What we try to include here are gamesystem updates, often without detailed explanations, but of a broad enough nature to not reveal too much about specialist or guild-specific skills yet sufficiently important to impact the general public (type PUPDATES for Profession-based UPDATES covering your profession only and visible only to those in the profession so content can be more revealing/specific):
1st February:
- CHAIN can no longer be used on trinkets purchased by someone else. (8th-Paglost-1517 aDW)
- CHAIN can no longer be used on items already on someone else's gordian chain. (8th-Paglost-1517 aDW)
23rd January:
- Becoming ethereal now respects warding and prevents transformation (Loremasters, Sorcerers) (11th-Leaflost-1516 aDW)
- Divine command for seeing stones removed from mortal usage. (10th-Leaflost-1516 aDW)
31st December:
- Absolutions for Necromancy will not count for killing linked seconds. (27th-Cloudburst-1515 aDW)
- Absolutions for Necromancy now work as intended, for non-Sorcerer peer-or-above foreign enemies. (27th-Cloudburst-1515 aDW)
17th December:
- Added 3 athillias to the novice chest. (25th-Springflower-1514 aDW)
- Fixed ATHILLIAS task in Herbalism badge, to correctly check for athillias and provide ways of obtaining it. (25th-Springflower-1514 aDW)
- Fixed REGISTERING task typo with DD-MMM-YY to DD-MMM-YYYY. (25th-Springflower-1514 aDW)
- Fixed the FIRSTLESSON task to prerequire ZOOM GUILD and KNOCK, and it now uses LEARN SCHOLARSHIP FROM TUTOR to be more novice friendly. (24th-Springflower-1514 aDW)
9th December:
- DEMOLISH is temporarily disabled for renovations. (20th-Leaflost-1513 aDW)
3rd November:
- [SORCERER] Werewolf is back! Fixed issue with WEREWOLF form not being accessible. Fixes akmar werewolf too. (25th-Paglost-1511 aDW)
2nd November:
- [SEER] Missing Oracle abilities added to skill system: walls, cloak, passing, nexus, vortex, tempest, strike, unleash. Use in moderation. (30th-Springflower-1511 aDW)
- [DRUID] Violent ents are back! Fixed issue with ents not attacking - issue also caused a critical error, upsetting Avalon's passage of time. (30th-Springflower-1511 aDW)
11th October:
- ONE CROWN now procures SIX LESSONS (up from five) (6th-Agamnion-1509 aDW)
21st July:
- [WEBSITE] Site routing upgraded and fixed. (17th-Mournsend-1480 aDW)
26th May:
- Midpoint between Ultimate and Crowned (Ult+? Half-Crown? names anyone?) gets new abilities slotted. (14th-Skyelong-1476 aDW)
- Runic in Itemlore moved from Crowned to Midcrown. (14th-Skyelong-1476 aDW)
- Windsense in Perception moved from Crowned to Extra Ultimate. (14th-Skyelong-1476 aDW)
- Rootsense in Candescence moved from Crowned to High Ultimate. (14th-Skyelong-1476 aDW)
- Chivalry's Blading from Crowned to Halfcrown. (14th-Skyelong-1476 aDW)
- Spiritualism's Poison from Crowned to Penulti-Crown. (14th-Skyelong-1476 aDW)
- Alchemy's TrueMagicList from Crowned to UberUlt. (14th-Skyelong-1476 aDW)
- Trapping's Trapalert from Crowned to Minicrowned. (14th-Skyelong-1476 aDW)
- Charming's Spellbooks from Crowned to U+ (14th-Skyelong-1476 aDW)
- Fatalism's Hayfever to -C. (14th-Skyelong-1476 aDW)
- Songs' Inversion to Subcrowned from Crowned. (14th-Skyelong-1476 aDW)
- Blankmind in Endurance moved from Crowned to Ult+ (14th-Skyelong-1476 aDW)
- Skyarrows in Theivery moved from Crowned to Halfjack. (14th-Skyelong-1476 aDW)
- Dramatics' MirrorImage moved from Crowned to Halfpenny. (14th-Skyelong-1476 aDW)
- Music's Dulcimer moved from Crowned to Tuppence. (14th-Skyelong-1476 aDW)
22nd May:
- Fixed issue where new gold and platinum subscriptions would not receive daily crowns. (13th-Cloudburst-1476 aDW)
1st May:
- [UMBRA] Special off of 250 crowns @ 100 USD when using crypto, via Umbra's Subscribe & Shop tab. (7th-Leaflost-1474 aDW)
7th March:
- NPCs are returned to the fray. Report any anomalies! (12th-Mournsend-1471 aDW)
- ROUTES and EXITS commands back in action for screenreader users and ROUTES / ROUTE confusion fixed up with ROUTES now also showing hidden exits marked. (11th-Mournsend-1471 aDW)
2nd March:
- Various persona that were inaccessible are now accessible again. Report any issues to support@avalon-rpg.com. (2nd-Agamnion-1470 aDW)
13th February:
- bug fix for subscription vs crown purchase receipts.
11th February:
- experience and storyline minor fix.
7th February:
- lifetime and new subscription type fixed to no longer incorrectly boost daily bonus, which do not exist in new subscriptions
6th February:
- bug fix to automated purchase of crowns not providing correct number on receipt.
31st January:
- small fix for entourage CCCs with plural and singular forms.
30th January:
- entourage behaviour, seeing location on summon, etc.
29th January:
- mobile attack behaviour of followers and cronies.
27th January:
- addition of cronies and followers.
- bug fixes for item sale values.
26th January:
- new subscription type automatically overwrites old, and a few bug fixes.
- cleaner distinction for players in CREDITS about their subscription tier.
- new subscription types do not refresh if unpaid, with leeway.
- automatic cancellation using Umbra Shop.
21st January:
- addition of receipts for activating and upgrading subscription.
- using PURCHASE <x> CROWNS is now automatic based on your customer token, which works for old and new subscriber types
- legacy vs new format subscriptions.
20th January:
- subscription payments automatically triggered by using Umbra shop.
19th January:
- further improvements to ent behaviour.
18th January:
- Ents and awakened trees striking back in the woodland and/or stalking and hunting enemies of the forest - fixes to certain situations have been made so be mindful of any loopholes you'd been exploiting. (21st-Midwinter-1468 aDW)
11th January:
- Seedbelts now use all of their pockets! (30th-Skyelong-1467 aDW)
- Bogus locked door removed from Hellespont Square into merchant store. (30th-Skyelong-1467 aDW)
- Stoking arboretums - making spices - now correctly parses the Labours ability "spices" rather than incorrectly looking in the Farming skill (as it had been). (30th-Skyelong-1467 aDW)
- Scattered tendrils of gas have been dispersed. (29th-Skyelong-1467 aDW)
- Superfluous mangers have been melted down for scrap. (29th-Skyelong-1467 aDW)
- Flying from the skies to Hellespont Square/Parrius no longer parses Hellespont Square as inside/under-cover. So you can fly there once again. (29th-Skyelong-1467 aDW)
7th January:
- New subscription daily crown gain now applies for annual (and quarterly, where available) subscription tiers. (15th-Cloudburst-1467 aDW)
- New subscription tiers accurate lesson gain now applies. (15th-Cloudburst-1467 aDW)
6th January:
- [UMBRA] Automated activation and gift subscriptions fully tested and operational. (9th-Cloudburst-1467 aDW)
30th December:
- New subscription tiers are now live. Set one up at https://umbra.avalon-rpg.com/ (23rd-Hindyear-1466 aDW)
- Automated subscription activation is now live. (23rd-Hindyear-1466 aDW)
- Updated SUBSCRIPTIONS and HELP PAYMENT. (23rd-Hindyear-1466 aDW)
23rd December:
- Lorestaff fixed up so low powered / old lorestaves work once more doing all the TURN, RAISE, FLAIL, POINT, WAVE etc. (4th-Springflower-1466 aDW)
18th December:
- Migration to new subscriptions has begun, including 5 lessons per crown. (26th-Agamnion-1465 aDW)
17th December:
- [UMBRA] Umbra Checkout has the facility for Apple Pay now, on request. (11th-Agamnion-1465 aDW)
15th December:
- [UMBRA] Experimental subscription manager under the "Shop" menu, for the new subscription tiers. Please report any issues to Cornelius. (25th-Hindyear-1465 aDW)
- [UMBRA] Fixed keyboard issue when on tablet and mobile in normal and fullscreen modes! (23rd-Hindyear-1465 aDW)
14th December:
- Disabled from random selection the chapter task OILBURN, to bring oil cauldrons to a boil. (25th-Ilmarael-1465 aDW)
9th December:
- Issue with shooting with arrows / throwing with objects against CCCs and potentially killing them and/or angering their allies have been fixed. (29th-Springflower-1465 aDW)
30th November:
- Due to abuses and indiscretions, a player's linked characters are no longer visible to other mortals, including themselves. (29th-Hindyear-1464 aDW)
- SECONDS is no longer accessible. All novices should be treated as novices without prejudice. (29th-Hindyear-1464 aDW)
- YOUNGSTERS, SSW, and NS no longer reveal other characters. (29th-Hindyear-1464 aDW)
- NOVICEWATCH and WATCH are now restricted to game admins only. (29th-Hindyear-1464 aDW)
- AWARENESS ON (first word only) is the most that mortals may eavesdrop on each other's commands. (29th-Hindyear-1464 aDW)
27th November:
- [WEBSITE] Fixed e-mail links giving some users an SSL error that stopped loading the page. (fixes novice email verification too) (18th-Midsummer-1464 aDW)
17th November:
- Changes to HELP POLICY: streamlined Email Policy; Privacy summary now has 3 sections (Character, Avalon, Customer) and simplified. New section on Character Privacy clarify privacy as a character in game, oversight mechanisms, and implications of mortal eavesdropping. Also, added administrative deity list and updated timestamp. EUA / Terms unchanged. (3rd-Agamnion-1463 aDW)
15th November:
- [WEBSITE] Fixed minor bug where updating payment method on Stripe could sometimes create a new customer profile. (28th-Hindyear-1463 aDW)
11th November:
- Updated HELP ORACLE / ASK ORACLE and TRINKETS PENDANT1289 (24th-Skyelong-1463 aDW)
10th November:
- Those who garden spices should check through the refining process as it has been updated: gardened plants come out as unrefined spiceleaf then the arboretum does the drying - to make actual spices. (16th-Paglost-1463 aDW)
8th November:
- LEARN <skill> now automatically finds the appropriate guild tutor and learns from that CCC, summoning said CCC from the guildhouse if you are in another location it's possible for the guild tutor to reach. (9th-Springflower-1463 aDW)
6th November:
- Many abilities - attacks - no longer give bogus message back when the attack fails due to certain divine protections. (18th-Mournsend-1463 aDW)
- Additional info/key stats can now be included in PROMPT including shadow inventory, roused to grace, stricken hit, killer (cause of death), martial motions, direction blocking, elemental forces. (11th-Mournsend-1463 aDW)
4th November:
- PLUNDER added to Itemlore per AB ITEMLORE PLUNDER. This will be tailored more to the younger and middling players than seniors. (2nd-Eleuthral-1463 aDW)
- Name clashes with fixed Avalon proper nouns no longer possible. Change any legacy clashes that remain. (29th-Midwinter-1463 aDW)
3rd November:
- Runestave probing and rune ordering / priority adjustments blending ENTER and EXIT should now also be a bit more flexible. (3rd-Midwinter-1463 aDW)
2nd November:
- Novices changing city at unusual points in the early graduation process should no longer get caught in a bogus academy that interferes with the guild joining. (13th-Agamnion-1462 aDW)
- OO or CC on its own shows syntax as always but now also shows any active channel blocks you may have set up. (13th-Agamnion-1462 aDW)
- There is now OO BLOCK/UNBLOCK available for public and novices channels as well as guild, profession and city channels. (13th-Agamnion-1462 aDW)
28th October:
- Issue with lightarc striking targets wrongly or missing incorrectly, on occasions, has been resolved. (19th-Midsummer-1462 aDW)
- PROMPT BLK added to show direction blocking and/or sentry-blockade using steed. (9th-Midsummer-1462 aDW)
26th October:
- FLYING to the heavens without the means is no longer possible even if there's some legacy of sky flying or lower level flying. (28th-Paglost-1462 aDW)
- Clamp and snare traps when clamping and dragged along can be relocated if the wrenching free is in a different spot. (27th-Paglost-1462 aDW)
- Erroneous blank lines or references to clamp/snare traps corrected. (26th-Paglost-1462 aDW)
25th October:
- Pacifists no longer should find they receive tasks like 'slayguildtutor' in their chapters. (3rd-Paglost-1462 aDW)
- Triggers for certain defences no longer spamming / resetting the defence formation. Report any anomalies. (3rd-Paglost-1462 aDW)
23rd October:
- Hecritor is back from his vacation. (9th-Cloudburst-1462 aDW)
22nd October:
- Some globestave clashes when enacting powers have been resolved. (12th-Mournsend-1462 aDW)
18th October:
- The Itemlore ability "kits" now covers CARE KIT for using oil to improve kit state of repair and pinpoint accuracy. Thieves in particular will want to check this out though Thievery can also be used. (9th-Agamnion-1461 aDW)
17th October:
- Entering following someone tells those who see the entering and have Perception who is being followed. This includes tracking and hunting if there's no special concealment. (22nd-Leaflost-1461 aDW)
- ENGRAVE now works to carry through the new name into the item's description. (22nd-Leaflost-1461 aDW)
- Lockpicking kits can now be made at Grand-Master Industry. (14th-Leaflost-1461 aDW)
- Flight to the heavens and the stars is back in play in some situations where it had been unreasonably blocked out. (14th-Leaflost-1461 aDW)
- TREE ability fixed up to look nice and be comprehensive. (11th-Leaflost-1461 aDW)
- Modification to flying v forced dismount (if steed can't fly) when in the skies. (9th-Leaflost-1461 aDW)
- Some issues with thrown spears/javelins and with poles and slabs fixed up. (5th-Leaflost-1461 aDW)
16th October:
- Shooting arrows and other projectile attacks should work with named CCCS/targets. Report any that don't. (24th-Hindyear-1461 aDW)
- [WEBSITE] Added web push system for news and game offers. (8th-Hindyear-1461 aDW)
15th October:
- Changing between forms sometimes has a health or mana price to pay but in most circumstances should just carry over the % of health/mana so going from 1000/1200 maxhealth would become 2000/2400 maxhealth etc. (26th-Ilmarael-1461 aDW)
14th October:
- LEAD <idle friend> is now doable, e.g. for when someone goes linkdead. Leading the idler no longer takes away their idle counter so they retain protections given to those who might've lost connection. (10th-Ilmarael-1461 aDW)
- Inventory now showing liquid contents of containers including mixes (i.e. multiple liquid content) where the mix is significant. (9th-Ilmarael-1461 aDW)
13th October:
- Trapbelt mixup between thief, magic and arson traps should be resolved. (14th-Midsummer-1461 aDW)
- Filling pans and other containers with salt water and EXAMINE containers like pans now shows liquid content correctly. (13th-Midsummer-1461 aDW)
- Doing IMMUNITIES on yourself no longer takes balance and/or equilibrium. It remains as was when done on others. (12th-Midsummer-1461 aDW)
- UNSEALing sealed letters now works for all seal types. (11th-Midsummer-1461 aDW)
- Being blocked moving between locations: onlookers in both locations are notified and direction of move versus direction of block is now consistent. (5th-Midsummer-1461 aDW)
- Flying or hovering on a flying steed can now use FLOAT <direction> to shift between locations if conditions are right. (5th-Midsummer-1461 aDW)
- Be warned - blocking and barriers is updated so if one side of an exit is blocked, the other side will be too, for most objects and CCCs. (5th-Midsummer-1461 aDW)
- Mine by Mountain Gully no longer permanently in place / unusable. (5th-Midsummer-1461 aDW)
- Don't forget your aliases automatically get saved out to your character's permanent storage space - to safeguard the content - and if your character goes dormant, the active aliases are archived off. You can restore them all in a single command using ALIAS LOAD ALL. Don't overwrite your current settings if you choose to play with that command. HELP SETUP explains how it works. (5th-Midsummer-1461 aDW)
- Update to HELP ALIAS - split into more manageable single page files with HELP ALIAS the overview and HELP SETUP and HELP LABELS covering more features. HELP TRIGGERS too. (5th-Midsummer-1461 aDW)
- Icewall multiples no longer an issue. (3rd-Midsummer-1461 aDW)
- Mindbleeding charm/artifacts and mindbleeding effects are back in play. (24th-Skyelong-1461 aDW)
12th October:
- Music "fife" effects fixed up. (20th-Skyelong-1461 aDW)
- Regeneration of health (and in some cases mana) is back in play for various non-human forms. (2nd-Skyelong-1461 aDW)
11th October:
- Truesense in human or innate by dint of non-human forms: these will now perceive players/CCCs entering and leaving and moving around the land clearly (when blind). (20th-Paglost-1461 aDW)
- Sub-vocal and resonated tells between friends should show up in TELLS log. (20th-Paglost-1461 aDW)
- Picking up red potions by colour and runes by type should now work, when it's unambiguous i.e. GET SPHERE will be pick up the sphere-shaped rune providing there's not a sphere of a different type in your location. (18th-Paglost-1461 aDW)
- Flipping between forms, like human to bear or werewolf to human, should no longer be a cheap way of increasing one's health/mana. (18th-Paglost-1461 aDW)
- No entering battleisle when aggressive or involved in combat. (17th-Paglost-1461 aDW)
10th October:
- Babies age to adulthood. (1st-Paglost-1461 aDW)
- GET POTION FROM <sack/backpack> and such - with ambiguous objects - should be flexible again now. (30th-Springflower-1461 aDW)
9th October:
- Perception ability "sighting" gets SIGHT <player> to see if you have line of sight on a particular target player. (6th-Springflower-1461 aDW)
- The dramatic oratory is back in play with generous XP to be gained - more XP for larger groups present. (4th-Springflower-1461 aDW)
- Shroud and scent mark should no longer drop in moments due to lingering/past aggressions i.e. combats that are no longer extant. Check it out and report results. (1st-Springflower-1461 aDW)
- Crafted bottles now work as containers in all cases unless specifically described. (28th-Cloudburst-1461 aDW)
- HERBS/POISONS no longer adverely affected properly packed soil/earth. (26th-Cloudburst-1461 aDW)
- GBS VORTEX/SPIRAL no longer upset fixed globestaves. (25th-Cloudburst-1461 aDW)
- Globestave vortex and spiral were sometimes aborting prematurely. This shouldn't be the case now. (25th-Cloudburst-1461 aDW)
8th October:
- Boiling water in pots e.g. when boiling soypods - this no longer prematurely runs out of water to boil if sufficiently filled. (16th-Cloudburst-1461 aDW)
- COMPETE to join folks in the Arena should give access to the portal gateway from Rock Pinnacle and the OUT exit to the arena itself. (16th-Cloudburst-1461 aDW)
- Icewalls and other blockers no longer block inappropriate directions. (13th-Cloudburst-1461 aDW)
- AB <skill> <ability> now gives you summary of equilibrium and balance and ability type (i.e. peaceful or aggressive) but none of the pinpoint details unless you have MUSE active. (3rd-Cloudburst-1461 aDW)
7th October:
- Fishing nets no longer mess up on occasion. (17th-Mournsend-1461 aDW)
- Moving into possible blockages should block direction or opposite direction if the blockage is in adjacent location including for ROLLing. If it's a suitable blocker like an icewall. (6th-Mournsend-1461 aDW)
6th October:
- EDITBUG restored with the bugfile numbers specific to individual bug filer plus shared bugs taken into account. (23rd-Eleuthral-1461 aDW)
- PALMING ability now covers more concealment of object getting and dropping activity. (21st-Eleuthral-1461 aDW)
- Globestave usage for nullification and fragment should use a kinder syntax now i.e. GBS NULLIFY <direction> to use your fixed stave nearby and target the fixed stave in that direction, for instance. (21st-Eleuthral-1461 aDW)
- ESSENCE not being allowed for some folks - where you hear the hollow voice instead - this leftover has been removed. (20th-Eleuthral-1461 aDW)
- ALIAS DELETE can now be used for individual aliases but when used for multiple aliases under a certain label, no longer risks wiping all aliases if no label is specified. (13th-Eleuthral-1461 aDW)
5th October:
- Flying and referencing tactics by name should now be possible. (2nd-Eleuthral-1461 aDW)
- Triggers available to lifetime subscribers now back in play. (2nd-Eleuthral-1461 aDW)
- Pacifism ends after one Avalon year (two RL weeks, roughly) with a warning beforehand - as per info in SCORE. (23rd-Midwinter-1461 aDW)
- Picking up the poster for younger players now possible again. (18th-Midwinter-1461 aDW)
- TRUEDISCERN gives different more useful output for screenreader types. (18th-Midwinter-1461 aDW)
- Those with Swordplay RAGE, FURY and other strike layers should now find these commands work (if you have the ability). (18th-Midwinter-1461 aDW)
4th October:
- Strange object descriptions from mining and gardening should be resolved now. (5th-Midwinter-1461 aDW)
- Seedbelts can now be used for a few seed types that had been omitted from the lists. (3rd-Midwinter-1461 aDW)
- BELTS command now also shows up seedbelts and their contents as well as utility belts and runebelts. (3rd-Midwinter-1461 aDW)
- BLOWPIPE back in action fully. (1st-Midwinter-1461 aDW)
- Mature owls can be ridden by anyone with 'eagles' ability but small ones/pre-adult owls cannot. (26th-Agamnion-1460 aDW)
- New Riding ability STEEDS to look over your mounts anywhere in the land. (26th-Agamnion-1460 aDW)
3rd October:
- LEGENDS command now updating the league table with current-ish info. (14th-Agamnion-1460 aDW)
- Requesting the prize for Druids no longer requires the completion of killing experiences in the badges. (9th-Agamnion-1460 aDW)
- You can now look at later abilities in your skills list - though you don't get as much detail - e.g. AB <skill> <ability> even if the ability is listed as not yet attained. (6th-Agamnion-1460 aDW)
- Herb-domes evoked hence should last the full 20 Avalon days. At least. (6th-Agamnion-1460 aDW)
- Deed for slaying enlistables "killed1000" now properly tallies over the Avalon year. (4th-Agamnion-1460 aDW)
2nd October:
- Update to Sylvanlore and Animism "storage" ability - check your AB SYLVAN or AB ANIMISM and look for the "inventory" ability. (15th-Leaflost-1460 aDW)
- Herbdomes are back in play. (14th-Leaflost-1460 aDW)
- Treasuries actively trading when they're non-player villages now contribute to the circular flow of gold through all the different treasury types. Likewise the circular flow surplus feeds back into most useful village treasuries (e.g. trade for comms trading, state for village upkeep, etc). (14th-Leaflost-1460 aDW)
- BLOWPIPE v PIPE clash resolved - use blowpipes for the Forestry ability, pipes for smoking herbs. (14th-Leaflost-1460 aDW)
1st October:
- Pricing on micropurchase adjusted e.g. trueslays that were incorrectly pricing 25/1 are now righted to be consistent with MICRO at 250 trueslays per crowns. See HELP MICRO or type MICRO on its own to see accurate current micropurchase options. (26th-Hindyear-1460 aDW)
- Maximum concurrent traps in a single one second round lowered from 40 (!) to at most 6. (25th-Hindyear-1460 aDW)
- GET <object> no longer creating a preference clash looking for named steeds (for instance) ahead of items that're actually within reach. (25th-Hindyear-1460 aDW)
- Fisticuffs PUSH and THRUSTKICK shifted position in the skill to place PUSH below THRUSTKICK and both at an aggregate lower level needed to use them e.g. Thrustkick at GM, Push at Master. (25th-Hindyear-1460 aDW)
- Scrumping batching the fallen fruit for easier manipulation. (21st-Hindyear-1460 aDW)
30th September:
- New items added into the crafting and haberdashery including a new wedding gown, skirt and socks. (1st-Hindyear-1460 aDW)
- Specialist, singular and advanced skills now show their levels in a way that'll let you know what to expect from the skill's content and how fast it'll develop/learn with lessons, etc. (21st-Ilmarael-1460 aDW)
- Full guildmembers knocking on guild doors draw out the tutor and get correct text explanation if tutor unavailable etc. (21st-Ilmarael-1460 aDW)
- Buying animals including mounts from shops and stalls should now properly migrate loyalty if the animal is property of the shop owner. (20th-Ilmarael-1460 aDW)
- Mallibett and PRESCIENCE showing the city or guild of items should now list correctly. (20th-Ilmarael-1460 aDW)
29th September:
- Returning rental trinkets can now be done using RETURN in the Old Curiosity Shop. See HELP RENTALS for info. (7th-Ilmarael-1460 aDW)
- Legion command posts are no longer content to endure idle passivity. (6th-Ilmarael-1460 aDW)
- Awnings can now be used for various porpoises like giving shops (and other locations) bespoke brief descriptions. Don't abuse this privilege or it will be short-lived. (6th-Ilmarael-1460 aDW)
- Crafted books should now come out with book function, potential for more pages (papyrus) added and able to write on the front/cover and interior pages, table of contents, etc. (1st-Ilmarael-1460 aDW)
- A few new prompt variables in PROMPT HELP including INS for showing the instrument you're currently/actively playing. (29th-Midsummer-1460 aDW)
- Be warned: the playing of the whistle (Music ability) can now be used to bring about the whistle's mesmeric power and this is no longer incorrectly broken each time the whistler moves. (29th-Midsummer-1460 aDW)
- Awning object added to Carpentry (Master) for shop naming and other useful stuff. (28th-Midsummer-1460 aDW)
- Bug in MINDBLEEDING task fixed, all novice and badge tasks confirmed to operational. (27th-Midsummer-1460 aDW)
- Tree trimming correctly using new types of shearing scissors/scythes. (23rd-Midsummer-1460 aDW)
- INTIMIDATE distinction between Riding (directed at steeds) and Chivalry (directed at anyone) now in play. (23rd-Midsummer-1460 aDW)
- AMBUSH with and withou being mounted and with or without using weapon - these strike attacks are now active once more. (23rd-Midsummer-1460 aDW)
- Entering the lair of the dragon of Sapience fixed re: its chapter task. (22nd-Midsummer-1460 aDW)
- Ent moot witness experience fixed up. (22nd-Midsummer-1460 aDW)
- No longer possible to pick up rowan trees. (22nd-Midsummer-1460 aDW)
- AUTOUSE no longer losing its active status. (22nd-Midsummer-1460 aDW)
28th September:
- Walkwater spiritualism effective again. (24th-Skyelong-1460 aDW)
- Puppets and mannequins and companions and other CCCs using the 'sleep' charm will use it more effectively as an issue was fixed. (24th-Skyelong-1460 aDW)
26th September:
- Be warned: slight adjustment to standings in the middling to hi-middling range. Will affect a few but it's mostly cosmetic and won't take long to return to the higher standing (if you've gone down one notch). (4th-Paglost-1460 aDW)
25th September:
- Herb and poison growth in and out of gardens now affected by winter/spring/summer seasons. (26th-Springflower-1460 aDW)
- It's no longer possible to plant herbs/poisons in frozen gardens or soil. This prevents a mistake from being made planting a seed that risks being killed by the winter cold. (12th-Springflower-1460 aDW)
24th September:
- Gardens made of fertile soil should now properly shift between new soil clods, on-the-ground soil clods, fertile gardenworthy soil and - at times - frozen soil/gardens during the winter. (5th-Springflower-1460 aDW)
- Minor issues resolved with Elementalism dragon-fire flow/river of flame and who it hits and what damage it does. (3rd-Springflower-1460 aDW)
- Getting items from containers and chests and backpacks should be progressing where it's not necessary to specify the number asnd you can use unique names you give to a thing e.g. a favoured weapon or pet. (3rd-Springflower-1460 aDW)
22nd September:
- Awakening and slumbering trees updated to properly use the Sylvan or Animism "awaken" ability, should also correctly handle taking loyalty from someone dormant to a new active forestfriend. (15th-Mournsend-1460 aDW)
- No longer possible to issue commands, cast spells, curse, bless, direct songs, dance up rituals - and so on - with zero mana IF the ability generally costs some mana to execute. (8th-Mournsend-1460 aDW)
- Mix-up FRUIT v APPLE or PLUM v FRUITS should now be resolved with each having its own object mother. FRUITS plural tends to refer to the commodity, else use the specific fruit type e.g. get apple, eat plum etc. (8th-Mournsend-1460 aDW)
- No longer possible to Farsight attack from certain 'special' locations like teleportation mists, vehicle interior, teleport object surfaces, etc. (8th-Mournsend-1460 aDW)
20th September:
- Icon and statue iconoclasm made less damaging to the weapon used. Icon iconoclasm now informs damage done, damage remaining, repair of weapon, etc. (29th-Midwinter-1460 aDW)
17th September:
- Crafted pets and animals now come out as female as well as male iterations. (18th-Leaflost-1459 aDW)
- Long standing issue with city fortifications - passing them, descriptions, directions - has been resolved. Won't be much noticed directly but this is a perversely important fix. (18th-Leaflost-1459 aDW)
- Necromancy acquisition now counts valid targets who're peers - and above peers - to advance the murderous lust tally. (17th-Leaflost-1459 aDW)
16th September:
- You can now wipe your own bugfile entries (if they've been fixed or you realise it wasn't a bug) and thus save us time / accelerate pace of fixes and updates using BC <bug#> NOT - this removes the bug entry from your list, renumbering your entries accordingly. (22nd-Hindyear-1459 aDW)
- Entering bugs should now show you bug numbers relative to your own entries and BC/NOBC for setting bug categories now uses those numbers. This should mean when other people's bugs get deleted, for instance, it doesn't affect your numbers. And your numbers will be less random, easier to refer to, etc. (21st-Hindyear-1459 aDW)
15th September:
- Errant clamping shouldn't crop up when there's no primed clamp to be clamping. (25th-Ilmarael-1459 aDW)
- Clock and Watch separated as object types - watches the small craftable items, clocks the larger less moveable. (25th-Ilmarael-1459 aDW)
- CITIZEN and UNCITIZEN command privileges now taking into account justice ministry and city noble rank. (17th-Ilmarael-1459 aDW)
- Moving between guilds in the same profession while skill levels are high, these are now fully retained in the sideways move - including inherited, specialist and special taught skills. (17th-Ilmarael-1459 aDW)
14th September:
- Certain emotes being unreasonably blocked by anti-spam measures should now be usable per normal again e.g. ADMIRE, GRUMBLE. (30th-Midsummer-1459 aDW)
- Guards escorting/ejecting from restricted areas e.g. when trespassing into buildings without privileges -- this now covers ground, sky and water locations, with appropriate descriptions and ejection points. (30th-Midsummer-1459 aDW)
- Changing profession when the guild skills are sacrificed and parsed into the general and crafting skills (so as not to have wasted the lessons): this can now boost the general/crafting skills all the way to Crowned-Ultimate if applicable. Previously Ultimate was the maximum possible boost, beyond which the guildskill lessons would be simply discarded. (29th-Midsummer-1459 aDW)
- Parsing guild skills sacrificed for profession change now rolls the lessons into the general AND crafting skills - with a penalty so it's not 100% boosts to generals/crafting skills (i.e. taking the sting out of guild hopping). (29th-Midsummer-1459 aDW)
- Profession change - novice guild changing - guild migrations: fixes to these transitions so they don't mess with general skills and only impact appropriate guild/profession skills (not including taught Herbs/Poisons for instance). Crafting skills also made safe from profession changes. (29th-Midsummer-1459 aDW)
- Armour form "demon warrior" replaced by "warrior maniac" to prevent annoying clash with demons. Demonic Warrior is still available since this form can be referred to using "demonic" which isn't a clash. (29th-Midsummer-1459 aDW)
- BLADE updated to SCYTHE in the Industry skill and for crafting. Branding iron also in Industry as BRANDING ability. (29th-Midsummer-1459 aDW)
- ZOOM CROSS for those convinced it should by default lead to the Stone Cross: it now does! (29th-Midsummer-1459 aDW)
- Riding for the various specialist steeds per AB RIDING now matches up the skill level / AB RIDING <type of mount> progression rather than getting some Riding abilities to ride a mount type and then finding it isn't actually possible until the next skill level. (29th-Midsummer-1459 aDW)
- Certain conditions where log out by disconnection/netsplit would lead to next logon appearing in strange exotic locations: this should be mostly resolved now. (29th-Midsummer-1459 aDW)
13th September:
- STEADYPARRY now functional in conditions it was previously failing to execute. (14th-Midsummer-1459 aDW)
- Update AB LABOURS ESSENCES with some useful pointers about method and about handling essences commodity. (13th-Midsummer-1459 aDW)
12th September:
- PEERS now takes into account skillworth as well as fighterworth when evaluating full peers and near peers. (16th-Skyelong-1459 aDW)
- NPC freeze-up when they're handling runes, under certain circumstances, will be fixed now. (3rd-Skyelong-1459 aDW)
11th September:
- New citizen status added to SCORE and STAT - set for new graduates but also new admissions to the city from forein places. (26th-Paglost-1459 aDW)
7th September:
- Disabled LONGNIGHTOUT in Geographer badge, to be moved to middling chapters soon (you can still do the quest itself) (4th-Mournsend-1459 aDW)
- Lowered Marble in Labours to Respected+0% (4th-Mournsend-1459 aDW)
4th September:
- Fixed missing phoroz in novice chests. (31st-Agamnion-1458 aDW)
3rd September:
- Changed the flow of the first novice chapter and removed icons and favours from the Olympus badge. (26th-Leaflost-1458 aDW)
30th August:
- Disabled GBSNULL, NONHUMAN, MENTORED, and ENEMYCITY in the LW badges. (20th-Midsummer-1458 aDW)
27th August:
- Complete character imprints, in case of emergency restorations. (5th-Paglost-1458 aDW)
25th August:
- Removed some of the most difficult LW and badge tasks to make for smoother progress through novicehood. (6th-Springflower-1458 aDW)
21st August:
- Knife and fork and other tools that are potential weapons but not traditionally forged can now be made using the appropriate crafting skill e.g. Industry for "knife" object type. (29th-Midwinter-1458 aDW)
18th August:
- Dancing rituals no longer incorrectly sets loyalty of the DANCE'd ritual - single or multi mage rituals will now show up with the right creator. (1st-Leaflost-1457 aDW)
15th August:
- LW / MW status updates so standing reflects multiple months of gametime as well as skillworth. (8th-Ilmarael-1457 aDW)
12th August:
- Geese and goslings now feature in Avalon. (20th-Paglost-1457 aDW)
9th August:
- NPC improvement now includes advice you should give with each victory using the ADVISE command. The NPC will request advice when it is appropriate. You then ADVISE <text> where the text is a suggestion for improvement, pointing out a weakness, a missed defence, whatever. Keep it simple, keep it on point. The NPC can then improve over time. (6th-Cloudburst-1457 aDW)
8th August:
- HELP GLOBESTAVE updated to shorten and simplify, useful info only, and referring to other helpfiles associated only. (11th-Mournsend-1457 aDW)
7th August:
- Defence abilities AUTODOORS and AUTOLOCKS are active. Locking doors behind you has been added to both. (17th-Eleuthral-1457 aDW)
4th August:
- Falling from the sky correctly logs the experiences relating to falling out of the sky and bestows the elemental experience according to the height of the fall and what you fall against (earth or water). (6th-Agamnion-1456 aDW)
- ZOOM will track through hidden exits for novices. (28th-Leaflost-1456 aDW)
3rd August:
- Accompanying a youngster going up levels for experience or profession honours now registers for new players/LWs still in their first few days. It was previously not counting them for companionship bonuses. (15th-Leaflost-1456 aDW)
1st August:
- Idle lesson gain for end-phase of a subscription of seconds restored so the idle gain means lessons tot up as expected. (30th-Ilmarael-1456 aDW)
25th July:
- WEBSITE: fixed failed certificate on avalonrealtime.com. (29th-Mournsend-1456 aDW)
17th July:
- NPCs of all types should be back in play including Ferdinand, Juno, Yossarian, Orr. If their attention wavers, issue a challenge or type CHALLENGES to confirm there's a challenge underway. (3rd-Hindyear-1455 aDW)
- Animists Guild apprentices (i.e. not yet Druid profession) no longer forced to do deadly-force experiences like killing enlistables. (2nd-Hindyear-1455 aDW)
- Forging - when pounding (to improve) pieces of armour, the continued pounding after ingot has been shaped will now report/carry out correctly the increase in stats. (2nd-Hindyear-1455 aDW)
- Contents of containers like buckets and tankards should now show correctly when examined or using CONTAINERS command - consistent 'half full' or 'almost full' etc. (14th-Ilmarael-1455 aDW)
- Oakwood's End has been given an update to its name. It is now Oakwood End. (13th-Ilmarael-1455 aDW)
- Zooming no longer bypasses hidden exits. These must be taken manually. Novices are exempt from this. (13th-Ilmarael-1455 aDW)
- Dozens of small fixes across help files and verbose descriptions. (13th-Ilmarael-1455 aDW)
16th July:
- Disabled an evil ANSI command that caused game engine to crash. (27th-Midsummer-1455 aDW)
13th July:
- resurrected @AvalonOnlineRPG (https://twitter.com/AvalonOnlineRPG) and its subsidiary accounts @avalonupdates, @avalon_shouts, @avalon_society, @mercinae, @thakria, @parrius_city. Tweets and community tools to come. (22nd-Paglost-1455 aDW)
8th July:
- Fixed issue with guilds denying entry to novices due to inactive guildmaster. (5th-Eleuthral-1455 aDW)
3rd July:
- Blastdoor no longer erodes super-reinforced-strong doors. (9th-Hindyear-1454 aDW)
- No longer necessary for pacifists to do the bribe enlistable experiences. Those remaining - consider the non-violent way to complete first of all, before concluding an experience is unsuitable as it requires combat. (9th-Hindyear-1454 aDW)
26th June:
- NPC fleeing endlessly issue is resolved. (15th-Cloudburst-1454 aDW)
22nd June:
- GLOVES able to be crafted (Industry skill) as well as GAUNTLETS. Various new crafted items added across all crafting skills, many with special benefits. (19th-Midwinter-1454 aDW)
- Gloves and gauntlets separated so these are now two distinct object types rather than synonyms. Gauntlets are armour plated combat gloves. Mittens are still mittens. (19th-Midwinter-1454 aDW)
21st June:
- Mavern gambling now in play for all-comers but he is a slippery fellow and likes to vary his drinking den. And he knows many of the land's taverns. (30th-Agamnion-1453 aDW)
- Struggling against clamps and snare traps should now work properly rather than saying you're not bound. Struggling against traps is lower priority than struggling against being bound, frozen, hypnotized, dazzled, etc. (20th-Agamnion-1453 aDW)
- No longer are alias content included in certain emotes and/or some emotes and transformation texts interlarded with bogus words e.g. on colour change boundaries. (20th-Agamnion-1453 aDW)
19th June:
- Sleep charm strips insomnia and adrenalin one at a time, not both together in a single hit. (15th-Leaflost-1453 aDW)
- Health notifications returned to everyone including those not on Umbra or special client connection, when you're hit / when you heal etc. (13th-Leaflost-1453 aDW)
- Signs can now be created using Carpentry and writing on newly created signs shows up permanently the text in location and when the sign is examined. FIX SIGN should also be usable to stick a sign in place. (3rd-Leaflost-1453 aDW)
- TETHER should now give correct messages and refer to the return/reset point when you do it, for those CCCs set to keep returning automatically to that reset location. (29th-Hindyear-1453 aDW)
- Anvil rune prevents tendrils / vortex from sweeping items away. (28th-Hindyear-1453 aDW)
18th June:
- Ordering CCCs to heal will automatically order the CCC to sleep if they don't have charming. (16th-Hindyear-1453 aDW)
- POWER now does rickets and superstrength again, and heals broken legs (even if just one is broken). (16th-Hindyear-1453 aDW)
17th June:
- NPCs will strike even at low levels - though it's recommended unless you're an absolute beginner, use levels 5 and above for a decent challenge. (24th-Ilmarael-1453 aDW)
- Signs showing full text in locations even when there are multiple signs in the LOOK description. (19th-Ilmarael-1453 aDW)
16th June:
- diagnosis to reveal immolated state. (26th-Midsummer-1453 aDW)
- Various experiences that weren't working for protected folks like EARTHUNDER are now lenient for those who're playing protected. (10th-Midsummer-1453 aDW)
- SALEVALUE on an individual item now works, pinpointing the item but not moving onto another of the same type if you are specific. (10th-Midsummer-1453 aDW)
- SALEVALUE ALL now works specifying item AND item number as template, to do all of that type. (10th-Midsummer-1453 aDW)
13th June:
- Gates and portals leaving locations with girdling (into which you can't easily go) no longer stop leaving through gates/portals once inside the girdled locations. (24th-Paglost-1453 aDW)
- It's now possible to refer to your weapons or steeds (or anything you 'name') using the chosen name as well as the object/CCC type + number, e.g. NAME ROBIN1234 REDBEAK - GET ROBIN1234 - DROP REDBEAK - PAT REDBEAK - GET REDBEAK ... all will refer to the same robin. (14th-Paglost-1453 aDW)
12th June:
- Gardening: rose and spice varities - both should be back in play now, seeding, growing over the passing months, weeding, watering and finally gardening (harvesting) to reap the fruits of your labour. (18th-Springflower-1453 aDW)
- Tending meadows - grassland meadows - should be in play again now with reduced grass-seed required (reduced by 80% how many seeds it needs). (17th-Springflower-1453 aDW)
11th June:
- Slinking around restored to usefulness with some extra slinky stealthiness. (29th-Cloudburst-1453 aDW)
- REBUFF back in the mix for use against pesky invader/intruder protected or bloodlust protected. (29th-Cloudburst-1453 aDW)
- LOAD - for loading up wagons, mangers, troughs, fuelled objects - this should now be more syntax flexible and work where intended per HELP LOADING. Ditto unloading. (15th-Cloudburst-1453 aDW)
10th June:
- Entering the land, the alert who is in your guild active The XXXX Guild welcomes you! now shows correct guildrank + location of compatriot. (8th-Cloudburst-1453 aDW)
- Merging in gardens and treetops should no longer be blocked for insufficient undergrowth/treefoliage. (7th-Cloudburst-1453 aDW)
- Ornithology bodies and a smattering other abilities acting like there wasn't enough water in river locations full of water: this should be resolved now. (7th-Cloudburst-1453 aDW)
- Pinning up letters, the letter should no longer soon be delivered back to you. It remains where pinned. (7th-Cloudburst-1453 aDW)
7th June:
- UNIMPROVE and IMPROVE and STRENGTHEN rationalised across the Thievery, Burglary, Runes, Weaponry and Forging "lockworking"/"locks" abilities. (15th-Midwinter-1453 aDW)
5th June:
- Emote gag delay reduced to under 2 seconds. (1st-Agamnion-1452 aDW)
- Many young animal types will now age to adulthood or their proper age. Be warned. Some may come to an end of their lives if they happen to be decades older than the maximum for the animal variety. (23rd-Leaflost-1452 aDW)
- Combat/aggression should be consistent with LUSTS - those who show safe from you, you should be safe from too. Challenges, duels, fighting on choices and conditions like arena: these bypass any bloodlust/mismatch protections. (21st-Leaflost-1452 aDW)
- Combat/aggressive acts between LW and non-LW (outside of duel/challenge/fighting-on) restricted to protect both sides. Report loopholes and exploits. (21st-Leaflost-1452 aDW)
4th June:
- No longer possible to spam emotes (of any kind) and instead overloading your character on self-expression will cause them to come out delayed, to spare other players possible overload of spurious text. (11th-Leaflost-1452 aDW)
2nd June:
- No longer possible to use certain emotes over long distance - same location only. (25th-Ilmarael-1452 aDW)
30th May:
- BELTS now shows up runebelts for those with the appropriate Itemlore abilities. (20th-Skyelong-1452 aDW)
- PROMPT MELEE for those with case round, to add the length of your melee/physical rounds to every prompt. (6th-Skyelong-1452 aDW)
29th May:
- League ranks for gauntlet completions have been reset except for top (fastest) completions for individual and various group sizes and most recent completions. See GAUNTLETS to show the times to beat. (21st-Paglost-1452 aDW)
- MONKS - DWARVES - ORCS and GAUNTLETS now shows league of recent (and fastest) completions as well as current progress / how many left / how many dead. GAUNTLETS on its own shows all three results leagues. (21st-Paglost-1452 aDW)
- NOTE there are a few updated deeds, where content is made more clear or better fit for porpoise. (18th-Paglost-1452 aDW)
- Dead bodies only encumber if they are particularly large or named CCCs; or by regular weight like any heavy object would. (14th-Paglost-1452 aDW)
- Gauntlet / CCC bashing picking up dead bodies no longer prevented by other enemy/living CCCs nearby e.g. non-gauntlet orcs blocking the collection of gauntlet orcs. (14th-Paglost-1452 aDW)
27th May:
- Herbs and poisons grow in gardens on cottages and houses (if appropriate type). Growth much increased by using fertile soil gardens. (2nd-Springflower-1452 aDW)
- SALARIES now paid to deputies as well as main ministers, salary for minister same as salary for deputy. (23rd-Cloudburst-1452 aDW)
- SALARIES updated to include justice aides (justices), trade ministry aides (traders) and public relations ministry aides (guides). (23rd-Cloudburst-1452 aDW)
26th May:
- Order rank - especially priesthood - now shown in SKILLS / AB PRIESTHOOD with privileges and powers listed so you can find out how to use powers, same as you do with abilities in skills. (10th-Cloudburst-1452 aDW)
- High priests and priests (with appropriate privs) now have access to TOPS again. (8th-Cloudburst-1452 aDW)
25th May:
- Informational update to HELP POLICY. Requests to delete or query personal information may be addressed to privacy@avalon-rpg.com, in conformance with GDPR. No re-confirmation of consent to email or acceptance of privacy policy required at this point. (27th-Eleuthral-1452 aDW)
24th May:
- Ore and state of repair now taken into account on weapons in a better way, making for a bigger range of weapon stats e.g. maximum offensive / defensive / hitpower above 255/Grand-Master bonus. (16th-Eleuthral-1452 aDW)
- FORGING and WEAPONRY are now integrated into the crafting/fashioning system for making objects - flexible commodity components, control over the end-result stats, ways to overmax the stats, etc. More types of weapons and armour also in place. Those with "masterforge" should look at FORGING command and make merry. (15th-Eleuthral-1452 aDW)
23rd May:
- Charm+talisman defence versus poltergeist and other unseen forms active. Treasure chamber innate protections against intrusion active - including the ways to successfully intrude. (25th-Midwinter-1452 aDW)
22nd May:
- No need to swim when mounted on a flying steed and passing over water. (31st-Agamnion-1451 aDW)
- Putting runes on certain CCCs no longer prevented as if it were a legion. (31st-Agamnion-1451 aDW)
- BECKONing now enabled again after the 18 hour hiatus. (21st-Agamnion-1451 aDW)
21st May:
- Forest affinity now directly boosts Animism and Sylvanlore. Lessons can be taken in either, for the Ranger and Druid profession. New abilities can require affinity rank or actual skill level or a combination of both. (3rd-Agamnion-1451 aDW)
- Occasions of gaining new experience level and not receiving the lessons for 'untrodden levels of experience' resolved. (2nd-Agamnion-1451 aDW)
- Various attack commands without proper balance check or unbalancing after now brought into line with check+unbalance. (30th-Leaflost-1451 aDW)
- Spiritual defences that should be neutralised by attack will now neutralise. (30th-Leaflost-1451 aDW)
- Experience level overgain from things like standing stones and companionship will have resulted in some people being adjusted in experience level - usually downward - to the level they ought to have been at, with the proper xp gain in place. (25th-Leaflost-1451 aDW)
20th May:
- Forced calling on channels no longer possible e.g. possession demon or mystic will or shirolos ordering someone to say something on the public channels. (9th-Leaflost-1451 aDW)
- Stamping / chasing no longer turns on whether or not ENEMY status has been declared but FRIEND level 5 or above is an invitation and allows some 'seeing through' shroud / misleading / scentmark location concealers. (5th-Leaflost-1451 aDW)
- LOCATE charm fixed up to show target location not the caster's location! (4th-Leaflost-1451 aDW)
19th May:
- Traps should no longer hit through death-sheen or alkar of rebirth. (9th-Hindyear-1451 aDW)
18th May:
- Warding / sphere runes / poltergeist warding / stockroom and storeroom and interior barracks: all effects on ghost and ethereal forms have been activated again. (1st-Hindyear-1451 aDW)
- MORE prompt should be working properly on ACTIONS / LOGS / HELP / paged content of various kinds. Report anomalies or files that're not handled by this updated MORE/LESS system. (27th-Ilmarael-1451 aDW)
- Now possible to clear out trade, treasury and state logs - Chancellor and Deputy Chancellor privs - using CHC LOG <log> CLEAR. (27th-Ilmarael-1451 aDW)
- Sphere runes / standard shop and treasure room protections ward intrusion of ghost/mist forms. (18th-Ilmarael-1451 aDW)
17th May:
- Shroud, shadows, mark anonymity (misleading) concealing location is broken by attacking AND causing damage to a target, close enough to perceive. (4th-Ilmarael-1451 aDW)
- POTIONLIST should show potion types for everyone with AB ITEMLORE POTIONLIST ability. (2nd-Ilmarael-1451 aDW)
- Line/underline codes for those with colour (ansi) switched off should no longer bleed into your text. (2nd-Ilmarael-1451 aDW)
15th May:
- MEDITATE works again for ethereal, misty, dispersed, non-corporeal forms. (7th-Skyelong-1451 aDW)
14th May:
- Beware the Loremasters with their opalescent spectrum: a dozen plus fixed or finished abilities that'll be back in play. Take care. (21st-Paglost-1451 aDW)
- Archery - shooting arrows with bows - no longer available to all regardless of skill. It is covered by Forestry, Thievery and Weaponry. (20th-Paglost-1451 aDW)
- Cursed items can't be simply WIELD/UNWIELD replaced by non-cursed items, empowering the effectiveness of the curse. (8th-Paglost-1451 aDW)
- Swimming no longer works between two non-water locations. (8th-Paglost-1451 aDW)
- GUILDACTIVITY and ACTIVITY commands now paged at 50 to 100 lines (can be set by you) with MORE option to continue as well as the old by-line-number continuation commands. (8th-Paglost-1451 aDW)
- GET/PUT X GOLD IN PACK/SACK should work again rather than looking for gold ore or gold nuggets, though to be certain about what you're doing it's better to refer to gold coins as: GC, GOLDCOINS, GOLD-COINS, COINS. (7th-Paglost-1451 aDW)
12th May:
- Be mindful of the shadows and the light and the dark, for these are the domain of the burglar and the assassin once again. (29th-Cloudburst-1451 aDW)
- EL DRAGON updated to include "dragonclaws" potential re: AB ELEMENTALISM DRAGONCLAWS (for those who have it). (27th-Cloudburst-1451 aDW)
- Updated HELP TRINKETS with latest additions and removals. (23rd-Cloudburst-1451 aDW)
- Cheating by using UNTEACH without equilibrium, while protected, no longer possible. (18th-Cloudburst-1451 aDW)
11th May:
- Items that previously may not have fallen from the sky but should have tumbled to the ground will now tumble to the ground. (30th-Mournsend-1451 aDW)
- Lighting the blackened firewood (wood455) from Thaumacie can now be done at Warm Cave and by the Back Door to cause the explosion that opens the back door of goblin town. (25th-Mournsend-1451 aDW)
10th May:
- Trinket update: fireflies1114 no longer has a monthly rental; all jars and fireflies are purchased permanently. (4th-Mournsend-1451 aDW)
- Only NPCs set as tutors (those in guildhouses and Ferdinand) will respond to READY telling them which level to fight at. Juno and the non-guildsupport NPCs will fight according to their own predispositions and settings hence. (3rd-Mournsend-1451 aDW)
9th May:
- BLOWPIPE is now a distinct object from PIPE, to avoid confusion. (9th-Eleuthral-1451 aDW)
- PLACE DOOR <direction> (like CONSTRUCT DOOR <direction>) should now work in a stack of places it was previously incorrectly disallowing the door to be set in place. (6th-Eleuthral-1451 aDW)
8th May:
- Changed lol acronym to "laugh", allowing the emote to be used again. (23rd-Midwinter-1451 aDW)
- MINTING is live for testing: AB LABOURS MINTING. Minting gold coins from ore, ingot, nuggets panned, etc. Can be done in groups to finish faster but individuals can strike coins competently too. (21st-Midwinter-1451 aDW)
- TD/TRUEDISCERN misbehaviour should now be fixed re: name/word corruptions. (19th-Midwinter-1451 aDW)
7th May:
- WHO no longer showing (revealing) the standing of the player - use STANDINGS for that info - WHO will show player state e.g. in the BB or marked aura or idle. (30th-Agamnion-1450 aDW)
- WHO/QW will show avatar/armourform rather than reveal regular name of player. (30th-Agamnion-1450 aDW)
- WHO/QW no longer repeating the location of the person under certain circumstances. (30th-Agamnion-1450 aDW)
- STANDINGS no longer reveals avatar or armourform identity so readily. (30th-Agamnion-1450 aDW)
- Avatar names and armourforms can be used in ISSUE CHALLENGE and other such distance commands - either avatar OR armour OR realname (for challenges). (30th-Agamnion-1450 aDW)
- Riding ability VAULT now matches AB RIDING VAULT - use of VAULT command. (26th-Agamnion-1450 aDW)
- Mar / ugliness affliction causing vomiting and loss of equilibrium as appropriate. (25th-Agamnion-1450 aDW)
- Added AB INDUSTRY FURNACES, at Poor skill rank. (20th-Agamnion-1450 aDW)
- Updated AB LABOURS MINTING with a fresh and fun description. (18th-Agamnion-1450 aDW)
6th May:
- Going DOWN automatically uses trenches or downward tunnels if one exists in your location (and there's no standard down exit). (2nd-Agamnion-1450 aDW)
5th May:
- No more mists coalescing around items in netherworld and nullifying them when the items are held in active inventory. (7th-Leaflost-1450 aDW)
- added HELP CREDITED, which supersedes sponsorship, and removed HELP SPONSORSHIP from the help index. (5th-Leaflost-1450 aDW)
- TOUCH command no longer unexpectedly breaking malloran or breaking protection when used. (1st-Leaflost-1450 aDW)
- EXILE <person> is now available for Prince, PM, Cardinal and selected Ministers/Barons. (1st-Leaflost-1450 aDW)
4th May:
- BB posts and content now automatically update on the Avalon website also including automated posts like election results, year summaries, patron choices, guild and citizenship in/outs. (5th-Hindyear-1450 aDW)
3rd May:
- Storms, rain of elixirs and hail of runes now potentially hit anyone under the region of the skies - so long as they're outside - though priority is given to targets in the DESCENT spot. (23rd-Ilmarael-1450 aDW)
- Raistorms and thunderstorms and lightning bolts and elixir-vapour rain and hail of runes are all now active once again and in play. (22nd-Ilmarael-1450 aDW)
- Scholarship ACTIVATE now properly checks/uses equilibrium so can't be spammed. (21st-Ilmarael-1450 aDW)
- Numbness knocks out special sensory states as well as blinding and deafening but does not effect ghosts, ethereal forms, novices and suitably advanced Knights. (21st-Ilmarael-1450 aDW)
- Telamon and the ritual of light: giving over the yarriol stave (staff48) and the silver amulet set with a crystal (amulet45) now less fussy and subsequently greeting Telamon correctly asks for these artifacts or, when he says wait for the night, that'll be when the light ritual commences. (17th-Ilmarael-1450 aDW)
- NOTE about bloodlust: the auto-reduction in bloodlust every day remains in place but it will only take bloodlust down to just below 10. To purge it entirely you need to be pro-active, either penance, body bathing ship riders or eventual death. (1st-Ilmarael-1450 aDW)
- HELP ACQUIRE and ACQUIRE command for receiving specialist skills once the minimum requirements are met - though this will vary from profession to profession. (1st-Ilmarael-1450 aDW)
2nd May:
- Fatalism/Seer curses now work into adjacent locations so be warned! (10th-Midsummer-1450 aDW)
1st May:
- Health for babies and CCC children fixed up. (4th-Midsummer-1450 aDW)
- Duties and experiences for ploughing, sowing seed and harvesting fields now cover all crop types - not just hemp. (3rd-Midsummer-1450 aDW)
- No longer possible to ZOOM to run fast and direct to an enemy. It works for friends and fellows only. (2nd-Midsummer-1450 aDW)
- Shroud nuked by being ghosted. (2nd-Midsummer-1450 aDW)
- Problems resolved with IMPROVE / STRENGTHEN / UNIMPROVE / WORK (keys) with doors and locks. (2nd-Midsummer-1450 aDW)
- Fixed Flasks in Survival showing incorrectly (was moved to Crowned Itemlore) (26th-Skyelong-1450 aDW)
- Various Skymastery, Alchemy and Opalescence updates - additions - consolidations - check your AB <skill> <ability> and profession updates for details.
30th April:
- Juno and other NPCs will now parse thoughts (i.e. react) at proper NPC speed - according to their NPC level. Watch out for this! (5th-Skyelong-1450 aDW)
- HELP NPCLEVEL and HELP TRAINER brought up to date and trimmed of unnecessary content. (5th-Skyelong-1450 aDW)
- HELP NPC updated to cover current NPCs and their skill/npc levels, individual NPC types etc. Trimmed to be a single page of info. (5th-Skyelong-1450 aDW)
- Protection breaking commands no longer need to be done then instantly repeated. There's an 8 second window for re-issue before the game will assume you want to keep protected. (26th-Paglost-1450 aDW)
- CCC health is going through a levelling out so as to be consistent with player health levels. Monks are being used as frontline for this. So you will find Kenkria's monks health (and indeed attack/defence/round) comparable to player numbers e.g. CASE ROUND etc. (25th-Paglost-1450 aDW)
29th April:
- COMPLETE APPRENTICESHIP for those who've passed the minimum initiate requirements is now back in play with explanations why it fails (if it does). (5th-Paglost-1450 aDW)
27th April:
- TODO available to all - seniors and juniors alike - to show at a glance all badge / honour / masterclass experiences needing to be completed. (29th-Cloudburst-1450 aDW)
- CANTER and SPUR STEED and panicked steeds now move around their rider - as the mount moves - including cantering more than one location with consistent effects on steed and rider location to location. (29th-Cloudburst-1450 aDW)
- BF IN/OUT identifying current battleisle village choice - and synonym BATTLEISLE IN and BATTLEISLE OUT brought into line with the BF syntax. (27th-Cloudburst-1450 aDW)
- Portal to and from "eastlands" and "highlands" locations no longer divinely restricted. (27th-Cloudburst-1450 aDW)
- Not possible to use vampirism or many of the vampire slave powers against a target at the pool of life. (27th-Cloudburst-1450 aDW)
- Updated AB ALCHEMY FREEZING / AB CHARMING FREEZING to cover precisely the "freezing" charm and how it is defended/overcome. (17th-Cloudburst-1450 aDW)
- Attacks versus CCCs no longer blocked if the owner/master is an aura - regardless of protections that'd exist if the owner was in Avalon active. (17th-Cloudburst-1450 aDW)
- Quarrel runes and other direct CCC strikes no longer blocked by lustworthy attentions (bloodlust/restricted player) when the target is an aura or the 'player' summoner is absent. (17th-Cloudburst-1450 aDW)
26th April:
- RETRIEVE no longer retrieving CCCs or non-weapons/armour for those using Chivalry+undirected RETRIEVE. (29th-Mournsend-1450 aDW)
- New preset variables: none and none. (29th-Mournsend-1450 aDW)
- Facebook: updated graphical assets. (24th-Mournsend-1450 aDW)
- CONCENTRATION no longer takes 200 mana per use. Concentration/megillos/outp megillos gives a more useful response when nothing needs healing and mana is full. (21st-Mournsend-1450 aDW)
- SUSTAIN MYSELF updated from 4 to 15 seconds. (20th-Mournsend-1450 aDW)
- Post guiding protection when with a young player no longer just lasts one second. (20th-Mournsend-1450 aDW)
25th April:
- Draining locations (e.g. LS DRAIN, EVOKE DRAIN) no longer kill bonded spiritual/candescent defences but the first hit erodes the bond - and when the bond is gone, then the defence becomes vulnerable. (27th-Eleuthral-1450 aDW)
24th April:
- LWs choosing to be protected versus seniors can no longer hit and not be hit back and can't wallop the poor senior's steeds/entourage of CCCs without the senior being able to strike back. (13th-Eleuthral-1450 aDW)
- Puppets, companions and mannequins when casting Charming no longer bypass pentacle, alkar, protection. (13th-Eleuthral-1450 aDW)
- Temporary loss of Fisticuffs (or top listed skill) in SKILLS when using certain shapeforms and certain abilities/conditions has been resolved. (10th-Eleuthral-1450 aDW)
- Trap monitoring now looks also in inventory and laid on items you're holding. (6th-Eleuthral-1450 aDW)
23rd April:
- Dead bodies now show whose corpse it is and whether it's aflame or not. (21st-Midwinter-1450 aDW)
- Dwarf form no longer multiplies mine yield to unbalanced amounts. (19th-Midwinter-1450 aDW)
- Using + for a blank line in BB posts now works. (19th-Midwinter-1450 aDW)
- Earthquake ritual also prevents mounting steeds when it is activated/has dismounted a victim/is targetted in a particular location. (19th-Midwinter-1450 aDW)
- Earthquake ritual now hits the mounted and unmounted target alike, but the mounted target is first thrown off his/her steed and then trapped in the pit on second iteration. Flying and flying steeds evade the earthquake ritual as does levitation in OUTDOOR locations. (18th-Midwinter-1450 aDW)
22nd April:
- NPCs given a once-over to spread their citizenship and professions a little, so they can be used (WHEN APPROPRIATE) for training and/or support and/or specific quests+events. (25th-Agamnion-1449 aDW)
- Skill usage by the various shapeforms has been updated. Report directly anything that doesn't work right, any abilities you should have and don't or ones you have gotten and shouldn't have! (22nd-Agamnion-1449 aDW)
- Alkar of rebirth based on activity not including communications, rather than communication not including actions as it had been. (22nd-Agamnion-1449 aDW)
- No longer possible to CLAIM inappropriate quest items. (21st-Agamnion-1449 aDW)
- CCCs following other CCCs fixed -- wide ramifications on all pets, minions, demons, puppets, companions, rogues, foragers, etc. (21st-Agamnion-1449 aDW)
- Chancellory (trade, treasury, state) logs trimmed of reams of unnecessary content but also brought into line with the MORE/LESS page-break on displaying long text files. (17th-Agamnion-1449 aDW)
21st April:
- Homonculus and other chained CCC seeking is now functional - entourages drawn along with the leader. (7th-Agamnion-1449 aDW)
- TRUEDISCERN/TD now gives a nice map instead of just the name of the adjacent brief descriptions. (5th-Agamnion-1449 aDW)
- Allhealing potion tells onlookers what affliction is healed. (4th-Agamnion-1449 aDW)
- Chapter/badge reminders now include suggested other badges to try and/or SWITCH options if stuck on a legend chapter to consider masterclass or honours. (27th-Leaflost-1449 aDW)
- Occasional clash of location names in CONSTRUCT resolved. (22nd-Leaflost-1449 aDW)
- Constructing new buildings with doors no longer inherit old keys, so new lock means fresh keys needed. (22nd-Leaflost-1449 aDW)
- Demolishing buildings destroys doors properly and blanks keys associated. (22nd-Leaflost-1449 aDW)
- Building construction from city streets no longer restricted to no-adjacent-exits. (21st-Leaflost-1449 aDW)
20th April:
- Globe power ARTIFACTS that sends off a gnome now works fast and reliably (unless the target item is outside the realm entirely). (10th-Leaflost-1449 aDW)
- UPCATCHING prevents other upbound movement like tree climbing (as opposed to swinging/yodelling). (10th-Leaflost-1449 aDW)
- No issuing challenge to and from the pool of life (and equivalent safe/resurrection points). (10th-Leaflost-1449 aDW)
- ISSUE CHALLENGE can now be done by anyone to anyone else, without requiring FIGHTING ON, so as to allow folks to fight freely without bloodlust or standing restrictions etc. (10th-Leaflost-1449 aDW)
- CHESSMOVE - moving chessboard rituals - should now also be able to move into 'other area' locations if there's a match on your Air or Earth root networks. (2nd-Leaflost-1449 aDW)
19th April:
- No more truncation on DEEDS / DEED LIST. (18th-Hindyear-1449 aDW)
- ORDERing ENTOURAGE versus nicknames, armourforms, masques should now work OK. (5th-Hindyear-1449 aDW)
- LW v LW interplay not blocked by anti-trolling / forbidden violence and belligerent acts. FIGHTING ON otherwise needed to bypass these restrictions. (5th-Hindyear-1449 aDW)
- Burning / immolation burns away ichor. (5th-Hindyear-1449 aDW)
- Legions battling cut away peace ritual and certain other fight-restricting locationwide effects. (4th-Hindyear-1449 aDW)
- No longer possible to LS SUMMON enlistables/legions en masse. (4th-Hindyear-1449 aDW)
- Don't forget to BC <bug#> <skill> whenever it's associated with a particular skill - so we know what bugs exist against which skill, so when a particular skill is being fixed up, it's less likely to slip through the net. (4th-Hindyear-1449 aDW)
- Vampiresong no longer goes through alkar of rebirth / shipaura. (4th-Hindyear-1449 aDW)
- Hypnotised/dazzled no longer affects mist / light-form / ghosts / other non-corporeal forms. (4th-Hindyear-1449 aDW)
18th April:
- BADGES / BADGES MYSELF now shows the person with the badges the remaining experiences in each incomplete badge - as opposed to REMEMBER which'll just show current badge (if any). (22nd-Ilmarael-1449 aDW)
17th April:
- Balloons no longer explode in the faces of the protected / aura of resurrection / alkar of rebirth. (16th-Midsummer-1449 aDW)
15th April:
- Folks, please categorise your bugs using BC <bug#> <category> so we can deal with issues en masse. See HELP BUGS and type CATS to see active categories. You can select your top-rated bug with BC <bug#> TOP and make sure we know about urgent ones using BC <bug#> SERIOUS. Use judiciously. Type BUGS to see the bugs you've filed and their numbers. (10th-Skyelong-1449 aDW)
14th April:
- WATCH no longer possible unless there's a shared guild and/or shared city and sufficient rank; and target is young enough to merit the close attention. (10th-Paglost-1449 aDW)
- VALE: fixed issue with upgrade bringing Rising Vale to the ground. (9th-Paglost-1449 aDW)
- SWITCH now switches between legend, badge, masterclass and honour chapters. Not just legend and badges. (8th-Paglost-1449 aDW)
- GBS NULLIFICATION <direction> now works as well as the targeting of a specific adjacent globestave. (8th-Paglost-1449 aDW)
- UMBRA: fixed issue with communications causing all Umbra connections to crash. (8th-Paglost-1449 aDW)
- Sealing letters and parcels now possible. (6th-Paglost-1449 aDW)
- Examining letters now shows you their contents (if any). (6th-Paglost-1449 aDW)
- Postal letters no longer taken out of backpacks and sacks, and then delivered, if the letter belongs to you. (3rd-Paglost-1449 aDW)
- Postal letters now able to contain gifts/items - like parcels - for easy mailing through the Avalon postal services. (3rd-Paglost-1449 aDW)
12th April:
- No more double payments on PAY TAX. (25th-Cloudburst-1449 aDW)
- Iconoclasm can't be done while carrying out concurrent aggression e.g. attacking someone AND doing iconoclasm at the same time, including songs and candescence and mysticism. Healing is allowed. (22nd-Cloudburst-1449 aDW)
- Iconoclasm no longer compatible with forms like poltergeist, astral, mist, fog, etc. (22nd-Cloudburst-1449 aDW)
- Retired trinkets: triangle1179 (a metal triangle), ring1176 (white signet ring), watch1123 (laen pocketwatch), paintbrush1076 (elegant paintbrush), and coronet1147 (a ghostly coronet). Retired trinkets appear no longer in the Old Curiosity Shop and cannot be bought or rented. (22nd-Cloudburst-1449 aDW)
- City ranks - nobility for each city - fixed up and giving titles no longer promotes multi-ranks. Those who've gained higher rank up to today will find their noble state corrected or it'll remain as is. (17th-Cloudburst-1449 aDW)
11th April:
- Directory now can be used to find specific runes and potions by type - per HELP DIRECTORY - e.g. DIR FROSTBITE or DIR EUPHORIA. (4th-Cloudburst-1449 aDW)
- Dates in ENLISTED, KILLED, IMPRESSED, GAUNTLET, BRIBED in ACTIONS and city BB posts year correction. (3rd-Cloudburst-1449 aDW)
- Bloodlust restrictions should cut both ways for those who were previously unprotected by the system e.g. those on Ordainable level. (1st-Cloudburst-1449 aDW)
- UMBRA: fixed issue where line-height on monospaced lines would be too close. (30th-Mournsend-1449 aDW)
- UMBRA: fixed issue with some text not structured as a separate line correctly. (30th-Mournsend-1449 aDW)
- Letter writing in Umbra now working fine. (28th-Mournsend-1449 aDW)
- INVEST is now back in play for your crowns WITH interest. Interest is added daily and ticks up whether or not you're active in Avalon. To guarantee the daily interest you'll need to have at least 20 crowns banked. (17th-Mournsend-1449 aDW)
9th April:
- NPCs in entourage (and auras) can no longer be used to cheat speed-ups to Farming and Labours. Report any other possible abuses and loopholes exploited from us allowing NPCs to help players e.g. with charging items. (9th-Eleuthral-1449 aDW)
- FIGHTING ON choice for LW/MW versus seniors matters once again - so make it with care and don't abuse it. If you can't stand the heat, etc... (4th-Eleuthral-1449 aDW)
- PEERS / LUSTS / TW no longer reveal whereabouts of shrouded, scent-hidden, hooded, otherwise concealed players. (3rd-Eleuthral-1449 aDW)
8th April:
- Real Estate Agents back in play with useful info on keys - properties for sale, including maps and whereabouts descriptions and info on the state of the locks (including breaches of security). (10th-Midwinter-1449 aDW)
7th April:
- SAFETY command for younger folks and those without max Itemlore now shows the anchor, grip, snowflake, anvil and curse/blessing state accurately and neatly tabulated. (29th-Agamnion-1448 aDW)
- Shelves for shopkeeping now live per HELP SHELVES for all budding merchants. The shelves can be used in city stalls, among other secure shops. (28th-Agamnion-1448 aDW)
- Datestamp on crafted / bought items: various fixes and clashes resolved. (28th-Agamnion-1448 aDW)
- Aging of livestock - breedingstock - birds - pets: various fixes. (28th-Agamnion-1448 aDW)
- Half a dozen new objects to be made in Carpentry including hutches, coops, shelves, stoves, ovens. (27th-Agamnion-1448 aDW)
- IMPORTANT: all players should review HELP POLICY, a new summary of Avalon policies on security, EUA/Terms of Service, privacy, and emails. (17th-Agamnion-1448 aDW)
- WARNING: bloodlust has long been either entirely or partly inactive - and indeed sometimes using old metrics to block/allow a combat. This is being updated now. See LUSTS / CONSIDER. Report anomalies. There will be a post when the playtesting is over and bloodlust / fightmatrix gains+losses+safeguards are concluded this coming week. (15th-Agamnion-1448 aDW)
- Delisted trinket shards1173 (15th-Agamnion-1448 aDW)
6th April:
- CONSIDER accuracy brought into line with the current gamesystem / combatsystem metrics. (5th-Agamnion-1448 aDW)
- Treasure chamber and house and public locks distinction now plays out in lock strength (on doors). Skeleton keys assorted fixes. Cats should now be friendly with other cats (and bears and wolves, at times). (5th-Agamnion-1448 aDW)
- Those with LUSTS command can now use it to gain accurate info about possible opponents, relative bloodlusts, whether you can or can't attack freely, protections extant, attack rating comparisons etc. (3rd-Agamnion-1448 aDW)
- TTW and TW have been updated to be accurate and useful. Don't mistake the fact you may be able to attack another person with carte blanche to do so, e.g. bullying MWs, seniors trolling smaller opponents, etc. (2nd-Agamnion-1448 aDW)
- As part of the run-through/fix-up of the targets - bloodlust - peers system: PEERS is updated with useful, accurate info on possible targets and fightworthy peers. (2nd-Agamnion-1448 aDW)
- ACTIVITY for guilds, and ACTIVITY <text to enter>, and use of MORE to cycle through guild activity logs: this should all be in play again now. (26th-Leaflost-1448 aDW)
- Sage for experience help and tutoring no longer come into play for post-prized. (26th-Leaflost-1448 aDW)
5th April:
- CLAIM TANKARD on tankards bought from city stalls should now place your mark / choose the drinking vessel properly. (7th-Leaflost-1448 aDW)
4th April:
- Delisted trinket barb726 (13th-Hindyear-1448 aDW)
- Delisted trinket hammer1061 (13th-Hindyear-1448 aDW)
- Delisted trinket mirror1246 (13th-Hindyear-1448 aDW)
- Delisted trinket disc951 (13th-Hindyear-1448 aDW)
- Delisted trinket carpet579 (13th-Hindyear-1448 aDW)
- No longer possible to possession / shirolos / voice giving out city favour or disfavour. (4th-Hindyear-1448 aDW)
- Wirren herb extended to last 5x as long per dose. (3rd-Hindyear-1448 aDW)
3rd April:
- Specialisation years needed for some professions reduced from 100 to 20 Avalon years to bring it into line with other professions. (21st-Ilmarael-1448 aDW)
- WIELD LEFT/RIGHT now no longer needs you to UNWIELD then WIELD but instead you can just go direct to WIELD LEFT/RIGHT <weapon/item> and your choice will supersede whatever you had wielded before. (18th-Ilmarael-1448 aDW)
- Charms for arcana psycho-resonance now show in MAGICLIST and PROBE <charm> with help on resonation in HELP RESONATE to take some of the guesswork out of how charm resonating and tapping works. (18th-Ilmarael-1448 aDW)
2nd April:
- SEEK <city/village> and SEEK <guild> using "targets" ability (AB DEFENCE TARGETS) no longer seeks out men already in the process of being beckoned enlisted. (7th-Midsummer-1448 aDW)
1st April:
- Vorpal blade now anti-defence effective. It may be TOO effective for the time being so be warned. It is supposed to do 60 select defences. At present it is doing 300. (17th-Skyelong-1448 aDW)
31st March:
- Ploughing, sowing etc now possible most of the Avalon year. Maximum yield for spring plough/sow but it can be done later in the year too. (3rd-Skyelong-1448 aDW)
30th March:
- Owl-shaped tracker runes now gives more pinpoint info as the tracking is reported to the rune owners. (25th-Springflower-1448 aDW)
- Ship resurrection aura no longer dispersed on the recently resurrected victim by dint of certain aggressive acts AGAINST rather than BY the one with the ship aura. (20th-Springflower-1448 aDW)
29th March:
- Gordian chains: WIND/UNWIND and PULL should all be working - and easier to read CHAINS info to boot. (8th-Springflower-1448 aDW)
- Steeds / eagles should not be taken away by cherubs (unless killed) after purchase from a shop - regardless of their age / health / how long they've been in the stockroom. (8th-Springflower-1448 aDW)
- Specialist skills with particular learning processes now show in AB <skill> where forthcoming abilities are, in the skill, accurately. (8th-Springflower-1448 aDW)
- Little finger ring trinket (ring2210) updated with the sparklesight/extrasensory death info messages. (8th-Springflower-1448 aDW)
- Sparklesight (death messages) now show up cause of death when someone's slain but with extrasensory perception it also shows location of death. (8th-Springflower-1448 aDW)
- Badge completion auto-allocates the badge even if the experiences are done out of order or piecemeal. (24th-Cloudburst-1448 aDW)
- Fireworks at chapter end for the person completing the chapter not everyone in the location. (24th-Cloudburst-1448 aDW)
- Posts about enlistments, killed, bribed, impressed will now display properly at the end of Agamnion 31st for all cities so you can see where each citizen ranks and thus their contribution (reward) for doing good for the city/guild. (24th-Cloudburst-1448 aDW)
- Election posts to the BB now functioning correctly including when one of the candidates leaves city or standing down causes an early election result. (24th-Cloudburst-1448 aDW)
28th March:
- #trinkets Repriced balm1544 to 105 crowns, consumable, tradable, and first trinket to come with its own special presets. (1st-Cloudburst-1448 aDW)
- Charmshield now functioning properly. (23rd-Mournsend-1448 aDW)
27th March:
- DESCRIBE MYSELF description no longer wiped on LW/badge completions. (16th-Mournsend-1448 aDW)
- Swimming in the Azrilite lake (by the jetty) now lets you swim and move properly. Same for a few other similar location combinations dotted around the land. (13th-Mournsend-1448 aDW)
26th March:
- Removed the Introductions BB post for Communicator badge. (25th-Eleuthral-1448 aDW)
- LW entry into cadets barracks (off the school militia location) no longer blocked for those still on free days. (22nd-Eleuthral-1448 aDW)
- Use of herbs and poisons and whatnot in the arena now depletes. (19th-Eleuthral-1448 aDW)
- Website: old guilds not linked on the /world/ page are now accessible (Necromancers, Wizards, etc) (12th-Eleuthral-1448 aDW)
25th March:
- DIR (directory of merchants at the city central squares) now shows up steeds + eagles + pets. (30th-Midwinter-1448 aDW)
- SHOPACTIONS - SHOPACT - logging for shop usage, salevaluing and all that malarky: now back in play. (30th-Midwinter-1448 aDW)
- SHOPS - CITY HELP SHOPS - the giving out and managing of shops in a city now back fully into play for all cities. (29th-Midwinter-1448 aDW)
- HELP ICONS updated to be brought up to date. (29th-Midwinter-1448 aDW)
- Old crone who makes clothes and crafted items: REQUEST <item> <type#> now instead of REQUEST NEEDLEWORK though the latter will work too. (14th-Midwinter-1448 aDW)
- AB <skill> now shows abilities as listed including any favour, disfavour, icon, wurtfoil effect, etc. (13th-Midwinter-1448 aDW)
- Further content for STATUEWASH task in the Goldquestor badge. (12th-Midwinter-1448 aDW)
- HURLABYSS, PLANTMELLIAN, and FREESLAVES content added. (11th-Midwinter-1448 aDW)
- Gemstones, touchmural, eleusisbell, and thrullknock tasks completed for Pioneer badge. (11th-Midwinter-1448 aDW)
24th March:
- DO <badge> should work even after badge completion if it shows tasks to do, to sweep up any remaining tasks (either for the prize, or for completeness) (31st-Agamnion-1447 aDW)
- Icon skill boosts now also work on guild skills and inherited/taught skills (Herbs and Poisons) and specialisation skills: though the boost you gain depends on the skill type, and if you have favour or disfavour. (29th-Agamnion-1447 aDW)
- Icons now work when worn rather than wielded so as not to interfere with important abilities requiring wielded items. (29th-Agamnion-1447 aDW)
- Bloodlust from seconds no longer harsh as was. (28th-Agamnion-1447 aDW)
- Acquiring your PRIZE and doing a BADGE with unset/disabled experiences no longer to interfere with badge and/or prize acquisition. (28th-Agamnion-1447 aDW)
- Free trial days for new characters reduced from 30 days to 14 days. (22nd-Agamnion-1447 aDW)
- Special case for experiences MENTORED, GAINDUTY and various others for seniors who'll have done these a long time ago. (23rd-Agamnion-1447 aDW)
23rd March:
- Yellow names in WHO: mail hook fixed; check your latest email from Avalon and click something inside it. (14th-Agamnion-1447 aDW)
- Dwindling WHO list fixed: novices can again finish early chapters and badges. Two weeks of declining activity arrested. (13th-Agamnion-1447 aDW)
- Added FULLMETA task to Crucible badge. It's a biggun! (12th-Agamnion-1447 aDW)
- Scarecrow task updated with more specific hints. (11th-Agamnion-1447 aDW)
- Synallaspell task now has historic and advisory content. (10th-Agamnion-1447 aDW)
- HELP LOCK now contains the lock complexity maximums. (21st-Leaflost-1447 aDW)
22nd March:
- HELP BUILDINGS updated with the most recent values. (3rd-Leaflost-1447 aDW)
21st March:
- Vigour / tiredness wrapping issues resolved. (18th-Hindyear-1447 aDW)
- DISARM issues fixed. (14th-Hindyear-1447 aDW)
20th March:
- Legions moving in and out of barracks - automatically dealing with doors - should be working A-OK again. (29th-Ilmarael-1447 aDW)
19th March:
- The timeline on the website (https://www.avalon-rpg.com/history/) is updated with the latest events from the diaries and journals of the divine and mortal. (28th-Midsummer-1447 aDW)
- Fixed issue with FIRSTWHERE and FIRSTNOV not completing. (20th-Midsummer-1447 aDW)
18th March:
- ELECTORATE list accessible to citizens/guildmembers even when there's not an election active. (3rd-Midsummer-1447 aDW)
- Crucible badge enabled. (2nd-Midsummer-1447 aDW)
- Changed firefly jars to available again, with permanent fireflies within. (2nd-Midsummer-1447 aDW)
- Skillful and Animals badges enabled with temporary content. (30th-Skyelong-1447 aDW)
- Lessons calculation in AB <skill> shows what you presently would require (takes account of darsurion and lessonup) (30th-Skyelong-1447 aDW)
- LEARNING updated to include better information on what is required and received. (30th-Skyelong-1447 aDW)
17th March:
- BADGES / DO <badge> when all tasks are complete even if you don't have the badge in your active REMEMBER / busy doing another bad - it will credit you with the badge completion providing there's nothing else to do (and the badge isn't a by hand one). (15th-Skyelong-1447 aDW)
16th March:
- HELP LIFESTORY updated to be made current and lifestory experiences put in the badges to replace a few unengaging tasks. (23rd-Paglost-1447 aDW)
- Younger players can now get into the underworld for quests/experience/fast-combat practice. (17th-Paglost-1447 aDW)
- Sponsorship no longer mortal given. HELP SPONSORSHIP rewritten. Divine assessment for exceptional cases only. (12th-Paglost-1447 aDW)
15th March:
- Bogus use of Specialisations loophole fixed across all specs. Report any anomalies! (3rd-Paglost-1447 aDW)
- Estimate of lessons to next ability are fixed, to show based on lessonup/darsurion presently in effect. (1st-Paglost-1447 aDW)
- ARROWS command to show how many arrows you have in reach, tallying up worn quivers and arrows held. It also batches them together, quivers permitting. (27th-Springflower-1447 aDW)
- Traversal against certain shielded location types now gives helpful/correct texts when it fails. (26th-Springflower-1447 aDW)
- No TRUESTEAL from auras. (26th-Springflower-1447 aDW)
- Growth of herbs and poisons out in the wild is active once more and regulated according to environment, specific herb/poison, fertility, etc. (26th-Springflower-1447 aDW)
- CURRENCY table altered, better incentives for large purchases, which were too stingy, and a new 50 USD option for a +5% bonus. (23rd-Springflower-1447 aDW)
14th March:
- STRIKE in Fisticuffs no longer prevented by lurching into action. (8th-Springflower-1447 aDW)
- POSITIONING when attained in Defence now accessible. (8th-Springflower-1447 aDW)
- Wyvern steeds able to be whistled like any intelligent mount. (8th-Springflower-1447 aDW)
- GATESTONE experience available to non-LWs if in chapter. (8th-Springflower-1447 aDW)
- Giving items to Synalla no longer restricted to LW only. (8th-Springflower-1447 aDW)
- Website optimised for maximum security, compatibility, speed, and mobile performance. (6th-Springflower-1447 aDW)
13th March:
- Chapter progression with the sunrise is now active. Look out for this and for the potential to choose experience types if we switch that facility on. Masterclass and Honours chapter content (quite different) will start popping up here and there too. (11th-Cloudburst-1447 aDW)
- HELP AID - getting aid from NPCs in specifics like charging and essencing, for those on the badges / LW or MW phase. (8th-Cloudburst-1447 aDW)
12th March:
- WEBSITE: all help files should now work on the site and it is now fully HTTPS/HSTS/HTTP2 compliant. (23rd-Mournsend-1447 aDW)
- Adjusted price for the bony finger1863 to account for its dissolution of long but fleeting disfavour (as opposed to eternal and creator disfavour, which cannot be annulled) (23rd-Mournsend-1447 aDW)
- Alkar of rebirth now remains until broken in line with less consistent mobile connections; and pops up for those on Umbra if genuinely idling to protect from unscrupulous trolls. (22nd-Mournsend-1447 aDW)
- Reset all chapter selections worldwide, to force the correct selection for everyone, whether dormant or active. (22nd-Mournsend-1447 aDW)
- Moved portalling and eating a pill to the Safety badge. (15th-Mournsend-1447 aDW)
11th March:
- Bogus object values corrected. Report any anomalies. (28th-Eleuthral-1447 aDW)
- Commanding an NPC READY to very low or higher levels now works as documented. (15th-Eleuthral-1447 aDW)
- Long-standing issue with FULLPARRY fixed. (13th-Eleuthral-1447 aDW)
10th March:
- STOP no longer aborts experiences ongoing when intended to cease/stop something else like a zoom or an NPC. (24th-Midwinter-1447 aDW)
9th March:
- Fisticuffs change: Trip down to Competent. (8th-Midwinter-1447 aDW)
- Riding changes: Galloping to Respected, Cantering to Competent, Training to high Legendary, Intimidate to Renowned. (8th-Midwinter-1447 aDW)
- Vault in Fisticuffs removed, for Vaulting in Riding as definitive. (8th-Midwinter-1447 aDW)
- FIRST PROFESSION RUN-THROUGH starting Saturday 10th March, to Friday 16th March will be focused on the THIEF profession. (2nd-Midwinter-1447 aDW)
- Legend chapters now take from a larger pool of experiences (though not from those in badges, honours or masterclass) and arrange in your chapter based on the difficulty with the last few entries being the most difficult experiences of the bunch. (1st-Midwinter-1447 aDW)
- Novices can now do badges in virtually any order they like, and complete as many or as few experiences in each as they prefer, going back and forth between badges as their characters progress. (1st-Midwinter-1447 aDW)
- BADGES command now available for everyone (even those prized/senior) and it'll show if you've done a badge but also even if you've done the badge, how many experience tasks are left to be completed. And you can complete these at any time. (1st-Midwinter-1447 aDW)
- Everyone is able to go back and do BADGE experience content even if badges have been completed. Use DO <badge> and look in your REM (REMEMBER). You'll see all the incomplete experiernces listed; and you'll be able to gain crowns+lessons accordingly. (1st-Midwinter-1447 aDW)
- Completion of chapters (at the end) no longer gives crowns. Instead ALL experiences (legend chapter AND badges, honours, masterclass, LW, etc) give crowns for each individual completion in addition to the lessons and xp. Crowns per experience, like lessons, based on its difficulty. (1st-Midwinter-1447 aDW)
8th March:
- Enlisting, intro letters and beckoning are all available for full graduate youngsters now. (16th-Agamnion-1446 aDW)
- Complete rewrite of the LW chapters to take into account the new badge system. (9th-Agamnion-1446 aDW)
- Safety badge released. Partial, not full room protection lesson yet. (1st-Agamnion-1446 aDW)
- Herbalism badge released. (29th-Leaflost-1446 aDW)
7th March:
- Numerous updates to the new Novice chapters, only the three, all working smoothly now. (25th-Leaflost-1446 aDW)
- BADGES on its own shows all tasks for active badges that you have not completed; crown equality per task upcoming. (25th-Leaflost-1446 aDW)
6th March:
- All but five badges enabled. Those now active: Debonair, Armed, Communicator, Olympus, Citizen, Historian, Trader, Geographer, Resurrection, Goldquestor, Combat, Homeland, Dutiful, Vitality, Mosaic. (27th-Hindyear-1446 aDW)
- TRIAL <profession> early on borrows the spot of badges in REMEMBER, since they're mutually exclusive. (27th-Hindyear-1446 aDW)
- All tutorial and badge experiences ring-fenced to those going through those chapters. (27th-Hindyear-1446 aDW)
- All badge experiences marked as non-inclusive, LW chapters will be missing tasks as a result of being brought into their badge. (27th-Hindyear-1446 aDW)
- Massive overhaul on the early novice chapters, reduced to only 3 chapters, with first chapter joining guild, TRIALS instead of SELECTIONS, quick overview then badges. (27th-Hindyear-1446 aDW)
5th March:
- With 90% of players already subscribed/lifetime, final piece now in play: the return of manditory subscription. (12th-Ilmarael-1446 aDW)
- 30 free days for new players across all characters. Provisional and likely to be reduced. (12th-Ilmarael-1446 aDW)
- Sponsorship by mortals for new players disabled. (12th-Ilmarael-1446 aDW)
4th March:
- Guild changes no longer reduce skills if staying in the same profession and joining a new guild in the same profession class. (5th-Ilmarael-1446 aDW)
- Guild changes carry over Herbs and Poisons if properly learned post-apprenticeship. (5th-Ilmarael-1446 aDW)
- Learning in shops is now possible. No bogus relic restrictions on learning skills. (5th-Ilmarael-1446 aDW)
- Olympus badge released. Use DO OLYMPUS to go through it. (24th-Midsummer-1446 aDW)
- Resurrection badge released. Use DO RESURRECTION to try it outside of LW chapters. (22nd-Midsummer-1446 aDW)
3rd March:
- Geographer badge is released. All seniors can try it using DO GEOGRAPHER. (15th-Midsummer-1446 aDW)
- Fixed PURCHASE <amount> LESSONS to be a valid synonym of PROCURE <lessons> (11th-Midsummer-1446 aDW)
- Blades and scythes added to Industry. (5th-Midsummer-1446 aDW)
- Fixed oversight in HELP PROCURE, which now includes the working syntax, PROCURE <amount>, for converting crowns to lessons. (5th-Midsummer-1446 aDW)
2nd March:
- Golden nuggets have been parsed along with the rest of the standard commodities. (21st-Skyelong-1446 aDW)
1st March:
- IMPORTANT: All commodities are now re-proportioned by sqrt(value) x 8, or if less than half, by half, including all belts, legions, rooms, and city/guild/personal storerooms. (29th-Paglost-1446 aDW)
- Instance of spontaneous combustion felt by some MIDDLING types near willow trees is no longer going to happen! (26th-Paglost-1446 aDW)
- Various bard songs and attack strikes from non-peace locations into peace locations no longer work. (16th-Paglost-1446 aDW)
28th February:
- World guilds Bards, Thieves, Assassins, Rangers, and Animists returned to their areas. Inform pantheon if novices encounter issues joining. (1st-Paglost-1446 aDW)
- Joining guilds that aren't city affiliated no longer refuses entry based on city mismatch. (27th-Springflower-1446 aDW)
- World-open guilds shifted to guildmaster's or closest area's allegiance temporarily, until unrestricted APPLY fixed. (17th-Springflower-1446 aDW)
27th February:
- STOCK works in lockups now and shows commodities stored and lockup limits as well as who owns it. (12th-Springflower-1446 aDW)
- AB LABOURS STOCK ability added to make commodity handling easier and more precise. (12th-Springflower-1446 aDW)
- The WAREHOUSE building is now in play per HELP BUILDINGS - a multi-commodity storage set of locations but limited by MaxLevel in HELP COMMS with the STOCK command in the warehouse telling you exactly how much is in there and what the limits are. (11th-Springflower-1446 aDW)
- Added thirty new deeds, including those for young Avalonians. (5th-Springflower-1446 aDW)
26th February:
- Markers are in play, Scholarship ability "markers" info in AB SCHOLARSHIP MARKERS. (16th-Cloudburst-1446 aDW)
- Bestowing new ministers no longer wipes all the aideships. That becomes a choice to be made by the new Minister. (6th-Cloudburst-1446 aDW)
25th February:
- Carrier pigeons can now be bred in pigeon lofts, new seed pigeons attainable from the Animists. (17th-Mournsend-1446 aDW)
- Scholarship abilities "tactics" and "dispatches" now listed with concise AB SCHOLARSHIP helpfiles. (17th-Mournsend-1446 aDW)
- TACTICS are in play, for experimentation and bug reporting and playtesting. (17th-Mournsend-1446 aDW)
- SETTINGS updated to keep tabs on current legion movement settings like whether legions can fight/move outside home sphere, what can and can't be done during campaign season v winter months, etc. (16th-Mournsend-1446 aDW)
- Aggressive aura causing all to flee has been disabled until skill work begins. (11th-Mournsend-1446 aDW)
- TACTIC STORE <dispatch> INTO <existing tactic> to append whole dispatches to a tactic. (9th-Mournsend-1446 aDW)
- DISPATCH MARK doesn't wipe the contents anymore. (9th-Mournsend-1446 aDW)
- DISPATCH/TACTIC TRIM <dispatch/tactic> <line> to delete specific lines. (9th-Mournsend-1446 aDW)
- DISPATCH/TACTIC EDIT <dispatch/tactic> <line> <new orders> to overwrite. (9th-Mournsend-1446 aDW)
- TACTICS STORE <dispatch> AS <tactic name> to store a dispatch as a global tactic. (9th-Mournsend-1446 aDW)
- TACTICS to list your visible tactics with creator and tactics name/number. (9th-Mournsend-1446 aDW)
24th February:
- NPCs are being activated again over and above Ferdinand. This will mean they're going to hit back and fight, depending on the level you tell them to be at. See HELP TRAINER. (22nd-Mournsend-1446 aDW)
22nd February:
- FLAGLOWER, FLAGRAISE, and DECLARE OCCUPATION can be done in the off season, but construction of forts and tunnels are denied when ground is icy just as ploughing. (11th-Eleuthral-1446 aDW)
- Letter writing, sign writing, etc: no more loss of text. (2nd-Eleuthral-1446 aDW)
21st February:
- FLAGLOWER now takes into account the flag and/or standard of the foreign city - uncontested claim allowing the flag/standard to be torn down ready for the next claim that'll extend home sphere/occupation. (18th-Midwinter-1446 aDW)
- LEGION INFO / CLAIMS <area>/CLAIMS HERE now shows how many days the claim is uncontested, how many days after sphere (FLAGRAISE) minimum, how many days after occupation (FLAGRAISE->DECLARE OCCUPATION) point. (17th-Midwinter-1446 aDW)
- DECLARE OCCUPATION brought into line with the fixed and streamlined claims/legion flagging process. Doing it will give useful feedback if it's not successful. (17th-Midwinter-1446 aDW)
- Longwound removed from Fang on request of its owner. (17th-Midwinter-1446 aDW)
- Picking up marble from quarries now possible using standard weight/size. (14th-Midwinter-1446 aDW)
- TRINKET LIST now lists monthly price for all trinkets, use TRINKET <item> to review permanent price. (1st-Midwinter-1446 aDW)
- TRINKET <item> now shows item's limited time remaining, limited stock, availability, lifespan (if impermanent), and monthly price (if rentable) (1st-Midwinter-1446 aDW)
- Repricing for all 77 trinkets in existence with monthly and permanent prices. Rental is default. (31st-Agamnion-1445 aDW)
19th February:
- Non-probation guildmembers apprentice and above, with any position in-guild, now have access to all standard guild doors throughout the entire guildhouse. (7th-Agamnion-1445 aDW)
- Commodity prices across all villages (and some towns) brought into line with supply and demand and tribute. (6th-Agamnion-1445 aDW)
- Formally balanced meta: warfare import/interplay balanced alongside combat, politics, trade, crafting, economics, adventure, reputation (READBB NEWS 212) (17th-Leaflost-1445 aDW)
18th February:
- Standing stones no longer needs novices/pre-first apprenticeship individuals. (10th-Leaflost-1445 aDW)
16th February:
- Having your body offered - being slain - removes aggressive aura / deadly-strike-against for person who's body is offered. (17th-Ilmarael-1445 aDW)
- ACTIVITY for guilds in dandy shape, ACTIVITY CLEAR <days to keep> back in the mix to cut out all the backlogs. Keep your guild activity logs clean! Everything you clear is archived so it isn't lost. (12th-Ilmarael-1445 aDW)
- POLL 40 open for 3 real days on the topic of city gatehouses / demand of warfare on everyone. (11th-Ilmarael-1445 aDW)
15th February:
- Experience / chapter task hooks to afflict/cure or await an affliction/cure now in. (17th-Midsummer-1445 aDW)
- SCOUT and REARGUARD now move at their correct speeds as the fastest infantry formations (SCOUT equipment/size restrictions not in play yet) (16th-Midsummer-1445 aDW)
14th February:
- Automatic sponsoring re-enabled, in case of potential issues not yet diagnosed nor being reported. (28th-Skyelong-1445 aDW)
- Fixed the CONSTRICT experience to sloth you now without help. (28th-Skyelong-1445 aDW)
- Claims not possible for legions below the minimum size, and won't show any more claims ongoing for legions that're too small. Too small means under a regiment in size. (25th-Skyelong-1445 aDW)
- LOOK description of legion claims now showing the days since claim began. (25th-Skyelong-1445 aDW)
13th February:
- Claiming days now showing "days left" and "days claimed" as well as not clearing off after flags are raised per LEGION INFO and CLAIMS. (7th-Skyelong-1445 aDW)
- Hundreds of new experiences parsed into the LEGEND chapters and new hooks for testing their completion. Watch your chapters and see... (28th-Paglost-1445 aDW)
12th February:
- CLAIM timings for sphere flagging and legions retaining claim ongoing should be sorted now. (14th-Paglost-1445 aDW)
- Elemental experiences back in the mix: Fire, Water, Earth, Air. (8th-Paglost-1445 aDW)
- Ship of the sky functional in all heavens types. (6th-Paglost-1445 aDW)
11th February:
- ENGAGEMENTS command for your current location to tell you the legions in your location, where they stand, what formation, how many guys and any engagements/retractions/etc. (18th-Springflower-1445 aDW)
- Legion engagement from adjacent locations + adjacent points should now be possible to melee. See SIGHT YARDS <from legion> <to legion> (12th-Springflower-1445 aDW)
- Speeds readjusted for formations, with the recent restrictions on mounted/pyramid, to now be the fastest formations, Scout and Rearguard next, then Skirmish and, Gungho and Phalanx. Tortoise much faster too. (12th-Springflower-1445 aDW)
- No more adjacent melee gap with melee range increased to 30 yards. Catapult raised to 600, to not overlap longbows. (11th-Springflower-1445 aDW)
- Legion claiming is now day by day and you can look at LEGION INFO to see the status of a claim (to the day/when it'll be resolved) and CLAIMS/FLAGS to show current status of claims and flagging across the local area. (11th-Springflower-1445 aDW)
- Mortar bomb damage reduced by half to be more in keeping with movement, melee and arrow rates. (1st-Springflower-1445 aDW)
10th February:
- Legion targets if indoors and at range can no longer be attacked from a distance if the roof/ceiling blocks line of sight. (24th-Cloudburst-1445 aDW)
- ALIAS setup no longer fails on 'validname' clash if the nameclash is with a non-graduate novice from waybackwhen. (19th-Cloudburst-1445 aDW)
- PENANCES brought back active (per removing OUTLAW/enemy status). Feel free to suggest appropriate acts/experiences to act as penance for anywhere in your own PENANCES list without a feasible way to reverse the enemy status. (18th-Cloudburst-1445 aDW)
- Engagement on water locations (per SURVEY/PROMPT WATER) or bows/bombs indoors or engaging when swimming/climbing/digging/etc proper limits now apply. Report any anomalies. (18th-Cloudburst-1445 aDW)
- Ranges for mortar-bombs and arrow strike adjusted upward slightly but NO relative change/NO crossover in ranges. (15th-Cloudburst-1445 aDW)
- Artifacts and trinkets switch ON at login as well as with ADJUST now. (15th-Cloudburst-1445 aDW)
9th February:
- Dispatch orders now show in DISPATCH READ with ( ) to denote completed/discarded/set aside. Dispatches now show how long they're going to take to next execution. (30th-Mournsend-1445 aDW)
- Conveying legions should no longer pause inexplicably (e.g. when encountering minor obstacles/new conditions). (30th-Mournsend-1445 aDW)
- Step and Move dispatches now function together in the same dispatch. (30th-Mournsend-1445 aDW)
- Dispatch multiple orders now executing in succession properly. (30th-Mournsend-1445 aDW)
- Reading dispatches now possible when the ones you give are in a legion, and you're out in the open rather than at the command post. (30th-Mournsend-1445 aDW)
- Week absentee email fixed up with fresh links. (25th-Mournsend-1445 aDW)
- Inherited/specialcase skills like Herbs and Poisons are no longer lost between professions. (24th-Mournsend-1445 aDW)
- Updated HELP BADGEFINISH with its true endings. (14th-Mournsend-1445 aDW)
- Completed Soldier badge, with 18 tasks totalling 4050 words of material. (14th-Mournsend-1445 aDW)
8th February:
- Bogus occasional loss of armgreaves when used for FULLPARRY fixed up. (5th-Mournsend-1445 aDW)
- Certain poisons on weapons and traps (like mandrake) missing the target now and then when this shouldn't happen. It no longer will! (19th-Eleuthral-1445 aDW)
7th February:
- added another 139 experiences to fill the new badge chapters and LW tasks. (30th-Midwinter-1445 aDW)
6th February:
- LW chapters have been updated with the new badge chapters being introduced one by one over the coming week. Report ANY problems/bugs directly to one of the Gods. (12th-Midwinter-1445 aDW)
5th February:
- Specialising needs appropriate guildskill levels again. (26th-Agamnion-1444 aDW)
- OUTLAWS command showing city enemies with highlighted enemies ingame and active. (26th-Agamnion-1444 aDW)
- We now have an official statement about Prepaid and Gift cards: HELP PREPAID. (24th-Agamnion-1444 aDW)
- Wands will no longer batch incorrectly. (22nd-Agamnion-1444 aDW)
- The vapour trap is in the mix once again. (6th-Agamnion-1444 aDW)
- Added HELP BADGEFINISH for an overview of the way badge chapters will soon end. (5th-Agamnion-1444 aDW)
- MENTOR can now be done by anyone MIDDLING or above, to those at LW or MW standings. (5th-Agamnion-1444 aDW)
4th February:
- NOVICEWATCH and novice helping PR Ministry commands should now be A-OK again. (3rd-Agamnion-1444 aDW)
- Triggers can be changed/redefined on the fly without having to delete it, then set it up again with the same name. (3rd-Agamnion-1444 aDW)
- Vale post: https://vale.avalon-rpg.com/2018/02/04/warfare-novicehood-skills/ (29th-Leaflost-1444 aDW)
- Battleisle legions able to engage during off-season for learning, testing and battlefield experience. (25th-Leaflost-1444 aDW)
- All the village stockrooms are back in Battleisle full of equipment. (25th-Leaflost-1444 aDW)
3rd February:
- Libraries various fixes and deputy GM able to act as guild librarian. (5th-Leaflost-1444 aDW)
- HELP RELATIONS updated to cut out the chaff and include a singlepage command list for Public Relations ministers and their deputies. (5th-Leaflost-1444 aDW)
- Guild tutors should be able to teach specialist skills freely now, without the maxlevel limits. (4th-Leaflost-1444 aDW)
- Issue with tackling versus shapeforms (like wolf or bear) resolved. (24th-Hindyear-1444 aDW)
2nd February:
- Relics no longer needed to learn specialist skills or skills above Ultimate. Relics purpose changed to potentially boost lessonworth but in no cases are they essential for using lessons. (12th-Hindyear-1444 aDW)
- No more double standard for Specialisations; all have proper ranks without artificial boosting. Lessons used before and hereafter reward the specialist for their long commitment. (6th-Hindyear-1444 aDW)
1st February:
- LEGION NEW <name> <city/guild> [<title>] syntax error fixed. (20th-Ilmarael-1444 aDW)
- Maximum banner limits are now in play. The limits are quite high so cities and guilds will probably not hit them: 400 for cities, 80 for guilds. (9th-Ilmarael-1444 aDW)
31st January:
- Mounted/cavalry legions move in formation about the land. (25th-Midsummer-1444 aDW)
- REMEMBER <younger player> now tells you what experience they're doing and, if appropriate, what command they might be stalled at. (22nd-Midsummer-1444 aDW)
- AB <skill> to show more 'not yet attained' abilities, properly faded/dark blue (client depending) with regular lessons needed in the [+### lessons] rather than darsurion'd or globe lessonup'd. (16th-Midsummer-1444 aDW)
- With CHOOSE CITY being used while young, QUIT CITY no longer open for pre-middling use. (15th-Midsummer-1444 aDW)
- All badge chapter tasks expanded with an optional section to award the badge without a senior. (10th-Midsummer-1444 aDW)
- #novices #LW #badges Transitional badge tasks to award them automatically for Debonair, Armed, Skillful, Homeland, Goldquestor, Trader, Communicator, Herbalism, Combat. (8th-Midsummer-1444 aDW)
30th January:
- Issue on occasion when using armourforms resolved. (30th-Skyelong-1444 aDW)
- Legions can now be commanded CEASE (rather than DEPLOY CEASE) which'll end all active deployments INCLUDING movement/stepping/etc. DEPLOY CEASE version retains movement. (28th-Skyelong-1444 aDW)
- Legions can now be commanded DEPLOY CEASE to end all deployments in a single dispatch. (28th-Skyelong-1444 aDW)
- RETRACT order cancels outstanding movement as part of the retract command. (30th-Skyelong-1444 aDW)
- Conveying, stepping and moving legions will take up approaches like swimming/transporting - or cease swimming/transporting as appropriate to their location and direction. Same for formations. (30th-Skyelong-1444 aDW)
- Impact of formation on moving is now active for most formations. Formation restrictions/requirements partially active only. (29th-Skyelong-1444 aDW)
- Incompatible RIDING/MOUNTED revert back to DIVERSE/DISORDERLY if wrongly used. (29th-Skyelong-1444 aDW)
- CIT/CW and MILITARY now show auras faded/dark blue (depending on your client). (28th-Skyelong-1444 aDW)
- Legion retraction fixed up - LEGION INFO shows extant retract orders / legion won't attack with a retraction order active etc. (29th-Skyelong-1444 aDW)
- Shadow demon no longer bypassing common sleeping defences. Think mandrake. (29th-Skyelong-1444 aDW)
- Galleon sailors will respawn properly around the land. (29th-Skyelong-1444 aDW)
- OCCUPATION command works when in the place you're trying to find out about. (28th-Skyelong-1444 aDW)
- No longer possible to issue certain legion commands under divine protection. (28th-Skyelong-1444 aDW)
29th January:
- Guided badges are starting to roll in now so novice helpers be aware. Ask a God if you want to have a look at the guide content. (16th-Skyelong-1444 aDW)
- Legion claiming vs non-flagged locations now correctly up to 2 Avalon months, never under 1 Avalon month. Prematurely flagged locations restored to unflagged, claim-complete legions back to 'in process of claiming'. (9th-Skyelong-1444 aDW)
- Equipping legions should no longer be delimited at low maximum numbers forcing repeat spam of the equip commands. (6th-Skyelong-1444 aDW)
- CITY FETCH and CITY RETURN made consistent - STATE FETCH/RETURN loophole closed - for home city equipping only. (6th-Skyelong-1444 aDW)
28th January:
- Conveying now has a +10% penalty (was +100%) (22nd-Paglost-1444 aDW)
- JOUSTING as an exploit to kill legions no longer possible. (19th-Paglost-1444 aDW)
- LEGION INFO now shows how long remaining for a move order on legions. (19th-Paglost-1444 aDW)
- First-item recommendations appended bottom of HELP TRINKETS. (17th-Paglost-1444 aDW)
- Reduced text output mid-fight with light pipe when already lit, play instrument when already playing it, etc. (15th-Paglost-1444 aDW)
- Texts for legions dying emanating to homeland and reporting in location have been corrected. Incorrect equipment usage idiosyncacries have also been ironed out. (15th-Paglost-1444 aDW)
27th January:
- Siegetower entry and exit is active. (18th-Springflower-1444 aDW)
- Barracks can now hold about 26,000 men, interior and exterior. Beware city streets on sortie. (17th-Springflower-1444 aDW)
- All legions with men worldwide (all guilds, all cities) now trained to max skills equally. (12th-Springflower-1444 aDW)
- Legion skill "pathways" updated to name "marching". (10th-Springflower-1444 aDW)
- GLOBE BOOST power cost reduced from 525 to 125. (6th-Springflower-1444 aDW)
- SEEK ability now not only finds enlistables but sets in motion seeking/zooming to the closest ones. (5th-Springflower-1444 aDW)
26th January:
- FOCUS / ESSENCE / CHARGE on previously uncharged but suitable items now working again. (24th-Cloudburst-1444 aDW)
- AUTOPOUCH ability in Defence. AUTOSTAB ability in Itemlore. (24th-Cloudburst-1444 aDW)
- Shooting people from certain locations without line of sight no longer possible. (23rd-Cloudburst-1444 aDW)
25th January:
- Added smile1480 to TRINKET LIST and HELP TRINKETS, with peramanent max vitality. (30th-Mournsend-1444 aDW)
- Wight silvershortsword quest should no longer reset so fast when youngsters are mid-completion. Divine protection no longer a constant for LWs such that they can't attack even if not by mistake. (25th-Mournsend-1444 aDW)
- New defence ability "targets" will be activated this evening. See AB DEFENCE TARGETS. Very simple. At Renowned so anyone with the badge prize will be able to use it. (22nd-Mournsend-1444 aDW)
- Divine Herald posts about city globe usage / burden / gain - rankings each Avalon year - will now post and rate correctly. (11th-Mournsend-1444 aDW)
- Election results posts on the city or guild BB now post correct election results. (10th-Mournsend-1444 aDW)
- SETTINGS is updated with a few more warfare related states including NO MINES which means minefields are NOT a part of forthcoming warfare. This may be the case indefinitely. (6th-Mournsend-1444 aDW)
- Legion moving speed has been activated again with LEGION INFO now telling you how long it'll take a particular legion to move between locations. Battleisle is 10x faster than the mainland for movement - take note. (6th-Mournsend-1444 aDW)
24th January:
- Updated default sub-urban areas to 300x300 yards (1.2x as max range of longbows, 3x as max range of catapults) and 400x400 maximum in wildlands. (25th-Eleuthral-1444 aDW)
- RANGE brought in line with realism for trebuchet-style catapults and longbows. (25th-Eleuthral-1444 aDW)
- Herbs not working certain times (darsurion for one) should now be resolved. (17th-Eleuthral-1444 aDW)
- New calling channel (per request) for Justice Ministry and all Aides - coordinating combats, shorthand city business, better place for shooting the shit vs the main city channel - accessible using CCJ. Works the same way the barony and military channels do. (13th-Eleuthral-1444 aDW)
23rd January:
- CITY FETCH/RETURN should now work for legion bows, cavalry, yeast, birds. (10th-Eleuthral-1444 aDW)
- PROBE showing charges in a magic item with skill-power and charges remaining. Magic items can now hold up to 50,000 charges. (5th-Eleuthral-1444 aDW)
- Added summary list of artifacts and trinkets, in HELP TRINKETS. (29th-Midwinter-1444 aDW)
- Not possible for ajkara to affect ghosts. (22nd-Midwinter-1444 aDW)
- MENTORS command restored. (22nd-Midwinter-1444 aDW)
- Successful challenge + devotions clash of name resolved. (22nd-Midwinter-1444 aDW)
22nd January:
- REPAIR now uses the proper commodity associated with the item being repaired to full longevity. (16th-Midwinter-1444 aDW)
- Bogus crafting objects no longer accessible. (15th-Midwinter-1444 aDW)
- Issue with picking up items by post-grad novices - and item not being gettable, but no response - now resolved. Weight of item taken is now taken into account in all cases per weight limits in SCORE/HOLDING maximums. (15th-Midwinter-1444 aDW)
- Moving around quickly no longer nukes the MOVING MAP output. Umbra users map formatting corrected. (14th-Midwinter-1444 aDW)
- Regular auto-gain on Farming and Labours now extended to cover Haberdashery, Industry, Crafting and Carpentry - practice allows faster advancement on top of the auto-gain. (8th-Midwinter-1444 aDW)
- Scholarship level lowered for Darsurion, Pouches, Maps, and raised for Scepticism, unlisted for Autoteach. (26th-Agamnion-1443 aDW)
21st January:
- Shop stockrooms do not cause the hostile act flight any more - providing it's not a divinely protected stockroom. (20th-Agamnion-1443 aDW)
- HELP FRIENDS updated to document the standard levels of FRIEND/ENEMY declarations. (16th-Agamnion-1443 aDW)
- AUTOWAKE and ADRENALIN and INSOMNIA defences - a couple of issues/tweaks brought into play. (16th-Agamnion-1443 aDW)
20th January:
- Bardic voice and Necromancy voice fixes / messages corrected. (5th-Agamnion-1443 aDW)
- Mandrake vs adrenalin + insomnia fixed so both are factors in the mandrake effect. (5th-Agamnion-1443 aDW)
- Black galleon sail no longer impossible to pick up. (4th-Agamnion-1443 aDW)
- Commands SIEGES and RANGES available with accurate info - up to the moment - covering a lot of essential numbers for warfare especially ranged attacks (bombs and bows). (4th-Agamnion-1443 aDW)
- Second revision of newborn and novice chapters. (3rd-Agamnion-1443 aDW)
- Novice "enhance" attack now works only on certain CCCs e.g. the river bandits from the novice chapters. (2nd-Agamnion-1443 aDW)
- Possible to pick up dead / appropriate CCCs like Phorbas - so long as the body doesn't weigh too much to get. (30th-Leaflost-1443 aDW)
- Catapults and mortar bombs are back in the mix. (30th-Leaflost-1443 aDW)
- RETRACT command now persisting by aborting an existing strike to allow tighter control of legion engagements. (28th-Leaflost-1443 aDW)
- Pauses in legion dispatches during engagements fixed. (28th-Leaflost-1443 aDW)
- Battling lines for various formations and deployment approaches should now add up, before during and after engagements. (28th-Leaflost-1443 aDW)
- Warfare deployment: legion retains formation, approach and facing direction after deployment of new guys into it. (27th-Leaflost-1443 aDW)
- Dousing fires and fuelled items and flammable stuff (like sticks and wood and arranged fires) = some issues fixed. (26th-Leaflost-1443 aDW)
19th January:
- XP gains for following in a group sharing kill gain from slaying CCCs now back in the mix. (10th-Leaflost-1443 aDW)
17th January:
- Each profession has chapter tasks when you SELECT <profession>, aborted with SELECT NONE, in development to replace novice chapters. (22nd-Ilmarael-1443 aDW)
- Challenging barony or guildmastery now requires MIDDLING standing. (22nd-Ilmarael-1443 aDW)
- Updated the CHAPTER HELP for the "Eye of Doom" (DOOMEYE) experience. (18th-Ilmarael-1443 aDW)
15th January:
- Mention HELP READER after declaring BEGINNER or EXPERIENCED, at start of newborn chapter. (25th-Skyelong-1443 aDW)
- Added HELP READER for screenreader recommendations. (25th-Skyelong-1443 aDW)
13th January:
- It is now possible to STRUGGLE against grappling again. (6th-Paglost-1443 aDW)
- Grappling should no longer allow physical strike (jab/kill/punch/etc) against a target by the grappler with the grappled not able to hit back. Should be either mutually restricted or mutually allowed. (5th-Paglost-1443 aDW)
- Grappling prevention of movement and activity now requires physical form both sides but IS restrictive on some of those abilities that were previously loopholes. (5th-Paglost-1443 aDW)
- Grappling broken by dispersing/losing physical form. And by the person grappling no longer having physical form. (5th-Paglost-1443 aDW)
- Grappling no longer possible when ethereal. (5th-Paglost-1443 aDW)
12th January:
- Silence effect now impacts music instrument playing as well as song directing. (24th-Springflower-1443 aDW)
- Item repair longevity now shows in PROBE. (16th-Springflower-1443 aDW)
- Crafting general skills are now active for making items: Farming, Labours, Crafting, Haberdashery, Industry, Carpentry. REPAIR is now possible on all items to bring their longevity back up to maximum. Check out the abilities in the new skills as and when you acquire them! (15th-Springflower-1443 aDW)
- Selling items to merchants and pedlars - valuing, appraising, accepting offers - gold coins passing hands should be all present and correct to the generosity (or stinginess) as decided by each city for its citizens/merchant-users. (13th-Springflower-1443 aDW)
11th January:
- Ornithology and Falconry clash should be resolved. Earlier specialists approach a deity if there is any leftover Ornithology/Falconry depending on your profession. (29th-Cloudburst-1443 aDW)
- Trueslaying CUT MONK now properly powers up the weapon with future trueslays per TRUESLAYS command info. (29th-Cloudburst-1443 aDW)
- Commodity limits on guild commsheds - especially when the wrong commodity is placed in another commshed - no longer skim off the surplus/excess. This will mean an end to mysterious commodity loss from stockrooms/commsheds. Try to use the right commodity shed for major commodity storage, though. (24th-Cloudburst-1443 aDW)
- Adoption now gives full access to Farming and Labours, as opposed to 75% of the senior's skill. It also covers the crafting skill WITHOUT the person adopting losing access to Industry, Haberdashery, Carpentry and Crafting. (22nd-Cloudburst-1443 aDW)
- VAULTING from Riding now back in the mix. (21st-Cloudburst-1443 aDW)
9th January:
- GP CANCEL works on a bunch of globe powers that were previously not able to be cancelled. (10th-Mournsend-1443 aDW)
- Recruitment is now automated so all guilds with a decent baseline of activity per HELP RECRUITMENT so youngsters can KNOCK - GREET - OK join as an apprentice without needing personal invite/initiation. (10th-Mournsend-1443 aDW)
- Bogus super healing CCCs where their health keeps restoring midfight: this should be fixed now. (5th-Mournsend-1443 aDW)
- Be warned! CCCs fighting back when they should be fighting in groups will be starting to do so, making it more dangerous to launch an attack against a lot of enemies rather than easily picking them off one by one without retaliation. (5th-Mournsend-1443 aDW)
- Fighting larger groups of enlistables is now possible, dealing with one at a time, but risking largescale damage as the more in a group the harder it hits. (5th-Mournsend-1443 aDW)
- Slaying of enlistables no longer results in them rising from the dead but the dead bodies are taken off and buried, removing them from the land. (5th-Mournsend-1443 aDW)
- CRITICAL CITY CHANGES: Parrius now has the city centre as Hellespont, Thakria is now Centre of Thakria Square. Mercinae already was its main square. (3rd-Mournsend-1443 aDW)
- Gragnor is back at Perambule's tavern, associated quests rebirthed. Gragnor1174. (3rd-Mournsend-1443 aDW)
- Playing drums (tabor or tabla) with the drumstick as "taborstick" and "tablastick" should be working for all who have the AB MUSIC ability now. (21st-Eleuthral-1443 aDW)
- XP gain from killing CCCs has been zizzed up considerably. (21st-Eleuthral-1443 aDW)
8th January:
- Stoves and braziers will now light properly. (17th-Eleuthral-1443 aDW)
- Winch winding bucket now placed back outside the bucket so needs two people to raise and lower the bucket between Pangyron's Halls, the Pit and the Dark Chamber in Goblin Town. (15th-Eleuthral-1443 aDW)
- THROWing items to others now works again. The item thrown may miss the target but if caught, now properly moves from your inventory to theirs. (29th-Midwinter-1443 aDW)
- Cardinal holy commands, edicts and temple powers also being brought back into the mix - in finished form - as each small region of gamecode and gametext is completed. Today GLOBE RESTRICT/GLOBE ALLOW as part of the HOLY command to decide which divine globe powers the public can use. See HELP HOLYCOMS. (28th-Midwinter-1443 aDW)
- UMBRA: fixed modern browser compatibility / scrolling bug and default theme to LCARS. (28th-Midwinter-1443 aDW)
- Catapult trap gains an extra spring in its step. (25th-Midwinter-1443 aDW)
- READBB <special section> <message> now available again from within Avalon. (25th-Midwinter-1443 aDW)
- Trees will now mature their descriptions to represent their proper age i.e. not be stuck at sapling despite having decades of growing in their roots. (25th-Midwinter-1443 aDW)
- HELP CRYPTO written and referenced in CHARGES, HELP PAYING, and HELP PAYMENT. Crypto purchases should be verified through Cornelius for the time being. (24th-Midwinter-1443 aDW)
7th January:
- TREES HERE no longer failing to give any info when done from up in trees. (24th-Midwinter-1443 aDW)
- GLOBE ACTIONS now includes the rest of the divine globe power usages log, including sponsorship (plus who got sponsored / who did the sponsoring). (23rd-Midwinter-1443 aDW)
- Constitution warding has been retired as it is/was a sham! (23rd-Midwinter-1443 aDW)
- Scholarship warding extended to cover certain teleportations/incursions the cross+sphere runes ought to shield while warding is active. (23rd-Midwinter-1443 aDW)
- GROOM (AB RIDING GROOM) no longer ruinous to the level/max health of a steed after grooming. Grooming can be done with athillias or yavethalion, per the ability helpfile. (20th-Midwinter-1443 aDW)
- Proper distinction now applies re: the SNARE trap which covers directions and the CLAMP trap which sits concealed in a location. (6th-Midwinter-1443 aDW)
- Certain traps set off when passing through an exit no longer endlessly cause a blockage without resolution (i.e. the trap running out of power or losing its primed status). Traps will only cause blocks when specifically designed for this porpoise or if the trap activation caused more than 10% health damage to the person passing by. (2nd-Midwinter-1443 aDW)
6th January:
- Restoration of Labours FASHION LOCK "lockmaking" ability. (31st-Agamnion-1442 aDW)
- UPGRADE ability restored to proper function within the locks and lockworking repertoire. (31st-Agamnion-1442 aDW)
- Lockworking abilities IMPROVE, UNIMPROVE, STRENGTHEN that're available in four differentg skills to varying degrees: these should now be available as per AB <skill> / AB <skill> LOCKWORKING information. (31st-Agamnion-1442 aDW)
- Rapidfire ability aiming and automatic reload fixed. (30th-Agamnion-1442 aDW)
- GAZE UPWARD now flipped to blitzing a repeated allheale effect when the silver tree is waxing. (28th-Agamnion-1442 aDW)
- Clash of flags in GP/GLOBE SACRIFICES should now be resolved. GP/GLOBE LUMINOSITY rolled back into play. (19th-Agamnion-1442 aDW)
5th January:
- Bucket in the pit below Pangyron no longer just a trap with a non-functional winch. (5th-Agamnion-1442 aDW)
- Pangyron no longer fixated on the long night ritual he's already done successfully. (2nd-Agamnion-1442 aDW)
- ACTIONS and activity recording of divine globe power usage and available power now corrected to be more accurate (two decimal places) with activity logs keeping track of who uses what. (2nd-Agamnion-1442 aDW)
- Gossamer shroud (trinkets shroud955) privacy effects now linger for the entire time the shroud wearer is in the location. (1st-Agamnion-1442 aDW)
- The carvings (Ranger) are back in play, specifically the wolf-carving which had been elusive. Keep in mind trees need to be of age to be useful for carving. (24th-Leaflost-1442 aDW)
- Conditions, restrictions and consequences of SWIMMING (Survival) ROLLING (Survival) and the other location-changing moves like SHIFT, SLITHER, STAGGER all integrated into the general systems e.g. checks for hard eq, balance (if appropriate), pinion, paralysis, breaking pentacles, yadda yadda yadda. (24th-Leaflost-1442 aDW)
4th January:
- JOURNAL command back in the mix with JOURNAL FOR <avalon year> available to review the journal for years gone by and JOURNAL <entry> to place your own entry into the indelible chronicle of Avalon history. (4th-Leaflost-1442 aDW)
- ROLL no longer evades pits and other trap/constraints without actually executing the rolling. Same for swimming, staggering, shifting and slithering. (30th-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
- charmshield functional in testing against the various touch charms - chanted, spellbook'd, scrolls AND artifact/magic item cast. (27th-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
- Offensive activity in legion command-post outside of barracks idling no longer causes the runaway effect. (27th-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
- Not to be abused but battleisle is available for warfare training and experimentation. It must not be used for non-mutual combat between players. Use ARENAISLE <battleisle village> or ARENAISLE IN to enter with ARENAISLE OUT to return to the mainland. (26th-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
- Lowered visor sight-blocking now extends to cover more attacks and potential dangers. (23rd-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
- Checked over for security: REGISTER / BIRTHDATE / WHERE / EMAIL responses cannot be watched by others e.g. novicewatching youngsters. (20th-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
- REGISTER no longer requires a long process for those putting in details/helping our demographics/etc. Can now just REGISTER NAME or REGISTER BIRTHDATE or REGISTER CITY or REGISTER COUNTRY or REGISTER TELEPHONE or REGISTER STREET. All are optional. City, Country and Birthdate are the only fields we use in demographics and there's no need to place other personal data against your Avalon character in-game. (20th-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
- Dearon of the Bards no longer incorrectly described. (19th-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
- The Loremaster profession's stave-induced silence is back in play. (19th-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
- New Labours ability: REQUIRED <commodity> to show you all the items craftworthy using the specified commodity and which skill is used in its creation (Crafting, Carpentry, Haberdashery, Industry, Labours, Farming) and who created the item / which city or guild it is associated with. (16th-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
3rd January:
- Fixed ECHOING experience. (15th-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
- New commodity: BIRDS. New commodity shed: AVIARY. See HELP BUILDINGS. (15th-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
- Added thorough explanation of enlistables in the ENLISTRANK experience, in LW chapter 3. (14th-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
- ARROW <ccc> restored to functional through to success/unbalancing after use. (14th-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
- CONVEY command (CN for short) as documented in HELP CONVEY for speedy moving of legions over long-distances. (13th-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
- HELP COMMANDING updated as a one-stop crib sheet for warfare and legion commanding including cross-referenced detailed helpfiles and new commands (like CONVEY) in the mix. (13th-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
- GLOBE --> GP synonym. GP BOOST, GP GLOBESTAVE, GP DISRUPTION, GP ARTIFACTS, all tested and seem to be back in the mix. Keep an eye on globe power usage. HELP GLOBES / HELP GLOBEPOWERS. (13th-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
- HELP GLOBEPOWERS brought up to date and various divine globe powers now active again. (13th-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
- GLOBE LESSONUP is available again to all citizens using a modest amount of globe power to zizz up lessonworth. (9th-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
- Strange knifespoons are now spoons, not knives. (9th-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
- Alkar no longer possible as a fireflies defence. (9th-Hindyear-1442 aDW)
1st January:
- Updated HELPMETA newborn experience to better characterise what the meta-games are and why important. (19th-Midsummer-1442 aDW)
- WEBSITE: updated all HELP files on the website to latest version. (17th-Midsummer-1442 aDW)
- WEBSITE: Added automatic linking for URLs in HELP files. (17th-Midsummer-1442 aDW)
- WEBSITE: Vale, Umbra, and main site SSL certificates updated. If you were having warnings, force-reload your browser. (11th-Midsummer-1442 aDW)
- All core HELP files referencing emails @avalonpublications.com should be fixed to use @avalon-rpg.com, as they originally were and presently are. (10th-Midsummer-1442 aDW)
- Directions to Fanamar and its short history added in HELP FANAMAR (1st-Midsummer-1442 aDW)
- CURRENCY table updated. (30th-Skyelong-1442 aDW)
30th December:
- Added HELP RETURNADVICE. (28th-Paglost-1442 aDW)
29th December:
- Revised HELP SPONSORSHIP. (23rd-Springflower-1442 aDW)
28th December:
- Giving out badges now requires the LW to have reached the appropriate point in his/her chapter experiences but it's also now possible to test and give out multiple badges per timezone so long as it's next in the chapter. (2nd-Springflower-1442 aDW)
- GBS EMPOWER should be back in the mix. (2nd-Springflower-1442 aDW)
27th December:
- Bondsman oath doesn't prevent apprentices from quitting guild/being outguild'd (as they lose the profession skills anyway). (15th-Cloudburst-1442 aDW)
- Novices now begin with a mana potion to aid them when mana is exhausted during novice chapters. (11th-Cloudburst-1442 aDW)
- Added first 12 returnee tasks for returning mortals from long dormancy. (11th-Cloudburst-1442 aDW)
- Fixed AB FARMING PONY. (11th-Cloudburst-1442 aDW)
- Steering vehicles like trading caravans no longer stalling with multiple people inside. (11th-Cloudburst-1442 aDW)
25th December:
- GLOBE WHO made a synonym for DIVINELGLOBE who, for those with suitable privs. (20th-Eleuthral-1442 aDW)
- Returning to mainland from netherworld no longer prevented by auras. (20th-Eleuthral-1442 aDW)
- Farming abilities for crafting/cooking pies and sundry foodstuffs. (20th-Eleuthral-1442 aDW)
- Farming gained temporary animal crafting for Ox, Eagle, Pony, and Mule. (20th-Eleuthral-1442 aDW)
- Zero damage arrows trap no longer doing zero damage. (20th-Eleuthral-1442 aDW)
- AB help files added for every Crafting, Haberdashery, Industry, and Carpentry ability. (20th-Eleuthral-1442 aDW)
- MICRO costs updated from old USD prices to crowns for potions, herbs, and poisons: potion (220 sips) @ 7 crowns, herb/poison (batches of 5) @ 1 crown. (18th-Eleuthral-1442 aDW)
24th December:
- Spam checking lifted temporarily for further testing. (8th-Eleuthral-1442 aDW)
- Replaced harvesting with scrumping task in final LW chapter. (29th-Midwinter-1442 aDW)
- The spam blocker is active again, to mitigate spam / irresponsible command repeat sent to Avalon without porpoise or necessity. (28th-Midwinter-1442 aDW)
- Undertutors can now review member skills and give out/retrieve guild keys and set prefix/suffix. (24th-Midwinter-1442 aDW)
23rd December:
- Replaced lightshield task in LW chapters with the vaxvarna poison. (27th-Agamnion-1441 aDW)
- Added experiences for every poison. (27th-Agamnion-1441 aDW)
22nd December:
- Across the land, unused unimprinted undeveloped skeleton keys are crumbled away. This does not affect any skeleton keys already in development or developed - only the blanks. (17th-Agamnion-1441 aDW)
- EXAMINE DIVINEGLOBE shows decimal numbers as in SCORE. 80,000.00 = the old 8,000,000. (16th-Agamnion-1441 aDW)
- Divine globe power (in EXAMINE) and GLOBE ACTIONS list corrected / brought into line with the figures you'll see in SCORE with accurate number re: how much power is left, how much is being used, etc. (15th-Agamnion-1441 aDW)
- Gnome speed improved by a quarter second, and return speed sped up by 5 seconds, allowing less risky retrieval / value for globe cost. (14th-Agamnion-1441 aDW)
- Gnomes from divine globe can now penetrate bogus locations used for stashing important game artifacts. (11th-Agamnion-1441 aDW)
21st December:
- Prize updated per HELP PRIZE to boost the four new crafting skills and minor changes to which three generals get boosted to Master. (18th-Leaflost-1441 aDW)
20th December:
- STANDING thresholds have been updated to take into account more precisely city rank, guild stature (inc quartermaster, tutor), extra skills, MW/LW status etc. This is largely cosmetic but it's a reasonable metric to show progress up the ranks. (25th-Hindyear-1441 aDW)
19th December:
- Craft command available for everyone while the new skills are rolled in fully. Look for public BB post when the new system goes fully live. (8th-Hindyear-1441 aDW)
- Utility belts wax and oil inversion fixed. (8th-Hindyear-1441 aDW)
- New trinkets: box2000 and chest2100 as a box of gems and a chest of twenty gems for Loremaster profession. (27th-Ilmarael-1441 aDW)
- Learning/teaching now possible in Farming, Labours, Industry, Carpentry. Crafting and Haberdashery also learnable/teachable with full lesson texts and commands coming soon. Background gain remains unchanged in addition. (27th-Ilmarael-1441 aDW)
- Lorecouncil requests - vetos - support/abstain - all the spec acquisition and council election commands - should be back in play again. (26th-Ilmarael-1441 aDW)
18th December:
- DESCRIBE MYSELF for writing examine descriptions - and other letter/content writing - now back in working order. (13th-Ilmarael-1441 aDW)
- GUILDFEELINGS / GUILDENEMY / GUILDFRIEND and experiences and quest requiring guild enemies slain or guild friends helped: these should all be functioning again. (10th-Ilmarael-1441 aDW)
17th December:
- Giving books/times to monarch of city now functions again, distinct from giving circular artifacts to your monarch. (20th-Midsummer-1441 aDW)
- XP levels gained by performing chapter experiences - even those in tutorial or with lowest level of difficulty. (19th-Midsummer-1441 aDW)
16th December:
- Apprentices can REQUEST QUEST from main guild tutor CCC to get guild honours for their chapter experiences. (21st-Skyelong-1441 aDW)
- Be warned: bogus fireflies have finally died off along with empty jars (since they are useless). Valid fireflies remain though those who've exploited the numbers available will find the numbers back as they should be and the exploit no longer possible. (18th-Skyelong-1441 aDW)
- CALM in Chivalry or regular to work against fearfulness and berserk now proper checks and consequences / works faster against intimidation and such like. (17th-Skyelong-1441 aDW)
- Rock Pinnacle no longer restricted as an arena gateway for those with prior aggression. (12th-Skyelong-1441 aDW)
- Waterfall by vantage point and pool of life no longer protected / sibject to aggression restrictions. (12th-Skyelong-1441 aDW)
- Lorestaff and Lorerobes no longer reset when held/owned by LMs of apprentice status. (12th-Skyelong-1441 aDW)
- Forced flight from protected locations when not aggressive or with any record of recent aggression or any stigma as 'persistently aggressive' should no longer see you fleeing from barracks interior and other protected locations. (2nd-Skyelong-1441 aDW)
- Numerous quests, puzzles and gold-earning processes have been fixed up. (2nd-Skyelong-1441 aDW)
15th December:
- Server upgraded: doubled CPU and RAM on the server and updated kernel, in response to lag spikes seen during peak usage. (25th-Paglost-1441 aDW)
- Necromancy voice should no longer work on non-vampireslaves. (21st-Paglost-1441 aDW)
- Pace and extent of burning fur brought down into line with the general balancing of immolation/damnation. (21st-Paglost-1441 aDW)
- Reduced the cost of GLOBE LUMINOSITY to 5000 base for people to learn about its benefits. (13th-Paglost-1441 aDW)
- Keep in mind, SURVEY tells you if an indoor location is public or not. If not, it's far less vulnerable to incursion / inbound teleport. (8th-Paglost-1441 aDW)
14th December:
- Evaluation of physical melee/weapon strike vs CCCs now less unfavourable for LWs and MWs. (28th-Springflower-1441 aDW)
- Interior of barracks, stockrooms and other protected locations are no longer suitable hidey-holes for those who've lately killed. Hiding becomes possible quite soon after the kill but there is at least a short period where the attacker needs to be attentive and defend him/herself. (28th-Springflower-1441 aDW)
- Those who live by the sword shouldn't hide from the sword. The violent and the recently aggressive can no longer ambush and run to the pool of life to hide. They will find their feet take them running back to central square of home city. (28th-Springflower-1441 aDW)
- Do not forget to use CHAPTER ADDHELP <experience> <sentence> to add your own advice, hints or howtos to a specific experience. It'll be useful for years to come. (13th-Springflower-1441 aDW)
13th December:
- City and guild actions now record large-scale divine globe or reputation usage like globe powers, sponsorship, reputation allocations, etc. (9th-Springflower-1441 aDW)
- Burden to city globe or guild rep from sponsorship no longer wrongly hits the person sponsoring but the person sponsored! (9th-Springflower-1441 aDW)
- Fireflies have various fix-ups including before/after delays consistent with other curing methods. Firefly repeat/concurrent use is now properly delimited per herb-taking cooldown (at the very least). (5th-Springflower-1441 aDW)
- RMSG <keyword(s)> to look over your messages only showing those with some content matching your specified keyword(s). Case sensitive. (21st-Cloudburst-1441 aDW)
- Warfare: legion skill of weapons is renamed melee to be more clear. Legion skill fighting now covers all types of legion attack/defence equally - though less effectively than specific deployment. (18th-Cloudburst-1441 aDW)
12th December:
- Enlisted, Killed, Bribed enlistables now appears properly in ACTIONS. Globe usage and contribution posted to city BBs including ongoing burden (i.e. cost to globe) or gain (i.e. benefit to globe). (14th-Cloudburst-1441 aDW)
- Major fix to LW chapters should now ensure the proper path is followed re: experiences. (14th-Cloudburst-1441 aDW)
- GREET CCC at guild doors after knocking now works fine based on recruitment and guild status, not incorrectly ignoring or parsing a request for quests from the greeter. (14th-Cloudburst-1441 aDW)
11th December:
- Screenreader players no longer subject to WHO lists unnecessary info / auras or faded player names. (19th-Mournsend-1441 aDW)
- Warfare inter-legion combat remains OFF but testing and fix-up is underway. The battleisle will be open before Christmas for all-comers to enter and play out battlefield wargames, learn how legions work, pit armies against one another, etc. Warfare in the Avalon mainland will not be activated until after the New Year. Current proposed date of 'switch on' is January 12th 2018. (13th-Mournsend-1441 aDW)
- Avalon's quest and events system is back in working order. There will be an event soon - a battlesands - so check out HELP BATTLESANDS / HELP RULES for detailed info on this most inclusive and challenging of events. (13th-Mournsend-1441 aDW)
- Treetop networks being sorted out include SWING TREETOPS from low-hanging vine locations giving access to the treetops and full coverage for those with Forestry/Ranger profession. (11th-Mournsend-1441 aDW)
10th December:
- Referring to knights in armour and thieves using assumed names: some omissions/loopholes have been resolved. (25th-Eleuthral-1441 aDW)
- INSIGHTS command available to all for cup of knowledge perusal. Cup updated: ten sips. Insights only. (25th-Eleuthral-1441 aDW)
- Exploding seeing stones are back in the mix. (24th-Eleuthral-1441 aDW)
- Arrows trap renamed SALVO to avoid confusion with the arrow trap. AB TRAPPING/AB WARCRAFT updated to use "salvo" for the multi-arrow iteration. (18th-Eleuthral-1441 aDW)
- UPCATCHING no longer doable by anyone, only those with the ability in their skills list. (18th-Eleuthral-1441 aDW)
- No more free raising of lightshield without notifications. Globestave WREATHE no longer goes up in a location despite 'aggression' by the person bringing it about. (17th-Eleuthral-1441 aDW)
9th December:
- Music trumpet blasts icewalls from both sides not just one now. (6th-Eleuthral-1441 aDW)
- INGUILD by guildmaster who's citizenship doesn't match the guild's home city: this no longer restricts initiating new members or use of SECEDE (see HELP SECEDE) should that grave eventuality occur. (5th-Eleuthral-1441 aDW)
- Zooming to the Mercinaen divine globe (for young Mercinaens) now do-able. (4th-Eleuthral-1441 aDW)
- Tempests restored to working order - demonic, elemental, felt hats, etc. (1st-Eleuthral-1441 aDW)
- No longer possible to LEGION ASSEMBLE enlisted men into legion banners in different locations i.e. to teleport the men into the distant legion. (29th-Midwinter-1441 aDW)
- Sprinting no longer disabled by broken hands! (29th-Midwinter-1441 aDW)
- Conveying and marching around at command-post no longer gives erroneous text to yourself and/or onlookers as legions move between locations (under certain conditions). CONVEY now auto-unlocks home barracks doors on the way back to base. (27th-Midwinter-1441 aDW)
- Signing off final version of newborn chapter, now shorter and simpler, no more jarring SKILLS before academy. a. (27th-Midwinter-1441 aDW)
- Rewritten and updated HELP PAYING and CHARGES, includes examples and explicit roles of ART Publications (Avalon UK) (27th-Midwinter-1441 aDW)
- Lizzara playing her music no longer incorrectly requests Sarec when she means Orthalgin or Greeny's Edge. (27th-Midwinter-1441 aDW)
- CONVEY and legion movement reflecting cavalry and legion size and "pathways" / "deployment" legion skill, in evaluating how fast the movement occurs. Fully developed "pathways" and "deployment" can make even very large legions move fast as small ones. (27th-Midwinter-1441 aDW)
- Furglewort effect shouldn't wear off super fast for LWs. (24th-Midwinter-1441 aDW)
- Various experiences fixed up / evolved e.g. witnessing bear transformation is now witness bear OR wolf transformation, assorted experiences that weren't working based on being FIGHTBRIEF or expecting FIGHTVERYBRIEF now working, etc. (23rd-Midwinter-1441 aDW)
- Fortifications across the world have been lowered to allow legions to be taken back within home city walls. All forts outside of cities have also been cleared out as part of the clean map in readiness for warfare's return. (14th-Midwinter-1441 aDW)
- All minefields outside of the cities have been cleared. (14th-Midwinter-1441 aDW)
- TOAST <person> now shows correct recepticle for making the toast. (12th-Midwinter-1441 aDW)
- FAR BOND and PUPPET BOND now take into account the form of the target, like face to face bonding, rather than allowing any form to be able to be bonded with the same wax. (12th-Midwinter-1441 aDW)
- Farsight attacking and other 'bouts of focus' Farsight abilities should give somewhat more accurate timings for completion. Truemystic and Oracle effect has been removed. (12th-Midwinter-1441 aDW)
8th December:
- Dragon egg ( HELP DRAGON / HELP DRAGONACT) made by a city and sacrificed in Mt Sapience to bring forth the dragon and aid crops, hurt enemy crops, steal comms and flame city enemies: the golden egg is now a golden wheel, for the sacrifice. This change because it clashed with the egg melee quest / throwing eggs at people (for those who've played in this event). WHEEL QUEST v EGG QUEST hence. (11th-Midwinter-1441 aDW)
- SETTINGS now has an entry re: sponsorship and whether it renews automatically or not. Which it does. And various warfare relatedd info. (9th-Midwinter-1441 aDW)
- Apprentice right of way should now cover more of the guild including study, centre, entrance, etc. (9th-Midwinter-1441 aDW)
- Novice chests given out not only by sponsorship or subscription but also by starting guild apprenticeship. Remember they're given out only in outdoor home city locations, not when the apprentice is buried deep in the guildhouse. (6th-Midwinter-1441 aDW)
- PROBE on charged items / artifacts showing charges et al, on Respected Itemlore as skill ability oughta. (5th-Midwinter-1441 aDW)
- Abridged LW chapters 4 - 6 added for all badges covered, free crowns, mentoring, and prize ending. (3rd-Midwinter-1441 aDW)
- Practiced benefits now gained again from CHOP CLOTH DUMMY / FIRE ARROW process. (30th-Agamnion-1440 aDW)
- Jeremiah works for LW and MW now and takes the correct answers to his questions. (29th-Agamnion-1440 aDW)
- Picking up altar11 (the shrine of Agammenion) now possible with the black silk gloves (unless it's already placed at the shrine location). It now resets to the Hall of stars as intended. (29th-Agamnion-1440 aDW)
- BB posts and general written editor now gives correct info on .? or .h instead of some bogus description. (29th-Agamnion-1440 aDW)
- REpeated WHISTLE FRIENDS / freed slaves quest loop no longer possible. (29th-Agamnion-1440 aDW)
- Some Mysticism abilities didn't need the right number of bonds on the wax to work but now they do. (29th-Agamnion-1440 aDW)
- Not possible to waste Farsight hurling damage on dead targets. (29th-Agamnion-1440 aDW)
- Filling herb pouches with herb that fill pockets to the brim no longer leaves bogus numbers (excess) in your inventory. (29th-Agamnion-1440 aDW)
7th December:
- LOCALE HERE and LOCALE HERE <direction> to give the locale points with legion position, formation, facing, etc, without any tabs/line spacing. Should help with screenreaders. (17th-Agamnion-1440 aDW)
- ZOOM HOME and ZOOM <target> from the skies should now function rather than failing at the outset. (16th-Agamnion-1440 aDW)
- Removing hides from tanning cauldrons no longer prevented incorrectly. (6th-Agamnion-1440 aDW)
6th December:
- Warfare: quickstep now more simply referred to as step - though you can still use QUICKSTEP - better to get used to STEP instead. It'll be faster in an emergency. (20th-Leaflost-1440 aDW)
- Timers on the gauntlet - monks, dwarves, orcs - should no longer misbehave now and then when seizing the gauntlet to do the cull. (17th-Leaflost-1440 aDW)
- Answering the most recent drinker of the holy gail on the bridge of souls no longer case sensitive fussy so should be doable by aspirant crusaders, so long as you know the answer. Won't matter if you use upper or lower case letters. (15th-Leaflost-1440 aDW)
- WORK SKIN INTO CAULDRON/suitable container now working again. Pelts ability from Labours for instance. (15th-Leaflost-1440 aDW)
- It is now possible to move/march legions back behind home city walls. City and guild leaders: do this pronto. (15th-Leaflost-1440 aDW)
- HELP BURDEN included in the city help sections as a brief explanation of the role of reputation and globe power and gain vs burden as depicted in SCORE. (15th-Leaflost-1440 aDW)
- GUIDES command for players to see active guides in the land, along with their city, guild and profession. It takes senior guildmembers (plus GM), designated tutors, PR ministry types, city leaders, selected sages. (13th-Leaflost-1440 aDW)
- Abusers / exploiters of seconds - particularly the goodwill and time of guides - now automatically listed in SECONDS as those who help youngsters should make a point of checking out. It will save countless hours wasted effort that can be used on genuine novices. (8th-Leaflost-1440 aDW)
- Furglewort visions no longer interfere with novice experience chapters. (6th-Leaflost-1440 aDW)
5th December:
- Keep in mind, city leaders and guild elders, those under your care needing sponsorship - type SPONSORING to see those currently active and make sure the poor souls don't run out of days and/or learn about subscriptions (supporting Avalon) if they're able. The choice remains with city and guild on a case by case basis. (26th-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- ZOOM GLOBE to make a beeline to your home city's divine globe location. (25th-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- ZOOM SMITHY to make a beeline to the nearest same-area armourer/weaponsmith e.g. "Small armoury of Eleusis" off the main street in the Eleusis river-village. (23rd-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- Reputation gain for guilds by dint of INVOLVED members active in Avalon fixed; and now properly benefitting those who are doing the activity, whatever that might be. (23rd-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- GLOBE WITNESS and usage of city divine globe as well as all city globe catalyst activity (witnessed or not) now reflected in SCORE "lifetime balances / globe impressions". See HELP IMPRESSION for details of this key component of your SCORE and important contribution to the power of your city and the reputation of your guild. (22nd-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- No longer cheap 'involved' reputation from idling in legions. (22nd-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- Herbs and Poisons when selected by a novice (for the key experiences) no longer limited at Competent but behave like any sampled profession skill. No abusing this privilege! (19th-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- LOCALE / TREES HERE / SURVEY now gives info on treetops, tree profusion and - for those of suitable profession - tree roots, tree sapience. (18th-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- SWING TO TREETOPS / SWING TREETOPS takes you up to the treetops (or to forest edge, in a few cases) so long as it's done in a location with suitable treetop entry point. (18th-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- Novice summonings from sampling professions don't remain after the selected profession is spent or the novicehood is over. (17th-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- SPIKE and other door-related commands showing correct syntax and responses when used inappropriately. (17th-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- Short-lived/transient conjurings, summonings and creations should NO LONGER - unless otherwise appropriate - vanish without warning or last only a short period of time; while you remain active in Avalon / holding the item in your inventory or kept in close proximity. (17th-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- Felling or nullifying or unfixing globestaves now withdraw their support for light and other elemental objects, soon leading to the latter losing power. (8th-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- Lightning strikes from the skies now hit and/or disperse but don't linger. Lightarcs strike and disperse. GBS LIGHT should now function as intended. (8th-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- Light from globestaves now interacts with the globestaves to maintain power rather than simply lasting forever. City divine globes can empower globestaves automatically so features like the great shield of light over a whole area can be maintained. See HELP SHIELDED for info on that. (8th-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- Headbutting no longer requires arms. (7th-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- Falling from the skies no longer dumps out in strange locations but should connect directly downward to whatever ought to be below / on the ground. (7th-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- Seeing stones coalesced and portable should no longer vanish when the owner remains actively in-game and only disperse once the Farsight-summoner has logged out/gone aura. (7th-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- TRAPPING: crippletrap and weight and indeed any traps using crafted objects in their preparation no longer vanish inexplicably. (5th-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
4th December:
- TRAPS command now showing health of traps as well as primed / trigger information. (4th-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- Traps health is back functional with PRIME / LAY ensuring healthy state. (4th-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- Assassins Guild now has Mavern and Blytta as its tutors instead of doubling up on Mavern. Nightblades (Thieves) has Rayche as junior tutor. (2nd-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- Barian changed from Barian4316 to Barian2490. Major news! (2nd-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- All flags of conquest and occupation - all spheres of influence - are reset to a clean slate in readiness for the return of warfare. Legions should be taken home, behind one's homeland city walls. (1st-Hindyear-1440 aDW)
- UNWIELD RIGHT/LEFT no longer causes lag or fails under certain important circumstances. (16th-Ilmarael-1440 aDW)
- CLIENTS command reinstated so don't forget to check CLIENTS, set your CLIENT <client name> and suggest to support@avalon-rpg.com any clients we might have missed from the list. Setting your client is important if for no other reason than making sure text and colour you receive from Avalon is compatible. (14th-Ilmarael-1440 aDW)
- For those helping with youngsters SSWHO and equivalent commands now inform you what the novice/LW is doing re: chapters done, current experience underway, time spent, etc. (14th-Ilmarael-1440 aDW)
- SECONDS now shows up stigmatised seconds but also assesses new/LW players for those deciding how to spend their time helping the increased flow of youngsters coming off the back of the evolving novice system. (13th-Ilmarael-1440 aDW)
3rd December:
- Chapters for the LW now follow-on automatically after completion of the NEWBORN and NOVICE chapters (which should end in meeting a guide / making contact with an experienced player). (8th-Ilmarael-1440 aDW)
- Ritual-created MAGESTAFF is now separated into a distinct object type with unique characteristics. Use of the magestaff (flail, wave, point, turn, raise) brought into proper alignment with conjuring magical powers - with a touch of physical movement required - including use of equilibrium, breaking protection if appropriate, prevented by having been suitably disabled, etc. (7th-Ilmarael-1440 aDW)
- Gaining full profession (i.e. no longer being an apprentice) requires completion of the LW phase. This includes ENDAPPRENTICE. (7th-Ilmarael-1440 aDW)
- ENDAPPRENTICE is no longer restricted for those above middling standing simply because in ages past the badges/prize wasn't completed. (6th-Ilmarael-1440 aDW)
- Presented birds now autoreset to the person to whom they're presented and should retain the person presenting in PRESENTATIONS etc. (6th-Ilmarael-1440 aDW)
1st December:
- Sky locations for all four major cities now fixed to be consistent and locations previously incorrectly linked or not associated with the proper sky are now sorted. (13th-Skyelong-1440 aDW)
- Version two of the novice chapters covering professions, with new ending and inclusive of trade markets and shops. (1st-Skyelong-1440 aDW)
30th November:
- Streamlined newborn chapter, version 2, now has SKILLS after joining academy. (26th-Paglost-1440 aDW)
- Tanientil taking shapes of various type (pentagrms, circles, stars, moons) as well as tetrahedrons. She just can't get enough of them shapes. (23rd-Paglost-1440 aDW)
- Rituals wearing out no longer leaving sticks here there and everywhere. (23rd-Paglost-1440 aDW)
- Overrunning the forest from ancient woodlands into non-forest adjacent locations now allows UP/DOWN overrunning into certain location types like 'garden' 'valley' 'mountains' 'eyrie' etc. (23rd-Paglost-1440 aDW)
- Peaceful locations, pool of life, mists of peace: the locations are now protected from a range of aggressive actions (like throttle, blackhand, brilliance, cleave) where previously certain abilities could be used as loopholes. Report any anomalies. (23rd-Paglost-1440 aDW)
- Dancing rituals when specifically targetting yourself should now target yourself e.g. earthquake ritual danced against oneself will quake you. (21st-Paglost-1440 aDW)
- Period lack of LOOK/GLANCE when moving fast between locations e.g. when rebounding or zooming or teleporting should be fixed to show location description+contents. (21st-Paglost-1440 aDW)
- REVERSE and REBOUND - hurtling through the skies as a human missile - now functional again. Experiment versus obstacles! (21st-Paglost-1440 aDW)
- Reversing into lightropes/tension vines no longer so stringent over timing so less falling flat on the face. (21st-Paglost-1440 aDW)
29th November:
- Novice selections: FOREST COMMAND and BLOCK (among other things) restricted for only true professionals. Farsight into amphitheatre unrestricted for novices. Chapters in place from new creation to academy and thereafter to full graduation. LW chapters active but currently under development including a special chapter for all LWs exclusive to each profession. (2nd-Paglost-1440 aDW)
28th November:
- Missing name from SHOUT when heard by others is no longer missing. (6th-Springflower-1440 aDW)
- Novice system is now integrated from the point of creation all the way through to academy graduation and full graduation equivalency. (4th-Springflower-1440 aDW)
- Receipt of novice inventory items when not a novice should no longer be an issue. (4th-Springflower-1440 aDW)
26th November:
- Novice system has been entirely recreated and first stages are finished and active. The academy is superseded by chapter experiences and the school likewise (though optionally a player can school if they are desperate to do so). Graduation is achieved at the end of the three chapter novicehood by meetimg with a guide/senior - so keep an eye out for promising youngsters and be ready to interact. (16th-Mournsend-1440 aDW)
22nd November:
- ROLL should no longer kill spirit defences or candescent defences if rolling between two regular locations. (24th-Leaflost-1439 aDW)
- Knightly cleave on strike left should now be functioning. (24th-Leaflost-1439 aDW)
- Intolerance now blocks emptying potions and pipes. (24th-Leaflost-1439 aDW)
- Sleep charm breaks malloran and such. (23rd-Leaflost-1439 aDW)
- FLETCH now updated to make 10 arrows from each batch of wood and/or use local forest wood in the right locations. (23rd-Leaflost-1439 aDW)
21st November:
- IMMUNISE not possible unless you have the ability. (10th-Leaflost-1439 aDW)
- Tree felling experience functional. (8th-Leaflost-1439 aDW)
20th November:
- Shape form use of AB command and other non-ability skills made more lenient. (26th-Hindyear-1439 aDW)
- No use of Battleisle without divine permission or during specific quests e.g. Flagquest or Battlesands. (25th-Hindyear-1439 aDW)
- Werewolves no longer able to use skills freely (Necromancy included) save those abilities appropriate to the form like claws, biting, carnage, blooding. (25th-Hindyear-1439 aDW)
- Speed of CCC attacking - unfeasible slowness - has been addressed today including those with particular attacks. Experimentation advised. Report any issues. (25th-Hindyear-1439 aDW)
- Fixes to forest overrunning into the skies and into locations without proper exits (i.e. portal points). (24th-Hindyear-1439 aDW)
- Issues the past couple of hours with bonding/binding and defences losing the bonding should be resolved. (17th-Hindyear-1439 aDW)
19th November:
- LW now properly shows the newly sponsored or subscribed. (2nd-Hindyear-1439 aDW)
- REPLY to those disguised as CCCs no longer appends part of the CCC name to the text of the tell. (2nd-Hindyear-1439 aDW)
- Drinking potions should no longer be prevented by paralysis. (2nd-Hindyear-1439 aDW)
- Returned / hiatus folks now given a full day free to seek sponsorship or pick up subscription at the same time as protection from attack. (2nd-Hindyear-1439 aDW)
- Trapping and Warcraft now have the "poisoning" ability to cover the POISON command. AB TRAPPING POISONING / AB WARCRAFT POISONING. (25th-Ilmarael-1439 aDW)
- Warcraft skilled can now use RETRIEVE and POISON commands according to the skill level. (25th-Ilmarael-1439 aDW)
- Warcraft "silence" now referred to as "needle" to allow the trap to be used properly. (24th-Ilmarael-1439 aDW)
- Being painted against FREEZING no longer incorrectly resists MINDBLEED. (24th-Ilmarael-1439 aDW)
- SELECT <profession> for sampling guild skills available to all academics/scholars through to LW/first apprenticeship choice. (20th-Ilmarael-1439 aDW)
18th November:
- Serious issue with strikeback / retaliation causing corruption and game pause resolved. (8th-Ilmarael-1439 aDW)
- Bogus trueslaying potential on newly crafted weapons now fixed and hopefully the fix backdated across all pre-existing weapons. (7th-Ilmarael-1439 aDW)
- FLY has been brought into line with the flying abilities, if wings or flying forms are used. (29th-Midsummer-1439 aDW)
17th November:
- Mysticism dumb no longer gives weird grassland messages. (11th-Midsummer-1439 aDW)
- CLEAVE issue combined with or versus strikeback / restrike opponent resolved. (6th-Midsummer-1439 aDW)
16th November:
- KILLED, BRIBED and ENLISTED rankings are back in play. Warfare in prep. (21st-Skyelong-1439 aDW)
- Lesson gain for base experiences done as part of one's chapter now applies whatever the 'difficulty' of the experience. Experiences count when done as part of the chapter henceforth. Lesson gain from levels is 10 x number of levels gained. Lesson gain for novices is doubled for first three to six chapters. Lesson gains from combat and profession-specific activities to come. (18th-Skyelong-1439 aDW)
- Fix of some functionality in CHANNEL selection for mirror use. (10th-Skyelong-1439 aDW)
- Development of the chapters for novicehood and apprenticeship continue. Those of you with any skill at writing, check out CHAPTER ADDHELP command and contribute to the land by putting in quality sentences of advice/instruction against experiences you know/have done. Earn the karma. (10th-Skyelong-1439 aDW)
15th November:
- Experiences now focus on what is in your current chapter so do those experiences listed and maximise the chapter rewards received and lessons gained. (26th-Paglost-1439 aDW)
- Prototype chapter updates for novice tutorials - DO <experience name> to gather further help on tricky experiences or set in motion support/instructions (where appropriate). (20th-Paglost-1439 aDW)
- Novice first three chapters now set in place and will be tailored for the new player experience with support/advice and completion texts. Let us know if you find any young players having trouble or getting stuck. Suggestions for improvements welcome. This is a key area of Avalon's continued rude health. (18th-Paglost-1439 aDW)
14th November:
- Ethereal/astral/light/gas forms now pass through doors (providing location on the other side is not correctly protected). (27th-Springflower-1439 aDW)
13th November:
- Mystic or demonology or familiar/companion bonding and shared consciousness will now give access to AB/AB <skill>/AB <ability>/AB <attribute>. (7th-Springflower-1439 aDW)
- UNWIND WIND by Ondine at UPBUCKET gives error in return. (3rd-Springflower-1439 aDW)
- Fixed issue with THROW when doing damage, to whatever extent, against a player target. (26th-Cloudburst-1439 aDW)
- BURNING command now shows purification/salt-and-sand percentages. SURVEY informs how far a location is aflame towards "purification" warding level. (25th-Cloudburst-1439 aDW)
- Demon and mystic seeking vs purified warding locations (fire, salt/sand) should now be working right. (25th-Cloudburst-1439 aDW)
12th November:
- Fire resistance works to defend against immolation ongoing. Immolation state reduces in intensity with each iteration. (13th-Cloudburst-1439 aDW)
- Evocation immolation and damnation and Necromancy immolate and self-immolation and other burning abilities now rationalised, tested working with associated curses/afflictions in place. (13th-Cloudburst-1439 aDW)
- Immolation / burning state no longer causing inordinate amount of damage. (11th-Cloudburst-1439 aDW)
- Animist Naturalism "forest" commands should work once more through the updated TREE/forestal forms. (10th-Cloudburst-1439 aDW)
- Becoming shared consciousness and directly commanding familiars like homonculus and puppets and companions is now active/functional. (9th-Cloudburst-1439 aDW)
- SCEPTICISM fixed to use / require equilibrium as intended. (9th-Cloudburst-1439 aDW)
- Daily lesson gain updated including informative message when it is parsing through based on your subscription type. (6th-Cloudburst-1439 aDW)
- Backfiring song of the vampire fixed. (6th-Cloudburst-1439 aDW)
- No longer possible to Farsight track to owl runes held by the divinely protected or those in aura form. (6th-Cloudburst-1439 aDW)
- Demons no longer attack by physical strike when they're also inflicting their special demonic powers against some persecuted target. (5th-Cloudburst-1439 aDW)
- Changing shop names based on city or guild authority now works as if personal ownership. (5th-Cloudburst-1439 aDW)
- Seeker demons back functional. Carnage working for werewolfs (but also other devouring/carnivorous beast-forms). (5th-Cloudburst-1439 aDW)
- Charming spells involving touch like freezing and mindbleed should now universally break pentacle, alkar, fullparrying, etc. (5th-Cloudburst-1439 aDW)
- BAT and other similar animal forms can now BITE, CLAW and SLASH with talons/claws. (4th-Cloudburst-1439 aDW)
- Weakening fog effects are back in play. (4th-Cloudburst-1439 aDW)
- Evoking undead from dead bodies now raises the undead creature into your location. (4th-Cloudburst-1439 aDW)
- WEAVE ETHEREALITY - the light form - BEAM and Candescence should be fully empowered again, as well as general non-physical interplay while in light form. (20th-Mournsend-1439 aDW)
- BAT/WEREWOLF forms should be back in place for Sorcerers, LIGHT (WEAVE ETHEREALITY) for Mages - including the special powers. (20th-Mournsend-1439 aDW)
- CHOICES command for accessible forms, CHOOSE <shapeform> and SHAPES updated so when typed on its own should list any special / unusual / exotic / seasonable shape-forms available to you.
11th November:
- Sponsorships will now tick properly month to month, based on city or guild responsible for the sponsorship. With consequences for turncoating the city/guild sponsoring! (15th-Mournsend-1439 aDW)
- WEAVE ETHEREALITY for Mage professionals to change into the candescent beam of light should now be available again. (14th-Mournsend-1439 aDW)
- PRESENTATIONS now shows clearly the missing birds, of the five required, and once presented no longer requires the mutual friendship / status to continue until the specialisation is attained. (12th-Mournsend-1439 aDW)
- PRESENTATIONS to gain Ornithology or Falconry no longer loss their presentation status merely because the persona presenting falls below the presentation requirements (temporarily). HELP PRESENTATIONS duly updated. (12th-Mournsend-1439 aDW)
- Type SHAPES to see available shape-forms, HELP SHAPEFORMS for further details. BECOME <shape> to take it on. Needless to say most of the shape-forms default to 'not accessible' unless circumstances are right (e.g. if it's a professional staple). Don't worry if you see some strange forms in the lands the next few days as we complete testing. (11th-Mournsend-1439 aDW)
10th November:
- Spamming VIGOUR is no longer effective. VIGOUR now checks balance/character states and uses 100 mana. (19th-Eleuthral-1439 aDW)
- STEADYPARRY properly acting as spur for RIPOSTE if timed right. And timing is less luck, more skill now. (19th-Eleuthral-1439 aDW)
- STEADYPARRY impact on attacks, when the defence is active, brought into line with FULLPARRY effects. (13th-Eleuthral-1439 aDW)
- CASE ROUND brought up to date. (3rd-Eleuthral-1439 aDW)
9th November:
- SPLASH needs and uses balance, other appropriate checks and balances in place. (30th-Midwinter-1439 aDW)
- Loremasters trying to weave the onyx into their opalescent spectrum can now use the totem onyx as well as other types. (30th-Midwinter-1439 aDW)
- Triangle1179 overpowered equilibrium reduction corrected along with the various intended/more nuanced effects. Lifespan and price put in place. (29th-Midwinter-1439 aDW)
- PROBE inversion of blessing and cursed fixed. (25th-Midwinter-1439 aDW)
- ARROW ability checks and uses balance as per Forestry "arrowing" ability. (25th-Midwinter-1439 aDW)
- IMMUNISE now checks and uses balance. (25th-Midwinter-1439 aDW)
- Hemp stripping now checks and uses balance. (25th-Midwinter-1439 aDW)
- REACH for barbs thrown to pinion no longer loses touch with the barb if it's actively pinioning somebody. (24th-Midwinter-1439 aDW)
- PINION and wicked barb function fixed, clash with ownership resolved. (23rd-Midwinter-1439 aDW)
- FLIP, SPRINT, numerous physical actions: no longer blocked by just having one arm/side broken while the other side is healthy. (13th-Midwinter-1439 aDW)
- WEAVE DAZZLE breaks pentacle / subject to conditions and consequences. Same for all Candescence abilities now that previously evaded breaking pentacle (and other fragile defences) despite being an aggressive pro-active strike. (11th-Midwinter-1439 aDW)
- Trees restored to "Ruined gateway" and "Overgrown road" locations. (11th-Midwinter-1439 aDW)
- No longer get booze for free at the bars and taverns! (10th-Midwinter-1439 aDW)
- ZOOM MONARCH works for all four cities. (9th-Midwinter-1439 aDW)
- Trapbelt INTB / OUTTB updated to function with all the latest traps and trap types e.g. slayer / treetrap. (9th-Midwinter-1439 aDW)
8th November:
- SUBSCRIBE <tier> <persona> and UNSUBSCRIBE <persona> now available to allow you to subscribe for others and control when that subscription ceases. The other person doesn't see payment details/customer token nor can they purchase/use the subscribed state to buy anything else (e.g. purchasing crowns). (7th-Midwinter-1439 aDW)
- No longer possible to put various states/defences into fireflies that ought not be included e.g. most struggling/break free counters. (4th-Midwinter-1439 aDW)
- Flag868 - the torn flag that eventually becomes the proud standard of an ancient house (in the right hands and the right place) is restored to circulation. (2nd-Midwinter-1439 aDW)
- Divine globe power absorption and last decade assessment, to empower the globe every new year with the citizen and guild contributions over the past 10 years: this is now back in operation so the divine globes can be used freely once again. (2nd-Midwinter-1439 aDW)
- Mysticism offensive acts (including WILL) previously going through divine protection no longer goes through protection+resurrection aura. (1st-Midwinter-1439 aDW)
- Divine Globe contributor postings that have long been absent or empty are now restored, whoop-de-doo, and will post each Agamnion as the used to, with the most pioneering/effective citizens of that year's globe cycle. (31st-Agamnion-1438 aDW)
- Visigoth legions removed from North Ogg marshland and other incursions from battleisle village legions returned to the battleisle, bogus link exit removed. (30th-Agamnion-1438 aDW)
- Lesson gain (daily lessons from subscription, sponsorship) affected by idling in safe locations - non-subscribers - and likewise by divine protection. No change has been made to gradual accumulation of lessons as you play Avalon; this tweak only affects non-tier unactive players. (30th-Agamnion-1438 aDW)
- Metal triangle trinket updated with less vague helpfile and default lifespan/downprice. Those with the triangle already, their trinkets will inherit the updated powers. (30th-Agamnion-1438 aDW)
- The magic carpet trinket no longer able to teleport at will to unreasonable, multi-layer protected locations. It remains the most potent form of teleport in Avalon (for mortals) but will not penetrate the deepest, darkest recesses of otherwise safe locations. (30th-Agamnion-1438 aDW)
- Updates to various trinkets, lifespan and completed powers/attributes, including the octarine spellbook, the elegant paintbrush, the dark blood-red longsword, the crystal bracelet, the bijou hand-mirror. Prices adjusted where appropriate. (30th-Agamnion-1438 aDW)
- Sponsorships now tick over (if no regular subscription active) and automatically renew unless city or guild terminate. (27th-Agamnion-1438 aDW)
- CITY ACTIONS / CITY ACTION <text> back to working order. (17th-Agamnion-1438 aDW)
- UNSUBSCRIBE <tier> <reason> replaces the protracted unsubscribe procedure of old, and can be done any time without affecting leftover paid subscription days from prior month renewal. Able to re-SUBSCRIBE at any time. (15th-Agamnion-1438 aDW)
7th November:
- FEEBLE charm now subject to standard health damage caps (e.g. how much damage can be done in a single strike or single round) and blocked by the defences expected (e.g. alkar, strike evasion defences). (13th-Agamnion-1438 aDW)
- GREET <monarch> when invisible will now bring about their standard request quest / greet responses, i.e. giving out quests, etc. (13th-Agamnion-1438 aDW)
- Yababbadon has been returned to his hidey hole and will automatically do so if/when Periam is undeposed and alive in his chambers. (13th-Agamnion-1438 aDW)
- Very long-time bug where spirit defences and/or candescent defences (like malloran aura, spiritual cloak/diffusion, glowing halo, corona, charmshield, etc) suddenly lose bond or wear out - for now reason or merely because somebody has done a locate/starbeam on you from afar: this is now FIXED. (13th-Agamnion-1438 aDW)
- The Forestry learning limit for Brigands Guild upgraded from 99% between Ultimate and Crowned-Ultimate and 100%, so all the way to Crowned-Ultimate. (12th-Agamnion-1438 aDW)
- AB CHARMING FREEZING duly updated to make it clear how it functions including with the spiritual globe and the glowing halo and elemental fire resistance effect. (12th-Agamnion-1438 aDW)
- Freezing charm in the hands of a Mage versus another professional can erode the 'antifire' (cold resistance) defence with first strike, impose 'frozen' affliction on the next. No other professions can cast the freezing charm so powerfully except apprentices prior to choosing their long-term profession i.e. the youngest non-professionals. (12th-Agamnion-1438 aDW)
- Candescence abilities not available to Pacifists and breaking protection: DAZZLE, WHITEOUT, INTENSITY, IGNITE, FLASH and CHAOS. (2nd-Agamnion-1438 aDW)
6th November:
- CHAPTER completion reward is now automated. It occurs just under ten seconds after you complete the last experience of a particular chapter and is gifted each and every chapter you do. See HELP CHAPTER and HELP REWARDS for info. (19th-Leaflost-1438 aDW)
- Forestry THRUST and UNTHRUST commands in the "pike" ability (for quarterstaff deployment) now check and use balance - and other conditions apply. See AB FORESTRY PIKE and take note the distinction between PIKE and THRUST. (16th-Leaflost-1438 aDW)
- WORK / WORK <lock> / WORK <direction> and WORK <item> can now be used again. (30th-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- Minor adjustments to higher level CURRENCY rates and crowns recieved by SUBSCRIPTIONS, to reflect the automatic 10 free crowns per chapter. Smoother, simpler discount curve also removes blindspots and odd numbers of crowns to dollars. Each CURRENCY rate is +10% extra value over the previous and sharply rises to +100% value at the best possible rate. (27th-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
5th November:
- Musky Apothecary of the Loremasters Guild (the guild shop) now functions again. (24th-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- Tragedy / shirolos / voice / compulsion / garbled commands / drunkenness: no command jumbler will make you PETITION/enter into the BB/issue OOC commands. (24th-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- Interplay between great demons and the demon lord barrow fixed. (23rd-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- Candescence CLARITY and MIST cannot be done by pacifists. (23rd-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- Bardic masque no longer failing to use full target nname (instead truncating all masque names to the first three letters). It should work with full names now, what fun. (22nd-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- Youngsters lifting the stone (for the necklace quest) gain advice if nearby but in the wrong location. (22nd-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- LEADER declarations only possible between those with friend status declared or from city/guild with group friendship. (22nd-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- Tending forests Bedillam and G'harran no longer based on friend/enemy status with Goblin Town. Bedillam now unaffiliated. G'harran based on friend/enemy status with Gaurthang. (22nd-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- Thievery SNOOP ability renamed SNOOPING to be consistent with the defence activated (or disabled with UNSNOOP). Command remains as was. (19th-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- MONEY command now showing crowns held, crowns invested, amount purchased, amount gained by gift (e.g. chapter completion) and finally an accurate WEALTH current consistent with the info in SCORE and INV. (18th-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- Pan-pipes now able to summon not only living CCCs/steeds but also the lately deceased (if necessary/applicable). (16th-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- AB STEALTH MISLEAD and the petal-trails abilities are now available at the top of the Stealth ability-set. The misleading commands are not yet fully tested, though, so use at your own peril. It will be given the once over this coming week. (15th-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- BLOOD <opponent> via "blooding" ability in Necromancy no longer causes a 'freeze-up' error and is now integrated into the configured gamesystem with proper equilibrium checks, restrictions, equilibrium used up, etc. (15th-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- Keep an eye on the AB HERBS <herb> and AB POISONS <poison> content as we are going through and updating the content with accurate, non-cryptic and often revealing info about exactly what effects, what combinations, what conditions the herb or poison can be used. (15th-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- Snowfoot snowy weather restored across the village during the winter-time most years. (15th-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- HELP CHAPTERS, HELP REWARDS, HELP SHOPPING, HELP PURCHASES all brought up to date with erroneous content cut out to make them shorter, sweeter, succint. (15th-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- Chapter completion now givees an increased reward of TEN CROWNS - usable on whatever your character needs - rather than having to select rewards you could simply use the crowns for anyway. CHAPTER CHOOSE is still necessary, to say "give me my crowns now!". (15th-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- SERVICES restored to active use in the curiosity shop - documented in HELP SHOPPING - fully integrated using crowns only and tested through, all instances. (14th-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- Experiences fixed: headband and other specifics to Thandrades, artifacts to Periam/monarch, sailing around Avalon coast, tending grassland meadow, feeling a blowpipe poison, silver petal to monarch, on deck when black galleon sails. (8th-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- GUILDMSG no longer showing bogus text in the header of whatever is messaged to the guild-members. (7th-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- Blackened axe (axe19) set UNIQUE so it will no longer batch with other non-quest axes. (7th-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- Forestry ability "bear" renamed "animalform" to cover the bear-form and the wolf-form, depending on the guild within the Ranger profession. AB FORESTRY ANIMALFORM updated to cover both forms, HELP WOLVES added alongside HELP BEARFORMS. (7th-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
- Experiences fixed: returning royal document, climbing to the crater peak of Mt Sapience, experiencing final stage starvation, destroying items in orc town fissure, hurled great goblin scimitar off edge eye of darkness, making a timeline journal entry. (7th-Hindyear-1438 aDW)
4th November:
- HELP PAYMENTS, HELP PAYING, HELP SUBSCRIPTIONS, HELP SHOPPING, HELP PROCURE, HELP CROWNS all brought up to date, trimmed away unnecessary content. (23rd-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- Trinket lifespan and downpricing by duration: the first list of trinkets populating the main location of the Old Curiosity Shop is now in place, TRINKETS <trinket###> up to date and GOODS pricing now reflecting duration and artifact effect. The main shop location covers trinkets from above 150 CROWNS to anything under 550 CROWNS. See RATES for crown to currency conversation tiers: the main shop displays trinkets 37.50 USD to 110 USD. (19th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- Dancing firefly, single, badged in Market Yard of Curiosity Shop with 90 RL DAY (3 RL month) duration and cost in crowns reflecting this @ 8 CROWNS. Firefly jars all indefinite lifespan until fireflies get relesaed; then they expire. Prices adjusted to reflect the starting cost of the single firefly; and reductions for bulk at each successive jar size. (19th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- Trinket lifespan and downpricing according to duration: the first list of trinkets populating the Old Curiosity Shop "Market Yard" is now in place, TRINKETS <trinket###> brought up to date and GOODS pricing in crowns complete. The Market Yard location covers trinkets from 5 CROWNS to anything under 150 CROWNS. See RATES for conversion dollars to crowns: this is basically 1.25 USD to 37.50 USD at best crown acquisition rate. Durations from 30 RL days to 1460 RL days (4 RL years).
- Trinket lifespan rationalisation and downprice completed for: dark laen hood, anklet of dark crystal, amber amulet, little finger ring, bronze boomerang, ghostly coronet, bottle of vintage wine, onyx-handled cane, silk overalls, silk skullcap, hawk brooch, rod of divining, precocious piggy bank, raven-claw earring, silver-rimmed monocle, gordian chain. (19th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- Restriking and assorted automated attack strikes now impact CASE ATTACK and CASE DEFENCE a tad, which rolls into damage dealt and damage taken (when hit by an opponent). Small factor but worth understanding. (15th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- Letter delivery when letter is snowflake runed no longer carried out on letters outside of the postbox/postal halls i.e. letters won't keep spam-chasing down the recipient each time the rune causes them to be dropped. Letter delivery will also never occur when letter is in the same location as the recipient, snowflaked or not. (15th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- Acrobatics and independent aloofness and certain other super-agility abilities are no longer compatible with the heavy weight of lots of armour e.g. wearing platemail, carrying shield = impossible to maintain acrobatics. (14th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- The poisoning following a weapon/melee strike (e.g. when you get hit with a blade carrying poisons) now only comes about when the strike is successful, i.e. not when it is blocked or fully parried or warded off by pentacle or acrobatics and so on. (14th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- Not possible to FULLPARRY unless both right and left arm are unbroken. FULLPARRY properly subject to the standard checks and balances e.g. needs balance to do, uses balance to enact, etc. (14th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- FULLPARRY effective against the strike attacks - weapon melee, archery, bite, claw, throttle, slice, vorpal blade, windpipe, and so on. (14th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- Armour used for fullparrying without the health (repair) to be effective no longer allows FULLPARRY to be carried out. (14th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- Fisticuffs FULLPARRY now properly uses arm-greaves (the pair) to reduce inbound damage unto zero - as one might expect - but now also properly damages the health of the greaves. (14th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- DEFENCES showing armour percentage now includes the fullparry subtlety i.e. arm-greaves/gauntlets add to the % covered only when NOT being actively used in fullparrying. (14th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- Being in an impervious stone form (e.g. turned into a statue) now functions as a block/defence against most physical strikes - akin to an alkar but less easily dispersed. (12th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- FULLPARRY suitably equipped and balanced brought into the defensive repertoire against the standard attacks plus recent standardisation like VORPAL BLADE, SLICE, WINDPIPE. (12th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- Luminescent yarriol gauntlets trinket lifespan imposed for future iterations, price reduced to reflect this <20% former cost. (12th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- Aura of returning and globe of bladebar now effective to block weapon strikes above and beyond solely damage attacks e.g. the vorpal blade, the bleeding slice, etc. (10th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- Defensive measures like pentacle, alkar, aura protections, acrobatics, aloofness have been made effective versus various strike attacks where previously they were being ignored. Examples of this include WINDPIPE, SLICE, VORPAL BLADE (and dualslice, dualvorpal Chivalry abilities). (10th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- No more private financial data should be or will be kept with Avalon henceforth. Prior subscriptions and registered data are no longer extant. We apologies to older players for any inconvenience but it's an evolution long overdue. Old data has been purged. Setting up using the new secure system takes under a minute so we urge everyone to do so if/when the need arises. There is no charge for setting up with https://www.avalonrealtime.com and/or linking your Avalon personae with the new customer tokens. (12th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- LINK <email> <customer token> from having set up payment details with the secure server https://www.avalonrealtime.com (and validated via encrypted bank/third-party process) now properly links your Avalon character, e-mail and the customer token you get from the secure server; for subsequent use with PURCHASE, SUBSCRIBE and PROCURE. (11th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
3rd November:
- Spiritualism PURGE now erodes bonding and binding of spirit and/or demon familiars. (10th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- Guildmasters and guild leaders (especially from Knight profession) no longer prevented from using the likes of Squire and Sir in setting prefix/suffix of members. (10th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- New critter in the land: the tiny pink sugar mouse. These can be picked up when one's hungry and eaten for full satiation. But these sweet creatures are friends of Wraith so consume them at your own risk.! (9th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- Candescence WEAVE INTENSITY and Dramatics HUNGER performance cause significant hunger with each strike once again. (9th-Ilmarael-1438 aDW)
- Magicrush erroneous setup fixed. (18th-Midsummer-1438 aDW)
- SWOOP and seeing stone FOCUS no longer possible targetting aura forms. (18th-Midsummer-1438 aDW)
- No longer possible to FLY to aura targets. (18th-Midsummer-1438 aDW)
- No longer possible to LORESTAVE PORTAL or TRAVERSAL to aura targets. (18th-Midsummer-1438 aDW)
2nd November:
- STANDGROUND can no longer be done by everyone regardless of their form or having the Endurance ability. (17th-Midsummer-1438 aDW)
- EXP 61 - KenkriaSlay - how does that flurble its wurble? (16th-Midsummer-1438 aDW)
- CHAPTER CHOOSE per HELP REWARDS now up to date to list of possible rewards which, at present, are Avalon crowns and lessons (skill boosts). (16th-Midsummer-1438 aDW)
- BAD NAME IN SNOOPON output header but correct output. (16th-Midsummer-1438 aDW)
- Hawk brooch trinket lifespan at 90 days (3 RL months) with cost downpriced 16-fold. Horn-rimmed monocle trinket indefinite lifespan. Ageless sandals lifespan at 365 days (1 RL year) with cost downpriced by half. (14th-Midsummer-1438 aDW)
- SUBSCRIBE <subscription type> now functions like PURCHASE <subscription type> as per SUBSCRIPTIONS list of options with UNSUBSCRIBE also updated; all to use the customer tokens you get when registering payment methods via our secure server @ www.avalonrealtime.com. (13th-Midsummer-1438 aDW)
- PROBE for trinkets and divine items and artifacts now shows properly duration without a clash with standard item decay time-left. (27th-Skyelong-1438 aDW)
- Ucklie can now be grown in the Fiorella valley. (25th-Skyelong-1438 aDW)
1st November:
- Lifespan for trinkets shown when you type TRINKETS to review your trinket inventory. Also updated to reflect CROWNS at point of purchase. (5th-Skyelong-1438 aDW)
- The laen forging hammer (TRINKETS HAMMER1061) lifespan is now in place with, as usual, pricing reflecting this. (5th-Skyelong-1438 aDW)
- Silk skullcap (regeneration) trinket lifespan now properly in place and price reduced to reflect this. (5th-Skyelong-1438 aDW)
- Ent / awakened tree safeguarding + retaliating + attacking intruder bug fixed. (4th-Skyelong-1438 aDW)
- IMMUNISE (Survival ability) conditions / restrictions and consequences (e.g. unbalancing) fixed up. (4th-Skyelong-1438 aDW)
- Issue with lightarc / loremaster arclight versus CCC under certain conditions not properly slaying the CCC or attributing the killer has been resolved. (4th-Skyelong-1438 aDW)
- Dainty cherub wings trinket for lower sky flying (and swooping/reaching) now active with limited lifepsan and downpriced accordingly (see TRINKETS WINGS1191). (3rd-Skyelong-1438 aDW)
31st October:
- Bijou hand-mirror, golden discus, string bracelet, dog-eared tome trinkets available in the Curiosity Shop with their specific lifespan and downprice accordingly. The latter two are particularly worth looking over. (26th-Paglost-1438 aDW)
30th October:
- Oratory (in Dramatics) function fixed up. (1st-Paglost-1438 aDW)
- Burning issues (specifically with antifire/fire protection) resolved - relating to rituals, fur burning, immolation and damnation etc. (27th-Springflower-1438 aDW)
- Confusing balloon interplay on the bridge of souls (holy grail quest) fixed. (27th-Springflower-1438 aDW)
- CHANNELS for the fixed mirrors now functions correctly to list available channels / focus options for the mirror to reflect. (27th-Springflower-1438 aDW)
- Collecting men (enlistable, beckoned, bribed, barracked, etc) no longer groups those of same loyalty/type incorrectly. (25th-Springflower-1438 aDW)
29th October:
- Naturalism LIBERATE cancelling bulbous plant form / restoring natural human form expanded to reverse various plant/rooted metamorphoses. (25th-Cloudburst-1438 aDW)
27th October:
- FORMS command now correctly showing shape-form incarnations for those with the Perception ability "forms". (12th-Mournsend-1438 aDW)
26th October:
- RATIO output fixed when looking over another player's long-term deaths and kills record. (17th-Eleuthral-1438 aDW)
- PILFER lack of due unbalance / constraints fixed. (16th-Eleuthral-1438 aDW)
- TRINKET RATIONALISATION: those trinkets with longevity now tick down properly so - for example - suit1110 that enhances Farming and Labours yield/speed comes with a duration of 90 days (3 RL months) and duly ticks down accordingly. (15th-Eleuthral-1438 aDW)
- Stacking of charms and talismen no longer possible so Master warding and Master enhancement is the most possible from charm and/or talisman worn. Other warding/enhancement methods aren't affected. (15th-Eleuthral-1438 aDW)
- Seedpods that were previously able to be picked up should be anchored to their locations once again. (15th-Eleuthral-1438 aDW)
- Insanity Necromancy ability no longer works against those under divine protection or otherwise protected from attack. (15th-Eleuthral-1438 aDW)
- Ghost / ethereal / astral forms naturally lose restrictions like being webbed, being caught in a net, being bound by ropes, being physically immobilised etc. (15th-Eleuthral-1438 aDW)
- Ghost / ethereal / astral forms no longer restrained by such things as snare / clamp traps when moving around. (15th-Eleuthral-1438 aDW)
24th October:
- Consequences of starving to death (hunger) issue fixed. (24th-Agamnion-1437 aDW)
- Fixed TRINKET <item> showing incorrect prices. (19th-Agamnion-1437 aDW)
- Error in FAR TRAVERSE fixed preventing the traversal from working properly under certain circumstances. (4th-Agamnion-1437 aDW)
- Corona in a misty or mistdomed location now informs you of the type of mist before the corona piercing the darkness and letting you see the surroundings. (1st-Agamnion-1437 aDW)
- Ritual shapes no longer showing as 'on fire' ! (1st-Agamnion-1437 aDW)
- Ritual mistdome no longer mistaking LIGHT locations for DARK ones, and battling against it fruitlessly. (1st-Agamnion-1437 aDW)
- Tributes from occupied territory - key locations and villages/towns - updated to reflect the proper potentials and actual comms gained by occupying legions in place. (14th-Leaflost-1437 aDW)
- MISTDOME Ritual issue preventing the ritual from properly enacting, especially in otherwise light affected locations, fixed. (14th-Leaflost-1437 aDW)
21st October:
- Throttling with shadows error fixed. (30th-Ilmarael-1437 aDW)
- Detonation of coalesced seeing stones is no longer possible in fixed seeing stone locations. (28th-Ilmarael-1437 aDW)
20th October:
- Fixed issue with palantir detonations crashing the realm with a null stone. (14th-Ilmarael-1437 aDW)
- Bogus message for leech demon effect - what it's sucking away - now fixed + rearsensing leech activity works again. (23rd-Midsummer-1437 aDW)
- Silverfalls southeastern barbican exits corrected to lead through to the river rather than Orestes' kitchen! (23rd-Midsummer-1437 aDW)
- PILFER and pilfering now properly checks conditions / restrictions preventing use; and unbalances after it has been done. (23rd-Midsummer-1437 aDW)
- IMMUNITY command no longer mistakenly available to almost everyone but instead now just for those shapeforms with it as innate and - of course - those with the skill of Necromancy. (23rd-Midsummer-1437 aDW)
19th October:
- Prices in the Curiosity Shop, the bijou chamber, the adjacent yard, for all trinkets and special services: these are now solely listed in CROWNS and must be purchased using CROWNS only. (20th-Midsummer-1437 aDW)
- TRINKETS RATIONALISATION: first pass over the Curiosity Shop is complete and the initial selection of appropriate / acceptable trinkets are now spread across the three rooms in the Curiosity Shop, sorted by crowns value. Those of you with an eye for such things, be it for possible acquisition or concern about a trinket's place in the game-system: speak of your concerns with the Gods, point out observations and feel free to make suggestions. This is the best time to contribute. (20th-Midsummer-1437 aDW)
- Some behavour of GBS (GLOBESTAVE) LIGHTROPE has been fixed up. (18th-Midsummer-1437 aDW)
- BRIBE for larger groups of enlistables should now correctly number the newly bribed group in all cases. (10th-Midsummer-1437 aDW)
- Purchasing commodities from traders markets should now batch properly the purchase and handle the exchange of commodity batches correctly. (9th-Midsummer-1437 aDW)
- Widespread fix to items newly created (like a picked herb or a fashioned rune) coming into existence with a lot of clutter, e.g. a bunch of bogus items attached. There will be leftovers pre-fix which we'll be sorting out but there should be no new occurrences. Report any you see from this point on. (7th-Midsummer-1437 aDW)
- Trapping: traps made no longer clash with pre-existing objects, causing naming confusions. All traps now have their own unique object types so you can refer to them more easily, as per TRAPLIST and TRAPS commands. (6th-Midsummer-1437 aDW)
- Trapping: weird messages and bogus item usage descriptions are fixed. (6th-Midsummer-1437 aDW)
- Trapping: ore use for preparing an individual trap is working - for all traps - prioritising iron ore but also using copper or tin. (6th-Midsummer-1437 aDW)
- Trapping: correct use of inventory across all traps now in working order e.g. ARROWS uses 5 arrows (from quiver or held), SNARE uses an iron bar, ARSON uses a tinderbox, and so on. (6th-Midsummer-1437 aDW)
16th October:
- Double mana eating Candescence abilities are now back to normal, as per AB CANDESCENCE <ability> mana cost. (9th-Paglost-1437 aDW)
- Evocation SHARDS and BLACKHAND require + use equilibrium / restricted by other states like having no mana, breaking protection, affecting pentacle+alkar and so on. (4th-Paglost-1437 aDW)
- Projected Spiritualism and Evocation, across 30+ abilities including those issued through the demon homonculus, now both check and use equilibrium and function consistent with the restrictions and consequences of standard use, e..g. breaking protection, using equilibrium, stepping out of pentacle, etc. (4th-Paglost-1437 aDW)
- Homonculus commands - all those listed in AB DEMONOLOGY from "search" to "secrete" and everything in between - now duly check conditions for use (e..g.. blocked by chasing hard equilibrium) and apply consequences after use (e..g. equilibrium loss, broken protection, etc). (4th-Paglost-1437 aDW)
- No longer possible to BOND without mana. (16th-Springflower-1437 aDW)
- Mysticism "bond" (and through Farsight etc) no longer requires an extra bond for the Mysticism voodoo to work but as listed in the AB MYSTICISM <ability> syntax help. (16th-Springflower-1437 aDW)
- Farsight "blacken" updated to knock out the seeing stone for one Avalon day, not one Avalon month. (16th-Springflower-1437 aDW)
- Candescence "intensity" now causes hunger as described. (16th-Springflower-1437 aDW)
- Dwarves, monks and other CCCs now respawning correctly after offering / destruction - merely a longer timespan prior to rebirth under certain conditions. (9th-Springflower-1437 aDW)
- Kenkria's monks have been repopulated around the monastery for the gauntlet challenge - back to the correct total numbers. (9th-Springflower-1437 aDW)
- Thaumacie dwarves (guards, soldiers, cooks, archers, smiths) have been fully repopulated across the dwarf citadel city. (9th-Springflower-1437 aDW)
- Use of Charming spells through Mystic familiars (like puppets and companions) now functions including HEALHAND, HANDBURN, WEB, CLOAK, SLEEP, PENTACLE. (6th-Springflower-1437 aDW)
- Moving puppets and companions around using compass directions, without use of equilibrium, in and out of become'd state. (6th-Springflower-1437 aDW)
- Remote Oracle abilities now use/require equilibrium as per the setup of each individual ability. (6th-Springflower-1437 aDW)
- Mysticism: puppet and companion commands when issued independently or as an Oracle or when having become the puppet all now require due equilibrium according to the ability being used. (6th-Springflower-1437 aDW)
- Routines for clearing away detritus / spent objects like used potions, runes, mineheads, whitestones, decayed herbs+poisons, deployed military equipment, etc now exist to cycle through and tidy up the waste items cluttering the land. (20th-Cloudburst-1437 aDW)
- Calling the Angel of Death or the generic angels of death is now fixed. This includes ensuring the Angel himself (death361) remains a presence for those with Evocation to summon. (20th-Cloudburst-1437 aDW)
- Malloran / spirit aura of returning and other such spirit defences now disperse at the right times e..g. when an offensive act is carried out or when they're SCYTHE'd as part of an attack. (17th-Cloudburst-1437 aDW)
- The bartenders Armina and Entebbe have been restored to the Crescent Inn and the Kristanisti Tavern of the Golden Dragon respectively. (17th-Cloudburst-1437 aDW)
- TRINKET RATIONALISATION: beard824 (Alena's folly) and beard1080 (leaf-green beard) are now defined distinct trinkets, with helpfile updated and limits placed on purchase and usage. (16th-Cloudburst-1437 aDW)
- BRIBE uses only gold coins now. Gems cannot be used any more and must be sold at commodity markets first, to receive the coinage; then used for the BRIBE. See HELP ENLISTING. (16th-Cloudburst-1437 aDW)
- It is no longer possible to use VOICE on CCCs with proper names (NPCs) or enlistable men or permanent CCCs/steeds/familiars. (16th-Cloudburst-1437 aDW)
- The PROCURE and PURCHASE commands now use only crowns or payment data as setup using the secure server outside of Avalon. No payment info is hence held on Avalon itself and any previously subscriber/registered details have been purged. Extant subscribers will not be penalised but will need to update payment info through the HTTPS site. (27th-Mournsend-1437 aDW)
- Lingering spirits and ritual shapes should no longer be scattered around clogging up locations with semi-permanent transients. (27th-Mournsend-1437 aDW)
- TRINKET RATIONALISATION: the iridescent parrot is no longer able to learn cross-profession abilities nor can it learn/pass on offensive abilities from those skills it provides. Its lore is now fixed. (26th-Mournsend-1437 aDW)
- Elementalism ROOT and interaction with Fire, Earth, Water and Air root networks are now available. Use with care, report any issues but feel free to induce and interact freely. (26th-Mournsend-1437 aDW)
- ZOOMING command no longer ending prematurely if you happen to be in one of the locations it lists routes to/from. (26th-Mournsend-1437 aDW)
- Occasional corruption in TELLS and in outbound tells/messages replacing the text with bogus dates and such should now be fixed. (26th-Mournsend-1437 aDW)
9th October:
- WEB: established our first official blog: https://vale.avalon-rpg.com/ (8th-Agamnion-1436 aDW)
2nd September:
- Reduced globe lessonup to 10% from 33%, in line with smoother progression. (6th-Skyelong-1434 aDW)
- Crowned Ultimate learning fixed. (6th-Skyelong-1434 aDW)
1st September:
- Reflowed learning curve: 300 boosted lessons from Beginner to Grand-Master, 550 to Ultimate, 450 to Crowned. (9th-Paglost-1434 aDW)
- Smoothed the number of lessons required for Grandmaster to Crowned. (8th-Paglost-1434 aDW)
- Globe lessonup with CCC teaching get the same bonus as player teaching (enhancement, not a bug) (7th-Paglost-1434 aDW)
31st August:
- Reduced another possible reason for darsurion learning difficulty. (19th-Springflower-1434 aDW)
- Constrainining leaks onto fellowship from firefly actions. (19th-Springflower-1434 aDW)
- Fixes to the monocle output and criteria for display. (19th-Springflower-1434 aDW)
23rd August:
- It is now possible to restore inventories from any time period for which Avalon has a backup. (19th-Hindyear-1433 aDW)
- Fixed precision restore utility and verified working. (19th-Hindyear-1433 aDW)
- OTHER: added new utility for precision restorations. (18th-Hindyear-1433 aDW)
- ENGINE: fixed issue with door locks and similar causing repeated engine failures. (18th-Hindyear-1433 aDW)
- Fixed signet ring1176 TWIST output and ability retention. (12th-Paglost-1433 aDW)
- Various corruption fixes. (12th-Paglost-1433 aDW)
- Fixed compost assessment and fertility stave effect. (12th-Paglost-1433 aDW)
- Additional hooks to check for daily lesson gain at midnight. (10th-Paglost-1433 aDW)
- Various changes to BRIBE. Gold bribing is working, gem bribing still untested. (10th-Paglost-1433 aDW)
16th August:
- Fixed BRIBE issue where the number of men were increased by nearby quantities of other items. (10th-Springflower-1433 aDW)
- Fireflies constrained more tightly to only those online and alive, to reduce slowdowns. (8th-Springflower-1433 aDW)
- Removed excessive sponsorship checks and race situation, that contributed to slowdowns. (8th-Springflower-1433 aDW)
- Daily lessons for non-subscribers restored temporarily. Until new experiences/chapters for seniors exist, daily lessons and idle gain will remain active for them. (7th-Springflower-1433 aDW)
- Midnight parsing fixes including elementalism, forest affinity, weekly hours, and daily lessons. (7th-Springflower-1433 aDW)
- Increased speed of midnight parsing, which should now take around 30 minutes to reset everyone after 0:00 GMT. (7th-Springflower-1433 aDW)
- Disabled legions dropping excess inventory, causing serious lag and spam. (7th-Springflower-1433 aDW)
- Minor cleanups including decimal formatting. (7th-Springflower-1433 aDW)
14th August:
- Dailygain restrictions returned to subscriber-only. (19th-Mournsend-1433 aDW)
- Midnight reset tasks simplified for daily gain, which should now have no issues. (19th-Mournsend-1433 aDW)
- Midnight reset no longer impeded (affects rollcall, character descriptions, daily gain, etc) (6th-Mournsend-1433 aDW)
11th August:
- Added three more CURRENCY tiers at the top level for simple calculations and discounts. (23rd-Agamnion-1432 aDW)
8th August:
- After verifying daily gain is fixed, all subscribers received ten days of bonus lessons. (30th-Hindyear-1432 aDW)
7th August:
- Fixed daily lessons being handed out inversely to the subscription (gold got 10, bronze 20). Now receive the correct amounts. (5th-Hindyear-1432 aDW)
- Reduced complexity for giving out daily lessons and that should see everyone getting them without issue. (4th-Hindyear-1432 aDW)
2nd August:
- ENGINE: added deep string protection. (21st-Springflower-1432 aDW)
31st July:
- Removed the fireflies and interest rewards, in preparation for chapter rewards to be a blend of small boosts. (15th-Cloudburst-1432 aDW)
- Restricted chapter lesson rewards to general skills only, as advertised months ago. (15th-Cloudburst-1432 aDW)
- Fixed issue with PURCHASE using hard currency and setting remaining on soft currency. (12th-Cloudburst-1432 aDW)
- Fixed PAYMENT and certain PURCHASES having a mismatch between list price and paid price. (11th-Cloudburst-1432 aDW)
- LINK ACCOUNT <email> <payment token> is live. (11th-Cloudburst-1432 aDW)
- PURCHASE no longer accepts non-crown payment, except when buying crowns. (11th-Cloudburst-1432 aDW)
- PURCHASE <x> IN CROWNS is live. (11th-Cloudburst-1432 aDW)
- PURCHASE <x> CROWNS is live. It needs honing on fractional dollars but what is paid for is accurate. (11th-Cloudburst-1432 aDW)
- Added a new tier to CURRENCY: 400 USD = 1300 CROWNS (new best rate: 1 USD = 3.25 CR) (5th-Cloudburst-1432 aDW)
30th July:
- Ravenclaw earring1181 trinket will cut through all privacy except divine privacy shroud, which obsidian shroud955 will indeed do. (24th-Mournsend-1432 aDW)
- Fixed the ravenclaw earring and namesense. (23rd-Mournsend-1432 aDW)
- Better tracking of bought vs free crowns. (21st-Mournsend-1432 aDW)
- Added view of free crowns to MONEY. (21st-Mournsend-1432 aDW)
- 50% sale for items over 200 USD, to reflect new crown-only pricing to come. (21st-Mournsend-1432 aDW)
- Added free crowns, rewarded by chapters, invites, referrals, etc. (20th-Mournsend-1432 aDW)
- New tracking of the use, gain, and loss of crowns. (20th-Mournsend-1432 aDW)
- PROCURE <amount> is now CROWNS ONLY. (20th-Mournsend-1432 aDW)
- Fixed finding the right trinket mother that caused strange issues. (9th-Mournsend-1432 aDW)
- Fixed water locations sometime causing a crash. (8th-Mournsend-1432 aDW)
- Rollback to 9am 29th July 2017 (18 hours lost) due to a broad corruption. (8th-Mournsend-1432 aDW)
- Constrained geolocation to sane defaults. (8th-Mournsend-1432 aDW)
25th July:
- Fixed geolocation services. (2nd-Agamnion-1431 aDW)
16th July:
- Brought online a transitional mailing system, meaning everyone should receive emails again. (30th-Cloudburst-1431 aDW)
14th July:
- Lesson gain time reset to normal. (26th-Mournsend-1431 aDW)
12th July:
- In response to a rollback, lesson gain time has been reduced from 60 to 20 minutes for the next two days (only!) (8th-Eleuthral-1431 aDW)
- Increased item and small item limits. (1st-Eleuthral-1431 aDW)
16th June:
- Minor fixes and balance for both forms of strangulation. (29th-Paglost-1429 aDW)
15th June:
- Various internal fixes related to mini-items, e..g. footprints, shadows, mines, runes. (6th-Paglost-1429 aDW)
14th June:
- Fixed incorrect lessons per crown rate shown in SUBSCRIPTIONS. Crowns can be converted by speaking to administration for now. (12th-Springflower-1429 aDW)
- IMPORTANT: Lessons are now worth 30% more. (11th-Springflower-1429 aDW)
- Charming vs Alchemy now behaves appropriately, with patronage/charming cast/incant/etc given bonuses. Novices should be able to hit each other and use charged items on seniors as intended. (7th-Springflower-1429 aDW)
13th June:
- Charms and talismans now only use the strongest available being worn and cannot count multiple times. (13th-Cloudburst-1429 aDW)
- Initial damage from immolation has been tuned down to more reasonable levels. (12th-Cloudburst-1429 aDW)
12th June:
- Everyone receives a daily lesson gain of 5 lessons; subscribers 10, 15, 20 according to their status. (21st-Mournsend-1429 aDW)
8th June:
- Lesson gain time changed from 120 minutes to 60 minutes. This is likely a temporary change until more experiences can be added to cover a broader diversity of activities. (12th-Agamnion-1428 aDW)
29th May:
- CURRENCY now shows a much more equitable pricing scale. (13th-Cloudburst-1428 aDW)
- Year-out returnees are given additional time (from 300 to 15000 minutes) to arrange their return sponsorship/subscription. (4th-Cloudburst-1428 aDW)
- Returnees are given additional time (from 180 to 5000 minutes) to arrange their return sponsorship/subscription. (4th-Cloudburst-1428 aDW)
- Novices are awarded 30 free days of play (increased from 5 free days) (4th-Cloudburst-1428 aDW)
24th May:
- Fixed issue where daily lesson gain was awarded only once. (4th-Agamnion-1427 aDW)
22nd May:
- Lesson cards removed from Curiosity Shop. (7th-Hindyear-1427 aDW)
- All forms of vorpal blading now obey proper balance restrictions. (5th-Ilmarael-1427 aDW)
20th May:
- UPDATE is now a synonym of UPDATES, preventing irritating typos. (6th-Midsummer-1427 aDW)
18th May:
- Experiences for specific shape forms now properly hooked. (27th-Paglost-1427 aDW)
- SM / SETMACRO command key binding sorted out. (27th-Paglost-1427 aDW)
- Depletion of mist domes fixed. (27th-Paglost-1427 aDW)
- Purging of marks as background activity should function as intended again. (27th-Paglost-1427 aDW)
- TRAVERSE and certain teleport between sundered locations / special interconnected locations should now block or allow properly. (27th-Paglost-1427 aDW)
- Start flight and aloofness/avoidance background activity issues resolved. (27th-Paglost-1427 aDW)
- GUIDE <person> issues resolved. (27th-Paglost-1427 aDW)
- Cassius more generous with receiving mellian seeds when Alessandrias is open and more informative about receiving the wrong seed type. (27th-Paglost-1427 aDW)
- Chapter completion now gives a sizeable number of lessons as an instant boost to selected general skill, appropriate to skill level and available at all non-Ultimate skill levels. (23rd-Mournsend-1427 aDW)
- Lesson gain from experience levels is now active for non-novices i.e. all the rest of you! (23rd-Mournsend-1427 aDW)
- Reaching a new level of experience for the first time now awards lessons. (22nd-Mournsend-1427 aDW)
- Chapter completion now gives much more significant skill boost rewards, though only for general skills. (21st-Mournsend-1427 aDW)
13th May:
- WEBSITE: SSL errors fixed. (26th-Eleuthral-1427 aDW)
- WEBSITE: section index pages and history files cleaned up. (26th-Eleuthral-1427 aDW)
- WEBSITE: /guide/ pages fixed. (26th-Eleuthral-1427 aDW)
- WEBSITE: https://www.avalon-rpg.com/ now exists and will become the standard in the coming weeks. Umbra is still HTTP but you can use https://umbra.avalon-rpg.com if you wish to use secure communications. (24th-Eleuthral-1427 aDW)
- Sarec of the dispersed catalogue now properly returns from his travels to occupy the schoolroom. (15th-Midwinter-1427 aDW)
- Yabbabadon the skeletal jester ambition restored! (15th-Midwinter-1427 aDW)
- Another 10 experiences fixed, as well as a handful of new ones introduced. More new experiences to come. (8th-Midwinter-1427 aDW)
- ANSI colour sequences standardised and compatible with more clients. (1st-Midwinter-1427 aDW)
- Youngsters and regulars and lifetimers: daily lesson chunk of lessons some time after login, once every 24 hours when active. (21st-Agamnion-1426 aDW)
- Background lesson gain (idle lesson gain) returned for everyone in the land in a state to receive lessons but reduced to one lesson per 2 hours play. (21st-Agamnion-1426 aDW)
- Experiences, new levels on SCORE, chapter completions, quest completion hooks: all give lessons (active lesson gain) based on fixed number or experience/quest difficulty. (21st-Agamnion-1426 aDW)
- SLICESLICE, BIND, HAMSTRING all check for equilibrium and balance any effect. (6th-Agamnion-1426 aDW)
- Activity of ents + dryads + runners fixed / made more robust in everyday gameplay, when commanded to get busy. (4th-Agamnion-1426 aDW)
- SHEET and SCORE giving entirely correct info for those on Umbra now fixed. (15th-Leaflost-1426 aDW)
- ACCEPT on certain XPQ quests and accolades and guild tutor introductions updated to remove problems. (15th-Leaflost-1426 aDW)
- Issues with CLAWS command to quickly layer in poisons have been fixed including order of CLAW usage and washing claws clean. (15th-Leaflost-1426 aDW)
- New experiences added to the chapter repertoire, some for all cities and all alignments and all professions. Keep an eye out. (30th-Hindyear-1426 aDW)
- Document in tact to King Thandrades now properly gives quest / experience reward. (30th-Hindyear-1426 aDW)
- Daily lessons gained after a short period of involved activity for all subscriptions including lifetime and other recurring types - in addition to lessons from experiences, quests, combat, etc. (30th-Hindyear-1426 aDW)
- First completion of almost all quests now comes with lesson gain. (30th-Hindyear-1426 aDW)
- 20 assorted issues with experiences not automatically picking up completion have been fixed. (30th-Hindyear-1426 aDW)
- Skill gain from lessons at each skill level has been smoothed out with daily Crowned-Ultimate progress restored. (30th-Hindyear-1426 aDW)
- Issues with death/dying not notifying those able to perceive the kill has been fixed. (30th-Hindyear-1426 aDW)
- Lesson gain for idling is being phased out. Lesson gain for Quests, Experiences, Combat, Level gain: this is increased or indeed newly introduced to reward action and make lesson acquisition rates potentially higher than before. (30th-Hindyear-1426 aDW)
- EXPERIENCES especially those in your chapters will now give lessons based on difficulty of experience. (30th-Hindyear-1426 aDW)
7th May:
- Various chapter fixes. (23rd-Hindyear-1426 aDW)
- Active gain rewards for new experiences, new completion of quests, new levels, and more to come. (23rd-Hindyear-1426 aDW)
- Idle gain is now disabled. (23rd-Hindyear-1426 aDW)
- Subscriptions changed: they now receive more crowns per month at a high-discount rate. 1 Crown will buy 3 Lessons. Type SUBSCRIPTIONS to see the new plans. (21st-Hindyear-1426 aDW)
- NOV/NOVICE <calling message> while still available to all appropriate level/standing folk now only communicates to and from LWs/novices rather than between senior players. (9th-Hindyear-1426 aDW)
- PUB <calling message> channel now live for all non-LWs in the land to communicate irrespective of city or guild. (9th-Hindyear-1426 aDW)
- Removed the ability for seniors (aide to relations) to speak to each other on NOVICE channel. (29th-Ilmarael-1426 aDW)
3rd May:
- Many broken experiences have been fixed, to go along with experiences giving lessons. Should you encounter any that don't seem to work, inform the Gods. (30th-Skyelong-1426 aDW)
- Experiences now give significantly more lesson benefit, as part of the new "active gain" learning system. (23rd-Skyelong-1426 aDW)
- Lesson gain changed from 40 minutes to 30 minutes. More changes to come as the new learning/progression system is fully fleshed out. (25th-Paglost-1426 aDW)
- Duellism is currently disabled. It may make a return in the future in a more sophisticated, thoughtful form. (21st-Paglost-1426 aDW)
29th April:
- Fixed EXAMINE NOTICEBOARD. (15th-Springflower-1426 aDW)
24th April:
- CROWNS are no longer held as vulnerable items therefore CANNOT be stolen or interfered with, etc. (16th-Mournsend-1426 aDW)
- SCORE/SHEET and INV now inform your CROWNS hard currency held and invested. MONEY shows profit/loss and guaranteed baseline. See HELP CROWNS. (16th-Mournsend-1426 aDW)
- Loss of key puzzle/quest items when coming into close proximity with oil collections is now resolved. (15th-Mournsend-1426 aDW)
- Depletion of oil in lamps each Avalon month will now happen. (15th-Mournsend-1426 aDW)
- Misfiring traps - certain types, certain setups - now fixed. (15th-Mournsend-1426 aDW)
17th April:
- Lesson learning with/without darsurion now giving (for the moment) corrected skill gain, curved to reflect higher skill levels taking longer, lower levels progressing fast. (14th-Ilmarael-1425 aDW)
16th April:
- Restriking and CCC physical attack issues resolved. (4th-Ilmarael-1425 aDW)
- Issues with EVOKE GATE, portals (e..g. LS PORTAL) and entering transient gateways now resolved. (4th-Ilmarael-1425 aDW)
15th April:
- Certain issues with immolation / burning fur / being set on fire have now been resolved. (4th-Midsummer-1425 aDW)
- Disappearing puzzle items like phoenix1 should no longer be going out of the realm for longer than the standard quest reset times. (4th-Midsummer-1425 aDW)
14th April:
- ENGINE: item misplacement, inventory lists cutting short, batching mistakes resolved. (19th-Skyelong-1425 aDW)
13th April:
- SERVER: We migrated to the cloud and are running on a superfast cluster in New York. (25th-Paglost-1425 aDW)
- ENGINE: Various optimisations. (25th-Paglost-1425 aDW)
- ENGINE: Converted to 64 bit compatible. (25th-Paglost-1425 aDW)
- ENGINE: Added error trapping and diagnostics to track down bugs more easily. (25th-Paglost-1425 aDW)
- ENGINE: Added self-healing routines to catch corruptions in the moment. (25th-Paglost-1425 aDW)
- ENGINE: Fixed an issue with lists, rooms, items, and inventories persisting corruptions. (25th-Paglost-1425 aDW)
- ENGINE: Removed situations where a corruption is persisted throughout the game in other places. (25th-Paglost-1425 aDW)
- ENGINE: Fixed very long input causing terrible corruptions. (25th-Paglost-1425 aDW)
- Lessons now properly configured to actually acquire at 1 per 40 minutes, as was announced in the prior update. (22nd-Paglost-1425 aDW)
11th April:
- These measures on lessons are in place until lesson worth and gain is properly fixed. (28th-Cloudburst-1425 aDW)
- Review READBB NEWS 207 about the reasons behind changes in lesson worth and gain. (27th-Cloudburst-1425 aDW)
- Mortals now receive lessons for first-time quest completion. (27th-Cloudburst-1425 aDW)
- Active lesson gain methods such as historic levels increased. (27th-Cloudburst-1425 aDW)
- Passive lesson gain defaults to 1 per 40 minutes. (27th-Cloudburst-1425 aDW)
- Learning from CCC or player has been reduced by a third. (27th-Cloudburst-1425 aDW)
- Crowning no longer happens automatically. (27th-Cloudburst-1425 aDW)
- BIG FIX: fixed items being deleted inappropriately, which has plagued Avalon for 8 real years. (18th-Agamnion-1424 aDW)
- Fixed a tiny edge case when true owner and current owner of an item weren't the same. (18th-Agamnion-1424 aDW)
- Fixed time last online not being updated, a bug introduced in the last month. (18th-Agamnion-1424 aDW)
- Fixed runaway creation of mineheads and whitestone from overactive miners. (18th-Agamnion-1424 aDW)
- Vastly improved diagnostics, to better track if very rarely items go walkies again. (18th-Agamnion-1424 aDW)
- Cleaned up resetting quest items and preserving their state. (18th-Agamnion-1424 aDW)
- Cleaned up situations where artifacts and trinkets can become owned by random people. (18th-Agamnion-1424 aDW)
- Cleaned up situations where mortals can come into possession of trinkets. (18th-Agamnion-1424 aDW)
- Cleaned up errors in verifying ownerships and becoming a new owner simply by holding something. (18th-Agamnion-1424 aDW)
- Cleaned up quest items confused with the teddy bear doll. (18th-Agamnion-1424 aDW)
- Cleaned up resetting of CCCs versus reserved quest items. (18th-Agamnion-1424 aDW)
- Cleaned up resetting of artifacts. (18th-Agamnion-1424 aDW)
- Fixed error when attacking the black sun in certain instances. (30th-Hindyear-1424 aDW)
- Fixed FOG not selecting the right room when already spread. (27th-Hindyear-1424 aDW)
2nd April:
- Fixed issue with fogs and containers. (5th-Hindyear-1424 aDW)
- Fixed numerous rare commands by setting sane defaults -- ones that used to choke should be fine now. (3rd-Hindyear-1424 aDW)
- Fixed FOG commands from checking the parameters. (2nd-Hindyear-1424 aDW)
25th March:
- Break reality no longer over-restricts HOSTILE, FRIENDLY, and STANDGROUND. (19th-Mournsend-1424 aDW)
- Restricted EMAIL, LD, TELLS, HELP/LEXICON/RECENT/MANUAL, and CCx/SSx for calling to breaking reality. (19th-Mournsend-1424 aDW)
- Added EMAIL to breaking reality, preventing despair/accident/compulsion overwriting your registered email. (19th-Mournsend-1424 aDW)
- Removed puzzle item status for NPC items, causing a run away of junk in and from their inventory. (18th-Mournsend-1424 aDW)
- Unified ore seeding and mine creation and removed issue of indestructible mines. (18th-Mournsend-1424 aDW)
- Added REGISTER to breaking reality, preventing compulsion, accident, and despair-based mistakes. (17th-Mournsend-1424 aDW)
19th March:
- Fixed issue where questors could be recycled into items. (28th-Hindyear-1423 aDW)
- Fixed demons and CCCs not acting when required. (28th-Hindyear-1423 aDW)
25th January:
- Added additional safeguards dealing with gold coins and item disappearance. (4th-Springflower-1420 aDW)
- HUGE UPDATE: found and fixed a major contributor of disappearing and misbehaving items. (4th-Springflower-1420 aDW)
- Fixed wording of the FISSURE chapter experience. (3rd-Springflower-1420 aDW)
21st January:
- Damage fixes continued: magical damage adjusted to allow for resistances that greatly reduce their impact. (11th-Eleuthral-1420 aDW)
- Damage fixes continued: physical damage tested and fixed to no longer exceed hard maximums of 50%. (11th-Eleuthral-1420 aDW)
19th January:
- Removed artificial spell power to Ultimate for first-month novices, who now operate with novice skills as expected. (18th-Agamnion-1419 aDW)
- Fixed intermittent spell resistances as though in the Pool of Life, despite not being there. (18th-Agamnion-1419 aDW)
- Complete resistance to spells, especially Charming, is considerably harder and no longer have problematic decreases on Alchemy items. (18th-Agamnion-1419 aDW)
- Updated HELP REWARD on the matter of skill boosts, which now obeys points / (rank - 4). (17th-Agamnion-1419 aDW)
18th January:
- Fixed speaking through CCCs sometimes resulting in a random item talking. (25th-Leaflost-1419 aDW)
- Barrow wight159 and shortsword208 fixed. (25th-Leaflost-1419 aDW)
- All quest items and special items below 5000 have been reset. (25th-Leaflost-1419 aDW)
- Introduced temporary prevention of reusing special items. (25th-Leaflost-1419 aDW)
- Added 50,000 diagnostics across all of Avalon's code. (8th-Leaflost-1419 aDW)
- HUGE BUG IN ITEMS (fix part one): items before the point of reset could experience random corruptions due to additions from the last two Amethyst quests. (4th-Leaflost-1419 aDW)
- Fixed failure to batch items which were not herbs or poisons. (2nd-Leaflost-1419 aDW)
- Added over 3000 traps for all kinds of item reuse, in preparation of catching the infamous item vanishing act. (1st-Leaflost-1419 aDW)
- If an item is a puzzle or quest item, divine, or artifact, it will not be wiped. (28th-Hindyear-1419 aDW)
- Added tracking for reusing items incorrectly in every instance throughout Avalon. (28th-Hindyear-1419 aDW)
16th January:
- Fixed the busted up help files. (17th-Hindyear-1419 aDW)
- Aliases were not clearing their entries and filled the maximum over time; using ALIAS name X or ALIAS RESET will now correctly wipe them for others to use. (17th-Hindyear-1419 aDW)
- Tweaks to Umbra WHO listing. (16th-Hindyear-1419 aDW)
- WEBSITE: Because Adobe are wankers, Lumiere is broken for the time being and Umbra is the default web client. (14th-Hindyear-1419 aDW)
- ENGINE: avoided restoration back to 13th of January and everything appears to be pukka again. Next engine update in the coming days. (8th-Hindyear-1419 aDW)
- ENGINE: cleaned aliases up for everyone to use them properly again. (8th-Hindyear-1419 aDW)
15th January:
- RAINBOW for changing name colour is now properly restricted to well trusted mortals and gods. (17th-Ilmarael-1419 aDW)
- Added TRINKET LIST for all mortals to use for a quick overview of the available trinkets. Prices are their base full value. (6th-Ilmarael-1419 aDW)
12th January:
- IMPORTANT: Crowns are no longer accepted as usable currency if you were not the original buyer. Divine intervention must occur to use someone else's crowns. (9th-Skyelong-1419 aDW)
- Added extra reporting for crown recovery. (9th-Skyelong-1419 aDW)
- Added additional reporting on any changes in crown posession. (9th-Skyelong-1419 aDW)
- Introduced innate protection for crowns as though fully runed against loss or destruction. (9th-Skyelong-1419 aDW)
- Introduced safety measures for crowns to revert back to their owner's inventory unless in divine possession. (9th-Skyelong-1419 aDW)
- Purchase confirmation string was showing number not string. (7th-Skyelong-1419 aDW)
- Crowns can no longer be true stolen. (6th-Skyelong-1419 aDW)
- Tweaked name-sensing with the raven-claw earring and god name-sensing. (5th-Skyelong-1419 aDW)
- Fixed brief room descriptions sometimes disappearing seemingly randomly. (5th-Skyelong-1419 aDW)
- Using HUMAN now unbalances correctly. (5th-Skyelong-1419 aDW)
- Fixed corruptions of showing the date with and without aDW. (5th-Skyelong-1419 aDW)
- Tracing no longer reports those who should be ignored. (4th-Skyelong-1419 aDW)
- Fixed dates not appearing correctly in various situations. (4th-Skyelong-1419 aDW)
- Werelights now appear correctly during their immediate creation. (4th-Skyelong-1419 aDW)
- Digests now record their proper title. (4th-Skyelong-1419 aDW)
- Fixed new character creation mistakenly and randomly showing text to other players. (4th-Skyelong-1419 aDW)
- Rune hail no longer misbehaves whenever the target chances to avoid a hit. (3rd-Skyelong-1419 aDW)
- Attacks on CCCs fixes, part one. (3rd-Skyelong-1419 aDW)
- Fires now burn correctly and perish after using their fuel. (3rd-Skyelong-1419 aDW)
11th January:
- Corrected issue with dual patronage and city calling in Thakria. (10th-Paglost-1419 aDW)
- Reduced restrictions on deities when helping on CHAPTER tasks. (10th-Paglost-1419 aDW)
- Combatworth evaluation fixes, part one. (8th-Paglost-1419 aDW)
- Tracking into fields without HOSTILE demeanour fails with a warning as intended. (8th-Paglost-1419 aDW)
- Fixed bad poison immunisations from changing random player states. (6th-Paglost-1419 aDW)
- Fixed bad attribution when slaying the Dragon of Sapience if not next to the dragon at that time. (6th-Paglost-1419 aDW)
- Fixed user listings for Javalon client. (6th-Paglost-1419 aDW)
- Fixed strike causing random errors. (29th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
- Fixed citywho and cw causing errors. (29th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
- Fixed marsillas not performing the afflictions it should or stripping darsurion. (27th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
- Fixed luddite and platnform restriction on eating herbs. (26th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
- Fixed mix up on luddite and plantform affliction resulting in potions and herbs being unusable. (26th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
10th January:
- Fixed legion availability check. May fix some odd behaviour when given excessive commands. (20th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
- Fixed situation where mirrors gave random reports and there was not an actual mirror trained on that location. (20th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
- Fixed nameless knights who should be the Illustrated Knight. (20th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
- Guarding by Martialist Knights exits from the GUARD correctly. No more locking up in the guardian stance. (19th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
- Fellowship reports of a death without killer now working correctly. (19th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
- Customer processing to abort earlier if not verified or a customer yet. Game speed improvement. (19th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
- Questor information by litany and interrogation reveals the right count of quests. (19th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
- Fixed songs sometimes hitting or affecting players that are protected. (17th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
- Fixed resulting value of armour against a strike being too low. (17th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
- Fixed ARMOURED and DEFS showing grossly inaccurate strike reductions for physical armour. (17th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
- Fixed item LOCATE limitations. (16th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
- Minor clean up for items resetting. (16th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
- XP listings tweaked. (16th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
- Fixed death cause corruption. (16th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
- Fixed village enemy status corruptions. (16th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
- Fixed player armour in ARMOURED showing the wrong value. (16th-Springflower-1419 aDW)
9th January:
- Forage rune requests now accept a rune shape in addition to rune ability name. (20th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Masque and nickname updates, part three. (20th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Another change to nicknames and masques, part two. (17th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Fixed eating non-existent paste. (16th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Fixed issue with masque and nickname when changing it offline. (16th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Forager quest discovery fixed. (15th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Fixed instance where moving canopies would fail. (15th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Namesense/raven earring clean up, part one. (15th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Forager purpose and movement fixes. (15th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Shapeform flag setting standardised. (15th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Fixed instances where an entire room sees garbage text or sees it when it should see nothing. (14th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Fixed peculiar UNLOCK behaviour when you stand in a room that loops back on itself and has doors. (Not exactly a common situation) (14th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Fixed some strange behaviour of items and CCCs in the netherworld. (13th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Fixed rare situations where character names were not appearing if offline. (13th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- ENGINE. Improved syntax check subtlety, catching even more wank. (13th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Fixed CCCs not returning to their homes or reset locations properly. (13th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Fixed issue in linkdead players not being automatically logged out properly. (12th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Fixed client protocol commands working outside Umbra and Javalon connections. (12th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Fixed combat ranking hiccup. (12th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Fixed Alessandria quest stage when playing instrument. (12th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Fixed items overzealously disappearing. (12th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Fixed incorrect gendering for realms and deities. (12th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Fixed rare voice hiccup that allowed voice to force suggestions to fire. (12th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Changed how claws and poisons rotate. (12th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Fixed issues in reading HELPs and records that caused game pauses and corruptions. (11th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Recently added villages now return their correct treasury, potentially fixing some oddities in tribute. (11th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Fixed an email validation hiccup. (11th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Fixes to puzzle item setup. (11th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Finding keys now handles bad locations or directions correctly. (10th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- Satyrs no longer act while dead. (10th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
- CCCs now target duellists correctly. (10th-Cloudburst-1419 aDW)
7th January:
- Fixed random underlining issues. (28th-Eleuthral-1419 aDW)
- Fixed lightrope routine for shielding cities. (28th-Eleuthral-1419 aDW)
- ENGINE. Upgraded with a syntax check to catch old versus new coding practices that could be causing untold havoc. (28th-Eleuthral-1419 aDW)
5th January:
- Fixed area check causing all aria attempts to fail. (31st-Agamnion-1418 aDW)
- All guilds now reply properly to KNOCK and GREET when recruitment is active. (31st-Agamnion-1418 aDW)
- Temporarily patched over-aggressive CCCs. (29th-Agamnion-1418 aDW)
4th January:
- Recruitment and guild questor clash fixed. (25th-Agamnion-1418 aDW)
- Fixed public use of the octarine spellbook's special spells. (17th-Agamnion-1418 aDW)
- Fixed 388 situations causing misbehaviour in mobiles, CCCs, demons, guild tutors, stage coaches, traps, et al. Many, many, many things should work more smoothly now. (15th-Agamnion-1418 aDW)
3rd January:
- Novices no longer change to more populous cities for school when specific cities are repopulating, as in this case for Silverfalls and Parrius. (24th-Leaflost-1418 aDW)
2nd January:
- Fixed city biases almost always resulting in Mercinae during new character creation. Other cities will now receive novices. (1st-Leaflost-1418 aDW)
30th December:
- First major fix to items being overwriten, coin and commodities lost, quest items misbehaving, and tutors and demons misbehaving. (4th-Midsummer-1418 aDW)
- Cleaned up issues after character creation. (1st-Midsummer-1418 aDW)
- Mavern fixes. (1st-Midsummer-1418 aDW)
29th December:
- Fixed Wraith's castle dungeon. (19th-Skyelong-1418 aDW)
- coronet1176 tested and operational. (13th-Skyelong-1418 aDW)
28th December:
- Cleaned up curiosity shop discrepancies. (21st-Paglost-1418 aDW)
- Fixed incorrect listings for a few artifacts. (20th-Paglost-1418 aDW)
- Fixed decay of vapour traps and their contents. (13th-Paglost-1418 aDW)
- Fixed minor error in receiving certain experiences. (11th-Paglost-1418 aDW)
- Fixed and clarified kneelpatron experience. (8th-Paglost-1418 aDW)
- Removed reminders of the old community site. (8th-Paglost-1418 aDW)
- Miscellaneous shapeform additions. (6th-Paglost-1418 aDW)
27th December:
- The gossamer shroud (trinket shroud955) now shows you those watching, makes a room true-private, and can be removed same as clothes. (26th-Springflower-1418 aDW)
23rd December:
- Fixed and implemented new features to the gossamer shroud (trinket shroud955): it cannot hide others anymore but it does make the room god-private and while worn the owner can use LISTENERS to discover spies in action. (16th-Eleuthral-1418 aDW)
- Fixed preparation of traps that required non-standard names. (8th-Eleuthral-1418 aDW)
22nd December:
- Fixed misbehaving abilities in, e..g., Candescence and Trapping. (29th-Midwinter-1418 aDW)
- HELP WINTERWONDER added. (29th-Midwinter-1418 aDW)
- Initial Winter event additions. (18th-Midwinter-1418 aDW)
- Improvements to the shapeform system in both management and usage. (18th-Midwinter-1418 aDW)
- Additional enhancements to traps and crafting items easily. (18th-Midwinter-1418 aDW)
21st December:
- Fixed error in vapour traps aborting prematurely. (24th-Agamnion-1417 aDW)
- Implemented brooch1937 and now for sale. (22nd-Agamnion-1417 aDW)
- Added the hawk brooch1937 trinket with TRINKET BROOCH1937 details. (22nd-Agamnion-1417 aDW)
- Star-sapphire orb now gives cup of knowledge INSIGHTS unlimited access. (21st-Agamnion-1417 aDW)
- Fixed chillums losing their contents after logout. (21st-Agamnion-1417 aDW)
6th December:
- Trinket symbol1199 is now anti-aria too. (2nd-Midwinter-1417 aDW)
4th December:
- Forestals including dryads are disabled pending further investigation. (11th-Leaflost-1416 aDW)
- Warfare training, deployment and tributes are restored. (11th-Leaflost-1416 aDW)
30th November:
- Fixed chapter skill boosting reward to award generously at lower levels and decreasingly useful at higher ones. (6th-Midsummer-1416 aDW)
- Fixed bug in learning Advanced, Inherited and Specialist skills, e..g. Skymastery, Elementalism, Sylvan Lore, etc. Progress is made with great difficulty as it was a year ago but now all levels, from Beginnner to Master, move at the same rate and lessons are worth half as much as they are when crowning an Ultimate skill. (6th-Midsummer-1416 aDW)
29th November:
- Quest items fixed and repaired. (17th-Skyelong-1416 aDW)
28th November:
- Fixed handburn damage. (17th-Paglost-1416 aDW)
- Fixed CITIZENS listing issue. (17th-Paglost-1416 aDW)
16th November:
- Silverfalls now appears in HELP CITIES again. (20th-Midsummer-1415 aDW)
15th November:
- Added TRINKET help file and description for monocle1124, which perceives all aggressive and passive alchemical actions. (4th-Midsummer-1415 aDW)
- Added TRINKET help file and description for watch1123, which diagnoses your equilibrium and balance reductions. (4th-Midsummer-1415 aDW)
- Fixed REACH <trinket> interacting badly with legions and quest items. (4th-Midsummer-1415 aDW)
11th November:
- Added cumulus1125. (17th-Cloudburst-1415 aDW)
10th November:
- The light-shield above Gabbad is no more as it no longer needs to keep people out of the sky. Like other cities - globestave the milestones and the shield can be brought up over the whole area. (26th-Mournsend-1415 aDW)
- Battle arena has been map-corrected. If the new 'rational' layout loses some features you think should be included, let us know. Easy enough to put in exceptions to the layout consistency. There's a few new locations, three layer sky and a hotchpotch of location types/conditions to encourage innovative play. (26th-Mournsend-1415 aDW)
- Gabbad location map and sky access/interplay has been smoothed out with DESCENT points dotted about the catacomb-city. Push hooks, pull rings, ferret out the secrets like the ghostly carnival and the helter skelter. (25th-Mournsend-1415 aDW)
- Fixed some fellowship alerts that contained repetition or gibberish. (21st-Mournsend-1415 aDW)
- Lock picking kit experience / hone benefits on progress towards intricate and master kit: this should now work smoothly. Approach the Gods for a leg-up if you have been set behind in your kit development. Most will find a marked boost by way of compensation for lost time. (17th-Mournsend-1415 aDW)
- CHAPTER CHOOSE <skill> now increases the chosen skill by a proportion according to your current level. (15th-Mournsend-1415 aDW)
6th November:
- Mail verification fixed. (31st-Agamnion-1414 aDW)
- Numerous random issues with liquids, low item numbers, and quest failures fixed. More to come. (23rd-Agamnion-1414 aDW)
16th October:
- Trapping has simplified requirements, removed some bugs with vapour traps not decaying. (26th-Skyelong-1413 aDW)
- Fire traps now torch people again. Clamp, snare, weight and others are all operational. (17th-Skyelong-1413 aDW)
- First big Thief update: Trapping. Prepare now requires and uses the specified materials. (14th-Skyelong-1413 aDW)
15th October:
- Herbs will no longer drop out of flasks or chillums. (11th-Skyelong-1413 aDW)
- Courgia batching fixed. (9th-Skyelong-1413 aDW)
- Relics for crowning skills are restored. (8th-Skyelong-1413 aDW)
- Standing Stones quest resets often now. (6th-Skyelong-1413 aDW)
- Fixed issues with diagnosis targeting. (5th-Skyelong-1413 aDW)
- Shapeform abilities now accurate. This should fix lots of odd problems. (5th-Skyelong-1413 aDW)
- Fixed crone not accepting painting quest items. (27th-Paglost-1413 aDW)
9th October:
- FF ASSEMBLE can be used on anyone not already in relative safety. Think traversal. Juniors also cannot summon their seniors. (13th-Eleuthral-1413 aDW)
- Fortifications can now take 1000 days of wax, as a initial increase. (12th-Eleuthral-1413 aDW)
- Semmory loss effect fixed. (7th-Eleuthral-1413 aDW)
- FF ASSEMBLE checks standing and protected location of targets before seeking. (7th-Eleuthral-1413 aDW)
- Werewolf fixed to take damage. Separate forms in future possible for skilled and unskilled lycanthropes. (7th-Eleuthral-1413 aDW)
- Elemental fire resistance is back. (2nd-Mournsend-1412 aDW)
- Werewolf no longer receives dumbness instantly nor hunting and other such irritants to using it. (30th-Eleuthral-1412 aDW)
- Martialist stances are milder until they can be revised: one round above 48% should not be possible but reaching it with stances should be. (30th-Eleuthral-1412 aDW)
- Re-enabled the TIMEOUT feature. (29th-Eleuthral-1412 aDW)
- First fix of many to apply attack/defence/strike/damage soft and hard caps. (29th-Eleuthral-1412 aDW)
- New preset variable, @charm, returns the charm with the highest resonance. (26th-Eleuthral-1412 aDW)
- Fixed some incurable afflictions when given together. (26th-Eleuthral-1412 aDW)
- Handburn fixed. (15th-Eleuthral-1412 aDW)
- Fixed DIAGNOSE's inconsistent behaviour, as seen lately by both mortals and gods. (14th-Eleuthral-1412 aDW)
- Mercinaen lower skies should be perfectly navigable again! (14th-Eleuthral-1412 aDW)
- Fixed ailing name-hearing in some places but it may need more -- give specific text to track down. (13th-Eleuthral-1412 aDW)
- Cleaned up numerous small equilibrium hiccups and more to come. (11th-Eleuthral-1412 aDW)
- fixed psychoresonate tap charm, triangle's toned down to encourage combined reductions. (11th-Eleuthral-1412 aDW)
- Arena and Dundalk rooms fixed. (9th-Eleuthral-1412 aDW)
- PILFER no longer works on legions. Use infiltrate as intended. (25th-Midsummer-1411 aDW)
- Raising undead not working since Death Scythe addition now fixed. (23rd-Midsummer-1411 aDW)
10th September:
- Werewolf and all other shapeforms no longer have naff health. (11th-Mournsend-1411 aDW)
- Fixed form transformation speeds. (11th-Mournsend-1411 aDW)
- Fixed forms not going into HUMAN because of canticle power. (11th-Mournsend-1411 aDW)
19th August:
- another seer update. (28th-Ilmarael-1409 aDW)
- Seer update. Speak to Cornelius. (16th-Ilmarael-1409 aDW)
- update to semmory. (15th-Ilmarael-1409 aDW)
- berserking near forest forms no longer hang. (15th-Ilmarael-1409 aDW)
- numerous little fixes to items. (15th-Ilmarael-1409 aDW)
18th August:
- Ethereal wind seed/mark matching premature halt fixed. (13th-Midsummer-1409 aDW)
17th August:
- Nether disc trinket can be LAY'd and summoned for retrieval, removing its portal state. (7th-Midsummer-1409 aDW)
- Thaumacie map corrections are active. (30th-Skyelong-1409 aDW)
9th August:
- Cleaning up the arena is now doable as the NPCs within no longer prevent it from being reset/prepared. (11th-Eleuthral-1409 aDW)
- The ARENA PORTAL entering and returning to mainland is restored to use. (11th-Eleuthral-1409 aDW)
8th August:
- Guildhouse interiors are now all implicitly privacy locations. No snooping, no bug-runes, no lipreading, no eavesdropping, no watch from afar. (15th-Midwinter-1409 aDW)
- It is NO LONGER possible to traverse into guildhouse interior locations. (15th-Midwinter-1409 aDW)
- PARRY LEFT and PARRY RIGHT impact on strike damage fixed. (10th-Midwinter-1409 aDW)
- HEADBUTT should use balance as a normal physical melee strike oughta. (30th-Agamnion-1408 aDW)
7th August:
- Vorpal bladed and dual vorpal functional again. (24th-Agamnion-1408 aDW)
- SNAPKICK unbalance to target changed from random 1-4 rounds to either two or three. AB FISTICUFFS SNAPKICK now tells you the specific unbalancing. (22nd-Agamnion-1408 aDW)
- Candescence STARBEAM now breaks protection when used. (19th-Agamnion-1408 aDW)
- Various exits / inter-connections in the southern region of the lower skies have been updated to be consistent with layers above. (19th-Agamnion-1408 aDW)
- [C] last fix to truediscern in. (18th-Agamnion-1408 aDW)
- [C] fixed discern and truediscern -- you are all welcome to use it again with impunity. (12th-Agamnion-1408 aDW)
6th August:
- [C] Restricted special objects from discerning and potential wackiness with trinket ownership. (1st-Agamnion-1408 aDW)
- [C] aliases will expand when called from an alias or from a macro prepended with '-', including all substitutions explained in HELP VARS, AUTOSETS, ALIASES, MACROS and TRIGGERS
- [C] corrected lots of nasty hidden errors including corrupted tells and lost commands (18th-Leaflost-1408 aDW)
4th August:
- [C] quick fix to balance and equilibrium check (original Gen fix retained). Soft equilibrium is now usable. The abilities available for it, however, will change. (13th-Hindyear-1408 aDW)
2nd August:
- Doubling up on strikes and abilities where equilibrium and balance using isn't preventing non-complimentary second ability... should now prevent in increasing cases. So we don't have double whammies overbalancing an attack. (24th-Midsummer-1408 aDW)
- SCRAPE PENTACLE should be functional again for those with the ability and a weapon to hand. (24th-Midsummer-1408 aDW)