Subject: Newsletter 3/4/97 /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-----------------Ideas---------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Arion: mind control for illithids. Takes control of the bodies of a mob Jett: put a break in the social list to help see them all...instead of having to scrollo back ZombyWoof: I really like the 'whogroup' idea!!! Tom: a meter to show how much experience you got during you play time Tom: Being drunk should distort your view of things Tom: Should not kick people for doing a Fighting attack and repeating it Arion: a who that lists players by their gender Reality: As martial artists, humans should get disarm Emperor: a way to insert a line break at the end of your prompt Tom: A meter to show what you killed while you played ..and a Brakedown ok what you killed Tom: when you use the Ventrilquest spell alot it should be yellow...make it more humorous Tom: Make a spell for elves to stop certain people from teleporting to you Quixote: how about if one drinks too much alcohol they get sick like poison, and lose hp =) *like in rl* Tom: weather should affect being Invisable Tom: Should be able to see your balance no matter where we are in Barren Realms Berry: ill's being psychics should be able to sense aggrsive minds (aggros) in the surronding area Well this being my first submission to the newsletter, I though that I'd start small. I have a few ideas.. 1) what is there left to do when you hero? Besides running quests and helping newbies..not much from what i understand. It seems like you work and work for level 50 then you don't have anything to work for any more. What I'm suggesting is a "remort" kinda thing. I've seen this on other muds and it's kinda neat. after you reach lvl 50 you are given a choice, to go immort or remort. If you remort, you start over with a new class at level 1. you keep all of the skills and eq and stuff, but you get to try a different class/race. I know that this isn't really clear, but i hope that you understand the basic concept. It needs work because the muds I've seen this on have different class and race. KIRI* we are working on remort and have been for quite a while. And there are plenty things to do after you hero currently. 2)What are the ascii pictures supposed to be in the newsletter? Is it just the way mine is formatted? To me it comes out all mumbled together. Kiri* they are swords - sorry about your format. --Bodo /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-----------------reponse-------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Some more of Xygnathos's senseless comments: > Corn: I think another factor should be added into BR... Fatigue. > If you don't sleep at night, you should get a negative thing in your > affect... maybe -2hit -2 dam... Xyg: Isn't the fatigue in real life enough for us mudheads? well, ok, it is a nice idea, but i think it's kinda boring to have to sleep to keep your hit/dam high, and besides: Sleeping is necessary anyway to regenerate. > > Hax: Can we get the Ignore command to work with 'All' so as to ignore > everyone and everything? =) > Xyg: I thought everyone liked BR so much because of it's people. Then why ignore everyone? You can always turn off all channels > Quiver: How about making movement higher at the start, & then get less > movement for leveling? Xyg: Good idea. There are lots of areas nice for newbies that are too far away for their movementamount. Low movement isn't very stimulating for newbies to explore new terrain and discover other areas than those around Calathar. > Arrow: When track fails, how about the sprite going out and coming back & > saying I can't find him! (Instead of who do you want to track?) Xyg: or just ending up at the wrong mob, which can be an aggro. Leviathan or Chiquala for instance ;) > Zebulac: pemote : like emote but sticks 's after your name Xyg: Very good suggestion IMHO. When you can do socials on one particular player it should be possible with emote too ---> pemote. E.g.: "pemote gives xyganthos an uppercut", Xyganthos reads: " gives you an uppercut" and others read: " gives Xyganthos an uppercut" > Iceflame: new idea for illithid spell mana suck...take mana from > players/mobs and gives it to the illithid Xyg: spells that give you mana instaed of cost mana will never be done I fear. We're doomed to alcoholism. Mandwe: paperwor--- errrrr I mean furniture that you can sit/lay in- > gives bonus nwhen geretting back movement Xyg: I would really like to have a nice bed in the Tavern or even to sit at the bar and relax/get drunk like in real life :) > > Quiver: How about making it so that parry will occasionally disarm an > opponent? Xyg: Would be realistic..but I always hate to get disarmed and a lot of mobs know parry.. > New Dwarf skill... Carry: This skill would allow the mighty dwarf to > pick up a follower and sling the follower over its shoulder. Basically > works like carry for avian, but doesn't require the dwarf to be flying. > May work some formula out for the amount of strength required. (Would > take less if the character is lower level, more if higher). Minimum of > 22 str. xyg: Or would be affected by the amount of weight the carried player is carrying in his inventory and equipment /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >----------------articles----------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ Jett and Cherye's story Many decades ago in a far off land an elven son was born. His mother was an Archmage and Father a swordsman. They named him Jett because his eyes were the color of midnight. The elven youth did not enjoy peave though. His village was raided by a group of Dark Elves and Jett was saved only by his mother's last breath. Her spell sent Jett far away to live with a sorcerer that had been friends to his mother. Also at this time a young Druid was born to the world. Her name was Cherye, her parents were part of a wandering group of Nomads. Cherye's druidic powers showed themself early in life and it was clear that she would rise to great power. Jett spent his years learning the ways of the mage from his tutor. He became proficient in and gained the level of apprentice. Cherye also was learning more and more of her blosoming powers. Yet her powers were not a norm to her people. They other children and adults of the band began to fear and despise her for her powers. One night a group of young men in the band attempted to do away with what they believed "a vile Enchantress". Cherye managed to escape but she feared returning and fled into the wilderness. She did not wish to return and bring further hardship to her parents so she vowed to never return. She struck out on a journey to nowhere. Meanwhle Jett was continuing with his studies. On one day his master took leave of him and vowed to return in a fortnight. This time came and went and the master did not return. Jett became worried and decided to go looking for his master. All he knew was that his master had traveled to somewhere called "The Barren Realms." Jett's journey took him far and wide for he knew not where to look for this uncharted realm. On one day his travels took him into what appeared to be a grand garden. Everything was of huge size and exquisite beauty. Jett failed to notice a giant centipede come up behind him though. Before he knew it we was under attack. He fought valiantly with sword and spell but the surprise of the attack had him at a loss. It looked as if he too would die in a far off realm...forgotten and alone. The centipede reared back for the killing blow when suddenly it was blown forward and over Jett. What he saw next he will remember for the rest of his days. A young woman on intense beauty and hair the color of fire standing among the flowers of the garden, hand outstreched and the last twinkling of a dying spell on her fingers. Suddenly another bolt of power erupted from her fingers and flew over his head. He spun around to see the centipede writhing in its death throws. Stupified he sat there. The young woman beckoned to him to stand. Still dumfounded though he remained. "Was she an Angel?" he wondered. The young woman walked up to him and helped him up. "You really need to pay more attention to what you are doing young man...that centipede was about to make you dinner" she said with a slight smirk. "Well, I had him right where I wanted him" Jett retorted. "Yeah I bet" she replied. The young woman introduced herself as Cherye and Jett repsonded in kind. The both of them realized that they were in a very hostile land and that traveling together would be safer. They agreed to travel together till their ways parted. So together they walked off into the garden wondering what adventure would find them next......... The Begining!!!! /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >--------------------bios-------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) To start with my charecter's names are Samah and Dor. I started Dor before Samah but i really messed up Dor. I started Samah at the beginning of last summer vacation. I have been really happy with my charecter but I will admit I did take a long time to HERO. I have grouped with alot of people since I started to MUD on BR. To name a few I grouped with Kashyyyk, Berry, Becca, Orpheous, Redeemer, and many more. To let everyone know why it took so long for me to hero it was because i really hadn't had much time to play. I finally decided to make some time. Enough about my charecter though...more about myself. I am almost 16 years of age and I like to play Magic, play Dungeons and Dragons, play the drumset, and many more things. I LOVE to go snowmobiling and so i love the snow also. And I love to listen to almost all music. I wanna thank everyone that grouped with me and everyone else that I am forgetting for everything they have done for me to help me hero. Samah Hello everyone this is Dillo. I'm here to tell you a little about myself. First off I'm 12 years old ( I think I'm the youngest hero), and started MUDing the very first time at the begining of the school year on Barren Realms. I like it Fly Fish and attend Westridge Elementry School in Lake Oswego. I hope to enrole at OES (Oregon Episcopal School) next year. I live in a two story house in Lake Oswego with a creek in the back yard for me and friends to play in. Only one friend likes to MUD with me so I guess I only have one friend ( expect for everyone on BR). If they don't MUD or want to try they're not my friend =). Along with Fly Fishing I play tenis and I ski. Today I helped a newbie named Ash. I'd like everyone to know Ash was very gratful to the help I gave him, I'm like to see more people ack that way towards help. I just heroed and I'm proad of myself since this is the first chatacter on any MUD ever, and no douptly my first hero! "Thank you" to everyone (special thanks to Nubbz) for cheering me on as I tried to hero. Congratz Nubbz, you heroed too, and Uthar will be their soon aswell. I really can't say much about my life, I live in CA, Costa Rica, Hawaii, and Oregon. Heroing on such a great MUD with such great people is like a dream come true. Me plan is to help out alot, and create a Maggot Race. (I've got some ideas) As a hero I also have some quest ideas and just wierd things. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >------------------misc---------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) DEEP THOUGHTS (by Jack Handey) If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, let'em go, because, man, they're gone. ========== If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason." ========== To me, it's a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, "Hey, can you give me a hand?" You can say, "Sorry, got these sacks." ========== One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh no," I said, "Disneyland burned down." He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late. ========== The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face. ========== If you lived in the Dark Ages and you were a catapult operator, I bet the most common question people would ask is, "Can't you make it shoot farther?" "No, I'm sorry. That's as far as it shoots." ========== Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset? And he's carrying a beautiful rose in his beak, and also he's carrying a very beautiful painting with his feet. And also, you're drunk. ========== I believe in making the world safe for our children, but not our children's children, because I don't think children should be having sex. ========== If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is, "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is, "Probably because of something you did." ========== If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid seeing yourself in the mirror, because I bet that's what REALLY throws you into a panic. ========== Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if I was an ant and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny. ========== To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography and the dancers hit each other. ========== I hope if dogs ever take over the world and they choose a king, they don't just go by size, because I bet there are some Chihuahuas with some good ideas. Subject: newsletter 3/12/97 Reality: can we have a time next to the tellh and chath and all the other 'h' thingy's. I never know when someone told me something if I look there Forent: how about some scrolls or potion for ill combat enhance spells like combat mind for example? Vercertorix: Chi Blast skill for humans. Humans are martial artists and can concentrate their energies into a concentrated blast, requiring some mana to get the ball rolling. Psychic blow skill for illithids. illithid concentrates his psychic powers into a hard to the chest of a mob. shoulder throw skill for humans. Human throws mob over his shoulder (end result like trip) and the impact does some damage. astral void spell for elves. Elf opens a void into another dimension and things for assorted junk to pelt the mob into oblivion.i creature plague spell for druids. As druids are forest types, they could summon a herd of small woodland creatures to trample a mob. Size of herd depends on level of druid. Higher level druids also get larger creatures. psychic chains spell for illithids. Illithid uses the power of their mind to hold the mob in the room (like web) quicksilver strike skill for kender. The fast and dextrous kender strikes out with a super fast blow to a vulnerable place in battle. rattlesnake shot skill for humans. The fast and dextrous human strikes out with a super fast blow to a vulnerable place in battle. battlelust skill for illithids. Using their psychic powers, the illithid can install a tremendous lust for battle in his fellow players. a MUD based ping command to find out how bad some people (ie group members) are lagged. Arion: instead of spells for dwarves, they could have combo moves that caused intense damage Quiver: How about modifying the code to update people that a personal note has come to them to include all categories of notes that they receive? (Also get an update if someone posts to all). /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------article----------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) The newest area addition to Barren Realms is called Wild Africa and is meant for level 10 to 25. This area was written by our very own ZulX, and replaces the sports complex area. With the same coding problem as Sesame Street, some eq disappeared in the change (most prominently baseballs), though this is of little concern, as once again there is some pretty rocking eq to replace it with. This area is quite huge, and has many varied types of mobs for everyone of the level range to kill. The swamp area has some good critters to smoke, and the village has many mobs with much useful equipment for players. The forest and the plains areas feature some of the different animals you would expect to find in africa. Much of the area are mazes, and some are no recall, so pretty much any visit to this area is a extended stay :) . Mapping it is useless, since mazes reset all the time, but you won't care because there are so many cool mobs to kill you will level like there is no tommorow. The equipment to be had in this area is pretty awesome, and will be a lovely addition to the eq you already have. Very cool weapons add to the lists, and lots of neat mobs to kill and be killed by (hopefully lots of the former and less of the latter) make this area definetly cool by my standards. The place is challenging for levels 10 to 25 and is a welcome addition to the realms. For those of you who want some advance warning, one of the next areas to go is the Alpha Complex, and there is another that will go soon after that. I hope the areas replacing these two are as good as the White Tower and Wild Africa. Vercertorix /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------response------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Some responses to the ideas in the newsletter :) [ALL RESPONSES FROM ZULX] > Arion: Maybe a 'mirror image' spell for elves. Mobs have a > chance of attacking the image during a round. Once attacked the > image dissipates, but the caster avoided injury for the round This sounds like the Displacement Spell for Illithids. Since Illithids are the only one that draws from inner psychic, where whould this come from for an Elf? > Quiver: how about having some type of yell command for pets? > (once in the same area, you can yell & they'll come to you.) Why would your pet not be in teh same room as you? > > Kytar: a spell called dispel invis, dispels the invisibility on mobs, players, AND objects. Isn't the SEE INVIS spell enough? If not, who would get this spell? > > Blackwulf: Put balance of bank in status box. > How do you know what you have in the bank in RL? You go to the bank or an autoteller machine and do a balance. Same here :) > Blacklight: Make some sort of message that tells you when a > human is doing medicine. As in when they're using medicine on you I'm pretty sure this is the case already. > > Nar: it would be cool if there was an 'impersonate' spell that > makes you look exactly like a mob of your selection. You could > like only impersonate a mob of your own level or below, you > can't attack anyone, and you get all the attributes of that > mob... s > For what purpose? > Xyganthos: maybe if someone posts a note there can be a message > to all players to whom it is adressed so they know there's a note > for them I agree with Xyganthos here. We should get some update message informs the recipients there is messages for them. Even if the mud only checks every 10 ticks or so. > Robin: maybe a who invis command so that if you previously werent > seeing invis, but are now, you can see who you missed last time > you checked who...probably not expressing this right > Just do a who again. You'll see all players plus invis once you can see invis. > Quiver: how about having Jenny sell souveniers? > > > Fig: a mana shield spell, that takes away mana from a mage > > instead of hit points when hit.. make it like 2 mana points > > for every damage taken. > > Xyg: I really don't know what to think of this idea; something > tells me that it's not a very good one but since i never brought > a mage further than level 6 I'm not so sure. I wonder what my > druid-, elf-, and illithidfriends think about it.. > I don't know about this one. We already spend so much mana to shield ourselves. If we're going to loose mana from getting hit, we need to get more mana points when we level, as well as a need for items which will boost mana > > Berry: doors that can't be passed through with pass door > > xyg: And what if your corse is behind it? Then you need the key. I like the idea. Greetings ZulX /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >---------------bios------------------------ > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) =09Hello, this is Thinker, and this is my biography. For those of=20 you who don=D5t care to read this, i forgive you...after all, no one ever= =20 said my life was appealing or interesting in any way. To get to the=20 point, I live in Montreal. I'm actually of half British, half French=20 origin, so you can just imagine my inner strugge *shrug*. I'm a student=20 in Managerial Information Systems at Concordia University, and I plan to=20 graduate this december. Thats as far as i got to planning my life. My=20 father took a year after graduating and sailed the world withn a friend,=20 working wherever and whenever to pay his way back. I must admit, this=20 does sound like something i might end up doing, but my severly=20 underdeveloped planning skills seem to make it an inpossibility at this=20 point. =20 =09I play guitar, I love mountain biking, and oh ya i=D5m 21 yrs old=20 -- 22 on May 16. I have a quite twisted and dark sense of humor no one=20 seems to understand. My friends and i pretty much developed it in high=20 school.... for example: Someone once asked me what i was doing for=20 halloween, my reply: I think i'm gonna stay home and see how many kids i=20 can poison. Now, my good friend who was with me at the time laughed,=20 everyone else had absolutely NO reaction! Aw well, tis the burden of my=20 democracy. Just in case you don't share the joke.... i did NOT poison=20 anyone! Ok, thats me ... take care... I please send some bios to Kiri,=20 please include how terrible you life is, so I won=D5t feel so bad.. j/k. Hello Everyone, This is Comatose, some of you may know me as Havor. I am not the greatest writer so read this with a sence of humor. My rl name is Gordon, and I live in ID. I am hapily married with one kid. I enjoy many sports and love computers. I am right now going to college and majoring Computer Science. I really like Barren Realms, I have been on lots of muds but none compare to BR. Well that is about it. I have a great but uneventful life:) Comatose:) /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >----------silly--------------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) : WHAT THE COLLEGE VIEWBOOKS DON"T TELL YOU : : 1. Quarters are like gold. : 2. Be creative in the dining hall. : 3. Flipflops become as important as soap, shampoo, etc. : 4. You will never find so many excuses for a bucket. : 5. Asleep by 2:30 am is an early night. : 6. New additions to the food groups: Mountain Dew, Doritos, Ben & : Jerry's, Ho-Hos and Oreos : 7. Make sure your alarm clock has back-up batteries. : 8. Duct tape heals all wounds. (If not, scotch or masking tape will : suffice for awhile.) : 9. Showers become less important. : 10. Sleep becomes more important. : 11. Two meals a day are standard. One for some! : 12. Recycling becomes synonomous with laundry ("Oh, my jeans can : last until Christmas...there's only a *little* bit of mud on : them..."). : 13. You can never make too many meals in a hot pot (or pizelle : maker). : 14. 10 minutes is more than enough time to get ready for your first : class (not that this is anything really new). : 15. Going to the mailbox was never an ego booster/breaker before. : 16. It takes more than one person to carry your laundry, books, : trash, alcohol... : 17. If the lecture hall is big enough, get someone else's notes. : 18. You begin to nap again (also not new). : 19. Your bill in the bookstore will almost equal tuition. : 20. Isn't it amazing that the book your professor wrote is always : required for his class? : 21. Labs used to be fun. : 22. T.A. used to stand for teaching assistant, now, for terribly : articulated. : 23. Squirt guns=stress relief. : 24. E-mail becomes your second language. : 25. Frat parties are exactly like they are in the movies. : 26. Ten-page papers used to sound impossible, now they're a Godsend. Subject: Newsletter 3/18/97 /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >--------------------ideas------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Some Race ideas, all from Zine, for Avians. ____ Here are a couple of things i think avians need.. The skill blast Takes forever to fire off again is this for a purpose?, if not could you maybe make the wait time to put another command in shorter??.. you cant even flee till the wait time is up.. thats why the long wait time kinda stinks.. Dont get me wrong blast is nice.. specialy the part when they get knocked to ground.. verry usefull:) New suggested Skill for Avaians.. Enhanced Toughness Helps Decrese the Ammount of Damage taken, its a skill, Just adds a little Armor Class every level.. Not verry much though , but makes it safer for avians to fight at higher levels.. wont help much at first.. This skill is used Automaticaly. New Suggested Skill for Avians.. Wing Shield. The skill is used once before attacing anything., then once the avian gets hit the skill wears off and they have to use it again, verry limited but will help low level Avians.. specially level 11.. i noticed Avians DIE "alot" aroound that level.. the one thing bad aboout this skill is they cant fly when they are shielding themselves.. but they can type unshield and then hover.. or something like that.. New suggested Skill for Avians.. Phoenix fury (yes after the IMM Phoenix thats how i got the idea) Suggested Level=40 The Adult Avian Calls upon The IMM's to Release the Fury of the phoenix, shortly after your bursting into Flames, and when attacking do Flame damage, the Flame does not hurt you but does verry nice damage to your Foe's. This is a pretty nice skill:) coild possibly be another Avian Spell. -Zine. Ideas from Elrond: This has come up before ( i think ). I think it would be really, really good if we used a weapon long enough, we would be more adjusted to it, and do more damage with it. On the other hand, if you use a different weapon, you don't do as much damage, because your still used to the old weapon. Random spell hits: For different spells, maybe the spell could be more powerful than it could be if you cast it a second ago, causing extreme damage or killing the mob instantly. Of course, this should be completely random, and doesn't usually happen. Kinda like with backstab. Ex: Your fireball burns through the guard's stomach, killing him instantly! Here's another one: Floods or fires in BR. A fire could break out in a room, and spread. The flames could leap to players and mobs, and people would have to dump their water containers on the fire to put it out. Or there could be a flood which would have the drowning affect on non-flying(?) players. May want to restrict these to higher lev. areas. I think it would be cool to see Calathar on fire...Maybe after lightning hits a player they begins to burn and the blaze burns the room to the ground };) -Elrond /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------Article----------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Just recently, another new area joined the ranks of the Barren Realms areas. it is called Boddy Manor, and it replaced the area Lenny's House. This area is for people levels 10 to 20. The area is based on the Clue board game by Parker Brothers (if you don't know what Clue is, you need to stay in more :) ), and is reasonably large, though not unmanigably huge, for those of you who get lost real easy. In my time inside the area, I did not come across any bugs or typos (there may be some, I just didn't notice them). This area is well thought out, and stays true to the board game. Including some of the weapons and all the locations (plus some new ones), and the mobs are of a reasonable challenge and level for the afore mentioned levels to kill. You can play in the mansions huge fountain, or party in the gazebo with some birds, or play croquet with Mr. Boddy. All the mobs are pretty cool, and with the neat eq, its sure to be a great addition to the realms. There ya go. See you on. Vercertorix. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------responses---------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) >Zebulac: how bout a sleep channel, for people who are sleeping? Elrond: Question. Why? >Zebulac: pemote : like emote but sticks 's after your name Elrond: Even better: Make 'emote' like 'title'. Non-alphanumeric characters are immediatly placed behind the name. Ex. Elrond 's server sucks to Elrond's server sucks >Iceflame: new spell, time confuse for elf/illithid, if works make >shopkeepers go from open to close, or close to open Elrond: Nights aren't really that long... But it would be useful. >Iceflame: new idea for illithid spell mana suck...take mana from >players/mobs and gives it to the illithid Elrond: What are you going to use to cast the spell? Mana? >Quiver: How about making it so that parry will occasionally disarm an >opponent? Elrond: Might be nice to have once in a while :) >Kytar: a spell called dispel invis, dispels the invisibility on mobs, >players, AND objects. Elrond: Mobs I can understand, and objects I can understand, but why dispel players? >Nar: it would be cool if there was an 'impersonate' spell that >makes you look exactly like a mob of your selection. You could like only >impersonate a mob of your own level or below, you can't attack anyone, >and you get all the attributes of that mob... s Elrond: Some mobs are pretty powerful, so it could turn out to be a unfair advantage. >Xyganthos: maybe if someone posts a note there can be a message to all >players to whom it is adressed so they know there's a note for them Elrond: Yeah, or you could have a message saying 'Note Posted for ALL' or if there's one for you, 'Note Posted for PERSONAL' (or something like that). But that last one would only go to you. >Robin: maybe a who invis command so that if you previously werent seeing >invis, but are now, you can see who you missed last time you checked >who...probably not expressing this right Elrond: checking through the who list for invis flags CAN be a pain...Not completely necessary... > Berry: doors that can't be passed through with pass door Elrond: This might be good, add some challenge of looking for keys. Assuming there is a key. /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >------------------Bios-------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Mondo's BIO..... I was born in San Antonio Texas, on September 18th 1981...I wasn't born an only child i have 2 Brothers....Mark....and Jeremy(not very bad people, however they don't like mud)..I lived there for about 3 years then I was moved off to Clarksville TN(where i am presently...) for about 3-4 years....then we moved to Germany.....where i stayed for about 4 years....and i learned a little german to get by(I was going to school on an American base..)i visited all over the area and one day I found out that I had relatives in Hungary..(2 great aunts....and a Great uncle) I went to visit them a few times(2 or 3 can't remember..) and then learned a little hungarian.....It was nice there, I would like to go back sometime in the rest of my life....Eventually we made our way back to the States and we got sationed at Ft. Benning, in Columbus GA.....not a bad place either.....especially since Atlanta was only an hour away....I went to middle school there....then my dad had an opportunity to go back to Clarksville(where we still had an house..) It was up to me and my brothers to either move to Clarksville, or stay at Columbus....It was weird we all picked to go back to Clarksville....That brings me up to date....well almost...I am going to Clarksville High School and I am in 10th grade taking algebra 2, french 2, Chemistry, a computer class, World History, and English.....We don't have great sports teams(we suck at everything..) I started getting on BBS' while I was in Columbus....and when I moved up to Clarksville I found this BBS' that had a MUD on it and first time I played I WAS HOOKED....Then eventually I got internet access and my friend pointed me to Barren Realms....First time i played it I was hooked......and well thats it folks....you know everything about my life(maybe more than me) Mondo....(warr@midwest.net) Uthar: A bit about myself. My full name is Timothy Micheal Jackie. Im 15 and I hall from a small town of 15000 people located in Alberta Canada, called Leduc. The mayor of this city happens to be John Jackie, my father. My parents have always been interested in a second or third language so in grade 1 I was enrolled in french immersion for grades 1 to 8. Then att he end of grade 8, since there was no french immersion next year, we could challenge the french 10 exam. (when I say french 10, thats the grade 10 level course. And all grade 11 courses are 20s eg. Math 20 is grade 11 math, and so on for grade 12) So after challenging and passing my french 10 course in grade 8, I went into english schooling. So in grade 9 I continued with my sprots activiites that got me, two silver medals for senior mixed doubles in badminton, the overall best male track athelete of the year and the grade 9 male athelete of the year award. And now Im in grade 10 taking Math 10AP (AP = advanced program), Science 10, Social studies 10, English 10AP, French 20, German 10, Design studies 10, and Physical Education 10. My hobbies include playing ont he computer and of course mudding. Also I love to read. Ive always enjoyed science fiction and medical base books, which is probabaly why I came to Barren realms. Im also interested in Starwars and Im reading all the books I can find that are placed after the movies. As you can see, Im also very interested in sports and I enjoy physical activities. Well thats about it. Thanks for you attention folks, bye for now. A little info I thought you might find interesting. Uthar Peaches /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-----------------Silly---------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Subject: Ways To Get Rid of a Blind Date 1.Show up with make up on ninety percent of your body . . . all lipstick. (This is especially effective if you're male.) 2.Ask your date how much money he or she has in: 1) Checking 2) Savings 3) Wallet/Purse. 3.While driving to the restaurant, listen to violent, antisocial Speed Metal Rock and Gangsta Rap. Recite the expletives. 4.Dominate the conversation. Every time your date's mouth opens, interrupt and start a new conversation on a completely different topic. 5.Upon entering the restaurant ask for a seat away from the windows with a good view of all the exits where you can always keep your back to the wall. Act nervous. 6.Collect all the salt shakers from around the restaurant; use them to make a tower on your table. 7.Make funny faces at other patrons; sneer at their reactions. 8.Repeat every third third word you say say. 9.Twitch and wink uncontrollably. If asked about it, pretend you don't know what he or she is talking about. 10.Stand up every five minutes, circle your table with your arms outstretched, and make an airplane sound. 11.Accuse your date of industrial espionage. 12.When you order, inquire whether or not the restaurant has any food that is served while still alive. 13.Order for your date. Order something nasty. 14.Order a bucket of lard and two spoons. 15.As you food arrives, mention how long it's been since you last ate raw meat. 16.Insist the waiter cut your food into little pieces. Ask that he take one bite of everything on the plate . . . just to be sure no one has poisoned it. Subject: Newsletter 3/26/97 /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------ideas------------------ > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Reality: the question and answer channel sometimes get very confusing. Maybe this should be one command like Q&A or something, because sometimes you have to ask a question back to the person Flynn: Throw change sex in the elven guild, if not for mortals, atleast for heros Reality: I think who must also show (sleep) DaMissle: how about having the option to buy practice sessions from your guildleader Mandwe: reward people one gold for donateing something... Mandwe: make dreams that are random.. sometimes sleeping gets boring Draaknor: how about changing the afk command so that when it is activated, you cannot do anything but you won't become hungry or thirsty or recover health, mana, etc. Birdbeak: How about if "peck" has the same safeguards as most other commands? (i.e. if you're not in combat, and you don't specify a target, you don't peck anyone) Hardfloor: a in the prompt when you are visible and a when you are invisible.. cause: I'm too dumb to remember when I'm invisible and go help the newbies invisible.. Berry: make the refiller faster (like instantaneous) Arion: a water breathing spell for druids Berry: a spell called calm for ill calms a mob into a sleeplike state, so they're easy to kill Thorbardin: this one's dealing with notes....how about someone creating a format that will allow for some notes to be saved, as defined by the character (so that they can just put a flag or whatnot on the note saying that it should be saved) From ZINE: Here are a couple of things i think avians need.. The skill blast Takes forever to fire off again is this for a purpose?, if not could you maybe make the wait time to put another command in shorter??.. you cant even flee till the wait time is up.. thats why the long wait time kinda stinks.. Dont get me wrong blast is nice.. specialy the part when they get knocked to ground.. verry usefull:) New suggested Skill for Avaians.. Enhanced Toughness Helps Decrese the Ammount of Damage taken, its a skill, Just adds a little Armor Class every level.. Not verry much though , but makes it safer for avians to fight at higher levels.. wont help much at first.. This skill is used Automaticaly. New Suggested Skill for Avians.. Wing Shield. The skill is used once before attacing anything., then once the avian gets hit the skill wears off and they have to use it again, verry limited but will help low level Avians.. specially level 11.. i noticed Avians DIE "alot" aroound that level.. the one thing bad aboout this skill is they cant fly when they are shielding themselves.. but they can type unshield and then hover.. or something like that.. New suggested Skill for Avians.. Phoenix fury (yes after the IMM Phoenix thats how i got the idea) Suggested Level=40 The Adult Avian Calls upon The IMM's to Release the Fury of the phoenix, shortly after your bursting into Flames, and when attacking do Flame damage, the Flame does not hurt you but does verry nice damage to your Foe's. This is a pretty nice skill:) coild possibly be another Avian Spell. And this is all i have for now... ill Give you more ideas etc.. later.. dont wanna drown you with ideas:) Idea: for a skill that all people can use: taunt: taunts your opponet, either caausing one: its hits to deal more damage due to rage, or 2: have it miss more often due to rage- Mandwe /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >--------------------article---------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) I'm exploring the realms one day, when an argument begins on the 'chat' channel. It seems several people are discussing the avian race which I happen to belong to, and how they are either too powerful or too weak to be used effectively. This argument has come up before, so I decided to write this article and try and explain why avians are like any other race on the mud with their advantages and disadvantages. Avians work because they are a balanced race. It is true that avians get cool skills such as hover, vision, shriek, blast, windzone, etc. without having to use mana to use them. However, these skills are few in number compared to the other races in the Realms. There is one skill that does use mana, track, and it comes in handy. Avians also get awesome offensive capabilities such as their talons and feathers. However, each of these comes with a price. Talons keep avians from wearing any boots, so they lose any enhancements they may have gotten from them. Pluck and fling are a devastating combination of skills that make avians good to have in groups. At higher levels, these tainted feathers can do some major damage. Unfortunately, plucking a feather causes damage to an avian and they lose hit points every time. It should also be mentioned that fling cannot be used in the arena since it can cause death outside of the arena, resulting in someone losing xp in a duel. Many times, avian players feel that they should get to keep their armor slots, saying that avians need either a 'tank' or a miracle to level in the high levels. Again, in exchange for these armor slots, the avians receive some really good offensive skills. Besides, if you know the Realms at all, you can realize that there are enough potions, staffs, etc. to help an avian survive direct combat with someone like King Kandy or Ciquala. It's also a good idea for avians to enhance dexterity early since it helps with armor class. Here's my philosophy, "If you pulverize an opponent, you don't need to worry about defending yourself." This worked for me. Another strategy I've seen used by other avians is the use of a pet. Pets were used as tanks so that the avian could sit back and riddle the monsters with feathers or sweep them off their feet with his tail, or some other attack. It works, but I am unsure of ethical this tactic is. I would love to hear some ideas about it from other heroes or immortals. Altogether, I feel that the avians are a valuable part of the Barren Realms. They add more range to the types of characters available and are a well-balanced warrior race. What they lack in armor, they make up for in combat skills. "The best defense is a good offense." Arion Wartalon, Hawk of Thunder /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >------------------response-------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) ALL RESPONSES BY CRYMSON. >Mouser: Make it so you can change your "is here" message. So instead of >"is here" it could be "is dancing the macarena here" or whatever. well.. this was fine til you said the 'macarena' ;P >Random spell hits: For different spells, maybe the spell could be more >powerful than it could be if you cast it a second ago, causing extreme >damage or killing the mob instantly. Of course, this should be completely >random, and doesn't usually happen. Kinda like with backstab. > >Ex: Your fireball burns through the guard's stomach, killing him instantly! i like this... gives you an insta-kill with some powerful spells. this would be great for elves! *hint* *hint* >Here's another one: Floods or fires in BR. A fire could break out in a >room, and spread. The flames could leap to players and mobs, and people >would have to dump their water containers on the fire to put it out. Or >there could be a flood which would have the drowning affect on >non-flying(?) players. May want to restrict these to higher lev. areas. I >think it would be cool to see Calathar on fire...Maybe after lightning hits >a player they begins to burn and the blaze burns the room to the ground };) > yet another cool idea.. i dunno about having it jump from area to area and all but i like the part about the lightning.. i think that when you get struck by lightning that it actually might do damage to a piece of your armor.. it might already do this.. but i'm not exactly sure... /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-----------------bios-------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) Hi my name is Shriek and I'm a mud addict. I've been playing muds for almost as long as the has been muds. Barren Realms is the best I have seen so far so I've stayed playing here for over a year now using different characters. In life I am but a blue collar worker trying to keep a business afloat long enough to become a white collar worker heh. I have a daughter and am happily divorced. I am 6'1'' long brown hair and blue eyes. I love to ride my Harley. Rain or shine unfortunately its been snowing and I dont ride in the snow so Im goin a little nuts. I am 37 years old if that means anything besides the fact that your never too old to have fun. I have some goals here in Barren Realms. I want to do my best to help make this place stay a fun friendly place to Mud. I would like to become Immortal but its not really a priority with me, there are more deserving people. I want to write some areas, and am working on one right now. I also love to hold quests but only ones nobody else has done before so they may be kind of far between because they are elaborate :) and I need lots of help with them. I love to help people, Im slightly obnoxious but I have fun . I'm never too busy to help out, but if I dont seem to be helping its because I think you could work it out yourself, and I wouldnt dream of robbing you of the satisfaction of solving a problem yourself. After all isnt that why we Mud? I think I have rambled enough now. See ya in the Realms. Shriek. EPOCH: My Bio:) My name is Nicholas Carpenter but my friends call me nick for short and b= ecause it like it more than Nicholas:). I am 15 years old and was born on= the 31 of August 1981 in the royal Canberra hospital in Australia. I have lived in Canberra all my life and attend high school= there. I am into sport I do Karate, squash, tennis, and I swim when ever= I get the chance. I also like fiddling around with the computer and as a= result have got into difficulty with it a few times, but no one can prov= e anything:). = Ok my early childhood is a bit hazy until about age two where I spoke my = first word 'paataa' which to me meant flower. (hey I can see the resembla= nce):). It was around this time I began walking as well so now I was walk= ing talking and making lots of mess. When I was three I can remember my f= irst Christmas because I was sick and not very happy neither was my famil= y (I threw up on most of the presents). I also almost ended my life at th= is age by falling out of an amusement ride at a show. If it was not for t= he quick reflexes of my cousin I would have been a goner. Age four I was = now working at preschool making friends and enemies. There was this tree = one kid used to hog so I threw a ball at him and he fell out of the tree = and I got in trouble. This guy ended up being enemy number one. At five I= started school my first day was one I will never forget, I cried because= mum left and did not come back for ages see said she was only going for = a little while. Not the best first day that I can imagine but it could ha= ve been worse. At age six I almost lost my life again when a tree almost fell on me shor= tness saved me this time, the tree hit the truck and not me. At seven I w= ent to Perth for the first time and fell in love with it, It is my favori= te bar none. At eight I put a needle through my knee and had to get an xr= ay. This was my first real run in with a hospital and I wished it was my = last because it smelled funny. Got my first computer at this age an old M= ac plus my first and last Macintosh. At nine saw my first live football g= ame. This was a big thing for me. At ten went fishing for the first time = and caught nothing and to this day I have still caught nothing. At 11 I p= oisoned my sand pit with about a liter of chemicals that I found I the ga= rden shed, as a result the sand went green and we had to through it out a= nd get more. I got in a lot of trouble for this:). At 12 got my little dog Tojo (named after a chinese general). At 13 I fel= l out of my oak tree and got really hurt. Later on that same year broke m= y toe kicking a table. At 14 I broke my thumb playing football. Again alm= ost lost my life climbing cilffs, A friend and myself got stuck on a cilf= f that was fast falling apart it was only by luck that I survived this. 15 I found mud :):). Well there it is my life in a nut shell. I could have said more but you a= re bored enough already, so thanks for taking the time to read it = Epoch :) /(*) | / | |\--------------------------------------------\ (@)(((((((( | >-------------------silly------------------- > | |/--------------------------------------------/ | \ \(*) The Top 11 Signs Your Computer is Possessed 11> Instead of flying appliances, your screen saver shows horned demons torturing your immediate family. 10> The monitor spins and spews pea soup when you access the Vatican website. 9> Bill Gates Screen Saver eyes follow your every move. 8> Keeps throwing priests out of Windows. 7> Hard disk crashes every time Pat Robertson e-mails you. 6> Green slime oozing out of keyboard again and your kid hasn't used it in weeks. 5> Tech support crew brings Norton Utilities and a crucifix. 4> The little logo on it says: "Satan Inside." 3> No matter what URL you type in, your browser opens up the www.hell.com web site. 2> Dr. Watson replaced by Dr. Kervorkian. and the Number 1 Sign Your Computer is Possessed... 1> Contrary to the startup screen, you're fairly certain Microsoft hasn't released Windows666 yet.