Game History

2024

• 2024 August: New (double) remort race added: Illithid, new lord area added: Mindscape
• 2024 January: New Cleric pantheon spell added: Cytotoxism. Psionic spell Illusory Shield updated.

2023

• 2023 December: Skin corpse and kspawn items from the new area building contest areas are now incorporated into The Wise Travelers crafting programs. (There`s 4 of them)
• 2023 October: New spell Castigate Undead. New lord plane Horavacui. HiE to Drider rebirth option added. Insight can now target user-created portals/nexus. Hive Mind has been expanded with additional affects. New mnd spell Enigma added.
• 2023 September: The contest area A Private Hell was added back. Driders become available via normal remort. Clarify now clears INT debuff from rupture.
• 2023 August: Two contest areas were updated and moved to permanent homes (Ruin Of The Arcanists and The Tesseract) and two areas were removed (A Private Hell and Antharian Arena).
• 2023 August: Discordia was modified to more easily send someone.
• 2023 August: New remort race Driders and new worship Annakinesia added.
• 2023 July: New Lord area The Bond added.
• 2023 May: Fantasy Forest (arc shift) updated: mob races changed, mob levels adjusted to better accommodate small or large groups.
• 2023 April: New mob spec added that improves mob AI and, among other things, mob healers, particularly at lord.
• 2023 April: Mob spec info included in GMCP.
• 2023 March: Gains at 999 were changed to ignore worship (atheist).
• 2023 February: Vizier blood portal no longer spawn on multiday. They are now able to be carried and last 100 ticks.
• 2023 February: Hellbreach lord quest rewards implemented.
• 2023 January: Lord mob added to Thorngate who offers services in exchange for Leadership Points.

2022

• 2022 December: Area Downward Spiral updated.
• 2022 November: Druid arrow type skills "adjusted". Druids given Saving Grace.
• 2022 August: Sylvan Benediction now prevents some areas from scaling up, Hallowed Nimbus stops resistances (such as seasonal resistances) from applying, and Mindwipe was also updated. Also, we now have dynamic resistances at lord (??). - Malaclypse
• 2022 August: Alchemy added.
• 2022 August: Wise Travelers hero area added.
• 2022 July: Nexus of the Crisis lord area added.

2021

• 2021 May: Kzinti Raid hero area added.
• 2021 May: Monks and Viziers get soul cleanse at lord.
• 2021 May: Racial Imbue added for certain races (previously was only Gith).
• 2021 April: Made resistances/vulnerabilities a lot more profound including for players and mobs (Damage Types).
• 2021 April: Ignatur remort race added.
• 2021 April: Transmogrify lord spell added.
• 2021 April: Multiple new spells added for lord Mages (Piercing Light, Storm Of Vengeance, Polar Ray, Thunderbolt, Banshee Wail, Void Seeker).
• 2021 April: Gith racial convoke weapons added.
• 2021 April: Signature Spell added for lord Wizards.

2020

• 2020 November: Gith acquire representation in the Diplomatic Corps.
• 2020 June: The prestige class Soldier is added.
• 2020 May: Lords may now unlock one of ten shard realms on reboot and on each non-reboot reset.
• 2020 May: Stormwatch Stance, Hunter Stance, and Rapid Shot are added.
• 2020 May: The prestige class Ripper is added.
• 2020 April: Druid get the spell Awaken Staff.
• 2020 March: The hero area Fortress Of Kra is updated with a new main quest. The Peek skill is now available to all classes at Lord and the Send spell is now available to all classes except Berserker at Lord. Sanctuary, Teleport and Water Breathing are added to BCI's hero spell list.
• 2020 Jan: The hero area North Rhuien Forest is added in Eragora.

2019

• 2019 Jan: Four hero areas from the 2018 area-building contest are added.

2018

• 2018 Aug: The prestige class Vizier is added.

2016

• 2016: SAVESPELL can be toggled by simply typing savespell.
• 2016: Mantis (Immortal Task Management System) Tokens
• 2016: Eragora Infirmary Revisions
• 2016: In-Game Calendar Revamped to fit with In-Game Astronomy
• 2016: MUD protocols enabled
• 2016: Quest Point Catalogue Revision
• 2016: ALTADD (Adds characters to altlists) command available for everyone
• 2016: Transfer Fee for Quest Points reduced to 0
• 2016: Push Your Luck Quest revised
• 2016: APPOINT command also usable at Thorngate
• 2016: Reboot gear without reboots
• 2016: WEAR ALL fixed, GIVE ALL revised.
• 2016: New Website MUD client

2015

• 2015 Jan: Hero area Heartwood is added.

2014

• 2014 Dec: Typhus revised and becomes Rise Of Typhus.
• 2014 Oct: The Auction House is opened.
• 2014 Aug: The Giths were added as a remort race.
• 2014 Mar: Hall Of The Immortals was revised and updated.
• 2014 Mar: Dragon Crypt replaced by Cloud Dracoleum
• 2014 Jan: Portions of Midgaard revised. All Houses grandfathered (6 subareas).

2013

• 2013 Nov: Area Arx Nivea was given an overhaul.
• 2013 Oct: Area River Etuan was added.
• 2013 Sep: Lord quest involving Allegaagse in Thorngate was added.
• 2013 Aug: Area Forge (eha) was added. Area Shadowlands (Lord) was added.
• 2013 Jul: Lord area Tarterus Proper made easier for very small groups.
• 2013 Jun: Lord skill volley added. Hero area Rapture was added. Changes to the Outland plane (proper and Commander subarea) and changes to Githzerai Keep
• 2013 May: Companions for low morts added (help companions)
• 2013 Apr: Cleric pantheon spells Discordia, Divine Adjutant, Sylvan Benediction and Divine Grace added. Lowmort area Arcana Excelsis added.
• 2013 Mar: Cleric pantheon spell Artificer Blessing added. Chromatic Dragons unveiled.
• 2013 Feb: Hero area Rim‎ was added.

2012

• 2012 Dec: Low mortal areas Zodiac and World Tree implemented. The area Descent To Hell was grandfathered. Bonkers! Quest added. Elemental Giants unveiled.
• 2012 Nov: Hero area Arx Nivea added with it's notable Demonic Intent Quest, Great Summoning Quest implemented.
• 2012 Oct: Racial Resistance and damage types implemented. Solace Patrol and Mob Factory revised, Order's Last Mission implemented.
• 2012 Sept: Hero area Glyntaff Pass‎ was added.
• 2012 May: Miraars were changed to a creatable race, with increased TNL. Morgue was implemented. Clerics received first in a series of new spells - Unholy Rampage. Area Sun God Altar received a facelift.
• 2012 Apr: Area Bo'Vul's Vault was added, with its sub-areas.
• 2012 Jan: Rebirth became available.

2011

• 2011 Aug: Area Exploration Outpost was added to Eragora.
• 2011 Sep: Area Sem Vida (eha) was added.
• 2011 May: A new continent (Eragora) was added with many new areas as a result of the area building contest. Eleven new areas added.¹
• 2011 Mar: Area The Fungal Forest (hero) was added. After a series of events the areas Ofcol and Obsidian Tower have been replaced with Cathracharraig and Helikon Tower respectively. Additionally the areas Ofcol Refugee Camp, Hospice Refugee Camp, and Daingean Machadae were added. The area Bard's House was also removed.
• 2011 Feb: Area The Deepways (hero) was added.
• 2011 Jan: Area Fortress of Kra (hero) was added and Caverns Of Despair was removed. Area Pariah's Paradise (hero) was added.

2010

• 2010 Nov: Areas Drow City and Air Of Avatar were removed and The Airways (14-19), Graw Akkuurattaan (18-23), and Tiureess (23-28) were added.
• 2010 Jan: Patriarchs' Gulch‎ (lord) and Abbaye Du Livre (hero) areas were added.

2008

• 2008 Dec: Firedrakes have been added back.
• 2008 Nov: Circus removed and Carnival is added.
• 2008 Oct: Lesser Imps added. Verbits are removed (no word on Firedrakes). The quest/area Diplomatic Corps is added.
• 2008 Aug: New lowmort (31-40) area Defender's Graveyard is added. Graveyard is removed.
• 2008 May: New (elite) hero area Aculeata Jatha-La is added.
• 2008 Apr: New lowmort (41-50)/hero area Citadel Of Arcanists is added. New race Miraars added.

2007

• 2007 Dec: New hero manifest item Mega's Spark In A Bottle is added.
• 2007 Aug: New hero area Alpha Thule is added.
• 2007 May: New (elite) hero area Abishai's Pass is added.
• 2007 Apr: The race harpies is added
• 2007 Feb: The prestige class Bladedancer is added
• 2007 Jan: Outland.org gets a spiffy new makeover!

2006

• 2006 Oct: Added Stormlords prestige class.
• 2006 Jan: Added leadership skills.
• All 2006: Added and fixed numerous spells, skills and Legend features.

2005

• 2005 Dec: Ominous "big bug fix." No further explanation.
• 2005 Jun: Added Bodyguards prestige class.
• 2005 Jun: The prestige class Fusiliers is added.
• 2005 May: Wizards becomes a prestige class for Mage

2000

• January 2000

2000/01/04 - Corrected groupstat bug where it reported maxhit/maxhit. - snikt;

2000/01/08 - added werrebocler - crom;

2000/01/09 - Added Name Auth. - snikt;

2000/01/09 - Assisting mobs at Lord now don't need to see targets to assist. - snikt;

2000/01/09 - Capped exp gains for abusers. - snikt;

2000/01/09 - Heroes now longer can practice improved invisibility. - snikt;

2000/01/09 - Okay, Genesis now works a bit better. Fixed it so it subtracts 500 pracs - snikt;

2000/01/09 - added ungroup - crom;

2000/01/10 - added messages and auto-nameauth - crom;

2000/01/10 - added nameauth info - crom;

2000/01/10 - added npc check to nameauth - crom;

2000/01/10 - allowed nchat for non-nameauthed - crom;

2000/01/10 - nameauth uses its own info now - crom;

2000/01/11 - added a level worth of experience cap for nameauth - crom;

2000/01/13 - Added prototype for get_obj. - mega;

2000/01/13 - Created autoloot(ch). - mega;

2000/01/13 - Fixes black aura/white aura discrepancy on dispel magic. - mega;

2000/01/13 - Overhauled get_obj_here. - mega;

2000/01/13 - Removed wear_loc requirement in get_obj_here. - mega;

2000/01/13 - added spiritlink - crom;

2000/01/16 - added bioscan and altered genesis - crom;

2000/01/16 - angels get disconnect - mendek;

2000/01/17 - changed 'corpse' to 'npccorpse' within autoloot protocol - crom;

2000/01/30 - added demnofire. - crom;

2000/01/30 - altered detonate to check for spiritlink - crom;

2000/01/30 - spiritlink removed using smith - crom;

• February 2000

2000/02/01 - added PLR_NOPURGE - dawiz;

2000/02/05 - added mindwipe - devastnt;

2000/02/05 - added scramble - devastnt;

2000/02/05 - added weight/item # checks to butcher - devastnt;

2000/02/06 - added brackets for low morts on hero. - devastnt;

2000/02/06 - added spec-battle-cleric - devastnt;

2000/02/06 - altered bioscan, altered mindwipe, altered maelstrom for mages to have inclass lag. - crom;

2000/02/08 - added spec_warlord and spec_illusionist(battle-psi) - devastnt;

2000/02/09 - added spec_breath_super - devastnt;

2000/02/12 - added farsight spell - crom;

2000/02/12 - added mystical barrier - crom;

2000/02/13 - fixed get_obj_weight for tickets creating gear. - crom;

2000/02/14 - Added cast-kinetic and modded cast-psion - devastnt;

2000/02/14 - Added spec_demon - devastnt;

2000/02/14 - weight check added to magic.light - crom;

2000/02/16 - added wake-up-call spell for quest/fountain/future spell use - devastnt;

2000/02/17 - Fixed crashing bug in autoloot - sometimes there was no npccorpse - mega;

2000/02/17 - corrected do_remove and do_wear - ironhand;

2000/02/17 - modified do_wear and do_remove to handle all properly - ironhand;

2000/02/20 - changed death field - devastnt;

2000/02/21 - changed make_info so player causing info can see it - dawiz;

2000/02/24 - squashed bug in mindwipe - devastnt;

2000/02/26 - added battlenone - devastnt;

2000/02/27 - scent and fetch added - devastnt;

• March 2000

2000/03/05 - fixed bug in danger sense/scan - devastnt;

2000/03/05 - fixed crash bug in spec_demon - dawiz;

2000/03/08 - added rogue lore, markings and cant - devastnt;

2000/03/10 - added ability to block repraccing a skill by sseting it to 1 - devastnt;

2000/03/13 - Made money type items work corrrectly when given as ticket prizes - devastnt;

2000/03/19 - changed battlenone to highlight - devastnt;

2000/03/20 - spec_cast_adepts can trans outlaws to executioner's block - devastnt;

2000/03/21 - made imp invis self only - devastnt;

2000/03/29 - added rogue guild and tool basics - devastnt;

• April 2000

2000/04/01 - added alertness skill,removed heighten from rog slist - devastnt;

2000/04/01 - Decrements by .5 expcost every 300/200/100 sublevels respectively. - snikt;

2000/04/04 - added lever functions to markings, fix to alertness - devastnt;

2000/04/06 - Execs can freakin emote in noemote now. - snikt;

2000/04/07 - added slink and misdirection - devastnt;

2000/04/07 - added slink and misdirection - devastnt;

2000/04/07 - tweaked lag on disarm + throw to match other skills re in class/ out of class lag - devastnt;

2000/04/07 - tweaked lag on pick lock - devastnt;

2000/04/07 - tweaked lag on steal - devastnt;

2000/04/09 - put fix in do_title - dawiz;

2000/04/21 - fixed crash bug in do_practice (for imms) - dawiz;

2000/04/26 - block sharpen in arena (loophole on lag) - dawiz;

• May 2000

2000/05/04 - Changed messages in config to be less confusing - devastnt;

2000/05/04 - Reinstated battlenone - devastnt;

2000/05/05 - repair skill now assigns appropriate hp value for max hps - crom;

2000/05/12 - Changed how outlaws at healers are handled - devastnt;

2000/05/12 - Fixing blackjack for mobs - devastnt;

2000/05/12 - Hero+ can no longer delete. #$&@ em all. - snikt;

2000/05/12 - Made blackjack work for mobs - devastnt;

2000/05/12 - Minor tweaks/fixes to bioscan, scramble, overconf - devastnt;

2000/05/12 - Toned down spec demon and warlord - devastnt;

2000/05/13 - Added lock picks to pick skill - devastnt;

2000/05/15 - Doubled timer on items dropped from eaten lord corpses, to match extended timers of lord corpses on decay - devastnt;

2000/05/25 - Fixed a bug in dismantle - devastnt;

2000/05/25 - Revamped traps, added trap skill - devastnt;

2000/05/26 - Made traps reset when containers are reset to closed, locked, etc - devastnt;

2000/05/29 - fixed crash bug in do_racial - dawiz;

• June 2000

2000/06/04 - Made NPC-corpses not drop items when they decay - devastnt;

2000/06/04 - Reworked web to be more efficient - devastnt;

2000/06/23 - added sho to block sho hog - dawiz;

2000/06/24 - Rogue tools can now be compared using the compare command - devastnt;

2000/06/25 - Put in changes to who lgnd/ttn and how it's listed in who. - snikt;

• July 2000

2000/07/06 - alteration to genesis - crom;

2000/07/08 - Upped genesis mana cost by order of Crom - devastnt;

2000/07/08 - added demonic intent - crom;

2000/07/08 - added torment - crom;

2000/07/08 - reduced level of genesis back down to 125 - crom;

2000/07/11 - alteration to vampire touch - crom;

2000/07/23 - fixed bug in messages of scan <dir> - devastnt;

2000/07/27 - Added rituals and salvation spell. - devastnt;

2000/07/28 - added threnody - crom;

2000/07/28 - added unholy bargain - crom;

2000/07/28 - druid ->sorcerer - crom;

• August 2000

2000/08/01 - limited casters to midgaard and thorn for salvation. - crom;

2000/08/03 - Made salvation not work if target is on imm plane or hell plane - devastnt;

2000/08/18 - Added bounty. - snikt;

2000/08/26 - Added charge shield spell - devastnt;

2000/08/28 - added immolation - crom;

2000/08/31 - Blackjack and backstab now effective on bountied players. - snikt;

2000/08/31 - Suiciding boutied players now penalized. - snikt;

• September 2000

2000/09/07 - Tweaked charge shield stuff - devastnt;

2000/09/10 - Added sneak attack for testing - devastnt;

2000/09/17 - Added Vital shot for testing - devastnt;

2000/09/24 - added assassinate and murder - devastnt;

2000/09/28 - Added poison weapon and enabled murder/assassinate as commands - devastnt;

2000/09/29 - Added the 4 new poison spells, toxin, biotoxin, venom, and virus - devastnt;

• October 2000

2000/10/08 - Added ability to eat poison items - devastnt;

2000/10/18 - added $boo and $hiss to conference - dawiz;

2000/10/19 - added nightvision and quickstrike, removed spells from rog slist - devastnt;

2000/10/27 - Fixed cure blind bug - devastnt;

2000/10/29 - Added riposte, removed stances - devastnt;

2000/10/29 - Removed stances from spec_warlord - devastnt;

2000/10/30 - added timestamp to do_bug and do_idea - dawiz;

• November 2000

2000/11/02 - decreased sorcerer hp gain - crom;

2000/11/04 - ranger is grandfathered. - crom;

2000/11/04 - sorcerer slist modified more. additions as well as hero+ removals - crom;

2000/11/05 - added corruption - crom;

2000/11/11 - Added flash spell - sancti;

2000/11/14 - Added afkreply feature - devastnt;

2000/11/15 - Sublevel will no longer show in score for subheroes - devastnt;

2000/11/15 - Tweaked transmute, level raise not analagous to enchant any more as benefits are not simularly analagous - devastnt;

2000/11/18 - added leech - crom;

2000/11/18 - made new names ending in ii illegal - dawiz;

2000/11/20 - Fixed bug allowing players to check mob repops w bounty - devastnt;

2000/11/20 - added do land and racial fly - crom;

2000/11/20 - fixed typo in detect hidden - crom;

2000/11/21 - created dark forge - crom;

• December 2000

2000/12/02 - Added tainted genius spell - Sanctimoose

2000/12/03 - Lords may not morph. Yet. - Snikt

2000/12/03 - added message when config file not found - DaWiz

2000/12/13 - blocked online label of higher invis imms for findalts - DaWiz

2000/12/14 - fixed duplicate spell with regenerate/regeneration - DaWiz

2000/12/16 - eliminated loop in spec_warlord on mob death - DaWiz

2000/12/17 - added unrest spell - Crom

2000/12/18 - added brimstone - Crom

1999

• JANUARY 1999

1999/01/09 - finally got racial frenzy cumulative - sheridan

1999/01/13 - revision to char creation phase, in-theme name warning - mendek

1999/01/13 - body brace changed to a defensive spell - mendek

1999/01/13 - changed infoset level to 3 - mendek

1999/01/13 - use of "group me" turns on character's groupinfo - mendek

1999/01/18 - racial ability timers now save upon quit - crom

1999/01/22 - re-inserted samurai skills - sheridan

1999/01/29 - added eulogy spell - crom

• FEBRUARY 1999

1999/02/02 - added do_random - crom

1999/02/05 - removed a flaw in spell_portal - crom

1999/02/09 - create food self only now - crom

1999/02/16 - removed martial artist availability - crom

1999/02/26 - new socials added...a few nontheme removed - crom

1999/02/28 - do_shieldbash...failure causes you to be stunned instead of rest - crom

• MARCH 1999

1999/03/03 - bash back to how it was. fix is worse than original bug. - crom

1999/03/03 - do_stand now checks to see if you're fighting..then puts you into fighting state - crom

1999/03/05 - check to see if victim already poisoned - crom

1999/03/18 - do_outfit called on pc death; replaces invoking outfit manually - mendek

1999/03/19 - altered items given upon death - crom

1999/03/19 - removed do_outfit - crom

1999/03/21 - total unread notes & total notes shown on "board" display - mendek

1999/03/30 - added support for fake godmode command - mega

1999/03/30 - tweaks to look so you can look at different things - mega

• APRIL 1999

1999/04/01 - additional enhancement to do_look - mega

1999/04/01 - removed immune_area_spells from shopkeepers - mega

1999/04/12 - lord twink done. every 100 levels they get some excitement - crom

1999/04/22 - added vigil, requiem and ablution - crom

1999/04/26 - debug eulogy and requiem - crom

1999/04/30 - shadow form fixed - crom

• MAY 1999

1999/05/03 - changed body parts - crom

1999/05/11 - added mage-inclass meteor swarm and acid rain check - crom

1999/05/19 - added "look char health" - mega

1999/05/26 - spec_cast_cleric altered as per dev, to include healing - sheridan

1999/05/26 - spec_cast_mage altered as per dev - sheridan

• JUNE 1999 */

1999/06/05 - modified transmute - crom

1999/06/06 - inserted psi spell 'danger scan' - sheridan

1999/06/10 - created spec_battle_mage - crom

1999/06/15 - cannot enter a portal you canot see - crom

• JULY 1999 */

1999/07/10 - altered tnl for lord+ to be half as much - crom

1999/07/17 - added death shroud - crom

1999/07/18 - added air armor, shield and hammer - crom

1999/07/18 - added air armor, shield and hammer - crom

1999/07/18 - added blood ritual - crom

• AUGUST 1999

1999/08/03 - removed godmode april fools' - mendek

1999/08/08 - added some dev spells - crom

1999/08/19 - added dark embrace - crom

1999/08/23 - tweak of gurney as far as a level restraint ala summon - crom

1999/08/23 - you can no longer mercy from a no_recall room - crom

1999/08/24 - spell revisions ala devastant - crom

1999/08/25 - added tul-sith references instead of exec refenreces for cleric stuff - crom

1999/08/25 - added water plane - crom

1999/08/28 - added demonic advice - crom

• SEPTEMBER 1999 */

1999/09/23 - changed dork to fool - crom

1999/09/26 - added corpse dumping of gear onto the ground - crom

1999/09/26 - dwarves never fail repair now - crom

1999/09/28 - added sleight of hand - crom

• OCTOBER 1999

1999/10/01 - added blood trail - crom

1999/10/01 - added do_scent - crom

1999/10/02 - fixed blood trail - crom

1999/10/03 - added note searchall - crom

1999/10/03 - added withdraw ability - crom

1999/10/05 - added color toggle - crom

1999/10/13 - disabled do_scent due to crash - mega

1999/10/15 - change to do-scent. still buggy - crom

1999/10/24 - added vampire touch - crom

1999/10/25 - added overconfidence - crom

• NOVEMBER 1999 */

1999/11/14 - bashdoor damage capped - crom

The rest of the code done this month was other debugging or IMM-ONLY stuff.

• DECEMBER 1999 */

1999/12/05 - ranger gets fourth attack, mars get some monk skills - crom

1999/12/12 - added improved invis - snikt

1999/12/20 - added check_alias to validate aliases - mega

1999/12/30 - allowed anyone to pick up owned objects - mega

1999/12/30 - changed lord info for lords only. - mega

1999/12/31 - added groupstat command - snikt

1999/12/31 - adjusted afk/void/disc timings - snikt

1998

• JANUARY 1998

1998/01/07 - converted damage spells to use gen_damage - dawiz

1998/01/07 - revamped spell levels and mana costs per crom - dawiz

1998/01/08 - added spell_cataclysm - dawiz

1998/01/08 - fixed sandstorm - dawiz

1998/01/10 - adjusted mage spells mana - dawiz

1998/01/10 - fixed area spells - dawiz

1998/01/11 - added groupwait code - dawiz

1998/01/11 - changed cyclone to area spell - dawiz

1998/01/12 - another fix to move(follow) while lagged - dawiz

1998/01/17 - revised lore as per crom's latest email - sheridan

1998/01/22 - changed skill levels for war skills - sheridan

1998/01/22 - approved war revamp - sheridan

1998/01/23 - new gen_duration routine - dawiz

1998/01/24 - inserted new races - sheridan

1998/01/24 - fixed embalm - dawiz

1998/01/24 - fixed so breath spells cannot be practiced or seen in slist - dawiz

1998/01/24 - fixed so surge works correctly - dawiz

1998/01/27 - shopkeeper over level 124 will sell items equal to mob level - ronan

• FEBRUARY 1998

1998/02/05 - commented out groupwait code, replaced with lag carryover - mendek

1998/02/06 - changed homeshift to point to thorngate - mendek

1998/02/06 - sorted do_who - dawiz

1998/02/23 - minor rev to damage verbs - mendek

1998/02/25 - added griffon and gargoyle to highest - dawiz

1998/02/26 - fixed error in gen_duration - dawiz

• MARCH 1998

1998/03/02 - alias fixes - ronan

1998/03/02 - installed smash as temporary imm skill, prior to approval - sheridan

1998/03/09 - fixed the annoyance with color bleed in notes - sheridan

1998/03/09 - morph min level set to 750 - dawiz

1998/03/10 - added thorngate death room. - ronan

1998/03/11 - inserted skill 'smash' to slist - sheridan

1998/03/13 - added magic object damage - ronan

1998/03/13 - made changes and fies to do_repair and do_appraise - ronan

1998/03/18 - fixed damage ratio down, and fixed it so containers spill their contents - ronan

1998/03/19 - fixed bug in autosplit which created massive amounts of gold - sancti

1998/03/22 - added do_smith - ronan

1998/03/27 - added handles in spell_planeshift for "arcadia" and "astral plane" planes - mendek

1998/03/28 - inserted smash at mort level. test completed - sheridan

1998/03/31 - healers cannot catch the plague - mendek

1998/03/31 - items dropped at quit due to level have timer set - mendek

• APRIL 1998

1998/04/03 - changed duration of blindness to smaller amount - mendek

1998/04/05 - added to_room message that items fell out of a container - ronan

1998/04/05 - blind, and maelstrom's blind affect, reduced in duration - mendek

1998/04/07 - allow kzn to flee if lord, at high cost - mendek

1998/04/08 - inserted armor optimization skill - sheridan

1998/04/14 - add newbie flag to people who say they are not experienced - ronan

1998/04/14 - capped drunkness at 12 - ronan

1998/04/14 - newbie will have bracers around their name when using chat or nchat - ronan

1998/04/15 - added slay protection for mendek - mendek

1998/04/15 - slay protection for darii, may be revamped soon - mendek

1998/04/16 - made lord corpses last longer - ronan

1998/04/16 - test for summon mod: small chance of mob reacting badly - mendek

1998/04/29 - made all breath spells cost 500 mana, as per g4 - ronan

• MAY 1998

1998/05/02 - fixed bug allowing awen to give sanc after iron monk is cast - ronan

1998/05/04 - fixed bug with fountains so it will not trans you if you are fighting - ronan

1998/05/04 - fixed genesis, with crom - ronan

1998/05/04 - fixed morph messages, ala crom - ronan

1998/05/06 - changed a little logic in disconnect to send only lord-ttitan to aelmon - ronan

1998/05/11 - fixed genesis so you can't cast with 10 wis or less - sheridan

1998/05/11 - fixed heighten/holy sight bug - sheridan

1998/05/15 - calm will not affect aggie_all - mendek

1998/05/26 - paladins sent by an imm contain the siccer's name - mendek

• JUNE 1998

1998/06/01 - added monk and samurai skill levels to each skill in const.c - sheridan

1998/06/01 - changed thieves to rogues as per snikt - sheridan

1998/06/01 - inserted monk and samurai classes - sheridan

1998/06/02 - dragon tnl to 10k - mendek

1998/06/08 - added do_forget - force other player to stop replying to you - mendek

1998/06/10 - inserted scorpion style and whirlwind kick (monk) - sheridan

1998/06/10 - inserted sam skill whirlwind strike for testing - sheridan

1998/06/11 - added snapkick - sheridan

1998/06/11 - inserted poses for samurai - sheridan

1998/06/12 - inserted shatterless strike, sword sweep, and sword slam - sheridan

1998/06/15 - fixed a couple bugs in sam skills as per devastant - sheridan

• JULY 1998

1998/07/04 - note search is in now - sheridan

1998/07/18 - fixed crash when linkdead quits - dawiz

1998/07/27 - inserted defensive stance and offensive stance skills for wars - sheridan

1998/07/27 - removed group consider as per tm list - sheridan

1998/07/31 - inserted monk poses - sheridan

• AUGUST 1998

1998/08/17 - yanked gate_demon - mendek

1998/08/17 - gen_duration changes as per crom, added to most spells - mendek

1998/08/21 - begins work on outlaw - mega

1998/08/21 - stop color bleed after note is displayed - mendek

1998/08/24 - altered give gold in regards to npcs to show short instead of keywords - crom

1998/08/24 - sleep spell did not prevent someone from resting then standing. fixed. - crom

1998/08/25 - outlaw stuff is half-done. - mega *** LOTS OF WORK

1998/08/26 - fixed snapkick switch crash bug - sheridan

1998/08/26 - modified spells to use gen_duration or a fraction of them - crom

1998/08/27 - added worldbank feature - snikt

• SEPTEMBER 1998

1998/09/01 - forage altered to randomize as well as charge movement - crom

1998/09/01 - weight max/carry limit bug fixes - crom

1998/09/03 - added a level limitation (cannot repair item 6 levels above you) - crom

1998/09/03 - fixed transmute bug where weight is not +/-'d from player himself - crom

1998/09/07 - added spec_jailer, modded existing specs and lots of stuff - mega

1998/09/07 - huge updates for outlaw stuff. yahoo! - mega

1998/09/07 - overhauled a lot of steal stuff - mega

1998/09/07 - changed prayer to a random generation of affects - crom

1998/09/08 - added penalties for execution - mega

1998/09/08 - created a preliminary gen_healing function and modified comfort - crom

1998/09/10 - made jailer a little nicer - mega

1998/09/10 - fixed summon to give percent chance of aggie vs always aggie - crom

1998/09/10 - initial charmie removal installed. - crom

1998/09/10 - removed block on gate and gate demon, lowered duration - crom

1998/09/11 - added aggie possibility with charm - crom

1998/09/11 - altered do-quit so that charmies are purged - crom

1998/09/12 - added morph failure repercussions - crom

1998/09/14 - added additional help_greeting choices for random greeting generation - crom

1998/09/15 - people were able to pkill outlaws. oops. fixed now - mega

1998/09/15 - you can't morph again until you regain lost levels - crom

1998/09/16 - switched exp cost on gar and grif - crom

1998/09/17 - help fear specified that fear makes save throw better...modded - crom

1998/09/20 - added message for 500000 and 1000th logins - dawiz

1998/09/23 - disabled charm purging stuff - crom

1998/09/24 - enchant code changed so a lord can enchant a level 123 item and not get +5 - crom

1998/09/25 - person being gurneyed and removed limitations of victim being gurneyed - crom

1998/09/30 - gave monks in-class lag for kick - crom

• OCTOBER 1998

1998/10/05 - altered death field to give more damage based on alignment.. - crom

1998/10/07 - added consecrate, ward, major ward, reinforce and recharage - crom

1998/10/07 - added consecrate, ward, major ward, reinforce and recharge - crom

1998/10/07 - added mod to enhanced damage..giving class bias - crom

1998/10/07 - altered heal spells to use gen_healing - crom

1998/10/07 - added recharge - crom

1998/10/08 - added monk techniques and inner balance ( open handed dual-like skill) - crom

1998/10/08 - second/third/fourth/fifth attacks will require a weapon - crom

1998/10/09 - added enlightenment for monks - crom

1998/10/09 - critical strike of open hand added - crom

1998/10/10 - messed with death cry. - crom

1998/10/11 - healing spell mana tweaks - crom

1998/10/13 - added a new channel for experimental info channel - crom

1998/10/13 - added druid class - crom

1998/10/15 - added do_infoset; altered info messages to use make_info - crom

1998/10/15 - changed do_candle to check number of deaths like it should instead of kills - crom

1998/10/15 - set a recharge cap at 10 - crom

1998/10/18 - non-citizen shoppies won't refuse service to outlaws - mega

1998/10/18 - re-allowed casting vs. shoppies, disallowed charm vs. shoppie - mega

1998/10/18 - added crane style- crom

1998/10/18 - added 'golden strike' - crom

1998/10/22 - added augment - crom

1998/10/22 - added herblore for druids - crom

1998/10/22 - added value2 check for ticket use - crom

1998/10/22 - altered portals to use adescr - crom

1998/10/23 - altered fountains which make mloades to destroy themselves if - crom

1998/10/24 - lowered ran hp - snikt

1998/10/26 - added class limitations to augment. - crom

1998/10/26 - fixed candle problem - crom

1998/10/28 - made 'physical' damage spells be surgeable. - crom

1998/10/29 - at each level, there's a small chance of non-casters gaining *one* mana - sheridan

1998/10/29 - players can no longer damage gear - crom

1998/10/30 - added object level to determine object hps - crom

1998/10/30 - adjusted monk hit frequency - crom

1998/10/30 - combined do_range and do_areas - crom

1998/10/30 - decreased object damage for now - crom

1998/10/30 - made smiths say how much gold you pay upon smithing - crom

1998/10/30 - removed do_range and do_sector - crom

1998/10/30 - removed extra info channels - crom

1998/10/31 - added 'fight', 'attack', 'hit' as alternates for 'kill' - crom

1998/10/31 - allow any level to eat pills - crom

1998/10/31 - tweaked down object damage more. - crom

• NOVEMBER 1998

1998/11/01 - fixed spell recovery - crom

1998/11/02 - can no longer detonate or 'laughing buddha' within the arena - crom

1998/11/06 - mobs cannot "sanctum" - mendek

1998/11/07 - first iteration of morph revamp - snikt

1998/11/07 - genesis alterations to accomodate new morph - snikt

1998/11/07 - require update to morph - crom

1998/11/09 - changed do_quaff to do_drink - crom

1998/11/09 - removed hunger/thirst/drunk - crom

1998/11/10 - added repair all and altered appraise to show non-haggled cost. - crom

1998/11/10 - added spec_monk...anti-monk aggie - crom

1998/11/10 - do_train now doesn't require a mob - crom

1998/11/15 - cannot sleep shoppies - crom

1998/11/18 - surge altered to be like augment. - crom

1998/11/20 - added read magic and arcane knowledge - crom

1998/11/21 - added goblin race - crom

1998/11/21 - altered practice to use an algebra equation instead of a table comparison - crom

1998/11/21 - object "owner" added - mendek

1998/11/23 - disabled genesis until it is reviewed and fixed - crom

1998/11/23 - do_embalm set with a cap - crom

1998/11/24 - altered the intelligence table for practice percents - crom

• DECEMBER 1998

1998/12/01 - added #7-13 greetings - crom

1998/12/01 - modified get_cost to have a minimum markup of 150% and a maximum - crom

1998/12/02 - added identify mobs - crom

1998/12/02 - added bio empathy - crom

1998/12/02 - altered psion spells ala devastant - crom

1998/12/02 - removed candle stuff. added ball of light upon death - crom

1998/12/03 - added amulet instead of weapon for monk in new player generation - crom

1998/12/03 - expanded condition table for consider - crom

1998/12/03 - altered duration messages - crom

1998/12/03 - monk is now an available class - crom

1998/12/13 - 1) psi skill renames as per devastant - mendek

1998/12/13 - added handles for new lord plane: kzinti homeworld - mendek

1998/12/15 - monks don't start with shield - crom

1998/12/26 - added owner info to identify - crom

1997

• JANUARY 1997 */

1997/01/08 - initial revision and setup of file system - snikt

1997/01/09 - debug info for spellcasting - snikt

1997/01/11 - fixed crash in note_post to immortal - dawiz

1997/01/16 - angels no longer fail casting spells - snikt

1997/01/17 - $ shows in prompt when sancted now - snikt

1997/01/17 - changed cont light to magic light with timer - snikt

1997/01/17 - changed continual light to magic light with a timer - snikt

1997/01/17 - crier now screams herolevel - snikt

1997/01/17 - delete confirm is necessary now to complete deletion - snikt

1997/01/17 - divine aura added for gods - snikt

1997/01/17 - fixed do_cast for humans and older chars - snikt

1997/01/17 - fixed mistake in do_cast re: racial ability - snikt

1997/01/17 - heroes are now adept to 95% - snikt

1997/01/17 - light and create food go to char now instead of room - snikt

1997/01/17 - rans and mars no longer get nonhero nexus/portal - snikt

1997/01/29 - added quicken/surge - snikt

• FEBRUARY 1997 */

1997/02/15 - added do_spam, do_timeout and do_release - dawiz

1997/02/15 - modified morph for morph_gains() - snikt

1997/02/16 - modded genesis - snikt

1997/02/16 - enhanced do_reimb - dawiz

1997/02/19 - fixed race problem in do_reimb - dawiz

1997/02/19 - removed "slap" social, added "thwap" and "shudder" - mendek

1997/02/23 - added eradicate - dawiz

1997/02/25 - sorted who list - dawiz

1997/02/27 - added gsn_iron_monk for debug - snikt

1997/02/27 - block all from stealing from shopkeepers - dawiz

1997/02/27 - blocked all forms of starting fights on shopkeepers - dawiz

1997/02/27 - blocked summon and charm on shopkeeper - dawiz

1997/02/27 - fixed haggle bug on put purchase - dawiz

1997/02/28 - converted to immunity from area spells for shopkeepers - dawiz

1997/02/28 - fixed shopkeepers, fly, leather/fortuitude - dawiz

• MARCH 1997 */

1997/03/05 - morph mods - snikt

1997/03/05 - advance_level mods - snikt

1997/03/05 - bs mods/surge mods - snikt

1997/03/05 - genesis mods - snikt

1997/03/05 - moved magic light def from old 'continual light' position to below 'magic - mendek

1997/03/06 - apoth adds 'magic light' instead of 'continual light' - mendek

1997/03/06 - fixes to damage messages - snikt

1997/03/06 - fixes to surged physical attacks - snikt

1997/03/06 - magic light ball goes to room instead of inventory - mendek

1997/03/06 - commented out sort routine in do_who (need to rethink it) - dawiz

1997/03/06 - fixed read of quickenlevel - dawiz

1997/03/09 - blocked players if count exceeds 195 - dawiz

1997/03/10 - backstab now hits if attacker makes roll (no d/p/sb) - snikt

1997/03/10 - decreased call lightning damage - snikt

1997/03/10 - added message when you hog someone - snikt

1997/03/10 - another fix for surgecost - snikt

1997/03/10 - disabled genesis - snikt

1997/03/10 - increased surge costs - snikt

1997/03/11 - angels are given immunity to area spells now - snikt

1997/03/11 - fix for racial armors which resulted in gaining hp if scratched - snikt

1997/03/11 - fixed having the wrong spells cost more due to surge - snikt

1997/03/11 - fixed objects so they couldn't be surged - snikt

1997/03/11 - modded magic light so it's targetable - snikt

1997/03/11 - modded overbreathing (do_racial) - snikt

1997/03/11 - added who timeout and who reimburse to do_who - dawiz

1997/03/11 - cleaned up do_reimburse - dawiz

1997/03/11 - modeded do_reimburse to allow mortals to set flag - dawiz

1997/03/14 - changed mortal reimburse to toggle - dawiz

1997/03/24 - hospital shows in room title - snikt

1997/03/24 - lowered hospital costs - snikt

1997/03/25 - changed hospital to infirmary - snikt

1997/03/25 - fix for cause spells, harm and wrath - snikt

1997/03/25 - fix for surge and energy drain - snikt

1997/03/25 - fixed a bug in christen/onoma and oset - snikt

1997/03/25 - hospital->infirmary, only clerics, imms and rangers see it - snikt

1997/03/28 - enabled auto wizlock at 225 players - dawiz

1997/03/31 - modded hero level message to lord level for lords - dawiz

• APRIL 1997

1997/04/03 - added passport processing - dawiz

1997/04/05 - removed the 225 connect limit - dawiz

1997/04/07 - updated spec_doppleganger - dawiz

1997/04/14 - added group option to who command - jean

1997/04/16 - fixed the pet bug for haggles - snikt

Snikt also did extensive work on sublevels for our tier system, replacing

the old system of just hero levels.

• MAY 1997

1997/05/01 - remove wants group flag when joins a group - jean

1997/05/11 - nofight prevents theft - snikt

1997/05/12 - another fix, shieldblock should have been bash - snikt

1997/05/12 - cannot sanctum from other planes now - snikt

1997/05/12 - fixed track skill so you must be practiced in it to use - snikt

1997/05/12 - fixes for when chars don't know skills - snikt

1997/05/12 - morph fixes - snikt

1997/05/12 - planeshift fixes - snikt

1997/05/13 - fix so genesis drains target of mana. stops abuse of bouncing it - snikt

1997/05/13 - initial morph fixes done - snikt

1997/05/13 - made 999 gains smaller - snikt

1997/05/13 - morph is 51 again - snikt

1997/05/13 - morph practices now are possible - snikt

1997/05/14 - fixed hole in sharpen - dawiz

1997/05/14 - reduced genesis gains - snikt

1997/05/14 - tweaked do_sharpen max sharpen count - dawiz

1997/05/16 - added logic to stop healing when link dead - dawiz

1997/05/17 - cannot to to 'all' on personal - mendek

1997/05/17 - load 2 new boards: creative and immortal - mendek

1997/05/17 - immortal postings board; only imms can post to imm postings - mendek

1997/05/18 - mods to note functions to allow "true" note numbering, ie notes - mendek

1997/05/18 - fix to boards - mendek

1997/05/19 - added boosts to morphing - snikt

1997/05/20 - lordlist command - snikt

1997/05/20 - new exp system fix for morph - snikt

1997/05/20 - new exp system fix for newbies - snikt

1997/05/20 - modded practice mobs(level dependent now) - dawiz

1997/05/21 - fixed some bugs in do_range, and spiffed it up a bit - jean

1997/05/24 - added item_ticket to manually set cost (like potions) - dawiz

1997/05/25 - added do_register - dawiz

1997/05/26 - neutered worth, modded report - snikt

1997/05/27 - first stage of register code is oin place - dawiz

1997/05/27 - added check in note_catchup for current board if no args passed - - mendek

1997/05/27 - fails catchup on imm board (good) - mendek

1997/05/29 - finishing up registry code - dawiz

1997/05/29 - fixed bug in group me code - jean

1997/05/30 - added rescuer mods - snikt

1997/05/31 - added promote - snikt

1997/05/31 - fixed do_expire, was causing buggy problem with the new exp - snikt

1997/05/31 - fixed rescue; changed one hit so shieldbash is not parried - ironhand

1997/05/31 - lord planeshift info to info channel (was imminfo) - mendek

• JUNE 1997

1997/06/01 - removed games command - snikt

1997/06/03 - mobs w/pass door can move through the earthrealm now - snikt

1997/06/03 - updated score and affects - ironhand

1997/06/04 - mobs have to see the victim to hunt them now - snikt

1997/06/05 - added close msg to exits - ironhand

1997/06/06 - must be stunned or worse to expire (like it always should be) - snikt

1997/06/07 - added lag command - snikt

1997/06/07 - changed expcosts - snikt

1997/06/07 - create food generates food on victim now - snikt

1997/06/07 - herothanks once again gives a full level, re: expcost - snikt

1997/06/07 - msg goes to donation room upon donation now - snikt

1997/06/07 - potions and scrolls now lag you. - snikt

1997/06/07 - you can no longer track except while standing - snikt

1997/06/09 - force full spelling of expire - dawiz

1997/06/11 - added password requirement to do_delete - dawiz

1997/06/12 - added lores - snikt

1997/06/12 - added object hit points - snikt

1997/06/13 - added configuration to whether you see item status - snikt

1997/06/13 - block surge in heroquest - dawiz

1997/06/18 - fixed do_help - ironhand

1997/06/21 - players can now be stripped of hog when saving - snikt

1997/06/23 - added repair and appraise - snikt

1997/06/23 - added smith to bits - snikt

1997/06/23 - blocked gate and gate deamon in no_mob and solitary rooms - dawiz

1997/06/27 - notified tell/reply sender when target is linkdead - mendek

• JULY 1997

1997/07/03 - stopped drinking while asleep - dawiz

1997/07/09 - added argument to note list, enables player to skip first x notes - mendek

1997/07/09 - planeshift bypasses norecall now - mendek

1997/07/10 - added desc -, deletes 1 line of character description - mendek

1997/07/10 - added levitation to the list of affects that display flying message - mendek

1997/07/10 - disallowed eating while asleep - mendek

1997/07/12 - added tiered levels of fast heal and meditation - snikt

1997/07/12 - fixes to planeshift - snikt

1997/07/12 - fixes to recall - snikt

1997/07/12 - fixed do_say and do_eat while sleeping - dawiz

1997/07/13 - added prereqs to practice - snikt

1997/07/14 - added homeshift - snikt

1997/07/14 - prettyfied do_time a bit - snikt

1997/07/14 - added do_mudschool - dawiz

1997/07/15 - added auto advance for newbies (experienced) - dawiz

1997/07/15 - set newbies to 100 gold - dawiz

1997/07/16 - modified do_who by ronan: accepts sublevel range argument, ie: - mendek

1997/07/17 - ronan's mods to do_buy: expansion to permit multiple buys using syntax: - mendek

1997/07/17 - being boosted - mendek

1997/07/18 - level 1's do not get thirsty or hungry - mendek

1997/07/25 - fix to trip bug: checks for target in room (victim that had fled could have been - mendek

1997/07/25 - mods to surge, lore levels - mendek

1997/07/28 - fixed invis strip in fight - dawiz

1997/07/28 - fixed skin duplication under fortitude - dawiz

1997/07/28 - fixed sleeping mob dodging/parrying etc - dawiz

1997/07/29 - memory leak found and fixed - snikt

1997/07/29 - mobs wake and stand after sleep wears off! - snikt

1997/07/29 - reduced the breath spells - snikt

1997/07/30 - fixed group me sign for leader - dawiz

• AUGUST 1997

1997/08/01 - added dual donation logic - dawiz

1997/08/01 - blocked levels above 11 from newbie donation - dawiz

1997/08/04 - characters do not regen hp during combat - mendek

1997/08/06 - added safe haven campfire - mendek

1997/08/06 - latest round of mana regen tweaks - mendek

1997/08/06 - magic lore down to hero for thi and war - mendek

1997/08/08 - increased max pagelen from 24 to 30 - mendek

1997/08/08 - lloydable flag visible in rooms to lord rangers - mendek

1997/08/08 - newbies under level 6 will nchat with [] around their name; reply to - mendek

1997/08/08 - color magenta (was red) - mendek

1997/08/10 - disabled "get all" in donation rooms - mendek

1997/08/20 - fixed loophole where player could recall to lord plane from arena; mod - mendek

1997/08/20 - only imms can loot corpses that don't belong to them - mendek

1997/08/22 - added "lord" or "lady" to front of room display of lord-level player, - mendek

1997/08/22 - added do_free, frees a pet - mendek

1997/08/22 - cannot post to a group (hero, lord, etc) on board 2 - mendek

1997/08/23 - crom's prereq's. bugless on compile, just tossing it in - snikt

1997/08/28 - forage is much less likely to happen for folks who aren't trained - snikt

1997/08/28 - more crom prereq mods - snikt

1997/08/30 - surge for mar and ran raised to hero - mendek

• SEPTEMBER 1997

1997/09/01 - config changes for battle toggles - snikt

1997/09/01 - fix so you don't see fighting in your sleep - snikt

1997/09/01 - added limited repop objects on resets - dawiz

1997/09/03 - mod to forage: check number of objects carried and weight carried for limits - mendek

1997/09/09 - chance for heroes, lords and legends to automorph 999th - snikt

1997/09/19 - fixed so shopkeeper will not buy invis obj he cannot see - dawiz

1997/09/25 - mods so that area builders can set race and class of mobs - snikt

1997/09/25 - withdraw and deposit all have been enabled - snikt

1997/09/27 - added logic to drop higher level items on quit instead of just toasting them - dawiz

1997/09/27 - fixed calm to not affect aggressive all mobs - dawiz

1997/09/27 - modded formula for cure light/serious/critical - dawiz

1997/09/27 - modded mana costs for cure light/serious and critical - dawiz

• OCTOBER 1997

1997/10/03 - added highest_dam processing (version 11) - dawiz

1997/10/03 - new damage verbs in - dawiz

1997/10/16 - still working on damage verbs - dawiz

1997/10/23 - grandfathered gate, general purpos, and high explosive - ronan

1997/10/26 - added train multiples - ronan

1997/10/27 - added llist - ronan

• NOVEMBER 1997

1997/11/02 - butcher mods - snikt

1997/11/02 - cap on how much exp you can lose due to fleeing - snikt

1997/11/05 - added lglist and tlist - ronan

1997/11/05 - sanctuary on evil chars now shows up as a (black aura) - sheridan

1997/11/06 - aura if evil - sheridan

1997/11/10 - invis re-establishes itself now - sheridan

1997/11/11 - added code for alias variables, handles all alias stuff - ronan

1997/11/12 - ac values for skins are now different - sheridan

1997/11/12 - awen no longer works on anyone of other alignment - sheridan

1997/11/12 - restore [!]<race> [!]<class> is in, either/or - sheridan

1997/11/12 - skins are now cumulative - sheridan

1997/11/13 - inserted the "your name must be in theme" intro - sheridan

1997/11/15 - modded do_flee to prevent kzinti from fleeing combat - sheridan

1997/11/15 - modded do_racial to show kzinti with nofear racial - sheridan

1997/11/17 - added racial nofear, invis, and frenzy - sheridan

1997/11/17 - added the invis racial for sprites - sheridan

1997/11/17 - restore all, or restore hum mag, etc - sheridan

1997/11/18 - added hours of capacity and metabolic rates - sheridan

1997/11/18 - added metabolism field for races - sheridan

1997/11/19 - added outfit - ronan

1997/11/23 - added tnl stuff to prevent tnl changes causing big hops in levels - ronan

1997/11/24 - added "your pfile version is old! type 'update' to get current!" message - sheridan

1997/11/24 - created recursive item count in containers - dawiz

1997/11/25 - changed train around so you do not have to be a trainer - ronan

1997/11/30 - disabled socialing on a shop keeper - ronan== 1996 ==

• DECEMBER 1996

1997/12/03 - general damage spell routine added - ronan

1997/12/04 - added racial butcher - sheridan

1997/12/08 - added do_reimbfull - dawiz

1997/12/16 - lore info works, in a preliminary version - sheridan

1997/12/19 - examine now allows you to look at characters - sheridan

1997/12/28 - default page length changed to 24 from 20 - mendek

1996

The following is all that we know about pre-1997, however.

• June 16th, 1996:

- Inline color implemented. Everyone has the ability to change the color

of the various texts they type. Refer to help 'inline color' for the

syntax.

- Lord Channel added. Only Lords and above may send to or hear from it.

- Last command changed so that it displays an identifying label instead of

just physical level (eg. 100th level Mage Hero, vs. Level 51 Mage)

- Channel +all/-all fixed so that it toggles all channels on/off, instead

of activating deaf mode.

- New learning system introduced. Players now have the possiblity of

increasing their adept level higher than the maximum practiced percentage.

The chances of successfully raising a spell/skill depend on two things:

Percentage practiced up to this point, and whether you incur a successful

usage of the spell/skill or not.

• 2nd of June, 1996:

- Lords have been implemented. After a hero passes herolevel 500, they

may attempt a morph into a Lord. Failure rate drops as the player grows

closer to level 999. Penalties for failure also decrease, as they get

closer to 999.

- Legends and Titans are created in a similar fashion to Lords, but instead

of herolevels, a Lord must be Lordlevel 500+ to morph into a Legend, and

a Legend must be Legendlevel 500+ to attempt a morph into a Titan.

- Planeshift spell added. This spell allows a Lord or above to teleport

into another plane.

- Fullness and Thirst values changed. Consumption rates vary according

race.

• 26th of May, 1996:

- Nosun racial reinstated. Those 'dark' races affected by it will be

unable to regenerate properly, and will have a delay in the usage of

socials.

- Planes have been put in. Teleport, locate object, and other similar

spells will not work across planes. Existing planes include: Outland,

Immortal Plane, the Arena, the Hero Quest, and Midgaardia. Midgaardia

is the major world.

- Area flags introduced. These flags act like room flags, except they

affect the entire area. Examples of these flags are no-summon and

no-plague.

* Meadow is no-summon and no-plague. Players will not be able to summon

a mob or PC of any kind into the Meadow. Also, plague will continue to

hurt anyone affected by it, but will not spread.

• 5th of May, 1996:

- New Races, and racial abilities added. Version 6 players may take

advantage of the skills given to their race.

- Afar code now in. Can now use socials with a person in another room.

Afars can only be done with people in the same area, and will not work

in private rooms.

• 12th of May, 1996:

- Angels are in, of course, and with them you can now "who angel"

and note angel.

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¹Sphynx Gate, Eragora Walkways, Akrikto's Farm, Halfling's Paradise, Halfling Tunnels, Healing Springs, Moonbay Village, Mountain Tunnels, Quarries and Mines, Rhuien Forest, and Sun God Altar.