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'''June 2002''' - [[Announcements - 2002/06 - Castling|Announcements Page]] | '''June 2002''' - [[Announcements - 2002/06 - Castling|Announcements Page]] | ||
== | == Game Changes == | ||
* 150 Cottages and 50 Villas added to pre-existing settlements. | |||
* New spell component system introduced. You can now carry Prismatic Tapers and [[Foci]] for each magic school trained instead of carrying individual components. | |||
* The [[Spell Economy]] has been removed. | |||
* Spell durations increased: | |||
** All buffs of level 1-5 now last 30 minutes exactly. | |||
** All level 6 buffs last 45 minutes. | |||
** All level 7 buffs last 60 minutes. | |||
* Other changes: | |||
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** All vendors now accept all trade notes. | ** All vendors now accept all trade notes. | ||
** Pyreal stacks increased to 10,000. | ** Pyreal stacks increased to 10,000. | ||
** [[Mansions]] now have 100 hooks in them, all of them usable. | ** [[Mansions]] now have 100 hooks in them, all of them usable. | ||
=== New [[ | == User Interface == | ||
* New separate [[Status Panels|panel]] for harmful spells added to the interface. | |||
* The leader of a [[Fellowship]] now shows up as a triangle dot on radar. | |||
* When using a mana stone on yourself, you will receive a message letting you know when all your items are full. | |||
* When a character attempts to use a mana stone to drain mana from an item, there will now be a confirmation check even if the item does not contain any mana. | |||
== New Quests == | |||
* [[Flags]] | * [[Flags]] | ||
* [[Arcane Pedestal Quest]] | * [[Arcane Pedestal Quest]] | ||
== | == New Events == | ||
* [[Queen Elysa's Ceremonies]] | |||
* [[ | |||
== New NPCs == | |||
* [[Slithe Tradittor]] | * [[Slithe Tradittor]] | ||
* [[Verdentine Magnan]] | * [[Verdentine Magnan]] | ||
* [[Jordan Ibn'Ikia]] | * [[Jordan Ibn'Ikia]] | ||
* [[Apprentice Scrivener of Creature Magic (Level I)]] | * [[Apprentice Scrivener of Creature Magic (Level I)]] | ||
* [[Apprentice Scrivener of Creature Magic (Level II)]] | * [[Apprentice Scrivener of Creature Magic (Level II)]] | ||
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* [[Grand Master Scrivener of War Magic]] | * [[Grand Master Scrivener of War Magic]] | ||
== Updated NPCs == | |||
* [[Essence of Artifice]] - Destroyed | * [[Essence of Artifice]] - Destroyed | ||
* [[Essence of Enchantment]] - Destroyed | * [[Essence of Enchantment]] - Destroyed | ||
* [[Essence of Strife]] - Destroyed | * [[Essence of Strife]] - Destroyed | ||
* [[Essence of Verdancy]] - Destroyed | * [[Essence of Verdancy]] - Destroyed | ||
== New Locations == | |||
* [[Grievver Valley]] | * [[Grievver Valley]] | ||
** [[Grievver Caves | ** [[Grievver Caves]] | ||
* [[Precarious Sojourn | * [[Precarious Sojourn]] | ||
* Gaerlan's floating citadel - 76.4N, 55.1E on the northeast coast | * Gaerlan's floating citadel - 76.4N, 55.1E on the northeast coast | ||
* [[75.7N, 20.5W - Verdentine Magnan's Tent]] | * [[75.7N, 20.5W - Verdentine Magnan's Tent]] | ||
== Updated Locations == | |||
* [[Arcanum Research Facility]] - Level 20+ requirement added. | * [[Arcanum Research Facility]] - Level 20+ requirement added. | ||
* [[Castle of Baron Nuvillus|24.2S, 76.8E - Skeleton Castle]] - Updated with [[Spinning Wheel]] | * [[Castle of Baron Nuvillus|24.2S, 76.8E - Skeleton Castle]] - Updated with [[Spinning Wheel]] | ||
== New Items == | |||
{{Item Table|Caption=[[ | {{Item Table|Caption=[[Housing Items]] | ||
| | | Arcane Pedestal | ||
| Dereth Map | | Dereth Map | ||
| Flag | | Flag | ||
| Oxidized Statue (Banderling) | | Oxidized Statue (Banderling) | ||
| Oxidized Statue (Ben Ten) | | Oxidized Statue (Ben Ten) | ||
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}} | }} | ||
= | {{Item Table|Caption=[[Mana Stones]] | ||
| Superb Mana Charge | |||
}} | |||
= | {{Item Table|Caption=[[Objects]] | ||
| Loom | |||
| Nullified Statue of a Tumerok | |||
| Spinning Wheel | |||
}} | |||
- | {{Item Table|Caption=[[Quest Items]] | ||
| Gelidite Dais | |||
| Imaging Crystal | |||
| Unframed map of Dereth | |||
| Imaging Crystal- Arcane Pedestal imprinted | |||
| Bronze Coil from a Statue | |||
| Bronze Gear from a Statue | |||
| Bronze Spring from a Statue | |||
| Silk | |||
| Spool of Silk | |||
}} | |||
== | {{Item Table|Caption=[[Spell Components]] | ||
| Prismatic Taper | |||
| | | Foci of Strife | ||
| Foci of Verdancy | |||
| Foci of Artifice | |||
| Foci of Enchantment | |||
}} | |||
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Text Items]] | |||
| Parts List for Arcane Pedestal | |||
| Rumor of an Artifact | |||
| Slithe Tradittor's Notes. | |||
}} | |||
== Updated Items == | |||
{{Item Table| | |||
| Etheric Seal | |||
}} | |||
== New Creatures == | |||
{{Creature Class|Auroch | {{Creature Class|Auroch | ||
| Cocooned Auroch | | Cocooned Auroch | ||
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| Gelid | | Gelid | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Creature Class|Golem | {{Creature Class|Golem | ||
| Crystal Lord Sovereign | | Crystal Lord Sovereign | ||
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| Warlock of the Blood | | Warlock of the Blood | ||
}} | }} | ||
== | == New Dialog == | ||
;Town Crier | |||
{{Dialog| | |||
File: | |Town Crier tells you, "I read a rumor of an explorer who lives west of Lytelthorpe and has been speaking of a very odd place he discovered. Funny, my cousin is an explorer for the Exploration Society and he says he has never heard of him..." | ||
File: | |||
File: | |Town Crier tells you, "Hey! If you know people who have a cottage or villa, ask them whether the Arcanum built more houses in their settlement. I hear that is so. There is safety in numbers!" | ||
File: | |||
File: | |Town Crier tells you, "Have you heard? The essences have erupted from the very bowels of the world! Destruction everywhere, I've heard said." | ||
File: | |||
|Town Crier tells you, "I understand the famous cartographer Alatar Locke has been spotted. He has been busy making maps of Dereth. I saw one hanging on the wall of my brother's place. I had no idea Dereth is so big!" | |||
|Town Crier tells you, "Have you been to that place near the ocean's edge southeast of Aerlinthe? I have no idea what that thing in the water is but I don't like the looks of it." | |||
|Town Crier tells you, "Some of the existing cottage and villa settlements are growing! They seem to be in many locations- the desert, the plains, lots of places." | |||
|Town Crier tells you, "I have heard that the High Queen may soon call the people to her so that she can explain to us what danger we now face. I would sure like to be there to see her." | |||
|Town Crier tells you, "News, the Exploration Society has lost contact with the researcher they sent to study the Grievvers afflicting Stonehold. Vivaina, the Stonehold Shopkeep, says he left Stonehold two weeks ago, following tracks into the Northwest Woods." | |||
|Town Crier tells you, "I cannot tell you how relieved I am that those dreadful statues have finally been nullified - even their pedestals have been nullified. But there are still statues lurking in the foundries beneath them - we'd better keep watch over them, just to make sure they never invade us again." | |||
|Town Crier tells you, "The Scriveners' Guild has set up shop in many towns throughout the world! Visit your local scrivener to purchase scrolls and casting foci!" | |||
|Town Crier tells you, "A Sharpshooter has reported spotting the missing Exploration Society Researcher, Verdentine Magnan. The archer says that Magnan was busy talking to himself on a hill overlooking a valley heavily infested with Grievvers in the Northwest Woods at 75.5N, 20.6W." | |||
|Town Crier tells you, "I bought a rumor about someone named Slithe Tradittor who saw an ancient artifact and... well, you go buy it yourself!" | |||
|Town Crier tells you, "High Queen Elysa Strathelar is planning on calling people to the Festival Stones according to rumors spreading throughout the Arcanum. Some people have even said that Asheron will be there. Well I just hope Martine knows well enough to stay away." | |||
|Town Crier tells you, "That thing rising from the ocean? It looks like something that those Empyrean would have used. Maybe Nuhmudira was right after all." | |||
|Town Crier tells you, "Hear ye, hear ye! Novice mages will no longer have to perform research in order to learn their new spells! Scrolls are being sold across the land in the Scrivener's Vaults!" | |||
|Town Crier tells you, "My new casting foci are so handy! Can you imagine it? I only need this foci, a couple scarabs and one of those newfangled prismatic tapers and I'm all set for a hunt!" | |||
|Town Crier tells you, "I bought a rumor about someone named Slithe Tradittor who saw an ancient artifact and... well, you go buy it yourself!" | |||
;Ulgrim the Unpleasant | |||
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Oh? Pretty new house trinket? Ive seen those Arcane Pedestals before." | |||
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Seems pretty irresponsible to be tinkering with ancient Empyrean devices. Doesnt anyone remember the Great Work? Hello?! We released the Hopeslayer doing just this sort of thing." | |||
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Bah! Do whatever you want, but dont forget I told you so." | |||
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "The Queen made a visit here the other day. She gave me some water and I accidentally spit it out on her boots..." | |||
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Hey! I thought she was giving me some stout. That water stuff is horrible! It was an honest mistake." | |||
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Anyway, Ash was there too and he understood, he even snickered. Were friends from way back." | |||
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Turns out they just wanted some advice on which spirits to have at some party theyre going to throw. They came to the right man for that. I gave them a list I had already made out of all my favorites." | |||
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Did you here about that Grievver Man in the North Osteth Woods?" | |||
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Living in the wilds with a bunch of bugs? Hes one pyreal short of an M-Note if you know what I mean." | |||
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I showed Martine my portal joke. He didnt find it very funny though. When I got to the part where his wife says "Hi" ...he kind of lost it, I thought he was going to ring spell me or something." | |||
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "He said something about losing my lifestone tie." | |||
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Heh, what a kidder. He cant do that... can he?" | |||
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Some people just cant take a joke." | |||
}} | |||
== Related Articles == | |||
* [[Announcements - 2002/06 - Castling#Teaser|Teaser]] | |||
* [[Chronicles of the June Event]] | |||
* [[Announcements - 2002/06 - Castling#Teaser|Teaser]] | |||
* [[Announcements - 2002/06 - Castling#Rollout Article|Rollout Article]] | |||
* [[Announcements - 2002/06 - Castling#Release Notes|Release Notes]] | |||
* [[Announcements - 2002/06 - Castling#Letter to the Players 1|Letter to the Players 1]] | |||
* [[Announcements - 2002/06 - Castling#Letter to the Players 2|Letter to the Players 2]] | |||
* [[Announcements - 2002/06 - Castling#Letter to the Players 3|Letter to the Players 3]] | |||
* [[Announcements - 2002/06 - Castling#Letter to the Players 4|Letter to the Players 4]] | |||
* [[Microsoft Zone Archive/News & Events/Macros, 3rd-Party Apps and XP|Macros, 3rd-Party Apps and XP]] | |||
* [[Announcements - 2002/06 - Castling#State of the Code|State of the Code]] | |||
== Media == | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:05, 13 November 2020
June 2002 - Announcements Page
Game Changes
- 150 Cottages and 50 Villas added to pre-existing settlements.
- New spell component system introduced. You can now carry Prismatic Tapers and Foci for each magic school trained instead of carrying individual components.
- The Spell Economy has been removed.
- Spell durations increased:
- All buffs of level 1-5 now last 30 minutes exactly.
- All level 6 buffs last 45 minutes.
- All level 7 buffs last 60 minutes.
- Other changes:
- All vendors now accept all trade notes.
- Pyreal stacks increased to 10,000.
- Mansions now have 100 hooks in them, all of them usable.
User Interface
- New separate panel for harmful spells added to the interface.
- The leader of a Fellowship now shows up as a triangle dot on radar.
- When using a mana stone on yourself, you will receive a message letting you know when all your items are full.
- When a character attempts to use a mana stone to drain mana from an item, there will now be a confirmation check even if the item does not contain any mana.
New Quests
New Events
New NPCs
- Slithe Tradittor
- Verdentine Magnan
- Jordan Ibn'Ikia
- Apprentice Scrivener of Creature Magic (Level I)
- Apprentice Scrivener of Creature Magic (Level II)
- Apprentice Scrivener of Life Magic (Level I)
- Apprentice Scrivener of Life Magic (Level II)
- Apprentice Scrivener of Item and War Magic (Level I)
- Apprentice Scrivener of Item and War Magic (Level II)
- Journeyman Scrivener of Creature Magic
- Journeyman Scrivener of Item Magic
- Journeyman Scrivener of Life Magic
- Journeyman Scrivener of War Magic
- Scrivener of Creature Magic
- Scrivener of Item Magic
- Scrivener of Life Magic
- Scrivener of War Magic
- Master Scrivener of Creature Magic
- Master Scrivener of Item Magic
- Master Scrivener of Life Magic
- Master Scrivener of War Magic
- Grand Master Scrivener of Creature Magic
- Grand Master Scrivener of Item Magic
- Grand Master Scrivener of Life Magic
- Grand Master Scrivener of War Magic
Updated NPCs
- Essence of Artifice - Destroyed
- Essence of Enchantment - Destroyed
- Essence of Strife - Destroyed
- Essence of Verdancy - Destroyed
New Locations
- Grievver Valley
- Precarious Sojourn
- Gaerlan's floating citadel - 76.4N, 55.1E on the northeast coast
- 75.7N, 20.5W - Verdentine Magnan's Tent
Updated Locations
- Arcanum Research Facility - Level 20+ requirement added.
- 24.2S, 76.8E - Skeleton Castle - Updated with Spinning Wheel
New Items
Arcane Pedestal
Dereth Map
Flag
Oxidized Statue (Banderling)
Oxidized Statue (Ben Ten)
Oxidized Statue (Drudge)
Oxidized Statue (Golem)
Oxidized Statue (Grievver)
Oxidized Statue (Gromnie)
Oxidized Statue (Mosswart)
Oxidized Statue (Reedshark)
Oxidized Statue (Sclavus)
Oxidized Statue (Shadow)
Oxidized Statue (Skeleton)
Oxidized Statue (Thorsten Cragstone)
Oxidized Statue (Tumerok)
Oxidized Statue (Virindi)
Oxidized Statue (Zharalim)
Loom
Nullified Statue of a Tumerok
Spinning Wheel
Gelidite Dais
Imaging Crystal
Unframed map of Dereth
Imaging Crystal- Arcane Pedestal imprinted
Bronze Coil from a Statue
Bronze Gear from a Statue
Bronze Spring from a Statue
Silk
Spool of Silk
Prismatic Taper
Foci of Strife
Foci of Verdancy
Foci of Artifice
Foci of Enchantment
Parts List for Arcane Pedestal
Rumor of an Artifact Slithe Tradittor's Notes.
Updated Items
New Creatures
New Dialog
- Town Crier
- Town Crier tells you, "I read a rumor of an explorer who lives west of Lytelthorpe and has been speaking of a very odd place he discovered. Funny, my cousin is an explorer for the Exploration Society and he says he has never heard of him..."
- Town Crier tells you, "Hey! If you know people who have a cottage or villa, ask them whether the Arcanum built more houses in their settlement. I hear that is so. There is safety in numbers!"
- Town Crier tells you, "Have you heard? The essences have erupted from the very bowels of the world! Destruction everywhere, I've heard said."
- Town Crier tells you, "I understand the famous cartographer Alatar Locke has been spotted. He has been busy making maps of Dereth. I saw one hanging on the wall of my brother's place. I had no idea Dereth is so big!"
- Town Crier tells you, "Have you been to that place near the ocean's edge southeast of Aerlinthe? I have no idea what that thing in the water is but I don't like the looks of it."
- Town Crier tells you, "Some of the existing cottage and villa settlements are growing! They seem to be in many locations- the desert, the plains, lots of places."
- Town Crier tells you, "I have heard that the High Queen may soon call the people to her so that she can explain to us what danger we now face. I would sure like to be there to see her."
- Town Crier tells you, "News, the Exploration Society has lost contact with the researcher they sent to study the Grievvers afflicting Stonehold. Vivaina, the Stonehold Shopkeep, says he left Stonehold two weeks ago, following tracks into the Northwest Woods."
- Town Crier tells you, "I cannot tell you how relieved I am that those dreadful statues have finally been nullified - even their pedestals have been nullified. But there are still statues lurking in the foundries beneath them - we'd better keep watch over them, just to make sure they never invade us again."
- Town Crier tells you, "The Scriveners' Guild has set up shop in many towns throughout the world! Visit your local scrivener to purchase scrolls and casting foci!"
- Town Crier tells you, "A Sharpshooter has reported spotting the missing Exploration Society Researcher, Verdentine Magnan. The archer says that Magnan was busy talking to himself on a hill overlooking a valley heavily infested with Grievvers in the Northwest Woods at 75.5N, 20.6W."
- Town Crier tells you, "I bought a rumor about someone named Slithe Tradittor who saw an ancient artifact and... well, you go buy it yourself!"
- Town Crier tells you, "High Queen Elysa Strathelar is planning on calling people to the Festival Stones according to rumors spreading throughout the Arcanum. Some people have even said that Asheron will be there. Well I just hope Martine knows well enough to stay away."
- Town Crier tells you, "That thing rising from the ocean? It looks like something that those Empyrean would have used. Maybe Nuhmudira was right after all."
- Town Crier tells you, "Hear ye, hear ye! Novice mages will no longer have to perform research in order to learn their new spells! Scrolls are being sold across the land in the Scrivener's Vaults!"
- Town Crier tells you, "My new casting foci are so handy! Can you imagine it? I only need this foci, a couple scarabs and one of those newfangled prismatic tapers and I'm all set for a hunt!"
- Town Crier tells you, "I bought a rumor about someone named Slithe Tradittor who saw an ancient artifact and... well, you go buy it yourself!"
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Oh? Pretty new house trinket? Ive seen those Arcane Pedestals before."
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Seems pretty irresponsible to be tinkering with ancient Empyrean devices. Doesnt anyone remember the Great Work? Hello?! We released the Hopeslayer doing just this sort of thing."
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Bah! Do whatever you want, but dont forget I told you so."
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "The Queen made a visit here the other day. She gave me some water and I accidentally spit it out on her boots..."
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Hey! I thought she was giving me some stout. That water stuff is horrible! It was an honest mistake."
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Anyway, Ash was there too and he understood, he even snickered. Were friends from way back."
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Turns out they just wanted some advice on which spirits to have at some party theyre going to throw. They came to the right man for that. I gave them a list I had already made out of all my favorites."
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Did you here about that Grievver Man in the North Osteth Woods?"
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Living in the wilds with a bunch of bugs? Hes one pyreal short of an M-Note if you know what I mean."
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I showed Martine my portal joke. He didnt find it very funny though. When I got to the part where his wife says "Hi" ...he kind of lost it, I thought he was going to ring spell me or something."
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "He said something about losing my lifestone tie."
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Heh, what a kidder. He cant do that... can he?"
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Some people just cant take a joke."
Related Articles
- Teaser
- Chronicles of the June Event
- Teaser
- Rollout Article
- Release Notes
- Letter to the Players 1
- Letter to the Players 2
- Letter to the Players 3
- Letter to the Players 4
- Macros, 3rd-Party Apps and XP
- State of the Code
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