The Stygian Abyss: Three New Skills!

Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss introduces a new playable race, the Gargoyles. This new culture is unique in Sosaria and these powerful creatures have much to teach the Humans and Elves, including three new skills. Each skill represents the pinnacle of Gargish achievement in crafting, magic, and combat, and all players will have reason to learn something from their new neighbors. To read more about Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss and the Gargoyles, visit the website here

New Skill: Imbuing

For artificers, constructing magical items is an extension of themselves, akin to an artist aspiring to paint her magnum opus. With the appropriate ingredients and a soul forge, artificers can imbue items with whatever properties they desire. To read more about the new Imbuing skill in Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss, visit the Stygian Abyss website here.

New Skill: Mysticism

Humans and Gargoyles worked together from a common source of magic, and the Gargoyles went on to refine their arcane arts to deal with the cataclysms destroying their world. Gargoyles have mastered the art of magic called Mysticism. To read more about the new Mysticism skill in Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss, visit the Stygian Abyss website here.

New Skill: Throwing

Due to the recent cataclysms that have plagued the Gargoyle's homeland, the Gargoyles must conserve their resources and adapt to their current environment. Just as the Gargoyles have mastered their own form of the arcane arts with Mysticism, they have also mastered their own ranged combat style in the form of Throwing. To read more about the new Throwing skill in Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss, visit the Stygian Abyss website here.

Live Event

Publish 56 brings with it the next step in the sinister plans of the Shadowlords. The initial attacks on Britannian cities were merely probes � this is the true invasion. Forces sympathetic to the Shadowlords, including the PvP factions of the Shadowlords and Minax, fight in the Felucca facet to weaken the mystical defenses surrounding Britannian cities in the Trammel facet. Opposing them are the True Britannians and the Council of Mages. In Trammel, the Britannian militia struggles valiantly to hold back the tide of invaders.

In the ruins of Magincia, the lost souls of the fallen wander through the rubble. Recent breakthroughs have suggested a means to redeem the fallen � hardy adventurers are urged to visit the desolate island to do their part.

As Halloween approaches, shopkeepers and citizens around the nation prepare for hordes of trick-or-treaters � rumor has it that there are many new treats in store! And in the Yew Courthouse, a mystery takes shape. Help uncover it before it's too late � but beware, you'll need your wits about you to survive...

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