General Chat (Registered) on SlothMUD

Code updaate

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:23:13 +0000

Today’s reboot has some fixes based on some performance metrics we saw during previous lag. Today’s fixes reduce the number of calls to retrieve system time information that is used throughout the code for things like spell affect/cooldown timing and internal metrics we use to measure lag.

wait so we measured that the overhead from measuring lag, was a lot of lag

that’s excellent in a way

Epic suggestions

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:59:37 +0000

Let’s use this topic to make suggestions about adding new epics or turning existing mobiles into epics.

Maybe a builder would eventually make some of our suggestions real.

Here’s my list by continents.

Niebelung:

Ivan Von Zelkham (Ravenloft). This mobile was clearly influenced by DnD Strahd Von Zarovich. I am pretty Ivan is more than worthy to be turned into epic. After all, the game has an epic werewolf(Lupine) and an epic death knight(Rose Knight). Why not have an epic vampire too?
Demogorgon (DemonWeb). This is another famous DnD character, that is even seen in some other crpgs. I am pretty sure it is worthy of epic status too. Moreover killing it already grants some honor. So why not turn it into full-featured epic?

Btw, another DemonWeb mobile - whose epicization could be considered - is Lolth. Yes, I know that DemonWeb is full of epics already. But who says it’s bad thing?

Thule:

Diablo (Dark Dreams). This character doesn’t need no introduction. I am pretty sure it was meant to be an epic when the area was made. Unfortunately there wasn’t even epic/honor system back then. He clearly deserves being epic. Just don’t give it dispel fly proc…
Elder Titan (Titan’s Isle). He just stands lonely in the area that noone ever visits. Yes, there’s a titan epic(Atlas) already. But who says two epic titans can’t coexist?

Island:

Diplodocus (Saurian Frontier). This mobile is probably number one in the list of mobiles whose reward doesnt worth the effort. He is already an epic in some sense, since he has tons of hps and unique proc. But the reward is nowhere near the epic level(like 250m xp + cp for the forge noone needs). Making it real epic would right that wrong.
Cthulhu (Valley of R’Lyeh). This is suggestion to add a new mobile. Yes, I know there’s already Cthulhu in the Negative Energy Plane(AH). But that Cthulhu has nothing to do with the book the character originated from. So I suggest adding a new real Cthulhu. It would perfectly fit in the Valley of R’Lyeh.

Botting

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:25:58 +0000

Hey guys, it’s become pretty clear that the amount of botting going on is overkill. As a reminder, the botting rules are:

You have to be at the keyboard if your character is running around killing things
You have to be at the keyboard if your character is running around killing things
You can script all you want as long as you’re following rules 1 and 2.

Penalties for botting include everything up to locking the character. At this point I think it’s also fair to penalize the group leaders that are picking up the bots and driving them.

Cache keys unrentable?

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:52:04 +0000

Object ’twisty bronze key’, Item type: KEY

Item is: RESTRUNG

Weight: 1, Value: 6gold, Worn in: TAKE

after renting:

Object ’twisty bronze key’, Item type: UNDEFINED

Item is: RESTRUNG UNAPPROVED

Weight: 0, Value: 0gold, Worn in: TAKE

Is this as intended or bugged?

If it wasn’t obvious in my initial post, these items no longer work as a key, and the cache mobs only pop their key once.

msdp variables SYSTEM_TIME and WORLD_TIME

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:54:56 +0000

The msdp variables SYSTEM_TIME and WORLD_TIME are returning “0” for me.

I’m currently using DURATION on ’ avatar sight’ to time tick length for a lagometer, as my newbies don’t have long duration spells, Is there a better variable to use?

Not sure how your lag… thing works but quite a few msdp variables seem to be placeholders

I put game time in my prompt and pull it from there (timestamping capture time)

I kinda keep an eye on this for mob regen ticks - not sure if this is the tick you’re looking for

System time is just PST - it doesn’t lag

Botting, Multiplaying

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 19:57:13 +0000

Hello everyone.

First of all, I’m not accusing anyone personally about anything. These are just my own toughts and feelings about the state the mud is in.

Botting.

I feel like this has gotten really outta hand. I mean it wasn’t tolorated at all in the old days and it’s even against the rules as it should be. I dont mind people going afk for a while in groups to put kids to bed, getting food, bathroom, ciggy etc. But nowadays people are gone for hours. Sometimes people don’t even know they are in a group. Triggers are made that you can just tell them to follow you and they do and start botting, giving leader the full control of their chars. All this has slowly lead to problems like bots not healing self, not entering things. If get shocked, never log back in to get corpse etc etc.

This has lead to that we have less and less leaders who are willing to deal these kinda situations and also other people in groups that are awake need to take alot more responsibility.

This has lead to that we have less and less players who like to group in these ‘bot-groups’.

This has lead to that we have less and less groups in overall.

This has lead to that we have less and less players online in overall since atleast to me, the groups are the most fun part of the game.

Multiplaying.

Since most immortals are gone nowadays and nobody keeping order and see that the rules are followed, people has started multiplaying. Needless to say this is just bad. I really don’t understand why people have to resort into such behavior. “No cops! No rules! wohoo! lets go crazy!” Perhaps it’s just the human nature. shrug If everyone would start multiplaying, that would kill the mud really fast.

I really love this game and the people in it. Always makes me happy and lifts my spirit after a hard day to get into relaxing group and do stuffs together. And just really having fun. Nowadays I feel like the fun is totally gone from groups. Anyone can solo all day long but to me it’s not the point, I want to group with people. And now I’m sad.

Take care.

—Bel

Library

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 00:42:05 +0000

Hello.

The library in BH eats books.

I don’t know if this happens with all libraries, but BH for sure.

I reported this to Maniac and he said to make a post about it, so here it is.

Take care now.

—Bel

I spend a lot of time moving books to BH library and I always noticed that there was loss of books over time but I assumed it was people borrowing and consuming / not returning.

I assume the stores “lose” items to allow further sales slowly over time? - if that is the case it would be nice to exclude the library “stores” from this feature.

sloth outage 7/13 ?

Sun, 14 Jul 2024 01:58:05 +0000

On 7/13, Saturday, morning per server time, there were some reports that logging out of Sloth was deleting chars.

Blackwolf and Asami are the 2 characters I’m aware of that were impacted by this.

Were any other chars impacted?

When logging back in they see new char prompts.

last player asami

Nobody by that name has been born into this world.

last player blackwolf

Nobody by that name has been born into this world.

CPU went high on stats and connections died for all players after that and it was down for most of Saturday.

Currently it’s up - did it self recover? but the boot time still says 7/4 -

It’s not clear that whatever the issue doesn’t still exist and if people should avoid logging in or not.

some speculation that it only impacted remort chars.

How does spell bonus work?

Sat, 25 May 2024 13:20:28 +0000

Hi, I recently added about 30 bonus spell bonus to my mage but see little to no difference in the damage output on my spells (including Disintegrate, Firewind & Frostbolt).

Is anyone experiencing the same (i heard Fuligin mentioned something similar)? Was wondering if it’s worth investing XP and conquest on more spell bonus….

For reference, my current spell bonus 217 (85 spell bonus + 132 bonus spell bonus).

Slothmud is down

Sat, 04 Nov 2023 16:30:49 +0000

Slothmud is down

Why?

The original code can’t handle more than 32768 rooms. We have grown to have more than 32768 rooms.

This makes the mud crash when running and makes it not start when not running.

When will it be back?

Probably Monday at the earlier. Imms are looking at a permanent fix but it requires code changes that take time to implement and test

What can I do in the meantime?

Come chat on sloth discord. https://discord.gg/YRzSRSd

token of magic enhancement bug

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 17:48:17 +0000

1733/1733 745/755 608/608 - BH 365,767,396 XP 74,250 Gold -14.5 AC +32 hit +21 dam +1

cast ‘dark cloak’

A token of magic enhancement pulsates an angry red and releases its energy!

You weave the threads of magic masterfully!

A dark haze precipitates around your body.

1733/1733 723/755 608/608 - BH 365,767,396 XP 74,250 Gold -14.5 AC +32 hit +21 dam +1

You feel lethargic.

Token is now gone…

Idjit's music, in compact feature.fm link form

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 22:20:39 +0000

I will update this here and there, now and then.

Main GoDaddy Page:

https://exedexes1.com/

Feature.Fm Bio Page

https://ffm.bio/douglas-p-stoothoff

Spotify Artist Page

https://open.spotify.com/artist/7EuvIQRQESX9WFtwI6GqWB

Spotify Playlist URL:

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Bandcamp Follow thingy

https://dougstoothoff.bandcamp.com/follow_me

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Monetized Tracks (Stuff DistroKid Would Allow) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

album links:

https://ffm.to/octodeka

https://ffm.to/septedeka

https://ffm.to/sexdeka

https://ffm.to/quindeka

https://ffm.to/quattuordeka

https://ffm.to/tredeka

https://ffm.to/dodeka

https://ffm.to/hendeka

https://ffm.to/hexa-album

https://ffm.to/penta

https://ffm.to/rhombus

single links:

https://ffm.to/theory-vs-application-4

https://ffm.to/myth-civil

https://ffm.to/no-transa-no-avanza

https://ffm.to/odd-little-ways-4

https://ffm.to/silence-and-i

https://ffm.to/self-select

https://ffm.to/whimsy-6

https://ffm.to/iwb-senses

https://ffm.to/pamela

https://ffm.to/obsolete-a

https://ffm.to/laura-billy-cover

https://ffm.to/cant-turn-heart

https://ffm.to/know-alive

https://ffm.to/how-dials

https://ffm.to/make-u-do-math

https://ffm.to/god-miss

https://ffm.to/encomium-uxoribus

https://ffm.to/spherical-cow

https://ffm.to/quantum-foam

https://ffm.to/result-philosophy

https://ffm.to/dream-of-the-octopi

https://ffm.to/bedrotting

https://ffm.to/fairpussy

https://ffm.to/meatspace

https://ffm.to/jocund-ebony

https://ffm.to/if-yes-lyrical

https://ffm.to/hunting-licallo

https://ffm.to/pleasant-noodling

https://ffm.to/bad-luck-personally

https://ffm.to/monday-move-on

https://ffm.to/whimsy2-lyrical

https://ffm.to/stigma-sociopathy

https://ffm.to/viewpoint-fish

https://ffm.to/angst-ides

https://ffm.to/weekend-mountain-rains

https://ffm.to/snowclone

https://ffm.to/wah-wah-guitar

https://ffm.to/wah-wah-walk

https://ffm.to/fools-jest

https://ffm.to/transform-hard-melody

https://ffm.to/transform-hard

https://ffm.to/bissextile

https://ffm.to/villain-origin-story

https://ffm.to/radiant-reverie

https://ffm.to/less-lost

https://ffm.to/gnoll-shaman

https://ffm.to/guardian-ozomalk

https://ffm.to/amorphous-yang-energy

https://ffm.to/laundromat-iii

https://ffm.to/happier-off-the-grid

https://ffm.to/baroque-rag

https://ffm.to/little-hypnagogia

https://ffm.to/dark-forest-walk

https://ffm.to/february-doldrums

https://ffm.to/platypus

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https://ffm.to/action-meander

https://ffm.to/runch-bleak

https://ffm.to/go-this-way

https://ffm.to/exposure-fix

https://ffm.to/boss-stage-karen

https://ffm.to/zero-sum-games

https://ffm.to/needle-never-moves

https://ffm.to/xuberance-5

https://ffm.to/but-im-harmless

https://ffm.to/shouldnt-shortcut

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https://ffm.to/liquid-metal-hydrogen

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https://ffm.to/spiritual-candy-bar

https://ffm.to/many-paths-mountain

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https://ffm.to/surface-reasons

https://ffm.to/wrangling-psychofauna

https://ffm.to/door-hit-ass

https://ffm.to/all-deeds-done

https://ffm.to/exacted-price

https://ffm.to/raw-transact

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https://ffm.to/toxoplasma-rage

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https://ffm.to/titrated-connection

https://ffm.to/flow-state-ramble

https://ffm.to/patriarchy

https://ffm.to/beyond-social

https://ffm.to/stutterin-bob

https://ffm.to/terrible-do-that

https://ffm.to/moebius-cul-de-sac

https://ffm.to/necessarily-skyrocket

https://ffm.to/avoid-plague

https://ffm.to/mousy-girls

https://ffm.to/concept-chasing

https://ffm.to/rats-forever-live

https://ffm.to/xuberance-4

https://ffm.to/sincerity-problem

https://ffm.to/nowhere-without-complicity

https://ffm.to/practical-use

https://ffm.to/epochs-end

https://ffm.to/barefoot-freeze

https://ffm.to/war-on-truth

https://ffm.to/had-thought-not

https://ffm.to/grinding-singularity

https://ffm.to/spittin-game

https://ffm.to/scream-void

https://ffm.to/nov-mandelbrot

https://ffm.to/supremely-poised

https://ffm.to/needed-2-communicate

https://ffm.to/self-governing

https://ffm.to/throwing-spaghetti

https://ffm.to/deal-with

https://ffm.to/address-disappointment

https://ffm.to/start-war-here

https://ffm.to/adjust-sick

https://ffm.to/freedom-small-potatoes

https://ffm.to/be-done

https://ffm.to/stings-point

https://ffm.to/merit-stupid-behavior

https://ffm.to/compare-neuroses

https://ffm.to/jocular

https://ffm.to/positively-truculent

https://ffm.to/unlikeliness-boundary

https://ffm.to/nihilistic-because

https://ffm.to/dont-trust-perfect

https://ffm.to/not-valid-excuse

https://ffm.to/shape-rotator-energy

https://ffm.to/seem-to-have-been

https://ffm.to/what-did

https://ffm.to/up-to-no-good

https://ffm.to/xuberance-3

https://ffm.to/bigclub

https://ffm.to/flop-nichecore

https://ffm.to/invited-to-know

https://ffm.to/feety-the-rogue

https://ffm.to/why-not-rectifying

https://ffm.to/suffering-cynicism

https://ffm.to/hyena-two-point-four

https://ffm.to/not-the-best-motives

https://ffm.to/slug-in-a-mud-puddle

https://ffm.to/alert-creature

https://ffm.to/low-agreeability-index

https://ffm.to/incompetence-epidemic

https://ffm.to/twist-the-knife

https://ffm.to/my-kind-extinct

https://ffm.to/no-further-use

https://ffm.to/impractical-things

https://ffm.to/weird-you-out

https://ffm.to/theory-vs-application-3

https://ffm.to/eating-out-sustenance

https://ffm.to/hanlons-razor

https://ffm.to/distrust-trendy

https://ffm.to/wed-shred-each-other

https://ffm.to/dont-get-believed

https://ffm.to/just-bangin-along

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https://ffm.to/journey-of-doubt

https://ffm.to/incarnate-mockery

https://ffm.to/rainy-night-adagio

https://ffm.to/but-not-for-thee

https://ffm.to/one-hand-tied

https://ffm.to/free-to-starve-to-death

https://ffm.to/double-tall-hazelnut-breve

https://ffm.to/no-b-in-allistic

https://ffm.to/getting-the-concept-wasnt-required

https://ffm.to/blue-hair-story

https://ffm.to/grey-clouds-dimming

https://ffm.to/awkward-turning-point

https://ffm.to/pensive-unquiet

https://ffm.to/bemused-repose

https://ffm.to/dawn-prowl

https://ffm.to/galloping-scourges

https://ffm.to/damnable-potpourri-1

https://ffm.to/whimsy-number-5

https://ffm.to/pickin-strawberries

https://ffm.to/troublesome-rapids

https://ffm.to/heady-enigma

https://ffm.to/warmed-over-remorse

https://ffm.to/eleventy-one-years-young

https://ffm.to/cool-boss-room-story-bro-1

https://ffm.to/haze-face

https://ffm.to/inclining-to-outlive

https://ffm.to/testosterone-3

https://ffm.to/ballad-listless-late-nite

https://ffm.to/ballad-of-the-listless

https://ffm.to/fat-bard-contortions

https://ffm.to/reflections-1

https://ffm.to/rolling-tiara

https://ffm.to/applied-ingenuity

https://ffm.to/nite-prowl-3

https://ffm.to/sweaty-ghost

https://ffm.to/nemesis-tuesday

https://ffm.to/summer-ennui

https://ffm.to/trouble-in-paradise

https://ffm.to/we-cant-talk

https://ffm.to/ephemerality

https://ffm.to/luck-will-turn

https://ffm.to/memory-hole

https://ffm.to/drums-of-the-orcs

https://ffm.to/plus-three-slimey

https://ffm.to/rough-courtship

https://ffm.to/whimsy-number-4

https://ffm.to/xuberance-2

https://ffm.to/just-coolin-down

https://ffm.to/back-to-the-edge

https://ffm.to/just-a-little-stroll

https://ffm.to/lost-sock

https://ffm.to/archomental-smoke

https://ffm.to/eye-hand

https://ffm.to/ars-goetica-72-demons-march

https://ffm.to/not-in-forbes

https://ffm.to/xuberance-1

https://ffm.to/if-she-says-yes-ext

https://ffm.to/theory-versus-application-owl

https://ffm.to/oda-2

https://ffm.to/nite-prowl-2

https://ffm.to/five-oclock-shadow

https://ffm.to/might-prove-damaging

https://ffm.to/forgettable-herd-animal

https://ffm.to/damage-per-second

https://ffm.to/theory-versus-application

https://ffm.to/odd-little-ways-3

https://ffm.to/dissatisfaction-4

https://ffm.to/the-high-seas

https://ffm.to/empty-grail

https://ffm.to/testosterone-1

https://ffm.to/readmittance

https://ffm.to/answer-to-everything

https://ffm.to/can-bite-you

https://ffm.to/made-up-thing

https://ffm.to/oda-1

https://ffm.to/dissatisfaction-3

https://ffm.to/walk-away-as-fast-as-one

https://ffm.to/whimsy-number-3

https://ffm.to/licence-to-crenellate

https://ffm.to/lay-of-the-land

https://ffm.to/if-she-says-yes-1

https://ffm.to/bribe-fruit

https://ffm.to/upside-to-manlet

https://ffm.to/odd-little-ways-2

https://ffm.to/just-warmin-up

https://ffm.to/dissatisfaction-1

https://ffm.to/wgi-1

https://ffm.to/piece-o-luck

https://ffm.to/nite-prowl-1

https://ffm.to/whimsy-number-2

https://ffm.to/promise-unpleasantness

https://ffm.to/laundromat-1

https://ffm.to/mistaking-abil-1

https://ffm.to/odd-little-ways-1

https://ffm.to/whimsy-number-1

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Non Monetized Tracks (soundtrack, video games etc) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

SILMARILLION:

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https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/journey-of-doubt

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<LINK_TEXT text=“https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/t … argothrond”>https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/turin-and-gwindor-dorthonion-to-nargothrond</LINK_TEXT>

<LINK_TEXT text=“https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/a … ns-capture”>https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/among-the-outlaws-amon-rudh-turins-capture</LINK_TEXT>

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https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/aglarebwav

https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/tol-in-gaurhoth

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<LINK_TEXT text=“https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/o … ht-version”>https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/of-feanor-and-the-unchaining-of-melkor-menelic-was-right-version</LINK_TEXT>

<LINK_TEXT text=“https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/o … -of-melkor”>https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/of-feanor-and-the-unchaining-of-melkor</LINK_TEXT>

<LINK_TEXT text=“https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/p … xe-on-foot”>https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/prophecy-of-the-north-the-helcaraxe-on-foot</LINK_TEXT>

https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/of-the-sindar

https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/thingolprimewav

https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/greatmarchwav

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<LINK_TEXT text=“https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/e … 6-13-rough”>https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/earendillinwe-2022-06-13-rough</LINK_TEXT>

VIDEO GAME BASED COVER TRACKS

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<LINK_TEXT text=“https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/m … ddle-eight”>https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/mach-rider-middle-eight</LINK_TEXT>

https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/crenelwav

<LINK_TEXT text=“https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/t … of-the-jam”>https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/to-the-full-extent-of-the-jam</LINK_TEXT>

<LINK_TEXT text=“https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/t … bs-ordeals”>https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/the-mid-levelers-anthem-ff4-mt-hobbs-ordeals</LINK_TEXT>

MOVIES AND TV COVER TRACKS

https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/rulingrussiabadly

<LINK_TEXT text=“https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/r … peror-1987”>https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/rain-i-want-a-divorce-ryuichi-sakamoto-cover-the-last-emperor-1987</LINK_TEXT>

https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/ingsocwav

<LINK_TEXT text=“https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/e … erball1975”>https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/energy-corporation-houston-corporate-anthem-rollerball1975</LINK_TEXT>

<LINK_TEXT text=“https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/r … e-sandworm”>https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/riding-the-sandworm</LINK_TEXT>

https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/shogunfavewav

https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/shogunfavehorn

bagpipes

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 11:16:52 +0000

I’ve some questions regarding this piece of eq: http://slothmudeq.ml/?search=bagpipes

Is it still ingame?
How to get it?
Is it usable by non-prime bards?

I’ve tried to ask these questions ingame, but noone knows anything. So trying my luck on the forum now.

I don’t recall ever finding them, and no information I have suggests that they have a popper - which suggests to me maybe they are a secret forge or aq. However the object numbers and dates provide clues, as I suspect items are added sequentially to the game, which at the very least would exclude looking in some newer areas.

“43037”:{“OBJECT_VNUM”:“43037”,“OBJECT_NAME”:“lyre maple instrument”,“OBJECT_SHORT_DESCRIPTION”:“a tightly-strung maple lyre”,“OBJECT_TYPE”:“MUSICAL INSTRUMENT”,“KVP_DURATION_BONUS”:“84”,“KVP_MANA_BONUS”:“15”,“KVP_TARGET_BONUS”:“3”,“OBJECT_WEAR”:“TAKE INSTRUMENT”,“OBJECT_EXTRA_FLAGS”:“HUM”,“OBJECT_EXTRA_TWO_FLAGS”:“5x40-ITEM”,“RESTRICTIONS_BARD”:“40”,“RESTRICTIONS_AND”:“PRIME”,“OBJECT_WEIGHT”:“0”,“OBJECT_VALUE”:“36000”,“OBJECT_RENT”:“2500”,“AFF_CHARISMA”:“1”,“POPPERS”:[{“MOB_VNUM”:“47120”,“MOB_NAME”:“a celtic princess”,“AREA_VNUM”:“163”,“AREA_INFO”:{“AREA_VNUM”:“163”,“AREA_NAME”:“The Highlands”,“CONTINENT_VNUM”:“2”,“CONTINENT”:“Thule”}},{“MOB_VNUM”:“98312”,“MOB_NAME”:“Orpheus”,“AREA_VNUM”:“299”,“AREA_INFO”:{“AREA_VNUM”:“299”,“AREA_NAME”:“Mount Olympus”,“CONTINENT_VNUM”:“5”,“CONTINENT”:“Lyme”}}]},

“43038”:{“OBJECT_VNUM”:“43038”,“OBJECT_NAME”:“bagpipes instrument”,“OBJECT_SHORT_DESCRIPTION”:“bagpipes”,“OBJECT_TYPE”:“MUSICAL INSTRUMENT”,“KVP_DURATION_BONUS”:“100”,“KVP_MANA_BONUS”:“18”,“KVP_TARGET_BONUS”:“3”,“OBJECT_WEAR”:“TAKE INSTRUMENT”,“OBJECT_EXTRA_TWO_FLAGS”:“6x40-ITEM”,“RESTRICTIONS_BARD”:“40”,“OBJECT_WEIGHT”:“0”,“OBJECT_VALUE”:“1201”,“OBJECT_RENT”:“5406”,“AFF_CHARISMA”:“1”,“POPPERS”:[]},

“43039”:{“OBJECT_VNUM”:“43039”,“OBJECT_NAME”:“viol instrument”,“OBJECT_SHORT_DESCRIPTION”:“a viol”,“OBJECT_TYPE”:“MUSICAL INSTRUMENT”,“KVP_DURATION_BONUS”:“116”,“KVP_MANA_BONUS”:“21”,“KVP_TARGET_BONUS”:“3”,“OBJECT_WEAR”:“TAKE INSTRUMENT”,“OBJECT_EXTRA_TWO_FLAGS”:“7x40-ITEM”,“RESTRICTIONS_BARD”:“40”,“RESTRICTIONS_AND”:“PRIME”,“OBJECT_WEIGHT”:“0”,“OBJECT_VALUE”:“3501”,“OBJECT_RENT”:“9463”,“AFF_CHARISMA”:“1”,“POPPERS”:[{“MOB_VNUM”:“38288”,“MOB_NAME”:“Lady Idoya”,“AREA_VNUM”:“126”,“AREA_INFO”:{“AREA_VNUM”:“126”,“AREA_NAME”:“Palace of Thalassas”,“CONTINENT_VNUM”:“3”,“CONTINENT”:“The Island”}}]},

“43040”:{“OBJECT_VNUM”:“43040”,“OBJECT_NAME”:“cornett instrument”,“OBJECT_SHORT_DESCRIPTION”:“a hollow wooden cornett”,“OBJECT_TYPE”:“MUSICAL INSTRUMENT”,“KVP_DURATION_BONUS”:“132”,“KVP_MANA_BONUS”:“21”,“KVP_TARGET_BONUS”:“3”,“OBJECT_WEAR”:“TAKE INSTRUMENT”,“OBJECT_EXTRA_TWO_FLAGS”:“8x40-ITEM”,“RESTRICTIONS_BARD”:“40”,“RESTRICTIONS_AND”:“PRIME”,“OBJECT_WEIGHT”:“0”,“OBJECT_VALUE”:“9401”,“OBJECT_RENT”:“14067”,“AFF_CHARISMA”:“1”,“POPPERS”:[{“MOB_VNUM”:“12280”,“MOB_NAME”:“the Syrrinian shadow princess”,“AREA_VNUM”:“39”,“AREA_INFO”:{“AREA_VNUM”:“39”,“AREA_NAME”:“City of Theris”,“CONTINENT_VNUM”:“4”,“CONTINENT”:“Niebelung”}}]},

My guess was there was a mix up, and they were supposed to belong to the Celtic Princess in Highlands… which is one of two poppers for the previous VNUM’ed 5x40 bard item.

Tiny Tiny little things

Fri, 13 Jan 2023 19:27:05 +0000

Hello!

I’m just throwing out some ideas in this post, feel free to do the same.

Them no big deals or anything, I’m having superfun already.

I apoligize for start my bad english. You smarter people fix it.

These are just my opinions and my opinions only.

When player in zone types ‘where’ I feel like it should show lurking persons.

for example. “someone is lurking about the area”

– that would help us not to bumb up to each other in xp areas.

– I’d like to give first-in-area-gets-to-kill-area -to all

Like I said earlier, what I feel like. EU is stupidly annoying place because of chain-bash-lag,

and entrech fails ALOT, atleast that’s how I see it. So I suggest some kinda message when entrench ‘offs?’

and abit more success percent. I’m kinda highend Mo/Wa and its common that I fail entrench 2-5 times

in a row, lagging me over an round. I really hope ppl would give opinions on this one.

Could the damage impressions be increased abit? Max is now ‘viciously massacres’. I dont know actually

where it starts but would be cool to have some more to it. Destroy…etc, you english people know better them words.

Ok - that’s it for now. Love you Immortals for what you have done so far, awesome.

Slothmud community has become my other family. Love you all.

Special thanks for Maniac for making this HUGE new area.

—Bel

Monk Artifact

Sat, 17 Dec 2022 23:03:45 +0000

Dark Valk monk belt is an artifact. Dingo and Bel have completed - perhaps can update with food?

From Dingo: https://pastebin.com/T94TcM5f

Sash level: 2
Sash xp: 2555
Next level: 3000

Note: Each level stands on its own (does not accumulate as chart goes down). *

- Tiger Pounce is the attack performed when the sash is sufficiently charged. *

Level 1: Tiger Pounce - 25% of max dam, 10% chance of stun *
Level 2: Tiger Pounce - 38% of max dam, 20% chance of stun *
Level 3: Tiger Pounce - 50% of max dam, 30% chance of stun *
Level 4: Tiger Pounce - 63% of max dam, 40% chance of stun *
Level 5: Tiger Pounce - 75% of max dam, 50% chance of stun *
Level 6: Tiger Pounce - 80% of max dam, 60% chance of stun *
Level 7: Tiger Pounce - 85% of max dam, 70% chance of stun *
Level 8: Tiger Pounce - 90% of max dam, 80% chance of stun, *
```
 + 5 mv regen *
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Level 9: Tiger Pounce - 95% of max dam, 90% chance of stun, *
```
 + 5 mv regen, *
```
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 + 1 bonus damage reduction *
```
Level 10: Tiger Pounce - 100% of max dam, 100% chance of stun, *
```
 + 5 mv regen, *
```
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 + 1 bonus damage reduction, *
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 + 1 hand damage *
```

Dark Valk Area Opener & Forges

Sat, 17 Dec 2022 22:58:39 +0000

Many thanks Maniac for the many, many hours put into this large new expansion of areas and new forges, thanks Idjit for the setup and herding of cats of the area(s) opener quest, and Riq for being willing to lead us unruly laggards around.

Quest group : ( https://imgur.com/snCbRN5 )

Riq Leader

Linx Point

Belrath

Zuzu

Smallpotato

Midnight

Battlemint

Insomnia

Fuligin

Xxx

Toker

Risky

Jaskier

Rage

Ezekiel

Phi

Tau

Phase

Reykjavik

Swarvenstein

Chiron

Chrome

Broccoli

Aubec

Dark Valk

Dark Valk can be reached by running to Breeze’s altar in the temple of Wind and typing: jump altar

BH recall run : .e3n5e3nenes2enu5n;jump altar

Dark Valk has areas and mobs from Valk (possibly excluding the Newbie College) but north/south and east/west navigation is inversed.

The mobs are evil, more powerful, and when attacked will turn into infernal forms that seem generally aggro. If one mob transforms it can initiate a chain reaction with other mobs in the room so be careful! You probably want to take a friend or two!

Shards of darkness are required for the forges and pop randomly.

Some of areas have timed quests with sceptre - if you complete area mobs in time limit one of the EU epics spawns (Mammon for Dark Mandelbrot Mansion for example)

Dark Valk Forges

forge master is master-forge in Dark Star City (trackable)

shards

list

I can forge:

Cost Item

+1000000 a brilliant chromatic star

+10000000 the ethereal sash of nigi-mitama

*10000000 an ivory harp of the davidic covenant

+10000000 a shimmering belt of nature’s wrath

+10000000 a pair of enchanted demonskin bracers

+10000000 a mithril belt of molten earth

+10000000 a shimmering shield of shadow and pain

*10000000 the ancient sash of life and death

+10000000 an interwoven belt of fire and ice

+5000000 the pulsating heart of darkness

means you need more levels to use it.

! means you are not strong enough to use it.

& means you have studied this spellbook or manual to its max.

Means that a list of cps can be viewed.

Query may also be of use to you, please refer to help query.

query master about brilliant

The master of the forge tells you ‘Ahh yes, a brilliant chromatic star…Here is a little bit of

information for you:’

Object ‘brilliant chromatic star’, Item type: COMPONENT

Item is: NOBITS

Weight: 1, Value: 15000gold, Worn in: TAKE

Requires: 1000000 coins, 1x a small emerald star (0),

1x a small sapphire star (0), 1x a small diamond star (0), 1x a small onyx star (0),

1x a small ruby star (0), 1x a small tiger eye star (0), 1x a small alexandrite star (0),

1x a small aventurine star (0)

query master about ethereal

The master of the forge tells you ‘Ahh yes, the ethereal sash of nigi-mitama…Here is a little bit

of information for you:’

Object ’ethereal sash nigi mitama nigimitama’, Item type: CONTAINER

Maxweight: 50

Item is: GLOW HUM PERSONAL

Weight: 3, Value: 15000gold, Worn in: TAKE WAIST

Can affect you as:

Affects: MAX_CON by 1

Affects: HAND_DAMAGE by 2

Affects: ARMOR by -2

The item has 2 additional magical abilities.

Only those who are at least supreme monks, and have attained supremacy in

at least six classes may use this item.

Requires: 10000000 coins, 1x the pulsating heart of darkness (0),

1x a dark black scale (0), 1x a small metal clasp (0),

1x the heart of a majestic beast (0), 1x the heart of a brass dragon (0),

1x the heart of a green dragon (0), 1x the heart of an alpha gorilla (0),

1x a treatise on reaching other dimensions (0), 1x a pair of heavy working gloves (0),

1x a brilliant chromatic star (0), 1x a gold link belt (0), 1x a belt of liquid fire (0),

1x gleaming leg plates (0), 1x a sphere of smoldering plasma (0),

1x the ring of the destroyer (0), 1x a hovering circle of rune stones (0)

query master about ivory

The master of the forge tells you ‘Ahh yes, an ivory harp of the davidic covenant…Here is a little

bit of information for you:’

Object ‘ivory harp davidic covenant’, Item type: MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

Item is: GLOW HUM PERSONAL

Weight: 3, Value: 15000gold, Worn in: TAKE INSTRUMENT

This instrument enhances accompanied bard songs.

Bard effects last 200% longer.

Bard songs use 28% less mana.

Bard songs can be heard by 5 more people.

Can affect you as:

Affects: CHARISMA by 3

The item has 1 additional magical ability.

Only those who are primary supreme bards, and have attained supremacy in at

least six classes may use this item.

Requires: 10000000 coins, 1x the pulsating heart of darkness (0),

1x a treatise detailing group theory (0), 1x an old harmonica with ivory inlays (0),

1x an ivory carving knife (0), 1x an enchanted ivory sceptre (0), 1x a velvet top hot (0),

1x a jet black blade of power (0), 1x a canvas sack (0),

1x silk and deerskin walking boots (0), 1x an ivory horn mouthpiece (0),

1x a small ivory pendant (0), 1x a hollowed ram’s horn shofar (1), 1x the kithara (0),

1x a viol (0), 1x a silver leaf tiara (0), 1x the cloak of sacred psalms (0)

query master about shimmering

The master of the forge tells you ‘Ahh yes, a shimmering belt of nature’s wrath…Here is a little

bit of information for you:’

Object ‘shimmering belt natures nature wrath’, Item type: CONTAINER

Maxweight: 50

Item is: GLOW HUM PERSONAL CAN-SHAPESHIFT

Weight: 3, Value: 15000gold, Worn in: TAKE WAIST

Can affect you as:

Affects: ARMOR by -2

Affects: SAVING_BREATH by -2

Affects: SAVING_SPELL by -2

Affects: SAVING_POISON by -2

The item has 2 additional magical abilities.

Requires: 10000000 coins, 1x the pulsating heart of darkness (0),

1x a treatise detailing logic and reason (0), 1x a heavy steel nosering (0),

1x a small emerald leaf (0), 1x a gnarled walking stick (0),

1x a bundle of brown moose hair (0), 1x a sharp wooden tooth (0),

1x a bundle of white wool (0), 1x a bundle of glossy centaur hair (0),

1x several strips of dragonhide leather (0), 1x a silver tooth (0),

1x a sinuous lavender cincture (0), 1x a soft white sash (1), 1x a clipped feather (0),

1x tendrils of kudzu..it glows green! (0),

1x an ember-encrusted shield..it glows green! (0)

query master about demonskin

The master of the forge tells you ‘Ahh yes, a pair of enchanted demonskin bracers…Here is a little

bit of information for you:’

Object ‘pair enchanted demonskin bracers dark black’, Item type: CONTAINER

Maxweight: 50

Item is: GLOW HUM PERSONAL

Weight: 3, Value: 15000gold, Worn in: TAKE ARMS

Can affect you as:

Affects: ARMOR by -5

Affects: REDUCE_DAMAGE by 1

Affects: BONUS_REDUCE_DAMAGE by 1

Affects: MAX_STR by 1

The item has 1 additional magical ability.

Only those who have attained supremacy in at least six classes may use this

item.

Requires: 10000000 coins, 1x the pulsating heart of darkness (0),

1x a treatise detailing geometric progressions (0), 1x a small diamond leaf (0),

1x a leprous finger (0), 1x an enchanted black sceptre (0),

1x an emerald-green dragonscale (0), 1x a filthy black robe (0),

1x a small book with a red eye on its cover (0), 1x a filthy loincloth (0),

1x a patched black robe (0), 1x a black woolen cowl (0), 1x a black demon-skin bracer (0),

1x a crimson doublet (0), 1x a choker of blue flame (2),

1x a choker of midnight sapphires (2), 1x a purple dragon’s claw (0)

query master about molten

The master of the forge tells you ‘Ahh yes, a mithril belt of molten earth…Here is a little bit of

information for you:’

Object ‘mithril belt molten earth’, Item type: CONTAINER

Maxweight: 50

Item is: GLOW HUM PERSONAL

Weight: 3, Value: 15000gold, Worn in: TAKE WAIST

Can affect you as:

Affects: ARMOR by -5

Affects: BONUS_WEAPONDAM by 2

Affects: MAX_STR by 1

The item has 1 additional magical ability.

Only those who have attained supremacy in at least six classes may use this

item.

Requires: 10000000 coins, 1x the pulsating heart of darkness (0),

1x a lead flask of molten lava (0), 1x a heavy blacksmith’s hammer (0),

1x a reinforced leather apron (0), 1x a set of razor-sharp fangs (0),

1x a large igneous rock veined with mithril (0), 1x a dragonskin pouch (0),

1x a set of silver bicep rings (0), 1x a mithril gauntlet missing two fingers (0),

1x a thick iron wedding ring (0), 1x a heavy granite pendant (0),

1x the berserker’s girdle (0), 1x gauntlets of ogre power (0),

1x the orb of eternal light (0), 1x smoky sapphire sleeves (0),

1x a bracer of annihilation (0)

query master about shadow

The master of the forge tells you ‘Ahh yes, a shimmering shield of shadow and pain…Here is a

little bit of information for you:’

Object ‘shimmering shield shadow pain’, Item type: CONTAINER

Maxweight: 50

Item is: GLOW HUM PERSONAL

Weight: 3, Value: 15000gold, Worn in: TAKE SHIELD

Can affect you as:

Affects: ARMOR by -10

Affects: REDUCE_DAMAGE by 1

Affects: BONUS_STAB_DAM by 2

The item has 1 additional magical ability.

Only those who are at least supreme thieves, and have attained supremacy in

at least six classes may use this item.

Requires: 10000000 coins, 1x the pulsating heart of darkness (0),

1x a wooden abacus (0), 1x a flask of distilled alcohol (0), 1x a vial of black ink (0),

1x the claw of a massive beast (0), 1x an ebony shard of shadows (0),

1x a jet black blindfold (0), 1x a large metal spring (0), 1x a vial of chloroform (0),

1x a shimmering piece of formica (0), 1x a jet black pendant (0),

1x a shield of fiendish delights (0), 1x an interwoven band of black onyx (0),

1x an interwoven band of white onyx (0), 1x a silver uchikomi dagger (0),

1x silver wings of the archon (0)

query master about life

The master of the forge tells you ‘Ahh yes, the ancient sash of life and death…Here is a little

bit of information for you:’

Object ‘ancient sash life death’, Item type: CONTAINER

Maxweight: 50

Item is: GLOW HUM PERSONAL

Weight: 3, Value: 15000gold, Worn in: TAKE WAIST

Can affect you as:

Affects: ARMOR by -2

Affects: HEAL_BONUS by 5

Affects: BONUS_HEAL_BONUS by 5

Affects: SAVING_SPELL by -1

The item has 1 additional magical ability.

Only those who are primary supreme clerics, and have attained supremacy in

at least six classes may use this item.

Requires: 10000000 coins, 1x the pulsating heart of darkness (0),

1x a thin silk nightgown (0), 1x scriptures about the afterlife (0),

1x a small golden leaf (0), 1x an electrified scale (0), 1x a bloodstained dagger (0),

1x a glowing dagger (0), 1x a kingsfoil leaf (0), 1x a crystal vial of healing salve (0),

1x a thin blue sash (0), 1x a sharp, steel trocar (0), 1x a girdle of frost (0),

1x a brown friar’s cowl (0), 1x a ring of life (0), 1x a ring of imminent death (0),

1x a golden bracelet of the sun (3)

query master about fire

The master of the forge tells you ‘Ahh yes, an interwoven belt of fire and ice…Here is a little

bit of information for you:’

Object ‘interwoven belt fire ice’, Item type: CONTAINER

Maxweight: 50

Item is: GLOW HUM PERSONAL

Weight: 3, Value: 15000gold, Worn in: TAKE WAIST

Can affect you as:

Affects: ARMOR by -1

Affects: SPELL_BONUS by 12

Affects: SAVING_SPELL by -1

Affects: RESIST_FIRE by 10

Affects: RESIST_COLD by 10

The item has 1 additional magical ability.

Only those who are at least supreme magic users, and have attained

supremacy in at least six classes may use this item.

Requires: 10000000 coins, 1x the pulsating heart of darkness (0),

1x a lead flask of molten lava (0), 1x a lead flask of liquid nitrogen (0),

1x a small crystal leaf (0), 1x a small shadowdiamond (0), 1x a small moondiamond (0),

1x an interwoven sash of red and blue silk (0), 1x a small crystal acorn (0),

1x a small crystal wand (0), 1x a small sapphire sceptre (0), 1x an icy blue pendant (0),

1x a sash of cadaverous flesh (2), 1x a cloak of frozen strands (0),

1x black robe of the magi (0), 1x a ring of starlight (0), 1x a lightning sceptre (0)

query master about darkness

The master of the forge tells you ‘Ahh yes, the pulsating heart of darkness…Here is a little bit

of information for you:’

Object ‘pulsating heart darkness’, Item type: COMPONENT

Item is: GLOW HUM PERSONAL

Weight: 1, Value: 15000gold, Worn in: TAKE

Requires: 5000000 coins, 5x a pulsating shard of darkness (1)

Tank's work is never done

Sat, 08 Oct 2022 04:47:34 +0000

wut

<1223hp 3126ma 355mv -% @18816>
[11:23 pm] (indoors) -9 39431240577
mi
Ok.
Four mirror images of you waver into existence.
<1223hp 3046ma 356mv -% @18816>
[11:24 pm] (indoors) -9 39431240577
A visiting centaur arrives from the west.
<1223hp 3046ma 356mv -% @18816>
[11:24 pm] (indoors) -9 39431240577
e;cast 'firestorm'
Room 69539: Hallway
 A puddle of some caustic chemicals oozes and splashes on the hallway 
floor. The marble slab underneath the puddle looks to be deformed by the 
intense chemical burns. A tank of cleanup chemicals is mounted on the wall 
behind a glass partition. Inscribed on the tank's mounting bracket is the 
phrase 'Break glass in case of emergency'.
Exits: [North] [South] West Down 
It's raining ACID here!!!
The corpse of an unstable cholem is lying here.
An unstable cholem twitches and vibrates, as if ready to explode.
An unstable cholem is here, fighting Stinker
An unstable cholem is here, fighting Stinker
An unstable cholem is here, fighting Stinker
An unstable cholem is here, fighting Stinker
An unstable cholem is here, fighting Stinker
Stinker is lying here, dead. (Brilliant Red Aura)
Stinker glows with a bright light!
Stinker has a steady green aura.
(Faint Blue Aura) The sole surviving citizen of Midgaard's demise rests for a few minutes.
An unstable cholem is here, fighting Stinker
An unstable cholem is here, fighting Stinker
An unstable cholem is here, fighting Stinker
An unstable cholem is here, fighting Stinker
A visitor from Westwood strolls through the area.
Klklklpa is here, fighting Stinker (Brilliant Red Aura) [Target]
<1226hp 3045ma 357mv -% @18816>
[11:27 pm] (indoors) -9 39431240577
You lost your concentration! You failed to cast 'firestorm'.
<1226hp 3025ma 357mv -% @18816>
[11:28 pm] (indoors) -9 39431240577
An unstable cholem looks shocked as it cuts itself on Stinker's petrified armor!
An unstable cholem looks shocked as it cuts itself on Stinker's petrified armor!
An unstable cholem looks shocked as it cuts itself on Stinker's petrified armor!
An unstable cholem looks shocked as it cuts itself on Stinker's petrified armor!
Klklklpa [target] looks shocked as it cuts itself on Stinker's petrified armor!
Klklklpa [target] looks shocked as it cuts itself on Stinker's petrified armor!
Kklklpa looks sick, then vomits up a fully formed but disfunctional cholem!

An unstable cholem vibrates intensely for a moment, settles down, and then explodes!
An unstable cholem vibrates intensely for a moment, settles down, and then explodes!
An unstable cholem vibrates intensely for a moment, settles down, and then explodes!
An unstable cholem vibrates intensely for a moment, settles down, and then explodes!
An unstable cholem vibrates intensely for a moment, settles down, and then explodes!
An unstable cholem vibrates intensely for a moment, settles down, and then explodes!
An unstable cholem vibrates intensely for a moment, settles down, and then explodes!
An unstable cholem vibrates intensely for a moment, settles down, and then explodes!
An unstable cholem vibrates intensely for a moment, settles down, and then explodes!
An unstable cholem vibrates intensely for a moment, settles down, and then explodes!
An unstable cholem vibrates intensely for a moment, settles down, and then explodes!
<1018hp 3025ma 359mv -% @18816>

Also happens every time with naka assassins, if you accidentally die in the Matterhorn. FIve minutes of lying dead is just enough to clear the entire area from them. :)

Master Hawthorn

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 20:01:34 +0000

(Since only immortals have the rights to post in Mud changes and New Stuff, I’ll post here.)

I really like these new tiny autoquests! I already managed to get a couple drachma, a 100k conquest points and a million coins from Hawthorn. 8) A suggestion: how about a ranking system? I personally don’t really need coins, conquest points, or drachma, but I know a list of scores will motivate me to log in and complete a bounty or two, on a daily basis. I guess there are other people like me, so…

Selling Necro prime 6x40

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:44:35 +0000

Haven’t got the time to play this char, and I really see no point in storing chars - that does no one any good, so this guy is up for sale.

Will trade for 1x Rhodo rune + 1x GY topaz rune and some coins

Main eq set:

Your levels: Ne: 40 Dr: 40 Cl: 40 Ma: 40 Wa: 40 Ba: 40 Th: 26 Mo: 20 Av: 15

You are 50 years, 12 months, 15 days old.

You are a citizen of Settlestone.

You are a devout worshipper of Ming.

You are a bad example to the children.

You have visited most of this area.

You’ve seen 58.4% of the world.

You aren’t controlling any followers right now. [0.0]

You have (1006/1006+34) hit, (643/777+54) mana and (357/357+36) movement points.

148 seconds till full mana

Your armor class is -10.2.

You have +9 to hit, +6 on damage and up to 3 attacks.

You have 64,671 gold coins.

You have five drachma.

You have 94962 honor.

You have 1,488,541,995 XP.

You have been playing for 247 days, 47 minutes.

You are a member of Defiant.

You are well-attuned to the enhancement stratum.

Str: 16[14], Int: 20[18], Wis: 17[17], Dex: 19[16], Con: 19[16] (91[81])

You are holding position towards the front of the group.

You are standing.

Your song can affect as many as nine people.

You are affected by the following spells:

Avatar Sight

Darksight

Aegis

Resist Fire

Resist Cold

Bone Armor

Wraithform

Bless

Fly

Stamina

Corona

Greater Mobility

Undead Visage

a whirling sphere of molten lava ()socketed Blue Quartz Rune() (with a flawed glowing gem attached to it)

a heavy iron ring (with an emerald of insight attached to it)

darksteel shoulder guards (with a purple minidemon brooch attached to it)

a thief’s shadow bending half-cloak (with a red minidemon brooch attached to it)

Adamantine Cuirass of the Ancients..It glows violet!

a crimson tri-cornered hat (with the crest of the crimson buccaneer attached to it)

chiseled granite greaves (with a polished spectrolite charm attached to it)

black orcskin boots..It emits a faint humming sound!

Talons of the Dragon Lords..It has a soft glowing aura!

amethyst-inlaid mithril bracers of the Dwarf Lords..It glows violet!..It emits a faint humming sound!

a crystal greatshield..It glows violet!..It emits a faint humming sound!

an elven cloak of agility (with a golden, four-pointed star (Major) attached to it)

a feathered cincture

the Bracelet of the High Orc ()socketed Pale Golden Pearl Rune()

the Bracelet of the High Orc

a jeweled saber..It has a soft glowing aura!

Adamantium Sceptre

Undead Control set:

Your levels: Ne: 40 Dr: 40 Cl: 40 Ma: 40 Wa: 40 Ba: 40 Th: 26 Mo: 20 Av: 15

You are 50 years, 12 months, 16 days old.

You are a citizen of Settlestone.

You are a devout worshipper of Ming.

You are a bad example to the children.

You have visited most of this area.

You’ve seen 58.4% of the world.

You aren’t controlling any followers right now. [0.0]

You have (1006/802+21) hit, (781/880+52) mana and (357/343+34) movement points.

123 seconds till full mana

Your Armor class sucks..7.

You have +7 to hit, +4 on damage and up to 3 attacks.

You have 64,671 gold coins.

You have five drachma.

You have 94962 honor.

You have 1,488,541,995 XP.

You have been playing for 247 days, 52 minutes.

You are a member of Defiant.

You are well-attuned to the enhancement stratum.

Str: 15[14], Int: 20[18], Wis: 17[17], Dex: 17[16], Con: 16[16] (85[81])

You are holding position towards the front of the group.

You are standing.

Your song can affect as many as nine people.

You are affected by the following spells:

Avatar Sight

Darksight

Aegis

Protection from Evil

Bone Armor

Bless

Fly

Stamina

Corona

Greater Mobility

You are using:

eye of the undead..It has a soft glowing aura!

a ring of imminent death (with an emerald of insight attached to it)

woven shoulder guards of flesh (with a clasp of life and death attached to it)

an ugly decaying ankh

a blackened, corrupted rose..It glows violet!

a ruby-inlaid crown..It has a soft glowing aura!

a set of polished bone leggings..It glows violet!

boots of radiance

arcane gauntlets of the moon

a set of ruby studded vambraces..It has a soft glowing aura!

a shield of stolen souls..It emits a faint humming sound!

Shroud of the Undead Spiritcharmer (with a golden, four-pointed star (Major) attached to it)

a golden-feathered girth..It glows violet!

a strand of opalescent silk..It glows violet!..It has a soft glowing aura!

a staff of entwined serpents..It emits a faint humming sound!

Grey Tome with Silver Runes

Quests:

<1031hp 777ma 338mv>remember quests

You strain to remember the quests you have completed and the token begins to glow.

<1031hp 777ma 342mv>You begin to remember:

epic_army_enlisted

flour

warrior_guild

thieves_guild

mage_guild

cleric_guild

druid_guild

necromancer_guild

bard_guild

monk_guild

law

<1031hp 777ma 347mv>Willing the power of token to your aide you suddently remember:

shovel

dragons

sanctuary

bag_of_merchandise

necromancers_amulet

dreamweaver_membership

power

bean

mine_canary

bolg

trolls

<1031hp 777ma 353mv>Willing the power of token to your aide you suddently remember:

mug

ughle

ughle_killed

ughle_killed_complete

bolg_killed

bolg_killed_complete

mug_killed

deliver_tha_merchandise

merchandise_delivery_completed

strange_ingredients

deliver_tha_moonshrooms

<1031hp 762ma 357mv>Willing the power of token to your aide you suddently remember:

deliver_tha_moonshrooms_completed

small_errand

small_errand_completed

food

stealin_me_pots

one_more_errand

stock_supply

goodies

new_items

foulness

disturbance

<1031hp 776ma 357mv>Willing the power of token to your aide you suddently remember:

receive_casket

deer_steaks

immediate_concerns

food_shipment

missing_shipment

lack_of_spices

booksh

freedom

death_of_so_much_life

retrieved_staff

the_celestial_mother

<1031hp 777ma 357mv>You are feeling the drain but you still manage to remember:

the_summoning_ritual

sapphire_gem

galio

mission

bugs

sacred_wine

bandersnatch

discrete_agent

sorrowful_legend

my_lover_geode

heart_of_evil

<1031hp 777ma 357mv>Willing the power of token to your aide you suddently remember:

exotic_treat

one_so_bold

blood_letting_basin

vampire_slayer

hidden_lair

token

rumors

purple_dragon_corpse

skeleton_in_the_closet

swamp_1

make_money

<1031hp 777ma 357mv>Willing the power of token to your aide you suddently remember:

vorpal_sword

exotic_weapon

prove_your_worth

monk_hood

rescue_ishlar

save_ishlar_part_1

save_ishlar_part_2

mortar

princess_fisica

vernal

embalming_fluid

<1031hp 777ma 357mv>You concentrate harder and are able to remember:

devoted_recruit

steal_cycle

adventurer_gossip

ogre_costume

concubine_costume

disaster_drachma

bonus_shardgold

bonus_shardticket

bonus_sharddrachma

rescue_giry

ticket_reward

<1031hp 777ma 357mv>save

Saving Anrok.

Saving items.

<1031hp 777ma 357mv><[0]md>

Willing the power of token to your aide you suddently remember:

rescue_giry_reward

jabberwock

perfect_gem

meat

vein

lavender_oil

cobra

gelatinous

lilac_oil

spirits

rose_perfume

<1031hp 777ma 357mv>You ponder for a while and suddenly remember you have completed:

hammer

local_lore

furrowed_scriptures

open_ancient_tome

release_contagion

uncut_diamonds

mug_killed_complete

book

essence_of_jasmine

darksteel_guards

diamondhammer_helped

<1031hp 777ma 357mv>You ponder for a while and suddenly remember you have completed:

jacintos_circle

enchant_juggling_clubs

present_for_jon

make_darksteel_guards

staff

tiamat_corpse

meal

scrolls

pretty_clothes

dream_essence

power_to_enchant_it

<1031hp 777ma 357mv>You are feeling the drain but you still manage to remember:

ogrecide

chaos_pit

dreams_that_die

damascus

coral

sand

The blueish glow surrounding the token fades.

<1031hp 777ma 357mv>

How do you sort items in vaults / keep vaults clean?

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:49:59 +0000

I have hundreds of vaulted items that –

don’t belong to a eqset (eqsets are stored in a separate room)
are not Runes or gems
may be a cp for some useful forge
may belong to an autoquest line
may be some high-level item that I may need later
may be something useful that I do not want to get rid of (e.g. a radiant blue potion)
with about 50% probability are junk

I would like to sort out what I need and what to discard, group items by category (e.g. put them in same room and add appropriate room names/descriptions) – and ideally do it all in an automated manner.

I wonder if anyone ever tried to solve this combinatorial task? 8)

My current thoughts are as follows. For every item, I want to check whether it –

is personal
is a forge
is a cp for a forge
has 6x40+ level restrictions (may add more level categories)
belongs to an autoquest, and whether I’ve already completed the autoquest
is something useful (a radiant blue potion)
can be turned in for conquest points
(is a duplicate of an item from one of the above categories)

The idea is go through all items and add the respective tags – this should be not too hard to automate.

The next step is to process categories by tags:

Untagged => most likely, useless, sell to shop, or give away, or junk
Unique high-level item => keep vaulted
Unique forges, forge cps, autoquest items => manually go through the list and decide
Duplicates => try to turn in for conquest points => sell on auction, or sell to shop, or give away, or junk

Then, for what’s left, put items with the same tags/belonging to the same forges in the same vault room.

Am I missing anything? Thoughts? :P

It's that time of year again....server hosting costs

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 23:16:38 +0000

Good afternoon,

Ordinarily in the past yearly server costs have been handled by the immortals and within that, really just the upper admin immortals. A few players of just mortal chars have in the last few years chipped in.

This year we are opening that up more generally.

The server costs this year total are $617.40 CAD or roughly $500 USD

And we have about till early September to figure it out

Neptune had roughly this to say:

“Breeze isn’t able to use Paypal from his end for reasons I’ll let him explain if he chooses to do so. We were waiting to a point when we got a little closer, but I’ve decided to use my Paypal as the repository from which to forward from. People can send money there as ‘friends and family’ so Paypal won’t take fees out. The Paypal address to send all donations is yomama_jones@yahoo.com”

And then presumably he can give us progressive updates as to how close we are so far as time goes on.

Many thanks

–Idj

Exploits, Cheats and Hacks.

Sun, 08 May 2022 20:32:08 +0000

Hi Everyone,

No doubt if you are reading this, you are probably from Dragonsworn, wanting to know how to do something… :twisted:

In this thread I will start posting game exploits…

Why am I doing this…? Well, either the imms remove my exploits, and therefore admit that even they know the game is supposed to remain somewhat challenging for people to want to play it, or else they leave the exploits up and the game just gets silly… which I would argue has already happened.

I will stop posting exploits if the immortals decide to fix the game and restore the challenge. Just for the record, I offered to immortal and fix all my exploits more than 12 months ago to protect the game… Now I’m just wondering if anyone actually cares?

Either way, my point gets made, and to be honest, I don’t really care about being right… I’ve spoken out, at personal cost, because I believe what I am saying is the unpopular truth, and time will show me to be correct. Some of this stuff will be silly and trivial, even old and well known, other bugs will require the game to be shutdown lest you all be walking around in free drachma.

Let’s see… hmm, so many things to post in my files… Lets go with some coliseum cheats first… For the record, my scores were legit in the coliseum I can provide the logs, but yes, I could have bet any ones score. So Ezekiel’s comment about me being bitter about being beaten, was purely his incorrect projection. I can take back the score anytime I wanted… I would prefer to do it, without cheating though, and therefore I haven’t done it yet.

The coliseum doesn’t kick you out after the timer if you are in the room to the north. The coliseum timers aren’t very accurate by a few seconds. This is enough time to sweep in from the north, press buttons, kill mobs and repeat if you time it right… giving you unlimited kills in the coliseum. It’s works in practice, however there is a possibly depending on how it was coded, that it might report that your run was more than 10 minutes… so your cheat might not be transparent, I never went as far to actually use the cheat to win… but I know the unlimited kills thing works.

Removing Mana from the game...

Fri, 06 May 2022 12:51:05 +0000

I think we should just remove mana from the game at this point…

Yesterday I was trying to get some conquest points in Herbalist Isle II and kept seeing players and large groups in the area every 10 mins that were coming in to drain mana from the mobs there.

The process is simple enough, there are a number of mobs in the game with very high amounts of mana… you simply walk up to one and type “cast ’energy drain’ ” if you have good saves… the spell is usually a success on these mobs, and you instantly gain what appears to be a percentage of there large mana reserves. You can drain over 1000 mana instantly with this technique, basically giving players a way to fill up with mana instantly and have far more than there max mana.

It originally started off being a thing with the dragons in dweb, but soon people found better mobs, and now days when these mobs run out, you just “raise sceptre” in the area which restores all the mobs so you can drain away again. Now we have people with permanent beacons in the area, they run mobs, drain in a few seconds to refill and then continue running. I’ve also noticed mages have started getting really good at the coliseum… Yeah, even the back 4 levels… I guess if you start a run with 2500 drained mana that might give you an edge…

What I find even more interesting is that some immortals are completely complicit and are actively engaging in the activity. The badly designed new proc items in most cases have created new exploits. There are 4 artifacts, not one of them I haven’t cheesed to level 10 in a few days, they are so badly designed. The blinding clasp is the most OP item in the game, and the sceptre has opened up a whole new list of possible exploits. I did read recently there was a limitation added to energy drain, a “pretend” fix to make it seem like it was put under control - a legalisation of hard core drugs as it were. Is 2500 free mana still a fix? To add insult to injury, a method I found to get “free mana” using the arenas was patched out of the game… yet this exploit is being abused every 10-15mins… the level of hyprocisy at this point, numbs my mind.

To the big top imms, you’re like Théoden in Lord of The Rings, you’re asleep most of the day, and people like Gríma have wiggled there way into places where they shouldn’t be, and overestimated their abilities. You are asleep at the wheel. Wake up!

Whats the point to this game anymore, isn’t the idea of gaming reward for effort? Since “proc sloth” started - the exploits have catapulted new players past the achievements of the olders players in mere months. You have 6 people running lucifer in one run. When lucifer was first put into the game, it took a quest sized group, 3 regens and a nightmare. The game has been trashed. There used to be a culture amongst the smart players to find bugs and exploit them, and for the immortals to snoop players, find and patch them. Now days no one cares enough we can all cheat out in the open?

Oh, ok… Next post… I’ll tell you all about my free drachma bug…

Oh well, it was good while it lasted… I’ll remember the days when the game was actually harder, and it felt like it was worth something to get somewhere. Not saying I don’t still enjoy playing sloth, doing the grind, but it’s just sad now… it’s for nothing.

the ancient hood of whispering shadows

Mon, 18 Apr 2022 16:03:53 +0000

Not sure I got the “fuel” to rush forging this new artifact as I have in the past, sloth is tired for me now, but here is what I know…

Vain, the master shadow assassin tells you ‘Ahh yes, the ancient hood of whispering shadows…Here is a

little bit of information for you:’

Object ‘ancient hood whispering shadows’, Item type: ARMOR

Item is: GLOW PERSONAL

Weight: 1, Value: 20000000gold, Worn in: TAKE HEAD

AC-apply is -0.7

Can affect you as:

Affects: MAX_DEX by 1

Affects: SAVING_SPELL by -1

Affects: HITROLL by 2

Affects: REGEN_MOVE by 10

The item has 1 additional magical ability.

Only those who have attained supremacy in at least six classes may use this

item.

Requires: 10000000 coins,

1x the mask of the great thief (0), milipede - Temple Ruins

1x a ruby dragonscale helmet (0), Ajkllyflljyk - Magma

1x a prison guard helmet (0), captain - yoopers

1x a jeweled billiards cue (0), envy - roost

1x ring of the underworld (0), Adrean - Ligrea

1x a death’s head signet ring (0), emissary - plan of earth

1x an octiron-tinned poniard (0),

1 x a small ruby - various - BH

1 x a silver stiletto - various - dark dreams

1 x a ring with an octarine aura - Mara - LAME

1 x a sliver of Antrodemus clavicle - Brum - LAME

1 x a ring of conflagration - Agox - Hades

1 x a gold-pommeled stiletto - Captain - Wagoneers

1 x a razor-sharp silvery dagger ??

1 x [19157] - ??

1x a sphere of madness (0), Bargrivyek - Abernus

1x the talons of a large raptor (0), the red-tailed hawk - Amaryllian

1x a flask of ghostly whispers (0), The Pit-Fiend, Hutijin - Caina

1x a book of arcane knowledge (0), reporter - Judges

1x the kusarigama (0), critic - Mnem

1x pelt of the black panther (0) - Cheba/Flight/Shade - DOT

In the context of the head slot, what it means for me as a warrior, my play style and the final stat, it looks like it would likely be completely worth it.

We're Back

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 17:22:45 +0000

Subject.

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Saves Petri / Poison / Breathe / Para

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 07:52:13 +0000

A long time ago it was asked about the usefulness of the different types of saves in sloth, as it is perceived that almost all the different types of saves, except spell_saves are pretty useless. Some fairly vague answers were given… and now that we have the conquest system, the question has arisen again… should I waste conquest points on buying those extra saves. I’ve done some research in the nearly 20 year old code leak to try and find some answers.

SAVES_POISON - You’ll want this if you are a thief who uses the apply poison skill, against mobs with poison weapon attacks, mobs that hurl darts or other poisonous items, mobs who use stinger tail procs, mobs who use vampiric touch, or in general when you are poisoned.

SAVES_BREATH - You’ll want this if you fight mobs with breath attacks, basically any mob/room that has some sort of elemental fire, frost, lightning, gas, acid breath.

SAVES_PETRI - You’ll want this against mobs who fear, focus and stun, chill or try to drain you.

SAVES_PARA - This is not available in the extended rebirth shop, as the difference it would add would make most mobs charmable from what I have heard.

In general, all these things are effectively increasing your defensive capabilities against mob/room procs that you encounter frequently. Basically they mean you will take less damage. Given their small cost, and the fact that the game wasn’t really designed for you to have as much as what is on offer now days, I would recommend that you buy them as they could potentially offer more value for money in niche situations than you might imagine. I also recommend having grace as a perm spell, and fare thee well can further increase these abilities for everyone in a group.

Given the fact that the new conquest system requires you to kill and subdue every mob in the game… you are going to encounter all the niche situations that these saves defend against. Given the fact you probably have the -3’s purchasable from the first rebirth shop, and these saves are often not present on elite equipment, the advantage of buying them using conquest points, would double your current defenses against them. These values often go up against the mobs spells saves, so if the mob has 15 spell saves, and you have -6 saves_poison against a poison attack then you should be an extra 20% more effective in saving some damage. Given the low cost, and the fact you will encounter these niche situations now, I think they are probably worth buying.

SAVES_SPELL - Is by the far one of the most important variables in the game, and as much as possible should be worn in every eq mode you have. For casting -1 saves is also about equivalent to about +5 spell damage on average over many castings.

Merc Woods Key

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 07:41:02 +0000

I junked my emerald dragon’s eye the other day which is the key to Merc Woods because the key has “orb” in the name. I sorted it out with the help of the imms… but would like to suggest that perhaps the key should be made personal so it can be protected from junking due to the personal flag. It is an AQ item anyway… Idjit suggested that changing the name might interfere with people’s scripts which is a fair point. Setting the personal flag however shouldn’t.

EU Vaults

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 07:49:43 +0000

How hard would it be to add vaults to EU?

Obviously it’s not about the storage space… it’s about a safe place to regen faster on EU.

Could vault regen purchase limits also be increased as well?

This seems like a good item for uber-chars. Make it exclusive to reborns? Or characters >X years on Sloth? Provide some hp/mana/move regen in the original package? Or auto-remove disease/poison/vampirism? Something to set it above ’normal’ hovel properties. An invisible servant? A few extra vault spaces? Something along those lines.

For all the budding new thieves out there

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 03:09:41 +0000

Pro tip:

https://ibb.co/jJhBWxv

Lag in groups

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 18:11:22 +0000

Perhaps lag in groups has always been a thing that gets pretty bad, but it seems lately whenever we have a decent sized group going it soon becomes very lagged. The weird thing is that some mobs seem worse than others. Maybe some mobs are doing something that’s causing the lag, or perhaps when they damage the entire group at once it causes a large set of updates ie via msdp.CHARACTER_HEALTH to be sent out.

Do we have any idea what the cause is here? Is it too much msdp chatter? artifacts? just something you have to live with after a group reaches a certain size? Is this just my perception, maybe it’s just my system getting slowed down.

Possible Bonus Stab Dam Issue?

Sat, 13 Nov 2021 09:15:28 +0000

I’ve recently started purchasing stab dam from the rebirth shop but it would appear that my Backstab in counters has not been increasing. My average stab has always been a little bit variable but I’ve purchased more Stab Dam than the usual variability now, and the average doesn’t appear to be increasing, and I am suspecting something is up. I’m taking my average stab after running the same mobs… after more than 1000 stabs - so variability should be like minimal.

Perhaps I am calling this early, it’s only been a couple of days… but I just finished purchasing all of the spell dam in the rebirth shop and the increase was easily detectable in the counters, but stab dam doesn’t seem to be detectable and I’ve purchased 13 more so far.

My concern is I might be wasting my conquest points on nothing… or perhaps some cap is being applied to my “no cap” stab dam. I’ll wait for an imm to reply, otherwise I will keep this thread updated as I buy more.

Network Maintenance

Sun, 07 Nov 2021 01:12:26 +0000

Deaths…

Do not be dead when this runs out.. mud will be down for maximum 2 hours and I am not doing pfile restores

<LINK_TEXT text=“https://www.tickcounter.com/countdown/2 … -countdown”>https://www.tickcounter.com/countdown/2862368/my-countdown</LINK_TEXT>

Rebirth Coins - Out of Balance

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 13:57:46 +0000

The longer you play sloth the more likely there will come a time when coins are worth almost nothing.
There are at least 3 secrets to having coins, don’t group - solo, kill little rich mobs a lot, don’t have too many chars.
There comes a point when the lag from the search command doesn’t yield the same value as the coins it occasionally finds. I turned off the automatic cache searching kill script I have, and found my xp improved as much as 150m an hour, just from command lag reduction.
There used to be a command (exchange) where coins could be traded for xp - which could be used to control the value of game coins because coins would always have a value. The value of everything in game seems to be the lowest I’ve ever seen it.
The suck hole of buying vaults does eventually end… I am approaching 15,000 vault slots.
A malicious person could crash the sloth economy with the amount of coins there is, if they choose not to “play along” with the perceived current value of goods which keeps the sloth economy stable, by hiding the truth about the over supply of coins.
The oversupply of coins exists mostly with end of game type avatars.

Would the imms perhaps consider some measures to increase the value of coins. Why do this? Well, In my position, I have spare gems I could be selling to new players… but when all they can offer me is coins (in some cases)… what can I do - they are completely worthless - for the sake of all players, the economy needs a little attention. If we were to raise the price of items, to match the coin inflation of rebirth avatars, the new players won’t survive… so something needs doing about rebirth coins - but don’t be dumb and nerf mob coins that will only effect new players the most - find something for rebirths to spend coins on to make them valuable again.

2021.09.18 recent changes

Sat, 18 Sep 2021 20:15:03 +0000

Hopefully you’re seeing MXP back to where it was previously.

I’ve made some updates to EQSET to try to get clasps into containers and to handle situations better when a clasp changes position. Let me know if you’re still seeing equipment left in inventory that shouldn’t be there.

Some changes were made to EYE OF THE BEHOLDER to prevent shopkeepers and guild masters from being moved around (especially those in safe rooms). I tried not to nerf legitimate uses. Let us know if you think you have a legitimate use that doesn’t work any more.

MSDP Broken Since Reset?

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 19:14:50 +0000

Welcome back Gorka! Press return to continue...

Reconnecting.

<1883hp 852ma 655mv -15.0ac Settlestone 51807024724xp -%>

^[F210][^oINFO^[F210]]^n MXP version 1.0 detected and enabled.

None of my MSDP is working since reset.

Turns out a setup trigger wasn’t firing due to the Arglebargle, glop-glyf!?!

I fixed the trigger and everything now works… however I think the issue on login should be fixed also.

in the riparian depths, a nameless terror swims

Sun, 05 Sep 2021 19:07:15 +0000

In the frozen waters

it came for Urist

in a time of winter

when the forces of nature were fierce

a tug on his beard

the last he knew

Kingdom of Velera?

Wooooo Woooooooooooo.

scan

Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom : immediately to the north

Airy Cavernous Section of Underground River

Exits: South

A heap of gold coins just lies here.

A plump date lies here.

You see Stun here.

You also see Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom and a beak dog here.

l carp

The subject of many a terrifying bedtime story for dwarven children, Giant

Carp challenge the mighty elephants for the post of King of Beasts. Their

insidious nature and vicious strength provide them with the means to drag a

fully grown dwarf into the aquatic depths, whereupon they proceed to gnaw

at the struggling victim. And this is not all, for the awful carp can

stare at the well-meaning fisherdwarf who for fear at these awful

descendants of the Old Ones, are sent staggering back, too often straight

off a cliff. To make things worse, they will taunt the hunters, who in

hopes of achieving eternal glory, will unload whole quivers towards them,

oblivious to nearby animals walking on land. Angzakstigilrash has teeth

that can inflict thirty times as much damage as an unarmed dwarf’s fist and

a huge tail that can knock an entire squad of dwarves onto their backs with

a single swat.

Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom has quite a few wounds.

Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target] is using:

leggings of the toothy maw

You attempt to peek at the inventory:

You can’t see anything.

Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom drags Stun by their beard into the dark

waters of the river, causing them to drown!

[has a proc that drowns you regardless of water breathing]

A beak dog is CRUSHED and is nearly pulled under as Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp

of Doom [target] pounds him!!

[seems to hit whatever in room]

You weave the threads of magic masterfully!

Your thunder clap hits Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target], causing

Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target] great pain.

Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target] spasms as electricity crackles

through him!

[Thunder Clap proc buys 2-3 rounds w/o epic proc]

Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target] is reduced to a pile of dust.

You viciously massacre Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target] with your

cleave.

You are viciously massacred by Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target]’s

bite.

Stun skillfully parries the attack of Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom

[target].

Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target] viciously massacres Stun with his

bite.

Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target] viciously massacres Stun with his

bite.

Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target] viciously massacres Stun with his

bite.

Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target] viciously massacres Stun with his

bite.

Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target] viciously massacres Stun with his

bite.

Stun massacres Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target] to small fragments

with his hit.

Stun delivers a massive blow to one of Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom

[target]’s vital organs.

Stun viciously massacres Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target] with his

hit.

You viciously massacre Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target] with your

cleave.

706

You viciously massacre Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target] with your

cleave.

You viciously massacre Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target] with your

cleave.

You viciously massacre Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target] with your

cleave.

The night has begun.

Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target] really needs a good bath! Phew!

Stun reports 1182/1888 hp. Change: -460. Need: 706. Spells: glowing, greater fluidity.

[can hit pretty well for -15AC tank]

Stun utters the words, ’euguihzofahz'

Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target] is turned into a small pile of dust

by a magical gesture from Stun.

Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target] is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 77,296,648 experience points as your share.

You gain 7,875,000 experience and 8,000 gold for leadership!

You gain 27,311,484 bonus experience!

You gain 77,296,648 extra bonus experience!

You gain 1136 honor for leadership!

You have gained an ungodly amount of honor.

You have gained an ungodly amount of bonus honor.

Total exp for kill is 305,904,176.

Your blood freezes as you hear Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom [target]’s

death cry.

You get leggings of the toothy maw from the corpse of Angzakstigilrash, Giant

Carp of Doom that’s on the ground.

You get gold coins from the corpse of Angzakstigilrash, Giant Carp of Doom that’s

on the ground.

There were 1712071 coins.

You split 1712071 coins. You keep 428020 coins.

[Godly coinage]

id leggings

Ok.

You feel informed:

Object ’leggings toothy maw legplates plates green scaled’, Item type: ARMOR

Item is: 3x40-ITEM

Weight: 3, Value: 75000gold, Worn in: TAKE LEGS

AC-apply is -0.9

Can affect you as:

Affects: HITROLL by 2

Affects: MAX_STR by 1

Affects: REGEN_MOVE by 4

Only those who are primary supreme thieves, and have attained supremacy in

at least three classes may use this item.

[super handy legs for a 3x40 restrict to 6x40 jodhpurs]

Bard Buffs

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 05:45:48 +0000

Quote: For those of you who feel like your prime class needs balancing in some aspect of the game, feel free to post ideas on the forum (don’t just criticize, because that’s easy to do and helps nothing).

I’d like to see…

A weight 1 charm bag for shards / Ability to vault charms.
Sidhe shard creation times cut dramatically for primes, as now days you can regen the shard effect faster than you can make the shards.
Bards able to sleep mobs greater than level 40.
Charisma worked into more of the Bard skills that don’t use it. Eye of the beholder for instance, among others.
Perhaps some enhanced instruments that would play a specific song automatically for primes.
Either a non area spell or special attack for bards using some sort of sonic damage.

Slow incremental changes until a better balance is found.

Enable Toggling of Crit Hits.

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 07:01:20 +0000

I decided to try and subdue all the positive energy plane mobs today. It was a task rendered nearly impossible by game lag, ruling out my magic missile approach… and massive critical and critical hits.

It’s a fairly easy calculation to make… High level avatars can only limit there damage to somewhere between 15-20 damage… they can’t go lower. Even if they aegis a mob for a subdue… even at the lowest possible damage an avatars massive critical hit or critical hit will nearly always kill a mob you are trying to subdue - and there is nothing the player can do about it.

Please make massive critical and critical hits a player toggle. It’s not within the realms of imagination to think that a fighter can limit the force that he uses when attacking something, nor does it break any game Lore.

Can this please be discussed amongst the lvl 45/46 imms and the code change authorized ASAP.

Until such time, I think me subduing is pretty much a waste of time. It’s frustrating to not be able to do something through no fault of your own.

How to subdue more successfully

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 18:43:30 +0000

Thought I would put this out there, now that with the new conquest system, rebirths will want to subdue all mobs in all areas… The issue is kind of contradictory in a way, because the points we spend to make ourselves more powerful, can make the subdue more difficult… so how can we aim for more success?

Firstly, you should have a custom subdue eq mode which is high in ac and damreduct, but as low as possible in dam and weapon dam. It’s a good idea to equip a bastard sword from the shops as the dice is 1d1 +1 +1. Make sure the eqset has no proc items. You might need to remove your rank clasp, because if it has weapon dam, it will activate all your rebirth shop purchases for weapon damage.

Turn Autokill Off.

Make sure you are using Iron Skin instead of Petrified Armor.

Make sure you have parry off as riposte can be deadly.

If possible nightmare the mob.

Attack the mob and web it in place.

When the mob is below 20%, disengage, aegis/wall the mob, and switch your eq set to your subdue mode and engage. Mob will take half damage from this point.

Have a trigger to automatically squelch and subdue when morted.

Other Methods:

Using mage timing on the double cast round, magic missile the mob for 10 damage and retreat. This is perhaps the most reliable, but most difficult method, because 10 damage will nearly always resort in a mort as 12 damage is needed to kill something from 0hp.

Issues:

Naked, high level avatars with have about 20 damage, which they can not reduce much. My suggestion would be to sell potions of weakness in shops that set player damage to 0 for 60 seconds or some usable item such as this with a short duration.

Warriors have issues with critical and massive critical hits… and these can not be toggled off as yet, could this be made an option?

If you have other/better methods please post.

Conquest Points

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 07:36:30 +0000

“There are just shy of 300 million Conquest Points available in the game, some harder to obtain than others.”

Starting Costs (Costs grow with each purchase…)

XP / Coins / Conquest Points

+1 Max Strength - 1 of 2 - 73.50 B / 36.75 M / 3.67 M
+1 Max Intelligence - 1 of 2 - 73.50 B / 36.75 M / 3.67 M
+1 Max Wisdom - 1 of 2 - 73.50 B / 36.75 M / 3.67 M
+1 Max Dexterity - 1 of 1
+1 Max Constitution - 1 of 2 - 73.50 B / 36.75 M / 3.67
+1 Hit Points
+1 Mana Points

8 ) +1 Movement Points

+1 Hit Point Regen - 40 of 80 - 26.73 B / 13.37 M / 1.34 M
+1 Mana Point Regen - 10 of 20 - 154.79 B / 77.40 M / 7.74 M
+1 Movement Point Regen - 30 of 60 - 24.78 B / 12.39 M / 1.24 M
+1 Hit Roll - 3 of 6 - 119.12 B / 59.56 M / 5.96 M
+1 Damage Roll - 3 of 6 - 158.83 B / 79.41 M / 7.94 M
+1 Bonus Circle Damage - 30 of 60 - 14.87 B / 7.44 M / 743.54 k
+1 Flail Damage - 30 of 60 - 14.87 B / 7.44 M / 743.54 k
+1 Bonus Hand Damage - 6 of 12 - 74.65 B / 37.32 M / 3.73 M
+1 Kick Damage - 30 of 60 - 14.96 B / 7.48 M / 747.85 k
+1 Bonus Spell Damage - 30 of 60 - 14.87 B / 7.44 M / 743.54 k
+1 Bonus Stab Damage - 60 of 120 - 7.29 B / 3.65 M / 364.57 k
+1 Bonus Weapon Damage - 6 of 12 - 74.65 B / 37.32 M / 3.73 M
-0.1 Armor Class - 3 of 6 - 43.20 B / 21.60 M / 3.09 M
+1 Bonus Charisma - 3 of 6 - 5.58 B / 2.79 M / 278.79 k
+1 Bonus Damage Reduction - 3 of 6 - 43.20 B / 21.60 M / 3.09 M
+1 Bonus Heal Bonus - 30 of 60 - 14.87 B / 7.44 M / 1.06 M
+1 System Shock - 3 of 6 - 5.58 B / 2.79 M / 278.79 k
+1 Bonus Undead Control - 3 of 6 - 5.58 B / 2.79 M / 278.79 k
-1 Save Breath - 3 of 6 - 5.58 B / 2.79 M / 278.79 k
-1 Save Paralyzation - 3 of 3
-1 Save Petrification - 3 of 6 - 2.79 B / 1.39 M / 139.39 k
-1 Save Poison - 3 of 6 - 2.79 B / 1.39 M / 139.39 k
-1 Save Spell - 3 of 6 - 43.20 B / 21.60 M / 2.16 M

With a budget of around 300m Conquest points, this would appear to allow a warrior type to currently buy all of the following stats with perhaps a couple of other purchases to spare…

+3 Damage Roll - 3 of 6 - 158.83 B / 79.41 M / 7.94 M

+30 Bonus Spell Damage - 30 of 60 - 14.87 B / 7.44 M / 743.54 k

+60 Bonus Stab Damage - 60 of 120 - 7.29 B / 3.65 M / 364.57 k

+6 Bonus Weapon Damage - 6 of 12 - 74.65 B / 37.32 M / 3.73 M

-0.3 Armor Class - 3 of 6 - 43.20 B / 21.60 M / 3.09 M

+3 Bonus Damage Reduction - 3 of 6 - 43.20 B / 21.60 M / 3.09 M

-3 Save Spell - 3 of 6 - 43.20 B / 21.60 M / 2.16 M

Personally, I think the mana regen cost is a bit unreasonable, or at least not good value. Rebirth shop costs were just xp and coins originally - so the high cost of mana regen didn’t matter so much - however when that ratio got transferred to conquest points which are finite - it becomes a little unreasonable. Buying 10 mana regen would use about a third of the available conquest points. Perhaps the cost of all the regen’s are a bit high and conquest points would be better spent on the other stats in my opinion.

Also, because of the nature of hand dam in the game, and how it works as a multiplier to both grip and strike, monks will see the most powerful power increases. It’s a game mechanic problem that hand dam is essentially dam when fighting barehanded. While thieves get 3 dam and 60 stab dam… the 60 stab dam only applies to the opener. Monks essentially get +9 dam to grip, strike, and 6 attacks. Every time a change occurs to Avatar/Rebirth Shops, the class divide widens, in favor of monks.

Armor class cap

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 19:19:46 +0000

I’ve done some calculations, and theoretically, it should be possible to get -19ac. This makes the gap between warriors and other classes a bit… unbalanced? How about making the AC cap depend on the position of warrior in class order? Something like this:

Cap / wa in classo

-20 wa prime
-16 wa secondary
-15 wa third
-14 wa quad
-13 wa fifth
-12 wa sixth
-11 wa seventh
-10 wa eighth

Or something along this logic.

I am a mage/warrior, and warrior second gives literally nothing to me. I will most likely change my classo with rebirth, because pretty much every other class will bring more value to me. But if I could get to -15ac, it would most likely be way more interesting to play.

Silenced but casting?

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 13:09:36 +0000

Not the first time I’m seeing this:

Room 52150: The Door to Bane

Dark shapes scowl from the walls. Darker shadows play. No sounds

fill the silence, except for the monotonous dripping of water coming from

a place unknown. The low, charred ceiling gives the impression of a slow

descent, though it stays perfectly motionless. A single speck of light,

as if a spark from a fire, wavers aloft just before a thick oaken door.

It casts shadows on the door’s surface that spell the word: B A N E.

Exits: [North] South West

The corpse of the Dead Man is lying here.

(Faint Red Aura) Stakur Jaki, the cleric, stares into otherworldly dimensions.

Stakur Jaki is covered in sticky webs!

Stakur Jaki is protected by an aerial servant.

<998/1098hp 1279/885ma 443/444mv -%>

cast ‘silence’ stakur

Ok.

Stakur Jaki’s mouth clams shut!

<998/1098hp 1264/885ma 443/444mv -%>

Stakur Jaki utters the words, ‘gszrr gpuzre’

A faded green sphere forms around Stakur Jaki.

Is it a bug?

When your mob is dead, but you just can't kill 'em

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 06:49:08 +0000

You viciously massacre wereraven lord with your pound.

Wereraven lord is mortally wounded, and will die soon, if not aided.

<1640hp 581ma 581mv -12.0ac Ravenloft in Barovia 119922333430xp 0%>

Caerbannog the eudaemon touches you with his antlers.

You feel your wounds heal rapidly!

<1803hp 581ma 581mv -12.0ac Ravenloft in Barovia 119922333430xp 0%>

With a mighty effort, you shake off your exhaustion!

<1803hp 582ma 568mv -12.0ac Ravenloft in Barovia 119922333430xp 0%>

You are knocked off your feet!

stand;@@

Wereraven lord is mortally wounded, and will die soon, if not aided.

Your weapon completely misses wereraven lord’s body.

broadside

<1803hp 582ma 568mv -12.0ac Ravenloft in Barovia 119922333430xp 0%>

Wereraven lord dies from bloodloss, and the lack of a beating heart.

Your blood freezes as you hear wereraven lord’s death cry.

Sloth RND isn't streaky... Change My Mind...

Sun, 30 May 2021 14:24:44 +0000

Gem’s from this morning…

Quote: You get a Citrine from a golden sack.

You get a Pale Golden Pearl from a golden sack.

You get a Zircon from a golden sack.

You get a Pearl from a golden sack.

You get a Zircon from a golden sack.

You get a Citrine from a golden sack.

You get a Zircon from a golden sack.

You get a Pearl from a golden sack.

:twisted:

Why was Belraths post removed?

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 08:38:28 +0000

Belrath wrote a satirical post last night claiming to have written a group bot script which allowed him to get “free xp” by allowing leaders to remote control him in a group while asleep and completely AFK. It was the funniest satirical post I’ve read in quite some time on this forum.

So why was it removed… because it’s an illegal bot script?.. or because it’s what’s happening everyday? This has come about since the scepter of ancient dominion did little but to make rebirth/remort group xp so high it’s pointless to solo anymore. Remort/Rebirth 9x40 is now about a month long AFK process.

Yeah, the truth ain’t popular anymore.

Belrath +1

And to the bastage who thought that censorship is preferable to the truth, or dealing with it… there is a special place in hell for you… and may the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits. :evil:

Time to Extend Rebirth Shop Limits?

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 07:30:47 +0000

I’m currently buying hp points for about 35,000,000,000 xp each. The “diminishing returns” purchasing formula of rebirth shop works, and there comes a point where buying things becomes soul destroying… it’s exactly what the top players need to give themselves even the smallest way to perpetually improve… and without it, I wonder if more players wouldn’t quit.

Gorka finished rebirth shop over 1 year ago. Since then I made Tonedeaf, which is also rebirth avatar and purchased all the active damages in the rebirth shop. So therefore I think it’s safe to say I am not the only player whose hit the improvement wall.

I am not the only player who wants to keep playing, but feels they have hit the wall. If you feel you are in that position, would you please consider adding your voice to this post.

Now I don’t expect the game management to support a full throttle opening of the rebirth shop and an extension of the limits… I’m not against that idea, but I am trying to be reasonable. My suggestion would be to remove the caps on mv, hp and ma regen as a way of opening up more, without being silly about things, as a way of addressing something everybody could use, but doesn’t necessarily open up the silliness and imbalances that increasing damage caps creates.

I’m asking the immortals to get their feet wet, not jump in the pool. Could the caps on buying hp, mv and ma regen be removed. I tend to recall that the 10th ma regen in rebirth shop cost well over 100,000,000,000 and I doubt 10 more points would be purchasable in the time frame of a year at these prices, so seems a safe and controlled way to open up the shop to players better. I also wish to point out that available damage has been added to players in stupid amounts, for far less time cost in the past two years, and I honestly think I am making a reasonable request. If we want high level players to keep playing, you have to offer something.

Changes to several potions

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 00:07:39 +0000

FYI, we (read: the highly talented Teker) has tracked down the bug behind the recent crashes around the reading command and found that we were overrunning buffers in the rent code. Based on the contents of the memory dumps, my strong suspicion is that the culprit was kangaroo pouches containing extremely high numbers of zero-weight potions. Teker has rewritten the rent code to prevent the overruns, but for general stability reasons, we have changed wispy, good-intention, and mindflayer potions to weight 1. For those of you with a huge stash of these potions in your kangaroo pouch, don’t be surprised if you find your pouches to be tremendously heavy. If you guys know of any more objects of weight zero that can be put in containers that do not count towards laden/rent counts, please let us know so that we can fix them. The containers in question would be things like the kangaroo pouch, dice bag, flux of dreams, white silken bag, etc.

Changelog 2021-01-18

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:18:13 +0000

Fixed a crash in get if you mistyped the container name. Not sure how we went on for so long with this in place, but it’s fixed now.

Put in some overflow protection regarding number of eqsets. It should now prevent you from creating new sets if you’re going to overflow the buffer. The max number of sets is related to the length of all the set names added together in a string. If you make the names shorter, you can have more. I’m guessing the limit is around 300 if all of the sets have 1-2 character names.

Maniac put in a fix for reading - we’re hoping this solves the crash in there. The command has been enabled again.

The Path to -16ac

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 07:13:30 +0000

I’ve been working on creating max modes… max ac, max damreduct, max hp, max saves poison… Ok, well I lied about creating one of these modes… but good eq is about balance, and for one to find balance one must first understand that which is possible… So I worked out the changes I’d need to make to my standard tank set to maximise my AC… obviously this had to include massive sacrifices that are not worth it… but just as a thought experiment. I found out, it is possible to have -16ac with no potion effects. My avatar light is currently +5mar, -0.2ac +dam. My standard tank set is -15.1… with max weapon damage, 25 str/dex/con.

You are using:

a glowing bauble with Gorka engraved upon on it ()socketed Rhodochrosite Rune()

the titanium ring of power ()socketed Chrysoprase Rune() (with an emerald of

insight attached to it)

the titanium ring of power ()socketed Chrysoprase Rune() (with an emerald of

insight attached to it)

Hiddenite-Encrusted Guards ()socketed Tourmaline Rune() (with a golden oak tree

charm attached to it)

ankh of purity ()socketed Tourmaline Rune() (with a golden oak tree charm attached

to it)

Ancient Cuirass of the War Gods ()socketed Alexandrite Rune() (with a fish-scale

buckle attached to it)

an Olthoi Great Helm ()socketed Sapphire Rune() (with a reddish-colored glass eye

attached to it)

Redsteel Legplates of Hades ()socketed Sardonyx Rune() (with essence of a

quickling’s soul attached to it)

a pair of diamond-encrusted demonskin boots ()socketed Moonstone Rune() (with

Adamantine Chains of Vigor attached to it)

devilskin gauntlets ()socketed Jet Rune() (with shadow spikes attached to it)

Mithril Sleeves of Molten Earth ()socketed Amethyst Rune() (with ethereal runes of

the arch-magi attached to it)

Mithril Shield of Molten Earth ()socketed Red Spinel Rune() (with an emblem of a

rose attached to it)

Cloak of Shadows ()socketed Eye Agate Rune() (with a string of fallen stars (Fable)

attached to it)

a feathered cincture ()socketed Jacinth Rune() (with charm of the demon mage

attached to it)

Braided Hemp Bracelet ()socketed Tomb Jade Rune() (with some stardust attached to

it)

Braided Hemp Bracelet ()socketed Tomb Jade Rune() (with some stardust attached to

it)

The Winterblade ()socketed Black Onyx Rune() (with a seal of the dying flame

attached to it)

Sacred Relic of the High Paladin ()socketed Obsidian Rune() (with the Iolite of

Omah attached to it)

a hollowed ram’s horn shofar

Changes required for -16ac… Choose your POISON…

Change avatar light -0.2 (-1 DAM)

a thief’s shadow bending half-cloak -0.1 (-2 Dam Reduct + MAX DEX)

Change Alexandrite for Violet Garnet -0.1 (-1 Dam Reduct)

Golden Belt of Splendor -0.1 (+ MAX DEX)

an adamantite-plated knight’s war robe -0.1 (-2 Dam Reduct)

Adamantite-plated Snakeskin Gauntlets -0.1 (-5 WD)

Adamantite chains -0.1 (-DAM)

Hooked fauchard -0.1

Sub 8x40 Cuirass for…

Adamantine Cuirass of the Ancients +0.1

Mithril Sleeves of the High Paladin -0.1

a polished spectrolite charm -0.1

Have I missed anything?

So -16 is possible, but it’s arguably a lot weaker than a more balanced -14/-15 form. Regarding 3x40 eq system… the 8x40 eq pieces are not good value for money in an AC sense, but more value in a stat sense. It’s probably true that 6 3x40 pieces are better than 2 8x40 pieces in most cases.

Although there is a path for great eq… unfortunately there is really only one main path. Meaning that most high level players of a particular class will all be wearing the same eq except for maybe 3-4 pieces. Some slots still don’t offer much choice. The dumb trick that is +MAX DEX +0.4ac on other items also tends to create more problems than it solves. So things are pretty good, but there isn’t really much choice at the high end.

For unknown reasons, robes have changed little in the last 15 years and tend to lack clasps. Belt/Hand slots tend to be weak, and nothing seems to ever out shine Devilskin Gauntlets (melee chars). Drachma shields are pretty rubbish, no drachma shield with dam reduct is a glaring omission when you consider what shields are used for. But that’s not to say that things aren’t good, they are… there just isn’t variety - unless you are into wearing useless forges - which are still being under utilized.

Also it needs to be pointed out AC isn’t everything, you should wear as much dam reduct and weapon dam as possible. With powerful blind procs on choppers, gauntlets, clasps these days - AC is perhaps less important in tanks than it was.

Although arguably, there could be EVEN MORE variety in drachma eq, perhaps the biggest improvement the game could make, is a system which provides stat rewards for handing in useless forges…as to some degree forging is a lot less important in the game these days as it once was, yet it should be a major part of the game… as important as eq, xp, drachma and coins. It shouldn’t be difficult to provide a new clasp (perhaps for the light or robe) that levels it’s stats based on repeatedly feeding it the over 100 useless eq forges for rewards targetted to a users choosing.

For all the Astrology Junkies...

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 23:23:52 +0000

So sloth Astrology was based on a planetary formula of the rotation of different planets. Each planet kind of signified a house in sloth. Some planets had long rotation times and others short… hence why the winter houses are quite rare.

Some players are wondering how can they know when the next house of heat/sun/battle is coming up in order to do the coliseum and move on… well you can tell what house is up by typing “reading” with the scepter of ancient dominion software in your inventory. Although some don’t trust the result…

But here is another guide to help out. I parsed my astrology game logs and worked out when one house followed another and how frequently that house followed a certain house… which can give you a probability of sorts as to how likely we are coming up to a certain house…

For example at the time of writing this post we have a Winter house meaning the next house is highly likely to be winter wolf or frost giant.

Ancient Darkness Dragon 		4
Ancient Darkness Great Master 		12
Ancient Darkness Heat 		1
Ancient Darkness Long Shadows 		1
Ancient Darkness Nature 		2
Battle Battle 		1
Battle Dark Shades 		17
Battle Dragon 		6
Battle Frost Giant 		2
Battle Heat 		3
Battle Nature 		1
Battle Sun 		1
Dark Shades Dark Shades 		4
Dark Shades Dragon 		1
Dark Shades Grand Struggle 		1
Dark Shades Great Master 		2
Dark Shades Heat 		3
Dark Shades Long Shadows 		2
Dark Shades Nature 		1
Dark Shades Old Forces 		1
Dark Shades Shadows 		19
Dark Shades Sun 		1
Dragon Battle 		1
Dragon Dark Shades 		5
Dragon Dragon 		6
Dragon Heat 		1
Dragon Long Shadows 		2
Dragon Nature 		2
Dragon Old Forces 		1
Dragon Shadows 		1
Dragon Spring 		3
Dragon Sun 		41
Dragon Winter 		7
Dragon Winter Wolf 		1
Frost Giant Ancient Darkness 		1
Frost Giant Battle 		1
Frost Giant Dragon 		3
Frost Giant Frost Giant 		2
Frost Giant Grand Struggle 		1
Frost Giant Nature 		1
Frost Giant Old Forces 		16
Frost Giant Spring 		2
Frost Giant Sun 		1
Frost Giant Winter Wolf 		1
Grand Struggle Ancient Darkness 		1
Grand Struggle Dragon 		3
Grand Struggle Frost Giant 		1
Grand Struggle Grand Struggle 		4
Grand Struggle Nature 		3
Grand Struggle Old Forces 		5
Grand Struggle Spring 		20
Grand Struggle Sun 		1
Great Master Battle 		1
Great Master Dragon 		10
Great Master Heat 		1
Great Master Shadows 		2
Great Master Sun 		1
Heat Ancient Darkness 		1
Heat Battle 		22
Heat Dark Shades 		2
Heat Dragon 		1
Heat Frost Giant 		2
Heat Grand Struggle 		1
Heat Heat 		1
Heat Long Shadows 		1
Heat Shadows 		2
Heat Sun 		3
Heat Winter Wolf 		4
Long Shadows Ancient Darkness 		14
Long Shadows Dragon 		1
Long Shadows Grand Struggle 		2
Long Shadows Long Shadows 		3
Long Shadows Nature 		3
Long Shadows Shadows 		5
Long Shadows Spring 		3
Nature Ancient Darkness 		1
Nature Battle 		1
Nature Dragon 		22
Nature Grand Struggle 		3
Nature Heat 		1
Nature Long Shadows 		2
Nature Nature 		5
Nature Old Forces 		2
Nature Spring 		3
Nature Sun 		4
Nature Winter 		2
Old Forces Dragon 		2
Old Forces Frost Giant 		4
Old Forces Grand Struggle 		20
Old Forces Nature 		3
Old Forces Old Forces 		3
Old Forces Shadows 		1
Old Forces Winter Wolf 		1
Shadows Ancient Darkness 		2
Shadows Battle 		2
Shadows Dark Shades 		4
Shadows Dragon 		1
Shadows Great Master 		1
Shadows Long Shadows 		17
Shadows Shadows 		2
Shadows Spring 		2
Shadows Sun 		2
Shadows Winter Wolf 		1
Spring Dragon 		1
Spring Frost Giant 		1
Spring Grand Struggle 		5
Spring Nature 		22
Spring Old Forces 		4
Spring Shadows 		1
Spring Spring 		1
Spring Sun 		2
Sun Battle 		2
Sun Dark Shades 		2
Sun Dragon 		8
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Sun Heat 		28
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Sun Nature 		2
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Sun Shadows 		1
Sun Spring 		2
Sun Sun 		5
Sun Winter 		5
Sun Winter Wolf 		2
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Winter Grand Struggle 		1
Winter Heat 		1
Winter Winter Wolf 		12
Winter Wolf Dragon 		2
Winter Wolf Frost Giant 		15
Winter Wolf Nature 		1
Winter Wolf Spring 		2
Winter Wolf Sun 		1
Winter Wolf Winter 		1
		

Also an interesting piece of trivia… the astrology log was once posted by Breeze which told us far in advance of what house would be up when. By my calculations that log ended at about the same time the command started crashing the game. As if Astrology actually foretold it’s own demise… perhaps making it one of the most intelligent sloth systems. My suspicion is the command has probably failed to a date/time issue, a bit like the Y2K bug given the time the command stopped working… which was a little bit to near the 31/12/2020 to be a coincidence. But it’s just a theory. If you recall in the past, mail used to also go down at the same time every year.

Running with an extra +75 dam

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 16:23:00 +0000

I stacked +75dam worth of potions today, just to see how the game would play.

Stabbing with 30dam (including non prime gods)

Before the +75dam…

Backstab 2803 461.3

Pierce 1681 55.4

Pound 1639 151.9

Riposte 1940 87.7

Slam 1348 115.7

Slash 11432 110.4

Other 1829 57.6

Stabbing with 105dam (including non prime gods)

With the +75dam…

Backstab 36 993.9

Pierce 19 122.2

Pound 15 143.8

Riposte 34 153.7

Slam 10 143.4

Slash 142 215.1

Other 23 50.0

Results…

A single stab seems capped at 1000 damage.
Damage is not limited to +100 as I assumed.
Riposte wasn’t effected.
Damage was added to pierces and slashes.
XP Speed increased approx 66% (Note a lot of time gets wasted not fighting)
Adding +1 dam to a warrior really adds about 1.5+ dam due to crit/massive multipliers.

If a mob has about 5,000hp and I land two stabs then 5 attacks till death…

With +75 damage = 3 rounds

Without +75 damage = 8 rounds

I don’t see an issue with opening the caps in rebirth shop, especially given the exponential nature of the cost, we wouldn’t even see a player get near this increase… However group power would increase significantly as a result over time.

It didn’t feel like I was running faster, or that I had a grenade, but the numbers don’t lie that things picked up, it was just harder to sense than I thought.

All in all, not as exciting as I thought it might be… being that powerful, and certainly not worth the exponential xp it would cost to get +75 dam.

Bad Procs

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 18:44:17 +0000

This isn’t the only place in the game where procs don’t check for shifted non-aggro.

You raise your hands to the sky and rapidly shift into a small nervous tree (Tonedeaf).

<113hp 383ma 39mv 5.6ac Dark Chasm -%>

A captive assassin suddenly leaps out of the shadows and attacks Tonedeaf!

Suddenly a captive assassin stabs you in the back, RIP…

You have been KILLED!!

<-116hp 383ma 436mv -6.3ac Dark Chasm -%>

You feel yourself floating upward…

<-116hp 383ma 436mv -6.3ac Dark Chasm -%>

The vulture cackles madly and starts chewing on your body!

You feel an intense, burning pain!!

Caerbannog the eudaemon stops following you.

Saving Tonedeaf.

Saving items.

Unapproved items

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 01:27:33 +0000

G’day,

Could a kind imm please update these CPs so that they may appear correctly on the eqlist? (I assume this is the cause, please correct me if I’m wrong)

Object ‘straps leather cp’, Item type: COMPONENT

Item is: UNAPPROVED

Weight: 2, Value: 15000gold, Worn in: TAKE

Object ‘page recipe instruction forgefour’, Item type: UNDEFINED

Item is: UNAPPROVED

Weight: 1, Value: 10000gold, Worn in: TAKE

Object ‘oil mink bottle cp’, Item type: COMPONENT

Item is: UNAPPROVED

Weight: 1, Value: 15000gold, Worn in: TAKE

Object ‘parchment note forge tattered cp brown’, Item type: NOTE

Item is: UNAPPROVED

Weight: 0, Value: 15000gold, Worn in: TAKE

Thank you.

State of the equipment page?

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 01:47:04 +0000

I have received some conflicting information on the state of the equipment page and I’m wondering if someone can clarify.

Is the equipment site updated automatically from the mud or is it a snapshot of old data?

It seems to be missing some equipment, like the gold chain from the golem in the sewers below BH.

Should I submit this equipment (how?), is it a bug that it’s missing, or are some items hidden on purpose and that’s one of them and I should delete this post? Is the information on there guaranteed to be accurate, or as we identify stuff should we be correcting it? (how?)

thanks for any info.

The sleeves of shadow and pain

Sun, 08 Nov 2020 09:56:43 +0000

The sleeves of shadow and pain realizes its own nakedness and screams!

A blinding light flashes all around the sleeves and when your eyes adjust, the

sleeves are now adorned with tendrils of darkness.

You attach tendrils of darkness to the sleeves of shadow and pain.

Sleeves level: 1
Sleeves xp: 0
Next level: 1000

Note: Each level stands on its own (does not accumulate as chart goes down). *

- Shadow Blind blinds the target (same as blindness spell). *
- Shadow Mist curses the target (damanation). *
- Shadow Whirlwind slows the target down (loses an attack). *
- Shadow Bolt is a negative energy (damage) attack. *
- Shadow Fire is a fire-based (damage) attack. *
- Shadow Pain is a sonic-based (damage) attack. *

Level 1: Shadow Blind: Blindness (30s/2m) *
Level 2: Shadow Mist: Damnation (20s/40s) *
Level 3: Shadow Whirlwind: Slow (30s/2m) *
Level 4: Shadow Bolt (95%) + Random lvl 1-3 effect *
Level 5: Shadow Fire (95%) + Shadow Bolt (15%) *
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 + Random lvl 1-3 effect *
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Level 6: Shadow Pain (95%) + Shadow Bolt (15%) *
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 + Shadow Fire (15%) *
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 + Random lvl 1-3 effect *
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Level 7: Random damage attack (95%) + Secondary random damage attack (50%) *
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 + Tertiary damage attack (50%) *
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 + Random lvl 1-3 effect *
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Level 8: Random damage attack (95%) + Secondary random damage attack (75%) *

 + Tertiary damage attack element (75%) *

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 + Random lvl 1-3 effect *
```
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 + Enhanced AC (-0.1) *
```
Level 9: Random damage attack (95%) + Secondary random damage attack (85%) *

 + Tertiary random damage attack (85%) *

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 + Random lvl 1-3 effect *
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 + Enhanced AC (-0.1) *
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 + Enhanced Mana Regen (+1) *
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Level 10: Each damage attack (95%) + Random lvl 1-3 effect *
```
 + Secondary lvl 1-3 effect (50%) *
```
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 + Tertiary lvl 1-3 effect (15%) *
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 + Enhanced AC (-0.2) *
```
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 + Enhanced Mana Regen (+1) *
```
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 + Enhanced BonusHealBonus (+5) *
```

Backstab is broken

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 22:18:02 +0000

The black dragon queen quickly avoids your backstab, and you nearly cut your finger!

The black dragon queen makes a strange sound, as you place Bloodstained Blade of the Ancients in her back.

Your brutal backstab causes the black dragon queen to writhe in agony, opening up her defenses!

My 8x40 monk with 17 hitroll, 20 dex, 21 str, wielding a dagger and 50% excruciating blow stabs better than my 9x40 thief with 35 hitroll, 25 dex, 25 str, and capped skill.

We’ve noticed a pattern with warriors that stab in the group. Those that have thief around 7th or 8th in their class order stab really well, landing nearly every third stab. The warriors that moved thief up higher tend to miss quite a bit, much like a thief prime. My monk has thief 8th.

I’ve always tracked my stabbing as a thief and had plenty of time to observe that making any changes in my character didn’t help at all. From pre-reborn to post and capping out my stats it was all the same. Generally I had a 70-80% chance to have the third backstab miss when it would swing at the enemy.

My monk has about a 15-20% chance to miss, and I’ve calculated Alias quite a bit in groups and he can easily come out an hour or two of groups with a 0% chance to miss.

How to register for the forum...

Sat, 15 Aug 2020 10:06:01 +0000

This post is for people trying to register on the forum, of which I frequently hear that people are unable to do. I think most times the issue is that people put the wrong skills in the wrong columns, because the phrase “Who knows what these are???” can be taken either way.

Prediction, Swiftkick, Sharpen, DeathTouch, Urban Stealth need to be in the left column. Improved Backstab, Winds of Fury, Improved KickStart, Hands of Fury, Feet of Speed need to be in the right column. I don’t expect that providing the answers will open us to spammers, and if anything the question has done more harm than good by keeping true players out.

A Sudden Loss

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 11:16:48 +0000

Hi all. It’s Padme here.

By now, most of you have probably already heard about Roga. I don’t quite know

where to start, so I guess I’ll just start on August 9th, 2020. I had just started

cooking some eggs and English muffins, when Roga called to my son from our master

bedroom. My son came into the kitchen and grabbed some aspirin from the cupboard.

When the eggs had finished cooking, Roga came into the kitchen and said, “I wasn’t

feeling very well this morning, but I’m feeling much better now. Whatcha making? And where’s mine?”

And I said, “You don’t even like over-hard eggs! I can make you some over-easy eggs.”

And he said dejectedly, “It’s all right. I can make my own.”

That caused me to stop for a second, and I almost insisted on doing it for him, but

that stupid yard work needed to be done. And so I quickly ate and left to work on the yard with my son.

He was going to edge while I mowed, but I couldn’t even finish mowing. My son was like,

“Mom, you forgot that side.”

And I said, “No, I have to go inside.” So, he said, “Fine,” and he took the lawnmower

to finish the yard. But he asked me, “How am I going to get in when I finish?”

Well, we have previously lost two lawn mowers due to them being stolen, and one had been

left outside for less than 5 minutes! So, I told him that he could have the garage

door opener that I had clipped to my pants. And he said, “Nah, I’m good.” So I said, “I

could open the door for him.”

So I sat on the stairs by the master bedroom for awhile. I had thought that maybe

Roga had gone upstairs to play Sloth or something. But I did notice the dishwasher

going - Roga had filled up the dishwasher and was doing the dishes for me. And well,

you have to understand, this is like a rare occurrence for Roga, and so that simple act

was like him doing something special for me. And I actually thought this, and I also

thought that he couldn’t really be that sick if he was doing the dishes!

Eventually I went into the garage, opened the garage door, and waited for my son.

Soon, Roga came into the garage. And I asked him, “What are you doing here?” And Roga

told me that [our son] had asked him to open the garage door. And I said, “How?”

“He knocked on the front door.” And I said, “But I have already opened the garage door.”

And he said, “Yeah, but [our son] doesn’t know that.”

And as my son was coming around to the back of the house, I started to move toward him, and Roga, flicked the garage door opener. You know, like he made it come down a little bit and then back up.

And I turned to him and said, “Now he’s going think” and Roga just started laughing.

He was still laughing when my son and I came to him and were about to go into the house.

He laughingly said, “You should have seen your mom. She had a conniption fit. She thought

that I was going to close the garage door on her.”

And I said, “I did not.” But I am forever grateful that my son knocked on that door,

and that Roga came out to the garage, cuz this was the last time that I got to hear Roga

laugh.

I had to lay down. I get so fatigued way to easily these days - and it’s not just tired. It’s

like truly, exhausting, bone-tired. I might have laid down for 3 or 4 hours, but I had

to get up when I started to feel like it was getting a little difficult to breath -

smoke does that to me. And so I went downstairs, and Roga was cooking chicken thighs in

the oven. And I said, “Could you please tell me when you cook in the oven next time? So I can shut

the door to my room upstairs, cuz the smoke from the oven just goes right into my room.”

And Roga said, “You can smell the smoke from the oven? Riiight.” And the timer went off,

and I said, “Oh, is the chicken done already?” And he said, “No.” And as I turned to leave

to go back upstairs, I heard him say, “Maybe I’ll broil them for 10 minutes.”

This was the last time I saw Roga alive. My son would take me up two chicken thighs that

my husband had cooked just for me - because I still am not used to spicy food. And

both he and my son love spicy foods. Roga, who doesn’t often cook for me, had made

me our last meal together (even though we ate our meals in separate rooms. But Roga

had taken the time to make mine).

After eating, I rested some more and around 7 pm,

I went outside to mow the backyard and to try and cut the weed bushes. I bagged up the dog poop,

finished the mowing, and cut a few of the weed bushes before I started feeling nauseous.

I asked my son to open the garage door so that I could put the lawnmower away. When he

was ready to shut the garage door, he asked if he could let the dog out back. And I said,

“Sure.” So, I started to lock the back gate, but then I remembered the bagged dog poop. So I

just grabbed it and threw it in the driveway, because I was afraid that I

couldn’t make it to the garbage can and back inside the gate before my son let the

dog out. And if I didn’t, the dog would have a chance to escape - and when that happens,

he quickly runs a half mile away easily, and it usually takes a team effort to get him

back home again.

Anyway, I just went upstairs and laid down. I don’t remember exactly what time I

actually fell asleep. But I was awaken before 4 am by the tv in the master bedroom.

Soon, I went to check on Roga and found him dead.

And so, you know about as much as I do, and I still haven’t been told the cause of death.

I’ve known Roga for 28 years and have been married to him for 26 of those years. I have

known Roga through The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (incidentally, that was a movie he

liked to watch). Here’s what some of his coworkers said about the real life Roga:

[Roga] was really, really smart, always optimistic, and really sure that they were going

to win a proposal or program. [Roga] was very friendly. Instead of telling you, he would show

you. He was a well-rounded guy. He was always ready to help and would take the effort to help.

Our two daughters and son have often seen Roga playing Sloth, but they don’t understand our

love for the game. So now I have a request for all of you. Could you write something about

Roga? Maybe why you like grouping with him or maybe tell about the time he helped you get

that piece of equipment or spellbook? Or maybe how somehow he made the game special for

you? Or I don’t know - just come up with something.

I’m seriously sleep deprived over here and am starting to lack the ability to even think!

Thanks all,

Padme.

Caster stats for Avatar Light

Sun, 24 May 2020 13:12:19 +0000

Hi guys, with all the recent discussion to improve/balance classes and eq, can we also talk about avatar light?

Currently, the stats available for avatar light mainly benefit melee classes (ac/dam/etc). With more players rolling for caster class now, it would be a good idea to have a look at this right now. Looking at the available stats, I can only see the avatar light as a regen gear for caster right now, unless they are going with some hybrid melee damage + spell build. Having that cool avatar light and using it only for regen, in my opinion, is such a big waste.

I suggest adding some caster oriented stats (spell save/heal bonus/spell bonus/UC? :P/some cool procs to replenish a small amount of mana Or hp?/etc).

We should probably also remove stats like str/dex/int/etc from the light as ppl will generally get them from avatar shop instead of wasting 1 slot on their avatar light. Max stats may be more appropriate.

Let me know what you guys think.

Cheers,

The Vegetable Union

Rank Clasps

Fri, 22 May 2020 16:34:44 +0000

Can the army insignia clasps get some love? It’d be nice if they were consistent across all ranks to attach to any slot.

Right now the lower ranks attach in many slots, but as you move up in ranks it changes for the worse. Right now if I wanted to rank up to Myth I wouldn’t have a slot for the clasp as a thief. I already have a nice stab dam clasp on gloves and the boots I wear have a permanent clasp for +dam. I imagine other classes have a variety of issues as they rank up as well because class specific clasps tend to be on different slots.

Bard Buff Ideas

Fri, 22 May 2020 05:35:24 +0000

Hey all,

Recently returned to sloth, and loving it! Always loved bard, despite some obvious weakness’ of the class. After some playing and getting used to some things, had some suggestions and ideas that might improve a bards performance.

First one is more a quality of life change. I’ve noticed groups tend to get bigger now then they used to, meaning the bard can no longer cover the entirety of a group. Bards get 11 targets at 40, and up to 3 from instrument… i suggest taking a few of the auto-targets away from bards, and give them some scaling on Charisma for aditional targets.

Put them to 9 targets at 40, and say… 1 extra per 4 charisma. at 8 charisma would be the same, and around 8 they’d have 5 extra targets, putting a benifit on charisma for groups, and allowing bards to cover their party more easily. Charisma in a group doesn’t have much use atm, save from the rare need to reign, so would make it more worthwhile a stat to keep in a group.

Dance of the Seven Luck Gods - A bards true ‘prime skill’. It has uses, but its very hard to use, especially in a group. Had an interesting idea to incorporate it into a group mechanic, gems. Now, its usual proc only affects mobs when they spawn… but gems don’t spawn until it dies. Why not allow a bard to sing Luck Gods to increase the chance of gem pops as it does on eq pops? It would add overall value to a group, as well as give a second bard something to do when in a group (not that there are any bards atm). I don’t think it would be able to be heavily utilized solo since the song has a heavy mana cost and shuts down your other songs. I would also suggest that Dance be moved to ‘sing only’, to further hinder its abuse solo, so spell casting with it will interrupt it automatically.
Avatar Skill: Harmony - A way to really make bards shine in groups… Allow them to utilize multiple songs at once. They have the ability to sing songs, as all people can. And Bard Primes also get the ability to play songs, allowing them to cast while playing. But wht not allow an avatar bard the ability to do both? Let them play one song, and sing another (after all, they can cast spells while playing, why not sing?). Of course the singing song would be at jeopardy if they cast something else, but thats just the way of things. (Also, if this and the dance change are considered, REALLY suggest making dance sing only so its the one most at jeopardy… trying to limit the solo abuse on popping gems. the suggestion is meant to be a group benifit!)

Just a few suggestions to put a little more strength into bards in the group scene, because that is where they are supposed to shine! Let me know what you think.

I Miss Clerics.

Sun, 17 May 2020 22:19:10 +0000

As a once (at least I thought) respected tank, I miss clerics- they kept me alive.

The mud has been blessed with good clerics since I’ve been back: Padme, Norks, Roselarya, Tau, Zuzu.

Zuzu plays, Norks plays more like a mage, Roselarya now plays a warrior, Tau and Padme went M.I.A.

I think the issue is being so useful in groups as healers they get pigeon-holed into only healing.

It seems there are very real concerns about max level cleric abilities and while doing things like buffing Pit-Fiend would be helpful. I tend to think we need something to help clerics through all stages of the game.

IMHO this is where a cleric prime spell would come in handy.

Please consider adding “Harm” to the game and have it be affected by heal bonus for clerics only.

This would allow them to blast when not “IN” and give a viable blasting option instead of swapping all heal bonus eq for spell bonus permanently. I feel that this would scale well as lower level clerics will be able to start gathering heal bonus eq and hopefully interest people into actually playing a cleric.

Thanks for reading…

No Follow Bug

Wed, 13 May 2020 18:41:37 +0000

Players are VERY OFTEN not following the leader in groups. It has happened in the past, but it seems to have come back in the past couple of months… to the point where we can’t group anymore without it happening to someone, or multiple people throughout the course of a group.

<1078hp 651ma 355mv -11.1ac The Lower Planes - Minauros 4642130212xp -%>

Stun reports 1519/1559 hp. Change: -197. Need: 40. Spells: glowing, greater fluidity.

<1078hp 651ma 355mv -11.1ac The Lower Planes - Minauros 4642130212xp -%>

Guinex splits 29798 coins. Your share is 2292 coins.

<1078hp 651ma 355mv -11.1ac The Lower Planes - Minauros 4642130212xp -%>

Stun yells ‘BOLLE SNYLLE GRYF BYLLE?!!?’

warcry BOLLE SNYLLE GRYF BYLLE?!!?

<1078hp 652ma 356mv -11.1ac The Lower Planes - Minauros 4642130212xp -%>

Stun leaves west.

Guinex leaves west.

Xxx leaves west.

Skyle leaves west.

Knifey leaves west.

Insomnia leaves west.

Usually the message would be something like this…

<1078hp 683ma 308mv -11.1ac Mount ‘An Mystica 4725733356xp -%>

Stun leaves south.

Guinex leaves south.

Xxx leaves south.

Skyle leaves south.

You follow Guinex.

I’ve been trying to figure out why it happens, my suspicion is that somehow in some cases the player.position variable is not correct for the player to follow.

Balance Bugs Features Etc

Sat, 09 May 2020 07:56:20 +0000

So what I am understanding is that

All classes should be balanced fair etc

Writing a function to balance all classes is trivial

Max xp = xxx

Max hp = xxx

Max mv = xxx

Max ma = xxx

Max xp = xxxxxx

Var yy = xxx

If class == y; max ??? += max ??? * ( 0.10 * classPosition)

Is this what you want? No mystery? A simple class is better than another?

I can easily do that. I can restrict my immortals from implementing what they see fit. I can say email me before changing anything.

99.998% of the time I won’t override Neptune

because they’re my 2nd.

I can add limits and fix char2strong “bugs”

Is that really wanted?

The end result will be DictatorMUD

But if that’s what’s wanted I can be dictator hole

How to charm mobs and solo entire areas.

Wed, 06 May 2020 09:22:28 +0000

It’s recently been stated that charming mobs and wiping entire areas solo is not an exploit… So lets test the theory… ever wanted to run all of dragon mount or draconian lair solo… well it’s easy! Stop spending hundreds of hours in groups, or saving 1000 drachma for +1 damage.

All you need is saves para eq and a little bit of knowledge. Firstly, try and collect as many of these items as you can…

http://slothmudeq.tk/?savepar=on

In the case of the runes, which are t1’s and easy to collect, socket them to junk rings or spiked boots. Make sure you have grace up, and sing “Fare thee well” to increase your saves para by another -4.

To charm a mob it must be level 40 or less, not have up mindbar and not be ethereal.

Visit some of the following mobs…

Stone Mason - AH Crypt

Hate Filled Undead Soliders - Phantom Creek (Visage First)

Youna - Dao Citadel

Akmee - Dao Citadel

Grunnik - Dao Citadel

cast ‘charm person’ and the name of the mob. In most cases the mob will begin following you. Make sure you stone or iron the mob, and aegis them. Simply “order followers assist .”

Youna, the Slate Prince reports 6278/6278 hp. Need: 0. 191/450 ma. 122/124 mv.

Akmee, the Granite Prince reports 7176/7176 hp. Need: 0. 100/100 ma. 122/124 mv.

<1512hp 274ma 655mv -15.0ac The Dragon Mountain 67%>

You skillfully parry the attack of a male black dragon.

Your riposte viciously massacres a male black dragon.

A male black dragon misses you with his claw.

You are viciously massacred by a male black dragon’s claw.

You are viciously massacred by a male black dragon’s bite.

Akmee, the Granite Prince viciously massacres a male black dragon with its pound.

Youna, the Slate Prince’s pierce bounces off a male black dragon’s thick scales.

Youna, the Slate Prince viciously massacres a male black dragon with his pierce.

Youna, the Slate Prince viciously massacres a male black dragon with his stab.

You viciously massacre a male black dragon with your slash.

A male black dragon lunges forward and issues a black cloud from his jaws!

AHHH! a male black dragon gestures and a piece of your body disappears.

Youna, the Slate Prince utters the words, ‘yufzxuie’

Youna, the Slate Prince gestures dramatically, and a male black dragon is roasted in a burning wind.

Happy Days Everyone!

Once this is fixed, patched, or removed - make a bard… come tell us how awesome it is…

New Area: Aggrynthian Expanse

Sun, 26 Apr 2020 17:53:14 +0000

The new area Aggrynthian Expanse has been added to the game and can be found… (fly and visage up) 3e1s3e2n7e1u1u1e1u11e7s1w from Island recall.

It’s currently a small area in development by Idjit with choppish solo warrior style xp. So far all the mobs there are animals… and they don’t tend to hang around near death, so make sure you web. First impression is it’s sort of a “The Moors of Gr’Valdh” type area in the way it plays. There are 5-6 different types of animals at the moment and the biggest ones are level 41 and have already popped gems.

Bard 8x40 Dragonmail Broken

Fri, 24 Apr 2020 15:01:10 +0000

Yesterday Tonedeaf, the newest (and soon to be greatest!) bardass, forged his elite 8x40 bard eq “Ancient Dragonmail of the Knights Order.” Unfortunately it does not work as advertised…

AFF_KNIGHTS_BLESSING = 1

The knights blessing simply doesn’t function on the armor. If I sing the song the song works, but the armor does not. Furthermore… could the difference between knights blessing and knights prayer be explained, because they do exactly the same thing. If it’s an avatar version of the same song… then why did it need that?

I know we don’t really have many people playing bards… but there is good reasons for that…

Bard lacks a prime offensive or defensive skill, that’s not better in a secondary class.
Charisma works with about 7 songs… and one of those is an avatar version of the same song. Two of them wake mobs up and make them sleep… because that’s useful in a game where you kill things for experience.
The songs charisma works with are extremely rarely used.
Charisma has no effect on luck gods. Luck gods only works effectively at high levels and now all the best eq is drachma.
Charisma does not increase the damage of offensive spells, only saves.
Songs like fare thee well, haunted dirge, only effectively replicate spells in other classes.
Song of the Mist is somewhat redundant with the Sphairai and doesn’t reach many people.
Sidhe charms have a more limited function with so many mana and health potions in the game. Increased mana regen means trying to find a shard and forge a charm isn’t often worth the hassle, and they can’t be vaulted.
The best instrument a bard can use is not even prime - but nearly all other instruments are.
The most used songs by thousands of times are rina, gods, march and valor… and only gods has a prime effect, and none of them use Charisma.
There is very little transparency or feedback when songs are sung… it’s difficult to determine whether they are succeeding or failing in a lot of cases.

Can the builders and people who create equipment please stop putting charisma on “bard equipment.” In day to day normal running - It’s as useful as firewind on the eternal flame.

Bard is filled with lost opportunities, charm person / eye of the beholder / luck gods / cry of the avatar damage could have all been charisma based and instruments could be made far more interesting. Instead we are part thief, part warriors with very little identity other than “the player who sings gods in a group.” If it weren’t for support classes, Bard would be pretty insufferable. I knew this before I made one, and I made one partly because of it, I know I will find a way to make Tonedeaf better than avg players… but all the same, if classes aren’t being picked because they are useless, they need fixing. It seems being an active player and an immortal usually turns into a conflict of interest.

Telegram auc list

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 06:49:27 +0000

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There are few bug, but it seems working

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The Gorka Guide to Rolling Tokens

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 19:58:22 +0000

Using a combination of logged hex and oct token rolls on a test character, and a program I wrote that is a reverse engineer of some old stat rolling source code, I believe I have calculated the probability of achieving stat totals with a good degree of accuracy. This information uses the following assumptions…

Four 1d6 die are rolled, the three highest dice are kept and added together. Then 1 is added to the total. If 19 is the total, the total is set to 18.
The lowest stat that can be rolled on a hex is 5.
The lowest stat that can be rolled on an oct is 8.

The results show roughly the average number of tokens it will take to roll the total with what type of token. The program was calibrated to roll the total 1000 times in order to calculate the average. However, it’s completely possible to roll a total with only 1 token… or it could take thousands more than the average. Multiple executions of the program showed that the deviation between the average tokens grows the higher the total you aim for. It’s also an observation that for each extra point in the total you aim for, you effectively about double the number of tokens required to reach that total.

It’s also proven that oct’s are definitely superior to roll than hexes, however hexes are cheaper. Hence I am lowering the cost of octs from 75k to 60k to make the effectiveness of both tokens roughly the same, as I often have trouble moving one type or the other based on “the superstitions/misinformation” of the player buying them.

People often ask me, what is the minimum amount of tokens I should start rolling with if I wish to get a playable total. I think that absolute minimum should be about 20 tokens to have a good chance to return to something 75 or higher. The other thing to do would be to save some tri tokens and use them in the case you bust.

It would be possible to roll a 90 in theory. Although somewhere around 80k-100k tokens would be required on average. On the other hand, you can buy the stat point in the avatar shop for 10B, which is approximately 10 hours of grouping at avatar levels. (12hrs if the leader is a smoker) How many tokens can you load in that time? My recommendation is that players aim for 82+, as to hold out for any thing higher could lead to frustration due to the diminishing returns. The money I make from selling tokens, probably hasn’t covered the costs of the vaults I store them in, but I have probably helped more than 10 players achieve character stats higher than 80.

Hexes

Avg Rolls to roll an 80 : 80

Avg Rolls to roll an 81 : 140

Avg Rolls to roll an 82 : 240

Avg Rolls to roll an 83 : 470

Avg Rolls to roll an 84 : 1000

Avg Rolls to roll an 85 : 2100

Avg Rolls to roll an 86 : 5000

Octs

Avg Rolls to roll an 80 : 70

Avg Rolls to roll an 81 : 120

Avg Rolls to roll an 82 : 210

Avg Rolls to roll an 83 : 420

Avg Rolls to roll an 84 : 820

Avg Rolls to roll an 85 : 1850

Avg Rolls to roll an 86 : 4400

The Ancient Sceptre of Dominion

Fri, 03 Apr 2020 15:50:23 +0000

Ok.

You feel informed:

Object ‘ancient sceptre dominion’, Item type: TREASURE

Item is: NOBITS

Weight: 1, Value: 100drachma, Worn in: TAKE

The item has 1 additional magical ability.

examine Sceptre

You see nothing special..

<1590hp 252ma 595mv -10.3ac Planar Nexus 61083545662xp -%>

l Sceptre

The Ancient Sceptre of Dominion is not currently occupied.

Welcome! You now own the ability to control the difficulty of

SlothMUD’s zones. The Ancient Sceptre of Dominion has the

power to convert zones from their normal difficulty level into two

different levels of difficulty–heroic and legendary. The precise

definition of what heroic and legendary means for any given zone is

configured by the immortal staff, so there will be a measure of

discovery as the Ancient Sceptre of Dominion is used across

Jord.

Please note that the immortal staff is placing a measure of trust in the

playerbase to not abuse this power. The intent of this feature is to

be used in a group setting. To that end, the Ancient Sceptre of

Dominion can only be used when you are grouped with at least one

other player. The immortal staff is fully aware that zones are often

shared by solo players and groups at the same time, and so the effects

are only applied to mobs that are larger than 10 million xp. There are

additional protections against the effects being placed on mobs as

follows:

If a PC is in the room with a mob, where the PC is not part of the

group, then all mobs in the room with that PC will be protected.
If an NPC who has a master (i.e. is a pet of PC) is in the room with

a mob, where the PC is not part of the group, then all mobs in the

room with that pet will be protected.
If a mob is pissed at a PC, where that PC is not part of the group,

and the mob has less than 95% health, then the mob will be protected.

If a mob (that would ordinarily qualify for heroic or legendary bonuses)

is protected for one of the above three reasons, then the remainder of

the zone will become heroic or legendary, but the zone will be

disqualified for the heroic or legendary quest. If this causes

contention between players, then the players need to work it out.

Having said that, if a player chooses to troll a group by purposefully

disqualifying a zone they know the group is trying to quest in, then

there will be serious consequences from the immortal staff.

The immortal staff have been given the ability to configure heroic and

legendary quests for each zone, which requires the group to defeat the

zone in a specified time limit. Upon completion of the quest, there are

non-drachma rewards, and there are rumors that creatures from the deep

may be awakened.

Some additional technical details surrounding heroic and legendary zones:

Once a zone has been converted to heroic or legendary, it will remain

as such until the leader of the group leaves the zone. Once the leader

of the group leaves the zone, all effects are removed from the zone.

If this occurs while attempting to complete a quest, then the quest

will automatically be abandoned.
If rooms in the middle of a zone suddenly switch zone names and this

causes the heroic or legendary run to be interrupted, please let an

immortal know. I have built in ways to permit entry into additional

zones beyond the heroic/legendary zone being run.
Note that zones can be made into heroic or legendary zones regardless

of whether mobs are already dead in the zone, but the quests are only

available when the zone actually has all of its intended mobs.

And last but not least, enjoy! Please provide feedback and we will work

together as a community to make this as enjoyable as possible.

Syntax: raise sceptre heroic|legendary

Please report all bugs to Maniac.

Necros

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:00:21 +0000

So I’m seeing a couple necros returning to the game and this is wonderful–welcome back Beatrix, and good to see you Guinex. I’m seeing in titles that necros need some attention and wanted to get the conversation started. I played a necro to 3x40 but found that the playstyle was not for me, so I don’t think that I qualify as a reliable source for ways in which necros need improvement.

Go!

Macus bug

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 21:12:36 +0000

Hello!

Macus and specularems blind proc doesn’t work properly. I’m unaware if any other less-used chopper has the same problem. They seem to launch the proc. flagging the mob as ‘blinded’ but not doing so. But the ‘flag’ prevents other choppers that actually work delivering the blind in. So that’s pretty horrible.

I have reported this issue and also contacted Breeze. He confirmed the issue but wasn’t able to fix it right away, promising to take a deeper look at the code. well - it’s been a year now.

I am a man of patience but this thing needs to be fixed asap. We’re having a lot of new players flying in and groups and chop groups are ran constantly. Working low level chopper would be great. Now we tell them not to use them, giving the feeling of uselessness.

I’m hoping this post reaches someone in power and time to do something about it.

Anyway, love the hard work you’re doing with the mud, dear Immortals, having a great time. Thank you.

—Belrath

Leader Command Standardization

Sun, 15 Mar 2020 23:24:28 +0000

The last week I’ve been thinking about suggesting some standardization’s for tanks and stabbers, but in reality it could extend to blasters or healers.

Currently, every tank and stabber has there own way of doing things… and if you are a leader, leading different areas with different tanks and stabbers, it’s difficult to remember everyone’s commands. Take MNM for instance the tank may end up being asked to lead with damn, stab or grip… there are mobs that are curse, some may even be led with fire / ice / turn undead / web / bind. Currently I have to “alias grip” for alias, and then “bstab” for bandit.

I held off making a post, because I don’t expect the topic to be popular, nor that people would change simply because I suggest it, but in the future I intend to change gorka’s scripts to mirror aliases scripts which I think forms the basis of a good protocol.

It basically follows the format of …

alias stab

alias grip

alias tank

alias hammer

alias curse

alias damn

alias ambush (current target with web)

If I grouptell alias grip, and Bandit is the group stabber, he can trap for the grip command and off stabber automatically as he is not the target of the command.

This way the command is directed at an individual and won’t confuse the other members - but the other members are informed of what is happening. Stun roughly also follows this protocol, but uses tells, so group members don’t see what’s happening. As a leader I want this type of control of the tank and the stabber because, sometimes the player might not understand what I want, or what mob needs what starter. I’m not suggesting we take it overboard, this is more about assisting group leaders.

In not demanding that we all follow this way, just suggesting it as a good protocol to implement, which I intend to use myself. If it catches on, we will update the thread with commands as kind of accepted as a standard. There is definitely more than I have posted.

Etiquette

Sun, 08 Mar 2020 11:49:00 +0000

I thought to remind new players of some of the “unspoken” etiquette about playing sloth, that players of 10 years or more will remember, that all seems to be a thing of the past now. I’m not suggesting we abide by it religiously, or that we adopt it in a fake manner, I’m just saying that recently there is a lot of room for improvement.

If you find something that’s not yours, and it’s valuable, check over gossip if you can take it.
Don’t take things that you don’t need to sell them. When you need something take the minimum to get by.
Ask before you join a group.
Don’t join a group until the group has finished killing the mob they are attacking. Don’t gate in with xerxes at 2%, that’s rude, you didn’t contribute anything.
Announce going afk, and when you come back. It’s respectful.
Don’t talk about quest information over public channels, use tells or ask people to help you. The reason being is that some players (a rarity I admit) don’t want to hear the solutions to quests, but find them out themselves.
Pay attention in groups as a sign of respect to the leader, who has to pay attention on your behalf all the time. Take self-responsibility… no you weren’t left behind, you didn’t unweb quick enough.
Generally calling two gems and one mob is what is the “norm” but is decided by the leader.
Try to be better in groups, offer to run to areas, sing songs, debuff and be on webs, source your own chopper even if that just means picking one up from the common points.

They really boil down to two general ideas…

Don’t try and gain where you haven’t contributed.

Have the attitude that things are not a right, but a privilege.

I shouldn’t have to mention these things, but clearly they aren’t taught these days. Why should you do these things? Because it makes every ones playing experience more enjoyable. People who don’t adopt these things silently frustrate other players and at points it does boil over. The more I group I find it takes good vibes from me. I want to strangle people, and I have to take a break. Some leaders assist botters in their groups, but that won’t be me. Honestly, that sense of entitlement that you expect others to do things for you as a right, without the decency to contribute pushes me to my limit. It’s a form of selfishness, plain and simple, I don’t care if you think your a “good person” - that’s not good behaviour and I will call you out.

It has to be understood that etiquette can also go too far the other way and become religious. A classic example is our “gratz” culture… we gratz everything. I swear if gossiped I had liberated a bogger in the deepest recesses of my nostrils and announced it on gossip you’d all gratz me. I could make up that I had just loaded eq that didn’t exist, and you’d all religiously gratz me. Basically, “gratz” is cheap these days… it’s a cheap sign of appreciation. I’m not saying that we shouldn’t do it… I’m saying that we should mean it when and if we say it. For me personally, if someone “gratz’s” me it means only as much, as the relationship I already had with that player. I think it’s more important to be honest, than to be fake. For example, I will be the first one to make a massive sarcastic and public show of how excited I am, when Arya announces a level or an xp goal. Is Arya hurt, no, we are mates… Arya knows this instinctively… Arya and I talk crap in private all the time - we have a friendly relationship - and that’s the value not the gratz. I don’t need to demonstrate how much of a “nice person” I am publicly. I’d rather be honest before nice, and nice about being honest. Do I care when Arya gets a level? Keeping it real, Not really - I am pleased he is happy because he’s a friend, yes. That’s the point. In the past I have valued more “tells” of “gratz” than gossips. Tells have been more personal.

This is not just a problem today in sloth, but in western culture as a whole. For 100 people to offer you a cheap gratz there will be 1 to actually take self responsibility. And so it is with Etiquette it’s not meant to be a set of rules, but guidelines to play with to build a more positive environment.

Deep Seam doors now pickproof, as originally intended.

Sat, 07 Mar 2020 01:34:37 +0000

I made them eat-key.

But hadn’t pickproofed them.

So there are those piles of shells all over and people were ignoring their traffic flow function by just picking the impression(s).

This has been fixed to be pick proof so that the shells have a use. As originally designed.

Thank you for your attention,

–D

Changelog 2020-02-18

Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:21:26 +0000

I’ve retooled the timing for zone resets to try to reduce the lag time we were seeing. Previously the game would queue up the zones and reset one zone every 6 seconds. With the number of zones we have, this was backing up quite a bit so I’ve changed it to reset one zone every 0.25 seconds. This means that the time between spirit watcher warnings and the actual reset could be a lot quicker than before.

+Hit

Thu, 13 Feb 2020 11:52:21 +0000

So I made a bard, not a very serious one, just a “play thing.” Today I went back over some previous discussions between Sochi, Taron, Oboe and Kid about Charisma. Interesting reading. I’m finding it unbearably difficult to play my bard solo at the moment, so I just bring him out for groups or for leading… I do expect things will get better…

However there is one thing still affecting all newbie’s I think, not just young bards, and that is the To Hit formula. A number of years ago it was modified and there was a massive outcry that no one could hit anything. I think that’s when sloth brooches and stuff came about… but you loose those after level 20, and it seems if you have anything less than 10 you can’t hit anything anyway. I ran in a group today for 2hrs with +7 (I think). I missed over 750 attacks during that time. People have also noted, that once you have about +25 hit, it barely makes a difference at all to add anymore.

This seems a problem to me that the +hit “window” kind of exists between 10-25 when the “window should cover the whole wall” so to speak. I wouldn’t be surprised if the formula does cover the whole wall, however once the mob ac is factored into the calculation, it becomes offset too much so that lowbies still miss to much. It seems the first 5+ points to hit aren’t enough to clear the ac offset. I probably should have posted a log of me fighting a servant in blaster temple… but there is probably a max length on forum posts, and the thing just kept regening before I could hurt it anyway. It’s not a great welcome for new players… 30min epics with a servant in blaster temple for 30k xp.

Optimizing your coliseum scores

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 08:22:04 +0000

So although it might be more convenient to blame any number of external factors outside of your control, the truth is there are ways to get more out of your coliseum runs no matter what class order you have or your player power. Clearly not everyone in the game cares about “being better” but for those who do, here are some tips to help your coliseum runs. It’s completely normal to need to heal or refresh in the harder coliseums.

Can I just caution those players though who are inexperienced, or new. I’ve seen many a player suffer, because they set there goals too high for the coliseum, or they simply followed blindly the coliseum advice offered by other players… WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING IT, or it’s consequences. Some of these optimizations are advanced, are not for every one, and may not even help enough to kill one mob more in themselves, but may contribute seconds to the run overall. Don’t forget in rebirth you can do everything better. I would discourage non rebirth players from reaching higher than 40 kills per gauntlet, or waiting 2 months for a good conjunction, or sitting around with 39 levels in 3 classes… there is very little wisdom to do that, and most of the time you are just harming yourself.

Only run the coliseum on the day of Major conjunction(s) in the house(s) that boosts your primary killing method(s). Some houses may also cheapen the cost of things like heal spells.
Run on a day with world regen, and no lost concentration.
Enter the coliseum with a cleric supplicant such as peri or eudaemon even though they may not last long.
Before you enter the coliseum wear eq modes that maximise your mana and moves. Gorka typically enters a coliseum run with over 1000mvs and 1150ma. It’s also possible to enter the coliseum with inflated hp using an hp eq mode, or by using ferret bugs, but I personally don’t bother with this. Have your most expensive spells memmed before entering.
Generally speaking you should try and have the maximum amount of levels that a gauntlet will permit before you enter it, as to maximise your core power and attributes for your run.
As there are only 10-15 different mobs in each gauntlet, setup an optimised killing strategy for each mob. Some will be stab, some with be ether, some grip etc. Experiment and find the most time and resource efficient way to kill each mob. Understand that this strategy may need to change on a situation. Don’t firewind mobs who take more damage from turn undead. Don’t ice ray some mobs because they are vulnerable - when if you actually look at the counters, firewind or disint is still better.
Be very careful how you switch weapons in the coliseum, as remove and wearing weapons is more laggy than setting up and using eq sets.
Some spells may seem like a waste to cast but maybe of net benefit to some players. Depending on the gauntlet, spectral shield to suck mana for a player with low mana, or even natures restoral may have an overall advantage in the context of the entire coliseum run.
Make sure you gorge before you enter the coliseum so drinking and eating scripts do not interfere with your run.
Some skills seem beneficial, but essentially are just a waste of time… each command comes with a cost of .25 seconds. For example, war cry or swearing victory may actually be a waste of time now.
Before the orbs refresh you every 120 seconds, make sure all your mana is used to your benefit, and if you have any mana left just before the orb “mem up.”
Track the time between the orbs in the coliseum, the first orb will occur within 120-129 seconds. The second and third orbs will occur after exactly 120 seconds more, but the first orb is a bit variant. There may also be a way to get a few more seconds each run by entering the coliseum at the right time, but this is a theory I’ve not found a way to exploit.
Generally speaking you should switch to your max mana mode before an orb occurs, maximising your mana for the next 120 seconds, however you need to understand this can also be a massive time penalty.
Don’t underestimate small details… a rebirth for instance can purchase 10 ma regen, 30 hp regen and 40 mv regen. Over a 10min coliseum run that is… 100ma, 300hp, 400mvs. The same thing can be said for the benefits of spell/heal damage among other things.
Understand that commands such as stabbing, gripping, striking, blasting, ordering pets all have some sort of lag associated with them. Decisions on what skill to use requires “situational intelligence.” For example Don’t stab if you have no moves to stab, don’t blast if you have no mana… bad commands cost .25 seconds. If you can kill 70 mobs in a run, and make a bad command each mob, that has cost you 17.5 seconds.
Don’t sac coliseum corpses… I know you believe in keeping Bal Harbor tidy… but seriously… lag yourself another .25 seconds?
Have a weapon ready to use that can hit ethers and equip it for the right mobs.
When you first enter the coliseum and “spell up” think carefully about what spells should be up and the time / cost benefit of those. For example, don’t cast grace… if you have max spell saves and good hitroll.
Squelch commands on death, so the commands in the buffer don’t add there .25 lags.
As Whatta pointed out recently… don’t exercise “prime-centric” thinking in your coliseum approach. For example… I am a warrior, exercising powerful blasts and stabs to succeed in the coliseum. There won’t be too much difference between what players can achieve, if they leave there “prime-centric” mindsets to one side. People who aren’t succeeding will in most cases be putting too much emphasis on skills in their prime class. Everyone can stab, and everyone can blast - the class differences should be less than people imagine. Nearly all of the eq I wear in my coliseum runs is non-prime - which means you can wear it to with time and effort.
If you are a warrior, understand that second wind is only useful to use when the command you have executed has a long period of lag, otherwise you are only costing yourself time and moves. Second winding everything will actually work against you.
In the case of the last coliseum where there is 4 minutes without an orb… you will need to be more conservative, if you are a warrior, you may need to parry, to save wasting time on restores, or if you are a caster, maybe you need to look at stabbing to save mana.
Log your coliseum runs with a timestamp from mudlet, clear counters before entering. Review each run, improvise, adapt, overcome. Criticize your own run, make a list of everything that went wrong and how you could do better. When Belrath first bet my level 9 score, I found over 10 problems / ways to make optimizations. There is always something that can be done better in a situation.
Track your kill rate in the coliseum. For example to get a score of 75 in the last gauntlets 600 seconds, you need a kill rate of 8secs per mob. Optimize this rate, find new ways to kill certain mobs quicker.
Understand that some runs are going to be better than others, sometimes you will miss an eqset change before an orb, or a mob aggros before you land a stab. A run can vary by 5-7 mobs without a single factor in your play style changing. Embrace the struggle.
HARDCORE: (For Completeness) Buy hundreds of tokens of magic enhancement from the dream weaver to ensure every spell is masterful.
If you suck at the coliseum don’t forget the most important sloth rule, blame your failings on any thing else other than yourself.

Although some classes are naturally better in the coliseum - efficiency can improve your runs by 10 mobs without increases to any power.

How to die less...

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 10:51:22 +0000

Generally solo deaths in sloth are stupid, the majority of which are caused by poor calculations, unexpected circumstances and the inability to react to them in time. (Unless you get “one shotted” in which case you are forgiven)

When a fight comes down to the wire, quite often the player is aware at least one round early that things are not going well… they have a couple of seconds to explore the alternatives… retreat, flee, recall or stand. (All of these options are quite prone to failure) After the player has made their decision, quite often a further thing can complicate the matter… like server lag, or another mob assisting or the fact you have already sent other commands to the mud which have not been squelched first.

It’s not possible to plan for every circumstance and make the right decision quickly… however thankfully the rules that pertain to death in sloth are actually very simple… lack of hp. Now there are several ways to track this, either you can set a trigger to capture the hp in your command prompt, or read the msdp.HEALTH variable.

Now in my experience, knowing what to do in every circumstance that arises can be impossible, and no matter how much experience you have there can always be a circumstance you didn’t expect. The important issue in this equation is the lack of time we have to respond. So here is my solution I personally have used for about 18 months now…

When your health reaches below a certain value OR the amount of health you have lost, since the beginning of the fight till now, is more than the percentage the mob has lost, trigger this command to be sent to the mud…

|;stand;shapeshift tree (If you are a warrior send a second wind at the end as well)

In msdp it looks like this…

 if (100 - tonumber(msdp.OPPONENT_HEALTH) < (((starthp - tonumber(msdp.HEALTH)) / starthp) * 100)) and tonumber(msdp.HEALTH) <= 500 then
 conclusion = "LOSING!"
 echo("\nLOSING!")
 send("|;stand;shapeshift tree;@@")
 elseif tonumber(msdp.HEALTH) <= 500 then
 conclusion = "LOSING!"
 echo("\nLOSING!")
 send("|;stand;shapeshift tree;@@")
 else
 conclusion = "WINNING!"
 end

In 95% of cases this will automatically save your life, and give you the time to think about the best course of action. In perhaps 5% of cases maybe you are bashed and there isn’t much you can do. But by doing this you don’t have to worry about recalling and running back, or whether you can survive the next round, shape shifting tree will disengage the combat and give you as much time as you need to think about your next move whether that be recalling, or returning to human form and continuing to fight. If the shape shift command fails, the mud reports failure… and another command prompt is displayed which triggers the shape shift again so it’s pretty fail safe.

The added advantage of disengaging the combat through tree is that in this matter, often the mobs will not attack immediately once the player returns to human form, giving you a chance to slip in a restore, or put back up a spell that had dropped.

Never initiate any combat with any mob, unless your spells are up, and your hp is full. The contemplation skill is your friend, make sure your hp is full before each and subsequent mob.

Correct Avatar shop prices

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 04:20:23 +0000

Since the prices on the website are incorrect, here’s a list from the shop!

*** Primary Stats (cumulative) **************************************************************

+1 strength - 10,000,000,000 experience and 10,000,000 coins

+1 dexterity - 10,000,000,000 experience and 10,000,000 coins

+1 intelligence - 10,000,000,000 experience and 10,000,000 coins

+1 wisdom - 10,000,000,000 experience and 10,000,000 coins

+1 constitution - 10,000,000,000 experience and 10,000,000 coins

+1 max_strength - 20,000,000,000 experience and 20,000,000 coins

+1 max_constitution - 20,000,000,000 experience and 20,000,000 coins

+1 max_wisdom - 20,000,000,000 experience and 20,000,000 coins

+1 max_intelligence - 20,000,000,000 experience and 20,000,000 coins

+1 max_dexterity - 50,000,000,000 experience and 50,000,000 coins

*** Secondary Stats (cumulative) ************************************************************

-0.1 ac - 0 of 3 - 30,000,000,000 experience and 30,000,000 coins

+1 damroll - 0 of 3 - 20,000,000,000 experience and 20,000,000 coins

+1 hitroll - 0 of 3 - 15,000,000,000 experience and 15,000,000 coins

+1 hitpoints - 0 of 100 - 1,000,000,000 experience and 1,000,000 coins

+1 mana - 0 of 100 - 1,000,000,000 experience and 1,000,000 coins

+1 moves - 0 of 100 - 1,000,000,000 experience and 1,000,000 coins

*** Permanent Skills (cumulative) ***********************************************************

+1 weapon damage - 0 of 10 - 10,000,000,000 experience and 10,000,000 coins

+1 undead control - 0 of 5 - 8,000,000,000 experience and 8,000,000 coins

+1 hand damage - 0 of 5 - 8,000,000,000 experience and 8,000,000 coins

+1 damage reduction - 0 of 5 - 5,000,000,000 experience and 5,000,000 coins

+1 stab damage - 0 of 10 - 4,000,000,000 experience and 4,000,000 coins

+1 heal bonus - 0 of 25 - 3,000,000,000 experience and 3,000,000 coins

+1 spell damage - 0 of 25 - 3,000,000,000 experience and 3,000,000 coins

+1 circle damage - 0 of 10 - 2,000,000,000 experience and 2,000,000 coins

+10 resist cold - 0 of 40 - 2,000,000,000 experience and 2,000,000 coins

+10 resist fire - 0 of 40 - 2,000,000,000 experience and 2,000,000 coins

+1 charisma - 0 of 5 - 1,000,000,000 experience and 1,000,000 coins

*** Permanent Spells & Skills ***************************************************************

perma sanc - 0 of 1 - 50,000,000,000 experience and 50,000,000 coins

avatar sight - 0 of 1 - 25,000,000,000 experience and 25,000,000 coins

elemental resistance - 0 of 1 - 6,000,000,000 experience and 6,000,000 coins

hide - 0 of 1 - 6,000,000,000 experience and 6,000,000 coins

sneak - 0 of 1 - 6,000,000,000 experience and 6,000,000 coins

stalk - 0 of 1 - 6,000,000,000 experience and 6,000,000 coins

darksight - 1 of 1 - Included in Avatar Sight

detect invisible - 1 of 1 - Included in Avatar Sight

infravision - 1 of 1 - Included in Avatar Sight

sense life - 1 of 1 - Included in Avatar Sight

detect evil - 1 of 1 - Included in Avatar Sight

detect good - 1 of 1 - Included in Avatar Sight

detect magic - 1 of 1 - Included in Avatar Sight

mindbar - 0 of 1 - 3,000,000,000 experience and 3,000,000 coins

fly - 0 of 1 - 2,000,000,000 experience and 2,000,000 coins

Guiness Book of Sloth - Competition!

Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:55:22 +0000

I’ve decided to try holding a fun (?) competition over the course of the next week in a bid to raise the collective knowledge of mobs and areas. The competition has two categories…

Category 1: Most Kills in 30mins

Category 2: Most Coins in 30mins

Rule 1) Players must reset “counters” and use only solo counters to start their entry.

Rule 2) Solo counters most be posted in this thread at the end of 30mins to register your score.

Rule 3) You can post updates to your scores in this thread if you improve.

Rule 4) All mobs killed in the competition must be of full health before killing.

Rule 5) Players must log there 30mins of play in case the results are called into question.

Rule 6) Players must respect the spirit of which the competition is offered… there are many ways to cheat… don’t…

The prizes for each category are 25 random T1 gems, and 2.5m gold coins for the player to roll at the next Reece, a planar page from EU and 4 lutefisk.

SlothMUD Discord Server

Wed, 01 Jan 2020 13:21:32 +0000

Since telegram channel is under constant spammer attack, I’ve created discord server: https://discord.gg/YRzSRSd

Feel free to join. If you’re slothmud admin, let me know, I’ll grant you admin privileges there.

Up. The server is alive and has some active users.

If you’re an immortal, then contact me(Yang) and I’ll grant you the admin privileges.

I am even ready to transfer the server ownership if the requester is high rank immortal.

Changes to Sloth and 2020!

Sat, 28 Dec 2019 14:03:18 +0000

Gorka wrote: The maths behind my claim that rebirth shop probably won’t increase solo xp runs is this…

In order to get more exp in a given time frame, a player must kill a mob at least 1 round sooner than he did previously.

If my damage per round is 5 x 100 melee attacks (500), and a mob has 2500hp, I will kill it in 5 rounds.

To get xp faster I must kill the mob in 4 rounds, meaning I would need to do 625 damage in 4 rounds to get xp faster.

So basically in this case, for rebirth shop to cause players to get more xp solo, I would need 125 extra damage per round, or techincally, about +20/25 weapon damage. Rebirth shop gives +6.

However this equation doesn’t work for groups… because groups will add up all the players extra damage and mobs will die faster. Grouping will be the first change we will notice and it’s already the case in the game.

A number of months back I made the prediction that with all the new power ups implemented over the course of 2019, grouping would be the first change we would notice to the game. As players got more powerful the areas and mobs weren’t being adjusted accordingly. This week I was in a group where nearly every single regular xp mob, died within 3 rounds this included mobs such as demogorgon. This particular group started off as 5 or 6 powerful players… we ran a 2.9b xp hour thanks to the xmas bonuses (a personal best). Eventually a lot of other players joined and the xp rate dropped… but I wanted to thank the immortal staff for a fantastically fun 2019 and also nudge the game forward a little for 2020 from my perspective.

I wanted to make some points for the immortals and area designers, because I think if there are to be any changes in 2020 to the game (even though I understand that the game has clearly peaked and is in decline), that this is the type of information that needs addressing.

GROUP AREAS

There are not many areas where a quest sized group can get xp at a faster rate than a 5-6 man group. My solution would be to clone an area like MH, and give the mobs 20% more hp’s and perm sanct. The xp would need to be a little more than doubled - just so large groups have some place to go. We need more mystica / mordin type areas.

CHOP

I think Neptune solved the chopper shortage of the past with making choppers load on EU. There is still a place for chopping in sloth, in particular, chopping epics. However my metrics tend to show that any form of chopping for xp is generally at a slower rate than non-chop. (Mystica excluded) I don’t get excited about Chop days. But I don’t see chop issues as a pressing matter for the game at the moment. Players probably do more damage with regular attacks in most cases - offlyme… This is why chop day isn’t such a big deal, unless the mob is a big deal.

AGING FORMULA

*Mob aging needs to be speed up. The mud is being wiped of mobs so much quicker with the increase in player power that after you have logged in, and wiped the floor with the mobs on your first run, you have to literally wait 2-3 hours for the mobs to be aged again. Anything you re-do within that next 2-3 hours (which you have no choice but to do really) is worth about 30% less. The aging formula was for S3, the game is moving way faster these days, and aging needs sped up. Currently nearly all solo xp mobs, are continually unaged, and it sucks.

KILL HISTORY

*You could argue that with it being easier to kill more mobs, that kill history isn’t much of a handicap anymore… that’s simply not true, it’s exactly the same. Take CG for instance, all the moat mobs are the same template name, by the time you kill the last mob in the moat it’s worth like half the xp the first one was. The idea was to try and stop players camping areas… but it was, and always will be a dumb solution because the issue is compounded by the fact that most mobs are duplicated throughout the areas by the builder… and that punishment gets passed to the player. Kill history is dumb, and always will be dumb. I also don’t think area camping is currently a pressing game issue as it was in the past. I remember in s3 days people fighting over areas on gossip. I’d just get rid of it, or disable it. Keep the bonus on permanent - but that’s just me. Stopping the Camping of areas is far better addressed by Age XP/Repop Times or just adding more quality areas.

XP CAPS

Caps need adjusting - The effect of lower caps is that is that it stops people like myself from running bigger mobs, even though they may now have the power to do so. This only compounds mob shortages because you get players like me, who still run shadow keep, because I won’t be rewarded for running anything bigger. I would prefer to leave shadow keep for 3x40 type players, but unless my cap is raised to 20-25m you literally don’t give me an advantage but to keep running the same small mobs over and over. Lyme cap also needs adjusting accordingly.

As I have lamented in an older post, now that drachma eq is almost always superior than any in game forges, there is little need to forge eq these days. New uses need to be found for old forges.

RUNES/GEMS

The only thing I lament at the moment is the fact players in my position are bound to have FAR more than they need and no use for them. Just like eq, it would be nice that gems/runes could be repurposed for other things, whether traded for drachma, or upgrades to useless eq forges.

REBIRTH SHOP

I would have quit sloth a year ago if it wasn’t for rebirth shop and sticking around to see it happen. Teker did a great job, and the power increases came far more gradually and through hard work than the insane increases that were made to the 3x40 and drachma eq systems for practically free. Having already purchased everything of importance in the rebirth shop, I feel that the eq changes made me far more powerful than rebirth shop did. I can’t see any reason not to raise the shop caps a fraction higher, given costs will be exponentially more. I think the 10th ma regen point for example cost over 200b xp. 1ma more per minute, 200b xp? :shock:

EPICS / HONOUR

I think the biggest current issue with this system at the moment is that the rebirths are two ranks ahead of it’s implementation. More mid sized mobs with honor and raids would have been nice, and I believe that was also the intention of JB before his immortal hiatus. The clasp is nice, but it has nothing on the power of the new drachma eq… which is clearly OP.

COINS

Well this topic has got a lot of people in trouble in the past. Splork for instance has argued on several occasions that coins are not an issue in the game… and players have argued that they are. From my perspective both views are completely correct. The issue is actually GROUP COINS. Group coins are so terrible it’s not funny… They come at approximately the rate of 1.5x of solo, but are split among 5-6 players in a group - meaning about 75% less coins from grouping. (This is why Taron never had coins) But the reality is, if you run solo this issue does get balanced out… and if you run solo a lot, you will be filthy rich.

MULTIPLE REBIRTHS

I don’t see any reason for this at the moment. It seems the only point would be to repeat quests… so in that case, why not address the actual issue… allow the clearing of player quests for rebirths - could be an option purchasable in rebirth shop for a crap load of xp? Just a thought…

OTHER ISSUES

Msdp - would love to see msdp updated to have an OPPONENTS array that lists all of your oponents, not just the engaged one, so you can prioritise opponents.

Auto Weapon selection for backstabing - It’s a god awfully hard thing to script for players as msdp doesn’t update fast enough when you splork a mob or another mob engages to ensure you are using the right weapon in the right situation. If you could “set backstab weapon” and that was switched out automatically after the stab that would be magic. Believe it or not also useful also for wa / mo who may switch from barehand to sword for deathgrip. It could be more of just a Gorka/Tank frustration than a pressing issue for anyone.

Not being able to cast perception because of rebirth shop’s mindbar also very frustrating. Pls fix.

As pointless as it may be at this time in life of sloth mud, if rooms could store an X,Y,Z value I could make maps for all areas with mudlet. This is something we did look at more than a year ago.

I’m also somewhat interested in becoming an immortal, but I’m nervous about the transition - whether I’d actually accomplish anything - or enjoy more being a player, even though “Gorka” is essentially “finished.” I would be happy to search for ways to re-purpose old forges and find new uses for things, this will add game play which is quite finite for rebirths like myself - and now a large proportion of the game.

I’ve had some ideas that could help things just from a players perspective, like creating a mob database of sorts so players can find new places to run.

Moradin - Xmas Quest

Sat, 21 Dec 2019 22:18:21 +0000

Moradin is loaded, he’s the dude that forges drachma tokens for the eu cp’s… This is our Christmas Quest.

Please save all cp’s and come to forgings for drachma. Forgings are like last year, every 12 hours, at 10 o’clock game time.

Remember small mobs pop the cp’s on EU, so no need to waste time killing the big ones… go kill the devils and demons, and save the cp’s for the 10 o’clock forgings.

Damage/Knives/Thieves

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 15:15:27 +0000

Is there a good reason why weapon damage doesn’t apply to regular attacks with a knife (pierces)? Shouldn’t knives be treated as weapons for regular melee attacks (pierces)?

All other forms of attack get something from either weapon dam or ham dam, it seems inconsistent. It also means regular attacks from thieves are the weakest in the game.

In my opinion either weapon dam should be applied to “pierces”, or a proportion of the players stab damage. They simply aren’t being treated as equal. Even if this were to change, it wouldn’t make knives better than the weapons players already use, so essentially it would be a slight buff to thieves.

For a comparison, I do 50% less damage wearing my spear of pestilence, than I do winterblade or sphairai (Not even counting the proc damages). All other classes are getting some sort of hand or weapon bonus added to their regular attacks accept thieves it seems. Not a wonder thieves stab and die, they can’t finish anything. Might I add, auto switching weapons after an opener would be a fantastic addition to the game as msdp doesn’t update quick enough to be used to change weapons properly.

plate of fiery resplendence forge

Tue, 12 Nov 2019 20:32:12 +0000

Whats wrong with this forge?

Info from EQlist:

the mystic plate of fiery resplendence[ARMOR] [05 Feb 2017]

grimm plate fiery resplendence mystic

GLOW MAGIC

Wa21

-1.9

Dex 1, Con 1

Forge [250 000], Explosion: 0%

Mayor Zenobia - Aisholm Town []

Cps: 1 x a fire jewel

1 x a suit of mystic chainmail

1 x resplendent gold leggings

1 x a black chainmail shirt

4 x a cracked eggshell

I got all cps and coins but “Mayor Zenobia tells you ‘I don’t know how to make that.’”

Thank you for your help!

GEMS/RUNES for Trade (Not Clickbait... Maybe...!)

Sun, 10 Nov 2019 10:34:25 +0000

Hi Sloth,

I’m Gorka, I spend a lot of my time collecting integers. I update these integers on a chunk of metal in a foreign country. It gives me immense pleasure.

I have long puzzled over the mysteries and culture of our game, analysing, observing and thinking. One of these great mysteries is what to do about the divide between the players that “can” and the players who “can’t.” The players that “have” and the players who “have not.” It appears to me that there are two problems in this mystery, big bloated players who have far more than they need, and small whiny players who can’t take self responsibility or work for their own needs. I see both types of players as a different kind of the same evil and the solution in both cases is greater self responsibility. The bloated player needs to understand that to whom much is given, much is required… and the small whiny player needs to understand that there is no such thing as a free lunch, and true reward is EARNED through hard work and not handouts. Of course there are just normal players, friendly and helpful who are always reasonable… they aren’t part of the problem, and they are a pleasure to play with.

I’ve devised an experiment to explore the possibility of narrowing the divide, while trying to be fair and reasonable about it, without undermining the most important principle of the game that makes us all stronger… and that reward is work. It’s a very difficult problem to share what one doesn’t need, without denying the other the value of working for it. How does one share what he doesn’t need without making the culture weaker? How does one acquire something through work for someone who has everything?

A few times I’ve suggested to Breeze that rebirths should be able to trade spare runes for drachma. Breeze was not against the idea, it’s just an issue that requires the type of thought that takes time, and then more time to implement. The most important point I guess, is how much drachma should a rune be worth? My original proposal was that t1 runes should be worth nothing (Reece Trade Only), t2’s should be worth 25 drachma and t3’s should be worth 50 drachma. Obviously a smart player would keep spare runes for contingencies, but even so he will still end up with spares if he plays long enough. I ask would your standard 700 drachma item be worth 14 (x 50dr) t3 runes? It sounds reasonable (if not expensive). Scaind suggested 35 drachma… ie, the same yield as a hardish auto quest. Dingo has suggested 50-100 drachma for a Rhodo, but admitted there was no love for Jasper Runes. So it seems a starting point for the idea was around 35-75 depending on the value of the t3 rune.

So my next problem was that not all runes were created equal. So I spent a bit of time sorting them into 8 groups rather than the 3 tiers to organise their value a bit better. It’s still not perfect but here is what I came up with…

GEM VALUE CONSIDERATIONS:

DOES EVERY ONE NEED IT? Points+

DOES ONLY ONE CLASS REALLY USE IT? Points-

IS THE ITEM ON A DOUBLE SLOT? Points+

IS THE ITEM PRACTICALLY JUNK? Points-

WHAT IS THE TIER VALUE? Points+

Group 1

Bloodstone - 3 POI RING

Carnelian - 3 PETRI RING

Chalcedony - 2 BREATH RING

Brilliant Green Garnet - 1 BREATH FEET

Group 2

Coral - 5 HP SHIELD

Dark Green Spinel - 5 HP BODY

Pearl - 5 HP FEET

Orange Zircon - 20 FLAIL ARMS

Pale Golden Pearl - 20 FLAIL WRIST

Peridot - 30 MV BODY

Citrine - 1 CHAR ROBE

Moss Agate - 1 CHAR HANDS

Quartz - 10 KICK FEET

Zircon - 10 KICK LEGS

Amber - 15 CIRCLE ARMS

Deep Blue Spinel - 5 HPR LEGS

Salmon Pink Garnet - 5 MVR FEET

Silver Pearl - 1 PARA FEET

Freshwater Pearl - 3 PARA RING

Red Spinel - 30 MV SHIELD

Rock Crystal Quartz - 1 SAVES FEET

Group 3

Fire Opal - 15 CIRCLE WEAPON (Prime)

Opal - 15 CIRCLE WRIST (Prime)

Azurite - DEX LIGHT

Banded Agate - STR LIGHT

Blue Quartz - INT LIGHT

Lapus Lazuli - CON LIGHT

Hematite - WIS LIGHT

Jasper - UC ROBE

Jade - 12 SD HANDS

Champagne Pearl - 1 SHOCK WRIST

Crysoberyl - 1 SHOCK ARMS

Water Opal - 12 SD WEAPON

Group 4

Purple Star Sapphire - 2 HIT HANDS

Blue Star Sapphire - 2 HIT WEAPON

Eye Agate - 2 SAVES ROBE

Chrysoprase - 2 SAVES RING

Bright Green Emerald - 5 MP SHIELD

Brown Red Spinel - 5 MP BODY

Aquamarine - 5 MP ROBE

Group 5

Alexandrite - 1 DR BODY

Amethyst - 2 WD ARMS

Pink Diamond - 4 HB HEAD

Smokey Quartz - 4 HB WAIST

Gray White Diamond - 4 HB NECK

Light Blue Iolite - 4 HB WAIST

Sardonyx - 10 MVR LEGS

Moonstone - 10 MVR FEET

Violet Garnet - 0.1 AC BODY

Silvery Blue Pearl - 1 HD HANDS

White Opal - 5 SD WRIST

Group 6

Aventurine - 1 DR WAIST

Emerald - MAX_WIS LIGHT

Jacinth - 0.1 AC WAIST

Obsidian - MAX_CON LIGHT

Tiger Eye - MAX_INT LIGHT

Golden Yellow Topaz - 1 HD WRIST

Colorless Sapphire - 2 WD WEAPON

Group 7

Malachite - MAX_STR LIGHT

Rose Quartz - 4 SB WAIST

Sapphire - 4 SB HEAD

Ruby - 1 MAR HANDS

Jet - 1 DAM HANDS

Black Onyx - 1 DAM WEAPON

Group 8

Tourmaline - 4 SB NECK

Star Ruby - 1 MR NECK

Tomb Jade - 2 WD WRIST

Rhodochrosite - MAX_DEX LIGHT

Now there is a forge in the game for white cloaks… it has the following cp’s… 1 x a hematite ankh, 1 x a glowing sun symbol, 1 x a grey robe, 1 x a long grey cloak. The ankh is essentially 2 grey robes, so basically it is 3 grey robes, a long grey cloak, and a sun symbol. Now this forge gives 3 drachma each time, and it’s renewable. I think it’s the only renewable drachma in the game but as far as I know, no one farms it because 3 drachma just isn’t enough to make it worth it, and the mob which pops the long grey robe isn’t solo for everyone. Everyone kind of expects about 150 drachma+ from a holiday quest, so the 3 renewable dr remained in the game for years, un-abused as far as I know.

Now the 3 grey robes and the sun symbol are newbie mobs, they require an item from the sun priestess which is somewhat stingy and 12 strips of cloths from juniors which have a very good pop rate (but are annoying). My idea is to trade these items for RUNES/GEMS. This way, all desirable outcomes can be met…

I can source drachma and fulfill a certain amount of responsibility I have.
A player (even a Newbie!) can source something they can not get through cycling, and often even gem trading.
The culture (that builds better players) who seek reward through work (not whining) is protected.

GROUP 1 GEM - I don’t wish to trade at this level…

GROUP 2 GEM - 20 points

GROUP 3 GEM - 30 points

GROUP 4 GEM - 40 points

GROUP 5 GEM - 50 points

GROUP 6 GEM - 60 points

GROUP 7 GEM - 70 points

GROUP 8 GEM - I don’t wish to trade at this level… (yet)

EXTRA: Rune dipped in the green blessed blood of a kobold… +50,000 coins.

Long Grey Cloak = 15 points

Sun Symbol = 5 points

Grey Robe = 5 points

Obsolete Forge Eq = X points by mutual agreement (Yes, I am desiring obsolete forge eq)

NOTE: Sometimes I will accept a trade for a gem in the same group… or less of course…!

FOR COINS!

** I will buy long grey cloaks for 3m coins.

** I will sell spell saves runes for 10m each.

** I will sell completed white cloak’s for 5m after I have skimmed the drachma.

** I will buy Grey Robe’s or Sun Symbols for 500k coins.

NOTE: This entire scheme is subject to change at any point. If you wish to get involved, you need to come to an agreement with me FIRST, and I will put the GEM/RUNE to one side. So tell me what you are are working towards FIRST. I promise that if the scheme changes, that what we agreed on before it changed, will be honored.

New Area: The Deep Seam

Sun, 27 Oct 2019 06:07:41 +0000

As the dwarves of Rakustfikod delve ever deeper, a new region has been rumored to have been found beneath the Underground River directly beneath their fortress. Bit by bit, section by section they are finding new realms in their pursuit of subterranean riches.

Caches

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 07:10:26 +0000

How do people feel about caches?

I’ve been logged in 3 hours, and according to logs, already raided 118 caches.

There are a raft of issues…

Personally I think they “spawn” too frequently.
Locked one’s can’t be opened if someone junks the key, and the mob doesn’t reload the key.
Mobs not responsible for the cache often guard it.
The longer the game is up, the more I sense there tends to be.
Are they even static? I note some named caches are closed and need picking, and other times not.
In CG for instance, if a room has a cache, the room next to it, tends to have the same named cache.

Are there other issues that have been reported? What do people know about these things? I get the sense that things are not functioning well with them.

I can tell you, if you don’t search for caches after killing a mob, your losing a lot of gold… and very frequently.

a golden skeleton key

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 06:39:37 +0000

http://slothmudeq.tk/?search=a+golden+skeleton+key

Is something a miss with this forge… the name for instance… isn’t this the staff of the reborn?

yeah thats wrong .. vnum 0 is the immortal master key. i hope thats not a broke forge cough

Oh dear, the immortal skeleton key! :shock:

2458 coins in locked cache with no key and the lutefisk in Breeze’s office drawers at risk. Trying to resist the temptation…

Dis/Fortune

Mon, 19 Aug 2019 11:49:56 +0000

After Neptunes benevolence with the scatter quest last night I decided I may as well move towards buying the rest of the drachma spell books I haven’t read… so I brought 2 fortune books for 10 drachma. I’ve put off buying them as I am not a gambling man and there is some consensus that using the spell isn’t worth it.

A bit of randomness could be entertaining at my stage of the game, I thought, so I’ve been casting it a few times. I ended up with jumble for 5 mins, -1 wis and the best thing I’ve gotten from it so far was +10 mvs. The jumble thing really annoyed me, so I pulled up the old code leak to see what is going on inside the fortune spell.

To my surprise there is actually quite a list of effects it can do, but it also confirmed my thoughts that it’s not really kept up with the modern game changes…

Applying 20/10/5/-5/-10/-20 to a players Mana/Hp/Mvs at avatar levels barely raises an eyebrow.

Applying -10/10 to HP Regen or Moves barely raises an eyebrow.

Applying -5/5 to Ma Regen… ok, I flinched, just a small bit.

STR/DEX/CON/WIS/INT mods 1/-1 mods… who cares really…

Hitroll/Damroll/AC - Ok so nice if they are positive, but won’t make a difference on a run with proc weapons.

GodSanc, Phase Door, Recall - Well ooookkkk… None of them useful - to me at least

Restore/Unrestore - Fair Enough

Detect Magic/Invis/Evil/Sense Life/Sneak - Even non avatars will have these up

Perm Spellshield and Blind… well ok…

Jumble… :(

Essentially, I’m going to treat fortune as just another spell I’m not going to use… but I did think to write this post, because it’s a part of the game that could be quite fun if changes were implemented. Also given that it’s a drachma spellbook, things should be “worth the risk.” Essentially there really isn’t anything in this list of effects that’s going to make a difference to me besides, jumble, restore or unrestore. It’s not so much that the spell seems slightly weighted to the negative, it’s more the positives barely register a blimp. Perhaps the duration of the effect should vary more than the usual 40 min default as well to make it spicy, in favor of shorter (10min) but more larger negative/positive effects.

I’m thinking things like wraithform, +10 dam/-10 dam. Game bonuses could be toggled on or off - or maybe fortune cast in a group… could do a group fortune. Bigger mods to core attributes but for shorter periods of time (10mins). I’m a bit short of ideas right at this moment, but feel free to post some good ones… remember to be fun there has to be an equally sized negative affect to the positive. So say your idea is +10 damage you also need to have the opposite -10 damage…

It’s not my intent to whine about the spell… I mean… I’m just not going to use it… problem solved… but what I do see here, is an opportunity to make something pretty bland, actually quite fun. Even if the spell was to remain like it is… the duration should be a lot shorter, and the negative/positive effects at least doubled to keep in line with the increment of the modern game. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to test my fortune when I know moldy orange/mana pots/+hit pots pop on EU and the effects are greater and guaranteed to be positive.

Last Night... Talkin' Bout Last Night...

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 08:01:15 +0000

Last night Breeze decided to reward us mortals with drachma for the corpses of epics. We thought that was very nice of him, so we took him up on his offer. Once we got straightened out that a lot of the epics these days are actually astral… we commenced our rampage. It started off as a fairly standard affair, but by the end - the fun we were having, was outweighing any notion of a reward. It’s been a while since I felt that sentiment while playing. There was a great vibe in the group last night, I hate leading epics as you all know, but last night I would have done it for no drachma or xp… but don’t take that comment too seriously Breeze… cough

I thought I’d post the kill shots of the big ones we took down. We actually killed every single epic up, and the most fun were the epics we almost never touch these days like Koshey, Zalla and Pale Night.

There are couple of things I’d like to make the imms aware of if they are reading this… To consider in any future changes or tweaks to the epic system.

Pale night is broken.
Alhoon has probably been nerfed too much.
I don’t really care, but for consistancy sake… some epics don’t give leadership honor.
Neptune likes Astrals.
Although rebirth gives the bonus honour, because everyone is a high rank these days, capping honor doesn’t really occur these days (Even if Pale Night worked - and by a large margin). In fact it’s possible that proportionally speaking players get less honour these days than when the system was first introduced.
Epics don’t keep an xp pace with traditional xp groups, by somewhere around 20%.
Group power is catching up with epics (But we were a lot of powerful rebirths), hardly any scrolls were used, and the procs from the new gauntlets are completely devastating to epic power especially the blind and slow procs.

8 ) Neptune still likes Astrals.

More raids and epics of more varying sizes would certainly be welcome.
With Sphairai’s and gauntlets, groups should run Koshey more than we do - although his ether stage is perhaps a little fat.

Thanks to Breeze, and all the players who joined and contributed. It was a good night.

|;cast ‘firestorm’

Padme misses Klklklpa with her whip.

Klklklpa is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 80479616 experience points as your share.

You gain 21000000 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 28436132 bonus experience!

You gain 80479616 extra bonus experience!

You are moving along the path to redemption.

You gain 349 honor for leadership!

You have gained three thousand eight hundred and forty-six honor.

You have gained seven thousand three hundred and seven bonus honor.

Raphael receives 63719256 experience points.

Bijaz receives 80479616 experience points.

Padme receives 80479616 experience points.

Roga receives 80033144 experience points.

Belrath receives 73058456 experience points.

Stun receives 24346816 experience points.

Qzz receives 41336432 experience points.

Tau receives 78701168 experience points.

Bandit receives 55146704 experience points.

Mage receives 50087080 experience points.

Scaind receives 63589352 experience points.

Dingo receives 72633096 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 844090352.

MOB : Klklklpa cholem golem error epic LVL : 42 AREA : School of Cholemry XP : 844090352

Mage utters the words, ‘yufzxuie’

Uhhhl screams in pain from the fire!

Uhhhl is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 9628524 experience points as your share.

You gain 3081127 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 3402078 bonus experience!

You gain 9628524 extra bonus experience!

You gain 139 honor for leadership!

You have gained one thousand five hundred and thirty-eight honor.

You have gained two thousand nine hundred and twenty-two bonus honor.

Raphael receives 7655406 experience points.

Bijaz receives 9628524 experience points.

Padme receives 9628524 experience points.

Roga receives 9575109 experience points.

Belrath receives 8740662 experience points.

Stun receives 2912836 experience points.

Qzz receives 4945461 experience points.

Tau receives 9415752 experience points.

Bandit receives 6597713 experience points.

Mage receives 5992383 experience points.

Scaind receives 7607785 experience points.

Dingo receives 8689772 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 101018451.

MOB : Uhhhl cave troll epic LVL : 42 AREA : Matterhorn Valley XP : 101018451

Raphael utters the words, ‘yufzxuie’

The Were-Lord Lupine screams in pain from the fire!

The Were-Lord Lupine is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 60707264 experience points as your share.

You gain 19426324 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 21449900 bonus experience!

You gain 60707264 extra bonus experience!

You have redeemed yourself!

You gain 349 honor for leadership!

You have gained three thousand eight hundred and forty-six honor.

You have gained seven thousand three hundred and seven bonus honor.

Raphael receives 48266876 experience points.

Bijaz receives 60707264 experience points.

Padme receives 60707264 experience points.

Roga receives 60370480 experience points.

Belrath receives 55109348 experience points.

Stun receives 18365254 experience points.

Qzz receives 31180838 experience points.

Tau receives 59365752 experience points.

Bandit receives 41598184 experience points.

Mage receives 37781612 experience points.

Scaind receives 47966628 experience points.

Dingo receives 54788488 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 636915252.

MOB : Lupine wolfwere wolf werelord were lord LVL : 42 AREA : Black Island XP : 636915252

Qzz cuts off the head of The Arch-Devil, Lord Dispater!!!!

The Arch-Devil, Lord Dispater has been banished to the astral plane!

You receive 39393140 experience points as your share.

You gain 12605804 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 13918910 bonus experience!

You gain 39393140 extra bonus experience!

You gain 303 honor for leadership!

You have gained three thousand three hundred and thirty-three honor.

You have gained six thousand three hundred and thirty-two bonus honor.

Raphael receives 31320530 experience points.

Bijaz receives 39393140 experience points.

Padme receives 39393140 experience points.

Roga receives 39174600 experience points.

Belrath receives 35760632 experience points.

Qzz receives 20233346 experience points.

Tau receives 38522628 experience points.

Bandit receives 26993194 experience points.

Mage receives 24516610 experience points.

Scaind receives 31125698 experience points.

Dingo receives 35552428 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 401379086.

MOB : Dispater archdevil arch devil lord fiend dis LVL : 42 AREA : The Lower Planes - City of Dis XP :

401379086

The Archomental, Prince Cryonax misses you with his crush.

You skillfully parry the attack of The Archomental, Prince Cryonax.

Your riposte viciously massacres The Archomental, Prince Cryonax.

You are brutally massacred by The Archomental, Prince Cryonax’s crush.

You are viciously massacred by The Archomental, Prince Cryonax’s bite.

The yeti male misses you with his claw.

The yeti male’s claw bounces off your heavy armor.

The yeti male misses you with his claw.

You skillfully parry the attack of the yeti male.

Mage cuts off the head of The Archomental, Prince Cryonax!!!!

The Archomental, Prince Cryonax has been banished to the astral plane!

You receive 31807308 experience points as your share.

You gain 10178338 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 11238582 bonus experience!

You gain 31807308 extra bonus experience!

You gain 378 honor for leadership!

You have gained four thousand one hundred and sixty-six honor.

You have gained seven thousand nine hundred and fifteen bonus honor.

Raphael receives 25289220 experience points.

Bijaz receives 31807308 experience points.

Padme receives 31807308 experience points.

Roga receives 31630852 experience points.

Belrath receives 28874304 experience points.

Qzz receives 16337065 experience points.

Tau receives 31104428 experience points.

Bandit receives 21795188 experience points.

Mage receives 19795512 experience points.

Scaind receives 25131906 experience points.

Dingo receives 28706192 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 324086591.

MOB : Cryonax archomental arch elemental prince elem ice LVL : 41 AREA : Plane of Ice XP : 324086591

You skillfully parry the attack of The Arch-Devil, Mephistopheles.

Your riposte viciously massacres The Arch-Devil, Mephistopheles.

You are brutally massacred by The Arch-Devil, Mephistopheles’s claw.

The Arch-Devil, Mephistopheles’s claw bounces off your heavy armor.

You are viciously massacred by The Arch-Devil, Mephistopheles’s stab.

The Arch-Devil, Mephistopheles misses you with his sting.

Waza cuts a limb off of The Arch-Devil, Mephistopheles!!!!

The Arch-Devil, Mephistopheles has been banished to the astral plane!

You receive 29993006 experience points as your share.

You gain 9597761 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 10597529 bonus experience!

You gain 29993006 extra bonus experience!

You gain 227 honor for leadership!

You have gained two thousand five hundred honor.

You have gained four thousand seven hundred and forty-nine bonus honor.

Waza receives 12349749 experience points.

Feist receives 28837988 experience points.

Bijaz receives 29993006 experience points.

Padme receives 29993006 experience points.

Roga receives 29826616 experience points.

Belrath receives 27227302 experience points.

Tau receives 29330220 experience points.

Bandit receives 20551982 experience points.

Mage receives 18666368 experience points.

Scaind receives 23698372 experience points.

Dingo receives 27068780 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 307536395.

MOB : Mephistopheles arch devil archdevil fiend caina cai LVL : 42 AREA : The Lower Planes - Caina XP :

307536395

You skillfully parry the attack of The Arch-Devil, Ba’alzebul.

Your riposte viciously massacres The Arch-Devil, Ba’alzebul.

You are brutally massacred by The Arch-Devil, Ba’alzebul’s bite.

You are brutally massacred by The Arch-Devil, Ba’alzebul’s sting.

The Arch-Devil, Ba’alzebul’s bite bounces off your heavy armor.

You are brutally massacred by The Arch-Devil, Ba’alzebul’s sting.

You are brutally massacred by The Arch-Devil, Ba’alzebul’s bite.

You are brutally massacred by The Arch-Devil, Ba’alzebul’s sting.

Roga cuts off the head of The Arch-Devil, Ba’alzebul!!!!

The Arch-Devil, Ba’alzebul has been banished to the astral plane!

You receive 47245096 experience points as your share.

You gain 15118430 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 16693268 bonus experience!

You gain 47245096 extra bonus experience!

You gain 324 honor for leadership!

You have gained three thousand five hundred and seventy-one honor.

You have gained six thousand seven hundred and eighty-four bonus honor.

Waza receives 19453370 experience points.

Feist receives 45425704 experience points.

Raphael receives 37563432 experience points.

Bijaz receives 47245096 experience points.

Padme receives 47245096 experience points.

Roga receives 46982996 experience points.

Belrath receives 42888548 experience points.

Qzz receives 24266316 experience points.

Tau receives 46201068 experience points.

Bandit receives 32373556 experience points.

Mage receives 29403332 experience points.

Scaind receives 37329764 experience points.

Dingo receives 42638840 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 546262214.

MOB : Baalzebul aal arch devil archdevil lord mal LVL : 42 AREA : The Lower Planes - Maladomini XP :

546262214

You skillfully parry the attack of the bone devil.

Your riposte viciously massacres the bone devil.

The bone devil misses you with his claw.

You are brutally massacred by the bone devil’s claw.

The Arch-Devil, Mammon misses you with his pound.

The Arch-Devil, Mammon misses you with his claw.

Feist cuts a limb off of The Arch-Devil, Mammon!!!!

Bandit cuts a limb off of The Arch-Devil, Mammon!!!!

You viciously massacre The Arch-Devil, Mammon with your slash.

You completely sever The Arch-Devil, Mammon’s head!

You deal a massive blow to one of The Arch-Devil, Mammon’s vital organs.

You viciously massacre The Arch-Devil, Mammon with your cleave.

The Arch-Devil, Mammon has been banished to the astral plane!

You receive 36818480 experience points as your share.

You gain 11781913 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 13009197 bonus experience!

You gain 36818480 extra bonus experience!

You gain 259 honor for leadership!

You have gained two thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven honor.

You have gained five thousand four hundred and twenty-eight bonus honor.

Waza receives 15160167 experience points.

Feist receives 35400616 experience points.

Raphael receives 29273482 experience points.

Bijaz receives 36818480 experience points.

Padme receives 36818480 experience points.

Roga receives 36614224 experience points.

Belrath receives 33423388 experience points.

Qzz receives 18910934 experience points.

Tau receives 36004864 experience points.

Bandit receives 25228972 experience points.

Mage receives 22914252 experience points.

Scaind receives 29091384 experience points.

Dingo receives 33228790 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 425706513.

MOB : Mammon archdevil arch devil king serpent beast ruler min LVL : 41 AREA : The Lower Planes -

Minauros XP : 425706513

Mage utters the words, ’euguihzofahz'

Moloch the Destroyer has been banished to the astral plane!

You receive 41947296 experience points as your share.

You gain 13423134 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 14821378 bonus experience!

You gain 41947296 extra bonus experience!

You gain 324 honor for leadership!

You have gained three thousand five hundred and seventy-one honor.

You have gained six thousand seven hundred and eighty-four bonus honor.

Waza receives 17271978 experience points.

Feist receives 40331920 experience points.

Raphael receives 33351278 experience points.

Bijaz receives 41947296 experience points.

Padme receives 41947296 experience points.

Roga receives 41714584 experience points.

Belrath receives 38079264 experience points.

Qzz receives 21545226 experience points.

Tau receives 41020340 experience points.

Bandit receives 28743366 experience points.

Mage receives 26106206 experience points.

Scaind receives 33143812 experience points.

Dingo receives 37857560 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 485007422.

MOB : Moloch arch devil archdevil king beast ruler mal LVL : 42 AREA : The Lower Planes - Malbolge XP :

485007422

The Archdevil, Asmodeus misses you with his crush.

The Archdevil, Asmodeus misses you with his claw.

The Archdevil, Asmodeus misses you with his whip.

The Archdevil, Asmodeus misses you with his crush.

Roga cuts off the head of The Archdevil, Asmodeus!!!!

The Archdevil, Asmodeus has been banished to the astral plane!

You receive 94610264 experience points as your share.

You gain 21000000 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 33428960 bonus experience!

You gain 94610264 extra bonus experience!

You gain 649 honor for leadership!

You have gained seven thousand one hundred and forty-two honor.

You have gained an ungodly amount of bonus honor.

Waza receives 38956180 experience points.

Feist receives 90966856 experience points.

Raphael receives 75222328 experience points.

Bijaz receives 94610264 experience points.

Padme receives 94610264 experience points.

Roga receives 94085392 experience points.

Belrath receives 85886088 experience points.

Qzz receives 48594300 experience points.

Tau receives 92519552 experience points.

Bandit receives 64829388 experience points.

Mage receives 58881388 experience points.

Scaind receives 74754400 experience points.

Dingo receives 85386048 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 1093912712.

MOB : Asmodeus arch devil archdevil lord evil fiend ruler ness LVL : 42 AREA : The Lower Planes -

Nessus XP : 1093912712

Bijaz ruptures the soul of their victim with a devastating attack!

Lucifer, the dark angel is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 102110280 experience points as your share.

You gain 21000000 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 36078968 bonus experience!

You gain 102110280 extra bonus experience!

You gain 559 honor for leadership!

You have gained six thousand one hundred and fifty-three honor.

You have gained an ungodly amount of bonus honor.

Waza receives 42044344 experience points.

Raphael receives 81185408 experience points.

Bijaz receives 102110280 experience points.

Padme receives 102110280 experience points.

Roga receives 101543808 experience points.

Belrath receives 92694520 experience points.

Qzz receives 52446508 experience points.

Tau receives 99853840 experience points.

Bandit receives 69968600 experience points.

Mage receives 63997376 experience points.

Scaind receives 80680392 experience points.

Dingo receives 92154840 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 1082900476.

MOB : Lucifer dark god fallen angel Satan Devil LVL : 42 AREA : Hades XP : 1082900476

The Winterblade shines briefly as a frozen ray shoot forth!

Atlas, Defender of the Titans appears unaffected.

You skillfully parry the attack of Atlas, Defender of the Titans.

Your riposte viciously massacres Atlas, Defender of the Titans.

You are brutally massacred by Atlas, Defender of the Titans’s crush.

You are viciously massacred by Atlas, Defender of the Titans’s beat.

The Winterblade shines briefly as a frozen ray shoot forth!

Atlas, Defender of the Titans is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 18068672 experience points as your share.

You gain 5781975 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 6384264 bonus experience!

You gain 18068672 extra bonus experience!

You gain 129 honor for leadership!

You have gained one thousand four hundred and twenty-eight honor.

You have gained two thousand seven hundred and thirteen bonus honor.

Sam receives 17868472 experience points.

Waza receives 7439853 experience points.

Raphael receives 14365963 experience points.

Bijaz receives 18068672 experience points.

Padme receives 18068672 experience points.

Roga receives 17968434 experience points.

Belrath receives 16402530 experience points.

Qzz receives 9280542 experience points.

Tau receives 17669390 experience points.

Bandit receives 12381120 experience points.

Mage receives 11324497 experience points.

Scaind receives 14276599 experience points.

Dingo receives 16307031 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 209490447.

MOB : Atlas Defender Titans LVL : 42 AREA : The Caverns of Matterhorn XP : 209490447

Bandit buries his weapon to the hilt!

Kzartaxen, firenewt God of War is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 34065096 experience points as your share.

You gain 10900830 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 12036334 bonus experience!

You gain 34065096 extra bonus experience!

You gain 324 honor for leadership!

You have gained three thousand five hundred and seventy-one honor.

You have gained six thousand seven hundred and eighty-four bonus honor.

Sam receives 33687656 experience points.

Waza receives 14026449 experience points.

Raphael receives 27084332 experience points.

Bijaz receives 34065096 experience points.

Padme receives 34065096 experience points.

Roga receives 33876116 experience points.

Belrath receives 30923896 experience points.

Qzz receives 17496724 experience points.

Tau receives 33312322 experience points.

Bandit receives 23342282 experience points.

Mage receives 21350218 experience points.

Scaind receives 26915852 experience points.

Dingo receives 30743852 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 394954987.

MOB : Kzartaxen firenewt god war epic LVL : 42 AREA : Land of the Firenewts XP : 394954987

The Winterblade shines briefly as a frozen ray shoot forth!

Baraneth, the avatar dragoness appears to be resisting quite a bit of the damage.

You are brutally massacred by Baraneth, the avatar dragoness’s claw.

Baraneth, the avatar dragoness’s crush bounces off your heavy armor.

Baraneth, the avatar dragoness looks shocked as she cuts herself on Sam’s petrified armor!

You are brutally massacred by Baraneth, the avatar dragoness’s bite.

You are viciously massacred by Baraneth, the avatar dragoness’s rake.

The Winterblade shines briefly as a frozen ray shoot forth!

Baraneth, the avatar dragoness appears to be resisting quite a bit of the damage.

Bijaz ruptures the soul of their victim with a devastating attack!

Baraneth, the avatar dragoness is reduced to a pile of dust.

Bijaz ruptures the soul of their victim with a devastating attack!

Baraneth, the avatar dragoness is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 99303152 experience points as your share.

You gain 21000000 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 35087116 bonus experience!

You gain 99303152 extra bonus experience!

You gain 519 honor for leadership!

You have gained five thousand seven hundred and fourteen honor.

You have gained an ungodly amount of bonus honor.

Sam receives 98202888 experience points.

Waza receives 40888496 experience points.

Raphael receives 78953528 experience points.

Bijaz receives 99303152 experience points.

Padme receives 99303152 experience points.

Roga receives 98752256 experience points.

Belrath receives 90146248 experience points.

Qzz receives 51004692 experience points.

Tau receives 97108744 experience points.

Bandit receives 68045080 experience points.

Mage receives 62238016 experience points.

Scaind receives 78462392 experience points.

Dingo receives 89621392 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 1151333188.

MOB : Baraneth dragoness avatar LVL : 42 AREA : The Thordfalan Volcano XP : 1151333188

Bijaz ruptures the soul of their victim with a devastating attack!

The Dragon Goddess Takhisis is reduced to a pile of dust.

An elite draconian guard looks shocked as he cuts himself on your petrified armor!

You skillfully parry the attack of an elite draconian guard.

Your riposte viciously massacres an elite draconian guard.

An elite draconian guard misses you with his slash.

An elite draconian guard massacres you to small fragments with his slash.

An elite draconian guard misses you with his slash.

An elite draconian guard massacres you to small fragments with his slash.

An elite draconian guard misses you with his bite.

An elite draconian guard’s slash bounces off your heavy armor.

An elite draconian guard misses you with his slash.

You skillfully parry the attack of an elite draconian guard.

Your riposte viciously massacres an elite draconian guard.

An elite draconian guard misses you with his slash.

The Dragon Goddess Takhisis’s zap bounces off your heavy armor.

You skillfully parry the attack of The Dragon Goddess Takhisis.

Your riposte viciously massacres The Dragon Goddess Takhisis.

The Dragon Goddess Takhisis looks shocked as she cuts herself on your petrified armor!

You are brutally massacred by The Dragon Goddess Takhisis’s zap.

The Dragon Goddess Takhisis looks shocked as she cuts herself on your petrified armor!

You are brutally massacred by The Dragon Goddess Takhisis’s zap.

The Dragon Goddess Takhisis is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 55963780 experience points as your share.

You gain 17908409 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 19773870 bonus experience!

You gain 55963780 extra bonus experience!

You gain 454 honor for leadership!

You have gained five thousand honor.

You have gained nine thousand four hundred and ninety-nine bonus honor.

Sochi receives 55963780 experience points.

Sam receives 55343708 experience points.

Waza receives 23043326 experience points.

Raphael receives 44495448 experience points.

Bijaz receives 55963780 experience points.

Padme receives 55963780 experience points.

Roga receives 55653312 experience points.

Belrath receives 50803268 experience points.

Tau receives 54727088 experience points.

Bandit receives 38347824 experience points.

Mage receives 35321728 experience points.

Scaind receives 44218660 experience points.

Dingo receives 50507480 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 676316962.

MOB : Takhisis Dragon goddess LVL : 42 AREA : The Dragon Mountain XP : 676316962

Someone utters the words, ’euguihzofahz'

Someone is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 66530068 experience points as your share.

You gain 21000000 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 23507292 bonus experience!

You gain 66530068 extra bonus experience!

You gain 303 honor for leadership!

You have gained three thousand three hundred and thirty-three honor.

You have gained six thousand three hundred and thirty-two bonus honor.

Mage receives 41990676 experience points.

Sochi receives 66530068 experience points.

Sam receives 65792920 experience points.

Waza receives 27394040 experience points.

Raphael receives 52896444 experience points.

Bijaz receives 66530068 experience points.

Padme receives 66530068 experience points.

Roga receives 66160980 experience points.

Belrath receives 60747880 experience points.

Qzz receives 34171580 experience points.

Tau receives 65059880 experience points.

Bandit receives 45588116 experience points.

Scaind receives 52567396 experience points.

Dingo receives 60395220 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 838885404.

MOB : Oth Lord General LVL : 42 AREA : Kara’sa XP : 838885404

Scaind utters the words, ’euguihzofahz'

Iggwilv witch queen is reduced to a pile of dust.

Iggwilv witch queen is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 27403390 experience points as your share.

You gain 8769084 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 9682531 bonus experience!

You gain 27403390 extra bonus experience!

You gain 181 honor for leadership!

You have gained two thousand honor.

You have gained three thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine bonus honor.

Mage receives 17295742 experience points.

Sochi receives 27403390 experience points.

Sam receives 27099764 experience points.

Waza receives 11283463 experience points.

Raphael receives 21787772 experience points.

Bijaz receives 27403390 experience points.

Padme receives 27403390 experience points.

Roga receives 27251366 experience points.

Belrath receives 25021738 experience points.

Qzz receives 14075097 experience points.

Tau receives 26797828 experience points.

Bandit receives 18777510 experience points.

Scaind receives 21652240 experience points.

Dingo receives 24876478 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 345532558.

MOB : Iggwilv demon witch queen LVL : 42 AREA : The Witches Domain XP : 345532558

The Dread Pirate Roberts misses you with his slash.

The Dread Pirate Roberts looks shocked as he cuts himself on your petrified armor!

You skillfully parry the attack of The Dread Pirate Roberts.

The Dread Pirate Roberts’s claw bounces off your heavy armor.

The Dread Pirate Roberts misses you with his claw.

The Winterblade shines briefly as a frozen ray shoot forth!

The Dread Pirate Roberts appears unaffected.

The Winterblade shines briefly as a frozen ray shoot forth!

The Dread Pirate Roberts is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 46398504 experience points as your share.

You gain 14847521 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 16394139 bonus experience!

You gain 46398504 extra bonus experience!

You gain 242 honor for leadership!

You have gained two thousand six hundred and sixty-six honor.

You have gained five thousand and sixty-five bonus honor.

Mage receives 29284572 experience points.

Sochi receives 46398504 experience points.

Sam receives 45884412 experience points.

Waza receives 19104782 experience points.

Raphael receives 36890328 experience points.

Bijaz receives 46398504 experience points.

Padme receives 46398504 experience points.

Roga receives 46141100 experience points.

Belrath receives 42365968 experience points.

Qzz receives 23831484 experience points.

Tau receives 45373188 experience points.

Bandit receives 31793450 experience points.

Scaind receives 36660848 experience points.

Dingo receives 42120020 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 585044168.

MOB : bart bartholomew roberts captain capt dread pirate LVL : 42 AREA : The Argosian Wreckage XP :

585044168

A whip of demon’s flame unleashes a fury of flame as it snaps back and forth!

Roedrig, Troll Champion’s bones crunch under a well-aimed attack by Tau!

Roedrig, Troll Champion misses you with his hit.

Roedrig, Troll Champion misses you with his crush.

Roedrig, Troll Champion’s crush bounces off your heavy armor.

Roedrig, Troll Champion misses you with his crush.

Mage ruptures the soul of their victim with a devastating attack!

Bijaz ruptures the soul of their victim with a devastating attack!

Roedrig, Troll Champion is reduced to a pile of dust.

Bijaz ruptures the soul of their victim with a devastating attack!

Roedrig, Troll Champion is reduced to a pile of dust.

Roedrig, Troll Champion is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 42379120 experience points as your share.

You gain 13561318 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 14973956 bonus experience!

You gain 42379120 extra bonus experience!

You gain 242 honor for leadership!

You have gained two thousand six hundred and sixty-six honor.

You have gained five thousand and sixty-five bonus honor.

Mage receives 26747724 experience points.

Sochi receives 42379120 experience points.

Sam receives 41909564 experience points.

Waza receives 17449784 experience points.

Raphael receives 33694612 experience points.

Bijaz receives 42379120 experience points.

Padme receives 42379120 experience points.

Roga receives 42144016 experience points.

Belrath receives 38695912 experience points.

Qzz receives 21767024 experience points.

Tau receives 41442624 experience points.

Bandit receives 29039266 experience points.

Scaind receives 33485012 experience points.

Dingo receives 38471272 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 534363290.

MOB : Roedrig troll champion epic LVL : 42 AREA : The Athenaeum XP : 534363290

Sam utters the words, ‘disintegrate’

Commodore Higgins is reduced to a pile of dust.

Commodore Higgins is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 26082350 experience points as your share.

You gain 8346352 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 9215764 bonus experience!

You gain 26082350 extra bonus experience!

You gain 194 honor for leadership!

You have gained two thousand one hundred and forty-two honor.

You have gained four thousand and sixty-nine bonus honor.

Mage receives 16461963 experience points.

Sochi receives 26082350 experience points.

Sam receives 25793360 experience points.

Waza receives 10739519 experience points.

Raphael receives 20737444 experience points.

Bijaz receives 26082350 experience points.

Padme receives 26082350 experience points.

Roga receives 25937654 experience points.

Belrath receives 23815510 experience points.

Qzz receives 13396577 experience points.

Tau receives 25505980 experience points.

Bandit receives 17872298 experience points.

Scaind receives 20608446 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 305198151.

MOB : Commodore Higgins epic LVL : 42 AREA : Canaa & Canaa’s Wharf XP : 305198151

The Hydra of Gr’Valdh has been banished to the astral plane!

You receive 69278232 experience points as your share.

You gain 21000000 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 24478310 bonus experience!

You gain 69278232 extra bonus experience!

You gain 519 honor for leadership!

You have gained five thousand seven hundred and fourteen honor.

You have gained an ungodly amount of bonus honor.

Mage receives 43725192 experience points.

Sochi receives 69278232 experience points.

Sam receives 68510640 experience points.

Waza receives 28525608 experience points.

Raphael receives 55081444 experience points.

Bijaz receives 69278232 experience points.

Padme receives 69278232 experience points.

Roga receives 68893904 experience points.

Belrath receives 63257200 experience points.

Qzz receives 35583112 experience points.

Tau receives 67747320 experience points.

Bandit receives 47471232 experience points.

Scaind receives 54738808 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 810647388.

MOB : gr hydra valdh champion dragon kin six LVL : 42 AREA : The Tower of Gr’Valdh XP : 810647388

Maleficent, the Dragon Sorceress has been banished to the astral plane!

You receive 22005074 experience points as your share.

You gain 7041623 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 7775126 bonus experience!

You gain 22005074 extra bonus experience!

You gain 259 honor for leadership!

You have gained two thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven honor.

You have gained five thousand four hundred and twenty-eight bonus honor.

Mage receives 13888577 experience points.

Sochi receives 22005074 experience points.

Sam receives 21761260 experience points.

Waza receives 9060683 experience points.

Raphael receives 17495702 experience points.

Bijaz receives 22005074 experience points.

Padme receives 22005074 experience points.

Roga receives 21882998 experience points.

Belrath receives 20092594 experience points.

Qzz receives 11302381 experience points.

Tau receives 21518804 experience points.

Bandit receives 15078444 experience points.

Scaind receives 17386868 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 257488607.

MOB : kol queen maleficent witch dragon form wyrm black evil LVL : 41 AREA : The Kingdom of

Luilekkerland XP : 257488607

A whip of demon’s flame unleashes a fury of flame as it snaps back and forth!

Icebeast Kezthall resists a great deal of the damage.

Icebeast Kezthall is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 61914980 experience points as your share.

You gain 19812793 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 21876628 bonus experience!

You gain 61914980 extra bonus experience!

You gain 324 honor for leadership!

You have gained three thousand five hundred and seventy-one honor.

You have gained six thousand seven hundred and eighty-four bonus honor.

Mage receives 39077848 experience points.

Sochi receives 61914980 experience points.

Sam receives 61228968 experience points.

Waza receives 25493758 experience points.

Raphael receives 49227100 experience points.

Bijaz receives 61914980 experience points.

Padme receives 61914980 experience points.

Roga receives 61571496 experience points.

Belrath receives 56533892 experience points.

Qzz receives 31801152 experience points.

Tau receives 60546776 experience points.

Bandit receives 42425740 experience points.

Scaind receives 48920880 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 724487530.

MOB : icebeast kezthall icy ice beast epic LVL : 42 AREA : An Icy Mountain Trail XP : 724487530

Contagion is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 39228968 experience points as your share.

You gain 12553269 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 13860902 bonus experience!

You gain 39228968 extra bonus experience!

You gain 324 honor for leadership!

You have gained three thousand five hundred and seventy-one honor.

You have gained six thousand seven hundred and eighty-four bonus honor.

Mage receives 24932932 experience points.

Sochi receives 39228968 experience points.

Sam receives 38794312 experience points.

Waza receives 16152695 experience points.

Raphael receives 31190002 experience points.

Bijaz receives 39228968 experience points.

Padme receives 39228968 experience points.

Roga receives 39011336 experience points.

Belrath receives 35819544 experience points.

Qzz receives 20149022 experience points.

Tau receives 38362084 experience points.

Bandit receives 26880698 experience points.

Scaind receives 30995982 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 459204479.

MOB : contagion released epic LVL : 42 AREA : Dark Chasm XP : 459204479

Mage misses Tyrenoth’gyus-zeux, The Breath of Death with his cleave.

Tyrenoth’gyus-zeux, The Breath of Death misses you with its zap.

Tyrenoth’gyus-zeux, The Breath of Death viciously massacres Mage with its zap.

|;rescue Mage;@@

Tyrenoth’gyus-zeux, The Breath of Death brutally massacres Mage with its zap.

|;rescue Mage;@@

You are brutally massacred by Tyrenoth’gyus-zeux, The Breath of Death’s zap.

Tyrenoth’gyus-zeux, The Breath of Death viciously massacres Mage with its zap.

|;rescue Mage;@@

Tyrenoth’gyus-zeux, The Breath of Death viciously massacres Mage with its zap.

|;rescue Mage;@@

Mage massacres Tyrenoth’gyus-zeux, The Breath of Death to small fragments with his cleave.

Tyrenoth’gyus-zeux, The Breath of Death shudders as Tau’s weapon suddenly howls at it!

Tyrenoth’gyus-zeux, The Breath of Death hates your guts!

You viciously massacre Tyrenoth’gyus-zeux, The Breath of Death with your slash.

Tyrenoth’gyus-zeux, The Breath of Death has been banished to the ethereal plane!

You receive 153432448 experience points as your share.

You gain 21000000 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 54212800 bonus experience!

You gain 153432448 extra bonus experience!

You gain 714 honor for leadership!

You have gained seven thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven honor.

You have gained an ungodly amount of bonus honor.

Mage receives 97517752 experience points.

Sochi receives 153432448 experience points.

Sam receives 151732432 experience points.

Waza receives 63176464 experience points.

Raphael receives 121990424 experience points.

Bijaz receives 153432448 experience points.

Padme receives 153432448 experience points.

Roga receives 152581248 experience points.

Belrath receives 140097504 experience points.

Qzz receives 78806912 experience points.

Tau receives 150041888 experience points.

Bandit receives 105135864 experience points.

Scaind receives 121231568 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 1796041848.

MOB : Tyrenoth’gyus zeux tyrenoth breath death god LVL : 42 AREA : The Diabolan-Sardaukar Citadel XP :

1796041848

Mage utters the words, ’euguihzofahz'

Alhoon is reduced to a pile of dust.

Alhoon is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 41658280 experience points as your share.

You gain 13330649 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 14719259 bonus experience!

You gain 41658280 extra bonus experience!

You gain 194 honor for leadership!

You have gained two thousand one hundred and forty-two honor.

You have gained four thousand and sixty-nine bonus honor.

Mage receives 26476942 experience points.

Sochi receives 41658280 experience points.

Sam receives 41196712 experience points.

Waza receives 17152974 experience points.

Raphael receives 33121490 experience points.

Bijaz receives 41658280 experience points.

Padme receives 41658280 experience points.

Roga receives 41427176 experience points.

Belrath receives 38037720 experience points.

Qzz receives 21396782 experience points.

Tau receives 40737712 experience points.

Bandit receives 28545328 experience points.

Scaind receives 32915454 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 487641410.

MOB : Alhoon mind flayer Necromancer illithid outlaw LVL : 42 AREA : Derro Caverns XP : 487641410

Bijaz utters the words, ’euguihzofahz'

Miska, the Wolf-Spider is reduced to a pile of dust.

Miska, the Wolf-Spider is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 68084504 experience points as your share.

You gain 21000000 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 24056526 bonus experience!

You gain 68084504 extra bonus experience!

You gain 454 honor for leadership!

You have gained five thousand honor.

You have gained nine thousand four hundred and ninety-nine bonus honor.

Mage receives 43272776 experience points.

Sochi receives 68084504 experience points.

Sam receives 67330136 experience points.

Waza receives 28034086 experience points.

Raphael receives 54132340 experience points.

Bijaz receives 68084504 experience points.

Padme receives 68084504 experience points.

Roga receives 67706800 experience points.

Belrath receives 62167220 experience points.

Qzz receives 34969980 experience points.

Tau receives 66579972 experience points.

Bandit receives 46653260 experience points.

Scaind receives 53795608 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 796980194.

MOB : Miska Wolf Spider demon LVL : 42 AREA : The Web of Lolth XP : 796980194

Keadral is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 100688056 experience points as your share.

You gain 21000000 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 35576448 bonus experience!

You gain 100688056 extra bonus experience!

You gain 545 honor for leadership!

You have gained six thousand honor.

You have gained an ungodly amount of bonus honor.

Gnu receives 100688056 experience points.

Mage receives 64441476 experience points.

Sochi receives 100688056 experience points.

Sam receives 99572440 experience points.

Waza receives 41458736 experience points.

Raphael receives 80054632 experience points.

Bijaz receives 100688056 experience points.

Padme receives 100688056 experience points.

Roga receives 100129472 experience points.

Belrath receives 91937168 experience points.

Qzz receives 51716016 experience points.

Tau receives 98463040 experience points.

Bandit receives 68994048 experience points.

Scaind receives 79556648 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 1279763956.

MOB : Keadral Chaos Demon master LVL : 42 AREA : The Web of Lolth XP : 1279763956

Mage utters the words, ’euguihzofahz'

Padme utters the words, ’euguihzofahz'

Vouhx-t is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 26696094 experience points as your share.

You gain 8542750 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 9432620 bonus experience!

You gain 26696094 extra bonus experience!

You gain 181 honor for leadership!

You have gained two thousand honor.

You have gained three thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine bonus honor.

Gnu receives 26696094 experience points.

Mage receives 17085796 experience points.

Sochi receives 26696094 experience points.

Sam receives 26400304 experience points.

Waza receives 10992231 experience points.

Raphael receives 21225418 experience points.

Bijaz receives 26696094 experience points.

Padme receives 26696094 experience points.

Roga receives 26547992 experience points.

Belrath receives 24375912 experience points.

Qzz receives 13711811 experience points.

Tau receives 26106162 experience points.

Bandit receives 18292852 experience points.

Scaind receives 21093382 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 339312330.

MOB : Vouhx head chief bloody epic LVL : 42 AREA : Ogre Village and Caverns XP : 339312330

An acid golem is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 52071152 experience points as your share.

You gain 16662768 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 18398474 bonus experience!

You gain 52071152 extra bonus experience!

You gain 303 honor for leadership!

You have gained three thousand three hundred and thirty-three honor.

You have gained six thousand three hundred and thirty-two bonus honor.

Gnu receives 52071152 experience points.

Mage receives 33326116 experience points.

Sochi receives 52071152 experience points.

Sam receives 51494208 experience points.

Waza receives 21440520 experience points.

Raphael receives 41400512 experience points.

Bijaz receives 52071152 experience points.

Padme receives 52071152 experience points.

Roga receives 51782280 experience points.

Belrath receives 47545604 experience points.

Qzz receives 26745104 experience points.

Tau receives 50920480 experience points.

Bandit receives 35680496 experience points.

Scaind receives 41142976 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 661834056.

MOB : Acid Golem LVL : 42 AREA : Temple of Fiends XP : 661834056

A snow lion staggers from tremendous pain as poison ravages him!

Mage ruptures the soul of their victim with a devastating attack!

A snow lion is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 42432100 experience points as your share.

You gain 13578272 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 14992676 bonus experience!

You gain 42432100 extra bonus experience!

You gain 242 honor for leadership!

You have gained two thousand six hundred and sixty-six honor.

You have gained five thousand and sixty-five bonus honor.

Gnu receives 42432100 experience points.

Mage receives 27157016 experience points.

Sochi receives 42432100 experience points.

Sam receives 41961956 experience points.

Waza receives 17471598 experience points.

Raphael receives 33736736 experience points.

Bijaz receives 42432100 experience points.

Padme receives 42432100 experience points.

Roga receives 42196700 experience points.

Belrath receives 38744288 experience points.

Qzz receives 21794234 experience points.

Tau receives 41494432 experience points.

Bandit receives 29075568 experience points.

Scaind receives 33526872 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 539319900.

MOB : snow lion enormous epic LVL : 42 AREA : Pagoda of Enlightenment XP : 539319900

You skillfully parry the attack of Pale Night, the Demon Mother.

Your riposte viciously massacres Pale Night, the Demon Mother.

You are viciously massacred by Pale Night, the Demon Mother’s rake.

Pale Night, the Demon Mother’s rake bounces off your heavy armor.

You are viciously massacred by Pale Night, the Demon Mother’s rake.

Mage ruptures the soul of their victim with a devastating attack!

Pale Night, the Demon Mother is reduced to a pile of dust.

Pale Night, the Demon Mother has been banished to the ethereal plane!

You receive -159549136 experience points as your share.

You gain 0 experience for leadership!

You gain 0 bonus experience!

You gain 1 extra bonus experience!

You gain 666 honor for leadership!

You have gained seven thousand three hundred and thirty-three honor.

You have gained an ungodly amount of bonus honor.

Gnu receives -159549136 experience points.

Mage receives -102113216 experience points.

Sochi receives -159549136 experience points.

Sam receives -157781344 experience points.

Waza receives -65695036 experience points.

Raphael receives -126853648 experience points.

Bijaz receives -159549136 experience points.

Padme receives -159549136 experience points.

Roga receives -158664000 experience points.

Belrath receives -145682576 experience points.

Qzz receives -81948600 experience points.

Tau receives -156023392 experience points.

Bandit receives -109327176 experience points.

Scaind receives -126064544 experience points.

Total exp for kill is -2027899212.

MOB : Pale Night Mother Demon LVL : 42 AREA : The Web of Lolth XP : -2027899212

Mage ruptures the soul of their victim with a devastating attack!

Zalla is reduced to a pile of dust.

Scaind massacres Zalla to small fragments with his pierce.

Zalla misses Scaind with its pound.

Zalla viciously massacres Scaind with its whip.

|;rescue Scaind;@@

You feel a sudden rush of excitement!

You are viciously massacred by Zalla’s whip.

Zalla viciously massacres Scaind with its sting.

|;rescue Scaind;@@

Bijaz ruptures the soul of their victim with a devastating attack!

Zalla’s bones crunch under a well-aimed attack by Padme!

Scaind massacres Zalla to small fragments with his pierce.

Your hit passes right through Zalla!

A small black wisp flies up Waza’s nose!

Sam utters the words, ‘disintegrate’

Zalla is reduced to a pile of dust.

Zalla has been banished to the astral plane!

You receive 82724352 experience points as your share.

You gain 21000000 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 29229272 bonus experience!

You gain 82724352 extra bonus experience!

You gain 424 honor for leadership!

You have gained four thousand six hundred and sixty-six honor.

You have gained eight thousand eight hundred and sixty-five bonus honor.

Mage receives 53312796 experience points.

Gnu receives 82724352 experience points.

Sochi receives 82724352 experience points.

Sam receives 81807776 experience points.

Waza receives 34062108 experience points.

Raphael receives 65772132 experience points.

Bijaz receives 82724352 experience points.

Padme receives 82724352 experience points.

Roga receives 82265424 experience points.

Belrath receives 75534704 experience points.

Qzz receives 42489388 experience points.

Tau receives 80896304 experience points.

Bandit receives 56684860 experience points.

Scaind receives 65362988 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 1051810240.

MOB : zalla zallah LVL : 42 AREA : Kingdom of Salamis XP : 1051810240

Koshey misses you with his slash.

You brutally massacre Koshey with your slash.

Koshey is dead! R.I.P.

You receive 15346147 experience points as your share.

You gain 3683075 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 5422305 bonus experience!

You gain 15346147 extra bonus experience!

You are taking the first steps along the way to redemption.

You have gained two thousand six hundred and sixty-six honor.

You have gained five thousand and sixty-five bonus honor.

Gnu receives 15346147 experience points.

Mage receives 9890026 experience points.

Sochi receives 15346147 experience points.

Sam receives 15176113 experience points.

Waza receives 6318841 experience points.

Raphael receives 12201349 experience points.

Bijaz receives 15346147 experience points.

Padme receives 15346147 experience points.

Roga receives 15261011 experience points.

Belrath receives 14012399 experience points.

Qzz receives 7882182 experience points.

Tau receives 15007026 experience points.

Bandit receives 10515575 experience points.

Scaind receives 12125450 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 195120707.

MOB : Koshey ruler eternal mortal LVL : 42 AREA : The Lost Castle of Kitezh and Kitezh Lake XP :

195120707

Mage utters the words, ’euguihzofahz'

Koshey has been banished to the astral plane!

You receive 14319896 experience points as your share.

You gain 3436775 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 5059696 bonus experience!

You gain 14319896 extra bonus experience!

You have gained two thousand honor.

You have gained three thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine bonus honor.

Gnu receives 14319896 experience points.

Mage receives 9228645 experience points.

Sochi receives 14319896 experience points.

Sam receives 14161233 experience points.

Waza receives 5896278 experience points.

Raphael receives 11385403 experience points.

Bijaz receives 14319896 experience points.

Padme receives 14319896 experience points.

Roga receives 14240454 experience points.

Belrath receives 13075341 experience points.

Qzz receives 7355073 experience points.

Tau receives 14003454 experience points.

Bandit receives 9812362 experience points.

Scaind receives 11314579 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 182072302.

MOB : Koshey ruler eternal mortal second coming LVL : 42 AREA : The Lost Castle of Kitezh and Kitezh

Lake XP : 182072302

You are brutally massacred by Koshey’s slash.

Koshey looks shocked as he cuts himself on your petrified armor!

You are brutally massacred by Koshey’s slash.

You are viciously massacred by Koshey’s slash.

Koshey staggers from tremendous pain as poison ravages him!

Sochi cuts a limb off of Koshey!!!!

Koshey has been banished to the astral plane!

You receive 15830359 experience points as your share.

You gain 3799286 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 5593393 bonus experience!

You gain 15830359 extra bonus experience!

You have gained two thousand six hundred and sixty-six honor.

You have gained five thousand and sixty-five bonus honor.

Gnu receives 15830359 experience points.

Mage receives 10202083 experience points.

Sochi receives 15830359 experience points.

Sam receives 15654960 experience points.

Waza receives 6518218 experience points.

Raphael receives 12586335 experience points.

Bijaz receives 15830359 experience points.

Padme receives 15830359 experience points.

Roga receives 15742537 experience points.

Belrath receives 14454528 experience points.

Qzz receives 8130886 experience points.

Tau receives 15480538 experience points.

Bandit receives 10847370 experience points.

Scaind receives 12508040 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 201277290.

MOB : Koshey ruler eternal mortal final coming LVL : 42 AREA : The Lost Castle of Kitezh and Kitezh

Lake XP : 201277290

Sam cuts off the head of Xerxes, The Corruptor of Worlds!!!!

Xerxes, The Corruptor of Worlds has been banished to the astral plane!

You receive 61658672 experience points as your share.

You gain 14798081 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 21786064 bonus experience!

You gain 61658672 extra bonus experience!

You have redeemed yourself!

You have gained six thousand honor.

You have gained an ungodly amount of bonus honor.

Mage receives 39895272 experience points.

Gnu receives 63064100 experience points.

Sochi receives 63064100 experience points.

Sam receives 62365356 experience points.

Waza receives 25966912 experience points.

Raphael receives 49491028 experience points.

Bijaz receives 61034036 experience points.

Padme receives 61034036 experience points.

Roga receives 60695440 experience points.

Belrath receives 55729516 experience points.

Qzz receives 31780562 experience points.

Tau receives 59685300 experience points.

Bandit receives 42126644 experience points.

Scaind receives 48880056 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 786471030.

MOB : xerxes lord corruptor worlds destroyer LVL : 42 AREA : Ruins of Gildebruun XP : 786471030

Bijaz wildly swings blazing sword of the maul titans, and accidentally cuts off his own head!

Gildebruun, Mistress of Fiends misses you with her hit.

Gildebruun, Mistress of Fiends misses you with her zap.

Tau cuts off the head of Gildebruun, Mistress of Fiends!!!!

Gildebruun, Mistress of Fiends has been banished to the astral plane!

You receive 15686567 experience points as your share.

You gain 3764776 experience and 8000 gold for leadership!

You gain 3533333 bonus experience!

You gain 10000000 extra bonus experience!

You have gained six hundred honor.

You have gained one thousand one hundred and thirty-nine bonus honor.

Waza receives 6459011 experience points.

Feist receives 15082483 experience points.

Raphael receives 12472009 experience points.

Bijaz receives 15686567 experience points.

Padme receives 15686567 experience points.

Roga receives 15599543 experience points.

Belrath receives 14240082 experience points.

Qzz receives 8057030 experience points.

Tau receives 15339924 experience points.

Bandit receives 10748840 experience points.

Mage receives 9831519 experience points.

Scaind receives 12394426 experience points.

Dingo receives 14157174 experience points.

Total exp for kill is 181441742.

MOB : gildebruun witch gilde bruun ruins mistress rg LVL : 42 AREA : Ruins of Gildebruun XP : 181441742

High Priest of Wisdom has been banished to the ethereal plan

Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:57:37 +0000

This thread is a spinoff from the Rebirth Shop thread where I called the new gauntlets of fury overpowered.

I wasn’t questioning your motives Driven, just pointing out the facts…

I informed Neptune (briefly) and Breeze (a series of emails) a couple of weeks ago that I had somewhat reverse engineered how the gauntlets of fury worked, found some big mobs and spent hours building procs on them, that I might do this… the first known player in the game to kill a drachma shop keeper.

I’ve vaulted the eq with the intent to hand it back to an immortal… Breeze has stated that if anyone kills a drachma keeper he will congratulate them and then wipe them. It’s up to him what he does with me, but I had no intention of hiding what I’ve done. As the High Priest has just repopped, it would seem I would have gotten away with it completely if I had chosen to be dishonest. Without buying and selling nothing gets added to my wrap sheets… If I wasn’t greedy I could take 1 piece junk the rest, no one would know.

Let me tell you everything that is wrong with the gauntlets from a power perspective.

You can build seemingly unlimited procs.
Procs can do about 5000 damage.
Because the mobs are often blinded they don’t see you on reentry.
There is no lag associated with using a proc.
You can fairly easily work out how the gauntlets work and build procs to kill big targets.
You can proc in no cast rooms.

The Treasure Chest

The interior of this quaint shop is shaped just like the interior of a

treasure chest. Old planking was used to cover the floor, walls, and

ceiling, and offers a rustic look to the shop. A shiny clasp has been

placed low on the southern part of the ceiling and was designed to look

like a lock on a normal chest.

Exits: South

A distinguished gentleman paces back and forth about the room.

High Priest of Wisdom glows with a bright light!

<1470hp 769ma 527mv -6.9ac Bal Harbor Town #indoors# 8:35 am -%>

You unleash a massive pyroclasm on High Priest of Wisdom!!

High Priest of Wisdom has been banished to the ethereal plane!

You gain 3533333 bonus experience!

You gain 10000000 extra bonus experience!

Total exp for kill is 950719212.

MOB : Priest High Wisdom man LVL : 42 AREA : Bal Harbor Town XP : 950719212

war

warcry LEEEEEROOOY JEEEENKINS!!!

Everything High Priest of Wisdom was carrying suddenly drops to the ground.

The Treasure Chest

The interior of this quaint shop is shaped just like the interior of a

treasure chest. Old planking was used to cover the floor, walls, and

ceiling, and offers a rustic look to the shop. A shiny clasp has been

placed low on the southern part of the ceiling and was designed to look

like a lock on a normal chest.

Exits: South

A fortune in gold rests here invitingly.

A wide belt, seemingly made of worked stone, has been set here…It glows violet!..It emits a faint

humming sound!

A huge, wide belt of worn, worked leather has been discarded here…It glows violet!

A set of metal leggings have been left here…It emits a faint humming sound!

A pair of boots are on the ground here…It has a soft glowing aura!

A black piece of cloth that seems to bend the shadows around it…It glows violet!..It has a soft

glowing aura!

A pair of stone sleeves have been left here…It glows violet!..It emits a faint humming sound!

A brilliant green emerald glows with an inner light…It glows violet!

A loop of hair is on the ground here…It has a soft glowing aura!

A small emblem shaped like a rose has been dropped here.

A set of icy shoulder guards is lying here…It glows violet!..It has a soft glowing aura!

The air is a bit distorted near the ground…It has a soft glowing aura!

A dark colored bracer is on the ground here…It emits a faint humming sound!

A miniature skull, mounted to a bone ring, grins up at you…It glows red!..It glows violet!..It has a

soft glowing aura!

A large rock is on the ground here…It emits a faint humming sound!

A small, white ring levitates above the ground…It glows violet!..It has a soft glowing aura!

A jeweled girdle has been left on the ground here…It glows violet!..It has a soft glowing aura!

A small shiny diamond piece has been dropped here by mistake.

<1470hp 769ma 527mv -6.9ac Bal Harbor Town #indoors# 8:39 am -%>

A voice in your head says ‘My victim no longer inhabits this mortal coil.’

<1470hp 769ma 528mv -6.9ac Bal Harbor Town #indoors# 8:40 am -%>

get all

You deftly snatch gold coins.

There were 240843 coins.

You deftly snatch a girdle of stone giant strength.

You deftly snatch a girdle of hill giant strength.

You deftly snatch Redsteel Legplates of Hades.

You deftly snatch Boots of the Forest Walker.

You deftly snatch a thief’s shadow bending half-cloak.

You deftly snatch amethyst-inlaid mithril bracers of the Dwarf Lords.

You deftly snatch an emerald of insight.

You deftly snatch loop of samson’s hair.

You deftly snatch an emblem of a rose.

You deftly snatch icy shoulder guards.

You deftly snatch glowing shield of the High Priestess.

You deftly snatch Flaming Shield of Midnight.

You deftly snatch Sacred Bracer of the Dark Order.

shrunken : You can’t take that.

You deftly snatch book of the old forgotten tales.

You deftly snatch Ring of Radiance.

You deftly snatch Jeweled Girdle of the Black Wizard.

You deftly snatch a diamond chip.

<1470hp 769ma 529mv -6.9ac Bal Harbor Town #indoors# 8:42 am -%>

The Treasure Chest

The interior of this quaint shop is shaped just like the interior of a

treasure chest. Old planking was used to cover the floor, walls, and

ceiling, and offers a rustic look to the shop. A shiny clasp has been

placed low on the southern part of the ceiling and was designed to look

like a lock on a normal chest.

Exits: South

A miniature skull, mounted to a bone ring, grins up at you…It glows red!..It glows violet!..It has a

soft glowing aura!

<1470hp 769ma 529mv -6.9ac Bal Harbor Town #indoors# 8:49 am -%>

get skull

You can’t take that.

Using the same technique I could achieve about 1 kill in the coliseum about every 3-5 seconds I believe… giving me a coliseum score of at least 100.

My point is Driven, I don’t doubt your motives, but I don’t think you understand how open for abuse and overpower some of the things you have done are.

BTW: The simple solution to this new problem is to give all shop keepers reflection back to the player of the elemental attack. For example, grab the elementalist in ether plan when his shield is up and it equates to a death proc for the player.

Sloth Down? Just me?

Fri, 12 Jul 2019 20:16:18 +0000

Can’t connect? Anyone else having an issue?

Teker and I both cannot connect. Hopefully Splork/Breeze are aware and working on it.

It’s back up now.

Rebirth Shop Info

Fri, 05 Jul 2019 17:53:03 +0000

No, I haven’t found how to enter it… but here is a list of everything I know… I would appreciate help in the form of people trying things… don’t just speculate try your theories first…

This is the Initial information from the quest at Xicilia Black. (I know we don’t post about quests, but entering rebirth shop is not a quest.)

Quote: I hope you put that dwarf and his friends through a long and painful death.

They certainly deserve it.

But you probably want to know more about my rebirth. It was strange the way

that it happened… suddenly you get a break… whole pieces seem to fit into

place, not a sign of being… what a fool! The answer was there all the time,

it took a small accident to make it happen. AN ACCIDENT.

You see, I had wiped out everything in the area I was in and decided to planar shift to wreak havok elsewhere. As I completed my spell, a lightning bolt struck nearby and I was knocked unconcious. When I awoke I found myself

elsewhere - floating in a vast open void. As I floated toward a bright light

in the center of this void I realized it was an area of creation and

destruction. The bodies of the dead are pulled here by some invisible force

and then vaporized into bright lights. The lights are focused on each other,

forming a glowing orb which periodically erupts and sends tiny elemental

particles back into the world.

It was at this orb that I encountered a strange, ancient creature. When I

approached he spoke to me and told me that the magic here could cause me to be

reborn. That I could start again and become more powerful than before. Of

course, I had to take him up on this offer. I had to know what power awaited

me. The creature waved its arms and instantly I was changed back to a novice

adventurer but with more power within.

The creature then pointed me in the direction of a portal that would return me

to the mortal world. He told me that if I reached the limits of my new power

that I could return and he would show me how to increase my power even further.

I entered the portal and returned to Euridyce, was captured, then escaped,

and now I am back, increasing my power and killing anyone who stands in my way.

So there you have it. The secret is the planar shift spell. Of course, you’ll

have to find the right place and conditions for casting the spell - **it doesn’t

always have the effect that it had on me that night**. It shouldn’t be too hard

I’ve figured it out again and have returned to increase my power on several

occassions.

Now begone before I change my mind and decide to kill you. Your corpse would

probably be a decent addition to my undead army.

Driven has found this note…

Quote: The planar shift spell is so unpredictable because the source of its power is

not fully understood. If it were, it is likely that the caster would be able

to control the spell’s teleportation destination. So little is understood that

it is unclear as to whether the planar shift is impacted by the caster’s other

active spells, the current climate, or even the current state of the cosmos.

I managed to wizard eye Teker earlier when he was testing something there…

You weave the threads of magic masterfully!

Epicenter of the Particle Field

Tiny particles of energy and differently colored lights race about

without any certain rhyme or reason except to enclose a pocket in the

center of four huge arms of gas and dust extending outward. The cloud of

sparkling dust slowly glides away from a small, intensely glowing sphere of

energy in the center of the area. Two columns of light, one above and one

below the sphere seem to be feeding the sphere with energy

Exits: North East South West Up Down

Example is standing here. (Faint Blue Aura)

Example glows with a very faint light!

An ancient creature is intensely focused on the sphere of energy.

The ancient is surrounded by an undulating spectral shield.

Your target is in Projects.

The rebirth shop keeper will ping as… tell ancient-creature .

Theorectically, as Xicilia planar shifts around… it’s completely possible at some point wizard eyeing them may reveal them at the shop themselves someday.

What I think we can be sure of, is that accessing the shop involves casting planar shift at the right place, in the right conditions.

I’ve been doing a study of where the planar shift spells teleports you… and it’s not entirely random… it is limited to the intial areas that formed EU… here is a list of the common places where you will end up…

AREAID:486 ROOMID:25151 ROOM:Around the Crater’s Edge

AREAID:486 ROOMID:25150 ROOM:Edge Of The Rocky Crater

AREAID:487 ROOMID:25201 ROOM:Cumulus Formations

AREAID:487 ROOMID:25205 ROOM:Mammatus Formations

AREAID:487 ROOMID:25220 ROOM:The Jaws Of The Storm

AREAID:487 ROOMID:25212 ROOM:Mammatus Formations

AREAID:487 ROOMID:25209 ROOM:Mammatus Formations

AREAID:487 ROOMID:25217 ROOM:Nimbostratus Front

AREAID:488 ROOMID:25253 ROOM:The Swirling Smoke

AREAID:488 ROOMID:25288 ROOM:The Abyssal Portal

AREAID:488 ROOMID:25274 ROOM:Higher In The Darkness

AREAID:488 ROOMID:25262 ROOM:The Smoke Filled Skies

AREAID:488 ROOMID:25267 ROOM:Lost In The Toxic Darkness

AREAID:488 ROOMID:25277 ROOM:The Edge Of Darkness

AREAID:488 ROOMID:25257 ROOM:Pocket of Dirty Air

AREAID:488 ROOMID:25261 ROOM:The Smoke Filled Skies

AREAID:488 ROOMID:25292 ROOM:The Smoky Shores Of The Abyss

AREAID:489 ROOMID:25303 ROOM:Canyon of Salt

AREAID:489 ROOMID:25301 ROOM:Canyon of Salt

AREAID:489 ROOMID:25305 ROOM:Atop The Salt Formation

AREAID:490 ROOMID:25361 ROOM:The River Of Magma

AREAID:490 ROOMID:25362 ROOM:The River Of Magma

AREAID:490 ROOMID:25367 ROOM:The River Of Magma

AREAID:490 ROOMID:25383 ROOM:The River Of Magma

AREAID:490 ROOMID:25386 ROOM:The Magma Pool

AREAID:490 ROOMID:25387 ROOM:The Magma Pool

AREAID:490 ROOMID:25351 ROOM:The Ancient Lava Flow

AREAID:490 ROOMID:25368 ROOM:The River Of Magma

AREAID:490 ROOMID:25363 ROOM:The River Of Magma

AREAID:490 ROOMID:25357 ROOM:The River Of Magma

AREAID:490 ROOMID:25358 ROOM:The River Of Magma

AREAID:490 ROOMID:25359 ROOM:The River Of Magma

AREAID:490 ROOMID:25360 ROOM:The River Of Magma

AREAID:491 ROOMID:25414 ROOM:The Lake of Fire

AREAID:491 ROOMID:25402 ROOM:The Valley of Flame

AREAID:491 ROOMID:25425 ROOM:The Gates to Hell

AREAID:491 ROOMID:25408 ROOM:The Valley of Flame

AREAID:491 ROOMID:25404 ROOM:The Valley of Flame

AREAID:491 ROOMID:25406 ROOM:The Valley of Flame

AREAID:491 ROOMID:25445 ROOM:Slab of Volcanic Rock

AREAID:491 ROOMID:25410 ROOM:The Valley of Flame

AREAID:492 ROOMID:25501 ROOM:Entering the Thunderhead

AREAID:492 ROOMID:25528 ROOM:Atop the Dark, Flashing Funnel

AREAID:492 ROOMID:25515 ROOM:Bottom of the Dark Funnel

AREAID:492 ROOMID:25532 ROOM:Turbulent Downdrafts of Energy

AREAID:492 ROOMID:25533 ROOM:Dark, Swirling Arms

AREAID:492 ROOMID:25505 ROOM:Tempestuous Dark Thunderhead

AREAID:492 ROOMID:25512 ROOM:Charged Pathway Through the Clouds

AREAID:492 ROOMID:25509 ROOM:Center of the Storm

AREAID:492 ROOMID:25503 ROOM:Flashes Within the Nimbus

AREAID:492 ROOMID:25530 ROOM:The Thundering Cloudbase

AREAID:493 ROOMID:25627 ROOM:Circle of Smoldering Stone

AREAID:493 ROOMID:25601 ROOM:Above the Alien Landscape

Now breaking down the information… it suggest there is a correct condition and place…

PLACE

It could be that planar shift must be cast from a specific room.
It could be that the place is “EU” and it does not require a specific room.

CONDITIONS

There was a reference in the necromancers story that it was “One Night.” This may be important or it may be just part of the dialogue. Put the game time in your prompt.
There was a reference to a lightning bolt… this has caused many to assume plane of lightning, but keep an open mind… it may just be a reference to the weather.
The note Driven found hints that the spells you have up may influence planar shift. If this was to be true, it more likely that “no spells up” would be a correct condition because there is already precedents in the game for that type of thing, but keep an open mind.
The story points out that all mobs were dead when planar shift was cast. This may be important, or maybe it’s just part of his story.
It does seem certain that Planar Shift spell is the mechanism by which one arrives at the shop.
Perhaps the reference to the Cosmos in Driven’s note was a reference to an astrological house. Maybe the time? Keep an open mind.
Maybe something else… did I mention to keep an open mind?

When playing around trying to find the rebirth shop… your probably going to get frustrated, and you’ll arrive by chance and then be unable to figure out how you finally got there… it’s for this reason if you do arrive at rebirth shop you need to be ready to immediately collect data… type these commands and post to the forum… time, score, reading, where. Make sure you change your prompt to look something like the following so you can log the time and the weather which maybe important…

prompt <$hhp $mma $vmv $aac $Z #$w# $Q $f%>

Personally, I doubt all the mobs in the zone need to be killed. I’m 50/50 on the idea that you have to be in a certain room when you cast for it to work. It wouldn’t surprise me if the weather has to be stormy to enter or something related to storms.

Teker has told me “A number of clues have been added in game that will pop at various rates. I’ll keep adding more or increase the pop rates as time goes by.” We are probably already ready for the next one, as it seems the rebirths have already lost interest in finding it for now.

The Smarter Nerfs To Warriors...

Thu, 04 Jul 2019 03:36:08 +0000

For those who don’t know, warcry has been nerfed for warriors solo - net effect for me is about -100hp, -3 damage and a spell save for me.

This isn’t a post to cry about it, just suggest a far smarter nerf… if the intention was to simply stop warriors from retreat and warcry tactics… it was far smarter to move this benefit to oath of victory - where retreat and re-crying was not an option.

Similarly if second wind is to be changed, it should only work for skills, not spells.

I understand that warcry was being abused, nerfs are unpleasant and sometimes necessary, but I think the lighter hand, sit back and watch approach was probably better.

Scoff as some players will, my warrior tactics never involved the prolific abuse of warcry or second wind, I find the movement loss of second wind mana inefficient, and for xp I only kill mobs I can crush and have no reason to use warcry/retreat tactics. The effects to me don’t appear to be that great, perhaps the loss of damage and the spellsave was most disappointing. But what is damage these days when you have proc weapons…

Changelog 2019-07-03

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 16:57:48 +0000

The rebirth shop is now live in-game.

Warcry has been modified for solo and 2-person groups.

Bard charms and other magic items that cast “self-only” spells are fixed so they can be cast on others again.

Good news! Thanks Teker. :)

Zhanna can now also be relo’ed to.

Regarding finding rebirth shop Teker has told me…

“A number of clues have been added in game that will pop at various rates.”

My warrior int has struggled with the problem, and I am giving up till the next clue is found.

EU / EPICS / XP - Today During Battle House

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 12:49:41 +0000

I will be running XERXES, EU / EU epics and other xp during the house of battle today. I’m hoping to load Asmodeus but if you need something your welcome to call it on EU. Come join us for 214mins. That’s just under 4hrs from the making of this post, or 9.30am game time.

Dingo right now…

New Mage Artifact

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 21:47:04 +0000

Talk to the mage in Port of the Crescent Moon about the actual forge.

Talk to the countess in Rakustfikod regarding the aq component.

query mage about gauntlets

An ancient mage tells you ‘Ahh yes, the gauntlets of elemental fury…Here is a little bit of

information for you:’

Object ‘gauntlets elemental fury’, Item type: ARMOR

Item is: GLOW PERSONAL

Weight: 1, Value: 2000000gold, Worn in: TAKE HANDS

AC-apply is -0.1

Can affect you as:

Affects: SAVING_SPELL by -2

Affects: MAX_INT by 1

Affects: BONUS_SPELL_BONUS by 2

The item has 1 additional magical ability.

Only those who have attained supremacy in at least six classes may use this

item.

Requires: 10000000 coins, 1x Elemental Sapphire of Rakustfikod (1),

1x a sapphire gem of perfection (1), 1x a pair of clawed gloves (1),

1x golden wings of the archon (1), 1x the tassets of the knights templar (1),

1x a crystalline tail of the necrophidius (1), 1x a radiant ball of energy (1),

1x an elemental core (1), 10x a scroll of elemental control (10)

The gauntlets of elemental fury realizes its own nakedness and screams!

A blinding light flashes all around the gauntlets and when your eyes adjust, the

gauntlets are now adorned with a striking star of polished silver.

You attach a polished silver star to the gauntlets of elemental fury.

Gauntlets level: 1
Gauntlets xp: 0
Next level: 1000

Note: Each level stands on its own (does not accumulate as chart goes down). *

- Smoke Blast blinds the target (twice as effective as blindness spell). *
- Earthen Thorns stuns (prevents procs/casting) and poisons the target. *
- Arctic Whirlwind slows the target down (loses an attack). *
- Frostwind is an ice-based elemental (damage) attack. *
- Pyroclasm is a fire-based elemental (damage) attack. *
- Ball Lightning is a lightning-based elemental (damage) attack. *

Level 1: Smoke Blast: Greater Blindness (30s/2m) *
Level 2: Earthen Thorns: Stun and Poison (20s/1m) *
Level 3: Arctic Whirlwind: Slow (30s/2m) *
Level 4: Frostwind (95%) + Random lvl 1-3 effect *
Level 5: Pyroclasm (95%) + Frostwind (15%) *
```
 + Random lvl 1-3 effect *
```
Level 6: Ball Lightning (95%) + Frostwind (15%) *
```
 + Pyroclasm (15%) *
```
```
 + Random lvl 1-3 effect *
```
Level 7: Random element (95%) + Secondary random element (50%) *
```
 + Tertiary element (50%) *
```
```
 + Random lvl 1-3 effect *
```
Level 8: Random element (95%) + Secondary random element (75%) *
```
 + Tertiary random element (75%) *
```
```
 + Random lvl 1-3 effect *
```
```
 + Enhanced AC (-0.1) *
```
Level 9: Random element (95%) + Secondary random element (85%) *
```
 + Tertiary random element (85%) *
```
```
 + Random lvl 1-3 effect *
```
```
 + Enhanced AC (-0.1) *
```
```
 + Enhanced SaveSpell (-1) *
```
Level 10: Each element (95%) + Random lvl 1-3 effect *
```
 + Secondary lvl 1-3 effect (50%) *
```
```
 + Tertiary lvl 1-3 effect (15%) *
```
```
 + Enhanced AC (-0.2) *
```
```
 + Enhanced SaveSpell (-1) *
```
```
 + Enhanced BonusSpBonus (+5) *
```

Thanks to Maniac for another interesting novelty item to play with.

You look at the gauntlets of elemental fury and, feeling

a little foolish, you speak to it. To your surprise, the gauntlets speak back.

'Master, I am at your service. I am an artifact of great power. First and

 foremost, I extract the life force from creatures when you inflict harm upon

 them with high-impact spells that I am attuned to. I have attuned myself well

 to acid blast, disintegrate, thunder clap, firewind, and frostbolt. Each

 creature that you attack utilizes a soul signature within my energy reserves,

 and that energy will remain intact until it is released. Once my energy

 levels for a given soul signature has reached a certain threshold, you will be

 able to unleash that energy by grabbing the creature. This attack can either

 initiate a battle or can be used in the heat of battle. To check on my energy

 reserves for a given soul signature, simply touch the creature of interest.

 Note that across Jord there are dozens and dozens of soul signatures, but as

 a powerful artifact I am able to track them independently from each other. 

 The following is a list of useful commands that I honor: 



 ask fury <anything>: I will repeat this message.

 look fury: I will report my xp and level, plus capabilities.

 touch <creature>: I will report my energy levels for the soul

 signature associated with that creature.

 grab <creature>: If I have enough energy, I will unleash my energy

 upon the creature you specify.

 offer &lt;object> fury: When I am ready to level, I will require you to offer

 me the specified object for me to gain level.



 One final note to consider is that not all creatures have the same level of

 life force. The stronger the creature, the more life force I am able to

 extract. I think you will find that it is not wise to spend our time 

 trying to exterminate kobolds off the face of Jord to gain xp.

As you end your query, it seems to you that the gauntlets puff up with pride.

Rhodo Rune Eqset Issue

Sat, 01 Jun 2019 13:10:32 +0000

I finally got around to putting a Rhodo rune on eq for my blasting eq modes. However I quickly ran into a problem… I decided to put the Rhodo held low, when in all my other eq modes it’s on my light. When switching from a blasting eq mode… it first attempts to wear my bauble… but at that moment my broom has not yet been unequipped held low and the double rhodo blocking code jumps into action.

Ideally the double rhodo blocking code shouldn’t jump into action until all items are worn at the end. Maniac helped me out and I switched the Rhodo to my light as a bypass for now.

Changelog 2019-05-21

Tue, 21 May 2019 14:02:46 +0000

With yesterday’s crash a few things went in.

Mirror Image: Mages can now specify how many images they want to cast in a single spell. The cap is still the same and masterful yields one extra. Mana cost should be the same and the game is nice so that if you specify more than your cap, it only casts up to the cap and only charges for the new images.

A bunch of changes went in behind the scenes regarding item procs to make it easier for builders to write special items. This involved a complete rewrite of “use” and “quaff”. I’ve left recite alone thus far so that if something breaks you can still recall. Part of this was to make it easier to create a forge item to take players to the rebirth shop.

Renewable Drachma for T2-T3 Runes

Sun, 19 May 2019 05:47:52 +0000

I would like to suggest that renewable drachma for T2-T3 runes be added to the game.

I’ve been told that I have accumulated the most xp in the history of this game, which suggests that it’s likely I have killed the most mobs, and probably have more gems than most players… I only say this to point out, that I likely have the most to gain from this idea… and even so I probably wouldn’t gain anymore than another drachma item from my surplus gems, after 3 years of playing.

Creating a T2-T3 rune is still a long winded process that you can’t really do anything to make shorter (because essentially there is a supply issue). It can’t really be controlled by a player and therefore it’s a very slow rate, but consistent rate of return over time. I don’t think a T1 rune should be worth any drachma… T1’s should be for the gamble with Reece.

It would actually be slower potentially than rebirthing. For example, someone like myself makes it back to 9x40 in less than 2 months… but over that I time I will accumulate about 5k drachma in requesting. How many T2-T3 runes do you expect a player can make in that 2month period? 1? None?

Even as a rebirth, I could still spend at minimum another 5k drachma on new shiny items. Getting drachma at my stage of the game is near impossible, and mostly relies on “gift” drachma from imm run quests, which in my opinion isn’t really earned.

Also some of us are at that stage where we do have surplus runes we don’t need, and yet new players simply don’t have anything we need in exchange for them. I also note the price of gems is a little more than half what they used to be, which suggests after time the supply is a little higher than the need. I think the price being higher would aid newbie’s who win gems in groups who can then level easier from the sale of them.

I’ve been thinking a T2 rune might be worth about 25 drachma, and a T3 rune 50 drachma. The concept of renewable drachma has always been a discussed issue, and at various stages it’s been implemented - there used to be a chance at drachma for killing epics, rebirth, renewable item forges… it’s not a new idea, and I think that this idea would be a slower rate of return than all of them, but more importantly… it’s earned only with time.

What do you think?

Can we implement this tomorrow? :| :twisted:

Fox Direheart

Thu, 16 May 2019 08:41:09 +0000

I foolishly tried to solo Fox Direheart today (Because he’s a rare thing left to do)… here are some highlights…

I had him to 20% in 30 seconds, with some nice chops…

<1307hp 178ma 480mv -13.1ac Darken Wood 21%>

You viciously massacre Fox Direheart with your cleave.

You are brutally massacred by Fox Direheart’s hit.

Fox Direheart looks shocked as he cuts himself on your petrified armor!

You are brutally massacred by Fox Direheart’s hit.

Fox Direheart looks shocked as he cuts himself on your petrified armor!

You are brutally massacred by Fox Direheart’s hit.

You viciously massacre Fox Direheart with your cleave.

Fox Direheart tells you ‘Oh, I’m going to enjoy killing YOU. I laid my eyes on you the moment you came

here. You sweet thing.’

Fox Direheart snaps his fingers and you find yourself elsewhere, your comrades no longer there. You

have a premonition it’s not going to end well…

refresh Fox Direheart

Murder for Pleasure

Fox Direheart’s secret relaxation place is a maniac’s dream incarnate.

The very air in the small room seems to emanate invisible menace and

smells of old and careless murder, as if a thousand prisoners of war

were slaughtered here in no painless way for no other purpose than the

delight of their torturer. There is a barely perceptible whiff of old

smoke with undertones of sulphur mixing with the sickly sweet scent of

burnt flesh. The room might have exits, but none are visible to a naked

eye, which adds greatly to the already immense feeling of uneasiness that

permeates the vicinity.

Exits:

(Brilliant Red Aura) Fox Direheart moves so quickly that he appears a series of multicolored cutouts.

Fox Direheart is encased in a silvery sphere!

<1001hp 179ma 481mv -13.1ac Darken Wood -%>

retreat e

<1007hp 182ma 486mv -13.1ac Darken Wood -%>

Struggling against invisible bonds of terror, gasping, crying like a baby,

your horrors and nightmares surfacing from the darkest depths of your mind,

haunting and taunting and mocking you for an eternity, you finally make it

through the wall of darkness into the regular world where, compared to the

infernally oppressing atmosphere of Fox Direheart’s private chamber, the

everyday blood and mayhem suddenly seem cozy and fuzzy remembrances of home.

Repository of Dread

The room is home to countless magical paraphernalia, some of it not

above trinketry, some honest magician’s items, some inundated with very

dark undertones. A door in the eastern wall offers ingress and egress

to anyone who dares visit this murky cellar. If not actually a repository

of dread, this place comes very close to being one. Every sense is quite

mercilessly assaulted here: cackling laughter is heard at the threshold

of audibility; shadows dance on the walls, taking obscene shapes; bats

flap by, brushing against the visitors in a most frivolous manner. It

smells distinctly clear of crypts, death, graves, and corpses sliced open.

Exits: East

You make a hasty retreat.

<1009hp 183ma 486mv -13.1ac Darken Wood -%>

A voice in your head says ‘My victim no longer inhabits this mortal coil.’

where fox

You are in Darken Wood. Also in this area are:

Name - Location

Fox Direheart - Murder for Pleasure

cast ‘wizard’ fox