I enjoyed this character, and I thought it was a big step up from Szordrin.

I'm glad you enjoyed the cabal/area work I've done. My time is more limited recently, and I've been focusing on more administrative duties (I'm central to area management, I'm one of the three or four more active coders, etc.). I've turned over the majority of the day-to-day workings of Scion to Beroxxus, as you noticed. Since my time is limited, it's a question of what duties I can be replaced easily at vs. the ones that would be difficult to transition.

There's an odd expectation with Scion. I don't think I've seen, for example, Heralds retire and complain that Yanoreth didn't run some event for them. It takes a lot of different things to keep a MUD functioning. My contributions are all over the place by now, but I do the majority of them invisibly from a player perspective. I don't think I advertise myself as any other kind of immortal.

Example: If a new area comes in, it's a good bet I (and Arvam, and others to a lesser extent) was closely associated with making sure it has good-but-not-too-good gear, ranking is possible if designed for such, Call of the Wild does something, exploration experience can be earned in it, a helpfile exists, the rooms connect properly, etc. I probably wrote or tested some of the custom code for it. I helped evaluate the initial idea, tried to keep it on schedule, said "no" where needed, told people the frickin' difference between "its" and "it's", etc. At the end of all of that, all that is visible from the player end is maybe my name on the area's "sign". Between adjusting new areas and maintaining old ones, it consumes a lot of my CF time.

Back to your post: I have no idea why you weren't titled. I'm the worst title-r ever, but I have no explanation for why I didn't get one to you. As for Chancellor powers/perks, they're inherent to the cabal powers- all of them (except one IIRC, and I'll go add that now) "know" you're a leader. I used to give out an extra spell, but I like how these perks tie in more.

I don't go publically visible at all, including when dealing with followers/etc. Doesn't fit my character's personality, and I prefer the style of interactions I can do from the shadows.

Glad you enjoyed the area. I still laugh when I think of the initial forum posts from "experts" where they claimed there was no kewl gear inside and thus you could skip it. It's a niche area, but I like how it functions.

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