far, they will be fine for the rest of their lives, they'll just be tired sometimes. ✦ A siren's scales are worth a pretty penny and more than one siren down on their luck have sold off scales to get by, unfortunately they never grow back. Some people have never even had the thought but others have only a few scales left. Witches use them for spells and since they are very hard to come across the market is always booming. Particularly nice scales can be reused several times.

POSSIBLE ABILITIES:

Unaffected by water pressure

Alluring art (Singing, acting, drawing, painting, ect)

Highly Enhanced swimming (faster even then just a mermaid)

Enhanced strength

Faster transformation

Unaffected by cold

Luring (must be purchased, requires consent from the other player)

And here we have the Mermaids and their ilk!

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✦ Vampires can feed on blood or on energy. There are blood banks and laws around feeding on humans if they don't want to be fed on, but just being around someone is enough to give some a little pick me up even if it's rude to feed on someone without their consent. ✦ Sometimes people get out of hand when feeding and those people get put in jail or put down. Considered 'the blood lust' most vampires consider it 'gauche' because who would let themselves get that out of control? Very Passe. The police force here in Hearthwick even has training to spot charms, so keep your nose (and your fangs) clean. ✦ Vampires can be beheaded and they will die. They call it 'ashing' because the body almost always disintegrates into ash although some of them can be a little... gooey. They also develop rashes or get sick if they repeatedly handle or ingest silver but it is not deadly to them.

POSSIBLE ABILITIES:

Low blood lust

Inhuman speed

Enhanced healing (more-so when freshly fed)

Inhuman strength

Unusual eyes

Telepathic speech (with vampires and very close non vampires)

Retractable fangs

Elders

The older a vampire becomes the stronger they become. It turns out that being able to keep yourself under wraps and working with your powers for years and years and years gives you better control of them. Typically wealthy, snobby, and unusually Eastern European the newest generations of Elders have been from more local areas now that America has existed long enough. Typically you're not considered an Elder until you are 300+ years old. Until then you're just a strong Vampire. Yes it's very gate-keepy. ✦ Charm - Elder vampires are simply more charming than they should be. It's not full-proof by any means but usually people are inclined to believe them or come to like them even if they don't really know why. They can't be forced into doing something but they may be persuaded. People that are being actively charmed into doing something have a tell-tale silver ring around their iris. ✦ Healing - All vampires will heal with time or after some blood but Elders can heal using normal energy as well. It's also almost unheard of for an Elder to succumb to the blood lust. Some say their bodies are just different and others say it's learned control from un-living for centuries. Either way it could be true. ✦ While silver is no longer as irritating there is no cure for having your head cut off it turns out.

POSSIBLE ABILITIES:

Telepathic speech (with non-vampires, across greater distances)

Levitation (This is not the same as flight)

Casts no shadow

Telekinetic (can move small things up to ten pounds)

Healing through rest (can heal by sleeping for extended periods)

Only feeds on energy

Enthralling (must be purchased, requires consent of the other player)

Progenerating (must be purchased)

Next up in the list of member groups, the Vampires!

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I figured since it was brought up I could show you all the trigger warning mentioned in the response before this! Simply add what the trigger warning is (i.e. sexy times in the example) and a description if needed. That way if something happens in a thread you weren't expecting or maybe you were, you can add it then and anyone that chooses to read it can be warned.

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Will you allow darker themed plots to be written on site?

This is difficult to answer without a specific example and would most likely need to be handled on a case-by-case basis. The site will be 21+ (we're in our thirties and the idea of writing romance/violence with a teen is not super exciting to us) and there is a BB code for a trigger warning so that they can be added at any time. Given some of our species there are bound to be some darker themes and so long as they are handled appropriately, then it should be fine. That being said we as staff will step in if at any time something goes beyond what we think is ok for the public forum, at which time nothing is preventing you from writing those things out in private but we will ask it is not done on the forum itself. Hope that clears this up for you! - The Staff

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✦ Magic is, in it's utmost simplest form, energy. No matter how they practice it (chants, symbols, ingredients, hand gestures, ect.) ultimately what the witch is doing is channeling energy. Hearthwick being where it is magic is easier, crisper, lasts a little longer but that's only because the leylines leave magic in the very air. The stronger the magic the more energy and skill are required, even in Hearthwick nothing is entirely free. ✦ The Hearthwick coven strictly forbids Necromancy. Some people don't see anything too wrong with it but if you get caught practicing it you will be appropriately punished. The balance between life and death should not be messed with. They do not, however, forbid curses being cast, so watch out. ✦ All witches learn magic from a teacher or experience it at random. Once taught how to use magic they tend to learn the magic that reflects where they learned it. A witch from a rural area may practice more folk magic where a witch from an area with a lot of witches will likely practice a number of types of magic. ✦ Many witches learn to ply their magic to a trade. There are potion makers, fortune tellers, magic shops with 'fake' items for tourists and humans but the real stuff for practitioners, a bar that doubles as a werewolf pack den which is always in need of repairs, and many other ways to use their abilities.

POSSIBLE ABILITIES:

Intention work

Potion and poultice making

Spell work

Rune work

Crystal work

Enchantments

Healing (rare)

Empowering magic (for themselves or other, very rare, must be purchased)

Hedge Witches

Hedge Witches are witches who's magic is rare even among the magical community. Taught in unusual and often folks-y ways sometimes their spells make no sense to most but if it works, it works. These witches are able to use things around them for spell work and are the only witches capable of becoming prophetic in some way. ✦ Predictions - Not every prediction is 100% accurate and sometimes they're down right misleading, but they happen. Witches that develop these fortune-telling abilities will suddenly have their eyes roll back in their heads and explain you're going to Qdoba in a week as often as not. It's a curse in this modern society. To determin accuracy we use a dice roller on the discord, feel free to reach out with any questions. ✦ Old Magic - Hedge Witches are able to stand in the forest and use what they are surrounded by to do magic. Sometimes in odds with what are considered magic rules and sometimes despite them. If you need rose petals and a rose is nearby you can simply expend them. This allows for a much more flexible use of spells since they tend not to know the most complex ones.

POSSIBLE ABILITIES:

Magic without ingredients (sigils, runes, plants, ect.)

Tarot card predictions (accuracy depends)

Fortune Telling (accuracy depending)

Palm Reading (accuracy depending)

Necromancy (this is outlawed in Hearthwick and must be purchased) Part two of our member groups, Witches! Kind of like a human, but not. And with a special mechanic for accuracy (we'll share that one later) you too can have the magical ability to maybe see what could possibly be the future!

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'Summersaulting' had me dying. listen i am a normal human and i cant even do one summersault okay

Im also not on that skill tree so - Rem

POSSIBLE ABILITIES:

Summersaulting

Rolling their tongue

Juggling

Cooking

Sensitives

A sensitive is a human with no other magical ability or seemingly any magical ancestry but are able to interact with magic in some way. Most of them wind up with what normal humans would call 'psychic powers'. Empathy, the ability to communicate with ghosts, seeing ghosts, ect. They do not live any longer then a usual human and sometimes even they are barely aware of what they can do. Some people just think they have weird dreams, but others use their abilities regularly. ✦ These people do not have magical abilities other then the sensitive. They can't cast spells, they don't have familiars, they are not able to enchant things or anything like that. Some can help brew potions if they are taught how to but they can't imbue it with anything other than intensions. ✦ Seeing vs Interacting - Some people can see things but not interact with them, some people can hear things or feel them but not see them. It is very rare for someone to be able to do both, especially younger people with these abilities.

POSSIBLE ABILITIES:

Emotional empathy (catching onto other people's feelings)

Prophetic (dreams of the future, accuracy depends)

Seeing ghosts

Communicating / interacting with ghosts

Hearing thoughts (accidently or intentionally, must be purchased)

Telekinesis (very rare, must be purchased)

Ghosts

Sometimes when someone dies they simply do not move on. Different people have claimed all sorts of different afterlives that they all eventually failed to move on to. Some have unfinished business, some just didn't want to leave yet, but the end result is the same. A ghost still looks like themself, but less. ✦ Levitation - technically your feet will never touch the ground again. you just sort of hover there, sometimes a few inches off the ground, sometimes at ground level. At least you can't trip. ✦ Incorporeal - you can move through things. After some years a few people have developed the ability to pick things up, but it does take time and concentration. It is very cold to pass through you.

POSSIBLE ABILITIES:

Moving objects (i.e. slamming doors, knocking things over, upturning chairs, ect.)

Effecting electricity

Rattling chains sounds

Visibility

Causing smells

Possession (must be purchased)

Our first solidified member group! Starting off with the Normies of the site, Humans! And maybe some variations there of... More to come in the next few days, feel free to reach out with any questions!

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It's us again with more previews! This time we've got one of the post codes and you might notice there's 2 versions of dialogue in there. We've hard coded an <asl > tag into the skin due to at least one character being deaf, so we can identify if things are said or signed!

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previews look great!! any date in mind for opening?

Thanks! We're pretty happy with how the skin is turning out too! Right now we're looking at Aug 1st for our public opening, with tumblr followers getting reserves / Discord access and possible site access a week prior so we can get things rolling.