Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues

Greetings Fellow Avatars!

Release 112 goes live March 30th at 10:30 AM CDT.

Welcome! The Catnip Games development team marks this monthly release of Shroud of the Avatar with new content and improvements. For Release 112 (R112), we offer a preview of Port Harmony, where is not appropriate to throw eggs at your friends.

For those wishing to participate in any community activities, upcoming one-time and recurring community events have been announced! Be sure to also review the Player Guide and Known Issues for additional information on recent changes and upcoming fixes.

News Announcements

Community Updates

Sneak Preview: Port Harmony

Port Harmony is not yet open to Outlanders, but Sannio has provided a few preview images.

Release 112 Patch Notes

Below are a list of the updates that are live as of Release 112 in the game of Shroud of the Avatar! R112 is a polish month. Content, additional improvements, and bug fixes are inbound for R113 next month. We hope you enjoy the changes that are live today as of Release 112!

Crafting, Decoration, & Inventory Item Changes:

Four new rustic cabinet recipes can be found at deco merchants in the Verdantis region: Large Rustic Cabinet, Tall Rustic Cabinet, Small Rustic Cabinet, and Short Rustic Cabinet. SOTA-70597
The Garden Shed is now placeable on POT Land by a Governor or Steward. SOTA-71190
Baby Dragon Conversationalists are now no longer unable to move. (If set to patrol, they slide now. A proper walking animation will be added in a future patch.)
Fixed the materials used by the lid of the Nautical Basement Entrance to be metal instead of wood. SOTA-69651
Adjusted max size of the Bug Brigade cloaks and new Bug Rewards. SOTA-70902
Fixed ankle skin color for both brown and white bunny slippers. SOTA-71208
Fixed the height of planting areas and cherry blossom pavers to be a little bit higher to stop the Z-fighting glitch and possibly fix the area farming skills with the planting area.
The descriptions of ephemeral pet equipment mention that the items cannot be repaired, but users could drop a repair kit on them to repair. This has been fixed and these kinds of items won’t be repairable anymore.
Basement colliders have been tightened to avoid void farms.
Pets should no longer clone themselves when placed on a rug/paver that is then moved. SOTA-68075
Conversationalist Barbarian Fighter Male 1 has his head back. SOTA-70131
Fixed rotation of moondial when a player interacts with it.
Adjusted Air and Water Elemental visuals.

Combat & Skill Changes:

Confetti eggs, snowballs, and cupid bows can now be thrown/fired at all players and at neutral and hostile NPCs. (A cupid bow will only use the manual attack; autoattack must be toggled off.)
Made cupid bow FX bigger so we can see the hearts a little more. Now you can also shoot an arrow of love at your favorite (summoned) pet!
Fixed a bug with the harvesting animation scythe for female characters that broke the client. SOTA-70910
Chaotic clone will no longer show all tools and instruments equipped. SOTA-69035
Fixed the wild cats’ nameplate being offset when knocked down. SOTA-70053

User Interface, Store Information, & Lua Changes:

Right-clicking on a placed decoration pet or conversationalist now provides a menu with options for Pick up NPC, Stay here, and Patrol. These options will only be seen by the person who placed it on the lot so as to avoid conflict with the lot owner or other co-owners; lot owners will see Send to player’s bank instead. Clicking “Stay here” and “Patrol” should now make the pet stay here or go wandering around, even if the lot owner is not present. Deco pets can now only be renamed from within inventory or when summoned as a personal pet instead of placed. SOTA-66464
All deco pets, including conversationalists, will now have nameplates even if the lot owner is not present. The second line with the name of the lot owner has been removed. SOTA-66785
New journal entries will be shown after the conversation. SOTA-71149
Fixed fish tank accessory still showing Equip in the right-click menu.
Updated some of the moon skill descriptions to stay consistent between them.
Corrected names in store for back-slung harp and lute. SOTA-71211
Corrected names in store of Heart-Themed White Coffee Table 2-Pack and Heart-Shaped White End Table 2-Pack.
Deco fish catches have been removed from the public API.

World and Quest Changes:

Added new decoration fish into fishing loot tables. SOTA-71202
Some children now have hair and clothing variations.
Improved loot acquired from skinning Juvenile Dragons. SOTA-71205
Updated some Fishing Supplies Merchant shop bundles.
Forest Road Encounter: Shandy’s wagon no longer clips with large rocks. SOTA-71155
Plains Road Encounter: The undead/skeleton scenario no longer gives the “great threat” message more than once. SOTA-71181
Swamp Road Encounter: Exiting Hidden Vale’s tiger scenario now properly sends you to the Hidden Vale overworld. SOTA-71152
Jaanaford and Vertas: Replaced a rug that used the wrong prefab.
Aerie: Updated the logic by which avatars can obtain the key from Lord Harcourt Drumplemouth. SOTA-71195
Ardoris: Dredged all the canals and some of the open water. SOTA-71200
Battle of Solace Bridge: Removed obsolete quest data from the new player handbook found in this scene. SOTA-71191
Blackblade Foothills: Reduced damage and updated sound effects for “dustdevil” tornado hazard. Made similar updates to other tornadoes.
Blood Bay: Fixed a small bed with a bad display name. SOTA-48761
Blood Bay: The “high jump” fumaroles now toggle on and off and have enhanced effects. SOTA-40554
Blood River Outskirts: Paeon no longer claims to be a member of the Whiteguard. SOTA-71187
Bramble: Changed the carpentry merchant to use a commoner body type. SOTA-71134
Broochash: Corrected typos in Umberjack’s responses for Albreda. SOTA-71199
Brookside: Moved several floating world objects to the ground. SOTA-71207
Castle Atos: Added some extra lights.
Castle Atos: Fixed a stuck spot in the stables. SOTA-71216
Castle Atos: Fixed collision at the inner gateway. SOTA-71192
Castle Atos: Standing in the fire at the tavern will burn you. SOTA-71173
The Crags: Fixed a stuck spot. SOTA-71218
Crooked Shank: Villagers now have alternate barks after you wrong them. Removed elements of an archway that was floating over water. SOTA-71189
Eastmarch: Adjusted the water material, removed collision from the water surface, and updated the path grid in the swamp cave. SOTA-58002
Grusk: Fixed issues with the lighthouse rock base where players were able to see underneath the stairs. SOTA-71154
Grusk: Vishpop should no longer move from his spawn location. SOTA-71177
Halls of Artifice: Reset Kiakis back to his correct character model. SOTA-71176
Jaanaford: Caretaker Euridice’s “shrine” response now properly refers to Justice instead of Honor. SOTA-71185
Jaanaford: Fixed a typo in caretaker Zed’s “shrine” response. SOTA-71178
K’rul: Added high fire damage to a lava pool at the bottom of a ravine. SOTA-71174
Kiln: Caretaker Caden’s “shrine” response now properly refers to Honor instead of Justice. SOTA-71184
Kingsport: Fixed a typo in Powell’s “rumors” response. Removed a duplicate keyword from guard Powell’s responses to stop a build error. SOTA-71186
Owl’s Head: Improved the “closure” responses when telling Marisol about her late husband. Added a chaplain at the Virtue temple. SOTA-70664, SOTA-10600
Port Graff: Removed the line-of-sight requirement for conversations with the Ebon Dawn prisoner.
The Rise: The Orange Pit Dragon is now the Ferocious Orange Pit Dragon, has white wings, and is the only dragon that offers blueprints for the Rise rooms as loot. Also, corrected scale of small dragon colliders and moved overhead names closer to their bodies.
Solace Bridge Outskirts: Fixed a small bed with a bad display name. SOTA-48761
Solace Bridge Outskirts: No location in the abandoned village should have anti-theft protection anymore. SOTA-71180
Solace Bridge Outskirts: Reduced the size of the damage volume for Filmore’s spike trap. SOTA-71150
Solace Bridge Outskirts: Removed redundant textile station from farmer’s attic. SOTA-71172
Southmarsh: The two locations with deep water now allow swimming and fishing. SOTA-71179
Spectral Mines: Put some rocks under a floating column in a new arch-lapin cavern. SOTA-71215
Spectral Mines: Updated the path grid. Added reverb and ambient sounds to new arch-lapin caves.
Spectral Peaks: Added webs to spider boss cavern. SOTA-62814
Troll’s Bridge: Fixed a path grid issue that was preventing the trolls from walking across the bridge steps. SOTA-71188
Verdantis Shardfall: Added visual effects to the water within the crater. SOTA-71182
Vikland: Adjusted size of fish school volumes to help keep them from swimming above the surface of the water. SOTA-70956
Vikland: Moved a floating mandrake root to the ground. Added 2 seconds to each chime’s timer in the tunnels to the Obsidian valley. SOTA-71151, SOTA-71148
Well of Aldur: Fixed a pathing issue with some stairs. Rebaked the NavMesh.
Well of Aldur: Reduced collision of a column that was extending too far into a walkway. SOTA-68507
Yew: Modified the conversation for Eve Moonflower to remove some responses she shared with another character. SOTA-71171

Player-Owned Town Changes:

The Barren Shores: Removed dev-owned POT from Mistrendur. SOTA-71157

Latest News and Q&A March Livestream

The post-release Community Livestream is Friday, March 31st at 4PM CT on Twitch! Join Chris “Atos” Spears and other members of the development team for a 1-hour community livestream!

To enter the prize drawings, type “It could be bunnies” into any in-game chat channel OR make a purchase on the website Add-On Store.

Please submit questions using in-game universal chat by typing “askadev” before your question. We’ll do our best to answer these questions live on the stream. Watch on Twitch, Friday at 4PM CT!

Atos and other members of the Shroud of the Avatar development team stream on twitch.tv/shroudoftheavatar — be sure to get the channel on follow for notifications so you can join us right as we go live! Also, if you’ve missed our latest streams, check out our archive of content at our YouTube Channel. Like! Follow! Subscribe! Prizes!!!

Don’t forget to also join the Shroud of the Avatar team and community over at all our social media venues:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShroudoftheAvatar/
Catnip Games Twitter: https://twitter.com/catnipgames
Shroud of the Avatar Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShroudofAvatar
Shroud of the Avatar Discord: https://discord.gg/shroudoftheavatar

Release 112 Subscriber Login Rewards

Decorate yourself and your friends with new Spring gear: the Rewards Program login items for Release 112 are a Yellow Ladybug Backpack, a pair of Brown Bunny Slippers, and half a dozen Confetti Eggs! (The decoration of your friends with the eggs is, unfortunately, temporary.)

Subscribers to the Rewards Program must log in during Release 112 to receive these special login items.

The Shroud of the Avatar Rewards Program lets you earn the best rate on purchasing Crowns, AND receive monthly reward items! For the low price of $9 USD per month you will receive the following:

900 Crowns of the Obsidians every month
Monthly Login Reward Items (about 3 per month)
Exclusive Title every 3 months
- 3 Months: Keeper of the Faith
- 6 Months: Keeper of the Word
- 9 Months: Keeper of the Vow
- 12 Months: Keeper of the Flame
- 15 Months: Keeper of the Oath
- 18 Months: Keeper of the Pledge
- 21 Months: Keeper of the Bond
- 24 Months: Keeper of the Promise
- 27 Months: Keeper of the Covenant
- 30 Months: Keeper of Countless Devotions
- 33 Months: Keeper of Thirty-Three Corpions
- 36 Months: Keeper of Thirty-Six Serpents
- 39 Months: Keeper of Thirty-Nine Tulips
- 42 Months: Keeper of Forty-Two Roses
- 45 Months: Keeper of Forty-Five Lilies
- 48 Months: Keeper of Forty-Eight Daisies
- 51 Months: Keeper of Fifty-One Staves
- 54 Months: Keeper of Fifty-Four Daggers
- 57 Months: Keeper of Fifty-Seven Arrows
- 60 Months: Keeper of Sixty Swords
- 63 Months: Keeper of Sixty-Three Coins
- 66 Months: Keeper of Sixty-Six Gems
- 69 Months: Keeper of Sixty-Nine Jewels
- 72 Months: Keeper of Seventy-Two Goblets
- 75 Months: Keeper of Seventy-Five Rings
- 78 Months: Keeper of Seventy-Eight Amulets
Pick any Dye 12-Pack every 6 months
Pick any three of these 7 Obsidian Potions every month:
- Potion of Capacity: Increases carrying capacity
- Potion of Conservation: Reduces reagent use chance
- Potion of Expedience: Swift gathering on all gathering skills
- Potion of Precision: Increases Meticulous Collection to all gathering skills
- Potion of Preservation: Reduces armor and weapon damage
- Potion of Reclamation: Increases Salvage and Repair to all production skills
- Potion of Stamina: Decreases focus use from sprinting
While subscribed to the rewards program, players also receive these special bonuses:
- Obsidian Potions are significantly more powerful!
- 24 Additional Deck Slots!

April Login Reward

You’d think they’d be more aerodynamic: each account that logs in during the month of April will receive a one-time gift of a pair of Brown Bunny Ears!

Crown Store Updates

New in the crown store for April 14th:

Brown Bunny Ears & Slippers Set
Yellow Ladybug Backpack

Although there are not currently enough items to make a whole new category for them, a few St. Patrick’s Day items (some of which were previously hidden in the vault) can be currently found in other categories (Wearables and Outdoor Decorations) until Monday May 1st:

List of St. Patrick’s Day items:

Garden Leprechaun
Leprechaun Bowler Hat 2-Pack
Leprechaun Hat
Pot o’ Gold

The Spring Equinox store items will be available until Friday May 5th:

List of Spring Equinox items:

Bunny Ears & Slippers Set
Decorative Dyeable Egg Pack
Flower Crown
Lepus Mask 2017
Lepus Mask 2018
Silver & Gold Lepus Mask
White Lepus Mask
Rabbit Tailed Bodice Ensemble
Replenishing Confetti Eggs Basket 2016
Replenishing Confetti Eggs Basket 2017
Replenishing Confetti Eggs Basket 2018
Replenishing Confetti Eggs Basket 2019
Spring Fountain w/ Floating Candles

To celebrate his birthday, the Darkstarr Rares store items will be available until Monday May 29th:

List of Darkstarr items:

Darkstarr Basement Entrance Eternal Pattern
Darkstarr Chaos Throne
Darkstarr Chaos Throne (Reverse Colors)
Darkstarr Clock Tower
Darkstarr Clock Tower (Reverse Colors)
Darkstarr Fur Collared Cloak
Darkstarr Pavers
Darkstarr Shield
Darkstarr Shield Pattern Pack
Lord British vs Darkstarr Battle Banner
Mosh Emote

Bug Brigade & Testing Directives!

The Bug Brigade was established to improve how the community and the development team work together to improve the game. Since the Brigade’s inception, the program has gone through a number of changes and was eventually placed on hold. The stability of the game is as important to the development team as it is to the players, therefore the program was revamped and was relaunched.

The Brigade has been up and running and the volunteers (Alley Oop, Echondas, Flair Minamoto, and Justyn) are in a good rhythm for verifying and submitting bugs to the developers. If you have reported a bug that has not yet been addressed, please be patient while the backlog is being worked. The Brigade is working diligently to clean up the backlog of bug reports posted by players on the forums.

Every month, a considerable amount of development time will be spent working many of the verified bugs which have been submitted to the team by the Bug Brigade. This focused effort on bug fixes would not be possible without the recent efforts of the Bug Brigade. Please take the time to thank these bug hunting aficionados when you encounter them in your travels!

In turn, the development team would like to express a big thank you to the Bug Hunters! These community members are doing a fantastic job bringing so many bug reports to the team, and they’re doing it in a way which makes the process smooth and efficient. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Much improvement has been noticed by the development team and we’re so very excited to see the program’s continued success!

The development team would also like to thank all of those who take time to participate in QA Testing Directives. Thanks to your hard work and dedication, many issues and bugs can be identified and fixed prior to content going to the Live Server! Keep up the great work! For those that wish to participate in future bug hunting endeavors, please check the forums regularly for upcoming QA Testing Directives.

Don’t forget, the Bug Brigade is open to all players in good standing and bug rewards are SWEET! They will be awarded on a monthly progression basis with only minimal requirements to qualify. The available rewards to receive in progression via qualifying participation are as follows:

Antennae Head Gear and Forum Title 1: “Bug Hunter”
Single Ant Cloak
Lady Bug Backpack
Bug Painting A and In-Game Title 2: “Associate of Aphids”
Ant Farm
Insect Leg Table
Many Ants Cloak and In-Game Title 3: “Bachelor of Beetles”
Bug Painting B
Bug Sprayer and /bugspray Emote
Bug Painting C and In-Game Title 4: “Master of Moths”
Butterfly Chair
Corpion Chair (Pictured Below)
Yellow Fireflies VFX and In-Game Title 5: “Doctor of Dragonflies”
Hacked Oracle Flyer
Giant Butterfly Pet (Blue)
Butterfly Mask
Dragonfly pet
Fairy Wings
Monarch Butterfly Pet
Dragonfly Wings
Hacked Oracle Crawler
Blue Butterfly VFX
Orange Fireflies VFX
Orange Butterfly VFX
Autumn Fairy Wings
Green Fireflies VFX
Landing Flies 3-pack
Blue Fireflies
Mounted Ladybug Specimen
Mounted Rhinoceros Beetle Specimen
Mounted Firebug Specimen
Mounted Diving Bug Specimen
Mounted Asian Ladybug Specimen
Swallowtail Butterfly Pet
Mounted Potato Beetle
Silver Bug Sprayer
Mounted Dung Beetle Specimen
Mounted Hissing Cockroach Specimen
Mounted Maybug Specimen
Mounted Stag Beetle Specimen
Mounted Flower Beetle Specimen

If you’ve come to think of Shroud of the Avatar as your home, sign up and help make New Britannia a better place to live! To learn more about joining the Bug Brigade, please read the announcement thread by Ravalox in the main Bug/Feedback forums.

Streamer Program

Streamers of Shroud of the Avatar can participate in a program to showcase the game and be rewarded for their efforts. Any Streamer who wishes to be included in the Streamer Program can contact Laney via in-game mail with their Character Name and Twitch Channel information. If you have already signed up for the program in the past, fear not: you’re on the list and you don’t need to reapply.

Streaming Rewards Program participants must adhere to our Terms of Service (TOS) and Community Rules while Streaming Shroud of the Avatar.

Streaming Rewards Program participants must stream at least 10 hours of Shroud of the Avatar ACTIVE game play to remain in the program with reward accrual.

Streamers will receive a one-time digital reward of in-game items after meeting the program’s requirements: Streamer’s Cloak, Streamer’s Camera, and the LIVESTREAMING title.

Rules:

To qualify for Streamer Rewards, each streamer must continue to meet the minimum requirements for 60 days after application.
To accrue additional rewards, Streamers must stream SotA a minimum of 10 hours per month, tallied on the 1^st day of each month, to remain in the program.

Monthly Streamer Bundles:

On the 1st of each month, qualifying streamers will be eligible to receive 50 Streamer Bundles. Bundles will be sent out to Streamers via in-game mail.

A few things you need to know:

Streamer Bundles are intended to be given away to stream viewers, not consumed by the streamer.
Streamers are not allowed to put paywalls in place for the Streamer Bundles. (For example, giving away Streamer Bundles once the stream reaches a certain number of bits, subscriptions, or donations).

Other Items of Note:

Streamers in the program will be included in the SotAbot StreamPop function, appearing in the player-streaming channel in Discord.
An optional “Streamers Kit” is available to the participating streamers as well as all players of Shroud of the Avatar, which includes graphics, overlays and other material.
Streamers must be actively playing the game during their streams. Being away from the keyboard (AFK) for short periods is acceptable. If Twitch indicates the streamer is playing SotA but they are streaming other content or a timeout/login screen, they risk being removed from the program.

Upcoming Release Dates

Be sure to check out the Upcoming Events page for spotlighted events plus links to various areas to post or find events on our forums. The upcoming 2023 Release Schedule is as follows:

This Release 112 – March 30 (Polish)
Release 113 – April 27 (Content)
Release 114 – May 25 (Polish)
Release 115 – June 29 (Polish)
Release 116 – July 27 (Content)
Release 117 – August 31 (Polish)

Community Events & Resources

Greetings event holders and event attendees! So many fun and exciting events are available in the upcoming weeks. Be sure to get out there and participate, make some new friends, perhaps make some great emote, recipe, or gear trades, or get some adventuring and role-playing into your mix! Here are spotlighted events or updated community resources that we’ve noticed popping up lately on the official forums.

Recurring Events:

Monthly Release Fishing Contests: This will be a rotating, multi-location contest sponsored and organised by Rajazel, The Town Museum and its Governor Diablotine.
Trash to Treasure Dropped Items Turn-In: Some unscrupulous fella has been flooding all of New Britannia with junk: Headdresses, Wings, Backpacks, assorted miscellany of every sort. It’s time to clean this trash up and so a bounty has been placed on all gear crafted by Coswald Dirthmire that is turned in each contest period!
Lightbringer Isle Fishing Contest: Why not earn some extra prizes each month and participate in Lightbringer Isle’s monthly fishing tourney? Lots of fantastic prizes — don’t miss out!
500 Crown Leisurely Fishing: Sonja Solar and friends are running a continuous fishing contest in Brittany Fort “Now and Forever for All Eternity” which has wonderful prizes and objectives. You can now win 500 Crowns for record fishies caught in Brittany Fort by anybody at any time in history for display in Sonja Solar’s fishy aquarium museum. Be sure to watch the video indicated in the “Brittany Fort” link provided in the first post to see the full explanation of the contest rules.
Lightbringer Isle Auction: Lightbringer Isle hosts a monthly auction held the Sunday after release at 11AM CT!

Community Calendars:

Avatars-Virtue Radio Calendar: Just when are all those talented DJ’s and streamers broadcasting? Don’t just guess, check out there very helpful calendar! Never again will you wonder when’s the best time to tune in!
NBNN Calendar: This calendar provides a great schedule for NBNN and WRFB programing as well as many other community events. If you’re a fan of the Laz & Jack show or even if you’re hoping to catch them in action for the first time, this is the calendar for you!
SotA Event Calendar: Event participants, take heed! Thoryk Omara has done a wondrous job creating a community event calendar which is available to all players of Shroud of the Avatar. Please make an effort to support this new calendar. The more resources players have at their disposable for event notifications, the better!

Community Event Resources: Here are some fantastic resources for tracking down community events or posting your own events. Become involved! Create! Explore! Make friends! But most of all, have fun!

One-Time Community Events Forum: Sometimes events happen only a single time, so you’ll not want to miss out on these events as they occur. Check out the forums routinely to spot these!
Recurring Community Events Forum: Some events occur on weekly or monthly schedules which are a great way to routinely meet up with friends and to make new ones. Be sure to check this forum frequently for new events or time changes to existing ones.
Game Master (GM) Potion Request Procedures: Shroud of the Avatar has an amazing in-game consumable for player event holders — the Potion of Temporary GM Powers! Players wishing to enhance their in-game community event by having GM Powers at their disposal need to simply follow the procedures outlined in this forum thread.
Player Event Trophies and Special Item Requests: Would you like to request a special trophy or renamed item for a player event you’ve created? Head on over to this thread to see what’s available and to obtain more information about request procedures.
Player Radio Station Forum: If you want to check out the latest and greatest from our in-game radio stations, go to the radio stations forum! If you’re a DJ, be sure to advertise your time slot and venue in this forum.
Player Livestreams & Videos Forum: If you’re searching for a Shroud Streamer to watch, head on over to the streamer forum! If you are a live streamer for Shroud of the Avatar, be sure to advertise your Shroud stream by posting in this forum.
Town Directory Forum: Want to find a town to live in or get your town listed in the directory, head over to the forums and check it out!
Guild Directory Forum: Looking for a guild or want to get yours posted in the guild directory? Head on over to the forums and check it out!
Fire Lotus Tavern: This wondrous role-playing and story writing forum is the spot to be if you love fan fiction and role-play.
Community Resources: Looking for links to community and official resources for Shroud of the Avatar? Well look no further. On this page you’ll find links to a plethora of helpful resources created by the dev team or the community.

SO many options to stay tuned-in with fellow community members. Please take advantage of all these wonderful options. Happy adventures, Avatars!

Project to Support: Avatar Relics

Community member Shawn Butts has opened a Shroud of the Avatar merchandise store with Catnip Games’ approval. Visit for pins, mugs, shirts, posters, and more here.

Project to Support: Shard RPG

Shard Studios invites you to enter the fantastic world Dárdünah, the vast shard of a shattered realm, as presented in the colorful pages of the SHARD RPG! Many years in the making, this system allows players to choose from a wide variety of animal people who are the main cast of the many adventures this otherworldly setting offers. Skyships glide through shimmering clouds past majestic crystal peaks. Giant insects prowl alien jungles or lurk in the sparkling emerald seas. Warriors with blades of diamond and amber duel across crimson sands. And mystics chant in shadowy chambers as their spirits wander abroad.

Intro Sheet: For a quick glimpse into the world of Dárdünah, be sure to download the intro pdf! It’s packed with great information and features beautiful artwork, not unlike the artwork found throughout the many pages of this gaming system’s gorgeously designed manuals.
Core System Manuals: It’s easier than ever to delve into Dárdünah, World of the False Dawn, with the Basic Compendium and the Magic and Martial Arts books! They contain everything you need to begin your adventures, and include instructions for the ritual magic and martial arts combat systems. These manuals also include 90 new Animal Templates upon which to base your character!
Other Shard RPG Products: So many more manuals and gaming materials are available! Everything an avid tabletop role-player and game master needs to delve into the world of Dárdünah!

So if you’re ready to experience a gaming world like no other, check out what Shard Studios has created for tabletop role-players on the Shard RPG official website! You’ll most certainly be immersed and amazed by the offerings of the Shard RPG!

Project to Support: Embers Adrift!

Help support one of our team members’ other projects, Embers Adrift! They officially launched September 30. Check out their official trailer here.

Project to Support: Avatar Express

[Forum post by Vladamir Begemot]

I’m pleased to report that The Avatar Express is clacking away furiously. News is being delivered and we have established systems to deliver it directly to your brain. You can use one of those systems by following us on Twitter at @avatar_express. Even more reliable due to its fully automated nature is joining us on the Discord server. News items are posted there via RSS. Or you can subscribe to RSS directly on the site.

If you run an event, quests, etc, please consider helping out by self reporting. The Shroud community is big, and many things are happening that are never seen by others. With 10k monthly users, we would need a full time staff to track down everything that is happening.

You can fill out the contributor form, message @that_shawn_guy here or post in the Discord server that you would like to help. There is no commitment once signed up, you can post as much or little as you like.

Writing up your own events has several benefits beyond the immediate exposure. It serves as a record for others to see the history of New Britannia as we create it, in an attractive format. Publishing in the Express also has a higher chance than the forums of being seen by search engines and random readers, thus bringing more eyeballs and new players to the game.

It will even make posting in the forums easier! You can upload images to your news item, and then link to those images in your forum post. No more need for 3rd party image hosts!

So if you have something going on in your guild or town, or want to be a Reporter, Cartographer or Historian, please join us!

Resources: Players Helping Players

The official SotA New Player Welcome Forum and the Player Created Resources Forum have the best player created resources for Shroud of the Avatar, whether it’s a Player Written Guide, a Video Walk-through, or a Wiki-type Website.

Visit the official Community Resources page for a complete listing of all things community.

Play Release 112!

Sneak Preview: Port Harmony

Release 112 Patch Notes

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