But obstacles can show up in all sorts of shapes and sizes.

Head over to Kara in Sulen'Eska to play the next part of the Rose saga: Jungle's Fury!

Also this week:

Many various engine updates and fixes have arrived.

New in version 14.1.16:

Mouse scroll wheel functionality has been added to player inventory, shops, and the bank. You can now use your scroll wheel to scroll through items!
Name text size now scales with name length- in other words, longer names will no longer be cut off. (Although if they're suuuper long they might be tiny!)
Stat training for the hero now has the option to train 10 points at a time. And no, this functionality is not there for baby dragon training yet, yes, it's on the list of things to do, yes it's more difficult and will take longer to do for that.
Other various bug fixes/text changes
Book 3 Intro quest has had minor (minor looking, but major time investment) changes to be slightly more polished.
Oaklore's animated introduction has returned.
Other things that I've forgotten to include but are scattered around a bit.
Oh yeah! The Frostval book is live now!
Class changes:

Necromancer's Shroud has been fixed to no longer do weird unintended damage.
Necromancer's Shroud has also had its cooldown increased to 30, up from 11.

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Your rewards for taking down the creepy Legion Crawler and The Abomination include materials to create the Necro Paragon armor!

The Necro Paragon armor is a reskin of the Necromancer armor, made a while back by the one and only Dage! While there are no mechanical differences between Necro Paragon and Necromancer, Necro Paragon will let everyone know how stylish and awesome you are.

Another reward is the Legion Bracer, which has very strong stats, and may have a future additional use!

There has also been a small update to ShadowWalker of Time testing- weapon spinning has been reduced, and bugs should be fixed.

The Storybook Collection shop has been moved to the Special Shops button in the Book of Lore as well.

Can you take down the Legion Crawler and the Abomination? Can you take down both at the same time? Will you complete your set of Necro Paragon gear?

Good luck!

-Verlyrus

No usual weapon and accessory deals this time, I'm afraid.

Instead, we have something very special.

Something that has been requested for a long time!

Are you ready for it?!

A house item* that... LETS YOU REVISIT ANY OF THE SEASONAL BOOKS AND EVENTS!!!

May I present to you... the Storybook Collection!

(I wanted to name it the Holiday Excerpts, but Verly wouldn't let me...)

Available now from the Book of Lore, from the Black Friday shop, on a discounted price of 2500 Dragon Coins.

Once Black Friday ends (Monday!), it will still be available, but for a full price. So get it while it's hot!

We really hope you enjoy this item, I had a lot of fun making it!

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!

*Reminder that house items are Dragon Amulet holders only!

Eric Greydawn

(Note, AQW items shown here)

Get the calendar now, and you'll receive a code for the Chest of Enduring Time, as well as the Eternal Locket bracer! (as well as goodies in the other AE games!)

The Chest of Enduring Time will turn into the Epoch class- a new class under development for this and future calendars. That's right, every year, you'll have an opportunity to get the Epoch class with the calendar!

The Eternal Locket bracer is an Artifact for the Epoch class, only available from the 2018 calendar. Future calendars will come with new, unique, artifacts, changing up skills and/or appearance every year.

Also some good news- the folks at HeroMart have spent a lot of effort getting international shipping prices lower than ever before.

Head on over and check it out! (There are also some 2017 calendars still in stock to get the ShadowWalker of Time class- which is currently in Dragon Amulet only testing!)

That's all for today,

-Verlyrus

The last decade has seen a HUGE surge in movies based on comic books. Among the most popular of those movies are the big team movies like the ones recently produced by two major comic book companies. As I was working on this, I was thinking about a quest I played in AQ where several villains teamed up. I thought to myself, WHY haven’t we done this in DF? We’ve even got our own established superheroes. While the two quests surrounding Thankstaking are being written as a fun holiday quest, I also feel like it lays groundwork for some entertaining future quests.

I often ask myself, if the Hero were to suit up as a superhero, what costume would the hero wear? The answer, of course is that it’s impossible to say because ultimately, YOU, dear friends, ARE the Hero, and everyone’s vision is different.

For twelve years, villains have taken a shot at destroying Thankstaking. They always had their own reasons, not necessarily good ones, but reasons nevertheless. This time I wanted to bring some old friends together for a bit of mayhem. The reason given seems transparent enough, but these villains are a cagey lot, and things aren’t always what they seem.

Thankstaking is a fun holiday for me to write stories for because we can step out of the seriousness of major storylines and have a bit of lighthearted humor. Thankstaking is a time to enjoy yourself, enjoy the company of your friends and family, and reconnect with them. It’s a time of celebration, and taking the time to be thankful for all the good that keeps our lives bright. To be quite frank, I’ve come to think of all of you as friends, and an important part of my own celebration. Thank you all, and I hope you enjoy this year’s holiday feast of entertainment.

Eric Greydawn

Unfortunately, as always, there are some less than savory elements out there… agents of chaos, if you will, who would love nothing better than to disturb the peaceful gathering of friends. Five shadowy figures, who have gathered together for a nefarious purpose, even now are turning their eyes towards Falconreach.

But… why?

Friday, it will once again be time to head into Falconreach ahead of the festivities to make sure that everything runs smoothly.

The Timetorn Matrix Challenge is available from the Nefarious Challenges board in the Inn at the Edge of Time.

Explore the matrices and collect Timetorn Teleshards to reforge your very own powerful Necro Paragon Soulblade!

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The Timetorn Matrix comes in three categories- small, medium, and large. The "Small" Timetorn Matrix has 100 rooms, and is guaranteed to drop a Timetorn Teleshard at the end. "Medium" drops a guaranteed Timetorn Bladehilt (which costs 5 Timetorn Teleshards to forge), but comes with 500 rooms!

Lastly is "HUGE". 1000 rooms of terror, and gurantees a drop of a Timetorn Warblade (5 Timetorn Teleshard forge cost).

However, as you explore, you will also (if you're lucky) come across treasure chests that will allow you to purchase an extra Timetorn Teleshard!

This quest also features new technology that allows you to save a room in the dungeon and teleport to it from wherever you are at a future point! However, you'll lose your telepoint if you are defeated or teleport back to the start.

Good luck, heroes!

In other news, the Thankstaking book is back for the month! Gobble up those stories so you're ready for this year's event!

A new version of ShadowWalker of Time is up for play testing!

First of all, issues that were not addressed in this update (but will be in the future)

-Using a skill graphically puts you out of Umbral Form, even though you can still use Umbral form
-Using a skill uses up two charges of Umbral Form instead of 1
-Unequipping/Showing/Hiding weapons results in weapons still appearing equipped

And now for the changes!

Penumbra
Effect now works.

Decay and Phantom Hit swapped
Decay is now an Umbral Form skill, and Phantom Hit is usable in normal form.

Decay
Healing reduction extended an extra turn
Now gives you Advantage, which increases your bonus to hit by 80 for 5 turns.
Damage increased to 2x base damage from 1.5x total.
Mana cost increased to 35 from 31.

Phantom Hit
Cooldown decreased to 1 from 2.
Mana cost increased to 15 from 10.
Damage increased to 2.4x from 2.25x base damage total.

Shade Spikes
Does 1 hit of 1.75x base damage down from 4 hits.
Only casts once, instead of once per each enemy.

Doomsday Clock
Mana cost decreased to 20 from 30.

Shadow People
Mana cost increased to 30 from 20.

Chronic Lock
Mana cost decreased to 20 from 30.

Impaling Hands
Removed DoT component of the skill.
Cooldown reduced to 3.
Damage increased from 2x to 3.5x base damage total.

General
Removed notifications for shadows growing.
Plan to have UI clickable to pop up notification with info.

And that's all for this mid-week update!

Coming later this week- Hope you have a lot of time on your hands! A new challenge quest is appearing on the Nefarious Challenge board!

This week's release is pretty big. Let's start with the Blood Moon Challenges. The Blood Moon Challenges are the first challenge set in the new Nefarious Challenges page on the Time Arena Board in the Inn at the Edge of Time.

Go against the Cauldron Groupies and Jack and his Gnarly Guitar of Doom! Can you take them down, or will you fall to their tricks? There's a special cape and helm in it for you if you can succeed!
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ShadowWalker of Time is here! Kind of! Dragon Amulet users can access the class for testing from the Book of Lore! There have been some changes compared to the preview Design Notes as well.

Let us know what you think on the Forums or on Twitter!
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This is also the last week for the Mogloween Storybook before it disappears for a year! Finish your quests and get your loot now!
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So get out there and show Jack who's the boss!

... and then you can go trick-or-treating!

The release is finally live, sorry for the 2-day delay.

It's a war that I think you can breeze through in one week, just in time for the Mogloween finale!

Please enjoy!

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PS from Verlyrus:
Bug where guests would end up with NaN mana has been fixed
A couple of monsters sticking has been fixed too (may require cache clear)

This weeks release ( the war that you asked for :) ) will be coming out tomorrow, on Sunday.

My apologies.