Previous realm: >>548110760Where Winds Meet is an epic Wuxia open-world action-adventure RPG set in ancient China at the tenth century. Players will assume the role of a young sword master as they embark on a journey to uncover the mysteries of their own identity. Let the wind carry your legend on an epic journey to the East!Download Now:PS Store: https://playstation.com/games/where-winds-meet/Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3564740/Where_Winds_Meet/Official PC Launcher: https://wherewindsmeetgame.com/news/official/GlobalLaunch/InstallGuide.htmlWebsite: https://www.wherewindsmeetgame.com/Maps:Chinese: https://map.17173.com/yysls/maps/qinghe (more info, but... Chinese)English (global): https://mapgenie.io/where-winds-meet/maps/world/vg/ Guilds:>Name: Sage>ID: 1000199294/95>Name: HeavenlyClover>ID: 1003668195/95>Name: NOFUNALLOWED >ID: 1010828129/70Search by ID and then send a message to the guild leaders saying you're from /vg/.Codes (Settings -> Other -> Exchange Code) (And should this decree no longer hold true, let the heavens bear witness as we bellow at the OP with righteous fury):WWMGLtiktokWWMGLyoutubeWWM251115
FIRST FOR FUCK TIAN YING
the character creation/appearance menu music has been stuck in my head for days
Third for fuck Lucky Seventeen
What is this and where is it? General's Shrine
>no1 want to fuck wolf maidenGays.
>>548143769>>it didn't happenbut i still have all the fish i got along the way
Is there a schedule on the gacha banners? I wanna see what I could get if I roll.
>>548144126a gift, from me.
>>548144096I summoned Yi Dao + autoparried her and I don't give a fuck. I'll be back for her no hit challenge in a month
>>548144051stay in his face so he doesnt do any bullshitcelestial steal his weapon when he goes to apply his gay enchant
>>548144094You have a note from the fortress so and so's final words. Go through your inventory and read/archive all the random shit you've found.
>>548144147i have no memory of receiving such a gift. are you a demonic sorcerer
Timegating currency is gay
The treasure
>>548144156Just go online and dogpile her ass with 5 other people.
>>548144273Yeah lol, don't tell the imperial guard bro.
>>548144184I am staying in his face, but I'm doing the final trial and it's miserable because he does the gayest fake-outs known to man.>starts low kick animation, wait a second>if you parry, he punches>if you don't parry, he fakes the punch into a low kick>the low kick can also be instant or delayed>if at any point during this fake-out process you dash backwards, he charges you with a headbuttThe fight itself is genuinely fun when he actually does his fucking moves. Not too difficult but not easy either. Still has a lot of HP and, big hitboxes, and his hitbox is clunky so dual blades' spin will go past him without hitting the stagger partBut then he does the gay fakeout flowchart shit and I don't want to play anymore
>waaah waaaah i'm time gated! >shits pants stomps feeties>give me more fish!20000 is enough for you
is the new event really only available for the next 5 days?
>>548144365he doesn't do any fakeoutshe has two low moves one without the leg sweep, one with. He only does the leg sweep with a run up thats very obvious.
>>548144376What event?
>>548144441He absolutely does fakeouts bro. It's a fake stomp into a fake superman punch into a low sweep. I don't know what fight you did but he absolutely does them because I can literally sit there watching him pausing his animation and waiting to input read me. It's literally the only part of the fight that doesn't let me get him to second phase every time
>>548144376Leaf isn't event or new, it's quest chain you do in Kaifeng
*blocks your path*What's your move, young master?
>>548144530His slow stomp isn't a fake out, its a real stomp that will hit you. Its just slow and gay to bully you if you try and quick parry it. You have to wait a while and then parry it or you just flub your parry and can't re-parry in time to actually block it.
>>548144365>he does the gayest fake-outs known to man.loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool>let me just do this delayed front kick oh wait just kidding going to slide haha got you im actually going to do an overhead OH WAIT no im just gonna headbutt youyeah the developers are real fucking niggers for programming him to do that. I have no idea what prompts that to happen but the second I see an inclination of it I stagger the fat faggot. The headbutt is actually able to be reacted to. He rears his head back for a single second before he launches. The only moves that truly fuck me up are his overhand strikes that he sometimes loops into his front kick and the second phase shove with his sword where there's like a half of a second to react to.
>>548144540ok it's listed in the event tab with a 5 day countdown so...
>Literally thousands of fanarts>They're all behind China's social media wallSuffering
At what point do I just summon for tian ying?I'm tired bros.
>>548144370No, I can't clear out the shop :( I need 30k
>>548144593It isn't. I genuinely sit there watching the stomp. it does not hit. He CAN do the stomp. He CAN do any part of the combo independently or simply not fake them out, but he is faking them out. I don't know if it only happens if I'm attacking when he does it or something, but the stomp can be faked into nothing
>>548144617so it's just like all other quests you get with 2days timer but it doesn't mean anything
>>548144590Jump
>>548144590I run away. I cannot defeat him...
>>548144590>makes a po' boy out of you with a side of chitlins
>>548144685how did you get past qianye? she is way more bullshit than he is
>>548144690but do you *really* need those?
>>548144685Just get Ruby's blessing if you don't mind using the summon feature but also don't want to rely on NPC's help.
>>548144864I need ALL the mystic skill breakthrough chests and commerce coins and lv 51 gears. I'm in the jew sect.
>>548144843>she is way more bullshit than he isphase 1 was only even slightly difficult because of yi dao triggering her perfect dodges constantlyphase 2 red is easy, phase 2 white took me ages to be able to deal with but it was never like this.I cannot master the timing for his thunder punch kick hell combos in 2, and his 3 clones beat the shit out of me preventing me from parrying in the rare chances I get at phase 3
>>548124056>PSO “mission”>go to zone grind enemies forever, pray you get really low drop rate thingHow about no?
>>548144685This isn't Soul/Elden Ring. Summon on those faggots, it's completely fair. Parryslop meet Yi Dao getting stuck on a tree or a rock because he jumped when the enemy went into an invulnerable phase
holy fucking shit the goat just checked out our game
>summon qi breaking dude>parry twice>boss is exhausted Heh, nothing personnel
>>548145056Isn't that the fag who gave a 10/10 to veilguard?
>>548144962>I cannot master the timing for his thunder punch kick hell combos in 2Then don't. Create distance and if you see him start his kicks, use Cloud Steps and as soon as you jump into the air the first time use Guardian Palm to do an aoe that flattens him
>>548144945if young master anon joined the jew sect, then don't blame me for being impolite with my ten deadly gasses wood element couldron!
>>548144590*fortnites you*
>>548145230They scammed me into this! I'm in too deep now tho.
>>548145252Fortnite THIS, nigga>>548142984
what's the wuxia equivalent of 'jet fuel can't melt steel beams'?
>>548144985I'm obviously not talking about the grindy repeat aspect to those games dumb nigga. I'm talking about the structure of the missions themselves. Something with a little bit more meat on it than the outposts where you teleport to a boundary stone 10 feet away from the outpost, kill 6 guys who don't even know they might die that day, loot a chest and that's it. Yes I actually want tougher fights with the NPC ai faggot fuck you, that's not a bad thing to want in a video game.
>>548145385You can dive into the swamp?
>>548145436define your question, do you mean whats the big conspiracy meme of wuxia?
>>548144962>and his 3 clones beat the shit out of me preventing me from parrying in the rare chances I get at phase 3You can block. Hold block, walk away from the clones and wait for the real one to parry. Pay attention to the sound too when blocking. That's also your parry timing.
>>548145437PSO1/U/2/NGS missions are all trashgrinders however. You are looking at it with rose tinted glasses. The "tougher" fights on those games just meant damagesponge enemies and later random boss spawns. Shit got boring after less than a week and all of those games are dead now.
I joined Well of Heaven as my first sect.
These nigger seasonal challenges don't even work half the time. What the fuck. I did blocked Sleeping Niggerist projectiles with nameless spear 3 times before it counted. And I even counted the projectiles I blocked too, definitely way more than 10 each run, on my last run I did 15 per phase to be safe. Now I'm trying to do the heavenquaker spear spring surge 5 times against Dao Lord and it's not working. What the FUCK is wrong with this shit? I'm losing my fucking mind.
>>548145436golden qi cannot destroy a celestial iron body
>>548145164...yes
>>548145553the precise definition was deliberately left open so as to broaden the domain of admissible equivalents
>>548145436>what's the wuxia equivalent of 'jet fuel can't melt steel beams'?The shadowless kick doesn't exist. Steel body is completely invulnerable.Reverse meridians means you're invincible.
>>548145656what do you mean first?
>>548145648Also PSO1 had some kino missions but they were only so due to the story on the first clear and youre probably doing them solo. The side mission/dungeons on wwm are far superior already
>>548145726I have to go through them all eventually.
>>548145056Fuck with this lying shiteater.
>>548145726he's a sect virgin
>>548144094You have to hit exploration rank 4 or 5, I forget which now, and there's a temple above the Meow Meow's Shrine where a monk will help you unlock the Antique. It's not gated at all.
I'm saving my virginity for the Lone Cloud sect.
>>548145436Your cultivation does not get hindered by bucking women
>>548145056That's not Zero Punction/Fully Ramblomatic's Yahtze.He said the game is shit
>>548145881be wary venerated virgin cultivators, this post reeks of yin qi
Is there a roadmap for the things that are getting added to the shop?I thought there would be an update per patch/region but they keep adding shit every couple days. Not like Im buying anything (yet) but there is an outfit Im looking forward to
>>548145920>He said the game is shitHe couldn't even figure how to open map (M)
>>548145935Incel practitioner cope
When should I be using heavy attacks versus light attacks?
WTF
>>548145993what weapon
>>548145968>>548137142>https://boarhat.gg/games/where-winds-meet/guide/timeline-guide/
>>548145979He's playing on console.
>>548145987you will NOT siphon my yang qi with your reverse trigram demonic tree root mystic arts
>>548146008did you miss the one in the cage at the top?
>>548145436Heaven Shaking Thunder Bombs aren't real.The Divine Thief's safehouse is totally real.The Blood Demon Cult was defeated.
>>548145056>>548145920>watching some literal who youtube grifters >caring about what some literal who youtube grifters say >knowing their names in the first place couldn't be me, juniors. now kowtow five thousand times and destroy your own cultivation and i may consider leaving you with an intact corpse.
>>548145436If you mean it as "the ultimate red pill" then picrel
the heavenly demon was suppressed by the azure sword pavilion
>>548146060consoletards are not people
>>548146140>couldn't be meIt could be me and it is me. I am the wind. I go and do what I please. So no I will not kowtow nor destroy my cultivation. Instead it is you that should crawl under me lest you should suffer family annihilation for offending me! Now behold as I speak the word of power:nigger
>>548146153>cultivate too much>get ripped out of this world and become some guys bottom bitch in a higher realmcultivation has an end and its the beginning. Live fruitfully as a farmer and be happy.
>>548144618if you're so desperate, make a wechat account and you can get into lofter and xiaohongshu
>>548145436>two tigers can rule the same mountain>wise rabbits don't keep three burrows>he who chases two rabbits gets two rabbits>the mantis was aware of the oriole but wanted to die with the cicada>you aren't blind just because you can't see Mt Tai>the frog has sticky hands and can just leave the fucking well>four palms can't beat two fists because rock holds down paper>Shit! Shit! Shit!>if you walk by the riverbank, you can complain if your feet get wet>China didn't get a week headstart
arenasisters are we ready for another session of de-ranking?
>>548146290>and become some guys bottom bitch in a higher realmThen cultivate more and get on top on that higher realm. There is no end.
>>548145648>PSO1/U/2/NGS missions are all trashgrinders however.Indeed>You are looking at it with rose tinted glassesThis is very random, you're either deliberately ignoring the point I'm trying to make or just not understanding why I'm using those games as examples. If I were explicitly talking about the grindy aspect of phantasy star then I would have brought that up myself lmao >The "tougher" fights on those games just meant damagesponge enemies and later random boss spawns.I'm talking about the structure of the missions themselves and why that would fit well in a game like wwm. The outposts are alright but kinda meh in the sense that they take like 2 minutes to do, there's no meat. The other pve content is you load into a boss room and beat the boss up and that's it, these bosses are already easy as fuck so why not curate maybe a fun or cool level to go along with it? I wouldn't mind pve content that functions more like a mission or a short 5-10 minute quest that mostly involves combat, that you can do solo or queue up for. That's what phantasy star missions are to me so that's why I used them as an example, I only ever played psu and early pso2 so it's a pretty rough idea. You go through a level while beating up mobs and then maybe fight a boss at the end and that's it. There's a bit more to do and see than just the boss arena you spawn in with the group and so on. I don't understand where the confusion is.
>>548146361>start cultivating in new realm>kidnapped by a supreme N+1 elder>put into his pill furnace and get fed to his pet dog
>>548141936>>548142407I can understand most of the other sects not being important since a lot of them have hqs well outside our playable areas (and well of heaven lost a lot of people in fighting the khitan on top of their wandering robin hood schtick), but the inkbound order not being prominent in the capital city is a bit silly
>>548146290>Live fruitfully as a farmer and be happy.i'm going to live forever and be super powerful
gooks just do wuxia better, sorry not sorry.
>>548146432finding this anon and disrupting his meridians
is there a way to rebind the second set of mystic skills off alt?
>>548146409>don't cultivate>explode into a fog of blood when a cultivator 2 miles away flexes his biceps if you were at the big mac with fries realm you would only be spitting blood
>>548146495example?
>>548146432Here anon, as reward for his perseverance I'm giving you my mystic divine ultimate realm art manual!Read it.You won't instantly have your bones melt and your skin fall off.Promise.
>>548146409>escape using soul separation technique>reincarnate in a different place>cultivate until you are strong enough to repay that supreme N+1 elder hundredfold
I'll be honest, I'd like it more if people actually had to join sects to learn their sect skills. Or that learning them otherwise was way, way harder. Not a 4 minute cave trip followed by a 1 minute minigame. A big part of the advertising for this game kinda implied that was the case. Or they should have wandering sect NPCs that, if they see you using their abilities without an excuse, just run you down and put bounties on youWhen basically every sect is using Strategy Sword, it really kills the immersion
do you guys keep all the named gear like i do or do you get rid of it
>>548146495wuxia is a super broad general term anyways. >one setting (anything jin yong) has immortals that fly everywhere and can emit light from their swords>one setting people (wong fei hung, one armed swordsman etc) are just really good martial artists and fantastical shit is just pure illusionary in the mind bullshit or everyone playing along with the jokeboth are still wuxia
>>548146068Who wants your stinky yang, you're just acting like that because you can't get anyone to suck it in the first place.
>>548146030so we're getting this tonight?
>>548146641i wasn't aware you could even get rid of it
>>548146641You can't get rid of it by accident, mass recycle ignore them but even if you do you can easily claim them back from antique furnace for 5k shekels
>>548146616I thought the sects were going to have gameplay styles that actually matter in a a social sense but I forgot it's 2025. No amount of mechanics can force 2004 behavior anymore
>>548146589Chronicles of the Heavenly DemonReturn of the Blossoming BladeVolcanic AgeThose are all very good starting series.
>>548146687Probably.
>>548145797I have no idea what you're talking about
>>548146746Yeah same. The two (and a half) big things that got me into this gave via advertising were>there's a lot of professions that drive player interaction. Gondola rides given to players, music to mke money, bounty hunter was meant to be an actual profession instead of something everyone did?>Sects mattered; you learned their skills by joining them and the sects actually did shit together>(and a half thing) is that things like sitting down at tables and shit actually worked, and there was a reason to just chill in the Jianghu surrounded by players beyond gay RPI don't know how the fuck the advertising suckered me into this but I know this is absolutely what got me into it in the first place and I have no idea if I've just been hallucinating what I saw originally
>>548146616every dungeon in this game is just a hallwaywhat do you expect? it's not that kind of game.if you want some immersed infiltration game go play thief for oblivion. this is one of those "a little of everything' games
>>548146893I remember they advertised something like being a ferryman as a profession but idk how that would even work.
>>548146893>I have no idea if I've just been hallucinating what I saw originallyyou got influenced
>fell behind my sect merit rank up requirements while I was bashing my head against a wall with tian yingLISTEN HERE YOU HEAL WHORES
>>548146945That's thing. I don't want those dungeons at all. Learning skills while not being in a sect is gay as fuck
>>548146504trapping you in my formation by luring you in with a clone
>The Meridian Sync shit apparently counts for 100%Yeah, ain't ever happening, goodbye Seniors.
>>548147162...how are you this fucking bad at the game junior?
>>548146893>is that things like sitting down at tables and shit actually workedwhat exactly doesn't work about sitting down at tablesdo you expect it to be a minigame or something? >cardslop minigame to get up from a table without tripping
is lvling up healer and scholar mandatory?
>>548147195I just suck, unironically. I couldn't even do the Mew Mew puzzle that had me sync the walking cats
>>548147057it's healSLUTs not whores
>>548146957Could be something simple or more complex>simple: ferry rides give you a long buff. The higher the ferryman level, the stronger>complex: the higher the level, the more varieties. Taking people to see different sights gives special buffs. The minigame is all about going as fast as possible. Could also make it so that the riverways are just the fastest way to get around towns or the map, even compared to zoomzoom qinggong>>548147220The advertising features people sitting at tables and emphasized that the jianghu was living and breathing, encourages player interaction. Half the tables don't let you sit at them. It could be as simple as being in a place filled with players doing that kind of shit gives you bonuses. idk what but if they want people to walk around the cities there's absolutely ways they can do it. Provide incentive, tie it to dailies, give buffs, make it give stats like the Well of Heaven training but only in multiplayer. Something
>>548147253sort ofhealer gives you access to better potions while scholar lets you gift of the gab certain npcs for items better.
>>548146364You say you want this but all that happens is that you join a game where everyone rushes to the boss to kill the boss, no they wont because there's already a mode where you fight the boss directly. Enjoy your dead game mode. Outpost mode is just the ez spend your energy mode for people who are too jobber to do the boss directly or for people that just did a realm breakthrough and needs upgrade materials fromt the mobs.
>>548147057When you were getting fucked in the butt I was out here servicing everyone. You & I are not the same!
>>548147305they're getting paid (in likes)
>>548147358wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle: the gameI still like it, I'm a sucker for Wuxia.
>>548146641is there a use for any of it?
>>548147434The ones at the top aren't getting any likes bwo
>>548147305I wanted to get my little sister on this game to healslut me, but I think she only has an iPad.
>Wake up>Do my things>Log into the gameSeniors, why is my Mastery suddenly counted in geese?
This game has taught me that sometimes you have to fail on purpose.
>>548147671Chess?
>>548147509Most of the map extras is a chore but the side dungeons, the outpost profession objectives, the divinecraft dungeons, the encounter missions and the wandering tales already makes wwm far richer in content than other recent AAA slop. All of it is actual content rather than the INFINITE QUESTS radiant quest go x kill y bullshit
the rules for this bluffing game are so poorly explained.
>>548146867Head north from the West Heaven's Pier until you find this Boundary Stone. Don't forget to grab the area map from the Warfarer too. Head up the path to the location I'm standing. You will find a monk. He'll tell you to come back to him once you are of exploration rank 5, which gives you an item called Qinghe Memories, which you can use to unlock the Antique. Hope that helps.
madiao cards? it's just a mix of liar's dice and uno
Someone explain Bodhi Sea story to me. All I did was ring some drums, then I got shown some ghosts that were sad, fought the General's ghost, and then it ended. I'm not sure why any of that happened.
>>548147358Anon you can do it right now, there are dailies for dances, for playing coop songs, for wrestle, for playing trivia, for doing coop poses, for soaking in bath for fuck's sake, you can't make people rp unless they actively want to and western audience gives very little shit to rp since like 2005. You can potentially force more hurdles on being in sect or some such but that will only make people frustrated if they aren't actively want to engage with it.
>>548147575>Mastery suddenly counted in geeseThis has happened to a bunch of people now and im scared to lok
>>548147905he pretended to be enemies, killed his own people so government would do something, they didntor so I heard
What can you do with leftover oddities?
>>548147778nta but none of those have any real depth. i don't know which games you're comparing it to, but comparing to souls games is not favorable. mogged by ai limit for example: simply forget about comparing it to fromsoft.>>548147537if you buy her something to play the game, will that make her a healwhore
>>548147989seconding this. They are just cluttering up my inventory.
>>548148024You can gift them, not sure to npc or players but there is an option to do it if you hover it.
>>548147778>already makes wwm far richer in contentSad but true. This game could have had less and still it would be considered superior to AAA. Regardless I got invested after the Yi Dao scene so I'll still be playing just to find out what else happens.
>>548147942You're being disingenuous. Those are dailing unrelated to what was actually shown in advertising, and there's no reason to stop at just that. Even then, those are dailies for sect points. The point is to create a variety of things to do each day. Not mandatory, but at the very least that create spontaneous engagement. It's not about forcing RP, which I don't want. It's about there being a reason to be anywhere other than the magic circles where everyone does a dance or at the dedicated beggar spot, for about 2 minutes each. People are playing this game despite its ungodly dogshit UI that'll make people quit any other game on demand. If the entertainment is done properly, they're not just gonna get annoyed for the sake of it. It just sounds like you're being contrarian.
Where is the thanksgiving event? MMOs should be creating content for important holidays
>>548148149>chink>celebrating american killing native day ?
>>548148201everyone should celebrate killing native americans, those guys were awful
>>548148201>killing nativeThose fucking savages were asking for it
>>548147991That's too expensive for me. Otherwise I would make her my heal... I'm not going to say that about my sister, actually.
>>548148261hold your edge boy
>>548148201they missed too many of those savages.
>>548148258>>548148261Not really the point here
Do good boy bounty points also have a daily limit?
>>548148273cowardpost pics
>>548148323Weekly* not daily baka myself
>>548148306all chinese should celebrate american holidays because we are their betters.need proof? just look at the difference in the games we each produce.
Young masters! This humble wanderer of Jianghu have traveled far and beyond. But yet two critical barriers stand in my way to properly breakthrough! The Bodhi Sea Exploration Quest and that damned encounter over yonder! My cultivation is insufficient, yet I can see Mt. Tai! Damn you, Tian Yin! For you're courting DEATH
>>548148470but where winds meet is better than any yank games this year?
>>548148527
>>548148527Share with me your secrets. I've beaten Tian Ying though
Why is there like a mist filter over the screen when going into photo mode?
huh?
>>548148663oh cool a new currency, we need more of those
>>548148663
>>548148663it's like horsepower
>>548148663It said you a little stronger than ordinary goose.
>>548148663How did you get stronger than a goose?
>>548147575>>548147953>>548148663there are a lot of death markers next to the goose you can heal so the devs are probably making a joke based off statistics. if you windsense geese they have a power of 9999
>>548148663>>548148746one goose has always been 9999 mastery. i distinctly remember seeing that when i thought about fighting a goose early on
>>548147575>>548147953what the fruck
>>548148663>1.2 GooseSo, we're only a little bit stronger than a goose?
>>548148663The joke is that geese are tough in real life.
>new area unlock on the 30th>new year festival update in December>desert in January>CNY update in February>snow area in March>mountain in May>caught up to China in Septemberis what I'd like to see personally
>>548148850I've had geese irl. The pecks are actually quite painful.
>>548148626>Share with me your secretsI used a guide.
>>548148916Is there one with everything?
swan boss when? swan is basiclly 4x goose.
Damn, this game made me appreciate chinese culture, Song Dynasty seems based. Also why do I have to get married just to unlock the best haircut for guys? Young Masters, how do I find a date/get married? 30 KHV with no dating experience. I just want to fight and look cool and fight again. Also is this game wuxia or xianxian?
why is global an older version in the first place?this is bullshit
>>548148959>lusting after swan meatstay in the well
>>548148940https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmeMBSdjYeM&t=1247sI used this vid for Dark Surges and the channel has wandering tales as well, thought sometimes I just straight up googled the wandering tale name and found stuff to help
>>548148626Young master! I warn you! The moment you take a step into the Jianghu, you'll be tested at every corner! I will tell you this though obvious as if you've already knew the heavenly secret! Encounters are WEATHER-BASED AND TIME-BASED! That you MUST befriend every crony and hags! And maybe joining a CO-OP world because ONE of these filthy Dark surge node is unavailable if that sanctuary's scorched to the ground! Please, Young master! The Heavenly Tribulation is soon set upon me for divulging such heavenly secrets! My sin for revealing these to you! You MUST understand! These secrets are too much for you to comprehend! Your cultivation base are too low! But believe me! The answer is in the windtail! THE ANSWER IS IN THE WINDTAIL! press F1 and go to Q&A tab on top-left. It'll give you some answers for some thing you can get stuck on. Not super helpful but it solved a few of my issues.
>>548149007wuxiaxianxia we would be flying around on swords and carpets with a bigger emphasis on magic