Every post describes what a character is doing in a single moment during a season. And each thread shows what a character is doing during a specific hour/day/couple of days in said season. It requires no small amount of effort from each player to contribute to their character’s story in this way. And each character is working towards their goals off-thread as well. A thread can either highlight a moment where they are attempting to better themselves, or have become distracted by another circumstance.

Seasonal Story Rewards are a reflection of the efforts your character is making off-thread. Because over the course of a season it is likely they have made some improvement on something. After each seasonal changeover, a character can submit a request for Seasonal Story Rewards. This will allow characters to receive increases to skills based on how much writing they have accomplished.

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How it Works

In the Request forum, there is a Story Rewards Request thread. Players place a submission there that will include the links to every completed thread that they have participated in. All threads must have Complete in their titles and/or have a green checkmark. This can include threads from previous seasons because the Spirit Moderators understand that it can take a long time to complete a thread. The only type of thread that cannot be redeemed for Seasonal Story Rewards are Memory Threads. Memory threads show actions that a character did either in a season they previously played in, or in a moment that took place before character creation.

For example, if it is Summer 320AC currently, and the Player wishes to submit threads for Story Rewards from Spring 320AC they may only turn in threads that are completed and graded. If some Spring threads have yet to be completed and graded, the Player can wait for the next Season to turn in those threads – along with the next Seasons own graded threads.

A Spirit Moderator will calculate the player’s total word count from every post in the list of threads that have been provided. For every 1,000 words that a player wrote, one skill or spell gets an increase of one point.

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Skill Selection

As part of a player’s Seasonal Story Rewards request post, they list what specific skills or spells they wish to benefit from Seasonal Story Rewards. However, players cannot select a skill or spell that they do not have any points in. They are only able to select skills and spells that they have at least 5 points of experience in.

When a player selects their skills or spells, they must list them in priority. The first skill listed will receive a +1 increase for the first thousand words they wrote. The second skill listed will receive a +1 increase for the next thousand words. So on and so forth. After each skill has received a +1 increase, the Spirit Moderator will cycle back to the first skill listed to continue granting additional experience.

Example: Joseph selects 1-Physique, 2-Auristics, and 3-Investigation. The Spirit Moderator confirms that Joseph does already have at least 5 points of experience in the three skills they selected. The Spirit Moderator calculates that Joseph has a little over 14,000 words written in total from the threads they submitted. The Spirit Moderator then bestows +5 to Physique, +5 to Auristics, and +4 to Investigation.

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Higher Skill Levels

Skills grow more difficult to improve as a character gains more experience in them. If a character is an Apprentice with a skill or spell, it only requires 1,000 words to improve by one point. Skills of Journeyman, Expert, and Master level require greater challenges for there to be any improvement. For Journeymen, it requires 2,000 words in order to improve by one point. For Experts, it requires 3,000 words in order to improve by one point. And the challenges are even greater for Masters, who require 4,000 words in order to improve their skill by one point.

Example: Joseph makes his request for Seasonal Story Rewards and still selects 1-Physique, 2-Auristics, and 3-Investigation. However, Joseph is an Apprentice of Physique, Expert of Auristics, and Master of Investigation. The first 1,000 words improves Physique by +1. Auristics would not gain a +1 increase until the 4,000 word milestone (1,000 for the apprentice skill + 3,000 for the Expert spell). And then Investigation would not receive a +1 increase until the 8,000 word milestone because it is a Master level skill for Joseph. Because Joseph wrote over 14,000 words, the Spirit Moderator would reward him with +2 Physique for milestones 1k and 9k, +2 Auristics for milestones 4k and 12k , and +1 Investigation for milestones 8k.

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Time Restriction on Requests

While any completed non-Memory thread from any season previous to the current one can be submitted for additional experience, such requests can only be made during the months of March, June, September, and December. These are the first months of each new season on Siliren. This is to help reflect the improvement of a PC in a more realistic manner. Otherwise, a PC’s skills would drastically improve during the later portions of a season, and make their writing seem a little inconsistent, as one particular skill was not great at the beginning of a season and then suddenly a lot better at the end.

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Rewards and Limits

No individual skill can receive more than a +20 increase from Seasonal Story Rewards per request, and each character can only make 1 Seasonal Story Rewards Request per season. After the Spirit Moderator calculates your character’s Seasonal Story Rewards they will send a PM listing how much each skill improved, and provide a link to be added to the skills section of your character sheet. The experience is to be identified as SRXP on your character sheet. The Moderator will make a note about which threads have been used to claim Seasonal Story Rewards so that a player does not receive multiple rewards for a single thread.

Additionally, spells can receive the full +20 increase, but cannot be taken into the next level via Seasonal Story Rewards. Meaning, spells will automatically stop receiving increases from Seasonal Story Rewards once they reach either 25, 50, or 75.

Article Credit to Abraxas