Potential Shifter Language Bug

Bugs relating to the other areas of Arelith, includes old topics.


Moderators: Active Admins, Forum Moderators, Active DMs, Contributors, Area Developers, Artist/Animator

Post Reply
The_Farmer
Posts: 7
Joined: Sun Aug 11, 2024 2:27 am

Potential Shifter Language Bug

Post by The_Farmer »

Description of Bug Experienced:
Hello. Sorry to trouble you. I may have stumbled upon a bug/feature today that impacts Shifters.
I shared this with DM Starfish on the Discord and they recommended I submit it here
I have stumbled upon this unententionally as I have been in the underdark and in some cases have not wanted to shift out of the form as it may give my disguise away. I just want to make sure I do not get penalized for metagaming when this happens.

Basically how it works is if a shifter logs out while shifted in Kolbold form, when they log back in their language fluency for Draconic goes to 100%.
I tested this with another shifter with the same results. So far we have also tested it for the following other shapes so far (none of these forms resulted in language fluency increases):
Minotaur
Drow
Lizardman Slaver
Wyrmling

I can continue to test all other forms, as well - just let me know!

Steps to reproduce the Bug:

  1. Shift into Kolbold form
  2. Logout out of the game
  3. Log back into the game.

Expected Result:
No change to character's language proficiency.

Actual Result:
The character's language fluency for Draconic goes to 100%, upon reloading.

Screenshot(s)

Additional Information/Notes
Thank you for your time. Sorry to bring this to your attention. I love the Arelith world and you all do INCREDIBLE work... thank you for being such awesome world-builders!!!

The_Farmer
Posts: 7
Joined: Sun Aug 11, 2024 2:27 am

Re: Potential Shifter Language Bug

Post by The_Farmer »

Hi Team,
Figured we'd save you all some time, so we went ahead and tested the remaining forms with another shifter (shout out to Peat). We looked across all the languages for impact, our findings were that no other bugs were found across the other forms. Based on that it appears to be a bug that only impacts the Kolbold form.

Warm Regards,
Ironthumb

Post Reply