Rumor Woods/2025 saved posts
Rumor Woods and Summit Academy are open from April 11th, 2025 at 9 PM EDT to May 4th, 2025 at 11:59 PM EDT. The box office closes on April 30th at approximately 11:55 PM EDT.
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Informational Posts
Information Post 1 - How to Earn Currency
Discord Message Link: February 2024 - Rumor Woods Reminders
Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 4/7/2024
For those new to Rumor Woods, here's a reminder of how to earn Currency:
- Jousting - There are two entrances to jousting. One will support the Beetle Team and the other the Spider Team. When you enter, you select your equipment (though you can use your own) and a mount (though you can use your own). From there you
- Instructions:
- Present your sunburst marker at the entry table. (GO ENTRY TABLE)
- Select a mount from the paddock. (GET [MOUNT])
- Select a lance from the weapon rack. (GET [LANCE])
- Select a shield from the shield display. (GET [SHIELD])
- Present yourself at the entry table again. (GO ENTRY TABLE)
- Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their significant others!
Spider Entry - 8208002 Beetle Entry - 8208001
- Fox Hunt - Bugle is still the rare prize for a fox pet.
- Pixie Hunt - Bell is still the rare prize for a lamb pet.
Information Post 2 - Areas of Interest
Discord Message Link: February 2024 - Rumor Woods Reminders
Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 4/7/2024
Areas of Interest at Rumor Woods:
- The Aspen Grove has multiple Inn Room-like tents scattered throughout the area as the Aspen Grove itself is just like an Inn. There is a Tavern w. Tables, drinks and food.
- Summit Academy is a college. It has an Ellipse at its heart that is for socializing and getting warm drinks.
- Cysaelotar was built by Aelotoi visitors and is a natural area filled witha variety of wonders.
Announcements
Announcement 1 - Titles Announced
Discord Message Link: [1]
Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 4/9/2024
This year's titles are brought to you by GM Xynwen. They are:
- 100 (wins) for Bee: Defender of the Golden Hive
- 500 (wins) for Bee: Valiant Protector of the Bee
- 100 (wins) for Bear: Protector of the Snowy Den
- 500 (wins) for Bear: Knight-Defender of the Fang
If the bee is the victor:
- Winner: Green Knight of the Honeycomb
- Loser: Harbinger of the Poisoned Hive
If the bear is the victor:
- Winner: Violet Chevalier of the White Bear
- Loser: Broken Cub of the Yielding Fur
Announcement 2 - Shops
Discord Message Link: Shops
Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 4/9/2024
- New - Brand New Offering to Duskruin
- Refresh - Either shop wares were freshened up or new items were added.
- Reopen - No inventory was changed
- Last Run - Shop will be closed next time RW is run
New Shops Refreshed Shops Reopening Shops Last Run Shops Bee's Knees, The Artistic Expressions All About That Lace Flypaper Designers Breaking Bread Creative Couture Call of the Wind Pigments of Memory Diminishing Demises Folded Lotus, The Chitinous Creations Peaked Interest First Class Plane Ticket Milkin' It Eight-legged Innovators Honeyed Gears Charmed, I'm Sure Enlightened Pages Palette Perfections Couturier's Retreat Little Ticker Pitcher Perfect Fanfare Merited Metalworks Tomeward Bound Peaked Interest Can't Stop That Weaving Ursine Emporium Purls of Wisdom Clodhoppers Ursine Paddock Starry Lotus, The Container Yourself Virelion Hall Sweetie Pies Crafter's Hearth Unfurling Battle Curio Minds Vaunt It and Flaunt It Gnomish Gnails Horsing Around Knight Way, The Roundabout Racers Tempered Threads Tinkers Toys What Remains Baaarnyard Bounty Bad Wolf Clothing Barn with It Been Shanked Lately? Born to Adorn Braid and Mane Brass Ring, The Bugs on Parade Cervidae Corral Channeled Affections Cloak'N'Mount Cog and Zephyr Colorful Carapace, The Common Weaves Daily Dip, The Deerner Time Devote Alloys Earthtones Ewe Vixen Ferocious Eyes Flanked Bags, The Flypaper Designers Gallant Groom, The Galloping Gait, The GemStoned Gift Horse, The Gifts of Atan Irith Girlybird, The Goin' Stag Grand Stables Greater of Two Weevils, The Holy Sheaths Horn and Mane ImPressions Irons in the Fire Lamb Among Wolves Leaping Leezards Legendairy Lesser of Two Weevils, The Lizard Nest, The Lizard Vivarium Lofty Affair, A Moving on Up Notcher Style Obsidian Raiment Of Sand and Rain Off the Chain On the Wing Ostler's Den Pigments of Memory Poiret & Company, Salesroom Quit Stallin' Robes of Resistance Rollin' In The Greens Rolton Pens Saddle Me Up Spirits Within Steaming Mugs Tiu & Qaiteke Tortoise Enclosure Trim and Polish View from a Stag Vintage Visions Whirl and Twirl Woodn't Yew
Announcement 3 - Expansions at Summit Academy
Discord Message Link: Updates to Summit Academy
Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 4/9/2025
Elenesse Atelier
There are two new rooms appearing at Elenesse Atelier this year, they are:
- Palette Perfections - Where an NPC will be available to modify your dye.
- Diminishing Demises - Rumor Woods' Home for the Permifier
Virelion Hall
This year, Summit Academy will see a new training hall added to it. It will have the following customizations:
- Coup De Grace
- Groin Kick
- Headbutt
- Spin Attack
- Surge of Strength
Much thanks to GM Gyres, who not only helped me with creating the messaging for these but also pushed them through QC, and GM Aergo for making these possible.
Announcement 4 - BattleVault
Discord Message Link: Shops
Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 4/9/2024
TOURNEY VAULT: SPECIAL ITEM BUNDLE
The BattleVault system has been extended to Rumor Woods.
They are still 6,500 SimuCoins and will contain two 25-count markers, a bottle of 30 advanced spell up pills, locus oil, and two special items.
The first special item is a gnomic candy making machine. The Gnomic Candy Making Machine will allow you to put honey, fruit/berries from the foraging system, and a roller into the machine to create candy. Each application adds 10 candies to the machine's dish. However, if you use a grot'tkel potion on it, then there is a 10% chance that the candy produced will be magical and can be imbedded with a spell. We have updated imbed to handle this special candy. Additionally, there will be store called Honeyed Gears that will allow you to search a pile for a random roller (over 300 design options), purchase a Bug's on Parade, Jeeper's Creepers, or Aquatic Life roller that allows you to PUSH one of those insects into it to change the design, a Candy-inator Jar, and a Roller-inator case (which will also hold 1 machine and up to 4 jars -- but these do not stack).
The second special item is a patent of nobility that will award +50% base experience for 30 days! An update went into these from last time so you can REDEEM them outside of the event. They now display the expiration date, which is tied to the purchase date of your TOURNEY VAULT. This is how this item will work going forward at all events that offer an item bundle with BattleVaults.
JOUSTER NPC (MARKER EXCHANGE)
The NPC returns, the timer reduced to 10 minutes from 30 minutes like last Rumor Woods. You run the risk of losing a lot of experience if you die, so use this frequently at your own peril.
ANALYZE updates to the vaults.
This is a special item bundle for Rumor Woods. You can REDEEM it to get the following items:
- Two 25-entry markers (SimuCoin Store Event Entries - can be used for marker exchange w. NPC)
- a bottle of 30 advanced spell up pills.
- a gnomic candy making machine (character attuned on REDEEM)
- a patent of nobility (character attuned on REDEEM)
- Locus oil
The candy making machine and patent will be character attuned to the character that REDEEMs this tourney vault.
The patent of nobility expires after the run they were purchased at.
Announcement 5 - Rings of Lumnis
Discord Message Link: Rings of Lumnis
Author: GM Wyrom
Date: 4/18/2024
We will be opening Rings of Lumnis periodically throughout the year moving forward. The current state of the event is as is, but we do have plans to revisit some of the puzzles, trivia, and rewards in the future.
The current schedule is planned to couple it during Rumor Woods each year. I know it's not ideal, but the easiest way for us to do it is to allow it to run during other events. We'll work out the logistics though and if anything changes, it will be announced.
There was a mistake that RoL was open and using markers still this year. It will be back to using the scholar's card that will be available in the SimuCoin Store at 100 SimuCoins per entry. I will also announce once it is open, but expect it to be available later today (Friday, April 18th).
Announcement 6 - CLAIM
Discord Message Link: Claim
Author: GM Wyrom
Date: 4/18/2024
A new CLAIM offering is now available. This offering is only available to paid subscriptions. Promos, trials, and F2P cannot use CLAIM at this time.
GIFT:
- Free
- 5-entry marker
- 2-use green exp orb (account attuned)
EVENT:
- Cost is 7,500,000 silver
- 25-entry marker
- 2-use blue exp orb (account attuned)
Discord Message Link: Baker's Rack
Author: GM Vanah
Date: 4/7/2025
Debuting at Rumor Woods is the Baker's Rack! This is a storage device and cooking assistant.
It serves as an -inator storage stacking device for cooking staple ingredients - sugar, flour, etc.
It also serves as an assistant, looking through the stored items and matching them against an indicated recipe to identify what is missing or help you put the ingredients together for cooking.
These will be available in the store Breaking Bread.
>analyze pantry This is a Baker's Rack. It is designed to store cooking utensils and ingredients. Pantry staples can be stacked. PUT items into it to store them. Cooking pantry staples can be stacked weightlessly; other cooking-related items are stored normally. This small pantry does not belong to you, but the owner has offered to share. LOOK IN the pantry to see the stored items. TURN - To retrieve a single dose of a stored pantry staple, TURN the pantry to cycle through the items, or TURN the pantry TO the number from LOOK to select that item directly. PLUCK - PLUCK out a single dose of the selected ingredient. PUSH - When it's time to make a recipe, PUSH a recipe card or cookbook at the pantry to decide which recipe to make, then PUSH the pantry. You will evaluate whether you have the correct utensil and all necessary ingredients or determine which, if any, are missing. If the recipe requires heat, all of the items will be moved to the correct receptacle for your next step; if not, you will quickly make the recipe creation.
>read my cookb Glancing over a flour-caked worn leather cookbook, you begin to read a flour-coated flaxen recipe card... Black lines lightly dusted with flour particles mark up this textured flaxen card. In the left half is a recipe for a "Cobbler Dough," with directions as follows: cinnamon brown sugar flour dried oats butter knead in a bowl In the right half is a second recipe for a "Pie Dough," with directions as follows: flour flour butter butter salt knead in a bowl >push my cookb at pantry You prepare yourself to utilize the contents of a small pantry to make ball of cobbler dough. PUSH the pantry to continue. >push pantry You take stock of the contents of the small pantry and note that you are missing the following to follow the recipe for ball of cobbler dough: dried oats >put oats in pantry You add your dried oats to an empty cubby in the small pantry. >push pantry Grabbing all of the ingredients necessary to make ball of cobbler dough from the small pantry, you add them to a mixing bowl and mix them together to create a ball of cobbler dough. You lift the dough from the bowl.
Discord Message Link: New Paintsticks
Author: GM Vanah
Date: 4/7/2025
| Name | Design |
|---|---|
| BEE | He has an intricate golden bee painted between his eyes, with delicate wings outstretched above both eyebrows. |
| BUMBLEBEE | He has a cartoonish bumblebee sporting a toothy grin painted on one cheek. |
| DAISY | He has an intricate golden bee painted on his cheek buzzing from daisy to daisy in a lazy, meandering pattern. |
| HONEYCOMB | He has an elaborately painted golden honeycomb circling one eye, with drips of pale honey down the side of his face. |
| BEAR | He has his entire face painted to resemble a bear, with a pale muzzle around the nose and mouth, a dark nose, and a tawny mask around the eyes. |
| POLAR | He has a pure white eyemask painted across his face, accented in dark blue to resemble a polar bear. |
| CUB | He has a trio of adorable bear cubs painted as if climbing the side of his face. |
| PAW | He has a line of bear paw prints lumbering across his face. |
| WHITE | He has his entire face painted snow white. |
| VIOLET | He has stripes of violet and snow white streaking down both sides of his face. |
| GOLD | He has stripes of gold and vert paint streaking down both sides of his face. |
| VERT | He has gashes of gold slashing through a background of vert across his entire face. |
| FIGHT | He has a stylized bee painted on one cheek, stinger brandished and wings flashing, and a snarling bear on the other, teeth bared. |
Discord Message Link: Sangria Carafe
Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 4/7/2025
Found something tasty while foraging? Drop your fresh fruit or berries into the Sangria Carafe, then pour in red or white wine to let the magic begin. Once filled, the carafe will serve up to six glasses of sangria, each with custom flavor messages based on your chosen ingredients. There are 160 unique combinations for you to try!
Not a wine drinker? No problem. Pour out the wine and keep the wine-soaked fruit for yourself. Sweet, simple, and absolutely delicious. Cheers!
You analyze the round glass fiasco and sense that the creator has provided the following information:
Sangria Carafe The glass carafe can have fruit placed into it and then wine poured over it, creating sangria. Once the sangria is made, it can be poured into other drinking containers provided they are crafted of glass. It can house up to 5 pieces of fruit. The fruit can be varied or the same but must always be a FORAGED fruit or berry. Alterations: You may alter it freely provided it is always fashioned of glass and some kind of amphora, bottle, carafe, decanter, ewer, fiasco, jug, pitcher, or vessel. POUR wine into the fiasco or POUR the fiasco while holding an appropriate drinking vessel to share your sangria. Each carafe can make up to six servings of sangria. GAZE and SPIN are fluff commands.
You drop pieces of fuzzy peach into your round glass fiasco, the fruit settling at the bottom in a colorful heap, ready for the wine to follow. You pour a glass of red wine into your round glass fiasco, the pale honey liquid cascading over the fruit at the bottom. The pieces shift and swirl as the wine rises above the line of fruit. Holding a wide-necked round glass fiasco skirted in sun-dried grass up to the ambient light, you gaze at the pale honey wine within as it casts a vibrant glow over the fruit collected near the bottom. Pieces of kiwi, peach, and grapes float and settle, their colors mingling beautifully with the liquid's rich hue. You tilt a wide-necked round glass fiasco skirted in sun-dried grass, allowing the pale honey liquid to flow smoothly into your clear green goblet. A piece of peach slides along with the stream, plopping into the waiting goblet with a satisfying splash.
You analyze the clear green goblet and sense that the creator has provided the following information: Sangria (drink) Filled with sangria, a bronze-lipped clear green goblet has the following available actions: GAZE, PLUCK, POUR, SMELL, and SPIN 1) The pleasing notes of blackberry and orange peel mingle with the complexities of mushrooms, minerals, and roasted oak flavors, leading to a long warm finish. 2) As you swirl the wine in your mouth blackberry and cherry mingle with aromas of coffee and smoke. Pepper and plum linger on your tongue.
You lift your clear green goblet to your nose, tilting it slightly as you take a slow, deliberate inhale, savoring the aroma wafting from the goblet. Blackberry and orange peel intertwine with earthy mushrooms and oak, uplifted by grapes. You slowly spin your clear green goblet, the pale honey liquid swirling gracefully. Pieces of kiwi and other fruit bob and drift lazily, their colors shimmering through the wine. You lift your clear green goblet to the moonlight, tilting it slightly to get a better view. Pieces of peach and other fruit glimmer within the pale honey liquid, their shapes and colors refracted through the glass in a dazzling array. You reach into your clear green goblet, carefully pinching a piece of wine-soaked kiwi between your fingers. The pale honey wine clings to the fruit as you lift it free, droplets trailing back into the glass.
Discord Message Link: - Tomeward Bound]
Author: GM Ethereal
Date: 4/8/2025
Feeling a bit bookish? Burdened by the weight of knowledge? Tired of endless papercuts as you rummage for just the right scroll? Well, I can't help that. But what I can do is this...
The shop "Tomeward Bound" will be opening at Rumor Woods for the 2025 run. This shop will be selling a new item: Spell Books! These books allow players to transfer spells off of scrolls, similar to sigil staves, while providing a few unique abilities:
- Tier 1 (5,000 raikhen): Transfer up to six (6) spells to the book and INVOKE them when needed.
- Tier 2 (2,500 raikhen): Displays the exact number of charges for each slot (up to 40 charges/slot).
- Tier 3 (25,000 raikhen): A chosen spell slot can be refreshed 1x/day. War spells will refresh fully up to 40 charges while non-war spells will refresh 1 charge.
- Tier 4 (100,000 raikhen): The book may be used 1x/day to gain Fash'lo'nae's Knowledge (1750).
- Page Addon (10,000 raikhen): Adds another page to the book, up to 5. Each page contains 6 slots.
- RP Addon (500 raikhen): Adds a number of RP verbs to the book: `flip`, `snap`, `touch`, `brush`, `rub`, `raise`, and `point`.
Thanks go out to Nyxus and Isten for the great QC work and Mariath for proofreading my ramblings!
Q&A:
When happens if the scroll has more charges than the book can hold?
- The book will transfer charges up to the maximum (40) and leave the remaining charges on the scroll.
Can SK spells (vibrant ink) spells be transferred?
- Unfortunately, SK scrolls cannot be transfered to the book.
How do I transfer spells to the book?
- Use ponder to select which slot the spell should go into (1-6) and then use the transfer verb, similar to sigil staves.
What happens when I use the last charge of a spell?
- The spell slot will become empty and available for transfering another spell.
I don't want this spell anymore. Do I have to use all of the charges?
- The book has a scratch verb that lets you remove a spell, making that slot available for use again.
What happens to a scroll when it is transferred off of?
- The scroll will become locked and unable to be infused/recharged.
Is there a cap on the spell level that can be transferred?
- Only spells below level 20 may be transferred.
Is there any limitation on spells that can be recharged?
- All spells below level 20 can be transferred, but the spell must be findable on scrolls to be recharged.
What happens if I hold a runestaff and this item?
- Holding this item in the offhand will not reduce runestaff DS.
Can this item be attuned?
- Yes.
Discord Message Link: Origami Updates]
Author: GM Xynwen
Date: 4/8/2025
With more thanks than I can even begin to express to GM Ethereal, I am happy to bring you an expansion to Origami. It involves some "beneath-the-hood" updates so I can look at different fun stuff going forward (like ways to use a folded object besides just folding and unfolding it), and two new (and probably final) training levels.
ORIGAMI GLUE: Unlocked when you reach Adept level in Origami, this will allow you to permanently affix your folded object. While there may not be a use case scenario for this yet, it is part of the updates needed for those future expansions. There is no additional cost or training needed for this -- if you have Adept level or above already, or when you attain that level, you will have the ability to use ORIGAMI GLUE once these changes have been made live.
New Patterns: Several new patterns have been added for the various locales that sell them
New Level - Teacher: This level (the 9th) comes after Artist and will require a total of 18,000 folds (7,000 more after Artist) to reach. Until this is rolled live for Rumor Woods, your folds at Artist level won't count toward it.
Cost: 10,000 event scrip (raikhen for RW)
Benefits:
- Unique pre-name title: Origami Instructor
- New pattern at unlock: an origami Rumor Woods
- If someone has already unlocked the origami skill, someone at Teacher level can advance them to Basic, Proficient, and Advanced, using ORIGAMI TEACH.
New Level - Professor: This level (the 10th and probably last) comes after Teacher and will require a total of 25,000 folds (7,000 more after Teacher) to reach.
Cost: 25,000 event scrip (raikhen for RW)
With more thanks than I can even begin to express to GM Ethereal, I am happy to bring you an expansion to Origami. It involves some "beneath-the-hood" updates so I can look at different fun stuff going forward (like ways to use a folded object besides just folding and unfolding it), and two new (and probably final) training levels.
ORIGAMI GLUE: Unlocked when you reach Adept level in Origami, this will allow you to permanently affix your folded object. While there may not be a use case scenario for this yet, it is part of the updates needed for those future expansions. There is no additional cost or training needed for this -- if you have Adept level or above already, or when you attain that level, you will have the ability to use ORIGAMI GLUE once these changes have been made live.
New Patterns: Several new patterns have been added for the various locales that sell them
New Level - Teacher: This level (the 9th) comes after Artist and will require a total of 18,000 folds (7,000 more after Artist) to reach. Until this is rolled live for Rumor Woods, your folds at Artist level won't count toward it.
Cost: 10,000 event scrip (raikhen for RW)
Benefits:
- Unique pre-name title: Origami Instructor
- New pattern at unlock: an origami Rumor Woods
- If someone has already unlocked the origami skill, someone at Teacher level can advance them to Basic, Proficient, and Advanced, using ORIGAMI TEACH.
New Level - Professor: This level (the 10th and probably last) comes after Teacher and will require a total of 25,000 folds (7,000 more after Teacher) to reach.
Cost: 25,000 event scrip (raikhen for RW)
Benefits:
- Unique post-name title: Professor of Origami
- Erithi, Nalfein, Nalfein half-elves, and burghal gnomes also get "Master of Intricate Patience" and "Master of the Folded Ways" post name titles
- As a professor, you can initiate someone into the ways of origami (aka, unlocking the skill for them and setting them at Unskilled). In addition, you are able to advance people to Skilled and Adept levels. Any level above Adept will still require the Origami Master NPCs (or the purchased instructions from the NPC)
Discord Message Link: Dye Altering NPC]
Author: GM Vanah
Date: 4/9/2025
>ask dyer about random A dye-spattered dyer says, "How about gold-sheened vivid orange and blue dye?" A dye-spattered dyer says, "I can mix up the perfect color of dye for you. You can choose from a selection of options for me to mix the perfect dye for you. ASK me about COLORS, SHADES, FINISHES, and SUFFIX. You can ask me about STATUS to hear your current selection, and ASK me to PURCHASE when you are ready. If you need ideas, you can ask me about RANDOM." A dye-spattered dyer says, "How about gold-flecked scarlet-sheened dye?"
You pour your scarlet-sheened dye on your berry paint, completely coating the item. The liquid soon dries, leaving you with a vial of gold-flecked scarlet-sheened paint. You have 9 doses of the dye left. >analyze my paint You analyze the scarlet-sheened paint and sense that the creator has provided the following information: This is for use with fletching. You can use the vial of paint to color the shaft of an arrow, bolt or dart before attaching fletchings to make them scarlet-sheened. The color is dependant solely on the adjective. The adjective should ONLY contain the color. Placing anything else in there will make painted projectiles not make sense.
Discord Message Link: New Flourishes for Veola, Creative Couture, Deck the Halls, or Fisherman's Hats
Author: GM Vanah
Date: 4/9/2024
The item has Flourishes that do the following:
This gown has the Birds of a Feather Flourish on it, which adds additional sides for Jeepers Creepers bird items.
Single Bird: a gown adorned with <full>
Plural Birds: a gown painted with <full> in flight
Egg: a gown pinned with <full> brooch
Discord Message Link: Gnomic Candy Making Machine
Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 4/10/2025
Step right up, ladies, gentlemen, and connoisseurs of all things candied and curious!
Tired of sagging toffees, moody molasses, or brittle bonbons that shatter hopes and teeth alike? Then allow me to introduce the Gnomic Candy Press, the finest confection-crafting contraption ever to clatter through the halls of invention, proudly brought to you by the ingenious burghal gnome duo of Fryc and Shives.
With one well-timed crank and a murmur of gumption, this dazzling device turns your stickiest dreams into sugared splendor. Simply drop in a foraged fruit or berry, add a bit of honey, give it a firm crank and a confident nod, and wumbo wambo, perfection is made!
Each model is hand-riveted, lightly enchanted, and rumored to contain a gear or two salvaged from a clock that never ran backward. Supplies are limited. Results are delightful. Fryc swears by it, Shives refuses to make candy without it, and I personally guarantee it will sweeten your day or mildly inconvenience someone else's.
OOC Information:
The Gnomic Candy Making Machine will allow you to put honey, fruit/berries from the foraging system, and a roller into the machine to create candy. Each application adds 10 candies to the machine's dish. However, if you use a grot'tkel potion on it, then there is a 10% chance that the candy produced will be magical and can be imbedded with a spell. We have updated imbed to handle this special candy. Additionally, there will be store called Honeyed Gears that will allow you to search a pile for a random roller (over 300 design options), purchase a Bug's on Parade, Jeeper's Creepers, or Aquatic Life roller that allows you to PUSH one of those insects into it to change the design, a Candy-inator Jar, and a Roller-inator case (which will also hold 1 machine and up to 4 jars -- but these do not stack).
FAQ
- Can the candy work with 325? No, 325 only works with orb gems.
- Can the machine be broken for an orb? Yes, we've updated it for that functionality.
- How is it limited? This is the special BattleVault item.
- Can they be account-attuned? No, like all special items in a BattleVault, they are character attuned.
- How many rollers can the case hold? 75 individual rollers, no stacking
- How many rollers are there? Over 300, not include the three themed cylinders you can purchase.```
- How much candy can the jar hold? 45 unique pieces that can stack
- Does it hold the magic candy? No, it does not.
Discord Message Link: The Bee's Knees
Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 4/10/2025
Named after the shop it was created for, the Bee's Knees is a vial that can house a tiny bee obtained from the Bugs on Parade System. Here is some of what it can do:
>push vial
You press a round-bodied lucent gold bumblebee into a gold-edged ebon hexagon vial. The glass warms under your fingertips as golden light flickers inside. The gemstone quivers, then slowly shifts within the vial, reshaping into the living form of a round-bodied lucent gold bumblebee that buzzes softly and hovers in place, alive and alert.
>Turn vial
You adjust the series of thin amber bands encircling your vial, ensuring that the top notes include:
A darkened swirl of {fruit/berry} blossom honey clings to your skin, its golden sweetness thickened with heat, tapering into the dry richness of tobacco and cedarwood.
>wave vial at my strawberry
You hold a wild strawberry close to a gold-edged ebon hexagon vial. With a soft chime of wings, a round-bodied lucent gold bumblebee rises from the strawberry and hovers near your hand. It circles the strawberry curiously, tiny legs reaching out to brush against its surface. After a brief pause, it emits a bright buzz and darts away in search of the blossom that once bore the strawberry.
You hear the faint sounds of buzzing as a round-bodied lucent gold bumblebee returns, pausing briefly to rest upon the lip of your ebon hexagon vial. It gives a little shake, depositing bits of pollen into the vessel's depths and changing the composition within.
>wave vial at sneeze
You bring your sneezeweed up to your ebon hexagon vial as a round-bodied lucent gold bumblebee flits over, resting its rotund body on the tip of the sneezeweed. A round-bodied lucent gold bumblebee takes off suddenly, buzzing away as it zips off into the unknown.
You hear the faint sounds of buzzing as your lucent gold bumblebee returns, pausing briefly to rest upon the lip of your ebon hexagon vial as bits of pollen fall into the liquid, changing the composition of the fragrance stored within.
>smell my vial
Lifting a gold-edged ebon hexagon vial to your nose, you breathe deeply of the scent contained within. You get a sense that when you wear the perfume, you will have the following scent on you:
A darkened swirl of wild strawberry blossom honey clings to your skin, its golden sweetness thickened with heat, tapering into the dry richness of tobacco and cedarwood. Sneezeweed unloads a heavy, pungent odor reminiscent of carrots and overripe lemons.
You analyze the ebon hexagon vial and sense that the creator has provided the following information: The Bee's Knees This tiny magic vial can house a bee that will make small doses of perfume for you. To Add a Bee: Obtain any bee or bumblebee from the Bugs on Parade system and PUSH it into the vial. To Create a Perfume: With a bee installed, WAVE your vial at a piece of foraged fruit or berry. With a bee installed, WAVE your vial at a foraged flower. TURN your vial to obtain the starting notes of your perfume. Additional Information: RUB will put the perfume on you once it is created, SMELL will give you a preview of the perfume, CLEAN will remove the perfume from your vial, PULL removes the current bee so it can be replaced, while SMOOCH and TICKLE are fluff verbs for when a bee is inside. Some final Notes: This vial is magical. You can hold it or wear it to work with it. It creates 4 doses of perfume each time you work with the bee inside. Alteration Guidelines: You may alter the vial, but it can only take a base or long description change. The SHOW is stock. Please make sure that you are not contradicting the stock show when coming up with your design. Due to the nature of the item, only the following nouns are acceptable: ampoule, bottle, flacon, flask, periapt, phial, and vial.
Flowers will always provide the finishing note and fruits/berries will always be part of the introductory sentence. There are twelve introductory sentences.
They are:
- The rich, amber-kissed scent of {fruit/berry} blossom honey clings to your skin like morning dew, its softened sweetness dissolving into whispers of blooming petals.
- A warm ribbon of {fruit/berry} blossom honey winds across your skin, its caramelized sweetness deepening as florals unfurl beneath the surface.
- The scent of {fruit/berry} blossom honey settles into your skin with a golden warmth, mellow caramel notes folding into a gentle hush of flowered breath.
- Like sunlit nectar on a breeze, the scent of {fruit/berry} blossom honey caresses your skin, its toasty edge melting into soft floral layers.
- A slow bloom of {fruit/berry} blossom honey rises from your skin, the amber-rich sweetness glowing with a touch of caramel, then mellowing into a haze of warm blossoms.
- The scent of {fruit/berry} blossom honey spreads across your skin with warm, amber depth, its slightly caramelized edge anchoring a faint trace of vetiver.
- A darkened swirl of {fruit/berry} blossom honey clings to your skin, its golden sweetness thickened with heat, tapering into the dry richness of tobacco and cedarwood.
- The rich scent of {fruit/berry} blossom honey seeps into your skin like slow-poured syrup, the caramel notes tempered by sandalwood
- Notes of {fruit/berry} blossom honey rise subtly from your skin, warm and amber-rich, softened by a clean floral trace that lingers without pretense.
- The mellow tang of {fruit/berry} blossom honey settles on your skin, its toasted sweetness roughened slightly by untamed florals and musk.
- The scent of {fruit/berry} blossom honey rises in warm, sour waves, its golden core twisted by a bitter wash of moonshine and a creeping trace of wet loam and wild leaf rot.
- The sickly, fermented scent of {fruit/berry} honey sticks across your skin, the cloying stench mixing into the notes of decaying foliage buried beneath some type of flesh.
Discord Message Link: Ostwicke Hall
Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 4/11/2025
This year, we have moved a few of the Feywrot Feature Groups over to Ostwick Hall and renamed the rooms to be like so:
- Ostwicke Hall, Dressing Rooms (hub to move through)
- Dressing Room, Quirky Wings (Wing Quirks)
- Dressing Room, Statured Stances (Body)
- Dressing Room, Distinguished ^ (Distinguishing Mark)
- Dressing Room, Winged Wonders ^ (Wing)
- Dressing Room, Stature Aside ^ (Height)
- Dressing Room, Face Appeal + (Face)
- Dressing Room, Skin Deep + (Complexion)
- Ostwicke Hall, Gaze On + (Eye Color)
- Ostwicke Hall, Straighten Up + (Nose)
- Ostwicke Hall, In a Glance + (Eye Characteristic)
^ This indicates that Feywrot offerings have been added to these rooms. Not all Distinguishing Marks were moved over.
+ This indicates they are only Feywrot Offerings
Discord Message Link: Fist Class Plane Ticket
Author: GM Ethereal
Date: 4/11/2025
Coming in fashionably late to Rumor Woods 2025 is a brand-new shop: Fist Class Plane Ticket!
This spell-slinging boutique is proud to debut a new script: Mage's Gauntlets — a powerful piece of planar paraphernalia worn on the left hand that grows in power as it levels up. Just add mana (and a little flair)!
Tier 1 – Getting a Feel for the Gauntlet
- White, black, and blue crystals can be PUSH’d into the gauntlet to absorb their spells.
- Want to use them later? TURN to choose, then RUB to cast.
- Need some light? FLICK the gauntlet.
- Too bright? COVER it to dim the glow.
Stylish and functional. The gauntlet carries 5 charges of each crystal per Tier (5, 10, 15, 20). FLICK and COVER consume 1 charge of each crystal.
Tier 2 – Mana Manager
- Treasure system wands can be PUSH’d into the gauntlet to extract their mana (calculated as spell level × charges).
- Storage capacity starts at 800 mana (400 per Tier).
- In a pinch? PULL the gauntlet to instantly recover 50 mana.
It’s like a magic battery pack — but way cooler. PULL comes with a 15-minute cooldown.
Tier 3 – Now We’re Getting Dangerous
- Mana cap rises to 1,200.
- Ayanad crystals (plus s’, t’, and n’ varieties) can be PUSH’d in for 20–50 mana based on rarity.
- Two new tricks up the sleeve:
- CLENCH to activate a 30-point energy shield to protect yourself.
- RAISE the gauntlet to summon a black void that pulls nearby creatures in. Those who fail their SMRv2 roll take impact damage and are left disoriented (3-minute cooldown, 100 mana).
CLENCH has a 15-minute duration, a 30-minute cooldown, and costs 100 mana. When the shield has absorbed 30 damage, it shatters.
Tier 4 – Plane and Simple Mayhem
- Mana storage increases to 1,600.
- Two final abilities for the seasoned arcane adventurer:
- POINT to attempt a banishment — the target makes an SMRv2 roll or is whisked off to another plane. When they return? Surprise elemental damage. (1-minute cooldown, 200 mana).
- BESEECH to banish yourself for 1 minute. Great for avoiding danger or dramatic exits. Works so long as the user is alive, concious, and not in roundtime (e.g. works while stunned). (24 hour cooldown, 500 mana).
Great for making an entrance — or an exit.
Pricing: OTS/Tier 1: 5k, Tier 2: 15k, Tier 3: 25k, Tier 4k 75k. Attunement will be available.
The store is expected to open next week, so keep an eye out and get ready to throw hands — magically, of course. (edited)
Q&A
- Where is this item worn? The item takes hands (gloves) slot. It's just a singular version (glove) worn on the left hand (via messaging when wearing/using).
- Can I banish all my friends to the party room? No.
- Ok, but where do I go? Same room as if you had been banished via lathonian. You can stand and stance, but other verbs are restricted. (edited)