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Changelog

February 18th, 2024

Ran into some issues with the website header not opening properly. Learned some valuable lessons on how to handle CSS!

February 11th, 2024

Created some art prototypes for the Boort, including how their race looks, along with a shot of their Spirestalks. Added to the Boort racial page.

February 4th, 2024

Noticed an issue with the headers not loading properly; after consulting some hedge wizards, the problem appears to be fixed!

January 28th, 2024

Added sections to the Boort racial page on Arts and Entertainment, as well as notes on their homeland of Lastbreath.

January 21st, 2024

Added sections to the Boort racial page on Physical Description and Aging, Fashion, Breeding and Children, and Politics and Marriage.

January 14th, 2024

Reviewed older entries concerning the Auklesi and updated the page. Added sections and converted the overall structure to now match the Racial page structure going over the seven current, common elements. Added additional entries concerning Dalgaren, the homeland of Reefwatch, the Clades, and Reasons for Adventuring.

January 7th, 2024

Added placeholder sections to each of the future racial entries for their "Homelands" and "Persons of Import". Updated the Racial Overview page accordingly.

December 31st, 2023

We hope everyone will have a wonderful New Year!
Wrote the Wilkdfolk and Zrezden overviews under the Racial Overview page.

December 24th, 2023

We hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones!
Wrote the Keening and Tongay overviews under the Racial Overview page.

December 17th, 2023

Wrote the Tullusian Tarlan overview under the Racial Overview page, and their overview under their respective Racial page.

December 17th, 2023

Wrote the Sepsen and Sullian Tarlan Overviews for their respective racial pages.

December 10th, 2023

Created the Racial "overviews" for the Oolay, Sepsen, and Sullian Tarlan on the Racial Overview page.

December 3rd, 2023

Created the Racial "overviews" for the Kan'Te'Ti, Kwelthi, and Loshai on the Racial Overview page.

November 26th, 2023

Created the Racial "overviews" for the Ferlek, Sullian Gani, and Tullusian Gani on the Racial Overview page.

November 19th, 2023

Created the Racial "overviews" for the Auklesi, Boort, and Chedek on the Racial Overview page.

November 12th, 2023

Made it where the large headers of each section are "Sticky", and scroll along with the viewer. This makes it a bit easier to remember what section you're in as you scroll up and down. Demo'd to the playtesters who liked the site change, so we hope you like it!
Also, cleaned up the readability on certain portions of the Experience sections.

November 5th, 2023

Decided to combine the home page and the changelog page. It's a little crazy to look back and see the website is 3 years old (the Aeon engine was prototyped in 2016!).
Removed the Changelog page from the toolbar.

October 29th, 2023

Retuned Large creatures. Originally, Large creatures were subject to taking damage from each occupied hex, making Shaped extremely potent. Accordingly, health was somewhat overtuned to help balance this out. Unfortunately, this made it where Players without Shaped felt somewhat impotent, while Players with Shaped were carrying the Party. This meant that both Shaped and large creature HP were at issue, and that fixing Shaped would likely fix the HP issue as well.
After receiving some feedback, we're updating Shaped so that it only applies to each Character once; accordingly, you can still nuke 7 individual minions, with each receiving full damage, but a large creature occupying 7 hexes will only receive the damage once. To rebalance large creatures, we've lowered their health by a large amount, so that Players will have an easier time going toe-to-toe with such creatures, since they cannot rely on the previous Shaped mechanic.
We've updated the description in Shaped and updated large creature health accordingly.
We've also added additional descriptions for how to handle Elder Cloin and Gods who can shapeshift, along with additional stats.

October 22nd, 2023

Cleaned up the Celerity Perk description for readability.
Cleaned up the Augment description examples for clarity.
Found a math error in the Cleansing section, fixed.

October 15, 2023

Combined the "Cover" section in the Player's Guide into the "Map Types, Terrain, and Occupied Hexes" section.

October 8th, 2023

Created a "Bosses, Lieutenants, and Minions" section in the Player's Guide.

October 1st, 2023

Cleaned up the "Health, Resistances, Barriers, and Wounds" section for easier reading.

September 24th, 2023

While working on portions of the site, we kept referring collectively to "Abilities (being one or more Augments), Talents, and Skills" collectively, to the point where they need their own catch all term. After discussing this with Playtesters, we've decided to change the word "Talent" to now be "Perk", and to use the word "Talents" to always collectively refer to Abilities, Perks, and Skills. We hope this helps with readability.
Accordingly, we've gone through the pages and made the changes referred to above.
Added the term "Perk(s)" to the definition page.

September 17th, 2023

After reading through the XP vs RP-XP system, we revamped the entire section for easier readability. The RP-XP system was tacked on later during development, and felt more like an add-on, rather than an equal system. Did the following updates:

Moved the "Examples of Combat and Skill Difficulties" table to the Skills section, and combined it with the "Successes Needed" Table. This table had little to do with combat, and everything to do with Skills, hence the move to a more appropriate venue.
Reconfigured the overview, RP, RP-XP, and discussion portions for easier readability. Combined the afterword "summary" into the overview section for readability.
Combined both the XP and RP Experience Tables into one table for easier comparison and to cut down on document length.

September 10th, 2023

Cleaned up the visualizations and language under the Game Mechanics - Maps sections to now be 3 columns for quicker reading and scrolling. Also cleaned up the language to be a little less verbose.

September 3rd, 2023

Added descriptions for the Loshai and Oolay under their respective racial pages.

August 27th, 2023

Added descriptions for the Kan'Te'Ti and Kwelthi under their respective racial pages.

August 20th, 2023

Added descriptions for the Sullian Gani and Tullusian Gani under their respective racial pages.

August 13th, 2023

Added descriptions for the Chedek and Ferlek under their respective racial pages.

August 6th, 2023

Added descriptions for the Auklesi and Boort under their respective racial pages.

July 30th, 2023

Working on the races. As part of this, the races pages became so numerous and voluminous that having them under one "mega page" just wasn't working for legibility, even with the side panel. Accordingly, the Races have been split off in the navigation pane to be their own dropdown. We're also separating the Races to each have their own pages.
We also find from time to time that we like to add little tidbits to each race. This, coupled with the fact that Players (aside from the curious GM) often only review a single race page, leads us to believe that this separation of content will be best overall. Hope everyone agrees!

July 23rd, 2023

We used to use dropcaps for sections for readability, but after using it for about half a year, decided to drop the dropcap. Cleaned up all pages for readability.

July 16th, 2023

Realized that some of the apostrophes and other characters weren't showing up properly on the site. Fixed!

July 9th, 2023

Setting up the races page by creating standard sections. We'll start working on each race here soon!

July 2nd, 2023

After playing around with the XP-RP system, we realized that the original XP system had a defacto "cap" on the level of any augment, talent, or skill, since the costs are calculated differently. Since RP-XP uses a simplified level system, we've included a recomended level "cap" for augments, talents, and skills, to ensure a Player doesn't inadvertently show up with a one trick pony that gets one shot by any NPC. As always, the table is subject to GM discretion!

June 25th, 2023

Added a FAQ to Charge, clarifying that you can use Charge against an adjacent enemy.

June 18th, 2023

Related to last week's update on Ranged, we're bumping up Celerity to match on par; thus Celerity now grants +2 hexes per movement. We've updated the entry to reflect such changes.

June 11th, 2023

After doing some more testing and polling, we found that the Ranged Augment was lacking in some areas. Accordingly, we've bumped up the range from +1 hex per level to +2 per level.
In that same vein, we've elected to leave Chain alone for now, since it has a good amount of distance already, and it can go around cover.

June 4th, 2023

Went through and reduced the font size of some headers for better, visual clarity.

May 28th, 2023

In the same vein as last week, I noticed that dropcaps sometimes "stacked" on top of one another and cluttered the page. After messing with it, I found that even fixing the issue, it looked odd. Removed dropcaps for now.

May 21st, 2023

I noticed that sometimes the lines underneath some of the headers would bleed over with lines that ran over; fixed!

May 14th, 2023

Redid the visual layout, for better visual clarity, on the following Augments: Shaped, Sundering, Threat.

May 7th, 2023

Redid the visual layout, for better visual clarity, on the following Augments: Restraining, Seeking, Skein.

April 30th, 2023

Redid the visual layout, for better visual clarity, on the following Augments: Meld, Ranged, Restoration.

April 23rd, 2023

Redid the visual layout, for better visual clarity, on the following Augments: Cursed, Delayed, Forceful.

April 16th, 2023

Redid the visual layout, for better visual clarity, on the following Augments: Chain, Charging, Cleansing.

April 9th, 2023

Redid the visual layout, for better visual clarity, on the following Augments: Amplifying, Attack, Blinding.

April 2nd, 2023

Combined the Defelection and Debuff sections for easier reading.

March 26th, 2023

Tweaked the website layout on AUgmetns overall for easier reading.

March 19th, 2023

Updated the description text for the Toughness Talent to reflect the change in the Wounds system.

March 12th, 2023

Decided to take a week to work on concept art for the Oolay and Auklesi. Working on getting an artist and filing copyrights!

March 5th, 2023

Took a poll on the Character sheet and did some minor updates:

Removed 2 of the Abilities and replaced them with a notes section.
Made the font on the Piloting - Racial section a light grey, since it'll be written over by said racial ship.

February 26th, 2023

Updated the Deflection description to better denote the overcasting of Cleansing.

February 19th, 2023

After testing and chatting with the Playtesters, we've gone through and done a deep dive into the XP system. We've found that, rather than there being one XP system, Players prefer one of two XP systems. As with everything else in Aeon, we prefer to have one ruleset, but when rules get in the way of a GM's story and the Players fun, then flexibility is the way to go.
We've introduced the second XP system, called the "RP-XP" system, which provides an alternative to Character creation and the allotment of "levels". Take a look and let us know if you like it!

February 12th, 2023

Noticed that the layout for Skein was wonky, fixed the layout.

February 5th, 2023

Did some cleaning, and went through the website, condensing some areas and cleaning up others. No rules were changed.

Janaury 29th, 2023

Updated the Character Creation XP Table to better delineate recommended XP granted for Talents vs. Augments.

January 22nd, 2023

Updated the Celerity mechanic for Initiative for easier rolls.
Under the old system, Characters treated Initiative with a unique 1d12 + Celerity level roll, which didn't match any other systems.
Under the new system, Characters will instead treat Celerity rolls for Initiative similar to a Skill Check, in that Characters will roll (1 + Celerity Level)d12, and the Initiative roster will be fleshed out based on Successes. In the event two Characters roll the same number of Successes, the Character with the higher Celerity Level automatically wins; in the rarer scenario where two Characters have the same Celerity Level and both roll the same number of Successes, then the Characters will roll the Initiative Check once more until someone emerges with higher Successes.

January 15th, 2023

After reviewing the Woudns system, it felt pretty clunky, in that you needed a table to keep track of when you got wounds, and tanks were disproportionately more likely to receive Wounds. Thus, by the end of a fight, we found that tanks often had multiple Wounds, while the backline had none. We wanted a way to better distribute Wounds, and have updates the system to show this.
Wounds are no longer based on maximum health, instead, you gain a wound if, during an enemy's turn, they deal 4 or more damage to a Player (against a Barrier or Health). While tanks, being in the frontline, have higher chances to receive Wounds since they're soaking all the hits, this system is less punishing to them. On the flipside, backline Characters who aren't positioned well may be pummeled and slowly gain Wounds as well.
One Wound is still removed per long rest.

January 8th, 2023

Hey all! I had an idea knocking around for a while, where skills could somehow be given or granted to someone else. As an example, what if the bumbling wizard had to sneak past some guards in order to pick a magical lock? Surely they'd fail sneaking past, but what if the rogue had a supernatural ability to grant their own Stealth to others?
On the flipside, what if someone wanted to somehow curse another so that they would fail a skill check? Let's say we have two wizards, both competing to find the same bit of esoteric knowledge within an old library, and one wizard uses their magic to befuddle the other?
The main difference between Augments and Skills is that Augments are used in combat, while skills are, overwhelmingly, used outside of combat. I'm introducing an Augment that somewhat bridges the two concepts, called "Skein", now located under the Augments page.
Per the above, Skein will let a Player make a roll, and then give those rolls to another player, or players, to help with certain RP scenarios.

January 1st, 2023

Writing a past post from the future!
After reviewing Ranged with the Playtesters, Ranged just had some issues, in that late levels it felt ok, but early levels were almost just skipped altogether. Afterall, if you have Ranged 1, it's mathematically equivalent to taking a step forward and doing the same attack.
So to fix this, we're bumping up the "range" gain per level from +1 to +2. So someone with Ranged(1) can now reach an enemy 3 hexes away, being their melee hex, which is free, +2 from the augment. This makes it where if a Player has Ranged(3), they now have the equivalent of Range(6) under the old system. We'll also be keeping the ability to increment your Range by spending AP. Thus, under the new system, someone with Ranged(6) gains +12 reach, and if they spend 1 AP, they now have +24, spending 2AP is +36, so on and so forth.
Ranged is always somewhat finicky in that the power to deal damage before someone can reach you always puts melee at a disadvantage damage wise up front, hence why Ranged is somewhat balanced in this regard by taking up a whole Augment slot. I'll be keeping an eye on this with future playtests.

December 25th, 2022

Decided to roll up my sleeves and get into Indesign, and I've designed a new character sheet! It's now uploaded to the site. I'll be taking advice from the Playtesters as we go along to tweak things.

December 18th, 2022

I focused a bit on Cleansing, and while it feels strong, it felt that there was something lacking in its versatility, especially after combining Restoration and Barriers; after reviewing this with playtesters, I've decided to add similar functionality that Restoration just received over to Cleansing.
Upon casting Cleansing, any "over" Cleansing will now apply one level of Deflection.
Deflection now applies to all types of Debuffs; this has the added benefit of removing the need for "debuff" abilities to be Passives of an Active Cleanse or Restoration, thereby freeing up additional XP.
Updated the Cleansing page to reflect the above updates.
Removed some of the FAQs that no longer apply, since passives no longer grant Deflection.

December 11-17th, 2022

After much Playtesting (this one campaign has gone on for a year), we're introducing a new Augment: Threat! This speaks near and dear to my heart, since I always play tanky debuffers in TTRPGS and MMOs. If you've wanted to play the quintessential tank on the battlefield, be sure to pick up this Augment.
Added three FAQs to Threat:

Can Enemies Have Threat?
How Does a Threatened Enemy React If They Want to Take Actions Other Than Attack?
Threat Seems Like a Meleer's Choice, But How Do You Threaten Enemies Far Away?
Can You Have Threat From Multiple Players

December 4th - 10th, 2022

Added entries for large creatures! If you've ever wanted to build a large monster, head over to the Game Mechanics portion of the Player's Manual, and scroll down to the "Large Monster" section. R.I.P. to the many, many large monsters we've thrown at our Playtesters in order to figure out a good schema (special shoutout to the undead hydra that was thrown into a canyon with ever burning flames, we miss you bud).
Added a FAQ entry to Amplifying for large creatures.

November 27th - December 3rd, 2022

After another couple of playtests, it's looking like Forceful has a little bit of powercreep thta was unintentional. To explain, Forceful used to only apply Force of 1 hex per level. The issue therein is that if Forceful is used as a Primary Augment, then it's actually a net sum zero, in that, with a best case scenario, you would achieve 6 Successes, and thus push back your enemy 6 hexes. The enemy (barring any applications of Restraining), would thereafter not have to roll, spend 6 AP, and you're both back at a standstill. Essentially, in the best case scenario, you're even, while in most scenarios, you're at a loss. This was mitigated somewhat when Forceful was used as a Passive, in that the applications proc'd alongside your main ability, but still, after months of testing under the old Forceful system, it typically leaned in the negative. For anyone doing the math out there, you had a 3/12, or 25% chance, to fail a Forceful Primary. 25% chance multiplied across six dice, there you go.
Accordingly, I bumped up the Forceful Ability, by granting +2 to the sum total when used against a single target, and +1 when used against single targets. After some playtests, our Force users were happy and things seemed pretty balanced.
Then, in comes melee enemies. In an open battlefield, they were flung like dolls (much to the delight of my Players). Accordingly, we tested enemies in more confined quarters, and were met still with a majority of encounters where the enemy wouldn't get the chance to make a single attack, making the battle feel overpowered at best, and listless at worst.
After tinkering around, my goal wasn't to tweak Forceful, it felt right, but something else was off. I noted that Charge was the original antithesis to Forceful, and though Forceful gained a buff, Charge didn't. Accordingly, Charge now grants an additional +2 hexes to the total hexes in question, so that it can go toe to toe with a Force user. We'll test this out and see how it goes.
Updated the Charge description and added a new FAQ explaining specifically why Charge gains +2 to the sum of hexes.

November 20th - 26th, 2022

Updated the Auklesi's Player's Racial Entries: Overview, Physical Age and Description, Common Cultural Elements, Religions, Racial Benefits, and Naming Conventions. Also included some new art thanks to Midjourney (all rights reserved)!
I'll start on the Boort entries soon.

November 13th - 19th, 2022

Just a quick note that I'll start working on converting the Racial pages over. While doing this, I'm taking a hard look at how to present the information, since much of the old information was really for DMs, while the Players just needed a very quick blurb. More to come and I appreciate your patience.
In the meantime, while chewing on the question above, I elected to just go ahead and create a GM's section to hold the "deep lore" and other things that would be overwhelming to a new player. I moved the "Lore" section under the "Game Master Lore's" dropdown, and renamed it "Augments, Skills, and Talents' Lore".
Created a "Races" page under the Player's Manual dropdown. Added the following Racial pages as placeholders while we work on converting and updating the pages:

Auklesi
Boort
Chedek
Ferlek
Gani
Kan'Te'Ti
Keening
Kwelthi
Loshai
Oolay
Sepsen
Tarlan
Tongay
Wildfolk
Zrezden

For the Player's Racial Entries, I've broken down the racial overview into 6 general sections. We'll see if they stick depending on how the updates go along, but here they are for the curious:

Overview
Physical Age and Description
Common Cultural Elements
Religions
Racial Benefits
Naming Conventions: First, Middle, Last, etc.

November 6th - 12th, 2022

Kept working on converting the old lore entries into the new site:

Restoration: "Sweet Haze"
Ranged: "Cautious and Decisive"
Seeking: "Faith in the Line"
Shaped: "Ashen Spears, Willow Bending, Tresses Sweep, Oaken Heart."
Academia - Structure: "Tarlan Bridges Falling Down"
Academia - Shipbuilding: "The Ironclad"

October 30th - November 5th, 2022

Decided to remove the "Story Excerpts" from some of the different sections. The Talents, Skills, and Augments pages really should be limited to rules and FAQs, and I found that the story excerpts, while fun, cluttered the page a bit. When each Talent, Skill, and Augment was its own page, it wasn't noticeable, but with the new singular pages, it's just lengthening the page. Accordingly, I've created a new "Lore" dropdown under the Player's Manual, which will house the story excerpts strewn throughout the website. Another added benefit is that it lets us know which story excerpts are still missing (I like to work on these when I don't want to wrack my brain over math, and instead just work on the world, which is near and dear to my heart). Accordingly, please treat that page like a work in progress. I'll go ahead and even mark the sidenav with "WIP" to denote which ones are still pending, so Players can quickly go to the any completed ones, if it suits their fancy.
Moved the following story excerpts to the Lore page, and updated them to match the new website layout:
- Pilot: "Nach, Auklesi Lichepriest of the Undertow"
- "Interlude - A Demo Play Session"
- Endurance: "Ra'Shi's Training"
- Resistance: "Bol'ken's Lesson"
- Toughness: "The Mercenary's Prize"
- Attack: "The Hungry Masters"

October 23rd - 29th, 2022

Added a new entry to the Augments page titled "Damage Subtypes" which just goes over the subtypes and questions that used to be FAQs, but I realized later it just needed its own, overall section.
Did some overall grammar and rejiggering of paragraphs for better readability whilst going through all of the Augments.
Updated the following FAQs:

Added the bullet "F.A.Q.s" to the "Augment Descriptions" section, since they're now a bit more prevalent.
Attack:

Updated "What If I Want to Attack an Object, Such as a Barred Door?" to just be a little clearer.
Added "Can I Attack an Ally, in Order to Proc My Passives?"

Chain:

"How Does Chain Synergize with Shaped?"
"Since Attacks Can Inanimate Objects, Could Chain As Well, In Order to Keep Chaining Around the Battlefield?"

Meld: Removed the FAQ "Say I have Attack, Meld, and Sunder. How Does Meld Interact With Meld and Sunder, Since Each Have Their Own Monikers?" since it's handled in the entry itself.

Updated the section labeled "Overview of Augments" and its table, to now denote that Cleansing may be used in the Passive slot:

For some historical clarity, Cleansing could only be used the Active because this existed before Deflection. Before Deflection, it made no sense to have Cleansing as a passive, because you would have to Attack an ally; which you couldn't do. If you had cleansing on something else, it still wouldn't work, because you couldn't debuff an ally. Now with Deflection, you can use Debuffs against allies. Accordingly, Cleansing may now be used in the Passive slot. I'll add some FAQs going over certain situations where a Player or GM should be aware of interesting interactions, but regardless, Cleansing may now be used in the Passive Slot.

Put in an explicit note for Deflection, Restoration, and Cleansing, that Restoration and Cleansing only apply Deflection if they are in the Active Augment slot.
Per the post below on double stacking Passives, I've gone through the Augments Page and made a number of changes:

Updated the Augments' entry "Stacking the Same Active and Passive Augments". Changed this to "Augments Must Be Unique". Updated the entries underneath it to match the new rules on no longer double stacking Passives.
Updated the "Deflection" entry to now note that Deflection entries are capped at the Augment level of said Augment.
Removed the "Double Stacking the Same Passive" entry from the following Sections: Augment Descriptions, Amplifying, Attack, Blinding, Chain, Charging, Cleansing, Cursed, Delayed, Force, Meld, Ranged, Restoration, Seeking, Shaped, and Sundering.

October 16th - 22nd, 2022

I had an interesting debate with my Playtesters, so much so that it's worth going through the logic below for posterity. Essentially, the debate centered around double stacking Passives, and the axiom that every level should convey some benefit. Forgive the lengthy post below, but it's pretty important.
The Overall Thought: What is the benefit of double stacking passives?

The original idea here was that, while I had thought to myself that it's not very XP efficient, there may be some Player out there that wants to double stack a Passive. I placed notes alongside each Augment, explaining typically "This is possible, but a GM should really walk through it with the Player to ensure they know what they're doing, and that this isn't just them blindly throwing some XP into an Ability." After all, with Aeon, I want flexibility to do whatever you want unless it defies an axiom.
Let's go through an example of this below using this idea of an "inefficient but possible double Passive."

First, let's create an debuffing Attack with the same double Passive. I'm going to create all possible iterations of this with their commensurate XP cost. The double Passives, when taken together, will equal 6 total levels; I'm also going to include one example where it's not a double passive, and instead the Passive is just level 6. It'll make sense as I go through it, so bear with me..
Ability: Physical Attack (6) and double Passive of Blinding.

Attack (6) [Whatever], Blinding (6), no other Passive = 42 XP.
Attack (6) [Whatever], Blinding (5), Blinding (1) = 37 XP.
Attack (6) [Whatever], Blinding (4), Blinding (2) = 33 XP.
Attack (6) [Whatever], Blinding (3), Blinding (3) = 27 XP.

What happens in all instances: Here, the Player could roll 6 Successes in any of the above scenarios.
- In the first instance where there isn't a double passive, the 6 Successes for the Active go to the Passive Blinding (6), so the enemy would also take Blinding (6). Easy enough.
- In all the other scenarios (which contain a double Passive), the first Passive applies, then the second Passive applies. In all instances, the total Blinding would equal 6.
At first glance, this seems innocent enough: why not let the Player do this? There's essentially four problems here: 1) the builds are inefficient after certain turn counts; 2) there's a disparity of XP costs for the same benefit, which is in and of itself an oddity; 3) the newly discovered breaking of an axiom; and 4) FAQs getting gnarly.

Issue 1: The Inefficency Conundrum

When I had first gone into double Passives, I had fixated on this "inefficiency" issue. Essentially, when you create a double Passive, there's a chance that, after a certain number of turns, the Passives both become useless, because the enemy is capped. However, I felt that this was fine, because the Player would run into the same issue with a single Passive at some point eventually, and thought that, mathematically and taking into account the average length of combat, this was a wash.
Using the math above and placing it into a table, you'll see my original thoughts and why I allowed double Passives:

					Successes Per Turn
					1		2		3		4		5		6
Example	Active	Passive 1	Passive 2	Total XP Cost	Turns Before "Cap"	Math	Turns Before "Cap"	Math	Turns Before "Cap"	Math	Turns Before "Cap"	Math	Turns Before "Cap"	Math	Turns Before "Cap"	Math
1	Attack 6 [Whatever]	Blinding (6)	None.	42	6 Turns	[1] + [1] + [1] + [1] + [1] + [1]	3 Turns	[2] + [2] + [2]	2 Turns	[3] + [3]	2 Turns	[4] + [2]	2 Turns	[5] + [1 {Enemy Capped}]	1 Turn	[6]
2	Id.	Blinding (5)	Blinding (1)	37	3 Turns	[1 + 1] + [1 + 1] + [1 + 1]	2 Turns	[2 + 1] + [2 + 1]	2 Turns	[3 + 1] + [2 {Enemy Capped} + 0 {Enemy Capped}]	2 Turns	[4 + 1] + [1 {Enemy Capped} + 0 {Enemy Capped}	1 Turn	[5 + 1]	1 Turn	[5 + 1]
3	Id.	Blinding (4)	Blinding (2)	33	3 Turns	Id.	2 Turns	[2 + 2] + [2 + 0 {Enemy Capped}]	2 Turns	[3 + 2] + [1 {Enemy Capped} + 0 {Enemy Capped}]	1 Turn	[4 + 2]	1 Turn	[4 + 2]	1 Turn	[4 + 2]
4	Id.	Blinding (3)	Blinding (3)	27	3 Turns	Id.	2 Turns	[2 + 2] + [2 + 0 {Enemy Capped}]	1 Turn	[3 + 3]	1 Turn	[3 + 3]	1 Turn	[3 + 3]	1 Turn	[3 + 3]

It's a bit of math (welcome to the fun of being a TTRPG developer), but if you walk through it, you'll see that, regardless if I have 1-6 Successes, the difference between all builds breaks down to the same benefit anyone from 1-3 turns. So since most combat takes 5+ turns, I originally thought of this as a wash.
Going back to the question of "inefficiency", if you look at taking a double Passive of say, Blinding (3), and you get 3 Succeses in one turn, then after said first turn, the two Passives were no longer useful (unless the enemy had Cleansing). I justified this by thinking:

"Well, if the enemy does have Cleansing, then this inefficiency is reduced because the Player now has the chance to more quickly put the enemy back at max stacks, though they are boxed into using this same Ability."
"If they don't have Cleansing, then who am I to stop a Player (well informed by their GM) if they want to build a hyper-specific Ability like this? Moreover, perhaps the Player wants to build an 'opening' Ability, then they swap to other Abilities, akin to a meleer having a 'Charge-centric' opening ability, then switching to something else."

Coupled with my explanation of the "Disparate XP Costs" examination below, I weighed everything together, and erred on the side of "If a Player wants to do it, and they're well informed for this niche situation, then let them."

Issue 2: Disparate XP Costs

Looking at the table above, Players who hone in on XP cost will notice a pretty frank issue: the cheapest XP cost is also the most efficient for putting an enemy at max stacks. I.E. Having a double passive of (3) is the cheapest and fastest way to put an enemy at max stacks.
My original thoughts:

"Yeah, that's a bit odd, in that a Player who goes Passive (6) is worse off than a Player who double stacks a Passive of (3); however, that Player also takes as hit, in that they're inefficient (per the thoughts above) after a certain number of turns (but then again so is a single Passive technically), and they don't get the benefit of a secondary Passive. So while it's a little odd, the outside factor of lacking a secondary Passive and the inefficiency therewith balances out the issue somewhat. Since it's also a wash, turn wise, it's not enough to tip the scales of restricting double Passives in my opinion."
After weighing the above, and falling in favor of letting double Passives exist, I went and updated each Augment with a new entry "Double Stacking Passives" and also added FAQs after reviewing each Augment and asking about common questions I thought would come up.
What I hadn't realized/contemplated, explored below, is that the issue broke one of the Axioms, in that every level of anything should convey a benefit. This is what my Playtesters brought up, and I agree with them. See the below for what pushed double Passives over the edge.

Issue 3: The Axiom of Benefits Per Level

Using the table above, there's a key issue between Example 1 and Example 4. I hadn't realized it at the time, but it's pretty stark.
Looking at example 4, there's literally no reason to ever level up the secondary Passives past level 3. This breaks one of the core axioms, in that a Player should not level this up, because it doesn't convey a benefit. If a Player did have a double Blinding Passive of (4) for some reason, it's not beneficial, because with any of the Success scenarios above, the secondary Passive's benefit is truncated, because the enemy is capped. Thus, the level 3 and 4 of the secondary Passive are wortheless if the first Passive is level (4).
This came up during a playtest, and I realized my error in rationale: I focused too much on the sum of the Passives, rather than asking myself what if the sum of the double Passives exceeds 6? If it ever does, it breaks the Axiom, in that a Player shouldn't invest XP into something because it conveys no benefit.

Issue 4: Unwieldy FAQs and Niche Scenarios

I acknowledge that this fourth argument is weaker, because it sounds like me whining about working, but I noticed that a number of FAQs kept cropping up, specifically around Double Passives working (loosely, but somewhat working), and while I didn't notice it because I was writing them as one-offs from time to time, when I took a step back and looked at it from a macro perspective, I realized that this "category" of FAQs was starting to become voluminous.
An easy "tell" for any developer is that if you're trying to have a quick and simple rule, and the FAQs are voluminous...well it sounds like you don't have a simple rule. Once I took a step back, I realized this was happening. I'll post some examples below:

Charging: Charge Grants Free Hexes, But Once Per Turn. How Does Double Stacking Work?
Delayed: What's the Interaction Between a Double Stacked Delayed Ability, Being Out of Combat, and Being in Combat?
Force: How Does Double Stacking Interact with the Free +2 Hexes for a Single Target, or +2 Hexes for Each Target? Do I Get The Free Hexes Twice?
Meld: (There's just no benefit, period.)
Restoration:

But Double Stacking the Passive is Good?
When Double Stacking, Can I Technically Also Have The Same Damage Subset on Both?

Looking back at all of the above, with special focus on breaking an axiom, it's obvious this isn't working. After chewing on this for the week, I've thankfully found a quick solution, and after presenting it to my Playtesters, they agreed it's a quick and sound solution. So let's work through it:

Double Passives: Double Passives are no longer allowed. Instead, the new rule is that for Active and Passives, each slot must hold a unique Augment. Thus, the Active may not be in any of the Passives and you must have two, unique Passives for any Ability.
Augment Caps:

Overall: To fix the Axiom issue (each level must grant a benefit), a target may not have stacks greater than the level of the Augment in question. Let's walk through some examples below:

Example 1: Attack 6 (Elemental), Blinding 4, Charging 3. The enemy may not have more than 4 stacks of Blinding, no matter the number of Successes.
Example 2: Restoration 6 (Physical), Restraining 2, Ranged 6. The enemy's Restraining stacks are capped at 2.
Example 3: Attack 6 (Supernal), Sundering 6 (Physical), Chain 3. The enemy's Sundering (Supernal) stacks are capped at 6. Note that this doesn't affet the other Sundering (Physical or Elemental) since those Debuff trackers are separate.

Benefits:

Here, Characters who invest in higher levels of an Augment gain something: the max stacks that can apply to a Target go up to match the total level of the Augment. This may not be readily apparent, but let's use some quick examples to flesh it out:

Example 1 (from above): Attack 6 (Elemental), Blinding 4, Charging 3. The enemy may not have more than 4 stacks of Blinding, no matter the number of Successes.

Turn 1: 3 Successes. The Character applies 3 stacks of Blinding.
Turn 2: 3 Successes. Here, the Character would apply 1 stack of Blinding, to cap the enemy at 4 stacks, which is the level of the Ability's Blinding.

Example 2: Restoration 6 (Physical), Restraining 2, Ranged 6. The enemy's Restraining stacks are capped at 2.

Turn 1: 1 Success. The enemy receives 1 stack of Restraining.
Turn 2: 1 Success. The enemy receives the 2nd and final stack of Restraining.

Example 3: Attack 6 (Supernal), Sundering 6 (Physical), Chain 3. The enemy's Sundering (Supernal) stacks are capped at 2. Note that this doesn't affet the other Sundering (Physical or Elemental) since those Debuff trackers are separate.

Turn 1: 3 Successes. Enemy has 3 stacks of Sundering (Phsyical)
Turn 2: 1 Successes. Enemy has 4 total stacks.
Turn 3: 2 Successes. Enemy has 6 total stacks, since the Ability is maxed out at level 6 Sundering.

Players will also have more unique Abilities, since they don't have double stacks of the same Passive.
Lastly, and this is more for me perhaps, but I'll be able to cut down on entries, both by removing the entries for double stacking Passives, but also cut out FAQs that are now cluttering pages.

I know the above is a lot of math and examples, but I want to ensure it's clear that any changes to rules, especially ones around for a while, have a clear explanation, so anyone can review and let me know if there's anything that doesn't make sense.

To be honest, I was a little worried about this, even with the explanation above. After walking through my trepidation with the Playtesters, even those who have been playing for years, they each said something that I hadn't thought: "Only one of us over all of the games had a double Passive (but that was for a reason that changed with updates, and is no longer pertinent)."
Moreover, they themselves noted that having a double Passive would make some of their Abilities, well, bland, and while some said they hadn't consciously thought that, after reviewing my thought process, they agreed that they probably never double stacked Passives for this reason.
This assuaged my trepidation over the issue, because one of the other core axioms is to ensure Players can make whatever they wish (even though the above broke an axiom, the thought is always at the forefront of my mind).

Accordingly, I'll be going through the Augments section and removing notations around double Passives; removing obsolete FAQs; and hopefully trimming the fat around things that are no longer needed.

October 9th - 15th, 2022

Updated the top navigation bar to now have a "Downloads" dropdown, and added the regular and form-fillable Character Sheets therein.

October 2nd - 8th, 2022

Went into the Talent and Skills' pages and updated the side navigation bar's entries to better delineate between "overview" items and actual entries.
I.E. overview items are listed as "Part 1A-X" while the pertinent Skills and Talents are just their names.
As an example for Skills":

Part 1A - Overview
Part 1B - Skill Checks and Difficulty Levels
...
Academia
Animal Husbandry

This should hopefully make it a bit clearer what is describing that section overall, versus the actual entries that you'd find on the Character Sheet.

September 25th - October 1st, 2022

Updated the "Sundering" Augment entry to match the new website layout.
That's all of the Augments!
I'm going to take the rest of the week to review the Racial pages and trim them down to something a bit more Player friendly.

After reviewing the original entries, pantheons, etc., I realized that this kind of material was more for a GM's Guide or Geographical guide than what I need now.
I'm going to mull it over, and likely do some mockups for the Playtesters to get their take on it.
After all, a new Player usually wants to see a short, interesting entry, whereas the current Auklesi entries are nearly 20 separate web pages now.
Along with that, I'll have to find a better way of condensing down the current material into something for GMs.

September 18th - 24th, 2022

Updated the "Shaped" Augment entry to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Seeking" Augment entry to match the new website layout.

September 11th - 17th, 2022

Updated the "Restraining" Augment entry to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Restoration" Augment entry to match the new website layout.

September 4th - 10th, 2022

Updated the "Ranged" Augment entry to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Meld" Augment entry to match the new website layout.

August 28th - September 3rd, 2022

Updated the "Forceful" Augment entry to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Delayed" Augment entry to match the new website layout.

August 21st - 27th, 2022

Updated the "Cursed" Augment entry to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Cleansing" Augment entry to match the new website layout.

August 14th - 20th, 2022

Updated the "Charging" Augment entry to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Chain" Augment entry to match the new website layout.

August 7th - 13th, 2022

Updated the "Blinding" Augment entry to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Attack" Augment entry to match the new website layout.

July 31st - August 6th, 2022

Updated the "Amplifying" Augment entry to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Augments in General" entry to match the new website layout.

July 24th - 30th, 2022

Updated the "Stealth" Skill entry to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Survival" Skill entry to match the new website layout.
I'm moving onto the Augments' sections next!

July 17th - 23rd, 2022

Updated the "Perception" Skill entry to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Pilot" Skill entry to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Security" Skill entry to match the new website layout.

July 10th - 16th, 2022

Updated the "Athletics" Skill entry to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Guile" Skill entry to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Organization" Skill entry to match the new website layout.

July 3rd - 9th, 2022

Happy Fourth of July everyone! Though, I'm sad to say the Auklesi never threw tea into Reefwatch's waters.
Updated the "Flavor Text Examples" Skill entry to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Academia" Skill entry to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Animal Husbandry" Skill entry to match the new website layout.

June 26th - July 2nd, 2022

Updated the "Advantage and Disadvantage" Skill entry to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Aiding an Ally" Skill entry to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Granting Advantage to Further the Story" Skill entry to match the new website layout.

June 19th - 25th, 2022

Updated the "Overview of Skills" Skill entry to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Skill Checks and Difficulty Levels" Skill entry to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Automatic Successes" Skill entry to match the new website layout.

June 12th - 18th, 2022

Updated the "Endurance" Talents page to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Resistance" Talents page to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Tactician" Talents page to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Toughness" Talents page to match the new website layout.
That's all the Talent pages! Moving onto the Skills pages.

June 5th - 11th, 2022

Updated the "Overview of Talents" page to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Augury" Talents page to match the new website layout.
Updated the "Celerity" Talents page to match the new website layout.

May 29th - June 4th, 2022

While working through the website's visual changes, I also had a long, hard look at how all of the pages were set up.

In essence every "entry" was a quick page, because it was easier to transition my notes from the original Player's Manual from a word version onto a site.
As with anything, after looking at it from a macro perspective, I found that the shorter pages were nice, but my Playtesters were constantly hopping between pages, looking for things; moreover, the original navbars were getting pretty unwieldy, since each page needed its own hyperlink, and thus made the navbar bigger and bigger as time went on.
I presented a couple of mockups to the Playtesters, and they liked the idea of each major section (Augments, Skills, Overview, etc.) just being one mega page, mostly because they could use a browser's find function to quickly look up terms if they needed.
This was something I hadn't considered (writer's based prose versus reader's based, since I'm so deep into the website I usually know exactly where to look), and agreed this was a better methodology.
Accordingly, I'll be spending each week converting chunks of the site to a more streamlined approach, and cleaning up things as I go along.

One of the only drawbacks I saw to combining entries into their meta sections is that the previous navbar allowed move folks to immediately jump to whatever section they needed.

To get around this, one of my mockups combined having a top nav bar with a side nav bar, with the side nav bar being specific to that meta section.
I.E. the Augment page would have a side bar, with hyperlinks to each Augment so you could quickly be taken to the right section.
The Playtesters liked this, and so I'm moving forward with this approach.

Spent this week doing the meta page mockups the protoypes and presented to Playtesters. It'll be quite an overhaul over the next couple of months, with future weeks focusing on the major sections.
I'm still working on maps, racial entries, etc. in the meantime, but website updates will be dedicated toward this huge, manual overhaul probably through the end of the year.

May 22nd - 28th, 2022

Beefed up the Celerity Talent's description to be a little more clear, especially when it came to the math behind breaking combat whilst gaining hte benefit of Celerity.
Website Overhaul:

Overall Idea: I've been working on this for the past couple of months: after beefing up some programming skills (reading 3 books on HTML/CSS/JS) I wanted to go ahead and take a macro look at the site, review my code, and change the overall layout to make it more efficient. It wasn't necessarily a heavy lift from a programming perspective, but it was more of a heavy lift concerning what the overall look should be. Thanks to the Playtesters for reviewing my numerous mockups and choosing which one they think was the most elegant (a lot of folks wanted the website to look like old school RPG manuals from the 80s and 90s, but with more modern font). Without further ado, lots has been changed:

Visual Changes:

Philosphy: The pages were a little monotonous, and somewhat boring to be honest. When scrolling, each page was short and sweet, but didn't really have the visual divisions you'd expect in RPGs. I.E. when going through a TTRPG manual, Chapters, Sections, Subsections, etc. would all have some kind of visual cue to let you know your in a new section, or in the child of a parent section. I wanted to emulate this, and it visually resonated with my playtesters. Below are some quick examples:

Here's a New Chapter Here's a Major Section Here's a Minor Section Here's a Subsection Here's a block of important text, describing things that should be read aloud to Players. Here's a block of important text, describing things for the GMs eyes only.

I'm going to apply this update across all the pages moving forward in the coming weeks.

May 15th - 21st, 2022

You probably already foresaw this, but I've added the Augury Talent! Check it out!

May 8th - 14th, 2022

Added a FAQ to Restoration, Sundering, and Meld (respectively) concerning double stacking the same passive with the same damage subset. I.E. Having Attack (6), Siphon 6 (Physical), Siphon 6 (Physical).

May 1st - 7th, 2022

After messing around with Siphon more, I had done a bunch of initial testing to try out different iterations of how Siphon could work. I'll explain my logic below to help suss out my thoughts:
Initial Idea of Siphon

I had initially thought of the quintessential vampire, and how their attacks could heal themselves. Easy enough, this sounds like a passive ability, whereby if your active procs, you "drain" something, whether it's health, essence, etc. in order to heal yourself. No problem.
But how about a vampire that could use that healing to instead heal others? I'd done a number of tests, given Siphon a "pool points" to let folks accumulate healing and then give it to others, etc. This ran into a bit of an issue with the axioms, in that a player would have to spend AP to use siphon, then spend AP to give it to others...yeck. Why not take Restoration? So this led us to then say that accumulated Siphon "pool points" could be used without AP...but then this started encroaching a little, but didn't break, one of the axioms.
Regardless, I tested this out for a while, and at the end of the day, the playtesters essentially just said "this really is just a more limited form of Restoration." Which was true. This gave the lightbulb moment that, when I had initially designed Restoration, I had no concept of it having a passive version, since it was so straightforward that its very nature made it rigid. After extensive playtesting, I've decided to remove "Siphon" as a standalone augment, and instead roll it out as the new Passive for Restoration.

So how does the new Passive work?

Anyone who's used Restoration will readily see it's new, Passive parallel.
When choosing Restoration as a Passive, you'll still need to denote whether it's a Physical, Elemental, or Supernal subset.
When Restoration is Active, if you "overheal" someone, then they gain a barrier subtype based on the above subsets. So someone who overheals 2 HP with a Restoration (Physical) would gain 2 Physical Barrier. Easy enough.
This will work the same with Passive. If your main ability hits, then your Siphon triggers per proc, capped at your Siphon level. For some easy examples:

Ability: Attack (6), Siphon (4) [Physical]

Example 1: The Character hits with all 6 dice. They heal/barrier [Physical] for 4.
Example 2: The Character hits with 3 dice. They heal/barrier [Physical] for 3 HP, since even though they have higher Siphon levels, the Successful hits are only 3.

Let's shake things up with stacking the new passive! Let's use the same examples above to make things easy, but with a new Ability: Attack (6), Siphon (4) [Physical], Siphon (2) [Supernal]

Example 1: The Character hits with all 6 dice. They heal/barrier [Physical] for 4, and heal/barrier [Supernal] for 2.
Example 2: The Character hits with 3 dice. They heal/barrier [Physical] for 3 HP, since even though they have higher Siphon levels, the Successful hits are only 3; meanwhile, they'd also get heal/barrier [Supernal] for 2 HP.

Accordingly, I'm folding in the Siphon page, and adding its pertinent entries, FAQs, etc. to the Restoration page.

April 24th - 30th, 2022

Updated the Auklesi - Player's Racial Page:

Performed the same updates listed under the April 10th - 16th changelog (code cleaning, etc.)
Separated the Overview page into headers, rather than a list, for easier reading.
Made the "Dredgetithe" its own section under the overview.
Updated the racial benefits by giving them their proper names, with headers, as "Homecall" and "Crestbreath".
Redid the Naming Conventions section by moving from a list to a header format.

Updated the Auklesi - GM Racial Page:

Performed the same updates listed under the April 10th - 16th changelog (code cleaning, etc.)
Moved "The Dredgetithe" button from Common Cultural Elements to Historical Notes.
Moved the "Dredgegold Bounty and the Guilded Roster" button from Common Cultural Elements to Historical Notes.

Updated the Boort Racial Page:

Bifurcated the Boort's initial page into a Player and GM page.
Updated the GM page with the same updates listed under the April 10th - 16th changelog (code cleaning, etc.)
Updated the dropdown menu to show both pages.
Added a Religion section to both entries.
Added a Racial Benefits section to both entries.

Found some additional bugs when downloading the world map and other territorial maps; resolved.

April 17th - 23rd, 2022

Fixed some issues with downloads overall:

Fixed an error with the downloads' dropdowns, whereby some of the Character Sheets weren't downloading properly.
Made updates the the "Maps of Vasatha" pulldown overall:

Originally, I had the maps placed in the middle of a webpage. Folks would zoom in, zoom out, etc., but I found that the overwhelming majority of users would just download the JPG and view it on their own system.
In the spirit of this, I've gone ahead and removed the web pages, and just made the dropdown immediately download the JPG. I hope this makes things a bit simpler for everyone!

Per the same logic above, made the SKS Mako and SKS Undertow just download immediately. These ships are still under their original dropdown location of Player's Handbook - Part 5 - Auklesi - Famous Vessels.

Made updates to Game Mechanics' pages overall:

Distance and Cover Page:

Added example blocks to make things easier to read to the Fall Damage and Difficult Terrain sections.
Added an example to the Cover section and added new content, to flesh out the most common scenario of two enemies in a shootout.
Updated the Occupied Hexes and Breaking Combat section:

Moved the "What If, While Running From One Enemy Mob I Pass By Another? How is AP Loss Calculated Then?" to the example block.
Moved the "How Do Occupied Hexes Synergize With Breaking Combat?" to the example block.

Combat Order and Initiative Page:

Performed the same updates listed under the April 10th - 16th changelog (code cleaning, etc.).
Added an example section and added new content.
Made the Ambush area it's own section, rather than a subsection.
Took the example under the Ambush section and made it an example block.

Four Actions Page:

Performed the same updates listed under the April 10th - 16th changelog (code cleaning, etc.).
Combined the original "The Four Actions" page into the AP page, since they were directly related and better logically connected.

AP and the Dice Table Page:

Performed the same updates listed under the April 10th - 16th changelog (code cleaning, etc.).
Rewrote the Ability Points subsection.
Added examples to better clarify the rule of spending die against one target.
Rewrote the general information under the Called Shots section for better clarity.
Added examples to the Called Shots section.

Health, Resistances, and Barriers in General Page

Performed the same updates listed under the April 10th - 16th changelog (code cleaning, etc.).
Moved the FAQ "Can NPCs Have Wounds?" to just be part of the example block under the Wounds section.

Moved the "Common Terminology" page to be the last entry in the dropdown; it was always mean to be a reference page, and while it makes the most logical sense to have it at the front, practically speaking I don't expect new Players to actually go through it, so why slow down their reading.

Made updates to Talents' pages overall:

Performed the same updates listed under the April 10th - 16th changelog (code cleaning, etc.).
After mulling it over, I've decided to just combine all of the Talents into one page. To give some of my logic:

The Talents entries themselves are pretty straight to the point (which I like!) and this makes each page barely even that, a page.
I had initially kept the Talents separate, since each would have their own FAQs and Story Excerpts (yep, I need to finish up those Story Excerpts, I know...).
But after review, there aren't that many FAQs, and if I clarify the titles, it should be clear which Talent they pertain to, if they don't already.
As for stories, I believe that I can use buttons and dropdowns to delineate them to the same effect; however, I note that I haven't done that for other story excerpts, so that does break my overall approach (apologies!). I hope it works, and I'm sure in 3 months I'll come back and review once more.

Removed the individual dropdowns for Talents; now, they are all housed under the same page, and can be accessed when you select "Part 2" from the dropdown menu.

Made updates to the Skills' pages overall:

Updated the Skill Checks in General Page:

Performed the same updates listed under the April 10th - 16th changelog (code cleaning, etc.).
Removed a template FAQ that was left over.

Updated the Academia Skill Page:

Performed the same updates listed under the April 10th - 16th changelog (code cleaning, etc.).
Originally, the "Typical Situations" section held four dropdowns for "Academia in General", "Regional History", "Engineering", and "Planar History". After reviewing, I believe a list is a more efficient way to view the information; moreover, it allows the reader to quickly compare between the different situations. Accordingly, I've switched to a list format.
Added the FAQ: "How is Language in Tullusia Handled?"
The Reference Table:

Originally, the list of languages, specializations, etc. was located on the Character Sheet, but became so voluminous it just didn't make sense. So I had listed it as its own webpage called the "Reference Table". Upon further review, I believe the Reference Table should just be housed under Academia. The reason it wasn't initially was because the Reference Table shared information with Survival, but I believe a simple notation under Survival will suffice.
Accordingly, the Reference Table has been added to the Academia page.

Originally, "Are Rolls Required for Speech and Reading Texts?" was its own section. In retrospect, it really should just be it's own FAQ; accordingly, moved to FAQs.

Updated the Animal Husbandry Skill Page:

Performed the same updates listed under the April 10th - 16th changelog (code cleaning, etc.).
Add an "Overview" Header for better visual clarity.
Fleshed out the "Undomesticated Creatures" and "Domesticated Creatures" examples for better clarity.
Expanded the "Creature Size" section to better explain how weekly checks are made; how the creature cap works; etc.
Slightly buffed the Creatures' table by letting Players have more creatures down the board.
Added the "A Note for GMs" section to explain common RP opportunities I've seen.
Added the following FAQs:

I'm Not a Rancher, But Doesn't The Number of Weeks to Domesticate a Creature Seem Pretty Low?
As a Min-Maxer, I See That The Table States That a Creature Could Be Size Seven Plus...
I'd Like to Play a Summoner, and The Animal Husbandry Entry Seems to Skirt Around This. Would You Mind Breaking Down the Fourth Wall and Explain?
One of the Examples Shows I can Mix and Match The Biggest Creatures My Level in Animal Husbandry Can Afford With Smaller Creatures; Aside from Pure RP Reasons, Why Would I Do That?
I Have Celerity, But My Mount Does Not. How Does That Work?

Updated the Athletics Skill Page:

Performed the same updates listed under the April 10th - 16th changelog (code cleaning, etc.).
After re-reading through everything, I was pretty pleased with all portions, but the Swimming and Diving section's Hour Traversing column seemed a bit too generous.
I reduced the trivial step from 30 minutes to 15, and stair stepped it up from there.

Updated the Guile Skill Page:

Performed the same updates listed under the April 10th - 16th changelog (code cleaning, etc.).
There was a dropdown section named "An Example of Play" under "A Note of Caution for Speechcraft". I just made it an example block for easier reading.
Moved a portion of the "Impersonate" section to an example block.
Moved a portion of the "A Clash of Cultures" section to an example block.

Updated the Organization Skill Page:

Performed the same updates listed under the April 10th - 16th changelog (code cleaning, etc.).
Added an Overview header.
Updated the "Step One: What Organizations Already Exist" by changing the following dropdowns to just be subsections:

What is the governmental structure of the area?"
Who provides for the population's religious needs?"
Who provides the local defense?"
What are the criminal elements that evade local rule?"

Updated the Perception Skill Page:

Performed the same updates listed under the April 10th - 16th changelog (code cleaning, etc.).
Added an Overview header.
Overhauled the page by removing headers from the "Player Versus Character" and "Player Versus Environment" and just making them subsections, split into two columns, for easier reading, and less vertical scrolling.

Updated the Pilot Skill Page:

Performed the same updates listed under the April 10th - 16th changelog (code cleaning, etc.).
Added an Overview header.
Took the example given and turned it into an example block.
Added an "Obstacles and Weather" header.

Updated the Security Skill Page:

Performed the same updates listed under the April 10th - 16th changelog (code cleaning, etc.).
Added an Overview header.
Added the FAQ "Is Delayed Always Necessary for a Door, Since It Procs When Certain Things Happen?"
Added the FAQ "If a Delayed or Otherwise Trap Procs, How Long Does It's Non-Attack Abilities Last?"

Updated the Stealth Skill Page:

Performed the same updates listed under the April 10th - 16th changelog (code cleaning, etc.).
Added an Overview header.

Updated the Survival Skill Page:

Performed the same updates listed under the April 10th - 16th changelog (code cleaning, etc.).
Added an Overview header.

April 10th - 16th, 2022

Howdy all. As with any site, I typically go back from time to time, review older entries, and ask myself if I could make it cleaner to read. In this vein, I've gone through the following pages and cleaned them up from a visual standpoint, so they're a bit easier to scroll through and read. These updates include mostly changing up headers and such to no longer rely on lines across the page to break up items, and instead just place a background color along the headers. As an example:

Example
Versus:
Example

As with anything I do, I like to provide my rationale so folks understand where I'm coming from, so here's my reasoning:

Point One: The line breaks were originally there to help separate between headers and the information above, but this is somewhat of a redundancy, in that the header should perform this function itself.
Point Two: If the line break is a redundancy, then each instance of it just adds a bit of vertical space, which in turn makes scrolling longer. It's a minor point, but anything I can do to improve efficiency for the reader should be reviewed.
Point Three: The line breaks typically appeared before a header, in order to separate a header from the previous entry. I noted that by adding the background color to the headers, this achieved a better delineation between sections than the previous method of having just the line with a normal, non-boldened header with a line above it.

Here's where I will likely start to lose a chunk of my fans, because of my novice approach to HTML:

I feel old just writing this, but while using sites in a daily occurence in our lives, I start to take them for granted. I chalk this similarly up to how people take music for granted, and when you see a live band at a bar, you forget how many years of experience it takes to get to that point. The reason being is it's easy for us to just pull out our phones and pull up a song.
In that same vein, the team knew that I needed a site to get Aeon out there, but frankly, couldn't afford to hire a webdeveloper. By no means did I walk into the endeavor thinking "Oh man, web development is easy! I mean, websites are everywhere!" Instead, I knew it would be difficult, but with a small endeavor, you don't get to complain; instead, you roll up your sleeves and learn the skills necessary to do whatever is needed for your audience.
In this same vein, I started learning web development coding around October of 2021 with online classes, etc. I knew going into website development would lead to a couple of issues:

Point One: The website is going to look like something from the 90s, and while I admit it looks a bit janky and unpolished, I have to use what I have.
Point Two: Any project should have established an interative process for continual development. So every month or so, I sit down to look at what I've learned thus far, what I've done, and how I can go back and improve upon previous entries with lessons learned. Frankly, this is pretty hard for anyone, because, let's be honest, no one wants to go back and do cleaning of any kind, whether physical or digital, because it's just exhausting. But continual, incremental improvement demands this, so as to maintain as much efficiency as possible.
Point Three: Imagine a project you've done when you first started, versus a year thereafter. The difference is astounding, and while it's not what I imagine the finished product I imagine, it's an accomplishment; nevertheless, I shouldn't rest on my laurels, and should instead roll up my sleeves and keep going.

Accordingly, I've looked back at some old code and realized how inefficient it is from a visual or procedural standpoint, and are now doing some pre-spring cleaning in that vein.
So, here's my admission that will lose us some fans. Takes a deep breath: I used breaks, rather than enclosing items in paragraphs, for breaking things up visually. I know, it's a sin. But I'm using lessons learned to go back and clean up my stuff. Forgive the meanderings of apprentices.
As a final note on the subject, if any web developer is reading this, I didn't go into web development with a haughty sense of self importance; I was humble, but with my tinkerings in HTML, CSS, and JS, I am even more humbled than I imagined. Thanks to all the web developers out there who work and aren't recognized. I can't fix that, but I can at least recognize your collective efforts: thank you.

Just to give folks an example of why I care about this kind of cleanup: my Combat Order and Initiative Phase Page originally had 131 lines of code. After cleanup, it's down to 82. So now it's far cleaner for us to review, maintain, and is essentially a 59.75% efficiency from just a line standpoint, let alone when it comes to us updating CSS. Sorry for nerding out, but I want to ensure I am explaining why I'm taking time on updating the site versus adding content.

I hope that explains it! As with any cleaning, I keep track of what I've done, so please find the list of updated pages below (my prayers to Warden's Scriveners for aid). Updates below are for the header issue, along with general code cleaning for easier reading on my part:

This front page!
my templates for new pages.
The Player's Handbook (somewhat of a misnomer because it's online, but you get it):

Part 1 - Game Mechanics (in alphabetical order, rather than sequential):

AP and the Dice Table;
Combat Order and Inititiative;
Common Terminology;
Distance, Cover, and Fall Damage;
Experience Points and Levels;
Game Dice;
Game Mechanics;
Health, Resistances, and Barriers in General;
Interlude: A Demo Play Session;
The Character Sheet; and
The Four Actions;

Other General Updates:

Updated the Experience Points and Levels Page:

The old Trivial - Legendary examples were each buttons, but after going through it again, I realized it's a bit silly to have to click on the buttons, when each button typically only had 2 sentences each. So a player wanting to quickly go through them would have to open and close each, being 14 button clicks.

The original thought behind this was to cut down on clutter, but I realized that I swapped one evil for another.
I've converted the buttons to a two-column format. This is just a little more vertical space than the other, but I feel that it's better, since it cuts down on button clicks, and afford the reader the easy ability to compare a difficulty's checks against another.

The original version had the original experience table without a header, since the buttons above easily denoted it as part of the same section. In retrospect, it should be its own section; therefore, I've added the "Experience Table" header to quickly delineate the table against the "Examples of Combat and Skill Difficulties" section above.
Updated the "XP for Character Creation" table by adding a new "Total Skill Points" column. The original table's explanation denoted that the "XP for Talents and Augments" and "XP for Skills" columns, once added, equalled a Character's expected level's worth of experience; however, after reading the table with fresh eyes for a moment, the team was slightly confused when looking at just the table. Even though the new column is slightly redundant, I believe it's needed to ensure clarity for new Players and GMs alike.
Replaced the term "Charted Realms" with "Vasatha", since some campaigns can take place outside the Charted Realms.
Updated the FAQ: "Why are Players forced to Split Their XP During Character Creation?"

Updated "Free Skill Points: Players are used to receiving free Skill points or the equivalent; accordingly, spending XP on Skills is an afterthought, if barely that." to "Free Skill Points: Players are used to receiving free Skill points per "level" in other RPGS or the equivalent; accordingly, spending XP on Skills is an afterthought, if barely that. I believe that other RPG makers intentionally add free Skill points per level for this exact reason.""

Updated the FAQ: "When Should Players Spend Their XP?"

Fixed the title, which wasn't properly capitalized.
Emboldened some text that wasn't, due to an oversight.
Rearranged the "Scenario Two: During a Rest" section a little for better clarity.
Added an "overall" section to each scenario, for easier reading.

Updated the "Game Mechanics and Axioms", "The Character Sheet", and the "Game Dice" Pages:

Each of the pages above were pretty short, and after review with fresh eyes, I believe they should just be their own page. This is done to cut down on clutter overall, and because I believe that, through combination, the readers' overall experience will be better. The new page is named "Approach to Design, the Character Sheet, and Game Dice"
Added a "Approach to Design" header for the previous axiom section, to better delineat it from the other, newly combined sections.
The previous "Game Dice" page had two headers, being "In General and the Three Approaches" and "The Three Approaches". Since these sections were added to this newly combined page, I reduced it to just one header: "Game Dice". I took the previous headers and just made them bold sections, so that they cleanly fit into the new schema.
Deleted the "Game Dice" entry in the dropdown menus.
Deleted "The Character Sheet" entry in the dropdown menus. Note, that I deleted the html page, not the actual Character Sheets included in the "Downloadable Pages" dropdown.
Renamed the "Game Mechanics" Page to the "Approach to Design, the Character Sheet, and Game Dice" page in the dropdown menus.

Removed the relic-reminder "Story Excerpt: The Siphon Pool" from the health, Resistances, and Barriers in General" page, since it's now properly located on the "Siphon" Augment page.
Tables:

Updated all tables's text to be center text justified, to make them easier to read in general.
I noted that the headers of my old tables essentially matched the other rows. Anyone reading the table would instantly recognize the first row as a header, but nonetheless it was a stylistic oddity. I've updated table headers to now have a black background and white text, to better delineate them from the rest of the table:

Old Table:

Example Header

Example Text

New Table:

Example Header
Example Text
Example Text

April 3rd - 9th, 2022

Updated the Auklesi's "Reasons for Adventuring" section:

Added an "Overview Section" to the "Counting House Clerk" entry, for easier reading.
Updated the Farnchenan's "Tax Collector" entry:

Added the "Overview" Section.
Added the "Papers, Please" Scenario:

Added the "Bailiff Needed" Scenario.
Added the "Dredgetithe Delinquency" Scenario:

After consulting with Farnchen, the local licenses are granted per their entries:

License to Kill (yeehaw);
LIcense to Impound;
License to Hire Jangoweffans; and
License to Circumvent Dredgegold Bounty.

Added the "Remote Collectors Desired" scenario:

Added the "Investigation of Local Farnchenan Head" entry.
Added the "Investigation of Dredgetithee" entry:

Added the entry for if the tax collector deems the Dregetithee's inability to pay is outside their control:

After consulting with Farnchen, the local licenses are granted per their entries: License to Hire Jangoweffans.

Added the entry for if the Tax collector deems that the Dredgetithee had the reasonable ability to pay the Dredgetithe, or otherwise committed perjury:

After consulting with Farnchen, the local licenses are granted per their entries: License to Hire Jangoweffans.

License to Kill (yeehaw);
LIcense to Impound;
License to Hire Jangoweffans; and
License to Circumvent Dredgegold Bounty.

March 27th - April 2nd, 2022

Since I'm switching to a weekly, rather than daily format (thanks to everyone for being reasonable with us, I've gone through the historical, index logs and condensed them down into weekly entries. Thus, rather than having 7 entries, I'll have one entry with 7 sub entries for easier, historical analysis. This has been done to all previous entries (rather than listing them out here). What this essentially means is that I've gone through and reorganized roughly 549 (yep, that's five hundred and forty-nine) entries for easier reading. Warden's Scriveners would be proud.
Since the Auklesi are formed around their Families, it made the most sense to the Team to create reasons for adventuring around each Family, since each Family has their own goals, resources, etc. What began as kind of a quick and fun exercise soon balooned (shocker) into some pretty long entries, because inspiration took over us.

In essence, each Family has their own entry, which is then broken down into sub entries for whether or not the GM chooses for the Auklesi adventure to take place primarily on Reefwatch, or in the Salt King's Coasts' colonies, since these would be wildly different adventures.
Under each entry, I've then added an "occupation", representing my general ideas for some jobs that each Family would have, and how each job would be different from a "mainland" versus "colonial" outlook.
As with anything RP-wise I provide, these are just general, inspirational notes, and are not (of course) in any way set in stone. Come up with your own professions, it's your campaign! But if a Player approaches you and asks generally about what jobs each Family should expect, you now have a quick list of items to (digitally) leaf through.
I hope you like them!

Updated the Auklesi's "Reasons for Adventuring" section:

Added an overview for plothooks, in general, between Reefwatch and the Salt King's Coast.
Added the following entries or placeholders for future entries:

Added the "Farnchenans" section:

Added the "Brief Overview of the Family" section.
Added the "Plot Hooks" section:

Added the "Counting House Clerk" occupation:

Added the "Cooking the Books" plot hook inspiration for campaigns staying on Reefwatch.
Added the "From Marble to Brick" plot hook inspiration for campaigns staying on Reefwatch.

Added the "Tax Collector" occupation placeholder.

Added the "Campaigns Staying on Reefwatch" placeholder.
Added the "Campaigns in the Salt King's Coast" placeholder

Added the "Publican" occupation:

Added the "Campaigns Staying on Reefwatch" placeholder.
Added the "Edifices and Edicts" plot hook inspiration for campgains taking place along the Salt King's Coast:

This one turned into a bit of an adventure in and of itself. I hope you like the inspiration!
Added the "Overview" section.
Added the "Examples of Public Works" section:

Added the "Aquaducts" section.
Added the "Bathhouses" section.
Added the "Basilicae, Roads, and Fora" section.
Added the "Walls, Watchtowers, and Defenses" section.

Added the "Issues Preventing Construction of Public Works" Section:

Added the "Timberyards" plothook subentry.
Added the "Quarry" plothook subentry.
Added the "Oolay Raids" plothook sub entry.

Added the "Jangoweffans" placeholder:

Added the "Campaigns Staying on Reefwatch" placeholder.
Added the "Campaigns in the Salt King's Coast" placeholder.

Added the "Pionemethans" placeholder:

Added the "Campaigns Staying on Reefwatch" placeholder.
Added the "Campaigns in the Salt King's Coast" placeholder.

Added the "Prolesathans" placeholder:

Added the "Campaigns Staying on Reefwatch" placeholder.
Added the "Campaigns in the Salt King's Coast" placeholder.

Added the "Restawethans" placeholder:

Added the "Campaigns Staying on Reefwatch" placeholder.
Added the "Campaigns in the Salt King's Coast" placeholder.

Added the "Zorngamans" placeholder:

Added the "Campaigns Staying on Reefwatch" placeholder.
Added the "Campaigns in the Salt King's Coast" placeholder.

March 20th - 26th, 2022

Hey Everyone: In order to cut down on admin updates and keep things a bit cleaner, I'll be going to a weekly reporting schema. Stay tuned for more stuff!
After looking through the racial pages once more, the Team realized that the information, while fun and awesome in its depth, is really more for GMs. In essence: it's far too much to expect a new player to plumb through a race's histories, expectations, idioms, etc. Instead, they should only get a gleaned amount of information, and the "fleshing out" of the race should occur by the GM through interactions with NPCs. Accordingly, I've decided to split the racial entries into two, separate pages: one for new Players, which is essentially a quick guide for understanding the race, and a second GM page, which houses the overwhelming majority of entries I've considered up to this point. I hope new players will find it useful.
Creation of the Auklesi Player's Page:

Added a condensed overview section going over the story of Dalgoren and the Salt King.
Added the "Militant" section.
Added the "Religion" section:

Added the overview of Abyssians, Cloin, etc.
Added the description of the Salt King as head of the Auklesi pantheon.
Added the description of Auklesi Families.
Added the overview of the Dredgetithe.

Addeed the "Expansionism" overview:

Added the description of the fall of the Kwelthi Empire.
Added the overview of Reefwatch.
Added the overview of the Salt King's Coast, conquering the Oolay towns, etc.
Added the delineation between Reefwatch and the colonies of the Salt King's Coast.

Retained the "Physical Description and Aging" section from the GM's guide.
Retained the "Religions" section from the GM's guide.
Retained the "Racial Benefits" section from the GM's guide.
Greatly condensed the "Naming Conventions" section from the GM's guide, with just a brief overview of Auklesi first, last, and nicknames.
Added a short blurb for a "Reasons for 'Adventuring'" section, with a reference to consult their GM, since the section is quite voluminous in the GM's guide.

March 13th - 19th, 2022

Added the "Warden's Mount" general description to Warden's entry.
Added the "Dendrilons" general description to Warden's entry.
Added the "Keeper of Knowledge" general description to Warden's entry.
Added the "Keeper of Mysteries" general description to Warden's entry.
Added the "Keepers" general description to Warden's entry.

March 6th - 12th, 2022

Added the "Archivists" general description to Warden's entry.
Added the "Witnesses" general description to Warden's entry.
Added the "Scrivener" general description to Warden's entry.
Added the "Archassessor" general description to Warden's entry.
Added the "Auditors" general description to Warden's entry.
Added the "Assessors" general description to Warden's entry.
Added the "Inquisitors" general description to Warden's entry.

February 27th - March 5th, 2022

Added the "Queries" general description to Warden's entry.
Added "The Gossamer Registrar" area to the "Prodominant Places of Worship" section to Warden's entry.
Added "The Panopticon" area to the "Prodominant Places of Worship" section to Warden's entry.
Added "The Tower of Catharsis" area to the "Prodominant Places of Worship" section to Warden's entry.
Added "The Lament" area to the "Prodominant Places of Worship" section to Warden's entry.
Added the "Prodominant Places of Worship" section to Warden's entry.

February 20th - 26th, 2022

Added the "Divine Tenets" and general sins section to Warden's entry.
Added the "Inquirer" section to the "Mission and Character of the Wardenites" section to Warden's Clerical Hierarchy.
Added the "Delver" section to the "Mission and Character of the Wardenites" section to Warden's Clerical Hierarchy.
Added the "Sifter" section to the "Mission and Character of the Wardenites" section to Warden's Clerical Hierarchy.
Added the "Examiner" section to the "Mission and Character of the Wardenites" section to Warden's Clerical Hierarchy.
Added the "Connector(s)" section to the "Mission and Character of the Wardenites" section to Warden's Clerical Hierarchy.
Added the "Clerical Hierarchy" section to the "Mission and Character of the Wardenites" section to Warden's Clerical Hierarchy.

February 13th - 19th, 2022

Hey all! Looks like my folks actually do want to hop around and work on Gods, races, etc. as the inspiration comes. Forgive if I hop around a bit, but the content keeps coming!
Added the "Rewards of the Cadis" section to the "Mission and Character of the Wardenites" section to Warden's Clerical Hierarchy.
Added the "Rewards of the Cadis" section to the "Mission and Character of the Wardenites" section to Warden's Clerical Hierarchy.
Added the "Mission and Character of the Wardenites" section to Warden's Clerical Hierarchy.
Added the "Gathering of the Wardenites" section to Warden's Clerical Hierarchy.
Added the "Brief History of the Clergy" section to Warden's Clerical Hierarchy.
Added "Warden" entry to the Chedek pantheon.
Added Abode, Appearance and Accoutrements, Divine Attirbutes, Famous Achievements, Favored Weapons, Spouse (Children, etc.), Symbols, and Titles to Warden's entry.
Added the "Kwelthi" dropdown to the Boort's outlook on other races.

February 6th - 12th, 2022

Added the "Gani Theocracy" dropdown to the Boort's outlook on other races.
Added the "Tullusians" dropdown to the Boort's outlook on other races.
Added the "Auklesi" dropdown to the Boort's outlook on other races.
Added "The Auklesi and Farnchenans" to the "Trade Amongst Races" portion of the Auklesi Racial Page.
Added "The Tullusians" to the "Trade Amongst Races" portion of the Auklesi Racial Page.
Added the "Clans of No Bearing, or Unknown Clans" and "Other Races" sections to the Boort's Typical Temperament and Behavior portion.
Added the "Within the Clan and Close Family, the 'Private Face'" section to the Boort's Typical Temperament and Behavior portion.

January 30th - February 5th, 2022

Added the "Superior Clans and Clannates, the 'Public' and 'Private' Faces" section to the Boort's Typical Temperament and Behavior portion.
Added the "Inner and Outer Courtesy" section to the Typical Temperament and Behavior portion of the Boort Racial Page.
Added the Taboo entry of "Writless" to the Auklesi racial page.
Added a placeholder for the Drezden race (future development).
Added the following, common taboos to the Common Cultural Elements section of the Boort racial entry : a Puffant, Duelcraft, Quantless, a Glutton, and a Wanderwave.
Added the following, common greetings to the Common Cultural Elements of the Boort racial entry: Quickbarge, Floodless, a Valleythistle, a Windlatch, and a Breathless.
Added "The Arts" subsection to the Boort racial page.

January 23rd - 29th, 2022

Added the "Clan, Clannates, and Politicking" subsection to the Boort racial page.
Added the "Physical Description and Aging" section to the Boort racial page.
Added the Overview section to the Boort racial page.
Added placeholders for the following Auklesi Gods, per the January 25th changelog note:

Prolesatha
Restaweth
Shalofeth
The Salt King
Zorngama

Fixed a bug on the Auklesi Racial Page, where the "A Note on Nicknames" Dropdown under the "Naming Conventions" subsection was improperly displaying.
Per the January 25th changelog note, I'm pivoting to the other races, and I'm excited to start on the Boort, denizens of Lastbreath! Added the following entries to the Boort racial page: The Story Excerpt.
Hey all! I'm cranking through the Auklesi Gods (Septumvirate) and, after going through them and looking at my timelines, I realized that something's got to give. As with anyone I do, I always try to explain my rationale for my approach, what I'm thinking about, etc. So with that in mind, I'd like to explain why I'm going to forego working on the Gods for now in order to focus on the racial entries.

Each God(dess)'s entry is essentially the same length as that of a race, and often more, since they hold such a specific place within a race's outlook. As a comparison, please see the below:

Racial	Pantheon
Overview	Quote
Physical Description and Aging	General Description: Abode, Appearance and Accoutrements; Divine Attributes; Famous Achievements; Favored Weapon; Spouse, Children, etc.; Sumbols; and Titles
Common Cultural Elements (Greetings & Taboos)	Clerical Hierarchy
Typical Temperament and Behavior (and view of other races)	Divine Tenets
Religions (and overview of Gods)	Goals
Racial Benefits	Predominant Places of Worship
Naming Conventions	Allies, Minions, and Adversaries (With their Demigods and their own descriptions, which really needs to be their own future entries)
Reasons for Adventuring	Story Excerpt
Regions and Geography
Notable Organizations
Regional Plothooks
Historical Notes

While the God's entries aren't a 1:1 when it comes to subsections (unless you take the General Description and its subentries as individual, which makes the Gods' entries actually longer), I'm finding that the word counts are pretty comparable. As an example concerning word count (let alone coding, organization, etc.):

Auklesi Racial Page: ~12,000 Words
Farnchen's Page: ~3,000 words (I need to do that story as well, I know)
Jangoweff's Page: ~6,700 words
Pionemeth's Page: ~7,000 words

So aside from the fact that I need to finish Farnchen's story entries, each of the Gods' entries is roughly half the length of the racial pages. This, combined with the fact that each of the races have usually 5-15 Gods, becomes a daunting task to meet when it comes to my self-imposed deadlines on the races themselves.
This isn't to say I'm going to not complete the racial pantheons eventually, I just believe that after transcribing and cleaning up their histories, I'm seeing that something's going to have to give from a timeline perspective.
With the above in mind, I've decided that I'm going to hold off on working on the pantheons for now and put that as a future workstep, and instead focus on my original goal which is to complete the racial entries (hopefully) by the beginning March.
Folks might ask "Why did you begin working on the Gods in the first place?" That's a fair question, and the reason lay mostly with the rationale that the pantheons in Aeon Imperium are so integral to many of the races', since my Gods are active in the world, that describing a race without their Gods often felt like a glaring hole in the race's entry. To us, it's similar to going over ancient Egypt, their monuments, their cultural structures, etc., but leaving out anything about their Gods. So yeah, you can see how that would feel odd.
Despite this, I want to put in the races as a whole so that people at least see an overview of each of the Races for their own campaigns, rather than only offer 1-3 races' fully fleshed out by my deadline.
The above is pretty long and feels like a diatribe at times, but with my community I always want to be forthright about my reasonings by: showing the issue at hand; showing the circumstances around the issue; show my approaches and whether they worked or not; and explain my thought-out (at least in my opinion) rationale for why I'm taking a different direction, though in this case it's not really a different direction, more of a reordering of work for the team.
This beggars the question of "what's going to happen to the Septumvirate entries right now?" They'll stay of course, just to be clear. In this same vein, the Septumvirate entries that aren't finished with themselves be placeholders and, with this same approach, I'll put placeholders for the other races' gods as I go along, to be filled in after I wrap up the race's entries.
So yeah, I hope that makes sense. I do not have any racial updates today, because I spent the time sitting down and working through rejiggering the logistics of other races' entries; determining if this was the right path; etc. Please look to tomorrow's update for new content.
As always, thanks so much to everyone who reads through these changelogs and to my playtesters for working with us to make Aeon Imperium a more perfect game.

Made the following updates to Pionemeth's page: added the Stories' Excerpt section.
And with that, Pionemeth is complete!
As a side note, I've found that the form fillable Character sheet has an issue where data on the Abilities' page is duplicating. I'll fix that issue this week. Thanks for your patience!
Made the following updates to Pionemeth's page:

Added the Goals section.
Added the Primary Places of Worship section.
Added the Allies, Minions, and Adversaries section.

January 16th - 22nd, 2022

Made the following updates to Pionemeth's page:

Added the Clerical Hierarchy section.
Added the Divine Tenets section.

Made the following updates to Pionemeth's page:

Added the Quote section.
Added the General Description section.

Updated the Auklesi Racial Page, "Religions" section:

Updated Restaweth's entry's general description, since he encompassed more than just masonry. His section now states "Family of Masons, Architects, Builders, and Civil Engineers in general."
Updated Pionemeth's entry's general description, since she dealt with handling of not only the settlement of regions, but also with the civil adjudication of issues, elaborated more within her story excerpt. Her section now states "Family of Settlers, Adjudicators, and Civil Law. Civil Custodians of Reefwatch and settlements. Primarily tasked with expanding the Auklesi beyond Reefwatch. The most notable example of this is the settlement of the Auklesi upon the western shores of the Snowclutch Mountains, which later became known as the Salt King's Coast."

What is a Captain without their crew?
I've heard my Playtesters asking how I've designed ships crews, how many should be on what, how to design a ship, etc. since I'm the ones who have been handling it up to this point. Well, it's time to see the secret behind the sauce.
I'll eventually put the data onto a webpage, but for the time being, I wanted to put up the raw data behind how to build a ship using the Aeon engine, since it's been just building Characters up to this point, and also how to man your crew.
Accordingly, please find two, new entries under the Player's Manual, Section 8 - Economy and Trade:

Ship Statistics: This excel allows you to build a ship based on the iotas given by your GM. I'll eventually make this a filled form to cut down on the math and make it more approachable, but in short:

Each ship is either small and swift, middle of the road, or large and slow. Larger ships can carry more crew and goods, but of course, there's a tradeoff for speed.
The speed columns denote how many reaches per hour the ship can travel, which is of great import to Captains traveling along the World Map.
Just as with Characters, ships can have their own Talents and Skills, with Talents being an additional 5% of the original cost of the ship, while Skills are only 2%.
So! Start with your initial funds given to you by your GM, acting in Klopdargo's name, and then decide how you'd like to outfit your ship.
Note that Ship weapons bend the rules somewhat, in that every Attack is granted as a third, free Augment of Ranged 6.
I suggest you look at your maximum ship spend without any augments, go down a couple of pegs, then build out your augments and skills. Once you know your maximum crew, you can then consult the "Ship Crew and Positions" excel to determine how many folks you need on your ship to smoothly operate. Note that I expect your Characters are going to be officers, and thus should fill those positions (Captain, First Mate, Bosun, Lichepriest, etc.)
While the excel is based mostly on the Auklesi as a seafaring race, it can be used by any of the races.
Concerning the Auklesi, the Dredgetithe is often a time when Captains have a better grasp on their finances (post-tithing) and can commission a new ship! I'll include a separate page for how to sell your ship, negotiate a better price, etc. in the future.
I hope you have fun with designing your ships!

Ship Crew and Positions: This excel shows the number of crew required based on the size of the ship.

I'm working through an economic log, so Captains can know how much they can purchase at one port and sell at another. I'm working through it, and expect it to be done in the next month or so, as I've already handled the groundwork and are working through the numbers and ease of use. I'll probably call that future update the "World Economy" update.
As with all my webpages, they typically start off as a template, I tweak through them, and then I iterate! After transposing Farnchen's information, I've restyled his page along with future pages. Before, the information under Abode, Appearance and Accoutrements, Divine Attributes, Famous Achievements, Favored Weapons, "Spouse, Children, Etc.", Symbols, and Titles were each under their own paragraph layout, but they've been switched to a table under General Information, since those subsections were more tidbits of information than real analyses. I found it really cleans up the page and adds readability, so I'll be doing this with my other pantheons. Also, the sections above were placed in alphabetical order in the table for easier lookup.
Added the phrase "Fair Contract, Farewell" under the Auklesi Common Greetings section.
The form fillable PDF now only has the first two pages, while the cheat is wholly separate per Playtester requests. Thanks for the feedback!
Updated the Jangoweff Page with the following sections:

Quote
General Description:

Abode
Appearance and Accoutrements
Divine Attributes
Famouse Achievements
Favored Weapons
Spouse, Children, Etc.
Symbols
Titles
Clerical Hierarchy
Divine Tenets
Goals
Prodominant Places of Worship.
Allies, Minions, and Adversaries:

Loporinost, Chief Gunnery Officer and Patron Demigod of the Royal Gunnery Institute.
Zoytolen, First Mate and Second Patron Demigod of the Royal Naval Academy.
Ireloyen, Bosun and Second Patron Demigod of the Royal Shipyards.
Klopdargo, Chief Warrant Officer.
Vertrayen, Herald of War.

Story Excerpt.

What is a Captain without his ship?

The Auklesi are a seafaring race, and oftentimes ships are just as famous as their captains. Accordingly, I'm uploading some of the vessels designed in conjunction with my playtesters.
Please find a new section under the Auklesi Racial entries dubbed "Famous Vessels", with the following ships: SKS Mako and SKS Undertow.

Added Farnchen's entry under the Auklesi pantheon with the following sections:
- Quote Section. For fun, here's the excerpt: "Behold the sea, which is your bounty. Behold the shell, which is like your bone. Behold your hands, and the good works therewith. Behold your future, in your hands. Dalgoren, divide your tribes by skill, for there is work to be wrought and destiny to be wrung from your labors. As Reefwatch was pulled from the depths and rises to new heights, so too shall your Families. Know that I am Farnchen, the Dayherald, and this conch bears the same name. I suffer no laggard, and your tribe shall be lame neither in work nor purpose, for I am the Lord of Trade." Farnchen, first appearing to the Auklesi tribes after Dalgoren's benediction for aid in establishing the Families.
- In General.
- Appearance and Accoutrements.
- Clerical Hierarchy.
- Divine Tenants.
- Goals.
- Divine Attributes.
- Titles
- Symbol.
- Favored Weapon.
- Abode.
- Famouse Achievements.
- Spouse, Children, etc.
- Prodominant Places of Worship.
- Allies, Minions, and Adversaries. The following demigods have been added:
Continuing work on the Auklesi Racial Page:

Updated The Dredgetithe dropdown with additional information surrounding cultural expectations.
Updated The Dredgegold Bounty and renamed it to "Dredgegold Bounty and the Gilded Roster", to explain the origins of the colloquial origins of the name for the book that holds the names of all heretics. Greatly expanded this entry to denote the contradiction of Auklesi piety with that of their views on slavery.
I had initially thought to have entries for each of the Gods on their primary worshiper (race's) page, but after some back and forth, I decided to keep them on their own, respective pages due to the amount of content. I'll play it by ear and by feedback. Accordingly, the following Gods have been added to the Auklesi Dropdown section under Races:

The Septumvirate (Placeholders for now):

Farnchen
Jangoweff
Pionemeth
Prolesatha
Restaweth
Shalofeth
The Salt King ("Hallow Be His Name" Quote from Playtester Nach, Lichepriest of Zorngama)
Zorngama

Using the same logic as above, I've also included a dropdown for "Famous Characters", the first being Professor Bleachcloth, Auklesi Chief Gunner at the Royal Gunnery Institute, and chief patron of Playtester Erif Prolesatha.

On a more technical side, I've redone the pathing for webpages to make them cleaner to review, so your HTMLs may look slightly different but all the links are good to go.
Cleaned up the "Reference Table" page under Skills.
Auklesi Racial Page Updates:

Added hyperlinks to the Auklesi Gods under the Auklesi Racial page, to point to the newly added pages referenced above.
Reordered the names of the Gods to an alphabetical order.

January 9th - 15th, 2022

I've had some Player feedback on Seeking versus Blinding, and after some internal testing, I agree with my Players. Special thanks to Vorovesi, Auklesi Captain of the Undertow for his examples and feedback.
TLDR: Before, Seeking applies after all calculation; now, it happens before. I.E. Before you would roll Dice, subtract Blinding, then add Seeking. Now, it's roll your dice, add Seeking, then subtract Blinding.
Below is an explanation of the rationale and why I came to my conclusion for any rules junkies out there:

The gist lies with the fact that the lower a Player's dice rolls are, the less beneficial Blinding becomes.
In the examples below, I'll use a 1d4:

The enemy has 6 stacks of Blinding applied to them. Since they roll a 1d4 and an Attack can never be less than 1, then Blinding essentially loses the benefit of 3 of it's stacks. I.E. if a Player rolls their 1d4 and gets a 4, then only 3 stacks of Blinding apply, since the Character may not go below 1. So the person applying 6 Blinding loses the potency of Blinding's stacks from 4-6. This is fine, until Seeking is thrown into the mix.
Let's combine Seeking on top of this. Say the Player has 6 stacks of Blinding on them, but they themselves have 6 Seeking for their Attack (yes, I know, rolling 1d4s with Seeking 6 seems super wonky experience wise, but bear with us.) Seeking's plus to die rolls is currently chosen after all calculations per the current rules. Thus, the order of operations here is that the Player rolls their 1d4, and no matter what because of Blinding 6, their dice roll will become a 1, because it's the minimum per the rules. The Player may then put all 6 points of Seeking into the minimum 1, making their roll a 7. In effect, the Attacker gets the full benefit of Seeking, but the Blinder loses the benefit of 3 stacks of Blinding.
Under the new, revised rules for Seeking, I'm only changing the order of operations here.

Previous Rules: Roll your Dice, minus Blinding (down to min. 1), then add Seeking.
New Rules: Roll Your Dice, add Seeking, then subtract Blinding.

Let's run through some scenarios under past and present rules, just to hammer the point home. The Attacker rolls a 1d4, has 6 stacks of Blinding on them, but has 6 Seeking on their Attack with the 1d4:

Previous Rules: Roll a 1d4; get a Natural 4; subtract 6 Blinding to get down to minimum 1 on the Attack; add 6 seeking for a total Attack of 7.
New Rules: Roll a 1d4; get a Natural 4; Add 6 Seeking for a total Attack of 10; subtract six Blinding to bring the total Attack down to 4.

You'll note under the previous rules, the Blinder lost 3 applications of Blinding due to the order of operations. Under the new rules and their new order of operations, the 6 Blinding canceled out the 6 Seeking. This was the original intent behind Seeking since it's inception as an Augment, but I've frankly missed this interaction up to this point, until my Playtester Vorovesi showed us this (when I was fighting a group of blinded Oolay who had Seeking on their Attacks) Yep, poor guy. I like to note that he didn't die though, but he's likely not going to jump into a group of enemies anytime soon. Side note: shout out to Vorovesi for also helping us tweak Tactician using this same scenario as well. Nothing like a deadly encounter to help push Mother Necessity towards better inventions.

So yeah, big shoutout to my Playtesters. Whenver you all have feedback with data, I walk through it, and if your data is good, then I'll change the rules for a more perfect game. I'm listening, but more importantly I appreciate my Playtesters caring about Aeon's game state.
I've updated the Seeking page with a new FAQ: "Why is Seeking Applied Before Blinding, But Not After?"
Today's update heavily focuses on the Downloads section of the website. I'm really excited to offer some new, helping features for GMs and Players alike.
Since I did the update to the Character sheet and added the quick sheet, I've received so much positive news and feedback. This is likely due to us taking feedback and directly applying them, so folks are congratulating implementation of their own ideas, but hey, I'll take what praise I can get!
In that same vein of thought, I had included the "cheat sheet" page along with the Character Sheet as a third page, so that it always appeared for both new and old Players' alike as a refresher, and if they didn't want it, they could always select to only print out pages 1-2. I received some feedback that Players would prefer to have this as a wholly separate download, rather than combined. I heard you, and they've been split in the downloads section.
Along with that, I've had one popular request by my Players that they'd like a form fillable version of the Character Sheet for easy storage on their PCs.

Done! This is now under the Downloads' section.
Per the notes above on separating the Character Sheet from the Cheat Sheet, I know the Form Fillable version still has the cheat sheet: I'll remove that soon.
As a side note for new Players, if you download the Form Fillable and it opens in your browswer, be sure to save a local copy otherwise your data will be lost!

A note on Experience:

As another point, GMs and Players alike have often approached the Team with their Character Sheets and asked "did I do my total XP correctly?" since the Aeon system uses scaling costs, i.e. level 1 costs 1, level 2 costs 3, etc.
In a similar thought, I had GMs who asked for some way to help them more quickly develop enemies whose XP are comparable to the Players, so they don't commit a total party kill. I hear you there too, and have been chewing on that for a while as well.
I'd like to dodge the ball on an obvious point, but trust is built on honesty. A fix for this would be to have the new, form fillable PDF autocalculate experience and shunt it to the total XP section of the Player sheet. It's possible, but I'm butting up against deadlines at this time. So I've got it on the to-do-list, but in the meantime you'll need to check your numbers yourselves. Whomp whomp, I know, but I'm working on it.
To try and justify ourselves somewhat on the point above, I acknowledge that this may be fine for the time being with Players, who only have one Character to look over, i.e. themselves, but for GMs this is essentially untenable: they need to quickly generate numerous enemies before encounters and make sure the levels are comparable to Players for the sake of fairness. After all, new Players facing an enemy with Attack 6 (Physical), Sundering 6, and Seeking 6 will likely result in deaths, and I know there's no going back from that.
However, if I did do the autocalculation for PDFs, it'd be difficult for the GMs to quickly input something into a quick interface to spit out enemies, since there would be a PDF for each enemy, or the GM would have to create a PDF, save the notation, clear, etc. So I decided I need to just take the Character sheet and break it down into it's most simple, tabular format, so GMs can quickly throw in numbers, check if the Experience is good, and move on.
So what's the best solution for GMs? An interactive page where they could input points into a table and it spits out statistics. Again, honesty, it's on the to do list, but I wanted to get something out in the meantime. In that vein, I'm adding an Experience Calculator Excel to the downloads section, which displays all Abilities, Skills, etc. and allows the GM to quickly plop in numbers and calculate experience. I'd like to use this for a minute, so I can ensure it's essentially the most straightforward way for GMs to get what they want. Once I get some feedback that it's as tight of a solution as it can be, then I'll switch it from being an excel to a webpage, or keep the excel if Players prefer that (though I expect they'd prefer a site, since that doesn't require folks owning an Excel license, etc.). Accordingly, check it out, let us know if you like it, and please give us feedback.

Updated the Auklesi Racial Page's "Naming Convention" section by adding the subsection "A Note on Nicknames"
Added the "Introductions Between Auklesi and False Names" dropdown to the "Common Taboos" section of Auklesi Cultural Elements.
Updated the Auklesi Racial Page's "Naming Convention" section by adding the following subsections:

Middle Names
Naming Conventions and Suffixes

Updated the Auklesi Racial Page's "Naming Convention" section by adding the following subsections:

First Names
Last Names Before and After Choosing a Family

Added the "Naming Conventions" subsection to the Auklesi, with the general overview
Added a final word to the "Naming Conventions" subsection under the "Races in General" page, to better delineate my methods for NPCs and racial naming conventions.
Updated the Auklesi racial page:

Under the Auklesi racial page: Renamed the dropdown under Typical Temperament and Behavior for "Other Races" to "Other Races (Namely Sulian Gani and Tarlan)" to clarify, since the Auklesi do make frequent contant with Tullusian Gani and Tarlan.
Added the Racial Benefits subsection.

January 2nd - 8th, 2022

Reorganized certain subentries into alphabetical order for easier lookup for the "Typical Temperament and Behavior" under the Auklesi page:

Previously the order was "Tongay, Oolay, Kan'Te'Ti, Boort, Tullusians, and Other Races"
Now the order is "Boort, Kan'Te'Ti, Other Races, Oolay, Tongay, Tullusians."

Reorganized certain subentries into alphabetical order for easier lookup for the "Common Cultural Elements" under the Auklesi page:

Previously the order for "Common Taboos" was Jizgareth, Other Outsiders, Reclaiming Redvine Jungle, Taking the Septumvirate's Name in Vain, Speaking of Past Sins, and Foreign Gods.
The new order is "Foreign Gods, Jizgareth, Other Outsiders, Reclaiming Redvine Jungle, Taking the Septumvirate's Name in Vain, and Speaking of Past Sins."

Did some general cleanup and sorted out readability issues. Placed the following entries into dropdowns for easier scrolling for the "Typical Temperament and Behavior" section of the Auklesi Race Page:

Tongay, Oolay, Kan'Te'Ti, Boort, Tullisans, Other Races (Namely Sulian Gani and Tarlan).

Did some general cleanup and sorted out readability issues. Placed the following entries into dropdowns for easier scrolling for the "Cultural Elements" section of the Auklesi Page:

Common Greetings: Calm Waters, Coffers Full, Rising Tide
Common Taboos: Jizgareth, Other Outsiders, Reclaiming Redvine Jungle, Taking the Septumvirate's Name in Vain, Speaking of Past Sins, Foreign Gods

Added the following excerpts to the "Common Cultural Elements" section of the Auklesi Race Page:

The Dredgetithe.
The Dredgegold Bounty.

Updated the Regions and Geography Section:

Added the General Description.
Added the "Purity of Reefwatch" excerpt.

Added the Notable Organizations Section and the "Northspray Abbey" excerpt.
Added the Historical Section and the following excerpts:

Founding of Reefwatch.
Holgoren and the Faithless Secession.
The Calling of Dalgaren.

Added the Religions' section to the Auklesi Race page:

Added the Families' overview.
Added the Deities' table for each of the Families.

December 26th - January 1st, 2021

Happy New Year! Thanks so much to all my playtesters and their contributions and support towards making this a more perfect game. I'm so blessed to have you guys with us, and really look forward to my next goal: tranposing and updating the Races' sections into the site. Keep adventuring!
Added the following racial outlook subsections to the "Typical Temperament and Behavior" section of the Auklesi Race Page: Tongay, Oolay, Kan'Te'Ti, Boort, Tullisans, and other races (generally).

Added the "Typical Temperament and Behavior" section to the Auklesi Race Page.

Added the "Common Cultural Elements" and subsections to the Auklesi Race Page:

Common Greetings.
Common Taboos.

Began working on the Auklesi Race's page:

Added the Overview Section.
Added the Physical Description and Aging section.

Updated the "Races in General" page:

Added the "Naming Conventions" entry.
Updated the "Understanding Racial Entries" list of 8 items with a new layout after suggestions from my playtesters:

Player's Section:

1) Overview: The overview is a quick blurb going over the race and typically how they are viewed across Vasatha. This is akin to the first paragraph you'd see in any tourist guide, hitting the "high" points of the race and what they are known for.
2) Physical Description and Aging: This describes the overall physical look of the races, their gender(s), and how they age.
3) Common Cultural Elements: Things a new Player needs in order to better blend in with a race's society, such as greetings, gender interactions, economies, general outlook, etc.
4) Typical Temperament and Behavior: Reviews how the race typically interacts with one another, such as whether they are typically prone to violence, talking issues out, etc. Note that this reflects the general population, and shouldn't be seen as how the Players should always interact.
5) Religions: Goes over the race's religions, both sanctioned and otherwise, such as dealing with outsider cults, "wild" gods, etc.
6) Racial Benefits: The RP benefit of Races in specific RP situations, due to their cultural backgrounds, histories, etc.
7) Naming Conventions: General naming conventions for a race, taking into account culture, history, religions, etc.
8) Reasons for "Adventuring": General reasons for adventuring amongst the race. This ties generally into the race, but not regional politics. Thus, the Auklesi may seek out tasks from their respective Families which are reasons to adventure across the race, while the GM's section below will have more regional plothooks.

GM's Section:

1) Regions and Geography: Describes where the race fits within the "northern" continent of Chow'Sul and surrounding regions, or the "southern" continent of the Charted Realms and the nearby Ashperch Archipelago.
2) Notable Organizations: Certain aspects of society that are pan-racial, such as government structures across a region; organizations of great influence; etc.
3) Regional Plothooks for "Adventuring": Since cities are extremely rare and the vast majority of civilization or small villages, the world of Vasatha is insular to the extreme. This section will go over why the party may choose to perform tasks of great import within their races' regions. These are very generalized "plot hooks" on a national scale and review historical items of significance, such as wars between city-states, supernatural phenomena, etc. In contrast, modules will provide specific reasons why the party may need to perform some feat or tackle some task.
4) Historical Notes: General history and notable figures.

Fixed a typo under the Survival Skill listing only "four" main uses for the Skill, when there's actually five!
I'm aware of a bug where the Worldmap will not load and are working to resolve it. In the meantime, each of the other region maps, which compose the world map, are properly displaying. Sorry for any inconvenience as I'm working through the issue!
I went on a wild lark and started updating the map of Lastbreath with my final ideas on how territories should be marked. These changes will be uploaded to the site once I'm done, so hang tight!
Completed most of the Auklesi racial entry. I'll be doing cleanup next due to the extensive history of the Auklesi and the Founding of Reefwatch.
Here I go! I'm starting into the wild realm of bringing the races to the forefront.

Added the "Races in General" page and entries:

Overview.
Choosing a Race.
Understanding Racial Entries
Racial Benefits in General
A Note Towards Humanity

Debugged an issue with the Character Sheet not properly downloading.

December 19th - 25th, 2021

Merry Christmas! Yes, the team is working even now to bring new content!
I'm really excited for today, not just for the gift giving, but also because today marks a milestone for the team: I've completed transposing the Skills entries from the Player's Handbook to the website! I set ourselves a strict goal of having the entire Skills section online by Christmas, and I made it by the skin of my teeth. Thanks to all my Playtesters for their wonderful contributions and helping us test the engine!
As asked by my Playtesters, my next goal will be to have all the Races transposed by March 1st. Wish us luck!
Updated the Skills - Reference Table for easier perusing.
Added the Survival Skill:

Added the General Description.
Added the following entries:

Gather Food and Potable Water.
Build a Shelter.
Identify Wild Creatures and Fauna.
Predict the Weather.
For GMs: Weather Damage or Dangerous Creature's/Fauna's Perception.

Added the following FAQs:

If A Character Wants to Identify Weather, But Crosses Between Specialized Regions, How Is That Handled?
How Do Characters Figure Out What Shelter They Need? I.E. Does a Character Need to Always Roll to Build a Shelter, Or Use Automatic Success to Build Exactly What They Need?
If My Party Has Someone With Animal Husbandry, And They Pack Animals That Are Herbivores, Shouldn't The Animals Be Able to Find Their Own Food Rather Easily?
What Does Building A Shelter Really Encompass?

Merry Christmas Eve!
Added the following FAQ to the Athletics Page: If I'm In A Chariot or Similar Craft Yoked To An Animal, Is That An Animal Handling or Piloting Check?
Created the Pilot Skill Page:

Added the General Description.
Added the section: How Does the GM Determine What Kind of Damage a Storm Does to a Ship?
Added the following FAQs:

If I'm In A Chariot or Similar Craft Yoked To An Animal, Is That An Animal Handling or Piloting Check?
Just To Be Clear, the Damage to A Ship is xd12, not xd12!, Correct?
What if My Ship is Yoked To Giant Creatures?
What If My Crew is Using a Racial Ship that Flies Through The Air, Tunnels Through the Earth, Sails Across the Planes, etc. How Do I Use the Table to Determine Obstacles, Weather, etc.?

Added the story except of Nach, Auklesi Lichepriest of the Undertow

Added the "Riding" entry to the Athletics Skill Page.

Added the following FAQs:

If Multiple Characters are "Riding" the Beast, Who Actually Controls It?
Sometimes "Riding" involves Characters on the Ground Attempting to "Steer" the Beast with Spears, Noise, Etc. Who Has Supremacy Over Riding, the Characters on the Ground or a Character Atop the Beast?
Wild Beasts Will Not Have a Bridle or Other Accoutrements to Help Steer The Creature. How Can I Help My Players RP Controlling the Beast?
Added the following FAQ to the Athetlics Skill Page: Athletics is Typically a Physical Endeavor. Can Players Use Magic for RPing?

Added the Animal Husbandry Skill under the Skills Section and the Character Sheet:

Added the general description.
Added the following FAQs:

If a Creature Has An Attack, But is Riden By A Character, Which Attack Is Used?
An Enemy Just Jumped On Top of A Player's Domesticated Creature and is Riding It. How Can The Player Command their Domesticated Creature?
How Much Weight Can a Creature Carry? How Much Health Does It Have?
Can A Character Train Non-Terrestrial Creatures?
Can You "Build" Something On The Back of a Creature?
What Defines a Creature Vs. A Race?
How About Using Animal Husbandry On Planar Creatures?
How is AP Handled Outside of Combat, Such as Generally Taking Care of a Caravan, Travelling, etc.?
Are Multiple Weekly Checks Performed Across Creatures?
Does a Creature Have An Attack, Even Without the Attack Ability Being Trained?

Overhauled the Character Sheet (special thanks to playtesters for all the feedback!):

Switched the Character Info block to a half, rather than wide block.
Combined the Resistances, Barriers, and HP blocks into the same block:

Moved Endurance to this block since the section deals with resistances.
Tweaked the Physical, Elemental, and Supernal table's matrix layout for a more efficient view
Redid the HP layout for a more minimalist take, rather than a calculation schema.
Moved the Toughness level tracker to the HP section since both dealt with health.

Redid the Skills table to no longer include all Skills, and instead allow Players to fill in what they actually have. The reasoning for this is that Aeon allows all players to roll trivial on all items, so a complete list is not necessary (i.e. some TTRPGs require Players to have levels in a Skill to use it, thus all Skills must be listed).
Added Organization to the Skills Table.
Added a "Scratch Notes" section per playtester feedback.
Removed the Dice Table due to Playtester feedback that the Table was little used after a couple sessions.
Created a Reference Page (mostly for GMs and new Players):

Moved the Dice Table to the Reference Page.
Created a Health reference table, which spells out the maximum possible health, when wounds are triggered, and how Toughness is spent for max health.
Added a Skills In General Table which lists out the levels between Trivial to Legendary.
Added a Resistances Table which shows minimum Resistance, Resistance Talent expenditure, and Endurance's Temporary Resistance and how it's applied.
Took the former Skills Table and placed it within the Reference Table. The Skills table now visually delineates between Skills that are and are not specialized.
Added a Quick Rule Reminders section going over major rules that are often used with most rolls.

Added the Perception Skill Page with the following:

Added general description.
Added section "Player Versus Character."
Added section "Player Versus Environment."
Added section "Determining Skill Check Difficulties."
Added FAQ: How Do I Handle Environmental Effects With Player Versus Character Skill Checks?
Added FAQ: TTRPGs Are Somewhat Notorious for Players Asking to Roll Perception Every Five Seconds For Every Little Thing. Thoughts?

Added the Security Skill page with the following:

Added general description.
Added FAQs:

What Other Items or Environmental Issues Could Require Security?
What if I Have the Same Security Check Back to Back, Like If All the Players are Captured and Locked in a Chain Gang. Should the Player Make a Separate Skill Check for Each Manacle?
Picking a Mundane Lock is Easy to Visualize, But How Does a Character Pick a Magical Lock?
Should the GM Combine Other Skill Checks With the Obstruction?
Can Players Understand the Obstruction, Even If They Cannot Open It?
Should Security Be Used for Pickpocketing?

Added the Stealth Skill page with the following:

Added General Description.
Added the FAQ: If I Have a Series of Characters on the Lookout, Should the Stealth Check’s Success Carry Over?
Added the FAQ: How Should I Let My Players RP Stealth?

Added the Organization Skill page with the following:

Added the general description of Organization.
Added "Step One: What Organizations Already Exist?" section.
Added "Step Two: Delineate the Ranks Within the Organization" section
Added "Step Three: Divulge These Organizations Appropriately" section
Added "Step Four: See If Any Players Are Interested In Joining, and Provide Plot Hooks for Induction."
Added FAQs:

Elevation in Most Organizations Makes Sense; How Do I Handle Nobility, Where Titles are Often Hereditary?
Are There Organizations Resources, Such As Regional Organizations, Etc.?

Added the Athletics Skill page with the following:

General description of Athletics.
Added the Balance description.
Added the Climbing description.
Added the Jumping description.
Added the Balance description.
Added the Lifting and Pulling description.
Added the Leaping description.
Added the Steadiness description.
Added the Swimming or Diving description.
Added the following FAQs:

Can Balance and Steadiness Ever Intersect?
How Do I Determine Whether to Use balance or Steadiness?
Some of These Checks Encompass Extreme Feats of Strength. How Do These Difficulties Interact Between Normal Mortals and My Characters?

Added the Guile Skill page with the following:

Added the General description of Guile.
Added the Speechcraft section:

Added the section "Is the Character Lying?"
Added the section "Will the Character Aid Us?"
Added the section "A Note of Caution for Speechcraft."
Added the section "A Clash of Cultures"

Added the Impersonate section.
Added the following FAQs:

Can I use Guile to Convince a Party Member to Do Something That My Character Wants?
If I Use Guile to Lie, Will This Ever Catch Up To My Character?
How Does Guile Synergize With Other Skills?
Does a Character With High Guile Have to Lie Well, or Otherwise Spin a Convincing Tale?
All The Other Skills Have Optional Reference Tables Showing Common Scenarios. Why Does Guile and Its Subsets of SpeechCraft and Impersonate Lack Similar Material?

December 12th - 18th, 2021

Updated the Character Sheet:

The Language and Academia tables have been combined, due to the substantial overlap in sections.
Fixed alphabetical sorting on thet new page.
Changed the specialization subset of "Outsider" to "Planar History".

Updates to the Academia skill page:

Changed the specialization subset of "Outsider" to "Planar History".
The ability to speak and read languages is now a part of Regional History, Planar History, or Speech Subsets (for the Keening and Wildfolk).
Inserted entries explaining why the Keening and Wildfolk do not have regional dialects which would hamper communication to the point of non-communication.
Changed the "Is a Specialization Required" header to "Is a Specialization Required for Historical Knowledge?" to delineate it against the new subsection "Are Rolls Required for Speech and Reading Texts?"
Added the entry "Are Rolls Required for Speech and Reading Texts?" to clarify usage of language.

Added subentry explaining examples requiring rolls, such as racial festivals, secretive societies, inclusive pantheons, etc.

Updated the Delayed Augment page.

Added the FAQ "If I Can Cast Up to 7 Traps or Delayed Buffs with 1 AP Each, What's the Benefit of Having More Than One Point Invested in Delayed?" to explain the benefit of leveling up Delayed for Traps.
Added the FAQ "How do Traps Handle Passives Which Require Sacrificing or Divvying Die for Usage?" for explaining uses with Ranged, Chain, etc.
Updated the general Augment description concerning the following:

Better explained the 7AP cap rule.
Better explained how casters can dissipate traps and that dissipation does not cost AP.
Noted niche scenarios where Characters lay traps and travel long distances.

Added the Academia Skill Page.

Added General Academia entry.
Added Regional History entry.

Added Region explanation sub entry.

Added Engineering entry.

Added Shipbuilding sub entry.
Added Structural sub entry.

Updated the Academic entries for studying Outsiders

Aircloin are now also designated by their proper name: Aethyrians.
Earthcloin are now also designated by their proper name: Cthonians.
Firecloin are now also designated by their proper name: Ignissians.
Denizens of the Font are now also designated by their proper name: Torfalen.
Watercloin are now also designated by their proper name: Abyssians.
Denizens of the Siphon are now also designated by their proper name: Yestakarth.

Added the story excerpts for the following:

Engineering - Shipbuilding
Engineering - Structural

Added a section explaining whether a specilization is required, examples, and a table for reference.
Added the FAQ: Does Regional History Let Me Have a Perfect Knowledge of a Settlement's Layout?
Added the FAQ: If a Race Deals with Outsiders Consistently, Should I Use Regional History or Outsiders?
Added the FAQ: If I Am Part of an Organization, How Does That Interplay With Regional History?

Updated the Character Sheet:

Rearranged Engineering's Structures and Ships Specialization to be alphabetically correct.
Rearranged all Language subsets to be alphabetically correct.
Updated the Known Languages Table with the following:

Now includes Races that will likely use such language, since multiple races may inhabit different regions.
Added the Loshai and the Dowager Ziggurats located in the top right portion of the Redvine Jungle region map.
Added the Kwelthi Empire, the progenitors of the Auklesi, who battle the Tongay clans in Redvine Jungle.
Added the Ferlek, located in the Badlands located between Snowclutch and Tullusia. Snowclutch's region maps contains the vast majority of the Ferlek.
Added the Chedek and Tenspires, located beneath the mountains of Chow'Sul.
Added the Keening.
Added the Wildfolk.
Corrected the name of Ignis under the Plane/World column.

Updated the following races with their languages' proper names:

Abyssians: Effudi
Aethyrians: Mistral
Cthonians: Plosi
Dowager Ziggurats: Juravi
Keening: Movi
Kwelthi Empire: Boeth
Snowclutch Mountains (Eastern Badlands): Cunicul
Tenspires: Sodali
Torfalen: Tinxi
Infernissians: Fulsi
Wildfolk: Movi
Yestakarth: Cacavi

Created a Changelog!
Updated the Character sheet:

Added Organizations.
Added Academia specialization table.

Added Regional History Specialization.

Added Archperch Archipelago Region.
Added Chow'Sul Region.
Added LastBreath Region.
Added Redvine Jungle Region.
Added Reefwatch Region.
Added Snowclutch Mountains Region.
Added Tullusian Principates Region.

Added Engineering Specialization.

Added Structures Specialization.
Added Ships Specialization.

Updated the Tactician Talent Entry:

Tactician now subtracts the total flanking bonus of enemies by 1 per level. Thus, a Character with 1 Tactician would negate the flanking +1 bonus of the two, adjacent enemies.
Added a FAQ explaining how Ranged attacks work against a Flanked enemy.
Added a FAQ explaining the interaction between Tactician's reduction in AP loss from Breaking Combat against Flanking reduction at Level 6.