Land Of Twilight 2.0 Update

Hi guys! As you know, we've been working on a massive update for some time now, and as you've probably seen with some of the site changes, it's finally time to roll it out! We've titled it "Land Of Twilight 2.0" as we celebrate the road to our third year together!



Yes! We have updated to a brand new skin! With a new version of LoT, we just needed a new look! Please note that as a result, everyone's profiles have been scrambled a bit but all your information is still there, just needs to be re-ordered. Go to Profile - Edit Profile and hit Personal to access them and fix them. Thank you so much to @kitty for all the work you've done for us in preparing this new skin!



We have received a lot of feedback regarding the character template that we have been using for a year and a half, and as a result, we now have a brand new character template that is much easier to use! We have also added copy-able code right below it in order to make it far easier to copy and paste the template into your application! Be sure to enable BBCode first!

While this was mentioned in an earlier announcement, we would like to announce that work on balancing and preparing the Rito and Kokiri races is complete! All information on them at present is in the Guide, though we may continue to make tweaks as people play them.

The Gorons have also received a few tweaks. Gorons can no longer drown in water, but will sink like a stone and have no capabilities of swimming. Fishing them out might be... Difficult, but unlike before, it's at least possible now. On the flip side, Gorons now have a weakness to extreme cold and can freeze to death very easily. Be sure to prepare any sources of heat you can if you are a Goron trying to travel to Snowpeak.

We have also amended the average lifespan of most races. All non-monster races can live on average from ages 90 to 130. Monsters are on a case by case basis.



We have shuffled our lineup a little in order to bring you the best experience possible! Some staff have been shuffled out for varying reasons, but I would like to welcome Ellen back to our lineup, as well as Madkitty as our newest Staff member and coder! Feel free to consult them if you need anything!



A brand new "Who's Who" page has been added to the Guide, making it easier to see who plays who and what the characters are in order to easily find who may benefit your plots!

Faceclaims

The Faceclaims page has been overhauled as a result, focusing less on character information, and more on telling you what faceclaims have been taken. It is also now ordered by series instead of solely by character's alphabetical order.

Original faceclaims are now par for the course regardless of your race, so long as they follow the same artstyle rules as the rest of the site. The only requirement is you credit the author of the works used, and if the author requests they not be used, then to abide by that wish.

Discord

The location of the site Discord has been moved, to be in place of the Cbox. If the widget does not work, there is a link to the Discord to the right of it. We have also added a set of rules for the Discord in the chat, as well as new sections for advertising livestreams if any members own any, advertising open threads, as well as a proper section for tagging people when you post!

The Cbox has been discontinued. Thank you to @cat , @rai and Josh for past subscription payments in order to ensure we had the full version, we have chosen to move to a Discord chat model due to the technical problems and limitations that come with the Cbox, as part of the site's evolution.



The Roles and Suggested Occupations sections have been overhauled, to better reflect their original purposes after the introduction of the Who's Who page. Roles have been re-organized to fit in with the faction they belong to, and more information has been given when it comes to requirements for each role.

A new rule has been added for the Roles that state that some characters may hold multiple Roles, depending on the roles involved. This will be handled on a case by case basis, and covers roles added both by the site and roles added by player-created civilizations.

Faction leaders now have a say in military promotions for immersion purposes, but Staff have the right to take this right away if it is abused for OOC reasons. Use it responsibly!



New creatures have been added to the bestiary, and we are continuing to take suggestions for more additions!

Suggestions

A new "Archived Suggestions" section has been added to Suggestions to indicate when a suggestion has been handled.



We have completely overhauled the Advertisement section of the website, and designed new advertisements for the site!



Solo quests can now be done, so long as a member of Staff is present to DM for it!



Our biggest new feature today. We have received feedback pertaining as to how we should handle certain types of pets, primarily monsters. We have decided to allow certain types of monsters to be tamed or hatched to be used as pets both in and out of combat! This will be handled through a new section added to the Special Quests page! You can now go on quests in order to tame or hatch these pets, which will be detailed on the page as well as the growing process. This feature is still a WIP, and more creatures will be added as we go!



Building a site is difficult work, but we do it all for you guys! For everyone who has stuck around, and for everyone joining us recently, thank you so much! We would not be here, doing all this, if you didn't motivate us!

To another year in the Land Of Twilight!

- Yours, the LoT Staff Team.