It was blocked during a DM event.

should we set up a little hut, same way the caravans are set up?

@folklore i think he definitely has made a lot of mistakes in the past. IIRC he got a pretty stern talking to at the beginning of last year, and played a few different PCs handling conflict in a better way. His dwarf Varric did a much better job antagonizing as a villain without breaking rules.

Drow Spellblade, True Neutral, Level 4
Name: TBD

What specific perk(s) (faction, special background, etc)
Drow race application.

Requesting approval for the drow race and a piwafwi cloak that was returned to the character after he escaped
from the slave arena.

A few sentences on how you plan to make the server more fun to play on for everyone, through your character’s actions/story in game:

The character will actively organize small, player-led expeditions, patrols, and training outings to give others reasons to group up and RP without waiting for DM events. He will host in-character sparring sessions and combat drills tied to his arena background, creating recurring social and RP touchpoints for both martial and non-martial characters. His long-term arc will focus on uncovering Underdark rumors, slaver activity, and lost magic, deliberately inviting other PCs into shared investigations and collaborative storylines.

If you’re not applying on your normal log-in or handle, what accounts have you played under?
Ethika

Brief background as relevant to the application
The character was once a drow wizard captured by a ruthless Underdark house that enslaved lesser races and political enemies alike. Fitted with an anti-magic collar, he was forced to fight in a subterranean slave arena, where he survived by learning brutal, efficient martial techniques. After winning his freedom and regaining his magic, he fled to the surface, where he began blending spellcraft and swordplay into a single disciplined style.

The character will portray typical drow traits such as caution, indirect speech, and social mistrust, but without overt cruelty or Lolthite fanaticism. He is uncomfortable in bright light, uneasy around surface authority, and slow to trust, yet deeply loyal once bonds are formed. His culture clash and adjustment to surface customs will be a recurring RP theme.

Hi All, with the introduction of our new Faction the Gilded Venture we decided it was a good time to open up an app-less week for players between today until Sunday October 19th.

Lycanthrope and Dragontouched races will still require an application, however, all other subraces/factions/backgrounds are open for consideration.

We are going to try something different where this app-less week is only open to group concepts (Minimum 2 PCs). We believe players and the server will benefit from starting on creation as a group concept, and depending on the ideas we may be open to running a prelude type event for a group if it makes sense.

If you are looking for another player try on Discord under the groups & concepts tab to try and find someone to brainstorm an idea on and then once you are set grab a DM with your idea (be prepared for a bit of back and forth with the idea to make sure it fits) and we will do the rest.

Last night we announced the results of this competition where Zerelstria had received the most amount of Azure Diamonds over the month long span. Starting last night via IG event and over the coming few weeks you will start to see the impact of this choice play out IG.

A few things of note that the DM team wants to share with players.

1. Just because your side didn't "win", does not mean your effort goes to waste. This was not an all or nothing competition, for players that made an effort supporting other causes and made things fun for other players your efforts won't go to waste. We want to remind everyone that this is a storytelling avenue, we want you to feel that your efforts can have an impact on the server around you.

2. The spawning of Azure Diamonds will be paused for the short term, we want to use this time to collect feedback and improve the system for the next time around. We will bring this system back in a few weeks, but we want to make sure we continue to improve it.

3. Please share feedback with the team, what did you like about the system? Is it too long? To few diamonds spawning? Didn't like the options of results where you could donate diamonds? If you could create your ideal faction to submit your diamonds what reward would YOU like to see?

Hi CoA community, the DM team has been working hard to make CoA the best place it can possibly be. We wanted to share an update on the work that has been done over the past few months. I believe that the server is in a great place where we are working hard to implement features that players and DMs have been asking for and putting the server in the right direction for the future.

Player Feedback
A survey was done over the past few months to collect input from active and inactive players, we want to make sure that what players want and DMs are working on are aligned. You can see the results of the survey here: https://forums.cityofarabel.com/topic/69278/2025-player-survey-results/13

Content Bloat
You may have noticed over the past few months some areas being revamped/rebuilt/deleted. We wanted to reduce the distance to go from point A to point B. Now quests are closer together in different areas so when you go to different parts of the server things are more compact and easier to move around. We want players to be able to reach all different corners of the server from the hub in just a few areas

Impact on the Server
Our new Pyre system allows players to have an impact on the server. On a monthly basis players have a prestige target in the pyre. After hitting this target it revealed the new Rhimebound city with fun new things to explore, watch out if you don't hit the target there may be negative impacts on the environment as well!

Epic Bounty Creatures
Players wanted to have a system where random generated bounty creatures are spawned somewhere in the server, bring a party to go out to fight these dangerous beasts. In the coming weeks more epic bounty creatures will spawn with new rewards and risks.

Azure Diamond caches
Our new Azure Diamond monthly trial system, See here: Azure Diamonds Players have the chance to collect diamonds hidden around the server and put it towards a cause that is important to their character.

Spell Changes
We want to keep things fresh and ensure players have a reason to use other spells, we have made quite some changes to some underused spells. Feel free to make suggestions here see here underwhelming spells

Quest changes
Players have asked to bring back old quests from V4. We have begun to start implementing some fan favourites like Swamp Barbarians! We plan to continue to bring back some of these quests and adapt them to the new CoA. Current quests have been revamped to keep them fresh and introducing new puzzles and optional challenges for those who want a bit more!

End game xp
Any additional experience gained above the XP cap will be converted to prestige points. This way you still gain benefits when you are above the xp cap!

Looking to the future:
New dungeons, new bounty creatures, new prestige items and more quests! We have several projects that are in the works that keep pushing the server in the right direction. If you want to have an influence on new features for the server please share them here See here: Player Wishlist If you have scripting or building capabilities and are willing to volunteer let us know

I leave you with this quick sneak peek of a mega dungeon in the works:

Best Regards,
The CoA DM team

Either there are multiples overlapped or they trigger twice, having seen the screenshots they were getting hit with multiple in one round.

Is it possible that someone else ran and pulled the spawns from one place to another, then a later group came and new spawn came in?

Module Version 8351/8848 (I think 8351 was a typo)
Fire giants should have fire immunity and cold vulnerability

Looking at all of the models
Fire Giant mage- fine
Fire Giant skorcher - fine
Fire Giant Chieftain - Needs cold vulnerability
Fire Giant Glaive - Needs cold vulnerability
Fire Giant Shaman - Needs immunity and vulnerability
Fire Giant Strongarm - Needs cold vulnerability