avalonooc | September Announcements & August Update Log

Important Announcements for September:

The weather is starting to cool down again! Though there will be a couple of rainy days toward the end of the month, the majority of the month is clear to partially cloudy, ranging from cool breezes to very windy days.
The Autumn Equinox is this month. Camelot's farms have apple-picking events open to the public. They will also be pushing you to buy honey and mead, as the end of summer is the last chance to enjoy this year's honey harvest.
Celliwig celebrates National Mushroom Month as well, which is celebrated by harvesting mushrooms from their underground caverns and the edge of the Dusklight Woods. You can take it in to grocery or apothecary in town to sell for some extra money... just make sure you don't take it to the wrong one. Edible go to grocery, poisonous go to apothecary.
Pumpkin spice lattes may be the craze in the U.S... but in Camelot City, we drink fall colors to bring in the season. There's not even pumpkin in them, it makes no sense. Golden lattes (turmeric), red lattes (beet), and brown sugar lattes to match the changing of the leaves!
King Arthur is back on duty, healing up fine between healing magic and Merlin's motherhenning. News reports will say he's back in good health and there's an address of him thanking people for their work in Celliwig and Lestari and that he's looking forward to being back in the saddle, so to speak.

NEW Housekeeping Updates:

A new section has been added so that the FAQ doesn't keep expanding unmanageably: the Player-asked Questions (or "PAQ") page! It's a collection of organized links to player questions that have been asked on the FAQ so that it's easier to find what you need. It will be added to the navigation on the main page shortly.
Game progression has been updated to the most recent event.
The Land of Rot and Ash Mountain -Southern Mountain, City of Lestari have been added to the locations page.

Monthly Updates Summary:

The timeline for retroactive hiatuses was updated in the FAQ: "...if an extension is necessary at least 7 days before the end of the month." as well as adding an explanation: "We would like a hiatus system to be a safety net for players, rather than an additional responsibility, but do not intend for it to be used in lieu of a strike system or as a means to avoid completed activity checks." We will not ask for details or explanations, but we do ask that you notify us at least 7 days before AC checks are completed.
Activity check base page was added here for ease of bookmarks without a changing URL. It also contains a list of all past spreadsheets for your records.

Upcoming Updates:

Locations page reorganization
Navigation page additions- player businesses, PAQ
Clean-up of PAQ to remove similar/duplicate questions and simplify wording
Reminder (shared since August, will continue to be until Nov. to get the word out): In November, all monthly items will be available for the game's one year anniversary. If you missed a previous monthly item (see Glossary for all available obtainables), you'll have a chance to get it in November! Please make sure to also purchase regular items you have been interested in before then as well, as some items of the standard stock will be changed. (We will be looking at previous purchases to see which ones are the least popular and switch things up.)