Nethradin: Genuinely useless

[Emmerald Strawberry]

Maybe look at the IC of RPing a dark spirit with ties to Hel'heim being available instead of trying to be OP and one shot people. So far, only one Nethradin has RPed with Jianyu since Shadowmire became a thing. You should focus on simply providing RP, given that this is a RP game and not a PVP game, or improve your verb, regardless, revel in the fact that Nethradin are essentially freely available in the game and not locked behind apps and a hidden ability like in Spires. Maybe they should be locked behind those again.

This seems very unnecessary and Aggressive but I do agree with the "RP game. Generate/Provide RP." Yes it is what everyone, specially antags, specially antag RACES should do. Now, it was mentioned on this thread about the role of Monsters and an approach to a more "support" role for Nethradin.

Absolutely, yes. Monsters are not meant to treat the Shadowmire as just a single faction, particularly it is a flaw that I see in the current mire, as I play there as a Main. Monsters are more personal threats, meant to be personal arc antags and, literally, develop for OTHERS. Public RP is about having fun with interesting scenes, knowing what is your character's potential to a scene and dev, but ALSO LETTING OTHERS bring creativity AND HAVING THEIR ROLES on RP. This is not just for monsters, this is not just for Nethradin. Now...

With the "Monsters just becomming a part of the repetitive, boring faction war/random demon faction (now with other appearances)" is bad, and the "Monsters are meant to be antags and move personal plots" in mind it becomes evident that on the potential, Nethradin, just for their heavy lore chains are VERY DEMANDING ON THAT. They shouldnt be that Ogre or Dullahan that beats everyone. There are races for that Role. Yes, monster races do have ""roles"" and a good RPer will have them in mind when creating a char. The Contract/Pact Idea is phenomenal and personally the best approach. Riftmancy would just most likely be a power boost or something. And Nethradin Dont EVEN NEED power to generate RP. That's different for Dullahans or other kinds of Monster, but just someone seeking witchcraft dev is enough to bring a Nethradin to a good position.

Dream walk is great, because it would do the work of the Nethradin trying to seduce someone into a pact. Taking the Hex skill from them might be good for sparing headache, but taking all option and just giving power boosts would kill the race completelly and its better to just delete it, otherwise its whole potential would be wasted. They dont need Power boosts, they need tools. Form groups, Cultists, preferably normal non monster PCs and spread the word of Hel. Nethradin are not meant to be Warriors.

TL;DR: Yeeeeah... Nethradin need some flavor because their lore demands it. Give dreamwalk and a pact-like blessing that NEEDS to be completed if agreed. Nethradin Dont need much power skill wise, they dont even need to fight to be important.