GemStone IV Launch
When did this occur?
GSIII to GSIV conversion went live on November 13, 2004.
What big changes?
Each account was granted one character-attuned item, based on their profession within the giftbox. The item appearance was somewhat randomized within each profession. Below is an incomplete list of such items:
Bard: + 5 to Aura Base, 5 to Influence Base, 5 to Max Health, 2 to Max Mana
- a sword and musical note brooch
- a happy sad mask brooch
- a comedy tragedy mask brooch
Cleric: +5 Wisdom Base, +5 Intuition Base, +2 Max Health, +4 Max Mana
- an elaborate [deity name] symbol.
- an elaborate knotwork symbol
- a smooth silver insignia
Empath: +5 Wisdom Base, +5 Influence Base, +5 Max Heath, +4 Max Mana
- an acantha leaf talisman
- a aloeas stem talisman
- a sovyn clove talisman
- a woth flower talisman
Ranger: +5 Dexterity Base, +5 Intuition Base, +5 Max Health, +2 Max Mana.
- an embossed leather bracer
- a cracked leather bracer
- a faded leather bracer
- a tooled leather bracer
Rogue: +5 Dexterity Base, +5 Agility Base, +10 Max Health
- some shadowy black leather boots
- some padded grey leather boots
- a burnished silver emblem
Sorcerer: +5 Aura Base, +5 Logic Base, +2 Max Heath, +4 Max Mana
- a decaying eyeball fetish
- rotting kobold ear fetish
- a gruesome squirrel skull fetish
Warrior: +5 Strength Base, +5 Constitution Base, +10 Max Health
- a cracked leather belt
- a scorched leather belt
- a simple leather belt
- a weathered leather belt
Wizard: +5 Aura Base, +5 Logic Base, + 2 Max Health, +4 Max Mana
- an enruned water elemental talisman
- an enruned air elemental talisman
- an enruned fire elemental talisman
- an enruned earth elemental talisman