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[!] An Almanac is spread all o'er the lands of Honeyhill! Some random halfling lad shoves one in your face, forcing you to read it! Farmer's Almanac This year has been a good one so far. Much has been done, and the village, while nay as prosperous as it has been in the past, continues onwards. This yearly Almanac shall contain more knowledge about our uncertain future, full of wisdoms, predictions, and some recipes to get you through your day! ~Contents~ ~Recent Occurances 'n Honeyhill~ ~A Glimpse into the Future~ ~Wisdoms from the Wishing Well~ ~Recipes~ ~A Poem~ ~Occurances~ The fields, once fallow, have been planted anew with new seeds! Future events are popping out of the village like flies from warm butter, promising to bring us many more pins on our calendars! Wreath making and Knoxmas Tree decorating will fill our future selves with a sense of festive joy! New faces are moving into the village on the regular, and although nay all of them stick around, many remain to build their own wee burrows and partake in village activites. One such thing, of course, was the penitent walk of the biggun prince, during which we were able to trade off our old rotten farm produce for many interesting trinkets and gadgets from the bigguns in Haense! Who knew that rotting food could be so useful? ~A Glimpse into the Future~ Once allowed to grow, this year's harvest should be ripe and bountiful thanks to the time the fields spent fallow. The spring thaw will inundate the fields with a lot of water, requiring hard work to stop the seedlings from drowning. After spring, summer will bring many births in the barn shed, leading to a surplus of wool and beneficial trade with the local biggun folks of said surplus. Fall will come fast and hard, quickly turning into winter after all of the fields are harvested and processed into edible foods. And upon next winter, dear readers, you will read here in the Almanac and learn more of what is to come! ~Wisdoms from the Wishing Well~ Rabbits Feet The foot of a rabbit is very lucky. If you carry one around in your pockets, you will never come across unfortunate events. Take care that it does not go foul, however, as a rotten rabbits foot will DOUBLE your misfortune! To Give, or to Take Giving is always good, but if you always give, and never take, you will have nothing. Taking is not seen as such a good act, yet if you take nothing, you will have nothing, and you can give nothing in return. What is the answer to this dilemma? The answer is this: You are to take when you need and give when you can. This way, all shall have all that they need to prosper as best they can. Pumpkin Pride If you are envious of another farmer's wealth & good harvest, plant pumpkins. Pumpkins may seem humble, yet he who plants the most pumpkins is always the greatest of farmers. Thus, even if you are not as prosperous as your neighbors, you will not be seen as such, and all will revere you as the greatest farmer in the village. When to Pick Berries It is best to pick berries before they are fully ripe. A ripe berry, when picked, will go sour quickly and need to be turned into jam. An unripe berry, however, will ripen with time and not go bad in your pockets before you can snack on it. ~Recipes~ Berry Jam Find some berries (any berries will do), and plop them into a cooking pot. Add a little bit of water, and squish the berries so that they release their innards. With a fire going on the cooking stove, slowly simmer the berries until they form a continuous mush. This mush can then be bottled and stored in a dry pantry for months on end! Simple Cracker Cheese is a well known delicacy in Honeyhill, but did you know that you can make crackers to go with them with nothing but flour and water? Simply add some flour into a mixing bowl, add water until it forms a proper dough, roll it out flat & thin on your kitchen table with a rolling pin, break the dough up into suitably small pieces, and then bake the crackers over a kitchen stove until they brown up a bit on the edges! The resulting crackers can be dipped into cheese for easy snacking! ~Poem~ Winter t'is nay the best season. I say this for no particular reason! -Filibert Applefoot, Elder of Honeyhill

Add snow modes at the very least I want to MANUALLY festivize my village and since there are no snow nodes I cannot do it myself. It’s December, we need snow nodes by now, simple as.

Filibert Applefoot, local halfling rotten food saleshalfman, hopes that there are more penitence walks out of this to drive up sales!

"Should beh ah loveleh toime!" says Filibert Applefoot, local halfling and elder of Honeyhill!

Filibert Applefoot obtains a copy of this "Wha' da 'eck beh tha' weird symbol wif tha' snake an' two lines through it? Some weird form o' biggun heraldry? Oi knew oi shouldnae 'ave skipped Iris's teachin' lessons..." the wee halfling lad would frown.

~A flier is found flying about through the winds! Its crinkled folds slam right into your face, forcing you to read it!~ Winter Fair! ~An artist's depiction of Honeyhill in the cold months o' the year!~ Now be the time for celebrations! Our harvest is finished, our wheat milled and turned into flour and then bread, and our bellies full of good ale and good food! Now that the busy times are past us, we can look forwards to the simple pleasantries of life! Us halflings do know how to run a good party! Activities: ~Ice Skating!~ ~Booze Drinking Competition!~ ~Sledding!~ ~And More!~ Be there or be a chilly Pumpkin (which is not that bad, in all honestly. Still, it's best to attend this)! The event t'will be taking place on The Grand Harvest o' this year, 649 Shire Reckoning! -Filibert Applefoot, Elder of Honeyhill ((7 PM EST, Saturday on December 4th, 2021. Directions to Honeyhill can be found below: ))

I pet a dog

"T'is ah real shame tha' da Hedgehogs can nay play 'n dese finals" says Filibert Applefoot "Oi'm sure weh'd do vereh well"

[!] A notice is posted to the Honeyhill Noticeboard!! Da Village Time! ~Halflings milling about the village o' Honeyhill!~ T'is toime, my friends, t'is VILLAGE TIME! Time to farm, fish, garden, and do all sorts of other things, and drink long and hard 'n the tavern afterwards! Tha' fields won't work themselves! -Filibert Applefoot! ((Event at 6:30 PM EST, TODAY! Think of it like the old Slice of Life Hours I used to run, but without as much focus. Ask @func_Soap for more details))

Filibert Applefoot right click saves these priceless NFTs, somebody stop him!

"Guess we'll 'ave ter join da big leagues nex' season!" remarks Filibert Applefoot, player for the halfling team!

[!] A note is pinned to the Honeyhill Noticeboard! EVIL WOLVES ATTACK VILLAGE! Attention all Honeyhill residents! The wolves are back at it again! One of these wretched wolves snuck into our barn and killed many of our sheep! Keep an' eye out for 'em and make sure they dunnae enter our barn and steal our precious livestock away from us! Me an' Onelia Peregrin managed to subdue the wolf responsible for the most recent attack, yet who knows what more is to come! Stay vigilant! -Filibert Applefoot, Elder of Honeyhill ((Event tomorrow at 3 PM EST, located in Honeyhill, the home of the halflings, right next to Karosgrad in Haense! ))

[!] A note is pinned to the Honeyhill Noticeboard, or found flying about the city of Karosgrad TO BATTLE!* *for the purposes of training and exercise ~A painting of halflings o' yore defending themselves. Of course, this training will nae use such deadly & improper weapons, thankfully~ Calling all halfling bounders! Calling all weefolks! Calling all bigguns who wish to partake! T'is time for the greatest training t'ar ever was! There will be lots of archery & slingin' practice, duels with training weapons, and more! Come on down ter Honeyhill an' da lands between us and the city, and we'll have ourselves a mighty good time (hopefully learnin' somefin' too)! ~Horse Archery & Sling Training!~ The main event of the training will be a big ol' mock battle between two sides, with all da figh'ers using ponies to evade the enemy! Make sure ter wear protective clothing unless you want to be poked with a lot trainin' arrows and bruised wif' slingshot stones! ~Individual Sling & Training Stick Duels!~ After the big fight, those who remain may train against one another with trainin' arrows and wooden sticks! ~Target Shooting!~ Some stationary targets will be set up all o'er the hillside for fellows to try their aim with! Ponies & other necessary materials will be provided, but bringing your own t'is encouraged! Any halflings nay a part of the bounders already may join the organization during the event, if they so wish! -Filibert Applefoot, elder of Honeyhill ((noon to 2 PM EST, Sunday the 21st of November, 2021))

"Oi'll be t'ere!" comments Filibert Applefoot, local halfling and elder of Honeyhill!

As someone who builds a fair bit for the server, people who get angry at their builds being destroyed shouldn't build for LOTC. The concept of every build being perfect, impeccable, unmodifiable things sculpted during 100 hours of creative prebuilding is a recent phenomenon. I personally think it's better to have a world that can be impacted by players than a world that can't be modified because it just "looks too good to destroy" or whatever. I build stuff for my community and when it gets destroyed I just move onto the next thing, and I think that's a healthy mentality for builders on LOTC to have. With this in mind we should view the problem not as "how can we modify the concept of roleplay destruction to fit regions, PRO systems, and build complications", but rather "how can we modify regions, PRO systems, and build complications to fit the reality of dynamic roleplay and destruction".