Black Mystic Arte Lore

With the release of RPG maker VX-ace I am excited to finally start planning game elements to my planned novels! The JRPG is slowly fading in our country and I guess that's expected since the term means JAPAN Role playing game. But what about those of us that enjoy a good turn based rpg? A game where even difficult, a player can just find a great area to level up to be able to pass the difficulty curve? A game that just tells a great story, but instead of just reading it, you must advance it at your own pace through tough battles a chosen group of heroes can conquer. I miss those games. I would be super excited if namco bandai or square enix came out and announced that the next tales or final fantasy game will go back to retro like the snes days. Sadly, this will never happen. My stories are perfect for the JRPG style, and through gaming I'd love to build the history of Calypsa, my world!

~Black Mystic Artes~
Magic is such a broad term used when people witness something no normal human could do. Magic is just energy. In fact, it's the very energy that allows the planet's life cycle to continue. The Holy Light, the primary element put there by God, is the element at the core that all others combine to form. God broke apart the Light, and out of there came, Darkness, Fire, Ice, Lightning, Water, Wind, and Earth. The latter six became known as secondary elements. These energies became known as Mystic Energy.

Chosen warriors blessed with the ability to conjure and control the six secondary elements became known as mages, sorcerers, and wizards depending on their knowledge level. The Ancient Wizards formed structured spells as a basic guide for future mages to learn to harness their abilities. Incantations were used to mimic these spells perfectly. Incantations help keep a conjured element stable. Realisticly, a Wizard has the ability to control the six elements however he chooses, but as with any experiment comes the risk of an unstable conjured element. This can be extrordinarily dangerous and has brought villages to their demise in the past.  The schooling of mages began to implement the incantation based spells as a safe method of Black Mystic studies. With this ability each wielder has an internal energy that became known as Mystic Aura. It fuels their ability to manipulate the elements. If the aura is drained, the caster is left with no way of using their gift.

                                                 (mind my horrific drawing, I am no artist!)

~Spells~

Mage Level: From birth, these gifted warriors can manipulate the six secondary elements. By age 2 they can begin to conjure them on a smaller scale.

Sorcerer Level: by the age of 10, mages abilities began to grow stronger and if left untamed, begin to become very dangerous

Wizard Level: without regular training, Mages and Sorcerers will never hone their abilities to this level, but most schooled Sorcerers reach this strength by age 15. Though these spells can take their tole on teenagers, draining their Mystic Aura, leaving them defenseless for some time

Incantation :          Structure of the spell
 - Mage Level
Pyro :  calls fourth a concentrated burst of flames
Frost: calls fourth a burst of icy air
Shock: calls fourth a small bolt of lightning

Flood: calls fourth a cascade of water

Gale: calls fourth a an arc of wind

Force: calls fourth a force of gravity

 - Sorcerer Level

Eruption: conjures towers of fire

Celcius: conjures a massive cloud of ice shards

Electrify: conjures arcing lightning

Submerge: conjures surging waters

Vortex: conjures swirling winds

Impact: conjures falling rock

 - Wizard Level

Explosion: summons a deadly force of flames

Avalanche: summons a massive snowstorm

Thunderstorm: summons lightning bolts

Tsunami: summons a tidal wave

Tornado: summons a powerful twister

Earthquake: summons a land crashing quake

(status spells, to add to the RPG element of the game)

Infect: basic poison spell, which slowly drains life

Fracture: breaks the bond between caster and energy, causing mystic artes to fail

Mortal: the curse of death, kills instantly

Meggidan: the ultimate Black Mystic Arte, foretold to cause the end of the world

One of the biggest challenges with the "magic" parts of the story is getting into the novels. I do not want to just rip off J K Rowling, and I do want to write a final fantasy type spell into a story. So while in a video game, the spells get structured like above, in the novel there will be times when the characters use the ability outside of the norm. So by explaining where the spells and incantations came from, it fits and I will have a way to show understanding of how the artes will play out in the novels! It's alot of work but there is nothing more fufilling to me that creating these things! I hope I can take a good creative writing class and begin working on my novels again!

How to create ringtons for the IPHONE4 with Itunes

Hey people, and welcome back to my little corner of the internet! I wanted to share this little tutorial with the world because why should you have to pay for ringtones when you already own the music??? With this tutorial, you can easily take any song from your itunes and choose any 30 to 40 seconds, or less, of it to become a ringtone on your IPHONE4. I don't know if it will work with other Iphones but try it, it just might!

Step 1: You need to make sure AAC ENCODING is activated under your itunes settings. So click on EDIT, and then down the list click on PREFERENCES and you should see this:

Click on the IMPORT SETTINGS button (left window) and a new window (right) will appear. Make sure the top slot has AAC Encoder selected!

STEP 2: Choose the song you want. Listen to it and when you find the 40 second piece you want, you must note the start and stop times of the song to use. Next, right click on the song you chose, and click GET INFO:

Under the options tab, make sure start and stop time boxes are checked. Then change the times to what you want, for example, my stop time is 24 seconds in, so that should be typed 0:24. Click OK and then right click on the song again and select CREAT AAC VERSION

Now you'll see the newly created shorter song appear there. Now the file type needs to be changed before your Iphone can see it as a ringtone. To do this, you need to locate the "hard" file on your computer which should be under my documents>my music>Itunes>Itunes media>music

Find the file and right click on it and choose RENAME. The name should show something like this:

Now if the .m4a doesn't appear, you need to locate your folder options. This is under Tools>folder options
Or, with windows 7 like mine, I just used the help (blue circle ? icon) and search folder options to open window up:

Click on the VIEW tab and make sure the box next to HIDE EXTENTIONS OF KNOWN FILE TYPES is UNCHECKED***

Now you should see the song with the m4a extention next to it. Change the "a" to an "r" so now you have this:

Now click enter and select yes to change the file extension. Now you must go into your itunes and delete the original short song file. Then just add the new created file into your itunes like any other song except it will now be under tones instead of music! Ta Da! Sync your iphone and find the new ringtone on your list!!

Thanks to ehow.com and all the other people out there sharing this info!!!

Tough guys are ignorant... of their surroundings.. FAIL

We men have to look tough. It's a dog eat dog world and none of us want to appear weak, we need to hide it, and a tough looking photo can be great.. unless you aren't paying attention to your surroundings.. so let's take a gander at some of these failures

Looking tough like my brotha the Biebs!

You have a pretty intimidating bedroom, I am seriously terrified

Now lets not judge too quickly, he could be an expert at decapitations from a moving car..bed

Don't make fun of panda foo!

The new picture webster has under the definition of Creepy

That's right Gangsta, we sparkle bitches!

Guns don't kill people, people that use pink bathroom scrubs with guns kill people... and wear their skin

Dude your dad is naked. Dude, your dad. Is. Naked.

This was planned. I was in front of the next window bent over with a girly sigh and a sign saying badass pointed down at me, I promise

AND THE GRAND FINALE... THE MOST EPIC TOUGH GUY FAIL I HAVE EVER SEEN:

what's with his face? I think there's another one hidden somewhere we can't see..

Thanks to Oddee: Oddee

Kingdom Hearts: where's it going?

Everyone knows I don't care for disney. I am not big on cartoons except for South Park and Family Guy but its that kinda of rauchy humor that cracks me up. I would never keep my kids (when and IF, I ever have any) from Disney of course, it's just never been my kind of thing. I will admit that if it weren't for SQUARE ENIX brining us kingdom hearts, I doubt I would have ever given it a chance in the first place. In fact those Disney fans that own or did own a PS2 before, that missed these games, you missed a great experience. Kingdom Hearts has the Disney Characters at their best and they mingle with Final Fantasy characters. The odd thing is, they took the FF world and made it like Disney, where characters meet from different games, and even Aries, from FF7, who is killed by Sephiroth, makes an appearance. So it's safe to say the FF timeline is broken up and has no meaning here but in all honesty.. The Kingdom Hearts story line is a jumbled mess and we are all wondering where the heck it's going now???

I loved the first two main stories, KH, and KH2. I played birth by sleep(psp) and didn't give a crap for it. This action rpgs are alot of fun, and the battle system is like Final Fantasy and Namco tales had a love child and it was badass. It's straight up run it swinging and throwing spells. You are also backed by Mickey's seconds in command, His Knight, Goofy, and his Mage, Donald. Fighting with these two is just so much fun. You could find yourself kicking the crap out of a huge fat creature and suddenly hear Donalds familiar wail as he charges across the screen on fire because a creature landed a fire spell on him!

What I want is for the series to just go back to Sora, Donald, and Goofy seeking King Mickey and Protecting the universe! That was a fun time and you actually travel to the Disney worlds and live through the films stories, but adding Sora Donald and Goofy into there. So what did you Disney fans miss out on then?

Sora, Donald and Goofy arrive in the Pridelands and help Simba over power Scar and save the pridelands. They arrive in Wonderland to help Alice out through her story. My personal Favs, are Arriving in Halloween town in both games to help Jack out, and also, Arriving in Port Royal to help fight off Barbossa!

So in short, Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts 2 were great games and the only Disney related thing I can get into myself. I really hope Kingdom Hearts 3D (3DS) will return the familiar characters. In fact I'd be happy with less Final Fantasy related stuff but there is one major problem. Disney is very protective of their characters and worlds and do not allow major changes or certain elements. This attributed to why KH story is so jumbled, but there's other aspects that were bad as well.

Here's a great article from IGN about it:  Kingdom Hearts sucks, but it doesn't have to

Horror Corner II: Sam's Lake

This was a surprising one for me. Don't get thrown off because of it being a foreign film, it's perfectly english but filmed outside the us. The acting is pretty good, some of the deaths aren't done that well, one in particular but overall this story will travel down one path making you think oh I've seen these before and then it 180s and becomes more of a thriller than a horror film. I enoyed this thoroughly! A great creepy fill to sit down with, not a gorefest, and not a sexfest to make up for bad writing. Just all around great scare!

The big Blog of Death

It's strange that I feel like blogging about this subject but it's a subject we all have to deal with one way or another and it effects us all differently at certain points of our lives. I went through a huge fear of death as a kid around the time my aunt was killed just yards from where I lived in Seven Fields and it was very distressing. Now I make lots of jokes but if there is someone out there that reads this and it just makes them feel even an ounce better, I consider it a win in my column!

I think the general hope when our time comes is to go in our sleep peacefully and painlessly and that is totally understandable. Some people even like me, would even prefer to eventually see it coming like a cancer or something. Odd yes, but the fact is we'd like to know and that way prepare and I was on this myself but I have been so spiritual lately that I have had a change of heart and I really do have a way I hope I pass onto the next phase of existence.

I'm by no way a hero, yet I want to write characters based off myself as a hero. Maybe I have a god complex, maybe I love myself just a little bit too much? Probably, but the point is in real life, chances are I will never be a real hero. Maybe, but I do not plan on becoming a paramedic, a firefighter, a police officer, ect.. the real heroes of our world. Notice how I did not put superhero in there, because no one can pass on that if given the chance am I right? You'll never catch me in tights though.. they may be great for agility, and aerodynamics, but they are little suffocating of the good parts. If Clark Kent were actually real I'd bet he'd be icing his balls after a hard day of fighting Lex, I'm just saying.

Anywho, how do I want to die when my time comes. I want to take on death like jumping into that really cold lake. I don't want to slowly dip my foot in, and creep into up to my chest, and then just go under. No I want to run straight at it, like running into an explosion. I want to be here one second, gone the next. I would consider it a fail if I didn't run full force into the white pearly gates without stopping. That's right, I am so damn clumsy that the first I do on the otherside is walk into something, it just sounds right doesn't it?

How can I talk so causually about this thing? I don't know. I truly have nothing to be afraid of in death anymore. Something inside of me knows that this world cannot and is not the only thing out there. This is why I feel sorry for Athiests, not anger and hostility. How must it feel to truly believe this life, of up to 100 years only, is it. That beyond death lies nothing but a black abyss? I do believe its my faith in God that helps me overcome this fear but too many things have happened in my life that cannot be blind luck. Too many things have woven themselves together just so perfectly that everything I've done and everywhere I will be going and doing next will come together. They say faith changes you, well it certainly does. Now enough seriousness, this is weird. I need to go make fun of something before I vomit, bye

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Quick hints

I finally have something positive about Skyrim to say! Well it's merely some of my knowledge I'd like to share for other beginners. Bear in mind that I am a newbie to this franchise and still have lots to learn myself so feel free to leave comments if you know of other ways to get ahead early. Being a huge RPG fan I enjoy the thrill of mundane tasks to level up so this little guide is not CHEATS, it's one way to make it in the land of Skyrim

I have no reccomendations for what type of fighter you should become. Thats totally your preference so feel free and go crazy








SKILLS TO FOCUS ON FIRST
 - Smithing (this allows you to create weapons and armors, making them stronger)
 - Enchanting ( placing magical abilities on weapons and armors making them more effective)
$$$ One main reason I reccomend these two to build on early is because they also can provide great sums of Gold $$$

So right away you will see a pretty epic intro where a Dragon attacks. After this area you are tasked to go to the town of Riverwood, though at this point you can explore to your heart's content, I reccomend visiting Riverwood and performing a deed that is a bit controversial, wicked, but fun!

Look for a wood elf who hangs around the lumber area next to the blacksmiths workshop. His Name is Faendal. He's in a little quarrel with another man in town named Sven. He requests you to deliver this fake letter to Carmilla so she ends up dispising Sven. Tell her the lie and Faendal thanks you and becomes the first of many followers you can obtain. Request he follow you, and backtrack out of town the way you entered and look for embershed mine not too far away. Enter here and run down the path triggering a boulder trap that will take Faendal out, or almost. Finish him off if he's still alive and rob him of his house key!

Now you have a place to stash stuff. Note that after sometime, I believe a month in Skyrim, the house returns to its original form so anything stashed may vanish, but not always. It's ok because a month is a long time and you won't need this place that long.

TRAVEL SOUTH EAST - RIFTEN
Armor up and ready to fight wolves, bears, bandits, and possibly other things along this long trip. If you didn't kill the first Dragon at the Whiterun western watch tower then the Dragons in game have no been released yet so you have nothing to fear there.

This next bit takes about twenty min or more but is worth it in the end. We're gonna raise the Speech Skill to 100 very quickly. Whether this is a glitch or not, I don't know but its basically the way you level it. Persuasion:

So they say this is a Glitch but oh well. Instead of trying to persuade all over the world, its easier to do it here repeatedly. Unlock the perks to allow you to sell anything to any merchant, and to allow you to invest, and to give all vendors 1000 extra selling gold.

I don't know if this works for everyone and or every console, but after giving all vendors the extra gold perk, invest 500 at the Riverwood trader and he will magically have 12,000 gold to buy your stuff with. I have started and played through four different save files of my own and this worked on ps3 everytime.

Now that we have that done with, you are free to go out and do as you please keeping these things in mind:
Animals slain in the wild: Pelts, pelts pelts, grab those pelts!
Soul Gems: stock pile them!

After you build up some pelts, use a tanning rack in a blacksmiths shop and create leather and leather strips and begin to make leather armors to build your smithing skill! Sell the armors for gold! or...

stock pile your creations and loot until your inventory is maxed of weapons and armors from bad guys because you can enchant them later.

Build up about ten thousand gold and now you can chain shop between towns, for example, like me, Riften, Faulkreth, White run, Riverwood. Check the traders for soul gems and pelts, the blacksmiths for leather, leatherstrips, and iron and steel ingots. Also Fahrengard at Dragonsreach in whiterun sells lots of Soul gems. By only filled soul gems for now and stock pile them. Now return to your blacksmith station and make armors out of all the stuff you bought. You should roughly break even on gold almost when selling everything back. Once you have a good amount of soul gems stashed, like 30 or 40, take a 30 or forty stocked weapons or armors and go to Dragonsreach to enchant them. Now they can be sold for alot more than they were worth before easily doubling your current Gold!

Also with a few perks in smithing unlocked, make sure all of your loot and armors created, are strengthed at the crafting table and sharpening wheels and they will be worth more!

So there you go, an easy way to get started in this world! One last hint for people like me that won't use sneak but want to gain a few levels: Raising the Sneak to 100!

Go to A cave south of Whiterun called White river watch. A blind man inside will ask who you area, lie to him and run past him into the cave and kill all bandits. Return to the blind man, undress completely for sneaking easier, and sneak into the wall behind him. Prop the ps3 controll up so the left joystick is slightly tilted forward so you sneak as fast as possible with the eye symbol opening. leave this for like 8 hours and your sneak will be maxed!