A lot of English is words evolved or appropriated from other languages! The words you referenced are words in common everyday use in the English language, so they're good. Use your best judgement to understand the intent of the request, and we'll poke anyone who might be stretching it a bit too far ...

Q: What about language? I know for example that the Viali language isn't Italian. However, on Cogg, I wanted a word that Alia would use in specific situations with characters she was particularly close to from her own language. Instead of just making up a random word, I found an Italian one that fi...

Q: Please correct me if what I am saying is wrong, but one thing I believe can be viable in regards to character backstory and setting it up in actual gameplay is writing up your backstory with the backstory command before properly delving into details ingame. this way, details from your past as a c...

This post is going to come off as somewhat negative (a lot of "please don't do this") and I apologize for that. I want to address some issues that were becoming prevalent at various points in the past that I'd like to prevent from taking root now that we're in kind of an ideal refresh stat...

I think Shadgard needs a hat store for sure, but it might be a bit different from the one that existed before. That one seemed a bit too fancy and posh for a Shadgardian shop.

Loincloth and chest-wrap added to the clothing shops in Shadgard and Corvus. Underpants remain a Shadgard special for now, just because I think it's funny that they have a history of being such!

I recently removed a feature that was used to allow rooms to have their lighting affected by the lighting of adjacent rooms, or rooms through "out" exits and various windows or portals. It took up a fair amount of processing power for very little gain when the desired result lighting could...

P.S. I also need to go over the rooms in the University and switch a few things up, like the heat-emitting diagrams to be replaced by pyrospheres, and luminous crystal light sources being replaced with mage candles.

Are there going to be any kinds of lore changes to elemancy and how it works, as far as students at the University would understand it? Maybe some minor quibbling details, but nothing major. The idea of the "patterns" that has been used to describe what Elemancers user are essentially mem...

Okay, character creation should be working, but it gives some warnings about the game not being fully playable and that there me be some vestigial systems that have yet to be removed or other oddities. Knowing those things, feel free to hop in and play around! also wonder if we're getting race names...

Answers to some more questions I'm seeing! Q: Will chat always be available in-game while logged into a character? A: It's on while we get things set up, but once everything's a bit more settled chat will only be available when logged out or on third-party bridged platforms like Discord. You can hav...

Apprentice Pyromancers can cast the Mage Candle spell once again! While channeling pyromancy, type CAST MAGE_CANDLE (note the underscore). The candle's base duration is 15 minutes, and each skill rank of Pyromancy grants an additional 5 seconds. The Mage Candle can be dismissed with the DISMISS comm...

Thanks, Zeldryn! The chat was a lot of fun. Sorry for getting a little sassy at times. I like to tease people I'm comfortable with, and in group settings like this sometimes I can end up teasing someone I'm not as familiar with and then I worry I've just made them uncomfortable. One thing I intended...

There have been a few requests to have character/account bans or negative faction standings reconsidered now that the game is being restored, so I figured I'd make a public statement on the subject. Regarding bans: I may look over them at some point just so I've got as much information as possible o...

Per the changelog: The Corvus Outpost now has a Twilight Eye office offering aura services and item registration, south of the bank within the Citadel.

Yes, please! Once per type of item, not per individual item. So if you had 2 crossbows, you wouldn't need to send a separate report upon trying each one. Just one report that crossbows in general don't seem to be functional.

I may have to rework the entire soundpack You should be able to use most of what you've already worked on with the COGG pack, I think, since we're running on the updated code and not the old legacy CLOK code. how is tailoring done when the old system doesn't have animal husbandry and wool or rimeve...

Hey look, is that a Monk casting Soul Beacon on CLOK? Or a Rook casting Soul Retrieval? Either way: CLOK is being restored, running on an updated codebase! It's still a work in progress, but it's moving right along and people can log in with their CLOK accounts and characters. Some stuff will be a l...

I can't think of any off the top of my head that shouldn't return! I'm working on Elemancer spells first, since Rooks have some spells that are a bit more involved code-wise.

I took a little time over the past couple days to play around with some graphical game design for once. I would like to present my first work: Qent's Quest: Savior of Kerth. It's a parody game whose setting should feel familiar to CLOK players. While the game is inspired by various true events, I sh...

Some players like their am smash goods. That's totally fine. But no guild has ever been one-size-fits-all. Right! It certainly works, I just wanted to clarify that not all Dwaedn Wyr are that way. Now I'm super tempted to log in as my Dwaedn I never got around to playing, just to try out this new a...

Not trying to be rude, but I believe CLOK and the Dwaedn class were not at all improved by this change. It can be rough when your idea of something is shaken up, for sure. Hopefully I can help assuage some of your concerns. As the creator of the Dwaedn Wyr, I'm actually excited for this addition! I...

Is there a lore reason for the difference between these two? Or is it an oversight or low priority change? I was asked ICly why, and I'm not sure how to answer. One is a tiny little candle flame that provides a slight amount of light, the other is a big bright ball of fire that provides a large amo...

I was made aware of some speculation a little while back about nasty nuns treating children badly in the Shadgard Orphanage, so I wrote up a little blurb to clarify things and got Jirato's approval to post it. ========== The Shadgard Orphanage is a modest facility on the south end of Shadgard where ...

1. The mummer abilities, is it implied that anyone can learn it... no genetic quirks like elemancy or something? Lorewise, it's something that people just have varying levels of natural affinity for, like many other skills or talents. PCs who join up are assumed to have a good knack for it, though ...