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What You Missed

#general

Ragz asked, “would it be possible to get Simucoin potions that provided the best attribute from any given race? Not a race change, but a temporary race-perk potion, something like: Giantman’s Strength Potion – changes your STR bonus to match that of a giantman for 30 days Dwarves’ Constitution Potion – changes your CON bonus …”

Logins were reported by many as slow and crashing again. GM Estild said they were looking into it.

#premium

GM Quilic reminded everyone there was a press conference with Elspie this evening (Sunday, July 7) at 4pm EST in Socius’ office and added, “Today will be a press conference. As such, it’s hard to say how long it will last. There is a little more to it, but if everyone shows up expecting to watch my NPCs put on a puppet show, it’s going to be a short QST.”

Roblar asked, “But was that demon always intended to be removed by her and were just waiting for us to arrive to see her mighty power?” GM Quilic responded, “That demon was always intended to be removed by Elspie. She needed witnesses to her badassery because reasons. If I were a betting man I’d bet that there will be opportunities for the players to fight at least one demon at some point.”

GM Quilic summed, “Re: Instakill daggers to the eye (and then I won’t comment on it again) I utilized it once in storytime because I really did want people to get the, um… heck… out of the forest. And then I killed one person in that way (I didn’t want to break immersion by just SENDing to people that I wanted them gone) and most of the other people just… hung around. So I ended up killing like 3 or 4 people, then abandoned my plans because nobody was actually LEAVING, and that was the end of the whole thing. I mentioned it the other day as an attempt at a joke that some people took as gospel or something. I’ll be doing my best to refrain from jokes in the future.”
Rohese reported some shenanigans, “Some distance away, you spot a shadowy figure drifting back and forth. As your gaze locks onto it, the figure blinks out of sight, then reappears almost instantly a great deal closer in mid-stride. The figure is sprinting twoward you, a hand outstretched! It takes three steps, then winks out of sight completely.”
Traiva responded to a request for a summary with, “is Nazhor dead? Natives on FWI may be getting grumpy. Elspie may not be around as much as she get further along with her training and becomes a Meek.”  GM Quilic added, “Socius has been away, but will be back soon. Nazhor may be dead, but his WORKS are what is causing the incursions from ‘outside’. Akenna is acting as Elspie’s ‘voice’ as Elspie is away more and more” ReverendCatch (Dreanor/Sensou) posted a log of the proceedings.

#mechanics

Darcena, HebrewToYou, and ReverandCatch (Dreanor/Sensou) talked about weapon bases a bit starting about here. Discussion encompassed what makes weapons different from each other, how weapons interact with creatures, and which bases are underutilized. HebrewToYou reminded he would like main-gauche and sai to have some sort of scaling instead of +10 straight defense in left-hand only, especially with MSTRIKE costs de-incentivizing the use of these weapons in the lefthand, trivializing the weapon base. Darcena continued in her theme (such as with the whip crackers) of adding utility directly to specific weapon bases such as, “whips being able to be used to pull creatures who are flying out of the air – would that make it more appealing.” For main-gauche and sai, she suggested, ” for the main gauche and the sai, you could have some sort of ability that allows you to prepare ahead of time to parry with a higher % chance.  […] adding to weapon base, making a PARRY READY command or something that is available to anyone who is using the main-gauche or sai.”

Responding to the changes to the Boss Creature system, Rolfard asked, “doesn’t Long Term Experience only digest if you finish your lumnis? [,,,] anyway buffed creature kills could be made into instant exp instead of long term?” GM Ixix responded, “I wouldn’t expect the experience bonus to be changed to instant instead of LTE. LTE is how we’ve been handling these extra exp rewards and everything to handle that is set up nicely and consistent.”

Mnute (muted) suggested, “It would be super nice if those Rings of Lumnis brooches allowed a block of LTE absorption if the character’s mind-state was clear. […] it would cause even more simucoins to be invested in them. it doesnt seem like it would be game breaking. One could spend 10 minutes hunting and use up their absorptions OR for those who play less, give them a reason to log in and absorb a bit of LTE instead.”

#festivals-and-events

GM Xeraphina announced,

Refreshments On The Green
When Sun, July 14, 9pm – 10pm
Where The Green, Ta’Illistim (map)
Description
All residents and guests of the Shining City are invited to join the Handmaiden’s on Ta’Illistim’s Green, in the heart of the city between Ta’Illistim Keep and the Library Aies, for some wide ranging discussion and refreshment on Restday, the 14th of Koaratos, at 9 PM elven time.

#duskruin

Maati/Tlaja mentioned wanting a rune sling unlock from T3 to T4 while HebrewToYou asked for FancySheath unlocks. Later Everall asks for the return of KO flares and HebrewToYou asked for weapon base conversion.

Qafziel Nalfein

Qafziel Nalfein, scholar and political devotee, travels Elanith learning more about the relationships between notable parties. His focus is on the Cooperative Houses of Elanthia and Meeting Hall Organizations and their liaisons, but he’s also known to pop into a town meeting on a whim or congratulate someone on reaching the pinnacle of their studies whether it be in warfare or sorcery or something else entirely. Qaf is always on the lookout for ways to connect individuals and organizations both with each other, with adventurers, and with the TownCrier for the betterment of our society. He maintains a network of informants who assist him in his tasks.