Weekly Announcements - Variety - 8/9/2024

It's been a minute since posting an update on the site, but hopefully, things will shift and the site can start taking some upward momentum. For starters, this; a (planned) newsletter-esque weekly/bi-weekly update post to display the various things that have been touched up, reworked, or made since the last one. In the best-case scenario, expect one Weekly Announcement, every Friday before 11 PM EST. Worst comes to worst, the ideal plan would still be to get one out every other Friday, before 11 PM EST. With all that being said, several things have been at least slightly worked on behind the scenes, so let's get into the specific updates for this first Weekly Announcement! First up,

After some time away, I've finally started to set up the [Only mods are allowed to see this link]! Anyone is free to join it; so you don't have to be a member of the site to access the Discord server. You're more than welcome to drop in the Discord to chat and hang out, ask any questions that you may have before joining the site, or be ready to delve into this soon-to-be immersive roleplaying experience! While it is highly encouraged that all hopeful and prospective players of the site join the server, it is by no means a requirement. This is to give extra means of communication between both members and non-members alike, all while being done off-site.

A few things are still to be noted about this; first and foremost, all site rules apply on the Discord Server, and vice versa. While we are all here to relax, and just have a good time, we do need to be doing so in a respectful manner, so please limit spamming messages in any chat- whether it be a server channel or someone's inbox. No canon may take place on the server; while "roleplay" may happen in the respective channels, none of it actually happens in terms of the timeline of events on the site.

You may have found yourself wondering; so what does the realm of Duscairne actually look like? It is with my honor, to finally share a preview of the world map.

[Only mods are allowed to see this link]

Do take into consideration: most of the names, are still not set in stone. So anyone eager enough out there to possibly be setting up character's backstories already should remember that and proceed with caution when doing so; don't go typing their home kingdom's name all willy-nilly quite yet. Additionally, the actual map to be used is slightly larger than this, but all of the kingdoms have some portion of their area visible within the picture.

Much of what you all currently see, isn't actually constructed on the site, save for the specific formatting of things like a posts BBCode. Partial progress has been made on the World Lore Guide, the Skills and Abilities Guide, and a refurbished version of the Level Up Guide; not enough to post anything quite yet. However, those will be the next things to expect in terms of major components of the site. The World Lore Guide will be slightly unique in the fact that it will have it's own individual forum, that is split up into various subforums depending on the topic of Lore (Magic & Technology, Religion, Warfare, Culture, Legends & Myths, etc). Also to be included in this "Lore Book" will be a beastiary of the various common monsters encountered in the realm.

That wraps it up for this Weekly Announcements, feel free to do the attached poll, it should be open to non-members to take.

Thanks for tuning in.

-Nj