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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= .............._______ ............./ / THE LEGENDARY TIMES ............/ / .........../ /.....______.._____.....______.._____.......____ ........../ /...../ /./ \.../ /./ \...../ \ ........./ /...../ ___/./ ____/../ ___/./ __. \.../ /\ \ ......../ /...../ /_.../ /....../ /_.../ /..\ >./ /./ / ......./ /...../ __/../ /____../ __/../ /.../ /./ /./ / ....../ /_____/__/__../ \_\ /./ /__../ /.../ /./ /_/ / ...../ / /./ /./ /./ /.../ /./ / ..../ /_/..\______/./_____/./__/.../__/./_______/ MUD .../________________/ running on mud.sig.net 9999 199.1.78.16 9999 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= http://mud.sig.net/ ftp://mud.sig.net/pub =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= VOLUME FIVE, ISSUE SIXTEEN June 12th, 1998 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TABLE OF CONTENTS - The Editor's Note - - Upcoming Calendar of Events - ARTICLES - Did You Know... - - PK Tourney Results - - Your Questions Answered! - - Announcing: The Book Of War Project - LEGENDITES - The Phantom Takes On a Student - - How Adriana Came to Have a Porcupine - - The Dark Lord Gains a Follower - - An Extract from "The Shotokai PKill Archives" - ___ ___ \ |------------------------------------------------------------------| / /__| EDITOR'S NOTE |__\ '------------------------------------------------------------------' Hello everyone! Since Kaige is so busy with her new little one, I'm filling in for her LT duties, for the time being. In this, my first editorial, I decided to look around the mud and assess the situation as best I could. The quality of the Legend environment is very important to me, and I'm happy to report that things look pretty good. I want to start by complementing you on the great improvement seen in the last few months -- almost every clan has an rp situation going, and new roleplayers are arriving on the scene regularly. Furthermore, I'm encouraged by the new and creative scenarios that these newer players inspire. That said, of course, there is always more to do. I particularly encourage you to think of ways to 'win' and 'lose' that don't involve killing, and to be willing to incorporate people you don't know, into the situation. The main problem that I've come across in the Legend environment is the notion of help. We are blessed with a core group of very kind and helpful people, who regularly offer and extend assistance to others. Unfortunately, some players choose to take advantage of this, demanding help and insulting the people who refuse them. Others treat the whois command as a shopping index to solicit help, going down the list and asking for help from people they've never met. Although the desperation and frustration of being a newer player is understandable, remember that the older players are just as frustrated when they're treated like information-machines, rather than as people and potential friends. If you're a less experienced player, rather than shopping the who list, try asking on chat, or watching for the offers of help that go across the channels. If you're having trouble figuring something out, ask for hints rather than demanding a guide. If you're in the opposite position, try to avoid helping people who are obviously shopping. To encourage independence in those you assist, ask them to do something in return, even if it's small or doesn't benefit you. Have them meet you someplace rather than picking them up, send them to get you some food, ask them to take a fly potion to a newbie, assign them to be your bandager/waker/mob prepper. Or, insist on only helping them via tells, or giving clues -- RP it up, have fun with the request without leading them astray. In closing, I want to thank all of you for being so flexible and patient during the rocky time surrounding the new xp scale. Your suggestions have been very helpful in polishing the system. As we continue to make adjustments, I hope that you'll keep on telling us your thoughts and suggestions. Love to all, LadyAce ___ ___ \ |------------------------------------------------------------------| / /__| UPCOMING CALENDAR OF EVENTS |__\ '------------------------------------------------------------------' [All times are system times unless otherwise specified] [All times are system time unless otherwise specified] -(*)-(*)-(*)-(*)-June-(*)-(*)-(*)-(*)- Tuesday, June 23, 7:00 pm - Q & A Session Sunday, June 28, 7:00 pm - Trivia (3 of 12 in New Cycle) Tuesday, June 30, 7:00 pm - Q & A Session -(*)-(*)-(*)-(*)-July-(*)-(*)-(*)-(*)- Wednesday, July 1, - Immortal Applications are DUE! ___ ___ \ |------------------------------------------------------------------| / /__| NEWS AND REPORTS |__\ '------------------------------------------------------------------' =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _____ / _ \ DID YOU KNOW: Tips and tricks and little-used features /__/ \ \ / / Did you know that LegendMUD has a group of channels / / for reporting bugs, typos, and ideas? If you type... /__/ BUG (description) __ TYPO (description) / \ or \__/ IDEA (description) ...your message will be logged in a place readable _____ by all immortals. In the past, suggestions made in / _ \ these places have been invaluable to immortals. /__/ \ \ / / In some cases, you may even be rewarded when your / / idea is used or the problem you report is fixed! /__/ Your input is an important part of our community, __ so report to bug/typo/idea today! / \ \__/ DID YOU KNOW: Tips and tricks and little-used features =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LegendMUD Two-on-Two PK Tourney RESULTS! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 10-19 (featherweight) one member 40-50, one 10-20 Champions: Payne and Onyx Champions: Payne and Rictor 20-29 (lightweight) one member 30-40, one 20-30 Champions: Lethal and Brede Champions: Rancid and Kaz 30-40 (middleweight) Champions: Kaz and Tiki 40-50 (heavyweight) Champions: Latissimus and Barabas ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????? ????? ????? Your Questions Answered! ????? ????? ????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The following is a collection of questions from several different Q & A sessions, grouped together. Most of them are from new players, but some of the tips may also be of interest to older players. QUESTS: Fahi asked: 'How do you know how to do quests, and where to do.' LadyAce responded: 'I'm sure some of the players here have suggestions, but I'll give you a general approach. To find quests, you usually listen to things mobs are saying, or things in room descriptions. Another way to look for quests is to notice items. Sometimes you'll come across an item just sitting around...and maybe later, a mob will be talking about the item. It's a guessing game sometimes. But we try to make it intuitive. Take for example, a mob says something to you about something they want. You ask them about the item, and maybe they give you more information. Then you go look for the item, asking all the mobs you can find about it for more clues. Another thing you can do is, if you get stuck, ask other players for hints. After you've done a few, they get easier to figure out, I think. EQUIPMENT: Bast said: 'I need to know where to look for things on eq. I was outfitted all wrong for my stats. Some kind soul pointed me in the right direction. LadyAce responded: 'Most good eq is found on hard mobs. Some of it is in shops. You have to try it on, see what it does -- after you're level 10 that is. Strength weapons tend to be swords, con weapons tend to be big blunt sticks, dex weapons are either daggers or rapiers. It can take a long, long time to learn.' Joachim suggested: 'Listen to auction :).' AVOIDING DEATH: HalfBee asked: 'How do I not keep dying? I must be an eighth of a bee by now.' LadyAce responded: 'To avoid dying... 1. Make sure you consider the mob before you try to kill it. 2. Be ready to flee. Don't just hit kill and go do something else. 3. Learn a fighting skill of some sort. You'll be amazed how much that can help at low levels.' 4. As Tad says, have a weapon. Try out different ones if yours seems no good.' USING SKILLS: Fahi asked: 'How do i use swordsmanship, etc., skills.' LadyAce responded: 'Those skills add benefits automatically.' USING WORDS: Bast said, 'Ok, I decided I wanted to a mage and I've been running around all over learning words, but ... I'm not sure how to use most of them.' LadyAce responded: 'Type allspells to see what spells you can use those words for. Then you chant the different combinations of each to figure out the spells...Then you type help blah for spellname blah, or help blah spell. Help sloth tells you what sloth does.' PRACTICES: Bast said: 'I would like to know about practice sessions. Will I earn enough prac sessions to learn all my words and all my skills?' LadyAce responded: 'You earn one practice each level.' Bast asked: 'What happens if I become a 50 and still have stuff to learn?' LadyAce responded: 'You can't learn everything. You should choose between the skills. Some of them are more useful and more suitable for the kind of characters you want to play. Usually only mages run out of practices, however.' Bast asked: 'Is there a prereq list for stuff? In order to learn this, you need that and that?' LadyAce responded: 'There's not a pre-req list made up, per se, although sometimes the helpfiles tell you.' PKILL CONFERENCE: Hotspur said: 'I wanted to know if the pkill conf was going to be a permanent feature.' LadyAce responded: 'I know of no plans to make it a permanent feature.' SOCIALS: Darion asked: 'How do I raise my hand and things like that?' LadyAce responded: 'Type raise. Raising your hand is a social, type social to see the list. LEARNING SKILLS: Darion asked: 'How do I learn skills from people who ask for money?' LadyAce responded: 'You give 'em the money.' Darion asked: 'What do you type to do that then?' Hotspur responded: 'Give # coins mob.' LadyAce added: 'Usually, they either teach it automatically after that, or ask you what you want to learn, or have you respond yes or no.' SKILL TREES: LadyAce said: 'Skill trees is the name we've given two things. One is a general name for a group of coding advances...that includes actual trees, housing, pets, and a bunch of other things. The second use of the term is for the actual trees. Skill trees are basically a system of pre-requisites for skills...and we'll be adding piles of new skills. So there might be 3 or 4 apprentice level skills in a category, and to be a journeyman in that category you have to be an apprentice beforehand. Some examples of these category are...fighter, merchant...Ranger...mage...surgeon...etc. You fit into these categories by learning the skills in them. You can dabble in half a dozen different ones, or focus on just one or two. MANA SINK: Barabas asked, 'Does the mana sink depend on the current mind stat of the user or at the time of casting?' Rufus responded: 'Both current mind and mind at cast time are figured into the equation. As to whether they're averaged, min'd, max'd, that's all part of the 'mystery of the game.' PLAYER HOUSING: Ronnie asked: 'Any idea when player housing is going in?' Ea! responded: 'Nope. There's some sticking points with housing. Primarily that as far as it goes, one of the main uses is for clan halls...Which aren't much good without mobs to protect them, which requires pets. And pets has a lot of tricky issues. We've got some good ideas, and we think we can manage it. It's just a lot of work, and not-so-easy work at that. And now...A Page Ripped From: _____________________________________ / \ \ | / | \ The | / Book | \ Of | / _ _ ___ _____ | \ ( | | ) / \ | * ) | / | |/\| | / /_\ \ | \ | \ |__/\__| /_/ \_\ |_| \_\ | / | \ | / | \ | / | \_____________________________________/ This week: Introduction Greetings citizens of LEGEND! As some of you might know, some weeks ago we had our first bardic circle meeting. New and old players, pkillers gathered together and told some fine stories of player killing, stories of wars. Now I understand some of you might say, "I can care less about pkills, all the pkillers are just bunch of whiners and mean people." Granted, some of the players makes pkilling unpleasant on channels, they don't respect other players, extremely rude and immature, that they pkill just for the thrill of killing the same person over and over again--terrorism pkilling. That is true for some, but not all. There are some very good, helpful players in pkill who avoid all of that. There are people with honor and respect, who work hard to make pkill enjoyable for both themselves and their enemies, they promote role playing, strategy, and makes a battle worth of all the other unpleasant issues. Thus to promote good aspects of player killing, I Latissimus Dorsi, devote myself to the "Book of War" project. I devote myself to bring out the great tales of battles, and characters' life long pkill story. I want to make pkill more enjoyable, by giving the history, the events that thrills players, and exciting for all of us, thus willing to do whatever we can to maintain the highest aspects of the pkills. I understand this is a long project, and go out and collect every single pkill battle is nearly impossible. But with your help, the citizens of legend, you can assist me with this project by: collect pkill tales, conduct interviews with someone who has great pkill stories, or just simply keep an eye out for good pkill role play and good battles, and record them. I hope in the future, many more will clan because they read the tales and are willing to become part of the thrill, and more importantly, pkillers will be mature and realize it's everyone's world, and willing to go far to make this experience enjoyable both for yourself and others. "To be able to sit down with your opponent, discuss the battle you just fought, and give each other suggestions on how to improve." This is my dream, and i need your help to accomplish it. Your Faithful Recorder, Latissimus Dorsi ________________________ / \ o O | Wonder what folks are | `\|||/ | doing over at LegendMUD?| (o o) \________________________/ ooO_(_)_Ooo________________________________________________________________ _____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|___ __|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____| ___ ___ \ |------------------------------------------------------------------| / /__| LEGENDITES: Information Regarding the People of Our World |__\ '------------------------------------------------------------------' The Phantom Takes on a Student On a torn blood-stained page, there is the following message; I hope you all missed me. And for the inquisitive minds we posses, you posses that is, Ill relate my journey if I insist. Searching for a teacher of arkane, and darkness isn't a dream, admitted. It lead me to Paris, more specifically, the Paris Underground. I had heard the legends of a Phantom, a recluse. Who better to teach of darkness and the powers it brings? I began my journey to his lair, mucking through many hounds and such. It would have been creepy, but im already dead, so who cares? He wasn't the most reachable man, having a nasty pebble above his door. And to think, he jumped for my throat the minute I stepped in too. It wasn't easy relating my goal to him while he was battering me. Finally, he stopped his attack, with my golden words of encouragement and a smack to the skull. When he came to, he was more than happy to train me, although that might have been wooziness. Well, I wont go into excessive detail as the training process, or Id have to brutally kill you. I come back from the sewers, a learned little one. The Phantom, when you get past his shortcomings, such as his temper and habit of eating corpses, isn't too bad. He taught me of the illusions of darkness, the powers of the inner self, the ways of necromancy, the ways of beguilement and dominance of the mind and body. And with that, I have come back my little darlings. -Ronnie Valthalas, Malkavian Lord * * * How Adriana Came to Have a Porcupine I had been arguing with my mother, Amethyst, that I needed a pet of my own, but like all mothers she just said, "We'll see." In a huff not liking this answer, I ran off to Canada and pouted. I was picking on some braves there when I made the essential decision to flee from them. As I stepped into my refuge, I tripped and fell, howling. I looked down at the blood sluicing down my leg and knew my mother was going to be furious. Then I heard a rustle of leaves and looked to my right. A small creature with a blunt-nosed face, small eyes and little round ears was sniffing me inquisitively. "Hi, little guy," I beamed and reached to pet him. He jumped back and flared his quills at me. A few second later, he edged closer and licked me. I later found out that he licked me because he likes salt. By now my leg had mostly stopped bleeding so I stood and prepared to exit the area for fear the braves might find me. "Goodbye, little guy." I walked through the trees (away from the mean braves) and headed for the river to return home. I felt someone was following me and glanced back into the darkening forest repeatedly, but to no avail as I could see nothing. Finally at the edge of the river, I placed my canoe on the water and took one last look back. *THUMP* I glanced around nervously and then looked down. There in the bottom of my canoe stood the porcupine looking at me. I urged him to get out. I tried to put him out and only succeeded in scratching my hand on his quills. "Go Home!" Nothing worked. I realized it was getting late and I had best get home before my mother was really mad at me. I arrived home late in the evening and snuck in the back door, and heard my mother's yell, "Malachite" from the living room. I knew I was in for it. I headed for my room as though I hadn't heard. "Malachite, you come right back here this instant!" So to the living room, I went. "Yes, Mother?" I am not sure what made her madder, the gash on my leg that needed stiches, the blood all over my new breeches or the wild anomal standing on her floor. "Take that animal outside this minute!" "But, Mom...." "No buts." "You said I could have a pet." "I said, 'We'll see." Well to make a long story short, she tried to put him out but nothing she did would work as he glared and showed his quills at her every time she got near enough to try to put him out. Finally, tired and grumpy, she gave in. "Just don't let him make messes in the house!" "Thanks, Mom!" "Now your brothers will want pets too. What a day!" So I named my porcupine "Jason" and he has gone everywhere with me since. * * * An Extract from "The Shotokai PKill Archives" "Today, Saturday, January the 17th, a war between secretives and Shotokai has officially started. Egami and myself were involved in two fights of which I will tell you here... #1 Egami went hunting for Kamiya, as the war between us and the Coven had already started. He was attacked by Acestes and Castor and came back to the hall where I was waiting. After healing up, Egami and I grouped with Sinister - an Iscariot whom a few of you know well - and answered a challenge by the Secretives. In the middle of the modern Atlantic we came upon several secretives and Egami and I attacked (Sinister bided his time, invis). Acestes fled, and we hunted her down at the Jolly Beggar and killed her (Egami got the kill). We then returned to the Atlantic where we found Castor, Mandrake and Sarzec, who we proceeded to attack (Sinister now joined in). As Castor has a tendency to flee a lot when he should be tanking for his clanmates, it turned mostly into a 3 on 2 fight. Sinister and Egami beat upon Sarzec and I on Mandrake, with Castor running into the room briefly, and then fleeing again. Finally they all fled to their clan hall, at least two of them below 10 hps, and the third with not much more (I have this from a source within the Secretives). All in all, a triumphant victory. #2 After healing from the first fight, Egami and I transed to Agrabah where we met up with Nosferatu and StormChild from clan Camel. We went to Orkney and transed to medieval there, as we were told that Castor and Acestes were OOC from the Stag. Hunting Mandrake led us to Nottingham, from where he recalled, presumably to try to lure us into the Stag. Instead, Egami hunted Castor whom we found on the way to Spain. He was alone, and ran off when he saw us coming so we started slowly walking back towards Tudor. There we found Castor, Mandrake and Sarzec waiting and we naturally proceeded to attack. Mandrake (I think - perhaps it was Acestes, who soon came in as well) blinded us pretty early in the fight, but Egami and I unblinded ourselves. Castor again fled too much, so Egami could get a para-warcry on Mandrake who yours truly proceeded to kill. Acestes brought a doppel, and as they all started hammering on Egami, his hps dropped fast and he ordered us to disband. Acestes had me blinded again, but I fled and unblinded, and returned briefly to look for the rest of our group. Egami had gone back to the hall at -CENSORED-, and on the way I ran past Castor and Sarzec who came after me (at least Castor did). Seeing this, I withdrew to Blackbeard and transed to modern, rented briefly to remove poison and then to the hall through -CENSORED-. Unfortunately, Nosferatu was still blinded which I noticed on grouptell too late, and I did not care much to back by then so we told him to rent out, which I presume he did. Having rented as I did, I did not see StormChild calling for help, being stunned and blinded, and he died (at whose hand I know not). On the whole, a much briefer, but just as fun fight, a 4 on 4 this time. Recorded by Nym, proud new bearer of the 1st Dan, Loremaster * * * The Dark Lord Gains a Follower A public message to all: I know many are wondering why I, a Malkavian lord myself, would follow the Dark Lord. Well, it all came to me in a dream's portent. I saw in my vision, a dark and commanding figure, full in stature and power. He spoke to me of a great rise of evil, enveloping the world in a wave of blood and darkness. He gave me a choice, to serve him in my prime, and become a power when the world was his, or to serve him after, and be his slave. Im not stupid, only nuts, so I picked the first. It was Mr. Shadowmage, who enlisted me into the Ranks of the enforcers, enclosing my pact with the Dark Lord himself. -Ronnie Valthalas, Dark Enforcer =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Legendary Times is published by the immortals of LegendMUD. Please send all replies, additions, or corrections to our address at [email protected] for inclusion in the next edition. We, however, reserve the right to moderate this discussion, and may object to some submissions. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=