Morning Coffee Break

 Got your morning cup of coffee and a few minutes? Great! We're continuing our coffee break feature at the View - we're going to be asking a series of questions and we want to know your answers! The question is posted below. So while you sip your morning beverage of choice, ruminate on this one:

 How many owls would you have to see in a day to know something was wrong? Are you concerned or excited? And at what number do you start questioning what is going on?

Head on back to Social Media to let us know! 

Straight Outta Context

 

Here's our next installment of “Straight Outta Context” where we post a photo with absolutely no context and see what you think is happening! To kick off each post, we'll ask someone random in the community to take a stab at what's happening!

Nixon Says: 

“What Realmsies turn to after three days of questing while sleeping on site, if there’s no showers you make your own!”

Share your guesses about what is going on via Discord or in the Facebook comments!

Want to take a stab at what's happening in our next picture? Reach out to Dani Lacasse via discord or facebook messenger to sign-up!

Leviathan's Feast of the Mind 1025 Pt 2

 Part 2 of some mental challenges from 2025!

Connections (2 points each) _____/10

Each of these four seemingly random clues are connected. Your answer should be what

connects these four clues.

★ Destrier - Palfrey - Courser - Rouncey

Answer:_______________________________________________________________

★ Lamellar - Splint - Scale - Brigandine

Answer:_______________________________________________________________

★ Mythguard - Teng Hua - Pacifica - Corsica

Answer:_______________________________________________________________

★ Sequence - Royalty - Suit - Hand

Answer:_______________________________________________________________

★ Gambler - Healer - Adventurer - Servant

Answer:_______________________________________________________________

What’s their job? (1 point each) _____/10

Each of these jobs have a specific purview. What do each of these jobs contribute to society?

★ Cooper ___________________________

★ Chandler__________________________

★ Farrier____________________________

★ Wainwright________________________

★ Baker____________________________

★ Vintner___________________________

★ Cobbler___________________________

★ Haberdasher_______________________

★ Spurrier___________________________

★ Fletcher___________________________

Say What You See (5 points) _____/5

The pictures below are trying to remind you of a piece of advice for combat.

Leviathan's Feast of the Mind 1025 Pt 1

It's now 2026, what better time than now to bring out last year's puzzles. For anyone with extreme FOMO, enjoy! Here's page one of the mental challenges from last year,.

Round 1: General Knowledge

Knighthood Word Search (1 point per knighthood) _____/10

This word search contains the names of 10 different knighthoods. The terms you are searching

for would follow “Knights of [the]...”. Words can be hidden diagonally or appear backwards.

Meme Monday

 by the Meme Team

FB Cover photo Voting

Hello everyone! 🎉

The Facebook Mod Team is excited to try out a new and hopefully improved way to handle voting and nominations! From now on, we’ll be using a separate form to make things smoother and easier for everyone to participate.

The poll will be open for a limited time and will close Sunday evening, so be sure to cast your vote before then! 🗳️

And keep your eyes peeled… another announcement is coming soon with details about nominations and next month’s theme!👀✨

If the embedded poll is not working, please use the direct Google Voting Form. 

Conspiracy Monthly

 By: Kyra/Kieran Barry

From the award winning publication! 

What's It Do? What's It Do

In this continuing View feature, we show you a picture of a theoretical magic item. Then you go back to Facebook and in the comments, invent your idea for the powers that this item would have.

Here is this week's item:

What does this amazing unfolding ring do? Get your Magic Marshal on and come back to social media to let us know!

Shield Stories with Steven Yazinka

  Organized by James "Tao" Murphy

How long have you had your shield? 

A little over 2 years now. I made it in early 2023 when the weapon length rules changed to give 1 paths a combination length of 5’2”. This allowed a full length single short and an 18 inch buckler rather than a 16 inch one, which made it a perfect time to craft a new shield.  

Is this your preferred shield style? 

As a one path, I don’t have many other options, but even at limited practices I prefer it over anything larger. It weighs almost nothing and has minimal air resistance compared to a “fighter shield”.

Have you ever tried a different style of shield? 

I have always enjoyed round punch shields, though anything too large and it tires me out more than it keeps me alive. Strap shields and large punch shields feel too passive for me. 

Who made it?

 I made it myself, using EVA foam, craft foam, a wood burner, and paint. I had never made anything like it before, and it probably is the longest I’ve ever put into a single crafting project that wasn’t chainmail. 

Have you ever had to fix/repair/refoam it since it's original creation?

Thankfully no, It has held up remarkably well for how I’ve used it. I don’t even know how I’d begin to repair it when the time comes. 

What is your favorite move with the shield?

Quick active blocking with a light buckler sometimes feels a lot more like parrying with a weapon. You can’t rely on such a small shield to protect all of your vitals at once the way a larger shield can, so you have to be predictive and reactive about where you want it to be. Nothing feels better than winning a fight after blocking a series of incoming shots coming from many different angles by timing all of your active blocks perfectly. 

Do you have any interesting stories about the shield?

When designing the runes for my shield, I came up with a full 26 letter rune set and the letters around the outside ring spelled out something, but I lost the only piece of paper that had the translation and have since forgotten what it said.

Meme Monday

by the Meme Team

Guest Memers: Grarr & Jasper

Realmsle #29

 

                       

This custom Wordle-adjacent-puzzle features a 5-letter word that is particularly relevant to the Realms.

If the embedded page isn't working below you can click this link to get to the puzzle.

Like regular Wordle you can copy your result's (but only if you follow the link), so paste them or a screenshot onto social media to let us know how you did. But no spoilers!

Conspiracy Monthly

 By Kyra/Kieran Barry

Announcing the Queen of Hearts XXXI Crafting Categories

 

The crafting and performance categories for Queen of Hearts XXXI are as follows

Performance Competition:

A partner dance

Crafting Categories:

The theme for this year is “The four seasons”. Each of the four traditional seasons (summer, autumn, winter, spring) must be represented across the four of your team’s crafting entries. How you interpret these themes is up to the crafters on your team.

• Foamsmith Competition: a hand-and-a-half blunt weapon with a special emphasis on being “otherworldly”.

• Armourer Competition: a set of pauldrons with a special emphasis on being made of mixed media (at least three).

• Garb Competition: a doublet with sleeves with a special emphasis on being reversible.

• Artificer Competition: a source of light with a special emphasis on the incorporation of movement.

Additionally within the next month or so we will be releasing the rubrics we will be using to judge the above competitions.

Rumors around the Realms March 1026

    

Rumors around the Realms March 1026

Around the Ashenmark/Rhiassa border

Disgruntled customers have been complaining that portions are missing from their deliveries of Ashenmark cheese.  The cheese merchants have frantically submitted paperwork attesting to their faultlessness in the disappearances, claiming that the recent cheese thievery is due to organized rats.

General Realms

Strange cultists wearing bone white masks have been wandering around the realms, asking after treasure hunters, archaeologists, and mercenaries. They never seem to hire anyone, but sometimes people will go missing shortly after they leave a town.

Meme Monday

 by the Meme Team