----- Original Message ----- From: Kiri Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 3:59 PM Subject: newsletter May 1, 2000 If any of you getting this text version would like the html version, please reply to this and let me know. Some of you were wondering where this newsletter has been. Sorry for the delay, but I was away for two weeks and couldn't access my mail. ;) Arathorn: make a 'level' command shows your tnl...thats it Slart: I'm not sure I think that mobs should really be able to keep players out of private rooms. Arathorn: there should be a help file on con that includes listings of the responses from easiest to hardest get the shovel to no match for you Arathorn: i think the inventory of armourer should change evry once in a while Kiri -- that would require going into the area and changing it. Temper wrote the area and I don't intend to mess with his work unless there's a problem. Aphera: to convert certain amounts of practice sessions into prizes just sumtin to do with these things Liff: would be nice if give all.thing character worked Aphera: dont u think jello should come out of a jello shot NOT ale? Kiri -- well, there's ale in a jello shot, heh. Arathorn: make a hound pet Kiri -- area writers determine what pets are sold in their area. See: be able to put your level in your promp... Aphera: PLEASE make a hiss social or something with hissing Kiri -- write it. See help writesocial and help socialex. Arathorn: make something that can cloak glowing equipment for a while so thieves can use hide and sneak OR make less glowing eq! Drew: have aod list maps alphabetically by area name or numerically by lvl so youu could type maps s and see all maps for areas starting with s Drew: qhy does aod scroll through the list of maps so fast and in one shop why not lits them in increments of 20 Kiri - you can handle this with page pause. Set your pause to something like 15 and try it. Aphera: have kender be able to track too Aphera: make shields better NOBODY uses them Lyndon: i think it would be a good idea to have a shop that'll recharge your wands Aphera: make more odd fountains like fountains of blood lemonade sprite dr pepper sumthin like that Aphera: i know youll say no but can we please have the mount ability for pets? Aphera: for us who get link deaded alot make some little thing that like saves us from food and water needs and stuff like that cause i go link dead every day and one day i almost died 1 hp because of hunger and water Kiri -- you can't die from hunger/thirst. Lyndon: i think people levels 1-5 should have that (drunk) for chat, it is very confusing otherwise Aphera: u know flaming is for elves and druids make some opposite of it that only kender avians and dwarves can use Aphera: sneak and hide should increase chances of stealing and less chances of getting caught Nugad: i believe that since spellcasters have such a high mana count, and a low hit point count, that they should acquire a spell thats like a mana shield.. it would take mana from their mana pool and convert it into hp.. then when their mana runs out, it Amok: i think that when avians are flying with their hover skill , aggro mobs that are not flying themselves should not be able to attack them.this would compensate their lack of armor. Lyndon: i think it should be easier to put your money into containers... ie put all.coins purse Lyndon: i think since illithids are so smart, they should be able to identify things also... maybe make it oog @15 Lyndon: an Illithid spell called "pause" what it would do is stop thought processes in the mobs brain so they can't flee, cast spells, or anything for a few rounds *sorta like trip* Lyndon: i can't remember where i saw this from... but i thought it was neat. One mob says, "give this to like papa smurf, or some other non-aggressive lower-level mob" and the low level player takes it and delivers it... the other mob gives him a Medivh: freedom from nutrition for lvl 1 1. NAME? Daniel 1a. BR NAME: WolfBane 2. SEX? Male 3. LIVING ARRANGEMENT? With parents, sadly 4. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OUIJA BOARDS? Nice firewood for cabins 2. 5. YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW? Trauma: Life in the ER 6. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? My mouse, then my cat, then some dust. 7. FAVORITE BOARD GAME? Scattagories 8. FAVORITE MAGAZINE? Cracked 9. FAVORITE SMELLS? My computer 10. WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD? Bombing a final test 11. BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD? When you punch someone really annoying right in the face 12. WHAT DO YOU DO TO EXPRESS YOUR CREATIVITY? Think of clever comebacks 13. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING? Fake sick of not to fake sick 14. DO YOU GET MOTION SICKNESS? No 15. ROLLER COASTERS-SCARY OR EXCITING? Pointless 16. PEN OR PENCIL? Pencil 17. HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE? As long as it takes to get there 18. FUTURE SON'S NAME? X 19. FUTURE DAUGHTER'S NAME? Autumn 20. FAVORITE FOODS? Doritos Salsa Verde 21. DO YOU GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS? Not really 22. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? Lactosintollerant (I know, it really sucks) 23. FAVORITE ICE-CREAM? Read Above 24. CROUTONS OR BACON BITS? Bacon Bits. Just Bacon Bits, no salad 25. DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE? No it scares the hell outta me 26. DO YOU SLEEP WITH STUFFED ANIMALS? No 27. STORMS COOL OR SCARY? Cool 28. WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR? Hopefully a Bug 29. IF YOU COULD MEET ONE PERSON, DEAD OR ALIVE, WHO WOULD IT BE? Joan of Arc because she burned and id like to see what a burnt person would look like 30. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK? Vodka with orange juice and coke. (dont remember the official name because im really not supposed to be drinking it) 31. WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN? Virgo 32. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE POET? Me 33. DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI? Nope 34. GUYS-IF A GIRL ASKED FOR THE SHIRT OFF YOUR BACK, WOULD YOU GIVE IT? Of course, whatever THEY say 34. GIRLS-WOULD YOU EVER ASK A GUY FOR HIS SHIRT? 35. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED, WHAT WOULD IT BE? A full time BETA tester 36. IF YOU DYED YOUR HAIR A DIFFERENT COLOR, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Pure Blue 37. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE? I thought i was, but it turned out badly 38. WHAT IS ON YOUR WALLS IN YOUR BEDROOM? The Matrix misc. 40. IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL? Empty 41. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SNAPPLE? Fruit Punch 42. ARE YOU A LEFTY, RIGHTY OR AMBIDEXTROUS? Right 43. DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS? Nope 44. IF YOU COULD BE ONE GARDENING TOOL, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? A shovel 45. WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED? I sleep upside-down 46. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER? 67365285623589295656239875647657387496789679862 47. WHAT IS YOUR DREAM CAR? Limo 48. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? SUMO!!!! 49. SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON(S) WHO SENT THIS TO YOU: May your MUD go on and on forever 50. PERSON YOU SENT THIS TO WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND: My brother BR FAQ question & answer by Naddarow: FAQ: How do I get to (insert area name here)? There are many different ways to find out how to get to areas. 1. For low level mortals, several low level areas are located within the city limits of Calathar, and directions can be found on "help map" 2.A good way to find directions to many areas is to find a "map seller" such as AOD in Calathar. For a small price, you can buy maps from the map sellers which give you general directions to a specific area. Map sellers are located in several major cities. 3.Another good way to get directions is to ask other players. Many times other players can give you general or exact directions to an area. *ALWAYS remember to be polite when asking another player. 4.You can also obtain directions to areas by grouping with others, and having them lead you to the area. You can take note of which directions you went and use the notes to find your way back later. One problem with this tactic maybe encountered if your group member knows the directions well and takes you to the area readily. 5. Also, certain players have web sites with directions to different area, you can locate these through the Barren Realms Mud Ring which is located on Kiri's Barren Realms home page. -Answered By Naddarow Responses: By Fury: (What about coding charm for Illithiads at 1/2 lvl strength? A 50th lvl Ill can charm lvl 25 or less mobs. Its not a perfect solution, but it would give the Ill's charm without unbalancing the races. Sandra: Ill's should have charm - its a mental ability, isn't it?) Fury: (again im biased) Yeah, they should have it, at least high levels should, however it would probably un-balance the race. and BY BALTAR: > Naddarow: spell idea: mute- Caster causes mob to be "mute" and mob = > can't cast any spells > > s-sound good to me but have it so the mob could atempt to become = > unmuted every tick or so.=20 > > Kiri -- I don't think this is a bad idea either. Although keep in mind, if we can do it to them, they can do it to us... Baltar Kiri's WWW of URLs: Jesus-ify your webpage *grin* http://www.askjesus.org/ Two words - cyber barbie. Four words total - Cyber ken. http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/ThreeJane3/index.html The Bad Candy website, the name says it all: http://www.bad-candy.com/ And the BR pages for this week come from: Smegol's page: http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/harris/554/index.htm Flip's Page: http://members.tripod.com/spout/ Monshoon's Page: http://fly.to/rkh Children's books that didn't make it: 1. You Are Different and That's Bad 2. The Boy Who Died From Eating All His Vegetables 3. Dad's New Wife Robert 4. Fun Four-letter Words to Know and Share 5. Hammers, Screwdrivers, and Scissors: An I-Can-Do-It Book 6. The Kids' Guide to Hitchhiking 7. Kathy Was So Bad Her Mom Stopped Loving Her 8. Curious George and the High Voltage Fence 9. All Cats Go To Hell 10. The Little Sissy Who Snitched 11. Some Kittens Can Fly 12. That's It! I'm Putting You Up For Adoption 13. Grandpa Gets a Casket 14. The Magic World Inside the Abandoned Refrigerator 15. Garfield Gets Feline Leukemia 16. The Pop-Up Book of Human Anatomy 17. Strangers Have the Best Candy 18. Whining, Kicking, and Crying to Get Your Way 19. You Were an Accident 20. Things Rich Kids Have, but You Never Will 21. Pop! Goes the Hamster ... and Other Great Microwave Games 22. The Man on the Moon is Actually Satan 23. Your Nightmares Are Real 24. Where Would You Like to be Buried? 25. Eggs, Toilet Paper, and Your School 26. Why Can't Mr. Fork and Ms. Electrical Outlet Be Friends? 27. Places Where Mommy and Daddy Hide Neat Things 28. Daddy Drinks Because You Cry 29. The Attention Deficit Disorder Association's Book of Wild Animals of North Amer -- Hey, Let's Go Ride Our Bikes! 30. The Care Bears Maul Some Campers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get paid to read email - 5 cents per email! http://www.sendmoreinfo.com/id/669307 Or ten cents an email: http://www.yoyomail.com/cgi-bin/a?referral=kiri and make money! Melkor halfling race - after final exams are over. i will be willing in helping make this race. I think this race would fit into the mud nicely. especially with the shire and all. --Kiri-- I'm afraid we won't be adding any new mortal races for a long time. We're currently working on remort and then will be revising and updating the current races (other than Illithids, that have already been done.) Stormwind 1. program something in the mudschool to repop mobs instantly upon death. to make for all the necessary eq when there are like 4 newbies at once 2. : dual for illithids at.. hm.. level.. 60 Aphera make bash not require a shield or make better shields Melkor add observer mode to arena - everyone wants this! plz plz :) Dhmn PUT text in donation rooms about not selling items? it SAYS feel free to take anything you want. Kharn The skills should be displayed alphabetically when u type "pra" Madyson the affect chart should tell you if you are drunk or not and how long until it wears off I'm out of bios, folks, so please send them my way. 1. NAME? Danielle 1a. BR NAME: Bluestar 2. SEX? Female 3. LIVING ARRANGEMENT? With my mom 4. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OUIJA BOARDS? Never used one 5. YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW? Oooooo...ummmm, I have a few! Dharma & Greg, Charmed, Buffy, Roswell, Jack & Jill 6. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? A tiny kitty in a hammock 7. FAVORITE BOARD GAME?ummmm, Pass the Pigs (does that count?) 8. FAVORITE MAGAZINE? Hrmmm, Seventeen....Blue Jean....ect... 9. FAVORITE SMELLS? Freshly mowed grass 10. WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD? Guilt 11. BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD? Giving to peeps who really need it 12. WHAT DO YOU DO TO EXPRESS YOUR CREATIVITY? Write Poetry, I'm damn good too! 13. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING? Do I have to go to school? I wanna go back to sleep! 14. DO YOU GET MOTION SICKNESS? Nope, was practically raised on a boat 15. ROLLER COASTERS-SCARY OR EXCITING? Awesome! 16. PEN OR PENCIL? PENS!!!!! Specially those neato milky ones and the gel rollers.... 17. HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE? 2, I let the caller id pick up the # and if I want to talk to the person then I pick up! 18. FUTURE SON'S NAME? I don't want a boy :) 19. FUTURE DAUGHTER'S NAME? Fiona 20. FAVORITE FOODS? THAI!!!!!! SUGAR!!! 21. DO YOU GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS? My mom yes, my biological father is an evil deadbeat 22. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? Chocolate 23. FAVORITE ICE-CREAM? Ben & Jerry's Mint Chocolate Chip (Bad news peeps, they've been baught out by Good Humor...NOOOOOO) 24. CROUTONS OR BACON BITS? Crutons with Ranch-n-Bacon dressing 25. DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE? I love to, but I can't legally....:( Did I mention I have an evil mother? :P 26. DO YOU SLEEP WITH STUFFED ANIMALS? Yes, 1 big teddy bear my best friend bought me for my birthday 27. STORMS COOL OR SCARY? Cool unless they involve ice and losing power for 2 weeks (Happened in 98) 28. WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR? Ummmmm....the first one my mom and I had was a CRAPPY Ford 29. IF YOU COULD MEET ONE PERSON, DEAD OR ALIVE, WHO WOULD IT BE? My great grandfather Eli 30. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK? Daquri's 31. WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN? Aquarius 32. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE POET? Emily Dickinson 33. DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI? They're the best part! 34. GUYS-IF A GIRL ASKED FOR THE SHIRT OFF YOUR BACK, WOULD YOU GIVE IT? 34. GIRLS-WOULD YOU EVER ASK A GUY FOR HIS SHIRT? Off his back no, but I'd let him offer it to me, then I'd take it. 35. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED, WHAT WOULD IT BE? A teacher who wrote on the side (very succsessfuly too) 36. IF YOU DYED YOUR HAIR A DIFFERENT COLOR, WHAT WOULD IT BE? I wouldn't. I recently put blonde highlights in my brown hair tho! COOL! 37. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE? No......only in my dreams *sighs wistfully* 38. WHAT IS ON YOUR WALLS IN YOUR BEDROOM? Paint 40. IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL? Half-full 41. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SNAPPLE? Strawberry Kiwi 42. ARE YOU A LEFTY, RIGHTY OR AMBIDEXTROUS? Righty 43. DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS? Yes actually. 44. IF YOU COULD BE ONE GARDENING TOOL, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? Hoe...just kidding! Ummmm, a rake so I could take away peep's problems? 45. WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED? World War III 46. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER? 7, 9 47. WHAT IS YOUR DREAM CAR? Anything that drives and doesn't have to go in the shop........:P 48. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? Basketball @ my school.....rooting for the home team....or when they play against my old school, rooting for my old school! 49. SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON(S) WHO SENT THIS TO YOU: Kiri is the best, hey, she has to put up with the infamous Bluestar doesn't she? 50. PERSON YOU SENT THIS TO WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND: "Bluestar you're crazy!" GREETINGS FROM HEAVEN Slart has proved himself worthy, and have ascended to the mighty rank of Admin! That's 154, for those of you who haven't looked at the wizlist lately. And welcome Divebomb to 152 :) THE LOCAL NEWS Most of you know about the changes with Illithids. As you can tell, they're MUCH better than they were and the people are raving! You may now flee through a door if you have pass door on you. Consider is usable on players in the arena now. Try slist ill, slist dwf or any race you like now. As per your requests. We now have config +nosummon and config +antisocial. This stops people from being able to summon you or teleport/astral/track you. There are MAPS in BR to areas you have never been before! They are sold by Aod in Calathar! Type where Aod in Calathar to find him. If you have news for help news, send it to barren@coredcs.com Article by Draelyn: What's the purpose of a pet anyhow? Or a vehicle? Pets have a variety of uses. For myself as a hero, my primary use of pets is to keep me company. They talk to me. But as a mortal, I used them in a few different ways. You can use your pet to assist you in fighting. they're charmed mobs, and they'll fight to the death to assist you in your fights, literally. You can equip your pets with eq, by giving the eq to them, and ordering them to wear it. Pets take damage too, so they'll need to be healed every once in a while. Check this by using the syntax 'order (pet) rep'. Be careful of the ferrets, even though they're awfully cute, as in real life, they have a very short memory, and will not follow you for long. Pets can also be used to carry extra eq that you just cant carry. Say you just wiped out RHPS, and you have a lot of eq to go sell, but you cant carry it all. You can give the extra eq to your pet before you get overloaded, or you can just order it to get it. Pets can also be used to entertain. They can chat, emote, and social just as we can. You can purchase a pet at 6s2e1n of recall. The purchase syntax, say, for a ferret, would be 'buy ferret (name)', where name would be any name you choose to give to your pet. Since pets are charmed mobs, be sure to kill it before you log off. Killing pets will likely land you in jail, take it from someone who went that route. ;) What's the purpose of a vehicle? Vehicles are great, although a little expensive unless you split the cost up. Not only can you ride the realms in style, but you can take that group of yours to say, Redferne's Residence, or Dylan's Area, which are both quite a walk, and not use up any movement. Quite useful for those characters with low movement, or for those of us who spend most of the time on BR drunk. Vehicles won't get your group through a private room, you'll have to go through one at a time. Vehicles are also subject to no exit rooms/areas, so you'll lose it if you take it to say, Alandra. You'll be able to use it there, but you won't be able to get it back to recall. You can find other information by typing 'help pet' and 'help vehicle'. Happy mudding! -DrDrae aka Draelyn Responses by Divebomb: Mathis: on some scrolls, (black etched tablet for example) the spell would be summon and charm person, but i can summon, but it wont lemme charm. and this just doesnt make sense, its as if im CASTING the spells... I'm not sure I completely understand what you're saying, but some spells just don't happen to work when attached to potions, scrolls, and staves. If this can be fixed, then it should be. Hiddukel: An addition of fighting styles--a two weapon fighting style that allows a character to wield same weight weapons, anyone without the skill can't wield a weapon that is the same weight or lighter than the one in the offhand, a shield and weapon fighting style(adds a little more variety and give all the shields in the mud a job) increases AC and parry rates Interesting Idea....It would be nice if SOMEONE used a shield once in awhile. Hiddukel: A Clerical spell called calm--Will cause an aggro mob to stop attacking Wouldn't it already be attacking you by time you cast it? Of course if you're talking about a higher level doing it for you then wouldn't that take all the adventure and danger out of the game? It could be useful in that circumstance but I don't think it should be put in. Hiddukel: A mage spell-- Animate Object, brings trash items to life (1/2 the level of the caster?) Will tank for the mage Buy a mercenary/pet. Forrest: there needs to be more in guild dwarf abilities, cause there is nothing in guild for dwarves to prac after lvl 11 :( They're the most powerful (in terms of damage inflicted) race in the game, k mob will win you almost every fight as it is. Forrest: change the bash skill, instead of bashing creatures, it allows you to bash open doors, the drawback is that it damages you and can make the mob on the other side mad, possibly making it aggro Fine with me. Forrest: skill for dwarves that increases their chance to hit, since they are specialists in fighting Don't they have bless already? That increases hitroll. If you're talking in guild then forget it, dwarves aren't spellcasters, they're lucky they have anything. Mathis: show how long drunkeness lasts, like spells? Been drunk lately? Can you pinpoint when it's going to go away? Forrest: dwarves need some skill that gives them a chance at a critical hit ROFLMAO. Let me think. No. Aphera: i think there should be a person in front of the templethat you pay money for her to send you places like ofcol 2000 dollars fro the transport or something I think a better idea would be the establishment of some portal (for free) system or something that gives passage to not-often-visited areas of BR. Smegol: alot of people think that they die because of lag but actually they were just tripped. so why not make a line that tells you that you are tripped and cannot flee or whatever your trying to do. There is a message that tells you when you've been tripped, but instead of backlogging your commands it would be nice if a message was given saying "You can't do that, you've been tripped" or something. I don't know how complicated that is. Mathis: for long spell names that you use to fight, is it possible to change what you hafta type to cast it so you dont waste time typing? like,instead of c 'laughing buddha' longmobname, you could type c 'buddha' mob, unless there is anoter spll called bu Kiri - you can type c 'buddha' mob I belive "c l" works too (without the "). You can always make an alias. i.e. alias lb c 'laughing buddha' %1 Aphera: I think trip should do a little damage too.... Maybe damage like dirtkick (tickle) if anything, but why bother? Aphera: make more good mobs there are too many evil mobs you must achieve equillibrum First of all, alignment is determined by area builders. Second of all there are lots of mobs on each end and in the middle of the spectrum. You just have to find them. Aphera: i think faerie fire should be a passive spell not one that causes fights If someone tried to put an aura around you that made you super-weak, wouldn't you be a little upset? Mathis: have a command that shows who's following you and who you're following? First of all you can only follow one person. If you can't keep track of that you need help. If you forget to stop following someone, what's the big deal? You'll either never see them again or you'll start moving without typing anything and realize what's going on. As for who's following you, you can "lose player" or they'll stop following you when they ealize. Soulstorm: okay, can we fix the bug where you fall down when someone casts earthquake while your flying? Sounds like a plan. Kiri's WWW of URLs: (only br player websites this week, I'm behind on collecting urls: Trip's Page: http://www.angelfire.com/md/SI/ Mujahid's Page: http://www.fortunecity.com/underworld/redalert/539/index.html Sirfrog's Page: http://come.to/barrenrealms Zarvok's Page: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Foothills/6307/MainPage.htm George W. 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This is late, once again, because Kiri is a busy little bee working all hours of the night to support herself ;) I hope you are all making use of Aod's maps and exploring BR as best you can! Wolfbane I would like identify to work on mobs, letting the person atleast see the lvl of the mob, and maybe the hp Fate illithids should probably get frenzy at a lvl after 25 (which is when the inguild elves get the spell first) Boof Illithids should get a "psychic teleport" spell Igneous 1. fast healing for skill for fighters, maybe clerics. works automatically during ticks, has %, oog for all. 2. meditation for Druids and Elves only, helps regain mana faster. works less if drunk Lyndon 1. (HIDDEN) armor 2. for a hero level skill... fast heal/mana recovery... the hero gets twice as much hp/mana per tick... to make up for the non-drunk clause 3. for hero skill Divine Entervention... with this spell you have a small chance of doing extra, extra damage on spells, hits... even works on spells that sustain ie. bless, enchant weapon, etc 4. for heroes "other" enhances... like always flying (tnl) or underwater breathing (tnl) et al. thank you SkaCore 1. How bout a "List" command? like for summoners and trackers, they type List mob name and it lists all mobs that have that 2. i reckon we shouldnt have to eat, like it shouldnt affect our health and that, but if you did eat then you heal faster, i mean its just a hassle eating and buying food, unless u enhance nut. just and idea 1. NAME? Rin 1a. BR NAME: Gwenovere 2. SEX? Female 3. LIVING ARRANGEMENT? Just me and my son 4. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OUIJA BOARDS? Whatever is on the otherside is in hell. 5. YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW? Don't watch TV 6. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? A Dinosaur 7. FAVORITE BOARD GAME? Trivial Pursuit 8. FAVORITE MAGAZINE? Glamour 9. FAVORITE SMELLS? CK's Escape and Eternity for Men 10. WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD? Heartbroken 11. BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD? The moment I became a Mom 12. WHAT DO YOU DO TO EXPRESS YOUR CREATIVITY? Writing poetry, especially since I've been published twice. 13. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING? God, what time is it? 14. DO YOU GET MOTION SICKNESS? No, I'm the daughter of a farmer/fisherman. 15. ROLLER COASTERS-SCARY OR EXCITING? depends on who's holding my hand 16. PEN OR PENCIL? Pen 17. HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE? 2 18. FUTURE SON'S NAME? Already have one: Brice Graham 19. FUTURE DAUGHTER'S NAME? Madia Alexis 20. FAVORITE FOODS? Japanese and Italian 21. DO YOU GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS? Now that I am grown up and living on my own, yes. 22. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? Vanilla 23. FAVORITE ICE-CREAM? EWWW don't eat the stuff 24. CROUTONS OR BACON BITS? Bacon Bits 25. DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE? Sometimes 26. DO YOU SLEEP WITH STUFFED ANIMALS? No, my 2 dogs have to suffice 27. STORMS COOL OR SCARY? Take em as they come... I've been through enough Hurricanes that it doesn't matter to me. 28. WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR? 1994 Dodge Shadow ES convertible 29. IF YOU COULD MEET ONE PERSON, DEAD OR ALIVE, WHO WOULD IT BE? Robert Frost 30. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK? don't drink much, but it would have to be a nice, cold Corona 31. WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN? Sagittarius 32. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE POET? Robert Frost 33. DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI? Only if they're raw 34. GUYS-IF A GIRL ASKED FOR THE SHIRT OFF YOUR BACK, WOULD YOU GIVE IT? 34. GIRLS-WOULD YOU EVER ASK A GUY FOR HIS SHIRT? Depends on the guy and the situation. =o) 35. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED, WHAT WOULD IT BE? A full time musician and lyricist 36. IF YOU DYED YOUR HAIR A DIFFERENT COLOR, WHAT WOULD IT BE? I'd never dye it. I'm content with my red locks. 37. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE? Yes, only one.. what a MESS! 38. WHAT IS ON YOUR WALLS IN YOUR BEDROOM? Monet and Renoir Reprints 40. IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL? Half full 41. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SNAPPLE? Don't drink it 42. ARE YOU A LEFTY, RIGHTY OR AMBIDEXTROUS? Lefty 43. DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS? Yep 44. IF YOU COULD BE ONE GARDENING TOOL, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? A shovel, so when this world gets weird I could dig my own personal hole. 45. WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED? Yamaha Clavinova 46. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER? 13 47. WHAT IS YOUR DREAM CAR? 1998 Chevrolet Z71 shortbed truck with a 6 inch lift and Mickey Thompson sand slicks for tires 48. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? Basketball 49. SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON(S) WHO SENT THIS TO YOU: Kiri is most cool! A message from Fossil: Hi, I would like to share with all my BR friends and acquaintances a good event that has recently happened for me. A team that I was working with recently had their study published in the Archives of Dermatology - a journal of the American Medical Association. I wrote the software used in the study, which provides physicians with decision support in triage of skin cancers. If you're at all interested in this sort of thing, the article may be found at: http://archderm.ama-assn.org/issues/v136n2/full/dst9025.html See you soon, Fossil This week here's an article from our pal Eol, and his RPG Coalition. --This message is from the RPG Coalition list-- I've been turning things over in my mind (and I use the term "mind" loosely), and I've come to believe that The RPG Coalition can best fulfill its mission of defending and promoting roleplaying games by becoming a place where members' thoughts, efforts, and accomplishments are broadcast to the larger community. There are hundreds, even thousands, of sites devoted to role-playing, and I want our site to be more than just a place where links to those sites are posted, more than just another member of an RPG ring. I want to use my webspace to feature the work of our members, whether it be an adventure module you've written that the other members can playtest, a fantasy novella, a new gaming system that some member is creating, whatever it is that relates to RPG in some way. I want our site to contain unique work that can only be found at http://clik.to/rpgCoalition. My idea is for people to eventually be saying to their friends, "Have you checked out The RPG Coalition website? They've got some quality original stuff." I don't want people to eventually say, "Yea, I used to be a member of the RPG Coalition, but it's just another hum-drum RPG site with links to other RPG sites." I'll post original work from members only. Our free-for-all links page is set aside for those members and non-members alike who wish to advertise certain URLs, but as far as direct site content, I want it to come from members. A great example of this is the set of rules revisions for AD&D that member Sean Molley is polishing before copyrighting and making available on our website. I'll give you another example, several years ago, Sean Molley and I co-authored a lengthy high-level adventure for AD&D called Hornblade's Juxtaposition. We're currently revising it, and will make it available at The RPG Coalition upon its completion. Members, send your ideas, or post them on the Forum. Thanks. -- Willy --list maintained by willymiller@themail.com-- (982611524) Kiri's WWW of URLs: Yes, I know this is a little late, but Peep Surgery is all about separating those Easter marshmallow peeps from one another. I wonder if they do nose reconstructive surgery, because I love to smoosh in their noses and let them get stale.The pictures are HILARIOUS. http://www.learnlink.emory.edu/peep/surgery.html SoYouWanna.com is a copy of exactly the webpage I wish I made. It tells you how to go about doing whatever you want, like buying a suit, writing a resume, converting to Judaism or aceing the GRE. Imagine what you want to do, and they give you instructions how. All of you on BR could use a gander at this site! It'll help you, at least in general terms, get closer to your dreams :) http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/index.html It's the all-knowing toaster oracle!!! My Muffin was JUST RIGHT. (but then, I could have told you that ;)) http://www.ruffwork.com/MySite/toaster.htm Finally, a complete list of those fake e-mail forwards. Please read this before forwarding that Disneyland trip or anything like that. http://urbanlegends.about.com/culture/urbanlegends/library/blhoax.htm The Nerd-O-Matic random nerd generator, for those moments when you just need a nerd, and BR's male portion won't do ;) http://www.gibbleguts.com/nerdomatic/nerdomatic.html This gem is written by Slart: The Internet Oracle requires an answer to this question! "Interview with the Oracle" A Novel By Orrie Rice And in response, thus spake the Oracle: "You wish to hear my tale?" asked the Oracle. "Very well. I am flesh and blood, well, off and on, but not human. I haven't been human for eleven years." I had to interrupt. "Eleven years? That's not terribly long! How am I supposed to write a story rich in lush details and lurid descriptions of long-ago times and faraway places if you're only eleven years old! Tom Cruise won't want to do the movie! And how am I going to work in unnecessarily over-the-top sexual overtones in a book about an eleven year-old? Hmm? I'm outta here..." I gathered my tape recorder and headed for the door, but the Oracle moved as lightning, more quickly than the eye could follow, to block my path. He loomed menacingly in the doorway, framed by the tendrils of mildew that fed off the humidity to flourish in the cracks of the aging plaster; their rich, dark green and the white of the peeling and discolored paint formed a sharp contrast that established within the room an intense feeling of musty decay. As I attempted to meet the Oracle's furious glare, the harsh overhead lighting lent his hardened visage a terrible beauty that I longed to reach out and soften with my touch, thrilling to the idea that I was going to get to work in some of those over-the-top sexual overtones after all... "I'm not looming!" he said. "I'm just standing! Keep your hands to yourself, and tone down that ridiculously bloated narrative style! Mildew does NOT deserve a tangent four entire lines long! It's MILDEW, fercryinoutloud! You're giving me a headache already and we haven't even finished one page! And I'll have you know that eleven years is quite a long lifetime for an anthropomorphic personification of a computer program! I suppose you've read "Interview with Eliza?" I don't think so! Now, you have asked for my tale, and you shall have it; I do not let my supplicants down, even ones as rude as you. Well. Actually, I often let the rude ones down with a nice ZOT, but I've been trying to turn over a new leaf as far as that goes. And there are always those incarnations who try so hard, but can't work their mailer and end up quoting the question. They tend to let folks down. And don't even get me started on Hotmail..." He stopped, shook his head a moment as if to clear it, and continued, "Anyway, the point is that you're going to get the answer to your question, even if I have to shove it sideways up your...ahem. Yes. My tale." So he began. He told me of Lisa, his first love, of Zadoc, his first chew toy, of Og, his first in-joke, and of lengthy Zork parodies, his first spectacularly unfunny in-joke. He told of drained queues and null queries. The told of discovery, loss, and re-discovery (though mainly between the sofa cushions). He told of grovels made and high prices exacted. He told of dark, mysterious, and charming women from far-off continents, who gave insightful answers to difficult questions that would, he's sure, have been quite funny had only they been in English. He told of the rise of the internet, and of his struggle and ultimate rebirth as the Internet Oracle. He told of sweaty priests doing unspeakable things to farm animals in dark corners. Finally, he was done. As I rose to thank him, however, he added, "You owe the Oracle an Orrie Pratchett version of this question. It'd be a lot more fun." --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get paid to read email - 5 cents per email! http://www.sendmoreinfo.com/id/669307 Or ten cents an email: http://www.yoyomail.com/cgi-bin/a?referral=kiri and make money! Please check out our sponsor's stores! G's Electronics G's Games G's Sporting Goods G's House of Movies G's Superstore G's School Supplies Once again, late. Sorry. Been working my butt off trying to make some money :) HTML next week :) Ideas: WarpDrive: a viewprompt command to see the code for our prompts in case we want to change it without retyping the whole thing, especially for those with colors SkaCore: why does it say in aff you are not thirsy and not hungry, but still stumble round drunk, why cannt it read, you are still tipsy?? SkaCore: just an idea what about the sharpen skill for dwarves? it would be like enhance but not as good????? Just an idea. SkaCore: how bout if u cast a spell on someone, if they r already affected, it refreshes the spell? or adds to the hours affected?? Naddarow: Why don't we move all the maps to "kas the cartographer" in malathar...he seems to be a shop specializing in that stuff (unlike AOD) Lyndon: i noticed that if i cast levitate (or fly) w/ lord vultures wings, then i get something saying that i am already flying... but in the AFFECT screen says i will be flying for 11 hrs or so, then i can cast it again and again... is there a way to take SkaCore: about time, how bout during the day, mud time not system time, when you sleep you gain less hit points than when you sleep at night, mud time?? just an idea, :-) Everybody: how about using word of recall to set up personal recall points (subject to the current recall restrictions, of course)... maybe put in a companion spell to set where that recall point is. cast word of recall and voila! you're at your own personal re Kiri -- this is not a bad idea, and I'll give you that we have thought of it very seriously before. But we decided against it because of Barren's community nature. We want all the people to meet in one place and have a central meeting point in a city. If we allow people to recall to wherever they feel like it, it probably would give less interaction and less of a community feel. SkaCore: how about a skill, understand drunk? so we dont have to type chath to understand it?? just an idea. Kiri -- chath is actually a bug, but we left it in as a "last resort" kind of thing and also because if we removed it we'd hear it night and day ;) In time, we're probably going to change how drunk works anyway so its a lot more understandable. (Scav? when are you submitting that idea?) SkaCore: drunk socials, i think that when your drunk that if you try to doi a social, it should be sluured or done wrong, or wrong thing happens, cause well, your drunk! Just an Idea. SkaCore: Flail skill, allows user to flail wildy around room, having a chance at hitting invis or hidden mobs? Also can hit other players in room too, just and idea WarpDrive: enflame armor for druids and elves Lyndon: i know that this is going to be unpopular, but i really think elves (and maybe druids) should NOT get dual they are spelling races and it just doesn't fit Lyndon: a druid spell called sagacity: increases wisdom... maybe another race can get it... but i can't think of a good reason to give it to anyone else BIO: (I am out of bios! Send them to me!) 1 Name? Edwin 2 BR Name? Koji and a couple of others i'm tinkering with 3 Sex? Male 4 Home Town? None, but I live in Stedman, NC 5 Born? May 11, 1971 6 Living arrangement? With my older brother 7 Favorite TV show? Old British shows Dr.Who, Are you being served? and Who's line is it anyway 8 What's on you mouse pad? Taz 9 Favorite board game? Actually its a card game Magic the Gathering 10 Favorite smell ? The smell just after a rain 11 Best feeling in the world ? Being with friends 12 Worst feeling in the world ? Feeling alone in a room full of people, depression really sucks to 13 What do you do to express your creativity? Write in my book of scribble 14 Roller coaster- Scary or Exciting? There were exciting untill a bolt fell out of the harness 15 Pen or Pencil? depends on what I'm doing 16 Favorite foods? pizza, pastas 17 Do you get along with your parents? Yep 18 Chocolate or Vanilla? Easy chocolate 19 Favorite ice cream? Hmmm, Peach or any thing with chocolate in it 20 Croutions or Bacon Bits? Neither 21 Storms cool or scary? Just a normal storm cool, high winds and flying houses scary 22 Do like to drive? Yep, really like it on a cool night and the windows down, crusing along ( ended in VA one time) 23 What was your first car? 1980 Honda Civic, good car untill the trans went 24 If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be? My good grandmother, just to give her one more hug 25 Who is your favorite poet? Eugene Field 26 Do you eat the stems of Broccoli? Yep 27 Guys- If a girl asked you for the shirt off your back would you give it? Yep, did it once for a treasure hunt 28 If you could have any job you wanted what would it be? To own a small architectural firm 29 Have you ever been in love? Sadly no 30 What on the walls of your bedroom? Right now nothing took everything down to paint a space scene on one wall 31 Is the glass half-full or half-empty? Easy, both :) 32 Are you a lefty, righty, or ambidextrous? lefty 33 Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? Nope, ask an old typing teacher why? 34 If you could be one gardening tool what would it be? The water hose to bring life to all the happy plants 35 What's under your bed? Nothing much, 400 comics, 25,000 sport cards(at least), and two dust bunnies in the corner 36 What is your dream car? '68 Mustang or a Dodge Viper 37 Favorite sport to watch? Hockey, X-games and Pool 38 How many rings before you answer the phone? I wait till the caller id gets it or the machine 39 Future son's name? Hmmmm 40 Future daughter's name? See above 41 If you dyed you hair a different color what would it be? Can we just start with highlights 42 Shampoo or Conditioner? Both 43 Have you ever gone skinny dipping? Yep, but it didn't start that way 44 One pillow or two? A big one 45 Ever been convicted of a crime? I'm the only witness, so no (just kidding) 46 What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning? That depends on if I went to sleep 47 Favorite music group? I really like Depeche Mode and Metallica 48 Favorite movie? Highlander, City of Angels 49 Say one nice thing about the person who sent this to you? Kiri is the best Imm. and she makes BR rock. 50 Person you sent this to who is least likely to respond? uhhh. Nobody Article by Bloodweaver: "How come I can't buy the barbed sword? It keeps telling me I am too low a level for this other sword! What's wrong with it?" To understand why this occurs, you must first understand the concept of keywords. Each item in Barren Realms has a set of words called keywords which are used to manipulate the item. For example, a barbed longsword probably has the word "sword" as a keyword. However, there are many different kinds of swords in the MUD. Even though -you- mean to buy a barbed longsword, you need a way to tell that to the MUD. Try using another word that might be a keyword for what you want. If "sword" doesn't work for a barbed longsword, try "barbed." We also have a way to tell the mud which item from the list you mean exactly. Try "list sword" at the weaponsmith,and you might get something like this: [Lv Price] Item [11 1320] A small sword. [20 4332] A barbed longsword. [13 1728] An iron sword. [21 5821] A barbed sword named 'dragonsbite'. Say you want to buy the barbed longsword. Simply count down to the barbed longsword, it's number three on the list. So, typing "buy 3.sword" will tell the mud that you want the iron sword, not the iron sword or dragonsbite. Responses by Slart: >HipHop: He also mentioned about the battle arena. >SPecifics were as follows: the battle arena opened at >certain times and intervals and allowed only a specific >range of levels in. However the winner or winners were >able to get spell ups afterwords including but not >limited to giant strength sanc flight invic detct invis >armor protection full heal full mana, etc. Fights were >aranged in a fashion either by level range or by race. >Each by total random through a setup counter. Each race >that entered the battle arena was able to meet and group >with each other and go hunt the other races down and >then get heal ups. Which brings up another point, there >should be tongues among races. I believe this is more organization than most people really want out of the arena. It's there so you can "test your might," if that's what you want, or so you can indulge yourself in a little no-penalty hack-n- slash just for fun. I think the number of people who would like it better in this kind of ROTC wargames-type setting is pretty small. As for racial tongues...well, here's my take on it. I know other muds use them, and some people like that, and that's fine. However, we are not an immersive roleplaying environment. We're not about RP, never have been as far as I know, and never will be as far as I know. This is one of the reasons BR has remained such a strong community, in my ever-so-humble opinion. I believe that racial tongues in BR would be a non-game related nuisance that would just drive most people crazy. >Aphera: I think a small prize should be given to the >person who finds a typo *wink* Stop by my office sometime to pick up your laurel and hearty handshake. >John H: I thought of a good skill a thief should have >today. It would be called 'Smokescreen'; it would cloak >all people in your group kinda like invis but kinda >mixed with sneak. The message for when you typed 'look' >would be You see a a figure (figures if more than one) >cloaked in smoke. This is what it would look when you >used it...'smokescreen' You throw down a small smoke >bomb cloaking you and the people in your group! To make >it fair you could make it last for something like 10 >ticks or you can just make it last a normal length of >time. Please consider this as a skill or possibly a >spell whatever you wish, 'syntax' for spell I >guess 'c 'smokescreen'. Thanx for your time Hmm...a smokescreen. I can't see it working like invis or sneak. The idea behind those is that the mob doesn't notice you're there. Of course, if the mob saw a random cloud of smoke wander by it might get suspicious. It might work by increasing the AC of everyone in the group, but to work properly it'd probably have to lower their hitroll too (they can't see either). Also, it wouldn't work underwater, or when it was raining...or windy... An alternative idea for smokescreen might be that it would improve your chance of fleeing, which is how I've seen it used in things like Nintendo games. >Aphera: when a door is pick-proof make it say when you >try to pick it ...it is pick proof or something Should it? How would you know for sure? > > Replies by Shonsu > > Brodgar: Elf spell, water breathing > > shonsu- i like the breath spell.. but there really >isn't enough underwarter areas to go through the trouble >of coding it I would tend to agree that whether or not people would use it is a valuable question, but the problem is less that there aren't enough areas to make it useful and more that NOBODY GOES TO THE ONES THAT ARE THERE. One of these days I'm going to try to talk Kiri into putting Slart's sword of Righteous Exploration (+100,+100) somewhere in the bowels of, say, Antharia. Then I'm going to laugh, laugh, laugh when it takes a year and a half for anyone to find it... ...Or maybe I already have... ;) > Mathis: when you get drunk, you really shouldn't >run into walls or go the wrong way that often. its very >rare to get THAT drunk... > > shonsu-well i have been that drunk many times. so >i think it is possible Look at it this way. That must be some GOOD booze. The stuff people drink in Real Life (TM) doesn't often make people walk into the ceiling on accident, but it doesn't make them concentrate better (quiet, stupor-boy) or make their wounds heal more quickly, either... > >Mathis: OOO!!OOO!!! THIS ideas a good one!!!: create >booze spell!! yea!! yea!! > > shonsu-there is enough bars thought out the >realms. so there should be more than enough to drink. >buy jello shots in solace. they are cheap, light and >don't make you drunk very long. I'm with Shonsu on this one. > Kharn: Charakters should keep their light when >they die. Most time u carry our gold in a midgets purse >or have it on the bank and so it can sometimes be hard >gettin a light at low levels > > shonsu- from recall go 3 s and 2 west and you can >buy a lantern or a torch.. both cost 13 gold or just >walk around calathar there is usually a ball of light >lying around.. First off, as general advice to all Realmers, keep at least a minimal bank account. A few thousand gold is sufficient, and will be enough for emergency healing/invis/lights/weapons when you need it most. I recommend keeping nearly all your money in the bank, though, and making regular deposits. None of my morts, including Slart, when he was a mort, has ever carried around more than an enhance or so's worth. Do that, and you'll just snicker at people who bemoan the 78 million they lost when NastyMobX 86'd their ogrek's. Secondly, Calathar is lit up 24 hours a day, so it should be easy enough to find the grocer and buy a torch. > Mathis: something like clan send, but like, only >to the players of your race... im not sure how it'd >help, just an idea tho... > > shonsu- read help clan.. enough said See what I said earlier about racial tongues. > Boxtop: Abilty to get tolerate to the alcoholic >drinks - need more to be able to raise mana. > > shonsu-i don't code.. but this sounds like it >would be difficult to code. so i would say that that >would never happen. It wouldn't be difficult to code, but it would be pretty pointless, and extremely annoying when you found out your level 44 druid can't carry enough weight to haul around enough firebreather to get him drunk. Hmm...on the other hand...*evil grin* > Draelyn: Hangman, at least hero hangman, should >let you play for more than just 2500 gold. More people >might play.. > > s- i agree.. i would like to play the hangman for >more money... even the mortal one. Hangman is unbelievably easy, and I think enhancing should cost more than 15 wins on the hangman (which is what it would be if you could bet 10000). > RoadWarrior: Why don't we make a race of dragons? >They could start of small, like a hatchiling and grow up >so to say. > > Kiri -- no new races until after remort. Thanks, Kiri! *whew* > Mathis: this may be way outta line, so you dont >hafta print this anywhere: druids need more or better >defensive spells... > > s-with armor,protection,shield,sanctuary,stone >skin,dodge, what more do you need?? The only defensive spells they don't get are the illithid-specific ones, unless you're thinking they should be in-guild, in which case I'd have to say, well, tough. > Kharn: it should be possible to use "tell" while >sleeping. After all, u can use chat and grouptell, so >why not tell? > > shonsu-why not.. i think tell should work when >awake or sleeping This is probably true, and since it's a one-line fix, I'll change that if it gets Kiri's blessing. > aphera: I think you should be able to bs with >stabbing weapons > > shonsu- ya but to bs you need to pierce the armor >and stapping weapons don't pierce. This is a hard problem. Some stabbing weapons aren't really backstabbing weapons (the halberd is one of these, I think -- somebody kill the dracolich and find out). On the other hand, some of them are (at least two knives that I can think of are stabbing weapons). On the third hand (grab a friend if you have to), some of the piercing weapons aren't really backstabbing-type weapons either (several largish spears make this list), which is an artifact left over from the days before there was a "stab" damage type. There are any number of ways to clean that up, but they all require a lot of work. You could change the damage types to attack types, add a new attack "thrust," (shut up, Beavis) and get rid of "pierce," which isn't really an attack exactly. Then you could take all the piercing and stabbing weapons, and make them thrusting or stabbing weapons as appropriate in the area files, and change the backstab code to only use stabbing weapons. ...but I think I'm just going to leave this alone forever^H^H^H^H now... :) > Solitude: Can we think up of a practical use for >all excess practices? Its such a waste when you think >about it! > > shonsu-i have 700+ extra pracs...it doesn't serve >a purpose to use them for anything else besides >practicing skills. Well...you *could* actually use them when you avatar. ;) > AMystery: peace should prevent memory mobs from >attacking again. wipe their memories? This is a bug; I'll put it on my list. > Mathis: hey, you know that new cmd when you dont >know a mob and you type con 2.? MAKE ONE FOR ITEMS! > > shonsu-there is one for items.. look 2.sword look >3.sword c id 2.sword etc. Here's where the coder cops out. It would be REALLY, REALLY hard to make that work in an intelligent manner on both mobs and items. Here's the problem...you're sitting at recall or Clericus or some other popular spam center, and there's 69 bright balls of light and a dozen or so each of every food or potion known to man. You have thirty-odd items in your inventory. There are perhaps as many as eight people in the room with you, and maybe three or four mobs. What's "5." ? Or worse, what's "98." ? I know what you want; you want an easy way to pick up an item on the ground which has a long description that doesn't give away the keyword. I won't get into whether or not I think that would be a good thing. It's just hard to do, especially for something like the look command that operates on both chars and items. Kiri's WWW of URLs: The topic this week is commerce! How many of you have checked out Barren Realms' very own links page? It has up-to-the-minute news and game news, comics, and more. http://nightfall.simplenet.com/Kiri/Links/brpage.html Linkpopularity lets you check out how popular your website is (or any other, for that matter.) http://www.linkpopularity.com/ Jedi Training Generator, from Rabies: http://www.brunching.com/toys/toy-jediquote.html Dilbert's new ruling class, from Scavenger: http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/dnrc/ The following were the winners of a New York magazine contest in which contestants were to take a well-known expression in a foreign language, change a single letter, and provide a definition for the new expression. HARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS: Can you drive a French motorcycle? IDIOS AMIGOS: We're wild and crazy guys! VENI, VIPI, VICI: I came, I'm a very important person, I conquered. COGITO EGGO SUM: I think; therefore I waffle. RIGOR MORRIS: The cat is dead. RESPONDEZ S'IL VOUS PLAID: Honk if you're Scottish. QUE SERA SERF: Life is feudal. LE ROI EST MORT. JIVE LE ROI: The king is dead. No kidding. POSH MORTEM: Death styles of the rich and famous. PRO BOZO PUBLICO: Support your local clown (or politician, your call) FELIX NAVIDAD: Our cat has a boat. HASTE CUISINE: Fast French food. VENI, VIDI, VICE: I came, I saw, I partied. ALOHA OY: Love; greetings; farewell; from such a pain you would never know. MAZEL TON: Tons of luck VISA LA FRANCE: Don't leave your chateau without it. L'ETAT, C'EST MOO: I'm bossy around here. COGITO, ERGO SPUD: I think, therefore I Yam. (OK, more than one letter.) VENI, VIDI, VELCRO: I came, I saw, I stuck around. (OK, another exception) ICH BIT EIN BERLINER: He deserved it. NOMO ARIGATO: No thanks to you. VIVE LE DUFFERENCE: Long live golfing. 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