I actually have a pretty useful solution to the art problem. It was a big issue (art inflation) on another site I deal with; people were paying months' worth of profits (esp. by real money purchasing in-game currency, then buying artwork).

A very elegant solution implemented by another spinoff site was just to restrict the amount of currency you can charge for a piece of artwork. For example, I don't think anyone can profit too much if it's restricted to 10-20 magicka; artists will still have a reason to do art, but it won't be much more profitable than just posting in selfie threads or what-have-you.

So say a rule like, "In order to prevent currency inflation due to art sales, no single art piece can be sold for more than 20 magicka." Or whatever the fairest number would be!

I am in agreement with both Almighty and Dark. Artists should still be awarded Magicka for their efforts if they so wish as it takes up time and muse - and that couple of hours could have been as easily spent by the player in creating a new thread, or replying to a couple of posts, or even doing a selfie thread which could earn him/her more magicka. I would suggest a reasonable, maximum price of 30 to 50. Put into perspective, 20 magicka is quite little considering it is the amount one could get from setting up two threads easily - or just one in Polaris.

Unrelated suggestion and totally just crybaby alm wanting her way;

LOWER THE PRICES FOR SPELL BURROWS GOD DAMN
Trying to get Cancer any more spells is like trying to yank my own teeth ugh

I don't know how difficult this would be coding-wise, but it would be nice to be able to rearrange spells and achievements. :^o Not something huge, but I like to be able to keep posting achievements together, fungal spells in front of animal spells, etc. Mostly an appearance thing, aha! (Also, I'm all for a limit of 50 magicka for art pricing!)

@Booker i unfortunately can't implement something that'll let you rearrange your spells - i mean, i might be able to, but the way the plugin works lumps all your spells into one variable instead of keeping them in an array, so its just not feasible for me to go in and develop a script that separates them and presents them in an array, because then that affects other functions too. Like i said, i could probably do it, but theres no guarantee and it wouldn't be for a long time.

Achievements are manually inputted, so you can head to Update Me and ask to have them reorganized :P

Light Spell Ideas, drawing more on the "shadow" portion:

Shadow Tendrils
High Intensity Manipulation. Shadow is called upon and made manifest in the form of thin and twisting tendrils capable of gripping and squeezing an opponent. The tendrils can be dispelled by any bright light source, eg. that put of by crystals, Light spells, or a fire.

Overshadow
Medium Intensity Offensive. A void is summoned upon the target. Rather than the warmth and energy of light, this darkness imparts a chilling cold and lethargy to the target, like being plunged into a winter night. The caster must be cautious that they don't accidentally afflict themselves, instead.

Blind
High Intensity Offensive. The ability of a target to see light is briefly removed, causing the target to be effectively blind for several minutes. However, doing so blinds the caster, as well, for the same period of time. A failure to cast the spell will produce no effect.

As well as!

Sunshine
Medium Intensity Manipulation. A bright light source shines down on the target for a few minutes, imparting warmth, light and energy, as well as dispelling and repelling nearby shadows.

Another one -

Bond Familiar - Link your mind with that of any Lesser Gembound, essentially taming it. You will be able to use its senses and influence its actions. The initial link is exhausting to make, and can only be done once every few hours, and a Gembound may only have one familiar at a time. Longer-lasting bonds may provide a stronger link. The link lasts until dismissed.

A list of lesser gembound may be useful here, I think it's: fish, cave lizards, rats, cave rats, mice, cave deer, rabbits, and cave spiders? I feel like this would give the Animal school some much-needed luuuurve.

What about a little thingie in the mini profiles that allows people to link songs? PB has a plugin to allow that so I imagine there would be one for here too? I mean XD I wouldn't use it hardly but I'm sure others would like it o3o

lower the price of low spell borrow!!!

medium spell borrow and high spell borrow are fine but low spell borrow si about 300 magicka more expensive than a regular low intensity spell while a high spell borrow is only 200 magicka more expensive than a regular high intensity spell

ALSO!!! low intensity spells are generally useless so 450 magicka is reaaaally not worth it, whereas learning a high or medium intensity spell is generally more worth it!

AU Board?

A forum specifically for non-canon, AU or alternate ending threads? No magicka for posts in there, just for fun!