Purgatory - Revision history

INIQUITY: lifekeep vs preservation context

2023-03-26T21:29:38Z

lifekeep vs preservation context

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	YYY seems slightly different. The stench of decay is growing more pervasive.		YYY seems slightly different. The stench of decay is growing more pervasive.
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			The GemStone III implementation of Lifekeep differs from Rolemaster "Spell Law" (1989). In Rolemaster "lifekeep" prevents the soul from departing, while "preservation" halts the deterioration of the body. Such deterioration and oxygen deprivation causes damages analogous to Death's sting. Lifekeep and preservation are merged together in GemStone. Likewise, this state of "dying" occurs over a fixed number of rounds modified by race, much like Dungeons & Dragons. In Rolemaster it is only necessary to heal the dying to revive them, while in GemStone a lifegiving spell (resurrection) must be cast. In Rolemaster the resurrection magic is instead for bringing departed souls back to the body, and in the Shadow World setting, only Eissa (Lorminstra) has the power to channel this ability to clerics. She only allowed this under special conditions. It is not possible for player characters to "resurrect" the dead in this fashion. GemStone instead has the body instantly decay upon soul departure and become reincarnated, which does not come from Rolemaster or Shadow World. This is a foundational misalignment in the lore on the meaning of the word "resurrection."

	==GemStone III==		==GemStone III==
	When it was still possible to have permanent character loss through decaying without deeds, characters under level 2 were protected from it by the gods themselves. There was a special messaging variant of an old man speaking, instead of Lorminstra speaking about thy deed. There was seemingly some other mechanism where the Great Spirit Vult (Modern: Voln) would intervene, preventing decay, on low level characters under some condition. (In the Shadow World books other deities could not do resurrections remotely.) The messaging for this is not included, it still has to be recovered from old logs.		When it was still possible to have permanent character loss through decaying without deeds, characters under level 2 were protected from it by the gods themselves. There was a special messaging variant of an old man speaking, instead of Lorminstra speaking about thy deed. There was seemingly some other mechanism where the Great Spirit Vult (Modern: Voln) would intervene, preventing decay, on low level characters under some condition. (In the Shadow World books other deities could not do resurrections remotely.) The messaging for this is not included, it still has to be recovered from old logs.

INIQUITY: naidem variant

2023-01-12T21:13:01Z

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 The death mechanics have changed a few times over the history of GemStone III and GemStone IV. In the beginning there were five free deaths for level 1 characters, and five more that had to be paid for with deeds before reaching level 2, or else there would be a spirit death. In GemStone III there was a "Deaths this level" counter, rather than the "Recent deaths" counter which helps determine the severity of [[Death's Sting]] in GemStone IV. In the [[ICE age|I.C.E. Age]] there was a harsher kind of death's sting where the risk of stat loss was calculated at each new level with increasing severity for each "deaths this level."
-This counter increased for every decay, spirit death, or cleric resurrection while having zero deeds. Items were also dropped from the hands when killed, and all items were dropped in the event of a decay. Later in GemStone III these were removed. There was instead experience point loss for decays and spirit deaths. Permanent death was removed around 2003 and Death's Sting added in late 2004.
+This counter increased for every decay, spirit death, or cleric resurrection while having zero deeds. Items were also dropped from the hands when killed, and all items were dropped in the event of a decay. Later in GemStone III these were removed, though hand droppage still exists in rare situations. There was instead experience point loss for decays and spirit deaths. Permanent death was removed around 2003 and Death's Sting added in late 2004.
 '''Experience, Levels, Deeds, and Recent Deaths:'''
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 =Representation=
-This is intended to cover the spectrum of first-person ''decayed'' messaging possibilities. It is not including the announcements of deaths to the game, which since 2015 have indicated the region of death, except for spoof messages on Halloween and April Fool's. The first of these was the Rift death screams in 1998. The ordinary ones were "XXX just bit the dust!" and "XXX's soul has been lost to the demonic."
+This is intended to cover the spectrum of first-person ''decayed'' messaging possibilities. It is not including the announcements of deaths to the game, which since 2015 have indicated the region of death, except for spoof messages on Halloween and April Fool's. The first of these was the Rift death screams in 1998. The ordinary ones were "XXX just bit the dust!" and "XXX's soul has been lost to the demonic." There are now custom messages for this as well.
 ==Owed Favor==
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 Gender: Male Age: 0 Expr: 5000 Level: 2
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 ===Other===
 In certain situations the decay will circumvent the purgatory analog messaging entirely. This will happen in pay quests such as [[Troubled Waters]], for example, where the krolvin tie you to the mast of a ship. In the castle [[Reim]] there is an optional special death mechanics called the [[River of Life]], where the body (well before decay) is pulled off the material plane of existence and ferried by a hooded figure. The Reim death mechanics are notable for keeping all of your wounds. Decaying ordinarily has Lorminstra only leaving scars. This is related to the wisps of energy eaten by the shadow dragon in the Graveyard.

HOST-GSKEBECHET: Fixing a broken link made from Elanthian Journal page updates

2022-08-16T14:39:51Z

Fixing a broken link made from Elanthian Journal page updates

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	* [[Kelfour Edition volume I number V]] - October 1990, page 18 ("life levels" going to zero means "spirit death")		* [[Kelfour Edition volume I number V]] - October 1990, page 18 ("life levels" going to zero means "spirit death")
	* [[Kelfour Edition volume I number VII]] - December 1990, page 25 (another soul destroyed by zero life levels reference)		* [[Kelfour Edition volume I number VII]] - December 1990, page 25 (another soul destroyed by zero life levels reference)
	* [[Journal 27]] - November 2004 (Kor'thriss the shadow dragon and Death's Sting introduced)		* [[Elanthian Journal/Edition 27\|Elanthian Journal 27]] - November 2004 (Kor'thriss the shadow dragon and Death's Sting introduced)
	* [[Tyriyn Bythronian]]		* [[Tyriyn Bythronian]]
	* [[Deed]]		* [[Deed]]

INIQUITY: added all the time-dependent depart messages

2021-02-06T22:06:09Z

added all the time-dependent depart messages

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INIQUITY: miscellaneous additions

2021-02-06T09:11:43Z

miscellaneous additions

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    Physical TPs: 3                            Mana: 24/61 max
  (32 Phy converted to Mnt)
 Your mind is as clear as a bell.
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 '''(2) Without Deeds'''
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 It seems you have died, my friend. Although you cannot do anything, you are keenly aware of what is going on around you...
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 Your dune spirit dematerializes into a fiercly hot tempest of wind and sand that whirls over towards your body. The spirit lifts your corpse into its vortex where your body hovers for several seconds. A hot wind caresses your face before the spirit sets you back down, leaving a sense of lingering warmth.
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-Life force in this context refers to the fact that spirit was originally called life levels. In Rolemaster Companion II (1987), page 20, the "life levels" were an optional mechanic, representing the life energy that the undead feed upon and drain. It was determined as Constitution stat divided by 10 and rounded up, both in the source book and the I.C.E. Age of GemStone III. It was later determined using the Aura statistic.
+Life force in this context refers to the fact that spirit was originally called life levels. In Rolemaster Companion II (1987), page 20, the "life levels" were an optional mechanic, representing the life energy that the undead feed upon and drain. It was determined as Constitution stat divided by 10 and rounded up, both in the source book and the I.C.E. Age of GemStone III. It was later determined using the Aura statistic. The negative modifier for drained life level used to be explicitly given in the character health statistics. This excerpt is from log that was probably closer to the mid-1990s:
 The weakness penalties to AS and DS, or OB and DB in I.C.E. terms, is more severe in Rolemaster than GemStone IV. However, the body entered a coma at zero life levels in Rolemaster, but died without instant decay in GemStone III. Body decay was unique to GemStone. Certain undead in the I.C.E. source material converted their victims into undead by draining their life levels into negative numbers. The death mechanics showed the soul had been ripped apart when spirit death happened. This now happens for all decays. Shadow World had a suggested "Essaence Soul" statistic for measuring corruption by the Unlife from casting spells that used "evil essence". This would initially be equal to the character's total powerpoints (mana), decreasing by 1 or 2 with each failed warding roll against level each cast.
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-===Departing With Deeds===
+===Departing===
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 Being dead is truly boring...but things could be worse. You could be bored AND in pain. If you wish to depart this plane, so as to immediately continue on your journey, please type DEPART CONFIRM.
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 Obvious exits: out
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-The original wording was probably meaningful, if cryptic, in its original context. See [[Research:The Graveyard#Death|Research:The Graveyard]]. The following details have changed with the messaging:
+The original wording was probably meaningful, if cryptic, in its original context. See [[Research:The Graveyard#Death|Research:The Graveyard]] for speculation. The following details have changed with the messaging:
 * There is no [Purgatory] room label. All the spirits who could not choose are not represented as the others in the room.
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 ===Rings of Lumnis===
-There is now also a dark space located somewhere between [[Liabo]] and the Needle of Pentas on the [[Isle of Ornath]] called Purgatory. It is reached by disconnecting while in a [[Rings of Lumnis]] quest area, which is located within magical domes on the surface of Liabo and reached by teleportation disks which send you through space between the celestial bodies. In the later Shadow World books this space is called the [[Flows of essence#River of Life|River of Life]], where souls were swept along the flows of essence between the planet and the moon, brought to the [[Gates of Oblivion]]. The Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) would ride the flows down to the planet.
+There is now also a dark space located somewhere between [[Liabo]] and the Needle of Pentas on the [[Isle of Ornath]] called Purgatory. It is reached by disconnecting while in a [[Rings of Lumnis]] quest area, which is located within magical domes on the surface of Liabo and reached by teleportation disks which send you through space between the celestial bodies. In the later Shadow World books this space is called the [[Flows of essence#River of Life|River of Life]], where souls were swept along the flows of essence between the planet and the moon, brought to the [[Gates of Oblivion]]. The River of Life in the older Shadow World books exists instead only as a physical river leading up to the Gates of Oblivion, and likely was the significance of the Voln monastery spring. The Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) would ride the flows down to the planet.
 <pre{{log2}}>
 [Rings of Lumnis, Purgatory]

INIQUITY: refine luukos variants

2020-05-28T13:53:02Z

refine luukos variants

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	==Lornon==		==Lornon==
	There is a special case of the death messaging where you go to the moon Lornon, have your soul feasted upon by Luukos, and then your body is tossed back to the world. It is a very old script on Teras Isle, which was released in early 1996. In spite of technically being released after the De-ICE, it represents him as Klysus appears in the Shadow World source books. ~~While it~~ is still possible to sacrifice your soul in this way, it ~~might~~ ~~not~~ be ~~possible~~ to ~~access every~~ ~~variant~~ in GemStone IV. It is unclear if there was a special message for permanent death. It might have just gone to Purgatory after this regardless.		There is a special case of the death messaging where you go to the moon Lornon, have your soul feasted upon by Luukos, and then your body is tossed back to the world. It is a very old script on Teras Isle, which was released in early 1996. In spite of technically being released after the De-ICE, it represents him as Klysus appears in the Shadow World source books. It is still possible to sacrifice your soul in this way to Luukos, and each of these variants can be accessed in GemStone IV. It is unclear if there was a special message for permanent death. It might have just gone to Purgatory after this regardless.

			There have historically been bugs with this mechanism where archaic death mechanics still happen. Once a character was able to be lost to the demonic after that had been removed from the game, for example, or items dropping from the hands when killed. His Solhaven temple ended up not touching these depart mechanics, and even its special messaging for sacrifices has broken sometimes.
	===Improper Sacrifice===		===Improper Sacrifice===
	This is a message that ~~happened~~ when you ~~displeased~~ Luukos by being in the wrong location when you were sacrificed.		This is a message that happens when you displease Luukos by being in the wrong location when you were sacrificed.
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	Slowly the world begins to dissolve in a vortex of utter blackness...		Slowly the world begins to dissolve in a vortex of utter blackness...
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	===Insufficient Sacrifice===		===Insufficient Sacrifice===
	This is a version of the messaging where Luukos is unsatisfied with the spirit he can eat because you are too weakened.		This is a version of the messaging where Luukos is unsatisfied with the spirit he can eat because you are too weakened by recent deaths. This might be based on your recent death counter.
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	Slowly the world begins to dissolve in a vortex of utter blackness...		Slowly the world begins to dissolve in a vortex of utter blackness...
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	===Satisfactory Sacrifice===		===Satisfactory Sacrifice===
	When the sacrifice ~~was~~ done the right way Luukos ~~was~~ pleased with the offering. In all of these variants the body is dropped in Ghorsa Tower, but a purgatory trip lands in the Lorminstra shrine.		When the sacrifice is done the right way Luukos is pleased with the offering. In all of these variants the body is dropped in Ghorsa Tower, but a purgatory trip lands in the Lorminstra shrine. When the body lands in Ghorsa Tower presently it is actually alive in spite of the messaging: "XXX falls from nowhere to the ground in front of you, landing with a hard THUD and lying still, seemingly dead."
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	Slowly the world begins to dissolve in a vortex of utter blackness...		Slowly the world begins to dissolve in a vortex of utter blackness...

INIQUITY: /* Death Mechanics */

2020-05-12T22:45:27Z

Death Mechanics

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 This counter increased for every decay, spirit death, or cleric resurrection while having zero deeds. Items were also dropped from the hands when killed, and all items were dropped in the event of a decay. Later in GemStone III these were removed. There was instead experience point loss for decays and spirit deaths. Permanent death was removed around 2003 and Death's Sting added in late 2004.
 =Representation=
 This is intended to cover the spectrum of first-person ''decayed'' messaging possibilities. It is not including the announcements of deaths to the game, which since 2015 have indicated the region of death, except for spoof messages on Halloween and April Fool's. The first of these was the Rift death screams in 1998. The ordinary ones were "XXX just bit the dust!" and "XXX's soul has been lost to the demonic."

INIQUITY: refine detail

2020-04-14T23:06:05Z

refine detail

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	'''Purgatory''' was the name of the place souls went when bodies decayed in GemStone III, including the situation of retiring a character or family name following permanent character loss. The messaging for departing or spirit death in GemStone IV is mostly the same, except is no longer represented as a room called Purgatory, and a few of the lines were removed. It was seemingly the other side of the [[Gates of Oblivion]]. Purgatory was part of the death mechanics from 1990 through 2003. Since 2018 "Purgatory" is instead the space between Liabo and Elanthia when disconnects happen in the [[Rings of Lumnis]].		'''Purgatory''' was the name of the place souls went when bodies decayed in GemStone III, including the situation of retiring a character or family name following permanent character loss. The messaging for departing or spirit death in GemStone IV is mostly the same, except is no longer represented as a room called Purgatory, and a few of the lines were removed. It was seemingly the other side of the [[Gates of Oblivion]]. Purgatory was part of the death mechanics from 1990 through 2003. Since 2018 "Purgatory" is instead the space between Liabo and Elanthia when disconnects happen in the [[Rings of Lumnis]].

	Purgatory was not part of the [[Shadow World]] source books, nor was the ~~deeds~~ mechanic for escaping death. These were unique features of GemStone III that have to be interpreted within the context of the game itself. [[Research:The Graveyard#Death\|Research:The Graveyard]] and [[Research:The Broken Lands#Death\|Research:The Broken Lands]] construct a theory about the meaning of its messaging. "Life levels", now called "spirit", came from Rolemaster Companion II (1987).		Purgatory was not part of the [[Shadow World]] source books, nor was the [[deed]]s mechanic for escaping death. These were unique features of GemStone III that have to be interpreted within the context of the game itself. [[Research:The Graveyard#Death\|Research:The Graveyard]] and [[Research:The Broken Lands#Death\|Research:The Broken Lands]] construct a theory about the meaning of its messaging. "Life levels", now called "spirit", came from Rolemaster Companion II (1987).
	=Death Mechanics=		=Death Mechanics=
	The death mechanics have changed a few times over the history of GemStone III and GemStone IV. In the beginning there were five free deaths for level 1 characters, and five more that had to be paid for with deeds before reaching level 2, or else there would be a spirit death. In GemStone III there was a "Deaths this level" counter, rather than the "Recent deaths" counter which helps determine the severity of [[Death's Sting]] in GemStone IV. In the [[ICE age\|I.C.E. Age]] there was a harsher kind of death's sting where the risk of stat loss was calculated at each new level with increasing severity for each "deaths this level."		The death mechanics have changed a few times over the history of GemStone III and GemStone IV. In the beginning there were five free deaths for level 1 characters, and five more that had to be paid for with deeds before reaching level 2, or else there would be a spirit death. In GemStone III there was a "Deaths this level" counter, rather than the "Recent deaths" counter which helps determine the severity of [[Death's Sting]] in GemStone IV. In the [[ICE age\|I.C.E. Age]] there was a harsher kind of death's sting where the risk of stat loss was calculated at each new level with increasing severity for each "deaths this level."
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	'''(4) Spirit Death'''		'''(4) Spirit Death'''

	Spirit death is a special case where you instantly decay because your spirit points ~~reached or~~ went below zero. ~~There~~ is a ~~quirk~~ ~~where~~ Spirit Servant (218) ~~will block a spirit death~~ through its automatic lifekeep property. This will only stop it once upon death, sign of hopelessness while dead will break the lifekeep. This clip is from GemStone III in 2003. The first line is the spirit death, the last is the spirit servant.		Spirit death is a special case where you instantly decay because your spirit points went ''below'' zero. Very fast lifekeep can block the instant decay, such as [[Spirit Servant (218)]] through its automatic lifekeep property. This will only stop it once upon death, sign of hopelessness while dead will break the lifekeep. This clip is from GemStone III in 2003. The first line is the spirit death, the last is the spirit servant.
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	'''The last of your life force is drained from you and you die!'''		'''The last of your life force is drained from you and you die!'''
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	Life force in this context refers to the fact that spirit was originally called life levels. In Rolemaster Companion II (1987), page 20, the "life levels" were an optional mechanic, representing the life energy that the undead feed upon and drain. It was determined as Constitution stat divided by 10 and rounded up, both in the source book and the I.C.E. Age of GemStone III. It was later determined using the Aura statistic.		Life force in this context refers to the fact that spirit was originally called life levels. In Rolemaster Companion II (1987), page 20, the "life levels" were an optional mechanic, representing the life energy that the undead feed upon and drain. It was determined as Constitution stat divided by 10 and rounded up, both in the source book and the I.C.E. Age of GemStone III. It was later determined using the Aura statistic.

	The weakness penalties to AS and DS, or OB and DB in I.C.E. terms, is more severe in Rolemaster than GemStone IV. However, the body entered a coma at zero life levels in Rolemaster, ~~whereas~~ ~~the~~ ~~body~~ decay was unique to GemStone ~~III~~. Certain undead in the I.C.E. source material converted their victims into undead ~~this~~ ~~way~~. Shadow World had a suggested "Essaence Soul" statistic for measuring corruption by the Unlife from casting spells that used "evil essence". This would initially be equal to the character's total powerpoints (mana), decreasing by 1 or 2 with each failed warding roll against level each cast.		The weakness penalties to AS and DS, or OB and DB in I.C.E. terms, is more severe in Rolemaster than GemStone IV. However, the body entered a coma at zero life levels in Rolemaster, but died without instant decay in GemStone III. Body decay was unique to GemStone. Certain undead in the I.C.E. source material converted their victims into undead by draining their life levels into negative numbers. The death mechanics showed the soul had been ripped apart when spirit death happened. This now happens for all decays. Shadow World had a suggested "Essaence Soul" statistic for measuring corruption by the Unlife from casting spells that used "evil essence". This would initially be equal to the character's total powerpoints (mana), decreasing by 1 or 2 with each failed warding roll against level each cast.

	==Lifekeep==		==Lifekeep==

INIQUITY: lifekeep "thy soul" wording

2020-04-14T03:29:33Z

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 The weakness penalties to AS and DS, or OB and DB in I.C.E. terms, is more severe in Rolemaster than GemStone IV. However, the body entered a coma at zero life levels in Rolemaster, whereas the body decay was unique to GemStone III. Certain undead in the I.C.E. source material converted their victims into undead this way. Shadow World had a suggested "Essaence Soul" statistic for measuring corruption by the Unlife from casting spells that used "evil essence". This would initially be equal to the character's total powerpoints (mana), decreasing by 1 or 2 with each failed warding roll against level each cast.
 ==GemStone III==
 When it was still possible to have permanent character loss through decaying without deeds, characters under level 2 were protected from it by the gods themselves. There would be messaging about Eissa (Modern: Lorminstra) or later the Great Spirit Vult (Modern: Voln) intervening to bring the character back to the living. The messaging for this is not included, it still has to be recovered from old logs.

INIQUITY: list of messaging detail differences

2020-04-14T00:44:41Z

list of messaging detail differences

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	==GemStone IV==		==GemStone IV==
	It is no longer possible for player characters to be "lost to the demonic" and have permanent character loss from death. Whenever the lost to the demonic message is seen in GemStone IV, it is a GameMaster run non-player character being killed off forever. Deeds only reduce the severity of Death's Sting. The wording in the deed ceremony in the temple in unchanged, even though deeds no longer have any role in whether Lorminstra brings back departed bodies, and the messaging when just killed about her owing you a favor or (when having zero deeds) ~~being at~~ risk of being lost to the lands forever still exists.		It is no longer possible for player characters to be "lost to the demonic" and have permanent character loss from death. Whenever the lost to the demonic message is seen in GemStone IV, it is a GameMaster run non-player character being killed off forever. Deeds only reduce the severity of Death's Sting. The wording in the deed ceremony in the temple seems unchanged, even though deeds no longer have any role in whether Lorminstra brings back departed bodies, and the messaging when just killed about her owing you a favor or (when having zero deeds) the risk of being lost to the lands forever still exists.
	===Decaying===		===Decaying===
	The following is how Purgatory is represented in GemStone IV. It no longer has the [[Gates of Oblivion]], Purgatory, or Lorminstra actually speaking, and now defaults to the "tattered soul" variant in general.		The following is how Purgatory is represented in GemStone IV. It no longer has the [[Gates of Oblivion]], Purgatory, or Lorminstra actually speaking, and now defaults to the "tattered soul" variant in general.
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	Obvious exits: out		Obvious exits: out
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			The original wording was probably meaningful, if cryptic, in its original context. See [[Research:The Graveyard#Death\|Research:The Graveyard]]. The following details have changed with the messaging:

			* There is no [Purgatory] room label. All the spirits who could not choose are not represented as the others in the room.
			* Instead of the room exits being light or darkness, it is "the only way out seems to be". This obscures the darkness being a path.
			* The phrase "two prophecies" was changed to "two powers", inserting the words "polar opposites." These are significantly different meanings.
			* The line where Lorminstra finds you inserts "After what could be moments, or perhaps an eternity", and Goddess is made lower-case in the spots it appears.
			* "endlessness of Purgatory" is replaced with "the endless space"
			* "and speaks soothingly to you" replaces her actual words, which were the connection to the deed ceremony in the Landing. ''"For thy deed, my promise to intercede shall be fulfilled."''
			* It defaults to the spirit death variant where your soul has been destroyed and Lorminstra has to put it back together again. This removes the old man variant entirely.
			* It completely removes the lines about the scorching pain on the soul, and the world of your memories rushing back to you: ''"Suddenly you feel an intense pain scorching your very soul! The world of your past suddenly comes rushing back into your memory. You are quite bewildered by what has transpired, but alive..."''
			* The permanent death messaging with Lorminstra, referencing the gates, tempting your hindsight is gone. This includes the non-commital line about whether you wind up in the light or darkness, and the line about the last of your memories fading away. The removal of the memory lines effectively remove the "oblivion" concept, which is only retained in the surreal line about the dreams you once held.

	===Rings of Lumnis===		===Rings of Lumnis===