November Update - New Mechanic & Caps

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Samuin, a time of year's end, of settling matters both business and personal, began Octeuril 31st and ends Noveuer 2nd -- while the festivities itself have sprung slightly since the frightful experiences the rest of the month, the main event is what everyone's been waiting for:

The fireworks.

While the city prepares its grand farewell to the past year, inviting all to the roofs in order to see the display, one Witch stays below. With a willing Monster volunteer, he sought the answers to his own inquiry, aided by the months' happenings; if they could transform those temporarily, in such a fascinating and real way, then was it truly impossible to change your lot in life should you wish it?

Delving into the Coven's most secret and dangerous of ingredients, he cast a spell as she drank the solution so finely tuned after trial and error, and with little more than a cry did they find themselves switched; while it became more apparent to his own body, quickly gaining feathers whereas she began to lose some of her own, it took only the practice of a beginner's spell for Four, someone who'd once been a Harpy, to learn that she had been the successful test subject of a short lifetime's work.

And with that bit of flavor out of the way, a warm thank you to Owlie for allowing us the grandest excuse to introduce something we felt would be most appropriately done when the boundaries were low and magic high -- role switching. Should you feel your character is more of a Witch or one of the Monsters after all, you have the choice to change it -- provided they've been in the game for at least three months, to give a full experience of the prior role.

This is also a permanent process. Once changed, they cannot change back nor change into something new -- it's already upsetting the balance, and the Coven, once it's caught wind of their former Witch's dealings, have officiated it as such too. The ingredients used to prepare it are rare and cultivated entirely within Nessie's gardens, which means someone certainly was where they shouldn't be; regardless, it is possible now!

Monsters who would like to change into another species are also applicable, and there is one restriction to this change: No one can be changed into a Dragon or Fae, regardless of reasoning. A post for this new feature can be found here with all the trappings and further information, so be sure to look at it if you're interested!


Regarding Caps
We've looked through your responses and have decided on thus:

A franchise cap of 24, a cast cap of 10, and within that cast cap is a Fandom OC cap of only 3. This is to ensure that MMO, DnD, and certain other canons which have both will be able to include playable NPCs, rather than be topped off on OCs alone. Anyone in a cast that is currently over the new caps is grandfathered in - of course no one will be forced to leave, but new applications for that cast will not be accepted until the number dips down below the cap naturally through drops. Applications for casts approaching the cap will be accepted on a reserve-only basis.

Thank you for all your suggestions, concerns, and considerations on this matter! Should you have any others, we as always welcome your voice.