Duskruin/saved posts February 2024

General Information

Discord Message Link: General Information
Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 11/15/2023

2023 Duskruin Dates

• February 16th - March 10th - Duskruin Arena
• August 16th - September 8th - Duskruin Arena

Announcement 1 - February 2024 - Duskruin Information

Discord Message Link: February 2024 - Duskruin Information
Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 2/2/2024

Duskruin is just around the corner and the excitement is already echoing through the lands as adventurers try to glean a hint of what changes have taken place in Bloodriven Village. If you’d like to take part in the fun and excitement, then join us on the Official Discord Server and jump into our SIMUCOIN EVENTS and QUESTS > Duskruin Channel.

Is Discord too noisy and crowded for you? Then fear not! Everything will be shared on our Duskruin Wiki Page under SAVED POSTS.

Some speculation is already taking place, as adventurers wonder what tie-in Duskruin will offer to the global theme, Year of the Clockwerke Devices. Join the fun and wild guessing tonight at 9pm EDT when the channel opens!

Additional Information:

• 2/2/2024 - Duskruin Discord Channel opens at 9pm
• Information Duskruin Post for this run can be found here: Discord Forum Post for Duskruin

Announcement 2 - February 2024 - Duskruin Shop List

Discord Message Link: February 2024 - Shop List
Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 2/2/2024

Please remember that the categories have the following meanings:

Reopen - This means that the shop is being reopened with no changes in designs or inventory

Refresh - This means that the shop is being opened with either new offering, changes in designs, or additions

Closed This Run - This means the shop was announced last run (in August) as having its last run and the offerings are no longer available in Bloodriven Village

Last Run - This means the shop is in its final run and that the offerings will not be available in August.

Forum Discussion on Shop List

Reopening w.o Inventory Changes	Refreshed	New	Closed This Run	Final Run Shops
Alchemical Attractions	All You Knead	Amalgamations	Gilded Gladiator	Art of Lore, The
Art of Lore, The	Be Warez	Balance and Frenzy		Best Tressed, The
At The Ready	Blood Red Rose, The	Clockwerke Solutions		Blades of Glory
Be Still My Hops	Just for Kicks	Daily Grind, The (delayed opening)		Eonak Arms
Best Foot Forward		Daily Grind, The, Accents (delayed opening)		Shadowed Light
Best Tressed, The		In the Shadow of the Sparrow		Tiles of Chance
Beyond Barriers		Right to Flare Arms
Blades of Glory		Skayl Mix
Bloodbenders
Bloodriven Bowery
Bloody Lotus, The
Bolt From The Blue
Broken Coin, the
Bundle Up
Burning Twilight
Certifiable
Currents and Safeguards
Curved Cuts
Deep Within Darkness
Diskovery
Dunh's Lab
Eonak Arms
Essencetials
Fairy Ring, The
Fatal Afflares
Fireside Supplies
First Rule, The
Gamac's Goods
Good In-Tent-ions
Heady Spirits
Herbal Huntsman, The
Hide and Fur Depot, The
I See You
Icy Disposition
Knifery, The
Knit One, Punch Two
Librarium, The (Study, Sanctuary, Laboratory)
Make Your Mark
Mar and Scar, the
Mind Your Manas
Modern Morph, The
Mystic Phrases
Ode To Resistance
On The Other Hand
Paranormal Pages
Pirate Looks at Four Teas, A
Preening Plover, The
Rock Solid
Scoria and Dross
Secretive Sips
Shadowed Light
Shield Thyself
Sigil Shop
Sparrow's Dance
Spellbound
Sprite Club
Stay Awhile and Glisten
Temple of Tentacles
Tiles of Chance
Tome Raiders
Trapper's Shack
Twinkling Twilight
Twist of Briars, A
Untamed Spirit
Vaalin Rose, The
Volatile Storage
Wild Instinct
Yarrrpee Shoppe, The

Shop Teaser/Announcement 1 - In the Shadows of the Sparrow

Discord Message Link: In the Shadows of the Sparrow (shop)
Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 2/3/2024

Located down an alley and secreted away, a young merchant sells fans modeled after the famed fighting fans of the Sparrows of the Night Queen. She will not speak to those that come seeking her out, instead just watching from the shadows of her shop as customers come and go.

While her fans are simple and elegant, they are not weapons, however, they do still allow for the chained dance of the Sparrow.

The cost of a base fan is 2,500 bloodscrip, with each unlock costing 1,000 bloodscrip.

Shop Teaser/Announcement 2 - Skayl Mix

Discord Message Link: Skayl Mix (shop)
Author: GM Naiken
Date: 2/3/2024

Armaments made of a new metal known as obskruul are being imported to Bloodriven Village from Teras and sold in Skayl Mix.

Forum: Obskruul Discussion

Lore: Mellar's Metal

Wiki: Obskruul

Shop Teaser/Announcement 3 - Fancy Stance

Discord Message Link: Fancy Stance (certificate)
Author: GM Valyrka
Date: 2/3/2024

A certificate will be available for purchase this Duskruin that adds fancy stance messaging to your weapon.

This fluff messaging does not take up a script spot.

Examples:

stance off

Gripping your steel falchion, you take an aggressive step forward.

stance advance

Leaning forward, you position your steel falchion at your knees and ready yourself for battle.

stance forward

You pull your steel falchion across your body, preparing to fight.

stance neutral

Lightly gripping your steel falchion, you shift your balance from foot to foot.

stance guarded

Bringing your steel falchion across your chest, you glance about with a watchful eye.

stance defense

Stepping backwards, you pull your steel falchion close, protecting yourself from attack.

Thank you to GM Ethereal for helping code and APM Estild for his help in getting a new script slot added to make this happen.

With the release of this certificate comes a new field on items called Fluff Script, which will allow you to add fluff scripts that won't interfere with your mechanical scripts.
The way it works is as follows:

• The primary script always takes precedence.
• Multiple fluff scripts can be stacked into the fluff script field, but the order of importance is noted by the order of addition.

Example: Primary Script has verbs RUB, EXHALE, PULL, 1st fluff script has RUB, PUSH, PONDER, 2nd fluff script has PONDER, GAZE, GLANCE

• Rub, exhale, and pull will always default to the primary script.
• Push and ponder will always default to the 1st fluff script.
• Gaze and glance will default to the 2nd fluff script.
• And so on as it goes.

Shop Teaser/Announcement 4 - Crafter’s Tome Update

Discord Message Link: Crafter’s Tome Update
Author: GM Ethereal
Date: 2/6/2024

Three updates to Crafter’s Tomes/Monocles will be going live when Duskruin opens on the 16th:

1. Crafter’s Tomes and Monocles will be updated to support the new Bard service. They’ll provide appropriate stat and skills boosts when used in conjunction with the service. Affinity will not be reset during this update, so the item should be usable immediately.
2. Warrior’s will no longer see a difficulty assessment message when applying the grit service.
3. A new certificate will be available from Tome Raiders: a black voucher. This voucher will unlock to assess your service bonus when PONDER’ing your tome or monocle. It’ll provide both an IC range as well as the numerical value.

Example:

>ponder tome

Your crafter's tome pulses with a crimson light, suffusing you with necromantic knowledge.

You open your crafter's tome and scan through the pages, studying the text and diagrams contained within. After a few moments, you feel a presence briefly touch your mind, as if searching it. The feeling fades as you close your tome once again.

You sense that your ability to ensorcell is proficient.

[Your skill bonus given your current condition and environment is 488.]

Shop Teaser/Announcement 5 - Teaser for the Cobblers!

Discord Message Link: Teaser for the Cobblers!
Author: GM Elidi
Date: 2/6/2024

Stop by Just For Kicks for the refreshed inventory and pick up a new Cobbling Settings Maker Box. Load 4 gems into the contraption, turn the knob and dials to cycle through the available settings and create some settings you can incorporate into your shoes as beads, buttons, studs, or insets. The box has room for 10 custom settings and yes, you can charge it yourself with some spare gems (or ask Lady Airisu).

G>l my box
Looking closely at the settings on the side of your ebonwood box, you notice a dial set to "gold-set" and a knob set to "moon."
G>push my box
To make your cobbling settings [some gold-set pallid sapphire moons], your gems will be destroyed. Are you sure you want to do this?

Shop Teaser/Announcement 6 - Clockwerke Solutions

Discord Message Link: Clockwerke Soluations
Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 2/13/2024

You analyze your round bronze pocketwatch and sense that the creator has provided the following information:

Created in 5124 at the precise stroke of midnight on Lormesta the 1st, a filligreed round bronze pocketwatch is a timepiece in honor of the "Year of the Clockwerke Devices."

The pocketwatch is currently tier 1 of 3 and can only be unlocked via an unlock certificate at Duskruin.

It has access to the following verbs:

CLOSE, GAZE (provides time), LOOK, OPEN, REMOVE, and WEAR.

It has the following available customizations:

Chain Article: herringbone

Chain Material: copper

Lid Design: an embellished filigree whorl

Shape of pocketwatch: round

Interior Lid Item (base): a scrap of parchment

Interior Lid Item (description): Scrawled across the thin slip of paper is a wish for a happy new year.

Timepiece Glass Color: clear

Timepiece Charm: golden bell

Timepiece Base: a filigreed round bronze pocketwatch

When worn, the pocketwatch will transform in the follow ways:

With a bodice/corset: a stay-pinned braided herringbone chain discreetly tucked into a (bodice/corset) pocket

With a vest: a button-latched looping herringbone chain attached to a pocket-tucked timepiece

If no vest or bodice/corset are worn, then it becomes a neckworn item: a copper-strung clockwork locket

In Locket & Pocketwatch form, the timepiece may have a long description.

> look

> The round pocketwatch has been crafted from bronze, its surface graced with an embellished filigree whorl.  Set within the panes of clear glass are tiny clockwork hands, the appendages affixed with gears and cogs set in thin layers beneath a disc of lacquered vellum.  A herringbone copper chain allows the timepiece to be attached to the wearer, leaving a diminutive golden bell to drape against the bow and crown.

> gaze my pocket

Toggling the closure spring with your thumb, you open your round bronze pocketwatch and gaze at the timepiece, noting that it is 9:40 AM by the elven time standard.  You close the pocketwatch with a quiet *CLICK*.

Noun can be watch (as long as the adj. if pocket directly before it) or pocketwatch.

For more details, visit: Clockwerke Solutions Pocketwatch

Discord Discussion: Forum Discussion

Shop Teaser/Announcement 7 - Balance and Frenzy

Discord Message Link: Balance & Frenzy
Author: GM Retser
Date: 2/13/2024

Hello everyone!

This Duskruin (redacted) will be releasing a new weapon line known as Balance and Frenzy. The weapons themselves start 4X and are available to all but UCS.  The weapons can be shifted between an offensive or defensive flare and set of abilities.  Numbers are mostly finalized

The first is the standard flares. The standard flares from the weapon are script level.  Each flare will add 1 counter to the weapon.  Upon reaching 20 counters the double flares will stop occurring until you TURN the weapon (swap) to the other side.

Current Pricing (Pending)

Base Weapon: 2500

Tier 2 Unlock 10000

Tier 3 Unlock 50000

FRENZY FLARES

Provides a boost in offense for the current attack.

Tier 1: 4 AS    2CS

Tier 2  8 AS    4CS

Tier 3  15 AS   9CS

BALANCE FLARES

Provides a boost in defense for 5 seconds (non-stacking) with an internal cooldown of 15 seconds.

Tier 1:  4 DS    2TD

Tier 2   8 DS    4TD

Tier 3  15 DS    9TD

Double Flares

Tier 1 (OTS)

The flares have a chance scaling with the tier of the weapon to DOUBLE the strength of the flare.

Cost: 5 stamina or 5 Mana taking the higher of the two.

Tier 1: Chance to double strength 5%

Tier 2: Chance to double strength 10%

Tier 3: Chance to double strength 15%

Double Frenzy

Chance on standard flare to double the AS and CS.

Tier 1: 8  AS    4  CS

Tier 2  16 AS    9  CS

Tier 3  30 AS    18 CS

Double Balance

Chance on standard flare to double the DS and TD.

Tier 1: 8  DS    4  TD

Tier 2  16 DS    9  TD

Tier 3  30 DS    18 TD

Balance & Frenzy

For 60 seconds you will receive the bonus of BALANCE and FRENZY on flare.

Cost: 20 Stamina OR 20 Mana taking the higher of the two.

Cooldown: 5 Minutes

Tier 2

Fracture

Cooldown: 15 Minutes

Cost: 20 Stamina OR 20 Mana taking the higher of the two.

Tier 3

Frenzied Fracture

Fractures a piece of the weapon for 60 seconds to sacrifice DS/TD to gain AS/CS

Tier 1: -8 DS  / -4   TD and    +  8 AS / + 4 CS

Tier 2: -16 DS / -9   TD and    + 12 AS / + 7 CS

Tier 3: -25 DS /-15   TD and    + 16 AS / + 9 CS

Balance Fracture

Fractures a piece of the weapon for 120 seconds to sacrifice AS/CS to gain DS/TD

Tier 1: -8 AS  / -4 CS and  + 16 DS / +  9 TD

Tier 2: -16 AS / -9 CS and  + 24 DS / + 14 TD

Tier 3: -25 AS /-15 CS and  + 36 DS / + 21 TD

Invigorate  (Frenzied OR Balanced)

Cooldown: 10 Minutes

This effect cannot be stacked.  This effect can only be present on a player once every 10 minutes.  The weapon must be held in the hand for the effect to continue.

Tier 2

Frenzied Invigorate

Restores 5 Health, 2 stamina, and 1 mana every 5 seconds for 60 seconds.   (Will not overfill) 60 Health, 24 Stamina, 12 Mana total.

Balanced Invigorate

Restores  1 Health, 4 stamina, and 2 mana every 5 seconds for 60 seconds.  (Will not overfill) 12 Health, 48 Stamina, and 24 Mana total.

Alignment

Allows the weapon to change between balanced and frenzied form.  The weapon must cycle to the next before cycling back.

Cooldown: 2 minutes

Tier 1 (OTS)

Alignment, Frenzy

Channels the weapon to be in a frenzy mode.  This will remove all balanced abilities.

For the next attack (within 15 seconds) you will receive a guaranteed flare at increased strength.

Tier 1: 8  AS     4  CS

Tier 2  16 AS    9  CS

Tier 3  30 AS    18 CS

Alignment, Balance

Channels the weapon to be in a balanced mode.  This will remove all frenzy abilities.

Enables a barrier for 15 seconds providing a bonus based on the tier.

Tier 1: 8  DS     4 TD

Tier 2  16 DS     9 TD

Tier 3  30 DS    18 TD