Avalore Pride Month Fundrasier 2025The fundraiser has concluded and has been paid out! Read below for details and proof. 🩷 ️     After fees and currency conversion rates, Avalore raised a total of $270 USD in July. Thank you to everyone who participated! Please contact me via Discord (@hummus_hands) if you are still waiting on any of your fundraiser perks or in-game badge item.  

The user FortuneFool has been temporarily banned from Avalore for one month due to breaking Avalore's Player Conduct rules (#6) . This ban can be appealed on August 11th, 2025.

The user EminentlyEmery was temporarily banned for one week, beginning July 6th, due to violating Avalore's Roleplay Standards rules. As per our Discord announcement, this a retroactive ban report, and going forward we will publish ban reports regardless of length in the interest of improving transparency.

┌─── ∘ July 2025 Newsletter ∘ ───┐Highsun, Season of Summer, Year 1641 Pixel art by u/qwertgfx on Reddit “The second season is that of abundance and bloom, remarking a blossoming, cultivated crop. The season of colour and lasting sun, of ripe fruit and good health.”   - Standard Calendar, from The Compendium   Summertime is here! The Covetous Campaign continues, as well as another Circle of Four election. We are running a Fables feedback survey here!Many (but not all) of the recent/upcoming updates and changes are to the back-end to improve staff quality of life and how we function. Onboarding for new staff members is ongoing. Thank you for your patience as we get people caught up so that more duties can be seen to quicker!   ° New & Upcoming Community Updates Community Update Session A summary of everything discussed in the June Community Update VC can be found here. A few future updates are mentioned exclusively within! June Fundraiser The Pride fundraiser is complete! We have been crunched behind the scenes but expect an announcement this month on the total earned, and proof of us distributing the funds raised to the top three organizations the community selected (The Trans Income Project, The Stonewall Alliance Center, and ACT UP). Thank you very much to everyone who participated. Moderation Team Moderation team overhaul Onboarding new members Clearer categories on team Developing clearer internal guidance on what to do and when Developing policy that will maintain better consistency in moderation cases and outcomes Some punishment times have been altered in light of this Clearer expectations for players on how to navigate bans and what consequences they may face A Privacy Policy will be released as well Moderation will never publicly disclose internal reports or allow general users to view them. The actions we are taking as moderation fall under: Non-ban actions (e.g. warnings, watchlists, conditions) Temporary bans (3 months, 6 months) Permanent bans (non-appeal) Technical Team New members being onboarded and trained on WorldEdit, region management, and item creation Discord #artfight-2025 has been created Slowmode has been increased to 30 minutes in #looking-for-rp Upcoming updates including: Meet the staff sections Separate ticket submission system for Safety Policy reports, so that players do not have to be whitelisted to submit these Lore Updates Fables We are running a feedback survey for Fables. Please participate in it by clicking here! A guide for Fable DMing is in-progress The less popular Fables will be getting some TLC and tweaks Lore tweaks will come before Feats tweaks, as the latter needs to be done with Systems Team Portents are being discontinued We will do our best to accommodate players who are currently under them. Compendium Released: Falstoner lore [Falstoner] Fey lore [Guide to the Fey] [Common Types of Fey] Upcoming: Fireborne and Mistan cultural updates are in final stages Stonerunner cultural update is in-progress Pearl Coast page in-progress Sangifleuer page is in-progress Build Expansion Please be mindful that Avalore’s Build Team volunteers many hours of their personal time and creative energy towards making custom builds for the server. Please keep feedback constructive and non-combative No set date for release at this time There will be one or more staff members available to assist users with this expansion release Guild plots will be a feature Plots will be made available through a player raffle for each More details closer to release If you are aware of a player who is largely inactive and only logs on to pay rent for multiple months, please let staff know via a moderation ticket. We cannot guarantee they will be evicted, but we will stop it where we can in these instances. Systems Updates Arcane Arcane Rework: Taking longer than anticipated but still underway Upcoming frequent mechanical releases to lay the groundwork for the arcane overhaul XP & Feats Upcoming changes: All feats will cost 10 XP 12 feat slots Mages will get one extra feat slot per mage tier compared to now, making it: Mage 4: 2 feat slots Mage 3: 4 feat slots Mage 2: 6 feat slots Mage 1: 9 feat slots Alchemy Two potion ingredients to be released tonight (July 4th) Two ingredients that can be utilized similar to real-world Hormone Replacement Therapy; one masculinizes, one feminizes. Can be utilized in-character in smaller amounts to androgynize, and can be used on-and-off for a more fluid presentation (although potion effects are cumulative and not instant). Technical Updates In-Game Bugfixes: Ocean's Gift now distills and is useable for potion making. ° Player Events & ProjectsPlayer-lead events and projects of Avalore, curated by the editor and Community Team to feature for the month. Editor's Pick earns 2 XP. Player Events Recurring - Foraging in the Reach: Enter for a chance to win a DMed foraging mini-event trip! Recurring - Nutward Putward Cave: "A number of groups have taken interest in the rumors of the recently found, recently named Nutward Putward Cave just north of town and a bit off the beaten path, due to its uncharted and labyrinthine tunnels, small bounty of crystals, and other details. While nothing sinister no fearsome creatures have been found lurking within the cave as of yet, it is full of narrow passageways, rough edges, and flooded chambers, and should be navigated accordingly. Recurring - Poetry Night at the Tavern: Every week someone will be called on to come up with a prompt. Each will be given ten minutes to write a short poem, and then participants go around the tavern, reading them aloud! Ongoing Event Line - Tales From the Southern Reach: A series of both impromptu and some planned events. Ongoing Event Line - A Marizan Merchant: Players with significant backgrounds in Valkia/Mariza, Courtly Esteem or Dubious Origins may reach out to @BmZuzu for this event series. Player Projects [Editor's Pick] A Newspaper for The Spire by @Starfle - An independent newspaper is looking to serve The Spire and inform the public. Apply within! Game of Birds by @Olomet The Hundred Horses of Fallstone by @KZ_Neilz Viktoria's Final Moments by @animemandan The Day Everything Burned by @Wayward Nomad Little Fish by @Bobbie ° Player PhotosPlayers are able to submit photos through our Photo Album forum (via our Discord server) to be featured in our newsletter, and even used as promotional material for Avalore! Editor's Pick earns 2 XP.   Editor's Pick A beautiful panorama of the wilds of the Southern Reach, taken by @auxipox The Spire, taken by @Insert   Council meeting, taken by @cosmic_evil   Council meeting, taken by @MerryLights   An expedition into Nutward Putward Cave, taken by @cosmic_evil   The Covetous Campaign, taken by @cosmic_evil   (Campaign) Meeting the mysterious Bosun, taken by @cosmic_evil   (Campaign) A parlay, taken by @BmZuzu   (Campaign) Parlay cont'd, taken by @Jarckow   Covetous Campaign, taken by @Jarckow   (Campaign) Drowner attack, taken by @D_K   (Campaign) Diarmait's protection spell, taken by @MCcookie333   The wedding of Veena and Hazel, taken by @Xeno_Wyvvern   The Festival of Belonging, taken by @ChishmFips   Cuandi at the dunk take during the Festival of Belonging, taken by @Megladon   The Hangua Robes battle finale, taken by @Jarckow   The Hangua Robes battle finale, taken by  @Jarckow   The Hangua Robes battle finale, taken by @Jarckow   Taken by @Groggles   The Spire, taken by @Groggles   Spire Summer 2025 Election Season, taken by @MCcookie333   Vyra and Eithna's rally, taken by @cosmic_evil   Spire Summer 2025 Election Season, taken by @Vigilance   Taken by @catmerization   Late night at the Dragon's Breath, taken by @Bliinx  

tysm for the commission @Kamaoe !!! love this guy(you can right click>open in new tab on the image to see the full resolution!)