Subject: Newsletter Dec 2, 1998
 


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We're a little low on ideas this week because I used them in last weeks
(late) newsletter. We're always welcoming them, and responses as well.
Thanks!




----8<------
Item guardian - linked to an item vnum.  If you take the item and the
guardian is in the room, it attacks
Direction guardian - If you try to move in a specific direction, the mob
attacks.  Would be a huge improvement over certain standard see-invis
aggros.  The Black Knight, for instance.


-Rabies
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That's my $2.  (I hate inflation...)


>The name of the skill:Energy Shield (hero skill)
>Your name:Roshi
>How the skill/spell works:The spell would put a shield around
>containers so that they could not be destroyed by breaths for a short
>time.  Maybe if it fails it could destroy the pack or something like that


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The Casino
By Masterin




Well guys and gals, this is a place that you will enjoy tremendously.
Well let=92s see the Casino is a pretty well proportioned area full of
games
and fun pastimes. There is an automated teller there, but I wouldn=92t
spent all the money

in your account, being poor is not a good feeling. Well we have Slot
machine=92s and Barmaids
which by the way are pretty good looking! <EG> To play the slot
machine=92s you have to
type $play slot, now they cost good money so don=92t spent it all in one
place. They usually cost
1k, but stay away from the 10 thousand coins one, it could get hairy.
Its all greediness, so don=92t be greedy
and if you are, then don=92t cry when you do loose some money. Ill tell
you one thing, chances are you will
come out a winner, because in Barren Realms. You are always a winner.
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> BIO SECTION:
>=20
> Your BR Name: Jane, Kim, Juliana, probably somebody else I forgot,=20
and deleted: Renata, Thurstonia, Julianna
> Your rl first name: I don't like it
> Your race on BR: druid, elf, avian, dwarf, in no particular order
> Where you live: Brooklyn, NY
> What you do: college student
> Hobbies: listening to music, wishing I could sing, thinking about=20
stuff nobody else is interested in
> Favorite thing about BR: bittersweet memories of escapism
> Thing that annoys you most rl/br: I no longer know many areas or=20
people, so all I really do there is read notes by mainly strangers
>=20
> Your favorite BR food (other than pot pies!)
> I was quite the caterer as a druid, but all I really remember are=20
the magic mushrooms that I kept forgetting weren't poisonous
> Your strangest experience ever:
> Maybe the time that imm went crazy and started killing penguins=20
named after my and some other hero's characters. Hee-hee!
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Kiri's WWW of URL's:


From=20Amystery:
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
Seti@Home. Help analyze radio signals for signs of intelligent life!


http://danshiki.oit.gatech.edu/~iadt3mk/index.html
Liscense Plates of the World.


http://www.speakeasy.org/~ohh/tolksarc.htm
For all you freaky Tolkien fans, here's a Tolien sarcasm page.


http://www.neosoft.com/nikki/
And finally, evil and fun things to do to AOL cds and disks.


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>>>> College Habits Brought Home
>>>>1.Try to use your dorm key to unlock your bedroom door.
>>>>2.Have your mom scan your ID card for meals.
>>>>3.Look for a tray to carry your dinner to the table with.
>>>>4.Walk two blocks to go to dinner.
>>>>5.Forget to dial the first three digits of your friend's phone=20
>number.
>>>>6.Dial 7 when calling out of your house.
>>>>7.Use your calling card when calling your friends.
>>>>8.Walk to the post office to get your mail.
>>>>9.Yell don't forget to"FLUSH!"
>>>>10.Jump out of the shower just in case someone does flush.
>>>>11.Try to latch the bathroom door because you think you're in a=20
>stall.
>>>>12.Take all your shower items to and from your room.
>>>>13.Get dressed in the dark.
>>>>14.Go nuts looking for the quarter slots on the washing machine.
>>>>15.Make junk food runs at 11:30 at night and 3:00am in the morning.
>>>>16.Make popcorn just because you miss the smell.
>>>>17.Order pizza every night.
>>>>18.Have one of your friends spend the night because you can't sleep=20
>in a
>>>room
>>>>by yourself.
>>>>19.Move another bed, dresser, and desk into your room because there=20
>is too
>>>>much extra space.
>>>>20.Hang pictures of your college friends on the wall so you don't=20
>miss
>>>them.
>>>>21.Hoard food under your bed for when it snows and you don't want to=20
>go
>>>out.
>>>>22.Walk around the neighborhood looking for a computer lab (e-mail
>>>>withdrawal).
>>>>23.Fight your mother for quarters for the imaginary snack machine and=
=20
>pay
>>>>phone in the house.


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| |     | ___  ____       ____ _    ____ _____ _____ ____ ___       | |
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| No such thing as a failure who keeps trying...coasting to the bottom|
|           Is the only disgrace...-Blues Traveller                   |
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| Be sure to check out the Official Barren Realms Homepage            |
|             http://nightfall.simplenet.com/Kiri                     |
|_____________________________________________________________________|
|                                                                     |
|            -> Barren Realms: barren.coredcs.com:8000 <-             |
|_____________________________________________________________________|
|                                                                     |
| You can contact me at Kiri@li.net for any of the following:         |
|                                                                     |
| Ideas for Barren Realms                                             |
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| Questions/Complaints                                                |
|                                                                     |
| Your scrapbook memories of BR                                       |
|                                                                     |
| Your poetry, stories, questions, comments, and bios for the         |
| mort/hero/imm bio section of the newsletter and BR Magazine.        |
|                                                                     |
| Getting on the mail list for:                                       |
|                                                                     |
| Players file:   How to play the game, helps, and the BR story.      |
|                 Great information for ALL players, no matter what   |
|                 level.                                              |
|                                                                     |
| Builders guide: An all new guide on how to build areas for BR.      |
|                 Full of new information on bits, liquids, and a     |
|                 step by step instruction on building areas.         |
|                                                                     |
| Builders forum: A place to ask email questions about the area you   |
|                 are building                                        |
|                                                                     |
| Area list:      A list of areas and descriptions of each, in depth  |
|                 and helpful                                         |
|                                                                     |
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Subject: Newsletter Dec 15


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-Govinda


LordZombie: I think that 'poison' should be an in-battle spell!


Martyr: it just seems kind of odd to me that the highly dextrous
martial artist, the human, does not have dodge as an in-guild skill.  i
think humans should get this as an in-guild skill


Zebulac: Ever think about MSP support, you know, MUD Sound Protocol


Kiri: I do think where should show the NAME of the area you're in.


Nerve: Would be nice if the effectiveness of spells would go up as the
characters go up in level.  Like instead of armor always giving -20 ac
perhaps it could give higher protection if cast by a high level character.


Demandred: i was thinking that when you put money in the bank it should
collect interest say 10% a year.


Surge: i think enhanced damage should be given to all heros...you know,to
make it more fun =)


Usafbran: i think kenders should get dual at level 13 =)


Rabies: help list should be a help file on the list command, rather than
the area list again


Zashcar: Make it so when you are in a group and you put coins away in
your purse you don't automaitcally split them...


Blair: Make it so that autosplit is ONLY for getting money from a corpse
(not from items you are carrying).


Balphazar: please implement group report


Blair: you should implement a way to put a note on an item.  you could
cast identify on something once, and put a note on it to remember


Blair: You should remove the EQ damaging from the arena system.
Sometimes, higher level chars come uninvited (which is ok) but the EQ
died (which isn't).


Blair: this idea doesn't help much, but i think it should say if someone
was killed in an arena when it gives the battle update about them being
killed


AMystery: a private arena command. creates a room marked private so that
only two people can enter. prevents interruptions which people have been
complaining about lately


Ears: be able to type partial names in locate.. for those far out
sounding weapon/armor names! >:)


Dunbarth: new avian skill 'swoop' - make it similar to the kender's
circle but requires a high dex to be successful


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Mahn-tor, by Healint


A strange tale you should hear, there is a story told 
about a city of minotaurs called Mahn-Tor, after I heard the tale
I had to seek this place out, after many days looking I found a
way up from the Frozen Wastelands, as I went up I found a gate to
go into the city....as I walked around it seemed strange all the 
shops in the city was deserted and the fountain had turned to ice
so I roamed all around the city till I came to a guard in front of
a keep, after dispatching the guard and getting his key I slowly 
ventured in being very careful guards were everywhere and they were 
warriors magi and cleric and a lot of rooms, after looking around 
I found a secret passage and found the chambers of the king Mahn-Tor
himself, venturing in I found the harem girls and the butler and 
then I stood before the king, he was not easy to kill but the battle
was worth it....be warned be careful here....



Healint
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IDEA:


A cool spell for illithids would be Confusion, it would work the same way
as Death field but, instead of draining the life out of mobs it would
confuse them.  This simply means that auto-assist mobs and aggro mobs
would no longer do what they normally do. i.e. no auto-assist or aggro
mobs.
You could add a random factor that the mobs would figure out what was
going on and would become enraged and attack the player.  
The factor could be scaled down depending on the level of the spell, for
instance a spell at 60% would have a higher chance of failing than a
spell at 95%.  


just an Idea,


Fury
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BIO SECTION:


Your BR Name:      Rick
Your rl first name:  Rick( Duh )
Your race on BR: dwarf
Where you live: New Jersey 
What you do: General contractor , Builder 
Hobbies: working with my hands ,sailing
Favorite thing about BR: exploring .. meeting and intertaction with others


Thing that annoys you most rl/br: RL / everything BR/ those players that
believe they are better or . at least think they have a right to tell you they
are . Snobbish judgemental and just downright rude players 


Your favorite BR food (other than pot pies!) Sarah's hearts


Your strangest experience ever: Living
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Responses by:
Tonyday


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>Sorta: a new command that shows the hours that the store you are
currently in is open... like the geeky teenager...


Reply:  I dont think this is really needed.  Just wait a couple
ticks..(kill the usher etc..)


>Sorta: Need to make a shop that has a locate object, like thesius
who has identify


Reply: This could be good, but I'm sure all the elves would complain :)


>Sorta: When your flying, you can't be tripped, And i know this is
already in, but how about you don't fall down during an earthquake?


Reply:  Yeah, I HATE having to type an extra 'stand'  


>Rayn: me again. illithid skill - persuasion. lowish lev maybe 10.
basically persuades mobs and players that you arnt there. basically like
invis for ill's


Reply:  Perhaps....or have clericus invis you.  Personally I would get
tired of type c 'detect persuasion' ....


>Sorta: have sanc a choice for Clericus


Reply: This would be a wonderful idea for about lvls 1 - 20.  After that,
its very easy to find a object or player willing to oblige you with this
great spell.


>Derrydale: Characters with a special flag should be able to group
with no level restrictions, call the flag 'quest' or something, for
questing purposes, to get all level ranges involved.


Reply: I dont see the purpose of this.  If the quest requires you to kill
something, then being allowed to group just for the quest seems to defeat
the purpose of the level restrictions, and you would run into the same
probs (low levels getting whooped)....For anything else, you can easily
follow the leader of your team.


>Sorta: many people don't know how to send ideas... Include that you can
write ideas to kiri and the newsleter by type "idea (and your idea)" Type
help idea too! :-)


Reply: Nuff Said.


>Sorta: after using taint... show how long the weapons have till they are
gone... like spells in affect


Reply:  YES!  ** Definately needed!! **  Theres nothing like *** THWAP
*** 'ing for a round, then 'maim' ing the next round.  The affect page is
a good place to put it, or even as a one liner on the screen, such as
"Your weapon falls to the ground and dissolves in front of your eyes"  


>Britain: sorry about that last one. I do have an idea however.  You
(obviously) know the Illithid story.  Well I was thinking.  The Ills seem
a bit short on spells, and one thing that came to mind was to have aspell
where you could play 'frankenstein' with al


Reply: Ill's short on spells?  Yeah, give the Ill's some of the Avi's
ones.  Them Avi's just have too many.  


>Us humans have a tough time,allthough we have iron monk,and
roundhouse...(even though we fall on our tales half the time)we think we
should get enhanced damage.It's hard for us to keep up a good damroll and
keep ouyr dex maxed,and we have decided it's just not possible. Plus we
always have to tank,and therefore we dont hit as much as everyone else,we
get the snot beat out of us when we tank,and when we do get a hit in,it a
little wimpy mangle,when all these dwarfs and other people oare thwaping
like heck.so...therefore we think that we should get enhanced damage.
Please take this into deep consideration...our lives depend on it.


Reply:  Ok, first of all, DONT TANK IF YOU DONT WANT TO.  You dont
"always" have to tank, and if you are worried about getting the "snot
beat out of you" group with a druid.  Second, enhanced damage is one of
they most powerful spells in the game.  It cant just be given to every
race because people feel it should be.  This all goes back to the
difference between races.  Ask a dwf why they are a dwf and over 80% will
say because of enhanced damage.  They dont become dwarves for the high
tnl.  If you want to thwap along with them, start a dwf char.  This is
why BR is so great.  Its the different aspects of each race that makes
the game so fun.  So pick a race, if you dont like it, pick another until
you find one you are comfortable with :)
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Kiri's WWW of URL'S:


http://www.q-creative.com/qsnow/calendar.html
This has GOT to be the coolest site I've seen in ages. CHECK IT OUT BEFORE
XMAS!!!


http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mdlarson/garbage.html
Remember Garbage Pail Kids? No? YOU"RE TOO YOUNG!! STOP MAKING ME FEEL

OLD!! Just look at the site ;P


http://www.cs.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/nph-spock
Every so often, you just need to hear some words of wisdom from Mr. Spock.


http://www.conspire.com/
Believe in conspiracies? Yes? This is the site for you!


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Top Ten Signs That You're Suffering Semester Burnout:
 10. You're so tired, that you now answer the phone, "Hell."
 9. Mom calls to ask how you've been, and you immediately
	scream, "Get off my back, b****!"
 8. When your parents inquire about your grades, you sing the

	Cookie  Monster   song: "C is for cookie, that's good enough for me..."
  7. You wake up to discover your bed is on fire, but go back to
	sleep because you just don't care.
  6. You've got so much on your mind, you've forgotten how to 
	pee.
  5. Just to take a break from studying, you actually exit your
	 dormitory when the nightly fire alarm goes off.
  4. You sleep more in class than at home.
  3. You leave for a party and instinctively bring your 
	bookbag.
  2. Visions of the upcoming weekend help you make it through
	Monday.
  1. You think about how relaxing it would be if you were in
	jail right  now.
The best things about Chanukah:


>
> 10.   No roof damage from reindeer
> 
>   9.   Never a silent night when you're among your Jewish loved ones
> 
>   8.   If someone screws up on their gift, there are seven more days
to
> correct it
> 
>   7.   Betting Hanukkah gelt (the chocolate coins) on candle races
> 
>   6.   Good Cheer optional
> 
>   5.   No Irving Berlin songs
> 
>   4.   Fun waxy buildup on the menorah
> 
>   3.   You can use your fireplace
> 
>   2.   No awkward explanations of virgin birth
> 
>   1.   Naked spin-the-dreidel games


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| |    |  |__| |__/ |__/ |_   |  |  |__/ |_   |__| |    | | | |       |
| |_____\ |  | | \  | \  |___ |  |  | \  |___ |  | |___ | | | \_____  |
| |     | ___  ____       ____ _    ____ _____ _____ ____ ___       | |
| ______/ |  | |_   | | | \__  |    |_     |     |   |_   |__/ _____/ |
| ________|  | |___ \_|_/ ___/ |___ |___   |     |   |___ | \________ |
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|                                                                     |
| No such thing as a failure who keeps trying...coasting to the bottom|
|           Is the only disgrace...-Blues Traveller                   |
|_____________________________________________________________________|
|                                                                     |
| Be sure to check out the Official Barren Realms Homepage            |
|             http://nightfall.simplenet.com/Kiri                     |
|_____________________________________________________________________|
|                                                                     |
|            -> Barren Realms: barren.coredcs.com:8000 <-             |
|_____________________________________________________________________|
|                                                                     |
| You can contact me at Kiri@li.net for any of the following:         |
|                                                                     |
| Ideas for Barren Realms                                             |
|                                                                     |
| Questions/Complaints                                                |
|                                                                     |
| Your scrapbook memories of BR                                       |
|                                                                     |
| Your poetry, stories, questions, comments, and bios for the         |
| mort/hero/imm bio section of the newsletter and BR Magazine.        |
|                                                                     |
| Getting on the mail list for:                                       |
|                                                                     |
| Players file:   How to play the game, helps, and the BR story.      |
|                 Great information for ALL players, no matter what   |
|                 level.                                              |
|                                                                     |
| Builders guide: An all new guide on how to build areas for BR.      |
|                 Full of new information on bits, liquids, and a     |
|                 step by step instruction on building areas.         |
|                                                                     |
| Builders forum: A place to ask email questions about the area you   |
|                 are building                                        |
|                                                                     |
| Area list:      A list of areas and descriptions of each, in depth  |
|                 and helpful                                         |
|                                                                     |
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Ascii by Cutlass-Mark Sherlock-msherlo@ibm.net


Subject: Newsletter December 23, 1998
: 


Due to the fact that I'm home and I don't have access to my normal web
graphics and such (and I'm on a slow connection and computer) there will
be no html version for the next couple weeks. Sorry folks.


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-Govinda
Blair: I don't know if this one is very good, but shouldn't you be
able to circle a tripped opponent?


LordZombie: Give kender "detect hidden" at the same low level that
THEY CAN "hide"! No?


Justme: add level to the report command so that you can see the
level of your charmed mob


Que: encourage everyone to ge more helpfull. I don't know how but I
have asked a lot of simple questions that I personally answer,only benn on
a few months, and everyone acts like it hurts so bad to send a reply.That
can make people get a wrong impressio


Bodo: adding a reference to help etiquette1 in HELP CHAT so people
can know about the public cahn rules also?


AMystery: whois should give the level also, like who does


Xandor: Why not, every time one bumbs into a wall, deduct one hp?


Blair: make it so afk or busy people who are idle for 5 minutes don't get
hungry or thirsty


Everybody: how about an iaw flag (like the busy, or afk flags?) for when
people are in another window...


Xorex: Make all protected mobs unable to pick up items (i.e. disarmed
weapons)


Bluewing: I don't think there have been any ill suggestions for awhile,
about an attack like dive or bs for ills


Stonehenge: Make it so that arena deaths are listed on with a seperate
counter on the Information screen.


Fury:
Illthids shold have spells like charm and invis and teleport, these are
just
natural extentions of what an Illithid IS.  For example, if an ill can
scatter the
particals of mobs and can RIP into his mind, why do Illithids not have
CHARM.  
This amount of control of small things and the mobs mind, make illithids
a natural choice for Charm. (the spell could be called Somthing suitiable
like Disillusion).   As for Invis if we can affect others mind to kill
them, why cant we convince them that we simply dont exist?  as for
teleport, if we can re-arrange molocules in armor, we should be able to
simply re-arrange ourselves in another spot in BR, kind like star trek.


Also i agree with pio and spud about Humans getting enhanced damage, it
seems very hard to level a human, they (if they prac spells like
fireball) have an exorbently high TNL.  Now i know dwfs are balanced with
a higher tnl but buy the time it's really up there they THWAP every hit
so no-one cares.......   Humans are also called on to tank very often and
Illtithids, Avains, and Dwfs are much better tanks<----i think this point
alone should be made.


sorry for the rant, but it fills space in the newsletter :-)


Signed Fury


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The Shire:
Prodigy


	Just outside the west gates of Calathar lies the land of the little 
people. It is a nice, quiet area, and the halflings who inhabit it 
are generally very nice to travellers. Be warned, though, that they 
do not take kindly to those that harm their kind. The sheriffs of the 
land wander the paths of the hobbits, keeping the peace under the 
direction of the Thain. The Thain himself is a wise old man, and in 
his part of the Barren Realms, his word is law. The halflings are 
notorious packpats, and an adventurer who looks carefully may find 
several useful tidbits stored away. The shops of the shire may not 
have the selection of those in Calathar, but the shopkeepers always 
pay top dollar for those who bring them interesting items. Be careful 
when entering any of the tunnels the halflings use as homes. An 
inatentive traveller could easily become lost underground.


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>BIO SECTION:
>
>Your BR Name:Prodigy, the most mentally unstable Avatar on BR.
>Your rl first name:Bill
>Your race on BR:Elf (yeah, like i'd be a bird-brain or a rock-head)
>Where you live:Calgary, Alberta, Canada
>What you do:I mud, of course. What else is there? *grin*
>Hobbies:mudding, spelunking, defenestrating, and PONG!!!
>Favorite thing about BR:the people, no contest
>Thing that annoys you most rl/br:country music, my siblings, my 
parents, my girlfriend's parents, my ex-girlfriend's parents, and 
Americans in general ;)
>
>Your favorite BR food (other than pot pies!)the frozen brains in boddy 
manor (Yummy!). Oh, and body parts of all the heroes I kill. Those are 
even better.
>
>Your strangest experience ever:After a concert once, we were walking 
back to our car, and i swear, there was this little flourescent green 
line in the sky. It was just sitting there, a bit away from the moon, 
glowing like a rip in the sky. I'd usually put it off to the atmosphere 
at the concert, but everyone i was with saw it too. That was seriously 
strange.
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Subject: Newsletter Responses -  By Caller




LordZombie: I think that 'poison' should be an in-battle spell!
 
Reply: hmmm, sort of makes sence that it would.  If you have to, use it 
to START the fight.


Martyr: it just seems kind of odd to me that the highly dextrous
martial artist, the human, does not have dodge as an in-guild skill.  i
think humans should get this as an in-guild skill


Reply: Hey Hey Hey, the Humans are allready a powerful race (look at 
last week's reply on enhanced damage for more on that).  At least we can 
get it out of guild.
 
Zebulac: Ever think about MSP support, you know, MUD Sound Protocol


Reply: Ever think about how long that would take to CODE?  It is an idea 
worth merit, but I would guess that the coders have their own strong 
opinions on this.
 
Kiri: I do think where should show the NAME of the area you're in.


Reply: You would think that It would, it is sometimes hard to tell where 
one area ends and another begins
 
Nerve: Would be nice if the effectiveness of spells would go up as the
characters go up in level.  Like instead of armor always giving -20 ac
perhaps it could give higher protection if cast by a high level 
character.


Reply:  Isn't it enough that they take less mana.  Still, mabye after 
levels stopped dropping the Mana required, if the spell effectivness 
went up, but you have to be careful, don't want a level 50 with armor 
giving -40 ac sticking by a newbie, let him/her kill mobs too high, it 
would have to be regulated somewhat, by either rules or coding (an 
example of coding is enchantment)
 
Demandred: i was thinking that when you put money in the bank it should 
collect interest say 10% a year.


Reply: This seems to come up every month or so.  If you want to put that 
in, we will have to start making bank robberies.  Then, we will need 
someone to guard the bank, but what if the guarder is going to steal the 
money...  You see, it would be far too complicated.  I know MUDs which 
only let you have 250k, and then you get taxed.  How would you all like 
that?


Surge: i think enhanced damage should be given to all heros...you 
know,to make it more fun =)


Reply: I think that all mortals should get full spells when they fight a 
hero in the arena, and the hero gets poison cast on them, and must fight 
naked.  Yeah, that'd be fair.  Not.
 
Usafbran: i think kenders should get dual at level 13 =)


Reply: Wouldn't have anything to do with your current level, would it?
 
Rabies: help list should be a help file on the list command, rather than 
the area list again


Reply: Hmmm, that makes so much sense you scare me.  No, really, you'd 
think it would give you help, rather than duplicate the list command. 
Although, at least on my screen, the 'help list' list comes out MUCH 
nicer (and alphetized, too), than the 'area' command.
 
Zashcar: Make it so when you are in a group and you put coins away in
your purse you don't automaitcally split them...


Reply:  Um... I think you are sort of mixed up there... when you put 
coins away, they go to you.  It is only when you GET them that they 
split.  And as for that, see the next response
 
Blair: Make it so that autosplit is ONLY for getting money from a corpse 
(not from items you are carrying).


Reply: I would have NO problems with that one... anyone have a problem?  
I can't imagine what the reason for not implimenting it would be, I 
can't even see it being TOO much of a hassle coding.
 
Balphazar: please implement group report


Reply: Is typing "Gro(up)" Too Hard?


Blair: you should implement a way to put a note on an item.  you could
cast identify on something once, and put a note on it to remember


Reply: Well, then, people would identify it, and others would get it, 
and... ack, the identify spell would become nearly useless.  If you 
really NEED to remember, get a little pad of paper beside your computer 
terminal, and write it by hand.  If you want to go electronically, whip 
out your trusty word processor, and type it up.
 
Blair: You should remove the EQ damaging from the arena system.
Sometimes, higher level chars come uninvited (which is ok) but the EQ
died (which isn't).


Reply: You go to the Arena, you take the risks of getting eq damaged. If 
you can't stand to see your trusty equ destroyed, you have two simple 
options:
A) Don't go to the Arena
B) Remove the equipment.
 
Blair: this idea doesn't help much, but i think it should say if someone 
was killed in an arena when it gives the battle update about them being 
killed


Reply: Unless something has changed recently, I believe it does.  That's 
why my battle update channel is hardly ever turned on.

 
AMystery: a private arena command. creates a room marked private so that 
only two people can enter. prevents interruptions which people have been 
complaining about lately


Reply:  Looking at it from a non-judgmental perspective (I happen to 
really LOVE the idea), it could be hard to code, and the room would have 
to self-delete, otherwise can you imagine the server after a couple of 
days?
 
Ears: be able to type partial names in locate.. for those far out
sounding weapon/armor names! :)


Reply:  But, where would be the fun in that?  Besides, part of the 
challenge is figuring out names :)


Dunbarth: new avian skill 'swoop' - make it similar to the kender's
circle but requires a high dex to be successful


Reply:  I can see that.  I can really see that, wouldn't be too hard to 
code (if based mostly on the swoop).


IDEA:
 
A cool spell for illithids would be Confusion, it would work the same 
way
as Death field but, instead of draining the life out of mobs it would
confuse them.  This simply means that auto-assist mobs and aggro mobs
would no longer do what they normally do. i.e. no auto-assist or aggro
mobs.
You could add a random factor that the mobs would figure out what was
going on and would become enraged and attack the player.
The factor could be scaled down depending on the level of the spell, for
instance a spell at 60% would have a higher chance of failing than a
spell at 95%.
 
just an Idea,
Fury


Reply: Why make it a random factor, if you have low dexterity or 
strength, the mob will almost always figure it out.  Other than that, it 
could have some worth.




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ACTUAL INSTRUCTIONS:
>
>ON HAIRDRYER INSTRUCTIONS:
>        - Do not use while sleeping.
>     
>ON A BAG OF FRITOS:
>        - You could be a winner!  No purchase necessary.  Details 
>inside.
>     
>ON A BAR OF DIAL SOAP:
>        - Directions:  Use like regular soap.
>     
>ON A FROZEN DINNER: 
>        - Serving suggestion: Defrost.
>     
>ON A HOTEL-PROVIDED SHOWER CAP IN A BOX: 
>        - Fits one head.
>     
>ON TESCO'S TIRIMISU DESERT:
>        - Do not turn upside down. (Printed on the bottom of the box.)
>     
>ON MARKS & SPENCER BREAD PUDDING:
>        - Product will be hot after heating
>     
>ON PACKAGING FOR A ROWENTA IRON:
>        - Do not iron clothes on body
>     
>ON BOOTS CHILDREN'S COUGH MEDICINE:
>        - Do not drive car or operate machinery after taking this 
>medicine
>     
>ON NYTOL (A SLEEP AID):
>        - Warning: may cause drowsiness
>     
>ON A KOREAN KITCHEN KNIFE:
>        - Warning keep out of children
>     
>I thought you would get a kick out of these.
>
>"How Dumb Can You Be?"
>
>ON A STRING OF CHINESE MADE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS:
>        - For indoor or outdoor use only.
>     
>ON A JAPANESE FOOD PROCESSOR:
>        - Not to be used for the other use
>     
>ON SAINSBURY'S PEANUTS:
>        - Warning: contains nuts
>     
>ON AN AMERICAN AIRLINES PACKET OF NUTS:
>        - Instructions: open packet, eat nuts.
>     
>ON A SWEDISH CHAINSAW:
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Subject: Newsletter December 30, 1998
 


Welcome to the lsat newsletter of 1998.
Once again, since I'm home, it'll only be available in text format.


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-Govinda


Spudman: im not an illithid or anything,and i dont know if this is out of
the question,but those tainted swords,maybe illithids could use two of em
seeing that they have multiple hands =)


Mitey: When coffee is drunken... it should make you sober when drunk...
and also not let you sleep. Since coffee has caffine. (whatever) Like
alcohol which won't let you wlak correctly or talk,but sleep with healing
fast, coffee ouldn't heal you,  
but make  (idea was cut off, again) coffee wouldn't heal you, but
make you sober to walk around and be able to drink it at any time, but
the consequence would be not being able to sleep because of hydrenaline.
It could last as much as alcohol does :-


Que: give dwarves tracking skills, as an oog skill to learn ofcourse.


Lordzombie: How about a "who arena"? (To see who's currently in the arena
w/o actually going there?


Bluewing: how about an ability to allow Kenders to hide items?


Que: have a drunk timer like for spells.:)


SirFrog: a color code that cancels out previous colors, so that the rest
of the message is the person's normal color for gratz?


Mitey: (I'm going to do multiple ideas, since ths is a bit long, it will
get cut off) Since the gratz channel has been made to 
be shwon as not drunk, drunk or not, you will come out
clearly on this channel, and in color might I add. Some people 
enjoy experimenting and just plain using this channel. So,
in order to deploy this manner, you could add in a function 
no to be able to gratz after a tick of somebody who leveled. If i
leveled, after 60 seconds no one else would be able 
to gratz me. But this cna conclict in mayn ways. Like, when a newbie
shows up. I use the gratz channel to welcome them 
n color. So you could also add this instance to newbies, deaths, arena,
and levels... or whatever. Not implement it at 
all, but many others don;t abuse this channel. Just something to consider


Mitey: An idea - Add a line editor for ideas... for example.. look at my
previous ideas... :-)


AMystery: alignment based weapons. what if anti-evil weapons would hit
evil mobs harder than good mobs?


Aratu: spells for magic users: 'Create Ale' and 'Dispell Drunkeness'


Kai: Modify the put command so you can 'put all.coins <container of your
choice>'


Fokker: Make it so deadly talons and 1000 palms uses the singular damage
verb, instead of the plural one.


Kai: a 'says to' command, example: -Cosis Hey man, how ya doing? -
Output: Kai says to Cosis, 'Hey man, how ya doing?' - For talking to
players in the same room.


Kai: Make it so that you regen x2 when you're at Town Tempels. Promote
sleeping! :-P


Kai: Make it so that linkdead people automatically recall after like a
minute, that way lagged out players won't have to go through the agony of
dying in an aggro infested area.


Flitter: Druids needs another healing spell. One more powerful than Heal.
Perhaps, called Recover,  that heals 500 health. I know 500 seems like a
lot, but if a Druid is to really be useful in a group, it has to have a
spell that heals enough heal th that the


Kai: Modify the donation command so that when a Hero doanted and item,
it'd go to a special 'Hero donations'


Tom: Allergic Reactions, random :)


AMystery: It would be nice if the total experience counter changed with
xp gained for avatars. It was always a measure of how active a person
was, but now that can't be done


SirFrog: an identify spell for illithids... it is rather annoying to have
to goto a shop to identify something just so you can find out if you
could enhance it or not.. (mabey they study the arrangements of
molecules?) -sirfrog


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Sea of the Pirate Lords




	Off towards the eastern lands of Barren Realms rests a place where
few travellers have ever gone..... but everybody knows of its legend.  A
place where countless pirates lurk, just waiting for innocent adventurers
to step into their reach.  Through this domain, many unknown treasures
gather dust... lingering until the day in which its discovery comes.  I
speak of Sea of the Pirate Lords.  For I am a traveller of sorts as well,
and in this place you will find all that a seasoned mudder may seek.
Adventure, treasures.... and especially danger.  To find this sought out
land, heed my words.   You must head out east of Calathar, and travel many
days in that direction.  Abruptly, turn towards the north.  A hill can be
seen from your travelling path, proceed towards it with all due caution.
After that, my memory fails me... I believe it was in a Northwestern
heading...  It is in this place where you will find all that has been
promised.  Fire from the ancient Greeks has found its way into the
treacherous hands of raiders, beware.  Also many stones of unknown origin
float around the sea... as if the very wind could budge a presence that
large.  This is another great danger, for the unwary individual who fails
to find a well trodden path... is doomed.  For those that seek a map of
the seas... I once heard a tale of the black masted ghost ship.  It's said
to keep the sacred map which so many coveted.  This map can and will guide
individuals to what they desire.  Good luck my fellow companions, may the
gods guide your passage.








Uthar
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> BIO SECTION:
> 
> Your BR Name: Ernst
> Your rl first name: Ernst
> Your race on BR: ILLITHID
> Where you live: Delft, The Netherlands

> What you do: Study Computer Science
> Hobbies: Playing my stratocaster at the loudest volume possible!
> Favorite thing about BR: How time flies when you're playing.
> Thing that annoys you most rl/br:
> Neighbours complaining about the noise... lag :(
> Your favorite BR food (other than pot pies!)
> Head of Ernst.
> Your strangest experience ever:
> Killing King Candy in one blow.. Seems somebody was killing him before
> me and suddenly disappeared.. I got a lot of points though :)
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Ideas by FURY:


Ok illithids have tenticals, lots of them in fact.  what they do with
them?
I know!
I think Illithids should be allowed to carry more than 
two weapons, like for a typical
Illithid
(weapons not actual for sugested levels)
you look at him and see:


<armor>etc.
<armor>etc.
<armor>etc.
<worn on head>dark helm
<held in offhand>thin paper spike*
<held in offhand>knife*
<whaterver>armor of some odd description
<Wielded>Razor*
<Wielded>Sword*   
<held>staff 


basically allow the Illithid to have 2 wield spots and two held spots,
this can be an aquired skill, like you grow he extras at lev 25 or
somthing...
this wouldn't i think be two powerful for several reasons:
illithids don't have second attack or third attack
and they don't have enhanced damage or enchant weapon.
so it would not be like a dwf 3x4=12 hits all THWAPs
or......
how about just more HELD spots for staffs and wands and things
maybe aquired the same way?


perhaps both?


as a penaty for the 4 weapons ills could lose the <worn on body> section
in the armor
because tenticals are sticking out....
of course this would only be a good trade for the 4 weapons.....


another idea made possible by Dr Pepper!
ok....whatever,
Fury
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Responses by SGETSUO -- Please keep in mind ANYONE can submit responses to
ANYTHING in the newsletter. Just hit reply and sent them off to me.:




     Demandred: i was thinking that when you put money in the bank it 
     should collect interest say 10% a year.
     
     You know, I was thinking they should privatise the bank and make it a 
     profit-related organisation, I'd even take it up myself if my arm were 
     twisted, so to speak. 20% interest on the account, per HALF YEAR! With 
     only a small charge for opening an account. And making withdrawals. 
     And deposits. And balance statements. And for those bi-monthly letters 
     advertising the latest "special" offer. And occasional administrative 
     charges. And a little extra to "take care" of your car. And.....
     
     
     LordZombie: I think that 'poison' should be an in-battle spell!
     
     W...W...W...WHY!?! It only works once every turn, and even then...??? 
     What are you going to do?
     
     You SLAM LordZombie.
     LordZombie ***Grins slyly, mixes you a nice little drink and asks if 
     you're "feeling thirsty"***
     You THANK LordZombie for his generosity - *choke* ack! not again....
     
     
     Martyr: it just seems kind of odd to me that the highly dextrous 
     martial artist, the human, does not have dodge as an in-guild skill.  
     i think humans should get this as an in-guild skill
     
     Martial arts cover attack, defence and counter-attack. I don't think 
     they go too far into "get out the way" and "run for the hills" ;)
     
     
     Zebulac: Ever think about MSP support, you know, MUD Sound Protocol
     
     BEEP!
     
     
     Kiri: I do think where should show the NAME of the area you're in.
     
     Nice idea. Could have been one of mine that! How about a quick summary 
     of the weather too. Maybe a resume of the local flora and fauna. The 
     local time in eight different languages. Famous landmarks and the 
     interesting and varied people who constructed them. Local varieties of 
     sponge.....;)
     
     
     Nerve: Would be nice if the effectiveness of spells would go up as the 
     characters go up in level.  Like instead of armor always giving -20 ac 
     perhaps it could give higher protection if cast by a high level 
     character.
     
     Many offensive and healing spells already do this. Armour spells would 
     get ridiculous if this were followed however, as after -300 it really 
     doesn't matter anyway and this is fairly easy to achieve at higher 
     levels.
     
     
     Surge: i think enhanced damage should be given to all heros...you 
     know,to make it more fun =)
     
     Too late Surge, those days are gone for good. However, for a small 
     fee, avatars (such as myself) will be more than glad to give you a 
     demonstration of enhanced damage in the Arena. Bring a friend! Bring 
     the dog! Make it a fun day out for all the family. Popcorn and soft 
     drinks on sale from Sget-O-Marts across the country.
     
     
     Usafbran: i think kenders should get dual at level 13 =)
     
     I think they should get pelted with fish at level 2.
     
     
     Rabies: help list should be a help file on the list command, rather 
     than the area list again
     
     Good show Rabies old chap! Top hole, what? Dashed nice of you to 
     volunteer to write a Help List. Regards to the Missus and all! More 
     tea, Vicar?
     
     
     Zashcar: Make it so when you are in a group and you put coins away in 
     your purse you don't automaitcally split them...
     
     Cash! Money!...
     
     Blair: Make it so that autosplit is ONLY for getting money from a 
     corpse (not from items you are carrying).
     
     ...I Love Hong Kong!
     
     
     Balphazar: please implement group report
     
     Ok then.
     
     Batman's Group:
     Batman: HP - 7652 ; MANA - bad; MV - funky (especially in the rubber 
     costume)
     WonderWoman: HP - more than you, ok!; MANA - oh about 3, I don't know; 
     MV - not on Sundays
     
     
     Blair: you should implement a way to put a note on an item.  you could 
     cast identify on something once, and put a note on it to remember
     
     Imagine the feeling of pure terror striking your heart as you see a 
     steel-clad warrior charging towards you, his eyes flashing through the 
     solid wall of Post-It(tm) notes stuck to his armor! Aaaah...run away! 
     run away!
     
     General writeable notes would still be the best option I think. 
     Perhaps combined with a new skill - "Literacy" - to enable you to 
     write them. Could help you decipher runes written (or, as it were, as 
     yet unwritten) in areas.
     
     
     Blair: You should remove the EQ damaging from the arena system. 
     Sometimes, higher level chars come uninvited (which is ok) but the EQ 
     died (which isn't).
     
     No sympathy. None. Nope. Arena rules are pretty much clear on what can 
     happen if you go there. They are pkilling areas where anything goes, 
     and still I believe (please correct me if I'm wrong) also player 
     STEALING areas (though I've never seen it happen). Your only defence 
     in an arena is superior strength or the good nature of other people 
     fighting there - but don't count on it.....
     
     
     Blair: this idea doesn't help much, but i think it should say if 
     someone was killed in an arena when it gives the battle update about 
     them being killed
     
     Yeah, maybe add some random mockery of the victim too - I mean, who 
     could deserve it more than an arena victim?
     
     Battle Update: Sgetsuo killed by Blair in arena battle - he stinks 
     worse than Snorphosio!
     
     
     AMystery: a private arena command. creates a room marked private so 
     that only two people can enter. prevents interruptions which people 
     have been complaining about lately
     
     Private rooms for characters? Somewhere on the "me-and-my-exoskeleton" 
     side of unlikely, don't you think?
     Try mentioning to the world in general that you're having a private 
     fight. I think you'll find most people accommodating.
     
     
     Ears: be able to type partial names in locate.. for those far out 
     sounding weapon/armor names! >:)
     
     Swrod. Sawrd. Zword. Swory. Yep, pretty tricky stuff alright.
     
     
     Dunbarth: new avian skill 'swoop' - make it similar to the kender's 
     circle but requires a high dex to be successful
     
     Makes logical sense - easy to imagine the Avian diving down and 
     swooping around for another run, but I think that if this were to be 
     implemented then the Avian should lose the enhanced damage attribute 
     for the hit, or even for both hits. Imagine all that blood and 
     feathers and dust in the bird's eyes, wings entangled in opponents 
     armour, lint weighing them down on the upstrokes....


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> Here are a collection of (old) lawyer one-liners. It is so
> much fun to hate lawyers!
> 
> What do lawyers use for birth control? 
> * Their personalities.
> 
> What is the difference between a tick and a lawyer? 
> * A tick falls off of you when you die.
> 
> Why does the law society prohibit sex between lawyers and
> their clients? 
> * To prevent clients from being billed twice for what is
> essentially the same service.
> 
> What do you have when 100 lawyers are buried up to their
> neck in  sand? 
> * Not enough sand.

> 
> What's the difference between a dead skunk in the road and a
> dead  lawyer in the middle of the road? 
> * There are skid marks in front of the skunk.
> 
> What is black and brown and looks good on a lawyer? 
> * A Doberman.
> 
> Why are lawyers like nuclear weapons? 
> * If one side has one, the other side has to get one.  Once
> launched, they cannot be recalled. When they land, they
> screw up everything forever.
> 
> What do lawyers and sperm have in common? 
> * One in 3,000,000 has a chance of becoming a human being.
> 
> Did you hear that the Post Office just recalled their latest
> stamps? 
> * They had pictures of lawyers on them ...and people 
> couldn't figure out which side to spit on.    
> 
> Lawyer's creed: 
> * A man is innocent until proven broke.
> 
> What's the difference between a female lawyer and a pit
> bull? 
> * Lipstick.
> 
> What do you call 20 lawyers skydiving from an airplane? 
> * Skeet.
> 
> What do you get when you cross a bad politician with a
> crooked lawyer? 
> * Chelsea Clinton
> 
> If you see a lawyer on a bicycle, why should you swerve to
> avoid hitting him? 
> * It might be your bicycle.
> 
> Santa Claus, the tooth fairy, an honest lawyer and an old
> drunk are walking down the street together when they
> simultaneously spot a hundred dollar bill.  Who gets it? 
> * The old drunk, of course; the other three are mythical
> creatures.
> 
> It was so cold last winter ... (How cold was it?) 
> * ......  I saw a lawyer with his hands in his own pockets.
> 
> A man walked into a lawyer's office and inquired about the
> lawyer's rates.  
> "$50.00 for three questions", replied the lawyer. 
> "Isn't that awfully steep?" asked the man.  
> "Yes," the lawyer replied, "and what was your third
> question?"    
> 
> You're trapped in a room with a tiger, a rattlesnake and a
> lawyer. You have a gun with two bullets.  What should you
> do? 
> * You shoot the lawyer. Twice.
> 
> Do you know what happens when a lawyer takes Viagra? 
> * He gets taller.
> 


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