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2017-02-19T20:03:59Z

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Summit Academy/shop listing 2017

2017-02-11T01:22:20Z

GS4-WYROM:

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| Prime & Platinum ||February 10, 2017 @ 9pm||February 12, 2017 @ 11:59pm
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| Prime & Platinum||February 24, 2017 @ 9pm||February 26, 2016 @ 11:59pm
|}
*[http://forums.play.net/forums/GemStone%20IV/Paid%20Events:%20Adventures,%20Quests,%20and%20SimuCoins/Summit%20Academy/view Officials folder]
[[File:SummitAcademy.jpg|right|800px]]
==Entrance==
To gain entrance to the grounds, typing '''QUEST TRANSPORT''' will work from an in town location. No longer will one need to seek out a portal.

The event grounds are free to access. Limited shopping will be available.

== [[SimuCoin]] Costs for Services ==

==== 1200 SimuCoins (~$8.40 - $10.80)====
* Body Build Features (pre-made)
* Wing Quirk Features (pre-made)
* Distinguished Mark (below-the-neck) Features (pre-made)

==== 1000 SimuCoins (~$7.00 - $9.00)====
* Increase MaxCharges by 10% (or +10, whichever is greater)
* Recharge 10% of MaxCharges (or +10, whichever is greater)
* Permify Enhancives

==== 800 SimuCoins (~$5.60 - $7.20)====
* Logon/Logoff Phrases
* Spell Prep Phrases
* Swears
* Signature Verbs

==== 500 SimuCoins (~$3.50 - $4.50)====
* Griffin Pins ([[enhancive hider]])

==== 10 SimuCoins (~$0.07 - $0.09)====
* Magical Cube

== Services ==

Character customizations will be available on the College Grounds (Brickburn Hall, Ostwicke Hall, Groundskeeper's Cottage, and Sebastian House). Enhancive work will be handled inside Sylinar's Spire.

All information for the available options for customizations can be seen by READing each LIST in the appropriate room on the grounds.

Treasure cubes will contain both gems and coins, and could possibly return a special custom certificate that will offer a pre-made Fire Spirit, Major Sanctuary, Manna Bread, Animated Disk, Call swarm, or Grasp of the Grave to the recipient. A few delayed services for player designed versions are also included. They must be opened on the Summit Academy grounds.

=== Enhancive Exclusions ===

Due to the nature of specific items, some enhancives won't be able to be worked on. This includes the following:

*Fusion
*Consumables
*Permanent (never lose a charge)
*Non-rechargeables (for enhancives, not magic items)

=== Character Limitations ===

A single character can have up to the following:

*Fifty (50) [[signature verb]]s
*Fifty (50) [[custom spell prep]]s
*1 [[custom swear]]
*1 [[custom logon/logoff]]

[[Category:Pay Events]]

Summit Academy/shop listing 2017

2017-02-08T18:51:11Z

GS4-WYROM:

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{| {{prettytable}}
! Instance||Opening Date||Closing Date
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| Prime & Platinum ||February 10, 2017 @ 9pm||February 12, 2017 @ 11:59pm
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| Prime & Platinum||February 24, 2017 @ 9pm||February 26, 2016 @ 11:59pm
|}
[[File:SummitAcademy.jpg|right|800px]]
==Entrance==
To gain entrance to the grounds, typing '''QUEST TRANSPORT''' will work from an in town location. No longer will one need to seek out a portal.

The event grounds are free to access. Limited shopping will be available.

== [[SimuCoin]] Costs for Services ==

==== 1200 SimuCoins ====
* Body Build Features (pre-made)
* Wing Quirk Features (pre-made)
* Distinguished Mark (below-the-neck) Features (pre-made)

==== 1000 SimuCoins ====
* Increase MaxCharges by 10% (or +10, whichever is greater)
* Recharge 10% of MaxCharges (or +10, whichever is greater)
* Permify Enhancives

==== 800 SimuCoins ====
* Logon/Logoff Phrases
* Spell Prep Phrases
* Swears
* Signature Verbs

==== 500 SimuCoins ====
* Griffin Pins ([[enhancive hider]])

==== 10 SimuCoins ====
* Magical Cube

== Services ==

Character customizations will be available on the College Grounds (Brickburn Hall, Ostwicke Hall, Groundskeeper's Cottage, and Sebastian House). Enhancive work will be handled inside Sylinar's Spire.

All information for the available options for customizations can be seen by READing each LIST in the appropriate room on the grounds.

Treasure cubes will contain both gems and coins, and could possibly return a special custom certificate that will offer a pre-made Fire Spirit, Major Sanctuary, Manna Bread, Animated Disk, Call swarm, or Grasp of the Grave to the recipient. A few delayed services for player designed versions are also included. They must be opened on the Summit Academy grounds.

=== Enhancive Exclusions ===

Due to the nature of specific items, some enhancives won't be able to be worked on. This includes the following:

*Fusion
*Consumables
*Permanent (never lose a charge)
*Non-rechargeables (for enhancives, not magic items)

[[Category:Pay Events]]

Summit Academy/shop listing 2017

2017-02-08T16:56:03Z

GS4-WYROM: Removed protection from "Summit Academy"

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{| {{prettytable}}
! Instance||Opening Date||Closing Date
|-
| Prime & Platinum ||February 10, 2017 @ 9pm||February 12, 2017 @ 11:59pm
|-
| Prime & Platinum||February 24, 2017 @ 9pm||February 26, 2016 @ 11:59pm
|}
[[File:SummitAcademy.jpg|right|800px]]
==Entrance==
To gain entrance to the grounds, typing '''QUEST TRANSPORT''' will work from an in town location. No longer will one need to seek out a portal.

The event grounds are free to access. Limited shopping will be available.

== [[SimuCoin]] Costs for Services ==

==== 1200 SimuCoins ====
* Body Build Features (pre-made)
* Wing Quirk Features (pre-made)
* Distinguished Mark (below-the-neck) Features (pre-made)

==== 1000 SimuCoins ====
* Increase MaxCharges by 10% (or +10, whichever is greater)
* Recharge 10% of MaxCharges (or +10, whichever is greater)
* Permify Enhancives

==== 800 SimuCoins ====
* Logon/Logoff Phrases
* Spell Prep Phrases
* Swears
* Signature Verbs

==== 500 SimuCoins ====
* Griffin Pins ([[enhancive hider]])

==== 10 SimuCoins ====
* Magical Cube

== Services ==

Character customizations will be available on the College Grounds (Brickburn Hall, Ostwicke Hall, Groundskeeper's Cottage, and Sebastian House). Enhancive work will be handled inside Sylinar's Spire.

All information for the available options for customizations can be seen by READing each LIST in the appropriate room on the grounds.

Treasure cubes will contain both gems and coins, and could possibly return a special custom certificate that will offer a pre-made Fire Spirit, Major Sanctuary, Manna Bread, Animated Disk, Call swarm, or Grasp of the Grave to the recipient. A few delayed services for player designed versions are also included. They must be opened on the Summit Academy grounds.

[[Category:Pay Events]]

Summit Academy/shop listing 2017

2017-02-08T03:57:57Z

GS4-WYROM:

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{| {{prettytable}}
! Instance||Opening Date||Closing Date
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| Prime & Platinum ||February 10, 2017 @ 9pm||February 12, 2017 @ 11:59pm
|-
| Prime & Platinum||February 24, 2017 @ 9pm||February 26, 2016 @ 11:59pm
|}
[[File:SummitAcademy.jpg|right|800px]]
==Entrance==
To gain entrance to the grounds, typing '''QUEST TRANSPORT''' will work from an in town location. No longer will one need to seek out a portal.

The event grounds are free to access. Limited shopping will be available.

== [[SimuCoin]] Costs for Services ==

==== 1200 SimuCoins ====
* Body Build Features (pre-made)
* Wing Quirk Features (pre-made)
* Distinguished Mark (below-the-neck) Features (pre-made)

==== 1000 SimuCoins ====
* Increase MaxCharges by 10% (or +10, whichever is greater)
* Recharge 10% of MaxCharges (or +10, whichever is greater)
* Permify Enhancives

==== 800 SimuCoins ====
* Logon/Logoff Phrases
* Spell Prep Phrases
* Swears
* Signature Verbs

==== 500 SimuCoins ====
* Griffin Pins (enhancive hider)

==== 10 SimuCoins ====
* Magical Cube

== Services ==

Character customizations will be available on the College Grounds (Brickburn Hall, Ostwicke Hall, Groundskeeper's Cottage, and Sebastian House). Enhancive work will be handled inside Sylinar's Spire.

All information for the available options for customizations can be seen by READing each LIST in the appropriate room on the grounds.

Treasure cubes will contain both gems and coins, and could possibly return a special custom certificate that will offer a pre-made Fire Spirit, Major Sanctuary, Manna Bread, Animated Disk, Call swarm, or Grasp of the Grave to the recipient. A few delayed services for player designed versions are also included. They must be opened on the Summit Academy grounds.

[[Category:Pay Events]]

Summit Academy/shop listing 2017

2017-02-08T03:24:40Z

GS4-WYROM:

{{TOCright}}
{| {{prettytable}}
! Instance||Opening Date||Closing Date
|-
| Prime & Platinum ||February 10, 2017 @ 9pm||February 12, 2017 @ 11:59pm
|-
| Prime & Platinum||February 24, 2017 @ 9pm||February 26, 2016 @ 11:59pm
|}
[[File:SummitAcademy.jpg|right|800px]]
==Entrance==
To gain entrance to the grounds, typing '''QUEST TRANSPORT''' will work from an in town location. No longer will one need to seek out a portal.

The event grounds are free to access. Limited shopping will be available.

== [[SimuCoin]] Costs for Services ==

==== 1200 SimuCoins ====
* Body Build Features (pre-made)
* Wing Quirk Features (pre-made)
* Distinguished Mark (below-the-neck) Features (pre-made)

==== 1000 SimuCoins ====
* Increase MaxCharges by 10%
* Recharge 10% of MaxCharges
* Permify Enhancives

==== 800 SimuCoins ====
* Logon/Logoff Phrases
* Spell Prep Phrases
* Swears
* Signature Verbs

==== 500 SimuCoins ====
* Griffin Pins (enhancive hider)

==== 10 SimuCoins ====
* Magical Cube

== Services ==

Character customizations will be available on the College Grounds (Brickburn Hall, Ostwicke Hall, Groundskeeper's Cottage, and Sebastian House). Enhancive work will be handled inside Sylinar's Spire.

All information for the available options for customizations can be seen by READing each LIST in the appropriate room on the grounds.

Treasure cubes will contain both gems and coins, and could possibly return a special custom certificate that will offer a pre-made Fire Spirit, Major Sanctuary, Manna Bread, Animated Disk, Call swarm, or Grasp of the Grave to the recipient. A few delayed services for player designed versions are also included. They must be opened on the Summit Academy grounds.

[[Category:Pay Events]]

Summit Academy/shop listing 2017

2017-02-08T03:18:49Z

GS4-WYROM: Protected "Summit Academy" ([Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite))

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{| {{prettytable}}
! Instance||Opening Date||Closing Date
|-
| Prime & Platinum ||February 10, 2017 @ 9pm||February 12, 2017 @ 11:59pm
|-
| Prime & Platinum||February 24, 2017 @ 9pm||February 26, 2016 @ 11:59pm
|}
[[File:SummitAcademy.jpg|right|800px]]
==Entrance==
To gain entrance to the grounds, typing '''QUEST TRANSPORT''' will work from an in town location. No longer will one need to seek out a portal.

The event grounds are free to access. Limited shopping will be available.

== [[SimuCoin]] Costs for Services ==

==== 1200 SimuCoins ====
* Body Build Features (pre-made)
* Wing Quirk Features (pre-made)
* Distinguished Mark (below-the-neck) Features (pre-made)

==== 1000 SimuCoins ====
* Increase MaxCharges by 10%
* Recharge 10% of MaxCharges
* Permify Enhancives

==== 800 SimuCoins ====
* Logon/Logoff Phrases
* Spell Prep Phrases
* Swears
* Signature Verbs

==== 500 SimuCoins ====
* Griffin Pins (enhancive hider)

==== 10 SimuCoins ====
* Magical Cube

== Services ==

Character customizations will be available on the College Grounds (Brickburn Hall, Ostwicke Hall, Groundskeeper's Cottage, and Sebastian House). Enhancive work will be handled inside Sylinar's Spire.

Treasure cubes will contain both gems and coins, and could possibly return a special custom certificate that will offer a pre-made Fire Spirit, Major Sanctuary, Manna Bread, Animated Disk, Call swarm, or Grasp of the Grave to the recipient. A few delayed services for player designed versions are also included.

All information for the available options for customizations can be seen by READing each LIST in the appropriate room on the grounds.

[[Category:Pay Events]]

Summit Academy/shop listing 2017

2017-02-08T03:18:36Z

GS4-WYROM:

{{TOCright}}
{| {{prettytable}}
! Instance||Opening Date||Closing Date
|-
| Prime & Platinum ||February 10, 2017 @ 9pm||February 12, 2017 @ 11:59pm
|-
| Prime & Platinum||February 24, 2017 @ 9pm||February 26, 2016 @ 11:59pm
|}
[[File:SummitAcademy.jpg|right|800px]]
==Entrance==
To gain entrance to the grounds, typing '''QUEST TRANSPORT''' will work from an in town location. No longer will one need to seek out a portal.

The event grounds are free to access. Limited shopping will be available.

== [[SimuCoin]] Costs for Services ==

==== 1200 SimuCoins ====
* Body Build Features (pre-made)
* Wing Quirk Features (pre-made)
* Distinguished Mark (below-the-neck) Features (pre-made)

==== 1000 SimuCoins ====
* Increase MaxCharges by 10%
* Recharge 10% of MaxCharges
* Permify Enhancives

==== 800 SimuCoins ====
* Logon/Logoff Phrases
* Spell Prep Phrases
* Swears
* Signature Verbs

==== 500 SimuCoins ====
* Griffin Pins (enhancive hider)

==== 10 SimuCoins ====
* Magical Cube

== Services ==

Character customizations will be available on the College Grounds (Brickburn Hall, Ostwicke Hall, Groundskeeper's Cottage, and Sebastian House). Enhancive work will be handled inside Sylinar's Spire.

Treasure cubes will contain both gems and coins, and could possibly return a special custom certificate that will offer a pre-made Fire Spirit, Major Sanctuary, Manna Bread, Animated Disk, Call swarm, or Grasp of the Grave to the recipient. A few delayed services for player designed versions are also included.

All information for the available options for customizations can be seen by READing each LIST in the appropriate room on the grounds.

[[Category:Pay Events]]

Summit Academy/shop listing 2017

2017-02-07T21:20:52Z

GS4-WYROM:

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<center>''Information coming soon!''</center>

[[Category:Pay Events]]

Summit Academy/shop listing 2017

2017-02-07T20:46:28Z

GS4-WYROM:

''Information coming soon!''

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[[Category:Pay Events]]

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2017-02-07T20:44:40Z

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2017-02-07T20:35:00Z

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Gswiki:Featured Article

2017-01-05T19:16:19Z

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[[File:Creating Adventure Banner.jpg|350px|link=Creating Adventure - January 2017]] 
We say goodbye to another year, but welcome what the future may bring! Our Creating Adventure piece will be returning for 2017! Check out what we've done in 2016 and our new Spotlight on Staff, featuring GameMaster Estild.

[[Creating Adventure - January 2017 | Read more...]] | [[:Category:Creating Adventure | Previous Creating Adventures...]] | [[Gswiki:Featured Article#Previous Articles|Other featured articles...]]<noinclude>

== Previous Articles ==
Old featured articles, and their snippet:

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=== The Great Auction of 5116 ===
[[File:Auction.jpg|350px|link=Great Auction of 2016]] 
The event of the year is here! The <big>'''[[Great Auction of 2016|Great Auction of 5116]]'''</big> will be held Saturday, December 17 starting at 11 am ET in [[Prime]], and on December 18 in [[Platinum]] (subject to change). The event will go all day long until all items have been up for bid. Passed items will not get a second chance in this venue. This is a free event for paid accounts with about 100 one-of-a-kind items, and the chance to create your own powerful, unique item (subject to limitations).

[[Great Auction of 2016|Great Auction of 5116]] | [[Gswiki:Featured Article#Previous Articles|Other featured articles...]]

===Ebon Gate Festival===
====2016====
[[File:EG2016art.jpg|350px|link=Ebon Gate 2016]] 
It's the most wonderful time of the year! The '''[[Ebon Gate 2016|2016 Ebon Gate Festival]]''' commences Friday, October 14. The grounds will be open through October 31 with merchanting in Platinum Oct. 14-21, and in Prime Oct. 21-28. See the event page for pricing, schedule, and teasers. There will also be a separate companion event, '''[[Delirium Manor]]''', which is similar to the [[Duskruin Arena]] sewers, and will be running concurrently. 
[[File:Deliriummanorart.jpg|350px|link=Delirium Manor]]

[[Ebon Gate 2016]] | [[Delirium Manor]] | [[Ebon Gate 2016 shop listing|Shop listing]] | [[Gswiki:Featured Article#Previous Articles|Other featured articles...]]
===Frontier Days===
'''[[Frontier Days 2016|Frontier Days]]''' is happening now in [[Wehnimer's Landing]]! The 11th annual Frontier Days Festival kicks off on September 6 with a week of special events by various [[CHE]] and [[MHO]] player groups. Shops are open for business right now and merchants will be working September 14-17. In addition, [[The Albatross]] is docked at the North Dock for the duration of the festival.

[[Frontier Days 2016|Read more...]]
===Duskruin Arena===
====Duskruin Dig====
[[File:Duskruindig.jpg|350px|link=Duskruin Arena]] 
'''Dig! Dig! Dig!''' The <big>[[Duskruin_Arena#The_Celestial_Temple|Duskruin Dig]]</big> starts December 2nd and remains open until December 11th. Dig to complete your [[moon-filled pendant]], or find an exclusive [[bloodrune]] and other unique treasures. The shops of [[Bloodriven Village]] will also be open (same as last run).

[[Duskruin Arena]] | [[Moon-filled pendant]] | [[Duskruin Arena/digging prizes|Digging prize list]] | [[Bloodriven Village]] | [[Gswiki:Featured Article#Previous Articles|Other featured articles...]]

====Bloodrunes====
[[Duskruin Arena]] returns August 26-September 5, 2016 for '''[[Bloodrune|BLOODRUNES]]'''! Prove yourself worthy and earn [[bloodscrip]] to spend in [[Bloodriven Village]], with new inventory in Spellbound, Gamac's Goods, Skyfire, The Written Word, Bare Aggression, and The Mar and Scar.

Entry to Bloodriven Village and watching arena matches are free to everyone, but entry tokens must be purchased from the [https://store.play.net/store/purchase/gs SimuCoin Store] to otherwise participate in the Arena and the Sewers (digging will be closed). The Scrip Shop from the April [[Duskruin Arena/April 2016 prize list|high end service bloodscrip redemption event]] will be open from August 27 through the end of the event with new and returning gear and services.

[[File:Bloodrunes.jpg|350px]]

Once considered trash, runed rocks from beneath the cobblestones of Bloodriven are now being hailed as precious treasure. Scholars from across the lands have come to study their strange markings and chisel away at the mystery of ur-barath totems. Unravel the secrets that link [[MoonShard]] pendants to '''BLOODRUNES'''.

[[Duskruin Arena|Read more...]] | [[Gswiki:Featured Article#Previous Articles|Other featured articles...]]

====MoonShard Hunters====
[[Duskruin Arena]] returns with a special storyline! Between April 22-May 1, 2016, you can prove yourself worthy and earn [[bloodscrip]] to spend in [[Bloodriven Village]]. This will be the only run until at least December. Entry to Bloodriven Village and watching arena matches are free to everyone, but entry tokens must be purchased from the [https://store.play.net/store/purchase/gs SimuCoin Store] to otherwise participate in the Arena or the Sewers. On May 1 there will be a [[Duskruin Arena/April 2016 prize list|high end service bloodscrip redemption event]].

[[File:Duskruin moonshard hunters.jpg|350px]]

Beneath Duskruin... An Ancient Discovery!

Unearthed after thousands of years, an underground temple devoted to the [[Arkati]], forged in combat and blood, awaits exploration!

Legend tells of a mysterious pendant, a divine Arkati artifact, fashioned from the rarest of materials: Moonshards! SHATTERED and lost to the great sewers of Bloodriven, it is now up to you to find and reunite the Moon Pendant. Enter the Arena, brave the dangers within, seek the Moonshards, and unlock the mysteries to become a Champion of the Arkati!

[[Duskruin Arena|Read more...]] | [[Gswiki:Featured Article#Previous Articles|Other featured articles...]]

===CHEs and MHOs===
Are you looking to meet people in GemStone IV? Are you looking to become more involved in the community? Is hanging out in your local town square not your [[coffee and tea brewing|cup of tea]]? If you answered yes to any of these questions, check out the many options of the '''[[Co-operative Houses of Elanthia]]''' (CHE) and '''[[Meeting Hall Organization]]s''' (MHO). Paid subscribers may join one CHE and as many MHOs as they wish. CHE and MHO purposes range from "providing a nice place to live" to "serving the masses with [[mass spells|massies]]," from education and culture to much darker intentions, and everything in between. [[F2P]] characters will find that many groups will welcome them at events and meetings, even if they cannot join officially.

If you wish to become even more involved, many of these groups are looking for willing officers. Officers might run events, recruit members, [[room design|build structures]], or [[alteration|design]] prize closet items. All is done in coordination and cooperation with fellow officers and dedicated CHE or MHO [[GameMaster]]s.

Are you an officer of a group without a GSWiki presence? Please help the community by creating or updating the page for your group.

[[Co-operative Houses of Elanthia]] | [[Meeting Hall Organization]] | [[Gswiki:Featured Article#Previous Articles|Other featured articles...]]

=== Hot Summer Nights ===
Our highly anticipated '''[[Hot Summer Nights 2015|Hot Summer Nights]]''' (HSN) are coming back this year, and we’re excited to offer you several months of new releases! Starting June 21st, we plan on bringing you a content-enriched summer you won’t forget! While we don’t want to spoil what is to come, what’s an announcement like this without some teasers?! We plan on bringing you new login rewards, spell updates, lore changes, changes to death messaging, documentation, and even a new end-game hunting ground! Be sure to book your summer vacation in Elanthia this year!

[[Hot Summer Nights 2015|Read more...]]

=== Player Guides ===

With the advent of the [[F2P|Free to Play]] subscription, the [[GemStone]] community anticipates an influx of new and returning players, and we have prepared for it! We have come together and developed new guides for each starter town and almost every profession. These guides lead new players through the character manager, basic training tips, and how to navigate through the first few levels, as well as respective local customs. Click on '''Read more...''' below to access the '''New Player Category''', which features articles specifically chosen to introduce people to the world of GemStone.

====See Also====
*[[New Players' Guide]]
*[[A beginner's guide to Wehnimer's Landing]]
*[[A beginner's guide to Icemule Trace]]
*[[A beginner's guide to Ta'Vaalor]]
*[[A beginner's guide to playing a warrior]]
*[[A beginner's guide to playing a rogue]]
*[[A beginner's guide to playing a paladin]]
*[[A beginner's guide to playing a sorcerer]]
*[[A beginner's guide to playing a ranger]]
*[[A beginner's guide to playing a bard]]
*[[A beginner's guide to playing a wizard]]
*[[A beginner's guide to playing an empath]]
*[[A beginner's guide to playing a cleric]]

=== [[Unarmed combat system]] ===

The '''Unarmed Combat System''' encompasses a unique combat style which features four types of attacks: [[Jab]], [[Punch]], [[Kick]] and [[GRAPPLE (verb)|Grapple]]. This system [[Order of Voln - Voln review (saved post)|replaces]] [[Voln fu]] (Kick, Punch and Throw) as the primary unarmed attack method used against [[Undead]] creatures. Unarmed combat attacks are not, however, limited to the undead. They can be used against all creatures and characters.

Effectiveness with unarmed combat depends significantly upon a character's [[brawling]] skill. Although similar to [[Attack strength|AS]]/[[DS]] in its functionality, unarmed combat replaces [[melee]] and [[ranged]] weapons with the hands and feet, and AS/DS mechanics with [[Unarmed attack factor|Unarmed Attack Factor (UAF)]] / [[Unarmed defense factor|Unarmed Defense Factor (UDF)]].

====See Also====
*[[Jab critical table (UCS)]]
*[[Punch critical table (UCS)]]
*[[Grapple critical table (UCS)]]
*[[Kick critical table (UCS)]]
*[[Minor Mental]]
*[[Monk]]

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=== [[Adventurer's Guild]] ===
The '''[[Adventurer's Guild]]''' is the in-genre name of the Bounty System. This organization is comprised by the assignment of certain heroic or adventerous tasks that characters within [[Elanthia]] can participate in. There are no [[level]], [[race]], or [[profession]] requirements to participate in this guild. Adventurers successfully completing tasks will be rewarded with [[experience]], [[silver]], and [[bounty point]]s with which they can earn rewards.

Receiving a bounty task is as simple as going to the local town's bounty office and asking the Taskmaster there for an assignment. Based on the type of task assigned, you may also need to go to the local jeweler, furrier, herbalist, or town's guard to receive the details of your task. Once assigned a task, you cannot be assigned another for 15 minutes (real time not game time). 
*ASK TASKMASTER ABOUT BOUNTY : to receive a bounty task or turn in a completed one
*ASK TASKMASTER ABOUT REMOVAL : to turn in an incomplete task
*ASK TASKMASTER ABOUT EASIER : adjusts the level range of tasks you can be assigned (only available after level 15)
*ASK TASKMASTER ABOUT HARDER : adjusts the level range of tasks you can be assigned (only available after level 15)
*ASK TASKMASTER ABOUT ADD <person>: to add another character 10 levels below to 5 levels above your level to your current task

=== [[River's Rest]] ===
'''River's Rest''' is a small town near the mouth of the [[Tempest River]] on [[Maelstrom Bay]]. It is a part of the [[Turamzzyrian Empire]] and the [[Torre|County of Torre]]. Though, due to the town's size and relative isolation, it is generally ignored by both county and imperial authorities. Due to this, River's Rest is considered a safe haven for those wishing to avoid the law. Its isolation also results in a small but tightly-knit player community.

====History of River's Rest====

River's Rest, while a small town today, is heir to a long rich tradition of history. The founding date of the town is unknown, but the town is believed to have received its name from a corruption of the trollish name for the island, "rhee v'reskha" which means turtle's egg. The island town was one of several towns that came to compose the [[Kingdom of Elanith]] which later was absorbed by the [[Kannalan Empire]]. Within the empire, River's Rest flourished due to its location at the mouth of the Tempest River, which at the time facilitated trade deep into the interior of the continent. In time, River's Rest became the cultural center of the empire, reknown for its architecture, most notably, four great bridges which extended to the shores of the river. As well as the epic center for poets, artisans, and intellectuals. The collapse of the Kannalan Empire in 3961 dramatically altered River's Rest fate...

=== [[Wizard]] ===
'''Wizards''' are one of four [[pure]] [[profession]]s in [[GemStone]], and are considered to be masters of the [[sphere]] of [[elemental|elemental magic]]. Wizardly offensive spells are primarily represented by [[bolt spell]]s of a particular elemental energy, and are complemented by a wide array of defensive magics and utility spells. A common [[mutant]] Wizard sub-type is the [[War Mage]], which relies on [[Haste (506)|hasted]] physical attacks in combination with various utility spells.

Wizards can [[enchant]] weapons and armor by means of the [[Enchant Item (925)]] spell to give bonuses to attack or defense, respectively. Wizards can also [[imbed]] their spells into certain imbedable items by means of the [[Create Magic Item (420)]] spell, and [[recharge]] some of these items by means of the [[Charge Item (517)]] spell to keep their magic strong.

Finally, Wizards are able to summon a magical [[familiar]] by means of the [[Call Familiar (920)]] spell, which they can use for various non-combat purposes.

=== [[Patriarch]] ===
The '''Patriarch''' is the highest position of authority in [[Faendryl]] society. The word of the Patriarch is considered absolute law. The duty of the Patriarch is to guide the Faendryl to overall betterment as a culture, but can serve the community in any way he or she sees fit. Traditionally, the place of Patriarch is chosen by lineage, most often the closest relative of the previous Patriarch, but there have been political coups as well. While both males and females could technically hold the position, it is generally expected that it will be a male, which is why only three "[[Matriarch]]s" have ever been in power. Plotting against the Patriarch is considered the worst treason, as the Patriarch is viewed as the appex of Faendryl society, and as such, hurting the Patriarch is a betrayal of the entire house.

====History of the Patriarch====

The first Patriarch was [[Korthyr Faendryl]], who also founded what was to become [[Old Ta'Faendryl|Ta'Faendryl]], as well as leading the [[Faendryl|Faendryl House]] out of the forests towards their future as one of the seven Houses of the [[Elven Nations]]. After Korthyr's death, his great nephew [[Khalar Andiris|Khalar Andiris Faendryl]] took his place, setting the precedent for the Patriarchy being held through lineage. After Khalar, the role of Patriarch lost its respect, with a chain of ten Patriarchs being killed in succession, until the first Matriarch, [[Geniselle Anaya|Geniselle Anaya Faendryl]], put her son [[Yshryth Silvius|Yshryth Silvius Faendryl]] into power as the fourteenth Patriarch. On his coronation, he unified the nation through a legendary speech, and made plotting the overthrow of a Patriarch the worst form of treason, helping to reestablish the power of the position.

=== [[Vornavis]] ===
The '''Barony of Vornavis''' consists of two cities: Vornavis itself and [[Solhaven]], which is located right outside of the walls of Vornavis. Access to the City of Vornavis is strictly controlled, guards controlling who may and who may not enter the gates. Usually, only citizens are allowed into the city. Vornavis is known for its tolerance toward the non-human races, which has caused some issues with the much less tolerable Barony of [[Jantalar]].

====History====
Dwarves settled in the area first in the year [[3725]], having found opal-laden cliffs along the eastern end of what is now Solhaven Bay. Fifty years later ([[3775]]), the community established within the caverns near these cliffs was completely wiped out, the only thing remaining of the population being dwarven limbs and blood. This event is why the nearby falls are called the [[Cascade of Tears]].

Roughly 200 years later, in [[3961]], an elven family, called Wildwood, settles on an island in the middle of the Cairnfang River, close to where modern Solhaven is. Due to increasing attacks by humanoids, the family, among with many others that were attracted by the island's relative safety, begin constructing a castle and battlements.

[[Category:Featured Articles|Featured Articles]]
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Gswiki:News

2017-01-05T19:10:06Z

GS4-WYROM:

<noinclude>
Welcome to GemStone IV Wiki's News page, the place to be for all the latest and greatest information about GS.

== Latest News ==
</noinclude>
=== Thursday, January 5th, 2017 ===
:'''[[Creating Adventure - January 2017 | Creating Adventure]]''' is back with a Year in Review listing and a new Spotlight on Staff.

=== Saturday, December 31st, 2016 ===
:Experience pages have been updated for the major changes and organized in the new '''[[:Category:Experience|Experience category]]'''.

=== Saturday, December 16th, 2016 ===
:The inventory for '''[[Feast of the Immortals festival 2016]]''' has been posted.

=== Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 ===
:The remaining mechanics pages have been re-categorized into '''[[:Category:Area Mechanics|Area Mechanics]]''', '''[[:Category: Character Mechanics|Character Mechanics]]''', and '''[[:Category: Item Mechanics|Item Mechanics]]'''. All can be found in the '''[[:Category: Mechanics|Mechanics]]''' category. A request to change the left sidebar has been made.

=== Thursday, October 6th, 2016 ===
:Where are all the combat mechanics? They're in the new '''[[:Category:Combat Mechanics|Combat Mechanics category]]'''. Editors are working on other, more comprehensive, key categories so that information will be easier to find. At the same time, we are trying to condense and merge pages to eliminate conflicting and redundant information.<noinclude>

== Archived News ==
=== Monday, September 12th, 2016 ===
:Starting today, we will be posting recent additions to GSWiki. Recent project completions include new creature templates and corresponding [[Help:Creatures|instructions for using them]], and a template and [[Help:Storyline NPCs|instructions]] for storyline NPC pages.

=== Thursday, February 11th, 2016 ===
:[[Briarmoon Cove]] opens in Platinum on the 11th! Get [https://store.play.net/store/purchase/GS/item/330 your orb] and join the [http://www.play.net/gs4/news.asp?id=1445 revelry]!

=== Thursday, February 4th, 2016 ===
:[[Briarmoon Cove]] is now open! Get [https://store.play.net/store/purchase/GS/item/330 your orb] and join the [http://www.play.net/gs4/news.asp?id=1445 revelry]!
=== Thursday, December 31st, 2015 ===
:Check out the latest edition of [[Creating Adventure - December 2015|Creating Adventure]] [[User:GS4-WYROM|GS4-WYROM]] ([[User talk:GS4-WYROM|talk]]) 16:15, 31 December 2015 (CST)

=== Monday, June 1st, 2015 ===
: Check out the newest edition of [[Creating Adventure - June 2015|Creating Adventure!]] [[User:GS4-SCRIBES|GS4-Scribes]] ([[User talk:GS4-SCRIBES|Talk]]) 16:21, 1 June 2015 (CST)

=== Wednesday, February 18th, 2015 ===
: Our search function should now be indexing the content of our wiki properly! [[User:GS4-WYROM|GS4-WYROM]] ([[User talk:GS4-WYROM|talk]]) 20:33, 18 February 2015 (CST)
=== Friday, January 23rd, 2015 ===
: Be sure to check out our new [[:Category:Creating Adventure | Creating Adventure]] piece! [[User:GS4-WYROM|GS4-WYROM]] ([[User talk:GS4-WYROM|talk]]) 08:55, 23 January 2015 (CST)
=== Saturday, January 3rd, 2015 ===
:Welcome to the new GemStone IV Wiki, home of the Krakiipedia. [[User:GS4-WYROM|GS4-WYROM]] ([[User talk:GS4-WYROM|talk]]) 12:41, 3 January 2015 (CST)

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Creating Adventure - January 2017

2017-01-05T16:59:05Z

GS4-WYROM: Minor text and formatying fixes.

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== Words of Wyrom ==

[[File:Wyrom.png|thumb|left|100px|<center>The Wyrom</center>]]Boy, 2016 was a blur. With all the new updates and a busy event schedule, there was hardly time to really stop and smell the acantha. We managed to grow the game in a big way last year, but those efforts aren't stopping with 2016. We plan to start working on better marketing campaigns to attract new and old players. We've been doing a bit of this lately, with a rather robust Premium promotion that brought back over 300 players back to the game!

We took a break from [[:Category:Creating Adventure | Creating Adventure]] in 2016, but they are coming back for 2017! While this one will focus more on our Year in Review list, future Creating Adventure pieces will feature more sneak peaks on things to come. The State of Elanthia will also be addressed at SimuCon or around the time of SimuCon. This is to streamline the process and let you know what to expect. We're also going to encourage more OOC meetings among staff this year to help address concerns and announcements in an open forum.

I was able to achieve something I've wanted to do since I was hired: bring back a large-scale auction to the masses, similar to the 90s. I can't thank the staff who helped pull that off enough. It was an amazing feat! I hope everyone had as much of a good time as we did creating the items.

[[GemStone IV]] has been a passion of mine for a long time, and I never thought I'd actually be in the position I am today. We might not all agree on everything that happens for this game, but I certainly cherish my time I get to spend with everyone here. I look forward to working with everyone for another year, and hope we can shape [[Elanthia]] into an even better place to spend your time.

== The Road Ahead ==
[[File:thegates.jpg|thumb|right|100px|<center>The Gates</center>]]
It is our goal to strive for excellent communication with our players. While we made some efforts in the last two years, we can do better. We're going to start sending out monthly and quarterly updates to both or past and current players on what's happening in Elanthia. We're also going to help shape the proper way to communicate with us, updating some of our HELP information in game. We've also been working on our wiki and and trying to improve what we can there as well.

We are in the works of updating a popular event for February that will allow more people to participate than we usually can handle. We are moving away from the box office this year, which severely hinders our ability to improve attendance. More details on this will be available as we get closer to the event!

We have pushed out many new spell updates in the last year, with another big one around the corner. The release for the spell [[Enchant Item (925)]] is almost here! This will round out our pending wizard spell updates that started back with [[Hsn | HSN 2015]].

[[Teleportation_review_(saved_posts) | Phase 2]] of our Chronomage/Teleportation updates are still being worked on. We have a vast number of items that need to be updated properly, some a bit harder than others. I know many of you are waiting for specific items, but we'll get there with a little bit of patience, I promise.

== Year in Review ==

A list of ''most of'' our updates!

<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
* '''Combat and Magic Development'''
** [[Guild#Guild_Nights | Guild Night]] Implementation
** Troll's Blood Update for [[Animate Dead (730)]]
** [[Quickstrike]]: New Combat Ability
** [[Celerity (506)]] Updates
** [[Haste (535)]] Updates
** [[Rapid Fire (515)]] Updates
** [[Immolation (519)]] Updates
** [[CHANNEL (verb) | Channeling]] Bolts Update
** [[Elemental Blade (411)]] Update
** [[Tend Lore (206)]] Update
** [[TEND]], [[DIAGNOSE]], and [[HEALTH]] updates
** [[Minor Elemental Edge (902)]] Updates
** [[Elemental Confluence]]: [[Plinite]]
** [[Familiar_talisman | Familiar Talisman]] Alchemy Addition
** [[Ensorcell]] Remove Potion Addition
** [[Striking Asp Stance]] - New Combat Maneuver
** [[Empathic Link (1117)]] Update
** [[Cold Snap (512)]] Release
** [[Attunement_reset | Elemental Attunement Reset]] Quest
** [[Loresinging]] Updates
** [[Elemental Confluence]] Creature (TD) Updates
** [[TARGET (verb) | TARGET NEXT]] Addition
** Updates to [[SPELL_(verb) | Spell Active]]
** Upgrades to [[Guild | Profession Guild Taskmasters]]
** Updates to [[Group_mechanics#Group_Spells | Group Spells]]
** [[Carn's Cry]] Update
** [[SPELL_(verb) | Daily Spell Cooldowns]] Update
** [[Time Stop (550)]] Release
** [[Core Tap (950)]] Release
** [[Fusion]] Updates
** [[Enhancive]] Recharging Updates
** [[Mage Armor (520)]] Release
** [[Experience]] System Updates
** [[Earthen Fury (917)]]
** [[Bane_weapon#Creature_Bane | Creature Bane]] addition for Runestaves
** [[Standard_maneuver_roll#SMR_v2 | Standard Maneuver Roll]] (SMR) Updates

* '''Hunting Grounds'''
** [[Red Forest]]
** [[Sanctum of Scales]]
** [[Frozen Bramble]]
** [[Settlement of Reim]] (Hybrid)

* '''World Development'''
** Updates to [[Analyze | ANALYZE]] (containers)
** [[Chronomage]] Updates (Extended Distance)
** Aelotoi Wing Feature Expansion
** Increase of [[Befriend | BEFRIEND Slots]]
** House Clerk to Ebonstone Manor ([[CHE]])
** Update to Cleric/Deity [[Titles]]
** Updates for Multi-Setting Teleporters
** Premium Alter Scroll Sale

* '''Festivals'''
** The Trine
** Winterberry Festival
** [[Festival of Lumnea]]
** Pickle Festival
** [[Frontier Days]]
** [[Festival of Frost]]
** [[A Midsummer Night's Festival]] (Premium)
** [[Feast_of_the_Immortals_festival_2016 | Feast of the Immortals]] (Premium)

* '''Verb Additions and Improvements'''
** [[RUB]] Updates
** SHIVER Updates
** SHUSH
** POUT Updates
** SQUIRM Updates

* '''Storylines'''
** Path to Palestra
** Mayoral Race
** Windcrafters
** Return to Sunder
** We Need More Ale
** Birds of a Feather
** Going with the Flow - Sea Sprites
** The Red Forest
** Eyes of the Dawn
** Sanctum of Scales
** Ta'Vaalor Voln Recruiter
** Prisma Relics - Flight of the Dawn Rose
** Prisma Relics - The Last Enclave
** Prisma Relics - Firemage
** Prisma Relics - World's Finest
** Swan Song

* '''Events and Quests'''
** [[Briarmoon Cove]]
** [[Wonders of Elanthia]]
** [[Sylinar's Spire]]
** [[Duskruin Arena]]
*** [[Moon-filled_pendant | MoonShard Pendant]] Updates
*** [[Moon-filled_pendant#Bloodrunes | Bloodrunes]]
** Simucon with Auction
** [[Duskruin Arena#The Celestial Temple | Duskruin Dig]]
** [[Ebon Gate]]
** [[Delirium Manor]]
** [[Great Auction of 2016]]

* '''QOL'''
** POLICY updates ([[Policy_18_updated_(saved_posts) |18]] and 6)
** Numerous Bug Fixes
** Forum Category Reorganization
** Password Security Updates
** Implementation of the TEST server
** Various Updates to the Web FE
** Promotional Codes for Free Play Time
** Player Wiki Updates
** Numerous SimuCoin Store Sales!

</div>
==Spotlight on Staff==
{{Staffprofile
| name = GameMaster Estild
| image = [[File:Estild.jpg|200px]]
| caption = <something breaks in the game> "I knew Soandso's code couldn't be trusted!"
| rank = ASGM
| team = Development
| guru = Magic Systems
}}
'''GameMaster Estild'''

'''''Assistant Senior GameMaster on the Development Team'''''

I started out as a GameHost in 2005. It wasn't what I really wanted to do, but I figured it would help get my foot in the door to potentially be hired on as a GameMaster. Fortunately, GameHosts get to pick their schedule, so my shift was from 4:30 - 6:30 AM, to minimize my interaction with players. After only a few months I was hired on as Development GameMaster for the Cleric/Empath Team. Over the years, such teams have dissolved and every Development GameMaster, myself included, have worked on a number of professions and systems. In 2014, I was promoted to Assistant Senior GameMaster, with my primary focus on magic (i.e. the Ministry of Magic), but in reality, the entire Development team is always involved with every change regardless of individual members' focus.

'''Where were you born?'''

Wichita, KS

'''Where do you currently live?'''

Wichita, KS

'''Do you have any pets/kids/both?'''

I have an almost 7 year old German Shepherd therapy dog named Maggie, who my wife (a social worker) takes to an elementary school a few times each week, and a 14 month old son named Perry, Destroyer of Neatly Put Away Toys and Consumer of Parental Free Time.

'''What is your current occupation?'''

Software Developer

'''What did you want to be while you were growing up?'''

A lawyer, but by the time I was done with my bachelor's degree, I was done going through school.

'''Favorite TV shows?'''

Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley, the Tudors, House of Cards, Westworld

'''Favorite actors/actresses?'''

Nichole Kidman, Emma Stone, Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis

'''Favorite musicians/bands?'''

I don't really have any favorite music or bands. I pretty much will just listen to whatever is on the radio, outside of heavy metal. Tend to prefer pop and alternative rock, and country, depending on the mood.

'''Favorite books/authors?'''

Despite having been involved with an online roleplaying text based game for over 20 years of my life, I hardly ever read books. But the few I have read, A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin and Magician by Raymond E. Feist are my favorites.

'''Where did you go to school and/or what did you study?'''

Computer Science

'''Favorite/least favorite job you've ever had?'''

My first job was as a seasonal cashier at a water amusement park. Being that it was seasonal, you could get hired to start working there when 13 years old, but it only paid $3.25 per hour. It wasn't the worst, but working 30 hours for $100 wasn't fun either.

'''Favorite hobbies?'''

Ignoring the fact that GemStone easily consumes a majority of my limited free time, computer gaming in general. I almost exclusively only play online games, as I prefer interacting with other players. I tend to pick a particular game and play it exclusively for 3-6 months at a time, then rotate to another game. Games include all of the Blizzard titles (World of Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch, Diablo III, etc), Guild Wars 2, Marvel Heroes, etc, and just about every new online game that comes out.

'''Favorite foods?'''

Italian food with red marina sauce.

'''Favorite board games or computer games?'''

Risk, Werewolf, and the Resistance for board games. I noted computer games in my hobby.

'''Favorite sports/sports teams?'''

I have about zero interest in watching sports on TV, but do enjoy live games.

'''What would you do with a million dollars?'''

I'd probably take a 2 week vacation to a Caribbean resort or Glacier National Park, then invest the rest.

'''What three people past or present would you invite to dinner?'''

Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Albert Einstein

'''What is your favorite quote?'''

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

'''Name something you'd like to do before you die.'''

Ideally, travel the world, but more specifically, at least visit New Zealand and Switzerland.

'''What's your favorite acronym?'''

MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction

'''Who is your hero or heroine?'''

Shrek

'''If you could have any musical group or artist, past or present, play at your birthday party, who would it be?'''

David Bowie, as his final encore performance.

'''If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?'''

The ability to manipulate time or if I had to be more narrow with the limits, the ability to stop time. There are so many things I would like to do in a given day and you could do almost anything if you could just voluntarily pause time while you go about your day. It could be for small tasks, like getting something done around the house before everyone gets home, or even big undertakings like learning a new language or trade skill. You could stay up all night consuming information, then pause time while you caught up on 8 hours of sleep. Or you could be more heroic and stop crimes and accidents from unfolding before you.

[[Category:Creating Adventure]]

Creating Adventure - January 2017

2017-01-05T16:45:09Z

GS4-WYROM:

[[File:Creating Adventure Banner.jpg|center|700px]]

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== Words of Wyrom ==

[[File:Wyrom.png|thumb|left|100px|<center>The Wyrom</center>]]Boy, 2016 was a blur. With all the new updates and a busy event schedule, there was hardly time to really stop and smell the acantha. We managed to grow the game in a big way last year, but those efforts aren't stopping with 2016. We plan to start working on better marketing campaigns to attract new and old players. We've been doing a bit of this lately, with a rather robust Premium promotion that brought back over 300 players back to the game!

We took a break from [[:Category:Creating Adventure | Creating Adventure]] in 2016, but they are coming back for 2017! While this one will focus more on our Year in Review list, future Creating Adventure pieces will feature more sneak peaks on things to come. The State of Elanthia will also be addressed at SimuCon or around the time of SimuCon. This is to streamline the process and let you know what to expect. We're also going to encourage more OOC meetings among staff this year to help address concerns and announcements in an open forum.

I was able to achieve something I've wanted to do since I was hired. Brought back a large-scale auction to the masses, similar to the 90s. I can't thank the staff who helped pull that off enough. It was an amazing feat! I hope everyone had as much of a good time as we did creating the items.

[[GemStone IV]] has been a passion of mine for a long time, and I never thought I'd actually be in the position I am today. We might not all agree on everything that happens for this game, but I certainly cherish my time I get to spend with everyone here. I look forward to working with everyone for another year, and hope we can shape [[Elanthia]] into an even better place to spend your time.

== The Road Ahead ==
[[File:thegates.jpg|thumb|right|100px|<center>The Gates</center>]]
It is our goal to stive for excellent communication with our players. While we made some efforts in the last two years, we can do better. We're going to start sending out monthly and quarterly updates to both or past and current players on what's happening in Elanthia. We're also going to help shape the proper way to communicate with us, updating some of our HELP information in game. We've also been working on our wiki and and trying to improve what we can there as well.

We are in the works of updating a popular event for February that will allow more people to participate than we usually can handle. We are moving away from the box office this year, which severely hinders our ability to improve attendance. More details on this will be available as we get closer to the event!

We have pushed out many new spell updates in the last year, with another big one around the corner. The release for the spell [[Enchant Item (925)]] is almost here! This will round out our pending wizard spell updates that started back with [[Hsn | HSN 2015]].

[[Teleportation_review_(saved_posts) | Phase 2]] of our Chronomage/Teleportation updates are still being worked on. We have a vast number of items that need to be updated properly, some a bit harder than others. I know many of you are waiting for specific items, but we'll get there with a little bit of patience, I promise.

== Year in Review ==

A list of ''most of'' our updates!

<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
* '''Combat and Magic Development'''
** [[Guild#Guild_Nights | Guild Night]] Implementation
** Troll's Blood Update for [[Animate Dead (730)]]
** [[Quickstrike]]: New Combat Ability
** [[Celerity (506)]] Updates
** [[Haste (535)]] Updates
** [[Rapid Fire (515)]] Updates
** [[Immolation (519)]] Updates
** [[CHANNEL (verb) | Channeling]] Bolts Update
** [[Elemental Blade (411)]] Update
** [[Tend Lore (206)]] Update
** [[TEND]], [[DIAGNOSE]], and [[HEALTH]] updates
** [[Minor Elemental Edge (902)]] Updates
** [[Elemental Confluence]]: [[Plinite]]
** [[Familiar_talisman | Familiar Talisman]] Alchemy Addition
** [[Ensorcell]] Remove Potion Addition
** [[Striking Asp Stance]] - New Combat Maneuver
** [[Empathic Link (1117)]] Update
** [[Cold Snap (512)]] Release
** [[Attunement_reset | Elemental Attunement Reset]] Quest
** [[Loresinging]] Updates
** [[Elemental Confluence]] Creature (TD) Updates
** [[TARGET (verb) | TARGET NEXT]] Addition
** Updates to [[SPELL_(verb) | Spell Active]]
** Upgrades to [[Guild | Profession Guild Taskmasters]]
** Updates to [[Group_mechanics#Group_Spells | Group Spells]]
** [[Carn's Cry]] Update
** [[SPELL_(verb) | Daily Spell Cooldowns]] Update
** [[Time Stop (550)]] Release
** [[Core Tap (950)]] Release
** [[Fusion]] Updates
** [[Enhancive]] Recharging Updates
** [[Mage Armor (520)]] Release
** [[Experience]] System Updates
** [[Earthen Fury (917)]]
** [[Bane_weapon#Creature_Bane | Creature Bane]] addition for Runestaves
** [[Standard_maneuver_roll#SMR_v2 | Standard Maneuver Roll]] (SMR) Updates

* '''Hunting Grounds'''
** [[Red Forest]]
** [[Sanctum of Scales]]
** [[Frozen Bramble]]
** [[Settlement of Reim]] (Hybrid)

* '''World Development'''
** POLICY updates ([[Policy_18_updated_(saved_posts) | 18]] and 6)
** Updates to [[Analyze | ANALYZE]] (containers)
** [[Chronomage]] Updates (Extended Distance)
** Aelotoi Wing Feature Expansion
** Increase of [[Befriend | BEFRIEND Slots]]
** House Clerk to Ebonstone Manor ([[CHE]])
** Update to Cleric/Deity [[Titles]]
** Updates for Multi-Setting Teleporters
** Premium Alter Scroll Sale

* '''Festivals'''
** The Trine
** Winterberry Festival
** [[Festival of Lumnea]]
** Pickle Festival
** [[Frontier Days]]
** [[Festival of Frost]]
** [[A Midsummer Night's Festival]] (Premium)
** [[Feast_of_the_Immortals_festival_2016 | Feast of the Immortals]] (Premium)

* '''Verb Additions and Improvements'''
** [[RUB]] Updates
** SHIVER Updates
** SHUSH
** POUT Updates
** SQUIRM Updates

* '''Storylines'''
** Path to Palestra
** Mayoral Race
** Windcrafters
** Return to Sunder
** We Need More Ale
** Birds of a Feather
** Going with the Flow - Sea Sprites
** The Red Forest
** Eyes of the Dawn
** Sanctum of Scales
** Ta'Vaalor Voln Recruiter
** Prisma Relics - Flight of the Dawn Rose
** Prisma Relics - The Last Enclave
** Prisma Relics - Firemage
** Prisma Relics - World's Finest
** Swan Song

* '''Events and Quests'''
** [[Briarmoon Cove]]
** [[Wonders of Elanthia]]
** [[Sylinar's Spire]]
** [[Duskruin Arena]]
*** [[Moon-filled_pendant | MoonShard Pendant]] Updates
*** [[Moon-filled_pendant#Bloodrunes | Bloodrunes]]
** Simucon with Auction
** [[Duskruin Arena#The Celestial Temple | Duskruin Dig]]
** [[Ebon Gate]]
** [[Delirium Manor]]
** [[Great Auction of 2016]]

* '''QOL'''
** Numerous Bug Fixes
** Forum Category Reorganization
** Password Security Updates
** Implementation of the TEST server
** Various Updates to the Web FE
** Promotional Codes for Free Play Time
** Player Wiki Updates
** Numerous SimuCoin Store Sales!

</div>
{{Staffprofile
| name = GameMaster Estild
| image = [[File:Estild.jpg|200px]]
| caption = <something breaks in the game> "I knew Soandso's code couldn't be trusted!"
| rank = ASGM
| team = Development
| guru = Magic Systems
}}
==Spotlight on Staff==

'''GameMaster Estild'''

'''''Assistant Senior GameMaster on the Development Team'''''

I started out as a GameHost in 2005. It wasn't what I really wanted to do, but I figured it would help get my foot in the door to potentially be hired on as a GameMaster. Fortunately, GameHosts get to pick their schedule, so my shift was from 4:30 - 6:30 AM, to minimize my interaction with players. After only a few months I was hired on as Development GameMaster for the Cleric/Empath Team. Over the years, such teams have dissolved and every Development GameMaster, myself included, have worked on a number of professions and systems. In 2014, I was promoted to Assistant Senior GameMaster, with my primary focus on magic (i.e. the Ministry of Magic), but in reality, the entire Development team is always involved with every change regardless of individual members' focus.

'''Where were you born?'''

Wichita, KS

'''Where do you currently live?'''

Wichita, KS

'''Do you have any pets/kids/both?'''

I have an almost 7 year old German Shepherd therapy dog named Maggie, who my wife (a social worker) takes to an elementary school a few times each week, and a 14 month old son named Perry, Destroyer of Neatly Put Away Toys and Consumer of Parental Free Time.

'''What is your current occupation?'''

Software Developer

'''What did you want to be while you were growing up?'''

A lawyer, but by the time I was done with my bachelor's degree, I was done going through school.

'''Favorite TV shows?'''

Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley, the Tudors, House of Cards, Westworld

'''Favorite actors/actresses?'''

Nichole Kidman, Emma Stone, Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis

'''Favorite musicians/bands?'''

I don't really have any favorite music or bands. I pretty much will just listen to whatever is on the radio, outside of heavy metal. Tend to prefer pop and alternative rock, and country, depending on the mood.

'''Favorite books/authors?'''

Despite having been involved with an online roleplaying text based game for over 20 years of my life, I hardly ever read books. But the few I have read, A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin and Magician by Raymond E. Feist are my favorites.

'''Where did you go to school and/or what did you study?'''

Computer Science

'''Favorite/least favorite job you've ever had?'''

My first job was as a seasonal cashier at a water amusement park. Being that it was seasonal, you could get hired to start working there when 13 years old, but it only paid $3.25 per hour. It wasn't the worst, but working 30 hours for $100 wasn't fun either.

'''Favorite hobbies?'''

Ignoring the fact that GemStone easily consumes a majority of my limited free time, computer gaming in general. I almost exclusively only play online games, as I prefer interacting with other players. I tend to pick a particular game and play it exclusively for 3-6 months at a time, then rotate to another game. Games include all of the Blizzard titles (World of Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch, Diablo III, etc), Guild Wars 2, Marvel Heroes, etc, and just about every new online game that comes out.

'''Favorite foods?'''

Italian food with red marina sauce.

'''Favorite board games or computer games?'''

Risk, Werewolf, and the Resistance for board games. I noted computer games in my hobby.

'''Favorite sports/sports teams?'''

I have about zero interest in watching sports on TV, but do enjoy live games.

'''What would you do with a million dollars?'''

I'd probably take a 2 week vacation to a Caribbean resort or Glacier National Park, then invest the rest.

'''What three people past or present would you invite to dinner?'''

Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Albert Einstein

'''What is your favorite quote?'''

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

'''Name something you'd like to do before you die.'''

Ideally, travel the world, but more specifically, at least visit New Zealand and Switzerland.

'''What's your favorite acronym?'''

MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction

'''Who is your hero or heroine?'''

Shrek

'''If you could have any musical group or artist, past or present, play at your birthday party, who would it be?'''

David Bowie, as his final encore performance.

'''If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?'''

The ability to manipulate time or if I had to be more narrow with the limits, the ability to stop time. There are so many things I would like to do in a given day and you could do almost anything if you could just voluntarily pause time while you go about your day. It could be for small tasks, like getting something done around the house before everyone gets home, or even big undertakings like learning a new language or trade skill. You could stay up all night consuming information, then pause time while you caught up on 8 hours of sleep. Or you could be more heroic and stop crimes and accidents from unfolding before you.

[[Category:Creating Adventure]]

Creating Adventure - January 2017

2017-01-05T06:53:50Z

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== Words of Wyrom ==

[[File:Wyrom.png|thumb|left|100px|<center>The Wyrom</center>]]Boy, 2016 was a blur. With all the new updates and a busy event schedule, there was hardly time to really stop and smell the acantha. We managed to grow the game in a big way last year, but those efforts aren't stopping with 2016. We plan to start working on better marketing campaigns to attract new and old players. We've been doing a bit of this lately, with a rather robust Premium promotion that brought back over 300 players back to the game!

We took a break from [[Category:Creating Adventure | Creating Adventure]] in 2016, but they are coming back for 2017! While this one will focus more on our Year in Review list, future Creating Adventure pieces will feature more sneak peaks on things to come. The State of Elanthia will also be addressed at SimuCon or around the time of SimuCon. This is to streamline the process and let you know what to expect. We're also going to encourage more OOC meetings among staff this year to help address concerns and announcements in an open forum.

I was able to achieve something I've wanted to do since I was hired. Brought back a large-scale auction to the masses, similar to the 90s. I can't thank the staff who helped pull that off enough. It was an amazing feat! I hope everyone had as much of a good time as we did creating the items.

[[GemStone IV]] has been a passion of mine for a long time, and I never thought I'd actually be in the position I am today. We might not all agree on everything that happens for this game, but I certainly cherish my time I get to spend with everyone here. I look forward to working with everyone for another year, and hope we can shape [[Elanthia]] into an even better place to spend your time.

== The Road Ahead ==
[[File:thegates.jpg|thumb|right|100px|<center>The Gates</center>]]
It is our goal to stive for excellent communication with our players. While we made some efforts in the last two years, we can do better. We're going to start sending out monthly and quarterly updates to both or past and current players on what's happening in Elanthia. We're also going to help shape the proper way to communicate with us, updating some of our HELP information in game. We've also been working on our wiki and and trying to improve what we can there as well.

We are in the works of updating a popular event for February that will allow more people to participate than we usually can handle. We are moving away from the box office this year, which severely hinders our ability to improve attendance. More details on this will be available as we get closer to the event!

We have pushed out many new spell updates in the last year, with another big one around the corner. The release for the spell [[Enchant Item (925)]] is almost here! This will round out our pending wizard spell updates that started back with [[Hsn | HSN 2015]].

[[Teleportation_review_(saved_posts) | Phase 2]] of our Chronomage/Teleportation updates are still being worked on. We have a vast number of items that need to be updated properly, some a bit harder than others. I know many of you are waiting for specific items, but we'll get there with a little bit of patience, I promise.

== Year in Review ==

A list of ''most of'' our updates!

<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
* '''Combat and Magic Development'''
** [[Guild#Guild_Nights | Guild Night]] Implementation
** Troll's Blood Update for [[Animate Dead (730)]]
** [[Quickstrike]]: New Combat Ability
** [[Celerity (506)]] Updates
** [[Haste (535)]] Updates
** [[Rapid Fire (515)]] Updates
** [[Immolation (519)]] Updates
** [[CHANNEL (verb) | Channeling]] Bolts Update
** [[Elemental Blade (411)]] Update
** [[Tend Lore (206)]] Update
** [[TEND]], [[DIAGNOSE]], and [[HEALTH]] updates
** [[Minor Elemental Edge (902)]] Updates
** [[Elemental Confluence]]: [[Plinite]]
** [[Familiar_talisman | Familiar Talisman]] Alchemy Addition
** [[Ensorcell]] Remove Potion Addition
** [[Striking Asp Stance]] - New Combat Maneuver
** [[Empathic Link (1117)]] Update
** [[Cold Snap (512)]] Release
** [[Attunement_reset | Elemental Attunement Reset]] Quest
** [[Loresinging]] Updates
** [[Elemental Confluence]] Creature (TD) Updates
** [[TARGET (verb) | TARGET NEXT]] Addition
** Updates to [[SPELL_(verb) | Spell Active]]
** Upgrades to [[Guild | Profession Guild Taskmasters]]
** Updates to [[Group_mechanics#Group_Spells | Group Spells]]
** [[Carn's Cry]] Update
** [[SPELL_(verb) | Daily Spell Cooldowns]] Update
** [[Time Stop (550)]] Release
** [[Core Tap (950)]] Release
** [[Fusion]] Updates
** [[Enhancive]] Recharging Updates
** [[Mage Armor (520)]] Release
** [[Experience]] System Updates
** [[Earthen Fury (917)]]
** [[Bane_weapon#Creature_Bane | Creature Bane]] addition for Runestaves
** [[Standard_maneuver_roll#SMR_v2 | Standard Maneuver Roll]] (SMR) Updates

* '''Hunting Grounds'''
** [[Red Forest]]
** [[Sanctum of Scales]]
** [[Frozen Bramble]]
** [[Settlement of Reim]] (Hybrid)

* '''World Development'''
** POLICY updates ([[Policy_18_updated_(saved_posts) | 18]] and 6)
** Updates to [[Analyze | ANALYZE]] (containers)
** [[Chronomage]] Updates (Extended Distance)
** Aelotoi Wing Feature Expansion
** Increase of [[Befriend | BEFRIEND Slots]]
** House Clerk to Ebonstone Manor ([[CHE]])
** Update to Cleric/Deity [[Titles]]
** Updates for Multi-Setting Teleporters
** Premium Alter Scroll Sale

* '''Festivals'''
** The Trine
** Winterberry Festival
** [[Festival of Lumnea]]
** Pickle Festival
** [[Frontier Days]]
** [[Festival of Frost]]
** [[A Midsummer Night's Festival]] (Premium)
** [[Feast_of_the_Immortals_festival_2016 | Feast of the Immortals]] (Premium)

* '''Verb Additions and Improvements'''
** [[RUB]] Updates
** SHIVER Updates
** SHUSH
** POUT Updates
** SQUIRM Updates

* '''Storylines'''
** Path to Palestra
** Mayoral Race
** Windcrafters
** Return to Sunder
** We Need More Ale
** Birds of a Feather
** Going with the Flow - Sea Sprites
** The Red Forest
** Eyes of the Dawn
** Sanctum of Scales
** Ta'Vaalor Voln Recruiter
** Prisma Relics - Flight of the Dawn Rose
** Prisma Relics - The Last Enclave
** Prisma Relics - Firemage
** Prisma Relics - World's Finest
** Swan Song

* '''Events and Quests'''
** [[Briarmoon Cove]]
** [[Wonders of Elanthia]]
** [[Sylinar's Spire]]
** [[Duskruin Arena]]
*** [[Moon-filled_pendant | MoonShard Pendant]] Updates
*** [[Moon-filled_pendant#Bloodrunes | Bloodrunes]]
** Simucon with Auction
** [[Duskruin Arena#The Celestial Temple | Duskruin Dig]]
** [[Ebon Gate]]
** [[Delirium Manor]]
** [[Great Auction of 2016]]

* '''QOL'''
** Numerous Bug Fixes
** Forum Category Reorganization
** Password Security Updates
** Implementation of the TEST server
** Various Updates to the Web FE
** Promotional Codes for Free Play Time
** Player Wiki Updates
** Numerous SimuCoin Store Sales!

</div>
{{Staffprofile
| name = GameMaster Estild
| image = [[File:Estild.jpg|200px]]
| caption = <something breaks in the game> "I knew Soandso's code couldn't be trusted!"
| rank = ASGM
| team = Development
| guru = Magic Systems
}}
==Spotlight on Staff==

'''GameMaster Estild'''

'''''Assistant Senior GameMaster on the Development Team'''''

I started out as a GameHost in 2005. It wasn't what I really wanted to do, but I figured it would help get my foot in the door to potentially be hired on as a GameMaster. Fortunately, GameHosts get to pick their schedule, so my shift was from 4:30 - 6:30 AM, to minimize my interaction with players. After only a few months I was hired on as Development GameMaster for the Cleric/Empath Team. Over the years, such teams have dissolved and every Development GameMaster, myself included, have worked on a number of professions and systems. In 2014, I was promoted to Assistant Senior GameMaster, with my primary focus on magic (i.e. the Ministry of Magic), but in reality, the entire Development team is always involved with every change regardless of individual members' focus.

'''Where were you born?'''

Wichita, KS

'''Where do you currently live?'''

Wichita, KS

'''Do you have any pets/kids/both?'''

I have an almost 7 year old German Shepherd therapy dog named Maggie, who my wife (a social worker) takes to an elementary school a few times each week, and a 14 month old son named Perry, Destroyer of Neatly Put Away Toys and Consumer of Parental Free Time.

'''What is your current occupation?'''

Software Developer

'''What did you want to be while you were growing up?'''

A lawyer, but by the time I was done with my bachelor's degree, I was done going through school.

'''Favorite TV shows?'''

Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley, the Tudors, House of Cards, Westworld

'''Favorite actors/actresses?'''

Nichole Kidman, Emma Stone, Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis

'''Favorite musicians/bands?'''

I don't really have any favorite music or bands. I pretty much will just listen to whatever is on the radio, outside of heavy metal. Tend to prefer pop and alternative rock, and country, depending on the mood.

'''Favorite books/authors?'''

Despite having been involved with an online roleplaying text based game for over 20 years of my life, I hardly ever read books. But the few I have read, A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin and Magician by Raymond E. Feist are my favorites.

'''Where did you go to school and/or what did you study?'''

Computer Science

'''Favorite/least favorite job you've ever had?'''

My first job was as a seasonal cashier at a water amusement park. Being that it was seasonal, you could get hired to start working there when 13 years old, but it only paid $3.25 per hour. It wasn't the worst, but working 30 hours for $100 wasn't fun either.

'''Favorite hobbies?'''

Ignoring the fact that GemStone easily consumes a majority of my limited free time, computer gaming in general. I almost exclusively only play online games, as I prefer interacting with other players. I tend to pick a particular game and play it exclusively for 3-6 months at a time, then rotate to another game. Games include all of the Blizzard titles (World of Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch, Diablo III, etc), Guild Wars 2, Marvel Heroes, etc, and just about every new online game that comes out.

'''Favorite foods?'''

Italian food with red marina sauce.

'''Favorite board games or computer games?'''

Risk, Werewolf, and the Resistance for board games. I noted computer games in my hobby.

'''Favorite sports/sports teams?'''

I have about zero interest in watching sports on TV, but do enjoy live games.

'''What would you do with a million dollars?'''

I'd probably take a 2 week vacation to a Caribbean resort or Glacier National Park, then invest the rest.

'''What three people past or present would you invite to dinner?'''

Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Albert Einstein

'''What is your favorite quote?'''

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

'''Name something you'd like to do before you die.'''

Ideally, travel the world, but more specifically, at least visit New Zealand and Switzerland.

'''What's your favorite acronym?'''

MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction

'''Who is your hero or heroine?'''

Shrek

'''If you could have any musical group or artist, past or present, play at your birthday party, who would it be?'''

David Bowie, as his final encore performance.

'''If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?'''

The ability to manipulate time or if I had to be more narrow with the limits, the ability to stop time. There are so many things I would like to do in a given day and you could do almost anything if you could just voluntarily pause time while you go about your day. It could be for small tasks, like getting something done around the house before everyone gets home, or even big undertakings like learning a new language or trade skill. You could stay up all night consuming information, then pause time while you caught up on 8 hours of sleep. Or you could be more heroic and stop crimes and accidents from unfolding before you.

[[Category:Creating Adventure]]

Creating Adventure - January 2017

2017-01-05T06:53:31Z

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[[File:Creating Adventure Banner.jpg|center|700px]]

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== Words of Wyrom ==

[[File:Wyrom.png|thumb|left|100px|<center>The Wyrom</center>]]Boy, 2016 was a blur. With all the new updates and a busy event schedule, there was hardly time to really stop and smell the acantha. We managed to grow the game in a big way last year, but those efforts aren't stopping with 2016. We plan to start working on better marketing campaigns to attract new and old players. We've been doing a bit of this lately, with a rather robust Premium promotion that brought back over 300 players back to the game!

We took a break from [[Category:Creating Adventure | Creating Adventure]] in 2016, but they are coming back for 2017! While this one will focus more on our Year in Review list, future Creating Adventure pieces will feature more sneak peaks on things to come. The State of Elanthia will also be addressed at SimuCon or around the time of SimuCon. This is to streamline the process and let you know what to expect. We're also going to encourage more OOC meetings among staff this year to help address concerns and announcements in an open forum.

I was able to achieve something I've wanted to do since I was hired. Brought back a large-scale auction to the masses, similar to the 90s. I can't thank the staff who helped pull that off enough. It was an amazing feat! I hope everyone had as much of a good time as we did creating the items.

[[GemStone IV]] has been a passion of mine for a long time, and I never thought I'd actually be in the position I am today. We might not all agree on everything that happens for this game, but I certainly cherish my time I get to spend with everyone here. I look forward to working with everyone for another year, and hope we can shape [[Elanthia]] into an even better place to spend your time.

== The Road Ahead ==
[[File:thegates.jpg|thumb|right|100px|<center>The Gates</center>]]
It is our goal to stive for excellent communication with our players. While we made some efforts in the last two years, we can do better. We're going to start sending out monthly and quarterly updates to both or past and current players on what's happening in Elanthia. We're also going to help shape the proper way to communicate with us, updating some of our HELP information in game. We've also been working on our wiki and and trying to improve what we can there as well.

We are in the works of updating a popular event for February that will allow more people to participate than we usually can handle. We are moving away from the box office this year, which severely hinders our ability to improve attendance. More details on this will be available as we get closer to the event!

We have pushed out many new spell updates in the last year, with another big one around the corner. The release for the spell [[Enchant Item (925)]] is almost here! This will round out our pending wizard spell updates that started back with [[Hsn | HSN 2015]].

[[Teleportation_review_(saved_posts) | Phase 2]] of our Chronomage/Teleportation updates are still being worked on. We have a vast number of items that need to be updated properly, some a bit harder than others. I know many of you are waiting for specific items, but we'll get there with a little bit of patience, I promise.

== Year in Review ==

A list of ''most of'' our updates!

<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
* '''Combat and Magic Development'''
** [[Guild#Guild_Nights | Guild Night]] Implementation
** Troll's Blood Update for [[Animate Dead (730)]]
** [[Quickstrike]]: New Combat Ability
** [[Celerity (506)]] Updates
** [[Haste (535)]] Updates
** [[Rapid Fire (515)]] Updates
** [[Immolation (519)]] Updates
** [[CHANNEL (verb) | Channeling]] Bolts Update
** [[Elemental Blade (411)]] Update
** [[Tend Lore (206)]] Update
** [[TEND]], [[DIAGNOSE]], and [[HEALTH]] updates
** [[Minor Elemental Edge (902)]] Updates
** [[Elemental Confluence]]: [[Plinite]]
** [[Familiar_talisman | Familiar Talisman]] Alchemy Addition
** [[Ensorcell]] Remove Potion Addition
** [[Striking Asp Stance]] - New Combat Maneuver
** [[Empathic Link (1117)]] Update
** [[Cold Snap (512)]] Release
** [[Attunement_reset | Elemental Attunement Reset]] Quest
** [[Loresinging]] Updates
** [[Elemental Confluence]] Creature (TD) Updates
** [[TARGET (verb) | TARGET NEXT]] Addition
** Updates to [[SPELL_(verb) | Spell Active]]
** Upgrades to [[Guild | Profession Guild Taskmasters]]
** Updates to [[Group_mechanics#Group_Spells | Group Spells]]
** [[Carn's Cry]] Update
** [[SPELL_(verb) | Daily Spell Cooldowns]] Update
** [[Time Stop (550)]] Release
** [[Core Tap (950)]] Release
** [[Fusion]] Updates
** [[Enhancive]] Recharging Updates
** [[Mage Armor (520)]] Release
** [[Experience]] System Updates
** [[Earthen Fury (917)]]
** [[Bane_weapon#Creature_Bane | Creature Bane]] addition for Runestaves
** [[Standard_maneuver_roll#SMR_v2 | Standard Maneuver Roll]] (SMR) Updates

* '''Hunting Grounds'''
** [[Red Forest]]
** [[Sanctum of Scales]]
** [[Frozen Bramble]]
** [[Settlement of Reim]] (Hybrid)

* '''World Development'''
** POLICY updates ([[Policy_18_updated_(saved_posts) | 18]] and 6)
** Updates to [[Analyze | ANALYZE]] (containers)
** [[Chronomage]] Updates (Extended Distance)
** Aelotoi Wing Feature Expansion
** Increase of [[Befriend | BEFRIEND Slots]]
** House Clerk to Ebonstone Manor ([[CHE]])
** Update to Cleric/Deity [[Titles]]
** Updates for Multi-Setting Teleporters
** Premium Alter Scroll Sale

* '''Festivals'''
** The Trine
** Winterberry Festival
** [[Festival of Lumnea]]
** Pickle Festival
** [[Frontier Days]]
** [[Festival of Frost]]
** [[A Midsummer Night's Festival]] (Premium)
** [[Feast_of_the_Immortals_festival_2016 | Feast of the Immortals]] (Premium)

* '''Verb Additions and Improvements'''
** [[RUB]] Updates
** SHIVER Updates
** SHUSH
** POUT Updates
** SQUIRM Updates

* '''Storylines'''
** Path to Palestra
** Mayoral Race
** Windcrafters
** Return to Sunder
** We Need More Ale
** Birds of a Feather
** Going with the Flow - Sea Sprites
** The Red Forest
** Eyes of the Dawn
** Sanctum of Scales
** Ta'Vaalor Voln Recruiter
** Prisma Relics - Flight of the Dawn Rose
** Prisma Relics - The Last Enclave
** Prisma Relics - Firemage
** Prisma Relics - World's Finest
** Swan Song

* '''Events and Quests'''
** [[Briarmoon Cove]]
** [[Wonders of Elanthia]]
** [[Sylinar's Spire]]
** [[Duskruin Arena]]
*** [[Moon-filled_pendant | MoonShard Pendant]] Updates
*** [[Moon-filled_pendant#Bloodrunes | Bloodrunes]]
** Simucon with Auction
** [[Duskruin Arena#The Celestial Temple | Duskruin Dig]]
** [[Ebon Gate]]
** [[Delirium Manor]]
** [[Great Auction of 2016]]

* '''QOL'''
** Numerous Bug Fixes
** Forum Category Reorganization
** Password Security Updates
** Implementation of the TEST server
** Various Updates to the Web FE
** Promotional Codes for Free Play Time
** Player Wiki Updates
** Numerous SimuCoin Store Sales!

</div>
{{Staffprofile
| name = GameMaster Estild
| image = [[File:Estild.jpg|200px]]
| caption = <something breaks in the game> "I knew Soandso's code couldn't be trusted!"
| rank = ASGM
| team = Development
| guru = Magic Systems
}}
==Spotlight on Staff==

'''GameMaster Estild'''

'''''Assistant Senior GameMaster on the Development Team'''''

I started out as a GameHost in 2005. It wasn't what I really wanted to do, but I figured it would help get my foot in the door to potentially be hired on as a GameMaster. Fortunately, GameHosts get to pick their schedule, so my shift was from 4:30 - 6:30 AM, to minimize my interaction with players. After only a few months I was hired on as Development GameMaster for the Cleric/Empath Team. Over the years, such teams have dissolved and every Development GameMaster, myself included, have worked on a number of professions and systems. In 2014, I was promoted to Assistant Senior GameMaster, with my primary focus on magic (i.e. the Ministry of Magic), but in reality, the entire Development team is always involved with every change regardless of individual members' focus.

'''Where were you born?'''

Wichita, KS

'''Where do you currently live?'''

Wichita, KS

'''Do you have any pets/kids/both?'''

I have an almost 7 year old German Shepherd therapy dog named Maggie, who my wife (a social worker) takes to an elementary school a few times each week, and a 14 month old son named Perry, Destroyer of Neatly Put Away Toys and Consumer of Parental Free Time.

'''What is your current occupation?'''

Software Developer

'''What did you want to be while you were growing up?'''

A lawyer, but by the time I was done with my bachelor's degree, I was done going through school.

'''Favorite TV shows?'''

Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley, the Tudors, House of Cards, Westworld

'''Favorite actors/actresses?'''

Nichole Kidman, Emma Stone, Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis

'''Favorite musicians/bands?'''

I don't really have any favorite music or bands. I pretty much will just listen to whatever is on the radio, outside of heavy metal. Tend to prefer pop and alternative rock, and country, depending on the mood.

'''Favorite books/authors?'''

Despite having been involved with an online roleplaying text based game for over 20 years of my life, I hardly ever read books. But the few I have read, A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin and Magician by Raymond E. Feist are my favorites.

'''Where did you go to school and/or what did you study?'''

Computer Science

'''Favorite/least favorite job you've ever had?'''

My first job was as a seasonal cashier at a water amusement park. Being that it was seasonal, you could get hired to start working there when 13 years old, but it only paid $3.25 per hour. It wasn't the worst, but working 30 hours for $100 wasn't fun either.

'''Favorite hobbies?'''

Ignoring the fact that GemStone easily consumes a majority of my limited free time, computer gaming in general. I almost exclusively only play online games, as I prefer interacting with other players. I tend to pick a particular game and play it exclusively for 3-6 months at a time, then rotate to another game. Games include all of the Blizzard titles (World of Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch, Diablo III, etc), Guild Wars 2, Marvel Heroes, etc, and just about every new online game that comes out.

'''Favorite foods?'''

Italian food with red marina sauce.

'''Favorite board games or computer games?'''

Risk, Werewolf, and the Resistance for board games. I noted computer games in my hobby.

'''Favorite sports/sports teams?'''

I have about zero interest in watching sports on TV, but do enjoy live games.

'''What would you do with a million dollars?'''

I'd probably take a 2 week vacation to a Caribbean resort or Glacier National Park, then invest the rest.

'''What three people past or present would you invite to dinner?'''

Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Albert Einstein

'''What is your favorite quote?'''

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

'''Name something you'd like to do before you die.'''

Ideally, travel the world, but more specifically, at least visit New Zealand and Switzerland.

'''What's your favorite acronym?'''

MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction

'''Who is your hero or heroine?'''

Shrek

'''If you could have any musical group or artist, past or present, play at your birthday party, who would it be?'''

David Bowie, as his final encore performance.

'''If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?'''

The ability to manipulate time or if I had to be more narrow with the limits, the ability to stop time. There are so many things I would like to do in a given day and you could do almost anything if you could just voluntarily pause time while you go about your day. It could be for small tasks, like getting something done around the house before everyone gets home, or even big undertakings like learning a new language or trade skill. You could stay up all night consuming information, then pause time while you caught up on 8 hours of sleep. Or you could be more heroic and stop crimes and accidents from unfolding before you.

[[Category:Creating Adventure]]

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2017-01-05T06:22:41Z

GS4-WYROM: GameMaster Estild

GameMaster Estild

Great Auction of 2016

2016-12-17T03:50:14Z

GS4-WYROM:

<div class="alert alert-info"><center><big>'''Live updates will be done by Durakar [http://tinyurl.com/hcged here]</big> Information will be transferred to GSWiki after completion of the event'''</center></div>
{{TOCright}}
(Formerly known as the Q4 Auction)

[[File:Auction.jpg|800px]]

*[http://forums.play.net/forums/GemStone%20IV/World%20Events,%20Festivals,%20and%20Storylines/The%20Great%20Auction%20of%205116/view Officials folder]
*[http://forums.play.net/forums/GemStone%20IV/World%20Events,%20Festivals,%20and%20Storylines/The%20Great%20Auction%20of%205116/view/306 General info post]

===Dates and Time===

Saturday, December 17th in Prime at 11am (Eastern) 
Sunday, December 18th in Plat at 11am (Eastern)

(as of Dec 13, the [http://forums.play.net/events/details/0?date=2016-12-17 calendar] says these may still be slightly adjusted)

===Location===

Tents will be located in [[Wehnimer's Landing]] - [[Hearthstone Manor|Hearthstone]] Courtyard (probably lich ID 410)

===Participation===

There will be two tents, one for [[Premium]] subscribers and one for all paid subscribers. Premium (and [[Platinum]]) can go into either tent, but Prime ([[basic subscription|Basic]]) can only go into the tent for all paid subscribers. [[F2P]] will need to upgrade to a paid subscription to participate.

The auction will not be held in [[Shattered]] in this format, but the items will be made available through another venue.

Additionally, player-supported venues will offer auction extra coverage.

1. The TownCrier team will have someone in each tent to tell people what is up for auction, and who won an auction when it completes. Please ;tune TownCrier on Lnet to listen.

2. Durakar will keep complete notes in a Google Sheet of the items at the auction at: http://tinyurl.com/hcgedhe.

3. Join Durakar as he live streams both tents via twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/diablorist and hosts a Discord server with voice chat and music requests: https://discord.gg/3PYBPxu

===Character Creation and Premium Subscription===

There will be a cut off to character creation and Premium subscription to enter the auction. Character creation will encompass rerolling/starting over. The exact date for both of these will not be supplied, but there is time as of 11/23/2016 10:30 pm EST to get things straightened out. Do not wait too long.

===Bidding===

You will need all the silver and/or notes on your person at the time of BIDing. Notes can be from any bank anywhere in the lands. The bidding mechanics validate the [[silver coin|silvers]] on your character at the time you type BID [amount]. [[Coin hand]]s, pouches, banks, [[gambling kit]]s, and any other silver storing item do not get accounted for when checking your silver amounts.

===Limitations===

Each account will be limited to one win.

===Passed Items===

Items that do not receive any bids will not be returning for another round of bidding during the Q4 auctions.

==Item Detail Release==
===Pre-Auction===

The items posted about below are teasers. There will not be detailed listings of items before the event.

===In-Auction===

Item details will be stated, but some items may have properties that have a bit of discovery, so everything may not be spelled out. An item list will be available in the auction rooms.

===Post-Auction===

You are welcome to post about your auction item soon after you pick up your newfound treasure. You can post questions about your item, if you're having trouble, but try to discover the properties of an item as best as you can before seeking answers from the creators.

==Teasers==
===Neat Loresong Item===
{| {{prettytable}}
|style="width: 3%;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>1 ||style="width: 13%;"| I Made A Neat Thing ||style="width: 9%;"| 3 Nov 2016 ||style="width: 10%;"| GM Tamuz ||style="width: 55%;"| I finished up a super duper neat loresong this morning. It is groundbreaking and maims the bard in new and inventive ways! Also does some other neat stuff when a bard loresings it. Besides maiming them, of course! ||style="width: 10%;"| [http://bit.ly/2fmRuHh Forum Ref]
|}

===Fashionistas on Fire===
{| {{prettytable}}
|style="width: 3%;" rowspan="2"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>2 ||style="width: 13%;" rowspan="2"| Hope You Fashionistas brought some silver ||style="width: 9%;"| 14 Nov 2016 ||style="width: 10%;"| GM Tamuz ||style="width: 55%;"| 'cause I'm working on a really neat thing with tons of messaging from GameMaster Xayle. ||style="width: 10%;"| [http://bit.ly/2fSxW1q Forum Ref]
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| 15 Nov 2016 || GM Xayle || And it's hawt 'cause I'm on fire, y'all. || [http://bit.ly/2fzqaXs Forum Ref]
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|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Catching Fire
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 25 Nov 2016
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Xayle
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| >inven

You are wearing a deep sapphire crushed velvet gown embroidered with wisps of azure flame along the sleeves.

>l my gown

The stiffly boned bodice of this garment is paneled cobalt satin, with azure-threaded wisps of flame curling along the neckline and accented with slivers of dark lapis. Meanwhile, the remainder of the gown is crushed velvet in a deep sapphire hue, shifting from light to dark and back again with the merest touch. Waves of fire in shimmering, pale blue filament course along the pointed sleeves as well as the skirt hem, each curved finger of flame cradling a cabochon of lapis.

>prep 906
Your hands glow with power as you invoke the phrase for Minor Fire...
Your spell is ready.

>cast my gown
You gesture at a deep sapphire crushed velvet gown embroidered with wisps of azure flame along the sleeves.

As the flames break upon the crushed velvet gown, the fire is absorbed into the fabric, each thread subtly backlit by a fiery glow. In a rush that causes the air to distort, azure flames erupt and race to cover the garment in a cloak of living fire as a blazing sapphire velvet gown engulfed in a haze of azure flame is revealed.

>l my gown

Deep blue sapphire velvet is the canvas for a myriad ripples of azure flame that course in overlapping waves along the elegant lines of the gown from neck to hem. The tendrils of fire fitfully trail the neckline, pooling in small eddies amidst the lapis accents, then slowly trickle downward along the bodice to tease the pointed waistline with languid strokes. Inbetwixt the heavy falls of the velvet skirt, rivulets of pale blue flame writhe along the valleys to collect in roiling lagoons along the hem.

Thoughfully, your fingers skip along the bodice of your sapphire velvet gown, giving birth to tiny whorls of azure flame with each touch as your hand comes to rest on your waist. The staccato rhythm of your tapping finger sends those coils of fire down the folds of your skirt.

You stiffly smooth your hands over the bodice of your sapphire velvet gown, the azure flames darkening under your touch, before resting them firmly on your hips. Each irritated tap of your finger against your waist ignites a spark that streaks tendrils of flame long your skirt.

From the shoulders of your sapphire velvet gown, spirals of azure flame twine down your arms to coalesce about your wrists.

Cords of azure flame wind in and out of the fabric of your sapphire velvet gown, licking at the air around you.

~ X., Mocking Who?
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2gvZXdc Forum Ref]
|}

===Greatest Runestaff in The World===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="3" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>3 & <nowiki>#</nowiki>31
|rowspan="3" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Greatest Runestaff in The World
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 14 Nov 2016
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Estild
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| Long time ago me and my brother Wyrom here,
We was hitchhikin' down a long and lonesome road.
All of a sudden, there shined a shiny demon. 
In the middle of the road. 
And he said: 
"Give me the best runestaff in the world, or I'll eat your soul."

Well me and Wyrom, we looked at each other, 
And we each said. "Okay."

And we reached into our backpack and the first thing that came to our hands, 
Just so happened to be, 
The Best Runestaff in the World, it was The Best Runestaff in the World.

Look into my eyes and it's easy to see 
One and one make two, two and one make three, 
It was destiny. 
Once every hundred-thousand years or so, 
When the sun doth shine and the moon doth glow 
And the grass doth grow.

Needless to say, the beast was stunned. 
Whip-crack went his whoopy tail, 
And the beast was done. 
He asked us: "Be you angels?" 
And we said, "Nay. We are but men." 
Rock! 
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh-ah-ah, 
Ohhh, whoah, ah-whoah-oh!

This is not The Greatest Runestaff in the World, no. 
This is just a tribute. 
Couldn't find The Greatest Runestaff in the World, no, no. 
This is a tribute, oh, to The Greatest Runestaff in the World, 
All right! It was The Greatest Runestaff in the World, 
All right! It was the Greatest Runestaff in the World.

And the peculiar thing is this my friends: 
The runestaff we wielded on that fateful night it didn't actually look 
Anything like this runestaff.

This is just a tribute! You gotta believe it! 
And I wish you were there! Just a matter of opinion. 
Ah! Good God, God lovin', 
So surprised to find you can't stop it.

All right! All right! |
|style="width:10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2fSxW1q Forum Ref]
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 10 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Estild
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Let's see if you can identify all the hidden secrets...

GameMaster Estild

>incant 711 
You trace an intricate sign that contorts in the air while forcefully invoking Pain... 
Your spell is ready. 
You gesture at an infernal lich. 
CS: +512 - TD: +456 + CvA: +25 + d100: +33 == +114 
Warding failed! 
An infernal lich shudders in pain. 
... 55 points of damage! 
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

>incant 713 
You trace an intricate sign that contorts in the air while forcefully invoking Balefire... 
Your spell is ready. 
You gesture at an infernal lich. 
You hurl a ball of greenish-black flame at an infernal lich! 
AS: +426 vs DS: +360 with AvD: +65 + d100 roll: +18 = +149 
... and hit for 36 points of damage! 
Superheated arc of plasma traces blackened path across the infernal lich's belly! 
The infernal lich is stunned! 
The ball of greenish-black flame strikes an infernal lich, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact. 
... 5 points of damage! 
Searing strike to back causes the infernal lich to grunt in pain. 
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

>infuse runestaff with 50 mana 
You bring your green ethereal runestaff to your lips, close your eyes, and begin chanting. Suddenly, a deep blue bolt of energy arcs between you and the runestaff as you infuse it with 50 mana.

>incant 711 
You trace an intricate sign that contorts in the air while forcefully invoking Pain... 
Your spell is ready. 
You gesture at an infernal lich. 
CS: +527 - TD: +456 + CvA: +25 + d100: +43 == +139 
Warding failed! 
An infernal lich twists in great pain! 
... 62 points of damage! 
Cast Roundtime 2 Seconds.

>incant 713 
You trace an intricate sign that contorts in the air while forcefully invoking Balefire... 
Your spell is ready. 
You gesture at an infernal lich. 
You hurl a ball of greenish-black flame at an infernal lich! 
AS: +451 vs DS: +360 with AvD: +65 + d100 roll: +25 = +181 
... and hit for 50 points of damage! 
Dazzling arc of energy traces blackened path across the infernal lich's chest! 
The infernal lich is stunned! 
The ball of greenish-black flame strikes an infernal lich, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact. 
... 10 points of damage! 
Blistering strike to leg shrivels skin and causes excruciating pain. 
Cast Roundtime 2 Seconds.

>prep 405 
You gesture and invoke the powers of the elements for the Elemental Detection spell... 
Your spell is ready. 
>cast radical 
You gesture at a triton radical. 
You detect the following spells on a triton radical: 
Divine Shield with a lot of time remaining. 
Spirit Warding I with a fair amount of time remaining. 
Lesser Shroud with a great amount of time remaining. 
Spirit Warding II with a fair amount of time remaining. 
Elemental Defense II with a fair amount of time remaining. 
Prayer of Protection with a lot of time remaining. 
Heroism with a great amount of time remaining. 
Fasthr's Reward with a fair amount of time remaining. 
Mantle of Faith with a lot of time remaining. 
Elemental Defense I with a fair amount of time remaining. 
Elemental Defense III with a fair amount of time remaining. 
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds. 
> 
>incant 711 
You trace an intricate sign that contorts in the air while forcefully invoking Pain... 
Your spell is ready. 
You gesture at a triton radical. 
CS: +512 - TD: +445 + CvA: +20 + d100: +6 == +93 
Warded off! 
Nothing happens. 
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds. 
> 
>infuse runestaff with 10 spirit 
You bring your green ethereal runestaff to your lips, close your eyes, and begin chanting. Suddenly, a pure white bolt of energy arcs between you and the runestaff as you infuse it with 10 spirit.
> 
>tap runestaff 
As you tap into your green ethereal runestaff's core, a powerful lightning bolt strikes it. The hum of the electricity rises to a fevered pitch as pure white energy crackles over its surface. 
> 
>incant 701 
You trace an intricate sign that contorts in the air while forcefully invoking Blood Burst... 
Your spell is ready. 
You gesture at a triton radical.

Your green ethereal runestaff pulses with an emerald green light!

CS: +542 - TD: +386 + CvA: +20 + d100: +81 == +257 
Warding failed! 
Blood gushes from the radical's neck! 
The "blood gates" open wider. 
Cast Roundtime 2 Seconds.

>incant 701 
You trace an intricate sign that contorts in the air while forcefully invoking Blood Burst... 
Your spell is ready. 
You gesture at a triton radical. 

Your green ethereal runestaff pulses with an emerald green light!

CS: +542 - TD: +386 + CvA: +20 + d100: +54 == +230 
Warding failed! 
Blood gushes from the radical's neck! 
Cast Roundtime 2 Seconds.

>incant 701 
You trace an intricate sign that contorts in the air while forcefully invoking Blood Burst... 
Your spell is ready. 
You gesture at a triton radical.

Your green ethereal runestaff pulses with an emerald green light!

CS: +542 - TD: +386 + CvA: +20 + d100: +78 == +254 
Warding failed! 
Blood gushes from the radical's neck! 
Cast Roundtime 2 Seconds.

>incant 701 
You trace an intricate sign that contorts in the air while forcefully invoking Blood Burst... 
Your spell is ready. 
You gesture at a triton radical.

Your green ethereal runestaff pulses with an emerald green light!

CS: +542 - TD: +386 + CvA: +20 + d100: +99 == +275 
Warding failed! 
Blood gushes from the radical's neck! 
Cast Roundtime 2 Seconds.

Pure white energy crackles over the surface of your green ethereal runestaff.

Like the quiet after a roiling storm, the crackling pure white energy surrounding your green ethereal runestaff calms, its hum becomes dulcet, and its color returns to normal.
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 10
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 10 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Estild
|style="vertical-align:top;"| This is also at the base 5x... :P
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 12
|}

===The Pitcher===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="2" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>4 ||rowspan="2" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| I'll Drink To That ||style="width: 9%;"| 15 Nov 2016 ||style="width: 10%;"| GM Haliste ||style="width: 55%;"| Stay thirsty, my friends ||style="width: 10%;"| [http://bit.ly/2fSxW1q Forum Ref]
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 17 Nov 2016 ||style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Haliste ||style="vertical-align:top;"| >look my pitcher
A koi-shaped handle with soft and pliable fins creates a fitting adornment to the elegant wavy lines that encircle the entire silver pitcher. Centered on the base is a small sapphire-faced dial that currently points to the word "mead". A small brass plate affixed next to the dial reads, "honey." The word "mana" illuminates and flows along the wavy lines encircling the pitcher.

You say, "Hmm."

>turn my pitcher
You turn a sapphire-faced dial on the base of your silver pitcher and set the pointer to "rum".

You gasp.

>push my pitcher
You push a small knob next to the sapphire-faced dial on the base of your silver pitcher. In elegant script, the word "spiced" begins to illuminate across a small brass plate.

You squeal.

>pour my pitcher
You tip the silver pitcher slightly to pour out some liquid. Swirls of glittery light cascade...

[To be continued...]|
|style="vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2eKpDFa Forum Ref]
|}

===Any Mularos Fans Out There?===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="2" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>5 & <nowiki>#</nowiki>6 ||rowspan="2" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Just Curious ||style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 16 Nov 2016 ||style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Haliste ||style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| ... any Mularos fans out there? Any Imaera fans? ||style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2eGhtxD Forum Ref]
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|style="vertical-align: top;"| 17 Nov 2016 ||style="vertical-align: top;"| GM Haliste ||style="vertical-align: top;"| >prod my robe
You prod your finger against your silk robe. An unusual feeling tugs at your mind, but you sense that you lack sufficient devotion to Mularos to understand much else.

Dagnabbit.

You remove your robe and instead, wear a cloak.

>prod my cloak
You prod your finger against your green velvet cloak. It ripples about you, seeming almost alive.

Time passes.

A melodic trill pierces the air, and you find yourself listening intently to the tranquilizing song. Within moments, a chorus of chirps responds in harmonious unison, and a group of mockingbirds flies overhead. A lone tri-toned brown mockingbird swoops down, lands on your shoulder, and pecks gently at your green velvet cloak. You reach to stroke its delicate wing, but it launches into the air and flies away.|
|style="vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2f4AN2M Forum Ref]
|}

===The Assassin's Blade (Tanto)===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="3" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>7 ||rowspan="3" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| The Assassin's Blade ||style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 17 Nov 2016 ||style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Retser ||style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| Deep within a dark place... where dark things are.. where bad guys lurk... a dark tanto was discovered that does dark things.

Do you want to feel like you are an assassin? DO YOU WANT TO? HUH? Well look no further I have just the thing for you!

Have you ever wanted to swing once but be such an AMAZING ninja assassin that you swing twice?

You swing a shadowy black ora tanto at an Ithzir adept!
AS: +458 vs DS: +304 with AvD: +25 + d100 roll: +92 = +271
... and hit for 73 points of damage!
Strike punctures thigh and shatters femur!
An Ithzir adept falls to the ground grasping her mangled right leg!
You flip your black ora tanto in your hands after your strike and reverse directions towards your foe!
You swing a shadowy black ora tanto at an Ithzir adept!
AS: +458 vs DS: +262 with AvD: +25 + d100 roll: +53 = +274
... and hit for 94 points of damage!
Incredible strike pierces heart and runs the Ithzir adept clean through!
The Ithzir adept vainly struggles to rise, then goes still.
Roundtime: 3 sec.

BOOM! WHAT IS THIS SORCERY? AM I A NINJA SORCERER YOU ASK? PROBABLY!11!!

Hmm, well, that was cool, BUT WHAT ELSE?

This blade is six times enchanted, WHAT? NOT FIVE? FOUR? BUT SIX!

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! THAT BLADE IS SWOLEEEEEE!!!!

What else?

IT IS EXCEPTIONALLY CRIT WEIGHTED? WOW? REALLY?

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!111!! THE BLADE IS BUCK NASTY!

Pls tell me more ok

ok

What else does it do?

WELL LET ME TELL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This blade can remove fifteen points of crit weighting when waved at a target once every 30 minutes. This effect lasts for 5 minutes.

wave tanto at adept
You deftly slice at the air in front of you with your black ora tanto, sending a wave of shadows towards an Ithzir adept!
An Ithzir adept is suddenly encased in tendril-like shadows!
Roundtime: 3 sec.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? IS THIS REAL LIFE IN GEMSTONE LIFE? WHAT! WHAT!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Pls tell me more ok

ok

gaze tanto
You spin your black ora tanto deftly in your hand, watching as the blade changes to a mix of sanguine and amber.
The sanguine side pulses dimly and the amber side pulses dimly.

WHAT? WHAT IS THAT? WHY AM I BEING SUCH A NINJA AGAIN!?

Well, let me show you what this issssss.

cover tanto
You press your black ora tanto flat against your hand and gently turn it, causing the blade to glow sanguine.
You feel drained!
Roundtime: 3 sec.

pull tanto
You pull the hilt of your black ora tanto against your chest and breathe deeply, causing the blade to glow amber.
You clutch at your chest in pain!
Roundtime: 3 sec.

I DON'T GET IT!!111!!!

OK I TELL U OK

When we cover our tanto, you can store health.
When you pull on your tanto, you can store stamina.
Both of these have a limit and can be reclaimed at any time.

raise tanto
You flip your black ora tanto in your hand and hold it parallel to your eyes. The tanto pulses sanguine tendrils down your arm; you feel reinvigorated!

push tanto
You flip your black ora tanto in your hand and push it out from your body. The tanto pulses amber tendrils down your arm; you feel reinvigorated!

WOW, WOW< WOWWWWWWW!11!!!!!

WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE WHEN THE SHADOWS RETURN TO THE BLADE?!!?!??!?!?!??!

A slender shadowy tendril slowly snakes its way up your body before seeping back into your black ora tanto.

TAKE ME NOW TANTO!!!1!!

This is a UNIQUE item and only one will be released EVER at your 2016 auction!|
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2fyLQoW Forum Ref]
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 17 Nov 2016 ||style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Retser ||style="vertical-align:top;"| Essentially you remove padding on the creature, thereby increasing your weighting.
I zigged when I should have zagged.|
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 12
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 18 Nov 2016 ||style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Retser ||style="vertical-align:top;"| The double strike is a flare and is a random chance.

You would need a godly sorcerer ninja to ensorcell this blade.|
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===The Corasine Relic===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="5" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>8 ||rowspan="5" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| All Aboard the Hype Train - Coraesine Relic||style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 17 Nov 2016 ||style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Wyrom ||style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| You glance down to see a grey-swirled coraesine relic in your right hand and nothing in your left hand.

You try to eat your coraesine relic.

You fasten your coraesine relic to your attire.

You unfasten your coraesine relic from your attire.

You ponder.

You remove a wide golvern band from in your grotesque wound.
>put relic on band
The coraesine relic can only be attached to a weapon.

You say, "Aha."

You remove a razern katana from in your grotesque wound.
G>put relic on katana
Attaching the coraesine relic to the razern katana is a permanent action, if you're sure you'd like to do it, put the relic on the katana again within 30 seconds.
G>put relic on katana

Ooooooooooooo|
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2g2lOZI Forum Ref]
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 17 Nov 2016 ||style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Wyrom ||style="vertical-align:top;"| While I want to leave you all craving more on this item, I don't want it to build beyond what I want to hype. So with that said, it does not work with scripted items. So if we reference the...

https://gswiki.play.net/The_Charts_of_Clarity

That will answer a lot. Sonic weapons are scripted as well.

I did a lot with subscripting, but to do this justice, it needed more control.

Now...everything else? Speculate!!

|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 7
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 17 Nov
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Wyrom
|style="vertical-align:top;"| It won't work wear wearable equipment either. So no gloves or boots. But a hook-knife or fist-scythe, sure
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 11
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 28 Nov
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Wyrom
|style="vertical-align:top;"| ** The coraesine relic on your razern katana flares up with a blazing white-grey aura! Vicious winds curl around you in a spiraling vortex, increasing your momentum as you let loose a lightning-quick strike! **

** The coraesine relic on your veil iron spikestar flares up with a blazing white-grey aura! Vicious winds curl around you in a spiraling vortex, increasing your momentum as you let loose a lightning-quick strike! **

|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 17-18
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 29 Nov
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Wyrom
|style="vertical-align:top;"| >>''You don't have to divulge what they are, but does this relic also give other properties aside from the amazing double strike flares?''

This is concentrated sentient coraesine, but only a relic. Vague answer is vague.

|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 20
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===Misted Misty Mist Ring===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="3" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>9 ||rowspan="3" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Misted Misty Mist ||style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 18 Nov 2016 ||style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Haliste ||style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| Long, long ago, in a land far away, a most unusual ring was discovered. Unlike family heirlooms that sometimes tarnish and deteriorate over the years, this piece was different, and aged like a fine wine...|
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 18 Nov 2016 ||style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Haliste ||style="vertical-align:top;"| ''... she adds later, in response to a question about it being like fine wine:''
>Sssooo... UNlike the relic--which could not be eaten--this one we CAN drink?!?

Well, not exactly. Though, if you look at my other teaser... |
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 3
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 21 Nov 2016 ||style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Haliste ||style="vertical-align:top;"| Ok, how about this?

>turn my ring 
As you twist the top of your sapphire ring, it opens and flowers outward. Tendrils of black mist begin to flow out of the ring and swirl around you, and you begin to feel more burdened as the mist envelops your form. Finally, the tendrils cease emanating from the ring and settle down around you. Once quiescent, the tendrils merge together, creating a hazy black mist in the image of some hazy black mist armor around you.
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 4
|}

===Forage-Reset Watering Can===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>10
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Green Thumb
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 20 Nov 2016
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Vanah
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| >forage purple hydrangea
As you forage around, you notice that someone has been foraging here recently and you are unable to find anything useful.

You say, "Oh, bother."

>anal my can 
You analyze your watering can and sense that the item is largely free from merchant alteration restrictions.

The creator has also provided the following information:

This watering can contains water that has magic properties. You could SPRINKLE water from the watering can to rejuvenate plantlife that has been recently foraged. You could also MEASURE or PONDER over the can.

Alterations are fine as long as it remains something that can hold and sprinkle water.

You get no sense of whether or not the can may be further lightened.

>ponder my can 
You tap your fingers against your watering can as you survey the plantlife in the area. You think that the plantlife in the area could benefit from your watering can.

>sprinkle my can 
You sprinkle water from your watering can onto the ground. The plantlife appears to perk up.

>forage purple hydrangea 
You forage briefly and manage to find a purple hydrangea! 
Roundtime: 5 sec.

>ponder my can 
You tap your fingers against your watering can as you survey the plantlife in the area. You note that there are still things growing that do not need help from your watering can.

>measure my can 
You gauge that there is enough water left in the watering can for nine fresh uses. You judge from the condensation trickling down the sides that there may be more water in 23 hours and 59 minutes.
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===White Eonake Censer===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>11
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Bring Out Your Dead
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 21 Nov 2016
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Estild
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| Estild chants a quick prayer and slowly swings his white eonake censer over your corpse several times. The scent of brimstone fills the air as dark amber-hued smoke billows forth, then settles over your body. '''You get an increased feeling of well-being.'''
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===Language Thing? ===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>12
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| The Turkey Says
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 24 Nov 2016
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Haliste
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| Speaking in Gnomish, the turkey says, "Happy Thanksgiving!"

You blink.

Speaking in Gnomish, you say, "What the... What is going on?"

The turkey blinks.

Speaking in Gnomish, the turkey says, "Surprise! Thanksgiving is going on!"

You scream.

~ Haliste ~
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|}

===Ice Cream Churn===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>14
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| I Scream, You Scream
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 26 Nov 2016
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Vanah
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| >put bar in churn 
You grate dark chocolate shavings into the churn, which whirs softly. When the noise ceases, you check the churn's chamber and note the scent of dark chocolate.

>put caramel in churn 
You feed all of your salted caramel into the churn, which whirs softly. When the noise ceases, you check the churn's chamber and note the scent of salted caramel and dark chocolate.
That was the last of it!

>turn churn 
As you turn the crank on a rhimar-lined churn, the rhimar lining in the churn grows cold, a faint rime spreading across the churn's surface. A faint whirring sound emits from the churn, and dark chocolate and salted caramel ice cream slowly oozes from the spigot. You fill a waffle cone with the ice cream and come away with some salted caramel and dark chocolate ice cream.

>spin churn 
You spin the toppings carousel, bringing a bowl of whipped cream to the front.

>push churn 
You take a bowl of whipped cream from the rhimar-lined churn's toppings carousel and spoon some of the whipped cream on top of some salted caramel and dark chocolate ice cream.

>lick my ice 
You lick some of the whipped cream off your dark chocolate ice cream.

>eat my ice 
You take a bite of your dark chocolate ice cream. The cold ice cream melts across your tongue, allowing you to savor the dark chocolate flavor. As the ice cream melts, pockets of salted caramel are revealed. The soft texture is contrasted by the crisp crunch of the cone. The texture is contrasted against the light, airy whipped cream, which provides a soft sweetness. 
The dark chocolate ice cream is melting, and you're making a mess! 
You have 6 bites left.

>spin churn 
You spin the toppings carousel, bringing a shaker of cinnamon to the front.

>push churn at my coffee 
You take a shaker of cinnamon from the rhimar-lined churn's toppings carousel and sprinkle some cinnamon into a cup of rich black coffee.

>drink my coff 
You take a drink from your black coffee. Dark, powerful, and confident, but of so high a quality that it is not truly bitter. 
The coffee is very weak with a subtle hint of spice underlying its natural flavors, dusky and warm like a freshly baked gingersnap. 
You have 4 quaffs left.
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===Gosaena Wings===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>15
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| On A Wing and A Prayer
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 27 Nov 2016
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Mazreth
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| Wings are great, wings are fun
Of these special wings, there can be only one.

A goddess to follow, there's no other way
Choose another to your permanent dismay.

Do they shoot lightning or fire or ice, Pew Pew?
Pfft, that's been done before and would not be new.

Zests and actions they include I will admit,
but nothing more from me will you get.

"Want to know what they do," asks the soothsayer?
Your only clue is in the words, "A wing and a prayer."

OOC NOTES: Special restrictions that should be clearly known and understood.

These attune and will be destroyed if removed.

They can only be worn by a follower of Gosaena, convert to any other deity (or none) and they are PERMANENTLY lost. (No really. I mean it. Deleted, gone, no amount of assisting, reporting, begging, or bribing will get them back)

They make use of your distinguishing mark field. Anything currently in it, or added via merchant (or any other method) will be overwritten.
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===The massive black steel no-dachi===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="3" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>16
|rowspan="3" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| A rusted broken no-dachi
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 27 Nov 2016
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Retser
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| get no-dachi
You pick up a rusted broken no-dachi.
Speaking to your broken no-dachi, you say, "You look kind of worthless."

You hold your broken no-dachi up in offering and mutter some prayers to Lorminstra. After a moment of silence, a pure golden shaft of light springs forth from your broken no-dachi and bathes you in its glow. Images of the broken no-dachi from its moment of creation to the present flash before your eyes in quick succession. As the images and shaft of light fade away, you feel heavily drained but somehow more spiritually attuned to the broken no-dachi.
A faint voice in your mind says, "So, you think you've the skill to wield me, do you? Eternity shall tell..."

What? What a creeper no-dachi.
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2gzZwOV Forum Ref]
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 27 Nov 2016
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Retser
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Who you follow does not matter.|
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 12
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 29 Nov 2016
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Retser
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Yes, Paladin or Warrior bonding works.

I would have gotten away with teasing only what I did if it hadn't been for you meddling kids!

But.. Since you identified that much, I'll show this.

You say, "(CENSORED), (CENSORED)" 
Flecks of rusted steel fall from your broken no-dachi as you draw it in front of your body. Switching your grip to both hands, black veins appear down the length of the no-dachi as the remaining rust particles scatter. Suddenly, the blade flares with a void of black energy, doubling its length and size.

You are holding a massive black steel no-dachi in your right hand.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 22
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===Intricately Etched Veniom Feather===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>17
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| A Feather
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 28 Nov 2016
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Ixix
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| >glance 
You glance down to see an intricately etched veniom feather in your right hand and nothing in your left hand. 

Here's a thing. It's something that everybody can use, but you might need to make friends with a well trained member of the Rogue Guild (if such a thing truly exists!) - at least for a few minutes. I wonder what it does!
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2gcRz4f Forum Ref]
|}

===Grumpy Gremlin Servant Horn===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="3" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>18
|rowspan="3" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Lonely?
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 28 Nov
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Sindin
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| A grumpy little gremlin darts up to you in a breathless hurry.
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2gRd9wg Forum Ref]
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 29 Nov
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Sindin
|style="vertical-align:top;"| The gremlin feels around under his arms, then smells his fingertips. He wobbles for a moment, dazed, but quickly recovers.

He's not just charming, he also does something pretty useful.

|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 3
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 29 Nov
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Sindin
|style="vertical-align:top;"| >''exhale horn''
You blow into your horn, letting out a low, soft tone.

A grumpy little gremlin darts up to you in a breathless hurry.

>''put coffer in gremlin''
You put an iron-bound fel coffer inside the little gremlin's loot sack.

>''close gremlin''
You close a grumpy little gremlin's loot sack and secure its opening.

The little gremlin stomps around angrily in pursuit of a wily and elusive insect.

>''dismiss gremlin''
You wave at a grumpy little gremlin in a dismissing gesture.
The little gremlin huffs annoyedly, swings his sack over his shoulder, and scuttles away.
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 10
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===Aeia's Grace===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>19
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Aeia's Grace
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 30 Nov
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Vanah
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| A subtle heat rises in your cheeks as you sing, a blush like that given as one basks in the glow of a roaring fire. You feel a subtle quickening in your heart as a vision plays before your eyes.

Though the sun had long since set, the sky was ablaze with a red-orange glow that would surely make the daylight jealous. Bonfires were lit along the river's edge and throughout the green, and myriad sparks filled the air overhead like a cloud of dancing fireflies. Though all about him the night was alive with the rhythmic pronouncements of drums and the airy laughter and singing of those nearby, he lingered just at the edge of the light alone. He watched the villagers, his friends, his neighbors, as they partook of the festivities, often linked arm in arm as they wove spirals around first one bonfire, then another. They beckoned to him as they passed. "Join us," he heard them call with the very breath of temptation. With a head shake, he declined the invitation, time and again, preferring instead to continue his solitary trek.

It was after such a renunciation that he caught sight of her, only a glimpse as he turned to avoid the revelers. Her pale skin was set alight by the glow of the bonfires, and her long, brown hair was gilded with a coppery red that rivaled any flame. He found himself drawn to her, and as he approached, she turned to meet his eyes with her own, a gaze painted by every green promise the earth had ever made.

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===Puffy Grey Cloud Pin===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>20
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Foggy Inventory
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 1 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Estild
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| As Estild puts on a puffy grey cloud pin, a dense fog gathers around him.

>look Estild 
You see GameMaster Estild. 
He appears to be a Forest Gnome from Basingstoke Bloodline. 
He is tall and appears to be burdened with age. He has bright hazel eyes and tanned skin. He has very short, dark brown hair. 
He is in good shape. 
A dense fog swirls about him, concealing his clothing. 

As Estild takes off a puffy grey cloud pin, the dense fog around him dissipates.
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===Fluted Venion Wand of Everything Elemental===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>21
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Elemental Wand
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 2 Dec 2016
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Estild
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| >glance 
You glance down to see a fluted veniom wand enveloped in a swirling white wind in your right hand and nothing in your left hand.
>snap wand 
With a flick of your wrist, the swirling white wind enveloping your fluted veniom wand vanishes. Clusters of quartz-veined granite sprout from the wand itself, growing wildly along its length. 
>snap wand 
With a flick of your wrist, the clusters of quartz-veined granite encrusting your fluted gornar wand vanish, and a cascade of tiny flames materializes, dancing along its length. 
>snap wand 
With a flick of your wrist, the tiny flames dancing along the length of your fluted drakar wand vanish, and a frosty haze materializes, spilling from it in a long, misty trail. 
>snap wand 
With a flick of your wrist, the frosty haze spilling from your fluted rhimar wand vanishes, and a corona of crackling electricity flickers into existence around it. 
>snap wand 
With a flick of your wrist, the corona of crackling electricity surrounding your fluted feras wand vanishes, and a sphere of swirling water appears to adorn its crown. 
>snap wand 
With a flick of your wrist, the sphere of swirling water crowning your aquamarine wand vanishes, and great plumes of white steam spit from its length. 
>snap wand 
With a flick of your wrist, the plumes of white steam spitting from your fluted coral wand vanish, and a sickly green film coats the wand, bubbling and hissing along its length. 
>snap wand 
With a flick of your wrist, the bubbling green film coating your fluted crystal wand vanishes, and a swirling white wind envelops it.
>raise wand 
You raise your fluted veniom wand skyward! 
1d100: 100 + Modifiers: 262 == 362 

You unleash a compact swirling vortex at a huge water elemental! 
AS: +325 vs DS: +242 with AvD: +38 + d100 roll: +51 = +172 
... and hit for 69 points of damage! 
You unleash a compact swirling vortex at a huge fire elemental! 
AS: +325 vs DS: +221 with AvD: +38 + d100 roll: +81 = +223 
... and hit for 81 points of damage! 
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds. 
Roundtime: 3 sec. 
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===Topaz Crown Talisman Supercharger===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>22
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Supercharged Talisman
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 2 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Estild
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| >rub talisman 
As you rub your topaz crown talisman, you are momentarily bathed in a column of radiant golden light.
[You have activated an Item Supercharger! The combat properties of your items will be super charged for 15 minutes.]
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2gjziiS Forum Ref]
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===Grumpy Dwarf Empath Tattoo===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>23
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| The Grumpiest of Ink
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 3 Dec 2016
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Keios
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| The dwarf empath tattoo's chest rises and falls rhythmically in his sleep.

>glance tattoo 
You glance at your dwarf empath tattoo.

>poke tattoo 
You give the sleeping tattoo a sharp jab and he flails wildly, clutching at his cap as he scrambles back to his feet.

>look tattoo 
The dwarf shifts uncomfortably and then furrows his bushy brows, folding his arms almost belligerently as he stares back at you.

>peer tattoo 
You squint critically down at the dwarf empath tattoo. 
The dwarf empath tattoo obligingly holds out his haversack for you to peer within. 
You see that his haversack is empty. 

>poke tattoo 
You reach under your battered Pip-Boy 3000 and give the dwarf empath tattoo a sharp poke! The dwarf empath tattoo grouchily emerges and shuffles off, coming to rest on your neck.

>clean tattoo 
The dwarf obligingly turns over his haversack and gives it a vigorous shake, but only a few bits of lint fall out. He tucks it back against himself and smirks at you.

>tap tattoo 
You tap the dwarven empath tattoo and the dwarf stills, becoming simply an art rendering upon your skin.

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===Slim Silver Disk of Darkness===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="5" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>24
|rowspan="5" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| A slim silver disk
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 4 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Keios
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| >glance 
You glance down to see a slim silver disk in your right hand and nothing in your left hand.

>turn disk 
Letting the silver disk dangle from your fingertips, you twist it and shadows upon its surface rotate, sending it flashing like a tiny moon cycling through its various waxing and waning cycles.

>glance casual 
You casually glance around the area.

>look stars 
It is too bright out to see the stars.

>wear disk 
As you hang the silver disk around your neck, a gentle darkness floats out like a mantle from your shoulders, the disk twinkling where the folds of supple night meet like a clasp.

>tap disk 
You gently rest a finger against the silver disk suspended around your neck and a sense of quiet fills your mind, stilling your thoughts. You close your eyes briefly in contemplation, and as you open them again, your surroundings are suffused with shadowed twilight.

>look stars 
You gaze up into the sky and see a broad field of lights...
Eight dimly glowing stars form the two scalloped wings of a bat soaring into the darkness as it fades away.

>pull disk 
You drag your hand gently over the gauzy folds of the mantle shrouding your shoulders, watching wisps of darkness trail about your fingertips.

>agree 
You adopt an agreeable expression.

>turn disk 
You pivot sharply on your heel, sending the gauzy folds of night billowing around you like a storm-driven tempest.

>stride west 
You stride away, moving west.

switching viewpoints 
>look 
[Town Square, Garden Niche] 
This small niche between two buildings has been neatly landscaped into a tiny garden, its careful mosaic of flagstones interspersed with patches of trimmed grass. A low stone bench rests along one vine-covered wall, and a patch of colorful violets surrounds a painted wooden barrel in one corner. 
Obvious paths: east

>look lornon 
You gaze up into the heavens scanning for the moon Lornon... 
The fierce light of the sun drowns out any hope of seeing Lornon. 

Keios just strode in.
> 
Night follows in Keios's wake, suffusing the surroundings in dusky twilight. 

>look lornon 
You gaze up into the heavens scanning for the moon Lornon... 
Lornon continues her descent to the west as a thin sliver in the sky. Whorls of darker hue shift slowly across the icy disc, their rhythmic swirling nearly blending in completely with the blackness of the sky.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 14 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Keios
|style="vertical-align:top;"| One more teaser! For all you night owls awake during the day.

>rem disk 
You place a hand against the silver disk around your neck, and the darkness shrouding you recedes like a wind-driven fog, coalescing back into the disk.

>glance disk 
You glance at the silver disk in your hand.

>l stars 
It is too bright out to see the stars.

>raise disk 
You raise your silver disk into the air, and the area seems to grow still.

An uneasy hush falls upon the world.

>pose 
You strike a heroic pose.

With a sickening ripple, the heavenly shape of Liabo flickers and then vanishes above you!

The rippling in the sky churns and boils and seemingly out of nowhere, Liabo reappears high in the sky, within kissing distance of the sun.

The looming shape of Liabo slides before the face of the sun, plunging the world into darkness!

>cheer 
You let out a cheer!

>l stars 
You gaze up into the sky and see a broad field of lights... 
Four glimmering white beacons of light form the pattern of a shield directly overhead, each bright star marking one corner of the protective rectangle.

A fiercely bright corona is all that is visible of the sun, blotted out by the looming shape of Liabo.

>sigh happily 
You sigh happily.

>l liabo 
You gaze up into the heavens scanning for the moon Liabo...
Liabo floats high in the sky, a fierce corona of light surrounding her as she blots out the sun.

>agree 
You adopt an agreeable expression.
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 7
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 14 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Keios
|style="vertical-align:top;"| >>Holy...did that just CHANGE THE SKY?

Yes. Yes it did. By making all of Elanthia night for the duration of the solar eclipse.
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 9
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 14 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Keios
|style="vertical-align:top;"| >>Would it would affect things that can only be done at night, such as (a) foraging some plants, (b) refracting moonlight or sunlight for alchemy, and (c) hunting critters that only come out at night (the liches in OTF)?

Yes. The eclipse version affects all of those, world-wide.

The one in my first teaser, the little night that follows you around, affects all that you listed except for (c) critters for everybody in the room with you.
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 14
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 14 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Keios
|style="vertical-align:top;"| >>So, out of curiosity, what happens if someone uses this disk that eclipses while, say, an alchemist is trying to refract sunlight in a recipe, or a forager is trying to get a daytime herb?

They should immediately switch to formulas that require night refraction! I should release some now that require both day AND night refractions, just to keep you all on your toes! And hey, the number of night only herbs are 2 more than daytime only herbs, so maybe grab those while they're out!

But, more seriously, the duration is long enough to get a few decent short hunts in, or maybe one longer marathon hunt. Refresh rate is listed in the days, not per day. The eclipse doesn't trigger immediately, there are world-wide messages about the imminent disaster and doom about to happen to warn people to finish up their alchemy or at the very least, not attempt a new one.

|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 16
|}

===Glowbark Bark===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>25
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Glowbark Bark
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 4 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Estild
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| Contains the spell Barkskin

>rub bark 
You rub your glowbark bark. 
1d100: 9 + Modifiers: 273 == 282 

A knobby layer of bark swiftly forms on you. 
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds. 
> 
You notice the destroyer's claidhmore focus itself upon its foe, giving additional force to its strike! 
A Vvrael destroyer swings a claidhmore at you! 
The layer of bark on you hardens and absorbs the attack! The bark crackles as it crumbles to dust.
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2gVwE6w Forum Ref]
|}

===Wyrom's Bloodlines Teaser===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="3" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>26
|rowspan="3" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Bloodlines
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 6 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Wyrom
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| "What is a man? ...A miserable little pile of secrets! But enough talk! Have at you!"
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2h4MDz2 Forum Ref]
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 9 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Wyrom
|style="vertical-align:top;"| A Dracula-like ability was on my list, and may one day be something I have the time to code. But it's more a Belmont tool of destruction. I pondered the idea of the combat cross over the classic whip.

Anyway... It's pretty cool, and has some neat easter eggs.
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 13
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 10 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Wyrom
|style="vertical-align:top;"| You clench the handle of your whip, enshrouding the white ora in violet flames!
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 16
|}

===The Runestaff With Dispell Flares===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>27
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Faltering Magic
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 7 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Estild
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| >incant 711 
You trace an intricate sign that contorts in the air while forcefully invoking Pain... 
Your spell is ready. 
You gesture at an infernal lich. 
CS: +584 - TD: +493 + CvA: +25 + d100: +85 == +201 
Warding failed! 
An infernal lich twists in great pain! 
... 62 points of damage! 

'''Your witchwood runestaff glows brightly for a moment, consuming the magical energies around the infernal lich!'''

An infernal lich appears somehow different. 
A hazy film coats an infernal lich. 
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2hjm1XL Forum Ref]
|}

===Screams of the Banshee===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>28
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Banshees Within
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 7 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Estild
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| An infernal lich assumes a wild-eyed expression as it points a finger at you! 
CS: +452 - TD: +439 + CvA: +15 + d100: +83 == +111 
Warding failed! 
A strong strike for 15 points of damage! 
A resplendent silver-hued robe edged with gold and blue ornamentation partially deflects the onslaught of the disruption attack. 
... 10 points of damage! 
You hear the tendons in your foot snap. That hurt! 
> 
>scream 
You scream! 
> 
An infernal lich assumes a wild-eyed expression as it points a finger at you! 
Your glowbark runestaff emits a deafening wail as a bright red glow erupts from its surface, surrounding you! 
CS: +452 - TD: +489 + CvA: +15 + d100: +96 == +74 
Warded off! 

And for various armors: 

An infernal lich assumes a wild-eyed expression as it points a finger at you! 
Your flowing robes emits a deafening wail as a bright red glow erupts from its surface, surrounding you! 
CS: +452 - TD: +489 + CvA: +15 + d100: +63 == +41 
Warded off!
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2hjqAkC Forum Ref]
|}

===Roll Yer Own THANG===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>29
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Custom Scripted Mechanical Item
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 10 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Finros
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| We're going to try an experiment for one of the offerings in this auction: a completely new custom-scripted item designed by the winner which is allowed to have (significant) mechanical aspects. We've never done anything like this before, so I'm going to go beyond simple teasing and try to lay out the details, and answer questions as needed.

The broad outline is pretty simple. The winner will work with me to design an entirely new item concept. I will then go build that item and deliver it to them. The item is allowed to have significant mechanical benefits ("auction quality") comparable to the most powerful items in the game. There are obviously many caveats, which I will attempt to cover below, but there aren't meant to be any "gotchas".

- I am the sole authority over what is considered acceptable. Period. I will bend over backwards to work with someone on arriving at a reasonable design, and will field questions over the next week in order to help people understand what reasonable means, but if I reject something, there is no appeal.

- This offering is for a new scripted item. It is fine to steal partial ideas from old items where it makes sense, but "designs" of the sort "I want a copy of Kree's blade", "I want a Banthis elemental bow that also has crate whistle functionality" and "I want a 10x undead bane claidhmore with 10 extra points of weighting" are not going to fly. To be clear, a base item is part of the service, and I expect that many ideas will have a high-enchant special-ability weapon or armor piece as part of the design. That's fine; but this can't be used to cobble together some super-powered item out of existing components.

- The precise internal mechanics (such as formulas and costs) of the item are in my court. I will absolutely take input on those aspects and make sure that the winner isn't blindsided by anything unexpected, but they aren't chosen precisely by the winner. Messaging, subject to QC and basic standards, is up to the winner.

- The winner should have a reasonably detailed design by the end. I'll work with you to refine it from a broad concept to a fuller design, but if you try to leave it at "something like Sorrow but on a polearm", I'm not going to be terribly motivated to finish the design for you, and you'll probably be disappointed.

- The item is guaranteed unique for three years, by approval of the PM. I personally commit to not approving the release of another copy for as long as I remain on staff (so long as the item continues to exist in the game) and even after I leave staff, I'll leave a note behind discouraging re-release. However, I also note that there will be no exception to our general policy of items not standing in the way of releasing new system mechanics.

- If we are unable to reach agreement on the item concept, you will be refunded the auction price in full.

- The item will likely be attuned to the winning character for a period of one year, to discourage immediate transfer or resale. This isn't set in stone and is dependent on the item, but I suggest that it be assumed.

- There will be a time limit on designing the item. I realize that the auction is happening right at the holiday period, and I'll be flexible as needed, but barring unusual circumstances, we should start the design process by January 15. If it goes later than that without you establishing contact, the win is forfeit without refund.

I'll be taking the next week to answer questions on the process. That includes giving ballpark yes/no answers to item proposals for those who want to make them. This isn't the time to try and work out an exact design, but I want to answer in enough detail to make sure people have a good sense of what to expect, going in.

As a final note, we've never offered something like this before, and there are no guarantees that we'll ever offer it again. This is an experiment. The nature of this type of offering means that it can only be performed by a member of the development team senior staff. If it goes poorly, it will probably never be offered again. Even if it goes well, it is the sort of thing that will only be done every once in a great while, since it necessarily involves a great deal of work that ultimately goes to only one player.
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2hfZeNp Forum Ref]
|}

===The Branch of the Rowan Home===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>30
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Home, Sweet Home
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 10 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Haliste
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| The adventurer traveled hurriedly, fighting off fierce beasts that materialized at every turn. Hands full of boxes, sacks full of treasure, and a full mind, what he needed was a rest--and perhaps a drink. A snack probably wouldn't be bad, either.

"If only my house was here, I'd be home right now."

>raise branch

A sudden burst of wind rushes through the area, and a ring of spectral sylvans manifest in a closed circle around you as they chant earnestly. One opens a golden pouch and gingerly empties its contents onto the ground as the chanting crescendos. Serpentine roots begin to sprout from tiny seeds scattered at your feet and within moments, a magnificent rowan tree rises from the ground.

The apparitions raise their hands in a display of reverence before slowly disappearing into thin air.
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2hjxyaH Forum Ref]
|}

===Hair-Braiding Tool===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>32
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| A 'Do A Day
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 11 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Vanah
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| You select "half-crown" for the style to use in the braid design.

The image of a braid can be seen in the crystal. Its appearance is based on the currently selected design options, and it looks this:

a plethora of loose half-crown braids knotted with pallid grey enameled bells

>spin my braid at cupcake 
You spin to face Cupcake, your twisted ladder braids whirling dramatically with the abrupt movement.
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2hiQTeC Forum Ref]
|}

===The Pied Piper Flute===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="4" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>33
|rowspan="4" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Pied Piper
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 11 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Vanah
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| As you begin to play a hateful, frenzied song on your white ivory flute, a symphony of spectral instruments join in. The music echoes through your mind and spills outward, and a vitriolic feeling begins to permeate the air around you.
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2hrTyDg Forum Ref]
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 11 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Aulis
|style="vertical-align:top;"| I'm SO EXCITED about this one.
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 3
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 12 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Vanah
|style="vertical-align:top;"| >is this the music equivalent of 1235?

That's a BINGO!
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 5
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 12 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Vanah
|style="vertical-align:top;"| >Can any profession use it and would you get the boost from mental lore telepathy?

Any profession can use it, but there is no lore bonus. It does not stack with the Provoke spell effects.
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 7
|}

===The Urnon Chaos Runestaff===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="2" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>34
|rowspan="2" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Urnon Chaos
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 11 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Vanah
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| You wrap your hands around the grip of your red fireleaf runestaff and gird your will against the presence emanating from the urnon clawed hand. You feel the obstinance of the urnon defer to your determination.
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2hsWrnp Forum Ref]
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 11 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Vanah
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Existing item properties wouldn't matter much here! It is attached. Hand not your thing?

>push my runes 
You wrap your hands around your red fireleaf runestaff, and the clawed urnon hand capping the runestaff begins to slowly ripple. Tendrils begin to rise from the surface as the fingers flex and grasp, shrinking and writhing until the urnon reforms itself into a perfectly spherical orb.

>glance 
You glance down to see a black-stained red fireleaf runestaff capped by a flickering grey urnon sphere in your right hand and nothing in your left hand.
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 3
|}

===The Boots, The Cloak, The Gloves===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>35
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Three Items for the Price of Three Items
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 11 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Ixix
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| For your enjoyment: a pair of fine leather boots, a deep green coarse wool cloak clasped with a tiny silver fist, and a pair of elegant black leather gloves stitched with black silk thread.

The won't help you fight, but they might help you get richer! Or stuck in the stocks. Either way sounds fun to me!

They each stand on their own as fine and stylish articles of clothing, but you'll be even classier if you can manage to wear more than one at a time!
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2gpQgvc Forum Ref]
|}

===Nuts 'n Bolts Half Plate===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="2" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>36
|rowspan="2" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Nuts 'n Bolts
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 12 Dec 2016
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Mikos
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| Got a wrench-turning, gears 'n sprockets oil-lover on your Thrakmas list?

Serviceable, yet RP-enhanced.

You see Mikos. 
He appears to be a Burghal Gnome. 
He is short and appears to be advanced in years. 
He is in good shape. 
He is wearing a riveted dragon's head burgonet formed of bronzed vultite plates, a pair of bronzed vultite gauntlets constructed of overlapping plates, an articulated breastplate of interlaced bronzed vultite plates, and a pair of bronzed vultite boots formed of overlapping plates.

>turn my plate 
You turn the small knob on the right side of the breastplate and hear the "click, click, click" of the clockwork's pawl as the power spring is wound. 
Roundtime: 2 sec.

>flip breastp

Your breastplate whirrs softly... 
A series of whirrs and clicks emanate from your breastplate as hinged vanes unfold, struts extend, and a myriad of tiny metal plates and scales deploy to encase your arms and legs within a layer of bronzed vultite platemail. 
Roundtime: 5 sec.

>tap my platemail 
You tap a set of bronzed vultite platemail formed of interleaved plates that you are wearing.

>twist burgon 
Aligning the bronze collar at the base of the burgonet with the neck of the platemail, you turn it a quarter-turn and hear a solid CLICK.

>twist gaunt 
Aligning the bronze cuffs at the base of the gauntlets with the cuffs of the platemail, you turn them a quarter-turn and hear a solid CLICK.

>twist boot 
Aligning the bronze collars at the tops of the boots with the bottom of the platemail's leggings, you turn them each a quarter-turn and hear a solid CLICK.

>push plate 
Your platemail whirrs softly... 
The whirring of tiny gears and the clicking of pawls emanates from your platemail as it comes to life. 
Roundtime: 5 sec.

Your platemail begins to vibrate as hidden gears spin into action! Scores of the bronzed plates shift as others rise from beneath and click into place. Within seconds the platemail takes on a heftier, more rigid appearance.

>tap my platem 
You tap a rigid set of bronzed platemail formed of interlocked plates that you are wearing.

>twist plate to left 
Your platemail whirrs softly... 
Whirrr-tck-tck-tck, your torso rotates from right to centered.

>clench plate 
Your platemail whirrs softly... 
Whirr-tck-whirr...whirr-tck-whirr, you rise from a crouch. 
Roundtime: 2 sec.

>n 
Whirrr-kaCHUNK...whirrr-kaCHUNK...whirrr-kaCHUNK, you stalk north.

>s 
Whirrr-kaCHUNK...whirrr-kaCHUNK...whirrr-kaCHUNK, you stalk south.

Whirrr-kaCHUNK...whirrr-kaCHUNK...whirrr-kaCHUNK, Mikos just stalked in.

The jaws of Mikos's dragon's head burgonet open wide, and he lets loose with an ear-splitting, metal-on-metal shriek!
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2hHpX4M Forum Ref]
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 12 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Mikos
|style="vertical-align:top;"| >Is it restricted to certain races?

Nope, it's not. A burghal just seemed the most natural to model it.

It is very much Half Plate, though. Even when it looks like a breastplate.

- Mikos
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 7
|}

===Various Runestaves===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>37
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Runestaff Love
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 12 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Sindin
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| How about...

- A very nice enhancive returning runestaff for COL masters only?

- A runestaff that emparts Holy Bolt knowledge to wizards only... along with enough Religion Lore to allow a completely untrained mage to unlock the acid degeneration effect on undead?

- An enhancive teleport runestaff that transports the entire wizard's group?

Sindin
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2hnrUa1 Forum Ref]
|}

===The Boots of Quaking===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>38
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| These Boots Were Made For...
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 13 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Wyrom
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| QUAKING! And kicking. Oooo!!
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2gEyCsM Forum Ref]
|}

===Captain Elanthia Shield===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="6" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>39
|rowspan="6" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Technically, it's the government's property
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 13 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Konacon
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| [http://i.imgur.com/SyX9xhJ.gif]

''(Really, that's all he left for the first teaser, go look at it first and then read what comes next.)''
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2gWVFLq Forum Ref]
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 13 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Konacon
|style="vertical-align:top;"| >get shield
You stomp down on the edge of the golvern target shield, sending it somersaulting upwards where you snatch it adroitly from midair.

>throw shield 
Locking your left arm tightly around your golvern target shield, you coil backwards then pivot forward explosively, launching the shield into the air with devastating force! 
[SMR result: 169 (d100: 42)] 
Your shield heads straight for a golden brown sweet rat and hits! 
... 35 points of damage! 
Massive blow removes the brown sweet rat's right forearm at the elbow! 
The brown sweet rat shrieks as it licks at its wounded right foreleg. 

[SMR result: 108 (d100: 41)] 
Your shield heads straight for a tangy melon rat and hits! 
... 20 points of damage! 
Blow to the eye swells it shut! 
The melon rat is stunned!

[SMR result: 177 (d100: 72)] 
Your shield heads straight for a golden brown sweet rat and hits! 
... 45 points of damage! 
Poke to the left eye continues into the brain! 
Your shield makes a looping arc back in your direction and you expertly snag it out of the air, slotting it in one smooth motion back onto your arm. 
Roundtime: 3 sec.

>wear shield 
You toss the shield casually up in the air, turning with apparent nonchalance to let it land precisely on the center of your back.

Special thanks to GM Keios for all of the messaging! (The above is not all of the messaging)
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 4
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 14 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Konacon
|style="vertical-align:top;"| > Will the SMR changes be active with this shield? Will it change when the new SMR is coming out?

This shield is, in fact, using the new SMR. However, when it comes out, the shield will be the only live thing using the new SMR. Earthen Fury will be the next release to use it.

The new SMR isn't going to be a sweeping change that happens overnight. New maneuvers will probably use it, and while moving old maneuvers and/or spells to the new sytem is a goal, it isn't going to happen right away.
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 11
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 14 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Retser
|style="vertical-align:top;"| THE KONACON HOBBIT LIES!!!11!!

There is a second SMR 2.0 Auction item that MAY get released.
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 12
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 14 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Konacon
|style="vertical-align:top;"| > Does it use stamina to attack?

Nope. It has a short cooldown.
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 21
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 14 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Konacon
|style="vertical-align:top;"| > Can flares/spikes be added to the shield, and will it make it more effective?

Flares and spikes can be added to the shield, though it will not make the throw ability more effective.

> Are there any shield/combat maneuver training that play any direct/indirect role in adding success in attacks?

No. Only Shield Use training is used for the throw.

> What "script" slot does it take? (What other scripts will not play nicely with it, i.e. banshee, fusion, grobey, shield changing)

This is a heavily scripted item, so it takes that slot. Other scripts won't play nicely with it. Sorry!

> Does size of the shield matter?

The size of the shield doesn't matter to the effectiveness of the throw ability, but it definitely cannot be altered to be a tower shield. Again, sorry!

> Can you AIM the shield attack?

No. It doesn't take AIM into account. It just hits what it hits.

> Sorry for all the questions, thanks in advance!!

Not a problem! Sorry that the answers to some of these questions aren't going to be to everyone's liking. Even if it can't be a tower shield I still hope it finds a nice, loving home! 
... And then gets kicked out of that home. Often.

>rem shield 
With a cheeky grin, you give the bottom edge of your golvern target shield a swift backward kick, sending it launching up above your head. Competently, you snatch it out of the air on its way back down. 
>kick shield 
You toss your golvern target shield up into the air and immediately pivot into a smooth roundhouse kick, your foot connecting solidly with the spinning disk to send it flying! 
[SMR result: 148 (d100: 61)] 
Your shield heads straight for a tangy melon rat and hits! 
... 20 points of damage! 
Good blow to left arm! 
The melon rat is stunned!

[SMR result: 122 (d100: 35)] 
Your shield heads straight for a pumpkin rat and hits! 
... 25 points of damage! 
Strong blow breaks neck! 
The pumpkin rat is stunned!

[SMR result: 89 (d100: 1)] 
Your shield heads straight for a huge wedge of dark chocolate rat, but bounces harmlessly off of it. 
Your shield makes a looping arc back in your direction and you expertly snag it out of the air, slotting it in one smooth motion back onto your arm. 
Roundtime: 3 sec. 
>sigh dark rat 
You sigh at a huge wedge of dark chocolate rat. 
>pound shield at rat 
You angle your golvern target shield toward a tangy melon rat, pounding it in a show of aggression!
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Msg 26
|}

===Unlocked Ethereal Armor===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>40
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| If you like etherealoladas
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 13 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Retser
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| and getting caught in fully unlocked armor.
If you're not into complicated teasers, if you have half a brain.
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;"| [http://bit.ly/2gIVwgP Forum Ref]
|}

===Retser's Greater Runestaves===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>41
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Come and buy my magnificent snake oil! (THE GREATER RUNESTAVES OF ALL TIME)
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 13 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Retser
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| I lied, there are no snakes or oils.

BUT!!!!!!!

There is an ugly runestaff that spews acid and gives you the spell knowledge of major acid!

BUT WAIT, THERE IS MORE1!!1!!!!!!!!

The above runestaff has a HOT twin brother named mcsteamy, with steamy flares, and gives you the spell knowledge of minor steam!

Lets make it sssssteamyyyyyy, hisssssssssss.

BUT WAIT, THERE ISN'T MORE!11!!

IF YOU HOLD BOTH OF THESE STAVES AT THE SAME TIME NOTHING WILL HAPPEN!1!!!
BUT YOU WILL BE A PSEUDO, SUPER WIZARD IN MY HEART!11!!
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===Wing-bladed Sea Glaes Harpoon===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="2" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>42
|rowspan="2" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Vee's Wake
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 13 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Wyrom
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| You glance down to see a wing-bladed sea glaes harpoon in your right hand and nothing in your left hand.

You spin your sea glaes harpoon overhead and victoriously pose!
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 16 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Wyrom
|style="vertical-align:top;"| [Glatoph, Glacier] 
This side of the mountain is covered with ice. The ice field is almost big enough to be called a glacier, except that the conditions are all wrong for a glacier. You suspect some sort of magic at work, and wonder at the wizard powerful enough to freeze half a mountain. You also see a hulking frost giant. 
Obvious paths: southwest

You wheeze, trying to catch your breath.

You clutch your chest with an anguished expression.

You have the following injuries: moderate bleeding from your neck, deep gashes and serious bleeding from your chest, deep gashes and serious bleeding from your abdominal area and a blinded left eye.

Bleeding: 
Area Health per Round Bandaged Can Tend? Tend Time

Abdomen 6 No No 
Neck 4 No Yes 29s 
Chest 6 No No

Maximum Health Points: 168 
Remaining Health Points: 28 
You are feeling faint.

Maximum Spirit Points: 9 
Remaining Spirit Points: 9

Maximum Stamina Points: 144 
Remaining Stamina Points: 144

You thrust with a wing-bladed sea glaes harpoon at a hulking frost giant! 
AS: +180 vs DS: +143 with AvD: +21 + d100 roll: +49 = +107 
... and hit for 2 points of damage! 
Thrust slides along the back. 
Cuts a nagging itch.

Watery torrents cascade from the harpoon and engulf a hulking frost giant!

... 140 points of damage! 
Cerulean tendrils sap the life from a hulking frost giant and retreat toward you, restoring some health.
The frost giant falls to the ground motionless. 
Roundtime: 8 sec.

You have the following injuries: moderate bleeding from your neck, deep gashes and serious bleeding from your chest, deep gashes and serious bleeding from your abdominal area and a blinded left eye.

Bleeding: 
Area Health per Round Bandaged Can Tend? Tend Time

Abdomen 6 No No 
Neck 4 No Yes 29s 
Chest 6 No No

Maximum Health Points: 168 
Remaining Health Points: 98 
You are feeling faint.

Maximum Spirit Points: 9 
Remaining Spirit Points: 9

Maximum Stamina Points: 144 
Remaining Stamina Points: 144

You raise your fist in a display of defiance.

You shamble southwest. 
[Upper Trollfang, Glatoph] 
A layer of frost covers everything, making the rocks slick and treacherous. A lonely hawk glides through the clear sky, searching vainly for prey. You also see a hulking frost giant.
Obvious paths: northeast, southwest

Maximum Mana Points: 153 
Remaining Mana Points: 153

You empower some mana into your sea glaes harpoon and it transforms into a jet of brackish water! With a quick flick of your wrist, you deftly send a jet of brackish water into flight. 
You throw a jet of brackish water at a hulking frost giant! 
AS: +348 vs DS: +151 with AvD: +21 + d100 roll: +93 = +311 
... and hit for 64 points of damage! 
Strike pierces forearm! 
The frost giant is stunned! 
You command the water to return to your right hand, which reforms into a wing-bladed sea glaes harpoon! 
Roundtime: 9 sec.

You thrust with a wing-bladed sea glaes harpoon at a hulking frost giant! 
AS: +190 vs DS: +145 with AvD: +21 + d100 roll: +53 = +119 
... and hit for 5 points of damage! 
Thrust glances off the frost giant's knee without a lot of effect.

Your sea glaes harpoon releases a blast of water!

... 10 points of damage! 
Torn muscle in the frost giant's right leg!

Watery torrents cascade from the harpoon and engulf a hulking frost giant!

... 114 points of damage! 
Cerulean tendrils sap the life from a hulking frost giant and retreat toward you, restoring some health. 
Roundtime: 8 sec.

Polearm/thrown users... Spruce up some knowledge on water lore!

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===Thundermaul===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="2" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>44
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Thunder. Thunder! THUNDERCATS, HOOOOO!
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 7 Dec 2016
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Tamuz
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| Tamuz sings something in Guildspeak that you don't understand. 
The veil iron maul seems to respond to the magic of Tamuz's song. 
Slivers of blue-white lightning crackle across the veil iron maul in Tamuz's hands.

Tamuz sings something in Guildspeak that you don't understand. 
The veil iron maul seems to respond to the magic of Tamuz's song. 
Tamuz staggers as if struck by a huge object. 
The surrounding air feels as though it is thickening, the sudden stillness only interrupted by a faint rumble echoing from the distance.

Tamuz sings something in Guildspeak that you don't understand. 
The veil iron maul seems to respond to the magic of Tamuz's song. 
As voluminous grey and black-colored clouds begin to engulf the once-clear sky, the swiftly forming storm blows in as if guided by unseen hands. Thunder rumbles in the distance and the scent of ozone fills the air.

Tamuz sings something in Guildspeak that you don't understand. 
The veil iron maul seems to respond to the magic of Tamuz's song. 
Strong gusts of wind whip about the area, the howling drowned out only by the guttural sounds of thunder. The incoming darkness is pierced by bolts of bright lightning, the sky opening to release a torrent of rain.

A sudden gust blows the rain at you in a stinging attack.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| Thunder. Thunder! Thundermaul, smash!
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 14 Dec 2016
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Tamuz
|style="vertical-align:top;"| As you sing, an image forms in your mind... 
You are high in the skies, looking down on the peaks of the Dragonspine Mountains, though they are not quite as they should be. Certain features are out of place as you realize these must be the Dragonspines of the distant past.

A grandfather storm is brewing in the skies around you as brilliant bolts of blue-white lightning strike through the air, lancing down to assault the rocky surface of the Dragonspines below you. Amid the raging storm, a singular column of azure light and lightning emits an eerie blue glow, casting the entire scene in a ghostly cobalt luminescence. Tens of thousands of lesser elementals storm toward what could only be the form of Veiki, Great Elemental of Lightning.

Roundtime: 10 sec.

The rest of the loresong it pretty fun too, and has a really neat effect that does not kill the bard. Promise!

As for mechanical functionality...

Tamuz raises his veil iron maul high in the air and then brings it down, slamming it on the ground A thunderous din rings in your ears as the maul makes contact with the ground, throwing up dirt and debris. A crackling shockwave of blue-white lightning emanates from the epicenter of the impact and ripples outward. 
The ground around you seems to shake violently, making it hard to stand. 
You lose your balance and fall over. 
Roundtime: 11 sec.
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===Dragonsib UAC===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>45
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Just a little UAC love
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 14 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Haliste
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| Because, who doesn't love hand and foot wraps?!

a set of thick black leather handwraps with gornar rivets 
a pair of thick black leather footwraps with zorchar rivets

These babies are six-times enchanted. If you're lucky enough to get your hands on these, they'll make a pretty lethal team! From flares to banes and enhancives, these guys definitely pack some punch and kick. I call them, "Dragonsib".
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===Hand For Coins===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>43
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| What are you doing with that thing?
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 14 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Retser
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| Why are you putting your silvers in a dirty old hand!

Gross, bye.
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===The Cloak of Traveling===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="2" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>46
|rowspan="2" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| an elegantly long coraesine-threaded longcloak
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 14 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Keios
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| You exclaim, "Time to go home!"

>look 
[Northern Slopes, Bluff] 
Lichen mottles the surface of boulders forming the bluff, their surface sheared of snow by gusting winds blowing up from the gorge below. The flurries are buffered to the northwest by a dense forest of pines that stand dark and seemingly impenetrable. A trail forms and winds away to the northeast, as though fleeing the maw of the shadowy ravine. It soon disappears, lost in a vast expanse of blizzard-swept tundra. You also see some icy rocks. 
Obvious paths: northeast, northwest

>stare rocks 
You stare at some icy rocks.

Speaking to some icy rocks, you exclaim, "Nuh uh! Not today, evil rocks!"

>tickle longc 
You shift your fingers between the shimmering threads lining the inside of your coraesine-threaded longcloak and the fifth thread slips easily into your fingers. As you gently bring it to the front of the others, it releases a snowy, arctic breath of air carrying the mild scent of some local coniferous forest.

>gaze longcl
You pass your fingers over the shimmering threads lining the inside of your coraesine-threaded longcloak and they glimmer, sending tendrils of colors seeping into the fabric they weave through, imparting a picture on the inner fabric of your longcloak for you to see... 
[Icemule Trace, Forest] 
Snow crunches beneath your feet as you walk along the narrow path through the forest. The air is cold and crisp, and filled with the sharp scent of pine. Startled by your approach, an owl takes flight from the cover of a nearby tree. It passes so close you feel the rush of air from its wings. You also see a crystal gate. 
Obvious paths: east, south 
The mist-veiled scene provides an interesting counterpoint with the snowy, arctic climate of the mountainous terrain surrounding you.

You say, "Not quite the right place."

>nw 
[Northern Mountains, Pine Forest] 
A ring of tall modwirs surrounds an outcrop of granite that peeks from a mantle of snowdrifts like a recluse. At the stone's feet, the trail splits into tentative fingers in all directions, the remnants divided by tree trunks and obscured by snow. 
Obvious paths: southeast, west

>gaze longcl 
You pass your fingers over the shimmering threads lining the inside of your coraesine-threaded longcloak and they glimmer, sending tendrils of colors seeping into the fabric they weave through, imparting a picture on the inner fabric of your longcloak for you to see... 
[Icemule Trace, Forest] 
Snow crunches beneath your feet as you walk along the narrow path through the forest. The air is cold and crisp, and filled with the sharp scent of pine. Startled by your approach, an owl takes flight from the cover of a nearby tree. It passes so close you feel the rush of air from its wings. You also see a crystal gate. 
Obvious paths: east, south 
The mist-veiled scene melds almost seemlessly with the snowy, arctic climate of the coniferous forest surrounding you.

>cheer 
You let out a cheer!

You exclaim, "Here we are!"

>pinch longcl 
You gently handle the shimmering threads lining the inside of your coraesine-threaded longcloak, easing the topmost one into your grasp and will its imprinted sensations into your awareness until they fill your mind with such perfect clarity that you feel that shining edge of separation between you and there to waver thinner than the edge of a blade. With a deep breath, you step over that edge and open your eyes. 
[Icemule Trace, Forest] 
Snow crunches beneath your feet as you walk along the narrow path through the forest. The air is cold and crisp, and filled with the sharp scent of pine. Startled by your approach, an owl takes flight from the cover of a nearby tree. It passes so close you feel the rush of air from its wings. You also see a crystal gate. 
Obvious paths: east, south

>agree
You adopt an agreeable expression.

>>>Far away... you hear Keios mocking you...

The world grows blurry and indistinct. After a moment everything becomes clear again. Looking about, you see... 
[Gossamer Valley, North Valley] 
Sturdy pines and spreading spruces dominate this part of the forest. Their branches hang heavily with the weight of accumulated snow, and clumps of snow drop constantly to the ground. The snowfall is thick, and the wind swirls it around. Southward, vision clears a bit, as does the forest. The trees are massed closest to the lake, and their abundance drops off drastically in direct proportion to their distance from the lakeshore. 
Obvious paths: east, northwest

>gasp 
You gasp. 
>stomp 
You stamp your feet. 
>raise fist 
You raise your fist in a display of defiance. 

You exclaim, "You think the Dragonspine is going to stop me?!"

>gaze longcl 
You pass your fingers over the shimmering threads lining the inside of your coraesine-threaded longcloak and they glimmer, sending tendrils of colors seeping into the fabric they weave through, imparting a picture on the inner fabric of your longcloak for you to see... 
[Icemule Trace, Forest] 
Snow crunches beneath your feet as you walk along the narrow path through the forest. The air is cold and crisp, and filled with the sharp scent of pine. Startled by your approach, an owl takes flight from the cover of a nearby tree. It passes so close you feel the rush of air from its wings. You also see a crystal gate. 
Obvious paths: east, south 
The fog-swirled scene melds almost seemlessly with the snowy, arctic climate of the coniferous forest surrounding you.

>pluck longcl 
You gently handle the shimmering threads lining the inside of your coraesine-threaded longcloak and give the topmost one a sharp pluck. The thread shimmers sending a liquid cascade of color into the fabric of your longcloak that resolves into a rendered landscape so stunningly realistic, it could be mistaken as part of the existing area. You take a silent breath and step across the almost invisible seam separating one area from another, and with hardly any sense of movement at all, you find yourself in a new place. 
[Icemule Trace, Forest] 
Snow crunches beneath your feet as you walk along the narrow path through the forest. The air is cold and crisp, and filled with the sharp scent of pine. Startled by your approach, an owl takes flight from the cover of a nearby tree. It passes so close you feel the rush of air from its wings. You also see a crystal gate. 
Obvious paths: east, south

>smirk 
You smirk.

A bolt of lightning streaks down from the sky and strikes you! 
... 20 points of damage! 
Heavy shock to right arm numbs elbow. 
You are stunned for 2 rounds!

A tremendous crack of thunder follows instantly!
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 15 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Keios
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Keios slings a hooded coraesine-threaded longcloak around her shoulders, the motion sending its fabric rippling in an almost fluid display of verdant greens, earthy browns and dusky greys. Quickly, though, the colors visibly shift to a close approximation of the surroundings, making Keios's body almost disappear from sight.

Keios rearranges the folds of her coraesine-threaded longcloak about her, the movements sending colors rippling throughout its length.

Keios carefully pulls the hood of her coraesine-threaded longcloak down over her face, obscuring her features and greatly increasing the difficulty of picking her out from her surroundings.

>look keios 
With her coraesine-threaded longcloak closed and its hood pulled low over her face, the color shifting nature of the longcloak's fabric makes your eyes strain to simply pick Keios out from her surroundings, let alone discern any identifying features.

Speaking to Keios, you say, "OW, MY EYES."
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===Ronan's Kiss===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="4" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>47
|rowspan="4" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Ronan's Kiss
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 14 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Keios
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| Keios indicates her silver mesh gauntlet with a smile.

A web of moonlight briefly surrounds a vaalin-chased silver mesh gauntlet as Keios slips it over her left hand. After a moment the webwork spreads out along her wrist and seeps into her skin.

Keios gently traces the back of a vaalin-chased silver mesh gauntlet and faint trails of moonlight spill down its sides to briefly illuminate the webwork along her skin.

Keios slides a vaalin-chased silver mesh gauntlet along her wrist, adjusting its fit.

Keios breathes deeply, and the webwork of moonlight limning her arm begins to pulse as if in tune with her heartbeat.

Keios winks at you.

Keios raises her hand to the sky and a webwork of moonlight flares to life along her wrist, spilling out into the air in arcing lines that twist and turn until they merge to form a gleaming moon silver bow which lands gently in her palm.

Keios gives her bow string a good pluck, testing it for tension. 
The string makes a high pitched twang as she releases it.

As Keios draws back on her bow, a tendril of moonlight stretches between her hands, solidifying into a gleaming moonsilver arrow. 
Keios fires a gleaming moonsilver arrow at a star-cut kiwi rat! 
A hit! 
The arrow evaporates into a fine mist.

>> It's not quite what you think it is. More teasers to come tomorrow!
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 15 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Keios
|style="vertical-align:top;"| >> More teasers wanted? How about what happens after it's been unlocked once?

As Keios draws back on her bow, a tendril of moonlight stretches between her hands, solidifying into a gleaming moonsilver arrow. 
Keios fires a gleaming moonsilver arrow at a pale scaled shaper! 
A hit! 
The scaled shaper is knocked to the ground! 
The scaled shaper is stunned!

<nowiki>**</nowiki> Keios's arrow suddenly dissolves into moonlight, sinking and spreading like a wave across the shaper! ** 
The shaper's eyes roll up into its head as it slumps to the ground.

The scaled shaper slowly comes back to consciousness.

Keios glances at you.

As Keios draws back on her bow, a tendril of moonlight stretches between her hands, solidifying into a gleaming moonsilver arrow. 
Keios fires a gleaming moonsilver arrow at you! 
A hit! 
You are stunned for 2 rounds!

<nowiki>**</nowiki> Keios's arrow suddenly dissolves into moonlight, sinking and spreading across your body like a wave! **
The cares of this world fade away, and you are momentarily transported to a place somewhere among the stars. In your mind's eye, you see the image of a young man astride a mighty white unicorn with a luminous silver horn. As the vision begins to fade, you are left with the memory of dark grey eyes that seemed to tug at your very soul with their hypnotic, haunting gaze.

Your thoughts slowly come back to you as you find yourself lying on the ground. You must have been sleeping.

Keios's moon silver bow almost completely unravels into tendrils of moonlight before quickly reweaving itself back to normal.

>> Unlocked once?!?! Did Keios just say this thing has ranks?

Yes, I did, and there will be more on that tonight.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 15 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Keios
|style="vertical-align:top;"| >>But can the arrows hit undead?

Oh, did I fail to mention the bow is Undead Bane?
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 15 Dec
|style="vertical-align:top;"| GM Keios
|style="vertical-align:top;"| Last teaser!

>>>>... next you'll say it has undead bane fire flares.

So the long and short of it is that Ronan's Kiss doesn't have undead bane fire flares... but it COULD.

As you attune to the gauntlet, it will become more... amenable... to allowing you to make some general improvements to the bow it creates. Reaching the maximum level of attunement will also unlock the bow's full power.

Attunement will happen naturally as it stays with a single owner.

Need to know more? You'll have to come to the auction!
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===A gold-inked deed===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>48
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| a gold-inked deed
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 14 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Valyrka
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| Lady Gelynne walks down the var with a small parchment in her hand.

"It must be close, the address I was given is in this area. Ah, here it is."

The young lady walked up to a mistwood gate and gazed at the alabaster manor beyond.

"I often heard my mother remark that Architect Evelise was brilliant. It was much of her plans that we see in the city."

Slowly opening the gate, she comments, "Time to see her private home, perhaps I will have enough coins to purchase it."
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===3 Sets of Witchhunter Talons===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>49
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Three sets of Witchhunter Talons (1 green, 1 yellow, 1 red)
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 14 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Mikos
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| Looking for an item with some historical context?

Even witchhunters can end up on the short end of some confrontations, and when they do their trademark equipment can wind up for sale to the highest bidder.

>wear talon

You insert your fingers and thumbs into a set of green glaes talons in succession, taking care to seat them fully and firmly on both hands.

You say, "Hmmm, so they're not weapons."

You say, "Okay, I'm a green-leathered witchhunter! Fear my green lightning, you rogue wizard!"

You swing a silvery vultite longsword at Waldo1! 
AS: +88 vs DS: +120 with AvD: +41 + d100 roll: +82 = +91 
A clean miss.

You say, "No good, I gotta zap ya!"

>point talon at Waldo1

You bring the tips of the talons on one hand together, and a chain of green lightning erupts from their apex!

The raw energy fades as it arcs toward Waldo1, then magical energies ripple as the bolt of lightning strikes him squarely in the chest and vanishes!

Waldo1 says, "Huh. That tickled a little. I was expectin' a charred eye socket."

You shrug.

You swing a silvery vultite longsword at Waldo1! 
AS: +95 vs DS: +121 with AvD: +41 + d100 roll: +61 = +76 
A clean miss.

Twisted by your attack, Waldo1's warding energies realign themselves in a searing flash of lightning!

... 30 points of damage! 
Stunning arc of electricity fuses left leg at knee. 
Waldo1 is knocked to the ground! 
Waldo1 is stunned for 6 rounds! 

You say, "Well, it wasn't very green, but it did the job. The attack missed, but had a small increase."

Waldo1 stands up.

Waldo1 says, "It missed?"

AS: +88 vs DS: +101 with AvD: +41 + d100 roll: +96 = +124 
... and hit for 20 points of damage! 
Slash to Waldo1's chest! 
That heart's not broken, it's only scratched.

You say, "...and the increase is gone."

Waldo says, "That boost was like a fourth of my defensive magics."
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===Golden Ink - A Permanent Gold Ring===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="1" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>50
|rowspan="1" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Grumpy ink? Try golden ink!
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 15 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Tamuz
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| Speaking to you, Tamuz says, "Great, my official guinea pig has arrived."

You ask, "Do I at least get Timothy hay?"

Speaking to you, Tamuz says, "No, but you get this instead."

Tamuz chooses a slender, thin-tipped needle and neatly dips it into a rune-carved jar of glowing golden ink. With quick, practiced movements, he pierces your skin, driving the ink into the flesh.

You point at your gold-inked band.

You squeal.

You brush your fingers over the surface of your gold-inked band and feel a little pulse in it. 
>northeast 
[Wehnimer's, Exterior]
The jagged shoreline of the bay becomes more evident here along the path as the cool waters of the Bay rush up almost to your feet. You also see a long wooden dock and a dark trail. 
Obvious paths: east, southwest 
>touch band 
You place your hand on your gold-inked band. 
Suddenly, your surroundings shift...

[Wehnimer's, Exterior] 
You can hear the noisy bustle around the land gates to the west. Over the din, you can just barely hear the sound of the surf from the northeast. You also see a sun-bleached pine gate. 
Also here: GameMaster Tamuz 
Obvious paths: northeast, west 
You remove your hand from your gold-inked band.

You look at yourself carefully in the steel-framed mirror...

You see GameMaster REDACTED. 
He appears to be a Forest Gnome. 
He appears to be wizened with age. He has REDACTED eyes and REDACTED skin. He has REDACTED, REDACTED hair. 
He has an enruned gold-inked band on his arm. 
He is in good shape. 
He is wearing a delicate teardrop ruby pendant, a leather baldric, a crystal amulet, a quilled deerskin backpack, a pair of wolfskin breeches, and a quilled leather tunic.

You preen.

You strut about.

This follows the normal range and usage restrictions of a gold ring. It is permanent, though! Due to its inky nature, it is non transferable and thus technically attuned to whoever wins it at the auction. Ink will be applied to the auction winner only, not someone else of their choosing.
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===The Tally Axe===
{| {{prettytable}}
|rowspan="2" style="width: 3%; vertical-align:top;"| <nowiki>#</nowiki>51
|rowspan="2" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Tally Ho!
|style="width: 9%; vertical-align:top;"| 16 Dec
|style="width: 10%; vertical-align:top;"| GM Zissu
|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| You glance at the iron woodsman's axe in your hand.

You assess the axe for structural weaknesses and strengths. 
You heft the weapon a few times...but note nothing unusual about it.

Zissu mutters junk.

>att mino 
You swing a crude iron woodsman's axe at a lesser minotaur! 
AS: +363 vs DS: +239 with AvD: +37 + d100 roll: +95 = +256 
... and hit for 93 points of damage! 
Neck broken. 
The lesser minotaur twitches several times before dying. 
A low gurgling sound comes from deep within the chest of the lesser minotaur as he falls slack against the floor. 
Pushing deeply with your fingernail, you notch another mark of victory into the haft of your axe.

>l at my axe 
You see nothing unusual, except for a small enchanter's glyph. You see 1 crudely cut tally marks down the haft of your axe.

Meh...

You swing a crude iron woodsman's axe at a lesser minotaur! 
AS: +364 vs DS: +223 with AvD: +37 + d100 roll: +49 = +227 
... and hit for 89 points of damage! 
Whoosh! Several ribs driven into lungs. 
The lesser minotaur is stunned!

Meh...?

<Insert much bloodshed>

You swing a crude iron woodsman's axe at a minotaur warrior! 
AS: +463 vs DS: +111 with AvD: +37 + d100 roll: +2 = +391 
... and hit for 195 points of damage! 
Spectacular slash! 
The minotaur warrior's left arm is neatly amputated! 
With a surprised grunt, the minotaur warrior twitches one final time before falling still upon the floor.

You grunt in agreement.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| >>But is it sharp enough to SHAVE with?!<< 
Yes, with the added bonus of dying your skin 'rusty iron orange' in the process!

>>...how long do these notches in the haft last, and does it cost anything (see string returners) for the extra AS boost, or is it entirely based off of kills?<< 
All it costs is BLOODSHED! As long as your landing the killing blow on a like-level creature every 3 minutes, you get to keep your marks. Feed the beast!

>>oh...also! Does this hit undead naturally? If not, can it be blessed? Undeadbane on this would be really cool. <hint hint, grin><< 
Nope and nope! Mostly because of this:

>l at my axe 
You see nothing unusual, except for a small enchanter's glyph. You see 100 crudely cut tally marks down the haft of your axe.

>assess my axe 
You assess the axe for structural weaknesses and strengths. 
Careful examination indicates the iron woodsman's axe has a base strength of 60 and a base durability of 150. You also determine the current integrity of the iron woodsman's axe to be at 100.0%. 
Checking out the axe, it looks like it is phenomenally weighted to inflict more damage.
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|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| ...Really? Well, that's pretty gross. But if they are going to be scattered around taking up space, may as well have them do some work.

You tighten the grip on your witchwood staff, causing it to pulse as sickly green light. Green mists emerge from the wood, coiling up your arm and clinging tightly to your body.

You gesture at an Ithzir scout. 
CS: +513 - TD: +351 + CvA: +9 + d100: +14 == +185 
Warding failed! 
An Ithzir scout contorts in excruciating agony! 
... 105 points of damage! 
The Ithzir scout falls to the ground in a crumpled heap. 
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

<Zissu pulls up his lawn chair and pours himself a nice tall glass of lemonade>

Necrotic haze lingering around you drifts down to your feet, collecting into the shape of an ethereal serpent. It slithers towards the corpse of an Ithzir scout, surrounding it with noxious obscurity.

The eyes of an Ithzir scout corpse flare green as the body rises to an twisted standing position. With unnatural speed, the corpse lunges at an Ithzir adept, clawing and biting at any flesh it can find as it slides to the ground. 
... 25 points of damage! 
Feint to the Ithzir adept's head! 
Quick flick at her weapon hand! 
Nasty cut to right hand!

Fine Print - OwnersmustbeveryproficientinNecromancyand/orbebffswithLuukos. Deadthingsarelazyanddonotalwaysdowhatyouwant. VolnandLorminstraworshipersmayseesignificantbodilyharmfromholdingthisstaff. Wyromhasbeengivenatinfoilhatforprotection.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| A war griffin slowly turns its head as the sound of cracking vertebrae rattles in your ears, stopping with a empty gaze focused directly at Zissu. The griffin hisses, "He hungers..." before falling lifelessly back to the ground.
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===Bracer of Death===
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|rowspan="2" style="width: 13%; vertical-align:top;"| Super Mega Ninja Elite Laser Dragon BRACER of Death and Destruction!11!
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|style="width: 55%; vertical-align:top;"| Newly acquired from Jorshan's trip to the Reim Vault (THE SEKERET ONE).

You glance down to see a blackened marred bracer fastened by a single burnt buckle in your right hand and nothing in your left hand.

Blackened is so 5114, oh well, lets wear it.

As you slide your marred bracer on, it glows with cobalt ethereal light. Several runes on the surface come to life from within the bracer, then sink back into the surface.

Oh, that is new.

Heatless, cobalt flames appear on the surface of your ethereal bracer.

Ohhhhhh, that is newer.

point brac at wiz 
You point your ethereal bracer directly at a shan wizard, and the runes covering the surface start to glow. Suddenly, a single rune lights up cobalt as it shifts to the center of the the bracer. Your arm recoils as an ethereal bolt is fired from within! 
[SMR result: 195 (d100: 34)]

An ethereal bolt darts out from the ethereal bracer and strikes a shan wizard's chest!

... 50 points of damage! 
Incredible strike pierces heart and runs the shan wizard clean through! 
The shan wizard yips in pain as she falls to the ground motionless. 
Roundtime: 3 sec.

That is even newer!!

You glance down at your ethereal bracer and see 4 runes on its surface lit up.

Oh..

raise brac 
You lift your ethereal bracer high overhead, causing the ethereal runes covering your ethereal bracer to glow. Changing directions, you spin your body around, ready to fire as your bracer pulses cobalt. 
[SMR result: 240 (d100: 79)]

An ethereal bolt darts out from the ethereal bracer and strikes a shan wizard's left arm!

... 55 points of damage! 
Shot shatters shoulder and severs left arm! 
The shan wizard is stunned! 
[SMR result: 260 (d100: 99)]

An ethereal bolt darts out from the ethereal bracer and strikes a shan wizard's left leg!

... 70 points of damage! 
Shot shatters hip and severs left leg! 
A shan wizard falls to the ground grasping her mangled left leg! 
The shan wizard is stunned! 
[SMR result: 205 (d100: 44)]

An ethereal bolt darts out from the ethereal bracer and strikes a shan wizard's abdomen!

... 60 points of damage! 
Perfect strike to abdomen. The shan wizard howls in pain and drops quite dead! 
The shan wizard yips in pain as he falls to the ground motionless. 
Roundtime: 3 sec.

You glance down at your ethereal bracer and see a single rune on its surface lit up.

Oh...

One of the colorless ethereal runes on the surface of your ethereal bracer glows slightly before turning cobalt.

You glance down at your ethereal bracer and see 2 runes on its surface lit up.

.... OHHHH, I GET IT. IT IS A Super Mega Ninja Elite Laser Dragon Bracer of Death and Destruction!11!!!
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| >> The best of ranged or spell aim or does knowing both help?

The greater of the two
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<div class="alert alert-info"><center>'''The next run for Duskruin Arena will be April 22-May 1, 2016. There will be a bloodscrip event in the Viridian Coil at Bloodriven Village on March 6th at roughly 2pm ET. SHOP LISTING MOVED TO [[Bloodriven Village]].'''</center></div>

'''Duskruin Arena''' premiered in 2015 as the first "unattended" pay quest, meaning no GM intervention was required to start the quest. Players purchased entry from the [[SimuCoin]] Store for 100 SimuCoins (as little as $0.74 cents). The event is free to watch.

During the quest players accumulate "[[bloodscrip]]" (similar to [[blackscrip]]) to redeem from a list of prizes.

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==Release Announcement==

Tucked away in seclusion near the [[Locksmehr River]] is place known as '''[[Bloodriven Village]]'''. Notorious to bandits, outlaws, and ruffians to congregate and do business. Located underground from the village, the infamous Duskruin Arena is a place of blood sports among the brave. Earn special scrip to buy a wealth of prizes. Many new items will be debuted at Bloodriven Village, such as scarring razors, pet rats, whisper cloaks, garrote knives, nerve staves, and much more! Be sure to stop out and view the interesting locales and people of Bloodriven Village!

Rumor has it, some couriers who smuggled goods and combatants into the village were ransacked. They were carrying coin pouches with bloodscrip and dueling slips, as well as simple handbills, to deliver to known fences around Elanthia. Be on the look out to find them in treasure chests while you hunt!

==Map==
[http://i.imgur.com/ZZWWOdj.png Bloodriven Village Map by Rozy]

==Portals==
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!Town
!Transport Departs From
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| Wehnimer's Landing||Town Square, Southeast||282
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| Icemule Trace||South Barbican, Gate||2486
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| Ta'Illistim||Ta'Illistim, City Gate||751
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| Ta'Vaalor||Entrance to Ravelin|| 10681
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| Teras Isle||Copper Avenue, West Docks||1870
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| River's Rest||River's Rest, Underbridge||10839
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==Schedule==
*August 21st - August 30th

Both July and August will have different limited release items for sale.
====Previous Runs====
*March 20-31, 2015 (Inaugural)
*May 1-15, 2015
*July 24-August 2, 2015

==Notable NPCS==
*[[Wilthalberd]]
*[[Belshyve Valiton]]
*[[Champ]]

==Resources==
*[[Sewer rat]]
*[[Whisper cloak]]
*[http://forum.gsplayers.com/showthread.php?94957-Bloodriven-Village-Shops Teiana's shop listing]
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sQs3phofwPM6UXH072wrYynLhZqN84_v81iJdQM_NxQ/edit Duskruin Visitor Guide by Arulisse]
*[http://forum.gsplayers.com/showthread.php?94957-Bloodriven-Village-Shops&p=1773263#post1773263 RAR's Item Cost Info post]
*[http://forums.play.net/forums/GemStone%20IV/Quests%60Sagas%60Events/Duskruin%20Arena/view Officials folder]

==Announcements==
by APM Wyrom
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Duskruin has piqued a lot of questions since it was first mentioned at [[SimuCon]] 2014. It was originally slated for the spring time last year, but we decided to change up the venue on the event and try something new. So let me explain what this event is.

The event is free to be a spectator. You can come and go as much as you please. There are some sights and places to rest should you just like a place to roleplay. About 99.9% of all things for sale are priced with bloodscrip. To earn bloodscrip you can compete in the arena or search for loot in the sewers. To enter either of these, you will need a dueling slip or gold rat token. Both of these items will be in the SimuCoin store for 100 SimuCoins.

You can go as much as you'd like, but will need a new dueling slip or gold rat token for each trip in. We have a large number of newly created items for sale. Brand new scripts and some really interesting things. Currently, we don't have any ways to upgrade gear or unlock anything, but it will likely be something down the road that we do. So you can either spend your bloodscrip or save it for a later use.

The arena is a PvE combat sequence with 5 levels of combat. You start off fighting beasts until you make it to the last round where you fight a champion. You have 5 minutes per round to defeat each level. As the timer ticks away, you will run into more environmental hazards in the arena, such as being slammed into a spiked wall or having arrows shot at you. Defeating the beast in a timely fashion will earn you bonus bloodscrip to your prize cache. Should you defeat the champion, you'll also earn a temporary title of Champion until you log out. If you're defeated, you'll lose half the bloodscrip you earned. If you merely run out of time, you'll just earn the bloodscrip that you were credited for until then. You can WATCH combatants as a spectator much like you could at [[Droughtman's Challenge|Droughtman's Maze Challenge]]. You can WATCH LIST to see a list of people in the arena at any time, and even CHEER them on. You can also YELL to those fighting!

The sewers are like a large-scaled Deserted Cottage from [[Ebon Gate]]. You go inside and just have to search around. You get 10 to 12 searches before you'll be washed out. You have a time limit of one hour to do this. You mostly find bloodscrip, but can find random loot, or if you're lucky enough, a [[sewer rat|rat]]. You can only catch one rat per time Duskruin Arena is around, which currently is a weekend at a time. The rats are amazing little pets created by GM Keios. The catch is, the rat is in a random location inside the sewers, and there are about 100 rooms. To add to the hunt, the sewers are constantly shifting, so it will be difficult to find it running around aimlessly. There are clues to know which way to go or if you're in the correct spot. That's up to you to figure out.

Bloodscrip will be a physical item you can REDEEM. But if you are defeated in the arena, the bloodscrip are added to your total, much like Troubled Waters. You can trade the physical bloodscrip you find, but you cannot trade after they are redeemed or applied to you. You will need to REDEEM them to be able to make purchased at the shops, they do not work like a promissory note.

The original design concept was created by GM Scrimge and arena/sewer mechanics were by GM Wyrom. GMs Haliste, Keios, Liia, Luneth, Scrimge, Reidyn, Valyrka, and Wyrom all created shops. GMs Haliste, Liia, Mazreth, Scrimge, and Wyrom all had a hand in painting the area. GMs Aulis, Haliste, Kaikala, Krellis, Sherlise, Spalt, and Vanah were huge helps with [[QC]] and testing, as well as various last minute needs to help get this out.

We will likely be beta testing this event in Platinum, with free dueling slips and gold rat tokens, next week. More details will be posted in Platinum in the coming days. Feel free to post your questions, concerns, or excitement in this topic.

~Wyrom, APM
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===May 2015 Major Update===
<div {{prettydiv}}>
I'm excited to say I've spent the remaining amount of my sanity on some Duskruin Arena updates! HOORAY!

Just kidding, I never had sanity.

The arena matches are much more action packed now. No more herb munching and waiting an obnoxiously long time to maximize your bloodscrip. Matches will be roughly 6 to 7 minutes long where you face 25 creatures one-on-one. Every 5 matches you'll face a champion similar to the champions in the previous version of the arena. There are over 20 new creatures in the arena to face. Most creatures can perish to a critical blow, outside the champions. You earn bloodscrip for each creature you kill. You also earn a bonus if you defeat all 25 creatures in the time limit. Dying no longer incurs a bloodscrip penalty, but surrendering still does.

I've also introduced new hazards. I removed the darts, arrows, spiked ball-and-chain, and boulders. Hazards can now be avoided in a small mini-game during arena matches. I will leave it to you to figure it out. It's not terribly hard, and the term "mini-game" probably is an exaggeration of what it is. But it adds flavor. Hazards are a little more deadly though.

You can now earn a time bonus too that works in a more favorable way. The quicker you make it through, the higher the bonus. You can earn a max of 225 bloodscrip plus the time bonus.

The Ratacombs have also had a minor update. It seems more wildlife has escaped into the sewers, as well as some other sort of rats. So you may find something different this time around. There are also some minor obstacles in the sewers when you SEARCH to add some flavor.

We'll be relaunching this Friday and staying open for a week.

~Wyrom, APM
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===July 2015 Major Update===
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I'd like to discuss the plans for Duskruin on the next run. Outside anything new added to the grounds, this is the last overhaul planned for the bloodscrip earnings structure.

'''Arena Updates'''

There will be a 250 cap on earnings. That cap will be achievable. Earning bloodscrip won't be about massacring everything as quick as possible. Time will still be an important element to being a top earner, but there will be more things at play when earning bloodscrip. Dodging the traps will play a minor role. Dying and surrendering will no longer have any penalties to your bloodscrip earnings, but will still result in no chance of a randomly created item in your prize package. Prize packages are also getting a small revamp to offer a little more variety. Losing will now earn a good showmanship bonus to bloodscrip, meaning people who can't always win will still have a chance to earn more depending on how long they last on their final opponent. For example, if you can't defeat the your 12th opponent and you had 3 minutes to defeat them, you'll earn for making it to the 12 opponent, for dodging any traps, and a bonus for lasting 3 minutes (dying/surrendering won't get you that bonus). The spells haste and rapid fire will be dispelled during the combat sequence of the arena matches. While they both offer an advantage, the reason is due to the crashes many of you experienced in the arena.
*The arena is slower by about a second per "round" that is being cycled throughout your placement. This means you have about ten minutes to get through the arena instead of eight minutes.
**This does mean that creature clean up will be a second slower as well.
*There are a couple new creatures in the arena. Hobgoblins have moved to becoming champions where kiramon moved to being regular foes.
*Creatures have less bolt and ranged DS equivalent to a negative modifier of your level / 2. This means at cap, you'll see a reduction of 50 DS.
*Creature health has had a reduction across the board. Characters under level 10 still get the biggest bonus to health reduction.
*Hazards go off about twice as fast now, and there is no immunity for the first 30 seconds. Creatures will not use hazards until they are established as your enemy.
*Dodging a hazard will now injure the creature, giving players who might not be able to overcome an opponent a chance.
*Scoring is based on winning, killing, speed, and dodging hazards. If you don't win, your speed bonus changes to what I've named the showman bonus, which awards you bloodscrip based on how long you lasted. All four categories have a hard cap of how high you can score. I'll leave it up to you to figure out the range you score for each. The only way to score 250 is by winning. The temporary titles and item prize have been adjusted to be distributed at specific bloodscrip won. Exp and silver awards are equivalent (in some manner) to the bloodscrip you've earned. Prior to this, silver was randomized.

'''Ratacombs Updates'''

Bloodscrips earned while searching the Ratacombs will have a higher range of their value. It will still not compare to the arena, but it will be closer to the hopeful median. The random directions in the Ratacombs will be lessened with some more static areas to walk through.
*There are 25 less rooms in the Ratacombs and the maze layout shifts less often.
*Bloodscrip amounts are now displayed when you search, eliminating the need to LOOK to see what you got.
*Survival ranks will help you stay on your feet when entering and exiting the sewers.
*A small handful of new descriptors have been added to the rats.

'''Shop Updates'''

I will be going through the shops to try to make some items more appealing for purchase. The limited release items will be discussed as we get closer to the first run under these revamped conditions.
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==Earning Bloodscrip and Level Differences==
''Information in blue applicable to the May 2015 run and provided by APM Wyrom.''

<div {{prettydiv}}>Champions spawned by characters 25 and under had 1/3rd the amount of blood as a capped character. Characters level 10 or under always got an extra bonus of making every creature that spawned in the arena with 100 less blood (that's on top of that 1/3rd for champions).

Creature level is always determined by progression in the arena, but the first 5 rounds creatures are between -3 to 1 level higher than the player. It slowly scales up until the last 5 rounds, where it's between 5 and 10 levels.

Earning 200 bloodscrip means a player managed to kill all 25 creatures. Anyone scoring 192, managed to kill 24.

Each creature was worth 8 bloodscrip. This is changing in the next variation of the arena to add more emphasis on a few different factors of the challenge. The time bonus is going to be greatly reduced, but you'll have chances to earn other bonuses. The cap will still remain 250, but this time it will be achievable. The reason the arena's figurative 250 isn't able to happen is because you're losing on average 35 seconds for creature clean ups and the new creature entering.

I think those that felt underwhelmed because they couldn't complete the arena or struggled with defeating all 25 will feel a little more confident in the next edition.
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Searching the sewers will usually reap around 80-100 bloodscrip per token. The secondary market for bloodscrip will sell for between 950-1400 silvers per scrip (based on May 2015 observations).

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'''Aqilorn''' (a-KEE-lorn) is a unique blend of silk and thread-of-[[vaalorn]] that is highly prized by the nobility of [[House Vaalor]] for its shimmering appearance and supple, yet rigid texture.
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Techniques for creating aqilorn are a closely guarded secret, as it is usually only produced exclusively by the fortress city-state of [[Ta'Vaalor]] by highly trained master weavers. Rumor has it: it requires both master weavers and master metalsmiths working in close concert to produce. This fabric is quite old, dating back to the founding of House Vaalor. Unfortunately, the method of creation was lost until recently rediscovered by an inquisitive [[Burghal gnome]] who stumbled upon a pattern book deep beneath the Fortress. The time and material requirements in creating the fabric make it extremely rare in large pieces and prohibitively expensive for all but the upper nobility.

===Usage===

Aqilorn is most widely used by the Noble Houses of Ta'Vaalor as a material for traveling garments and ceremonial wear. The extra strength and rigidity that the thread-of-vaalorn adds to the silk provide excellent protection from the elements without the burden of additional weight. Due to such characteristics, aqilorn holds form exceptionally well and beautifully complements other armor-based materials without sacrificing style. This makes it a suitable material for accenting robes, light leather, and full leather armors. Though woven with vaalorn thread, aqilorn carries no native enchantment, as the process in drawing the metal into thread degrades it.

===Colors/Texture===

Aqilorn is soft like the finest silk, yet has a subtle rigidity to it which allows it to maintain its structure. Regardless of the fabric's color, the addition of the thread-of-vaalorn adds a shimmering quality to the material which may or may not be readily visible depending on the weave. Traditionally, aqilorn was only produced in crimson and gold, as it was used exclusively by the monarchy during the early days of House Vaalor. Some obscure references have mentioned a "royal fabric," and scholars believe aqilorn to be the referenced material in such texts. With the rediscovery of the creation process, the tones of aqilorn can be replicated in any hue that you may find in silk, providing a much more varied range of colors in modern versions of the fabric.

===General Restrictions===

Small patches of the cloth are available in the form of [[cobbling]] materials, pouches, and small purses/packs. The strength and durability of the cloth make it ideal for containers of all sorts, though the rarity of large pieces of the fabric make them extremely scarce. Larger pieces such as tunics, cloaks, gowns, and so on are much rarer and sold only on a rotating basis within Ta'Vaalor.

[[Category: Materials]]

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2016-02-15T05:18:25Z

GS4-WYROM:

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=== Thursday, February 11th, 2016 ===
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=== Wednesday, February 18th, 2015 ===
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History of the Dhe'nar

2016-02-11T23:01:54Z

GS4-WYROM: Updated category.

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== Author's Comments: ==

It is to be noted that the [[Faendryl]] and the [[Dhe'nar]] take quite the opposite view of the elf called Noi'sho'rah; in the view of the former, he was a madman, and the latter, a prophet. It is our duty as Chroniclers of all to present each view in turn and permit the student to form his own conclusions.

It is to be further noted that but for the turn of Tahlad Tsi'shalar's beliefs as influenced by [[Noi'sho'rah]], and their subsequent departure from the elven lands, there may have been an eighth elven house. But for the actions of Noi'sho'rah and his influence over Tahlad, the elven race's history may yet have been different; mayhap there would have been eight noble Houses and our destinies quite changed. It is only in rare cases that a single individual so strongly affects the whole of history's pattern.

The student of history who wishes to consider the departure of the Dhe'nar faction from both perspectives should, in addition to this document, reference the History of the Faendryl Empire, a copy of which is stored in [[Library Aies]].

Compiled by Aeranch Jaern - Chronicler, Library Aies

== I. The Beginning (80,000 - 55,000 years ago) ==

In the time before the formation of the great Elven Houses, at the dawn of Dhe'nar tradition, stood the one who most exemplifies all that Dhe'nar strive to be. In this time, the elves were still faithful servants to the [[Arkati]].

Born of the elven race, before the great divide, he grew at the knees of the Arkati, drinking in their lore and wisdom with open ears and a keen mind. He served as an acolyte to the Arkati, their voice to the elves when all stood in chaos and only that fine intervention kept the world stable.

He spent hours in weapons practice, honing his skill until even the most feared warriors thought twice about dueling him. Honored as a master of the whip blades, he was also honored for his closeness with the Arkati. Through him, they honored the elves with the way, the path and the discipline to achieve power.

This was Noi'sho'rah.

As the elven race began to ascend from their servitude to the Arkati and form into its seven separate houses, Noi'sho'rah objected to the rising political structure that would become the Great Houses. He found one among the elves who still listened to the words of the Arkati and still honored their ancient wisdom and insight. This young priest, Tahlad, was one of the few who showed understanding when the elven race became fractured by the power hungry. In Tahlad's opinion, many of the elves had begun to walk a different path, seeking only quick results and fast power, forgetting the true way of the Arkati and their own virtual immortality.

One of these power seekers, nephew to Tahlad, brought the decision that the elves would now seek a new path, vastly different from the true way: the formation of the House system. Tahlad, disciple of Noi'sho'rah, delivered the news to the temple where Noi'sho'rah, now growing older but no less honored, listened with quiet displeasure.

Noi'sho'rah, wise enough to see the inevitable fracture of power within the forming elven houses, counseled Tahlad, showing him secrets of the Arkati that would strengthen him as he endeavored to hold together what could not be held. Noi'sho'rah took the news himself to the Arkati, informing them of the future failure of the elven nations and the impending disaster that lay before them.

Little is known of that meeting, except the results. Noi'sho'rah appeared one more time before his people, warning them of the doom that lay before them if they continued to fight among themselves for petty positions of power. Korthyr, nephew of Tahlad, laughed in the face of Noi'sho'rah, taunting him for being obsolete and refusing to grow in power as Korthyr did. Noi'sho'rah, disgusted with his own people, raised his hands to the heavens and darkness filled the room. All eyes were blinded and only the voice of Noi'sho'rah could be heard as he prophesied for his people.

"Know you that if the elven nation falls, if you fail to follow the true way, the dead themselves shall rise up against you. There shall come one with more power than has ever been wielded and she shall lay your Houses to waste. You shall stand helpless before her, your own petty bickering paving the way for her to take even the mightiest of your cities. Her touch shall be felt for generations and you shall never again rise to the power you had before her arrival. For those that follow the way, there shall be a steady rise in power. The way shall lead them to safety, even in the midst of the greatest danger to face Elanthia. Those who remain firm in the faith will never need fear retribution. Lose your way and you will feel fire from the heavens. Always though, the way stands open, even for those who have lost it. Return again to your beliefs and you shall regain your favor with the Arkati. I go now to stand with the Arkati, and my eyes shall be on my people always."

When the darkness cleared, Noi'sho'rah had vanished. Among the Dhe'nar, tradition says that he has been seen since, in visions and prayers, but never again has he walked among his people. To the Dhe'nar, Noi'sho'rah stands as their representative to the Arkati, their voice in the heavens. A common Dhe'nar admonition is "Stand firm in your beliefs, as our history shows us the terrible wrath Noi'sho'rah can inflict upon our people."
II. The Departure (50,000 years ago)

After Noi'sho'rah prophesied for the elves and ascended to be with the Arkati, Tahlad gathered his followers, who became known as the Dhe'nar, meaning "first born" in reference to being the children of the Arkati. Tahlad led them away from the forming elven nation, never again to return. As Noi'sho'rah had instructed him, Tahlad led his followers first to Rhoska-Tor, where their strength would be tested and their power forged by the dark power of the barren wasteland. Then, when the time was right, they would move south through the Southron Wastes and into the jungles to find their promised land.

== III. Rhoska-Tor (50,000 to 45,000 years ago) ==

The Dhe'nar spent 5,000 years living in the barren plains and caverns of Rhoska-Tor. It was during this time that the Dhe'nar learned not only the art of survival, but also honed their arcane skills. The dark essence that had been left behind by the Ur-Daemon War not only tainted the appearance and psyche of the Dhe'nar, but it also had a powerful effect on the flows of magic in the region.

Among the Dhe'nar, it is said that a Dhe'nar warrior has the soul of a dragon and the hunger of an Ur-Daemon, and there is little doubt this is partially true. The Dhe'nar magi learned to use the dark magic of the region, adding it to their already potent library of spells taught by the Arkati themselves. The control of the undead and the summoning of the elements into a physical manifestation were but a few of the skills the Dhe'nar learned while in Rhoska-Tor.

The Dhe'nar knew the power of what they learned and the importance of guarding its secrets. They kept few written records, passing on their knowledge orally. What few records they did keep were not only written in the spidery runes only a true Dhe'nar warlock could read, but also closely guarded by the magi and priests. It is rumored, however, that one tome, The Book of Tormtor, was lost somewhere deep within the caverns of Rhoska-Tor.

After 5,000 years (as Noi'sho'rah prophesied) the Dhe'nar left Rhoska-Tor in search of their promised land. They headed south, through the Southron Wastes and into the jungles, where they founded Sharath, which remains home to the Dhe'nar to this day.

== IV. Sharath (45,000 - 30,000 years ago) ==

Deep in the jungles far to the south of Rhoska-Tor, the Dhe'nar founded their home city. Tahlad, long the leader of the Dhe'nar, never lived to see the dream become a reality. Although he died shortly after leaving Rhoska-Tor, his remains were carried throughout the journey.

They placed Tahlad's body in a crypt in the center of the jungle and began construction of a great city around it. They named this land Sharath, which means "promised land". Here, in Sharath's jungles, the Dhe'nar government developed to what it is today.

The people were divided into four castes: the worker caste, the warrior caste, the temple caste, and the warlock caste. Each caste served an important role in their society and worked with each other in their goals.

The city of Sharath grew into a sprawling mecca. The Great Temple was built, along with the Tower of Arcane Arts. Shialos du S'karli, The Library of the Way, was built, in it was placed tomes documenting the teachings of Noi'sho'rah and the Arkati.

== V. The Fall of Sharath (30,000 - 25,000 years ago) ==

Over time, the Dhe'nar fell victim to the same circumstances that drove them away from the elves so many years ago. The Temple, the Magi, and the Warrior castes began to vie for power internally and the political treachery that ensued was devastating. In a bold political move, the Priests of the temple proclaimed that they themselves were "gods" and that their wishes were to be followed over all others. Though there were many opposed to this, any who disagreed with the temple were brutally sacrificed to set an example for the others, and thus over time most of the temple's opponents were either slain or went into hiding. The Temple's priests sealed the library, Shialos du S'karli, and the entrance was hidden. To go anywhere near the library would mean certain death at a priest's hands.

== VI. The Great Fire (25,000 years ago) ==

On one fateful day, the High Priest announced that the Dhe'nar were to be blessed by the heavens. Almost all of the Dhe'nar gathered around the base of the Temple to await the celebration. The resulting horror that ensued had been predicted 30,000 years earlier by Noi'sho'rah; divided by petty bickering, the Dhe'nar would fall.

Screams of fear were quickly quieted as fire fell from the heavens and the earth opened up beneath the feet of the unfaithful. For 50 days and nights fire rained down upon the jungle of Sharath. A great mountain pierced the heart of the city, destroying everything the Dhe'nar had created. Almost ninety percent of the Dhe'nar died in the cataclysm. Those few who had not attended the gathering were the sole survivors. It is said that these few had remembered the prophecy of doom, and had hidden in the jungles to avoid questions about why they would not attend the ill-fated celebration.

When the fires finally ended, the survivors emerged from the jungle caverns to see that a great mountain stood where their city had once reigned. Oddly, the jungle around them was still there. Every tree, every shrub, was standing as if nothing happened. However, upon closer inspection, the survivors discovered that the jungle was composed entirely of gray-black ash. Ever since, Sharath has been known as the Forest of Ash.

== VII. The Rebuilding (25,000 - 20,000 years ago) ==

Within the rubble of the fallen city, the Dhe'nar survivors found the entrance to Shialos du S'karli. They committed the information in the books to memory, reciting the verses over and over so that they could pass the information down through the generations, that it would never be lost again.

Realizing their true heritage, once again the Dhe'nar begin to rebuild. The Great Mountain and the maze of caverns underneath become their home. Because of their small numbers, they developed the stealth and merciless raiding parties that later became a hallmark of their society. They learned to take slaves to augment the worker caste. Slowly the government was restored to power, this time with a group, the Obsidian Council, to guide the way.

Under new rule and with renewed vigor and sense of purpose, the Dhe'nar rebuilt their homeland, and grew in power and purpose. To this day the Dhe'nar remain undefeated in battle, and they have never forgotten what Noi'sho'rah taught them, or the promises they make to themselves each day.

The Dhe'nar walk with power.

== VIII. The Dhe'nar Empire (20,000 years ago to present) ==

The Dhe'nar continued to expand their empire, conquering nearby villages of humans and dwarves and taking prisoners to use as slaves. The Dhe'nar temple ensured that the bloodlines were kept pure by placing restrictions on breeding, making sure that each child was pure and powerful, lest it be sacrificed for the good of the Dhe'nar. Pride grew stronger than ever in the Dhe'nar people, and the belief that the other races were inferior took a stronger hold among the Dhe'nar. They believed that they were the true children of the Arkati, destined to the same power possessed by the ancient gods. Each caste developed more power and worked to further themselves to the same goals.

The selection process for finding priests and magi became the backbone of the Dhe'nar society. Each potential member underwent scrutinizing and occasionally deadly tests in a process to determine who was worthy of the two castes.

== IX. The Dhe'nar in Recent Times (150 years ago to present) ==

About one-hundred-fifty years ago, the first Dhe'nar were seen in Wehnimer's Landing. Many thought them to be either Faendryl or simply renegades. In time, the people of Wehnimer's Landing found this to be far from the truth. While most Dhe'nar had learned the common tongue, and some the elven tongue, and made contact with the other races, it was easy to see that the Dhe'nar people stuck together. They were, and are, a tight-knit group that has an established structure very similar to the far-away government in Sharath, the Forest of Ash.

== Appendix A: The Dhe'nar Psyche ==

The Dhe'nar view the split of the elves into the seven separate Houses to be the downfall of the elves from the very beginning. To them, unity and the practice of Arkati self-enlightenment are the goals to which everyone must stride to achieve. They believe the bickering and quarreling among the elven houses is petty, and refuse to take any part in it or the political games it creates. When the Dhe'nar left the elven nation, they left forever, believing the others to have betrayed the Arkatis' teachings. The Dhe'nar have no emotion or pity for the other elves, nor do they admit they have anything to do with the remaining six elven Houses.

The Dhe'nar believe that Noi'sho'rah was a true prophet, and that he now dwells with the Arkati. Noi'sho'rah taught them that the elves are the children of the Arkati, and as a child strives to become as its parents, the Dhe'nar strive to become as the Arkati. Much like the elves, however, the Dhe'nar do not view the Arkati so much as "gods" or "celestial beings" but more as role models for what they themselves can achieve. Unlike the elves of the six noble Houses, however, the Dhe'nar believe they can become as powerful as the Arkati. They do not see the Arkati as different or better, only more powerful, thus Dhe'nar bow to no "god". Their religion is not one of worship; instead it is one of self-perfection, not so much as an individual, but as a race in whole; the ultimate goal being to achieve power over all things.

Over 50,000 years of hardship have scarred the Dhe'nar, forging and twisting their ancient beliefs into what they are now. They are an elitist race. Time has convinced them that the other races are inferior; nothing more than pawns to be used to their own ends. The Dhe'nar have long been hunters, survivalists, and warriors. 50,000 years of fighting for survival has taken its toll on the Dhe'nar psyche, however. The Dhe'nar at battle are a gruesome sight. They seem to want to torture and punish their prey, savoring the pain they inflict which each kill.

The Dhe'nar do not believe in the concept of "good" and "evil". They believe in survival, they believe in power. They hold true to the philosophy, "to be strong is to survive, to be weak is to perish". It is to be noted that simple survival is not enough for the Dhe'nar, thus they constantly strive to better themselves in their quest for power. This belief is shared with the great Drakes of ancient times, and has long endured. While history is very important, a Dhe'nar scholar does not waste time brooding over such concepts like good and evil or spend their days asking "why", but rather they ask "how".

[[Category: Dark Elves]]
[[Category: Dhe'nar]]

Gswiki:News

2016-02-11T18:30:50Z

GS4-WYROM:

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=== Thursday, February 11th, 2016 ===
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2016-02-11T18:30:39Z

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Talk:Padding

2016-02-10T19:34:22Z

GS4-WYROM:

The resistances offered by [[620]] aren't exactly 'padding'. Also, this page needs some work on its layout. - [[User:BELATHUS|Andy]] [[User talk:BELATHUS|talk]] 17:18, 18 May 2007 (EDT)
:Really not sure why it took so long to remove this section. [[User:VANKRASN39|VANKRASN39]] ([[User talk:VANKRASN39|talk]]) 06:38, 24 June 2015 (CDT)
The padding/weighting numbers are finally accurate. [[User:GS4-WYROM|GS4-WYROM]] ([[User talk:GS4-WYROM|talk]]) 13:34, 10 February 2016 (CST)

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2016-02-05T03:45:53Z

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Creating Adventure - December 2015

2016-01-01T19:54:26Z

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== Words of Wyrom ==

[[File:Wyrom.png|thumb|left|100px|<center>The Wyrom</center>]]We made it to the end of the year! It was a big year for us. We launched F2P, brought back an acclaimed release schedule, and went through massive staffing changes! We've had our ups and downs. We've talked, laughed, argued, and debated. We've grown as a community. We've continued to improve our communication between staff and the players. Overall, we've had a hell of a year. It got busy, oh man did it get so busy, but we trudged through it together and made it to the finish line (for now)! We have some great projects in the works for 2016, and I'm already excited about one of them to the point I want to spill the beans! Because we're going to update how... Oh wait, can't talk about it yet! Seriously though, 2016 has a lot planned already and I hope it lives up to what we did in 2015. Between events, storylines, and releases to come, be ready for an adventure!

The year has flown by, and it was a very busy year for the staff working on GemStone IV. I'd like to reflect some on the list of accomplishments (below) and take a moment to appreciate all the dedication from the GameMasters that spend their time in Elanthia. We truly have an amazing team working for the game right now. I know it may not be clear all the time, but everything we do is for you, the players. We strive to put out an excellent product that is both engaging and exciting! We truly are grateful for the time you spend with us.

Thank you all for being part of my GemStone IV family.

~Wyrom

== ROLEPLAY in 2016 ==

Coming in Q1 of 2016, we'll be releasing updates on how roleplaying awards work. The exacts will be talked about as we get closer to the release date, but the way you receive and activate RPAs will be getting a major face lift! Players will have more control over how RPAs are used and when to use them!

== Briarmoon Cove ==

At the frigid and blustery mouth of the Olbin River lies the port city of Briarmoon Cove, cozily nestled among snow-covered craggy cliffs and deep caverns. While easily reached by traders and merchants arriving from the sea, those arriving via alternate methods are met with unforgiving environmental hazards and nearly inaccessible terrain, making travel to this area largely unpleasant. Briarmoon Cove has remained a mostly secluded sanctuary for its residents because of such limited access... until now. See you in February!

== The Return of Hot Summer Nights ==

This summer, we brought back Hot Summer Nights (HSN) for the first time in over 10 years! The GameMasters of GemStone IV pushed really hard in 2015 to live up to the namesake of the summer spectacular. Many projects that were languishing for years finally were completed and released for everyone to enjoy! We learned a lot on what we can do with a tight release schedule, and it was an experience we'll grow from. While some projects didn't quite make it out in time, we felt HSN was a success and hope to revisit it sometime in the future!

== Year in Review ==

Last year, we mentioned a lot of ongoing support to specific areas, storylines, and generalized updates for areas like bugs and item tweaks. We'll skip all that and stick strictly to the updates this time. Not to disregard the blood, sweat, and tears that goes into all of that ongoing work, we just want to keep a focus this year. It's an impressive list!

<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
* '''Combat and Magic Updates'''
** The Elemental Confluence Hunting Ground
** Treasure Updates
** Pet Movement Updates
** CMAN: Unarmed Specialist
** CMAN: Ki Focus
** CMAN Immunities Update
** Presence (402)
** Lock Pick Enhancement (403)
** Disarm Enhancement (404)
** Elemental Detection (405)
** Unlock (407)
** Disarm (408)
** Elemental Wave (410 & 435)
** Weapon Deflection (412)
** Elemental Saturation (413)
** Elemental Defense III (414)
** Elemental Strike (415)
** Piercing Gaze (416)
** Elemental Dispel (417)
** Mana Focus (418)
** Elemental Targeting (425)
** Elemental Barrier (430)
** Sleep (501)
** Chromatic Circle (502)
** Thurfel’s Ward (503)
** Slow (504)
** Elemental Deflection (507)
** Elemental Bias (508)
** Ice Patch (512)
** Elemental Focus (513)
** Mana Leech (516)
** Charge Item (517)
** Cone of Elements (518)
** Stone Skin (520)
** Mana Disruption (702)
** Corrupt Essence (703)
** Disintegrate (705)
** Mild Jolt (706)
** Eye Spy (707)
** Grasp of the Grave (709)
** Energy Maelstrom (710)
** Pain (711)
** Scroll Infusion (714)
** Pestilence (716)
** Minor Summoning (725)
** Animate Dead (730)
** Planar Shift (740)
** Minor Shock (901)
** Minor Water (903)
** Minor Acid (904)
** Prismatic Guard (905)
** Minor Fire (906)
** Tremors (909)
** Major Shock (910)
** Mass Blur (911)
** Sandstorm (914)
** Invisibility (916)
** Call Familiar (920)
** Arcane Blast (1700)
** Martial Prowess (1705)
** Quake (1714)
** Damage Factor Updates on (Magical) Bolts
** Divine Vengeance Ability
** Updated Death Messaging
** Unarmed Combat Updates
** Monk Meditation
** SACRIFICE Updates
** STAMINA Abilities
** Mana Spellup Updates
** MSTRIKE Updates
** INCANT Updates
** TWC Weapons Updates

* '''General Development'''
** Login Rewards
** Gift of Lumnis Updates
** Spirit Beasts 2.0 and 2.1
** Elanthian Map Updates
** Prep Phrases Expansion
** Thanatoph Ledge Updates
** New Weapon Nouns
** New Armor Nouns
** Half-Krolvin Weapon and Armor Nouns
** Artwork: Lorminstra
** Artwork: Imaera
** Artwork: Jastev
** Artwork: Koar
** Artwork: Lumnis
** Artwork: Oleani
** Artwork: Kai
** Artwork: Charl
** Artwork: Ronan
** Artwork: Phoen
* '''Verb Additions and Improvements'''
** Adventure Guild Badges Concealer Update
** SIMUCOIN DURATIONS Verb
** Sorted View
** SEND
** SORT ALPHABETIC
** STRIDE
** CHORTLE
** LAUGH
** TONE
** SPEECH
** STOP
** GRIN
** APPLAUD
** BUNDLE
** BEG
** WHIMPER
** SNAP
** BEAM
** BANK
** EVOKE
** DAYDREAM
* '''Documentation'''
** Customs of the Elves of House Vaalor
** The Story of the Volnath Dai
** Sylvan Gemology Guide
** Prestige and Prejudice in the Empire
** The Colonies of the Half-Krolvin
** Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire
** The Theory of Governance and Social Order
** Wehnimer’s Landing: Frontier Politics
** Sins in Shadow
** Origins of Mularos
** Teras Asylum
** Burghal Gnomes Enclave
** New Material: Aqilorn
** New Material: Plumille
** New Material: Iron Boar Hide
** New Material: Zydris
** New Material: Klysmar
** New Material: Ur-barath
** New Material: Balenite
** New Material: Wrotwood
* '''Events and Quests'''
** Albatross
** Sylinar’s Spire
** Summit Expression Faire
** Duskruin Arena
** Festival of the Fallen
** Return of the Midsummer Night’s Festival
** Ebon Gate
* '''SimuCoins Items'''
** Enhancive Pauses
** Private Properties
** Spellup Pills
** Lumnis Schedule
** Login Bridges
* '''Community Improvements'''
** Free-to-Play (F2P)
** The GemStone IV Wiki
** REAL Gems Added
** Hot Summer Nights Returned
** SimuCon
** Server Upgrades
</div>
{{Staffprofile
| name = GameMaster Haliste
| image = [[File:Haliste.jpg|200px]]
| caption = "I'll take a Venti"
| rank = ASGM
| team = World Development
| guru = Mentors and Forest Gnomes
}}
==Spotlight on Staff==

'''GameMaster Haliste'''

'''''Assistant Senior GameMaster on World Development'''''

I've been playing Gemstone since the late 90s - my first character was created on November 12, 1997. (Yes, I started in the days of exorbitant credit card bills thanks to the hourly game fee...) It had always been a dream of mine to become a GM, and after some encouragement from GM Kenstrom, I applied and was hired as a GameMaster in March 2013. Soon thereafter, I took over MHOs and then Mentors, shortly after that. I also wanted to give some love to the forest gnomes, so I took up residence with them in August 2014. Currently, I am ASGM on the World Development Team, working directly with GM Galene and loving every minute of it.

'''Where were you born?'''

Birmingham, Alabama

'''Where do you currently live?'''

In the beautiful mountains of North Carolina

'''Do you have any pets/kids/both?'''

Both! I have three children, ages 27, 21 and 20, (and two grandchildren, 6 and 4) and one crazy silly Beagle named Zoi.

'''What is your current occupation?'''

I am the manager of ticketing and box office for a summer music festival here in North Carolina. I've been with my current job for 21 years and love every minute of it. On the side of the side, I do a small bit of web development, though that has not been as front-sided since I've been GMing. Who has the time, right?

'''What did you want to be while you were growing up?'''

When I was very young, I wanted to be an archaeologist. When I got a little older, I wanted to be a lawyer. Now, I just want to be happy - and maybe win the lottery.

'''Favorite TV shows?'''

Any kind of survivor/wilderness show - except for Survivor.

'''Favorite actors/actresses?'''

Anyone in Game of Thrones - and Meryl Streep

'''Favorite musicians/bands?'''

I don't enjoy the bands of today as much as the ones when I was growing up - I still have great respect for musicians/bands like the Police, Elton John, Kate Bush, and Earth, Wind, and Fire. Music has been a part of my life for a very long time, and I listen to all kinds of music.

'''Favorite books/authors?'''

Interestingly enough, I'm not a huge reader of books, but I never refused the opportunity to read Stephen King or Dean Koontz.

'''Where did you go to school and/or what did you study?'''

I started at a community college in Rockville, Maryland - but I hated it and dropped out after about a year. It's my biggest regret. Maybe someday...

'''Favorite/least favorite job you've ever had?'''

I worked for an accounting firm when I first moved to North Carolina. I worked for one for 6 years before moving from Maryland and decided that would be the best way to adjust to the new home. It was the most miserable work experience I've ever had! I think I worked there only a couple months. My favorite job is my current job - it's incredibly diverse, and my employers are wonderful. I hope I never have to work anywhere else.

'''Favorite hobbies?'''

Gaming has been one of my most enjoyed hobbies over the years, and I've played a lot of them. I adore photography and take lots of pictures for my friends and family. I also love to gamble...slot machines with lots of lights, pretty pictures, and cool bonus rounds are my favorite!

'''Favorite foods?'''

Mexican food. Is there anything else?

'''Favorite board games or computer games?'''

I enjoy most board games that I can play with the family, like Pictionary. An oldie but goodie! My children are old enough now that I might be able to play CAH with them. I might have to have wine first, though.

'''Favorite sports/sports teams?'''

What's that?

'''What would you do with a million dollars?'''

Invest half of it, and travel with my family with the other half. I've always wanted to see other parts of the world but have never had the opportunity to do so.

'''What three people past or present would you invite to dinner?'''

Oh goodness. I would invite my father, who is a master conversationalist, Marilyn Monroe, and Bill Gates.

'''What is your favorite quote?'''

"You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes." --Winnie-the-Pooh

'''Name something you'd like to do before you die.'''

Visit the labyrinths on Crete, and see the pyramids in Egypt.

'''What's your favorite acronym?'''

UJF. 'Nuff said.

'''Who is your hero or heroine?'''

My grandmother - a most graceful and wonderful woman who was full of life and energy. I miss her daily.

'''If you could have any musical group or artist, past or present, play at your birthday party, who would it be?'''

Tori Amos

'''If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?'''

To fly. I often have dreams that I can, and the idea of soaring over the ground and moving from one point to the next without walking or riding in a vehicle is just extremely cool to me. I'm slightly afraid of heights and I don't like flying, oddly enough.

'''If you were lost in the wilderness, what one item would you want to have with you?'''

A genie lantern with three wishes. :)

[[Category:Creating Adventure]]

Creating Adventure - December 2015

2016-01-01T03:12:11Z

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[[File:Creating Adventure Banner.jpg|center|700px]]

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== Words of Wyrom ==

[[File:Wyrom.png|thumb|left|100px|<center>The Wyrom</center>]]We made it to the end of the year! It was a big year for us. We launched F2P, brought back an acclaimed release schedule, and went through massive staffing changes! We've had our ups and downs. We've talked, laughed, argued, and debated. We've grown as a community. We've continued to improve our communication between staff and the players. Overall, we've had a hell of a year. It got busy, oh man did it get so busy, but we trudged through it together and made it to the finish line (for now)! We have some great projects in the works for 2016, and I'm already excited about one of them to the point I want to spill the beans! Because we're going to update how... Oh wait, can't talk about it yet! Seriously though, 2016 has a lot planned already and I hope it lives up to what we did in 2015. Between events, storylines, and releases to come, be ready for an adventure!

The year has flown by, and it was a very busy year for the staff working on GemStone IV. I'd like to reflect some on the list of accomplishments (below) and take a moment to appreciate all the dedication from the GameMasters that spend their time in Elanthia. We truly have an amazing team working for the game right now. I know it may not be clear all the time, but everything we do is for you, the players. We strive to put out an excellent product that is both engaging and exciting! We truly are grateful for the time you spend with us.

Thank you all for being part of my GemStone IV family.

~Wyrom

== ROLEPLAY in 2016 ==

Coming in Q1 of 2016, we'll be releasing updates on how roleplaying awards work. The exacts will be talked about as we get closer to the release date, but the way you receive and activate RPAs will be getting a major face lift! Players will have more control over how RPAs are used and when to use them!

== Briarmoon Cove ==

At the frigid and blustery mouth of the Olbin River lies the port city of Briarmoon Cove, cozily nestled among snow-covered craggy cliffs and deep caverns. While easily reached by traders and merchants arriving from the sea, those arriving via alternate methods are met with unforgiving environmental hazards and nearly inaccessible terrain, making travel to this area largely unpleasant. Briarmoon Cove has remained a mostly secluded sanctuary for its residents because of such limited access... until now. See you in February!

== The Return of Hot Summer Nights ==

This summer, we brought back Hot Summer Nights (HSN) for the first time in over 10 years! The GameMasters of GemStone IV pushed really hard in 2015 to live up to the namesake of the summer spectacular. Many projects that were languishing for years finally were completed and released for everyone to enjoy! We learned a lot on what we can do with a tight release schedule, and it was an experience we'll grow from. While some projects didn't quite make it out in time, we felt HSN was a success and hope to revisit it sometime in the future!

== Year in Review ==

Last year, we mentioned a lot of ongoing support to specific areas, storylines, and generalized updates for areas like bugs and item tweaks. We'll skip all that and stick strictly to the updates this time. Not to disregard the blood, sweat, and tears that goes into all of that ongoing work, we just want to keep a focus this year. It's an impressive list!

<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
* '''Combat and Magic Updates'''
** The Elemental Confluence Hunting Ground
** Treasure Updates
** Pet Movement Updates
** CMAN: Unarmed Specialist
** CMAN: Ki Focus
** CMAN Immunities Update
** Presence (402)
** Lock Pick Enhancement (403)
** Disarm Enhancement (404)
** Elemental Detection (405)
** Unlock (407)
** Disarm (408)
** Elemental Wave (410 & 435)
** Weapon Deflection (412)
** Elemental Saturation (413)
** Elemental Defense III (414)
** Elemental Strike (415)
** Piercing Gaze (416)
** Elemental Dispel (417)
** Mana Focus (418)
** Elemental Targeting (425)
** Elemental Barrier (430)
** Sleep (501)
** Chromatic Circle (502)
** Thurfel’s Ward (503)
** Slow (504)
** Elemental Deflection (507)
** Elemental Bias (508)
** Ice Patch (512)
** Elemental Focus (513)
** Mana Leech (516)
** Charge Item (517)
** Cone of Elements (518)
** Stone Skin (520)
** Mana Disruption (702)
** Corrupt Essence (703)
** Disintegrate (705)
** Mild Jolt (706)
** Eye Spy (707)
** Grasp of the Grave (709)
** Energy Maelstrom (710)
** Pain (711)
** Scroll Infusion (714)
** Pestilence (716)
** Minor Summoning (725)
** Animate Dead (730)
** Planar Shift (740)
** Minor Shock (901)
** Minor Water (903)
** Minor Acid (904)
** Prismatic Guard (905)
** Minor Fire (906)
** Tremors (909)
** Major Shock (910)
** Mass Blur (911)
** Sandstorm (914)
** Invisibility (916)
** Call Familiar (920)
** Arcane Blast (1700)
** Martial Prowess (1705)
** Quake (1714)
** Damage Factor Updates on (Magical) Bolts
** Divine Vengeance Ability
** Updated Death Messaging
** Unarmed Combat Updates
** Monk Meditation
** SACRIFICE Updates
** STAMINA Abilities
** Mana Spellup Updates
** MSTRIKE Updates
** INCANT Updates
** TWC Weapons Updates

* '''General Development'''
** Login Rewards
** Gift of Lumnis Updates
** Spirit Beasts 2.0 and 2.1
** Elanthian Map Updates
** Prep Phrases Expansion
** Thanatoph Ledge Updates
** New Weapon Nouns
** New Armor Nouns
** Half-Krolvin Weapon and Armor Nouns
** Artwork: Lorminstra
** Artwork: Imaera
** Artwork: Jastev
** Artwork: Koar
** Artwork: Lumnis
** Artwork: Oleani
** Artwork: Kai
** Artwork: Charl
** Artwork: Ronan
** Artwork: Phoen
* '''Verb Additions and Improvements'''
** Adventure Guild Badges Concealer Update
** SIMUCOIN DURATIONS Verb
** Sorted View
** SEND
** SORT ALPHABETIC
** STRIDE
** CHORTLE
** LAUGH
** TONE
** SPEECH
** STOP
** GRIN
** APPLAUD
** BUNDLE
** BEG
** WHIMPER
** SNAP
** BEAM
** BANK
** EVOKE
** DAYDREAM
* '''Documentation'''
** Customs of the Elves of House Vaalor
** The Story of the Volnath Dai
** Sylvan Gemology Guide
** Prestige and Prejudice in the Empire
** The Colonies of the Half-Krolvin
** Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire
** Wehnimer’s Landing: Frontier Politics
** Sins in Shadow
** Origins of Mularos
** Teras Asylum
** Burghal Gnomes Enclave
** New Material: Aqilorn
** New Material: Plumille
** New Material: Iron Boar Hide
** New Material: Zydris
** New Material: Klysmar
** New Material: Ur-barath
** New Material: Balenite
** New Material: Wrotwood
* '''Events and Quests'''
** Albatross
** Sylinar’s Spire
** Summit Expression Faire
** Duskruin Arena
** Festival of the Fallen
** Return of the Midsummer Night’s Festival
** Ebon Gate
* '''SimuCoins Items'''
** Enhancive Pauses
** Private Properties
** Spellup Pills
** Lumnis Schedule
** Login Bridges
* '''Community Improvements'''
** Free-to-Play (F2P)
** The GemStone IV Wiki
** REAL Gems Added
** Hot Summer Nights Returned
** SimuCon
** Server Upgrades
</div>
{{Staffprofile
| name = GameMaster Haliste
| image = [[File:Haliste.jpg|200px]]
| caption = "I'll take a Venti"
| rank = ASGM
| team = World Development
| guru = Mentors and Forest Gnomes
}}
==Spotlight on Staff==

'''GameMaster Haliste'''

'''''Assistant Senior GameMaster on World Development'''''

I've been playing Gemstone since the late 90s - my first character was created on November 12, 1997. (Yes, I started in the days of exorbitant credit card bills thanks to the hourly game fee...) It had always been a dream of mine to become a GM, and after some encouragement from GM Kenstrom, I applied and was hired as a GameMaster in March 2013. Soon thereafter, I took over MHOs and then Mentors, shortly after that. I also wanted to give some love to the forest gnomes, so I took up residence with them in August 2014. Currently, I am ASGM on the World Development Team, working directly with GM Galene and loving every minute of it.

'''Where were you born?'''

Birmingham, Alabama

'''Where do you currently live?'''

In the beautiful mountains of North Carolina

'''Do you have any pets/kids/both?'''

Both! I have three children, ages 27, 21 and 20, (and two grandchildren, 6 and 4) and one crazy silly Beagle named Zoi.

'''What is your current occupation?'''

I am the manager of ticketing and box office for a summer music festival here in North Carolina. I've been with my current job for 21 years and love every minute of it. On the side of the side, I do a small bit of web development, though that has not been as front-sided since I've been GMing. Who has the time, right?

'''What did you want to be while you were growing up?'''

When I was very young, I wanted to be an archaeologist. When I got a little older, I wanted to be a lawyer. Now, I just want to be happy - and maybe win the lottery.

'''Favorite TV shows?'''

Any kind of survivor/wilderness show - except for Survivor.

'''Favorite actors/actresses?'''

Anyone in Game of Thrones - and Meryl Streep

'''Favorite musicians/bands?'''

I don't enjoy the bands of today as much as the ones when I was growing up - I still have great respect for musicians/bands like the Police, Elton John, Kate Bush, and Earth, Wind, and Fire. Music has been a part of my life for a very long time, and I listen to all kinds of music.

'''Favorite books/authors?'''

Interestingly enough, I'm not a huge reader of books, but I never refused the opportunity to read Stephen King or Dean Koontz.

'''Where did you go to school and/or what did you study?'''

I started at a community college in Rockville, Maryland - but I hated it and dropped out after about a year. It's my biggest regret. Maybe someday...

'''Favorite/least favorite job you've ever had?'''

I worked for an accounting firm when I first moved to North Carolina. I worked for one for 6 years before moving from Maryland and decided that would be the best way to adjust to the new home. It was the most miserable work experience I've ever had! I think I worked there only a couple months. My favorite job is my current job - it's incredibly diverse, and my employers are wonderful. I hope I never have to work anywhere else.

'''Favorite hobbies?'''

Gaming has been one of my most enjoyed hobbies over the years, and I've played a lot of them. I adore photography and take lots of pictures for my friends and family. I also love to gamble...slot machines with lots of lights, pretty pictures, and cool bonus rounds are my favorite!

'''Favorite foods?'''

Mexican food. Is there anything else?

'''Favorite board games or computer games?'''

I enjoy most board games that I can play with the family, like Pictionary. An oldie but goodie! My children are old enough now that I might be able to play CAH with them. I might have to have wine first, though.

'''Favorite sports/sports teams?'''

What's that?

'''What would you do with a million dollars?'''

Invest half of it, and travel with my family with the other half. I've always wanted to see other parts of the world but have never had the opportunity to do so.

'''What three people past or present would you invite to dinner?'''

Oh goodness. I would invite my father, who is a master conversationalist, Marilyn Monroe, and Bill Gates.

'''What is your favorite quote?'''

"You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes." --Winnie-the-Pooh

'''Name something you'd like to do before you die.'''

Visit the labyrinths on Crete, and see the pyramids in Egypt.

'''What's your favorite acronym?'''

UJF. 'Nuff said.

'''Who is your hero or heroine?'''

My grandmother - a most graceful and wonderful woman who was full of life and energy. I miss her daily.

'''If you could have any musical group or artist, past or present, play at your birthday party, who would it be?'''

Tori Amos

'''If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?'''

To fly. I often have dreams that I can, and the idea of soaring over the ground and moving from one point to the next without walking or riding in a vehicle is just extremely cool to me. I'm slightly afraid of heights and I don't like flying, oddly enough.

'''If you were lost in the wilderness, what one item would you want to have with you?'''

A genie lantern with three wishes. :)

[[Category:Creating Adventure]]

Creating Adventure - December 2015

2015-12-31T22:43:56Z

GS4-WYROM:

[[File:Creating Adventure Banner.jpg|center|700px]]

__NOTOC__
__NOEDITSECTION__

== Words of Wyrom ==

[[File:Wyrom.png|thumb|left|100px|<center>The Wyrom</center>]]We made it to the end of the year! It was a big year for us. We launched F2P, brought back an acclaimed release schedule, and went through massive staffing changes! We've had our ups and downs. We've talked, laughed, argued, and debated. We've grown as a community. We've continued to improve our communication between staff and the players. Overall, we've had a hell of a year. It got busy, oh man did it get so busy, but we trudged through it together and made it to the finish line (for now)! We have some great projects in the works for 2016, and I'm already excited about one of them to the point I want to spill the beans! Because we're going to update how... Oh wait, can't talk about it yet! Seriously though, 2016 has a lot planned already and I hope it lives up to what we did in 2015. Between events, storylines, and releases to come, be ready for an adventure!

The year has flown by, and it was a very busy year for the staff working on GemStone IV. I'd like to reflect some on the list of accomplishments (below) and take a moment to appreciate all the dedication from the GameMasters that spend their time in Elanthia. We truly have an amazing team working for the game right now. I know it may not be clear all the time, but everything we do is for you, the players. We strive to put out an excellent product that is both engaging and exciting! We truly are grateful for the time you spend with us.

Thank you all for being part of my GemStone IV family.

~Wyrom

== ROLEPLAY in 2016 ==

Coming in Q1 of 2016, we'll be releasing updates on how roleplaying awards work. The exacts will be talked about as we get closer to the release date, but the way you receive and activate RPAs will be getting a major face lift! Players will have more control over how RPAs are used and when to use them!

== Briarmoon Cove ==

At the frigid and blustery mouth of the Olbin River lies the port city of Briarmoon Cove, cozily nestled among snow-covered craggy cliffs and deep caverns. While easily reached by traders and merchants arriving from the sea, those arriving via alternate methods are met with unforgiving environmental hazards and nearly inaccessible terrain, making travel to this area largely unpleasant. Briarmoon Cove has remained a mostly secluded sanctuary for its residents because of such limited access... until now. See you in February!

== The Return of Hot Summer Nights ==

This summer, we brought back Hot Summer Nights (HSN) for the first time in over 10 years! The GameMasters of GemStone IV pushed really hard in 2015 to live up to the namesake of the summer spectacular. Many projects that were languishing for years finally were completed and released for everyone to enjoy! We learned a lot on what we can do with a tight release schedule, and it was an experience we'll grow from. While some projects didn't quite make it out in time, we felt HSN was a success and hope to revisit it sometime in the future!

== Year in Review ==

Last year, we mentioned a lot of ongoing support to specific areas, storylines, and generalized updates for areas like bugs and item tweaks. We'll skip all that and stick strictly to the updates this time. Not to disregard the blood, sweat, and tears that goes into all of that ongoing work, we just want to keep a focus this year. It's an impressive list!

<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
* '''Combat and Magic Updates'''
** The Elemental Confluence Hunting Ground
** Treasure Updates
** Pet Movement Updates
** CMAN: Unarmed Specialist
** CMAN: Ki Focus
** CMAN Immunities Update
** Presence (402)
** Lock Pick Enhancement (403)
** Disarm Enhancement (404)
** Elemental Detection (405)
** Unlock (407)
** Disarm (408)
** Elemental Wave (410 & 435)
** Weapon Deflection (412)
** Elemental Saturation (413)
** Elemental Defense III (414)
** Elemental Strike (415)
** Piercing Gaze (416)
** Elemental Dispel (417)
** Mana Focus (418)
** Elemental Targeting (425)
** Elemental Barrier (430)
** Sleep (501)
** Chromatic Circle (502)
** Thurfel’s Ward (503)
** Slow (504)
** Elemental Deflection (507)
** Elemental Bias (508)
** Ice Patch (512)
** Elemental Focus (513)
** Mana Leech (516)
** Charge Item (517)
** Cone of Elements (518)
** Stone Skin (520)
** Mana Disruption (702)
** Corrupt Essence (703)
** Disintegrate (705)
** Mild Jolt (706)
** Eye Spy (707)
** Grasp of the Grave (709)
** Energy Maelstrom (710)
** Pain (711)
** Scroll Infusion (714)
** Pestilence (716)
** Minor Summoning (725)
** Animate Dead (730)
** Planar Shift (740)
** Minor Shock (901)
** Minor Water (903)
** Minor Acid (904)
** Prismatic Guard (905)
** Minor Fire (906)
** Tremors (909)
** Major Shock (910)
** Mass Blur (911)
** Sandstorm (914)
** Invisibility (916)
** Call Familiar (920)
** Arcane Blast (1700)
** Martial Prowess (1705)
** Quake (1714)
** Damage Factor Updates on (Magical) Bolts
** Divine Vengeance Ability
** Updated Death Messaging
** Unarmed Combat Updates
** Monk Meditation
** SACRIFICE Updates
** STAMINA Abilities
** Mana Spellup Updates
** MSTRIKE Updates
** INCANT Updates
** TWC Weapons Updates

* '''General Development'''
** Login Rewards
** Gift of Lumnis Updates
** Spirit Beasts 2.0 and 2.1
** Elanthian Map Updates
** Prep Phrases Expansion
** Thanatoph Ledge Updates
** New Weapon Nouns
** New Armor Nouns
** Half-Krolvin Weapon and Armor Nouns
** Artwork: Lorminstra
** Artwork: Imaera
** Artwork: Jastev
** Artwork: Koar
** Artwork: Lumnis
** Artwork: Oleani
** Artwork: Kai
** Artwork: Charl
** Artwork: Ronan
** Artwork: Phoen
* '''Verb Additions and Improvements'''
** Adventure Guild Badges Concealer Update
** SIMUCOIN DURATIONS Verb
** Sorted View
** SEND
** SORT ALPHABETIC
** STRIDE
** CHORTLE
** LAUGH
** TONE
** SPEECH
** STOP
** GRIN
** APPLAUD
** BUNDLE
** BEG
** WHIMPER
** SNAP
** BEAM
** BANK
** EVOKE
** DAYDREAM
* '''Documentation'''
** Customs of the Elves of House Vaalor
** The Story of the Volnath Dai
** Sylvan Gemology Guide
** Prestige and Prejudice in the Empire
** The Colonies of the Half-Krolvin
** Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire
** Wehnimer’s Landing: Frontier Politics
** Sins in Shadow
** Origins of Mularos
** Teras Asylum
** Burghal Gnomes Enclave
** New Material: Aqilorn
** New Material: Plumille
** New Material: Iron Boar Hide
** New Material: Zydris
** New Material: Klysmar
** New Material: Ur-barath
** New Material: Balenite
** New Material: Wrotwood
* '''Events and Quests'''
** Albatross
** Sylinar’s Spire
** Summit Expression Faire
** Duskruin Arena
** Festival of the Fallen
** Return of the Midsummer Night’s Festival
** Ebon Gate
* '''SimuCoins Items'''
** Enhancive Pauses
** Private Properties
** Spellup Pills
** Lumnis Schedule
** Login Bridges
* '''Community Improvements'''
** Free-to-Play (F2P)
** The GemStone IV Wiki
** REAL Gems Added
** Hot Summer Nights Returned
** SimuCon
** Server Upgrades
</div>
{{Staffprofile
| name = GameMaster Haliste
| image = [[File:Haliste.jpg|200px]]
| caption = "I'll take a Venti"
| rank = ASGM
| team = World Development
| guru = Mentors and Forest Gnomes
}}
==Spotlight on Staff==

'''GameMaster Haliste'''

'''''Assistant Senior GameMaster on World Development'''''

I've been playing Gemstone since the late 90s - my first character was created on November 12, 1997. (Yes, I started in the days of exorbitant credit card bills thanks to the hourly game fee...) It had always been a dream of mine to become a GM, and after some encouragement from GM Kenstrom, I applied and was hired as a GameMaster in March 2013. Soon thereafter, I took over MHOs and then Mentors, shortly after that. I also wanted to give some love to the forest gnomes, so I took up residence with them in August 2014. Currently, I am ASGM on the World Development Team, working directly with GM Galene and loving every minute of it.

'''Where were you born?'''

Birmingham, Alabama

'''Where do you currently live?'''

In the beautiful mountains of North Carolina

'''Do you have any pets/kids/both?'''

Both! I have three children, ages 27, 21 and 20, (and two grandchildren, 6 and 4) and one crazy silly Beagle named Zoi.

'''What is your current occupation?'''

I am the manager of ticketing and box office for a summer music festival here in North Carolina. I've been with my current job for 21 years and love every minute of it. On the side of the side, I do a small bit of web development, though that has not been as front-sided since I've been GMing. Who has the time, right?

'''What did you want to be while you were growing up?'''

When I was very young, I wanted to be an archaeologist. When I got a little older, I wanted to be a lawyer. Now, I just want to be happy - and maybe win the lottery.

'''Favorite TV shows?'''

Any kind of survivor/wilderness show - except for Survivor.

'''Favorite actors/actresses?'''

Anyone in Game of Thrones - and Meryl Streep

'''Favorite musicians/bands?'''

I don't enjoy the bands of today as much as the ones when I was growing up - I still have great respect for musicians/bands like the Police, Elton John, Kate Bush, and Earth, Wind, and Fire. Music has been a part of my life for a very long time, and I listen to all kinds of music.

'''Favorite books/authors?'''

Interestingly enough, I'm not a huge reader of books, but I never refused the opportunity to read Stephen King or Dean Koontz.

'''Where did you go to school and/or what did you study?'''

I started at a community college in Rockville, Maryland - but I hated it and dropped out after about a year. It's my biggest regret. Maybe someday...

'''Favorite/least favorite job you've ever had?'''

I worked for an accounting firm when I first moved to North Carolina. I worked for one for 6 years before moving from Maryland and decided that would be the best way to adjust to the new home. It was the most miserable work experience I've ever had! I think I worked there only a couple months. My favorite job is my current job - it's incredibly diverse, and my employers are wonderful. I hope I never have to work anywhere else.

'''Favorite hobbies?'''

Gaming has been one of my most enjoyed hobbies over the years, and I've played a lot of them. I adore photography and take lots of pictures for my friends and family. I also love to gamble...slot machines with lots of lights, pretty pictures, and cool bonus rounds are my favorite!

'''Favorite foods?'''

Mexican food. Is there anything else?

'''Favorite board games or computer games?'''

I enjoy most board games that I can play with the family, like Pictionary. An oldie but goodie! My children are old enough now that I might be able to play CAH with them. I might have to have wine first, though.

'''Favorite sports/sports teams?'''

What's that?

'''What would you do with a million dollars?'''

Invest half of it, and travel with my family with the other half. I've always wanted to see other parts of the world but have never had the opportunity to do so.

'''What three people past or present would you invite to dinner?'''

Oh goodness. I would invite my father, who is a master conversationalist, Marilyn Monroe, and Bill Gates.

'''What is your favorite quote?'''

"You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes." --Winnie-the-Pooh

'''Name something you'd like to do before you die.'''

Visit the labyrinths on Crete, and see the pyramids in Egypt.

'''What's your favorite acronym?'''

UJF. 'Nuff said.

'''Who is your hero or heroine?'''

My grandmother - a most graceful and wonderful woman who was full of life and energy. I miss her daily.

'''If you could have any musical group or artist, past or present, play at your birthday party, who would it be?'''

Tori Amos

'''If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?'''

To fly. I often have dreams that I can, and the idea of soaring over the ground and moving from one point to the next without walking or riding in a vehicle is just extremely cool to me. I'm slightly afraid of heights and I don't like flying, oddly enough.

'''If you were lost in the wilderness, what one item would you want to have with you?'''

A genie lantern with three wishes. :)

[[Category:Creating Adventure]]

Creating Adventure - December 2015

2015-12-31T22:43:10Z

GS4-WYROM:

[[File:Creating Adventure Banner.jpg|center|700px]]

__NOTOC__
__NOEDITSECTION__

== Words of Wyrom ==

[[File:Wyrom.png|thumb|left|100px|<center>The Wyrom</center>]]We made it to the end of the year! It was a big year for us. We launched F2P, brought back an acclaimed release schedule, and went through massive staffing changes! We've had our ups and downs. We've talked, laughed, argued, and debated. We've grown as a community. We've continued to improve our communication between staff and the players. Overall, we've had a hell of a year. It got busy, oh man did it get so busy, but we trudged through it together and made it to the finish line (for now)! We have some great projects in the works for 2016, and I'm already excited about one of them to the point I want to spill the beans! Because we're going to update how... Oh wait, can't talk about it yet! Seriously though, 2016 has a lot planned already and I hope it lives up to what we did in 2015. Between events, storylines, and releases to come, be ready for an adventure!

The year has flown by, and it was a very busy year for the staff working on GemStone IV. I'd like to reflect some on the list of accomplishments (below) and take a moment to appreciate all the dedication from the GameMasters that spend their time in Elanthia. We truly have an amazing team working for the game right now. I know it may not be clear all the time, but everything we do is for you, the players. We strive to put out an excellent product that is both engaging and exciting! We truly are grateful for the time you spend with us.

Thank you all for being part of my GemStone IV family.

~Wyrom

== ROLEPLAY in 2016 ==

Coming in Q1 of 2016, we'll be releasing updates on how roleplaying awards work. The exacts will be talked about as we get closer to the release date, but the way you receive and activate RPAs will be getting a major face lift! Players will have more control over how RPAs are used and when to use them!

== Briarmoon Cove ==

At the frigid and blustery mouth of the Olbin River lies the port city of Briarmoon Cove, cozily nestled among snow-covered craggy cliffs and deep caverns. While easily reached by traders and merchants arriving from the sea, those arriving via alternate methods are met with unforgiving environmental hazards and nearly inaccessible terrain, making travel to this area largely unpleasant. Briarmoon Cove has remained a mostly secluded sanctuary for its residents because of such limited access... until now. See you in February!

== The Return of Hot Summer Nights ==

This summer, we brought back Hot Summer Nights (HSN) for the first time in over 10 years! The GameMasters of GemStone IV pushed really hard in 2015 to live up to the namesake of the summer spectacular. Many projects that were languishing for years finally were completed and released for everyone to enjoy! We learned a lot on what we can do with a tight release schedule, and it was an experience we'll grow from. While some projects didn't quite make it out in time, we felt HSN was a success and hope to revisit it sometime in the future!

== Year in Review ==

Last year, we mentioned a lot of ongoing support to specific areas, storylines, and generalized updates for areas like bugs and item tweaks. We'll skip all that and stick strictly to the updates this time. Not to disregard the blood, sweat, and tears that goes into all of that ongoing work, we just want to keep a focus this year. It's an impressive list!

<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
* '''Combat and Magic Updates'''
** The Elemental Confluence Hunting Ground
** Treasure Updates
** Pet Movement Updates
** CMAN: Unarmed Specialist
** CMAN: Ki Focus
** CMAN Immunities Update
** Presence (402)
** Lock Pick Enhancement (403)
** Disarm Enhancement (404)
** Elemental Detection (405)
** Unlock (407)
** Disarm (408)
** Elemental Wave (410 & 435)
** Weapon Deflection (412)
** Elemental Saturation (413)
** Elemental Defense III (414)
** Elemental Strike (415)
** Piercing Gaze (416)
** Elemental Dispel (417)
** Mana Focus (418)
** Elemental Targeting (425)
** Elemental Barrier (430)
** Sleep (501)
** Chromatic Circle (502)
** Thurfel’s Ward (503)
** Slow (504)
** Elemental Deflection (507)
** Elemental Bias (508)
** Ice Patch (512)
** Elemental Focus (513)
** Mana Leech (516)
** Charge Item (517)
** Cone of Elements (518)
** Stone Skin (520)
** Mana Disruption (702)
** Corrupt Essence (703)
** Disintegrate (705)
** Mild Jolt (706)
** Eye Spy (707)
** Grasp of the Grave (709)
** Energy Maelstrom (710)
** Pain (711)
** Scroll Infusion (714)
** Pestilence (716)
** Minor Summoning (725)
** Animate Dead (730)
** Planar Shift (740)
** Minor Shock (901)
** Minor Water (903)
** Minor Acid (904)
** Prismatic Guard (905)
** Minor Fire (906)
** Tremors (909)
** Major Shock (910)
** Mass Blur (911)
** Sandstorm (914)
** Invisibility (916)
** Call Familiar (920)
** Arcane Blast (1700)
** Martial Prowess (1705)
** Quake (1714)
** Damage Factor Updates on (Magical) Bolts
** Divine Vengeance Ability
** Updated Death Messaging
** Unarmed Combat Updates
** Monk Meditation
** SACRIFICE Updates
** STAMINA Abilities
** Mana Spellup Updates
** MSTRIKE Updates
** INCANT Updates
** TWC Weapons Updates

* '''General Development'''
** Login Rewards
** Gift of Lumnis Updates
** Spirit Beasts 2.0 and 2.1
** Elanthian Map Updates
** Prep Phrases Expansion
** Thanatoph Ledge Updates
** New Weapon Nouns
** New Armor Nouns
** Half-Krolvin Weapon and Armor Nouns
** Artwork: Lorminstra
** Artwork: Imaera
** Artwork: Jastev
** Artwork: Koar
** Artwork: Lumnis
** Artwork: Oleani
** Artwork: Kai
** Artwork: Charl
** Artwork: Ronan
** Artwork: Phoen
* '''Verb Additions and Improvements'''
** Adventure Guild Badges Concealer Update
** SIMUCOIN DURATIONS Verb
** Sorted View
** SEND
** SORT ALPHABETIC
** STRIDE
** CHORTLE
** LAUGH
** TONE
** SPEECH
** STOP
** GRIN
** APPLAUD
** BUNDLE
** BEG
** WHIMPER
** SNAP
** BEAM
** BANK
** EVOKE
** DAYDREAM
* '''Documentation'''
** Customs of the Elves of House Vaalor
** The Story of the Volnath Dai
** Sylvan Gemology Guide
** Prestige and Prejudice in the Empire
** The Colonies of the Half-Krolvin
** Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire
** Wehnimer’s Landing: Frontier Politics
** Sins in Shadow
** Origins of Mularos
** Teras Asylum
** Burghal Gnomes Enclave
** New Material: Aqilorn
** New Material: Plumille
** New Material: Iron Boar Hide
** New Material: Zydris
** New Material: Klysmar
** New Material: Ur-barath
** New Material: Balenite
** New Material: Wrotwood
* '''Events and Quests'''
** Albatross
** Sylinar’s Spire
** Summit Expression Faire
** Duskruin Arena
** Festival of the Fallen
** Return of the Midsummer Night’s Festival
** Ebon Gate
* '''SimuCoins Items'''
** Enhancive Pauses
** Private Properties
** Spellup Pills
** Lumnis Schedule
** Login Bridges
* '''Community Improvements'''
** Free-to-Play (F2P)
** The GemStone IV Wiki
** REAL Gems Added
** Hot Summer Nights Returned
** SimuCon
** Server Upgrades
</div>
{{Staffprofile
| name = GameMaster Mazreth
| image = [[File:Haliste.jpg|200px]]
| caption = "I'll take a Venti"
| rank = ASGM
| team = World Development
| guru = Mentors and Forest Gnomes
}}
==Spotlight on Staff==

'''GameMaster Haliste'''

'''''Assistant Senior GameMaster on World Development'''''

I've been playing Gemstone since the late 90s - my first character was created on November 12, 1997. (Yes, I started in the days of exorbitant credit card bills thanks to the hourly game fee...) It had always been a dream of mine to become a GM, and after some encouragement from GM Kenstrom, I applied and was hired as a GameMaster in March 2013. Soon thereafter, I took over MHOs and then Mentors, shortly after that. I also wanted to give some love to the forest gnomes, so I took up residence with them in August 2014. Currently, I am ASGM on the World Development Team, working directly with GM Galene and loving every minute of it.

'''Where were you born?'''

Birmingham, Alabama

'''Where do you currently live?'''

In the beautiful mountains of North Carolina

'''Do you have any pets/kids/both?'''

Both! I have three children, ages 27, 21 and 20, (and two grandchildren, 6 and 4) and one crazy silly Beagle named Zoi.

'''What is your current occupation?'''

I am the manager of ticketing and box office for a summer music festival here in North Carolina. I've been with my current job for 21 years and love every minute of it. On the side of the side, I do a small bit of web development, though that has not been as front-sided since I've been GMing. Who has the time, right?

'''What did you want to be while you were growing up?'''

When I was very young, I wanted to be an archaeologist. When I got a little older, I wanted to be a lawyer. Now, I just want to be happy - and maybe win the lottery.

'''Favorite TV shows?'''

Any kind of survivor/wilderness show - except for Survivor.

'''Favorite actors/actresses?'''

Anyone in Game of Thrones - and Meryl Streep

'''Favorite musicians/bands?'''

I don't enjoy the bands of today as much as the ones when I was growing up - I still have great respect for musicians/bands like the Police, Elton John, Kate Bush, and Earth, Wind, and Fire. Music has been a part of my life for a very long time, and I listen to all kinds of music.

'''Favorite books/authors?'''

Interestingly enough, I'm not a huge reader of books, but I never refused the opportunity to read Stephen King or Dean Koontz.

'''Where did you go to school and/or what did you study?'''

I started at a community college in Rockville, Maryland - but I hated it and dropped out after about a year. It's my biggest regret. Maybe someday...

'''Favorite/least favorite job you've ever had?'''

I worked for an accounting firm when I first moved to North Carolina. I worked for one for 6 years before moving from Maryland and decided that would be the best way to adjust to the new home. It was the most miserable work experience I've ever had! I think I worked there only a couple months. My favorite job is my current job - it's incredibly diverse, and my employers are wonderful. I hope I never have to work anywhere else.

'''Favorite hobbies?'''

Gaming has been one of my most enjoyed hobbies over the years, and I've played a lot of them. I adore photography and take lots of pictures for my friends and family. I also love to gamble...slot machines with lots of lights, pretty pictures, and cool bonus rounds are my favorite!

'''Favorite foods?'''

Mexican food. Is there anything else?

'''Favorite board games or computer games?'''

I enjoy most board games that I can play with the family, like Pictionary. An oldie but goodie! My children are old enough now that I might be able to play CAH with them. I might have to have wine first, though.

'''Favorite sports/sports teams?'''

What's that?

'''What would you do with a million dollars?'''

Invest half of it, and travel with my family with the other half. I've always wanted to see other parts of the world but have never had the opportunity to do so.

'''What three people past or present would you invite to dinner?'''

Oh goodness. I would invite my father, who is a master conversationalist, Marilyn Monroe, and Bill Gates.

'''What is your favorite quote?'''

"You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes." --Winnie-the-Pooh

'''Name something you'd like to do before you die.'''

Visit the labyrinths on Crete, and see the pyramids in Egypt.

'''What's your favorite acronym?'''

UJF. 'Nuff said.

'''Who is your hero or heroine?'''

My grandmother - a most graceful and wonderful woman who was full of life and energy. I miss her daily.

'''If you could have any musical group or artist, past or present, play at your birthday party, who would it be?'''

Tori Amos

'''If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?'''

To fly. I often have dreams that I can, and the idea of soaring over the ground and moving from one point to the next without walking or riding in a vehicle is just extremely cool to me. I'm slightly afraid of heights and I don't like flying, oddly enough.

'''If you were lost in the wilderness, what one item would you want to have with you?'''

A genie lantern with three wishes. :)

[[Category:Creating Adventure]]

Creating Adventure - December 2015

2015-12-31T22:41:46Z

GS4-WYROM:

[[File:Creating Adventure Banner.jpg|center|700px]]

__NOTOC__
__NOEDITSECTION__

== Words of Wyrom ==

[[File:Wyrom.png|thumb|left|100px|<center>The Wyrom</center>]]We made it to the end of the year! It was a big year for us. We launched F2P, brought back an acclaimed release schedule, and went through massive staffing changes! We've had our ups and downs. We've talked, laughed, argued, and debated. We've grown as a community. We've continued to improve our communication between staff and the players. Overall, we've had a hell of a year. It got busy, oh man did it get so busy, but we trudged through it together and made it to the finish line (for now)! We have some great projects in the works for 2016, and I'm already excited about one of them to the point I want to spill the beans! Because we're going to update how... Oh wait, can't talk about it yet! Seriously though, 2016 has a lot planned already and I hope it lives up to what we did in 2015. Between events, storylines, and releases to come, be ready for an adventure!

The year has flown by, and it was a very busy year for the staff working on GemStone IV. I'd like to reflect some on the list of accomplishments (below) and take a moment to appreciate all the dedication from the GameMasters that spend their time in Elanthia. We truly have an amazing team working for the game right now. I know it may not be clear all the time, but everything we do is for you, the players. We strive to put out an excellent product that is both engaging and exciting! We truly are grateful for the time you spend with us.

Thank you all for being part of my GemStone IV family.

~Wyrom

== ROLEPLAY in 2016 ==

Coming in Q1 of 2016, we'll be releasing updates on how roleplaying awards work. The exacts will be talked about as we get closer to the release date, but the way you receive and activate RPAs will be getting a major face lift! Players will have more control over how RPAs are used and when to use them!

== Briarmoon Cove ==

At the frigid and blustery mouth of the Olbin River lies the port city of Briarmoon Cove, cozily nestled among snow-covered craggy cliffs and deep caverns. While easily reached by traders and merchants arriving from the sea, those arriving via alternate methods are met with unforgiving environmental hazards and nearly inaccessible terrain, making travel to this area largely unpleasant. Briarmoon Cove has remained a mostly secluded sanctuary for its residents because of such limited access... until now. See you in February!

== The Return of Hot Summer Nights ==

This summer, we brought back Hot Summer Nights (HSN) for the first time in over 10 years! The GameMasters of GemStone IV pushed really hard in 2015 to live up to the namesake of the summer spectacular. Many projects that were languishing for years finally were completed and released for everyone to enjoy! We learned a lot on what we can do with a tight release schedule, and it was an experience we'll grow from. While some projects didn't quite make it out in time, we felt HSN was a success and hope to revisit it sometime in the future!

== Year in Review ==

Last year, we mentioned a lot of ongoing support to specific areas, storylines, and generalized updates for areas like bugs and item tweaks. We'll skip all that and stick strictly to the updates this time. Not to disregard the blood, sweat, and tears that goes into all of that ongoing work, we just want to keep a focus this year. It's an impressive list!

<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
* '''Combat and Magic Updates'''
** The Elemental Confluence Hunting Ground
** Treasure Updates
** Pet Movement Updates
** CMAN: Unarmed Specialist
** CMAN: Ki Focus
** CMAN Immunities Update
** Presence (402)
** Lock Pick Enhancement (403)
** Disarm Enhancement (404)
** Elemental Detection (405)
** Unlock (407)
** Disarm (408)
** Elemental Wave (410 & 435)
** Weapon Deflection (412)
** Elemental Saturation (413)
** Elemental Defense III (414)
** Elemental Strike (415)
** Piercing Gaze (416)
** Elemental Dispel (417)
** Mana Focus (418)
** Elemental Targeting (425)
** Elemental Barrier (430)
** Sleep (501)
** Chromatic Circle (502)
** Thurfel’s Ward (503)
** Slow (504)
** Elemental Deflection (507)
** Elemental Bias (508)
** Ice Patch (512)
** Elemental Focus (513)
** Mana Leech (516)
** Charge Item (517)
** Cone of Elements (518)
** Stone Skin (520)
** Mana Disruption (702)
** Corrupt Essence (703)
** Disintegrate (705)
** Mild Jolt (706)
** Eye Spy (707)
** Grasp of the Grave (709)
** Energy Maelstrom (710)
** Pain (711)
** Scroll Infusion (714)
** Pestilence (716)
** Minor Summoning (725)
** Animate Dead (730)
** Planar Shift (740)
** Minor Shock (901)
** Minor Water (903)
** Minor Acid (904)
** Prismatic Guard (905)
** Minor Fire (906)
** Tremors (909)
** Major Shock (910)
** Mass Blur (911)
** Sandstorm (914)
** Invisibility (916)
** Call Familiar (920)
** Arcane Blast (1700)
** Martial Prowess (1705)
** Quake (1714)
** Damage Factor Updates on (Magical) Bolts
** Divine Vengeance Ability
** Updated Death Messaging
** Unarmed Combat Updates
** Monk Meditation
** SACRIFICE Updates
** STAMINA Abilities
** Mana Spellup Updates
** MSTRIKE Updates
** INCANT Updates
** TWC Weapons Updates

* '''General Development'''
** Login Rewards
** Gift of Lumnis Updates
** Spirit Beasts 2.0 and 2.1
** Elanthian Map Updates
** Prep Phrases Expansion
** Thanatoph Ledge Updates
** New Weapon Nouns
** New Armor Nouns
** Half-Krolvin Weapon and Armor Nouns
** Artwork: Lorminstra
** Artwork: Imaera
** Artwork: Jastev
** Artwork: Koar
** Artwork: Lumnis
** Artwork: Oleani
** Artwork: Kai
** Artwork: Charl
** Artwork: Ronan
** Artwork: Phoen
* '''Verb Additions and Improvements'''
** Adventure Guild Badges Concealer Update
** SIMUCOIN DURATIONS Verb
** Sorted View
** SEND
** SORT ALPHABETIC
** STRIDE
** CHORTLE
** LAUGH
** TONE
** SPEECH
** STOP
** GRIN
** APPLAUD
** BUNDLE
** BEG
** WHIMPER
** SNAP
** BEAM
** BANK
** EVOKE
** DAYDREAM
* '''Documentation'''
** Customs of the Elves of House Vaalor
** The Story of the Volnath Dai
** Sylvan Gemology Guide
** Prestige and Prejudice in the Empire
** The Colonies of the Half-Krolvin
** Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire
** Wehnimer’s Landing: Frontier Politics
** Sins in Shadow
** Origins of Mularos
** Teras Asylum
** Burghal Gnomes Enclave
** New Material: Aqilorn
** New Material: Plumille
** New Material: Iron Boar Hide
** New Material: Zydris
** New Material: Klysmar
** New Material: Ur-barath
** New Material: Balenite
** New Material: Wrotwood
* '''Events and Quests'''
** Albatross
** Sylinar’s Spire
** Summit Expression Faire
** Duskruin Arena
** Festival of the Fallen
** Return of the Midsummer Night’s Festival
** Ebon Gate
* '''SimuCoins Items'''
** Enhancive Pauses
** Private Properties
** Spellup Pills
** Lumnis Schedule
** Login Bridges
* '''Community Improvements'''
** Free-to-Play (F2P)
** The GemStone IV Wiki
** REAL Gems Added
** Hot Summer Nights Returned
** SimuCon
** Server Upgrades
</div>
{{Staffprofile
| name = GameMaster Mazreth
| image = [[File:Haliste.jpg|200px]]
| caption = "I'll take a Venti"
| rank = ASGM
| team = World Development
| guru = Mentors and Forest Gnomes
}}
==Spotlight on Staff==

'''GameMaster Haliste'''
'''''Assistant Senior GameMaster on World Development

I've been playing Gemstone since the late 90s - my first character was created on November 12, 1997. (Yes, I started in the days of exorbitant credit card bills thanks to the hourly game fee...) It had always been a dream of mine to become a GM, and after some encouragement from GM Kenstrom, I applied and was hired as a GameMaster in March 2013. Soon thereafter, I took over MHOs and then Mentors, shortly after that. I also wanted to give some love to the forest gnomes, so I took up residence with them in August 2014. Currently, I am ASGM on the World Development Team, working directly with GM Galene and loving every minute of it.

'''Where were you born?'''

Birmingham, Alabama

'''Where do you currently live?'''

In the beautiful mountains of North Carolina

'''Do you have any pets/kids/both?'''

Both! I have three children, ages 27, 21 and 20, (and two grandchildren, 6 and 4) and one crazy silly Beagle named Zoi.

'''What is your current occupation?'''

I am the manager of ticketing and box office for a summer music festival here in North Carolina. I've been with my current job for 21 years and love every minute of it. On the side of the side, I do a small bit of web development, though that has not been as front-sided since I've been GMing. Who has the time, right?

'''What did you want to be while you were growing up?'''

When I was very young, I wanted to be an archaeologist. When I got a little older, I wanted to be a lawyer. Now, I just want to be happy - and maybe win the lottery.

'''Favorite TV shows?'''

Any kind of survivor/wilderness show - except for Survivor.

'''Favorite actors/actresses?'''

Anyone in Game of Thrones - and Meryl Streep

'''Favorite musicians/bands?'''

I don't enjoy the bands of today as much as the ones when I was growing up - I still have great respect for musicians/bands like the Police, Elton John, Kate Bush, and Earth, Wind, and Fire. Music has been a part of my life for a very long time, and I listen to all kinds of music.

'''Favorite books/authors?'''

Interestingly enough, I'm not a huge reader of books, but I never refused the opportunity to read Stephen King or Dean Koontz.

'''Where did you go to school and/or what did you study?'''

I started at a community college in Rockville, Maryland - but I hated it and dropped out after about a year. It's my biggest regret. Maybe someday...

'''Favorite/least favorite job you've ever had?'''

I worked for an accounting firm when I first moved to North Carolina. I worked for one for 6 years before moving from Maryland and decided that would be the best way to adjust to the new home. It was the most miserable work experience I've ever had! I think I worked there only a couple months. My favorite job is my current job - it's incredibly diverse, and my employers are wonderful. I hope I never have to work anywhere else.

'''Favorite hobbies?'''

Gaming has been one of my most enjoyed hobbies over the years, and I've played a lot of them. I adore photography and take lots of pictures for my friends and family. I also love to gamble...slot machines with lots of lights, pretty pictures, and cool bonus rounds are my favorite!

'''Favorite foods?'''

Mexican food. Is there anything else?

'''Favorite board games or computer games?'''

I enjoy most board games that I can play with the family, like Pictionary. An oldie but goodie! My children are old enough now that I might be able to play CAH with them. I might have to have wine first, though.

'''Favorite sports/sports teams?'''

What's that?

'''What would you do with a million dollars?'''

Invest half of it, and travel with my family with the other half. I've always wanted to see other parts of the world but have never had the opportunity to do so.

'''What three people past or present would you invite to dinner?'''

Oh goodness. I would invite my father, who is a master conversationalist, Marilyn Monroe, and Bill Gates.

'''What is your favorite quote?'''

"You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes." --Winnie-the-Pooh

'''Name something you'd like to do before you die.'''

Visit the labyrinths on Crete, and see the pyramids in Egypt.

'''What's your favorite acronym?'''

UJF. 'Nuff said.

'''Who is your hero or heroine?'''

My grandmother - a most graceful and wonderful woman who was full of life and energy. I miss her daily.

'''If you could have any musical group or artist, past or present, play at your birthday party, who would it be?'''

Tori Amos

'''If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?'''

To fly. I often have dreams that I can, and the idea of soaring over the ground and moving from one point to the next without walking or riding in a vehicle is just extremely cool to me. I'm slightly afraid of heights and I don't like flying, oddly enough.

'''If you were lost in the wilderness, what one item would you want to have with you?'''

A genie lantern with three wishes. :)

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