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| 9/29/2007 | ALCHEMY INGREDIENTS AND FLASKS |
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Alchemy ingredients that are purchased in flasks (such as water, blessed water, oil, and blessed oil) will now leave behind empty flasks which can be used to store the resulting potions.
Along with this change, the empty flasks have been removed from the Alchemy shops in pure profession guild halls, and some ingredients previously sold in flasks are now described as being sold in vials. |
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| 9/27/2007 | ON THE SUBJECT OF MARLU PRESENTED BY THE CIRCLE OF THE GREY MOON |
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The Circle of the Grey Moon's Marlu Chair, Speake Vel'Teir, will be giving a lecture on Marlu, The Destroyer. This lecture will take place in the South Market Court of Solhaven on the 30th of Imaerasta at 10:00 in the evening, ET.
Please feel free to contact any of our membership or visit (www.lornon.com) for details on The Circle of the Grey Moon. |
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| 9/24/2007 | WEHNIMER'S LANDING FALL MINI-FEST |
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Mayor Stennis has announced a special four-day town pride festival to welcome the arrival of autumn. Dubbed the Wehnimer's Landing Fall mini-Fest, the celebration will run from Niiman (Thursday) the 27th of Imaerasta (September) through Restday (Sunday) the 30th. Festivities will include games, contests, occasional merchants, and other localized events. While most activities will be open to the general public, some may be restricted to citizens of Wehnimer's Landing or will offer favored status to said citizens.
Next year, Mayor Stennis intends to convert this celebration to a full week-long event which will be known as "Rone Wehnimer Frontier Days." Come one, come all! Get to know your town, and show some local pride! Brought to you by the Wehnimer's Landing Tourism Board, in cooperation with the local Chamber of Commerce. (More information may be found on the Forums and Calendar.) |
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| 9/23/2007 | MOONSHINE MANOR'S BOTTOM OF THE BARREL! |
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Moonshine Manor is proud to announce the return of Bottom of the Barrel! The game consists of four rounds where contestants are required to chug down assigned drinks before running out into the city to collect specific items and stopping at exact locations then be the first one to return to win! Prizes and trophies will be rewarded to winners of all rounds! Everyone is encouraged to attend, bring a friend!
The event will take place on Feastday, the 29th of Imaerasta at 7:30pm Elven inside Helga's Tavern. (Saturday, Sept 29th at 7:30pm Eastern) For more specific details and rules please visit www.moonshinemanor.org We hope to see you there! -Moonshine Manor- |
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| 9/21/2007 | THE MOST NOTABLE EXECUTIONER, PRESENTED BY THE DAE'RANDIR |
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The event will begin on Restday, 21 Jastatos, 5107, at 4 in the afternoon, Elven.
Location: Wehnimer's Landing, in front of the Temple. This is a story telling event. All entrants will receive something for participation. The grand prize will be 100,000 silvers for the most provocative story. Dae'Randir members have the final say, but audience response is a prime determinant of overall score. Dae'Randir members are not permitted to compete in this event, but are encouraged to attend and help judge. Story Parameters: Construct a story of how an assassination or execution saved the lives of innocents; preferably YOUR own actions. The best told story will be at once believable, and yet incredible. You are encouraged to have as many props as needed, including weapons used, to give your story the semblance of truth. The story telling will have a limit of 5 minutes per participant. Judging will be based upon Style, Originality, Believability, and Audience Response. |
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| 9/21/2007 | THE DAE'RANDIR PRESENTS BOULDER FODDER |
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To be held on Restday, the 7th of Jastatos, 5107 at 4 in the afternoon, Elven.
Location: Wehnimer's Landing. Outside of town, Dueling Boulder. Who better to decide who the ultimate Boulder fighter is than the servants of Onar? This will be a single elimination tournament. Initial fights will be based upon relative skill level. As those winners are found, the boundaries will be extended. The winner, and recipient of the champion's prize, must be able to beat all entrants. All participants will receive a memento of the day. Rules: 1) Area attack spells will result in your disqualification. Focused attacks only. 2) At the beginning of each match, the entrants will agree whether they will fight to stun, bleeder, yield, or death. Formal "Challenge" format will be used for all matches. The final match(es) will be decided upon by the Dae'Randir representative. 3) The pronounced winner must have no less than three fights. 4) Dae'randir membership does not exclude participation, except for those acting as referees. 5) Attacking the referee will result in your immediate disqualification and execution. 6) Bring your own healer or priest. None will be provided. |
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| 9/21/2007 | PRESENTED BY THE DAE'RANDIR, THE ART AND ADMINISTRATION OF DIPLOMACY |
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Feastday, Imaerasta 22, 5107 at 9:30 in the evening, Elven.
Location: Icemule Trace, Thirsty Penguin Tavern The purpose, method, and goals of diplomacy will be discussed by Venrath Wiskin of the Dae'Randir, with an emphasis on communications and bonds between organizations. |
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| 9/21/2007 | TA'VAALOR SORCERER GUILD OPENS |
| Rumor has it that the Sorcerer Guild for Ta'Vaalor is now open. Its exact location and means of entry, however, remain a mystery. | |
| 9/20/2007 | DRAKES VANGUARD NIGHTLY ADVENTURES |
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Each Volnes (Monday), the Drakes Vanguard will invest in its communities (Wehnimer's Landing, IceMule Trace, and Solhaven) by offering services in one or more of these cities. On some of these volunteer nights, we will provide spell and profession-based services to local citizens with no wish for tip or fee. On others, we will teach ballista, archery, and other classes. On others, we will harvest trees or otherwise act to bolster the community's defense capability. And often we offer help with Adventurer Guild tasks.
Each Tilamaires (Tuesday), the Drakes Vanguard will hold a "Peers for Peers" muster. Each muster will vary according to that night's definition of "peer". For instance, a peer might be those of similar training ranks. A peer might be those who use similar weapons or similar fighting styles. A peer might be those with similar or even dissimilar guild assignments that would complement each other if practiced together. Peer will remain that flexible so a variety of individuals can engage in a common effort to become better at whatever "peer" skill each is attempting to hone. Each Leyan (Wednesday), the Drakes Vanguard will lead the Ascendant Assault. This is a tiered hunt for those who possess any level of hunting skill. The Ascendant Assault will leave for parts unknown based upon the skills of those who choose to participate. Each Niiman (Thursday), the Drakes Vanguard will lead the Niiman Cycle. This hunt is a series of forays into hunting grounds that are best suited for a specific hunting skill. We'll start somewhere appropriate for journeymen, and then leave those to rest and continue to another hunting ground for lords and ladies. Then, we'll move on to where great lords and ladies, then high lords and ladies, and even to where grand lords and grand ladies can gain good experience. The cycle will then continue, given time, but resume the hunt from a new journeyman hunting ground and so on up the range. Each Day of the Huntress (Friday), the Drakes Vanguard will hold a Favor Saver hunt. This will be exclusively against undead creatures and geared to replenish favor for any who might need the boost. It will be held in sections as needed to prevent fear from overwhelming the less skilled adventurers. Each Feastday (Saturday), the Drakes Vanguard will hold a fun-for-all gathering with nearly any pursuit imaginable. We'll go on left-handed adventures, hold deadman races, tell jokes, recite limericks, or just practice imitating objects so we can become better morphs. We might just rampage merrily to about anywhere in the lands as well. Our sorcerers can now move a willing hunting group from one place to beyond the pale with just a little nudge. Each Restday (Sunday), the Drakes Vanguard will call its membership to muster in order to practice and develop tactics, to hone leadership skills, to relate news, and to discuss future events. All are welcome to attend and asked to conduct themselves courteously. Bring a friend! Interested? Well, we won't be hard to find if you are. Simply listen to your amulet from time to time around the area of Wehnimer's Landing. You will probably soon hear our summons to one of these frolics of fun. Each begin at 8:30 in the evening as elves keep time, and start in the Wayside Inn at one of its various tables. Check out our website at www.freewebs.com/thedrakesvanguard/index.htm |
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| 9/17/2007 | EBON GATE 2007: THE RETURN OF VELATHAE |
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The time is drawing near for the village of Velathae to manifest. Are you ready to walk among the dead? The ghostly residents of the village will once again host the annual Eve of the Reunion celebration.
Platinum: October 19th - October 26th Prime: October 26th - November 2nd Find out more information at https://www.play.net/gs4/news.asp?id=93, as well as how to purchase tickets to this event! |
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| 9/15/2007 | OF ROLLING ROCKS AND GRIM GAZES. |
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A couple of creature maneuvers have been updated tonight, after a review of their previous effectiveness.
First, the boulder roll maneuver employed by both regular krynches and greater krynches has been modified in the following manner: - Non-visible targets of the roll will receive a significant bonus to avoiding the maneuver. - Critical failures will result in partial immobility, instead of the previous full immobility, and will last only as long as the roundtime induced by the failure. - Critical failure will result in only a significant stance reduction, instead of the previous full stance reduction. - A new tier of successful maneuver avoidance has been added, which will result in no roundtime, and will not reveal non-visible targets. - The maneuver will no longer always be performed upon the creature's generation. - The maneuver will now also be performed on occasion when the krynch moves from room to room. Second, the freezing gaze attack of the various cockatrice creatures has been modified to more modern mechanics. Side effects may include dizzy spells, depression, and unconsiousness. Please direct any comments on the changes to the Critters and Creatures topic of the Game Design Discussion folder on the Forums: http://www.play.net/forums/messages.asp?forum=102&category=6&topic=6 |
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| 9/15/2007 | SUPERNATURAL SIGHTINGS IN HOUSE OF PAUPERS! |
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Over the last week, many reports have come in about bizarre happenings within House of Paupers. Most recently an anonymous source claimed to have been visited by a ghost late one night while picking his boxes in the Commons room. The ghastly apparition appeared in the form of a bedraggled woman who kept pacing the room calling out for her child. While apparently harmless, the ghost was described as acting very irate and grew quite impatient in her search. When the source confronted the ghost, the specter seemed to snap out of her daze and appeared confused about being able to be seen. The spirit vanished before any questions could be asked.
While there are no other witnesses to this account besides the anonymous source, the Officers of Paupers are encouraging all members to be alert during the night hours on House grounds, especially if alone. Once a year the spirits of the past reclaim the House of Paupers near the Eve of the Reunion and although the ghosts have been friendly in the past, one can never be certain. As always members are asked to report any further bizarre sightings to Paupers' Officers. The spirits of the past aren't known to frequent the House grounds this close to Eve of the Reunion. -House of Paupers- |
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| 9/13/2007 | LAST CHANCE FOR PLATINUM TRIALS |
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The three month ones anyway. On Monday, September 17th, we'll revert back to our normal one month trials, so this is your final opportunity, until next summer.
In the coming weeks, we have a special Platinum only storyline and auction planned, and if you hurry, a chance to transfer Premium Points over to Platinum for your immediate use. GemStone Platinum offers a more in-depth environment due to its amazing community, and once you wander in, it's hard to ever wander out. They will hook you in, and keep you coming back. To sign up for a free 90-day trial, head over to http://www.play.net/gs4/news.asp?id=65. Your last chance for this trial is soon! Do it today! |
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| 9/13/2007 | ALCHEMY RECIPE CHANGES |
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A large number of Alchemy recipes are scheduled to be updated at or around 12:00 Midnight EST on the night of Sunday, September the 16th, and once this update is completed, any previous recipes will no longer be recognized as valid by the system. If you have recipes that you wish to keep, and have updated, be sure to complete them and write them into your tomes before this time.
The recent updates to Alchemy training tasks have necessitated these changes. Particularly, the added requirements of using recipes related to a skill and that that recipe be considered 'tough' to count for repetitions. We hope these updated recipes will help to ease the progression through the middling ranks of the General Alchemy skill, and the lower to middle ranks of the Alchemic Potions and Trinkets skills. As mentioned above, previous recipes will have CEASED TO WORK as a result of these changes, and any recipes currently written in recipe books will NOT reflect these changes. Alchemists are strongly advised to take their recipe books to any skilled master in their guild halls and ASK them to UPDATE the recipes in their books. (ASK {name} TO UPDATE) The skilled master will indicate which pages, if any, have been updated. Please note that the skilled master will most likely indicate that he or she does not recognize recipes for most if not all DISTILL and EXTRACT recipes. This is expected. Please do NOT assist, report or post about these recipes. Newly written DISTILL and EXTRACT recipes should be properly recorded in recipe books from now on. Please direct any questions and comments you might have to the Alchemy Discussion topic in the Magic Spells and Systems category on the official forums. |
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| 9/12/2007 | THE THREE PATHS OF LORD LUUKOS |
| The Circle of the Grey Moon's Luukosian Order will be presenting The Three Paths of Lord Luukos, an informative lecture and discussion. Those wishing to participate should arrive in The Garden of Death in Solhaven at 9 in the evening ET, on the 22nd day of Imaerasta. Please visit (www.lornon.com) for more information on The Circle of the Grey Moon and its Orders. | |
| 9/10/2007 | GEMSTONE IV STAFF OPENINGS |
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Have you ever wanted to control a vast army of trolls to siege against a city? Or do you wish you could be a leader of a crime syndicate, plotting against the constabulary? How about a boisterous, and suspiciously wealthy merchant peddling your odd-and-end wares at a festival?
YES?! Well you may be the person we are looking for! The GemStone IV Events team is currently looking to add talented and creative individuals who have interest in creating and implementing storylines, quests, and other events -- such as NPCing, festivals, invasions, and more! As we look towards 2008, we plan on producing events of all shapes and sizes, and you could be a part of it! If you are interested in becoming a GameMaster for GemStone IV on the Events team, please visit http://www.play.net/gs4/apply/gmreqs.asp to familiarize yourself with the requirements of a Customer Experience GameMaster and fill out an application today! |
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| 9/6/2007 | THE CIRCLE OF THE GREY MOON WELCOMES ALL LORNONITES! |
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The Circle of the Grey Moon, formerly an order of Queen Eorgina worshippers, has expanded. We are now home to a different, unique Order for each of the Lornon Arkati.
Please join us on the 16th day of Imaerasta in Solhaven to celebrate this event, and to hear from our Order Chairs. We will have a tent for our use, located in Lornon Court, and we will begin at 9:00 ET! Find out more about us by contacting any of our members (www.lornon.com). |
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| 9/6/2007 | ALCHEMY TRAINING TASK CHANGES |
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The stress/cauldron tasks have been changed to follow the standard item creation process and require solutions to be created. Repetitions will be awarded upon a successful sealing of a solution that uses the correct subskill (simmer, boil, etc.) indicated by the task assignment. CHANT stress/cauldrong tasks will also require the chanting of a spell of equal or greater in level than your ranks in the skill being trained divided by four.
The various tasks that require creating items will now require that a recipe from the skill being trained be used to gain repetitions. All skilled master, practice (create an item using simmer, etc.) and stress/cauldron tasks will now require that 'tough' recipes be used to gain repetitions. The equipment cleaning and lens polishing tasks have been altered to function similarly to the window cleaning tasks in the Warrior and Rogue guilds. These tasks, now 'crucible cleaning' and 'lens assembly polishing' respectively, require players to clean and polish the equipment already present in the guild workshops. Each piece of equipment will only be able to be cleaned by a particular player once before the player must wait for it to become 'dirty' again. A fifteen minute wait period has been added to the ingredient gathering task for those who turn in 'incomplete' lists. An 'incomplete' turning is one that leaves a player with repetitions remaining for the task. These changes have been implemented to bring the rate of progress through the ranks of Alchemy in line with those of other guilds. This message was originally posted in Magic Spells and Systems, Alchemy Discussions. To discuss the above follow the link below. http://www.play.net/forums/messages.asp?forum=102&category=18&topic=16&message=2629 |
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| 9/6/2007 | TA'VAALOR PENNANT CHANGING CEREMONY |
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The Ta'Vaalor Ceremonial Guard will be holding a ceremony to change the pennants flying around Ta'Vaalor at eight in the evening, elven time, on the first Day of the Huntress each month. We will start outside the gate to the Guardian Keep and proceed around town to replace each set of pennants. The entire ceremony will be held in elven, and no translators will be provided. We will ask for a minimum of noise during the ceremony, so any translations provided by others will need to be in whispers.
If you are a Vaalor elf and interested in joining the Ta'Vaalor Ceremonial Guard, please contact Byblis or Quidriel. |
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| 9/6/2007 | THE BLACK WOLVES OFFER THEIR SERVICES EVERY RESTDAY AND TILAMAIRES! |
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Lacking a bit on your defenses? Too many boxes in your pack? Need a hand... literally? The Black Wolves Clan will be offering their services for all! We will be providing defensive magic, locksmithing and bashing, healing, loresinging, and advice on hunting or training. Both nights the Wolves will begin offering their assistance and complimentary services at 9:00 pm Empire time and will be there for about an hour and a half.
Every Restday (Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern): Join us on the rooftop of Frith's Inn, just one block east and three south of the pawnshop. Head inside, up the stairs, and climb the ladder. Every Tilamaires (Tuesday, 9:00 pm Eastern): Join us in the crypt located just inside the gates to the graveyard in the Landing. Send either a Voln thought or ask across the amulet if you need someone to open the gate! |
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