An appeal to authority

To the most just and reasonable authorities of Esterport, Restless days and sleepless nights spent at the bottom of a bottle. The oppressive feeling within me churning, becoming worse, consuming me just as the celestial lights danced above, each new cosmic sound or flash of colour an ill omen that troubled me to the bone.…

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City housing update

Over the years, city maps have collected a large amount of visual clutter in the form of player housing – more prominent in some cities than others. We’re introducing a set of changes today for how houses inside a city work in order to counteract this. 1) Houses inside a city no longer have directional…

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Imperian and Starmourn enter Legacy Mode

Hi all, I just wanted to post this because no doubt some of you have questions about the announcements regarding Imperian and Starmourn entering what we’re calling Legacy Mode. We tried our best to keep those worlds going with paid staff, but ultimately there is just too little interest in them these days and they’ve…

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Limb afflictions

Hello folks! Kind of a big change here that might need a bit of system work, however the hope is that it should make limb afflictions a little more easier to understand. – The affliction “_broken” has now been renamed to “_crippled” (this is the mending affliction). – The affliction “_damaged” has now been renamed…

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A sailor’s intuition

As I lay here in the cabin of a friend’s ship, I should be content. I should be attentive to my newfound lovers and their delightful chattering; sinewy Dwarven muscle pressed against my left side, supple Djeirani flesh against my right. Instead, I stare listlessly out the window, an absent companion, until they sleep and…

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War Tweaks

– Conscripting new divisions (now called drafting) is now done with the CITYDRAFT command. * HELP WAR has further details for the synatx. – New divisions can now be additionally drafted at the town square of a claimed territory. * The limit of 100 per a day remains, you can just choose to draft closer…

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Bounties

Hello, everybody! As we have noticed this question come up with increasing frequency, we would like to provide a final clarification on bounties and out of city crimes: If the crime does not happen in your territory or an area with believable IC reasoning for you to defend it, you may not bounty for it.…

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Classleads June 2023 – part 3

Hello folks, The following change is going to be trialed for a short period. I think this one might have a bigger impact then I hope, so don’t be too shocked if I decide to reverse this change later on. Feel free to message me with any thoughts on the subject after giving it some…

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July in Aetolia

Hi folks! Just like that, June is gone and that means our artifact cart, lesson sale, and salvage promotion must come to an end! Celsto has concluded his expedition across historical sites of Aetolia, meaning he will no longer provide notebooks for a daily quest. Perhaps we’ll hear from him again one day! In addition,…

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Expectations for War

Hello, everybody! As the war between Bloodloch and Spinesreach has reached a conclusion, we feel now is the best time to once more set expectations about the war system and player attitudes in relation to it and conflict in general. It has been our policy since the inception of the war system to not make…

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