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I loved Denorai so much. So did Shakti. She didn't *trust* him but she did love him. He made everything unpredictable. :)

::[ City Sending by Civil Servant : A caravan is ready to go to the Mound of Magnatz the Red. Guards are asked to make themselves known at the Barbican to take on the task. Speak to Glenn. ]::

We still get these from time to time even though the Barbican is ruins and Glenn is gone. They come in a few variations, sometimes it is by a Red Guildsman, sometimes it is by a named NPC.

Thanks!
 

Wonderful character. Shakti loved her so much. Our interactions were always great fun and the banter frequently made me laugh. A gem in Sanctuary's character gallery, I wish she had lasted longer!

I was in general quite happy with September. I was lucky enough to participate in several DM events and had a sense that plot was happening even when I did not have direct DM attention. The DM events I did not take part in nonetheless still made play more entertaining because they introduced events and plot twists you could discuss and argue about. Most notably the recent Silverlight Mercenaries plotline which I am adoring; it is once again drawing up battle lines. But the bomb event in the Vault, the ooze and undead attack at the stairs, the slaad melees in Starag's and Lower -- they all kept things hopping and hugely improved play for me even if I only directly participated in one of four.

I also liked the faction specific events. Obviously I was only part of one of these, but it gives faction morale a big boost when you know that there is stuff going on. (The growing Covenant split between drow and PCs is a good example; it was created and fed by two DM events, one Ooze and one WaW -- thanks Kinslayer and Tala!)

Play in general was more or less as always. I could make small grumbles about the scripted quests but they would only echo all the other threads ever made about them so I will pass that by. I did have some excellent PvP encounters (note here that I count RP clashes to include these, not only actual fights), again a sign that the factions are moving along. I personally do not believe the factions are 'too friendly', merely that at the moment things are at low heat and that this will prove a happy contrast when faction struggles really start boiling again. The dreaded 'inter-faction' relationships and near friendships make subsequent open hostilities so much more dramatic and gives an actual impression of a civil war rather than just gang warfare between Gang A and Gang B.

I would note that I once or twice had small DM interactions that I loved. At one point I was playing an alt who got mugged by a gang of DM controlled kobolds; managing to talk myself out of being killed with judicious compliments and surrendering most of my gold was good fun! (The preceding fight was fair -- I could have won, I just made a couple bad decisions and had bad luck, so no complaints there!) I feel that these small DM interactions that last like five minutes and give some fun RP are wonderful little morale boosts.

Criticisms -- meh. Right now anything I could bring up would be quibbles.

Thanks for the fun!
 

When you set your spawn point in the Cathedral of Slime (Sanctuary -- Lower -- Ruined Cathedral), you spawn inside the Cathedral after server restart. This can be inconvenient if the lease has expired because then you are stuck inside with no way to open the locked door. Could the spot where you spawn after server restart be moved to outside the locked door, please?

This is a wand from distant shores right?

Yes, it is. I apologise for not including this in my first report.

 

Intar was awesome and will be sadly missed. I had so much fun interacting with him no matter which character I played and I loved his adventurousness. Glad you enjoyed him and hope you will have fun on the next one, too!
 

Oh yeah, that happens. It can be really difficult to handle those big fights. Thanks for resolving it!

Okay, so I was just in a mass combat where I died from, near as I can tell, death itself. No spell targeting me, no mob hitting at me, no effect at all. Just... death. How did that happen? O.O

I have this wand of healing that gives me this error every time I use it.



One charge gone, no healing effect. Character is level 9 sorcerer.

I loved Valeria. Shakti was utterly bewildered of her and decided that if Valeria was the flower of civilisation, she wanted no part of civilisation, thank you. But an amazing character and her banter was the _best_!

This is a nagging little detail that has bothered me for years now. After the Red Star rose and all the pregnant women in the world suffered either abortions or stillbirths, did children ever start to be born normally again? I mean, it ought to be obvious if they did. But if they didn't and haven't, that would be the end of the world anyway, Sun or no Sun, just not with a bang but with a whimper.