Change: May Changes

Key Changes

• Raids created by Watchers will now make rooms green with the skill "foliage" as they go around destroying.
  • Shopkeepers will no longer get destroyed
  • Areas that are in raid status will allow shopkeepers to sell to outlaw/wanted watchers.
• Bugs can now be sent with the 'bugs' command, similar to other spool commands like note, and journal.
  • It's best to stay in the room that a bug occurred, as IMMs can see which room the bug was sent from.
• Immortals can now see what other characters you have with a simple command.
• Replay clan has been added to the list of replays.
• Command 'write' has been updated:
  • "write edit" shows what languages you know, if there's nothing written on the paper.
  • You can now write in languages you know less than 100%, as long as it's more than 80%.
    • languages in red are languages you don't know well enough to write in.
    • languages in green = fluent, while languages in yellow are above 79%.
  • If there's something already written on the paper, you'll be able to continue in that language without having to specify "write edit <language>"
  • If there's nothing written, the paper becomes owner_only to the one editing it, until it's drafted. This is to make it so someone else can't just grab the note and continue writing onto it, or to write_show without it being drafted first.
  • "write" with no argument shows syntax now (either write edit, or write draft).
  • "write show" shows what you currently have written on the paper, and in what language.
  • More checks for write edit - you can't begin editing in one language, and then edit later in another.
    • Clearing the write edit string resets the language.
  • "write draft" creates a better short_descr and long_descr (a note, written on - as opposed to: a hand-written note, written on).
  • When you examine a note paper, and it's sealed, it shows that it's sealed now. If something is written on the parchment, it also suggests to the player that they should 'translate' the parchment.
• Stow command has been added. HELP STOW
• Added random lockboxes that drop at random intervals.
  • Lockboxes remain empty until 'picked' by a thief/ninja/bard - sacrificing them won't yield any contents.
  • Lockboxes drop at a low rate, and contents will depend on level of mob it dropped from.
  • More pieces of EQ/ armor will be added over time to the loot pool (5+ more have already been added since implementation!)
• Added immortal mprog/oprog commands:
  • obj affadd
  • mob affadd
  • Syntax: mob|obj affadd [self|target] <spell> <location> <duration> <bitvector>
    • This essentially allows immortals to create custom affects created by mobs or objects with durations they choose.
    • For example, a 5 hour haste, specifically: obj affadd self 'haste' dex +2 5 none
• Mobs with ACT flags (warrior, no_wander, undead, etc) have been made a little bit smarter. Class specific spells will only be cast versus classes where it matters.
• XP in the 'group' command to show TNL of players matched, rather than total XP, now.
• Shield bash further changed:
  • Reduced bleed affect from 1-2, to 0-1 ticks.
  • Reduced bleeding per tick from 9-10 to 4-5 bleeds.
  • Reduced modifiers of affects caused by manual shield bash.
  • Reduced chance to auto_shield_bash while blinded slightly.
  • Reduced chance to deflect arrows when blinded considerably.
  • If blinded, you can no longer maneuver your shield in front of you to deflect a bash.
  • Reduced damage reduction when shield maneuvered in front of shield holder.
  • Classes no longer benefit from shield_expert - reducing bash damage has been removed if you only have shield_expert practiced.
• Gladiator changes:
  • Gladiators can no longer smoke herbs unless their shopkeep sells them.
  • Gladiators have had close_combat chance increased significantly.
• Druids and monks are now able to hold 60K gold, where before they could only hold 20K.
• Added druid into checks for gold amounts where they weren't checked before, like monks.
• Necromancer Class Re-released/Coded - Beta in affect.
  • To apply, post on the prayer forum.