Module Changes

Strife and Discord · 23 Jan 2025, 15:50

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

Echo · 23 Jan 2025, 16:14

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

Echo · 24 Jan 2025, 02:18

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

Strife and Discord · 29 Jan 2025, 16:47

V8649 Change Log:

Trinity System Related Work:

Continued work on a new feature called Unbound Nodes. These will mimic the logic we have for Wild Flora(Not plantable ones) which can then be added to various quests or DM events(If needed).

Death System Related Changes:

We have tweaked the XP penalties, lowering them from their current level. The changes are as follows:

Respawn XP Penalty reduced from 25% to 20%
Raise Dead XP Penalty(Via PC/NPC Priest or Scroll) reduced from 15% to 10%
Resurrection XP Penalty(Via NPC or Scroll) reduced from 10% to 5%

Echo · 6 Feb 2025, 04:24

8650

apparently i forgot to actually upload v8648 so ... made all those changes again

adjusted traps in > Redwoods: Cursed Outpost

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/67058/fungal-ruins-quest

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/67054/white-lion-on-old-cnr-instead-of-trinity

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/67021/herb-collector-quest

edits to gilded boots recipe & added gilded helm recipe

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/66251/some-issues-crafting-gilded-armors

put Santa back into storage (finally)

8651-8655

Strife magic

8656

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/67076/spirit-warded-amulet-at-hoa-store/4
Worked on a new set of quests

8657

House of Ash shop adjustments https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/67064/shops-help-needed/13
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/67070/quests-that-need-traps-to-be-reviewed/7
Bandit Camp quest in Hullack forest
- imported Moloch's updated bandit areas
- changed out bioware default wolves & spider for coa creatures
Barrenstone quest
- several traps in the barrenstone quest did not have a type variable set so they were all defaulting to spike. changed them to other stuff for variety

8658

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/67130/pfe-doesn-t-work-against-mountain-orcs/4
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/67148/crafting-bug-wooden-stakes
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/67149/crafting-bug-oak-quarterstaff
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/67069/poison-gas-traps-on-hillmarch-ogres-quest adjusted some of the gas traps
more work on a new set of quests

Echo · 19 Feb 2025, 04:23

8559-8661

Strife magic

8662-8663

Deth magic

8664

8665-8666

Strife magic

8667

updates to tilverton
updates to king's plaza
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/67287/hillmarch-ogre-warlord/7
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/67288/non-existent-lvl-5-plant-summon
new monsters added ... go find them :)

8668

another attempt at fixing plant summon v - tested in game, fix worked
Edited all the trap waypoints on Clean Up Crew/Necro Gobbos
edited all the trap waypoints in Pride of Arabel quest
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/67312/alicia-glimmerstroke-isn-t-evil
https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/67181/discrepancy-on-forum-for-air-genasi
Fixes to some gem/ore nodes in the stonelands
more updates to king's plaza

Strife and Discord · 21 Feb 2025, 13:16

V8670 Changelog:

General Changes:

Infra changes support in code
New NUI Assets added for future work
New Placeables introduced for Builders' courtesy of @Zool

Trinity Related Changes:

Infra work to support Unbound Nodes is now completed and moving into QA stage.

What are Unbound Nodes?

Currently all our Resource Nodes(Ore, Stone, Crystals and Soil) are persistent in the DB and are spread across several regions. The Unbound nodes are not persistent and going to be utilized in quest areas.

What does it mean?

It means that we will now be able to set said resource nodes(Like Wild flora) to spawn in relevant quest areas based on quest difficulty mapping. This means some of the more rare materials will have a chance to spawn in hard quests, etc.

Echo · 3 Apr 2025, 00:46

8683

Some NPC updates in King's Plaza
https://forums.cityofarabel.com/topic/67376/ritual-dagger-blood-vials/3
Edits to traps on these quests

Old Tomb
Bospir Forgotten Graveyard
Deadwell Blistering Ruins
Precept Quest
Abyssal Woods

Visual edits to

Calantar's Way: Blisterfoot
Tilverton
High Road Stonefliffs
Arabel Library
Outskirts: Moonsea Ride

Mr.Moloch · 3 Apr 2025, 00:46

8693

Per suggestion made on Discord, Lliira store now carries some musical items (mundane), duplicates of items from the Scribe store, and a few select themed items connected to Lliira and Denier (some of these are marked only use if you have the deity; UMD is fine also though).

The Back Alleys quest now has a fourth theme available for players to introduce new characters to another one of our heretical cults.

Mr.Moloch · 3 Apr 2025, 00:48

Hit enter too soon : Also updated Exotica's Store with some new gear; let me know if anything seems off with this store; we're trying to give players some expensive cool thematic gear to buy, but if something is off - talk it over with me please.

Mr.Moloch · 5 Apr 2025, 00:04

Completed some player suggestions:

1). QOL changes to Gavel Hall.
2). Conjured fire elementals will now glow.
3). Scare works as requested here: https://forums.cityofarabel.com/topic/66807/improvement-for-scare?_=1743808033966
4). NPCs on the Barrenstone quest, and part of the fairy trilogy of quests are adjusted now, some balance issues fixed where these were not set up appropriately for quests of these levels (mostly in the form of being too dangerous).
5). Raging Goblins were much to wise...not anymore.
6). Updated Deadwell region in response to player actions.

Mr.Moloch · 5 Apr 2025, 23:56

Updated Sorcerers:

Spell Regeneration timers were increased:
https://forums.cityofarabel.com/topic/48592/sorcerer

To offset this, we decided to increase spells known for sorcerers a little per this chart:
https://forums.cityofarabel.com/topic/48592/sorcerer/4

Did a revision to Troll Bog quest designed to increase variety of spawns you'll face, and to remove the problem of Swampomancer being the only troll to spawn when you take a high level party into the area. Please give feedback as with any of the quest updates we're doing. More coming!

Echo · 4 Jul 2025, 02:03

8686

Added NPCs for upcoming stuff
Minor quest updates
Cosmetic changes to various areas
based on player suggestion, I added Fishmongers to 4 locations: high crimmond, irondrake, dhedluk, collinwood
https://forums.cityofarabel.com/topic/67518/ice-spider-cave-too-fast-ticking-damage-and-cold-immunity-does-not-work/6
Updated traps with TrapLevel variable on :

Kobold Quest (in the sewer)
Maela's Sewers
Ants Quest (also added variety - they were all set to Tangle)

Removed old CNR spawners from

ZQA: Immertrail Yeoman Bridge
ZQA: Immertrail Woods
ZQA: Immertrail Western Cliffs

https://forums.cityofarabel.com/topic/67591/pc-corpses-dont-spawn/2

8687

imported updates for the quest system
imported changes to guards in various city & outskirts areas
https://forums.cityofarabel.com/topic/67465/immersea-island-ferry-system/2

8688

https://forums.cityofarabel.com/topic/67698/helmlands-hyphae/2
imported moloch's quest changes for fey, goblins, and cleanup crew
imported folklores changes to various areas
https://forums.cityofarabel.com/topic/67470/golem-summoning-books/7

8689

removed some of the PointOfInterest Tag from placeables in Eveningstar
imported some areas for moloch
resolved gilded helm issue https://forums.cityofarabel.com/topic/67676/crafting-gilded-helm-returns-no-item-on-success/5
resolved long stave of oak issue https://forums.cityofarabel.com/topic/67662/long-stave-of-oak-requires-hickory-instead-of-oak/3
resolved flame touched bracer not having charges https://forums.cityofarabel.com/topic/67651/flame-touched-bracer-no-charges/2
Resolved Grig's harp not having any charges https://forums.cityofarabel.com/topic/67650/grig-s-harp-no-charges
resolved locust wing boots not having charges https://forums.cityofarabel.com/topic/67649/locust-wing-boots-no-charges/2
fixed traps on all the wyvernwater quest areas and redwoods quest areas

8691

removed a lot of old/unused items/ scripts/ conversation files
imported moloch's HP changes
resolved Gilded Chain Mail issu https://forums.cityofarabel.com/topic/67735/gilded-scale-mail-recipe-success-doesn-t-yield-any-item/2
Started the groundwork to add a bounty hunter for fish.

8692

cleaned up old/unused NPCs and areas
water tub changes - you can now fill empty bucket and make holy water at the same station via conversation - this combined 5 scripts into 2, and 3 conversations into 2.
ZQA: Hillmarch, Ogre Cave: Added waypoints to test unbound ore nodes
visual changes to haunted halls & eveningstar

8696

Water Tubs: I had put the wrong convo script in the OnUsed. Replaced with correct scripts.. Water tubs should work again. Added updated water tubs to collinwood interiors and high crimmond. Removed old "holy pools" since their function is now covered by the water tubs

High Crimmond https://forums.cityofarabel.com/topic/67871/high-crimmond
Wild Cooshee https://forums.cityofarabel.com/topic/67872/gooshe-spawns-in-the-hullack/3
Gavel Hall Spawn Point https://forums.cityofarabel.com/topic/67860/gavel-hall-spawn-point-not-working/2
Historic Farmland traps https://forums.cityofarabel.com/topic/67855/zqa-arabel-historic-farmland-minor-electric-trap/2

Mr.Moloch

v8706

Arabel Updated Significantly - This represents one of the largest module updates I've ever been part of, outside a full module rebuild. This represents over 100+ hours of work by the entire team to put together; but we do still apologize that we know its size means there will be bugs to hammer out this week.

Historic District and Noble District entirely redesigned.
Over 15 areas updated to reflect recent events connected to the coming of the Storm.

Incomplete List -
Arabel Outskirts: Calantar's Road
Arabel Outskirts: Moonsea Ride
Arabel Outskirts: High Road
Arabel Outskirts Eastway
Arabel House Goldfeather
Arabel House Mossmere
Arabel Interiors
Arabel Sewers
Eveningstar
Calantar's Way
Aunkspear
East Way Road: Bospir
Haunted Halls

Almost every area of the module the touches the storm was also edited. Some areas are now within the storm and inaccessible (it'll be obvious when this is the case.)

Added two new areas of the module to explore (these are VERY DANGEROUS but you'll also get a clear visual representation of just how dangerous so you'll know you want to leave before that representation of the danger reaches the obvious bad point.)

Quest Redesigns
Shamrock Garden was entirely redesigned, now in the Arabel Library; will have more enemy variety, a selection of thematic loot that is updated, and connects directly into the new setting.

Haunted Mansion was given a major facelift, now connects directly into the danger of the Storm and the last few weeks of plot and storyline. New opportunities to roleplay with some of the deranged workers.

Warehouse Quest new quest giving some indications about how desperate some people are to escape the storm, partially built on the memories of the original from v2 of the module. This is entirely updated version.

Calantar's Road Orc Quest - added substantive new story elements, reduced the length (but not the challenge of the quest). This isn't finished, more polish will come here.

Haunted Ruins -- Major redesign of enemies, new loot.

Tessarils Tower -- Added a new theme of enemies, redesign of existing enemies, fixed setting that locked out variety of things that should have spawned there, more thematic loot added to the tables.

Edits to almost every conversation that gave directions to an introductory quest; in theory, you can now follow from NPC to NPC to do about 60% of the introduction quests. Some you will still have to go looking for. Same adjustment to the Letter Delivery Quest.

Mr.Moloch

v8709

Just a ton of bug fixes - PLEASE check bugs people have reported and let us know if the fixes worked so we can clear these. :) Big thank you to folks reporting anything that looks even remotely wrong, I want to clean house quick.

Also, put 5th level wizard scrolls into the wizard shop. Player suggested this was a useful tweak to help wizards, originally, they were taken out because sorcerers may use them - but - and I think this matters - that's why quests give players rewards, so they can buy things. :) If it becomes a problem, we'll just look at the gold price.

Mr.Moloch

Many more bug fixes.

ECL has been removed for most application subraces; it now remains at +1 ECL only for lycanthropes.

Oh, and have you found the new casino?

Mr.Moloch

v8713

Improvements made to the rat summoning theme to bring it closer into alignment with the other themes in terms of power and utility. Rats tend to be sneaky and work well with stealth builds. Think low damage, stealthy abilities, but good AC and AB to allow them to distract foes.

Deer, rabbits, and squirrels should start acting like herbivores, if you attack one, it will not cause all other docile animals to become hostile to you - so if you kill a deer for a hide, cows won't attack you in town. These animals should also run from players even if you don't attack them.

Adjusted the Flagons Held High (Traitor) quest in the Pride of Arabel. Our data indicated the boss on this quest was the most dangerous NPC in the module in terms of players killed this week (that included Avalanche). This NPC has been redesigned to better match the power-level you expect on an introductory quest, its damage shifted from dual wielded 2d4 weapons to 1d4 weapons, its HP went from 70 to what should be found on a low-level rogue. The final encounter went from a minimum of 5 creatures to a minimum of 3 creatures spawning.

This quest is still due a redesign, but our data indicated it needed an immediate fix.

If you look at the data, Red Wizards and Thayan Warriors also killed a lot of players, the Warehouse quest was meant for 6-10th level PCs in a party. It was accidently set at a testing status (1-10th level characters of 1-10th level). This is now better aligned to our other 6-10 quests.

Mithril Boots were adjusted in terms of power. SR 16 was too powerful, and data backed this up too. Instead of SR, the boots give a Haste (5) for 5 charges with 50 charges total. There were some excellent ideas for revising the boots, but some of those proposed by players would require adding haks to create powers the game doesn't have (such as saves vs spells). Data showed that these were the single most purchased item in the module's stores; beating out potions in the amount of gold players put down for them. That was a strong indicator they were overpowered.

Mr.Moloch

8720v

The Infested Ruins quest in the Redwoods: Cursed Ruins had far too many poison traps per player feedback.

I cut the number of poison traps in half, made it easier to spot several traps, removed several non-poison traps that didn't make sense on a quest with barely intelligent fungus and aberrations.
Additionally, I noticed many foes (Infected mostly) lacked any creature attacks, provided them slam attacks appropriate to their challenge rating.
Adjusted the area cosmetically to suit the quest (let me know if any placeables block vision).
Created additional loot and provided more variety in the monsters that spawn. Some of which hints to the history of the ruins, more of this history can be learned in other ways too.

Will revisit this quest in a few weeks to look at how these changes affected it over all. I'm not 100% happy with this update, and think we can do a little more polish here - open to feedback or suggestions.

Mr.Moloch · 5 Apr 2025, 18:03

8722v

Several minor bug fixes implemented.

Second Wind now heals 1/2 of your max HP instead of 1/2 your missing HP.
Invisibility now lasts 1 turn (10 rounds) per level.

Most NPCs should not react with horror if you have a subrace or a low Charisma score. NPCs who still do this probably are bugs, please report.

Mr.Moloch

More bug fixes, most bugs from the big update seem to be fixed now.

Added Trash Cans around Old Gate, Historic, and Noble Districts per player request.

Made it easier to reach the Selune Temple in Immersea Borders and added items to the Siamorphe Store in Immersea.

Looked over the Arachnid Theme and made adjustments - sparked initially by concern 1-3 was too weak - but led to conclusion 4-5 were really outpacing the 'base line' elemental themes. Arachnid theme is meant to have low HP with good AC at higher levels, low damage, but provide poison attacks and some limited crowd control (at the lower levels). With immunity to mind spells and webs (not not to poison).

The SM1 (Summon Monster 1) is on par with other summons, but just for fun I gave it a single use of a bolt web attack.

The SM2 is also on par with other summons, but had a skin that gave it Freedom of Movement; which was likely an effort to make immune to its own web attack. I replaced that with a spider skin that makes it immune to webs only. Gave it additional AC so its more in line with other summons.

The SM3 is where things got odd - it had 20 poison bolt attacks, so it was just going to stand there and shoot a DC 14 minor venom at things. I reduced its bolt attacks to 1; gave it a bite attack with small spider venom and 1d6 damage - it didn't even have a bite attack before at all. Gave it weapon finesse so its attacks hit more often.

The SM4 had 1d8 STR draining poison - meaning one hit could do 2d8 STR damage; that is just too good (better than higher level summons). So this was reduced to a 1d6 STR drain poison; twice as good as the SM3, but not better than SM5.

The SM5 had higher damage output than most elementals + poison. So shifted its STR down, gave it more DEX and Weapon Finesse.

This should improve the 1-3 summons but also probably brings the rest of the spider summons down a little in terms of damage at 4-5.

Open to feedback on these moving forward - but this should be a decent boost to the 1-3; probably not very noticeable on the 4-5 I hope. That said, this theme will soon be open as a sorcerer bloodline theme. We're not done with summoning, there's a thread in discord for feedback.