All hail King DeGrance II

[madmax]

Bal Harbor NewsBreak-
The 31st day of the Month of Dark Shades, year 634.

A Mighty journey has begun, King Lucius Degrance appeared in Bah Harbor requesting assistance, a mighty following of adventurers has turned out seeking the new Kings attention.

A cryptic message was given in which the group was to find and secure two seed pods. After decoding the message, The first of the two guardians was found with the Green Spawn of the abyss, in the Valley of the Old Great Ones. There the Cursed Seed Pod. was found. Upon death a mighty surge darkened the wntire world for a few moments.

When each of the adventurers came to, they found themselves spread all over the known world. After regrouping, the searching for the second seed pod began. Bazilus, the fearless warrior, found a clue that the second pod was located somewhere in Settlestone. As the group gathered, the hunt began. Ultimately the second pod was found in Murkwood. A beautiful water naga which noone had ever encountered was in the area. From the Naga we retrieved the Blessed Seed Pod.

Returning to Bal Harbor the group was greeted by the King,

King Lucius DeGrance II says 'you have found the Seed of Njor pods?'
King Lucius DeGrance II says 'I will have my sages combine these pieces and Bal Harbor will once again rule!'

Due to a bug, the quest is currently paused. Further updates to continue.

Your loyal reporter,

Madmax

[madmax]

Bal Harbor NewsBreak-
The 31st day of the Month of Dark Shades, year 634.

Once again, the entire world dark for a few moments. Each adventurer again woke up scattered out all over the world. However this time a warning by the Gods preceeded the event.

King Lucius DeGrance II quests--

Wonderful, now Bal Harbor will once again reign supreme in the world!!'
I shall once again call upon the service of you, my loyal followers
to serve in my army to seek out and destroy those who would try to
bring about the downfall of Bal Harbor'
Visit our local recruiter Master Devry in Bal Harbor across from our'
Library, he will set you up.'

On a personal interview with Maser Devry, he introduced the group to
the new Rank system. First of all you muse enlist. Upon enlisting,

Master Devry tells you `Welcome to the Bal Harbor regluar army.
You will begin your service as a Private. Go find your commander,
General Mathor now. He will provide you with your duties..`
Master Devry gives you a single-striped white sash (Private).

Exciting times will follow, a new road has been constructed in Bal Harbor.
Take a look around, as this reporter will.

More updates to follow.

Your loyal Reporter,
Madmax

[resouh]

Brady utters the words, 'frostbolt'
************ is dead! R.I.P.
You have gained 47 Honor from this kill.
You have gained two drachma.
Saving Resouh.
Saving items.
Your blood freezes as you hear *********** death cry.
Brady gets a gold coin from the corpse of ******** that's on the ground.

(went back to the General)

General Mathor tells you, `Very well done, I must admit
I did not think you would succeed. You might one day make an excellent
soldier for our cause.`
You have gained 55 Honor for your feat.
Saving Resouh.
Saving items.

(went back to master Devry)

rank
Master Devry tells you `You require 9898 honor to receive a promotion.`

we're getting there slowly but surely

resouh

[13]

what is the end result of all this?

[Leaf]

From my understanding when u enlist, u receive a sash. It is a +hit sash
that can attach to almost anything. Its like a "free" item for ppl to use or
like a temp eq. Get enough honor and u will lvl and get a "newer" eq or at
least thats what I'm guessing.

[Ah_Puch]

It's a very nice addition. Good job to Akasha and others who went to the trouble of implementing all this. The next few months thru X-mas and beyond should prove to be velly interesting. Velly interesting, indeed.


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[Akasha]

The helpfiles will be in within the next few days, but here they are ahead of time to answer _some_questions. Sorry, I can't explain why the system is so lame, but oh well, can't please everyone >:|

Akasha


Epic System

See also:
RANK
HONOR POINTS
INSIGNIA
EPIC MOBS
PROMOTION
RANK WHO
ENLIST
RESIGN
REENLIST
HONORQUEST

The epic system is a non-class oriented system whereby you are able to gain RANK
through the gaining of HONOR POINTS. Rank entitles you the INSIGNIA of that rank which has stats that will aid you on your journeys. The system includes quest-level
mobs that give honor on death. These mobs have conditional spawning requirements that include what House the stars are in, whether you have completed a particular autoquest, (termed HONORQUESTS) and in some cases pure randomness.

At low ranks, you will be required to perform many explorations, scouting missions, and other grudge work for your commander. You will also be expected to protect the kingdom of your sire, King Lucius Degrance. For your first few ranks, your goal is to serve and protect King Degrance and Bal Harbor.
At mid-level ranks, your goal increases to protecting the world of Jord from a growing evil. You will expected to perform dangerous missions of heroic proportions, to protect
the innocent and those unable to protect themselves.
Finally, at high-end levels you… well… you’ll have to find out yourself.

Along with rank insignia, ranks open up access to equipment not otherwise available through the use of the drachma system and secret shops only accessible by those of mid to high-level ranks.

Also included in the Epic System is a newly fashioned Library in Bal Harbor that allows access to a Tome which describes the events of the world as they occur, both past, present, and how the two tie in together. In the Tome you will find lists of EPIC MOBS that you can fight for honor points, you will also find notes on legendary relics that may be either a plot line for an autoquest or possible forges that you can acquire. You will use this Tome often in deciphering autoquest hints and find clues as to how to complete missions.





RANK

See also:
EPIC SYSTEM
HONOR POINTS
INSIGNIA
EPIC MOBS
PROMOTION
RANK WHO
ENLIST
RESIGN
REENLIST
HONORQUEST

Rank is the level of measurement for your status in the epic army. Each rank carries with it responsibilities of defending the innocent and serving your local commander, however, it also allows you access to equipment and honorquests.

At low ranks, you will be required to perform many explorations, scouting missions, and other grudge work for your commander. You will also be expected to protect the kingdom of your sire, King Lucius Degrance. For your first few ranks, your goal is to serve and protect King Degrance and Bal Harbor.
At mid-level ranks, your goal increases to protecting the world of Jord from a growing evil. You will expected to perform dangerous missions of heroic proportions, to protect
the innocent and those unable to protect themselves.
Finally, at high-end levels you… well… you’ll have to find out yourself.

You will also find a useful command named RANK. When you type rank in any place other than your recruiter station you will see:
------------------------------------------------------------
You are in the army of the mighty King Lucius DeGrance II.
------------------------------------------------------------
You have gained 9893 honor points. /how many honor points you have gained/
You have earned rank of private. /your current rank/
Your insignia pips are *. /pips are the number of ranks you have gained/
------------------------------------------------------------

When you type RANK at your local recruiter, you will be shown how many Honor points you need to receive a promotion to the next rank.








HONOR POINTS

See also:
EPIC SYSTEM
RANK
INSIGNIA
EPIC MOBS
PROMOTION
RANK WHO
ENLIST
RESIGN
REENLIST
HONORQUEST

Honor points are the points you accumulate through killing EPIC MOBS, completing HONORQUESTS, and participating in EVENTS. To see how much Honor you have gained you can type RANK and to see how much Honor you need to receive a promotion, visit your local recruiter and type RANK in his presence.


INSIGNIA RANK_INSIGNIA

See also:
EPIC SYSTEM
RANK
HONOR POINTS
EPIC MOBS
PROMOTION
RANK WHO
ENLIST
RESIGN
REENLIST
HONORQUEST

With each rank you receive an Insignia. The insignia is a clasp that has stats that will aid you in your journeys. You may only wear 1 clasp at a time, and only wear the insignia of the current Rank you have attained. You may also only wear your insignia and no one elses.










EPIC MOBS

See also:
EPIC SYSTEM
RANK
HONOR POINTS
INSIGNIA RANK_INSIGNIA
PROMOTION
RANK WHO
ENLIST
RESIGN
REENLIST
HONORQUEST

Epic mobs are creatures throughout the world of Jord that when killed will provide you with Honor needed to receive promotions. Most of these mobs you can find in the Tome of Fathmori Legends in the Library in Bal Harbor.
These mobs spawn based on a number of conditions such as Houses (see reading), completed honorquests, and in some cases, randomness. Sub classes of EPIC MOBS are
Raid mobs – small mobs that perform raids on cities, villages and other inhabited settlements across Jord.
Event mobs – any size mob that performs a mini-quest plot line and then disappears.

PROMOTION

See also:
EPIC SYSTEM
RANK
HONOR POINTS
INSIGNIA RANK_INSIGNIA
EPIC MOBS
RANK WHO
ENLIST
RESIGN
REENLIST
HONORQUEST

Promotions are received when you have gained enough Honor points to deserve them. To see how much Honor you have type RANK anywhere except in your recruiter station, in you recruiter station type RANK to see how much Honor is still required to gain a new rank.
Each rank provides you with access to a new rank insignia and new equipment.




RANK WHO

See also:
EPIC SYSTEM
RANK
HONOR POINTS
INSIGNIA RANK_INSIGNIA
EPIC MOBS
PROMOTION
ENLIST
RESIGN
REENLIST
HONORQUEST

Typing RANK WHO will show you who else on Jord has attained what level at any given moment.


ENLIST

See also:
EPIC SYSTEM
RANK
HONOR POINTS
INSIGNIA RANK_INSIGNIA
EPIC MOBS
PROMOTION
RANK WHO
RESIGN
REENLIST
HONORQUEST

Enlisting in the epic army should not be performed lightly. Enlisting opens access to Honorquests and other events to you that would not be normally available. This also brings with it the responsibility of protecting the innocent and disadvantaged as you are now a hero of the land.
To enlist, visit Master Devry in Bal Harbor any time. You may want to ask him about joining_army to get more specific information.








RESIGN

See also:
EPIC SYSTEM
RANK
HONOR POINTS
INSIGNIA RANK_INSIGNIA
EPIC MOBS
PROMOTION
RANK WHO
ENLIST
REENLIST
HONORQUEST

When resigning from the epic army, you forfeit all accumulated Honor, but not your rank. You may REENLIST at any time to return to your previous rank, with 0 Honor. Why would anyone want to resign? At higher levels you may find yourself caught up in stories that will follow you regardless of whether you want to participate or not. You will be safe in rooms known to be SAFEROOMS and VAULTS, but elsewhere you will be fai game to the epic story line.
To resign, visit your local recruiter and type RESIGN. Be sure that this is what you want to do before you do it. Once the honor is gone, it will not return.

REENLIST

See also:
EPIC SYSTEM
RANK
HONOR POINTS
INSIGNIA RANK_INSIGNIA
EPIC MOBS
PROMOTION
RANK WHO
ENLIST
RESIGN
HONORQUEST

Once you have resigned your position in the Epic Army, if you would like to rejoin you must visit your recruiter once again and type reenlist to rejoin the army. You will begin your service once again at the rank you were before you resigned.







HONORQUEST

See also:
EPIC SYSTEM
RANK
HONOR POINTS
INSIGNIA RANK_INSIGNIA
EPIC MOBS
PROMOTION
RANK WHO
ENLIST
REENLIST
HONORQUEST

Honorquests are a step up from autoquests. Honorquests are more complicated, more complex, and usually more involved than autoquests. Honorquests will also reward you with Honor points towards your next rank. For your first set of honorquest/missions visit General Mathor north of Bal Harbor after enlisting. There you will find his work table with various available missions.
Although honorquests are similar to autoquests in their function, you will find honorquest clues hidden in various epic items and not always be given all the clues you need to complete your task. In some cases you will be required to piece together clues from material unrelated to each other.

For more information about honorquest setup, see AUTOQUESTS

[tincts]

This is awesome mate. Great work. can't wait to see where it goes

[13]

blah it's not lame :p

[Shazuko]

its very awesome to see that element brought to the mud, good coding effort...I personally can't wait to join a RAID! ;}

<Shazuko Roku Ryuu>
<Shazuko Six Dragons>
<~Chaos~>

[Tap]

Constructive Criticism

I'm very impressed by the changes going in, however, I would hope that groups refrain from cycling the same 3-4 mobs over and over in order to gain honor and the random drachma spillage from said kill.. maybe longer resets between kills which might be hard due to zone reset and/or maybe said MOB's only loading/chance of loading in a certain house. The raid parties are fun and no concerns there. The fact that those 'epicish-type MOB's' seem to change their attacks and adapt new procs are also nice. Akasha is staying on stop of things. Again, a very good job.

[Akasha]

First, Thanks appreciate the interest.

Second, this is a starter package. Some things have been accelerated for testing, pattern searches, and stat-gathering for balance issues. As I see how things are progressing, spawn rates, etc, I am fine tuning it. This system uses a lot of options the mud has had for years, but hardly anyone took advantage of, so its a fact gathering mission for me. I am guessing this test phase will last most of this week and the first expansion will be added around Thanksgiving. By that time I should have gotten the timing of things in order and under control.

Thanks again,
Akasha