February Update | 2023

[Third on the Match]

February Updates

We made it through cold, icy January, and now we're in rainy and still cold February! A few things are happening this month. The Sheol event, Train Station of the Dead, has kicked off, and all of the ritual murder first-phase threads are underway or complete, so we're getting somewhere!

The planned host migration is coming at the end of February, hopefully improving our server stability. Anticipate some downtime in connection to this, but we'll give a warning beforehand in the Discord server before it starts.

As always, the updates relating to mechanics only kick in in the month they're announced, so older threads can choose to carry on using the old mechanics.

Development

• Familiars can now cast their associated Arcanist's Charms, although the instances where the familiar uses the Charm do not count towards Advancement.
  
• A "Lore Addition" thread has been added to keep track of and ensure internal consistency of the different groups and orgs. on-site.
  
• Afflicted Shifter DCs have been adjusted. Their DC is 4 in human form and 5 when entirely shifted.
  
• The amount of times a shifter can shift before turning feral has been adjusted. They now can shift up to half the number of dice in their Cinder pool, rounded down, before they become feral. They can be feral in both shifted and human forms.
  
• Added Reputation section on the Monster Encounter Request
  

Upcoming

• Host Migration - We plan to move hosts at the end of February, so expect a bit of downtime. We will keep you updated as we get closer to that time.
  
• The Master-Legendary Keywords are changing. The main categories of Space, Time, and Reality will be broken into three keywords each. More to come.
  
• Advancement Prompts for Apprentice and up.
  

Site Mini-Event

The Ritual Murders
The Exchange and the EPD have been pursuing a string of murders for the past few months where the culprits have disappeared before anyone, or anything could catch a glimpse. Very few clues have been found.

So far, only Exchange Agents have investigated the ritual murders. They know the rituals are necromantic, one victim was a half-blood, and a strange seal broken into fragments has been found at two locations. All threads are taken and underway. Once these are complete, the following stage triggers.

The Train Station of the Dead
Check out our recent kick-off of the triggered Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat City Mystery. Read all about it at the link!

February Hotspots

Barton Art Gallery & Easthaven Brewery

City Mysteries

Our City Mysteries meters are in our footer, under the board statistics. No Fly Zone is close to triggering!