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Rumor Woods 2023 Teasers & Announcements

Announcements

Announcement 1

Rumor Woods will take place July 16 - 30th in 2023.

This year's theme is the Rolton vs. the Wolf!

Announcement 2

Player Customization System updates
The Player Customization System will be updated for Rumor Woods to also include custom Manna and Major Sanctuaries. This will allow you to have more than one of each and choose between them at will.

We've been working on a new Player Customization System to give players more control and flexibility around things like spell customizations. The first phase of this system was seen at Ebon Gate last year, where custom death messages became an option for the first time.

The next phase of this system will roll out at the upcoming run of Rumor Woods. Starting at Rumor Woods, you will be able to unlock and choose between multiple different Major Sanctuary appearances and custom Manna flavors. These are no longer limited to one per character. Your existing custom Major Sanctuary or Manna, if any, will also remain available to you under the new system.

More details, including a FAQ: Google Document FAQ Page
Discussion thread: ⁠Official - Player Customization

Special thanks to GM Yusri for getting this system ready for Rumor Woods.

Announcement 3

In Honor of the Year of the Rolton and to Herald Rumor Woods, we are pleased to announce a new document: Roltons, Wools, and Cheese of the Land

Wiki Link: Roltons, Wools, and Cheese of the Land
Wiki Announcement: Announcement:_New_Lore_Document_in_Honor_of_Year_of_the_Rolton
Discord Forum Discussion: Discussion

Announcement 4

Rumor Woods begins 6/16/2023 with the theme the Rolton vs. the Wolf.

We have the following exciting announcements regarding this year's offerings:

As part of the five-year anniversary, we are making all past rare mounts completely available for anyone to purchase. Outside of an anniversary event, this will be the last time for many of these animals.

• There will be a flare merchant that will aid you in adding flares to your items. He will have the following flare tokens available: common flare tokens for 50 raihken (fire, cold, lightning, impact, and vacuum), uncommon flare tokens for 50 raihken (disintegrate, disruption, unbalance, grapple, acid, plasma, steam, water, air), and rare flare tokens for 50 raihken (slash, puncture, and crush).
  • As a reminder anything 7x enchanted and lower, with 10 CER or less, that is devoid of combat scripts will be half cost going forward.

• New Pet for Year of the Rolton - Lamb
• New Document - Roltons, Wools, and Cheeses of the Land
• New Mounts - Roltons, Sheep, and Goats
• New Horse Nouns - rouncey, destrier, palfrey, jennet, field hunter, hobby, gaited horse, draught horse, light horse, saddle horse, quarter horse
• Mount Travel Updates
  • Realm Travel Refreshes at Midnight
  • New Unlock to allow for 2x a day travel
• Custom Expansion: Sanctuary and Mana Bread now have the ability to have more than 1! You can now keep access to Multiple Mana Bread Customizations & Major Sanctuary as these have been moved to the same system as Death Message Customs.
• Mount Containers - Mounts can now wear two containers (max).
• Private Property Shop - Details Coming Soon & it will be a delayed open.
• Lofts! Lofts will be available to be purchased this year. You must own a stable in order to purchase one.
• New Stable! Brisker's Cove is being added to Fast Travel as its new stables are being released.

This year's Titles

• 100 (runs) of Rolton - Shepard/ess of the Tranquil Flock
• 500 (runs) of Rolton - Knight of the Arctic Glade
• 100 (runs) of Wolf - Protector of the Universal Pack
• 500 (runs) of Wolf - Knight of the Frigid Timberland
• If the rolton is Victor, people who ran rolton get Cupbearer of the Divine Fleece
• If the rolton is Victor, people who ran wolf get Discarded of the Divine Fleece
• If the wolf is Victor, people who ran wolf get Alpha Among the Ferocious Pack
• If the wolf is Victor, people who ran rolton get Zeta Among the Ferocious Pack

Announcement 5

Mounts at Rumor Woods

This year in honor of The Year of the Rolton, we have created ovine mounts for you to enjoy. The breakdown is as follows:

Common: ewe, ram, sheep, tup
Uncommon: citka, dorper, goat, kish'dal, piebald koza, rakka, and risthil
Rare: rolton

In addition, the following can be customized at the ostler to have a Cultural type:

Goat: sea-horned, Myassarian, Paeladri
Rolton: Vaslavia, flatfoot, steelhorn, and stoutfoot
Please note: Chanting the culture of your rolton or goat causes that portion to be seen everywhere "rolton" is seen. For example: You pet your Vaslavia rolton.

You will be allowed to customize the following items at the ostler:
Body, Coat, Coat Color, Ears, Eye Color, Eye Quirk, Face, Horn, Horn Quirk, Tail

A note on body and coat:

Whatever you change on the body of your rolton will change the base 15/15/15 of your rolton and go in the article field. Whatever you change on the coat of your rolton will change the base 15/15/15 on your rolton and go in the adjective field.

Options for body will range from fluffy, plump, shaggy, sleek, and thin to all of the new rolton describing nouns found in the Roltons, Wools, and Cheeses of the Lands document.

A note about horns: Females do not have horn or horn quirk options.

Teasers

Teaser 1

Sound Charm Gadgets

Finding the charms that you make with your Charmtraptions just a little dull? Look no further than the Sound Charm Gadget, a new item debuting at Rumor Woods this year. Toss in a basic charm, select your sound, adjust the sound's adjective, and RUB to infuse the noise into the charm.

Off the shelf, the Sound Charm Gadgets come with 5 default Sound Adjectives and 5 default Sound Design Templates. Like the Charmtraption, you can unlock Custom Sound Adjective and Custom Design Template slots that can be altered at a merchant. It also requires Lightning magic (or iron/silver wands) to function.