Duskruin/saved posts February 2022
General Information
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14012
Author: GS4-TIVVY
Date: 11/15/2021
Subject: February 2022 Duskruin dates
I wanted to make sure everyone had plenty of notice so...
February's Duskruin will open on Friday, February 11th and close on Monday, February 28th.
GameMistress Tivvy
Wiki Manager
Duskruin Demonwrangler
RP Rubbernecker
Hyphen Slayer
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14081
Author: GS4-TIVVY
Date: 1/13/2022
Subject: Winter's Chill
He rolled out of bed with a groan. The bite of cold in the air was his first clue that the fire had gone out while he slept and, not for the first time, he bemoaned his life as a bachelor. Huddled over the hearth, he carefully built the fire anew, ruminating on his regrets. If only she'd returned his affections, if only independence was not her guiding principle, if only he hadn't said... that thing. He might have had Belshyve to help him stay warm at night.
Still, he needed to get paid and the unreasonable winter that had arrived in Bloodriven, with its blisteringly frigid winds, miserable amounts of snow, and bone-breaking ice patches would not deter him. He ate quickly, dressed, and stepped out the door, pulling the collar of his navy blue coat more tightly closed in a futile attempt to keep out the bitter wind. The snow crunched underfoot, and the thought crossed his mind that the extraordinary chill of winter this year might not be an entirely natural occurrence. He shrugged at the idea. It didn't matter, he had work to do. Adjusting the shiny gold badge pinned to his lapel carefully, he set to preparing the arena approach for the onslaught of adventurers soon to be arriving.
OOC Note: Winter is coming to Duskruin! Look for new winter-themed wares, some spruced-up rooms, and the creatures in the arena might look a little icier than usual.
GameMistress Tivvy
Wiki Manager
Duskruin Demonwrangler
RP Rubbernecker
Winnower of Words
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14083
Author: GS4-THANDIWE
Date: 1/14/2022
Subject: Tucked Away at the River's Edge
Deciding to stay for a much longer time to learn all that they can from the town of Bloodriven, the Kraet have created a small encampment on the river’s edge. Surrounded by mostly shrub-brush, brambles, and grass, the small clearing houses a large bonfire and benches for gathering during the cold Bloodriven nights, as well as offering a variety of comfort foods to share. Branching off from the main clearing, there are several shops in this area brought to you by the Kraet.
Be sure to visit and enjoy the atmosphere!
---
~*~ Thandiwe ~*~
SGM of Events
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14115
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 2/4/2022
Subject: Duskruin Updates
Hey gang, I have some updates I've been working on. Just going to list each with some notes.
We are removing the group bonus to bloodscrip. We felt pretty strongly about giving an incentive to players who wanted to join up and enjoy the arena together, however, it also created an unfair advantage for those that didn't group up or those who didn't use multiple accounts. We aren't removing the bonus 25 bloodscrip though, we're increasing the ceiling to 300. The currently formula for the arena is 9 * round. You earn +50 for winning. The new formula will simply be 10 * round. Same for winning.
With this update, we'll be increasing the ceiling in the heist from 260 to 280, but reducing the artifact sellback slightly to average it out to being closer to 300 like the arena. The sewers will also have a slight bonus to the base bloodscrip you can find, which is currently between 15 to 30. It will now be 15 to 32. That +2 will also impact caches. The cap cache will be going from ~20,000 to ~21,000.
The arena will now have some wintery themed opponents for February. Nothing else about them has changed.
The pending TITLE revamp will be going live, with all the Endless titles that were announced last time. If you participated in Endless before the changes and have Legacy stats, you'll get those titles as well.
We have a new Legendary Bloodrune this run, and matching cloak.
We are going to be doing a new format for a lot of the higher end Mania stuff. Instead of it being a live event, we're moving the higher end stuff to an automated auction of sorts. We're also going to be trying out the piles again that you can search for something for bloodscrip, limited to once per character. The reasons for these changes is it was becoming increasingly difficult to be able to do something for everyone that showed up. And it was also difficult for me to run it for 4 to 8 hours, not counting the prep time. There still may be some shenanigan's, but we also want to make sure we can do more for more players, and automation is the key there. More on this new format soon!
There are also some other things in the works. I am buttoning up some final bits of code, and once I know for sure about some of this, I'll announce even more!
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14119
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 2/4/2022
Subject: Duskruin Updates
If you participated in the 2021 August's run, and were part of Secret Mania, it will be very similar to that pile situation. These aren't like EG or anything. They mimic the door prizes that we do. So things like the mangled spoons, Adv Guild packs, Quest Nexus orbs, Reim orbs, RPAs, or the capsules. There were other things too. We made it 1,000,000 silver to search. I think my announcement mentioned bloodscrip. But I believe we're sticking with silver. That's what happens when you get old and switch out words.
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14137
Author: GS4-TIVVY
Date: 2/5/2022
Subject: Duskruin: Midwinter Mayhem - Schedule
Here is the current plan for dates and times.
Opening Night - All instances - Friday, February 11 @ 9 PM Eastern
HESS opening - Prime, Friday, February 11 @ 9PM Eastern (Low quantity offerings available at Spin Night)
Platinum/Shattered - Sunday, February 13 @ 6 PM Eastern (including low quantity items)
Spin Night - Friday, February 18 @ 9 PM Eastern
Reverse Auction - still TBD
Closing Night - Monday, February 28 @ 11:59 PM Eastern.
GameMistress Tivvy
Wiki Manager
Duskruin Demonwrangler
RP Rubbernecker
Winnower of Words
Shops
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14090
Author: GS4-THANDIWE
Date: 1/27/2022
Subject: Shop List for Duskruin's February 2022 Run
| Reopening w.o Inventory Changes | Refreshed | New | Closed, Announced Last Run | Final Run Shops |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accessories Of Crime | - | All You Knead | Autumnal Den | Accessories of Crime |
| Alchemical Attractions | Art of Lore, The | Beyond Barriers | Cover Up, The | Bare Aggression |
| Are you Not Entertained? | Be Warez | Blades of Glory | Moment in Time | Cacographic Critters |
| At The Ready | Best Tressed, The | Fireside Supplies | So Shifty | Crosswinds and Crosshairs |
| Bare Aggression | Fatal Afflares | Fly Me to the Boon | Written Word | Drawing the Line |
| Blood Red Rose, The | Heady Spirits | Fur and Hide Depot, The | - | Hand-n-hand |
| Bloodbenders | Just for Kicks | Icy Disposition | - | Madder Hats Tea Room |
| Bloodriven Bowery | Knifery, The | Knit One, Punch Two | - | Out of the Bleak |
| Bolt From The Blue | Librarium, The | Kraet Aim | - | Veiled Purpose, The |
| Bundle Up | Sigil Shop | New Bids on the Block | - | - |
| Burning Twilight | Untamed Spirit | Tiles of Chance | - | - |
| Cacographic Critters | Vaalin Rose, The | - | - | |
| Covert Couriers | Wild Instinct | - | - | |
| Crested Glory | Yarrpee Shoppe, The | - | - | - |
| Crosswinds and Crosshairs | You're So Vain | - | - | - |
| Cultural Cuts | - | - | - | - |
| Currents and Safeguards | - | - | - | - |
| Curved Cuts | - | - | - | - |
| Cut And Dried | - | - | - | - |
| Deep Within Darkness | - | - | - | - |
| Drawing The Line | - | - | - | - |
| Dunh's Lab | - | - | - | - |
| Essencetials | - | - | - | - |
| First Rule, The | - | - | - | - |
| Gamac's Goods | - | - | - | - |
| Get Thee Behind me | - | - | - | - |
| Gilded Gladiator, The | - | - | - | - |
| Hand-N-Hand | - | - | - | - |
| In Your Element | - | - | - | - |
| Knifery, The | - | - | - | - |
| Kraet and Barrel | - | - | - | - |
| Kraet Deal | - | - | - | - |
| Kraet Expectations | - | - | - | - |
| Kraet Length | - | - | - | - |
| Libarium, Study, The | - | - | - | - |
| Librarium, Annex, The | - | - | - | - |
| Madder Hats Tea Room | - | - | - | - |
| Make Your Mark | - | - | - | - |
| Mar and Scar, the | - | - | - | - |
| Messy Alchemist, The | - | - | - | - |
| Metrognomies | - | - | - | - |
| Modern Morph, The | - | - | - | - |
| Mystic Phrases | - | - | - | - |
| Ode To Resistance | - | - | - | - |
| On The Other Hand | - | - | - | - |
| Out of the Bleak | - | - | - | - |
| Pinned and Pleated | - | - | - | - |
| Portation Parlor, The | - | - | - | - |
| Rock Solid | - | - | - | - |
| Sable Quietus, The | - | - | - | - |
| Shadowed Light | - | - | - | - |
| Shield Thyself | - | - | - | - |
| Sparrow's Dance | - | - | - | - |
| Spellbound | - | - | - | - |
| Sprite Club | - | - | - | - |
| Stay Awhile and Glisten | - | - | - | - |
| Stay Vigilant | - | - | - | - |
| Strength and Honor | - | - | - | - |
| Temple of Tentacles | - | - | - | - |
| Vambrace Yourself | - | - | - | - |
| Veiled, Purpose, The | - | - | - | - |
Shops labeled with (tentative) may not make it out this run. We are hopeful that they will, but there are a few things we need to complete to make sure that they will make it. The following shops are in the Kraet Encampment and not in Duskruin Proper
Blades of Glory
Fireside Supplies
Fur and Hide Depot, The
Knit One, Punch Two
Tiles of Chance
~*~ Thandiwe ~*~
SGM of Events
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14091
Author: GS4-THANDIWE
Date: 1/27/2022
Subject: New Shop in Kraet Encampment - Blades of Glory
Hello,
Ice Patch Skates will be offered in the shop Blades of Glory at Duskruin this run. They will be sold in the Kraet Encampment.
There will be unlock certificates to bring the skates from Tier 1/OTS to Tier 2 and Tier 2 to Tier 3.
Also, thanks to the generosity of GM Tamuz, Snowball Satchel unlocks from OTS to Tier 1 will also be available.
Enjoy!
~*~ Thandiwe ~*~
SGM of Events
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14092
Author: GS4-THANDIWE
Date: 1/28/2022
Subject: Tiles of Chance
>read sign In the Common language, it reads:
o-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------o ! Welcome to Tiles of Chance, the one and only home of The Chance Box! | o-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------o | The chance box is a portable gambling game. And the game is simple. Tap the discs | | on the other side to set them spinning for a chance to win silvers based on the | | symbols they reveal. | | | | Most symbols represent a specific town. The three smaller discs contain landmarks, | | mascots, and wildcard symbols. The larger disc is a bonus and contains celebrities. | | | | At least two symbols must match to win. A mixed match occurs when symbols do not | | match but represent the same town. Payouts are increased by matching to the town | | being played in. | | | | A House Bank must be established by the owner, and bets cannot exceed one-fourth of | | its holdings. The minimum bet is 100 silvers. | o-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------o | PAYOUTS | | MATCH 2: | MATCH 3: | MATCH 4: | | Mixed 1:1 | Mixed 2:1 | Mixed 2.5:1 | | Mixed + Town 1.25:1 | Mixed + Town 2.25:1 | Mixed + Town 2.75:1 | | Matched 1.5:1 | Matched 3:1 | Matched 4:1 | | Matched + Town 1.75:1 | Matched + Town 3.5:1 | Matched + Town Bank | o-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------o
>touch box
You reach out and touch a mosaic-edged lacewood box on a low round table.
>l box
Surrounded by incredibly tiny blue and white ceramic tiles along the edges, the face of the roughly tambourine-sized and shaped box is fashioned from thin panels of brightly lacquered lacewood. Cobalt blue runes connect three small round holes that form a triangle with a larger hole in the center. Each circular space houses a whalebone disc that can easily spin on a steel axle. One smooth edge of the box is painted sky blue and houses a coin slot.
The three smaller discs appear blank, as does the larger disc in the center.
>analyze box
You take a closer look at a bone-inlaid mahogany box. You analyze the mahogany box and sense that the creator has provided the following information: The Chance Box is a portable gambling game for silvers. To play, put the box on the floor to establish ownership and deposit silvers into the "House Bank," which can hold between 400 and 2 billion silvers. Others may then bet and spin the discs for a chance to win. While on the floor, the box will remain safe for about 15 minutes after gaming ends. Only the owner may pick it up, and doing so clears ownership. The House Bank must be empty first. READ the box for gameplay and payout information. GAMEPLAY ACTIONS PLACE Put on the floor to begin play. DROP [# COINS] COINS ON BOX Deposit silvers into the House Bank. DROP NOTE ON BOX Deposit a bank note into the House Bank. GATHER Withdraw the House Bank's holdings. GLANCE View disc symbols and bank information. RUB Reset all discs to blank. TAP BOX WITH [# COINS] Place a bet and spin the discs. The box may have its base/long description altered and must remain constructed of wood, which will always show as lacquered. The show description cannot be changed, but the elements listed below may be customized by any willing merchant. MATERIAL SETTINGS Box wood: mahogany Box edging: stylized bone inlay Disc material: bronze Axle metal: iron COLOR SETTINGS Spinning disc light: bone white *Runes: inky black *Smooth edge paint: white *Gameplay text paint: black *Should offer sufficient contrast for visibility against the mahogany. SHOW DESCRIPTION Surrounded by stylized bone inlay along the edges, the face of the roughly tambourine-sized and shaped box is fashioned from thin panels of brightly lacquered mahogany. Inky black runes connect three small round holes that form a triangle with a larger hole in the center. Each circular space houses a bronze disc that can easily spin on an iron axle. One smooth edge of the box is painted white and houses a coin slot. The mahogany box cannot be lightened or deepened.
~*~ Thandiwe ~*~
SGM of Events
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14101
Author: GS4-TIVVY
Date: 2/1/2022
Subject: Duskruin Teaser - Buccaneer Skirts and Spyglasses
Stocked for their maiden voyage in The Yarrrpee Shoppe... A new line of skirts and spyglasses for those who appreciate the brinier things in life.
Both skirts and spyglasses have different messaging for some verbs when used either on land, on the deck of an ocean-faring ship, or below decks. The ship referred to in this case can either be one of your Open Sea Adventures vessels, the OSA intertown ferry, the Glaesen Star, or the Smuggler's Cutter. Some verbs vary slightly based on whether it is night or day, your complexion, or whether or not you're wearing additional leg covering, among other things.
SPYGLASSES!
Spyglasses/telescopes DO work properly when PEERing on an OSA ship. They can be altered, and can have their strap material and an embellishment customized by any willing merchant.
PUSH (on the deck of a ship, during the day): You tighten the brass segments of your spyglass, brushing away the salt and moisture from the golden eyepiece covering the bands. You raise the lens to the level of your eye, adjusting the focus as you gaze out over the effulgent waters.
PULL (on the deck of a ship): Tivvy grasps her silver-inlaid spyglass firmly in one hand, collapsing the brass segments while carefully cleaning the golden eyepiece of salt and water. She finishes her task, brandishing her silver-inlaid spyglass toward the sea.
POINT MY SPYGLASS AT <PERSON>:
(One random option) You raise your spyglass to one eye and point it at Brunette, blinking as you focus on your target who is suddenly much too close, scrutinizing the forest of his curly brown tresses in search of vermin.
(Another random option) You raise your spyglass to one eye and point it at Brunette, blinking as you focus on your target who is suddenly much too close, imparting intimate acquaintance with the pores in his ivory skin.
(Third person) Tivvy points her spyglass at you, and you see a comically magnified hazel eye blink at you through the lens.
WEAR (with a belt on): Tivvy deftly collapses the segments of her brass spyglass, twisting it firmly before affixing it to her leather belt with the stamped ebon leather strap.
REMOVE: Tivvy casually flicks the stamped ebon leather strap holding her silver-inlaid spyglass, allowing it to fall briefly before deftly catching it with a dramatic extension of her arm, extending the brass segments to full-length.
SKIRTS!
Skirts can be altered and their straps, thigh-sheath, and fabric can also be customized by willing merchants. They can hold a single dagger in the attached thigh-sheath.
Some of the verbs:
WEAR: Tivvy leans down and slips casually into her skirt, her fingers brushing along each knotted black leather strap as she buckles them in place.
INSPECT (with a dagger in the sheath): You look closely at Tivvy, examining a bustled skirt of raw emerald silk adorned with long plumes. Peeking out from beneath the emerald silk fabric of Tivvy's skirt, you catch a glimpse of a faenor-riveted suede thigh-sheath and the glint of alexandrite.
PULL (on land, with an alexandrite dagger in the sheath): Tivvy strides forward with intent, the high slit of her skirt revealing a flash of alexandrite as she unsheathes her dagger from her faenor-riveted suede thigh-sheath. She brandishes it in a fluid arc before flamboyantly finishing with an elaborate "T" slashed in the air.
RAISE (on land): You pinch the emerald silk fabric of your skirt, lifting the hem slightly, and do a few adroit steps of a quick, whirling jig.
RAISE (on the deck of a ship, with bare legs): You lift the hem of your skirt slightly and feel the sea breeze catch the emerald silk fabric, whipping it tempestuously around the bare freckle-sprinkled pale skin of your legs. You loose a jubilant whoop as you revel in the primal thrill of maritime power.
GameMistress Tivvy
Wiki Manager
Duskruin Demonwrangler
RP Rubbernecker
Winnower of Words
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14111
Author: GS4-THANDIWE
Date: 2/2/2022
Subject: Knit One, Punch Two
The last shop in the Kraet Encampment is a knitting shop. It will sell three new types of yarn that will be unique to Duskruin:
Fleece: A soft, warm, and wooly yarn from sheep, goats, etc.
Chenille: Although tricky to knit with, this yarn has an attractive appearance and velvety texture.
Heather: Blended from a number of different-colored or dyed fleeces, and then spun.
There is also a new set of knitting needles that will create a pair of trukt, which are gloves for use in unarmed combat. They have many zests innately built into them.
Enjoy!
~*~ Thandiwe ~*~
SGM of Events
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14167
Author: GS4-MARIATH
Date: 2/10/2022
Subject: DUSKRUIN TEASER - ALL YOU KNEAD
Certainly, all that dusty running around in the arena, or slogging through the sewers will make you yearn for a little sugary respite?
Appease your sweet tooth at "All You Knead" -- a new shop featuring fresh baked wares of almost every kind.
Choose from cakes, pies, cookies, cupcakes, scones, candy, or chocolate!
Once a day, your chosen treasure box will magically provide you with six (6) random flavors guaranteed to please either yourself or someone else you know.
And just to make your precious container more special, a select recipe card can be purposed to add an additional custom-made flavor. Maybe you will collect a new recipe at every Duskruin?
How hard will it be to decide which tasty temptation to pick? Or... will you need one of each kind?
High End Scrip Shop
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14124
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 2/4/2022
Subject: Item Refund Policy
We are updating the refund policy on item and service purchases at Duskruin.
Our refund fee will be 10% flat for now on. We're also tightening the timelines here. HESS purchases can only be refunded within 24 hours of the service being applied.
Here is a list of other refunds.
- No refunds beyond 24 hours after general purchases. No fee on purchases made within 24-hours that are a mistake.
- No refunds on items purchased during previous runs. This has always been the policy, just repeating it.
- No refunds on Mania or Trove items. This includes refunds on other items because of your Mania/Trove win.
- No refunds on WPS services. If you make a mistake on type, please ASSIST.
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14134
Author: GS4-TIVVY
Date: 2/5/2022
Subject: Item Refund Policy
As long as you ASSIST with the refund request before the 24-hour mark, it is considered within that window.
GameMistress Tivvy
Wiki Manager
Duskruin Demonwrangler
RP Rubbernecker
Winnower of Words
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14154
Author: GS4-TIVVY
Date: 2/8/2022
Subject: New HESS and Spin Night additions for February 2022
We'll be adding the following items/services to HESS this run. Those that will be available at Spin Night instead of in the shop are asterisked. I don't have all of the restriction info on each available yet, but feel free to ask if you have a specific question on any of them. Unless noted as a Spin Night item, they are available in unlimited quantities.
a vermeil echidna charm*
Animalistic Spirit armor script add
250,000 bloodscrip
a burned bastard axe paper
Bastard Axe script add
50,000 bloodscrip
a crude black ora effigy*
Cursed Armor script add
250,000 bloodscrip
a tiny polychromatic ring
Lesser Moods script add
2,500 bloodscrip
a copper shield-shaped ornament
Shield Bracer script add
2,500 bloodscrip
a colorful cocoon curio
Morphing Armor script add
2,500 bloodscrip
a bronzed boot
Convert unscripted, non-container non-UCS footwear to UCS
5,000 bloodscrip
a greater dispel boost writ
Boosts dispel flares by a single rank up to 5
50,000 bloodscrip
a durable enhancive pell
Lesser Enhancive permification (make noncrumbly)
10,000 bloodscrip
a hefty steel gear*
T1 to T2 unlock for existing gnomish lockpicking bracer
75,000 bloodscrip
a gilded scroll trinket*
Design your own custom fatal afflares messaging
25,000 bloodscrip
GameMistress Tivvy
Wiki Manager
Duskruin Demonwrangler
RP Rubbernecker
Winnower of Words
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14155
Author: GS4-TIVVY
Date: 2/8/2022
Subject: New HESS and Spin Night additions for February 2022
Also, mechanical weapon flares will be added, but I don't have the specifics on that item just yet but will update this post when I do.
GameMistress Tivvy
Wiki Manager
Duskruin Demonwrangler
RP Rubbernecker
Winnower of Words
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14161
Author: GS4-TIVVY
Date: 2/9/2022
Subject: converting existing gloves/boots to ucs gear
Gloves have been added to this service. Both gloves and boots need to be made of either leather or cloth, and they must already have a noun that is allowed for UCS equipment.
Gloves: gloves, gauntlets, hand-wraps, handwraps, trukt
Boots: boots, buskins, footwraps, foot-wraps, klot, moccasins, sandals, slippers, shoes, yatane
GameMistress Tivvy
Wiki Manager
Duskruin Demonwrangler
RP Rubbernecker
Winnower of Words
Valence Armaments
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14084
Author: GS4-KENSTROM
Date: 1/18/2022
Subject: Duskruin Teaser - Beyond Barriers
No matter the world, it always had fools.
Within moments of his arrival, the giants came. They towered over him like ancient trees, some even gnarled and bent like the blood oaks of the Deadfall itself. Their faces were grotesque at best, huge foreheads, large noses, small brains. Their weapons were crafted out of the very rock beneath his feet. Undoubtedly, he would feed that very earth with their corpses, letting the ground drink of their blood.
The first giant howled, then shouted a few commands that sounded like he was grinding sand between his teeth. The harrower was no stranger to their kind, but the sound of them speaking would never stop irritating him. He narrowed his marigold eyes and motioned with two fingers, daring the enemy to engage.
The behemoths charged, quickly crossing the distance, and roared into battle. The dark elf raised one hand as ribbons of ethereal bluish-green light burned into existence, swirling around his hand rapidly before forming into a deep black rune-etched sword. Soon coils of the same light burst out of the surroundings and twisted about his form, spinning chaotically until they shaped into some deep black leathers.
The lights did not slow the giants’ approach and the first two swung wide, bringing great stone hammers down towards the harrower. Several archaic sigils flashed along the dark elf’s armor and gnarled ethereal vines erupted form his body, lashing out at the two giants like glowing coils. Streams of yellow-white and purple-black energy ripped through the monster’s bodies, disintegrating their flesh, and burrowing through their bodies. He easily stepped aside as their lifeless, fragmented corpses fell with a thud.
The other giants began to circle him, each one more cautious now than before. But Ersix Severus showed them no mercy. He sliced through the air with his blade, the very sky darkening like a bruise before ripping open into a wide gash. A torrent of misty shadows spilled out of the hazy fissure, enveloping the head of two giants in a nebulous sphere of shadows. They bellowed in response, clawing at the darkness around their faces. He swung again, further serrating the skies as a curtain of powerful winds broke through the rifts, colliding with the blinded giants and slamming them to the ground.
Another giant rushed in, screaming with rage. The dark elf spun fluidly and with one word his blade crackled like shifting ice and the metal faded to a frosty opaque hue. Barbs of black ice burst out of the air, sinking into the monster’s flesh like venomous fangs. The creature’s legs froze, encapsulated in ice and stopping his charge. The harrower swung fast with his blade, tearing a deep gash into the giant’s stomach. As the metal bit flesh, it sparked with power and curls of bluish-green light struck the giant, then another stream of bluish-grey light, then two more powerful blasts of energy and the giant fell face to the dirt.
A frothing trio of giants pressed in, caution to the wind, all senses lost to the blood lust running through their veins. Ersix danced between them, dodging their heavy strikes, slipping away just mere seconds before their weapons hit. A rune flashed along his armor and the dark elf’s body began to blink in and out of existence as he continued his whirling, while the sky above bled to a citrine glow. The giants persisted, their stone hammers passing through the dark elf as he moved between worlds.
He tired of the game. The cat no longer wished to toy with the mice. The harrower’s body solidified for just a moment before it collapsed into a swirl of ethereal mist, where it swirled away before the dark elf reformed behind one of the giants. His blades tore across the giant’s legs, sending him lumbering to the side before another clean strike cut through its thick neck and sent its lumpy head rolling away.
The remaining two giants stood, spending the last few seconds of their life debating between fighting or fleeing. Ersix Severus the Harrower finally smiled and touched a rune upon his armor. Ethereal slits breached the air around him as humid winds stirred forth. From out of the planar fissures came dozens of razor-sharp verlok feathers, ripping into the world and launching towards the giants. The deadly volley tore into the monsters, flaying their flesh as they tried to scramble away, one falling right after the next in a bloody onslaught.
The harrower’s armor melted off his form like heated wax, quickly dissipating into the air as he stepped over the corpses, one by one, continuing his journey beyond barriers.
I’m happy to announce a new shop coming to Duskruin in February! It is called Beyond Barriers and it will sell the all-new Valence Weapons and Valence Armor! Each will have several abilities (only some of them showcased in the teaser above). There will also be some set abilities when using both as well! I will release more details as we get closer to the event! I would like to give a giant-sized shoutout to GM Mestys who without his coding ninja abilities could not have made these happen!
Go forth and conquer…worlds.
-GM Kenstrom-
Waylayer of Wehnimer's Landing
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14099
Author: GS4-KENSTROM
Date: 1/31/2022
Subject: Duskruin - Valence Gear - Beyond Barriers
As promised weeks ago, here is the full reveal of Valence Gear, newly introduced for the Feb run and exclusive to Duskruin!
Harrower Ersix of the Extrachthonic Cartographer’s Guild has harnessed his magical studies and dimensional powers into creating valence gear, in the form of blades and armor. You will find a vast assortment of bladed weapons and armor at the new shop, Beyond Barriers, at Duskruin in Feb! Why settle for just one valence? Grab a little slice of all worlds!
The weapons and armor are all 5x. There will be several one-handed and two-handed bladed weapons available, and almost every armor type. Valence gear may be freely altered or lightened by any merchant.
The blades have the default ability to fire off Disintegration flares, up to 4 times per strike based on tier level. The first strike is standard flare chance, with a 20% chance to fire a 2nd time at Tier 2, a 15% chance to fire a 3rd time at Tier 3, and a 10% chance to fire a 4th time at Tier 4.
The armor’s first ability, “Lash of Lorae’tyr” throws out new reactive “temporal” flares that cause disintegration damage plus adds Roundtime to the target (slowing them down.)
Below you’ll find every tier verb and ability and a quick breakdown of what they do. There are also 2 set bonus abilities detailed further below as well.
I will post pricing in a follow up post.
Valence Blades:
Tier 1 Verbs: DROP, GET
Tier 1 Ability: Slice of Shien'tyr (WAVE) - An AoE SMR attack to reduce foes' defenses, by -30 DS temporarily.
Cooldown: 6 minutes (-1 per tier above 1, minimum 3 minutes).
Tier 2 Verbs: POKE, TOUCH
Tier 2 Ability: The War Winds (RAISE) - An AoE SMR attack to knock down foes. Up to 5 creatures or a player.
Cooldown: 5 minutes (-1 per tier above 2, minimum 3 minutes).
Tier 3 Verbs: PROD, RUB
Tier 3 Ability: The Void's Grip (POINT) - An SMR attack to do cold damage and root a foe in place.
Cooldown: 5 minutes (-2 per tier above 3, minimum 3 minutes).
Tier 4 Verbs: CLENCH, TAP
Tier 4 Ability: Life and Death (PUSH - Increase AS/CS per successful attack for 30 seconds, costing health. AS (+10) and CS (+6) from each successful attack, but drains HP (-3) from the user as it goes. A cap on both AS/CS (+50/+30) and HP loss (-15) is set.
Cooldown: 30 minutes.
Extraplanar Bane Affinity - Increases potency of extraplanar bane by +10 AS.
Special Ability: Incision of the Igaesha (TURN) - Only available when used in conjunction with Valence Armor
Allows for follow-up double attacks for 60 seconds, based on the average total
tiers unlocked between the weapon and armor.
Cooldown: 60 minutes (-5 per total unlocked tiers, minimum 20 minutes).
Valence Armor:
Tier 1 Verbs: REMOVE, WEAR
Tier 1 Ability: Lash of Lorae'tyr (Passive) - Reactive Disintegration flares + RT.
Cooldown: Standard flare rate.
Tier 2 Verbs: POKE, TOUCH
Tier 2 Ability: Surge of the Rift (PUSH) - HP/Mana regen buff for 15 minutes. (+5 per tier, maximum +20 HP/Mana).
Cooldown: 60 minutes.
Tier 3 Verbs: PROD, RUB
Tier 3 Ability: Shroud of Shien'tyr (PULL) - Summon Darkness and bestow a defensive effect. Adds a Darkness effect in the room and hides the player with a +25 DS/+15 TD defensive effect.
Cooldown: 10 minutes (-5 per tier above 3, minimum 5 minutes).
ier 4 Verbs: CLENCH, TAP
Tier 4 Ability: Light of Kol Tar'sken (BESEECH) - Continual Evasiveness for 10 seconds.
Cooldown: Twice per login day.
Special Ability: Volley of the Verlok (KNOCK - Only available when used in conjunction with a Valence Weapon
Releases a number of SMR attacks on a target, based on the average total tiers
unlocked between the armor and weapon. Inflicts Blindness on the target.
Cooldown: 30 minutes.
Verb Glimpse:
The air around your rune-etched handaxe begins to shimmer and the blade flickers in and out of existence for a few brief moments.
You swing your rune-etched handaxe and tear open a gash into the air before you, which leaves a trail of black ice shards that shatter on the ground. A moment later the gash closes.
You touch your enruned armor and a miasma of shadows bleeds into view, wrapping around your body like a cloud of ink before melting away.
Golden runes begin to glow around you, drifting like glistening particles of joined light, each one shifting and reshaping until they burn away.
In Action Glimpse:
You swing a deep black rune-etched handaxe at a massive troll king! AS: +726 vs DS: +94 with AvD: +32 + d100 roll: +7 = +671 ... and hit for 219 points of damage! Massive blow punches a hole through the troll king's chest! The troll king continues to struggle for life! * A coil of spectral bluish-green energy bursts out of thin air and strikes the troll king! * ... 25 points of damage! Long, wide strip eliminated from chest, giving blood a much-needed vacation. * A coil of ghostly greyish-blue energy bursts out of thin air and strikes the troll king! * ... 5 points of damage! Flesh painfully vaporized from side! * A coil of eerie purple-black energy bursts out of thin air and strikes the troll king! * ... 20 points of damage! Groove etched into skin of chest and quickly fills with blood. * A coil of celestial yellow-white energy bursts out of thin air and strikes the troll king! * ... 35 points of damage! Deep, penetrating wound etched into chest, exposing ribs and lung tissue! Roundtime: 5 sec. You point your rune-etched handaxe at a massive troll king and the very air around the blade begins to crackle like shifting ice before the entire metal fades to a frosty opaque hue. [SMR result: 232 (Open d100: 20)] Suddenly, barbs of black ice burst out of the air around a massive troll king and sink into its form! ... 25 points of damage! The troll king staggers as your icy attack shatters its left leg. It is knocked to the ground! Bands of shadowy ice form around a massive troll king's legs! A massive troll king is rooted in place! Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds. You turn your rune-etched handaxe and a smoky ethereal mist forms out of thin air and begins to churn about your body before flowing into your skin! Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds. You swing a deep black rune-etched handaxe at a massive troll king! AS: +776 vs DS: +247 with AvD: +32 + d100 roll: +28 = +589 ... and hit for 172 points of damage! Shield arm removed at the shoulder! A massive troll king screams in pain as its arm falls to the ground! Immediately following your attack, your body quickly melts into a nebulous ethereal mist and you rapidly reform on the other side of a massive troll king, where you solidify and strike again! You swing a deep black rune-etched handaxe at a massive troll king! AS: +776 vs DS: +247 with AvD: +32 + d100 roll: +68 = +629 ... and hit for 218 points of damage! A mighty hit turns the troll king's insides to outsides! The troll king continues to struggle for life! Roundtime: 5 sec. You touch your finger to an archaic rune along your enruned armor and humid air begins to seep in from dozens of ethereal slits that breach the very air all around you! [SMR result: 280 (Open d100: 68)] Dozens of razor-sharp, dazzling brass verlok feathers fly out from the ethereal fissures in the air and launch toward a massive troll king, striking it! ... 30 points of damage! Deft strike to the back cracks vertebrae! It is knocked to the ground! ... 20 points of damage! Well placed strike shatters a rib! ... 15 points of damage! Loud crack as the troll king's sternum breaks! ... 25 points of damage! Damaging strike to chest, several ribs shattered! You blinded a massive troll king! Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
-GM Kenstrom-
Waylayer of Wehnimer's Landing
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14141
Author: GS4-KENSTROM
Date: 2/7/2022
Subject: Duskruin - Valence Gear - Beyond Barriers - Pricing!
Here's the bloodscrip pricing for the Valence gear!
Valence Weapons:
T1: 5,000 bloodscrip
T2: 30,000 bloodscrip
T3: 40,000 bloodscrip
T4: 50,000 bloodscrip
Valence Armor:
T1: 25,000 bloodscrip
T2: 30,000 bloodscrip
T3: 50,000 bloodscrip
T4: 150,000 bloodscrip
-GM Kenstrom-
Waylayer of Wehnimer's Landing
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14142
Author: GS4-KENSTROM
Date: 2/7/2022
Subject: Duskruin - Valence Gear - Beyond Barriers - Pricing!
Also, here is a list of the Valence gear available this run:
Valence Weapons
- Whip-blade
- Bastard Sword
- Broadsword
- Dagger
- Falchion
- Handaxe
- Longsword
- Rapier
- Scimitar
- Short Sword
- Greatsword
- Flamberge
- Greataxe
Valence Armor
- Wraps (Robes)
- Light Leather
- Double Leather
- Full Leather
- Gambeson (reinforced)
- Scalemail (leather breastplate)
- Armor (studded leather)
- Brigandine
- Chainmail
- Haubergeon (augmented chain)
- Chain Hauberk
- Breastplate (metal breastplate)
- Half-plate
- Platemail (full plate)
In the future I hope to explore ideas for shields, runestaves, archery, pole-arms and blunt weapons.
-GM Kenstrom-
Waylayer of Wehnimer's Landing
Fuzzy Warm Parka Updates
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14082
Author: GS4-THANDIWE
Date: 1/13/2022
Subject: Duskruin Teaser - My Fuzzy Warm Parka Gets an Update
Given the winter chill that has touched upon Duskruin, My Fuzzy Warm Parka has been given an update. It now has 3 tiers instead of just the two previously offered.
With the third tier, you will get the following (at least, according to the sign in the shop you will)!
>read sign
In the Common language, it reads: ~*~ My Fuzzy Warm Parka
Tier 1/OTS - Sold on the Racks
Tier 2 - Terrain Condition - Breath, Clean, Rub, Wave
Tier 3 - Hides inventory when closed and provides the following look:
Closed Only (hidden inventory feature) - He/She is wearing (a fuzzy warm parka), which swaddles his/her form in its thick layers.
Hood Up and Closed (inventory hidden feature) - His/Her (face descriptor) face is framed by a hood lined in polar bear furs and his/her (body descriptor) frame is swaddled by the (fuzy warm parka) that he/she is wearing.
Hood Up and Open (no inventory hidden) - His/Her (face descriptor) face is framed by the soft polar bear lining of the hood attached to (his/her) (fuzzy warm parka).
---
You see GameMaster Thandiwe the Guardian of Sunfist.
He appears to be a Dwarven Survivor of Caligos Isle.
He is very short and has a petite frame. He appears to be very young. He has starburst-striated winter grey eyes and freckle-dusted skin. He has long, wavy coppery red hair swept back beneath an intricately woven headband of faceted diamond beads and speckled ecru vanilla blossoms and tucked behind the ears. He has a youthful face.
He has an aging woman portrait tattooed on the arm on his arm, a black tattoo on his arm, and a silver-limned indigo eel-shaped mark on his ankle.
He is in good shape.
His youthful face is framed by a hood lined in polar bear furs and his petite frame is swaddled by the sinew-laced walrus hide parka that he is wearing.
~*~ Thandiwe ~*~
SGM of Events
Legendary Bloodrune and Cloak
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14089
Author: GS4-THANDIWE
Date: 1/24/2022
Subject: Enter the Snow Spectre
This DR, the Legendary Bloodrune is the Snow Spectre...
>look Thandiwe
Haunting winter grey eyes gaze with a disturbing vacancy from Thandiwe's eerie visage, which morphs between expressions of abject horror and fractured sanity from one moment to the next. His waif-like limbs float in a current of frosty air that spirals around him, transforming his appearance between states of flickering, semi-translucency to near blinding white and icy solidity. A mane of coppery red hair frames his gaunt head, the scraggly tendrils falling away from his gaunt face in erratic lengths.
The Legendary Cloak this time around is a frosty gossamer shroud. For the finer details, of which there are some, you can view it in the Trove. However, if you have the Snow Spectre Bloodrune in your Moonshard Pendant, then this is what you can expect when wearing the shroud.
blink my shroud
You allow your eyes to drift closed briefly, a sense of calm settling over you.
Thandiwe closes his winter grey eyes briefly, transforming his visage from one tinged with horrific insanity to divine serenity. The moment of peacefulness is lost the moment he opens his eyes.
chuckle my shroud
You chuckle slightly, amazed at the timber of your own voice, and briefly dissolve into maniacal laughter.
A chuckle bubbles out of the haunted visage of Thandiwe, transforming the look of abject horror etched across his face into an expression of guileless insanity. The chuckle expands into a laughter of unbridled mania.
(hidden) A chuckle bubbles out of the shadows, expanding into a laughter of unbridled mania.
get bracelet
Reaching into the shroud that adorns your waif-like, semi-ethereal form, you pull out an insubstantial silver bracelet, which slowly gains solidity with the passage of time.
Thandiwe reaches into the shroud that adorns his waif-like, semi-ethereal form and pulls out an insubstantial silver bracelet, which slowly gains solidity with the passage of time.
glance my shroud
You glance about, your eyes flashing with icy hatred.
Thandiwe glances about, his winter grey eyes flashing with icy hatred.
pinch my shroud
With a shriek of dismay, you pull a bit of lint from your gossamer shroud and watch as ice crystals form upon it. You hurl it from you, causing it to shatter upon the ground.
With a shriek of dismay, Thandiwe pulls a bit of lint from his gossamer shroud and watches as ice crystals form upon it. He hurls it from him, causing it to shatter upon the ground.
point my shroud
Stretching your arm out before you, you point into the distance, noting as you do that hoarfrost spreads in the shadow that your gossamer shroud-covered arm casts upon the ground.
Stretching his arm out before him, Thandiwe points into the distance, causing hoarfrost to spread upon the ground in the shadows that his gossamer shroud casts upon his arm.
preen my shroud
You comb your fingers through the wild coppery red mane that is your hair, preening despite your ravaged appearance.
Thandiwe combs his fingers through the wild coppery red mane that is his hair, preening despite his obviously ravaged appearance
pull my shroud
You draw your arms around you, the chill of your form pervading the gossamer shroud that enshrouds your form.
A chill swath of air exudes from Thandiwe as he draws his arms about his gossamer-shrouded form.
put bracelet in my shroud
Cradling silver bracelet in your hand, you slowly allow it to grow insubstantial and then merge it with the shroud adorning you.
Thandiwe reaches into the shroud that adorns his waif-like, semi-ethereal form and pulls out an insubstantial silver bracelet, which slowly gains solidity with the passage of time.
rub my shroud
You brush your fingers against a frosty gossamer shroud, the talon-like ends of your fingertips creating a grating sound that is similar to a sword scraping across ice.
Thandiwe brushes his fingers against a frosty gossamer shroud, creating a sound similar to that of a sword being scraped across ice.
scratch my shroud
You scratch at your neck, causing frost to slough from your skin and fall to the ground.
Thandiwe scratches at his neck, causing frost to slough from his skin and fall to the ground.
shake my shroud
You give yourself a little shake, the gossamer shroud draped from your body shifting on your skin and your form transitioning between incorporeal to icy in seconds.
Thandiwe suddenly shakes, like a dog shedding water, causing his form to transition between incorporeal to icy in seconds.
snap my shroud
You snap your fingers, generating a booming sound that is reminiscent of sheets of ice colliding.
The booming, grating sound of sheets of ice colliding emanates from Thandiwe.
(hidden) The booming, grating sound of sheets of ice colliding emanates from somewhere nearby.
stretch my shroud
You stretch your arms before you, a bubbling cackle spilling from your lips as hoarfrost forms in the shadows you create.
Thandiwe stretches his arms before him, a bubbling cackle spilling from his lips as hoarfrost forms in the shadows he create
thump my shroud
Balling your hand into a fist, you thump it hard against your thigh, causing the crackling sound of falling icicles to fill the air.
Thandiwe balls his hand into a fist and thumps it into his thigh, causing fractures all upon his leg and filling the air with the crackling sound of shattering icicles.
wave my shroud
You wave your hand in the air, snowflakes drifting in its wake.
Thandiwe waves his hand in the air, snowflakes drifting in its wake.
~*~ Thandiwe ~*~
SGM of Events
Animalistic Spirit
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14093
Author: GS4-AVALUKA
Date: 1/28/2022
Subject: New spirit types for Animalistic Spirit items
Some new types of animal spirits are going to be making their way to the Animalistic Spirit items this Duskruin. All items in the set (weapon/shield, armor, and headdress) use these same spirits, so this list applies to all of them. Each type of item needs its own "Spirit Change" certificate in order to change the type, though, so be sure you have the correct one if you want to change the type.
=Spirit Types=
NOTES:
- The first noun listed for any spirit type is the "default" noun, meaning the noun that will be set when you first change to that type with a spirit change certificate.
- Nouns with an asterisk (*) are NEW to that particular spirit type.
- Spirit Types with an asterisk (*) are NEW, so all the nouns are essentially considered new.
- Large Feline
Available nouns for this type are: lion, lioness, panther, tiger, tigress, puma, catamount, jaguar, leopard, snow leopard, clouded leopard, cheetah.
Default Descriptor: Lithe
Default Sound: Roar
Default Group: Pride
- Small Feline
Available nouns for this type are: cat, kitten, bobcat, lynx, serval, caracal, margay, ocelot, jaguarundi, snowcat, genet*, fishing cat*.
Default Descriptor: Sleek
Default Sound: Hiss
Default Group: Clowder
- Canine
Available nouns for this type are: wolf, jackal, fox, fennec fox, hyena, dhole, coyote, dog, bush dog, foxhound, bloodhound, wolfhound, mastiff, puppy, aardwolf.
Default Descriptor: Rangy
Default Sound: Howl
Default Group: Pack
- Avian (Predatory)
Available nouns for this type are: hawk, falcon, eagle, owl, barn owl, snow owl, screech owl, gyrfalcon, peregrine falcon, kestrel, osprey, goshawk, kite.
Default Descriptor: Angular
Default Sound: Screech
Default Group: Flock
- Hooved (Horned)
Available nouns for this type are: stag, deer, goat, antelope, buffalo, bison, bull, oryx, wildebeest, ram, moose, elk, yak, hind, hart, gazelle, caribou, muntjac, buck, reindeer.
Default Descriptor: Antlered
Default Sound: Bellow
Default Group: Stampede
- Equine
Available nouns for this type are: horse, pony, stallion, mare, zebra, donkey, mule.
Default Descriptor: Muscular
Default Sound: Whinny
Default Group: Herd
- Snake
Available nouns for this type are: snake, serpent, cobra, asp, adder, boa, boa constrictor, rattlesnake, corn snake, mamba, eel.
Default Descriptor: Sinuous
Default Sound: Hiss
Default Group: Mass
- Aquatic Mammal
Available nouns for this type are: dolphin, whale, orca, seal, sea lion, walrus, manatee, narwhal.
Default Descriptor: Sleek
Default Sound: Chitter
Default Group: Pod
- Small Rodent
Available nouns for this type are: mouse, dormouse, rat, squirrel, chinchilla, hamster, cavy, gopher, groundhog, lemming, naked mole rat, marmot, muskrat.
Default Descriptor: Plump
Default Sound: Squeak
Default Group: Horde
- Ursine
Available nouns for this type are: bear, grizzly bear, polar bear, black bear, brown bear, cave bear, red bear, panda, giant panda, sloth bear.
Default Descriptor: Burly
Default Sound: Growl
Default Group: Band
- Rabbit/Hare
Available nouns for this type are: hare, rabbit, jackrabbit, cottontail, arctic hare, snowshoe hare.
Default Descriptor: Lanky
Default Sound: Growl
Default Group: Herd
- Porcine
Available nouns for this type are: boar, iron boar, pig, hog, warthog, babirusa.
Default Descriptor: Stocky
Default Sound: Snort
Default Group: Drove
- Arachnid
Available nouns for this type are: spider, tarantula, arachnid, black widow spider, brown recluse spider, wolf spider, huntsman spider, tomb spider.
Default Descriptor: Giant
Default Sound: Chitter
Default Group: Swarm
- Corvid
Available nouns for this type are: raven, crow, magpie, jackdaw, rook, jay.
Default Descriptor: Sleek
Default Sound: Caw
Default Group: Mob
- Semi-Arboreal
Available nouns for this type are: raccoon, opossum, possum, red panda, bearcat, binturong, civet.
Default Descriptor: Plump
Default Sound: Chitter
Default Group: Band
- Avian (Aquatic)
Available nouns for this type are: penguin, emperor penguin, rockhopper penguin, puffin, auk.
Default Descriptor: Pudgy
Default Sound: Squawk
Default Group: Flock
- Small Primate
Available nouns for this type are: monkey, tamarin, marmoset, macaque, baboon, lemur, indri, sifaka, loris, bushbaby, capuchin.
Default Descriptor: Gangly
Default Sound: Screech
Default Group: Troop
- Mustelid
Available nouns for this type are: badger, honey badger, ferret, weasel, ermine, pine marten, stoat, skunk, wolverine, fisher*.
Default Descriptor: Stocky
Default Sound: Growl
Default Group: Band
- Armored
Available nouns for this type are: armadillo, pangolin, hedgehog, porcupine, echidna.
Default Descriptor: Squat
Default Sound: Snort
Default Group: Band
- Bat
Available nouns for this type are: bat, fruit bat, vampire bat, flying fox.
Default Descriptor: Angular
Default Sound: Squeak
Default Group: Swarm
- SemiAquatic
Available nouns for this type are: otter, sea otter, river otter, platypus.
Default Descriptor: Sleek
Default Sound: Chitter
Default Group: Band
- Avian (Magical)
Available nouns for this type are: phoenix, firebird, griffin, storm griffin, gryphon, grifflet.
Default Descriptor: Fiery
Default Sound: Shriek
Default Group: Band
- Megafauna*
Available nouns for this type are: elephant, mammoth, woolly mammoth, rhinoceros, hippo, hippopotamous, giraffe.
Default Descriptor: Tusked
Default Sound: Trumpet
Default Group: Band
- Avian (Rattite)*
Available nouns for this type are: ostrich, emu, rhea, cassowary, moa, kiwi.
Default Descriptor: Tall
Default Sound: Shriek
Default Group: Flock
- Shark*
Available nouns for this type are: shark, great white shark, hammerhead shark, tiger shark, dogfish, sawshark, bullhead shark, thresher shark, basking shark, mako shark, nurse shark, whale shark, reef shark.
Default Descriptor: Long-finned
Default Sound: Growl
Default Group: Band
- Cephalopod*
Available nouns for this type are: octopus, squid, cuttlefish, nautilus, kraken.
Default Descriptor: Bulbous
Default Sound: Gurgle
Default Group: Band
- Avian (Small)*
Available nouns for this type are: sparrow, robin, dove, turtle dove, finch, starling, warbler, blackbird, thrush, swift, cuckoo, oriole, cardinal, lark, chickadee, hummingbird, wren, canary, swallow.
Default Descriptor: Plump
Default Sound: Chirp
Default Group: Flock
- Lizard/Frog*
Available nouns for this type are: lizard, horned lizard, frilled lizard, iguana, gecko, newt, skink, salamander, frog, bullfrog, toad, tree frog, poison dart frog.
Default Descriptor: Scaly
Default Sound: Hiss
Default Group: Band
~Avaluka
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14146
Author: GS4-AVALUKA
Date: 2/7/2022
Subject: New spirit types for Animalistic Spirit items
Note: I have added the noun "mongoose", as well, to the Mustelid group, as it was pointed out I missed this particular noun and it was an easy add to an already existing group.
Cheers!
Avaluka
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14094
Author: GS4-AVALUKA
Date: 1/29/2022
Subject: New updates to Animalistic Spirit headdresses - Animalistic Apparition and more
Animalistic Spirit headdresses are getting a few new tricks that you can unlock this Duskruin. In addition, a better variety of off-the-shelf headgear has been added to the shop, Heady Spirits, this year, including functional helms with and without neck coverage.
There is also a new overall type of headdress available - hoods and cowls. This simply changes relevant messaging so it looks correct when wearing/removing. This type is available to fluff headgear, as well as functional helms that allow the noun "hood" (mainly, I believe, leather greathelms with head/neck coverage).
An example of a hood/cowl (fluff version) in how it looks in the features:
You see GameMaster Avaluka.
She appears to be a Giantman of the Yachan Dai.
Drawn up over her head is a peaked black linen cowl, the edge partially shading her features. Sewn to the top of the cowl are a pair of triangular pieces of cloth made to look like pointed ears, thick stitching running along their edges to make them stand upright.
She is taller than average and has a willowy figure. She appears to be very young. She has long-lashed blue-green eyes and alabaster skin. She has long, thick light brown hair. She has a heart-shaped face and a sloping nose.
=New Unlockable Features=
- A new tier of fluff verbs, which adds 4 new verbs: Gaze, Bow, Roll, and Slap.
NOTE: GAZE, like NOD, will let you specify any of the 'GAZE' styles. The other verbs will work with demeanor. All verbs are also targetable.
Examples:
>gaze forlorn my cowl
Heaving a heavy sigh and slumping your shoulders, you gaze forlornly at your surroundings. A latticework of night black energy spreads over the surface of the black linen cowl on your head, tendrils of the light sinking briefly into your eyes.
(These are with Demeanor = Cold.)
>bow my cowl
Rolling your eyes, you grudgingly incline your body forward in a mocking bow, one hand going to your black linen cowl to keep it in place. As you straighten up, you run a hand over the sharply pointed ears adorning the top of it, eddies of night black light following the movement in circles around each of them.
>roll my cowl
Hardening your expression into a cold glare, you make an annoyed scoffing noise in your throat and roll your eyes. A corona of night black sparks suffuses the surface of the black linen cowl on your head as a faint ghostly hiss overlays your noise of derision.
>slap my cowl
Snarling deep in your throat, you swing your hand up threateningly. The sudden motion causes the black linen cowl on your head to shift slightly, the sharply pointed ears adorning the top of it becoming slightly askew as a spray of night black motes rises into the air.
NOTE: You can silently PROD the headdress to remove the second sentence of most of these, so you can choose when you want a little extra spirit light in your actions or when you want a more plain action.
- A new unlockable feature known as "Animalistic Apparition", which allows a representation of the current spirit in the headdress to show up in your LOOK description at the very bottom of the output.
NOTE: This works with the "imprinted" spirits you may also have with the headdress, so you can imprint the headdress to spirits in your other Animalistic Spirit items and switch which spirit you want to show up.
You can change how the spirit looks to others by using SPIN - this will either hide it from appearing in your LOOK or cycle between different "moods". The spirits can look "aggressive", "neutral", or "defensive". You will only get access to all 3 poses/looks if you have fully tamed the spirit in the headdress.
Examples (appears at the bottom of your LOOK output):
Aggressive - Flickering near Avaluka is a sleek cat, its luminous figure composed of night black energy. Ears pinned flat against its head and fur puffed out, it bares its sharp teeth angrily.
Neutral - Flickering near Avaluka is a sleek cat, its luminous figure composed of night black energy. Posture stiff and gaze aloof, it languidly grooms its paw.
Defensive - Flickering near Avaluka is a sleek cat, its luminous figure composed of night black energy. Ears perked forward and eyes alert, it stalks in a protective circle around her.
~Avaluka
Signal Wands & Port Spheres
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14101
Author: GS4-RETSER
Date: 2/1/2022
Subject: Teaser: Signal Wands and Smoke Spheres (OSA)
Signal Wands
Description: These wands allow the Captain and Crew Members to signal their location to nearby enemy ships.
Charges reset at midnight EST.
Tier 1 - 1 Charge.
30 minute cooldown on the ship.
Tier 2 - 2 Charges.
20 minute cooldown on the ship.
Tier 3 - 3 Charges.
10 minute cooldown on the ship.
Pricing
Base item 25k
Each unlock is 25k
>raise wand
You point your withered wand high overhead. Are you sure you would like to signal nearby ships with your withered wand?
>raise wand
You point your withered wand high overhead. A mauve beam of light pierces the skies above!
A dark battle-marred brigantine carves through the ocean toward your ash sloop like a cutlass on flesh!
Port Spheres
Port Spheres
Description: These spheres allow the Captain to transport their ship and passengers back to their associated starting port with no penalty. This will delete any items on the ship or left in the hold.
Charges reset at midnight EST.
Tier 1 - 1 Charge.
Tier 2 - 2 Charges.
Tier 3 - 3 Charges.
Pricing
Base item 25k
Each unlock is 25k
>raise sphere
You hold your red sphere aloft.
Are you sure you would like to end the voyage of The Terrible Turquoise Tilapia?
[WARNING: All contents will be destroyed from the ship. People will be sent back to their starting port. Please make sure you are absolutely certain you would like to use the red sphere!]
>raise sphere
You hold your red sphere aloft. A massive red cloud of smoke engulfs the ash sloop!
You feel yourself being pulled away.
[Crooked Docks, Kraken Pier]
Five crooked piers float haphazardly along the outer edge of the flotilla, a series of ropes and pulleys hanging at the ready to collapse the docking system at a moment's notice for rapid travel. The uneven decks are comprised of dozens of types of wood, most resembling salvage from ships' hulls, and some ragged bits of cork serve as minimal padding at each docking slip. Hanging from a rickety railing, a battered sign reads, "Kraken Pier - Slips 21-25," with a dark green kraken painted on the corner.
Obvious paths: south
You can find them in the shop located in Duskruin called: A Pirate Looks at Four Teas.
Retser, SGM
Collapsible Tripod
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14105
Author: GS4-THANDIWE
Date: 2/1/2022
Subject: Fireside Supplies
GM Naos and I have one final shop to tease for you from the Kraet Encampment.
We have created the Collapsible Tripod. Here is the analyze:
You analyze your wrought iron poles and sense that the creator has provided the following information:
This is a collapsible tripod for use near a campfire, bonfire, fireplace, or other similar source of heat. When positioned correctly, it will provide heat to vessels such as tea kettles in a manner similar to that of a portable stove.
You can OPEN the wrought iron poles to assemble the tripod.
To use the tripod, you will need to OPEN the wrought iron poles to assemble it before you PLACE it on the ground. Then you can PUT a kettle or similar vessel ON the tripod to hang it from the included hook.
If the vessel hanging on the tripod seems to be cold or not receiving heat, you can try to NUDGE it to reposition it near a heat source. You will know if no suitable heat source is nearby.
This item has been customied with the following descriptions:
Fancy binding: braided hemp rope with charred edges
You can wrap your wrought iron poles with your braided hemp rope to change the binding on the poles to braided hemp rope with charred edges.
You get no sense of whether or not the poles may be further lightened.
>glance
You glance down to see a bundle of wrought iron poles in your right hand and some braided grey rawhide rope decorated with rhimar beads in your left hand.
>wrap my pole with my rope
Picking apart the rope currently bound to a bundle of wrought iron poles, you discard its frayed and singed body and then re-wrap it with some braided grey rawhide rope decorated with rhimar beads.
>open my poles
Unraveling a short length of braided grey rawhide rope decorated with rhimar beads from your bundle of wrought iron, you carefully fit each short segment together until you have three straight poles. As if sensing your intentions, the length in your hand becomes animated and instantly lashes the tops of the three poles together to form a sturdy tripod.
>place tripod
You arrange the long legs of your wrought iron tripod so that it stands over a large blazing bonfire.
>put kettle on tripod
Taking the hook that dangles from the braided grey rawhide rope decorated with rhimar beads binding the tripod together, you hang a cast iron kettle from it and let it swing over a large blazing bonfire.
--- These will work with:
Various bonfires around Elanthia
Premium Home Heat Sources
Campfires
Survival Fires
Various fireplaces
~*~ Thandiwe ~*~
SGM of Events
Greater Rhimar Weapon
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14107
Author: GS4-QUILIC
Date: 2/2/2022
Subject: Duskruin Teaser - Greater Rhimar Weapons
Icy Disposition is a new shop debuting at this run of Duskruin. As a teaser, here is a peek at the mirror hanging in the shop:
>read mirror
In the Common language, it reads:
The weapons sold in this shop are Greater Rhimar Weapons, and while they may appear at a casual glance to be the more common form of the metal, these pieces carry within them a fragment of Winter itself.
**
[Tier 1] - Each of the weapons on display has an enchantment of +25, flares like regular rhimar weapons, and is capable of generating snowballs.
**
[Tier 2] - Once one of the dim blue certificates has been applied to one of these weapons, Snowball Flares will be unlocked for that weapon. Snowball Flares will flare much like regular rhimar weapons, however on a successful (regular) flare, there will be a chance for a second (Snowball) flare which will do additional cold damage plus a status effect.
**
[Tier 3] - Once one of the light blue certificates has been applied to one of these weapons, Blizzard will be unlocked for that weapon, and be able to be used once per day. Blizzard is akin to a Major Elemental Wave of pure cold damage.
**
[Tier 4] - Once one of the bright blue certificates has been applied to one of these weapons, Rime will be unlocked for that weapon, and be able to be used once per day. Rime coats the weapon in ice, which causes every successful hit to flare the standard cold flare as well as the Snowball Flare, with the effect lasting for 30 seconds.
**
Snowy White Certificates will allow for additional uses of Blizzard per day. Frozen Certificates will allow for additional uses of Rime per day. Snowball Certificates will reduce the cooldown timer on snowball creation.
**
More details will be forthcoming as we draw closer to opening night!
Note:
This script could not have been put together without the coding wizardry of GM Estild. Many thanks to him.
~ASGM Quilic
Four Winds Isle/Mist Harbor Storyteller
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14138
Author: GS4-QUILIC
Date: 2/6/2022
Subject: Duskruin Teaser - Greater Rhimar Weapons
Here are the weapon bases planned for sale in Icy Disposition:
Dagger
Backsword
Bastard Sword
Battle Axe
Falchion
Handaxe
Longsword
Maul
Twohanded Sword
Katar
Runestaff
Here are the Tier 1/OTS Verbs (First Person Only):
>lick my sword
You lift your sword up to eye level and carefully extend your tongue, feeling the cold at the heart of the sword even before you make contact. You steel your will and press your tongue to the freezing metal, clenching your eyes shut. After a half a heartbeat, you feel the icy bite of the frost forming on your tongue and jerk the sword away with a sharp exhalation of pain.
>smell my sword
You lift your sword to your nose and inhale deeply, savoring the multilayered odors of metal and frost. As you near the end of your inhalation, you feel ice crystals forming inside your nostrils and turn your head away, snorting loudly.
>touch my sword
You run a hand across the metal of your sword, feeling the innate chill of the weapon down to your bones. As you do, you hear the faintest echo of a giggle, though it fades almost immediately.
>pull my sword
You cup one hand around your sword and feel frost forming under your palm. You pull the hand free, the collection of frost forming itself into a glistening cerulean-laced snowball!
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
>glance
You glance down to see a sword in your right hand and a glistening cerulean-laced snowball in your left hand.
Here are the Tier 2 Verbs (First Person Only:
>listen my sword
You focus your concentration on your sword, and at the very edge of your hearing, you catch a snippet of laughter, though it fades almost immediately.
>spin my sword
Relaxing your grip on your sword, you allow it to dip into a quick arc. You tighten your grip once more, continuing the arc until the sword has come full circle.
>toss my sword
With a showy flourish, you toss your sword into the air, but a slight gust of icy wind crops up from nowhere, altering its trajectory just enough that you have to twist your wrist awkwardly to make the catch. The faintest tinkling of merry laughter reaches your ear from somewhere nearby.
>turn my sword
You turn your sword over in your hand a couple of times, feeling its weight. On the last turn, you hear a somewhat sinister scraping noise.
Snowball Flares (unlocked at Tier 2) will apply one of the following three status effects when triggered (randomly chosen):
Staggered
Blinded
Dazed
Enjoy!
~ASGM Quilic
Four Winds Isle/Mist Harbor Storyteller
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14143
Author: GS4-QUILIC
Date: 2/7/2022
Subject: Duskruin Teaser - Greater Rhimar Weapons
New Weapon Bases added to Icy Disposition:
War Hammer
Spear
Morning Star
Lance
Longbow
Hand Crossbow
Snowball Flares at work:
>att king
You swing a massive rhimar warsword at a massive troll king!
AS: +390 vs DS: +109 with AvD: +25 + d100 roll: +15 = +321
... and hit for 106 points of damage!
Awesome shot collapses a lung!
A suffusion of frost flashes down the length of the rhimar warsword as a tongue of snow and ice lashes at a massive troll king!
... 15 points of damage!
The troll king failed to sidestep the chilly blast. Bruised ribs anyone?
From somewhere nearby, a snowball comes whizzing towards a massive troll king, splattering as it connects!
... 20 points of damage!
Darn! Frozen ribs take longer to cook, and broken ones to boot!
... 25 points of damage!
Solid blast of ice square to the chest rocks the troll king back on its heels!
Upon impact, a large portion of the snowball dissolves into a thick, airy mist, blinding a massive troll king!
You blinded a massive troll king!
T3 Verbs (First Person Only):
>bow my wars
A fine layer of frost races up the length of your rhimar warsword as you pull it close to your chest. You can feel the aching cold of the warsword as you dip into a solemn bow, but when you arise once more, the warsword's frost has vanished.
>clench my wars {This triggers the Major EWave}
You deliberately tighten your grip on your rhimar warsword, and a sudden squall of icy air begins to whip around you! Within seconds, large chunks of ice and snow materialize inside the howling winds, pelting the area with frigid projectiles before vanishing as quickly as it arrived.
T4 Verbs (First Person Only):
>raise my wars
You thrust your rhimar warsword into the air, and you feel a chill crawl from it down your hand and arm. A howling noise, as of icy wind whipping through a gorge, sounds from somewhere nearby, and a layer of frost slowly forms along the length of the warsword, coating your hand and forearm as well.
>exhale my warsword {This triggers Rime}
You raise your rhimar warsword to your lips and exhale, your breath billowing out in an icy plume, obscuring the warsword from view. When you finish your exhalation, the obscuring fog dissipates, revealing that the warsword has been completely encased in jagged ice!
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
Pricing:
OTS: 2,500 Bloodscrip (5x, Standard Cold Flares, Generates Snowballs once every 30 minutes)
T1->T2: 50,000 Bloodscrip (Unlocks Snowball Flares)
T2->T3: 10,000 Bloodscrip (Unlocks Blizzard)
T3->T4: 15,000 Bloodscrip (Unlocks Rime)
Snowball Certificate: 1,000 Bloodscrip (-5 minutes to cooldown on Snowball generation; Max unlocked would be no cooldown on generation)
Snowy White Certificate: 2,000 Bloodscrip (+1/Day use of Blizzard, max of 40/day)
Frozen Certificate: 5,000 Bloodscrip (+1/Day use of Rime, max of 10/day)
~ASGM Quilic
Four Winds Isle/Mist Harbor Storyteller
Kraet Style Bow
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14123
Author: GS4-VALYRKA
Date: 2/4/2022
Subject: Kraet Bows
You analyze your yew arcus and sense that the creator has provided the following information:
Welcome to Kraet Style, the Bow Edition.
Arcus: The arcus is a recurve composite bow, typically made of locally sourced wood on the Isle of Kraet with sinew and horn coming from any variety of fauna found on the isle or taken from elsewhere. In addition, there is a unique custom amongst the Kraet to occasionally utilize sinew from fallen gladiators when the individual had wished it; it is seen as a way to carry on and assist in their people's victories.
Now that you know a little bit about your yew arcus and its history, here are some useful tips for using it.
The arcus is verbose in its movements in your hand, meaning you'll want to have STANCE VERBOSE active when using it. It also has access the the following verbs:
Pull, Push, Rub, Lean
Alteration Instructions: The arcus must maintain its noun and conform to the spirit of its design as outlined above.
You might be able to have a talented merchant lighten the yew arcus for you.
- A sample ~
- A sample ~
Stance Guarded ~
Stepping back, you draw your arcus close as you scan the area for danger.
pull my arc ~
You raise your arcus as you hook your thumb about the bowstring. Pulling back, you test the tension and strength before lowering the weapon to your side.
~ Valyrka ~
Ta'Illistim
Ta'Vaalor
Elves
Dark Elves
Twin Weapons Update
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 14140
Author: GS4-RETSER
Date: 2/7/2022
Subject: Jorshan's Twin Weapons - New Tier
Hey Everyone!
There is a new unlock available taking Jorshan's Twin Weapons from Tier 2 to Tier 3. The unlock waiver will be available in the same shop. Pricing is still pending.
Twin Strikes Reduced Cooldown From 30 minutes to 15 minutes when unlocked to Tier 3.
Twin Lunge Reduced Cooldown from 15 minutes to 10 minutes when unlocked to Tier 3.
Twin Stance Twin Primary Increased double attack chance from 5% to 7% when unlocked to Tier 3.
Twin Offhand Increases the DS bonus from 12 to 16 when unlocked to Tier 3.
Twin Master Increases the AS bonus from 12 to 16 when unlocked to Tier 3.
Retser, SGM