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WELCOME TO THE PRISM REALM

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Hello, and welcome to our new forums and site! Here, on arkaine.boards.net, we are proud to present to you the opening reveal of the Arkaine ARPG.
What is an ARPG you ask? An ARPG is generally refered to as an action-roleplaying-game, but here, it is an art-roleplaying-game (although, there is a lot of action here)! 
Here you can submit art or literature (including collaborative pieces) to earn XP, which will up your Arkaine's level. With each Level they gain, your Arkaine will learn new spells or tricks, and their proficiency, HP (health points), and MP (mana points) will rise, enabling them to be better at the things they participate in.

We heavily encourage all of you to read over these threads:
General Information & Rules
The Arkaine Species Guide
Classes & Subclasses
Earning XP
Activity Rules & Information
FAQ

If you have any questions after reading over these, which I assume you will, please message me, blytz#5256, on Discord, or post your questions in the Questions and Answers channel in the Arkaine Discord.

We also heavily encourage you to go read information about the Prism Realm, but you will only be able to view this information once you've made an account on this site.
Religion & Myths
Research
World Map / Biomes / Civilization

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Welcome to the Prism Realm

We are so VERY proud to announce the opening of the beta version of the Arkaine ARPG. This ARPG (Art/Roleplaying Game) allows you to assign your Arkaine a class, as well as level up through the acquisition of art and literature per character. This will introduce a new system, where you can assign your Arkaine to multiple different classes, and participate in activities that will boost your Arkaine’s XP. Everything you do with your Arkaine, whether it be art or literature (including roleplay), will count towards XP and furthering your Arkaines progress.
You can also earn gold and items, and even tame mounts and companions to help further your adventures as well as your XP.

With the opening of the ARPG, we have completely revamped the Arkaine Species Rules & Guidelines, and added a lot of lore. We have also decided to have two separate Discord Groups.
We will be moving to a new main one, and using the old one as private RP rooms for all.

The RPR Group will be revamped over this weekend, keeping common furcadia knowledge available there, but not much else, as we have our own forums now.

We are very aware that this is a very big swing and step for the Arkaines, and although we, the Staff, are all extremely excited about it, it will be a bit of an odd transition for all. Of course, participating in the ARPG is completely optional, and we don’t want you to forget about furcadia or anywhere else you RP at all! We are simply encouraging you to explore this new world that we’ve been working for the last year to bring to you. <3 Keep in mind that your Arkaine can switch between these two realms easily, making it not-difficult to RP within either realm, and with any species.  

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What is the Prism Realm? How does my Ark get there? Can they get back?

The Prism Realm is an alternate dimension of existence than that of Earth/Furcadia (also known to Arkaines as The Terrestrial Realm). The Prism Realm is a low-technology, high-magic realm; a paradise for Arkaines. No non-Arkaine being can cross into the Prism Realm; if attempted, their non-crystal lifeforms will be burnt away, seering away both flesh and bone until there is nothing left. The Prism Bridge…. The portal between the Prism Realm and the Terrestrial Realm has been closed for thousands and thousands of years.
It was once thought to be just a myth, but most myths ring with truth.

With the sacrifice of blood, and after a long journey, the Prism Bridge has been opened, enabling Arkaines to travel between realms once again. Any and all Arkaines can travel to the Prism Realm if they are in the Terrestrial Realm, and vice versa. There are two ways to move between realms. The first is to sacrifice a bit of Arkaine blood to the Great Crystal that is hidden away at the summit of a mountain near the ruined city of Valone. Valone resides about halfway up the tallest mountain in Kasuria.

The second way to travel between realms is to do a ritual. To successfully do this ritual, you first need to draw the runic circle and glyphs either in the dirt of the earth around you, or with rune chalk. Then, you will place 4 of your crystals in the crystal circles, and light 4 candles in the other circles around the large circle that you are kneeling in. Once your crystals have been laid out and the candles have been lit, you will have to sacrifice a drop of your blood upon each of the crystals you’ve laid out. Once you’ve set up your ritual correctly, you may sit in the center of the circle and meditate. Even with your eyes closed, hold your destination in your mind. Visualize the surroundings, the people you’ve seen or may see… you should see a bright flash of either silver or gold light, even with your eyes closed. If you’ve done this correctly, you will open your eyes and find yourself in the destination of your choice.
This ritual also works for teleporting within the Prism Realm or the Terrestrial Realm.

Ritual Circle:
♦ Candles
♦ Crystals

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How do I become a Beta Tester?

To become a beta tester, you must get your Arkaine(s) registered on the new site (this one!).
Beta Testers will receive a mount or companion of their choice (common rarity, cannot be rare+), as well as other items and gold for participating. Staff is here to help you with registering and counting up your XP for your art. Everyone will need to speak to me (Ink/Blytz) to receive their bonus starting XP and gold for their Arkaines. This bonus XP and gold will have nothing to do with how much art you have, but rather how active your Arkaine has been, what their past and present is (we will be taking IC factors into consideration for gold and XP), and how active you yourself has been with RPing, and within chat.

Currently, we aren’t accepting any XP for previous RPs, as this XP will be pre-determined by the information above to avoid everyone counting up XP from RP, which would likely take months. 

After August 1st, 2019, however, you are free to upload new RPs to your XP Log in your Registry to earn XP via literature, however we encourage everyone to submit their art and literature for Activities if possible, as participating in Activities will give you much more XP.

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What can I expect in the near future?

Throughout the next week or two, we will be releasing rare and mythical (extremely rare) Arkaine adoptables. We will also be holding an event, in which any and all Arkaine will be able to participate in if they wish. In the next many months, we will be regularly posting and adding new lore on the site, adding new items your Arkaine can craft or buy, and adding more animals (mounts/companions) to the world. Soon, we will also be revamping and reorganizing the DeviantArt group, where you are encouraged to submit any art or literature!

We are also very happy to announce that we are looking into getting custom avatars for TGT for the entire species, and we are also looking into creating an Arkaine dream that we will upload in TGT, which will feature a small area of Mooncrest Island, which is in the Prism Realm. Like we said before, we’d like for everyone to continue utilizing Furcadia and TGT, but we’re also very excited about this new world we have built, so we’ve done the best we can to marry the two and make it easy for you all to enjoy both.

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When will the Arkaines be accepting new members and new designs?

On August 1st, we will be accepting applications for new members and new custom Arkaine designs. Because we have changed the rules, anyone can own as many Arkaines as they would like, as long as they aren’t on the Staff Strike List (i.e. you are on parole for bad behavior).

We’ve decided to throw out the 3 Arkaine limit, as we are well aware that things can happen (OOC or IC) that make us lose our muse for a character.

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