-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Kallisti News =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
February 28, 2010
- A reduction to Weight of Faith enchantment effectiveness.
- Some cosmetic message fixes from reported bugs/typos.
- Legends poster updated.
- Bertram has corrected an oversight on his hammers class
restrictions.
- The skill Purify now removes blindness as well.
- Boulders have a tiny chance of smashing to rocks and
dust when thrown now.
- The adventurers guild has standardized armor enhancement
prices.
- Weight of Faith is fully dispellable, and Chromatic Orb
and Wild Magic Burst effects slightly altered.
February 15, 2010
- New spells and skills! Check guild masters, ledgers and
explore to find trainers for shield combat, chromatic orb,
wild magic burst, power harm, arcane will, weight of faith,
and ravage mana.
- A slight reduction to samurai fury flow attack rate.
- Creatures of the realm with class training have learned
the new skills and spells, and have also been taught to use
their defensive skills finally so watch out!
- As offensive melee damage has escalated so much while
offensive damage magic has stagnated, some spell costs
have been adjusted downward to give damage magic a boost
in efficiency.
- Please report any bugs or problems you notice, we are
actively reviewing bug/idea/typo entries.
February 03, 2010
- Paths of Power idols updated to reflect current top10 charts.
- Legends poster updated.
- Waves of War captains have ordered their sailors to spread
out over their ships better for repelling attackers.
October 28, 2009
- Armor procs will only trigger off physical attack damage
now, no longer from specials like fireshield or dragons breath.
- When ordering charmed victims the person issuing orders will now
reveal their position briefly from invisibility or hiding.
- The damage reduction armor proc has been improved.
- The master warrior of Mahn Tor is now offering tips to
warriors on their disarm technique.
October 23, 2009
- Long standing bug in offline cabal rejection fixed to really
remove the rejected character from cabal.
- The Waves of War Alliance has cut their sailors pay a little.
- Armor procs for burn evil and flame damage will now show a
message about damage done, similar to spike damage armors.
October 10, 2009
- Fix for Waves of War zone regarding a buggy unopenable door,
and excessive mobs in single room.
- General fix where in some cases monsters would run from all
over a zone to help a monster insteada of just monsters in
same room.
- Crashbug related to charm and mobs impaling has been fixed.
August 27, 2009
- Network maintenance outtage on Sept 5-6, check the temple
board for additional details.
July 17, 2009
- Loading issues in Waves of War fixed.
- Crafty adventurers won't be able to sneak into the Training
Grounds anymore.
- Meta maximum for luck has been raised from 12 to 15.
May 30, 2009
- a fox hole in the Training Halls has additional aliases added
- the leprechaun king will not give up his gold easily now
- Waves of War is now fully opened for exploration
- "heal" helpfile is updated to include its poison neutralizing
abilities added
May 12, 2009
- The Alliance Council has received a request for
reinforcements from Admiral Redick. All legends are
urged to report to the Admiral immediately for duty.
May 4, 2009
- Some crash fixes for recent instability.
- Midgaard Stock Exchange has reduced the max shares available
of indidivudal stocks to investors to diversify investment.
Apr 4, 2009
- Team Arena temporarily disabled due to crash bug, but
will return with enhancements in future.
Mar 16, 2009
- The helpfile for 'natlvl' has been updated/clarified:
- the stock item that your nat62 item is based on must
be returned.
- pk insurance can be moved to the nat62 if the original
item has it
- restrings, as always, are not reimbursable
- when submitting your request for the nat62 item, include
four messages that you and players will see.
- The helpfile for 'houses' now reflects proper pricing as
per the CONSTRUCT command. The line regarding the monthly
charge has been removed.
- Deckard has some new botcheck displays to show you.
- Interested in contributing to the development of LoK?
Applications for Immortal positions are now open. See the
Temple board for the most updated information.
Mar 3, 2009
- Repair costs for insured items have been increased a bit
to reflect the lasting benefits item insurance provides.
Feb 1, 2009
- High level warriors are now able to sing complex songs
of war for additional bonuses (see HELP WARCRY).
- Rangers who have experience in urban settings can learn
to use their strength to break down doors.
- Warriors and monks can learn to defend comrades in battle.
- Objects insured at adventurer guild will not completely
scrap from disintegrate/acid/falling damage, but combat
damage may still cause insured items to scrap.
- Imms remind players that rent or camp are supported ways
of storing gear between sessions, dropping link does not
guarantee complete item storage.
Jan 18, 2009
- The Immortals have fabricated a new key for the residents of
the Hall of Champions so they are no longer locked out.
- Aryn's key troubles are also fixed as well.
- Typo fixes around realm.
- The Immortals have willed into being a guardian to protect
characters under level 50 from wandering into the deadly Cross.
Jan 3, 2009
- Happy New Year! Kallisti is now in its 17th year!
- Men removed from the top10 wenches list
Dec 28, 2008
- Room tossing mobs won't toss victims past blocker mobs
- Retreating past blocker mobs is no longer possible
- Sex change is no longer possible in the school
- Bug fix in Orshingal
- Vorpal weapons won't steal extra gear in PvP combat
Dec 22, 2008
- Fixed a messaging bug for staff use and decaying items (messages weren't seen)
Dec 19th, 2008
- Thanks to the generousity of the Immortals, Paladins (and anyone else
for that matter) wearing manadraining armguards will now actually
drain mana with them.
- The Gods whom protect divine clerics with Hand of the Gods will now
bestow a bonus to all saving throws to the caster, instead of penalizing
them in trade for the magical resistance.
Dec 17th, 2008
- It has come to the Immortals' attention that a group of players were
abusing certain privileges given to them. They took information gained
inappropriately and used it for personal gain and released some to other
players. The three main prepetrators are banned from the MUD and have
had all their characters and houses deleted. The other people who were
involved, but did not play a central role in the cheating have received
a stern warning against any such acts in the future.
The Immortals are very strict when it comes to cheating. Cheating is
not only against the rules, it ruins the game for people who play it
legitimately. We have given these people warnings on other infractions,
and this is the last straw.
Let this be a warning to all.
Nov 22nd, 2008
- Remember the Grunting Boar bartender? He has a wealth of
information. If you want to be "in the know" it is advised
that you speak with him after every boot. A warning: not
everything he says is true... they are, after all, RUMOURS.
- NATLVLS helpfile updated, qpt reward increased. Please
contact the Immortals for a retroactive qpt reward if you
are eligible.
Oct 31st, 2008
- The lag spikes should now be gone.
- Happy Halloween! Check the temple board for the Halloween
evening activity.
Oct 22th, 2008
- Welcome to the new server, lag should no longer be a problem.
Please report any bugs using the bug command.
Oct 14th, 2008
- Typo fixes throughout the realms
- The WHERE command has been modified so mortals cannot use
it to look for mobs in some special rooms
- The Immortals constructed a south gate for Midgaard (which
the builders the Mayor of Midgaard hired forgot to do)
- Word on the street is that the Grunting Boar barkeeper has
some information to share... for a price.
- Mid-level groups looking for a challenge? Seek the thri-kreen
badlands in the Great Desert.
Sep 5th, 2008
- The Immortals have bestowed to the thieves guild the knowledge
of using objects in their environment to substantially heal their
wounds. Being the generous deities they are, the Immortals offer
piece of advice: "Carry bandages."
Aug 23rd, 2008
- Zone update: Basement redecoration is finally completed for Marcel.
- Helpfile database updated to include BREWBOT and SPELLBOT.
Though these rules are generally understood, they now have
their own helpfile to clarify any misunderstanding. The
helpfile for QUEST POINTS now has QUEST POINT REDEMPTION
added to the bottom.
- Noble druids, being more attuned to the energies of nature,
are now able to channel more powerful healing. If you are
a servant of nature who thinks you are able to control more
raw power, seek a queen of the druidic arts.
- The Mayor of Midgaard is proud to announce a monument built
above the reception for the great adventurers. The Immortals
have visited the monument, and were so impressed with it,
they have consecrated the area with various divine magic.
The monument is opened for public viewing.
- Displeased with people who mock the skill 'sneak' the
Immortals removed that ability from all but those who are
actually light on their feet.
Jul 15th, 2008
- Lots of new socials including quack, scoff, halo, knit, liar
pack, roar, brownnose, and tapdance. Many other socials
improved or expanded.
- IGNORE command now prevents people from being able to give
you anything.
- IGNORE command now prevents people from casting fubar on you
Jun 28th, 2008
- Charm has been improved
- Control Undead's max victim level has been reduced to 50
- Spell generated items no longer have value in shops
Jun 20th, 2008
- Necromancer helpfile readded.
- The Sewers of Midgaard have been rebalanced for current
playerbase.
- Some zone maintainence/rebalancing throughout the realms.
- The Admin would like to remind players that the following
will be received in a reimbursement: items as listed under
the EQUIPMENT command and ONE container (your choice) that
was in your inventory to put your reimbursed equipment in.
The Immortals reserve the right to make exceptions on a
case-by-case basis. Please see HELP REIMBS.
Jun 16th, 2008
- Deathplates follow the normal reimbursement policy now. No
more retroactive reimbs will be given with respect to the
manadrain proc changes.
Jun 3rd, 2008
- Fixes in Paths of Power
- Fix to mob aggressive behavior when they would "recognize"
people but not actually attack.
May 29th, 2008
- Several obscure exp bugs have been fixed. Lowbies grouped
with high levels and kill under unusual conditions get
appropriate exp splits now.
May 25th, 2008
- New Zone: Duergar Caverns
- Lots of minor tweaks to existing zones for balance.
Mar 30th, 2008
- It is now much more difficult to exit Paths of Power, but still
possible.
Mar 25th, 2008
- Quests completed when typing (quest) displays correctly again.
Mar 24th, 2008
- Fixes to paladin lay.
Mar 22th, 2008
- Happy Easter! Do you think you can catch the Easter Bunny?
- Interested in expanding the realms of Kallisti? See 'help building'
on how to get started
- Figurines in Path of Power are updated to reflect the new #1s in top10
lists
- The malevolent presence of Ravlop's AC now takes effect
- Various typos are fixed throughout the world
- The Adventurer's Armory now offers a limited item insurance service
- The Adventurer's Armory now has an upper limit on player-enhanced
manadrain, existing items exceeding the upper limit will be set to
limit and owner reimbursed difference, with option to reimb full item
- Vorpal weapon proc chance slightly increased
- Paladin lay skill is slightly less efficient as paladins grow large
to reflect their melee focus
Mar 4th, 2008
- New Natural level rewards for players reaching natural 60, 61, 62.
please see HELP NOBILITY.
- Additional compatibility added for botcheck display.
- The Island of the Necromancer King can now be visited
via mundane methods again.
Feb 16th, 2008
- Automated bot checks implemented, please see 'help botcheck'
for additional details.
Feb 3rd, 2008
- Quest display bug fixed.
Feb 2nd, 2008
- Quest updates.
- Shapechange fixed for uber legends.
Jan 17th, 2008
- Death Plate is now !paladin and !good.
Nov 16th, 2007
- Various minor zone maintenance fixes.
- Restrictions on using dim/portal spells to escape arena, valid use of
those spells in arena still works as expected.
- Admins would like to remind players that bringing on an alt only to
pick/barge/spell for yourself or your group is considered multi.
- Typo in mana drain armor proc message fixed regarding drainer/victim.
- Bug fixes for charmed mobs using skills and diverting inappropriately.
- Update to Outlaw vs clan-hostile PK mechanics: Outlaws may
attack non-outlaw clan-hostiles within +-4 levels, and likewise
non-outlaw clan-hostiles may attack an outlaw within +-4 levels.
Current hostile clans will be set back to non-hostile, and may
re-hostile at will. Individual outlaws are also offered free
1 time pardon for new rules upon request. Help PKILL updated.
Oct 31st, 2007
- Happy Halloween and happy HELL NIGHT!
Oct 11th, 2007
- Please see messages on main board for K5 information.
Sep 25th, 2007
- New area for high nobles. The four enslaved guilds have finally been
discovered. Do any dare to challenge their controller?
Sep 20th, 2007
- Bison and Dragonne mounts for druids have been fixed so that they can
be ridden after dismounting.
Sep 9th, 2007
- Some items may be eligible for optional qpt redemption, check help qptr
- Ravlop playtest adjustments
- The sewers below Midgaard have finally been repaired, check help sewers
Aug 15th, 2007
- Group xp distribution 12 lvl nerf removed for groups of level 50+ players.
- Slight advantage for 2H vs 1H for kinetic procs like bonebreaker/knockdown.
- Weapon procs now emphasize proc level more and luck a little less.
- Some mprogs have been fixed that weren't working before.
- Some backend memory cleanups to improve stability
Jul 29th, 2007
- Crash bug fixed involving entering a portal that requires fly while
mounted but not flying
- Bloodletter proc altered to do cumulative damage.
- New strangulation weapon proc added.
- Some messaging cleanup in general for weapon procs.
- Mobprog fixes - if you know of ways to abuse certain mobs using
progs, beware.
Jul 25th, 2007
- The Paladin quest to kill the antipaladin has been fixed.
Jul 16th, 2007
- Mud experienced serious data corruption problem, player houses and
equipment have been rolled back to last good state from Jul 15th, 2am
localtime for KallistiMud. Please let the Imms know of any problems
via request channel.
- Cabals have been fixed as well, another victim of the data corruption.
Let Imms know of cabal related problems via request.
May 7, 2007
- Top10 Wenches added for the girlz.
April 21, 2007
- New Zone for the mighty, Path of Power
April 19, 2007
- Crash bug fix.
- Fixed wither spell to correctly match behavior in help file with
respect to level.
April 7, 2007
- Happy Easter!
March 6, 2007
- Arena has been updated with improvements in regards to level ranges
(now based more on who is online) and frequency of battles.
February 26, 2007
- Fix to DEFEND skill to correctly allow it to work on anyone you
choose to defend.
February 17, 2007
- New cleric spell, reverberate can cure certain types of deafness.
- Shroud of Darkness spell now includes group member mounts and is
a bit more effective at hiding people.
- Several world updates too numerous to list.
January 29, 2007
- Shopkeepers can't be used to store objs anymore.
January 6, 2007
- Happy New Year!
- Charmed mobs of a caster, grouped with their master won't get hit with
stray area affect spells from the group.
- Samurai Fury proc adjusted.
December 23, 2006
- Another lagg problem solved for extended uptimes.
December 21, 2006
- "top10 detail" shows a more verbose breakdown of top10 points.
December 18, 2006
- Huge code optimization which should address some of the recent
lagg problems.
- Bind corpse will no longer destroy any corpse contents when cast.
December 16, 2006
- Team arena improvements. Fixed some color bleeding and you can now
see how many people are on your team when you join.
December 12, 2006
- Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas 2006!
- Your christmas present from Sam this year is Team Arenas - keep an eye
on the arena channel if you're keen!
- MUDSTAT options added to view tasks won and shards found (options 2 and 3)
- An underground cavern has been discovered during a recent
cave-in that ripped through the Dwarven valley. Is there a
group of legends brave enough to investigate?
- Strange duststorms have been stirring up in the Great Eastern Desert
that indicate trouble.
- Several updates and typos fixed mudwide.
December 4, 2006
- GEMOTE moved to its own lovely channel, TOGGLE GEMOTE to turn off/on
November 11, 2006
- gemote added - see HELP GEMOTE
- genders fixed in twist and gag socials
November 8, 2006
- Clan bank account max enforced so rollovers won't happen.
- Crash bug in dispel magic fixed.
- Tons of world typo fixes and improvements.
October 31, 2006
- Myth has lost her candy find it and she may reward you!
- Be on the lookout for clues to a zone quest.
- Rumors say there are body parts to form a new arena mob, can you put them
together?
October 22, 2006
- New Zone - Deaquamaula - You'll need water breathing gear for this one...
- Molotoch swords are finally !hold, please see Myth for reimbs.
- Godspike has something new, check it out!
- Helpfiles updated.
- Minor zone fixes throughtout the mud.
September 22, 2006
Attention..After long debate and many discussions, it has
been decided that current Molotochs will become !hold. Code will
automatically do this, you do not have a choice, even if you have renamed or
legacied them. All reimbs for any upgrades and restrings added will be done
by Myth, please have patience as she will be backed up in reimbs for a few
days most likely.
September 21, 2006
- We are aware of the recent lagg issue and are actively working
to remedy it. Thank you for your patience!
September 15, 2006
- You can sell Items of Nature and Spell Staves at some Magic
item vendors now.
September 5, 2006
- Wither no longer changes age.
August 22, 2006
- Prayer duration adjusted to match help file and minimum duration
for lowbies increased. (random from 5 to level/3)
- Galdorf the fletcher buys arrows and other missile ammunition now.
August 21, 2006
- When a stock bottoms out, the shares are returned to the market
so it can be purchased again.
August 18, 2006
- Fixed lots of object name usage to show the user the full object
name and the room sees the object alias instead of vice versa.
(Ie: You tap a staff of Latumfus vs You tap a staff, etc)
- Statue of Renat nerfed to 3 charges
- Large gold sums in the realms that just load on the ground adjusted
to either load once or be guarded
- Haven can no longer be cast during combat
- Fixed spacing problem in redemption for alignment reward.
- Made heal procs account for noble level of victim (a tad more health
vs higher level targets)
- Reduced chance of holdable procs to fire a little
- Improved dual wield allowances for higher strength, see HELP DUAL WIELD
- Increased minimum health gain for first aid skill and maximum for nobles
- When identifying an item that is !good/evil then the appropriate !class
flags are displayed verbosely
- Crests of Archipelago are no longer able to be dropped (or stolen).
August 14, 2006
- Flex social fixed :)
July 14, 2006
- Emergency maintenance tonight at 2am-3am CDT on the mud ISP.
June 27, 2006
- Priority patch to resolve big exp bug.
June 21, 2006
- Another crash fix
June 21, 2006
- Fix recent crash bug from Tarusk mprogs. (No, really, it's fixed, now.)
- Mounts for Druid version of Summon Mount have been updated!
June 18, 2006
- Tweaks to Hamlet of Falcon mobs for better function of quest.
- Tweaks to Succubus and Latumfus procs.
- Fix recent crash bug from Tarusk mprogs.
June 12, 2006
- Altered spec attack rates, from inverted form.
- Updated Dragon Dispo to behave more sanely.
June 11, 2006
- Fixed exp bug granting exp when dying against a mob with negative exp.
June 11, 2006
- Weapon Proc chance to fire altered. It now adjusts based on the
level of the opponent, the level of the wielder, and the LUCK
stat of the wielder.
- Room Toss and other special attacks should be working once again.
- Leprechaun Village modified for better game balance.
- Goblin City blockers adjusted, to check each person entering.
- Catalaunian Fields has returned!
- Minor tweaks to Mahn Tor.
- Mob loading in Rahotep adjusted slightly.
- Cabal Creation fixed, creator will now be set as leader correctly.
May 16, 2006
- Rahotep has enhanced his mummies with new embalming techniques!
- Balance tweaks for some mobs in Rain God area.
- Fix for recent crash bug.
- Mprog fixes in Rahotep.
May 16, 2006
- HELP CRITICAL HITS updated
- Skill and spell Crits are now active
May 10, 2006
- Riders will autojoin their mounts when attacked.
April 27, 2006
- Many "herbs" are now SALVE instead of FOOD type objects which
means you RUB them instead of EAT.
- Several pipes in the realms are now smokable (smoking is discouraged
in all indoor locations and within 25 feet of any building entrance).
April 24, 2006
- You can now repair some monk gloves.
April 23, 2006
TWO new zones!
- King Tristan's nephew has been kidnapped! Can you rescue
him from the clutches of an evil wizard? Talk to the lord of
Calidyrr west of the Circus.
- The souls of the warriors in the Catalaunian Fields
have arisen to continue their battle anew. What
terrible forces are at work here?
- The Lava Drake in the Isle of Fire has found a powerful artifact of fire... is there a group of legends
powerful enough to take it from him?
- Various typos and bugs fixed throughout the world.
- TWIST, FRUSTRATE, SALUTE, GAG, LISTEN socials added.
April 11, 2006
- You can grapple mounted targets but it is REALLY REALLY hard to do and
you must be flying.
- You can join the arena at level 1 now.
- Thalos has learnt the art of repairing magical staves and spellstaves.
- Repairers can now repair monk gloves.
- You can check mail while frozen.
- REDEMPTION skill now gives more hmv and shows a message when successful.
- When force-rented, you get a more verbose message.
March 17, 2006
- Happy St. Patricks Day!
Laddy the Leprechaun, in search of a right Irish lass, explores the
realms for magical treasures amassed. Four-leafed shamrocks and pots
'o gold, three-leafed shamrocks and mugs of green beer. Why there's
even bits of the 'ole blarney stone I hear!
Mar 16, 2006
- FALSE flag for exits properly hides them now.
- LayHands mana cost fixed.
- Quivering Palm no longer balks at an unrelaxed opponent.
- NoMobLoot flag added for items that looter mobs can't pick up. (No,
you can't add it to your gear.)
Mar 7, 2006
- Baernol the magnificent blacksmith, pride of Hillsborough can now resize
items to make them faster! That's right, using a novel technique he can
rebalance the weight of an item so that it glides through air, water, or
flesh more easily in your hands. This adjustment is permanent. (That
means forever.) This can only be done once and will increase the speed
factor of an item by 1 which translates into a few percentage points
on your multiple swing rating (see COMBAT command). Note, this is
also lieu of resizing an item to make it larger, smaller, or lighter.
Baernol being a savvy businessman as well as a highly skilled blacksmith
is charging quite a premium for this new service. Read the note in
Baernol's forge for more information and instructions for price estimates.
- Objects with gold value of 0 or 1 have been updated. This will affect
their sale price, repair and resize costs.
- Various bug and typographical error fixes throughout the realms.
Feb 5, 2006
- NEW ZONE - The Lagoon by Atropos. Help Lagoon for more information on
where to find this wonderous place.
- Tombs of Tarin revamped by Abraham. Type 'Help Tombs of Tarin' for more
info.
- The Mighty Empress of Death, LeRot, has enlisted the help of darker
powers and old friends.
- The Town of Orshingal has grown since recent years of being left alone,
thanks to the Goddesses and Gods of Kallisti.
- Warriors and Mages have new trainers, check your ledgers to find out where.
- Minor bug fixes throughout the Realms of Kallisti.
