AVORKARTH CHANGELOG

NEWS/CHANGES

24th Nov. 2023

I've been working behind the scenes on a large change across the board of Avorkarth. I originally intended for Avorkarth to be a low-fantasy realm but I noted that I did the mistake I most feared with power-creep and have added too much "normalcy" to the fantasy aspect. The changes made are to revert the realm back to what I had originally intended. A mostly human realm, with the fantasy aspects being fantastical. Secondly, the rules were a bit too complicated, so I tuned down some of the rules and removed most rules that had multipliers/divisers while keeping all the stats the same. It should be easier overall to pick up and play, but still have enough complexity for immersion.
Rulebook
ABILITY SCORES -
-- Re-added Toughness as an attribute due to the changes to wounds, weapons and armours.
ATTRIBUTES -
-- Reduced all sizes and reaches. Creatures are overall much smaller than before (although a dragon is still massive compared to a human.)
-- Added the World Lore languages and descriptions to the rulebook under the rules of languages. Updated the language mastery costs alongside the update to mastery.
-- Updated the ability scores' effect on attributes to reflect the changes to ability scores over the many previous changes.
MASTERY -
-- Reworked the Mastery system to be easier and more consistent across the board. Each bonus is now in the +/- 1 range instead of arbitrary numbers.
-- Removed the overwritten/convoluted Weapon and Combat mastery system. The +/- system works for the updated combat and weaponry as well.
-- Re-added classes and have further added talents. (For now, only the base classes have talents. These will probably be changed over the next updates as they are preliminary.)
INTERACTIONS -
-- Redid a few of the interactions to work with the combat changes, and added a few that were missing.
SKILLS -
-- Updated many skill resolves due to the changes in mastery.
-- Removed all the skill type benefits and negatives due to the changes to mastery.
-- Fixed many spelling and grammatical errors.
-- The tumble skill was changed to simply "reduce" the amount of tiles fallen.
-- The heal skill was changed to removing minor wounds, due to the change in the wound/damage system.
COMBAT -
-- Updated the wound system to differentiate between minor/lesser/lethal wounds.
-- Removed the harsh penalties to Ranged Attacks.
-- Added immobilisation rules to dodge so that the fantasy of playing an assassin can actually function with the new wound system.
-- Removed the parry/block rules. Parrying is now part of the striking section.
-- Resistances now function with the same rules as armour.
-- Made the combat round rules simpler, removing a few dice rolls that were unnecessary.
-- Removed the damage part of rolling entirely. Now it's simply hit -> strike instead of hit -> strike -> damage.
EQUIPMENT -
-- Removed all damage increases by metallic components, leaving only might increases.
-- Updated many items +/- values to be smaller to better match the lore.
-- Rewrote all armours and shields to function as a +/- system instead of flat numbers and introduced repeatable keywords to reduce the text blobs.
-- Rewrote ALL weapons and armours' values
-- Organized ALL weapons and armours into readable tables.
SPELL CASTING -
-- Fixed a ton of spelling and grammatical errors.
-- Replaced all damage calculations with the new wounding system.
-- !! Still missing actual spells. TBD in one of the next updates.
World Lore
-- Moved the Languages section. It is now in the rulebook.
-- Changed the scaling of creatures to return to a smaller more "low fantasy" scale that I prefer. I noted that I was starting to power creep the world. 'Tis a sneaky one.
-- With the lore reverting, I also reverted the World Map to a mix with an older variation, with a few changes to it to retain the added oceans and lands of the newer versions.
CREATURES -
-- Removed all the creatures of Lazras' Treaty and their attached lore. They were too "high fantasy" for my taste. The deities and cultures will remain, but the species were merged into a human one that worships the jungle gods, instead of jungle beast-men that are alike visually to their gods. It makes creatures of beast/humanoid mix an extreme rarity instead of a commonplace thing.
-- Added the Shadowed Places faction, led by the Arachs, alongside the Serana and Kiirassza factions.
-- Reverted the Sei'yuulei naming to Sei'yina.
-- Swapped Eonna's and Nordannon's status of Archangel/Deity.
-- Removed the Crocilian(Krakaanas), Toad People(Venaaku), Chimera, Zephyr and Wight from the Creature list.
-- Added the Serana(Elder Elves), Taeruk(Elder Humans) and Kikkarek(Ettercap) to the creatures list.
-- Moved the Great Wurm species to the Ikkani instead of Rare Beast.
-- Moved the Halfling(Falgrii), Dwarves(Runnoc) and Elves (Narei) to the humanoids section from the Common Adventuring Species. Renamed Common Adventuring Species to Humanity.
-- Moved the Basilisk, Chimera, and Hydra Species from Magical Beast to Rare Beast.
-- Added images for Syllan Harpies(Sy'wa-el), Hippogryph, Kraken, Warg, Great Wurm, Hydra, Salamander, Djinn, Specter, Dragon, Drake, Wyvern and Gargoyle.
-- Cleaned up the creatures section overview to be more readable and more easily editable in the future.
-- Updated the Hobgoblin lore to match their fae ancestry.
-- Added creature lore for the Taeruk, Arachs, Orcs and Hill Giants.
TIMELINE -
-- Changed only a few minor things in the First and Second ages, but I am overall happy in mind mind for that time period, missing only finer details such as names and places.
-- Begun fleshing out a bit of the third and fourth ages.

17th June 2023

World Lore/Creatures
-- Added images for the following creatures : Moon Lynx, Phoenix, Hobgoblin, Thresher Siren

27th May 2023

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Added the last rough pages for Chapter 2.

12th May. 2023

World Lore/Creatures
-- Changed the beasts section of Creatures to split between "common beasts" and "rare beasts".
-- The current Creature images have been locked to a size so they don't stetch/squish anymore.
-- Added images for the following creatures : Couatl, Banshee, Sphinx
-- Updated the Karthian statistics to function with the current rules.

18th Apr. 2023

World Lore/Creatures
-- Added images for the following creatures : Giants, Gnomes, Mermaids/Tritons, Shocker Lizards, Sirens(beast) and Mephits.
Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Added 4 more rough pages for Chapter 2.

8th Apr. 2023

World Lore/Timeline
-- Added dates to each point of the timeline for prior to creation as well as the first two ages.
-- Further detailed much of the first two ages and creation, starting to consider for the many civilizations of importance in the 5th age of Avorkarth, as well as fixing plot holes.
-- Added a new painting to the timeline.
-- Added extra details and a 9th version of the World Map to better show the added parts of the timeline.

11th Mar 2023

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Added 3 more rough pages for Chapter 2.

7th Mar 2023

Rulebook : Ability Scores/Combat Attributes
-- Reworked the wounds/health system for all creatures. Wounds are now split into "Wounds", "Lesser Wounds" and "Minor Wounds". These all heal at different rates, with wounds not healing unless specified.
-- Reworked non-lethal damage/wounding system to better match the new Wound system.
-- Reworked how combat damage is dealt, removing the idea of size differences and toughness, instead, damage is now simply dealt, with bonuses given for the differnce in creature's strengths. (So that a fairy punching a giant doesn't really do much.)
-- Reworked Natural Armour, it being a special talent instead of being based on a creature's constitution score.
Rulebook : Combat
-- Reworked the initiative and action system so that a creature's agility and instinct are more independant instead of being squished into a single score. Agility is how often a creature can act in a round, while instinct is now how quickly they act compared to other creatures.
-- Removed a few variation of interaction timers (Free/Immediate Actions).
-- Rewrote the rules to enacting combat to fit the new initiative and action systems.
Rulebook : Weapons/Armour
-- Reworked all of the weapons' damage and might, and changing how weapon types have changed. (This is most probably a temporary fix. It works for now, but I will be looking into these systems more in the near future.)
-- Armours are much stronger as with the removal of toughness, a creature's Constitution doesn't increase armour values at all anymore. I also changed the weapon breaking system to function better with might instead of damage. (Due to the changes in the wound systems.)

2nd Feb 2023

Worldlore : Creatures
-- Rewrote part of the Hiran/Centaur page, as it was obviously written while very tired last time.
Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Added the roughs for the first 13 pages of Chapter 2! Slowly but surely.

13th Dec 2022

Worldlore : Creatures / Website
-- Updated the world map to V9. This change is to make the realm more human-centric and low-fantasy, with elder races and species to the east and with smaller lands, and the west as the human versus human medieval age. This makes the myths and legends of Avorkarth not something often seen by most humans.
Worldlore : Creatures / Website
-- Redesigned the creatures page to make it more visual. Each species will now have paintings as their "button", instead of simple text. Many of them still don't have descriptions, details or stats.
-- Added over twenty new artworks for the creature species.
-- Updated many creatures with TBDs, as I'm still unhappy with how a few stats/rules work. They'll be updated once I've found solutions.

19th Sep 2022

Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the full notes, important interactions and descriptions to the final map.
-- Updated the final maps' images.
-- Updated many other minor sections of the adventure to sync up with the few changes I did since its original creation, playtest and rule changes.

29th Aug 2022

Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the full notes, important interactions and descriptions to the eighteenth map.
-- Updated the eighteenth maps' images.

22nd Aug 2022

Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the full notes, important interactions and descriptions to the sixteenth and seventeenth map.
-- Updated the sixteenth and seventeenth maps' images.

15th Aug 2022

Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the full notes, important interactions and descriptions to the fifteenth map.
-- Updated the fifteenth map's image.

8th Aug 2022

Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the full notes, important interactions and descriptions to the fourteenth map.
-- Updated the fourteenth map's image.

1st Aug 2022

Rulebook/Worldlore : Creatures
-- Replaced all mentions of the Beauty ability score with Elegance. It better describes what I was going for, and beauty is more in the eye of the multi-eyed beholder.
-- Updated the description of Elegance, which still includes a character's physical beauty.

18th July 2022

Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the full notes, important interactions and descriptions to the thirteenth map.
-- Updated the thirteenth map's image.

11th July 2022

Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the full notes, important interactions and descriptions to the twelfth map.
-- Updated the twelfth map's image.

4th July 2022

World Lore : Creatures
-- Updated the DWARF|RUNNOC stats and page to reflect the new stat changes.
-- Updated the ELF|NAREI stats and page to reflect the new stat changes.
-- Finished revising the Common Adventuring Species.

6th June 2022

Rulebook
-- Added another new painting to the rulebook in the Interactions section.

Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the full notes, important interactions and descriptions to the eleventh map.
-- Updated the eleventh map's image.

World Lore : Creatures
-- Updated the HALFLING|FALGRII stats and page to reflect the new stat changes.

30th May 2022

Rulebook
-- Added another new painting to the rulebook in the mastery section.
-- Fixed tables in the mastery section of the rulebook.

Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the full notes, important interactions and descriptions to the tenth map.
-- Updated the tenth map's image.

World Lore : Creatures
-- Updated the HUMAN|DAELDEN stats and page to reflect the new stat changes.

23rd May 2022

Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the full notes, important interactions and descriptions to the ninth map.
-- Updated the ninth map's image.

World Lore : Creatures
-- Updated the HUMAN|THRAKAEN stats and page to reflect the new stat changes.
-- Updated the HUMAN|XIA stats and page to reflect the new stat changes.

16th May 2022

Rulebook
-- Fixed more phrasing and spelling issues.

World Lore : Creatures
-- Fixed some lore errors in the HUMAN|KARTHIAN page.
-- Updated the HUMAN|SHARASSIAN stats and page to reflect the new stat changes.
-- Updated the HUMAN|TILDRAN stats and page to reflect the new stat changes.

9th May 2022

Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the full notes, important interactions and descriptions to the eigth map.
-- Updated the eigth map's image.

Rulebook
-- Updated the Resolve/Presence/Inspiration/Leadership rules to make them easier to use and require fewer calculations.
-- Changed Additional turns to make it easier to remember.

World Lore : Creatures
-- Updated the HUMAN|KARTHIAN stats and page to reflect the new stat changes.

2nd May 2022

Rulebook
-- Changed the rules of Parry, making it a choice alongside dodge, as well as a result of a partial hit. This was due to armour applying too high a penalty to dodge, making heavily armoured characters unable to ever use shields or parry.
-- Added wounds as a base physical ability score.
-- Split the physical ability score into two. Physical and Essential.
-- Re-instated the increase/decrease of ability scores due to the changes I'm going to make to all species to make the differences greater.
-- Added the rules of breaking for armour.

25th Apr 2022

Website
-- Removed the background image from the website. Need more testing and research as it leads to many issues.
-- Added the background image as a background to book selection with a slightly more cleaned version. Testing image selection with html.

11th Apr 2022

Website
-- Kept on resizing images and making code cleaner for faster loading.
-- Updated the Trials link to the most recent version of Trials of Avorkarth.
-- Fixed the SSL issue.

Rulebook
-- Starting fixing all the typos that happened when switching from pure images to half-image / text.
-- Moved Equipment into the Rulebook from World Lore.
-- Updated the armour rules to change it from being just another roll on top of Dodge. Armour now degrades as damage is averted, making equipment quality more important and stacking armour less powerful. It was too easy to become invincible.

Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the full notes, important interactions and descriptions to the seventh map.
-- Updated the seventh map's image.

31st Mar 2022

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Finished the roughs of Chapter 1.
-- Resized text and image sizes for redability/loading times.

24th Mar 2022

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Added the rough sketch page 25 of Chapter 1.
-- Fixed some minor mistakes in Chapter 1.

21st Mar 2022

Website
-- Continued to update the visuals of the index page. Experimenting on text and image backgrounds.

World Lore : Factions
-- Added the Tildran faction relations.
-- Fixed the Ki'tzau/Ki'tzai descriptions. (Flipped)

17th Mar 2022

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Added the rough sketch page 24 of Chapter 1.

14th Mar 2022

Website
-- Painted/added the proper background to the website.
-- Reduced and resized many images to decrease loading times of all pages, especially the tale of the fifth age.
-- Experimented with how to make text visible with a coloured background. More to do in the future.

10th Mar 2022

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Added the rough sketch page 23 of Chapter 1.

7th Mar 2022

Website
-- Experimented with coding background imagery (real one to be done soon).
-- Added a new book. A link to the somewhat playable Trials of Avorkarth.

World Lore : World
-- Created version 7 of the world map due to lore conflicts. Jian and Sei'yuulei needed to be closer, and Thrakaens are now closer to more water edges as to keep their seafaring expertise.
-- Colour coded the land masses to give the relative idea of land control.

World Lore : Races : Karthians
-- Added Lanay as a seventh kingdom since the Azure Ocean moved east, but I wanted to keep Edaron on the west and in conflict with the Szra'karess.

World Lore : Factions
-- Added the Xia faction relations.

3rd Mar 2022

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Added the rough sketch page 22 of Chapter 1.

World Lore : Factions
-- Added the Thrakaens' faction relations.

24th Feb 2022

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Added the rough sketch page 21 of Chapter 1.

21st Feb 2022

World Lore : Factions
-- Fixed typos and phrasing to remain consistent.
-- Moved the Elementals to a new arching faction, Elemental Conclaves.
-- Split the Spirits of Jian into two : Ki'tzai and Ki'tzau.
-- Added the Sharassian Dune-Kings' faction relations.

Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the next map description and detailings for the Dungeon Master.

14th Feb 2022

World Lore : Factions
-- Created a table chart to show the amicability of all factions and possibility of uniting when another foe is present. To be filled in time.
-- Added the Karthian Kingdoms' faction relations.

7th Feb 2022

Rulebook : Combat
-- Constitution now increases natural armour as a 1 to 1 ratio so as to match might to strength ratios.

World Lore : Equipment
-- Updated the values of weapon's might with significant might increases due to the change of constitution to natural armour.
-- Increased the armour values due to the change of constitution to natural armour.

3rd Feb 2022

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Added the rough sketch page 20 of Chapter 1.

31st January 2022

Rulebook : Ability Scores
-- Constitution and Vitality have had minor description changes.

Rulebook : Interactions/Skills
-- Moved the Skill list from Interactions to Skills.

Rulebook : Combat
: Ranged attacks now have a base -4.
: Base natural armour added to stats, natural armour changed to natural armour bonus.
: Damage stat is removed, and I've made it that damage is mostly only from weapons. Combat calculations for damage is now increased or decreased based on weapon size and the difference between Might and Armour.
: Constitution no longer affects wounds, but affects instead a new stat, stamina, which is how many turns are needed before the characer is exhausted. (Exhaustion rules added to combat).
: Wounds is its own stat now, allowing for larger creatures with more wounds without changing the other combat stats through high Constitution scores.

World Lore : Equipment
-- Updated the values of weapons to regard the changes to Might and Damage. Weapons now deal a base amount of damage, instead of increasing a creature's base damage.
-- Updated the underarmours to have special rules when worn as underarmours vs. solo armours.

27th January 2022

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Added the rough sketch page 19 of Chapter 1.

25th January 2022

Rulebook
-- Minor change to Presence, adding in Inspiration and Leadership as variations on the rule for more types of encounter resolutions and utilies.

World Lore : Factions
-- Updated the look and information on the various major factions warring throughout the realm of creation.

13th January 2022

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Added the rough sketch page 18 of Chapter 1.

6th January 2022

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Added the rough sketch page 17 of Chapter 1.

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added a painting to the Sanguinnar page.

13th December 2021

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Quicksilver Recorder culture, lore and stats overview.
-- Added a painting to the Quicksilver Recorder page.

9th December 2021

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Added the rough sketch page 16 of Chapter 1.

6th December 2021

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Bear culture, lore and stats overview.
-- Added a painting to the Minotaur page.

2nd December 2021

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Added the rough sketch pages 14 and 15 of Chapter 1.

29th November 2021

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Gnoll culture, lore and stats overview.
-- Rewrote part of the Minotaur culture overview.
-- Added a painting to the Ooze page.

25th November 2021

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Added rough sketch pages 12 and 13 for Chapter 1, and re-sketched pages 11.

22nd November 2021

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Minotaur culture, lore and stats overview.

18th November 2021

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Added rough sketch pages 10 and 11 for Chapter 1.

17th November 2021

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Craven Harpy painting.

15th November 2021

Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the full notes, important interactions and descriptions to the fifth map.
-- Updated the fifth map's image.

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Syllan Harpy culture, lore and stats overview.

11th November 2021

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Added rough sketch pages 8 and 9 for Chapter 1.
-- Resized the next chapter buttons, and added them to the end of chapters as well. (No more need to scroll all the way up.)

8th November 2021

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Craven Harpy culture, lore and stats overview.

4th November 2021

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Added rough sketch pages 6 and 7 for Chapter 1, and re-sketched pages 3 and 4.

3rd November 2021

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Aether Glider painting.

1st November 2021

Rulebook
-- Fixed the background image for the Attributes pages.

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Grolnar culture, lore and stats overview.
-- Added creature paintings for almost each creature index.
-- Added a light background colour to all creatures that have links.
-- Removed the overly-large Avorkarth logo from the top of all pages in this section.

28th October 2021

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Added rough sketch pages 4 and 5 for Chapter 1.

25th October 2021

Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the full notes, important interactions and descriptions to the fourth map.
-- Updated the fourth map's image.

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Cyclops culture, lore and stats overview.

21st October 2021

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Sketch pages 1, 2 and 3 for Chapter 1! So it begins...
-- Added links for previous/next chapters at the top of the page.

18th October 2021

Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the full notes, important interactions and descriptions to the third map.
-- Updated the third map's image.

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Hobgoblin culture, lore and stats overview.

11th October 2021

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Centaur culture, lore and stats overview.

4th October 2021

Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the full notes, important interactions and descriptions to the second map.
-- Updated the second map's image.

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Dryad culture, lore and stats overview.

27th September 2021

Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the full notes, important interactions and descriptions to the first map.
-- Updated the first map's image.

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Ogre culture, lore and stats overview.

20th September 2021

Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the map descriptions to all the campaign maps.

World Lore : Creatures
-- Updated Horses with minor culture and lore additions so as to match other recent creature logs.

14th September 2021

Character Sheet
-- Added the first testers' characters as premade characters for new players to choose from. For now it is simply a short description and painting. I need to change a few things in the character sheet.

9 September 2021

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- First pass cleaning done to pages 14, 15, 16 and 17 of the prologue, finally finishing the first pass of the prologue.

6 September 2021

Rulebook
-- First revision of the updated Alignments section for spelling and phrasing mistakes.

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Aether Glider culture, lore and stats overview.
-- Added the Ooze culture, lore and stats overview.

30 August 2021

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Gryphon lore and stats overview.

26 August 2021

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- First pass cleaning done to pages 11, 12 and 13 of the prologue.

23 August 2021

Rulebook
-- First revision of the updated Ability Scores section for spelling and phrasing mistakes.
-- Updated the dice rolling table again, making smaller numerical differences matter more and larger numerical differences matter less.

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Goblin culture, lore and stats overview.

16 August 2021

Rulebook
-- Revised the updated startup section for spelling and phrasing mistakes.

World Lore : Creatures
-- Updated all base adventuring species to the newer table and stats, including the addition of Vitality.
-- Added the Orc culture, lore and stats overview.

12 August 2021

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- First pass cleaning done to pages 9 and 10 of the prologue.

9 August 2021

Rulebook
-- Split the Constitution stat into Vitality and Constitution.
-- Reworked the carrying rules. Removed carry weight, simplifying the whole thing into carrying capacity.
-- Reduced Vitality's effect on Natural Armour from 1/3 to 1/4.
-- Fixed the rulebook background image. (Back to normal!)

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Kobold culture and lore overview.

5 August 2021

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- -- First pass cleaning done to pages 7 and 8 of the prologue.

2 August 2021

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Sildaen (Aelvenkin) lore, culture and stats.
-- Restructured the Creatures page for easier legibility.

29 July 2021

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- First pass cleaning done to pages 5 and 6 of the prologue.

Website
-- Changed the font and font size to work on many more devices and OSes.

26 July 2021

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Sanguinnar(Aelvenkin) lore, culture and stats.

Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the basic Game Master page, without details.
-- Added all the required maps as separate sections in the Game Master section.

Website
-- Added the Adventures book cover to the main page and updated the Tale book cover.
-- Experimented with a locked top bar navigation for gm notes in the sunrise inn campaign.

19 July 2021

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Runnoc(Dwarven) lore, culture and stats. Website
-- Fixed many minor spelling and placing issues that appeared with the CSS update.
-- Increased the text size across the entire website after some feedback.
-- Added the Tale book cover image (not yet finished), and updated the Rulebook and World Lore book covers as well.

15 July 2021

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- First pass cleaning done to page 4 of the prologue.

12 July 2021

Website
-- Fixed many of the table issues that appeared with the CSS update.
Rulebook
-- Removed the Overpowering rule from the Dice Rolls again.
-- Updated the dice rolls table to reflect adding 10+ differences with a "failable" state. (It still is a success, it's just not a crit).
World Lore : Creatures
-- Added a bunch more of to-be-done creatures, having all the creatures I think I want for the first version.
-- Added the lore, culture and stats for the Narei elves.

8 July 2021

Website
-- The CSS file and code is being experimented with so as to make things easier to change down the road and to have consistency throughout the website. Please note that a lot of the website has now slightly broken in terms of placing, but is still fully functional.
Rulebook
-- The rulebook has been massively updated from simple photoshop images to fully hi-lightable and searchable text. A lot of it needs further tweaking and placing, but it was put together to keep the same feel as the original images. (The background image'll be redone to function with the new text placing.) The text also makes the website much smaller and faster to load.
-- The rulebook has been split into sections, allowing for much faster loading.
World Lore : Creatures
-- Added a bunch of to-be-done creatures, starting to fill out the sections.

5 July 2021

World Lore : Creatures
-- Updated the following creature's base stats : Human (Karthian, Sharassian, Tildran, Thrakaen, Xia, Daelden), Kobold (Drikid) and Horse.
-- Added lore details and base stats to Halflings(Falgrii)!
-- Moved the Elf/Aelvenkin (Sanguinnar and Sildaen) to Humanoids from common adventuring species.

2 July 2021

Website
-- Added a new painting : The book cover for the Lore section.

30 June 2021

Adventures
-- Added a new painting : The title card for "The Sunrise Inn"

27 June 2021

World Lore : Creatures
-- Added the Daelden variation of humanity with stats and details.

24 June 2021

Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Chapter 0 : Cleaned up page 3 and redid page 2.

21 June 2021

Adventures
-- Changed the folder systems to better accomodate multiple adventures.
Adventures : Pass of Radell
-- Finally added fully painted Tokens! The Adventure is ready to go!
-- Added an easy method of downloading the Tokens on the DM page.
-- Fixed some spelling and telling mistakes. (Hair is no longer in Olfred's description to match the painting I did.)
-- Removed the world location map for now... More world building to do first.
Adventures : The Sunrise Inn
-- Added the introductory page for The Sunrise Inn

17 June 2021

Index Page
-- Added a new painting to the renown page.
Worldlore : Timeline
-- Fixed a lore issue that had persisted from earlier drafts. The creation of the ancient beings(spirits, angels, reapers etc..) is now properly in the First Age (Disharmony).
-- Moved the Third Age (Mortality) up into about halfway through the Ikkani/Sei'yuulei wars to instead denote the mortality of the realm as well as the Twin Divines' sacrifice. Nothing lore wise changed, just timing.
-- Added vague "details" to the Fourth/Fifth age of important lore that'll need expanding.

14 June 2021

Index Page
-- Recoded the index/main page to theoretically once again fit on phone screens. Sorry 'bout that.
World Lore : Creatures
-- Reorganized and changed the way creatures are listed.
-- Added a few creatures to the list, although without links and details.
-- Added the Thrakaen variation of humanity with stats and details.

12 June 2021

Character Sheet
-- Updated the character sheet fully to the newest rule set! Use the version 8 tab.

4 June 2021

World Lore
-- Creatures : Added a new human variant - the Xia!
Tale of the Fifth Age
-- Changed a few things in the prologue. Still rough and playing with panel ideas and readability.

3 June 2021

Rulebook
-- Added a new painting to the rulebook!

31 May 2021

Rulebook
-- (Not yet fully implemented) - Removing Tier bonuses from Ability Scores and going through the process of removing Tiers from the ruleset/rulebook. I'll be looking into changing Carry Weight rules to function with the removal of Tiers. Everything should function simply off of the character's ability scores and talents and the rest has been changed accordingly.
-- Updated Wounds : Constitution/2 + 1 --> Constitution
-- Updated Ranged Attacks : Dexterity --> (Dexterity + Instinct)/2
-- Updated Might : Strength/2 + Str tier --> Strength
-- Updated Natural Armour : Talents only --> Constitution/3
-- Updated Damage : Talents only --> Strength/3
-- Updated the Presence bonus of Beauty characters : (Bea + Con + Will)/3 - 1 (Bea + Will)/2. I also updated it so that only strength based presences are used for enemy resolve calculations.
-- Updated the number of Actions per turn to function simply as a basis of each 4 agility. (See combat section for more details).
World Lore
-- Updated the world map with cleaner text and additional locations. Descriptions to come.
-- Lowered the horse agility and instinct ability scores by 1. They were a bit too powerful.
-- Updated the base stats of all creatures to match the rule changes again.
Adventures
-- The Pass of Radell :
--- Updated the base stats of the creatures in the campaign to match the rule changes.

29 May 2021

Rulebook
-- Updated the Presence rule to add availability to Beauty characters, though to a lesser extent.
-- Reworked the Parry rule : Str/3 + Dex/3 + 1 -- Str/3 + Dex/4. The parry bonus was too high, I wanted shields to provide the greater boost and parry to be a slight boost.
Character Sheet
-- The character sheet is currently being reworked into Version 8 to function with all the changes the main rework of the rulebook brought. For those wishing to make characters, version 7 is still available and mostly up to date on the tabs at the bottom of the character sheet.

27 May 2021

Rulebook
-- Added a new painting to the Class Talents page.
Adventures
-- The Pass of Radell :
--- Added an updated Game Master map.

24 May 2021

Adventures
-- Removed the experimental art assets page. Maps will be done as per adventure and will look more organic.
-- The Pass of Radell :
--- Finished writing the main components of the whole adventure and it is now technically fully playable.
--- Updated the lists of items to reflect their metal qualities and current values.
--- Added held weaponry to each creature.

22 May 2021

Adventures
-- Art Assets : Added a few more experimental map assets : Cliff walls, cave entrance, broken cart and two general rocks/boulder. (Just testing, they'll probably change and be cleaner later.)

20 May 2021

Adventures
-- Kobold Cave : Added a new selection painting for the first mini-adventure!

18 May 2021

Adventures
-- Testing how to share the art assets required for DMs and creators alike.
-- Added an Art Assets/Tileset section with easily downloadable images. (Through tabs)
-- Added 2 painted art assets : A basic ground texture and a basic campfire token.

17 May 2021

Website
-- Updated the website auto-check for HTTPS - Safer all around!
Main Page
-- Added a feedback email : avorkarth@gmail.com
Rulebook
-- Added the class talents' rule page.
World Lore
-- Creatures : Human Karthian : Added a class and general talents section, testing out layouts and possibilities. Additionally added a few talents.

16 May 2021

World Lore
-- Added the Languages section to World Lore.

15 May 2021

World Lore
-- Creatures : Added the Human Sharassian variation.
-- Creatures : Added the Human Tildran variation.

14 May 2021

World Lore
-- Creatures : Added the Dimorphism, Culture and Religion lore sections for Humans(Karthians).

12 May 2021

Rulebook
-- Added a new painting for the Lifting Capacity page!

10 May 2021

Rulebook
-- Reverted the Dodge rule change : (Agi+Ins)/2 - 1 --> (Agi+Ins)/2
World Lore
-- Updated the equipment section by re-adding all the basic equipment listings as well as updating them all with the new dice rolling mechanics.
-- Added the metal qualities for all equipment listings alongside basic item rules at the top.
-- Added karthian coinage and conversion ratings for all coin types. This is also included in the metal qualities.
-- Added quick links at the top of the equipment page. (Testing it out)
-- Updated the Human (Karthian) page to use the newer stats table. Added the adult Male and Female dimorphisms.

8 May 2021

Main Page
-- Updated the maing page slightly so as to make selection easier and let people know how they can support if they so desire.
Rulebook
-- Updated the Parry rule : Str/2 + 2 --> Str/3 + Dex/3 + 1
-- Updated the Dodge rule : (Agi+Ins)/2 --> (Agi+Ins)/2 - 1
World Lore
-- Added a new section for items and their ruleset. Items to come soon.
-- Added a new creature - Horses!
Adventures - Kobold Cave
-- Added many details to the Game Master section, although it is not yet finished as I need to finish up the item sections.

6 May 2021

World Lore
-- Added a version of creature lore as a test for the Drikid Kobold species.
-- Added a new painting for the Drikid Kobold species.
-- Changed Kobold from Draconid to Humanoid type.

3 May 2021

Rulebook
-- Re-added the Combat Attributes' first page, as apparantly I had deleted it previously.
-- Changed a few rules that now aren't needed to be mismatched thanks to the new dice roll values.
---- Updated the Melee Attack : Agility OR Dexterity --> Agility+Instinct/2 OR Dexterity+Instinct/2
---- Updated Dodge : Agility+Instinct/2 - 2 --> Agility+Instinct/2

1 May 2021

Rulebook
-- Reworked the Roll values to be slightly less of a jump between power levels for Value vs. DC. From 1 to 0.5 between each level.
-- Updated the example Karthian ability scores on page 3 to match the lore version.
World Lore
-- Replaced the world map with the most current (and hopefully final) version. Minor changes all around to make the mainland bigger, as it is the core of the realm. Made oceans and waterways more relevant and changed it so that the further lands are harder to access but closer together. Overall, I'm really happy with how it looks to function with racial/species lore that I've written.
-- Redid the World Lore main page and acess to make it easier to read and cleaner to navigate.
-- Removed the creature list with the intent of cleaning it up and making it easier to navigate.
-- Re-added the Karthians to the new species list, and newly added the Kobolds. Their details will come in time, but these are the necessary species for the introductory mini-adventure for newcomers. Figured I'd do these first.

28 April 2021

Rulebook
-- FINISHED! The new rulebook is technically back in full! (There are still spelling, phrasing and numerical revisions to as always.)
-- Added the last 2 new rule pages : Skill Descriptions for the Knowledge and Trade skills.
-- Changed the Skills introduction page and moved a few additional rules to the Knowledge Skill page.

27 April 2021

Rulebook
-- Added 1 new rule pages : Skill Descriptions part 6!
-- Added a new painting for the Fear/Charm page.

24 April 2021

Rulebook
-- Added new rule pages : Skill Descriptions, pages 3, 4 and 5 were added. Still more to come. (So many skills!)
-- Removed the Diplomacy skill and merged it with the Persuade skill.
-- Removed the Pick Lock skill and merged it with the Disable Device skill.

22 April 2021

Rulebook
-- Added new rule pages : Skill Descriptions, pages 1 and 2 were added for precise roll results. More to come.
-- Fixed/Added the Resolve section in combat. (Forgot to add it earlier).
-- Fixed/Added the Presence section in combat attributes. (Forgot to add it earlier).

21 April 2021

Rulebook
-- Added new rule pages : Spellcasting 4, 5 and 6 are in, finalizing the spellcasting section! Only skills are left before the rulebook is back to being fully usable.
-- Fixed the Spellcaster level/Spell cost table to function with the new ritual rules.
-- Added examples for spellcasting/counterspelling and rituals as it is a bit complex to grasp at first. Might do the same later for skills, interactions and combat.

19 April 2021

Rulebook
-- Added new rule pages : Combat rules, part 2,3 and 4 as well as Spellcasting parts 1,2 and 3. *fanfare*

17 April 2021

Rulebook
-- Added a new image for the third Alignments page.
Website
-- Fixed the main page links on the image books, as they hadn't been updated with the side bar.

12 April 2021

Rulebook
-- Added a new rule page : Combat rules, part 1.
-- Changed the Agility Tier Bonus : additional standard actions - additional turns and swift/immediate actions.
-- Readded the combat attributes page, simplifying the descriptions a bit.

8 April 2021

Rulebook
-- Added the second page of combat attributes
-- Changed the Constitution Bonus from bonus health -> bonuses to poison, necrotic, fire/cold/shock resistances.
-- Changed the Instinct Bonus from bonus defenses -> bonus to natural armour.
World Lore
-- Added indents to each paragraph/sentence that details a major event.

7 April 2021

Rulebook
-- Added the first Combat Attributes page as well as an insert page for the General Attributes for the Fear and Charm effects and rules.
-- The pages'll be a bit out of numerical order for a short while as I finish up all the main sections. Sorry.

6 April 2021

Website
-- Re-organized all the folder, file and image names so as to have a much clearer naming convention for the future and keeping it all consistent. (It was getting messy.)
-- Added/Rewrote web page tab titles so that it's easier to keep track of all open pages.
-- Removed the old rulebook for now as it was full of problems (web wise). It'll probably not return, but all of the stuff that is now missing (races/species/combat/spellcasting/skill specifics), will be added to the new main rulebook or lore sections over the next month or two.
-- Revised all page/chapter titles to be similar in style.
Rulebook
-- Added the new painting of Langdar the Sorcerer, language fanatic, for the Languages page.
World Lore
-- Clarified and added a bit more to the world lore timeline, including a brief overview of the start of the third age.

30 March 2021

Rulebook
-- Added the ruleset and listings of Skills in the new rulebook as 19th and 20th pages.
-- Rewrote the mastery bonuses on page 14 of the new rulebook to better function with the new skill sets.
Adventures
-- Added a rough outline to the first tiny adventure, Kobold Cave. It'll be easier to figure things out on a small scale first, then put up the Sunrise Inn once it's all organized properly.

25 March 2021

Rulebook
-- Added movement in the interactions section as the 18th page of the new rulebook.
-- Added the new painting to the 7th page.

22 March 2021

World Lore
-- Added a rough summary of Avorkarth's first and second ages, those lost to time. While this background lore helps settle the world and understand the lore, any and all parts of it are no longer known to any created player character.
-- Added the current version (will probably change) of the world map to the front page of Lore.

17 March 2021

Rulebook
-- Removed the overpower rule in dice rolls since the change to smaller numbers made it a bit too strong.
-- Added the Mastery pages as pages 14 and 15, moving the total pages to 17 now.
-- Changed a few paragraphs here and there to allow for slightly larger images.

15 March 2021

Rulebook
-- Small change made to the 5th page so that it is better aligned and re-organized the 7th and 8th page text placement to allow for a bigger/landscape painting.
-- Rewrote part of the 14th page to add the Full Actions ruling, which was missing.
-- Added the 15th page of the new rulebook.
-- Added a new variation of the alignment image, testing things out.

11 March 2021

Rulebook
-- Minor update with a new painting for the rulebook on page 4.

9 March 2021

Rulebook
-- Added the Alignment section, 3 pages, in between the Ability scores and the General Attributes sections.
-- Added chapter titles to the sections for an easier read through.
-- Adjusted all the pages to use the same text style and sizes. Consistency is nice.

8 March 2021

Rulebook
-- Removed the old 8th page (Movement) and shifted all pages downwards by 1. It'll be expanded upon and re-added in the General Actions section later on.
-- Added a new 11th page to replace the old one (which is now the 10th page)
-- Added a short story as a little extra. I think I'll be doing more of those in future rulebook pages as to expand upon the world and my characters.

4 March 2021

Rulebook
-- Added the 11th page of the cleaned rulebook.
-- Rewrote much of the 10th page... I was obviously sleepy when I first wrote it.
-- Painted the image of the 6th page! Size chart is now pretty.
Tale
-- Changed the layout to be a single long list of images per chapter. It makes it faster to iterate, read and code.
-- Re-uploaded the 17 prologue pages to test cleaner text. (Still very rough images).

1 March 2021

Rulebook
-- Added the 10th page of the cleaned rulebook.
-- Updated the dice rolls so that every single point of difference matters more.

25 February 2021

Rulebook
-- Added the 8th and 9th page of the cleaned rulebook, redid the early pages' stats and a few minor changes to text and image spacing.

10 February 2021

Rulebook
-- Added the 7th page, continuing on the idea of finishing the text and catching up with the paintings.

9 February 2021

Rulebook
-- Added the 6th page with a temporary but ideal image.

6 February 2021

Rulebook
-- Updated the right side image on page 5 to be more than just a stick figure!

26 January 2021

Rulebook
-- Page 4 and 5 of the newer rulebook have been added. (With temp images)
-- Updated page 3 with a few tables and visual additions for easier reading.

21 January 2021

Rulebook
-- Page 3 of the newer rulebook!
-- Updated the pages to be non-justified for the text due to feedback from the first two pages.
-- Added lines between the text columns due to feedback as well.

19 January 2021

Rulebook
-- Another page of the newer rulebook! I've also updated the first page with the new background additions.

12 January 2021

Rulebook
-- I've added the first page for the newer and nicer rulebook. There'll be changes to the rules for this version (as always).
Website
-- The rulebook has been separated in two, one based on images for the printable (down the line) version, and the other for the older, but full text only version.
-- Updated the sidebar to be prettier and with actual designs instead of basic grey boxes.
-- Added a background to the sidebar.
-- Added book links on the index page for easy access.
-- Fixed all the sidebar links to work with the new visuals.

04 January 2021

Preview of 2021
The upcoming plans of 2021, with images!

16 December 2020

Rulebook Version 0.9.7
-- Redid all of the class talents from the ground up so that they function according to the current system of rules.
-- The magic class talents have returned as well, now that the magic system has been tested to sort of work.
-- Removed all of the general talents. They are now incorporated into their respective classes.
-- The talents categories have also been removed. I'm going to make them into racial/faction based classes down the line instead. This will be in the lorebook as I want the rulebook to simply be for the ruleset and base characters. Anything beyond will be extra. So for now, the Ranger, Knight, Thief and Maven classes have been removed.

8 December 2020

Rulebook Version 0.9.6
-- Now that the systems are working as I like, I returned to the simpler d6. Luckily, with the current systems this changes next to nothing other than making it easier for players to remember the chart.
-- Skills - Minor tweaks to a few, still trying to make travelling a more enjoyable thing. (Survival!!!)
-- Added the new Narei art piece!! Two to go!
-- Although there are no changes to this yet, I'm still looking at numbers. It'll take time.
Tale
-- Uploaded the first test of all the prologue pages. (They're sketchy, mostly to see if it works on other computers as intended.)

1 December 2020

Rulebook Version 0.9.5.3
-- Minor tweaks to numbers for...
-- Skills - Although the mastery numbers were almost perfect, I changed a few adventuring skills like survival to make it less frustrating for average and lesser characters.
-- Mastery - The numbers were a bit off for combat masteries. I also made it into player choice over rules, although kept the old chart should players be unsure.
-- Equipment qualities - Mostly a bit too high damage from stuff still.
-- I also merged weapon proficiency into the mastery system, so as to have it all in one place.

25 November 2020

Rulebook Version 0.9.5.2
-- Experimental Finish! (Ish) -- I've finally finished the update for what I was going for, making the entire game playable off of a single dice rolling chart! The idea is complexity through choice, not through rules... There are still a ton of rules though.
-- Removed the ability score scores, turning it into tiers alone.
-- Updated the attribute sections to function with ability tiers alone.
-- Made combat a bit more deadly, reducing the numbers further down (including health)!
-- Hit points have been removed, although non-lethal damage remains.
-- The equipment types and weaponry have been rewritten so that they function with the new dice rolling system.
-- Updated how actions per turn function.

23 November 2020

Rulebook Version 0.9.5.1
-- Removed the racial Core Attributes.
-- Minor changes to all numberings, mostly the ability score section.
-- Added base/minimum damage, for the lesser strengths.
-- Added the Minimum Value rule to dice rolls.
-- Added the size difference rule for equipment as well as attack values and damages.

20 November 2020

Rulebook Version 0.9.5
-- Finished up the rest of the experimental update, with a few changes from the 9.4 test.
-- -- Updates from the 9.4 test --
-- Changed the wording for Ability Score to Ability Tier and Ability Value to Ability Score. This will hopefully make the values more understandable.
-- Updated the dice rolling table to be slightly easier to use by removing the two categories that included flat numbering. Now it is simply greater or lesser, then doubled and tripled/halved and one-third(ed?). Any higher is considered an auto fail/success.
-- Reworked the health/hit point formlae to bring it in line with the rest of the experimental 9.4 updates.
-- Updated the skill, attack and dodge numbers to be +5 instead of +10. The numbers were a bit too high.
-- -- Additional Changes (Finishing touches) --
-- Removed the Combat Level system, replacing it with a Mastery system that would work for combat AND skills.
-- Moved the weapon Proficiency to the new Mastery system.
-- The Skills have been fully updated (long since needed for many versions) as to work with the most current methods.
-- The Equipment listings have been updated as well to function with the new space mechanics.
-- The Weapons have been updated as well, increasing damage dealt to better function with the greater health. (The disparity of health/damage is still in favour of health however.)
-- The metal quality has been moved to the end of equipment. Hopefully makes reading it all easier.
-- The might bonuses have now been shifted into the classes.
-- Moved the Overview section into Character Creation.
-- Added the Dice Rolls section.
-- Added additional Special Combat Rules.
-- Removed Swiftness from Attributes and readded it as a lesser section in Actions, so as to not have two seperate sections to look at while calculating actions per turn.
Website Changes
-- Moved the Interactions sections before the Character Creation, to incentivize people to learn the rules before heading blindly into the game.
-- Added the Dice Rolls section into the interactions section to make the table easier to find, and to add a few details.
-- Moved the Skills section to Interactions to equalize it with Combat and Actions as valid ways of succeeding at adventuring.
Still to be done
-- Talents will be updated next, they require a bit more thinking to function with all other rule changes.
-- Still have to add racial age changes, including bonuses and penalties.
-- Relook at spell effects and numbers. The rules themselves are fine.
-- Update the character sheet to work in the new rules.

10 November 2020

Rulebook Version 0.9.4
-- LARGE UPDATE! (Experimental!) -- Still working on it.
-- Avorkarth has returned to using 10 sided dice, just like a much earlier version. This allow a slight bit more of variety from actions and a bit more randomality. It also allows for percentages to be rolled with a lot more ease than 6 sided die (Using two 10-sided die).
-- Ability scores are being changed, basically changing the game's ruleset from the ground up number wise. This was necessary the more I worked on the beastiary, as the base numbers were too low/small to allow for much variety. The new system is a return to numbers having assigned values. (Although the exact value may still be chosen by the player.) This means that the base number of a stat is its categorization instead of its value. So two creatures with category 9 Strength may still have different values on their rolls, it simply denotes the approximate minimum or maximum of said value.
-- Rewrote parts of the Overview and re-organized it to better fit the rulebook's overall structure.
-- Attributes have been rewritten to match the new ability scores, and most score calculations haved been simplified, making it much easier to figure out most attributes. Some now play off of the character's age now as well.
-- Some of these Attributes include : Health/Hit, Attack Values, Dodge/Directional Dodge, Initiative, Swiftness, Weapon proficiencies, Wounding and Linguistics.
-- The carrying space attribute has finally been figured out and added. (Although equipment is currently being revised first.)
-- The parry/block mechanic has been added.
-- Removed the Might section and all bonuses given by such section. All the bonuses will be shifted directly into the classes.
-- Lore change update. I've spent time thinking of it, and have directly changed humans. The Thrakaens are now their own race/species. Humanity shares an equal ability score, the variants differentiated simply by racial talents.
-- Updated the Hit Table in the Combat section to work with the 10 sided dice system. It has now been placed in the Actions page.
-- Updated the Skills to function with the 10 sided dice system. Note that not all skills are finished for this change.
-- Upcoming additional Changes soon-ish --
-- Update the skill effects. Add a counter to skill DCs.
-- Update the equipment listings, rules and numbers so that it functions with the new d10 system.
-- Update the racial and class talents so that they function with the new d10 system and attribute changes.
-- Shift the Might bonuses to the classes.
-- Overhaul the Combat Level system so that it functions properly with the new d10 system and ability score increases.

28 October 2020

Tale
-- Coded a test version of a simple reader for the tale section without the use of any javascript. (I'm currently trying to stay away from that due to my time being consumed enough as it is on all the facets of this project.)
Website
-- Added a small gap at the bottom of the index page so that the scrolling doesn't mess up anymore.

27 October 2020

Rulebook Version 0.9.3.1
-- Updated the carrying capacity rules to match the semi-exponential growth of stats. Still trying to make each +1 to an ability score to really matter.
-- Added the new Runnoc artwork!

20 October 2020

Rulebook Version 0.9.3
-- Changed the 5 feet calculations to the equivalent of 1 Tile (EXCEPT SKILLS - they are to be rewritten soonish). All range calculations will now be done by tile instead of feet. This should make things easier to rule check.
-- Updated the scaling of most Ability Scores and Attributes so that higher ability scores grow in semi-exponentially power.
--- Reworked swiftness and agility scaling into a singluar thing (swiftness), as the double-stacking bonuses of agility were a bit too strong.
--- Updated how health and hit points function to scale much higher with greater numbers.
--- Added the Abyssal language and updated all language costs, as well as increasing the intelligence bonus to languages.
--- Changed how Initiative is calculated to give Instinct a higher priority.
-- Updated the actions section to be more in tune with the newer combat rules.
-- Revisited the Size category section and updated the rules to function with the changes made prior reflected in combat.
-- Added a bleeding out state if the unconscious stage is reached with lethal damage. Added a heal check to it.
-- Updated weapon damage again, reducing overall damage and further reducing ranged damage. Moved unarmed weaponry to Attributes.
-- Changed how many standard actions characters gets in a turn and added a free move action for all characters.
-- Made silver coins into their own category, between copper/iron and gold.
-- Added weapon proficiency to the attribute section.
-- Updated the fear and charm effects to differentiate themselves a tiny bit more from each other.
-- Updated the Level Bonuses to match the more recent combat rules.
-- Removed some of the Class Talents that weren't working with character choice or the current ruleset. (General talents mostly).
Website
-- Changed the naming convention for the tabs, so its easier to track when hovering over them.

8 October 2020

Rulebook Version 0.9.2.2
-- Added the Falgrii Image for their Racical page in the rulebook!

2 October 2020

World Lore
-- Added the Faction and Creatures section, filling them with my current creations of lore and creature types. No details at the moment.
Website
-- Added another main section for campaigns under the surprisingly original naming of Campaigns.
-- Changed Lore to World Lore.

22 September 2020

Rulebook Version 0.9.2.1
-- Modified the numbers on the weapons so that rolling a 6 is always the best option, or if anything at least as good as a 4/5.
-- Updated the equipment qualities to scale properly as well, making rolls of 6 always the best option as well. (Thanks to Ceru for pointing this out).

20 September 2020

Rulebook Version 0.9.2
-- Merged all base spellcaster classes into one, the Adept. This'll make it easier down the line to separate the caster types.
-- Added a new base adventuring class, the scholar! For those who prefer an intellectual approach to things.

Character Sheet v.5
-- Updated the Character Sheet to version 5!!
-- Changed the link to the character sheet to automatically ask to make a copy, instead of having a bunch of steps. (Thank you to BinaryChaos for letting me know!)

Website Update
-- Fixed the rulebook image link on the main page of the site.

18 September 2020

Rulebook Version 0.9.1
-- Re-added the might section so as to finalize the last section that I wanted to re-add with 0.9. Yay!
-- Minor changes to the combat level approximation to reduce the power level of the general populace and make heroic figures truly heroic.
-- Added the Daelden racial image to the Races section.

Lore/Tale Update
-- Added blank pages for Lore and Tale sections so that the buttons actually go somewhere and are tested.

Website Update
-- Restructured the website for future holdings of Lore and Tale sections. (Rulebook is now compartmentalized within its own folder instead of everything being a single root folder.)
-- Added a base page for the Rulebook with links to all of its parts.
-- Changed the code to have proper tab titles and indexes for those who love having many tabs open at once.
-- Added the link to Patreon on the sidebar.

Version 0.9 - 7 September 2020

-- Re-added the magic section! With this the base rules are done, although there will still be loads of tweaking and testing.
-- Updated the base magic class talents to function with the new way spells are.
-- Fixed the Narei race description so that they aren't Runnocs anymore.
-- Updated the weapon and material numbers to make them deadlier at base, and less of an upgrade with materials. It also will add to the power of magical weapons.
-- Updated critical hits once again. I think I like where it is now, but considering how often I've updated this rule...

Version 0.8.3 - 29 August 2020

-- Reworked how Skills are buffed, removing all Skill points and replacing them with checkboxes of "Skilled" and "Trained". This further enforces the nerf I wanted for dice rolls going too high and ability scores mattering more.
-- Changed a few ability scores for the races, equally buffing instinct and nerfing will and bringing them closer to what I want lore-wise.
-- Fixed Thrakaens' image in the race section.

Version 0.8.2 - 28 August 2020

-- Added the logo to the front page
-- Added the Xia image to the Xia race.
-- Rewrote all CSS back code for the website as to make it easier for future edits and cleanups of major code sections.
-- Thanks to the code rewrites, all boxes for text locations have been hidden to make the website a bit cleaner.
-- Moved and merged any and all sections of magic from Attributes to Spellcasting. Then removed them entirely for now. (Kept as note.)
-- Removed all three ability scores that were attributed to Spellcasting. They are now attached to the type of caster the character is.
-- Rewrote the Will checks (now named Resolve) at the end of each combat round as to make Presence useful for combat as well.
-- Updated the racial pages to be cleaner and easier to follow with the Character sheets.

Version 0.8.1 - 15 August 2020

-- Updated the Ability Scores section by separating it into new sections : Action, Mind, Social, Leadership and Attunement.
-- Re-added the Magic Ability Scores of Devotion, Arcana and Spirit under Attunement.
-- Updated the Character Sheet to version 4.2 with all the 0.8 rule changes. It is now formatted to be printable for those who prefer pencil and paper!

Version 0.8 - 13 August 2020

THOUGHTS/REASONINGS
-- I decided to make these changes after playing the first campaign playtest with a few friends. I noticed that the dice rolls were too high for the most part from the human races as to what I wanted the dice rolls to be. The intent behind the creation of Avorkarth was to get away from abilities and attack values of ridiculous proportions that have slowly increased in Pathfinder and DnD. The power level attained by humans in the test was a bit too high for my liking. This is especially due to the fact that I haven't yet released the upper class talents that are supposed to increase the few characters to that point of power. This update is for that reason, hoping to reduce everything and continue the idea that even getting +1 in something is a substantial power-up.
Magic is also a bit too convoluted to be easily used by players, and I have begun thinking of a better system that'll still keep the idea of magic being rare but powerful as well as separating types of casters. It'll be the focus of my next update.

CHANGES
-- Critical hits have been removed entirely, now reflected instead in the weapon damage system. This is further reflected in talents, equipment and combat rules. Likewise, critical wounds have been reworked to function as this game's version of critical hits.
-- Most magic is going to need to be re-thought and therefore the spellcasting system as it is is going to disappear. The full rework will be in a future update. (There's a lot of rebalancing needed).
-- All magic point types have been changed on how the amount of mana/energy/reverence per ability score function.
-- The Devotion/Arcana/Spirit Ability Scores have been removed from the races.
-- Caster levels/rankings have been added as a start to the change of how spellcasting works.
-- Overall damage has been redone and strength bonuses are reduced so that most average creatures are no longer one-shot, but are still in mortal danger whenever combat occurs.
-- The Ability Score system has been re-evaluated, with humans and other more common adventuring races becoming weaker overall and the allowance of negative scores in the Ability Score.
-- Added a third ability score section, replacing the magic one. Charisma and Beauty have been moved to the Social section, alongside with a new ability score called Presence.
-- Added a new natural skill called Inspire for Presence.
-- All health pools have been slightly increased, allowing for minor errors during combat. Combat is still rather quickly lethal, and most characters will still die in two to three hits in equal combat.
-- Many attributes related to Ability Scores have been rewritten due to the overall purge of power, keeping them relatively the same as to how they used to be pre-purge. (Carry weight, Languages, etc...)
-- Many class talents were redone (due to the changes and also to weaken the general, adventurer and elite talents a bit.) I have currently skipped all the magic ones.
-- Weapon damage has been redone in accordance to the Ability Score system changes, with the weapon type changing how damage functions. The split has been mostly between crushing weapons and slicing/piercing weapons' dependencies on strength.
-- Weapon/Armour materials were redone as well to compensate for the overall nerfing.
-- Updated how Skill points function, their penalties and the points allowed within, lowering the maximum bonus to dice rolls.
-- Updated the Attack/Dodge chart in combat, due to the overall Ability Score lowering.
-- Updated the additional Actions per Turn from Agility bonuses in combat, making it even harder to gain alongside the ability score lowering. Now pretty much only attainable through combat levels and talents for most common races.
-- Changed a few of the lower material values, making them more usable while still costing way less.

Version 0.7.4.2 - 1 August 2020

-- Minor changes to carry weight in association to movement.

Version 0.7.4.1 - 31 July 2020

-- Changes to how initative is calculated. Rolls no longer apply, it is purely a number now. Updated the combat and attributes sections to reflect this.

Version 0.7.4 - 30 July 2020

-- Slight changes to how immediate actions are gained.
-- Added non-lethal attacks as a special combat rule.
-- Changed the way Critical Hits and Critical Wounds function.
-- Changed the Rough/Good/Perfect rule to now function for Swimming and Flying.
-- Updated the character sheet to auto-complete any non-changeable sections. (Still might need more work).
-- Added a minor change to the 1 level gain to be health AND hit points now.
-- Changed the method of noting range on melee weapons so as to not confuse melee and range.
-- Added a spirit based class and basic 0 cost spirit spells.
-- Found a few more typos.

Version 0.7.3.3 - 28 July 2020

-- Added the painting for the Thrakan race portrait.

Version 0.7.3.2 - 27 July 2020

-- Minor change for Combat levels, Hit Point per level to Health Point per level.

Version 0.7.3.1 - 21 July 2020

-- Minor changes to race heights, considerations done as I was painting them.

Version 0.7.3 - 17 July 2020

-- Changed the Skills a bit, making them lower overall so to keep numbers consistent by adding a penalty to both Natural and Learned skills. Learned skill still take an additional penalty if they have no skill points within.
-- The Knowledge skills have been completely redone and rethought, though are similar in function. They now function just like the Learned and Natural skills but with an overarching ruling.
-- Updated the character sheet to reflect these minor changes.

Version 0.7.2 - 16 July 2020

-- Reworked the Free/Immediate/Swift action rules again, making it harder to have more non-standard actions. They now function based on the additional actions instead of the base.
-- Changed the equipment descriptions of light and heavy crossbows to better match the actions descriptions.

Version 0.7.1 - 14 July 2020

-- Reworked the Armour Values calculations and changed a few armour piece values.
-- Added a description and rule for the value of each armour type (Natural - Full - Guarded).
-- Added a rule for Guarded armour, which makes it that it can only reduce damage to a certain minimum based upon the Full armour value. (Armour values were too high too easily for their intended purpose of reducing damage, instead of negating it completely).
-- Changed the Arcane Prowess of the Adept talents to better match the rest of the class talents, considering Spell DCs are much rarer now.
-- Reduced the Xia base Spirit to 0(1).
-- Added a painting for the Tildran race.

Version 0.7 - 9 July 2020

-- Might completely removed as a section from the manual.
-- Might is now fully class/level related, removing much of the unnecessary complications and "feature creep".
-- Ability score points are now an individual choice instead of a rule, making it easier to create the wanted character. This does not change the fact that all races and creatures are limited by a potential/peak ability score.
-- Added an approximation of appropriate ability score point spending upon character creation as a guideline.
-- Skills are also now limited to their absolute highest based upon the relevant ability score.
-- Updated the character sheet to a cleaner and better version. Thank you to Paul Ruest for revising the sheet and offering great ideas.
-- Created an Alignment section in overview, making it mesh better with the character creation process tabs.
-- Changed/Split the Attack Bonuses to Attack Value and Wounding. They are no longer affected by ability scores, instead now being their own thing. This makes it easier to affect with class talents.
-- Removed all ability score bonuses from the base Class talents and removed the mythical bonuses. Ability score bonuses are instead changed to variants of skills and combat abilities.
-- Reduced the potential of many races to align with this change in how ability scores are calculated.
-- Changed the race's function to class talents by adding ability score requirements, so that certain races (lookin' at you falgrii) cannot access the more powerful ones and so that the lore stays consistent.
-- Updated how health and hit points are regained, making keeping health points and avoiding combat when possible even more important.
-- Added rules for the Dodge defense, adding the Front, Flank and Back. (Useful for assassins and group combat!)
-- Changed weapon damage type keyword Bludgeoning to Crushing.
-- Added damage ranges for weapons, removing the dice bonus and making it a bit less random.
-- Changed the interaction of Hit/Dodge, making it simpler to use and taking inspiration from Warhammer 40k rules.
-- Added new special combat actions to allow positioning countering.
-- Separated Magic bonuses from any and all physical and instinctual ability scores. Updated attributes as well to reflect this change.
-- Changed how spell difficulty checks are made. Now on a per spell basis IF required.
-- Rewrote Eonna's basic spell listing to match the new ability score changes as well.
-- Added 5 Arcana casting examples for those who wish to test out a spellcaster with the rulebook alone. (These will probably change)
-- Added the base Adept class for those same reasons and for characters to be able to cast.
-- Cleared many typos and phrasing issues. (Although I'm certain there are still some lurking around!)

Version 0.6.1.2 - 11 June 2020

-- Temporarily removed the Lore and Tale books from the main page.
-- Added note of "Working on Campaign" to let those who follow not despair that this project got halted. (It hasn't).

Version 0.6.1.1 - 28 May 2020

-- Added a painting for the Sharassian human variation.

Version 0.6.1 - 25 May 2020

-- Added the Character Creation sheet section and link to the proxy character sheet. (Still being worked on, but 90% ready to go.)
-- Added a youtube link on the sidebar for many of the current and future paintings that will be included into the rulebook, lore and tale sections.
-- Added first section to spellcasting for Devotion spellcasters following Eonna. (Probably will change.)
-- Removed the Adept adventurer class for the core classes. Will re-add it into the Lore section down the line as its rarity makes it more a special class than a core class. Kept the Vessel class, but only for a basic variant of chosen that serve Eonna for the core rulebook.
-- Adjusted a few of the General and Adventurer class talents.

Version 0.6 - 22 May 2020

-- Changed the ordering of all the rulebook subsections and added them into main sections to be easier to navigate for newcomers and veterans alike.
-- Renamed the Character Overview to Overview.
-- Reviewed the Overview and Ability Score subsection in the Rulebook including rewriting required parts, adding minor details and fixing many phrasing and spelling mistakes.
-- Rebalanced the ability scores of the core basic races and variations thereof.
-- Rebalanced coin values and all equipment values.
-- Recalculated all attack values and rules for the weapons, added in Flail, Two-Handed, Scythe and Sunderer as weapon choices. Also added in Attack values for all weaponry and rebalanced the fists/feet weaponry of core races.

Version 0.5.5 - 20 May 2020

-- Reviewed the Start-Up section in the Rulebook rewriting a few sections, adding minor details and fixing many phrasing and spelling mistakes.
-- Fixed all the "’" errors that would appear on the browser version of the website but not in the html base. (Turns out that Notepad++ doesn't like the " ' " symbol from google docs).

Version 0.5.4 - 19 May 2020

-- Added the Vessel and Adept talents to the adventurer classes.
-- Added the Knight, Thief, Ranger and Maven talents to the elite classes.

Version 0.5.3 - 18 May 2020

-- Finished the basic adventuring gear in the Equipment section, adding the clothing, armour and weapons sub-sections.

Version 0.5.2 - 15 May 2020

-- Added basic adventuring gear in the Equipment section, including adventuring gear and writing supplies.
-- Changed the currency values to better match the metals used.

Version 0.5.1 - 14 May 2020

-- Added the first painting! The Karthian Human variation now has visual representation. (Might change down the line.)

Version 0.5 - 08 May 2020

-- Added a few General Talents and the base Adventurer Talents to the Class Talents page, allowing for those with only access to the main rulebook to still create characters. (Same idea as adding the base races to the rulebook instead of keeping it all in the Lore manual.)
-- Adventurer Classes addeded were : Fighter, Rogue, Hunter, Bard. A few more to follow, including base spellcasters and a few Elite classes.

Version 0.4.6 - 07 May 2020

-- Added the Runnoc (Dwarves) to the Race section of the rulebook.
-- Add the Aelvenkin (Elves), including three variations, the Narei, Sanguinnars and Sildaen to the Race section of the rulebook.
-- Rewrote the base Humanity shared talents.
-- Updated all Racial base and potential ability scores and core attributes.

Version 0.4.5 - 05 May 2020

-- Added the Falgrii (Halflings) to the Race section of the rulebook.
-- Rewrote the Will ability score and the Charm and Intimidate skills to accomodate the two new attributes, Fear and Charm.
-- Increased most base and potential wills for human variations.
-- Put all common human variation talents into the "Humanity" section prefacing them.
-- Changed a few human variation talents to better fit with the new will/fear/charm effects.

Version 0.4.4 - 04 May 2020

-- Added the Xia and Daelden human variation to the Race section of the rulebook.

Version 0.4.3 - 01 May 2020

-- Added the Thrakaen human variation to the Race section of the rulebook.

Version 0.4.2 - 30 Apr. 2020

-- Added the Sharassian human variation in the Race section of the rulebook.
-- Added talents to both Tildran and Karthian human variations.

Version 0.4.1 - 29 Apr. 2020

-- Added the Tildran human variation in the Race section of the rulebook.
-- Reworked the Karthian human variation.
-- Changed how Racial Might works for character creation. Simpler to calculate and allows more player choice.
-- Changed how Skill Points work for character creation. Now a flat number instead of a chart.

Version 0.4 - 28 Apr. 2020

-- Merged the idea of Beastiary and Lore into a single book - Lore. The book itself is still empty, merely preparing for future updates.
-- Added access to the Changelog to all pages, for those curious enough and for future hindsight.
-- Rewrote the Race section of the Rulebook, changing the order of the rules to more easily add in every human variant as well as a few rarer of the common adventuring species. These will be upcoming soon.
-- Changed Linguistics to Languages and moved it from the skill section to the attribute section.
-- Removed the Karthian Kingdom descriptions. To be re-added in the Lore book later.

Version 0.3.1 - 24 Apr. 2020

-- Added proper Rulebook cover to main page.

Version 0.3 - 21 Apr. 2020

-- Restructured all pages to be closer to what a printable player's handbook/rulebook would look like. (Still many changes to make considering artwork in the future as I make it.)
-- Changed to a d6 base system and rewrote almost all rule sections to accomodate this base rule change.
-- Changed all ability scores to a lower/simpler 0+ numbering system (instead of DnD inspired 10 +/- system) and changed all rules to accomodate this base rule change.
-- Re-added Karthian human, including racial attributes and basic lore. This includes short descriptions of the main religions of Eonna and Arenya and the main Karthian kingdoms.
-- Re-added class talents rules (only base Fighter talents as an example).
-- Re-added equipment and material rules (no actual equipment just yet).

Version 0.2 - Feb. 2020

-- Changed to a d10 base system.
-- Re-added spellcasting section (not including spells).

Version 0.1 - Jan. 2020

-- Text dump variation of all the original base rules from V.5 of the original Avorkarth made roughly in Google Docs and tested in Roll20.net, conversion to html. Does not include any races, classes(talents), spells, equipment or summons. To be reincluded later.
-- System changed from a d10 base to a d20 base.