Ebon Gate Festival/saved posts 2026

Announcements

Announcement 1 - Dates

Ebon Gate Festival Runs from October 9th - November 3rd

Announcement 2 - Feeder Fun

Discord Message Link: [1]
Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 9/26/2026

Leaves have begun to fall as the year turns toward its quiet sleep, the veil between Elanthia and the twilight of Naidem grows as brittle and thin as a held breath. Strange things have begun to drift across the threshold between the living and unliving, washing ashore like forgotten flotsam from a dream. What purpose do they carry? Will their forms take root and linger in the waking world, or dissolve back into the mist that birthed them? Few can tell, though those who listen closely to the dark may soon begin to understand.

From now until the gates of the festival open, feeders across the realms will occasionally drop unique curiosities. Some of these oddities will fade away once their secrets are shared, while others will hold their shape, waiting for observant hands to coax their meaning into the light. Enjoy the hunt and welcome the unfolding mystery!

Announcent 3 - News & Updates

We've been working hard; the day is nearly here, and we are as excited as you are to return to Naidem. With October 1st on the horizon, and the opening close on its heels, we’ve got a lot of updates and changes to share with you.

Evermore Hollow Hotel

We’ve heard your discussion and feel your concern; there were many pain points about the hotel stay that were confusing or upsetting to some players. As such, we are taking the following steps to ease confusion and merchant anxiety.

There is a new hotel verb that will present you with information on your stay. Primarily, it will tell you if you have a reservation or not. It can be used with HOTEL or HOTEL HELP. This verb will be live soon.

All hotel stay purchasers, regardless of whether it is a suite or a regular room, will be able to SPLIT their key upon receiving it and gift it to whomever they desire. Additionally, we’ve done away with waiting around for a merchant to get to your floor. Instead, we’ve increased the alteration book count to 10, and you will receive it immediately in your welcome package.

Conference goers will still receive a single ‘pass’ into the conference areas, which will be opened up once the conference is over.

Distribution:

Batches of 6 Suites & 9 Room Hotel Stays

• Tuesday, October 6 - 9 am, Noon, 3 pm, 9 pm, Midnight

Raffle for Hotel Room Stay:

• In Zul Logoth - 1 - Prime - 9 pm - October 7
• Mist Harbor - 2 - Premium - 10 pm - October 7
• Mist Harbor - 2 - Platinum - 11 pm - October 7

The cost to enter the raffle is 250,000 silvers.

Merchant Week

Merchant week will from from Friday, October 16th at Noon to Tuesday, October 20th at Midnight. Here are the changes for the services pass this year:

Service Pass (Flyer): 3,000 SimuCoins

• No F2P
• 10 service will be the cap
• Account-based
• Access to Live Games
• Access to Raffles
• Access to Trove
• 10 Trove tokens on TEAR (Account attuned)
• Alter book
• No RPA anymore

Last Year's Passes

For those of you who found yourselves inundated with passes, fear not. You'll be able to destroy the pass for 20 barrel keys.

Merchant Week Discussion on Discord

Trove

The trove will run from the 16th - the 26th. It will still draw nightly. The only way to get tokens is through the Service Pass.

Live Games

• Live Games will continue again this year. They will take place over the weekend of the 24th and 25th. There will be four games.
• Also, Seynne will be running her games outside of Merchant Week. You can look for her on the 21st and 22nd.

Live Games Discussion on Discord

Vault Update

The Spidersilk Apothecary takes on a new cosmetic look this year to help you differentiate it from last year’s box. This year, it is an octagonal witchwood apothecary. When you look at it, you’ll see the bronze hooks.

The apothecary will come with 10 Transmorphing Spiders. They are:

• The Confectionery Spider – This spider takes any foraged item and turns it into a spun-sugar specimen. It can be eaten for a tasty, sweet treat.
• The Websmith Spider – This spider takes 1 row from a skein of yarn and turns it into 25 pieces of {yarn adjective} yarn for weaving.
• The Minimalist Spider – This spider will remove the long description from any qualifying item.

And lastly, you’ll get 7...

• Metallurgy Spiders – These spiders will change the base metal of a piece of jewelry to the metal of the spider. This year, the apothecary comes with a gold, white gold, rose gold, copper, sterling silver, faenor, and vaalorn spider.

None of the Transmorphing Spiders can be altered.

In lieu of a searchable spiderweb, a new shop has been added to the Graveyard. Inside it, you’ll find the new Alteration Spiders. These spiders will allow you to add long descriptions to:

• Chopsticks
• Utensils
• Cigars
• Paper

Lastly, fishing has been updated to offer alteration spiders as prizes.

Vault Cost: 6,500 SimuCoins

• Two 25-entry keys (SimuCoin Store Event Entries)
• a death certificate (Exp Modifier, +50% for 30 days - Character Attuned)
• a vial of iridescent oil (Locus Charge Item - Account Attuned)
• an octagonal witchwood apothecary (the Spidersilk Apothecary)
• Alteration Book (5 uses)

As always, everything in the vault is attuned.

Vault Discussions on Discord

Spidersilk Apothecary

Speaking of fishing...

Fishing Updates

Fishing has been broken for a while, but we are moving it into the same odds as the Duskruin Boosts (1d250). Many of the prizes in fishing have been updated, but this will be the last year for fishing. Those prizes will be moved to a new event next year.

Witch's Hut and Arena of the Abyss

As mentioned last year, entry to these activities was updated to match the universal barrel key entry. The rewards have been updated to match the appropriateness of the entry (ie: soul shard return and incidentals).

Sonreeva will also be changed to a flat-cost entry. This new cost will cover the upgrade of the thumb-ring.

There will be more information on this during opening week.

Guide Book to the Unliving

The guidebook has had a couple of updates. Primarily, obtaining one has been updated to QUEST. Additionally, you will now be transported directly TO the merchant in the list, provided that you are IN Naidem.

Last Year of the Mandrake

This year will be the last time you can find the Mandrake in the Herb Hunt. Next year will see a new prize.

Announcement - Scrip Updates 4

Discord Message Link: Scrip Updates
Author: GM Wyrom
Date: 10/7/2026

Scrip Updates
Starting with Ebon Gate, we are normalizing all scrip payouts for entries that cost 100 SimuCoins to participate. No matter if you win, lose, surrender, or disconnect, you will earn 300 scrip that the event rewards. With this, we are discontinuing any form of "cache" that results in more scrip than normal. Some activities already have things in place, but instead each activity will have some sort of randomized prize drop and incidentals. Only scrip rewards will be guaranteed, anything else may require you to survive, defeat creatures, or complete the activity.

Ebon Gate:

Trick-or-Treat: 2 Candies. Upon completion you'll get 25 instant exp and earn 72 exp at the end for each "trick" defeated (which should work out to be 500 if you defeat all tricks). Your first KNOCK will be 300 soul shards.

Herb Hunt: Pet chance and SimuCoin Store items. Upon completion you'll earn 500 exp. Your 300 soul shards will be at the end.

Arena of the Abyss: Green orb chance, Necro ring chance, Necro ring recharging, and incidentals. Upon completion you'll earn 100 exp per kill (which should work out to be 500 if you defeat all 5 rounds). Your 300 soul shards will be at the end.

Witch Hunt: Green orb chance, Ocarina chance, Ocarina recharging, and incidentals. Upon completion you'll earn 500 exp. Your 300 soul shards will be at the end.

Special Item Recharging:

Ocarina: You will earn 50 charges instead of 5.

Necro Ring: You will earn 10 charges per creature defeated instead of 1 (for a max of 50).

Part 2 - Scrip Adjustments

Couple other adjustments.

• Herb Hunt will award green orbs, fusion tokens, or the incidentals.
• Fusion tokens will be the majority of drops vs the incidentals.

Sellback to the NPC is being adjusted as follows:

• Candy: From 2 to 5.
• Fusion Tokens: From 5 to 10
• Fishing sellback is being reduced a small bit from 3 to 2. And that's mostly due to an error on our part from previous years.

Reason for these changes are to be closer to Duskruin's DUSKRUIN SET where you can choose 10 extra scrip. It will feel like all you're getting is fusion tokens though. This is more item management, but maybe in 2027 we can solve it at the faucet.

So really the choice between activities is the randomized stuff or recharging. Otherwise everything is similar and equal.

Teasers

Teaser 1 - Spa Products

Discord Message Link: Spa Products
Author: GM Elidi
Date: 10/1/2026

From Aether and Bloom Apothecary, a line of luxury preparations for use in your portable and permanently affixed tubs.

>sprinkle jar in tub
Holding your arm over a creamy pink marble tub, you gently sprinkle the contents of your glass jar into the water.  The scented soap flakes dissolve into the water, forming a thick lather of pale bubbles that drift lazily across the surface.  You detect the faint scent of roses.
>
A large, iridescent soap bubble floats lazily in the air above a creamy pink marble tub and then POPS!  
>
>smell tub
You sniff delicately at your pink marble tub and detect the faint scent of roses in the water.

But that's not all!  These can products can be used on yourself to provide a scent and temporary adjustment to your features.

>rub jar
You deposit a small amount of soap from your glass jar into your palm and then rub your hands together.  You apply the soap generously to your face, the rich lather working to remove the impurities from the surface of the skin.
Lingering on your skin is the faint scent of roses.

look Vaella
You see Vaella.
She appears to be a Human.
She is tall.  She appears to be very young.  She has long-lashed pale blue eyes and fair skin.  She has long, touseled smoke-hued hair gathered over one shoulder and woven with dried flowers.  She has a heart-shaped face, a small nose and full, blush-tinted lips.  A magnificent beard of soap bubbles clings to her face.

Wait! There's still more! Thanks to GM @Vanah , you'll be able to choose from a plethora of scents for your spa products OR pour in your own favorite perfume.

PS. Someone please tell Katara so she can stop bugging the tubs.

PPS. Vaella will be working at merchant week to provide custom sit messaging for folding chairs AND tubs. Don't miss out.

Teaser 2 - Cheval Mirror

Discord Message Link: Cheval Mirror
Author: GM Vanah
Date: 10/1/2026

Debuting at Ebon Gate in 2026 is the Cheval Mirror, a room decoration with Stay-Put qualities designed to be PLACEd out in a room for four hours, or in a stall, loft, or private property until its place is cleared. The mirror can hang on a wall, be placed on the floor as a freestanding mirror, or nudged onto a table like a vanity mirror. You could:

• PEER into the cheval mirror to see your own reflection.
• CLEAN or TILT the cheval mirror.
• ATTEND, GAZE, FLIRT, KISS, POSE, SPIN in the mirror.
• ATTEND can further be targeted at a worn item, BODY, EYES, FACE, HAIR, LIPS, or TEETH.
• GAZE will work with any of the styles in HELP GAZE.
• POSE can be targeted at a held or worn item.

ATTEND messaging will change depending on what makeup and skincare you are wearing.

You can find these cheval mirrors in the Ebon Gate Shop Rub-a-Dub-Dub.

>attend mirror
You gaze at your reflection in the cheval mirror and make minor adjustments to your short, razor-cut moonlit silver hair and the lay of your clothing.
>attend mirror at body
You gaze at your reflection in the cheval mirror and turn sideways to examine your physique.
>attend mirror at lips
You gaze at your reflection in the cheval mirror and test out your brightest smile.>wear my balm
You gently uncap the wand of your scarlet-sheened balm, then carefully begin to apply your makeup, filling in your lips with a steady hand.  Perfection.
>attend mirror at lips
You gaze at your reflection in the cheval mirror and check that the gold-flecked deep dark scarlet-sheened color on your lips hasn't faded.
>kiss mirror
You press your lips to the surface of the cheval mirror, leaving a gold-flecked deep dark scarlet-sheened imprint.
>look mirror
A single gold-flecked deep dark scarlet-sheened lip print mars the mirrored surface.

• ATTEND should pick up most spa day products -- dabber hair and beard pomade, nail polish, makeup, shaving kit, henna, face paint, the three types of makeup...redacted

FAQ

So I could nudge this onto the table in my pup tent and make it a traveling dressing room?

• No, with stay-put, you can only NUDGE onto items that are permanently imbedded in the room description.

But you could still PUT the mirror on top and use it.

put mirr on shelf
You put a cheval mirror on a supply shelf.

>tilt mirr
You loosen the thumb-screws on the cheval mirror and tilt the reflective glass toward you.
>kiss mirror
You blow a kiss to your reflection in the cheval mirror. 

Is the messaging tied to demeanors? Or would everyone smile while checking their teeth, etc?

• No demeanor tie-ins

Teaser 3 - Coming Soon... The Resinator

Discord Message Link: The Resinator
Author: GM Xeraphina
Date: 10/1/2026

Thank you to everyone who played along with my little guessing game!

Premiering at Resin and Releaf will be the Resinator, a modular crafting device that allows you to utilize resin for your crafting needs.

... so I made the mistake of not ensuring I had enough consecutive posts to put it all out immediately after this one so uh... see below.

Thank you to Isten and @Vanah for their QC... and special thanks to Vanah for feature-creeping my initial concept.

• So, the Resinator? What makes it so modular?

Well, I'm glad (you) I asked! Right now, it is limited in capability ONLY because I ran out of time, however I have PLANS for future releases.

• Okay, well, what can it do NOW?

Well, the base Resinator box will allow you to take a foraged item (not herbs, though) and turn it into a gem using resin. The resulting gem will be organic, if that makes a difference to you all. But let's start with a preview:

You pick up a cluster of jungle geranium blossoms.
>put bloss in my box
WARNING:  All foraged items added to your box will be permanently destroyed.  If you are certain you wish to continue, please CONFIRM by PUTting (or DROPping) your blossoms into your box again.
 
>put bloss in my box
You lift the lid of your resinator box and gingerly place the jungle geranium blossoms within it, taking care to lower your box's lid back in place.
 
>l box
A clear glass lid caps the box, revealing a single jungle geranium blossom.  On one side, connected to a small sluice and plug, is a dark glaes tube that sits less than half-full of resin.  The opposite side features a small button beneath a blank display.

>push my box
Just as you are about to push the sluice plug on your resinator box, you stop to verify what you plan to make.
Please confirm you wish to create a jungle geranium blossom by PUSHing your resinator box again in the next 30 seconds.

>turn my box
You push a button on the side of your resinator box and select enameled.

>push my box
Just as you are about to push the sluice plug on your resinator box, you stop to verify what you plan to make.

Please confirm you wish to create an enameled jungle geranium blossom by PUSHing your resinator box again in the next 30 seconds.

>push my box
You push the sluice plug on the side of your resinator box, and slowly, resin begins to seep through the connected tube and over jungle geranium blossom.  Following a subtle flash of light, you hear a pop from within, signaling that the curing process is complete.

You lift the lid, reach in, and withdraw an enameled jungle geranium blossom from within your box.

• Wait a minute! Did that just get de-pluralized?

Yes... yes, it did. But that's not all...

>get lemongrass
You pick up a stalk of fresh lemongrass.

>put lemon in my box
You lift the lid of your resinator box and gingerly place the fresh lemongrass within it, taking care to lower your box's lid back in place.

>l box
A clear glass lid caps the box, revealing a single white-tipped feathergrass blade.  On one side, connected to a small sluice and plug, is a dark glaes tube that sits less than half-full of resin.  The opposite side features a small button beneath a display that reads white-tipped.

>push my box
You push the sluice plug on the side of your resinator box, and slowly, resin begins to seep through the connected tube and over white-tipped feathergrass blade.  Following a subtle flash of light, you hear a pop from within, signaling that the curing process is complete.

You lift the lid, reach in, and withdraw an amber-encased white-tipped feathergrass blade from within your box.

• But that's a LONG on a GEM item?!

Yes... yes, it is. So at its base, you can manipulate the foraged items as needed.

• Why did it become a blade, though?

Because grass is typically a blade (so basically, some foraged items will see their noun switch up based on what makes sense for a singular noun... just be aware that ear of corn will stay ear of corn because corn ear feels weird).

• So I can make gems with it? Long-alter gems?

Yep! Some things will only work with the base 15/15/15, however there are others that will handle long descriptions when used.

• Okay, but what else?

Welp, it's better I show you...

>get mold
You pick up a shoe-marked oiled soapstone mold.

>nudge my mold
You carefully nudge your oiled soapstone mold into a small slot on the front of your box.

>l my box
A clear glass lid caps the box, revealing an empty interior.  On one side, connected to a small sluice and plug, is a dark glaes tube that sits less than half-full of resin.  The opposite side features a small button beneath a blank display.  A curved tab etched with the words "Cobbling Settings" sticks out in the front, indicating a mold has been inserted into the box.

>get clustervine
You pick up a star-leafed sky blue clustervine.

>put cluster in my box
You lift the lid of your resinator box and gingerly place the sky blue clustervine within it, taking care to lower your box's lid back in place.

>l box
A clear glass lid caps the box, revealing a single clustered vermilion fire moss.  On one side, connected to a small sluice and plug, is a dark glaes tube that sits less than half-full of resin.  The opposite side features a small button beneath a display that reads clustered.  A curved tab etched with the words "Cobbling Settings" sticks out in the front, indicating a mold has been inserted into the box.
 
>push my box
Just as you are about to push the sluice plug on your resinator box, you stop to verify what you plan to make.

Please confirm you wish to create a set of resin-encased sky blue clustervines by PUSHing your resinator box again in the next 30 seconds.

>push my box
You push the sluice plug on the side of your resinator box, and slowly, resin begins to seep through the connected tube and over star-leafed sky blue clustervine.  Following a subtle flash of light, you hear a pop from within, signaling that the curing process is complete.

You lift the lid, reach in, and withdraw a set of resin-encased sky blue clustervines from within your box.

>l my cluster
The clustervines, which appear to be made from resin-encased sky blue clustervines, could be used when cobbling to make footwear that is:
    studded with resin-encased sky blue clustervines    resin-encased sky blue clustervine-studded
    inset with resin-encased sky blue clustervines    resin-encased sky blue clustervine-inset
    buttoned with resin-encased sky blue clustervines    resin-encased sky blue clustervine-buttoned
    beaded with resin-encased sky blue clustervines    resin-encased sky blue clustervine-beaded
But why didn't it keep the original article in the settings like it did with the gem?
... because do you see how long it is already?  You want your whole shoe to just be a setting?  However, if you want to keep the original article instead of replacing it, you can (except for when considering words like "cluster", "stalk", etc). 

• Okay, but what about the resin?

Good question! Resin can be added to your Resinator to increase charges.

• How do we get the resin?

Another good question! For now, it will be for sale at Resin and Releaf, but I'm hoping to have an announcement regarding [redacted]

soon!  Once [redacted]
is available, I will let you know.  It will not be available for the PERM-ifier because of [redacted]

.

• Is the resin edible?

Why would any ask that... but technically, yes. Technically, you can drink the resin. However, technically it is TOXIC and you WILL die if you drink it. No unpoison, you will die. Period. Don't drink the resin.... but if you do, please share with the class what you learned.

• Is there anything else I should know?

Right now? No. but please do keep the ideas coming. I want to make this as modular as possible, and if there is something you think could benefit from resin casting, I'm all ears. (I already have some things in mind, and Vanah has feature-creeped me on some things. What it is right now was the result of initial feature creep which made me semi-start over to rewrite the script).

• More molds? How will we store them?

[Redacted]

• Can I alter my resinator box to actually be a "resinator box"?

No, absolutely not.

I think I got it all! If you have any questions that were not already covered, please feel free to ask!

Teaser 4 - Twisted Gloves

Discord Message Link: Twisted Gloves
Author: GM Marstreforn
Date: 10/2/2026

No shock here. Lightning Edition, Vacuum Edition, Fire Edition, and Frost Edition versions of Twisted Gloves are going to be available this Ebon Gate. The perfect compliment to Twisted Kicks released last year.

Refreshed Shop: Sparked Interest (Lightning edition)

New Shop: Fingers Crossed (Vacuum, Fire, and Frost editions)

What might not have been expected, however, is Script Adding is being made available this year for these editions at this Ebon Gate, in addition to Script Adding for Twisted Kicks. No need to wait a year! These "certificates" will be for handwear and footwear that already have Lightning, Vacuum, Fire, or Cold weapon ability flares. As it is with other Twisted armament scripts, you must purchase the correct Script Adding item for the associated flare and item type.

• Unlock or script add? Both have been available for the last couple runs. You use the weapon script add for a runestaff.

Teaser 5 - Beyond the Spine

Discord Message Link: Beyond the Spine
Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 10/2/2026

On the knotty pine shelves you see a narrow and worn leather book bag with a long shoulder strap, a two-tone leather book bag, a leaf-embossed sage green suede book bag, a buttery soft blue suede book bag, a pristine white suede book bag, a scarred worn leather book case, a narrow brown leather book case, a many-strapped cordovan book case, a brass-buckled black suede book case and a rectangular leather book case.

You take a closer look at a narrow and worn leather book bag with a long shoulder strap.
You analyze the leather book bag and sense that the creator has provided the following information:
The Book-inator
This device is designed to store non-library books.  Due to the nature of this device and its storage capacity, it can't hold ALL non-library books, as the data stored in/on some of them can sometimes be too large.
Use
PUT     - Allows you to place a book inside.
LOOK    - Displays a list of stored books.
PLUCK   - Removes a stored book.
WHISPER - Tags a book for removal.
   
A narrow and worn leather book bag with a long shoulder strap can hold a maximum of 25 books.

Teaser 6 - Obscure Visions

Discord Message Link: Obscure Visions

Author: GM Kaonashi

Date: 10/2/206



What might we be able to see if we know where and how to look?
>tap my tube
You tap a pyrographed pale wood tube, which is in your right hand.
>look at my tube
Built from a pale wood pyrographed with geometric shapes, the tube is long, slender, and fitted with twin lenses on either end.  A series of knobs dot the tube's exterior.

What might we become with just a little help and the right tools?
A war troll shifts around, looking indecisive.

A war troll looks a little dubious about its situation.

First, the necessary.  Break the bones.  Crush the spirit.
>cast at troll
You gesture at a war troll.
You concentrate intently on a war troll, and a pulse of pearlescent energy ripples toward it!
  CS: +509 - TD: +37 + CvA: +25 + d100: +8 == +505
  Warding failed!
The war troll shudders with severe convulsions as pearlescent ripples envelop its body.
The war troll is crushed for 50 points of damage!
   ... 45 points of damage!
   Every bone in the right arm shattered and scattered about!
   ... 70 points of damage!
   Blow to abdomen breaks the war troll almost in two!
The war troll falls to the ground and dies.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

Then, it begins.  Observe the process.
>point tube at troll
You hold the pale wood tube over the troll.  Something thin and unwilling gathers behind the glass, prints itself there in a wash of grey, and is gone on its way toward the gate.

Focus on what remains.
>gaze my tube
You focus intently upon a pyrographed pale wood tube and peer through it.  After a moment, amongst the swirling blue-grey crystalline blur you see, you can clearly make out the following silhouettes:
 
   a war troll
 
Obscure Visions, a new Ebon Gate shop, debuts soon.

What might we be able to do together?  Only time will tell. 

Wake up, tube.  It is time to tease more.

Make a new friend, yes yes?
You gesture at a polar bear.
Your mental command surges outward, echoing your need to the stray spirits nearby...
  CS: +509 - TD: +148 + CvA: +25 + d100: +23 == +409
  Warding failed!
A nebulous haze shimmers into view around a polar bear, plunging inward to envelop its left eye!
   ... 20 points of damage!
   Blast removes sections of eye socket.
   The polar bear is stunned!
   ... 25 points of damage!
   Ocular fluid streaks the polar bear's cheek as left eye is reduced to a red, hollow socket!
Cloudy tendrils creep outward from a polar bear's left eye before vanishing into its right eye.
   ... 90 points of damage!
   Right eye and most of skull removed!  What remains is a bloody mess!
The polar bear collapses heavily into a heap on the ground and dies.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

>squint bear
You squint at a polar bear.

Come, come. 
>point tube at bear
You hold the pale wood tube over the bear.  Something thin and unwilling gathers behind the glass, prints itself there in a wash of grey, and is gone on its way toward the gate.

Next, we check on old friends.  Everyone there?
>gaze my tube
You focus intently upon a pyrographed pale wood tube and peer through it.  After a moment, amongst the swirling blue-grey crystalline blur you see, you can clearly make out the following silhouettes:
 
   a war troll
   a polar bear

>shake my tube
Giving a pyrographed pale wood tube a light shake, you peer at the fatter lens on one end.  You notice the unmistakable silhouette of a war troll upon it.

Excellent.  But I prefer a different vibe right now.  Behold.
>flip my tube
Turning a small knob at the lens side of a pyrographed pale wood tube, you hear a small click from within the tube.  Looking down at the fatter lens on one end, you now see the unmistakable silhouette of a polar bear upon it.

What else can you do, mysterious and wondrous tube? 

It takes all kinds.  Even the great succumb.  Observe.
>squint wyrm
You squint at a silver-scaled cold wyrm.

>scold wyrm
You shake your head at a silver-scaled cold wyrm and cluck your tongue.

>point tube at wyrm
You hold the pale wood tube over the wyrm.  Something thin and unwilling gathers behind the glass, prints itself there in a wash of grey, and is gone on its way toward the gate.

More friends.  Yes.  More.
>gaze my tube
You focus intently upon a pyrographed pale wood tube and peer through it.  After a moment, amongst the swirling blue-grey crystalline blur you see, you can clearly make out the following silhouettes:
 
   a war troll
   a polar bear
   a silver-scaled cold wyrm

>flip my tube
Turning a small knob at the lens side of a pyrographed pale wood tube, you hear a small click from within the tube.  Looking down at the fatter lens on one end, you now see the unmistakable silhouette of a silver-scaled cold wyrm upon it.

Let's put you to use, friend.
>approve my tube
Focusing intently upon a pyrographed pale wood tube, you peer through its smaller lens.  Upon the blurry, crystalline field of blue-grey within, you notice the silhouette of a silver-scaled cold wyrm outlined in wispy auroral crimson red.

>approve my tube
Taking a deep breath and holding it, you keep your gaze fixed through a pyrographed pale wood tube.  Colors swirl upon the lens within the tube as you watch.  After a moment, you lower the tube and feel slightly different.

Now to behold what we've wrought.
>gaze mirror
You look at yourself carefully in the mirror...

Obscure Visions is a new shop opening this run in Naidem.  Within, the proprietors invite you to begin your journey with their remarkable creation: the Lens of Obfuscation.

Using this tool, tested adventurers can temporarily take on the characteristics of the monsters they have defeated.  Behold the majestic and mighty wyrm: 
You see GameMaster Kaonashi.
He appears to be a Half-Elven Castaway of Caligos Isle.
He is very tall.  He appears to be burdened with age.  He has dark-rimmed hazel eyes and pale skin.  He has thick, meticulously-combed, dark brown hair.  He has a small series of silver-scaled spines extending from his neck.

Or perhaps you prefer a little troll in your life?  First, let's return to normal with WAVE:
>wave my tube
Keeping a pyrographed pale wood tube in front of your face, you continue to wave it slowly.  As you do, you hear the faintest sound of a breath being drawn inward, although you cannot quite place where it's coming from.  After a few moments, you lower the tube and feel both disoriented and slightly different.
 
Let's begin again, with our war troll:
>approve my tube
Taking a deep breath and holding it, you keep your gaze fixed through a pyrographed pale wood tube.  Colors swirl upon the lens within the tube as you watch.  After a moment, you lower the tube and feel slightly different.

>gaze mirror
You look at yourself carefully in the mirror...

You see GameMaster Kaonashi.
He appears to be a Half-Elven Castaway of Caligos Isle.
He is very tall.  He appears to be burdened with age.  He has dark-rimmed hazel eyes and pale skin.  He has thick, meticulously-combed, dark brown hair.  He has a patch of coarse black hair sprouting forth from leathery skin behind each of his ears.

Using the Lens of Obfuscation, players can assume the aspects of various monsters they defeat.  By capturing these likenesses as you POINT the tube at your slain foes, you can save them for later, to assume them as your distinguishing mark.

These characteristics are strange and can be monstrous.  They may be slightly confusing in concert with your prior features, making you appear odd or scary.  That's the price you pay for dabbling with an uncertain device, for synthesizing with the corpses of your enemies. 

One more for now.  Become one with the rolton, as you've always wanted, yes yes?
>gaze mirror
You look at yourself carefully in the mirror...
 
You see GameMaster Kaonashi.
He appears to be a Half-Elven Castaway of Caligos Isle.
He is very tall.  He appears to be burdened with age.  He has dark-rimmed hazel eyes and pale skin.  He has thick, meticulously-combed, dark brown hair.  He has a rough and ash grey spiraled birthmark upon each of his temples.

These changes, however, are temporary and can be easily removed via the WAVE verb.

The Lens of Obfuscation, coming to you soon via Obscure Visions.  Try it out with your favorite monsters and see what you become.

Products not guaranteed.  Effects are temporary.  Proprietors take no responsibility for how others react to you after you change. 

Teaser 7 - Cobble Cobble

Discord Message Link: Cobble Cobble

Author: GM Elidi

Date: 10/2/2026



Lady Airisu returns to merchant week in Naidem.  And she's bringing new things with her!

TEASER - PART ONE
New in-ators for cobbling will be available for purchase at Tippy Toes!

:The Cobbling Caddy - holds 30 kinds of cobbling hardware: snap-on heels, snap-on soles, and plate ingots
:The Portable Adornment Cabinet - holds 30 kinds of cobbling adornments: studs, insets, buttons and beads; lace, lining, trim, straps and fringe; and buckles, caps and toes
:The Cobbler's Press- holds 30 kinds of cobbling leather, both uppers and soles

Thanks to GM @Thandiwe 🌙 , cobblers can now organize their hoarded needed supplies!  And free up those precious spaces.

TEASER - PART TWO
Ever wanted to do more with the soles of your cobbled creations?  Wish no more.  Snap-on Soles are now available.  Peruse a carefully curated rack of options for sale in Tippy Toes OR....

Thanks to GM @Vanah, purchase an unlock certificate for your Leatherworking Tool and make them yourself!

TEASER - PART THREE
Speaking of the magic that GM @Vanah makes, Tippy Toes will also be offering a PATTERN UNLOCK available to use on your Leatherworking Tool, Silk Screen Press, or Cobbling Plate Maker Box that will provide additional pattern options.

And in case that wasn't enough to get you to buy a merchant pass, the dyes have been refreshed, all of the punches are in stock, AND there's a new selection of snap-on heels for purchase. 

The Cobbling Maker
The Cobbling Maker boxes have received a few upgrades, some innate and some available via unlock.

The cobbling Silk Screen Press, leatherworking tool, Cobbling Settings Maker Box, Cobbling Plates Maker Box, and Cobbling Upper Maker Box have had the following updates:
* Added GAZE to show all available options;
* TURN will work with a given number (listed in GAZE);
* PUSH confirmation will now preview the finished settings and will be specific to the design, so if you change anything and push again you will receive a fresh confirmation.
* Can be analyzed anywhere, to hopefully make juggling custom boxes easier
* Can have charges made unlimited at the PERM-ifier

The cobbling silk screen press, leatherworking tool, cobbling settings maker, cobbling plates boxes will have a certificate to unlock patterns, which adds ATTEND, PONDER, and WHISPER. Ponder cycles through the categories and lists the options in each; whisper allows you to select an option; attend changes the way it looks (-motif, -patterned, etc). The screen print and leatherworking tool are limited to 15 characters total so no options longer than 9 characters display.

;Cobbling Settings
May now have a FLIP option shown in the analyze to adjust how much of the gem shows in the cobbled shoe.

;Cobbling Settings Maker Boxes
* Reduced number for needed gems from 4 to 1;
* FLIP will give you control of whether your PRE-STYLES and POST-STYLES show;
* STARE will show you all options available for a given gem;
* Updated pluralization to no longer require pluralization only with an (s) and no longer restricted to one word;
* Pattern unlock will remove one custom POST shape setting
* Will produce settings that have FLIP options

;Cobbling Plates Maker Box
* Added Duskruin ores as fodder;
* Added Snap-On Heels unlock;
* added “none” option to make plain metal plates/heels;
* removed restrictions on drakar, rhimar, gornar, and zorchar

Wiki pages have been updated: Cobbling_items

Teaser 8 - Rock Tumbler

Discord Message Link: Rock Tumbler

Author: GM Vanah

Date: 10/4/2026




Debuting in 2026, the rock tumbler is a crafting device that will reset gemstones back to uncut, allowing them to be cut with a lapidary box and a gemcutter.  The rock tumbler will be for sale in the Naidem shop Glisten and Gleam.

There are four unlocks available.
* The Stay-Put unlock will allow you to place it on the ground while you work.
* The shape unlock will allow you to change the noun of the gemstone, similar to the post-style option on a cobbling settings maker box.  There are 44 base options.
* The pattern unlock will grant you access to one-word options in the Design list, giving you hundreds of additional shapes to choose from.  You must have the shape unlock to add the pattern unlock.
* The custom unlock will open up three custom settings on the rock tumbler, up to nine, for you to have custom shapes altered by a merchant.  You must have the shape unlock to add custom slots.

You put a pale mistvein sapphire in a rock tumbler.
flip tumbler
You change the setting on the rock tumbler to create uncut gemstones.  The current setting is an uncut sapphire.
>spin 8 tumbler
You prepare to make a sapphire cabochon.
>flip tumbler
You change the setting on the rock tumbler to partially tumble a gemstone, removing only the article of a tumbled gemstone.  The current setting is a pale mistvein sapphire.
>flip tumbler
You change the setting on the rock tumbler to change the noun of a tumbled gemstone.  SPIN the tumbler to select the noun.  The current setting is a pale mistvein sapphire cabochon.
>flip tumbler
You change the setting on the rock tumbler to partially tumble a gemstone, removing only the article while also changing the noun of a tumbled gemstone.  SPIN the tumbler to select the noun.  The current setting is a sapphire cabochon. 

:These cut gems can be used in a variety of other systems:
:Gemstones can be used in a number of different scripted items:
* Aldoran Healer jewelry
* Alter Box
* Animalistic Totem
* Bottle Contraption Gem Bug Stopper
* Charm Contraption
* Chrism
* Cobbling Settings pouch
* Cobbling Settings Maker Box
* Creative Couture
* Daxela jewelry box
* Deck the Halls
* Dermal Piercer
* Ear Candy
* Fancy Waist Chains
* Fisherman's Hat
* Flippable Piercing Jewelry
* Forager's Gloves
* Fullmetal Crucuble Frame
* Gem-decorated knitted snood
* Gem-eating runestaff
* Gnomish Nail Press
* Joola items
* Mini-Smelter Jewelry
* Naidem Mask
* Nexus gem
* Nexus jewelry
* Racial Ferroniere
* Skin glue
* Lock Mastery - Customizing Lockpicks and Keys
* Monster-Headed Pauldron - Eyes
* Uncouth Wallflower Gown - Buttons
* Veola hair accessory
* Sock Puppet - Eyes
* Warrior Guild Sheath
* Tailor Order Book
* Weaving Lathe
* Whisper mask
* Ye Old Magick Shoppe
* Yll'suta

And there's a timer in SPELL ACTIVE so hopefully if you do place it out to craft you'll grab it before the janitor does
>place tumbler
You place a rock tumbler on the dirt.

[You can leave the tumbler here in Town Square, Southwest for 4 hours without anyone else picking it up.  PLACE it again to retrieve it.]
>spell active
You currently have the following active effects:
Spells:
  No spells found.
Cooldowns:
  No cooldowns found.
Buffs:
  Stay Put - rock tumbler ................. 03:59:56
Debuffs:
  No debuffs found.

----

>place tumbler
You place a rock tumbler on the ground.
 
[You can leave the tumbler here in Vanah's Cobbling Area until you PLACE it again to pick it back up, because this is your private property.]

Default Noun Options

Available noun selections:
  [1] baguette       [2] bar            [3] bead           [4] blossom
  [5] branch         [6] briolette      [7] button         [8] cabochon (*)
  [9] chip           [10] chunk         [11] cluster       [12] crescent
  [13] cube          [14] disc          [15] disk          [16] droplet
  [17] flake         [18] fragment      [19] globe         [20] heart
  [21] leaf          [22] nodule        [23] orb           [24] oval
  [25] pebble        [26] petal         [27] pyramid       [28] rondelle
  [29] rosette       [30] round         [31] shard         [32] slice
  [33] sliver        [34] snowflake     [35] sphere        [36] spindle
  [37] spiral        [38] square        [39] star          [40] starburst
  [41] teardrop      [42] tile          [43] triangle      [44] wedge 

Or hundreds, if you get the patterns unlock
:>ponder tumbler
You ponder over which design in the "patterns" category to choose: ankh, arrow, bell, bubble, chevron, circle, cityscape, cluster, crescent, cross, demilune, diamond, helix, feather, fleur-de-lis, heart, hexagon, knot, lemniscate, line, needle, monogram, octagon, orb, oval, pentacle, pentagon, pentagram, prism, pyramid, ray, rectangle, rhombus, semicircle, shard, spade, sphere, spiderweb, spiral, square, tear, teardrop, tile, trefoil, quatrefoil, triangle, triquetra, triskele, triskelion, vortex, wisp, or none.
:>ponder tumbler
You ponder over which design in the "florals" category to choose: floral, flower, blossom, alyssum, amaranth, anemone, angelica, aster, begonia, bluebell, bougainvillea, buttercup, campion, carnation, chrysanthemum, clematis, clivia, columbine, crocus, daffodil, dahlia, daisy, dandelion, datura, dragonstalk, edelweiss, feverfew, flamestalk, forget-me-not, freesia, frostflower, gardenia, geranium, goldenrod, heather, heliotrope, hellebore, hibiscus, honeysuckle, honeywort, hyacinth, hydrangea, iceblossom, iris, lavender, lilac, lily, daylily, jasmine, jessamine, larkspur, lupine, magnolia, monkeyflower, moonflower, mournbloom, nightshade, orchid, pansy, passionflower, peony, petunia, phlox, plumeria, poinsettia, poppy, posy, rose, rosebud, primrose, sirensong, snapdragon, sunflower, thistle, trillium, tulip, tuberose, violet, wildflower, wisteria, zinnia, or none.
:>ponder tumbler
You ponder over which design in the "nature" category to choose: banyan, birch, bramble, branch, cactus, cloud, clover, comet, constellation, dewdrop, droplet, eclipse, fern, fire, flame, foliage, footprint, forest, frond, garden, gourd, hand, handprint, horn, icicle, ivy, leaf, moon, moss, mountain, mushroom, nightscape, paw, petal, pinecone, plume, rainbow, raindrop, reed, rosette, shamrock, star, snowflake, starburst, sun, sunburst, talon, tendril, thorn, thundercloud, toadstool, tornado, tree, vine, volcano, waterfall, willow, or none.
:>ponder tumbler
You ponder over which design in the "animals" category to choose: animal, aardvark, alligator, anaconda, asp, axolotl, badger, bat, bear, beaver, boar, bronco, buck, buffalo, bull, bunny, camel, capybara, capycita, caribou, cat, cheetah, chinchilla, chipmunk, cobra, cow, crocodile, deer, dog, doe, dorper, dragon, drake, elephant, elk, ermine, fawn, ferret, fox, frog, gak, gazelle, giraffe, goat, hare, hart, hog, hedgehog, hind, horse, hound, hyena, iguana, jackal, jaguar, jerboa, kangaroo, kitten, koala, lamb, lemur, leopard, lion, lizard, llama, loris, mandrake, meerkat, monkey, moose, morduska, mouse, mule, mustang, panda, panther, pegasus, phoenix, pig, pixie, pony, puppy, python, rabbit, raccoon, ram, rat, reindeer, rodent, salamander, selshis, serpent, sheep, sloth, skunk, snake, squirrel, stag, stallion, teadragon, tiger, toad, tortoise, turtle, unicorn, viper, weasel, wolf, wombat, wyvern, yak, yierka, zebra, or none.
:>ponder tumbler
You ponder over which design in the "professional" category to choose: airship, amphora, arrowhead, axe, pickaxe, beaker, bone, book, bow, brain, candelabra, candle, cauldron, chalice, cigar, claidhmore, cog, coin, corpse, crossbow, demon, drum, easel, eye, eyeball, finger, fingernail, fist, flask, flute, gear, guillotine, halberd, hammer, harp, helm, helmet, horseshoe, incense, incisor, ingot, intestine, jar, key, kidney, knife, knight, lamp, lance, lantern, liver, lock, lockpick, lute, mace, mandolin, mop, ocarina, palette, quiver, potion, quill, rune, runestaff, runestone, saddle, scarab, scimitar, sconce, scroll, shield, sickle, sigil, skull, spellbook, spleen, sprocket, sword, toe, toenail, tome, tooth, torch, vial, viscera, wand, or none.
:>ponder tumbler
You ponder over which design in the "religious" category to choose: angel, anvil, chelioboros, crown, dagger, doe, dolphin, feather, flame, heart, hourglass, key, leaf, lily, lute, ouroboros, pegasus, rose, scimitar, scroll, serpent, shield, sickle, skull, star, sunburst, sword, trident, or none.
:>ponder tumbler
You ponder over which design in the "birds" category to choose: bird, albatross, blackbird, bluebird, canary, cardinal, chicken, cockatoo, cockatrice, condor, cormorant, crane, crow, daggerbeak, duck, dove, eagle, egret, falcon, finch, firebird, flamingo, flycatcher, goose, hawk, heron, ibis, kestrel, kingfisher, lark, macaw, magpie, merlin, nightingale, osprey, ostrich, owl, parrot, peacock, pelican, pheasant, pigeon, quail, raven, robin, rook, rooster, seagull, songbird, sparrow, stork, sunbird, swallow, swallowtail, swan, swift, toucan, turkey, vulture, woodpecker, wren, fairywren, hummingbird, penguin, puffin, egg, talon, claw, beak, birdcage, chick, hen, nest, or none.
:>ponder tumbler
You ponder over which design in the "monsters" category to choose: aishan, arashan, banshee, basilisk, bobcat, centaur, coyote, cyclops, darken, direbear, disir, draugr, dryad, empyrean, fang, ghost, ghoul, gigas, goblin, goliath, gnoll, gremlin, gremlock, golem, griffin, hinterboar, hobgoblin, homunculus, hydra, imp, ki-lin, kiramon, krolvin, kobold, lich, lynx, mammoth, manticore, marmot, mastodon, merrow, minotaur, mongoose, monster, mummy, ogre, orc, phantom, pooka, qahzumar, reiver, relnak, revenant, roa'ter, rolton, sandfinger, satyr, shan, shelfae, siren, skayl, skeleton, skull, snowcat, sphinx, sybil, tegu, tentacle, thrak, thyril, triton, troglodyte, troll, tusk, undansormr, urgh, valravn, vampire, vathor, velnalin, vruul, warg, wearbear, wendigo, whiptail, wing, witch, wraith, wyrm, yeti, zombie, or none.
:>ponder tumbler
You ponder over which design in the "insects" category to choose: ant, arachnid, bug, bee, beehive, beetle, bumblebee, fly, butterfly, caterpillar, centipede, chrysalis, cicada, cockroach, cocoon, cricket, damselfly, dragonfly, earwig, firefly, flea, ghostfly, glimaerfly, glowbug, gnat, grasshopper, grub, honeybee, hornet, insect, ladybug, leech, locust, maggot, mantis, midge, millipede, mosquito, moth, scorpion, slug, snail, spider, tarantula, wasp, worm, or none.
:>ponder tumbler
You ponder over which design in the "food" category to choose: acorn, apple, ale, bacon, banana, bean, beer, berry, blackberry, blueberry, bottle, bread, cake, candy, carrot, cheese, cherry, chestnut, cleaver, coconut, cookie, cupcake, donut, dumpling, fig, fruit, grape, grapevine, honeycomb, lemon, lollipop, macaron, melon, muffin, noodle, olive, onion, peach, pear, pickle, pie, pineapple, popcorn, potato, pretzel, radish, raspberry, sweetfern, strawberry, turnip, winterberry, tart, tomato, waffle, watermelon, fork, goblet, keg, kettle, ladle, mug, skillet, snifter, spatula, spoon, tankard, teapot, teacup, whisk, or none.
:>ponder tumbler
You ponder over which design in the "seasonal" category to choose: barn, bonfire, bride, bridesmaid, broomstick, carousel, carriage, castle, clown, cobweb, coffin, cornstalk, cornucopia, doll, fairy, firework, fortress, gargoyle, garland, gavel, giftbox, gladiator, gong, gravestone, groom, hawthorn, headstone, holly, inn, jack-o-lantern, kite, mistletoe, maiden, marionette, nutcracker, obelisk, ornament, outhouse, palace, pillow, pinwheel, present, pumpkin, puppet, scarecrow, scepter, scythe, shackle, sled, sleigh, snowball, snowman, sprite, throne, tombstone, tower, trophy, wagon, wreath, or none.
:>ponder tumbler
You ponder over which design in the "fashion" category to choose: apron, basket, bead, bonnet, boot, bowtie, button, cameo, comb, corset, dress, fan, glove, gown, ballgown, hairbrush, kilt, lace, medal, mask, mirror, monocle, mitten, necklace, pearl, parasol, pom-pom, purse, ribbon, sandal, scarf, shoe, slipper, snowshoe, sock, spindle, stocking, tassel, thimble, tiara, trinket, umbrella, veil, or none.
:>ponder tumbler
You ponder over which design in the "nautical" category to choose: anchor, astrolabe, barnacle, boat, brigantine, cannon, carrack, clam, compass, conch, coral, crab, cutlass, dolphin, dune, eel, fish, fishhook, flotilla, frigate, galleon, gangplank, harpoon, island, kappa, kelp, kelpie, koi, kraken, jellyfish, lighthouse, lobster, mermaid, narwhal, nautilus, nielira, oar, octopus, otter, oyster, pirate, porthole, rope, rudder, sail, sailboat, sandcastle, seahorse, seascape, seaweed, seal, seapony, shell, seashell, sextant, shark, ship, shrimp, sloop, spyglass, squid, starfish, stingray, walrus, wave, whale, whirlpool, or none.

Teaser 9 - PERM-ifier Additions

Discord Message Link: Permifier Additions

Author: GM Vanah

Date: 10/5/2026



* Arkati Candles      1500
* Bottle Contraption  3750
* Calling Card Cases  2500
* Candles and Incense 1500
* Cobbling chalk      1000
* Mailing Wax         2500
* Mailing Stampbooks  
          Standard     750
          Express     1500
          First Class 3000
* Spa Products        1500

* Erithian Funeral teas have been added as tea blends that can be PERM-ified
** Erithi Tea Blends
** Eloth Shiri
** Surath Shiri
** Tichan Shiri
** Yachan Shiri
** Nathala Shiri
** Valaka Shiri
** Volnath Shiri
** Agan Memories
** Yachan Dreams
** Valaka Meditations
** Festivitea
** Solstice Dreams
** Persnicketea
** Legion's Honor

Teaser 10 - Soup for You!

Discord Message Link: Soup for You!

Author: GM Elysani

Date: 10/5/2026



Debuting at Hearth Warming, a whole new set of recipes dedicated to a fall/winter staple... soup!  And also rice!

In the same vein as pies, cobblers, breads, and dumplings, each of the 7 soup and 5 rice recipe cards can be flavored with 2 additional items.  You can also TWIST the finished product to change how the final dish looks (similar to the cheese wheel and alcohol still).
Recipe for "tofu"
Recipe for "miso soup"
Recipe for "seafood chowder"
Recipe for "hunter's stew"
Recipe for "creamy mushroom soup"
Recipe for "chilled vegetable soup"
Recipe for "wedding soup"
Recipe for "hearty meat stew"

Recipe for "fried rice"
Recipe for "buttered rice with egg"
Recipe for "sticky mango rice"
Recipe for "garlicky rice pilaf"
Recipe for "sticky rice cakes"

The SOUP is ready to be ladled out.  You could GET the SOUP to take a serving to eat.  You could also hold the pot containing the SOUP and EMPTY the pot into a bowl or plate for serving.
Also debuting are an apron-clad bodach cutler and bat-costumed coblynau potter, both prepared with 25 new designs each to help you customize your next set of cutlery.  There are several pieces of plain cutlery and flatware available in the shop, as well as pots for your cooking adventures.

An apron-clad bodach cutler says, "Here is a list of designs you can choose from.  TELL me the DESIGN number you would like to select.  This is required."
 
 Number   Option
      1   a bat-shaped ebonwood handle
      2   a blackened crimson glass handle
      3   a bloodstained white oak handle
      4   a clay pumpkin-crafted handle
      5   a fauna-painted ivory clay handle
      6   a fish-carved handle of celaeun
      7   a flora-painted handle of aeunarad
      8   a fused handle of gnarled finger bones
      9   a fused handle of stained glass
     10   a glass bottle-shaped handle
     11   a grinning pumpkin-pommeled handle
     12   a handle of candy-shaped charms
     13   a handle of glass-forged starbursts
     14   a handle of leaf-preserved coppery resin
     15   a heavily gouged bloodwood handle
     16   a lace-lacquered haon handle
     17   a latticed handle of wine-dark ribbons
     18   a map-carved driftwood handle
     19   a nacre and bone-tiled handle
     20   a row of tiny macabre ivory skulls
     21   a star-incised handle of iriswood
     22   a vert foliage-carved oak handle
     23   a vine-ensnared jade handle
     24   a yarn-tangled kitten-shaped handle
     25   a yellowed bone-carved handle

A bat-costumed coblynau potter says, "Here is a list of designs you can choose from.  TELL me the DESIGN number you would like to select.  This is required."
 
 Number   Option
      1   a cloud of tiny onyx-carved bats
      2   a hollow-eyed skull
      3   a leafy orange jack o'lantern
      4   a rotund black-colored cat
      5   a gangly mandrake sitting in a pumpkin
      6   a tall ebon-painted gate
      7   anatomical depictions of organs
      8   blackened images of demons
      9   clusters of glittery fairy's skirt mushrooms
     10   depictions of poisonous florals
     11   elongated claws of blackened iron
     12   flakes of blackened gold foil
     13   gnarled claws of aged bone
     14   jewel-toned wisp lanterns
     15   images of rotting vegetables
     16   overlapping leaves of coppery glass
     17   scattered depictions of skeletons
     18   several clay teadragons caught in repose
     19   shards of belladonna purple vaelfyren
     20   silver-wired constellations of diamond
     21   tiny gold-toothed skulls
     22   uneven shards of broken glass
     23   unfurling black vampire lilies
     24   an arc of opal-set moonphases
     25   an entwined duo of ivory silhouettes

Brought to you by Vanah, Thandiwe, and Elysani - who are always contemplating food.
Teaser 11 - Doorbells

Discord Message Link: Doorbells

Author: GM Vanah

Date: 10/6/2026





Available in the Roof Over is a doorbell contact that will allow a private property owner to customize and install a doorbell in or outside their private property.
Any merchant can customize what the doorbell will look like when installed.  The item should make sense for something that is outside a property and sounds inside any room, such as a button, bell, door knocker, chimes, etc.  Long descriptions and show descriptions are simultaneously allowed but require two separate alteration sessions to have both.
The contract can be turned to cycle through several different messaging types which echo throughout the private property when the doorbell is rung:

You hear the gentle ringing of a bell.
You hear the gentle ringing of a bell followed by the discreet voice of a servant, "(Person) awaits outside and desires entrance."
You hear the gentle ringing of a bell followed by a soft whisper, "(Person) is ringing for entry."
The gentle tinkling of chimes announces a visitor.
The resounding clap of a door knocker announces a visitor.
The resounding strike of a gong announces a visitor.
Custom: You may submit this doorbell contract to Sadie as a delayed service.  Sadie can customize the message seen by the visitor who rings the bell as well as the message seen by anyone else in the visitor's room.  Sadie can also customize what anyone in your private property hears when someone rings the bell.  Each custom option carries the 300-point cost for a customization and must go through delayed QC.  The entire contract can be customized at one time for 1200 premium points.
The property owner can RAISE the doorbell contract while standing in the room where you want to install the doorbell.  If you wish to place it ON a portal leading to your property or ON an item in your property, RAISE doorbell contract AT {DOOR}.

Doorbell_contract
Doorbell
Teaser 12 - Stationery Box

Discord Message Link: Stationery Box

Author: GM Vanah

Date: 10/7/2026





The Elidi-Vanah alliance presents to you updates to the stationery box!
Off the Shelf

Newly purchased boxes will generate with keys that match the box's lock.
Elanthian Binder and ink, Flower Press, Paper Maker, Invisible Ink Pens, and confetti punches can now be stored in the stationery box.
Paper with long descriptions or shows may now be PUSHed into the box to stack the paper.
Can be analyzed anywhere.
Works if placed alongside you at your feet.
Envelope Unlock

You may purchase an unlock that adds stationery envelopes as something you can PUSH into the box to stack.
EXTINGUISH will remove a stacked envelope again.
PERM-ified paper Unlock

Paper and envelopes PUSHed in can be duplicated via the PLUCK verb (for paper) or EXTRACT verb (for envelopes).
PULL and EXTINGUISH will still remove one stacked paper or envelope at a time; once all are removed, you can PUSH in a new piece and change which item is stored.
Stay-Put Unlock

Adds Stay-Put qualities to a stationery box, allowing you to PLACE it on the ground for up to 4 hours, or until you remove it again in a private property.
Frees up a hand for writing, stamping, folding, decorating.
You can customize what the box looks like when placed, allowing you to create a desk or other furniture.
When placed, you can PROD the desk to toggle it between anyone being able to access its contents vs only you.
These unlocks, a box, and some stationery envelopes will be available in the Naidem shop A Vague Inkling.