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Song of Avaria is a text-based roleplaying game that incorporates both MUD- and MUSH-like features to create a dynamic storytelling experience in an intricate and expansive fantasy world.

SoA is set in the vast land of Avaria, a roughly Earth-like world with a host of cultures and countries spanning a large globe. Geopolitics and religion mix with magic and adventure to create a realm full of possibilities, where player characters can pursue a huge range of goals limited only by their own imagination. Whether a pious priest, a bold knight of the realm, a canny entrepreneur, a climbing socialite, a studious researcher, a street thug with ambitions, or simply an ordinary peasant or citizen with dreams of something grander, Avaria offers a stage for characters to play out their own personal stories with one another against a vast backdrop of history in the making.

More information can be found on the Setting page or under the Lore links.

Getting Started

News of Avaria

Stealing from Bandits: It's common knowledge that the Sharizaar Road, like most routes through the desert wilds, has its share of perils and problems -- like the bandit camps scattered through the upper reaches of the Sharizaar Massif. But recently word has trickled back to Omrazir of one of those robber camps being robbed itself! [More]
Stormy Summer: For a place that doesn't normally see much rain in the summer, it's been an unusually stormy season in Omrazir. Local pagans wonder if Nirzali is showering the city with her favor, or if she's thundering with displeasure... [More]

Introduction to the World

The Basics

Intro to the Setting

The World

City of Omrazir, Raziya Province: The chief center of activity in SoA.
St. Loomis: A secondary RP hub on the far side of the sea.
Geography: Continents, cities, landmarks, and more.
Religion: Belief systems of Avaria.
Time: Months, days of the week, and hours of the day.

Character Information

Heritage: The numerous peoples of Avaria.
Stats: A character's fundamental attributes.
Skills & Abilities: Action skills, weapons, crafting, and more.

Directory

Development Updates

10.05.23: The appearance of people and animals in rooms is changed: now they show up right after the room description as more of a one-line list, and basic poses (e.g., "is standing here") are no longer displayed.
09.27.23: Languages in character generation now show a percentage of fluency, making it easier for linguists to choose additional languages. Several character generation bugs have been fixed, including the unwanted behavior of generating a new shortdesc over one you had already written if you auto-generate a long description. Finally, the look of character generation over the website has been repaired.
09.24.23: A calendar has been added to the website. This is a work in progress.
09.20.23: Animals that are being ridden should no longer wander. Ridden animals should now properly depart with the rider when the rider logs out.
09.17.23: Construction commands are undergoing implementation, starting with INSTALL, where locks can be installed onto chests and doors.

More Updates

More Information

The World

History & Culture

Glossary of Avaria

Roleplaying Systems

Communications

Economy

Gathering & Crafting

Ranking Systems

Combat

Life & Death

Development

The original concept for Song of Avaria came about in 2016, and its adaptation as a MU* began in 2020. It is founded on the Evennia Creation System and is actively in development. Currently it is open for invitation-only pre-alpha testing.

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-* '''A Bright New Year: 1 Pavana 797, City of Omrazir:''' A new year has arrived, and with the close of the holy weeks of Solitary, the formerly silent streets of Omrazir are now filled with lively talk about the resoundingly stormy end to the old year... [[News of Avaria|[More]]]
+* '''Stealing from Bandits:''' It's common knowledge that the [[Sharizaar Road]], like most routes through the desert wilds, has its share of perils and problems -- like the bandit camps scattered through the upper reaches of the [[Sharizaar Massif]]. But recently word has trickled back to [[Omrazir]] of one of those robber camps being robbed itself! [[News_of_Avaria|[More]]]
-* '''A Hungry New Year: 1 Pavana 797, St. Loomis:''' Spring and a new year have come to Ensor, but in St. Loomis the slow ripening of winter-sown crops has done nothing to relieve the hunger stemming from the poor harvest of the autumn past... [[News of Avaria|[More]]]
+* '''Stormy Summer:''' For a place that doesn't normally see much rain in the summer, it's been an unusually stormy season in [[Omrazir]]. Local pagans wonder if [[Nirzali]] is showering the city with her favor, or if she's thundering with displeasure...  [[News_of_Avaria|[More]]]
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 == Development Updates ==
-* '''05.07.23:''' A dice roll number on performances will now only display if you have the combat_ooc toggle configured to be on. (Extrapolating how willing a player is to get numerical dice values thrown at them in the middle of roleplay.) Prompt indicators have been updated: if the screenreader is toggled on, roundtime-in-progress will be indicated by the word "Busy" while readiness to act will be shown by the word "Ready". General state will be mentioned, if configured to show, with "You are in good shape", "You are in middling shape", and "You are in bad shape". Many colors have been reworked for higher contrast to suit vision-impaired players, and there are now color themes that can be configured in the settings. "High contrast" will be the default theme, but the old theme is accessible via the "muted" option. It is also now possible to configure more color options, for things, tells, exits, and weather. Having the screenreader toggled on can now affect the display of some in-game objects (analyzing written works, for example, or tells in emotes). If you create a new character with the screenreader option on, the default prompt configurations will be different (to read something like "You are in good shape and ready.").
+* '''10.05.23:''' The appearance of people and animals in rooms is changed: now they show up right after the room description as more of a one-line list, and basic poses (e.g., "is standing here") are no longer displayed.
-* '''05.05.23:''' There is now quick and easy-to-use functionality for staff (read staff-only command help RESPAWN) to use to resurrect corpses that have accidentally died. (This is not IC usage of resurrection abilities, but intended for OOC administrative mistakes.)
+* '''09.27.23:''' [[Languages]] in [[Character Generator|character generation]] now show a percentage of fluency, making it easier for linguists to choose additional languages. Several character generation bugs have been fixed, including the unwanted behavior of generating a new [[Short Description|shortdesc]] over one you had already written if you auto-generate a [[Character Description|long description]]. Finally, the look of character generation over the website has been repaired.
+* '''09.24.23:''' A [https://www.songofavaria.com/calendar/month/now calendar] has been added to the website. This is a work in progress.
+* '''09.20.23:''' Animals that are being ridden should no longer wander. Ridden animals should now properly depart with the rider when the rider logs out.
+* '''09.17.23:''' [[Construction (skill)|Construction]] commands are undergoing implementation, starting with [[Install command|INSTALL]], where locks can be installed onto chests and doors.
 [[Development Updates (2023)|More Updates]]