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Coming Soon: Sylinar's Spire

Category: Paid Events: Adventures, Quests, and SimuCoins
Topic: Sylinar's Spire
Message #: 16
Author: GS4-LIIA
Date: 11/08/2014
Subject: Coming Soon: Sylinar's Spire

I'm very excited to announce a new pay "quest" of sorts! Tickets are not yet on sale, but expect to see an announcement about that soon. The first run dates are tentatively planned for this very month!

What is this new event, you ask? Keep reading!

Somewhere in the northern Dragonspine, there existed a school for the advanced teaching of alchemy, prestidigitation, and thaumaturgy. Young wizards traveled from across the lands to study and practice with the greatest magical masters. Rare ingredients were shared, incantations were whispered around warm fires, and apprentices, in time, became masters themselves. But over the years, the halls grew silent. The students no longer came. The old masters moved on, or retired to the cold stone towers. Eventually, even the name of the school itself was lost to antiquity…

Except for Sylinar, professor and librarian. Sylinar, whose home has been the tower that bears his name since a time few can recall. The venerable professor and cataloger of the magical annals has descended the spiraling stairs of the Spire, eager to raise funds in the hope of restoring the institution to its former greatness. Sylinar will open his doors to a small number of curious adventurers, offering a glimpse of his home and a taste of his magical skill. Up to 50 adventurers can sign up for each of Sylinar’s four-hour tours. There is a three service limit for each account. Offered services are adding up to ten (10) charges to recharge an enhancive item, adding ten (10) charges or 10% of maximum charge capacity (whichever is greater) to an enhancive item, making a crumbly enhancive item permanent (will not crumble after last charge is used), or removing a single enhancive property from an item.

There will be a few shops to peruse, including items such as enhancive edibles, basic clothing, climate wear, scrolls, and scroll tubes.

Finally, every visitor will receive a special item free of charge: a stylized golden griffin pin. This item will hide any worn, non-container, non-combat gear, non-scripted enhancive item, as well as being able to indicate if a held item is enhancive.

~GM Liia, really excited. Seriously.
Team 3P, Paid Events Guru

Sylinar's Spire Tickets On Sale Now

Category: Paid Events: Adventures, Quests, and SimuCoins
Topic: Sylinar's Spire
Message #: 62
Author: GS4-LIIA
Date: 11/10/2014
Subject: Sylinar's Spire Tickets On Sale Now!

$29.99 in the box office! All times are Eastern.

Prime runs -

• 11/25 - 7pm
• 11/30 - 4pm
• 12/7 - 11am

Plat run -

• 11/23 - 10am

~GM Liia
Team 3P, Paid Events Guru

Sylinar's Spire Questions & Answers

Category: Paid Events: Adventures, Quests, and SimuCoins
Topic: Sylinar's Spire
Message #: 76
Author: GS4-LIIA
Date: 11/11/2014
Subject: Re: Sylinar's Spire Questions

Can you spill the beans at all on what scrolls will be available?

I suuppppooose. Note that scrolls sold in shops of this nature will not contain spells not usually sold in shops of this nature. Does that make sense?

>read chart
In the Common language, it reads:
The items in the cabinet are available for portable spell reference as listed below:

Parchment - Ten (10) charges each of Natural Colors, Resist Elements, Undisease, Unpoison.
Papyrus - Ten (10) charges each of Elemental Defense I, Elemental Defense II, Thurfel's Ward, Strength
Scroll - Ten (10) charges each of Spirit Warding I, Spirit Warding II, Spirit Defense, Spirit Shield.
Vellum - Ten (10) charges each of Mantle of Faith, Consecrate, Rejuvenation. Five (5) charges of Mystic Focus.

For the pin... am I right in saying that it sort of "converts" enhancive jewelry to pinworn? Like what's inside gives its enhancive power with the pin is worn? But you can take it back out of the pin whenever you like?

See below.

From how it's been described the items don't go into the pin, the pin's magic hides them from visibility (they are still worn in their normal slots).

This is correct.

I think we all agree people don't take off 40 enhancives to look pretty but rather to prolong their charges.

Well, not all.

As far as the three services are concerned can we get three of the same service? Can we get all three services on the same item? Are there any restrictions of that nature?

You get 3 of the above services. You can use them all on one or across up to three items.

~GM Liia
Team 3P, Paid Events Guru

Super Swapping Service

Category: Paid Events: Adventures, Quests, and SimuCoins
Topic: Sylinar's Spire
Message #: 125
Author: GS4-WYROM
Date: 11/12/2014
Subject: Sylinar's Spire: Super Swapping Service

I wanted a lot of S.

Due to popular demand, a 5th service will be offered at the Spire. Enhancive Swapping will now be available for you to choose as one of your three services.

• Strength to Wisdom (one to another)
• Constitution, Dexterity, Agility, or Discipline (any one to another)
• Logic, Intuition, or Influence (any one to another)
• Any Weapons Skill, Except TWC or Multi-Opponent Combat, (any one to another)
• Magic Item Use to Arcane Symbols (one to another)
• Mana Controls - Elemental, Spiritual, Mental (one to another)
• Any Lores (any one to another)

Conditions: Spell knowledge enhancives are not allowed in any sort of swapping. All restrictions on an item will remain. Enhancives must remain in the same increments, meaning no changing ranks to bonus. Item's that can't be recharged are not eligible. Fusion items are not eligible. Edible items are not eligible. Temp enhancives are not eligible (like the dachre). No scripted items that are hard coded enhancives (black ora weapons and some of the orbs offered at various Ebon Gate auctions in 2006/2009).

~Wyrom, APM

Clarifications

Category: Paid Events: Adventures, Quests, and SimuCoins
Topic: Sylinar's Spire
Message #: 147
Author: GS4-LIIA
Date: 11/12/2014
Subject: A couple clarifications, to be concise

You get 3 of the offered services. You can pick 3 of one, 3 different ones, 2 of one and one of another... up to you. It's 3 total, per account, per run.

Fusion items (including orbs) are not eligible.

Edible enhancives (there will be some sold at the Spire) are not eligible.

You can leave the event area and return as much as you'd like to during your 4 hour run.

You will be able to see the offered services via the MERCHANT verb during your event, too.

~GM Liia
Team 3P, Paid Events Guru

Additional 2014 Runs

Category: Paid Events: Adventures, Quests, and SimuCoins
Topic: Sylinar's Spire
Message #: 235
Author: GS4-WYROM
Date: 12/01/2014
Subject: Cyber Monday Sale - Sylinar's Spire

We opened up a run in Prime and Platinum for Sylinar's Spire with a $5 off Cyber Monday discount.

• Platinum - 12/11 (7pm ET)
• Prime - 12/13 (10am ET)

Hurry to take advantage of the discount!

~Wyrom, APM

January 2015 Spire Run

Category: Paid Events: Adventures, Quests, and SimuCoins
Topic: Sylinar's Spire
Message #: 266
Author: GS4-WYROM
Date: 01/12/2015
Subject: January Spire Run

Tickets are on sale for a run in Prime on 1/22 at 7pm ET.

~Wyrom, APM

Expansion and Restoration

Category: Paid Events: Adventures, Quests, and SimuCoins
Topic: Sylinar's Spire
Message #: 279
Author: GS4-LIIA
Date: 01/23/2015
Subject: Expansion and Restoration!

Sylinar's efforts have been paying off, thanks to those that visited his beloved Spire. For a teaser, see the new piece that APM Wyrom posted today, "Creating Adventure!"

Creating Adventure - January 2015

More details to come soon, so watch for the topic "Summit Expression Faire" in this very folder.

~GM Liia
Team 3P ASGM, Events Manager

December 2015 Run

Category: Paid Events: Adventures, Quests, and SimuCoins
Topic: Sylinar's Spire
Message #: 340
Author: GS4-LIIA
Date: 12/06/2015
Subject: Sylinar's Spire - December Run

We're going to have a mini run of the Spire in Prime on Saturday, December 19. This run will be only 2 hours long (as opposed to the 4 hour runs we've done in the past). The time is going to be from 2pm - 4pm Eastern. 25 tickets will be sold for this run.

The reason for the mini version is simply because we want to get a run in before the holidays, and getting schedules cleared for a 4 hour block of time was proving to be quite a challenge! Better some Sylinar then no Sylinar.

Tickets will be going on sale soon, and I will give a heads up if possible. Watch the box office in the meantime!

~Liia
APM, Events & World Development

Next Run(s)

Category: Paid Events: Adventures, Quests, and SimuCoins
Topic: Sylinar's Spire
Message #: 427
Author: GS4-LIIA
Date: 02/11/2016
Subject: Sylinar's Spire - Next Run(s)

It's update time!

Here is what we have planned (insert disclaimer here about things being subject to change, etc):

The next Sylinar's Spire event is tentatively scheduled for early April. We plan to open the Spire twice, with each run being 25 tickets and running for 2 hours like we did in December. I am aiming for one week night and one weekend time, and will announce that when we have the details locked in.

At this point, we're planning on doing all future Spire runs in 25 ticket batches. Four hours proved to be much harder to schedule, even when Sylinar's apprentice can help out. The old man just can't always block out that much time, and it's really hard on him to sit still on his aching, bony behind for that long.

Additionally, when the April dates hit the box office, you will only be permitted to buy ONE ticket per account. Not one ticket to each of the 2 runs, but one ticket per account out of the 50 available in April. This is simply a matter of making the service available to as many people as possible. At this point, there is no automated way for us to do this in the box office, but if someone does buy a 2nd ticket, it will be manually removed by our billing department.

If there are still tickets left when the event opens, we'll talk about offering them up to those in attendance like we have in the past.

~Liia
APM, Events & World Development

2016 Run Ticket Sales/Times

Category: Paid Events: Adventures, Quests, and SimuCoins
Topic: Sylinar's Spire
Message #: 461
Author: GS4-LIIA
Date: 03/10/2016
Subject: Sylinar's Spire - Ticket Sales/Times

The tickets for the next runs are set up to go on sale on Wednesday, March 30th at 12 noon Eastern for Premium, and 6pm for all others. This will include both run dates. Remember, if you buy a second ticket (one to each run), the second ticket will be cancelled.

As a reminder, the runs will be:

• Saturday, 4/2 at 12:00p - 2p Eastern (grounds open until 2:30p for shopping/wandering only)
• Thursday, 4/7 at 8p - 10p Eastern (grounds open until 10:30p for shopping/wandering only)

~Liia
APM, Events & World Development

Category: Paid Events: Adventures, Quests, and SimuCoins
Topic: Sylinar's Spire
Message #: 469
Author: GS4-LIIA
Date: 03/12/2016
Subject: Re: Sylinar's Spire - Ticket Sales/Times

Tickets are the same as all other runs, $29.99 (yes, before premie discount). No changes in these runs.

Also, regarding changing of times - the last sale's "changes" were not intentional, rather some unforeseen glitchy stuff with the box office. We have no plans to change the times (barring all the GMs suddenly imploding in a Hindenburg time-space incident, or the like), and the tickets are already up in the box office (just not visible). I'll have the office make them visible on Monday (though you still won't be able to buy until the previously posted times/dates).

~Liia (apparently into parentheses today)
APM, Events & World Development