Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues

It is being created by a team that includes: Richard "Lord British" Garriott the creator of the Ultima series, Starr Long the original Director of Ultima Online, and Tracy Hickman the author of the beloved Dragonlance Novels and Dungeons & Dragons modules. Features Housing: Purchase property and a wide variety of buildings to place there. These can be customized with hundreds of items (paintings, crafting stations, chairs, tables, food, plants, fountains, statues, lights, etc.). Players can also set permissions that allow them to share this property with other players. Higher level pledges begin the game with property and house deeds. (Find out more at www.shroudoftheavatar.com) Crafting: Gather and refine resources to craft a wide variety of objects including weapons, armor, potions, food, and furniture. Player Trading: Trade with each other for items or gold. PVP (Duels and Zones): Fight other players in Open PVP zones of the map or 1 on 1 duels in any location. Dual Scale Map: Explore the world by walking across a map (aka The Overworld) like old school RPGs with random and roving encounters mixed among named points of interest. Combat and Magic Skills: We have over 100 skills in a wide variety of combat and magic schools including Blades, Fire, Water, Life, Polearms, Shields, etc. Multiple Online Modes: Play how you want in one of two modes: Single Player Online or Open Multiplayer Online. Character Customization: Customize your character's facial features, hair style, hair color, facial hair, skin tone, and gender. Also express yourself with a vast array of different gear that when equipped shows on your character. (cloaks, armor, weapons, hats, tools, torches, etc.) AI Behaviors: Archers will try to maintain distance, warriors will try to surround you, Liches will summon skeletal allies, and villagers will turn on lights when night falls. Advancement: As you gain experience fighting and questing you gain levels which give you skill points that you can use with a trainer to purchase new skills or to raise your attributes. Hint System: Each time you attempt something for the first time a hint will appear with basic instructions (this can be disabled in options) Fully Interactive World: Every attempt is made to make the world respond to you. All the lights you see can be turned on and off, doors can be opened/closed/locked/unlocked, objects can be taken from shelves/tables/etc. Dynamic Lighting: Time of day changes as you play along with all light sources casting light in a realistic fashion. Summoned Allies: Certain schools of magic can summon allies including Ice Elementals, Fire Elementals, Liches, and Skeletons. Control Points: Grab control of Vertas Pass and see how long you can hold it against ever increasing waves of Dark Elves. Emotes: Express yourself with a wide variety of emotes including dances, bows, laughs, bows, yawns, etc. Guilds: You can form or join a guild Crowd Sourcing Create content for the game (music, sound effects, and art) and be paid for it. System Requirements PC System Requirements OS: Windows 7 or newer Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX10 Compatible ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVIDIA 8800 GT / Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics DirectX: Version 10 Network: Broadband Internet connection Hard Drive: 6 GB available space Mac System Requirements OS: 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion), 10.9 (Mavericks) Processor: 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (Dual-Core) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVidia Geforce 640M Network: Broadband Internet connection Hard Drive: 6 MB available space Linux / SystemOS System Requirements OS: Ubuntu 10.10 or newer officially but most linux flavors supported Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVIDIA 8800 GT / Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics Network: Broadband Internet connection Hard Drive: 6 GB available space