January 5, 2004 IDEAS -- please respond to these! Exe: personally, i think all mobs should have the keyword MOB, i have made countless errors in attacking myself because of mobs that wander in the room, and a fully equipped elf with all flaming eq can do some serious damage to themselves Criterion: chnge the enchant scrolls to have a scroll specified alignment... be kinda cool to have different types of enchant scrolls in the realm Exe: inside each tent should be a padlock that is a key to lock/unlock your tent AMystery: we need a positive spreading spell, how about a mob mentality caused by frenzy spreading amoung people? Criterion: a much better druid healing spell with a better ratio Criterion: illithid skill, breathe under water, also be able to enclose group members in a bubble so they can fight under water without scuba gear Rhyme: take bless away from all the fighters, only druids should bless ;-) eheh, have a spell called, 'contrite heart', that results in a lesser for of bless Rhyme: what about anti-login rooms, so if you try to login to the room it shunts you to recall or the start of the area? Exe: humans have student of kung fu title, elves, apprentice of magic, avians and ills should have a special title too, since all the other races have one Disaster: we should have a 3D tic-tac-toe room, like our C4 room Aniel: trip should not be allowed underwater! sooo unfair Lehua: a fantasically good weapon for mortals that takes away your hp while you use it Disaster: a high level ill spell which would allow them to tp to a mob they first scry AMystery: it just occured to me, preen really does make sense for avians, but just like normal birds, it doesn't really heal much (1-5hp per time) but it lets you smooth your feathers and recover from a pluck... Ginsu: kender should be able to poison things besides weapons. I'm thinking they poison some food and leave it on the floor, scavenger mob eats it, mob gets poisoned. also be nice if it worked on guards and with throw. throw in a rice cake, guard eats it, Ginsu: throw in a rice cake, guard eats it, dies, you walk in and take the treasure Criterion: the key to the calathar map should list all the shops by alphabetical... Reason: illithid skill called telepathic communications, which allows them to use tell to talk to people when drunk Criterion: (Hide) should appear as a spell Criterion: a config option that refuses all things being given to you till you turn it off Disaster: body parts from players should be created with that player's name as a keyword Criterion: A trivial pursuit game in the game room. Criterion: a new parameter on the get all command, where you can append things you don't want to get... say, 'get all corpse icicle ball', and you'll get everything but things with icicle and ball as keywords Disaster: when going through the races and redoing them, why not instead of redoing them add new races? when dwarves are "redone", we can leave dwarves as they are and introduce the duergar race. for elves, introduce the drow, etc.. TheDude: Spells and abilities should say what the damage is based on such as level or hp. ---------------------- These characters need to log on their characters this week or lose them: Aragail, Atrynn, Babymonster*, Basty, Blazedon, Chameleon*,Chrono, Crea, Decado*, Extax, Fera, Fitzhume, Fleet, Gorthom, Gruff, Hadhaig, Harlock, Hej, Izzard, Jatt, Jlocke, Karl, Kenneth, Kestin*, Koroc, Kronin*, Legs*, Lexos*, Lid, Llegolas, Loom*, Lorimyr*, Maestro*, Mallrat, Meson, Montgomery, Nalov*, Nate, Nazita, Nelson, Plaid, Queequeg*, Rafe*, Ranozz, Rastaman, Rathe, Redfox, Reidbollman*, Saibot*, Scyther, Shanater*, Shrike, Skaarj, Taper*, Theoutsider*, Tunigorn, Uhura, Windwalker, Xcrashx, Zane ------------------ Responses by Anakin: Rhyme: the degree of intoxication can affect spell casting... >>It makes sense but I don't see the use for it. Then underwater should also affect spell casting, so does the weather since they all makes sense. Rhyme: a new race that eats mob corpses instead of regular food... >>You have to check on your doctor on this. Something's wrong with your head... No but really, they'd appreciate these kinds of suggestions for future races. icon_smile.gif Rhyme: for a quest, pack the arena with mobs - have people make new chars to play - all level 1 chars, give the mobs tickets, person with the most tickets wins >>10 more levels and you can finally work on this! Or maybe I can steal it from you. XD Criterion: when you type prac, put everything into order by alpha >>And maybe they can also sort them by % *nods* Lehua: a self destruct command to make a charmie just die... or maybe a poison potion you can make them quaf for instant slay >>. . . or you can kill them. Criterion: put one of those dragon headed kiwi springs at recall >>I think only imms can create them so why should they make a permanent one? AMystery: help socialname, it shows the actual social with the variables. would be good for checking out what they do and learning how to write them >>Anything that makes my lazy life easier is a good thing for me. icon_smile.gif Criterion: illithid skill that swaps their place with another mob or char >>I don't think they will be adding anymore things to the illithids for a while... good idea though. Criterion: a meditation spell which converts mana into hp at 1 hp for every 2 mana points. you can grade the conversion based on level, so it starts at a conversion rate of 1hp/5mana. for all martial guids >>Isn't this like medicine? Or are you talking more about like regen from Final Fantasy? Lehua: If you happen to kill yourself for any reason, immediate alignmennt adjustment to satanic... Since suicide is technically a mortal sin >>And whenever you use pray, immediate alignment adjustment to angelic... Since praying is religiously a good thing. No. Exe: weapons should have a weapon damage type when you id them >>Can't you just wield it and go kill something? (Get disarmed later on if it's noremove). It would neat addition though. Klepto: detect invis potions don't last long enough >>Just quaff it right before you look for something? Org: there is some thing called gravity Kiri-- NO WAY!!! Are you sure? AMystery: we need another 30-35 area since all we really have is house of usher and rocky horror and there are no mobs in usher. make it something with ice dragons and gnomes and lots of traps >>You were ignoring me earlier so all I have to say to you is "Go make your own" icon_twisted.gif Criterion: when a mob repops with players in the room, the wind rustles and the room gets cold... and a mist coalesces into the mob >>Sure, but I don't really see why... but then again I look in a room every 5 seconds. Lehua: when someone has a killer flag, sacrifices to the gods should say something like, Even the gods have forsaken you... Your sacrifice has been rejected. >>Better yet "When someone has a killer flag, no rules should apply to them" Exe: maybe we could have special hero skills and spells for each race >>Firm grasp doesn't hold you tight enough? Criterion: when you do who, alignment could affect the color your nname appears as... red for evil and blue for good, and green for neutral >>Nah, it's nice to know that everyone's as green as me. _________________ Kiri's WWW of URLs: Shake the snowglobe! http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/snowglobe/globe.swf Make a flake! (really cool) http://snowflakes.lookandfeel.com/ The best smelling stuff EVER! I got the cinnabun one and it makes me want to eat my head http://www.philosophy.com/ViewCategoryProducts.jsp?category=philcat0102 Wookie Armor (funny) http://free.inkfrog.com/pix/poppapete/0132.jpg --------------- 50 Fun Things For Professors To Do 1. Wear a hood with one eyehole. Periodically make strange gurgling noises. 2. After confirming everyone's names on the roll, thank the class for attending "Advanced Astrodynamics 690" and mention that yesterday was the last day to drop. 3. After turning on the overhead projector, clutch your chest and scream, "MY PACEMAKER!" 4. Wear a pointed Kaiser helmet and a monocle and carry a riding crop. 5. Gradually speak softer and softer and then suddenly point to a student and scream, "YOU! WHAT DID I JUST SAY?" 6. Deliver your lecture through a hand puppet. If a student asks you a question directly, say in a high-pitched voice, "The Professor can't hear you, you'll have to ask *me*, Winky Willy". 7. If someone asks a question, walk silently over to their seat, hand them your piece of chalk, and ask, "Would YOU like to give the lecture, Mr. Smartypants?" 8. Pick out random students, ask them questions, and time their responses with a stop watch. Record their times in your grade book while muttering "tsk, tsk". 9. Ask students to call you "Tinkerbell" or "Surfin' Bird". 10. Stop in mid-lecture, frown for a moment, and then ask the class whether your butt looks fat. 11. Play "Kumbaya" on the banjo. 12. Show a video on medieval torture implements to your calculus class. Giggle throughout it. 13. Announce "you'll need this", and write the suicide prevention hotline number on the board. 14. Wear mirrored sunglasses and speak only in Turkish. Ignore all questions. 15. Start the lecture by dancing and lip-syncing to James Brown's "Sex Machine." 16. Ask occasional questions, but mutter "as if you gibbering simps would know" and move on before anyone can answer. 17. Ask the class to read Jenkins through Johnson of the local phone book by the next lecture. Vaguely imply that there will be a quiz. 18. Have one of your graduate students sprinkle flower petals ahead of you as you pace back and forth. 19. Address students as "worm". 20. Announce to students that their entire grades will be based on a single-question oral final exam. Imply that this could happen at any moment. 21. Turn off the lights, play a tape of crickets chirping, and begin singing spirituals. 22. Ask for a volunteer for a demonstration. Ask them to fill out a waiver as you put on a lead apron and light a blowtorch. 23. Point the overhead projector at the class. Demand each student's name, rank, and serial number. 24. Begin class by smashing the neck off a bottle of vodka, and announce that the lecture's over when the bottle's done. 25. Have a band waiting in the corner of the room. When anyone asks a question, have the band start playing and sing an Elvis song. 26. Every so often, freeze in mid sentence and stare off into space for several minutes. After a long, awkward silence, resume your sentence and proceed normally. 27. Wear a "virtual reality" helmet and strange gloves. When someone asks a question, turn in their direction and make throttling motions with your hands. 28. Mention in passing that you're wearing rubber underwear. 29. Growl constantly and address students as "matey". 30. Devote your math lecture to free verse about your favorite numbers and ask students to "sit back and groove". 31. Announce that last year's students have almost finished their class projects. 32. Inform your English class that they need to know Fortran and code all their essays. Deliver a lecture on output format statements. 33. Bring a small dog to class. Tell the class he's named "Boogers McGee" and is your "mascot". Whenever someone asks a question, walk over to the dog and ask it, "What'll it be, McGee?" 34. Wear a feather boa and ask students to call you "Snuggles". 35. Tell your math students that they must do all their work in a base 11 number system. Use a complicated symbol you've named after yourself in place of the number 10 and threaten to fail students who don't use it. 36. Claim to be a chicken. Squat, cluck, and produce eggs at irregular intervals. 37. Bring a CPR dummy to class and announce that it will be the teaching assistant for the semester. Assign it an office and office hours. 38. Have a grad student in a black beret pluck at a bass while you lecture. 39. Sprint from the room in a panic if you hear sirens outside. 40. Give an opening monologue. Take two minute "commercial breaks" every ten minutes. 41. Tell students that you'll fail them if they cheat on exams or "fake the funk". 42. Announce that you need to deliver two lectures that day, and deliver them in rapid-fire auctioneer style. 43. Pass out dental floss to students and devote the lecture to oral hygiene. 44. Announce that the entire2-volume Encyclopedia Britannica will be required reading for your class. Assign a report on Volume 1, Aardvark through Armenia, for next class. 45. Ask students to list their favorite showtunes on a signup sheet. Criticize their choices and make notes in your grade book. 46. Sneeze on students in the front row and wipe your nose on your tie. 47. Warn students that they should bring a sack lunch to exams. 48. Refer frequently to students who died while taking your class. 49. Show up to lecture in a ventilated clean suit. Advise students to keep their distance for their own safety and mutter something about that bug I picked up in the field". 50. Jog into class, rip the textbook in half, and scream, "Are you pumped? ARE YOU PUMPED? I CAN'T HEEEEEEAR YOU!" January 17, 2004 Welcome to the Barren Realms MUD Newsletter! Visit BR at telnet://barren.coredcs.com:8000/ Ideas from the Realms: Stars: PLEASE, keep notes around for a while longer than they currently do! I wouldn't mind if they lasted forever, unless I erase them. Criterion: make quest prize tickets nodrop so they can't be put into bags which then get burned... Kitsune: there should be a command like "lookkey" that shows items / mobs in a room by keyword so that we have to type every word in description then resign in quite frustration when they all fail... Criterion: let's rewrite the socials... they read like they were written by love sick adolescents with raging hormones (in other words, perverts) Redeemer: give the kenders the skill of creating bombs, allowing them to causing damage to a mob while away from the room Redeemer: allow players to catch a cold (some kind of weaken spell) and make it transmissible Redeemer: have an award called Mort of the week or/and Hero of the week where you get to keep a timed equipment /weapon that melts within that week.. it can be used as a reward for something good you've done for the mud Criterion: i was thinking about my idea about having a statue of me erected at recall, and i realized i never mentioned that i wanted it to look like a renaissance style statue, but i'll be wearing surf shorts instead of a robe AMystery: we need a respect stat. kill something especially difficult for your level, get a respect bonus, defeat multiple opponents in the arena, +1, find the lost and very powerful sword with a +3 respect AMystery: change warn to list your current warns and their commands in addition to the syntax Disaster: there should be some sort of a message when soemone peeks you ----------------------------------------- Responses by Baltar: > Responses by Anakin: > > Criterion: when you type prac, put everything into order by alpha > > >>And maybe they can also sort them by % *nods* Actually, I kinda like having them grouped by guild...Hey, Slart, how hard would it be to code in options for the PRACtice command? <> > Lehua: If you happen to kill yourself for any reason, immediate = > alignmennt adjustment to satanic... Since suicide is technically a = > mortal sin > > >>And whenever you use pray, immediate alignment adjustment to = > angelic... Since praying is religiously a good thing. No. Do I sense a Demon looking for an easy alignment fix? Baltar ------------------- Kiri's WWW of URLs: Bizarre Record covers http://www.io.com/~dork/records/sleeve.html A great Atkins diet support site http://www.atkinsbythebook.com/ You can always review us on TMC http://www.mudconnector.com/mud-bin/prev/submit.cgi?mud=Barren+Realms ----------------- You know you're a Star Wars geek when... When you pass out while trying to move a pencil across the desk with the Force. When you get into a fight, you automaticly find yourself reaching for a lightsaber... If you get your head stuck in a bucket pretending your Darth Vader. When you spend time watching the Star Wars trilogy because you think there will be a test on it later. You punch out trekkies who say "Death star my ass, I'd like to see those losers take out DS9". With a blue-tinted plastic tube, a flashlight, two hours of a saturday night, and 4 rolls of blue electrical tape, you finally complete your own working "Light-saber" Your room is filthy except for your "Star Wars Area." You think you are the life of the party because you imitate Yoda's voice and have him say things a Jedi master wouldn't say. Whenever you get in trouble, you mutter "I have a bad feeling about this." When you listen for Obi-Wan while attempting to parralell park. When your father asks you how fast your car is, you reply,"Fast enough for you, old man." You don't have any money to buy food or clothes but you have a kick-ass STAR WARS collection. You swear you saw Obi-Wan in your Cheerios. You get caught doing your Darth Vader impression in the bathroom. (what are you doing in there son? *heavy breathing*YOUR POWERS ARE WEAK OLD MAN!!!!) When you wake up screaming, "Luke it's a trap!" You know you're a Star Wars geek when you unsuccessfully get the last cheerio in the bowl and instinctively mutter, "The Force is strong in this one." You start to see visions of Ben Kenobi telling you to go to bed. You Find yourself Getting Beaten up for saying everyone's lines 2 seconds before they do in the theatre. When... Your first sentence was "I have a bad feeling about this." When you find yourself quoting the opening lines of "A New Hope".....and don't stop until 125 minutes later. You curse out people that go,"Yeah! I know who Obi-Wan Kenobi is! Isn't he that guy with the funky ears that goes,"Live Long and Prosper?" You punch out people that say,"But I thought Han Solo flew the Enterprise?" You can't resist to hum when you turn on a flashlight You're a Star Wars geek when your teacher hands you your test back and says "commas are your weakness." You shoot back: "And your faith in your friends is yours!" When someone talks about people getting abducted by little green men you say, "Yoda would never do such a thing!" you actually feel the need to attack Star Wars geeks with a camera to prove that you are not of their kind. When, you're drunker than you've ever been in your life and still know that the possibilitiy of successfully navigating an asteroid field is 3,720 to one. You buy 2 copies of the trilogy just so you could have the full Darth Vader Helmet. You've wached the trilogy more times than mark hammil. You finnally figure out that ANH rearanged is Han You point out to people that given inflation Star Wars kicked Titanic's Ass by nearly 300 million. When your boss forwards all of your checks to the local Star Wars supplier. You stand up a date to put jokes on this page. You go to star wars conventions with the sole purpose of getting laid. Aminitor You wake up with a hangover blood on your hands and a ripped t-shirt that says trekkies forever You have a tan line from your Darth Vader helment. At the airport, when the clerk asks you if anyone else has handled your bag you say,"No, it's just me, the boy, two droids...and no questions asked. When your stuck doing 'yoga' classes because of a misprint on the advertisement January 26, 2004 News from the Realms: DevilsAngel: Immortal story quest I know it has taken me some time, and I REALLY appreciate you all not pressuring me, I've finally gotten the judging done on my immortal story quest. I must say that Every single story was GREAT! I could tell everyone put alot of effort and thought into them. I will post them all on the forums so that you can all enjoy them. Unfortunatly I can only have one imm story. This was truly a HARD decision. That is the main reason it took me so long...I simply couldn't decide. So without making you guys wait any longer....Solomnius is the winner. The story he wrote for the quest will be the one that is posted on the website. =) Please send him congrats. It was a Stiff competition. I'm not doing second, third, and so on...as they REALLY were all great! So Erin, Everybody, Kitsune, and Anavrinman will all recieve Second place worthy prizes! Thank you all for entering! I enjoyed reading all of them. I just hope I live up to those wonderful stories round here =) I'll have them up on the forums within a day or two under the players works section. Thank you all!!! DA --------------- IDEAS: AMystery: i want a way to check my afk message, sure, I can reset it, but sometimes I wonder what it currently is and if its still valid, especially if I haven't set it, just went afk Disaster: characters using shields should get a damage reduction, or an extra parry, or something like that Criterion: code to prevent the accidental backstabbing of a charmed beast... sometimes when you're grouped someone might glare a mob just before you backstab it Criterion: yeah, parameters for the prac command would be cool, like being able to view the list of skills organized by categories such as protective, attack etc Criterion: the idea i submitted before about an illithid skill to put an air bubble around their group so they can fight under water without scuba gear is based on the fact that illithids are spawned from water based squidlike creatures Criterion: have storekeepers who are closed say the MUD time they reopen. Criterion: detect evil puts a red aura around evil aligned players. i mean, from the player's point of view... it doesn't put an aura on them... just allows a player to see a red aura Criterion: extend the detect evil aura detection to mobs Luc: keys should melt or disappear after you use them Criterion: Peek lets a kender see the amount of gold in a player or mobs inventory. ---------------- Responses by Amystery: > Ideas from the Realms: > > Stars: PLEASE, keep notes around for a while longer than they > currently do! I wouldn't mind if they lasted forever, unless I erase > them. I don't see it as a big issue, they scroll off when you get enough to fill the queue. I don't think its timed. Anyone know? Anyway, I only read notes on one character and having to delete them on others to avoid reading duplicates is a pain, so I definitely don't want them all staying until i delete them. > > Criterion: make quest prize tickets nodrop so they can't be put into > bags which then get burned... > I try to avoid encouraging things that prevent you from doing stupid things that only harm you. I just put 10 stars into my bag and if they get burnt before I do something with them, then that's that many fewer prizes I'll get, but its a risk I intentionally took. You do the same. Clean inventory or dangerous pack. That said, its up to the person who gives the tickets to make them nodrop so if they want its fine, although when you want to redeem one and can't give it back, I'm going to laugh at you and then kill you and take the ticket. Is it worth dying every time you want to redeem one? > Kitsune: there should be a command like "lookkey" that shows items / > mobs in a room by keyword so that we have to type every word in > description then resign in quite frustration when they all fail... So you want a system designed to frustrate you? I suppose that makes sense, that is why you play BR, isn't it? Now, switching from a literal reading to a more reasonable one, no. Its up to the area writer how they want to present the room and how hard they want to make it to use. If you really want this ability then you need to work really hard and imm. > > Criterion: let's rewrite the socials... they read like they were > written by love sick adolescents with raging hormones (in other words, > perverts) So get started. See help writesocial. > > Redeemer: give the kenders the skill of creating bombs, allowing them > to causing damage to a mob while away from the room > Oh I can just imagine the fun that would cause...I'm not opposed to the idea, it could be fun but my impression is it would be such a huge pain that it will never happen. What if your bomb kills something? Experience could be a pain, unless there was none, which I would like. Hmm, going through an area filling it with landmines...I can see quest ideas:) > Redeemer: allow players to catch a cold (some kind of weaken spell) > and make it transmissible I keep bugging various coding people for more transmissable spells like plague, but they keep giving me this disparaging look and then smacking me around. They are fun but they are annoying to create and maintain. > > Redeemer: have an award called Mort of the week or/and Hero of the > week where you get to keep a timed equipment /weapon that melts within > that week.. it can be used as a reward for something good you've done > for the mud Be interesting if time worked like that but right now it doesn't, its based on time in BR so if you play a lot your new toy would melt the first day, versus if you are rarely on you could still have it 2 years later. Also, wouldn't having person of the day prizes cause resentment? I mean, I know the other imms would be upset that I am the permanent immortal of the week/month/year/decade. > > Criterion: i was thinking about my idea about having a statue of me > erected at recall, and i realized i never mentioned that i wanted it > to look like a renaissance style statue, but i'll be wearing surf > shorts instead of a robe > The pigeons do need a new place to void. > AMystery: we need a respect stat. kill something especially difficult > for your level, get a respect bonus, defeat multiple opponents in the > arena, +1, find the lost and very powerful sword with a +3 respect Yeah, I said it. Its one of those pipe dreams but its a cute one. > > AMystery: change warn to list your current warns and their commands in > addition to the syntax This is pretty much an imm skill but I still like it so I'm going to encourage it:) > > Disaster: there should be some sort of a message when soemone peeks > you What happens when peek fails on a mob? I'd think the mob would be annoyed at you. So when peek fails on a person have the same thing, except without the killing... > ----------------------------------------- > > Responses by Baltar: > > Lehua: If you happen to kill yourself for any reason, immediate = > > alignmennt adjustment to satanic... Since suicide is technically a = > > mortal sin > > > > >>And whenever you use pray, immediate alignment adjustment to = > > angelic... Since praying is religiously a good thing. No. > > Do I sense a Demon looking for an easy alignment fix? > > Baltar > It does make some sense and since having to kill yourself to lower your alignment is pretty drastic and since demons don't get prayer, not that they would want it. However, not all deities are positively aligned, so wouldn't prayer be rather random? Same thing with sacrifice. Could be nice to have sacrifice give alignment as one of its bonuses. ------------------- Kiri's WWW of URLs: Neat pics: http://www.fifth-essence.com/archive/bestpix2003/index.htm From Comatose, the Tolkien store http://tolkientown.com/shop/ Sci-fi Fantasy books - link from Rhyme http://www.baen.com/ Some beautiful photos - link from Rhyme. Some may be innappropriate for younger people, if nudity bothers you. http://www.kimtaylorreece.com/ ---------------------- Your Starship Captain just might be a redneck if... - your shuttlecraft has been up on blocks for over a month - he paints flames and a NRA sticker on the warp nacelles - you have a shuttle called "Billy Joe Bob" - he refers to Klingons as "Critters" - he refers to Photon Torpedoes as "Popguns" - he has the sensor array repaired with a bent coathanger and aluminum foil - he installs a set of bullhorns on the front of the saucer section - he says "Got your ears on, good buddy" instead of "open hailing frequencies" - he hangs fuzzy dice over the viewscreen - he rewires his communicator into his belt buckle - he keeps a six-pack under his command chair and a gun rack above it - he says "Yee-Ha!" instead of "Engage" - he has a hand-tooled holster for his phaser - he insists on calling his executive officer "Bubba" - he sets the fore viewscreen to reruns of "Bassmaster" - he programs the food replicator for beer, ribs, and turnip greens - he paints the starship John Deere green - he refers to a Pulsar as a "Blue Light Special" - he refers to the Mutara Nebula as a "swamp" - his moonshine is stronger than Romulan Ale - he sings "Lucille" instead of "Kathleen" - his idea of dress uniform is CLEAN bib overalls - he wears mirrored shades on the Bridge - his idea of a "gas giant" is that big ol' XO Bubba after a meal of beans and weenies - he sets phaser to "Cajun"