Death messaging
When a character dies, death messaging is broadcast to the entire game announcing the character's death. This messaging is sent to the Deaths Window, if open, or to the Story Window if the Death Window is not open. Certain holidays or events will also offer themed death messaging. Death messaging is enabled by default, but it can be disabled via FLAG or SET SilenceDeath ON to prevent broadcasting it to the game.
Standard Death Messages
As part of Hot Summer Nights 2015, new death messaging was introduced to give insight into where individuals died. Previously, the only unique death message location was isolated to the Rift.
Town-Specific Death Messaging
| Location | Message |
|---|---|
| Cysaegir | Person just got squashed! |
| Four Winds Isle | Person is dust in the wind! |
| Icemule Trace | Person was just put on ice! |
| Kraken's Fall (on land only) | Person's life on land appears to be as rough as her life at sea. |
| River's Rest, including Citadel | Person has gone to feed the fishes! |
| Solhaven | Person just took a long walk off of a short pier! |
| Ta'Illistim, including OTF | Person just turned his/her last page! |
| Ta'Vaalor | Person is going home on his/her shield! |
| Teras Isle, including the Ruined Temple | Person just punched a one-way ticket! |
| Wehnimer's Landing | Person just bit the dust! |
| Zul Logoth | Person is six hundred feet under! |
Hunting Ground Specific Death Messaging
| Location | Message |
|---|---|
| Aradhul Road, including the Displaced Red Forest | Person may just be going home on his/her shield! |
| Castle Varunar, trail to Solhaven or Icemule | Person just gave up the ghost! |
| Elemental Confluence | Person {town messaging} in the Elemental Confluence! |
| Hinterwilds | Person just got iced in the Hinterwilds! |
| Open Sea Adventures | Person just sank to the bottom of the Tenebrous Cauldron! |
| Reim | Person just lost his/her way somewhere in the Settlement of Reim! |
| Reim Fortress Defense | Person just perished defending a fortress within Reim! |
| The Rift | The death cry of Person echoes in your mind! |
| Sanctum of Scales | Person's flame just burnt out in the Sea of Fire! |
Festival and Quest Death Messaging
| Location | Message |
|---|---|
| Duskruin Arena | Person was just defeated in Duskruin Arena! |
| Duskruin Arena sewers | Person just perished underneath Bloodriven Village! |
| Duskruin Arena bank heist | Person failed within the Bank at Bloodriven! |
| Ebon Gate Festival - Caligos Isle - Arena of the Abyss | Person was just defeated in the Arena of the Abyss! |
| Ebon Gate Festival - Caligos Isle | Person is now fish food for the fauna of Caligos Isle! |
| Ebon Gate Festival - Feywrot Mire | Person was just reunited with his/her ancestors! |
| Night at the Academy | Person failed to bring a shrubbery to the Night at the Academy! |
| Black Swan Castle | Person just bit the dust... in Black Swan Castle! |
| Troubled Waters | Person just died on the Great Western Sea! |
Special Occasion Death Messaging
| Occasion | Message |
|---|---|
| Eve of the Reunion | Person gorged on too much candy and exploded. |
| Eve of the Reunion | Person just crawled into his grave. Weirdo. |
| Eve of the Reunion | Person became dead. Guess the trick went bad. |
| Eve of the Reunion | Person table for two? Er... never mind, make that table for one. |
| Eve of the Reunion | Person does the zombie-shuffle. |
| Eve of the Reunion | Person looks like he just crawled out of a grave. Get the shovel! |
| Eve of the Reunion | While trying to fly like a bat, Person meets the ground. Messy. |
| Eve of the Reunion | Person tripped over a pumpkin and found a squash. |
| Eve of the Reunion | Person just drowned while bobbing for apples. |
| Eve of the Reunion | Person was just scared to death! |
| Eve of the Reunion | Looks like Person won't be breaking any mirrors anytime soon. |
| Eve of the Reunion | A mournful wail fills the air. Oh wait, it's just Person dying. |
| Eve of the Reunion | Leg bone connected to the knee bone. Knee bone.. Oh wait, Person just died. |
| Eve of the Reunion | Person just bit the dust. Would someone give her some treats? |
| Eve of the Reunion | Knocking on the wrong door, Person got a special treat! |
| Eve of the Reunion | Person looks like he saw a ghost! Never mind, he is a ghost! |
| Eve of the Reunion | Will someone tell Person to stop pretending to be a ghost? |
Death Customizations
Death messaging customizations can be unique or otherwise different than standard messaging when a character dies in a given realm. Pre-written death messaging is available at various festivals, pay events, and at Bayview Villa on Mist Harbor. Death messaging options are managed via the CUSTOM verb. Fully custom death messaging is a delayed service when the player is writing their own. Death customizations override the default messaging for a given realm. Death messaging must be enabled ON in FLAG/SET in order to be visible.
Death message customizations are a single line. They always include the character's name.
Examples of death messaging include the following from options available at Rumor Woods:
Looks like time's run out for {Character}.
{Character} forgot how important it is to keep the blood inside her body.
Sigh. {Character} died again.
Narrator: {Character}, in fact, could not handle it.
Looks like {Character} just lost a bet with the Arkati again. Hope Lorminstra's in a good mood!
{Character} has been smashed beneath a pile of her own books. Reading is dangerous!
{Character} is either being melodramatic or she's dead.
Additional examples of pre-written death messaging can be viewed in the character customizations category.