Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 16:26:40 -0500 (EST) Welcome to the First newsletter of 1999! Hope your New Years was a fun one. This is a short newsletter, but please remember to hit reply and respond to the ideas if you want, or send in your own. | | _______ (===|====================- -====================|===) \ __ \ | | | |__| | __ _ _ __ _ __ ___ _ ___ | ___ \ / __ \| | | |/ ___\ | |/ ___\ / ___ \ | |/ __ \ | | | | | | \ | | / | / | _____| | / | | | |___| | | |__ / | | | | | | |_____ | | | | /________/ \____/|_| |_| |_| \_____/ |_| |_| _______ _ \ __ \ | | | |__| | ___ __ _ | | _ __________ ____ | ___ \ / ___ \ / __ \| | | | | |/ __ ____ \ / ____\ | | | | | _____| | | \ | | | | / | | | | | |__ | | | | | |_____ | |__ / | | | | | | | | | \___ \ /__| |__| \_____/ \____/|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| \ \ ___________________________________________________________ / / <____________________________________________________________/ -Govinda Eol: characters can buy shares of stock in BR's market; total number of stocks would be limited, but players could resell to each other. Every time character levels, he/she/it gets a dividend in coins, the amount dependent upon the number of shares held Divebomb: How about a lottery so mortals can get some money in an interesting way. They can buy tickets for a nominal price. Then, if their number is picked, they win 100,000 coins (or however much). Kai: New spell/skill for Illithids, Clairvoyance - Allows the caster to telepathically 'walk' thru the Realms. Level 40ish - 100 Mana? Kai: Channel History for every channel! :-P No more confusion. Kiri -- we don't have the memory for this :) Flitter: protectiles should be enchantable. that way their more powerful, and will do a decent amount of damage. Kiri -- this is up to the area creator. Anthrax: maybe you should add a bit of code to add a hero's level to their whoset automatically when they level Kiri-- well, some of the heroes want their names to say "HEROINE" or "HEROIT" so therefore, their whosets would be too long with the levels too. Kai: Add a '%t' arguement to prompt to show the condition of the tank in a group. Mitey: Ok, as a hero, I bought cars with ease. (I could have bought 300 flying carpets. 2 mil each, 600 mil coins) But morts can't. They cost WAY too much. I was wandering around the Realms the other daay and an idea popped into my head(a rare event). I don't know about others but it seems to take forever to get enough money to to enhance, so why not be able to spend like 10 practices and 400k exp. to get an enhance. Also a COOL spell would be like a mass teleport, up to 5 people grouped including caster would be able to teleport. To make it fair make it level 25 for elves and druids, and make it increase exp by making it out of guild. Sincerely, Demandred /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) >BIO SECTION: > >Your BR Name:Roshi >Your rl first name:Danny >Your race on BR:Kender >Where you live:Washington >What you do:Student >Hobbies:playing computer games >Favorite thing about BR:my friends and the friendliness of everyone else >Thing that annoys you most rl/br:being sick > >Your favorite BR food (other than pot pies!)tart! > >Your strangest experience ever:heroing /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) > Justme: add level to the report command so that you can see the > level of your charmed mob Ever tried typing GROUP? Baltar -- "She had often noticed that when people with large libraries fall into trouble, the fact that the books had not risen en masse to help them always seemed to give those without books comfort." -- A. Cross, _Death in a Tenured Position_ /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) >Subject: Quotes from various comics...... > >"I just broke up with someone and the last thing she said to me was, >'You'll never find anyone like me again!' I'm thinking, 'I would hope not! >If I don't want you, why would I want someone like you?' >* Larry Miller >************************************************************* >"What do people mean when they say the computer went down on them?" >* Marilyn Pittman >************************************************************* >"When you look at Prince Charles, don't you think that someone in >the Royal family knew someone in the Royal family?" >* Robin Williams >************************************************************* >"A woman broke up with me and sent me pictures of her and her new >boyfriend in bed together. Solution? I sent them to her dad." >* Christopher Case >************************************************************* >"Relationships are hard. It's like a full-time job, and we should >treat it like one. If your boyfriend or girlfriend wants to leave you, they >should give you two weeks' notice. There should be severance pay and before >they leave you, they should have to find you a temp." >* Bob Ettinger >************************************************************** >"I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always >say because it's such a >beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, >but I have photographs of her." >* Ellen DeGeneres >************************************************************ >"I've been doing the Fonda workout: The Peter Fonda workout. That's >where I wake up, take a hit of acid, smoke a joint, and go to my sister's >house and ask her for money." >* Kevin Meaney >************************************************************ >"A lady came up to me on the street and pointed at my suede jacket. >'You know a cow was murdered for that jacket?' she sneered. I replied in a >psychotic tone, 'I didn't know there were any witnesses. Now I'll have to >kill you too." >* Jake Johansen >************************************************************ >"If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either." >* Dick Cavett >************************************************************* >"Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At >least they can find Kuwait." >* A. Whitney Brown >*********************************************************** >"Thou shall not kill. Thou shall not commit adultery. Don't eat >pork. I'm sorry, what was that last one?? Don't eat pork. God has spoken. >Is that the word of God or are pigs just trying to outsmart everybody?" >* Jon Stewart >*********************************************************** >"My mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in >the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to >teach you how to swim.' " > >* Paula Poundstone >*********************************************************** >"In elementary school, in case of fire you have to line up quietly >in a single file line from smallest to tallest. What is the logic? Do tall >people burn slower?" >* Warren Hutcherson >************************************************************ >"I voted for the Democrats because I didn't like the way the >Republicans were running the country. Which is turning out to be like >shooting yourself in the head to stop your headache." >* Jack Mayberry >************************************************************ >"Ever wonder if illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet >soup?" >* John Mendoza >************************************************************ >"A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal >skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: Duh." >* Conan O'Brien >************************************************************ >"When I was a kid, I had two friends and they were imaginary and >they would only play with each other." >* Rita Rudner >************************************************************* >"It had to be a linguistics professor who said that it's man's >ability to use language that makes him the dominant species on the planet. >That may be. But I think there's one other thing that separates us from >animals. We aren't afraid of vacuum cleaners." >* Jeff Stilson >************************************************************ >"Did you ever walk in a room and forget why you walked in? I think >that's how dogs spend their lives." >* Sue Murphy >************************************************************ >"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans >is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best >friends. If they are okay, then it's you." >* Rita Mae Brown >************************************************************* >"I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up >something else." >* Lily Tomlin >************************************************************ >"Some women hold up dresses that are so ugly and they always say the >same thing: 'This looks much better on.' On what? On fire?" >* Rita Rudner >************************************************************ >"Now they show you how detergents take out bloodstains, a pretty >violent image there. I think if you've got a T-shirt with a bloodstain all >over it, maybe laundry isn't your biggest problem. Maybe you should get rid >of the body before you do the wash." >* Jerry Seinfeld >*********************************************************** >"USA Today has come out with a new survey: Apparently three out of >four people make up 75 percent of the population." >* David Letterman >************************************************************ >"If God doesn't destroy Hollywood Boulevard, he owes Sodom and >Gomorrah an apology." >* Jay Leno >************************************************************ >"I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more >specific." >* Lily Tomlin >************************************************************* >"The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a >war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever see that little Swiss Army knife they >have to fight with? Not much of a weapon there. Corkscrews. Bottle openers. 'Come on, buddy, let's >go. You get past me, the guy in back of me, he's got a spoon. Back off. I've got the toe clippers >right here.' " >* Jerry Seinfeld >************************************************************** >"Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant? I'm halfway through my fish >burger and I realize, Oh my God....I could be eating a slow learner." >* Lynda Montgomery _____________________________________________________________________ | _____ __ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ____ __ _ _ _ _____ | | | | |__| |__/ |__/ |_ | | |__/ |_ |__| | | | | | | | |_____\ | | | \ | \ |___ | | | \ |___ | | |___ | | | \_____ | | | | ___ ____ ____ _ ____ _____ _____ ____ ___ | | | ______/ | | |_ | | | \__ | |_ | | |_ |__/ _____/ | | ________| | |___ \_|_/ ___/ |___ |___ | | |___ | \________ | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | 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 Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 19:29:29 -0500 (EST) /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Que: let the money clericus makes go to the slot machine :) Xandor: Rather than just valueing an item, like gloves for example, one could attempt to barter with the various staff over a new price. Then depending on racer, the mood of the individual in question, and the amount you smell, a new price could be negotiat Mitey: How about an option (in config) to notify if a new note arrives, and its in a different color, and beeps. WarpDrive: mabe Santuary could last a little longer...2 hrs mud time isn't that long for 75 mana SirFrog: make it so the mud lets you know if ego whip works or not! all it does is act like you hit return, without showing another prompt (and battle goes on..) Prodigy: i think that the idea code should be changed to be more like the note code...exactly the same, maybe, just send ideas to "idea" instead of hero, imm, coder, ect... Prodigy: how about some added help files, with descriptions of various areas. nothing to long, but including levels, vauge directions, ect.. Kiri -- actually, the area writer has the option to do this when he writes the area. :) Mitey: how about "prompt show" which shows the coding for your current prompt. Instead of retyping my entire prompt, (which is quite a bit on mine), I only have to copy and paste, and then add, which is MUCH easier Mitey: How about a feature to CONFIG, + or -, which lets you automatically type look when you awake from sleep. Yes i know your going to redicule me for not being able... Mitey: How about a chat does does an emote. A chat emote? Mitey: And also, how about personal socials. you would use psocial [social] []... and there would be a shortcut, like [smile (user)... and it would send a smile to only that person Rabies: here's a useless one... how about "who m" and "who f"? ;) Slart: how's about making the peek skill a command, rather than automatic on looks? Divebomb: new skill: change alignment - changes good mobs to evil mobs and vice versa Kai: When 'config +FORMAT' is on allow lines that are 'too long'. Hey it parses it anyway. Xandor: How about renaming enchanted items, so you could call things like your sword Terry, and Exaclibur Bob Kai: It'd be a good idea for someone to clean up some of the spells (like teleport) that is put on some potions. They don't work right anyway. Derrydale: Make the fakerep an actual command, and have it report a random number of hp/mp/mov. -- I can write this if needed. Kristin: Make it so that any items taken from the Donations Room get the same value at shops as if they were stolen. Alright, i've only been playing an illithid character for a few weeks, and i know they are supposed to be great psionists. Why can't us illithids use mind control? We can crush mob's minds, send energy thrusts towards them, smash thier ego, etc, but we can't control them. Why not add a mind control spell for lvl 40ish? It should take an illithid a while to have enough skill to do that. -SirFrog ******* ************** *** *** ************** **** ***Barren Realms*** **** *** *** *** *** *** ******* *** *********** ** ** *********** ***************** Article: There are also 5 Myths that you should be aware of. Myth 1: The year 2000 problem affects only mainframes. I wish that were true, but it's not; PCs have the Y2K problem as well. In fact, the problem has nothing to do with type of computer--only with programmers' desire to store dates in two digits instead of four. All those who did this understood the potential problems, but most didn't expect their programs to be used through 2000. People talk about 200 million lines of COBOL needing to be checked and fixed, and that may be right. But the BIOSs in many older PCs have the same problem, as do many versions of PC software. Even "compliant" applications can have problems if you use two-digit dates in a macro or a calculation. In the meantime, we've created a Web site--www.pcmag.com/y2k --that gathers information on it. Myth 2: The problem will occur at midnight on 1/1/00. If only it were that simple! Actually, some of the problems started to occur years ago. For instance, some merchants ran into credit card systems that didn't accept cards with an expiration date ending in 00. That problem has pretty much been fixed, but it's indicative of the kinds of things we should watch out for. Others are sure to come. Many Y2K-compatible programs still have a two-digit range that extends only into the 2020s or 2040s. Some problems will occur even earlier. September 9, 1999, is a date that many people worry about, because some programmers used 9/9/99 to indicate an invalid date field. Others worry about the 99th day of 1999 (April 9, 1999). Myth 3: The world as we know it will end on 1/1/00. Some people think that everything electronic will stop working forever that morning. This won't happen. Large businesses are well aware of the problem and have every incentive to fix the big problems before then. Some are replacing older systems with new ones. And most are planning to fix programs when necessary, sometimes by just reinterpreting the two-digit date to a rolling 100-year window, which will work for now. Many smaller businesses aren't taking an aggressive approach, believing they aren't all that dependent on computer systems. Let's hope they are right. Myth 4: The problems are well known. Even though the basic Y2K problem is well understood, the difficulty is in finding all the places where dates show up. Two-digit date codes were used in all kinds of programs on all kinds of systems. Many of the programs were written years ago, and no one remembers all aspects of them. It is impossible for programmers to find every such system in the next year and a half. Some problems will be minor; some will be more serious. I expect we'll get through them, but not without some pain. Myth 5: Y2K is a technical problem. Certainly there are technical problems that must be addressed, but the legal, public relations, and political issues are just as important. On the legal front, some claim that software developers should be legally responsible for making sure every version of software ever sold is Y2K-ready. Politically, my biggest concern is with government computers. Politicians don't want to spend money on something that is as invisible as fixing lines of code. PR-wise, I expect you'll start seeing a lot more scare stories about how planes will fall from the sky and power will fail everywhere because of the Y2K problem. My guess is that on the actual day there will be a few problems, particularly with government systems. It won't be painless, but we will get through it. Oh ya, expect to see a few Action and Thriller movies on this whole event. RATATATATATA Can't intiate clicking sound. Shutting down. -Sorta. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Responses: Two suggestions in the newsletter deserve real consideration: (1) an improved heal spell would make a druid much more useful in a group situation; it wouldn't be unbalanced if it were made to be quite expensive in terms of mana spent. Perhaps it could be acquired at the same level that Mass Heal is acquired, healing a similar amount of overall damage, only to one player instead of several. (2) It makes very good sense that Humans should get the Dodge skill. --? Fury: Replies >>>Aratu: spells for magic users: 'Create Ale' and 'Dispell Drunkeness' Hmmmm, you want to spend mana to get drunk to regain your mana and then spend mana to get sober........... I think BR needs an AA area, QUICK 'Create Ale': The Point? when beverages are cheaper than dirt. and would it be only ale? i mean it could get ridiculous, 'Create Beer', 'Create Local', etc. However the dipel drunkeness would be good for those times when for soem reason you need to be sober FAST. however if sucha spell made it into the game it would probably take an outragous amout of mana... fRuY Si UdRnk Omst Fo tHe tIme OTO.... >>>Lordzombie: How about a "who arena"? (To see who's currently in the >>>arena w/o actually going there? how about a notice when people LEAVE the arena instead then just pay atten and you will know. >>>Tom: Allergic Reactions, random :) Only an IMM can come up with somtin so CRUEL... Then what? A Sudafed option at the Healer? Or in the middle of a battle.... Some Mobs slash CRIPPLES you! AHHH AHHH AHHH AHHH..... ***You all of the sudden sneeze and drop you weapon*** Some Mobs slash MANGLES you! your hit tickles some mob ..... That WOULD be funny as long as it didnt hapen to me... It will GO down hill from there... >>>Que: give dwarves tracking skills, as an oog skill to learn ofcourse. Hmmm not satisfied with Enhanced Damage and all those Twaps.... Now you want directions to your next victim? >>>Que: have a drunk timer like for spells.:) Yeah that would be nice, but how many piss dunk people do you know that can say "ohhh ill be sober in 36hrs", no not many.... >>>AMystery: alignment based weapons. what if anti-evil weapons would hit evil mobs harder than good mobs? Cool, and why not? It makes sense.... >>>SirFrog: an identify spell for illithids... it is rather annoying to have >>>to goto a shop to identify something just so you can find out if you >>>could enhance it or not.. (mabey they study the arrangements of >>>molecules?) -sirfrog you have to be careful with things like this, as far as i know Ills have no oog spells, except for those aquire hero and dual, this is probably the reason Illithids DONT get spells like these, they so unique that they have no Cross training as its called, how ever i simpathize, enhance armor is a costly spell and it is anoing to have it say: This item cannot be enhanced and then have it take 100 mana a shot, *SRUG* I understand be i dont think Ills will get anymore spells, even things like identify. (even though i think they should) If Ills get ANYTHING added it will be unique (OH NO not another wierd spell name) ANYONE Else: Pass Door Illithids: Ectoplasmic Form same thing harder, to type. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) BIO SECTION: Your BR Name: Healint Your rl first name: Tom Your race on BR: Druid Where you live: Henderson, NV What you do: Nothing Hobbies: BR Favorite thing about BR: Enjoyment of the people on the game Thing that annoys you most rl/br: IRL people feeling sorry for me.....BR People who you cannot trust Your favorite BR food (other than pot pies!) Red Capsules Your strangest experience ever: Well the strangest and most horrible is my car acciden that paralized me... /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) > << > THINGS TO DO AT A BORING MOVIE > > > > 1. Wear a top hat. > > 2. Throw popcorn in the air and yell, "It's snowing!" > > 3. Go, "Oooooh..." whenever anyone kisses. > > 4. Clap when the good guy gets killed. > > 5. Make a noise like your passing gas and go, "Ahhh..." > > 6. Start wheezing and ask the person next to you if you can > > have some Juiji Fruits for you asthma. > > 7. During the previews, yell, "Can you fast-forward it?" > > 8. Whenever the badguy is doing something devoius, say, " > > Watch out!" > > 9. Laugh very loudly at all the corny jokes. > > 10. Tell the man selling popcorn that the girls bathroom is > > flooding. > > 11. Yell out what is going to happen. > > 12. Tell the man next to you that you have diarrhea and wink > > while smiling. > > 13. Wear a cape and when its your turn to get popcorn yell, > > "I'm Batman! Hahaha!" and run away. > > 14. Yell, "Fire!" and moon the people coming through the > > exit. > > 15. Say that they cannot sit next to you because your > > invisible friend already is. > > 16. Yell outloud, "Stop molesting me!" > > 17. Gently, very softly, place a single pooped kernel of corn > > on the head of the person in front of you. > > 18. Scream out, "Hey, this isn't Bambi!" > > 19. Stare at the person sitting across the aisle from you, > > then quickley look back at the screen when they notice, > > then stare at them again when they turn back to the > > screen. > > 20. See if you can get a moistened Jujy Fruit to stick to the > > screen. > > 21. Yell to the projectionist, "Can you pause it? I gotta > > pee!" _____________________________________________________________________ | _____ __ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ____ __ _ _ _ _____ | | | | |__| |__/ |__/ |_ | | |__/ |_ |__| | | | | | | | |_____\ | | | \ | \ |___ | | | \ |___ | | |___ | | | \_____ | | | | ___ ____ ____ _ ____ _____ _____ ____ ___ | | | ______/ | | |_ | | | \__ | |_ | | |_ |__/ _____/ | | ________| | |___ \_|_/ ___/ |___ |___ | | |___ | \________ | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | 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 Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:36:50 -0500 (EST) ******* ************** *** *** ************** **** ***Barren Realms*** **** *** *** *** *** *** ******* *** *********** ** ** *********** ***************** Gorgon: we should be able to trade practices for money or something Kai: 'create holywater', similar to 'control flames' but requires a water source, burns mobs, particularily worse to evil aligned mobs. Kai: Modify the 'put' command so you can 'put all.coins '. Kai: Telepathy, for Illithids, allows the caster to talk thru a 'mind link' with any player, sleeping or otherwise BadJuju: therefore, a few suggestions: how about a spell called molecular agitation, which causes an enemy's weapon to heat. in other words, a disarm spell. BadJuju: also, how about changing the displacement spell so that it basically grants a dodge attack for the duration of the spell. After all, what's the point in having an ac of -1500 if kender, dwarves, etc, are dodging and parrying and getting hit less of BadJuju: being psycics, it seems likely that illithids would have a detect spell simmilar to the vision skill avians get BadJuju: or, give them the ability to break magical bonds, as they did in their help file. Or a deflect magic spell, although this might make them too powerful. BadJuju: Seeing as how they are mentalists, they could always be given the meditate skill. BadJuju: or they could just be given a few of the dozens of psionicist spells available in resources all over the net, such as chamelon form, blink, awe, etc. Mitey: How about when drunk, at random points in the game, you just *HICCUP* or puke when very drunk. Slart: what if we put in a code for carriage returns amongst the color codes? Could be interesting... Gorgon: you should be able to break down doors Mordlock: How about a "bowl of plenty' which has a unlimted supply of food make it a rare item Kiri - there are plenty of these in the game, if you know where to look. Overdrive: how about a 4th attack...you could charge gold and exp. Druids need it especially...they can't hit hard with weapons Pwent: change word of recall so that the player can choose where the recall is at. this would be in a ddition to the regular recall Mylo: can you create a stretch emote? something along the lines of "you stretch out your tired muscles and enjoy the adreneline rush"? just a thought. kiri- type help writesocial and help socialex Eldrock: how about making it so you can flee through a closed door if you have pass door on Pwent: dwarves fix armor like Beich Pwent: make it so you can slist other races. Ideas for BR I dont know if they get it, but i think as a martial artist humans should get disarm, and maybe some judo style throws, maybe like trip, in that the mob loses a round of hits but also with a certain damage, make the highest one a shoulder throw (level 35-45) with a damage range of CRIPPLE to ***THWAP***. Also you could make it so that this CANNOT be used to open a fight, because this type of thing is a defensive move anyway. What about a spell called Mental Weapon for Illthids, high level (35-50) and good sized imeadiate mana outlay (50-100) then it would require a maintnece fee (5 mana) every once in a while.... Basically allow the caster to create a weapon with his/her mind and maintain it with his/her mind. The weapons hit/dam could be based on the casters current level, but it could do a little more than normal (than the current standards), because it is an extention of the casters very mind, and therefore the caster can hit more often and deal more damaging blows than with some simple piece of metal. These weapons could also cast psionic blast each time they are used. These weapons would also be the property of the caster ONLY because once they the leave the casters possesion they are no more.(this would make disarm interesting anyways.) Weither or not you can make these scroll enchantable or not is the admins choice.... Fury /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) BIO SECTION: Your BR Name: Nekocat Your rl first name: Vicky Your race on BR: human Where you live: Madison WI, USA What you do: a student in Hamilton middle school Hobbies: play basketball, messing around with the computer, BR-ing Favorite thing about BR: everybody is friendly, and it's a cool place to go. Thing that annoys you most rl/br: rl: can't make make people go mud to br: can't see who I am talking to chat with me Your favorite BR food (other than pot pies!) moo goo gai pan Your strangest experience ever: When I was in level 3, and I started to learn about everything, and the next time I am on, I somehow jumped to level 6 /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) RESPONSES BY CALLER: Eol: characters can buy shares of stock in BR's market; total number of stocks would be limited, but players could resell to each other. Every time character levels, he/she/it gets a dividend in coins, the amount dependent upon the number of shares held Well... I think it's an... interesting... idea, but there are two major problems with it: 1) CODING - After the ages it took to code (if it ever could be coded), there is only one more problem 2) Hard Drive Space - Would you like to buy the new Hard Drives for BR, which would likely be necessary for how complicated it is? Divebomb: How about a lottery so mortals can get some money in an interesting way. They can buy tickets for a nominal price. Then, if their number is picked, they win 100,000 coins (or however much). This is an idea that I would happen to like. It might not be possible for it to work as a 'shop', with individually numbered tickets, but if all heros/imms could sell tickets, and a draw was made every (week, month etc), then it might work. Don't know if all heros would want to spend time selling, but I don't know if the Imms have anything better to do *cringe* Kai: New spell/skill for Illithids, Clairvoyance - Allows the caster to telepathically 'walk' thru the Realms. Level 40ish - 100 Mana? Sounds suspiciously like a teleport/astral for Ills. Although the idea has some merit (mabye let them view a room), as it is, I wouldn't want to do that. Pretty soon, were we to impliment this, Humans could *kung foo run* through the realms. Kai: Channel History for every channel! :-P No more confusion. Kiri -- we don't have the memory for this :) Nuff said? Flitter: protectiles should be enchantable. that way their more powerful, and will do a decent amount of damage. Kiri -- this is up to the area creator. Might I add, if you are talking about feathers, they are already pretty powerful Anthrax: maybe you should add a bit of code to add a hero's level to their whoset automatically when they level Kiri-- well, some of the heroes want their names to say "HEROINE" or "HEROIT" so therefore, their whosets would be too long with the levels too. Kai: Add a '%t' arguement to prompt to show the condition of the tank in a group. How would we define the tank? the person who is attacking at that time? If you really want to have a prompt up, set up a zmud trigger to type 'gtell' after every attack. Mitey: Ok, as a hero, I bought cars with ease. (I could have bought 300 flying carpets. 2 mil each, 600 mil coins) But morts can't. They cost WAY too much. Well... I wouldn't have any objections to getting a car, but we morts have to be able to learn to get used to mv. restrictions. I was wandering around the Realms the other daay and an idea popped into my head(a rare event). I don't know about others but it seems to take forever to get enough money to to enhance, so why not be able to spend like 10 practices and 400k exp. to get an enhance. Also a COOL spell would be like a mass teleport, up to 5 people grouped including caster would be able to teleport. To make it fair make it level 25 for elves and druids, and make it increase exp by making it out of guild. Sincerely, Demandred To answer the first one, I think it's a rather good idea, I know that I have 40 or so un-used practices. But, that would take the whole point of making enhancments harder to get. It's another idea like the house - not a bad idea, but I doubt we'll be seeing it any time soon. As for the second, we could use that, but to make it more fair, let it have a chance of teleporting one or all members of the group to somewhere else, and make it cost as much as teleporting the people individually (after all, would it really take any less effort?) /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) KIRI's WWW OF URL'S IS BACK!! http://www.thesmokinggun.com/ Ths Smoking Gun is an interesting page of conspiracy theories and actual paperwork about them. http://www.research.att.com/~mjm/cgi-bin/voices.cgi This is a cool site that lets you type in a sentence or two, and play them back in diffferent voices. This was submitted by Rabies. :) http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate? This is from Altavista - it translates English in about 20 other languages, and those languages back to English. It rules :) http://www.zdnet.com/yil/selector/getmood.html This moodmeter from Yahoo will pick websites based on your mood. :) /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) -> > COFFEE DEPT.............. -> > -> > You Know You've Had Too Much Coffee When... -> > -> > - You ski uphill. -> > -> > - You get a speeding ticket even when you're parked. -> > -> > - You speed walk in your sleep. -> > -> > - You answer the door before people knock. -> > -> > - Juan Valdez has named his donkey after you. -> > -> > - You have a bumper sticker that reads: Coffee drinkers -> are good in the -> > sack. -> > -> > - You haven't blinked since the last lunar eclipse. -> > -> > - You grind your coffee beans in your mouth. -> > -> > - You just completed another sweater and you don't know -> how to knit. -> > -> > - You sleep with your eyes open. -> > -> > - You have to watch videos in fast-forward. -> > -> > - The only time you're standing still is during an earthquake. -> > -> > - You can take a picture of yourself from ten feet away -> without using the -> > timer. -> > -> > - You lick your coffee pot clean. -> > -> > - You spend your vacations visiting "Maxwell House" -> > -> > - You're the employee of the month at the local coffee -> house and you don't -> > even work there. -> > -> > - You've worn out your third pair of tennis shoes this week. -> > -> > - Your eyes stay open when you sneeze. -> > -> > - You chew on other people's fingernails. -> > -> > - Cocaine is a downer. -> > -> > - The Nurse needs a scientific calculator to take your pulse. -> > -> > - All your kids are named "Joe" -> > -> > - Your only source of nutrition comes from "Sweet & Low" -> > -> > - You buy 1/2 and 1/2 by the barrel. -> > -> > - Your so jittery that people use your hands to blend -> their margaritas. -> > -> > - You can type sixty words per minute with your feet. -> > -> > - You can jump-start your car without cables. -> > -> > - You've worn out the handle on your favorite mug. -> > -> > - You go to AA meetings just for the free coffee. -> > -> > - You forget to unwrap candy bars before eating them. -> > -> > - You don't need a hammer to pound in nails. -> > -> > - You don't sweat, you percolate. -> > -> > - You walk twenty miles on your treadmill before you -> realize it's not -> > plugged in. -> > -> > - Charles Manson thinks you need to calm down. -> > -> > - You've built a miniature city out of little plastic stirrers. -> > -> > - Starbucks owns the mortgage on your house. -> > -> > - Instant coffee takes too long. -> > -> > - People get dizzy just watching you. -> > -> > - When you find a penny, you say, "Find a penny, pick it -> up. Sixty-three -> > more, I'll have a cup." -> > -> > - The Taster's Choice couple wants to adopt you. -> > -> > - Your taste buds are so numb you could drink your lava lamp. -> > -> > - You're so wired, you pick up AM radio. -> > -> > - People can test their batteries in your ears. -> > -> > - Your life's goal is to amount to a hill of beans. -> > -> > - You channel surf faster without a remote. -> > -> > - When someone asks, "How are you?", you say, "Good to the -> last drop." -> > -> > - You want to be cremated just so you can spend eternity -> in a coffee can. -> > -> > - Your birthday is a national holiday in Brazil. -> > -> > - You'd be willing to spend time in a Turkish prison. -> > -> > - You go to sleep just so you can wake up and smell the coffee. -> > -> > - You're offended when people use the word "brew" to mean beer. -> > -> > - You named your cats "Cream" and "Sugar" -> > -> > - Your lips are permanently stuck in the sipping position. -> > -> > - You have a picture of your coffee mug on your coffee mug. -> > -> > - You think being called a "drip" is a compliment. -> > -> > - Your 3 favorite things in life are: coffee before, -> coffee during and -> > coffee after. -> > -> > - You can't even remember your second cup. -> > -> > - You help your dog chase its tail. -> > -> > - You get drunk just so you can sober up. -> > -> > - You speak perfect Arabic without ever taking a lesson. -> > -> > - Your Thermos is on wheels. -> > -> > - Your lips are permanently stuck in the sipping position. -> > -> > - You soak your dentures in coffee overnight. -> > -> > - You introduce your spouse as your "CoffeeMate" -> > -> > - Your first-aid kit contains 2-pints of coffee with an -> I-V hookup. -> > -> > - You help your dog chase its tail. -> > -> > - You can outlast the Energizer bunny. -> > -> > - You short out motion detectors. -> > -> > - You have a conniption over spilled milk. -> > -> > - You don't even wait for the water to boil anymore. -> > -> > - Your nervous twitch registers on the Richter scale. -> > -> > - You don't tan, you roast. -> > -> > - You don't get mad, you get steamed. -> > -> > - Your coffee mug is insured by Lloyds of London. -> > -> > - You think CPR stands for "Coffee Provides Resuscitation." _____________________________________________________________________ | _____ __ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ____ __ _ _ _ _____ | | | | |__| |__/ |__/ |_ | | |__/ |_ |__| | | | | | | | |_____\ | | | \ | \ |___ | | | \ |___ | | |___ | | | \_____ | | | | ___ ____ ____ _ ____ _____ _____ ____ ___ | | | ______/ | | |_ | | | \__ | |_ | | |_ |__/ _____/ | | ________| | |___ \_|_/ ___/ |___ |___ | | |___ | \________ | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | 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 Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 01:02:58 -0500 (EST) IDEAS: Demandred: In my opinion blindness is a great spell, but it doesnt do what one would think with its name. I think it should be changed so that mobs that have been blindned cant disarm, trip, or do any type of trip or martial arts move. To make it fair have it Vampyr: each race should have its own teleport message, i know this would be difficult, and most dont get it until herodom but it would make for some very interesting messages and im willing to help make em Pwent: when the playter heads to an arena the message should mention which color. Mitey: You shouldn't be logged out if you are using directions. Like north 22 times. It stays PUT A LID ON IT... and disconnects you. Kiri - a client will fix this, such as Zmud. Eldrock: how about your alignment changes when you first attack a mob, but then it doesn't change again for attacking that same mob Everybody: for the slist command, let it take an argument of which race's slist you would like to see Mordlock: Sling shot as a weapon these were probably the first of the original weapons dating back to prehistoric times Kiri - this is up to the discretion of an area builder. Mitey: WHen you drink coffee, it should hurry up the process of becoming undrunk, but makes you hyper (shown in affects) and won't let you either recall, or sleep. You can rest, but not sleep. Faustus: how about adding act bits for mobs along the line of agggood, aggevil, and aggneutal, so that we can make mobs that will be agressive or not aggressive based on someones alignment... Elyas: Break Neck for humans. sort of like dive and backstab, but for humans Kiri - No, please, folks.. No more ideas for insta-kill skills/spells. The races are different, and will stay that way. BadJuju: it might be kind of useful if you could give an optional specific message to items which would appear when they are quaff/drink/eat/zap/brandish them... that way when you ate a burrito it could say something like "your stomach gurgles dangerously" Xandor: Why doesn't the fortune tavern stock a range of bar snacks? Like most plces of this type? I mean, i've never seen any pork scrathcings in BR Eldrock: create zombie spell: you need 2 arms, legs, a head and a corpse off of one type of mob, and the amount of hp you spend determines its hp (c 'create zombie' corpse 100 Kiri - this would be better for a Necromancer race. Ideas for BR FURY: I dont know if they get it, but i think as a martial artist humans should get disarm, and maybe some judo style throws, maybe like trip, in that the mob loses a round of hits but also with a certain damage, make the highest one a shoulder throw (level 35-45) with a damage range of CRIPPLE to ***THWAP***. Also you could make it so that this CANNOT be used to open a fight, because this type of thing is a defensive move anyway. What about a spell called Mental Weapon for Illthids, high level (35-50) and good sized imeadiate mana outlay (50-100) then it would require a maintnece fee (5 mana) every once in a while.... Basically allow the caster to create a weapon with his/her mind and maintain it with his/her mind. The weapons hit/dam could be based on the casters current level, but it could do a little more than normal (than the current standards), because it is an extention of the casters very mind, and therefore the caster can hit more often and deal more damaging blows than with some simple piece of metal. These weapons could also cast psionic blast each time they are used. These weapons would also be the property of the caster ONLY because once they the leave the casters possesion they are no more.(this would make disarm interesting anyways.) Weither or not you can make these scroll enchantable or not is the admins choice.... Fury /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Feline Temple Levels (20-35) _______________________________________________________________________ One day i decided to take a walk east of Calathar. But i ended up = getting lost in the jungle southeast of the city. As i was wandering = through the jungle I came upon a ancient temple. I cautiously aproached = not knowing what lay ahead. I opened the temple door's and was suprised = to find many Great Cats. I saw many different types of them. Large Jaguars, Giant Lynx's, = Lions, Sleek Cheetahs, and even a tiger or two. As i explored the temple = further I found out that there was even a saber tooth tiger. near the = heart of the temple. You must be very carefull here, for the great cats = never take there eyes off you. I would bring a friend if u decide to = hunt out these great cats for they are great hunters and fighters. They = wouldnt hesitate making you cat nip! Marauder. _______________________________________________________________________ /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) BIO SECTION: Your BR Name: Wolfpack,Tinkerer Your rl first name:dave Your race on BR:human/elf respectively Where you live: northern Minnesota What you do:student/c-store employee Hobbies: Basketball, Basketball, Basketball Favorite thing about BR: Time Consuming when there isn't anything else to do Thing that annoys you most rl/br: New people, Dying :> Your favorite BR food (other than pot pies!) Favorite BR food has to be the remains of things I've killed. Your strangest experience ever: Strangest off-mud experience-- my first ex (nuff said). /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) RESPONSES: This is Homicidal. > > Justme: add level to the report command so that you can see the > > level of your charmed mob > > Ever tried typing GROUP? > > Baltar Group will not work if you cannot group with the mob will it? If it's too low to group with but you still want to know what the level is you need it to report its level. RESPONSE BY JUSTME: >> Justme: add level to the report command so that you can see the >> level of your charmed mob > >Ever tried typing GROUP? > Yes i have tried typing GROUP, but there are only 5 levels of charmable mobs that you can group I don't see the realavance. When your exploring an area that you missed at the intended level it would be nice to be able to see what sort of level you should attempt it. If this is considered more trouble than it's worth then fair enough. It was just an idea. I'm just wondering why you singled this out for it's own private 'put-down', instead of including it with the rest of the ideas. Justme RESPONSE BY FURY: Please add this on to the replies i made earlier, Fury >>Kai: Add a '%t' arguement to prompt to show the condition of the tank in a group. >How would we define the tank? the person who is attacking at that >time? >If you really want to have a prompt up, set up a zmud trigger to type >'gtell' after every attack. This idea has merit and would be a plus for druids, so..... You could always add a tag called (Tank) just like (Busy) or (AFK) The tank types "Tanker" to get the tag........ The intrested members of the group then use the %t on their prompt set ups. Then the %t could display the condition of anyone in the group with such a tag. This would be the best and most striaght foward way to define the "tank"... Im not sure how much coding this would take so it still might be impossible... /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Kiri's WWW of URL's: http://www.lido.com/tv/mentos/mentos-faq.html The Mentos FAQ. What else can be said? http://www.gamecenter.com/Tipcheat/ Cheats and Tips for you game lovers out there. http://www.dreamscape.com/frankvad/free.screensaver.nz.html Eight million screensavers - from Sgetsuo! http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/9317/meowcow.html Still, my ALL TIME favorite webpage. 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Your laptop or mine? _____________________________________________________________________ | _____ __ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ____ __ _ _ _ _____ | | | | |__| |__/ |__/ |_ | | |__/ |_ |__| | | | | | | | |_____\ | | | \ | \ |___ | | | \ |___ | | |___ | | | \_____ | | | | ___ ____ ____ _ ____ _____ _____ ____ ___ | | | ______/ | | |_ | | | \__ | |_ | | |_ |__/ _____/ | | ________| | |___ \_|_/ ___/ |___ |___ | | |___ | \________ | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | 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