Module Changes

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8599

Bug Fixes only tonight

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Version 8600:

(1) Player Portrait Pack Update:

Added 76 new portraits to our player portrait pack:

Dwarves: 9 Female ; 11 Male
Elves: 10 Female ; 11 Male
Halflings: 10 Female ; 11 Male
Human: 4 Female ; 10 Male

Many thanks to both @cpt_elrad_2nd and @SirWill360 , who contributed!

(2) Identify Spell Dead - Long live Lore:

We have changed the Identify spell to now be called Lore and allow you, much like Protection from Alignment, to choose what knowledge skill to boost.

In the case of Arcana/Nature/Religion, which require training - The spells will only boost your stats if you invested at least one point into them.

Many thanks to the amazing @TheMinionOfArabel for her artwork.

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8601-8602

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66373/black-point-quest
updates to frost orcs (they were weak and some had weird feats that didnt match the class.)
added new loot to dwarven brewery quest
added new loot to sticky building quest

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8608

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66415/crafted-a-gilded-scale-mail-but-didnt-receive-item
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/65423/game-keeps-crashing-when-entering-hullack-forrest/7

8609

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66428/umberlee-trident-too-good-to-be-true/12 added NE/CE/CN alignment to the trident
potion shop - more potion options
New loot added to:

downtown quest
Haunted Ruins
Precept quest
Blackpoint
Rotting Goblin Tribe
Darendaal crypt
Graveyard Ops
Bospir - Haunted Hill
Maela's Monsters

I think I've done all the 4-6 quests. now to start on 4-9

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8610-8611

Added new loot to

Ant Quest (removed non-thematic loot, added new stuff)
Barrenstone (removed non-thematic loot, added new stuff)
Startwater Tomb (removed some "junk", added a couple thematic items, fixed 2 waypoints that werent spawning loot properly, added a couple surprises)

Bugs fixed

found an issue with a few platinum nodes, fixed
Hullack forest: wyvernbay area - changed lighting to find something less dark

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Version 8612:

Changelog:

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a bug that allowed certain subraces to gain too-good-to-be-true amounts of XP once they reaches level 10. Thank you @TheMinionOfArabel for reporting it

Blur/Barkskin/Shield in Prestige Stores:

The three potion packs were re-added back to prestige stores in a reduced amount than before and are more expensive, to ensure that the option exists to spend PP on these potions but crafting/trading will be more readily available for those willing to spend GP.

For quality of life I also made sure each potion pack has a different appearance.

Sendings:

Sendings will now be broadcast to both the #general and #sending-room channels. The latter will only have sendings in it and no other chatter to make browsing through sendings much easier.

Player Maps and Merchant Stalls:

Maps created by players can now be sold in Merchant Stalls. The fix should apply to both newly created maps and existing ones.

Asset Changes:

Added 50 new desert placeables per builders request
Added 24 new portraits for players to use:
- 1x Dwarf Male
- 1x Elf Male
- 4x Human Female
- 18x Human Male

New Feats Support:

Began infra work to prepare for addition of new feats. More on it upon release!

Trinity System Related Changes - Nodes:

Began laying foundations of mirroring the "Wild" aspect of Flora and introducing it into our Nodes subsystem as well. This will be used later by builders to have these unbound nodes spawn in quest areas randomly.

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Version 8618:

Changelog:

Bug Fixes:

New Feats:

Introducing 5 new feats:

Action Surge
Second Wind
Practiced Spellcaster
Arcane Armor Training
Arcane Armor Mastery

Major props to both @Voss_ and @TheMinionOfArabel for their help with these!

As always please report any issues/explots with the new feats!

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8621

Falcon's Rest: changed load screen from random to one of castle interior
House of Ash Specialty Shop open to the public. This is a trial run for other factions to offer items to the public.
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66616/remove-this-arch-in-the-lizardfolk-quest
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66579/lana-wetton-quest-giver-broken-bottle-shop/10
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/56231/putrid-meadow-tower
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66646/gorgon-calf-double-drop
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66650/quest-courier
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66652/zqa-eastern-marches-abyssal-woods
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66701/no-treasure-in-starwater-bandits
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66630/ant-eye-lens-not-doing-anything
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66647/zqa-stormhorns-tbhe-frozen-throne
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66634/wrath-of-a-hateful-child
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66606/talisman-of-malar
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66675/rat-summoning-theme/2
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66645/reduce-the-cost-of-medical-herbs
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66485/broken-c25-climb-check/3
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66706/zqa-haunted-halls-owlbear-lair

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Version 8622:

Changelog:

Bug Fixes:

Suggestions Implemented:

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66673/slyngdyke-qol

Other Changes:

Added a Donation Chest to Irondrake along with a new NPC

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Version 8624 - Changelog:

Bug Fixes:

Spell Changes

Aura of Shadows Modified:

Spell will now do as follows:

+1d4 cold damage and 10% cold immunity, for 5 rounds/level
SF Necromancy: +1d4 negative damage and 15% negative immunity, for 1turn/level
GSF Necromancy: +1d6 negative damage and 20% negative immunity, for 2turns/level

Impede Modified:

Spell will now do as follows:

Default: Target must make a Will save or be slowed for 1 round/2 levels
GSF Enchantment: Target must make a Will save or be immobilized for 1 round/2 levels;  if save successful target makes a Fort save or be slowed for same duration

Shield and Mage Armor Modified:

Corrected an oversight that allowed players to enjoy SF and GSF feat bonuses when the spell was cast from items. Should no longer be possible.

**If you come across more such cases please report them

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Version 8628 Changelog:

Asset Changes:

Added new Mountain Goat Appearances
Fixed broken Hippogriff Appearance
Added new portraits to support our new Mountain Goat creatures
Added new tileset files, which might fix our Hullack issues

Domain Changes:

Undead Domain was reported as too good to be true(With the Create Greater Undead spell) and was rebalanced as a result(Updated also on the relevant forum section):

Access to spells: Mage Armor (1). Animate Dead (2). Negative Energy Burst (3). Fear (4).

DM Tools Related Work:

Improved the DM Damage tool for ease of use so they can dish out more damage with relative ease, in cool new ways
Deprecated some physical DM tools as well as dot commands

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v8629

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/62306/help-sytem-journal-entry attempt at fixing the .help journal entries
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66814/high-road-quest-giver-grumbling-dwarven-goblin-hunter set him to immortal, gave him a dwarf voiceset (he had aribeth's voice lol)
adusted CARES triggers for Firefall Vale map. put the castle back on the map too
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66798/headless-gnome
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66790/hullack-forest-mysterious-glade
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66779/dulbir-s-shop-bug
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66778/amulet-of-collinwood-no-charges
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66772/ironwood-seeds-wildwalker-pp
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66743/bug-in-tessaril-s-tower
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66765/torchbearer-lantern-no-charges
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66766/ranger-shop-stalker-s-leather-charge-issue
adjustments to the scripts for the thaumaturgic shards in the Hullack
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/51826/quest-silence-of-the-lambs-no-interior-spawns/5
edits to all the undead animals
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66819/murdered-manticore-basement
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66723/high-crimmond-area-has-unreachable-places added a climb check
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66820/bronze-insect

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8631

New loot available on Hillmarch Ogres and Goblin Valley quests
New Lore available in game connected to current plots
removed wyvernwater map pieces from loot chests in wyvernwater areas now that the puzzle has been solved
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66827/crafting-issue-mahogany-quarterstaff fixed

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8634-8635

removed access to Grey Oaks in King's Forest, Mouth o'Gargoyles area (leftover area from sigils hunt)
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66894/sirine-s-sister-undisarmable-mob
added Santa & some holiday/seasonal decorations
added a second merchant stall in the alleys
updated poisons available in shops and via crafting to new appearances
edited (lowered) the cost of some poisons via alchemy to reflect the new shop prices
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66911/transition-missing - edited the dhedluk map to accommodate this link because it should exist
new loot added to: halfhap quest, troll bog quest, hullack bandits quest
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66896/remove-reagent-cost-for-polishing-oil/3

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8636

fixed issues with new poison appearances

8637

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/55705/helmsland-elementals-needs-more-loot added loot
added a few loot items in the knightswood quest
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66771/haunted-halls-kobold-quest
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66363/slumdog-remove-sneak-attack
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66804/frigid-cavern added correct ondeath script. also added some loot items
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/65985/ancient-watchtower/8
Sick Black Bear - adjusted stats to represent it being "sick"
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66763/broken-bottle-shack
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/64717/downtown-quest-does-not-scale/5
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66783/slumlord
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66283/precept-quest added new willowisp varieties. also most of the encounters were set to "easy". I set them to "normal". this should pull more variety.
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66471/owl-bear-lair/2
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/56167/redwood-undead-
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/65157/the-angry-bone-r-tribe/12 increased end gp payout from 400 to 600

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8638

updated the treasure maps in the chest that it pulls from when you get a 'furled up map' to the new map descriptions - might be easier for you to find stuff. thanks to @TheMinionOfArabel for help with descriptions
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66963/bogstone-amulet
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66958/swim-suit-properties-missing/3
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66957/summoned-alligator
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66953/wyverns-on-hullack-passage-quest-not-in-harvest-system
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66946/quest-warm-waterfall/2

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8639

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66986/copper-scale-mail-bug
fixed an issue with one of the librarian's reference books found in shamrock garden
edited lowbie quest loot tables to identify items (only on 4-6 quests)
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66983/copper-crafting lowered copper rivets cost from 15 to 7
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66997/oak-shields-cost
added some debug code to sort out this bug https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66951/bospir-special-prestige-shop-requires-collinswood-prestige-points
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66971/underground-lower-passage-xp-placeable-trapped

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Version 8644 Changelog:

Fixes:

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/67044/traps-on-tessaril-s-tower
- This fix is not just for the Tessaril Tower quest but should encompass the entire server. This means you will start seeing proper thematic traps and not Spike traps everywhere
Various exploits fixed
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/67036/kings-queens-abyss

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Sorry, havent posted my stuff in a while:

8640

Attempted fix of wraith rage https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/61098/wraith-rage. Now that I know the fix worked, I can adjust what it spawns

8642

removed some mysteriously appearing triggers in the HoA
adjustements to the Frigid Cave quest after feedback from players and watching them run it a couple times
- fixed polar bears - had wrong set of scripts so they werent being skinned properly
- boosted the stats of the Frigid Cave yeti boss
- made variants of yetis since they werent spawning in the Frigid Cave quest due to high CR
- maybe fixed the frigid cavern not doing cold damage over time
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/67016/bronze-vs-copper-boots-same-stats
some adjustments to radiance/motes. this will affect both Tessaril's Tower and the Goldfeather Haunted Ruins quests. Hopefully, they will both be better now. Feedback please.

8643

fixed an issue/exploit with the arabel farms (insects) quest
set some of the flora waypoints on the Wyvernwater isles to TREE so players can get twigs for campfires
started working on a new quest for Shadowmire Isle

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8645

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/67035/some-wood-recipe-errors/ not sure about the club but fixed the staff
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/67038/dwarven-knot-cloak-missing-charges
finalized the Wraith Rage creatures. it should scale now for barb level
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66843/ more places to get loot and new/different loot added
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/67031/banded-ice-dwarf-mail