Duskruin Teasers Archive by The TownCrier/2021 August

The August 2021 (Aug 13th-Aug 31st) Duskruin Event includes:

• Duskruin Arena - UPDATED
• Duskruin Sewers
• Duskruin Heist
• The Shops of Duskruin Village (Give the wiki volunteers a few days after the festival opens to inventory ALL the shops and get them to the wiki.)
• High End Scrip Shop (HESS) - UPDATED Official Forum Post
• The Duskruin Treasure Trove
• Low Quantity HESS Offerings Spin - NEW method of distributing limited formerly-HESS offerings Official Forum Post
• Mania

Quick Links

• Main Duskruin Arena Article
• Duskruin Arena category
• Duskruin primer
• August 2021 Saved Posts

New for 2021 Duskruin

Duskruin Endless

New arena type, details from Wyrom: Official Forum Post.
Time limit and pet information: Official Forum Post
Champions and prayer information: Official Forum Post

• Wyrom: Titles, a single top person on the leaderboard, cool points. Discord
• Rewards won't be different for endless, once you hit 25 rounds, it will be capped like always.
• Endless would not be for groups.
• Additional prayers every five rounds past 25.
• Champions appear randomly past round 25.

Kraet Styles

New lore and nouns for all types of fluff in the new Kraet styles.

• Weaponry

• Edged Weapons - Official Forum Post
• Polearms - Official Forum Post

• Armor Accessories & Shields
• Traditional Garments

• Chitons - Official Forum Post and Additional Information

• Adornments and Jewelry
• Kraet Symbolism
• Kraet Toy Gladiators

Low Quantity HESS Offerings at The Big HESS Spin Night

A new distribution method for purchasing limited HESS items, previously those that cost more than 100,000 bloodscrip. Friday, August 20th at 9PM EST.

Teaser Post by Tivvy: Official Forum Post
Main Post by Tivvy: Official Forum Post

• Unclaimed and returned items from the spin event will be restocked at HESS at some point afterward for purchase in the shop. I don't have a date or time yet on when that will happen, but will post as we get closer.
• On a timeworn location swatch - If required, a noun change will be included. No other details of the item description will be changed, as a full alteration is not included.

Shop Listing

Main Post: Official Forum Post
Update: Official Forum Post

New for 2021:

• Are You Not Entertained? - Kraet Toy Gladiators
• Crested Glory - Crested Helm
• The Gilded Gladiator - Kraet inspired Jewelry
• Kraet and Barrel - Kraet Styles Outerwear
• A Kraet Deal - Kraet Style One-Handed Weapon
• Kraet Expectations - Kraet Styles Clothing
• Kraet Lengths - Kraet Style Polearm Weapon
• Pinned and Pleated - Kraet Styles chiton
• Strength and Honor - Kraet Styles Armor
• Bloodbenders - New Offering; Bloodtooth Band
• Heady Spirits - Animalistic Spirit Headdress
• The Knifery - Fighting Knife
• Metrognomies - Beatie Baby
• The Modern Morph - Reintroduced morphing runestaff, following a major overhaul
• Sparrow's Dance
• You're So Vain
• Burning Twilight
• Sigil Shop - New Items
• Spellbound - New Items
• Fatal Afflares - New Items
• Mystic Phrases - New Items

Final Run:

• Autumnal Den
• The Cover Up
• A Moment in Time
• So Shifty
• Written Word

Legendary Bloodrune ==||==

The towering stone colossus, with its accompanying Legendary Bloodrune Cloak: a Granite-hued oilcloth cloak.

Main post by Thandiwe: Official Forum Post

Improved DUSKRUIN (verb)

Additional tracking for HESS certificate purchase and redemption, more information from GM Haliste: Official Forum Post
Second update: Official Forum Post

Drop Rate transparency from PM Wyrom

The Wyrom shares specific drop rates for some of the more random items available at Duskruin: Official Forum Post

August 2021 Duskruin Item Teasers

Bloodtooth Band by GM Kenstrom

Leg-worn blood magic accessories, and a bonus when paired with the Bloodtooth Bracer. With special thanks to GMs Mestys and Vanah.

Main Post from Kenstrom: Official Forum Post
First Teaser: Official Forum Post
Second Teaser: Official Forum Post
Pricing: Official Forum Post

• Yes, blood bands are leg armor like greaves. Discord
• Bloodtooth Bands (Off the Shelf) - 5,000 Bloodscrip, Tier 2 - 5,000 Bloodscrip, Tier 3 - 10,000 Bloodscrip, Tier 4 - 25,000 Bloodscrip

Posturing with New Flavor Messaging

Equipment can now change the flavor of your Stance verbose messaging! GM Thandiwe teases the Kraet Length Hasta, and mentions that similar options will be found in three other shops, including Get Thee Behind Me's Pocketed Shield.

Main Post from Thandiwe: Official Forum Post

Animalistic Spirit Headdress by GM Avaluka

A head-worn addition to the Animalistic Spirit line, visible in your inventory above your features, with temporary eye colors, and an unlockable SMRv2 attack, and a new feathery friend teased in the messaging.

Main Post by Avaluka: Official Forum Post
Analyze and some verb samples: Official Forum Post
Pricing: Official Forum Post

Additional Information: Discord Discussion

• It will still just be functional headwear. Unless you buy the one that is a helmet/helm, they won't interfere with the actual armor coverage.
• The items you imprint have to be attuned to you for the imprint to take, so you can't go collecting spirits from everyone else's items.
• On POINT: It'll remember that other description until you manually make it forget with CLEAN.
• Feral is hard-coded, yes. The color will change to whatever spirit color you have.
• OTS headgear - 15,000 bloodscrip. Animalistic Avatar tiers (4 unlock certs) - 10,000 blood scrip each. Multi-opponent/AOE unlock for Animalistic Avatar - 15,000 bloodscrip. Fluff tier unlock - 2,500 bloodscrip. Spirit Imprint slots (can unlock up to 4) - 1,500 bloodscrip each. Spirit Change - same as others, which is 1,000 bloodscrip. Discord

Morphing Runestaff update by GM Thandiwe

A total refresh and more flexibility for both forms to bring the script in line with modern standards, as well as a brand new shop including an unlock certificate for eight new verbs. Not to worry, existing staves will be updated automatically. Once the update is live REGISTER your item, then morph and unmorph it.

Main Post by Thandiwe: Official Forum Post

Beatie Baby by GM Ivry

Clockwork assistants for rhythmic assistance; Rhythmic Focus to improve your chances with Purification Song (1004), available from Metrognomies.

Main Post by Ivry: Official Forum Post
Discord Discussion

• 1x/day, does not stack (refreshes), can't be combined.
• Work if you're casting 1004 from a scroll or magic item.
• Gem singing success = Better odds at not blowing them up, and hopefully going even further in successfully purifying.
• This item, outside of all the usual facets of successful gem singing, will add a boost to your chances of each verse (cast) being a success. A "failure" in this context meaning you actually blow the gem up. Discord

Flare Affinity by APM Estild

A new subscript to add some oomph to category B flares will be introduced in limited quantities at Duskruin Mania.

Main Post by Estild: Official Forum Post
Discord Discussion

• It should work with any other script.
• It does not flare on every attack.
• As an example, you could add it to a Greater Elemental Weapon, and it would boost the standard flares part of weapon, but not the GE flares.
• If they're standard flares (category B), it'll increase the odds of anything other than Death flares. If the flares also deal damage, it'll also increase their potency.
• The increased frequency is the same as Item Superchargers. The increased potency causes all the flares to be rank 5-9 (before padding, resistance, randomization, etc) (see clip for examples).
• Only one subscript per item.

Crested Helm by GM Xayle

A real feather in your cap, it's time for fancy helms and suchwhat! New helmets which can have a decorative crest, plume, or topknot added.

Main Post by Xayle: Official Forum Post

Fighting Knife by GM Sindin

Rough and tumble? Picking fights? Need to make sure everyone around you knows? Challenge friend and foe alike to a knife fight! Knives! BIG THANKS to GM Lanadriel for coding.

Main Post by Sindin: Official Forum Post
Additional information: Official Forum Post
Additional information (all tiers): Official Forum Post
Discord Discussion

• Script slot yes... flares are up to you.
• It seems like you have yourself a knife fight.
• Dispel is currently not triggering on Stabber and Slasher, and has been escalated for clarification.
• Fighting Knives prices: T1 - 3k, T2 - 2.5k, T3 - 5k, T4 - 25k
• Stabber and slasher can trigger at the same time as a standard flare, but do not provide additional chances to trigger the standard flare. Official Forum Post

Fighting Fan by GM Thandiwe

Intriguing Nalfein anti-assassins' bladed fighting fans. Accompanied by the story of the Sparrows of the Night Queen.

Main Post by Thandiwe: Official Forum Post
Discord Discussion

• Noun must remain fan.
• The cool down is on the weapon. Both fans have to be at least the specific tier to get that tier's benefit.
• If you have 1 fan unlocked to Tier 5 and are wielding another fan, then you can do the dance.
• The single-weapon benefits (i.e, gust and thunder attacks) remain available even if dual-wielding fighting fans.
• T5 works with TWC, it waits for both attacks to finish.
• The flare chance remains the same across tiers, but [at higher tiers] you'll get a boost to the flare strength. If you're dual wielding eligible fans and one fan flares, you'll get a boost based on both fans.
• Naiken is investigating how they want to handle the new PSM stuff (eg, assault abilities).
• T1 (OTS): 2.5k bloodscrip, T2: 10k, T3: 25k, T4: 50k, T5: 75k Discord

Daybringer weapon by GM Retser

A fiery, undead-slaying weapon line. Pricing is not yet available and the item is still in QC. There is a chance some things may change before it is released. It SHOULD make an appearance this Duskruin.

Main Post by Retser: Official Forum Post
Pricing and weapon bases: Official Forum Post
Discord Teaser
Discord Discussion

• Available on held weapons: no UCS, no ranged.
• There is no affinity/bonding component of this weapon.
• While the player is consecrating, they get WINGS baby.
• BYOBLESS
• It is linear and one unlock. IE: Tier 1-2-3-4
• T1/OTS 10,000, T1 -> T2 25,000, T2 -> T3 50,000, T3 -> T4 75,000, Total: 160,000

VanityWear clothing by GM Naionna

The latest in fashionable clothing line that does a bit more than enhance how you look. Each piece can be unlocked, and when worn together, multiplies the benefits!

Main Post by Naionna: Official Forum Post
Additional information and pricing: Official Forum Post
Discord Discussion
Discord Discussion 2

• So the Vanity Wear allows for a T2 unlock, which allows it, when worn with other unlocked pieces, to boost the enhancives. The maximum benefit comes from unlocking and wearing all together.
• The unlock certs sold in the shop are what is available. Agility, Strength, Influence, and Constitution.
• Coats are cloak-worn, hats are head-worn, gloves are hand-worn, and socks are foot-worn just like those items normally would be. Functional.
• Initially, they are all +2 to the base stat. However, as you unlock them and then wear them together, it increases by +1 on each stat to a maximum of +5 when all 4 pieces are worn together.
• Socks - Agility, Gloves - Strength, Hat - Influence, Coat - Constitution.
• When each one is unlocked and then worn together, they give you +5 to each.
• Each item is a container.
• The verbs for the script are OTS.
• They hold 50 charges.
• Cannot be increased by HESS certificates.
• Can be freely altered.
• Socks 2,500 - Gloves 2,500 - Hat 2,500 - Coat 5,000 - Unlocks 25,000

Illusion prop refresh by GM Elysani

Four new illusions that appear right above your inventory and four new illusions worn below your inventory. Some of the best sellers are returning to Be Warez as well.

Main Post by Elysani: Official Forum Post

Whisper cloak unlocks by GM Haliste

With The Cover Up retiring, Whisper cloaks have been updated to the the new tiering standard and have had unlock certificates added to the shop. Time to finish your cloak!

Main Post by Haliste: Official Forum Post

• OTS: 75 BS, T2: 400 BS, T3: 625 BS

Pocketed shield update by GM Lanadriel

Tier 2 Pocketed shields will now allow for special STANCE VERBOSE messaging. Certificates and shields sold at Get Thee Behind Me.

Main Post by Lanadriel: Official Forum Post

Kraet Toy Gladiators by GM Xynwen

Cute fluffy gladiator dolls for collectors, with four verbs, a ton of customization, and additional tiers planned for the future.

Main Post by Xynwen: Official Forum Post

News and Updates

2021-07-21

A Ship in the Night: Official Forum Post

• Part 2: Official Forum Post
• Part 3: Official Forum Post

2021-07-26

In the Arena with the Kraet: A Guide to Elanthia’s Preeminent Gladiators Official Forum Post

2021-08-03

Bag of Holding update - GM Haliste requests that you log in with your bag of holding on your person as part of an information-gathering campaign: Official Forum Post]

Updated spirit type/nouns for Animalistic Spirit items, including the new Avian (Magical) category and a scattered selection of additions: Official Forum Post

2021-08-04

Big changes to the Shield Cape, both mechanically and pricing, more information from GM Thandiwe: Official Forum Post
Don't forget the block penalty was recently removed as well: Official Forum Post

2021-08-06

The shop list has been updated; Spellbound has been moved to Refreshed, a new shop named Burning Twilight, and what's this? A New Offering at the Sigil Shop! Could it be?

2021-08-09

Existing morphing runestaves updated: Official Forum Post

2021-08-10

Night Shroud cloak unlock costs have been reduced by 33%: Official Forum Post

HESS contents posted: Official Forum Post

2021-08-11

Updates to the rewards for all Duskruin games, and details on the new Endless mode: Official Forum Post

2021-08-12

Time limit removed from the arena, and pets allowed: Official Forum Post
Champion and extra prayer information: Official Forum Post

2021-08-13

Parasitic Weapons have had their script penalty reduced from -250 to -200, bringing them in line with similar weapons: Official Forum Post
Wyrom announces the accompanying SimuCoin sale will be slightly delayed: Official Forum Post
Wyrom: So after some tinkering, your field exp will stay if you have deeds on death in the arena or the heist. Official Forum Post

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