Subject: Newsletter March 3, 1998 You might notice that the newsletter is a little longer.. we have some new contributors. I would like to encourage everyone to take a part in making the newsletter fun and exciting to read, so please respond, send bios, and work with those who are writing new sections. :) | | _______ (===|====================- -====================|===) \ __ \ | | | |__| | __ _ _ __ _ __ ___ _ ___ | ___ \ / __ \| | | |/ ___\ | |/ ___\ / ___ \ | |/ __ \ | | | | | | \ | | / | / | _____| | / | | | |___| | | |__ / | | | | | | |_____ | | | | /________/ \____/|_| |_| |_| \_____/ |_| |_| _______ _ \ __ \ | | | |__| | ___ __ _ | | _ __________ ____ | ___ \ / ___ \ / __ \| | | | | |/ __ ____ \ / ____\ | | | | | _____| | | \ | | | | / | | | | | |__ | | | | | |_____ | |__ / | | | | | | | | | \___ \ /__| |__| \_____/ \____/|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| \ \ ___________________________________________________________ / / <____________________________________________________________/ -Govinda Sorsa: enhanced socials: grin sorsa evilly enhanced socials, example 2: pat sorsa neck lightly Derw: i think that if you are v drunk, you re-gain more mana then if you are just drunk, or just not sober. Baltar: What if GROUP showed exp. to next level for everyone, instead of total xp which really isn't that informativ? Derw: what about a new race... one that can change shape slightly... it would cost like 150 or so mana to do so though... Fresca: A way to write a mob so that it's sentinel, and cannot be attacked, But if a certain item, be it weapon, armor, etc. is given to it, it comes to life and becomes an aggro. =) from Simjay: Ideas: What if there was a spell called "familiar" That would allow an elf or druid to be able to control their pet as if they were a character while their body slept. It would allow them to scout areas while remaining safe. However, instead of movement points on the pet, it costs mana points on the caster per move. This is an add on to Quiver's idea for Dwarves fixing armor. Say a Dwarf was to get a MAGIC item made of metal, then pound that into an armor to imbue the armor with say half the bonuses and penalties of the original item? Of course, you can't add magic metal to magic armor. A spell of Detect Alignment instead of just Detect Evil. An aura would surrond the character, Red for Evil, Grey for Neutral, Blue for good. (White was taken already by Sanc). Also mobs could be affected by such a spell, so they would attack opposite alignments on sight. Lancelot whois affected by the spell sees someone of -1000 walking by, and smashes him. ******* ************** *** *** ************** **** ***Barren Realms*** **** *** *** *** *** *** ******* *** *********** ** ** *********** ***************** Article by TOM: Jenny And the Bus? So whats new on the realms for this week well Jenny are acclaimed Bus driver seems to have a little tiny problem, few little storys have been going around to why Jenny seems to have lost her Bus, Heres a few storys from other players, for a few reasons Cixelsyd: There was a bomb on the bus and so Jenny jumped off! Tauk: Jenny wrecked cause she drove to fast thru Calathar. Flip: Hmmm...Terrorist attack?, Or Dwarven misfits swarmed o'er the land and decided to wreak havoc on Jenny by taking her bus?, Or A duck flew into the engine and it exploded. *snicker*, and Flips Dream he took it and sold it *He wished* Jasserande:A certain misfit druid decides to bamf her and steal the bus away after he hijacks her bus, he's now on his way to rob the bank Merritt: Jenny was driving a got sucked into a different universe which blew up apon her arival'. Jassy: They borrowed it for speed 3' Cixelsyd: The partridge family stole it..' Merritt chats: Someone stole the stering wheel I personaly think she had a GREAT Christmas and drank alot of egg Nog, and also she wants to drive something smaller maybe Trade her Bus in for a TAXI :> Marc: someone was messing with her earlier and put her off course Just to let ya know it only happened for a short while Marc came and put Jenny back to work in her Bus :) /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------Responses--------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) From Fossil: >From the newsletter: >WAsaBe: A channel to let all our anger out...a COMPLAINING channel...:) Good idea. The complaint should display to the originator, as follows: WAsaBe complains, "Those imms are rotten." Nobody else sees it. -- Fossil Replies to questions from SIMJAY: >WAsaBe: what if enchant gave you exptnl...it would be worth more, and >used less...:) Why would you want to limit its use? It is one of the advantages that an Elf has. Lost your corpse? Quickly enchant a small dagger to get it more powerful, to get another more powerful weapon. If it is to keep people from asking you for enchants, you could always say no. >Quiver: Fix for dwarves...requires they have a hammer of some sort, fixes >armor, but might destroy based on practice percentage, requires 18+ int. This is actually a rather good idea. It would allow for Dwarves to do some good and make some extra cash, and since they are mostly used as tanks, this will help save on their own purses as well. >Forrent: have a separate list for skills so you wont see them on the >spells list and you wont think they cost mana to cast This is a tough one... most of the time, playes never even look at how much mana a spell costs. It is a small matter for the player to get used to thinking that spells will cost mana, whereas skills like second attack, enhanced damage, etc does not. Do we really want another table that you have to reference when you only look at it at most once or twice a level? >Quiver: Mobs that will say stuff to you after you flee...like next time! Hehehehehe... when was the last time that you fled? It could be a fun idea... and can't be more humiliating than that biiiig YOU COWARD flashing across the screen. The question you should ask yourself, is it worth the hassle of coding it in? Then you would also have to check if it was a flee or a recall.... because if it was a recall, you couldn't hear the mob anymore. >Omnipotus: a silence spell preventing the victim (player/mob) from being >able to cast spells or talk over any channel, probably having to include >emote because of abuse The silence spell to prevent casting is a good idea to cast on mobs. However, as for casting it on other mortals, I don't think so. There would be no way to control the chaos that would happen from that. Imagine just because one character doesn't like another, he casts silence on that character. If a mortal is abusing chat, he/she will be appropriately silenced by the imms. If you do not like what that person has to say, you can always turn off the channel or ignore it. >FireWalker: to keep people from going to the same place everytime for a >few levels. what about when you kill the same mob, the experience you get >from it, gets less and less because you already know it's 'style'? I am going to laugh when you get to level 48+. Although there are at least a hundred different mobs that you can fight at that level, it could make things slower. You could hero from level 48 and not have to fight the same mob more than once... however supposed you died? Can you imagine also the record keeping that your player file would have to keep track of? >Blackwulf: Cause I'm a elf I think that it would be veery helpful when >your enchanting things for people and you are doing it for more the 1 >charector you should be able to type Isen't that nice? >WAsaBe: A channel to let all our anger out...a COMPLAINING channel...:) Hmmmmm... not a good idea. If you have a complaint, send it via note to one of the imms. There is enough whining and complaining that goes on, that you do not need to encourage it with a seperate channel. The imms are always willing to listen to your ideas and suggestions. If you have a special channel for complaints, all you are going to hear is: Boy am I lagged... I can't don anything... someone help me... why can't I flee.... etc. >Lyndon: i think the affects of drunkenness should depreciate with time Then so should the duration... if you are less afected by alcohol as time goes... so should the benefits from it (mana and hp recovery) be decreased. Thus you would require more alcohol to get the same affect, putting a bigger drain on your wallet. >WAsaBe: HOw about a new spell for Elves, to keep their Weapons >sharp...There fore hitting harder, and more efficiently...like c >'SHARPEN' hammer First of all... why sharpen a hammer? =) Anyway.. doesn't enchant weapon do this already? >ThePower: we should be able to pick up our group members corpse I like this idea but don't think it is necessary... usually, if the group is still around for them to pick up the corpse... they can wait till their group mate comes back to claim it. This could lead to people who have spent their entire mud life in a group, and not be independent. >Okay here's just a suggetion for a new spell... > Illithids should get a spell called clear mind or something like >that that acts the same way that dispel magic works for elves. It would >be useful when trying to get rid of your spells that are cast by an >illithid (duh). As of now, the only way to get rid of an illithid spell >is to get killed(or just let it wear off of course); rather messy and >unpleasant, and it would be nice to >able to get rid of them as one wanted to without dying or waiting 26 >hours or so. Having recently the pleasure of playing an Illithid... I completely agree with you. It should only affect yourself, since in some way you are exerting some sort of self mind control. Also, how about some sort of penalty (HP loss) for failed attempts due to excruciating head aches. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------Story------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Looking into the next room, Sylvid spat out an oath. The globe was starting to throw out spells, and really nasty ones at that. One or both of them was sure to get killed if they tried to run through the Globe Room and into the hall portal. He frantically tried to remember if there was a spell to protect the user from magic. What about that weird 'energy containment' rote he'd learned from the squid mages? Maybe, hopefully, that would work. As fast as he could, he tried to remember the syllables. Trying what he thought was the correct pronunciation, he only managed call up a tiny spring. Thinking as hard as he could, he remembered the right sounds, and saying the watery, swishy speech, he cast it around himself and the terrified kender beside him. The sphere's spells were so potent that even she could actually see them. Grabbing Raze's tiny hand in his, he screamed, "Run!" over the fearful gibberings of the ghost and launched himself into the next room. At Sylvid's sudden yell, Raze snapped out of her mesmerized stare and began to think again. She felt herself pulled suddenly forward and barely managed to keep her feet under her as she was dragged along by the elf. The next few moments were the most terrifying of her entire life. Huge balls of flame materialized out of nowhere and hurtled towards them to hit with a horrifying liquid thud only a foot from her body. Small projectiles came screaming at her face and bounced off an invisible wall only milliseconds before impact. Arrows of virulent colors with needle sharp points swam around her fiercely beating at and trying to break through whatever strange protection she had. As she and Sylvid ran through the chamber, they had to dodge huge pillars of flame that would randomly burst out of the ground in front of them, and gargantuan monsters that appeared out of nowhere to try and bite off their heads. Just as they reached the door, Raze felt Sylvid's grip on her hand tighten. "The spell's about to wear off!" he cried. "Quickly, jump through the portal!" Sylvid made it through first, and disappeared into a picture of gray walls and dusty streets. Feeling her containment spell going, Raze made a desperate leap for the portal, barely clearing the lower edge. As she tumbled into the dusty roadway beyond, Raze felt something sting her leg, like a bunch of fire ants biting. With a curse, she looked down and saw splashes of what looked like paint around holes in her leather trousers. One of the color splashes had managed to get her as she scrambled through the portal. It wasn't bleeding too badly, but she was going to have to be careful for a bit. Looking up from her bloodied leg, Raze saw Sylvid a few yards away. He was slightly less singed than she, having made it through sooner after the collapse of the protective spell, but his silver hair was black in patches, and he had some cuts on his hands and face. He was staring in awe at the buildings around them. Limping over to the silently gazing elf, Raze asked, "So what do we do now?" Ignoring her question, Sylvid looked at her in wonder and said, "Do you realize where we are? We're in Midgaard, the city of the Gods and the centre of all the Realms before that Thing turned them into the Barren Realms. No mortal alive has ever seen this place, and now here we are." "That's wonderful, but has it occurred to you that most of our food and water was in our saddlebags that are on our horses outside the Tower? I know you can supply water, but we only have enough food for a maybe a week if we really stretch it. And now that we've gotten in here, can we get out?" "Oh, don't worry about that for now. I'll think of something when we run low. For, now, though, I want to explore this place. We're the first to set foot here in thousands of years. I wonder if anything of those days remains." Shaking himself out of his fascination for a moment, Sylvid looked down and noticed Raze's bleeding leg. "Ouch, you're bleeding. Let's get that bandaged up and then wander around." Digging bandages out from the bottom of one of the packs, they wrapped up the kender's leg and had a short rest, before starting off to discover the wonders of the Lost City. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >----------------Bios----------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) First: Bio Name: Ynnel, Lenny, Cuervo Real name: Andy Cofounder and coder of BR, left to persue other interests. Loves life, and his dog. Drops in from MUD to MUD to add commands and etc. Soon to release a new code base upgrade from Merc2.2 base. Tasteful eh? /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-----------Exploration Corner-------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Exploration Corner This week, we head for some recreation and excitement as we visit the Malathar Theater. For all not acquainted with the wonderful shows they put on in here, I hope you will appreciate them by the end of today's tour. This weeks presentation is Les Miserable. First note to all, the Manager of this establishment highly recommends buying a ticket to enter, they will prosecute any found inside without a ticket! Climbing the stairs to the Mezzanine level, a horde of business people flow out from everywhere trying to sell you various items they think will make you more comfortable through the show. Do not try to attack these people, for causing a disturbance so close to the Manager's room is highly not recommended. Remember to sit in the area your ticket has written on it, or some of the audience may be annoyed (Note to all: You may attack and kill as many of the audience as you prefer to, just make sure you do this quietly). Sitting down at your seat, you drift into a relaxed state. The music from the orchestra strums and sways in a melodic rhythm. After enjoying the show feel free to explore elsewhere. The staff really doesn't pay too much attention at this point, so I decided to head down onto the stage. After getting dizzy and passing out, I find myself a prisoner in the Toulon Prison camp. Exploring around rather quickly I decided I should move on. Stealing the keys from the guard, I hurriedly make my escape. Exiting into the city of Digne I find that many people look at me in disgust as they see the ticket I hold. Only a few people even glance in my direction and when they realize who I am--flee.Around the city are docks, a factory and much more to explore, but as for Exploration Corner this week, our time is up.... and anyway I have to find a way out myself, so I can be back next week with an all new Exploration Corner area! Enjoy Mudding and have a great time. This is Tom signing off for the week. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >--------Daehder's HINTS--------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) You all know him, in one of his incarnations or another, here is none other than Daehder with his helpful mudding hints. :) BR Know-How I've thru my many lifetimes on BR found several things which I tend to remember in the back of my head. I'll try and relate them to you as much I can, but I will also try to help where I can if you have questions. I know you can ask those questions directly on the mud, but I'd like to get them in a place where everyone can have a squint at the answers to questions everyone have. So for today I'll just have a short Remember To list: Remember: 1. Keep money in the bank, at least 2000 coins. This will help cover costs with regards to getting yourself a light, a fly potion, a see-invis potion and invis if necessary. 2. If you start a new character, choose a decent name. At least one you and other people can live with for as long as you will be around. 3. If you get annoyed for some reason, don't use capitals in any channel. It's considered rude and will get other people upset as well. 4. Please know how you get to where you are, because if you die you will have to go back to where you died. 5. Please read HELP DEATH, HELP CR and HELP REIMB. It should help you to know when you can ask an imm or a hero to help you when you died. 6. If you die, first go invis and return to where you died. If for some reason, you have doubts to whether you will survive such a trip, politely ask a higher mortal to help you in getting you to your corpse or to kill the mobs along the way. 7. If you do need help, don't scream, shout or curse. A smile and polite questioning towards help will get you a much better response. Faster as well. 8. Do not bug people. You will just get ignored and finally you will not get accepted. 9. If you need to group, you can only group within 5 levels above and below you. It is normally easier to do WHO LOW HIGH and then send tells to the people than to ask over the public channels. 10. If you are drinking alcohols for some reason, make sure you eat yourself full and drink enough water, before you drink the alcohol, to last you until you are sober again. 11. Always but always remember to see-invis when you are recovering stuff from your corpse. I've lost many interesting things from not remembering to do that. It also helps to see-invis when you are shopping. There could be that nice peice of equipment you always wants but can't buy it because you can't see it. 12. Try new areas. It is okay because you know you can level and find nice equipment in the better known areas, but there is also good equipment in other areas people don't visit as often. 13. If you do create a newbie, a hero will be along. Please don't ignore him or her. Tell the hero you have been on before and is just starting a new character. You could still ask help with regards to the better enhances. I've also seen some 'newbies' ignoring the newbie healer and not getting his free spells. It really is up to you, but so many people die for the sole reason that they don't have his spells. It's free, take 'em. Until next time, greetings from under the rosebush. Daehder @>--------------------[Jasserande's Poetry and Prose Spot]---------- Jasserande is searching the lands for works of poetry, prose, or any other types of work from you. Check out BR for her notes, and contact her through her email (available from her profile). A Tribute to Aura Written by Jasserande Edited by Jett Thanks to Jett for his editing and addition to some parts of the story. Far across the ocean, lay a the dark deserts. Mile upon mile of endless sand and waste, yet making their home here were a band of nomadic elves. A special child had recently been born unto the tribe. Special in that not a cry was uttered by him during birth and his eyes sparkled with the light of inteligence beyond his age. Father Time upon discovering this child's birth, swooped down and carried the child away to his distant home. The Child understood Father Time and he soon became his apprentice. Fast and swift this child was in his studies, learning quickly of his innate abilitly to read and understand the enegry fields surrounding all creatures. Father Time named his new protegee, Aura. A solemn child from the day of his birth, Aura was brought upon this world to guard the precious sands of Time. Hence he was known to all as the Guardian of Time. Upon reaching adulthood, Aura was bestowed the honours of immortality by Father Time. Swift as time, he creeped into the hearts of everyone he knew, giving his solemn advice and his precious friendship and the time came when he had to return to Father Time, to begin his final journey to replace Father Time, for Aura was the successor to Time. The people he touched will never forget him and his trusty hourglass. @>-------------[Hyarne's RL Advice]----------------------------------- Hyarne's Helping Hand Hello Realmers, This is the first article on RL advice. I hope that you take this opportunity to use this forum in order to express your concerns regarding love, friendship, relationships, parenting or parents for that matter. I will try to answer any and all of your questions regarding any of these subjects in order to make your mudding experience a more pleasant one. For example, Joe Avian has a problem with his girlfriend. She complains that he spends too much time mudding and not enough time with her. Obviously we have a serious problem. One that, if not taken care properly and quickly, could result in serious problems down the road for our pal Joe Avian. Now most of you would say, "Hyarne, what is a girlfriend (or boyfriend)?" To which I quickly reply with "That person of the opposite sex who MUDS with you on a regular basis!" Which leads us to another problem. Do you share computers? And do you have unprotected MUD? As you see, there are many subjects that may be affecting your ability to kill that pool of molasses, decapitate that lag beast, or finally take care of Gloppy. So send in your questions to me, Hyarne, in a nice note and I will include them in the next issue of the News Letter. I will also include a regular "Horror-Scope", which will help you decide whether or not to group with that Kender, or is this a good day to go ROUS Hunting? By consulting the stars and going to the Oracle, we can get information that will help us plan our lives. I hope you like it. Aries - Time moves at a leisure pace today. Druids of this sign will enjoy a period of good fortune and excitement, although many corpses are in your future including a few of your own. Kenders take a day off, your skills need to be sharpened Taurus - Feast your senses without guilt for a while, but Avians do not get carried away. Dwarves are looking for a good feather on their cap. Gemini - Systematic or repetitive activity is your formula for success at this period in your life. Elves do not agree with this method so watch what you sacrifice to the gods. Equipment is hard to come by. Cancer - Share with loved ones today. Dwarves especially. Friendly company brings out your strange and playful side. Illithids experience a new side of their persona. Leo - Imagination comes to your rescue when all else fails. Your corpse will be safe (for a time). Even though Humans under this sign will experience a period of fortune, their close cousins - the Dwarves - will have to watch their footsteps for a day or two. Virgo - Anger is an explosive force that you may not be able to control once you unleash it. Everyone beware when grouping with a Druid of this sign. I am not responsible for their actions. Libra - Frustration breeds genius today, and Elves under this sign are at the peak of their skills. Questing looks favorable for Illithids for a short while, especially on Wednesdays and Saturday mornings (skip cartoons). Scorpio - Put your energy into a process rather than forcing a result. Molasses will repop Avians, so take time to heal fully. Sagittarius - The stars have already laid the groundwork for an excellent period of mudding. Humans will level fast and earn the respect of their group for heroism in battle. Kenders don't fretwe all get caught sometimes. Capricorn - your mind might be a little overloaded today, buy you can still have fun. Listen to your inner childROUSies are good to eat. Avians beware thougha HERO's temper is short fused, and their sense of humor is running low today (specially Druids!) Aquarius - Express your artistic abilities with confidence (just don't do it over the chat channel). Humans of this sign will seek and find fortune in a great lake. Just don't forget your snorkels. Kenders will become favorites amongst small groups, a great skill is learned during this time. Pisces - Avoid excessive coffee and comfort foods. Specially Elves of this sign, for it may lead you into false delusions of grandeur. Illithids, on the other hand, will make amazing discoveries of treasure and equipment. Just don't drink to much of the fire breather stuff. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >--------------Silly------------------------ > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) THE 1997 DARWIN AWARDS The Darwin Award is made each year to the person who has managed to kill themselves (and therefore prevent the survival of their genes - hence Darwin!) in the most bizarre way imaginable. Previous winners have included the man killed when the vending machine he was trying to extract a can of Coke from fell on him, and last years aviator who strapped a JATO module to his car and lit the blue touchpaper. NOMINATIONS: 1) [AP,St. Louis, MO] Robert Puelo, 32, was apparently being disorderly in a St. Louis market. When the clerk threatened to call police, Puelo grabbed a hot dog, shoved it in his mouth, and walked out without paying for it. Police found him unconscious in front of the store: paramedics removed the six-inch wiener from his throat, where it had choked him to death. 2) [UPI, Spain] To poacher Marino Malerba, who shot a stag standing above him on an overhanging rock-and was killed instantly when it fell on him. 3) [AP, Arkansas] A woman named Linda went to Arkansas last week to visit her in-laws, and while there, went to a store. She parked next to a car with a woman sitting in it, her eyes closed and hands behind her head, apparently sleeping. When Linda came out a while later, she again saw the woman, her hands still behind her head but with her eyes open. The woman looked very strange, so Linda tapped on the window and said "Are you okay?" The woman answered I've been shot in the head, and I am holding my brains in. Linda didn't know what to do; so she ran into the store where store officials called the paramedics. They had to break into the car because the door was locked. When they got in, they found that the woman had bread dough on the back of her head and in her hands. A Pillsbury biscuit canister had exploded, apparently from the heat in the car, making a loud explosion like that of a gunshot, and hit her in the head. When she reached back to find what it was, she felt the dough and thought it was her brains. She passed out from fright at first, then attempted to hold her brains in! AND THE WINNER: John Pernicky and friend Sal Hawkins, of the great state of Washington, decided to attend a local Metallica concert at the Amphitheater at Gorge, Washington. Having no tickets (but 18 beers among them) they sat in the parking lot, and after finishing the beer, decided that it would be easy enough to hop over the nine-foot high fence and sneak into the show. The two friends pulled their pickup truck over to the fence and the plan was for John (100 pounds heavier than Sal) to hop over, and then assist his friend over the fence. Unfortunately for John, there was a 30 foot drop on the other side of the fence. Having heaved himself over, he found himself crashing through a tree. His fall was abruptly halted by a large branch which snagged him by his shorts. Dangling from the tree, with one arm broken, John looked down and saw a group of bushes below him. Figuring the bushes would break his fall, John removed his pocket knife and proceeded to cut away his shorts to free himself from the tree. When finally free, John crashed below into Holly bushes. The sharp leaves scratched his entire body and now being without his shorts, he was the unwilling victim of a holly branch penetrating his rectal cavity. To make matters worse, his pocket knife proceeded to fall with him and landed three inches into his left thigh. Seeing his friend in considerable pain and agony, Sal decided to throw him a rope and pull him to safety. However, weighing about 100 pounds less, he decided the best course of action would be to tie the rope to the pickup truck. This is when things went from bad to worse. In his drunken state, Sal put the truck into the wrong gear, pressed on the gas, and crashed through the fence, landing on and killing his friend. Sal was thrown from the truck, suffered massive internal injuries and also died at the scene. Police arrived to find a pickup truck with its driver thrown 100 feet from the vehicle and upon moving the truck, a half naked man, with numerous scratches, a holly stick up his rectum, a knife in his thigh, and a pair of shorts dangling from the tree branches 25 feet in the air. _____________________________________________________________________ | _____ __ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ____ __ _ _ _ _____ | | | | |__| |__/ |__/ |_ | | |__/ |_ |__| | | | | | | | |_____\ | | | \ | \ |___ | | | \ |___ | | |___ | | | \_____ | | | | ___ ____ ____ _ ____ _____ _____ ____ ___ | | | ______/ | | |_ | | | \__ | |_ | | |_ |__/ _____/ | | ________| | |___ \_|_/ ___/ |___ |___ | | |___ | \________ | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | 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 | | | \_____________________________________________________________________/ Ascii by Cutlass-Mark Sherlock-msherlo@ibm.net Subject: Newsletter March 11, 1998 [Just a little aside, there's a really good webpage of coffeehouses I found at http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/8777/ called the coffeehouse nook. I like it, maybe you will to. :)] This week's newsletter will be a little short, as I haven't been around to nag people about their sections. Next week's should be normal. | | _______ (===|====================- -====================|===) \ __ \ | | | |__| | __ _ _ __ _ __ ___ _ ___ | ___ \ / __ \| | | |/ ___\ | |/ ___\ / ___ \ | |/ __ \ | | | | | | \ | | / | / | _____| | / | | | |___| | | |__ / | | | | | | |_____ | | | | /________/ \____/|_| |_| |_| \_____/ |_| |_| _______ _ \ __ \ | | | |__| | ___ __ _ | | _ __________ ____ | ___ \ / ___ \ / __ \| | | | | |/ __ ____ \ / ____\ | | | | | _____| | | \ | | | | / | | | | | |__ | | | | | |_____ | |__ / | | | | | | | | | \___ \ /__| |__| \_____/ \____/|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| \ \ ___________________________________________________________ / / <____________________________________________________________/ -Govinda Tom: add website to profile info that way people don't need to put plan and webpage on same Tom: a spell that reverses ac of a mob Omnipotus: to clarify from misinterpretation of my 'silence' spell idea, only mobs were supposed to be able to cast it on players Tuppy: autojunk- a config option to automatically sac anything you create by spell misfires Tom: a group flee command Kai: Have the consider feature give you more details about the mob Tom: a re-enchant spell for heroes Kai: The ability to pay for things in Calathar by them subtracting the total from your bank account balance Kai: Dwarven skill, repair - repairs damaged armor similar to Beich, high dex, wis, and/or str required Nemulus: have the One Ring held by the keeper of the ring make the person invis (like seashell) and maybe get rid of the bad effect on AC Forrent: how about a new skill called scare. you use it to scare a mob out of a room so you only have to fight one instead of two or more Derw: there should be like a pill or potion that when you eat/quaff it you become instantly sober... for heroes only of course... Darknight: I dunno how you'd be able to go about coding it, but what if body parts would be poisoned if the previous owner of the limb was evil, like a head of a hobgoblin.. come on, how tasty is that? Here's an idea Fields and I have been tossing around that might be cool for BR. Add a "ghost" class you can choose to act as a guest or use to just chat. It doesn't ask for a password when you log on or save your character when you log off. You can't go up levels or get any equipment. It's just a class to socialize and have fun looking around. The only skill it has is astral. What do you think? -Nolan /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >------------Article------------------------ > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Here's a little tale from way back before I was a hero... Well, a while back, a kender friend of mine (name withheld for his safety) was up in Malathar, visiting a dragon. You might know the dragon. It was Haan, a good friend of the Duke's, and he's apparently been asleep for the last decade or two. Actually , the kender was "borrowing" a bit of Haan's huge hoard... He had his hands full of cash, but wanted just one or two more chests. So, he decided to set down his rather hefty backpack for a moment so he could carry just a BIT more. Then, something happened. Haan rolled over. The backpack was now buried underneath 40 tons of slumbering dragon. Haan isn't exactly a light sleeper, either. My friend tried shouting, screaming, and even violence to get Haan to move. Nothing was working, so that's where I came in... He got word to me that he needed some discreet help. He couldn't exactly wait around a few more decades in case Haan might stir again. Since he was a friend of mine, I thought I'd try to give him a hand. I arrived in Malathar and quickly snuck down to the basement where Haan's been laired these last few centuries. I quickly appraised the situation, dusted off my talons, and started in. It would have taken a team of 100 or so dwarves to get him to move, so we had to try a more subtle approach. Bracing myself, I climbed up onto the massive head and pried open a huge eyelid. No response. I looked for an ear to shout into (didn't work) and so finally gave up and let loose with a full avian screech. The echoes nearly knocked us out, but Haan was unfazed. Hmm. This was going to take some backup. Back in Calathar, I dropped by City Guard HQ and stopped in at the main office. I "convinced" a few guards of the urgency of the mission (reading "Hypnosis for the Masses" really changed my life...) and it was back to Malathar. This time with 8 elite g uards in tow, who were all convinced I was the Commander. It was a bit harder getting a squad of elite guardsman into the basement, but with a few more "suggestions" I got us all safely into the basement. Haan had started to snore by now, and the sound was enough to make my ears ring. Shouting to be heard ove r the racket, I yelled "Start in, boys!" It was impressive. With myself and 8 elite guards hacking away, we managed to scratch him. THAT woke him up. Suddenly his eyes shot open and his head turned to look at me. I blushed under my feathers as he slowly regarded me. He looked more than a b it peeved. I felt a gale as he started to inhale, and quickly ducked. The blast of frost sent me and my little army tumbling into the next room. Haan growled, turned over, and went back to sleep. The backpack was free! But now I had a new problem. The guards blinked a bit and reason slowly returned to their blank eyes. The looked themselves over, then looked at me. I gave them an innocent grin, or what passes for one with this beak. Apparently they weren't convince d. They roared and attacked en masse. These guys were good, almost as good as me. Since I believe in law and order, I was just hitting them with the flat of my blade and trying to knock them out. They didn't seem to feel the need for such restraint. 5 of them were down when one of them pu lled a move that I'd never seen before. My sword went flying, and skittered across some coins to land in the basement against Haan's side. I quickly knocked them out with a few well-placed hits and walked back to Haan. He must have still been annoyed. Even in his sleep, he was plotting revenge. Just as I walked in, he rolled over. I swear he was plotting revenge in his dreams. Ten years without any motion and he rolls over twice in one day??? I arrived just in time to see my sword disappear beneat h his scaled bulk. You know, I REALLY liked that sword. In fact, it was my favorite sword. You dwarves probably understand my feelings. After all, it WAS forged by a god and given to me. There was never any question about getting it back. I had to. Of course, that wa s another story entirely... -Rabies /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >------------Response----------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) responses by LEVIATHEN: FireWalker: the more you carry the worse your dex become. Sounds logical to me hmm that would probably cause you to drop everything and glich out dex affects how many items you can cary if i remember right Koolo: what if we had multiple parry messages, so i didn't have to keep seeing spins around ad deftly parries your atteck? please Tom: Have armor that uses more then 1 spot..... -I think the system is fine the way it is. Changing it would be a hassle and who would want to wear something that takes away a slot? Unless of course it was a grand piece of equipment. Nah, lets just keep it the way it is. i agree in a way but also i think that it could be cool i think that he is talking about some form of armor like maybe for instance "a giants full plate" or something that uses main body and arms and legs (ok mebbe its a bit more than he meant but it gets the point across however i remember in the help for MZF it warns that making multiple slot armor and weapons can cause strange affects (whatever that means) A couple ideas from Flip. - Mobs and players can't trip if flying. - Detect Hidden should be low level and in guild for kenders. Why would a druid have it anyways? They don't even have hide. - And something on the improvement of 'enchant weapon'. Enchant weapon should use not only mana, but some sort of powder, rocks, crystals, herbs to complete the spell (I think they call them reagents..I heard that in UO). Anyways, an elf would go to a shop and buy a specific grade of reagent. The grade would determine the worth of the reagent. Example: a 1 million gold sack of reagents would be the equivelant of a level 50 enchant (3 enchants worth maybe). Picture this: TheAnnoyingNewbie tells Elrond 'I WANNA ENCHANT GIMME GIMME GIMME!' Elrond tells AnnoyingNewbie 'Fine. You're paying for the reagents.' TheAnnoyingNewbie tells Elrond 'WHAT'S THAT? I WANNA ENCHANT!' Elrond types: "ignore theannoyingnewbie" See what I mean? ;) and, not only that, Ta-da! Responses from Flip! > FireWalker: I think if you have to go over more than 2 water rooms, > you need a boat. I haven't used a boat in ages :: Yeah, boats are pretty much obsolete now..if you want to cross water, you can just quaff a fly potion, and you're set. > UncleArthur: Maybe don't make peek automatic. Instead tyope "peek > " :: Hmm.. Maybe just have something in "config" that says "autopeek" or something, as some people may like peek the way it is. With > Sabin: Not to gain XP if your sleeping and your group kills a Mob :: Yeah, this is common sense. > Cutlass: resets should not affect carried items (stops these > repopping containers) :: This might stop that hoard of seashell rings that sometimes fill up the grocer. (And maybe we should reduce the worth of that treasure above Cormyr; People always take those gems and sell them at the grocer, filling up the shelves). > Talen: How about a group consider command that would consider a mob > taking into consideration all the groups members. :: Just have everyone type "con >mob<". > Crimson: Make 'hide' appear when you type affects, even if it > doesnt list a duration (because as soon as you move it's gone), it would > still be helpful. You could then figure out what actions besides moving > make you visible. :: Yeah, please..I use hide a lot (mostly to scare people ;) > Tom: why do you have to go to recall after a death in the arena ? :: Where would you go? Stay in the room you die in? I can see my alias now...alias killtom kill tom; kill tom; kill tom; ...etc That's going to be kinda spammy on the battle channel. Or maybe when you die, you're thrown into a random booth. > FireWalker: the more you carry the worse your dex become. Sounds logical > to me :: Sure, why not? Maybe have a grace period for lowbies, as they may not be able to find a container. > Crimson: Shouldn't the skill circle hit with more power than normal > hits? It seems to be the same as all of my other hits. :: Umm...I can kinda see the reason, considering that most kenders at high levels damp on backstabs. With two kenders in a group, they could just circle a mob to death with very little effort. I think circle's more of a "rescue" command more than another backstab (help file says it's another backstab..) > Tyndrake: skill or command chase.. you have a chance of following a > wimpy mob that flees.. save a lot of blood trail following >:) :: And take out all the fun of trying to decipher which blood trail's your mob's? ;) > Blackwulf: You should be aable to sell things to like the janitor and > stuff. Such as you have a chessy peice of EQ and you can't get rid of it > they will buy it. :: Hmm...Nah. Then we'd end up with a janitor full of crap equipment. And then some newbie comes along, looking for a kill, and behold! A janitor! And the newbie gets stuck with the equipment. Doesn't sound too nice. > Hyperion: picture the stereotypical elf..(like Raistlin in the > Dragonlance Chron) frail, weak, but possesing awesome power ... how > about a spell that trades movement for mana? :) :: Again, this is like that discussion a while ago saying we need a "regen mana" spell. We'd just have a bunch of elves with +mv eq. And think of how _fast_ movement regenerates. > Quiver: automated quests - for those that get bored of fighting, stock up > quest points to buy really good items or something (I know where code is > for this) :: I like it..I play on a mud with this, and it's fun. > Koolo: what if we had multiple parry messages, so i didn't have to keep > seeing spins around ad deftly parries your atteck? :: Some variation is a good idea, same thing with dodge.. > Well, here's my idea, I think that kenders need one more in guild skill. the > skill that I have in mind is what I call "cloak." this skill would allow a > kender to sneak and hide even if they are wearing twinkling, glowing, humming > etc items. I feel that it would be a nice skill. Very useful without making > kenders too powerful. more a skill of convience, like avians hover skill, it > lets you use others. Anyway, I REALLY hope that you like my idea. It wuold > make my day :) :: Sneak is actually quite powerful. If a mob can't see you walk into a room, umm, you're really safe. You could effectively sneak up on any see-invis aggro mob. For now, I think we should just remove any equipment that counters sneak/hide. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------Jasserande's Poetry Section---------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Greetings Realmers, To start off the poetry section, we have an entry by Tabellia/Catherine/Clemente. Read on and email your comments, praises or constructive critism to me. My email is in my profile. Visions ~~~~~~~ My eyes closed, I can see the sunset melting. I can reach out a hand, and without seeing, I can feel the fading sun, the glowing warmth. Like a fire fleeing - no, dying at my touch - the sun sinks back to be swallowed by the darkness. My eyes closed, I can still hear the stars ringing. I can lift up my head, and without trying, I can smell the frosty gleams, the cold sparkles. Like a rainstorm raging - no, building from my touch - the stars scatter to illuminate the darkness. My eyes closed, I can still feel your tender cheek. I can just part my lips, and yes, as always, I can taste your gentle kiss, your warm smile. Like an angel yielding - no, offering her touch - you are the entity that wards off the darkness. ~~~~~~~~~ LIMERICKS ~~~~~~~~~ We also welcome a limerick writer who prefers to remain anonymous. The limericks would all have an immortal as a star so read on and enjoy. =P. The writer also states that no offence is intended. Cutlass ------- Cutlass on the wall Playing with a ball Ball fell Cutlass fell Cutlass on the floor Struggling with the ball Ball bounced Cutlass flounced Cutlass in a sulk Lost his ball to a Rook Rook laughed Cutlass pouted - Anonymous /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >----------------Silly---------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) That's not a bug -- it's a feature ---------------------------------- As I've been developing telemedicine internet apps, most recently with dermatologists, I've found that the old joke, "That's not a bug -- it's a feature," applies to drug development as well. Is it a mouthwash? Is it a floorwax? It's both! :) In this case, a substance that gained attention for its ability to tan the skin without sunlight is being touted as an effective treatment for impotence. Check out http://pslgroup.com/dg/2e38e.htm if you're curious. I thought only software developers pulled that kind of stunt. Oh yeah, that "General Protection Fault" message that you got, Ms. Customer? I put that in as a reminder that you should have saved. -- Fossil _____________________________________________________________________ | _____ __ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ____ __ _ _ _ _____ | | | | |__| |__/ |__/ |_ | | |__/ |_ |__| | | | | | | | |_____\ | | | \ | \ |___ | | | \ |___ | | |___ | | | \_____ | | | | ___ ____ ____ _ ____ _____ _____ ____ ___ | | | ______/ | | |_ | | | \__ | |_ | | |_ |__/ _____/ | | ________| | |___ \_|_/ ___/ |___ |___ | | |___ | \________ | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | 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 | | | \_____________________________________________________________________/ Ascii by Cutlass-Mark Sherlock-msherlo@ibm.net Subject: Newsletter March 17, 1998 | | _______ (===|====================- -====================|===) \ __ \ | | | |__| | __ _ _ __ _ __ ___ _ ___ | ___ \ / __ \| | | |/ ___\ | |/ ___\ / ___ \ | |/ __ \ | | | | | | \ | | / | / | _____| | / | | | |___| | | |__ / | | | | | | |_____ | | | | /________/ \____/|_| |_| |_| \_____/ |_| |_| _______ _ \ __ \ | | | |__| | ___ __ _ | | _ __________ ____ | ___ \ / ___ \ / __ \| | | | | |/ __ ____ \ / ____\ | | | | | _____| | | \ | | | | / | | | | | |__ | | | | | |_____ | |__ / | | | | | | | | | \___ \ /__| |__| \_____/ \____/|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| \ \ ___________________________________________________________ / / <____________________________________________________________/ -Govinda Tom: when you come off afk, a little message with your tells,who beeped you and other misc. needed stuff :) Sylvester: Ever thought of making the Web spell have the failing possibility of webbing the casters feet, making flee impossible Who: CHATH and GTELLH are available while sleeping, shouldn't TELLH be available as well? I realize you cannot TELL while sleeping and you can chat/gtell but simply using TELLH shouldn't hurt... Kai: the command put all.coins to have you put all your coins into the container. Quiver: an extra description on objects that is automatically shown when you wear/hold them. Kai: an 'AUTO' option that has you recall automatically when you go (Linkdead), Off by default??? Kai: A 'food' donation room, EVERYONE whose everyone donates foodstuffs :-) Help the needy in the process Sereneth: I think all the Illithid spells should show which levels we get them at. This would help when all the other races come to us for combat mind . Morgoth: I think a 'last connect' date in each players profile would be a useful thing to have. Kai: New bits for mobs makes the mob a certain % immune to cold, heat, etc. spells Tabellia : Dwarven skill, TEMPER. This gives a weapon an increase of damroll, slightly more than an elven enchant. To balance the power, no increase in hitroll. The weapon is then labelled as magical, thus unable to enchant. Sadie : Illithid skill, CONFUSE. The Illithid has a very powerful mind. This skill allows the Illithid to make their opponent really really want to impale/claw/bite themselves. They really do want to, though they can't figure out why. ;) Salieri : Druid skill, HOLY STRENGTH. The Druid's faith makes them stronger. Also, perhaps rather then having the Druids utter words like Elves, perhaps make ritualistic movements. Such as for sanctuary, 'Salieri traces a crescent moon in the air as she prays,' rather than, 'utters the words.' :) ******* ************** *** *** ************** **** ***Barren Realms*** **** *** *** *** *** *** ******* *** *********** ** ** *********** ***************** ARTICLE BY BAAL: The Races This is what i think are the strong and weak points of every race in the realms. To start, the druids. Druids excel in magic use. A druid has spells like summon which is sometimes good in the higher levels because it eliminates the need to venture out and go long distances for 1 fight and instead of going long distances, it is nice to stay in a no exit room and fight, which eliminates the chance of te mob fleeing and maybe killing an innocent character. This also has limitations though, the only way to get out o a fight is to recall and you have to kill the mob you summoned still. Druids also have Sanctuary, which is good for 2 people groups. Good groups a druid can get into are druid and dwarf, or druid and avian because the druid can keep the dwarf and avian sanced and the dwarf or avian can tank because both of these characters have enhanced damage. Elves, like druids are also very magical, but are not too great at tanking, Elves have the skill teleport and, like druids, can void walking to a place to kill. If Elf and Druid are both in a group, a large one at that. the elf can teleport to a mob, the druid can astral and summon all others in a group, thus taking the hastle of sometimes having to find an area. Kender are great characters although not much people play them. Kenders have the most powerful hit which is backstab, they can poison (or taint) weapons to make them several times more powerful...if a piercing weapon is tainted, the backstabs are alot of the time FATAL. Kender's prime attribute is dex, so mobs find it hard to connect with kender. Kender also have 1st, 2nd and 3rd attack so they also hit the mob alot. Illithids are what i think are one of the most interesting races, because along with great psionic and magical powers, illithids are also powerful and have alot of good skills which no other races have. Avians are also interesting. they have enhanced famage which make their hits more powerful, Avians prime attribute is con, so when leveling, they can get quite a bit of hitpoints. A downside of avians is that as an avian developes, it looses several armor slots which can lower the damroll and hitroll are lowered. Dwarves are by far the most powerful races, with enhanced damage, 1, 2 and 3rd attack they get to hit alot with their powerful hits. What makes dwarves more powerful is that their prime attribute is strength which can go up to 25. Humans, like kender have high dex and are good at tanking. they can get their -ac really high, making the damage to them considerably lower than someone with a low -ac. Humans also have Iron Monk which is like sanctuary in the way that it cuts damage to you by half, but can only be casted on yourself and not upon others. Humans are an excelent race to solo with. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >------------Response----------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) responses by BALTAR: > UncleArthur: Maybe don't make peek automatic. Instead tyope "peek > " I concur. Extremely useful when you want to see the description or equipment of a mobile or player, and they scroll past at 167 mph and leave you with a screen full of inventory. Grrr... > FireWalker: the more you carry the worse your dex become. Sounds logical > to me Except, of course, that one of the benefits of high Dexterity is the ability to carry more items... > Tom: a way to kill your own Charmie with another word...so you wouldnt > accidently kill someone elses Umm...How hard is it to move to the next room? > Rimfiztrick: allow a automatic trigger in response to a play looking at > another player Much potential for abuse here. What if the trigger is to look back at the person who looked at you, and two players both have this trigger, and one of them looks at the other...? Ack. > Quiver: automated quests - for those that get bored of fighting, stock up > quest points to buy really good items or something (I know where code is > for this) Second! (Although I bet anything this gets voted down quick. :-) > Baltar: SOCIAL could show you what the social does (messages to > you, target, others in room) > > -I always just walk up to a mob--not the Guardian or anything--and > try the new social on it. And I don't know who would really want to > sit down and write a sentence or two on every social we have in the > game, especially for those that are like "smile." Actually, I was thinking it could show the actual messages that everyone sees. Wouldn't have to write new sentences, 'cause they already exist. And trying a social out on some mob doesn't tell you what your target or other people in the room see...On the other hand, if it's going to entail a bunch of work, definitely forget it. :-) > Jigoku: i think avions should have some form of hit point regen > plus or something because we are the only class without a cure spell and it > took me about 5 minutes to regen 175 hp, i can't emagine what it must be > like for higher levels. (one without a heale (1) This is why you have to learn where the healing-type potions are. Those light blue ones in Arachnos are pretty good for mid-level types. Higher levels can always go for cockroach juice -- oh, wait, we don't have that any more, make it a holy grail. Again, part of the whole point of the game is to learn where all the Good Stuff be hid... (2) Avians *do* have "some form of hit point regen plus" -- it's called the highest Constitution in the Realms. Haven't you noticed that you tend to heal faster when you're resting or sleeping? (3) And while we're on the subject, why should Avians, who have the highest hp, heal faster than those unfortunate races who don't have as many hit points to start with in the first place? It would be like giving Avians a *double* advantage. If you're not fully healed up, so what? You still have more hp than an Elf of the same level at full strength... > Ford: how about if autosplit didn't distribute when getting money > from one of your own containers? Unless it's a real pain to code, I am heartily in favor of this... > Sereneth: I think a social like "type" would be useful for grammar > mistakes. Some days i'm just not thinking Did you mean "typo"? Case in point... :) Baltar /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------Daehder's How-tos-------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Hi :) Seems that time again :) Today, like most times will be for the newer players again. How to wield two weapons ------------------------ If they are of different weights wield the heaviest one and hold the lighter one. If however they are of the same weight, find your self a heavier weapon, wield that heavy weapon, hold one of those weapons, then wield the other one. As easy as that. How to find containers ---------------------- After a while your inventory will become full and you will need some place to put stuff in. For that you will need containers. The first container you need to buy is one of those little bags in the academy. Then there is also some containers in Solace in the market and a nice chest in Ofcol. Other higher mortals may be convinced that you need a bigger container, but please do not whine when you can't get one. Soon you will be high enough to go fetch one yourself. It makes for a bigger accomplishment. How to keep your money safe --------------------------- As you walk all over the realms, you will find some sneaky thieves trying to rob you of all your money, make sure to put your money in a container before you go anywhere. put coins get coins Well, taht's it for now. If you have any questions, raise them for us and I'll try to answer them for you. NEXT WEEK: Some more HOW TO's Daehder /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >---------------Bios------------------------ > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Howdy, realmers. I know you've all been breathlessly awaiting the Slart bio in the newsletter. Don't deny it; we all know it's true...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Sorry, even I couldn't keep a straight face through that. However, whether you wanted it or not (don't say it), here it is.... My name is Derek Scott. I'm a 23 year old transplanted Hoosier (that's Indiana for all you folks who might not happen to know) now living in South Carolina. I am just about as single as it is possible to be without living on an entirely different planet. By day, I work as a computer engineer, using my keen grasp of technology in a continuing struggle to fight famine and injustice around the world. Ok, ok, I just fix hardware-related problems with operating system software, but you have to admit the first description does sound more impressive.... I enjoy golf, table tennis, and basketball, though just about any sport will do in a pinch. This is not, however, to say that I am any good whatsoever at any of the aforementioned sports *grin*. I also enjoy playing cards, bridge most of all. By now, most of you know how I spend most of my nights.... I found BR sometime last July, and I've been hooked ever since. In the time I've been here, hopefully I've become a friend to some, a pleasantly familiar "face" to others, and an incredible annoyance to only a few. To my friends, I'd like to say that I hope to share and enjoy the Realms with you for a long time to come. To those familiar faces out there, I'd like to say that while I may not know you well individually, collectively you are an important part of what makes BR such a special place on the 'net. To those who find me incredibly annoying, I'd like to say, "Pbbbbbbt." *grin* Thanks for reading. -Slart (also, but infrequently, Ford and Marvin) ===================================================== @>----------------[Quest Section]---------------------------------- Hi everyone! here are the entries that i recieved for my vacation quest. im pretty disappointed because i got on everyday to ask ppl to join but i only got entries because i begged. so if you guys want quests in the future, please participate now or else the heros will think you guys arent interested. Mortal entry: I think that my dream holiday would be at home. I would invite all my friends over, have an AMAZING party, then get someone else to clear the mess up (after all, it IS a holiday... :P) I would not need to take anything anywhere, AND it would not cost anything as everyone would bring a bottle so I could spend the money an hangover cures :) You might not thibnk that this is very imaginative, but can you think of a better holiday? thanks for your time, Leshrac Hero entries: OK, here is my entry. My dream vacation would be to travel around the known, and unknown, universe, in the Starship Enterprise. I and the crew would bounce from planet to planet, meeting new civilizations. We would then become involved with the ongoing Borg war. After the Borg destroy Deep Space 9, leaving Worf as the only survivor, I and the Enterprise would somehow be catapaulted to the Delta Quadrant. There, we would kill all the Borg with the help of the Kazon, and rescue Voyager from its pointless existence. Sereneth My dream vacation would be to Jamaica. riding horses on the beach and partying at night Daliah I've been on cruises. I've been to theme parks. Caribbean, old news. Europe and Australia were fun. But for my dream vacation, I have to do something that I've always wanted to do, and this is it In 6th grade, I had a great teacher. Taught us new languages, gave us new experiences, and showed us the world. Or, the major landmarks at least Ever since I saw his slides of these places, I've always wanted to go. I want to take my own pictures of these places and send them to him along with my drawing from 9 years ago. Peru for Macchu Picchu. Egypt for the Pyramids. England for Stonehenge. Easter Island, oh boy, Easter Island. Besides the obvious, I am becoming a Certified Diver, and I would love to Dive the Red Sea, Galapagos Islands, Great Barrier Reef. As side trips, of course And, IF I were to take anyone with me, it would have to be someone special to me, someone I would want to share these experiences with. I can't drag just anybody along with me to all these places Sylvester The winner? Sereneth! With this new level thing, i dont know what she gets though. ;P we'll talk about that later. are these the only people with creative minds that play on br? submitted by Java, Unofficial Perker of the Realms /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >------------Jassy's Poetry Spot------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) How to write a limerick? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Limericks should be written in the form of AABBA and syllabus varies from 7,7,5,5,7 or 9,9,6,6,9. That is 5 lines for the limerick and AABBA as in the first two lines would match. Example. There once was a tabby cat Who loved to lie on his mat He licked his paw clean so now dirt was seen and that is the end of that Notice 7 syllabus for the 1st, 2nd and last line and 5 syllabus for the 3rd and 4th. The rhyming also follows cat, mat and that and clean and seen, hence the rhyming form AABBA. The rhyming sequence and correct is made to me by Tabellia. Thanks Tabellia. If you want to try writing a limerick, please email them to me, my email is in my profile The following is a poem written by me, after I read a story about the love between a blind man and a girl. Whoever who wants to read the story, please email me too. Dare to Dream ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Winter solistice comes upon me Snow falls lightly on my nose I face the the cold north wind clutching his memory in my hands I dare to dream. I dare to dream of a hot Summer where we ran across the fields where we were young and carefree where we were haunted by no worries I dare to dream. Autumn leaves falling on the ground Colours of brown and yellow surrounds me I stand beneath the ancient oak tree Holding his memory in my mind I dare to dream. I dare to dream of a wet Spring where we swam across the river where we ran through the rain where we snuggled near the fireplace I dare to dream. I dare to dream of our times together I dare to dream of what we once were i dare to dream of what we will become I dare to dream of our happiness I dare to dream. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >----------------Silly---------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) > RIGHT TO LIFE VIRUS: > Won't allow you to delete a file, regardless of how old it is. If you > attempt to erase a file, it requires you to first see a counselor about > possible alternatives. > > ROSS PEROT VIRUS: > Activates every component in your system, just before the whole thing quits. > > OPRAH WINFREY VIRUS: > Your 200 MB hard drive suddenly shrinks to 80 MB, and then slowly expands > back to 200 MB. > > AT&T VIRUS: > Every three minutes it tells you what great service you are > getting. > > THE MCI VIRUS: > Every three minutes it reminds you that you're paying too much for the AT&T > virus. > > TED TURNER VIRUS: > Colorizes your monochrome monitor. > > ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER VIRUS: > Terminates and stays resident. It'll be back. > > DAN QUAYLE VIRUS: > Prevents your system from spawning any child processes without joining into > a binary network. > > DAN QUAYLE VIRUS 2: > Their is sumthing rong with your computer, ewe just can't figyour out watt. > > NEW WORLD ORDER VIRUS: > Probably harmless, but it makes a lot of people really mad just thinking > about it. > > FEDERAL BUREAUCRAT VIRUS: > Divides your hard disk into hundreds of little units, each of which does > practically nothing, but all of which claim to be the most important part > of the computer. > > TEXAS VIRUS: > Makes sure that it's bigger than any other file. > > ADAM AND EVE VIRUS: > Takes a couple of bytes out of your Apple. > > MICHAEL JACKSON VIRUS: > Hard to identify because it is constantly altering its appearance. This > virus won't harm your PC, but it will trash your car. > > FREUDIAN VIRUS: > Your computer becomes obsessed with marrying its own motherboard. > > PBS VIRUS: Your PC stops every few minutes to ask for money. > > ELVIS VIRUS: > Your computer gets fat, slow, and lazy and then self destructs, only to > resurface at shopping malls and service stations across > rural America. > > NIKE VIRUS: > Just Does It! > > JIMMY HOFFA VIRUS: > Nobody can find it. > > KEVORKIAN VIRUS: > Helps your computer shut down whenever it wants to. > > STAR TREK VIRUS: > Invades your system in places where no virus has gone before. > > GEORGE BUSH VIRUS: > It starts by boldly stating, "Read my test... no new files!" on the > screen, proceeds to fill up all the free space on your hard drive with new > files, then blames it on the Congressional Virus. > _____________________________________________________________________ | _____ __ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ____ __ _ _ _ _____ | | | | |__| |__/ |__/ |_ | | |__/ |_ |__| | | | | | | | |_____\ | | | \ | \ |___ | | | \ |___ | | |___ | | | \_____ | | | | ___ ____ ____ _ ____ _____ _____ ____ ___ | | | ______/ | | |_ | | | \__ | |_ | | |_ |__/ _____/ | | ________| | |___ \_|_/ ___/ |___ |___ | | |___ | \________ | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | 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 | | | \_____________________________________________________________________/ Ascii by Cutlass-Mark Sherlock-msherlo@ibm.net Subject: Newsletter March 24, 98 \ __ \ | | | |__| | __ _ _ __ _ __ ___ _ ___ | ___ \ / __ \| | | |/ ___\ | |/ ___\ / ___ \ | |/ __ \ | | | | | | \ | | / | / | _____| | / | | | |___| | | |__ / | | | | | | |_____ | | | | /________/ \____/|_| |_| |_| \_____/ |_| |_| _______ _ \ __ \ | | | |__| | ___ __ _ | | _ __________ ____ | ___ \ / ___ \ / __ \| | | | | |/ __ ____ \ / ____\ | | | | | _____| | | \ | | | | / | | | | | |__ | | | | | |_____ | |__ / | | | | | | | | | \___ \ /__| |__| \_____/ \____/|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| \ \ ___________________________________________________________ / / <____________________________________________________________/ -Govinda Jasserande: How about having something to trade practices for when you have practiced all your skills and have nothing else to practice? =3D) Jasserande: Another way of looking at a person's AFK message instead of telling that person?=20 Kai: Elf or Druid spell, Flame Wall, similar to the 'Flame Strike' spell but it harms every mob in the room, including hidden and invis Leah: When you backstab the weapon stays in the mobs back, like a flung feather, you must kill the mob to get it back, this would be good for making circle as powerful as backstab, cause then you would lose the weapon till you killed it. AMystery: implement the ds alias. drop %1;sac %!. that way everyone wouldn't have to put in their list. save space and be helpful Atonia: Clericus should offer the spells he gives level 1-10 to all levels for money as well as the ones he does now. Bodo: can do who her or who imm..who mort would be nice too...'. Dimmesdale: To make people more inclined to explore different areas, Have a special bus to go to higher level areas. You could have the bus go to one area a week, month or whatever timespace, or just make another jenny style, where the bus goes to Holly: How about adding the title information in the profile of a person too. =3D) Jigoku: when heros type "who hero" they should be able to see the races of the other heros..:) ? I've been thinking about a new spell for dwarves and I came up with "Merge". This spell merges two or more players and averages all their abilities such as hit/dam, AC, HP, mana, main stats(str,int, etc), and etc. Also the spel= l averages the level of the players. Because this spell makes players too powerful, the players only get 1/5-1/3 of exps they get when they're in group. Because two or more people are merged, there's confusion and using magic becomes slower. This spell will makes dwarves stronger but worsen their magical abilities. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------Response---------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Responses by Orionstram: Thorkill: Make customized body parts for different mobs: a=20 limb rather than arm for a maple tree, or a wing for a bee hmm.. i=92ve thought the exact same thing.. might take a bit=20 of coding though, for every single MOB that doesnt have arms and legs and all (quite a few=20 really) Thorkill: An option in the configs that when turned on allows others to see when you were last on when they profile you.=20 (initialy set to off). =20 hmm... it=92s a nice idea, but what is the point? =20 Jigoku: i think avions should have some form of hit point regen plus or something because we are the only class without a cure=20 spell and it took me about 5 minutes to regen 175 hp, i can't emagine what it=20 must be like for higher levels. (one without a heale I personally think avians are good enough already : ) Ford: how about if autosplit didn't distribute when getting money from one of your own containers? =20 i agree... that gets old (unless a groupy has a lot of money in=20 his midget purse : ) =20 Aros: suggestion we need a YOU ARE HERE thing on the map =20 hmm... just look where u are, and then find where you are on the=20 map ; ) =20 Wasabe: what if we could throw weapons? A one shot deal...where thereafter it crumbles, but at the same time casuing huge amounts=20 of damage... =20 It might be ok... =91your thrown frostbite sword of winter=20 ***OBLITERATES*** Xor.. maybe? : ) =20 Sereneth: I think a social like "type" would be useful for=20 grammar mistakes. Some days i'm just not thinking =20 =91Sereneth screams "It=92s my keyboard!'" *shrug* it could add=20 little bit to the game :) Orionstram /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >--------------Story------------------------ > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) We went on spring break last week, so sorry about the lack of story. .= .:) In any case, Raze and I made it out of the Dark Tower and somehow ended up in the lost city o= f Midgaard . . . I noticed that there wasn't really a sun in the sky over the Lost City= =2E It was not dark, but instead of the bright white light of day, there only seemed to be a perpetu= al glow, similar to what you would see at twilight. "Let's go this way," I said, picking a directio= n at random and dragging Raze along behind me. "Perhaps we can either find a way out or at the very= least learn something about the place." "I thought elves could teleport. Can't you just open a portal yoursel= f and get us out of here?" Rolling my eyes, I turned to explain for probably the millionth time i= n my life the differences between elves and druids. "No, I can't just 'get us out.' I m= ight be able to open a portal for me, but that would leave you here. And only a druid could astra= l to me and then summon you. So, unless you want to be stranded. . ." I left it hanging. Growling at me, Raze muttered something under her breath. Then she we= nt to a nearby door. "We can at least see what's in the tavern," she shrugged. "Maybe th= ey left some things that they won't be needing anymore." With a sudden change of mood that's = typical of kenders and/or women, (I can't decide which if not both), Raze rather eagerly went = to the door of what appeared to have been a tavern. A sign on the door rather pathetically tri= ed to depict a bowl of stew and a bottle of ale. Despite the fact that neither the door nor the l= ock had been used in several thousand years, all the metal was in surprisingly good condition. = =20 Pulling a long wire object out of her coat, Raze deftly picked the loc= k of the door. She was good, I had to give her that. "They didn't make them any better then, = I guess," she sighed in disappointment. As we opened the door, the hinges didn't squeak; something= bugged me about that, but I didn't think about it much for some reason. =20 "Do you think we could have some light?" Raze asked me. Darkness seep= ed from inside, seeming to devour the light around us. Nodding, I twiddled my thumbs and m= ade a bright ball of light appear in my hand and lit it. It wasn't much, but it did light up th= e room rather well, in spite of dark. =20 Every table in the place had food on it. Food but no people. For some= reason, the food was in perfect condition. Incredulous, Raze and I stared dumbly into the c= hamber. I sent out my mind, looking for some magical effects. "Nothing," I muttered. "Is it real?" Raze asked me tentatively. =20 "Yes. I don't know how, but everything here has been perfectly preser= ved." =20 "Well," Raze smiled, walking over to the table, "that solves our food = problem I guess.=20 Let's stay here for a while, strengthen up, and figure out what to do. The= re's gotta be a way to leave here by foot." A small black cat then jumped up onto a table from the corner of the r= oom. With a flash of his teeth, he seemed to grin at us, and then began to speak! "Actually,= " he said, "there is no way out on foot. We made sure of that." The cat's form began to shift, an= d what seemed to be starlight emanated from him. When it faded, a elf sat on the table in fron= t of us, a twinkling sword at his side. =20 I gasped. "You!" "Jett Eboneye," the former cat introduced himself with a bow. "God of= Starfire." Raze's eyes had about popped out of her head by now. "You know the Go= d of Starfire??" she almost yelled at me. "Well, sure," I grinned. "Elves live a long time, remember? I've had= plenty of time to meet heroes and gods. How have you been, Jett? Last time I saw you, you h= ad a bevy of busty braided blonds with you. . . Nice hair cut by the way," I added with a gri= n. Jett coughed delicately into his hand. "Well, yes, just don't mention= that to Cherye. She get's so touchy sometimes. Besides, you were there with me. . . But movin= g into business, Sylvid, you both must leave here. No one is supposed to be able get here, = and we never really expected anyone to actually do it. How did get here anyway?" "We came through the Dark Tower," Raze told him, visibly edging toward= the door. The presence of gods, especially unexpected ones, can be a bit unnerving. =20 "You mean it still exists??" Jett exclaimed. "We've been searching fo= r it for centuries!=20 Perhaps now we can blot out its ugly existence for good. Please, come with= me now." "Where are we going?" Raze asked warily. "To Valence, Raze, the City of Heroes." /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >--------------Bios------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Baal's Biography =09=09=09=09 =09My name on Barren Realms is Baal. I am a very skilled Avian. In real lif= e, my name is Mike Perez-Guerra and i am the biggest addict to this mud, you might have seen my hero laron before so just so you know who I am. In real life i am fifteen years old and am in 10'th grade. My hobbies incluse playing guitar and scateboarding, and in the winter i snowboard...ohh yeah, my main hobby is my addiction to the mud : ) I live in asmall town named Guilford in central New York. In Real life I also constantly play my most loved sport, soccer. My favorite music is alternative and my favorite bands are Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots, or STP. I love cats, I have 3 of them and they are constantly hissing and fighting which gives some entertainment. My webpage is located at http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/3449/barren.html If you have any questions or suggestions, note me and i will get right back to you /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >---------------Poetry---------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Greetings fellow Realmers,=20 welcome to another session of my poetry corner, since there have been no new entries to my section *sniffs sadly* I shall now feature poems by renowned poets. The first is by Robert Frost and some of you might have read about it, but you don't happen to know what the full poem is. Here it is now in all its glory. The Road Not Taken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps a better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear, Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. - Robert Frost Watch out for this column next week, as I would be holding a quest for all the Realmers to participate. Read your notes and await the news. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >---------------Silly----------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Following are actual bumper stickers spotted: Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. Out of my mind. Back in five minutes. Cover me. I'm changing lanes. As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools Happiness is a belt-fed weapon Laugh alone and the world thinks you're an idiot. Sometimes I wake up grumpy; Other times I let her sleep I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather ... Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car ... Tow-ers will be violated Montana -- At least our cows are sane! Jesus died for my sins and all I got was this lousy T-shirt The gene pool could use a little chlorine. I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian. Your kid may be an honor student but you're still an IDIOT! It's as BAD as you think, and they ARE out to get you. When you do a good deed, get a receipt, in case heaven is like the IRS. Smile, it's the second best thing you can do with your lips. Friends don't let Friends drive Naked. Wink, I'll do the rest! I took an IQ test and the results were negative. When there's a will, I want to be in it! Okay, who stopped the payment on my reality check? If we aren't supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat? Time is the best teacher; Unfortunately it kills all its students! It's lonely at the top, but you eat better. Forget about World Peace.....Visualize Using Your Turn Signal! Warning: Dates in Calendar are closer than they appear. Give me ambiguity or give me something else. Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot. He/She who laughs last thinks slowest Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else. Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math. Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies. Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes. We are Microsoft. Resistance Is Futile. You Will Be Assimilated. _____________________________________________________________________ | _____ __ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ____ __ _ _ _ _____ | | | | |__| |__/ |__/ |_ | | |__/ |_ |__| | | | | | | | |_____\ | | | \ | \ |___ | | | \ |___ | | |___ | | | \_____ | | | | ___ ____ ____ _ ____ _____ _____ ____ ___ | | | ______/ | | |_ | | | \__ | |_ | | |_ |__/ _____/ | | ________| | |___ \_|_/ ___/ |___ |___ | | |___ | \________ | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | 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 | | | \_____________________________________________________________________/ Ascii by Cutlass-Mark Sherlock-msherlo@ibm.net