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Proficiency traits are not fully complete. You may still complete quests and earn proficiencies through items regardless.
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Proficiencies
What are proficiencies?
Proficiencies are aspects that allow your character access to elemental powers, traits, and development. They serve as ways to introduce flavor and options while also offering ways to tell a compelling story.
What can proficiencies do?
Proficiencies grant your character special abilities depending on their magical level. When they reach Enlightened level, you also gain the ability to apply special traits to your character's design. The powers themselves vary depending on your character's chosen proficiency.
How many proficiencies can a character have?
Your character can have as many proficiencies as you like.
How can I get proficiencies?
You can currently get proficiencies in three different ways:
- Proficiency Questline
- Magic Element Items (varied location)
- Special events, sales, raffles
There are certain proficiencies that can only be obtained through events.
Magic Element items either unlock a certain proficiency without doing the quest steps, if it is not unlocked, or advances your character's level up one step. The item can only be used once, and then it is consumed.
Proficiencies List
Standard Proficiencies
These are the normal proficiencies. They can be earned at any time, you don't need a Magic Element book to do so.Exclusive Proficiencies
Exclusive proficiencies are very rare and nearly impossible to find. Practitioners of these types of magic are scarce and either feared or revered.
To unlock these proficiencies, you need to obtain a Magic Element book for them. You can then proceed to do the quests as normal, or you can use more Magic Element books to bypass the quests like usual.
Using a Magic Element book to unlock one of these proficiencies doesn't automatically add the proficiency, you still have to do the Basic tier quest for it. The rest of these quests can then be skipped if you have more books.
Proficiency Quest
The proficiency questline will level you up from None to Enlightened. Flavor text of proficiencies are included above and should help you with coming up with ideas!
You do not have to complete all 3 steps in the questline, you can stop whenever you reach a level you like, but to gain special benefits you need to complete all of them.
1. BASIC:
The journey to master your powers begins, first you need to develop them. Show your character practicing developing their powers.
Drawing requirements: 1 fullbody with detailed background
Writing requirements: 750+ words
Rewards: +14 Sparkles, advance to Basic tier in your proficiency
2. SUPERIOR:
Now that you have your powers, you have to develop them further. Show your character struggling to master their powers or the "eureka" moment that follows.
Drawing requirements: 1 fullbody with detailed background
Writing requirements: 750+ words
Rewards: +14 Sparkles, advance to Superior tier in your proficiency
3. ENLIGHTENED:
You're in the home stretch. Everything has led up to this, you have your grip held firm on your element, and you can't let it go now. Show your character mastering their magic, performing a grand feat with it, etc.
Drawing requirements: 1 fullbody with detailed background
Writing requirements: 750+ words
Rewards: +14 Sparkles, advance to Enlightened tier in your proficiency, elemental traits unlocked!
SUBMIT YOUR PROFICIENCY QUESTS HERE