Hi folks! I hope you are enjoying the beginning of your Summer. I don't know how many of you know that you can simply reply to this e-mail with your comments, ideas and bios, but anyone can. I'd like to extend a public thank you to the heroes who have been working extremely hard to help all of the newbies who visit our MUD. If you have friends you think might like BR, tell them about us! :) IDEAS: Lyndon: i think there should be a spell that makes you *appear* to be higher level than you are for aggressive mobs. ie molasses pools wouldn't attack you because they think you're level 49 etc Dhmn: be able to type in an area name.. that you're *NOT* in and find out what level it is, (besides using area minlvel maxlevel) Everybody: ok... well... if we can't use word of recall for "personal" recall points... how about making it so it'll let you recall from cursed rooms, or while cursed? Dekar: Put in a Role Playing Channel Conesus: After 10 minutes of idleing, users should automatically go into AFK mode. Anubis: Have an improved invis spell that stays even when you attack something. Make it higher level than norm invis. Also, an improved mass invis would also be nice. It Anubis: Have different bonuses for different alignments, ie: if you are angelic, you get bounsus from good gods. If you are really neutral (exactly 0 or about that?) you get bounuses from the neutral gods, and if you are really evil, you get bounses from te Thepower: bank balance be put in status/stat info? Everybody: for locate object, could we possibly do something like is done for objects in rooms (show them with a number in front showing how many are on a specific person, or mob with the same name, etc.)? be useful when locating high volume items... maybe check onums/vnums or something *shrug* might not be doable without a complete, complex overhaul of the locate object code, though. perhaps put in a config switch saying whether you want it on or off These people need to either log in their characters or contact me if there is a problem doing so. They are up for pwipe: Belzedar, Bifur, Boeric, Chagart, Corinith, Disorder, Dream, Elrond, Faenor, Firethorn, Foxfire, Fuzzybunny, Gilgamesh, Grimbold, Jera, Jigoku, Judicator, Kewhne, Khacha, Klouth, Leahcim, Learza, Liubei, Lorenzo, Magius, Malazik, Malkavian, Manwe, Maureen, Menace, Mia, Mojulla, Mumin, Myriad, Nalka, Nanook, Oni, Orcusomega, Pagan, Pingo, Quigon, Quixl, Rahvin, Rakham, Renato, Shagger, Shaou, Shine, Silverdeff, Stom, Stranger, Symon, Tilnar, Traddon, Trelane, Tuxedomask, Vane, Veovis, Xanator, Xmx Bio: 1 Name? Tim Adams 2 BR Name? Usually Krondor, but you can find me on Rune and Czar... 3 Sex? Male 4 Home Town? Edgewood Maryland 5 Born? Nov 18 1984 6 Living arrangement? My mom and dad, and 4 phychotic cats, but then again show me a cat that isn't! 7 Favorite TV show? Anything Anime, but probably Gundamn-W 8 What's on you mouse pad? 3m Precise Mousing Surface, water ripple 9 Favorite board game? Magic the Gathering (Strategic Battling if you must know) 10 Favorite smell ? Fresh fruit 11 Best feeling in the world ? A show of love with out action 12 Worst feeling in the world ? Being cheated on... 13 What do you do to express your creativity? Sarcasm, and sometimes i'm just WAY to good at it =) 14 Roller coaster- Scary or Exciting? Anytime anywhere!!! LOVE THEM 15 Pen or Pencil? Pencils should be outlawed!!! 16 Favorite foods? Hurm... I like everything! 17 Do you get along with your parents? Unfortunatly, this will come back to haunt me ;] 18 Chocolate or Vanilla? Both 19 Favorite ice cream? Baskin Robins Strawbery Short Cake OMG that is sooo good 20 Croutions or Bacon Bits? Both again 21 Storms cool or scary? Awsome until the pigs actually fly =( 22 Do like to drive? I'll tell you when i get my liscence =*( 23 What was your first car? 1986 Chevy Nova GLS, haven't driven it yet =) 24 If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be? Einstien, and ask him what he was smoking! 25 Who is your favorite poet? Don't have one, I like what ever appeals to me 26 Do you eat the stems of Broccoli? If it's fresh or steamed, boiled is disgusting! 27 Guys- If a girl asked you for the shirt off your back would you give it? Damn straight... 28 If you could have any job you wanted what would it be? Computer Programmer for Blizzard 29 Have you ever been in love? To many times... w/ to many heart brakes 30 What on the walls of your bedroom? Wallpaper... um.... well.... that's it. Hehe 31 Is the glass half-full or half-empty? Depends when you ask me =) 32 Are you a lefty, righty, or ambidextrous? good 'ol righty 33 Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? Yuppers, self taught too 34 If you could be one gardening tool what would it be? As one person said (and not sure who or in what survey it was) a shovel so i can bury my own hole =) 35 What's under your bed? A board, carpet, and the closet trolls (devilish things) 36 What is your dream car? A sting ray.. god i love those cars 37 Favorite sport to watch? Winter/Summer X-games (espically blading halfpipe and roof top) and swimming 38 How many rings before you answer the phone? 2, so the caller ID picks up the number 39 Future son's name? I try not to think about these things 40 Future daughter's name? ::shivers:: I always say with a boy you have to deal with one dick, with a girl you have to deal with hundreds =) 41 If you dyed you hair a different color what would it be? I just tip it blonde... nothing great, looks natural, ya know. 42 Shampoo or Conditioner? Shampoo, and when my hair needs it conditioner 43 Have you ever gone skinny dipping? Not yet, but this summer might proove otherwise. 44 One pillow or two? BODY PILLOW! 45 Ever been convicted of a crime? If I have I don't remember, but that dosen't say much 46 What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning? My brain isn't functioning well enough to complete a whole thought 47 Favorite music group? 3eb, Offspring, Everclear, Blessed Union of Souls, or Matchbox 20 48 Favorite movie? Don't remember the name... but its the one where goku kills cooler 49 Say one nice thing about the person who sent this to you? I've been surfering MUDS for about 3 years now, and I always come back to BR. We owe it all to you girl!!! 50 Person you sent this to who is least likely to respond? Well considering I only sent it to kiri... everyone ;] Response by Baltar: Wolfbane: I would like identify to work on mobs, letting the person atleast see the lvl of the mob, and maybe the hp Well, this is more or less exactly what CONsider does, but in general terms... If anyone were actually to consider this idea, I'd suggest that (a) it be a different skill/spell than identify, and higher level, and (b) mobs consider it an aggressive action. Remember, you can always find out the level/hp of a mob within your range by charming/glaring it and typing GROUP... Baltar & Responses by Draelyn aka DrDrae: Wolfbane: I would like identify to work on mobs, letting the person atleast see the lvl of the mob, and maybe the hp *DrDrae: I wouldn't have a problem with this, so long as it had a chance of instigating a fight with the mob. Not an overwhelming chance, maybe just the same chance as a spell misfire... On a slight side note, personally, I'd like to see charm/glare show the level of the mob when you force them to report... Fate: illithids should probably get frenzy at a lvl after 25 (which is when the inguild elves get the spell first) *DrDrae: They already get it at level 17, is this too early for you? I'd be happy to get it at all. :) Lyndon: (HIDDEN) armor *DrDrae: We already have invis armor, what would the purpose, or benefit of hidden armor be? SkaCore: How bout a "List" command? like for summoners and trackers, they type List and it lists all mobs that have that *DrDrae: How about summon mob, summon 2.mob, summon 3.mob etc...? Part of the fun of the game is the chase.... Boof: Illithids should get a "psychic teleport" spell *DrDrae: Illithids already get astral and teleport at level 51. Giving any version of teleport to illithids any earlier would just make the races that much closer, which is what we don't want to do. Each race gets its own special skills/traits, and teleport just happens to be an elf skill. Lyndon: for a hero level skill... fast heal/mana recovery... the hero gets twice as much hp/mana per tick... to make up for the non- drunk clause *DrDrae: Hrmm.... try going to any healer and typing h restore. Really, quite cheap. Complete restore at your beck and call, no having to wait for it. Lyndon: for hero skill Divine Entervention... with this spell you have a small chance of doing extra, extra damage on spells, hits... even works on spells that sustain ie. bless, enchant weapon, etc *DrDrae: Hrmm you mean enhanced damage? How about no? We're not trying to make identical races. Dwarves and avians get enhanced damage, not to mention everyone has the option to get second attack, and kender and dwarves get a *third* attack, making them both pretty nasty. Lyndon: for heroes "other" enhances... like always flying (tnl) or underwater breathing (tnl) et al. thank you *DrDrae: Lord Vultures wings are flying eq. Besides, I can just see it now, you spend the experience and the money to enhance, and then you need to go somewhere that you can't fly, and we'll all be complaining because the exp. and the cash is wasted when you have to land. SkaCore: i reckon we shouldnt have to eat, like it shouldnt affect our health and that, but if you did eat then you heal faster, i mean its just a hassle eating and buying food, unless u enhance nut. just and idea *DrDrae: The last time I didn't eat, it affected my health. I think in keeping the mud somewhat realistic, we need to eat. Could you whoop all of those mobs on an empty stomach? Next thing we know, we're going to want the ability to be sober at will. Igneous: fast healing for skill for fighters, maybe clerics. works automatically during ticks, has %, oog for all. *DrDrae: This is what booze is for, not to mention 'heal', 'cure light', 'cure serious', 'cure critical', 'psychic healing', etc....; there is also a plethora of other items that heal, some that heal quite quickly... potions, staves, and other anonymous items. Igneous: meditation for Druids and Elves only, helps regain mana faster. works less if drunk *DrDrae: So basically we're talking about circumventing the 'drink booze-sleep-regain mana' process we've been using? Hrmm.... I'd rather not see it, when you play a druid, you just know you will be playing drunk. It comes with the territory. Sure, trying to run around wasted can be a pain, but that's what astral/summon/teleport is for eh? Politically correct statements for a new century: Your bedroom isn't cluttered; it's just "passage-restrictive." Kids don't get grounded anymore. They merely hit "social speed bumps." You're not late; you just have a "rescheduled arrival time." You're not having a bad hair day; you're suffering from "rebellious follicle syndrome." No one's tall anymore. They're "vertically enhanced." You're not shy. You're "conversationally selective." You don't talk a lot. You're just "abundantly verbal." It's not called gossip anymore. It's "the speedy transmission of near-factual information." The food at the school cafeteria isn't awful. It's "digestively challenged." No one fails a class anymore; he's merely "passing-impaired." You don't have detention, you're just one of the "exit-delayed." These days, a student isn't lazy. He's "energetically declined." Your locker isn't overflowing with junk; it's just "closure-prohibitive." Your homework isn't missing; it's just having an "out-of-notebook experience." You're not sleeping in class; you're "rationing consciousness." You don't have smelly gym socks; you have "odor-retentive athletic footwear." You weren't passing notes in class. You were "participating in the discreet exchange of penned meditations." You're not being sent to the principal's office. You're "going on a mandatory field trip to the administrative building." --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get paid to read email - 5 cents per email! http://www.sendmoreinfo.com/id/669307 Or ten cents an email: http://www.yoyomail.com/cgi-bin/a?referral=kiri and make money! Hi people! Welcome to another newsletter! This is a short one. I'm out of bios and well, most everything else. Send anything you want my way :) Ideas: Nugad: Dwarves should also get berzerk.. since they are basically the main fighters.. so they should get berzerk as an OOG skill.. Conesus: How do you know spells wear off when sleeping? Should you know? [Actually, a message pops up saying... "Your white aura fades...", but should it? You ARE sleeping] Tanis: I think it'd be nice to see what peoples mana/hp when you look at them, it'd be really nice while grouping and also while helping to heal someone. Anubis: Blast actually knocks things out of the air onto the ground. Enemies hit with it lose flying until they flee, etc. Anubis: Make it so that it is impossible to disarm (invis) weapons that you can't see them. I mean, if you can't even see them, how do you know how big they are and even knock them away? Slanter: we shuld be able to trade practice sessions for enhanses WarpDrive: Dispel good for druids. We have dispel evil, why not dispel good? Lyndon: i may be missing some kind of higher logic here, but i don't see why disarm lags us as much as a trip... i'm suggesting doing something else besides lag, like make your AC go up for a few rounds or something... don't you think NOT having a weapon is Atom: What if we had a slection from the prompt file that could display the person's level? Drogar: i think recall should be a magic free zone. it really sux when someone starts spaming recall with heal or medicine. Anubis: Make it so that if you submit ideas in-MUD, you can append lines and send. I hate getting cut off. I am out of Bios this week. Please send me a little info about you if you'd like to publish it in the newsletter :) Mrwhite's Responses: This is in response to Everybody's idea of personal recalling spots for word o recall... MrWhite :I think this would be cool but i would recommend limiting it to one of the few neighboring cities... at thier centers(perelandra...etc)...OR making the spell cost like 300 mana per cast for your personal recalling spot... Cord's Responses: > Fate: illithids should probably get frenzy at a lvl after 25 > (which is when the inguild elves get the spell first) > > *DrDrae: They already get it at level 17, is this too early for you? I'd > be happy to get it at all. :) Cord: Umm... point of clarification: I think Fate is saying that Illithids get the spell TOO soon... it's an in-guild skill for Elves at level 25, so they're saying it makes sense that Illithids would get the spell (oog) sometime AFTER that point (say, level 30-32 like all other races). 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Your Questions 1) My name is:_______________________________. 2) The gender I claim to be is: (M)ale (F)emale 3) My real gender is: (M)ale (F)emale (T)hree-Mile Island 4) The age group I fall into is: (A) 40 and older (B) 30-39 (C) 21-29 (D) 15-20 (E) I wanna be a Power Ranger 5) In the past year, I have had: (A) 1-5 dates (B) 6-10 dates (C) 11-15 dates (D) More than 16 dates (E) I rape sheep 6) I have the proper height/weight ratio for: (A) the average human of my age and gender. (B) Gorgo, the four-head Dragon. (C) a washer and dryer set. (D) Ireland. (E) My gelatinous mass cannot be measured at any given moment for I am an ever-shifting entity. 7) The reason I stayed at home last Friday night was: (A) the last time I got in a car, all four wheels popped. (B) strict upbringing makes me morally superior. (C) the voices won't let me. (D) it was a bad idea to drown Marge. 8) On a date, I prefer to take my companion/be taken to: (A) a romantic, candlelit Italian cafe. (B) International House of Pancakes. (C) Bubba's Beer and Bait Shop. (D) the dumpster behind 7-11. 9) For entertainment, I like to: (A) watch movies/plays. (B) watch cock fights. (C) undulate my twelve chins to the theme of "Bewitched." (D) snap the necks of mammals smaller than me. 10) My idea of the perfect male/female is: (A) Keanu Reeves/Winona Ryder. (B) Trent Reznor/Courtney Love (C) Oral Roberts/Janet Reno. (D) my fist/my fingers. 11) My hobbies are: (A) collecting books/stamps/insects. (B) computers. (C) small Hungarian women named Loopy. (D) eating at least ten times my body weight. (E) acne. 12) My first words were: (A) "Mama/Dada." (B) "Seconds please." (C) "Yours and the souls of your friends shall be mine!" (D) "Touch me... touch me there." 13) My dream career is: (A) millionaire playboy/playgirl. (B) garbage collector so I can cash in on all their nifty benefits. (C) anything with barbed wire. (D) street gang moving target. (E) lard wrestler. 14) I consider my body to be: (A) a temple to the gods of desire. (B) average, but could use work. (C) proof God is far-sighted. (D) I am mainland China. (E) Just write "Titanic" on my behind. 15) If I could have one wish, it would be: (A) peace on earth. (B) piece of William Shatner's behind. (C) four words: Pez, whips, Uma Thurman. (D) a quick and easy cure for genital warts. 16) I have encountered problems with law enforcement agencies: (A) never/seldom. (B) often, and they always insist on body cavity searches. (C) my family portrait is at the post office. (D) I was arrests #234-289 on "America's Most Wanted." 17) What I would like to accomplish in my life most is: (A) happiness. [Shut up, you hippy] (B) a sixth finger. (C) the ultimate Hellen Keller imitation. (D) working my way into Zsa Zsa Gabor's pants. (E) Ridding the highway of all lone shoes. 18) A nickname my friends may give me would be: (A) Sexy/Ace/Bunny/Sweetie/etc. (B) Scrotum Thief. (C) Commander Nasal Clit and his Amazing Elbow, Sparky. (D) The Thrustinator. (E) Exxxxtacy Maggot. 19) My favorite thing about holidays is: (A) the warm feeling of being with family and friends. (B) food, food, food. (C) it means I'm one year closer to freedom. (D) Grandpa's annual orgy of the Damned. 20) My favorite meal is: (A) a well balanced healthy dinner. (B) whatever's stuck to the bottom of my chair. (C) Indian boys about 4' tall, 11 years old, 90 lbs. (D) boiled semen with a side order of lovin'. 21) My favorite type of literature is: (A) computer tests like this one. (B) public restroom stalls. (C) anything on the newsgroup alt.beastiality. (D) the magic writing on the back of my foot. (E) the toe tags at the morgue when I'm on my "rounds." 22) My political views are: (A) Democrat (bleeding heart, egg sucking liberal). (B) Republican (money grubbing child molester). (C) Libertarian (What's the matter? Not enough spine for a real party?). (D) Rastafarian [?]. 23) (For females or Richard Simmons) When I walk by construction sights, the workers: (A) whistle and catcall. (B) shield their eyes. (C) jump of the high rise to end it quick and painlessly. (D) throw rocks. (E) Man, they can really aim that demolition ball. 24) If I were an animal in the zoo, I'd be: (A) a love bird. (B) an orangutan, pooping in my hands and throwing it. (C) the dead animal that's been rotting for three days. (D) a deformed, blind baby kangaroo. 25) My favorite type of music is: (A) hard rock with no lyric and talentless bands. (B) country music, cuz I'm a good ol' boy and I like to touch my sister's "fun zones." (C) Tejano music (the soothing rhythms of a blaring accordion). (D) Groups like "the Cure" because I can pretend I'm a vampire and act so dark and depressing when I'm nothing more than a sexually repressed teen who is upset 'cause my father didn' hug me enough and fulfill my bizarre, incestuous fantasies. (E) Classi....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. 26) The best type of pet is: (A) dog. (B) cat. (C) anything that can "spread eagle" quick and likes "heavy petting." (D) Darn you! Darn you! Vulcans need no pets! (E) toasters - don't ask. 27) My last relationship was ruined because: (A) I dropped my pants and he/she laughed. (B) he/she couldn't put up with my habit of putting my body parts into pencil sharpeners and screaming, "Yes, Captain, I am the Walrus!" (C) his/her is scattered across Delaware - shhh, don't tell. (D) she kept leaving the toilet seat up. 28) If my life had a slogan, it would be: (A) "Get a piece of the rock." (B) [Kool-Aid Man voice] "Oooooh yeah!" (C) "Still legal in 32 states." (D) "Mormon approved." 29) I use my computer most for: (A) work. (B) play. (C) communications. (D) DOOM [no one PLAYS Doom]. (E) trapping hapless fools for consumption. (F) trying to discover a user's footsize by handle. (G) a sex slave. 30) What issues concern/interest you the most? (A) AIDS. (B) racism. (C) foreign policy. (D) cattle mutilations. (E) If the Mystique Sponge have tracked me yet. (F) How I can get my hands on the neck of Knight of Nee. 31) The title of my (auto)biography would be: (A) "Sweet Jesus! Thank God he's DEAD!" (B) "Lifestyles of the Mundane and Mediocre." (C) "Spoon Your Way To Fame and Fortune." (D) "Going in His/Her Pants." (E) "Still a Virgin." 32) My favorite pick-up line is: (A) "Can I pick your teeth with my (insert random limb)?" (B) "Do I pay you or the guy in the pink suit?" (C) "Do you sleep on your stomach? Can I?" (D) "I bet I can bench press you!" (E) "Your eyes are so entrancing.. your skin so delicate... wanna make love?" 33) My sign is: (A) Some zodiac thing. (B) "Child at play." (C) "All you can eat." (D) "Billions and Billions served." (E) "Dip." 34) My dream car is: (A) a 1979 blue Mustang Gia named Laura Palmer. (B) the 1960's Batmobile. (C) a hearse. (D) anything I can fit in the backseat of. (E) an Edsel. 35) If I ever got the chance to meet the makers of this test, I'd: (A) shower them with love and adoration. [a threat in itself]. (B) become the authors' personal tonsil hockey slave. (C) attempt to beat the heck out of them. (D) ask them to autograph my spine. (E) tell them to drop their pants and squeal like a pig. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get paid to read email - 5 cents per email! http://www.sendmoreinfo.com/id/669307 Or ten cents an email: http://www.yoyomail.com/cgi-bin/a?referral=kiri and make money!