Duskruin/saved posts August 2023

General Information

Discord Message Link: General Information
Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 12/9/2022

2023 Duskruin Dates
* February 10th - 28th - Duskruin Arena
* August 11th - 31st - Duskruin Arena

Shop List

Discord Message Link: Shop list
Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 08/06/2023

Reopening Shops	Refreshed Shops	New Shops	Shops Closed This Run
A Pirate Looks at Four Teas	All You Knead	Paranormal Pages	A Kraet Deal
Alchemical Attractions	Be Still My Hops	Tome Raiders	Cut and Dried
Art of Lore, The	Be Warez	Volatile Storage	Kraet Aim
At The Ready	Beyond Barriers	-	Krate Lengths
Best Foot Forward	Bundle Up	-	Madder Hats Tea Room
Best Tressed, The	Fatal Afflares	-	Metrognomies
Blades of Glory	Knifery, The	-	Peashirmen, The
Blood Red Rose, The	Librarium, The (Study, Sanctuary, Laboratory)	-	Pinned and Pleated
Bloody Lotus, The	Secretive Sips	-	Potation Parlor
Bloodbenders	Trapper's Shack	-	Sable Quietus, The
Bloodriven Bowery	-	-	Stay Vigilant
Bolt From The Blue	-	-	Vambrace Yourself
Broken Coin, the	-	-	You're So Vain
Burning Twilight	-	-	-
Certifiable	-	-	-
Currents and Safeguards	-	-	-
Curved Cuts	-	-	-
Deep Within Darkness	-	-	-
Diskovery	-	-	-
Dunh's Lab	-	-	-
Eonak Arms	-	-	-
Essencetials	-	-	-
Fairy Ring, The	-	-	-
Fireside Supplies	-	-	-
First Rule, The	-	-	-
Gamac's Goods	-	-	-
Gilded Gladiator, The	-	-	-
Good In-Tent-ions	-	-	-
Heady Spirits	-	-	-
Herbal Huntsman, The	-	-	-
Hide and Fur Depot, The	-	-	-
I See You	-	-	-
Icy Disposition	-	-	-
Just for Kicks	-	-	-
Knit One, Punch Two	-	-	-
Make Your Mark	-	-	-
Mar and Scar, the	-	-	-
Mind Your Manas	-	-	-
Modern Morph, The	-	-	-
Mystic Phrases	-	-	-
Ode To Resistance	-	-	-
On The Other Hand	-	-	-
Preening Plover, The	-	-	-
Rock Solid	-	-	-
Scoria and Dross	-	-	-
Shadowed Light	-	-	-
Shield Thyself	-	-	-
Sigil Shop	-	-	-
Sparrow's Dance	-	-	-
Spellbound	-	-	-
Sprite Club	-	-	-
Stay Awhile and Glisten	-	-	-
Temple of Tentacles	-	-	-
Tiles of Chance	-	-	-
Twinkling Twilight	-	-	-
Twist of Briars, A	-	-	-
Untamed Spirit	-	-	-
Vaalin Rose, The	-	-	-
Wild Instinct	-	-	-
Yarrrpee Shoppe, The	-	-	-

There are a few shops this run that had a single item or update done to them. This doesn't technically fall into the "refresh" category. Once I have a full list, I'll add it here.

Duskruin Mania Replacement

Discord Message Link: Duskruin Mania Replacement
Author: GM Wyrom
Date: 08/10/2023

As mentioned last run, Mania would be coming to an end and we'd maybe try something new. Well we are trying something new and I'll be using this thread to announce details as we go. Just a bit to whet your appetite though.

The plan is to split what was once called Mania into two separate events.

The big attractive event, we'll just call it Mondo Shenanigans as a working title, will be an event where we'll randomly select people from the audience to participate. There will be a cost to play in bloodscrip relative to what can be won. We'll do an assortment of stuff here.

The second portion, we'll call it Moon Whopper as a working title, will be a periodic shop that appears that will have high end things for sale, beyond the scope of HESS. There won't be many gimmicks here, no auction, and no scaling pricing.

I'll post more details in this thread as we get closer to the events.

Event Box

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Author: GM Wyrom
Date: 08/10/2023

As a heads up, the SimuCoin Store will have Duskruin booklets on sale from August 11th at 6pm ET until August 30th at 11:55pm ET. However, the event will stretch into September for shopping, smithy, and using existing booklets that are out there. We'll be putting FIXSKILL, FIXSTAT, FIXCMAN, encumbrance items, and enhancive rechargers for sale during the same time booklets are on sale.

The GIFTBOX will start on August 18th for the duration of the event.

EVENT BOX will have the following schedule: - August 17th - August 24th - August 31st

The last day to claim will be September 3rd by 1am ET.

Bag of Holding Items

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Author: GM Wyrom
Date: 08/10/2023

We will be selling the rods, swatches, dust, and threads moving forward in a shop. That way if you have a Bag of Holding, you can upgrade it a little more easily.

Duskruin Service Limit Per Item

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Author: GM Wyrom
Date: 08/10/2023

We will be increasing the service limit per item from 2 to 5 this run to see how it goes. If you wish to go beyond that, the surcharge will apply. If we missed any signage about this, we'll make sure it gets updated ASAP.

Spin Night Cancellation

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Author: GS Tivvy
Date: 08/08/2023

Spin Night at Duskruin is no longer necessary as all limited quantity items, with the exception of custom Fatal Afflares, will be offered in HESS in unlimited quantities. A plan for distribution of the limited Fatal Afflares slots will be announced soon.

Teaser 1

Discord Message Link: Portable Alcohol Still - New Update/Features!
Author: GM Avaluka
Date: 08/01/2023

Portable Alcohol Still - New Updates/Features!

Some new features are being released for the portable alcohol stills at Duskruin this August. This includes new recipes, new adjectives, new possible flavors, and a new ability to let you create chocolate liqueurs (yes, the edible candy kind). Please read the forum post for more details for what's on tap!

Forum Discussion: https://discord.com/channels/226045346399256576/1136079155021238342

Teaser 2

Discord Message Link: Trapper's Shack
Author: GM Quilic
Date: 08/03/2023

This run of Duskruin, the Trapper's Shack will have a new nook that sells somnis armor and armor accessories. These armor pieces will have a standard flare chance to put the attacker to sleep on a successful strike to an area that is covered by the armor. That is to say, a head shot to someone wearing a somnis helm will have the chance to put the attacker to sleep.

Full armor sets for the metal armors will be available (no leather armors or lower), as will helms, greathelms (neck & head), arm greaves, and leg greaves.

Greater somnis upgrades for armor may be made available, and a separate announcement will be sent if/when that occurs.

Forum Discussion: ⁠https://discord.com/channels/226045346399256576/1136710688128122971

Teaser 3

Discord Message Link: Sporebows Come to The Fairy Ring!
Author: GM Casil
Date: 08/07/2023

The Inyexat have expanded their spore magic weaponry to bows and crossbows, available exclusively at The Fairy Ring on the outskirts of Bloodriven Village. These ranged weapons have all the same benefits as the Spore Staff. You will find some of your special attacks have appearances more fitting to a bow.

Additionally, they have tweaked some of the magic involved so that you can speed up the rate of the ambient spore behavior, as well as make it so the spores will no longer show up in your features, if you are so inclined to be more discreet. This will be an automatic update to existing weapons--no unlock required for these fluff changes.

raise yumi at kobold

 You aim your nightwillow yumi at an upward angle, an ethereal arrow dense with twilight purple motes materializing.  After launching into a spectaular arc, the intangible projectile plummets until its tip burrows into the ground before a kobold.  The arrow unfurls rapidly into a near-black violet webcap and swells to an eruption of explosive spores.

  The twilight purple spores churning around a kobold simultaneously burst into an explosion of coruscating blue-black dust!
 [SMR result: 408 (Open d100: 31)]
    ... 40 points of damage!
     Well-focused strike generates a clean, round hole straight through the kobold!
 The kobold crumples to a heap on the ground and dies.
 Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

Forum Discussion: https://discord.com/channels/226045346399256576/1138140023393366247

Teaser 4

Discord Message Link: Crafter’s Tomes! Available in the store Tome Raiders
Author: GM Ethereal
Date: 08/09/2023

Duskruin’s August 2023 run will be introducing a new item: Crafter’s Tomes! Available in the store Tome Raiders, Crafter’s Tomes allow for adventurers to improve their service skill bonus via totally safe and definitely not parasitic tomes and monocles! By binding themselves to the book and infusing it with some of their resources, owners gain access to the item’s knowledge that they can use to improve their odds of success when performing a service.

For example, at Tier 1, clerics receive +5 Wisdom and Influence along with +10 Magic Item Use and Arcane Symbols when performing a Sanctify. At the highest tier, tier 4, they receive +20 Wisdom and Influence, +25 Arcane Symbols and Magic Item Use, and +5 Cleric Spell Ranks and Spiritual Mana Control.

• • Important Notes**
    

The item must be bound to you to function. Tomes must be HELD and monocles must be WORN. Binding the item to you via INFUSE will lock it to that character for 30 days, after which the binding can be reset and the item to sold or moved to another character, if desired.

**Questions**

• Can I hunt with this item?_ No. The bonus provided is only available when performing a player service.

• What professions are supported?_ All current player services are supported by Crafter’s Tomes. The item will be adjusted as new services are released (Bard Luck, for example).

• How much infusion does the item require?_ The item requires 5k, 10k, 15k, and 20k resources to move from affinity level 0 (just bound) to affinity level 4 (max).

• What happens if I fixprof?_ The item is bound to you, not your profession. If you fixprof from one profession to another, the book will continue to work and provide bonuses applicable to your new profession.

• How much bonus does each tier provide?_ The services differ in how much bonus is possible. However, the item is set to provide approximately 5%, 10%, 15%, and 25% of the maximum possible service bonus from enhancives at tiers 1-4, respectively.

• Can I use more than one?_ Only one Crafter's Tome item will activate when performing a service. They are not intended to stack.

• What are the prices?_ Tiers 1-3 are 5k bloodscrip while Tier 4 is 10k.

Teaser 5

Discord Message Link: Alcohol Bottle Contraption!
Author: GM Avaluka
Date: 08/9/2023

Already bored of those basic bottles you can get out of your alcohol still? Craving some more vessel variety? The Alcohol Bottle Contraption, debuting at Duskruin this August, may be the answer for you! Made by the creators of the Charm Contraption and working in a very similar manner, you can be sure to create a perfect bottle for your various brews.

What does it do exactly?

• Insert a bottle of alcohol created by the alcohol-brewing stills.
• Insert silver/iron wands OR cast lightning-based spells at it to charge it up.
• Insert small pieces of fodder (metal, wood, or glass only), or keep the same material as the bottle.
• Change settings to your liking (OTS contraptions can only adjust the overall bottle design, but you can unlock various features to expand what you can adjust.)
• Apply the changes; you now can remove your updated bottle!

What sort of features can be unlocked?

• Custom Bottle Designs (up to 10).
• Custom Stoppers (up to 10) - the first unlock of one of these also unlocks 5 "default" stopper designs to turn to!
• Custom Labels (up to 10) - the first unlock of one of these also unlocks 5 "default" label designs to turn to!
• Custom Etchings (up to 10) - the first unlock of one of these also unlocks 5 "default" etchings to turn to!
• Gem Bug stoppers; put gem versions of Bugs On Parade/Life Aquatic creatures as stoppers!
• Candy Bug inserts; stick a non-chocolate candy version of Bugs On Parade/Life Aquatic creatures inside the bottle. The candy will pop out at the last sip and become alcoholic, absorbing flavors/effects from the alcohol in the bottle!

Teaser 6

Discord Message Link: Peek-A-Boo Hair - New Unlock!
Author: GM Wylloh
Date: 08/10/2023

I am pleased to announce that Peek-A-Boo hair pieces are receiving an additional tier this August DR 2023.

Few more verbs AND this .....

You catch the subtle scent of *perfume* lingering throughout your hair with every movement.

A soft scent of *perfume* wafts by on a gentle breeze.

As you bring your fiery orange hair to your nose, you detect the faint scent of lily-of-the-valley, violets, roses, white musk, vanilla, and sandalwood.

Enjoy friends!

Teaser 7

Discord Message Link: Forest Armor Unlocks & Updates!
Author: GM Haliste
Date: 08/10/2023

Forest Armor has some unlocks available to add to the enhancive boosts for each of the 4 enhancives (Perception, Hiding/Stalking, Survival, Climbing) to add +1 to each of those (individually) up to +5. Forest Gnomes still receive a +1 boost on whatever the value is. I believe these will be available in Certifiable.

In addition, each armor tier (1-4) has been adjusted to have Tier*25 max charges, so a Tier 4 Forest Armor will have 100 max charges. Charges are not added to the remaining charges, so you'll still need to get those added.