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Skills Simplification [2010-03-24 23:08:29]
All teachers can now teach any skill they know up to 80%. Other skills they already teach will be at least 80% up to max depending on their settings. The final 20% is still subject to the usual channels (quests / tomes).

Cheers,
Blobbie.

New Necromancer Skill [2010-03-20 21:00:48]
This has been in for about a month now, but I forgot to add a new item for it. Necromancers can now learn the Chaos Cloak spell. This will aid them greatly in combat.

Cheers,
Blobbie.

Three New Ranger Skills [2010-03-16 15:37:26]
Three new skills have been added for rangers. This should help them to not suck so much :) See the help on the following skills for more details:

   Multiply Arrows
   Double Shot
   Triple Shot

Cheers,
Blobbie.

Casting Spells Just Got Easier [2010-03-14 15:38:31]
<?bs @someone = %randPlayer() ?>

You can cast spells using parts of any of the spells name now. Previously you could only do so as part of the whole name. So before you could do:

   cast magic mis <?= @someone ?>
   cast magic m <?= @someone ?>

But you couldn't do:

   cast mag miss <?= @someone ?>
   cast miss <?= @someone ?>

This makes it really easy to cast things like boon of the horse since you can just do:

   cast horse <?= @n->realName ?>

Cheers,
Blobbie

Damage Amounts [2009-03-01 13:43:20]
The order of damage amount messages was changed. Pulverize was moved to after massacre and before annihilate. It made no sense being more powerful than obliterate since butchers reglarly pulverize meat yet (most likely) rarely annihilate or obliterate meat.

Cheers,
Blobbie.

Greatest Killer Poster [2009-02-11 14:24:33]
This has been updated to use a 7 day sliding window of fame/infamy. It updates approximately every 20 minutes, so if you expect to see yourself then you may need to wait a little bit for it to take effect.

Cheers,
Blobbie.

Spell Aliases [2008-12-30 03:02:48]
We now have support for spell aliases which means for those more acquainted with American spelling, you can now use the american spelling of armour and vigour etc. If you would like to suggest any other aliases for existing spells, please feel free via the idea command.

Cheers,
Blobbie.

Penetrating Rows During Combat [2008-12-27 21:41:52]
You can now penetrate rows to target a player in the rear ranks using the target command. Target as you know requires that you already be engaged in combat so you will need to initiate combat with the front row first and then attempt to move inward. Depending on your roll (based on dex) you may or may not succeed in reaching your desired target. While engaged with a player not in the front row, your opponents will receive a damage bonus because you are in a more exposed position.

Cheers,
Blobbie.

New Spell: Portal [2008-06-03 16:55:14]
Druid spell. See the help for more details.

Cheers,
Blobbie.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... [2008-04-20 15:38:22]
It seems as if one of the Bloodstorm Giants has wandered from the forest to take a nap in the fields near the Hornet's Nest.  Perhaps some newbies should go check it out.