Over 230 New Customs Will Be at Rumor Woods

RUMOR WOODS PREVIEW: GM Casil announced that there are over 230 *New* Customizing Items that will be at this Year’s Rumor Woods! He noted that many of them come with that sun-scorched desert flair!

Text of Discord Post follows:

GM Casil
[Rumor Woods 2026] Over 230 New Customs
on 1:08 PM
from the Official GemStoneIV Discord
on #forums/paid-events channel

These customs will be added to our current collection, providing you with a wide variety of ways to feel more like you while you destroy your enemies or utter words you shouldn’t say in polite company. This year, you’ll note many options with a sun-scorched desert flair!

Spell Preps
Urchin Guides
Signature Verbs
Log Phrases
Death Messages
Swears
Spell and bolt customs
CMAN customs

These customs are brought to you by Casil, Elidi, Elysani, Gyres, Kaonashi, Mariath, Marstreforn, Sindin, Thandiwe, Valyrka, and Xynwen.

An enormous thank you to Isten, our QCer, who had a monstrous task to review.

Two of the General Spell Preps
Heat warps the air as Casil traces fiery runes, his fingers distorted by the mirage-like shimmer.

Serpentine tendrils of imbricated energy slither up Casil’s arms as he hisses an incantation.

Death Messages:

Turns out quicksand was something Casil needed to worry about after all.
Casil ignored several red flags.
Casil forgot he wasn’t wearing plot armor.

Familiar Gate
Familiar Gate
Opened: Assorted books hurtle in from every direction, haphazardly stacking and curving upward, their pages fluttering and snapping wildly in the commotion. As the last tome locks into place at the apex of the precarious arch, the frantic pages still, and a pale golden void pops into existence within.

Closed: The pale golden void winks out as the keystone tome dislodges from the arch and takes flight. Each book peels away in systematic succession and darts off in a different direction, the arch dismantling itself in an orderly fashion.

Gate: a precarious arch of haphazardly stacked books

GM Xynwen:
I went on an ink-based kick for the customs I did…it was just resonating with me more than the RW theme, lol
Between this year’s add and the ones we did in 2024 when we replaced everything, we’re at about 1,000 at RW. Huge kudos to Casil for managing the process, as it is a bear!

(More at the Discord Thread linked)

Direct Discord Link (Right click, copy link, and paste into Discord App if you don’t want to use the Discord web interface.)

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