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"What's in your OC's pockets / bag?" type of post, but it's a handful of magic the gathering spells.
/unrav how the hell did she get an Ikorian Bug?
All kinds of things wash downstream in the sewers. Maybe an omenpath to ikorian wilderness? Or maybe it's just a pillbug hit with some kind of simic growth serum?
I call her Millie. Her favorite snack is pumpkin. I haven't seen her lay eggs.
Feel like I left for a couple days and I come back and there's like a hundred new people on. I just saw someone's post get taken over by a reply chain discussion about public nudity laws?
It's wild right now.
With so many extraplanar folks visiting Ravnica, to alleviate some potential culture shock, here are local guild expressions and customs.
This only goes over the guilds I personally have spent time in the territory of. I highly encourage other guild members to expand on this list for our extraplanar friends’ convenience!
Azorius Senate
“Peace and order.” - Formal greeting. Blessing of safety.
“Quadruple negatived.” - To make 100% sure of something. This is a reference to many of our laws using double or triple negatives to account for edge cases. If someone says this, they are telling you to be thorough.
“Heathen.” - One who knowingly refuses to follow customs and laws. Likewise, “Heathenry” is the knowing refusal of customs and laws.
“Worthy of unanimity.” - Of very high quality. Reference to the rareness of total guild cooperation on decisions
Boros Legion
“Hold fast.” - Formal greeting. Blessing of vigilance.
“Angellic.” - Correct, of high quality, or of extremeness.
“Truer than truth.” - Of excessive detail. Can be used either as a condemnation or an encouragement.
Orzhov Syndicate
“Prosperous day.” - Formal greeting. Blessing of fortune.
“Like dead old men.” - Outdated or corrupt. Reference to the guilds previous masters, who’re now immortalized in this expression.
Custom: In the syndicate, one is expected to bring a gift when visiting a superior. Or an inferior. Or a friend. Or a family member. Just, bring a gift if you have business in orzhov territory.
Selesnya Conclave
“As one.” - Formal greeting. Blessing of unity.
“Only for us.” - For something to be obvious or to affect many people. Of large consequence.
Custom: Openly carrying metal is frowned upon in much conclave territory.
Golgari Swarm
As the Swarm consists of many different peoples with different dialects, one common greeting is signed rather than spoken; a limb touches one's own head, sweeps towards the ground, and gently indicates the one being greeted. This signifies a recognition of a common place in the natural cycle despite physical differences.
"The cycle turns" - Can mean either "That's the way things are" or "This won't last forever" depending on the context.
"Molder" - Resilient, adaptable, thrives in unfavorable conditions; "She's had a bad year but she's molder." Comes from comparisons to moldervine.
"In Svogthos" - Unknown, hidden, unfathomable; "Why did that Simic beast have a crocodile snout and frog legs?" "That's in Svogthos."
I'm planning on taking a holiday through the omenpaths once I have all my affairs in order. Does anyone know somewhere nice I can go? I think I'll be far too late for that Avishkar race thing unfortunately.
... Kamigawa. Absolutely. Get outside your comfort zone, hit the big city! Try some new foods, immerse yourself in the culture. You'll love it, trust me.
I feel like some clarity is needed among the fellow Ravnican rp bloggers but when is the grand prix the exactly?
Sometime in Magic February I believe. It'll be quite a show! I hope the fish people win
Guess Why ::3
F!SH!
I would assume it's the long weekend of February 7-9. Same as the real world set prerelease.
I don't make custom Magic cards very often, but I got inspired to make one based on my character for my Ravnica rp sideblog @lotleth-spore-farmer.
A fictional depiction of me in children's card game form... fascinating.
Gave 1 to mah gurl uwu
(ooc) Very proud of this. I am both worried it's busted and worried its trash
Hopping on the train. Feels strong but not OP.
(( OOC: Finally got around to making a card of my own! I don't actually play all that much, so fingers crossed this isn't horribly unbalanced ))
My supervisor caught me munching on a centaur again /: Mazirek forbid a girl gets lunch on the job
As a centaur... nah I can't even pretend to be appalled. I eat bugs all the time. >:)
haaaaaa you got in troubleeee eheheh.
"What's in your OC's pockets / bag?" type of post, but it's a handful of magic the gathering spells.
Very fun exercise. I love any excuse to go through Scryfall and any excuse to think about my OCs, so both at once is perfect.
"What's in your OC's pockets / bag?" type of post, but it's a handful of magic the gathering spells.
rummages around in her day bag she carries when not performing, muttering
Arright, what's in here...
Hmm let's see.
Searches their saddlebags.
I’m on vacation in Avishkar, so maybe my pockets will be different from what they normally are.
…. Nope, about the same.
Yaaaay I started a trend!
"What's in your OC's pockets / bag?" type of post, but it's a handful of magic the gathering spells.
Once more, the Azorius present a fundamental misunderstanding of us in an attempt to malign us.
We don't have community? We have troupes and rings tighter than family.
We do not "stab our fellow man in the back." Our demonstrations are the very essence of life itself. The only ones suffering from back stabbing are the ones attempting to bend the system into their own mold and make it serve and benefit them.
@azorius-eloquence
And likewise the Gruul have plenty of community! We have our clans and groups. We work together to live.
Generally the Gruul is pretty transparent about their actions rather than backstabbing, those that do ambushing aside, but they certainly aren't trying to trick and betray anyone even then.
Also what we do we do for the community, the whole community of Ravnica. Not just the people, but the whole community of life on this world. Honestly, more guilds should be considering the whole community they live in more.
I am currently obsessed with this because this is such a real and multi-faceted argument happening here and it is so, so very Ravnica. It may even be the crux of Ravnica. The central theme. The raison d'être. The foundation of all its conflicts between its different philosophies on progress and society.
The accusation is "You're so obsessed with giving a middle finger to the system that you'll stab the backs of your fellow man to do it." But to that I say that the system is actively oppressing, imprisoning, even killing many other people. Rebellion against the system only feels like terrorism because you have the privilege of being protected by the system. And to that you might say that change should be a slow and steady march towards progress. That you should follow all the laws, do what's right, and try to fix the system from within. But is that kind of change even possible, and how much suffering will it take to get there? Does it outweigh the suffering of the short-term radical revolution?
Can you ever change the system from within? Or do we need violent revolution?
Can you fix Ravnica without destroying the Guildpact?
Ravnicas system can definitely be changed from within, we see it happen in The Ascension of Reza storyline, where changes in law create a better society with direct, visible impact. This is an ooc post ofc, but I do see violent revolution as the worse approach to ravnica. The point of the quote isn’t the semantics of backstabbing or community, its that, by being obsessed with tearing down a system, you start seriously hurting other people. In an effort to do a grand good, all thats rlly happening is meaningless evil. Doesn’t matter how strong your ideals are when shoplifting, all you’re doing is punishing the minimum wage worker.
Doesnt matter if the gruul are doing it for the sake of nature, all thats happening is people becoming homeless.
Doesnt matter if the rakdos shout “freedom” while they skin someone alive for sport, theyre still skinning someone alive for sport.
This goes for p much every red aligned guild. My thoughts in this are obvi alot more nuanced than my ocs, since i have an omniscient perspective of ravnica. Obligatory: yeah the other guilds suck too, but thats not the point of this post. The point of this post is that murder is bad
OOC. That obsession works both ways, too, though. We also see several characters become so obsessed with protecting the system and resisting change that they arrest innocent people. That is serious harm, it doesn't matter how well intentioned you are, it's punishing innocent people.
In general yes, Ravnica should change from within, and we should strive for that in real life also. The question is how forcefully you should be asking for that change.
Once more, the Azorius present a fundamental misunderstanding of us in an attempt to malign us.
We don't have community? We have troupes and rings tighter than family.
We do not "stab our fellow man in the back." Our demonstrations are the very essence of life itself. The only ones suffering from back stabbing are the ones attempting to bend the system into their own mold and make it serve and benefit them.
@azorius-eloquence
And likewise the Gruul have plenty of community! We have our clans and groups. We work together to live.
Generally the Gruul is pretty transparent about their actions rather than backstabbing, those that do ambushing aside, but they certainly aren't trying to trick and betray anyone even then.
Also what we do we do for the community, the whole community of Ravnica. Not just the people, but the whole community of life on this world. Honestly, more guilds should be considering the whole community they live in more.
I am currently obsessed with this because this is such a real and multi-faceted argument happening here and it is so, so very Ravnica. It may even be the crux of Ravnica. The central theme. The raison d'être. The foundation of all its conflicts between its different philosophies on progress and society.
The accusation is "You're so obsessed with giving a middle finger to the system that you'll stab the backs of your fellow man to do it." But to that I say that the system is actively oppressing, imprisoning, even killing many other people. Rebellion against the system only feels like terrorism because you have the privilege of being protected by the system. And to that you might say that change should be a slow and steady march towards progress. That you should follow all the laws, do what's right, and try to fix the system from within. But is that kind of change even possible, and how much suffering will it take to get there? Does it outweigh the suffering of the short-term radical revolution?
Can you ever change the system from within? Or do we need violent revolution?
Can you fix Ravnica without destroying the Guildpact?
Hear hear!
I don't know that the Guildpact needs to be destroyed, but things definitely need changing. And those in power really don't truly consider those changes until you make them and get them a little concerned.
And let me tell you, you sure get some people's attention smashing a few buildings.
Allow me to be the first to surprise by saying that no, the Guildpact doesn't need destroyed. But, anyone that knows any Cultist well enough will also understand that I say that from a purely selfish standpoint.
I don't want this place destroyed. Ravnica is my home and I do enjoy living my full and best titties-out life. But that is not going to stop me from getting those fucking white mana assholes to back the fuck up, or else.
Alright, to be clear, I'm not suggesting we destroy the Guildpact, nor am I really trying to equate all acts of revolution as being equivalent to destroying the Guildpact, et cetera. It's the most extreme possible answer to the question of "how much urgent revolutionary change vs how much slow and steady change do we need?"
Once more, the Azorius present a fundamental misunderstanding of us in an attempt to malign us.
We don't have community? We have troupes and rings tighter than family.
We do not "stab our fellow man in the back." Our demonstrations are the very essence of life itself. The only ones suffering from back stabbing are the ones attempting to bend the system into their own mold and make it serve and benefit them.
@azorius-eloquence
And likewise the Gruul have plenty of community! We have our clans and groups. We work together to live.
Generally the Gruul is pretty transparent about their actions rather than backstabbing, those that do ambushing aside, but they certainly aren't trying to trick and betray anyone even then.
Also what we do we do for the community, the whole community of Ravnica. Not just the people, but the whole community of life on this world. Honestly, more guilds should be considering the whole community they live in more.
I am currently obsessed with this because this is such a real and multi-faceted argument happening here and it is so, so very Ravnica. It may even be the crux of Ravnica. The central theme. The raison d'être. The foundation of all its conflicts between its different philosophies on progress and society.
The accusation is "You're so obsessed with giving a middle finger to the system that you'll stab the backs of your fellow man to do it." But to that I say that the system is actively oppressing, imprisoning, even killing many other people. Rebellion against the system only feels like terrorism because you have the privilege of being protected by the system. And to that you might say that change should be a slow and steady march towards progress. That you should follow all the laws, do what's right, and try to fix the system from within. But is that kind of change even possible, and how much suffering will it take to get there? Does it outweigh the suffering of the short-term radical revolution?
Can you ever change the system from within? Or do we need violent revolution?
Can you fix Ravnica without destroying the Guildpact?
It was somebody's birthday today and my very lovely aunt sent me to deliver him a present… a huge present… all the way across the undercity. You know how it is with "birthdays". It's a family social obligation. Also my "aunt" is a kraul. Very lovely. Let's just say she's hard to say no to. So, I packed some gear, put a harness on my horse-half, and hooked myself up to a wagon.
I'm pretty familiar with the tunnels, I've made trips this way before, but some idiot decided to go and get petrified right in the middle of a passage. The statue really wouldn't budge and I couldn't squeeze past him. I had to find a detour. So I doubled back, wagon in tow, to an abandoned prison of some kind, where there's a big hole on the other side of a locked cell door. Debris from a jailbreak littering the cell. All I had to do was pick the lock and I'd be headed in the right direction!
The only problem with that plan was there was a sleeping maaka in there, too. Filthy and probably sick. Still chained to the wall. The debris from the hole looked like someone tried to get in to the cell, with a hammer. I think the maaka ate whoever tried to break them out of their jail cell, out of starvation. Destroyed her chance at life by eating her only means of escape.
I unhooked from the wagon… and as quietly as I could, I used a set of picks to lift each pin… I had my ears held right up against the lock, straining to hear them click into place one at a time. Click… click… until finally I could turn the lever. As I unlocked the barred door I turned my head to see nothing but the six cat-slit eyes of the maaka. She pounced forward, her paw sent the door swinging with a CREEEEAK and a metal CLANG -- hit me square in my face. My hooves stumbled over the wagon and punched a hole in my cargo. The "present" was opened, it's stench filling the room. The maaka strained against her chains, desperate to eat me, or to eat the horrible smelling box, I'm not sure.
I stared in shock as I scrambled to find the right course of action. I had a few moments until she broke the chains. I realized, then, that the maaka is just like that kraul. Intimidating, but starving and weak, in a tight bind, looking for someone easy to pick on. I have too much dignity for that, or for this. I grabbed an old poleaxe from the warden's post and severed her chains. The maaka fell forward towards me, growling and flailing, but I stood my ground, weapon ready. I watched her circle around me, and then dart away through an open door.
I finished the trip but I'm not doing that kraul's job for her again.
Ghosts or zombies?
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"Recycling" bodies is a regular part of life down here, I've sent my share of zombies merrily shambling away. They do a lot of unappreciated work for this city.
Ghosts are a thousand times scarier than zombies. Immortality is the only "death" Golgari fear.
They've broken apart from the natural cycles of life, death, and rebirth to just stagnate forever in a creepy in-between state. Never growing or changing again. As the world moves on, they lose their place within it. Divorced from their original context, displaced in time itself. Looking at a ghost is like looking at a gaping whole in nature and reality and it's screaming at you in pain and anguish.
The swarm is more than just our guild, it's our philosophy about the whole world. We are all a bug in the swarming hive, a strand on the great spiderweb, the organs of a living, breathing city. Every baby that's born and every corpse that rots is part of it. Even zombies. Even vampires. Even liches.
But not ghosts. They represent the only way the city of Ravnica could ever truly end -- stagnation. A ghostly apocalypse.
Hello? Is it safe to post here? Is this a private club? No golgari allowed? Its hard to make friends and I'm getting lonely just talking to my bugs. 🐛 🪲 🐞
Nah, the Golgari are cool. I know a lot of people are wary of them after all that business with the Phyrexians, but that's silly. Welcome new friend. Always nice to meet some people with appreciation for green magics, and most of the Selesnyans are just no fun.
That phyrexian sludge, it got everywhere. We hardly stood a chance... There's so few of us left now. It's a tragedy.
It's good to have friends again!
Hello? Is it safe to post here? Is this a private club? No golgari allowed? Its hard to make friends and I'm getting lonely just talking to my bugs. 🐛 🪲 🐞
I used to love bugs in my youth. In fact I wanted to join the Simic just to work with them, but I find that the texture of chitin put me off of the idea of actually becoming one. And I get antsy around swarms.
I do practice my dream magic by inducing dreams of scarabs!
Are they pretty scarabs? Ooh, if it's a dream, why stop at scarabs? You could dream up the coolest bug in town!
What're you doing with your dream magic, anyway?
Beautiful scarabs. Reminiscent of the Nephilim themselves. For the time being I'm experimenting and I want to keep it simple to prevent confounding of the results.
As for what I'm doing with them.... Uhhhh do you remember that time an Izzet guild mage summoned the dreams of every citizen in ravnica at the same time?
No? Maybe I slept through it?...
Or... are you saying that that WASN'T a dream??? Uh oh.
