Ability System Revamp
The Change
After soliciting feedback from the player base, we've gone ahead with a significant change to our ability system, specifically concerning the use of templates. In short: We've removed species templates entirely. Instead of picking three templates that loosely correlate to their characters species, you'll instead pick up to 9 advantages from the Glossary of Traits, and then a corresponding disadvantage for each.
Of course, there's more to it than that. You can find all the details over on our updated Character Creation page.
We also now have a Custom Species page, a Spellcasting page, and a list of Species Examples showcasing updated versions of the old templates.
Converting Your Characters Over
To start: You do not have to convert if you don't want to. There's no timeline for this, no 'you must be done by x date'. Everyone is being grandfathered in, and you can leave things as they are.
Current characters have been tagged with legacy character, a tag used to indicate which characters were using the old system. You can read more about them here, and included is a link to a list of the old traits for reference.
At any point (now or in the future), you can update your character to the new system. You can do this using the 'post an update' feature, and simply following the existing rules as laid out on the Character Creation page. When you do, the legacy character tag will be removed.
Those with custom species will be contacted separately to bring those up to date with the new system.
Moving Forward
Have any concerns? #changes-discussion on discord is the place.
Want to suggest a new trait? Check out Trait Requests.
The Change
After soliciting feedback from the player base, we've gone ahead with a significant change to our ability system, specifically concerning the use of templates. In short: We've removed species templates entirely. Instead of picking three templates that loosely correlate to their characters species, you'll instead pick up to 9 advantages from the Glossary of Traits, and then a corresponding disadvantage for each.
Of course, there's more to it than that. You can find all the details over on our updated Character Creation page.
We also now have a Custom Species page, a Spellcasting page, and a list of Species Examples showcasing updated versions of the old templates.
Converting Your Characters Over
To start: You do not have to convert if you don't want to. There's no timeline for this, no 'you must be done by x date'. Everyone is being grandfathered in, and you can leave things as they are.
Current characters have been tagged with legacy character, a tag used to indicate which characters were using the old system. You can read more about them here, and included is a link to a list of the old traits for reference.
At any point (now or in the future), you can update your character to the new system. You can do this using the 'post an update' feature, and simply following the existing rules as laid out on the Character Creation page. When you do, the legacy character tag will be removed.
Those with custom species will be contacted separately to bring those up to date with the new system.
Moving Forward
Have any concerns? #changes-discussion on discord is the place.
Want to suggest a new trait? Check out Trait Requests.