Post by Head Moderator on Jul 28, 2013 23:02:42 GMT -5
July 28, 2013
Update 2.29
Greetings, OH Members:
Our Midsummer Games began yesterday, please be sure to get involved with your characters, there's some great prizes at stake for winning, and don't forget about the opportunity to earn XP!
IMPORTANT NOTE: Send me a list of your gemstones you've gotten for loot. I know all of you keep it on your dossiers but I'm making an official list for several reasons, one of which is because I've improved wandcraft and now you can use / need certain gemstones to improve wands or to get a wandcrafter to make certain wands for you. It makes it much easier to have it all in one place.
There are a couple updates that very well could affect you so read everything! Also, we have a full week of activity PLUS there are tons of games you can do on your own time, so get involved!
Don't forget, if you have crafting skills it's time for you to ask for your crafting points. Don't forget to tell ashtonlocke and let him know how you want your points divided between skills if you have multiples...i.e. "Alchemy 8CP, Artisan 2CP". Also, the end of the month is this week, so any end of the month rolls you need to make, do so and send them in.
MIDSUMMER GAMES
Find all the information here!!! There's something for everyone! From watermelon seed spitting, to shield and sword duels, to wand duels, to even wrestling and more!
The Summer Madness Raffle has some prizes you can't buy, beg or steal from ANYWHERE so check it out and buy some tickets for 1000gp each. If you buy 5 tickets, you will be put into the drawing for the Super Grand Prize!
Come compete and build a treehouse on the message board!
Or maybe you're more the bardic type, come into Amelia Park and visit the bardic circle. This is an area of roleplay where you can just show up and enjoy the music, song, dance, etc...or have your character perform.
WEEKLY QUESTS & ROLEPLAY NIGHTS
Monday--29th
Game Night: Jousting and Sword & Shield Duels @ 9pm EST
Contact: tesarikone
Tuesday--30th
Summer Themed Quest @ 9pm EST
Contact: tesarikone
Wednesday--31st
Sailboat Races and Watermelon Spitting Contest @ 9pm EST
Contact: notrueform
Thursday--August 1st
Game Night: Midsummer Stakes Horse Race @ 9pm EST
Contact: tesarikone
Friday--2nd
Game Night: Weightlifting & Wrestling @ 9pm (EST)
Contact: tesarikone
Saturday--3rd
Midsummer Barn Dance @ 10:00pm EST
We are going to end our Midsummer Festival with a barn dance, so bring your dancing shoes! Raffle prizes will be drawn and given here!
Prizes will be awarded at this time.
Contact: tesarikone, ashtonlocke
WORD OF THE WEEK
Don't forget the Word of the Week! It's easy 2XP you can earn once a week just within your normal roleplay! Check the message board. Learn it. Use it. Send it in.
NEW FLAWS
As happens every now and again, a group of new flaws are added to our list so that we can further craft our characters into exactly what they need to be. You have until the next Weekend Update comes out to switch ONE FLAW you've already taken to one of the new ones.
You can't switch it to those we've already had, ONLY to one of the new ones on this list and only for one week. Let scaleschange & tesarikone know of your switch.
These are the new flaws:
Aligned Devotion
Beady Eyes
Claustrophobia
Code of Honor
Dastardly Nature
Glory-Hound
Ill-Fortune
Lost Eye
Magically Inept
Ponderous
Reincarnated Misfortune
Strange Luck
Swoon
Technophilia
Vanity
Xenophobic
UPDATES, PATCHES, CLARIFICATIONS
--1. Iron Will Skill Update
Iron Will now goes +1, Amber +2, Emerald +3, Obsidian +4. Iron Will is used for many things, including saving against magic.
--2. Two Handed Weapon vs Two Handed Tech
There was nothing about the skill "Two Handed Weapon" that allowed it to work for two-handed (2d) techs, so I created a skill called Two Handed Tech that allows you the same boost for two handed unarmed techniques that someone gets with a two handed weapon. ALSO - IMPORTANT - You do not NEED a two handed skill to use a two handed weapon or tech, it's just something like so many other skills to improve what you already have and allow you some extra damage. It does not make sense to make you take a skill to use a two handed weapon but not one to use other normal or exotic weapons.
If you have Two Handed Weapon and no longer wish it since it is not mandatory anymore, you may switch it out for free. Be sure to let scaleschange know of your change.
--3. Incite to Anger Skill Update
This skill now grows with you, allowing you to gain the focus of more than one target if you so desire.
WELCOME!
Jett Titus Grayson
(sacredgears)
Jemima Flinn
(iridescentlure)
Extra Credit: Answer a question for 2XP. Remember, one per player. Tell me where you want the 2XP when you reply!
What is the name of this insect (fauna)?
??? are parasites. They are long, thin and silver, and digest metal, somewhat like rust monsters, but smaller and more insidious. They resemble stick insects, but when they cling to metal they are very well camouflaged, and one can be biting your sword for a week before you notice it. They cannot be removed by hand, as they are very strong, but if the blade is inserted into fire they will leap off to escape the flames. Sometimes, old treasure hoards are infested with them, and the first glimpse you get of the "glittering" weapons is a pile of rusted swords encrusted with these thin silvery insects.