EBON GATE: There’s a new material at Ebon Gate this year: Rusulkan. Naidem artisans perfected several materials, or fused, of this amazing new substance and will be selling it for both armaments and clothing. Watery flares hit foes like a tidal wave – the Sea is Strong in this!
You can test it for yourself on the TEST server, look for piles of rusulkan armaments in Town Square Central in the Landing there. More at the wiki::
Text of Discord Post follows:
GM Thandiwe
[Ebon Gate] Rusalkan
on 26 Sep 2023 9:33 PM
from the Official GemStoneIV Discord
on #forums/paid-events channel
Just a few short months after the sinking of Caligos Isle, rumors began surfacing of a new metal washing ashore on hard-to-reach beaches, but before anyone could touch this unusual, sea-gifted material, it shimmered and disappeared, leaving behind, for the briefest of moments, a wisp of a drowned maid or young man shrieking in a blending described as abject terror and incalculable anger.
Unbeknownst to the living world, this metal was reappearing in Naidem. For the last two years, skilled residents have been gathering it, studying it, and perfecting it. While still volatile, especially in its unworked form, rusalkoren is ready to be shown to the visitors and infiltrators of Naidem that appear during the month of Jastatos.
Featuring misty-like swirls of azure across an inky black surface, this metal is suitable for weapons and armor, but it can and will lash out at its wielder unless it tames the spirit within.
These same skilled (and deceased) artisans have also managed to meld this volatile metal with leather. Using an ancient technique once thought lost to time, the metal is heated until it is at its purest liquid form then infused into salt water-softened leather before being crafted into whatever armor is needed. This new material, a hybrid of rusalkoren and leather, has been named rusalysk.
Weavers, not to be left out, worked hard with alchemists, forgers, and mages to pull rusalkoren into a thin, threaded material able to be woven into protective robes. They call their creation rusalkita. And for those who wish merely to enjoy the beautiful look of the azure-swirled, tenebrous material, they crafted rusylka — a silk-like material without any special (or terrifying) properties and is suitable for clothing. Rusylka cannot hold a dye, but the beauty of it is in its natural coloring, mist-like swirls of azure across inky blank just like rusalkoren.
Rusalkan armaments have an innate chance to flare when attacking or struck in combat. When it triggers, a wave of sea water appears in the area and attempts (SMR, with a bonus in watery environments) to knock down up to 3 targets. If successful, the rusalkan user receives the Brine of the Rusalka buff, which boosts their Attack Strength and Casting Strength for 10 seconds and grants a 1 second haste effect for physical and casting actions. The magnitude of the +attack effect is +5 AS/+3 CS for each target knocked over. There is a 30 second cooldown, titled Salty, that is also applied when the buff is applied. It has a material difficulty of 200.
>attack rat
You swing a rusalkoren dagger at a small black rat!
AS: +546 vs DS: +309 with AvD: -18 + d100 roll: +48 = +267
… and hit for 14 points of damage!
Strike to left hand breaks a fingernail!
** Exploding in a tumbling current of frothy foam, a wave of sea water suddenly materializes at the call of your rusalkoren dagger and courses through the room. **
Strong currents tug at a small black rat, pulling it about in an attempt to roll over it.
[SMR result: 167 (Open d100: 94)]
Succumbing to the force of the tidal wave, a small black rat is thrown to the ground.
Strong currents tug at a giant brown rat, pulling it about in an attempt to roll over it.
[SMR result: 139 (Open d100: 66)]
Succumbing to the force of the tidal wave, a giant brown rat is thrown to the ground.
Beads of saltwater cling to your skin, bolstering you with its briny presence.
Roundtime: 2 sec.
Roundtime changed to 1 second.
Wiki Post: https://gswiki.play.net/Ebon_Gate_Festival/saved_posts_2023#Teaser_12_-_Rusalkan
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