Hot Summer Nights 2015

Hot Summer Nights 2015 (HSN) will run tentatively from June 21-August 31. This is the first HSN since 2004 and, per GM Wyrom, will focus on "long-awaited releases" and documentation.

Releases & Updates

By GM Haliste

Lorminstra

HSN Week	Date of Release	Release Info
Week 1	June 21	101 Ways to Greet Lorminstra: Updated Death Messaging FWI Sadie Scroll Sale: Checkbooks are now 400 points instead of 600 (located on the pedestal in the Gift Shop), and flares, padding, and enchanting are 10% off the final price for duration of HSN
Week 1	June 23	Custom spell prep expansion to 20 per character Updates to perfumes LOOK SORTEDVIEW flag option
Week 1	June 24	UAC improvements in The Elemental Confluence. Users attacking elementals without cold/hot flaring weapons will now see some success. Attacking elementals without enchanted gauntlets/boots is still not recommended, but will result in much less damage than seen previously. Lands restocked with REAL GEMS!
Week 1	June 25	Dragonbones scheduled for June 28 @ 2 pm New world map Private property conversion raffle
Week 1	June 26	Icemule pawnshop updated to act like Landing one and say "value" of item instead of just offering 35k
Week 1	June 27	New Adventurer's Guild location in Mist Harbor one block NE of Tigerlily & Rose
Week 2	June 29	Monks can now MEDITATE for damage resistances (one at a time). More details on Wiki or Officials.
Week 2	June 30	SORT ALPHABETIC added to the SORT verb. (Works in conjunction with FLAG LOOK SORTEDVIEW to be more like ;sorter)
Week 2	July 1	July is Roleplaying awareness month! (Officials)
Week 2	July 3	New documentation weekends throughout HSN (Officials) New Ta'Vaalorian rare silk: Aquilorn (Officials)
Week 2	July 4	Burghal Gnome Enclave released (Officials) SEND update: When sending mana, the amount taken from the sender will never exceed the max amount possible for the receiver to accept, and no mana will be lost if both parties have no common mana sharing abilities. F2P accounts can no longer send mana to other players without a spell pass. (Officials) Customs of the Elves of House Vaalor (Officials)
Week 3	July 5	STAMINA (verb) updates including STAMINA BURST and STAMINA SECOND WIND (Officials)
Week 3	July 7	Lorminstra image
Week 3	July 8	Hendoran Outpost released (Officials)
Week 3	July 9	Sacrifice updates including cooldown reduction, Sacrifice Channel and Sacrifice Infest (Officials)
Week 3	July 10	And Then There Were Two (short story) (Officials) New forest gnome material: Plumille (Officials)
Week 3	July 11	STRIDE (verb) update adding 8 new ways to stride (Officials)
Week 4	July 12	CHORTLE (verb) update adding 9 new ways to chortle (Officials) SAY (verb) updates adding 69 new tones and 33 new speech verbs (Officials) Mana Disruption (702) updated to remove "Touch of Disruption" creature check on tree vipers, war griffins, etc.; no more hidden damage; and a new ability to disable a buff spell on an opponent for 15 seconds based on the average of Elemental and Spiritual Mana Control ranks and the summation chart (Officials)
Week 4	July 13	Corrupt Essence (703) update adding an open cast version (Officials)
Week 4	July 14	Disintegrate (705) update adding bolt version and Necromancy benefits for a percent chance to temporarily weaken weapons, shields, and armor for 60 seconds when the target is struck (Officials}
Week 4	July 15	Mind Jolt (706) messaging updated to be more demonic; Demonology lore benefit added to transfer the stun to a new target if the original dies with the mind jolt in effect (Officials)

HSN Recaps

• Week 1 Recap
• Week 2 Recap
• Week 3 Recap

Resources

• Officials folder
• PC thread