KnightWear

KnightWear is a series of scripted items that interact with each other, themed for knights/"The joust". They are sold at Rumor Woods.

Per the ANALYZE: "KnightWear items have messaging that sometimes incorporate other worn Knightwear items and specific types of footwear into the messaging. Some messaging also differs when mounted on a Rumor Woods-style horse." Also: "Note: you can only wear 1 per "type" of KnightWear at a time (i.e. you can wear 1 KnightWear belt and 1 Knightwear surcoat at the same time, but you cannot wear 2 Knightwear belts at the same time)."

Item types

• helm/helmet (cannot have anything indicating it doesn't have a visor)
• spurs (must stay 'spurs')
• surcoat
• belt (must stay 'belt')
• gauntlets (must stay 'gauntlets')
• armor

Tiers

• OTS (Tier 1): WEAR, REMOVE, RUB, and TAP
• Tier 2 adds: NUDGE, TURN, PUSH, and ATTEND.

Flavors

There are 3 'flavors'/sets of characteristics of KnightWear: Lance (traditional knight), Gaston (self-important/arrogant knight), Monty (clumsy knight). You can ANALYZE your item to see which flavor it is (or if purchasing fresh, the rooms in The Knight Way are named for which flavor is sold in them). Messaging for the flavors is similar at its base, sometimes with only slight differences, sometimes with some more pronounced differences, for all of the verbs EXCEPT RUB (which is the same for all flavors). The messaging that will be used is dependent on the item you're directly acting on -- it uses that item's flavor and tier, even if other Knightwear items of other flavors/tiers are mentioned in it. i.e. you can mix and match flavors and tiers to get the combo that works best for you.

Modifications and Script-Adding:

• There is "a tall beak-nosed seamstress" in The Knight Way shop that offers a few alternate surcoat designs. This only alters the design/pattern on the surcoat. ASK her about DESIGN or ORDER for more info.
• There is "a youthful black-haired blacksmith" in the Rumor Woods forge that offers a few options for embellishing your spurs. This only alters the ornamentation/rowels on the spurs. ASK him about DESIGN or ORDER for more info.
• There is "a paunchy balding apprentice" in the Rumor Woods forge that will add Tier 1 KnightWear helm actions to currently unscripted helms (if the helms are properly built). ASK him about ORDER for more info.
• There is "a petite copper-haired blacksmith" in the Rumor Woods forge that will add Tier 1 Knightwear armor actions to currently unscripted armor (if the armor is properly built). She can also add Tier 1 Knightwear gauntlets actions to currently unscripted UAC gloves that have the noun 'gauntlets'. ASK her about ORDER for more info.

There are a lot of messaging combinations. A LOT. I've picked out a few different random combos to paste below so that you get a feel for the flavors and how interaction works:

~~Surcoat, while also wearing Knightwear belt/armor:~~

Lance flavor

WEAR

• Briefly loosening your belt, you slide your spidersilk surcoat over your head and all of the way on, then arrange it to fall in a smooth drape against your full leather that more than adequately displays its interlocking serpent and phoenix design.
• Briefly loosening her belt, Kaikala slides her spidersilk surcoat over her head and all of the way on, then arranges it to fall in a smooth drape against her full leather that more than adequately displays its interlocking serpent and phoenix design.

TAP

• You sharply jab your thumb against your chest, clearly making a pointed gesture at the interlocking serpent and phoenix design on your spidersilk surcoat, your expression a mixture of earnestness and pride.
• Kaikala sharply jabs her thumb against her chest, clearly making a pointed gesture at the interlocking serpent and phoenix design on her spidersilk surcoat, her expression a mixture of earnestness and pride.

PUSH

• You puff your chest out, proudly displaying the interlocking serpent and phoenix design on the spidersilk surcoat that covers your full leather, your pale blue gaze begging for a proper challenge.
• Kaikala puffs her chest out, proudly displaying the interlocking serpent and phoenix design on the spidersilk surcoat that covers her full leather, her pale blue gaze begging for a proper challenge.

Gaston flavor

WEAR

• Briefly loosening your belt, you slide your gold and blue surcoat over your head and all of the way on, then arrange it to flare out in a tight curl at the hem against your full leather, lending it a bit of fashionable style that highlights its vibrant striking serpent design.
• Briefly loosening her belt, Kaikala slides her gold and blue surcoat over her head and all of the way on, then arranges it to flare out in a tight curl at the hem against her full leather, lending it a bit of fashionable style that highlights its vibrant striking serpent design.

TAP

• You imperiously jab your thumb against your chest, clearly making a pointed gesture at the vibrant striking serpent design on your gold and blue surcoat, your expression a mixture of disdain and arrogance.
• Kaikala imperiously jabs her thumb against her chest, clearly making a pointed gesture at the vibrant striking serpent design on her gold and blue surcoat, her expression a mixture of disdain and arrogance.

PUSH

• You puff your chest out, pompously displaying the vibrant striking serpent design on the gold and blue surcoat that covers your full leather, your pale blue gaze demanding a proper anything-goes challenge.
• Kaikala puffs her chest out, pompously displaying the vibrant striking serpent design on the gold and blue surcoat that covers her full leather, her pale blue gaze demanding a proper anything-goes challenge.

Monty flavor

WEAR (some of the Monty verbs, like this one, have varied messages that are randomly selected each time):

• Briefly loosening your belt, you pull your scarlet surcoat over your head, then arrange it to fall in as smooth a drape as you can manage against your leather. At this juncture, you realize that the surcoat is inside-out! You hastily remove it, set it to rights, and re-don it.
• Briefly loosening her belt, Kaikala pulls her scarlet surcoat over her head, then arranges it to fall in a haphazard drape against her leather. Kaikala seems to suddenly realize that her surcoat is inside-out! She hastily removes it, sets it to rights, and re-dons it.

• Briefly loosening your belt, you pull your scarlet surcoat over your head, then arrange it to fall in as smooth a drape as you can manage against your leather. At this juncture, you realize that the surcoat is backwards! You hastily shove it up around your neck, turn the front face-forward, and pull it back down.
• Briefly loosening her belt, Kaikala pulls her scarlet surcoat over her head, then arranges it to fall in a haphazard drape against her leather. Kaikala seems to suddenly realize that her surcoat is backwards! She hastily shoves it up around her neck, turns the front face-forward, and pulls it back down.

• Briefly loosening your belt, you pull your scarlet surcoat over your head, then arrange it to fall in as smooth a drape as you can manage against your leather to display its interlocking serpent and phoenix design.
• Briefly loosening her belt, Kaikala pulls her scarlet surcoat over her head, then arranges it to fall in a haphazard drape against her leather that does a barely adequate job of displaying its interlocking serpent and phoenix design.

TAP (this one also has a random factor, like you may actually trip. And sometimes you won't stumble at all! Just listing one here:)

• You sharply jab your thumb against your chest, clearly making a pointed gesture at the interlocking serpent and phoenix design on your scarlet surcoat as you dance a quick little jig. Your feet get tangled up, and you lean one way, then the other, but miraculously manage not to fall. You complete your jig and bow with a flourish.
• Kaikala sharply jabs her thumb against her chest, clearly making a pointed gesture at the interlocking serpent and phoenix design on her scarlet surcoat as she dances a quick little jig. Her feet get tangled up, and she leans one way, then the other, but miraculously manages not to fall. She completes her jig and bows with a flourish.

PUSH

• You puff your chest out, proudly displaying the scarlet surcoat that covers your full leather. Too late realizing that your surcoat is completely twisted around, you quickly set it to rights so that its interlocking serpent and phoenix design is visible as your gaze flickers to and fro. Hopefully no one noticed that little mishap!
• Kaikala puffs her chest out, proudly displaying the scarlet surcoat that covers her full leather. As if suddenly realizing that her surcoat is completely twisted around, she quickly sets it to rights, its interlocking serpent and phoenix design now visible, her hopeful, pale blue gaze flickering to and fro. But if she thought you didn't see anything, she's wrong!

~~Helmet, while also wearing Knightwear gauntlets/spurs:~~

Lance flavor

RUB

• Briefly removing one of your gauntlets, you spit on the heel of your palm and rub it against your vultite helm in an attempt to buff the metal, then do the same to each of your spurs.
• Briefly removing one of her gauntlets, Kaikala spits on the heel of her palm and rubs it against her vultite helm in an attempt to buff the metal, then does the same to each of her spurs.

REMOVE

• You briskly ease your vultite helm off with one smooth, sharp tug, taking care not to scrape it against your head, and hold the helm tucked against your side.
• Kaikala briskly eases her vultite helm off with one smooth, sharp tug, taking care not to scrape it against her head, and holds the helm tucked against her side.

TURN

• You shake your head, then lower it slightly as you slap the open palm of your gauntlet against your vultite helm, right where your forehead is, in an exasperated gesture.
• Kaikala shakes her head, then lowers it slightly as she slaps the open palm of her gauntlet against her vultite helm, right where her forehead is, in an exasperated gesture.

PUSH

• Slapping a hand against your vultite helm, you clench your jaw and straighten your spine, chanting a litany of battle readiness under your breath.
• Slapping a hand against her vultite helm, Kaikala clenches her jaw and visibly straightens her spine, chanting what sound like self-encouraging mutterings under her breath.

Gaston flavor

RUB

• same

REMOVE

• You briskly ease your mithglin barrel helm off with one smoothly controlled tug. As soon as your face is fully visible, you arch one eyebrow and raise your chin up slightly in an emphatic head-bob of a nod while silently praising yourself for your charming personality, unequaled skills, and vast experience in heroic feats.
• Kaikala briskly eases her mithglin barrel helm off with one smoothly controlled tug. As soon as her face is visible, you see her arch one eyebrow and raise her chin up slightly in an emphatic head-bob of a nod, oozing an excessive amount of charm, self-importance, and heroism.

TURN

• You shake your head, then lower it slightly as you repeatedly slam the closed fist of your gauntlet against your mithglin barrel helm, right where your forehead is, in a supremely frustrated gesture.
• Kaikala shakes her head, then lowers it slightly as she slams the closed fist of her gauntlet against her mithglin barrel helm, right where her forehead is, in a supremely frustrated gesture.

PUSH

• Slapping a hand against your mithglin barrel helm, you flex your jaw and straighten your spine, chanting a litany of praise for your battle worthiness and excellent posture under your breath.
• Slapping a hand against her mithglin barrel helm, Kaikala flexes her jaw and visibly straightens her spine, chanting what sounds like ridiculously vain self-praising under her breath.

Monty flavor

RUB

• same

REMOVE

• You briskly ease your ora helm off with one smooth, sharp tug that sends it flying. You frantically dive for it before it can hit the ground, bobbling it several times before securely tucking it against your side and standing back up.
• Kaikala briskly eases her ora helm off with one smooth, sharp tug that sends it flying. She frantically dives for it before it can hit the ground, bobbling it several times before securely tucking it against her side and standing back up.

TURN

• You shake your head and lower it slightly to slap the open palm of your gauntlet against your forehead, but instead only graze your helm as you miss your mark. You release a jointly exasperated and supremely embarassed sound.
• Kaikala shakes her head and lowers it slightly as if to slap the open palm of her gauntlet against her forehead, but instead only grazes her helm as she clearly misses her mark. Kaikala releases a jointly exasperated and supremely embarassed sound.

PUSH

• Thumping a hand against your ora helm, you grit your teeth and straighten your spine, chanting a list of what to try to not mess up this time under your breath.
• Thumping a hand against her ora helm, Kaikala grits her teeth and visibly straightens her spine, chanting what sounds like a list of personal past disasters under her breath.

~~Armor, while also wearing Knightwear spurs/helm/surcoat/gauntlets:~~

Lance flavor

WEAR

• You deftly remove your jousting gear and temporarily set it aside. Then, exuding the ease and confidence of practiced skill as you don your full leather, you adroitly secure its straps and buckles into position and ensure its defensive capabilities are intact. You then quickly reassamble and wear your set-aside gear.
• Kaikala deftly removes her jousting gear and temporarily sets it aside. Then, exuding the ease and confidence of practiced skill as she dons her full leather, Kaikala adroitly secures its straps and buckles into position and thoroughly inspects it. Kaikala then quickly reassambles and wears her set-aside gear.

TAP

• You repeatedly stomp down hard with your leather boots and beat one of your gauntlets against the sides of your full leather, making a dull but steady sound, like the beating of a drum, as you gesture for others to join you.
• Kaikala repeatedly stomps down hard with her leather boots and beats one of her gauntlets against the sides of her full leather, making a dull but steady sound, like the beating of a drum, as she gestures for others to join her.

PUSH

• Forcing your attention to stay focused, you give yourself a once-over, make slight adjustments to your spurs, mithglin barrel helm, and the straps and buckles on your full leather, smooth out your surcoat, then pull in a meditative, calming breath.
• Kaikala gives herself a once-over, makes slight adjustments to her spurs, mithglin barrel helm, and the straps and buckles on her full leather, smooths out her surcoat, then pulls in a meditative, calming breath.

ATTEND

• You reach down across your chest, then over your shoulder, next to one side -- then to the other -- in order to make a handful of adjustments to your full leather. Ahh, much better!
• Kaikala reaches down across her chest, then over her shoulder, next to one side -- then to the other -- in order to make a handful of adjustments to her full leather.

Gaston flavor:

WEAR

• You casually, almost carelessly, remove your jousting gear and temporarily set it aside. Then, exuding exasperation at having to perform the task of donning your own blued jazerant hauberk, you efficiently secure it into position and ensure its defensive capabilities are intact. You then expertly reassamble and wear your set-aside gear.
• Casually, almost carelessly, Kaikala removes her jousting gear and temporarily sets it aside. Then, exuding exasperation and a put-upon attitude as she dons her blued jazerant hauberk, Kaikala nevertheless efficiently secures it into position and thoroughly inspects it. Kaikala then expertly reassambles and wears her set-aside gear.

TAP

• You repeatedly stomp down hard with your leather boots and boldly beat one of your gauntlets against the rings of your blued jazerant hauberk, making a muted, metallic clinking sound as you gesture for others to applaud and cheer you on.
• Kaikala repeatedly stomps down hard with her leather boots and boldly beats one of her gauntlets against the rings of her blued jazerant hauberk, making a muted, metallic clinking sound as she gestures for others to applauds and cheers her on.

PUSH

• Forcing your attention to stay focused, you give yourself a once-over -- you note to yourself that you're looking rather fine --, make slight adjustments to your spurs, mithglin barrel helm, and blued jazerant hauberk, smooth out your surcoat, then start pulling in quick breaths of air, hoping to psych yourself up.
• Kaikala gives herself a self-admiring once-over, makes slight adjustments to her spurs, mithglin barrel helm, and blued jazerant hauberk, smooths out her surcoat, then starts pulling in quick breaths of air, as if attempting to psych herself up.

ATTEND

• You reach down across your chest, then over your shoulder, next to one side -- then to the other --, limbering up for the benefit of your competitors and admirers under the guise of adjusting your blued jazerant hauberk.
• Kaikala reaches down across her chest, then over her shoulder, next to one side -- then to the other --, making a comical spectacle of herself while adjusting her blued jazerant hauberk.

Monty flavor:

WEAR

• You slough off your jousting gear and temporarily set it aside. Then, with careful, measured movements that belie a fear of bungling it all up as you don your grey ora field plate, you fumble with and then finally secure it into position and ensure its defensive capabilities are intact. You then painstakingly reassamble and wear your set-aside gear.
• Kaikala sloughs off her jousting gear and temporarily sets it aside. Then, with careful, measured movements that belie a fear of bungling it all up as she dons her grey ora field plate, Kaikala fumbles with and then finally secures it into position and thoroughly inspects it. Kaikala then painstakingly reassambles and wears her set-aside gear.

TAP

• You repeatedly stomp down hard with your leather boots and flailingly beat one of your gauntlets against the metal of your grey ora field plate, making a loud, clanking racket as you gesture for others to join you.
• Kaikala repeatedly stomps down hard with her leather boots and flailingly beats one of her gauntlets against the metal of her grey ora field plate, making a loud, clanking racket as she gestures for others to join her.

PUSH

• Forcing your attention to stay focused, you give yourself a once-over, make slight adjustments to your spurs, mithglin barrel helm, and grey ora field plate, attempt smoothing out your surcoat -- to no avail! --, then start coughing and choking in the midst of what was meant to be a meditative, calming breath.
• Kaikala gives herself a once-over, makes slight adjustments to her spurs, mithglin barrel helm, and grey ora field plate, attempts smoothing out her surcoat -- to no avail! --, then starts coughing and choking in the midst of what had seemingly started out as a meditative, calming breath.

ATTEND (couple variations on what you accidentally poke/smack. Just one here:)

• You make adjustments to your grey ora field plate on one shoulder, but as you reach across to the opposite shoulder, you accidentally poke yourself in the eye! Ouch, that hurt! You shake off the pain, then more carefully finish your armor manipulations.
• Kaikala makes adjustments to her grey ora field plate on one shoulder, but as she reaches across to the opposite shoulder, she accidentally pokes herself in the eye! She gives herself a little shake, then more carefully finishes her armor manipulations.

~~Gauntlets, while wearing NO other Knightwear items:~~

Lance flavor

TAP

• You lightly tap the fingertips of one of your silver gauntlets against your chin, your gaze scrutinizing the area as you concentrate on devising a strategy for your next movement.
• Kaikala lightly taps the fingertips of one of her silver gauntlets against her chin, her gaze scrutinizing the area in a strategic manner.

REMOVE

• Tugging little by little, you pull your silver gauntlets off, and as your hands slip free, you flex your fingers, suddenly freed of constriction, several times.
• Tugging little by little, Kaikala pulls her silver gauntlets off, and as her hands slip free, she flexes her fingers, suddenly freed of constriction, several times.

NUDGE

• You curl your hand into a fist, bring it to your lips, kiss the knuckles of your silver gauntlet, then emphatically punch it up into the air.
• Kaikala curls her hand into a fist, brings it to her lips, kisses the knuckles of her silver gauntlet, then emphatically punches it up into the air.

TURN

• You casually raise one of your gauntleted hands up in front of you, fingers splayed wide, then slowly, and over-exaggeratedly, curl the fingers of your gauntlets closed and into a tight fist, as if you are crushing something unseen within it.
• Kaikala casually raises one of her gauntleted hands up in front of her, fingers splayed wide, then slowly, and over-exaggeratedly, curls the fingers of her gauntlets closed and into a tight fist, as if she is crushing something unseen within it.

Gaston flavor

TAP

• You lightly tap the fingertips of one of your kidskin gauntlets against your chin, your gaze scrutinizing the area as you concentrate on devising a strategy for your eventual triumph.
• Kaikala lightly taps the fingertips of one of her kidskin gauntlets against her chin, her gaze scrutinizing the area in an intensely strategic manner that leaves no room for failure.

REMOVE

• You tug just a little bit at the end of each finger of your kidskin gauntlets, then pull each gauntlet by just the index fingers to easily slide them off, one at a time, with an embellished swish of your hands.
• Kaikala tugs just a little bit at the end of each finger of her kidskin gauntlets, then pulls each gauntlet by just the index fingers to easily slide them off, one at a time, with an embellished swish of her hands.

NUDGE

• You curl your hand into a fist, bring it to your lips, kiss the knuckles of your kidskin gauntlet, then emphatically punch it up into the air with a loud, triumphant whoop!
• Kaikala curls her hand into a fist, brings it to her lips, kisses the knuckles of her kidskin gauntlet, then emphatically punches it up into the air with a loud, triumphant whoop!

TURN

• You casually raise one of your gauntleted hands up in front of you, fingers splayed wide, then slowly, and over-exaggeratedly, curl the fingers of your gauntlets closed and into a tight fist, as if you are crushing something unseen within it. You toss your imaginary victim over your shoulder, then flamboyantly dust your gauntlets off against one another.
• Kaikala casually raises one of her gauntleted hands up in front of her, fingers splayed wide, then slowly, and over-exaggeratedly, curls the fingers of her gauntlets closed and into a tight fist, as if she is crushing something unseen within it. Kaikala tosses her unseen victim over her shoulder, then flamboyantly dusts her gauntlets off against one another.

Monty flavor

TAP

• You lightly tap the fingertips of one of your hourglass gauntlets against your chin, your gaze scrutinizing the area as you concentrate on devising a strategy for your next movement, one that -- you feel a brief flash of hope -- doesn't include future clumsiness on your part.
• Kaikala lightly taps the fingertips of one of her hourglass gauntlets against her chin, her gaze scrutinizing the area in a strategic manner, accompanied by a brief expression of hope flashing across her features.

REMOVE

• Giving your hourglass gauntlets a few small tugs that do little to shimmy them off of your hands, you huff exasperatedly and jerk them off in one single motion.
• Giving her hourglass gauntlets a few small tugs that seem absolutely pointless, Kaikala huffs exasperatedly and jerks them off in one single motion.

NUDGE

• You curl your hand into a fist, bring it to your lips, kiss the knuckles of your hourglass gauntlet, then emphatically punch it up into the air. You accidentally knock your chin on the way up, sending your head careening off to one side, the resultant air-punch much diminished.
• Kaikala curls her hand into a fist, brings it to her lips, kisses the knuckles of her hourglass gauntlet, then emphatically punches it up into the air. She somehow manages to knock her chin on the way up, sending her head careening off to one side, the resultant air-punch much diminished.

TURN

• You casually raise one of your gauntleted hands up in front of you, fingers splayed wide, then slowly, and over-exaggeratedly, curl the fingers of your gauntlets closed and into a tight fist, as if you are crushing something unseen within it. Except it's your fingers you're crushing! You loose a yelp of pain!
• Kaikala casually raises one of her gauntleted hands up in front of her, fingers splayed wide, then slowly, and over-exaggeratedly, curls the fingers of her gauntlets closed and into a tight fist, as if she is crushing something unseen within it. Then Kaikala suddenly looses a yelp of pain, as if she has hurt herself in the process.

A very, very few items/verbs have some messaging that outputs differently while mounted on a horse. For example, if you TAP your KnightWear spurs while mounted on a horse, you'll get this:

Lance flavor

• You snap the black-tipped rowels of your bright gold spurs against your chestnut horse's shanks, spurring him to suddenly rear up on his hind legs as you lean forward and calmly loosen but keep hold of your horse's reins.
• Kaikala snaps the black-tipped rowels of her bright gold spurs against her chestnut horse's shanks, spurring him to suddenly rear up on his hind legs as she leans forward and calmly loosens but keeps hold of her horse's reins.

Gaston flavor

• You snap the black-tipped rowels of your bright gold spurs against your chestnut horse's shanks, spurring him to suddenly rear up on his hind legs as you lean forward and throw one arm up in the air, the other arm loosely holding your horse's reins, and let loose a loud battle cry.
• Kaikala snaps the black-tipped rowels of her bright gold spurs against her chestnut horse's shanks, spurring him to suddenly rear up on his hind legs as she leans forward and throws one arm up in the air, the other arm loosely holding her horse's reins, and lets loose a loud battle screech.

Monty flavor

• You snap the black-tipped rowels of your bright gold spurs against your chestnut horse's shanks, spurring him to suddenly rear up on his hind legs. You nearly go tumbling backwards, pulling hard on the reins in reaction! Fortunately, you loosen your hold on them as your horse rears a second time, instead catching hold of your horse's mane as you hang on for dear life.
• Kaikala snaps the black-tipped rowels of her bright gold spurs against her chestnut horse's shanks, spurring him to suddenly rear up on his hind legs. She nearly goes tumbling backwards, pulling hard on her reins in reaction! Fortunately, she seems to loosen her hold on them as her horse rears a second time, instead catching hold of her horse's mane as she hangs on for dear life.