Buyer's Choice - Duskruin August 2024

The TownCrier put the call out for your favorite buys from the Duskruin August 2024 Shops at Bloodriven Village for the Best of the Fest.

ITEM	RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ADVENTURERS	SHOP
Fighting Fan	Fight with flair! These fans are a blackjack (brawling) with lightning flares when closed, and a katar (brawling + OHE) with air flares when open. OTS (T1), they have special stance verbose and parry messaging, and add special attacks (with a bonus for TWC with two fans) starting at T2. They get all the thumbs up for a 5 star review by this Combat Dancer.	Sparrow's Dance
Non-Combat Fighting Fan	Traiva reminds everyone, "Amd If you love the fluff verbs from the Fighting Fans but don't need/want the combat abilities, pick up one (or three, or ten) of the non-combat versions to emulate the Sparrows of the Night Queen."	In the Shadows of the Sparrow
Fullmetal Crucible	"Buy All the molds. All the crucible stuff. Just all of it," Laeli says. Crucible and all the amazing things it can do and could have the potential to do in the future is just amazing. Metl down weapons and armor into slabs for forging. Remember those molds she was raving about? The Fullmetal Crucible system can be used to make weavng beads, trick coins, frames for painting,and other things!	Scoria and Dross
Spore Staff	Whisker says, "The spore staff is just too darn fun!" Dust your opponents with obliterating fungi and spores flares that unlocks to include even more abilities. It's scripted flares activate witha higher than usual flare rate, Ambients, disabler, and even the DOOM SHROOM.	The Fairy Ring
Wine and Sausage Frying Pan Unlock	Get your frying pan unlocked to use wine as an ingredient in your next creation! It's nice to have unlocks for things sold elsewhere. Also, sausages. Who doesn't like sausages?	The Daily Grind
Animalistic Totem	Trallihn leaves us every reason to go Animalistic! The Animalistic Spirit Line keeps expanding! With the awesome new totem, you can move room to room in style with the critter of your choosing! The fluff side is a bargain for the room movement unlock alone compared to other items out there like Dramatic Drapery. For under 5k BS you can have a fun little ambient item that you can save the essence of anoother Animalistic Spirit item (weapons, armor, headdresses) mounts, companions, familiars, creatures, and even local town NPC animals into! Unlocks provide you with levels of customizations, to thematerials and the trim with wood, bone, and assorted metals. Plus, you can decorate them ala the Veola, Deck the Halls, Cultured Couture items too! Note- The mechanical side is a bit more subjective whether or not its for you, It totals 30k BS for that side fully unlocked with your choice a single flare type, or "path". If you're not much of a skinner or where you hunt is light on skins or has really cheap skins, this might not be your cup of tea mechanically as it does take some upkeep that's based on skin value. It can burn thru the charges with a quickness depending on which tier path you lock in.	Totemic Spirits
Shaman's Rattle with a Totemic Flourish!	Trallihn Notes: there's room to add the Shaman's Rattle Flourish from With a Flourish to a new Animalistic Totem too, for some extra fluff verbs!) Whew!	With a Flourish
Survivalist's Kit	Tanai declared "The Survivalist's Kits are abbsolutely necessary to keep all those herbs in one convenient place." Even without every single unlock, we might add!	The Herbal Huntsman
Flourishes	Here's Rabskuttle's advice: "If you want access to fluffy verbs on your items without giving up your script slot, rejoice! There are quite a few flourishes available for your gear at very inexpensive price points, and they don't interfere with your item properties!"	With a Flourish
Flare Gloves	Sheev wants you to know that "Flare gloves were amazing when they debuted last DR, even though their appeal was decidedly niche. Probably not a lot of us go without an ability slot flare on our weapons for long. The introduction of the Flare Override unlock this DR has made these gloves amazing for way more people, since they can now work with weapons that have a permanent flare!"	Right to Flare Arms
Animalistic Totem	Animalistic Gear is too cool to not have a counterpart that can stay fluff by choice. It's even cooler that you can make it functional for combat. Totems are thoughtfully designed and beautifully customizable by the players. Laelithonel just can't say enough good things about the new totems!	Totemic Spirits
Shimmer Trinket	Traiva says, "Shimmer Trinket 4 Lyfe!" Need to change outfits quickly? Don't want everyone to see all the junk you really wear? Just like to present a clean appearance? Get a handy dandy shimmer trinket and the world sees only what YOU want to show! The base trinket starts at 1 side with 1 charge, and it's up to you how many sides and charges you add. (Tip: Pay full price so you can pass your items and the trinket to an alt on another account - including F2P - to set your trinket, instead of playing the game of "Where do I put my untuckable thing that I don't want to show?")	Spellbound
Sprite Weapon	The Sprite Weapons get a rave review from Eladarmi. "It is an excellent utility item providing both extra damage, a ten minute ward, a mana boost, and a special attack. The Sprite line also allows customization of the flare type, and an interactive sprite that follows you around on your travels."	Sprite Club
Portable Alcohol Still, Alcohol Still#Recipe Book, Alcohol Still#Malting Box	Traiva thinks everyone should be making their own drinks! The still, when used with the recipe book, lets you make a huge assortment of brewed/distilled/fermented alcoholic beverages. While each beverage has 3 required ingredients (one of which is the brewer's yeast available in all town grocery stores), past that your options are nearly limitless with the ability to include up to 2 flavor additions. Plus, you can control the strength of your brew by adding less or more water (the more water you add, the weaker your brew is, so you don't have to get your friends drunk all the time). Don't forget the malting box to easily make malted grain, a required ingredient for the ales, beers, lagers, and stouts!	Be Still My Hops
ALL THE RECIPE CARDS	Reasons Laeli's buying them: "Because it's mashed potatoes?! GARLICKY MASHED POTATOES?! Sweet potatoes! AND PUMPKIN PANCAKES?!"	The Daily Grind
Animalistic Totem	This must-have combines S-tier Avaluka fluff with the offensive or defensive mechanical benefit of your choice. The fluff component of the item by itself is reasonably-priced at under 7k BS and is a sort of fusion between other well-known top-notch fluff, including Veolas (easily customizable item description), Dramatic Draperies (customized movement style), and of course the Animalistic Spirit suite of awesomeness. Choose your Totem Spirit Animal and walk with it. Nubbyns is all in. Are you?	Totemic Spirits
Pocketwatches	A Time-telling wizard rushed by to tell us about the pocketwatches, "These're absolutely perfect. Customizable. Unique. Wearable. The hourglass of the future!"	Clockwerke Solutions
Flourishes	Flourishes instead of scripts: Just Say Yes, one happy anonymous shopper told us. "There's too many good things to say about this being an obtainable thing for gear. It lends to RP beautifully."	With a Flourish
Illusion Prop	Laeli's favorite thing about this shop other than the incredible ideas and designs you can add to your character, is that you get the chance to see returning relics that you never got the chance to get as well as newly created illusions to choose from. Inventory can change often here, get it when you see it.	Be Warez
Fuzzy Warm Parka	This is such a fun script and if you haven't gotten one yet, or haven't been able to unlock ones you already had, get them now before the shop is gone. It's really great if you call Icemule home or spend a lot of time up in the Hinterwilds getting gems for your favorite crafters. Signed, The Cold Wizard.	The Hide and Fur Depot
Thaumaturge Tome	Theses are coolest little flying, butt-kicking, and bound companions. Check them out. I'm surprised there's not a requirement to warn your opponent that you have one before they attack you. Love from the Anonymous Book Lover.	Paranormal Pages
Flourishes	Leafiara points out that the flourishes at With a Flourish can put some shine on your gear at a very small expense! "My favorites are Thousand Cuts, which offers an overwhelming variety of verbs for edged weapons users (even better if they swing two blades!), and Sparks Fly, which has enough charm to melt even the heart of a runestaff hater like me."	With a Flourish
Animalistic Spirit Weapon	Traiva feels that Animalistic gear is some of the most fun weapon scripting out there! Who wouldn't want to see a swarm of flies taking down their opponent? (Or, ok, you could get a pack of wolves, too...) I really appreciate the a la carte unlocks and upgrades, so you don't have to spend a fortune on mechanical stuff that isn't really right for you in order to get the fluffy parts to play with, or vice versa.	Untamed Spirit
Buxom Buccaneers Skirt	Sail the seas in style with these skirts! They're a great pirate-y look, and have some very nifty fluff verbs for the dagger that can go into the (mostly) hidden sheath. Plus, they change based on whether you're on land or on an OSA boat! We're amazed the guys haven't begged for a kilt in the line!	Yarrrpee Shoppe
Alchemy Jar Container	If you do any kind of storage with alchemy jars, these are soooo handy! Dump your jars and your ingredients (forageables, gems, alchemy reagents) into your container, give the container a rub, wait 10 seconds, and everything is sorted. You can use PEER to get an at-a-glance look at what you have and how much.	Alchemical Attraction
Alcohol Bottle Contraption (Bottletraption)	Traiva reminds everyone, "Making your own brews is great, but we drink first with our eyes! Get the Bottletraption to spiff up your Portable Still bottles, and then grab the slips to add custom designs for the bottle, label, stopper, and etching so people know at a glance that it's YOUR brew. And don't forget the unlocks for being able to drop a Bugs on Parade/Life Aquatic chew candy into your bottle for a treat at the end, and being able to use a gemified Bugs on Parade/Life Aquatic as the stopper."	Be Still My Hops
Origami/Origami Paper and Bloodriven-specific origami patterns	Even though you can't learn origami from Duskruin, there's paper and patterns here that you can't get anywhere else. Make sure to stock up! Or see the Erithi in the back about the patterns.	Bloody Lotus
Custom bolt messaging	If you're a bolter, make sure to pick up your custom bolt messaging for some extra flair during your hunts!	Bolt From The Blue
Custom flare messaging	Want your flares to have more flair! Check out the custom messaging available at Fatal Afflares! Don't miss the certificates on the elderberry brush in Fatal Afflares, Rupture - the sign in the shop notes that these are leaving after this run!	Fatal Afflares
Knitting needles, pattern unlocks, and Yarns LAST CHANCE for this shop	Knitters - Remember that Knit One Punch Two is closing after this run - grab your weapon wrap and trukt needles or the pattern unlock for your variable pattern needles... and, more importantly, stock up on your yarns before these are gone forever! (Some yarns are straight color, with no material, which can come in handy for some projects.) Traiva is stocking up, are you?	Knit One, Punch Two
Animalistic Totem	Leafiara recommends, "If you want custom movement, the Animalistic Totem and the smooth Movement Style vellum combined cost only 3,500 bloodscrip, which is 107,500 cheaper than the next best alternative (T4 Dramatic Drapery). Buy in for this alone!"	Totemic Spirits
Coin Pouch	Evise puts a big spotlight on this must-have item on the same tier as the Survivalist Kit. You can get them beltworn for 10k or 25k bs (and they hold 10k/25k silver respectively), or you can get a Gambling kit from this same shop that's shoulder-worn and functions the same with some extra fun scripts included. Silver is HEAVY - 10k silver is equivalent to 62 lbs and 25k silver equals 156 lbs. Think of how many more boxes you could be carrying home each hunt!	Gamac's Goods

First Edition 23 August 2024
Second Edition 6 Sept 2024 with one extra item added