Module Changes

[Strife and Discord]

Version 8261:

Freaks:

As of this version we have expanded our definition of what is a "freak" to include also characters with below average Charisma score.

• NPCs and especially merchants will give a much colder shoulder to those below average Charisma characters now
• NPC Merchants will be harder to gain appraise victory against with a below average Charisma
• Merchant Stall Owners will have harsher rules on below average Charisma characters

[Strife and Discord]

Version 8264:

As of this version we are rolling out a tweak to the Sorcerer's refresh mechanism, which was discussed first with the playerbase HERE prior to implementation.

What can you expect?

• Refresh will now be broken to timers per each of the circles (0-4) as opposed to a single one timer until now. Each timer will be different, taking longer to refresh the higher the circle is

• In addition we have also added a brand new NUI widget just for Sorcerers: Spell Refresh Gauge - It will allow you to:

  • See how much time remains to refresh each of the circles
  • How many spells/slots got refreshed
  • By default it will appear at the left edge of your screen but you can move it or minimize it as you see fit

[Echo]

V8265

• Fixed some bugs
• Implemented some crafting suggestions based on feedback from players who are using it
  • Replaced any remaining generic enchanting oils with the new ones (minor, lesser, basic, etc.) This affects the costs of some recipes (some higher, some lower). as always report any issues.
  • Crafting shops: removed old enchanting oils, replaced with new ones in shops that needed them
  • Wood/Tailor/Bonecraft Shop: added items needed for bone charms (gem dusts, boar fat, ichor, ortrant fragments); added bone glue in bulk box (10)
  • Tinkering Shop: reduced cost of alchemical reagents by 10% (except lesser, it's still 10g)
• Fixed XP markers in the Mysterious Glades
• Minor description edits for area messages
• Made some edits to the Sticky Building quest. Boss was always spawning in the same room instead of a random room. Maybe he'll be random now. Report if he doesnt spawn or if other weird stuff happens!
• Removed an exploit regarding recycling weapons

[Echo]

V8266

• new Lathanderite shrine
• changes to Eveningstar and Collinwood - removed the shrines there

[Puffy]

V8267

• Wildwalkers retired as a faction
• South Gates updated to reflect recent events
• Druid groves updates to reflect recent events
• Minor updates to Tilverton and Eveningstar reflecting player efforts
• Some bug fixes, suggestions, and quality of life improvements

[Strife and Discord]

Version V8268:

Bug Fixes:

• https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/62510/randomly-changing-druid-companion-name
• https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/64414/nervous-stranger-destination-error
• https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/62254/npc-spouting-error-codes
• https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/61931/barbarian-dr-feat-early
• https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/60547/water-jet-druid-spell
• https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/61111/wall-of-smoke
• https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/59603/duration-of-flame-weapon-darkfire
• https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/63026/domain-strength/5
• https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/64365/set-hostile-name
• Corrected also an issue with Familiars information not available for Sorcerers/Wizards inside the Character Creation/Level up windows

Changes:

Fishing System:

• Began work on upgrading the Skinning Knife to allow players to fillet fish captured with the new Fishing System. This once done will replace the need for Fish monger tables

Misc:

• Load Screen hints we completely disabled on CoA
• Removed the WW Prestige Chest from Arabel, Outskirts: Calantar's Road which means you cannot get additional PP for that faction
• Left the NPC Rosemary for now so players can expend their existing WW PP - We will remove her fully in a week
• Added Palid Mask Guard outside the House of Ash base

[Puffy]

V82871-3

• Tilverton updated to reflect recent IG events
• Fungal house quest revamped and moved as of recent events
• Caravans are back in Tilverton
• Griffon Hill updated to reflect recent events
• Shrine of the Red Knight moved to Slingdyke, WIP
• CARES updated in the King's Forest to reflect recent events
• Underground areas given some tweaks

[Puffy]

V8274

• Tilverton updated with thematic spawns, note dangerous!
• Tilverton caravan bug should be resolved
• Halfhap has moved back to Tilverton
• Gnolls Peak decorated
• New shrine of Siamorphe in Immersea, Southern Border
• Eveningstar has improved and many orange trees have been planted after celebrating Greengrass!
• Griffon Hill updated with new CARES
• Red Knight and Tempus have their own respective stores

[Echo]

8275 - strife magic
8276 - puffy bug fixes
8277-8281 more strife magic
8282 - puffy bug fixes and palette cleanup
8283 - deth magic
8284-8289 more strife magic
8290 - echo bug fixes & stuff

Added missing bone recipe: Beast Helm
Added scribing inks to the shops
unmarked some craftable items as stolen since they arent
adjusted crafting xp gained via enchanting to match with other forms of crafting
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/64469/enchanting-shield-broken/8 (needed to replace old enchanting oil in recipes with new stuff)
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/64521/no-wolf-boots-upon-crafting (typo in recipe)
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/64388/outdated-crafting-ingredients-in-store
removed prestige points from player-crafted bone charms
removed prestige points from bird feathers (it's not very prestigious to have killed a bird), small bones, and animal meat
edited the weights of animal pelts
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/64536/the-high-hunt-quest/6

[Puffy]

8296
New plot faction set ups
Fishing cleaning tables removed

[Strife and Discord]

Version 8297:

As we continue to give this old game a much needed facelift, we have updated our portrait package today to introduce new portraits, which include:

• 80 Creature
• 11 NPC
• 16 Placeables
• 10 Dwarven Males
• 6 Elven Females
• 9 Elven Males
• 1 Gnomish Female
• 4 Half Elven Females
• 1 Half Orc Male
• 4 Halfling Females
• 4 Halfling Males
• 20 Human Females
• 34 Human Males

[Strife and Discord]

Version 8299:

We continue to give this old game the much needed facelift and this time we tackle other game resources. We have updated our hakpak with the following(Which can be used by our builders):

• 21 new Bag icons
• 72 new Gem/Runestone icons
• 322 new Miscellaneous Small/Large/Medium Icons
• 250 new Music tracks

[Strife and Discord]

Version 8306:

In the spirit of our continued effort to give this old game a proper facelift, we are rolling out a new personal favorite QoL feature for players called the "Players Toolbar":

Alot of credit goes to the amazing @TheMinionOfArabel for providing us with these customized and very specific icons.

What is It?

The player toolbar will sit comfortably at the top of your screen in the middle and will replace some of your currently used dot commands completely:

It currently has the following options(From left to right):

(1) Opening your character description modification window(Replacing .bio command):

(2) Rolling a dice(Replacing the old .roll command):

(3) Recall Henchmen(Replacing the old .recall command):

This button will be disabled until you actually have summons/companions/familiars with you and will

(4) Sneak through doors(Replacing the old .sneak command):

This button will be disabled until you actually go into stealth mode, as its a prerequisite of attempting this sneak

(5) Toggling Walk State:

This is a completely new command that will allow you to set your avatar to always walk without having to click shift or activating detect mode. Keep in mind that this will persist through resets!

(6) Toggle NPC Subdual Mode(Replacing the old .toggle npcsubdue command):

This allows you to toggle the NPC subdual. Keep in mind that it does not persists through resets.

Whats Next?

• Once we make sure all is well, we are going to completely deprecate the old dot commands covered in this toolbar

• We intend to add more capabilities to this feature such as:

  • XP gain toggle
  • Quickslot switching
  • Advanced Emotes Manager
  • Hood/Backpack/Scabbard toggles
  • Subdual Settings
  • Looting
  • Language Selection
  • Settings section to let you choose what options your toolbar will display

Please check out the new feature and give us your feedback! If you have more you want to see covered in the next version!

[Puffy]

V8307

• Warm Waterfall has been changed into a 4-10 quest, with new lore and features
• Tempest Valley have had some additional lore nodes added to them
• Braerwinter now takes recruits via the NPC
• Eveningstar has been updated, with a functional inn and now new donation chest
• Some bug fixes implemented

[Strife and Discord]

Version 8308:

• Tweaks around the Players' Toolbar

• 94 More Portraits added:

  • 5 Dwarven Males
  • 1 Elven Female
  • 13 Half Orc Males
  • 25 Human Females
  • 8 Human Males
  • 42 NPC Only Portraits

• Added more small Misc item appearances for builders

[Strife and Discord]

Version 8311:

• Additional 103 music tracks added to improve the ambiance across the game world
• Cleaned up most of the silly selectable heads(You know which ones I mean) so the experience will be less silly

[Echo]

8312

• Fixed some exploits that were recently reported in weapon/armor crafting

  • Made recycling recipe levels = the level to make the item being recycled

  • Recycling "mangled" metals now requires 3 mangled metals to make 1 ingot (instead of a 1-to-1 return which essentially gave players an endless supply of metals/xp)

  • removed xp gain from recycling ingots/items (you're already getting free ingots from it and from what you crafted to recycle so it was double-dipping)

  • Recycling weapons & armor now has different returns on ingots. It used to be 1/2 of the ingots required to make the item, now it is as follows

    • recipe 1-2 ingots, return = 1 ingot
      recipe 3 ingots, return = 1d2 ingots
      recipe 4 ingots, return = 2 ingots
      recipe 5 ingots, return = 1d3 ingots
      recipe 6 ingots, return = 3 ingots
      recipe 7 ingots, return = 1d4 ingots
      recipe 8 ingots, return = 4 ingots
      recipe 10 ingots, return = 1d6 ingots

  • added falchions to recycling recipes

  • added copper armors to recycling recipes

  • added gold purchased items (padding, rivots) to bracers recipes

  • made it so you lose your mold on a failed attempt at weapon crafting

  • made it so you lose 1/2 of the rivots on weapons that require them for a failed roll

  • increased costs of rivots

    • copper 10 to 15
      bronze 15 to 20
      iron 20 to 40
      platinum 25 to 60
      mithril 30 to 70

Just a reminder that if something seems "too good to be true" it probably needs to be reported to a DM and not exploited for gain.

[Strife and Discord]

Version 8313:

Additional Hak Work:

• Completed removal of all silly heads

• Added completely 78 new heads:

  • +1 Dwarf Male Head
  • +6 Dwarf Female Heads
  • +2 Elf Female Heads
  • +4 Half Orc Male Heads
  • +3 Half Orc Female Heads
  • +1 Halfling Male Head
  • +2 Halfling Female Heads
  • +28 Human Male Heads
  • +31 Human Female Heads

• Attempted fix of the Glowing Rat issues(Potion Quest Rat)

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Version 8314:

New Content:

• Added more new heads:

  • +24 Human Male Heads
  • +11 Elven Female Heads
  • +1 Dwarf Male Head
  • +1 Gnome Male Head

Bug Fixes:

• https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/64764/bounties-and-crafting-xp-not-included-in-the-xp-toggle
• https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/64748/able-to-run-in-stealth-mode

[Echo]

v8315

More crafting edits

• Edited molds for weapons to match their weapon type (except tiny, they use small molds)
• Added recipes for short spears (copper, bronze, iron, silver, titatium)
• Added short spears to recycling script
• Fixed stats on some crafted weapons that got skipped last time we did updates/edits
• Updated halberd recipes to require longstaves