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Changelog
-The new starting location has been changed to Tyraturos and you will find the initial quest giver located in Central Tyraturos next to the intersection of the High Road and Eastern Way
-Almost all of the 70+ areas of adventure have been revised in some way - such as changes to treasure and encounter spawns. In addition, the layout of some adventure areas (such as the Bezantur City Tombs) has changed considerably. Virtually all cities/towns/points of interest now have a minimum of two adventure locations within or near them.
-The following list of areas has either been changed, created based off adventure areas previously located elsewhere, or added as a brand new area:
1. Tyraturos - Tower of Swift Death. This is an ominous temple to Bhaal, but more importantly, it is home to perhaps the most powerful and feared assassins guild in Thay
2. Tyraturos Lower Necropolis - Designed by Purulent Carcass and Sundraoi
3. Tyraturos Catacombs (North and South) - Designed by Sundraoi
3. Tyraturos - Buildings - Designed by Sundraoi
4. Tyraturos - Voralt Estate Manor - Designed by Purulent Carcass
5. Pyarados - Gombdalla's Tower
6. Murbant - Submerged Sea Caves
7. Pyarados Crypt
8. Pyarados Sewers
9. Amruthar Sewers (East and West)
10. Moszabbar Mulhorandi Tombs and Ancient Tombs
11. Bezantur City Tombs
12. Bezantur Sewers
-Significant changes to the quest system:
1. Questgivers giving the 'Fetch me this item' type quests will now specifically send PCs to areas that have treasure drops targeted for PCs of that level
2. The items sought by many special questgivers have changed in addition to the special item they award, which in most cases has resulted in new PC level requirements for existing questgivers
3. All special questgivers will only award special items that cannot be found via adventuring, many have had the reward they provide changed altogether, and several have changed locations
4. Beginning at level 3, there is now at least one or more special questgiver available at each level
5. Eight new special questgivers have been added: Rhona the Firewalker, Lord Ryech Voralt, Culin Thark, Mur Vhol, Edwin Odesseiron (Yes - THAT Edwin!), Dickon Sharken, Zorath Blackblade and Bell. The last two are found in Tyraturos and give quests to low-level PCs.
-The treasure tables for Low, Medium, and High level treasure drops have been completely rebuilt under new criteria and include hundreds of new treasure items
-You can send documents, letters, and wax-sealed letters to other characters in-game who do not even have to be logged in. See the 'Letter Delivery' section of the Writing System thread for details. Use this rather than posting public 'Letter to XYZ' threads here on the forum
-It is possible to change the description of your character through the use of a Writing Quill. See the 'Changing a Character's Description' section of the Writing System thread for details
-Subrace and special characters such as vampires and lycans now have their racial type changed, if applicable, so default game settings will affect them. In just one example of this; if someone is granted permission to play a Tiefling, that character's race will be changed to Outsider which in turn means that a cleric who has selected the Good or Evil domain will be able to turn them as if they were a NPC planar creature
-Seven new creatures will now be encountered:
Planar - Firre, Goristro, Yagnoloth, Uridezu - Designed by Purulent Carcass
Magical Beast - Griffon, Hippogriff, Owlbear - Designed by KTA
-Small river boats for transportation are available at the Keep of Sorrows, Amruthar, and Pyarados
-The Dusty Rose Ioun stone, should you be extremely lucky enough to ever acquire one, has had its AC bonus changed to a Dodge AC bonus
-You can turn off your afk status by simply typing afk when returning to the game
-Many changes were made so as the in-game years go by, certain things will automatically change (descriptions, location availability, factions becoming available, gods ascending or dying, etc)
-DMs have the ability to dynamically create portals using a new voice command
- The following bugs have been fixed:
1. All small items up to 3 pounds can be pick-pocketed now
2. Dead creatures in overland areas will be properly removed when the area is reset
3. Once a building has been claimed by a deed, that door will *always* link to the same floorplan even if the building is released or lost and claimed again at a later time
4. Message Board notices will be properly removed from inventory when posted
5. Checks have been put in place to jump PCs who logout on a caravan or ship to their destination after the caravan/ship has arrived. While no reliable steps to recreate this issue were ever provided, hopefully this fix will eliminate the problem of being stuck on a caravan or ship if you logout on one and then log back in after it has arrived
6. Dead NPCs with clothing and armor that is not lootable will no longer go naked as soon as something is taken from their corpse
-Almost all of the 70+ areas of adventure have been revised in some way - such as changes to treasure and encounter spawns. In addition, the layout of some adventure areas (such as the Bezantur City Tombs) has changed considerably. Virtually all cities/towns/points of interest now have a minimum of two adventure locations within or near them.
-The following list of areas has either been changed, created based off adventure areas previously located elsewhere, or added as a brand new area:
1. Tyraturos - Tower of Swift Death. This is an ominous temple to Bhaal, but more importantly, it is home to perhaps the most powerful and feared assassins guild in Thay
2. Tyraturos Lower Necropolis - Designed by Purulent Carcass and Sundraoi
3. Tyraturos Catacombs (North and South) - Designed by Sundraoi
3. Tyraturos - Buildings - Designed by Sundraoi
4. Tyraturos - Voralt Estate Manor - Designed by Purulent Carcass
5. Pyarados - Gombdalla's Tower
6. Murbant - Submerged Sea Caves
7. Pyarados Crypt
8. Pyarados Sewers
9. Amruthar Sewers (East and West)
10. Moszabbar Mulhorandi Tombs and Ancient Tombs
11. Bezantur City Tombs
12. Bezantur Sewers
-Significant changes to the quest system:
1. Questgivers giving the 'Fetch me this item' type quests will now specifically send PCs to areas that have treasure drops targeted for PCs of that level
2. The items sought by many special questgivers have changed in addition to the special item they award, which in most cases has resulted in new PC level requirements for existing questgivers
3. All special questgivers will only award special items that cannot be found via adventuring, many have had the reward they provide changed altogether, and several have changed locations
4. Beginning at level 3, there is now at least one or more special questgiver available at each level
5. Eight new special questgivers have been added: Rhona the Firewalker, Lord Ryech Voralt, Culin Thark, Mur Vhol, Edwin Odesseiron (Yes - THAT Edwin!), Dickon Sharken, Zorath Blackblade and Bell. The last two are found in Tyraturos and give quests to low-level PCs.
-The treasure tables for Low, Medium, and High level treasure drops have been completely rebuilt under new criteria and include hundreds of new treasure items
-You can send documents, letters, and wax-sealed letters to other characters in-game who do not even have to be logged in. See the 'Letter Delivery' section of the Writing System thread for details. Use this rather than posting public 'Letter to XYZ' threads here on the forum
-It is possible to change the description of your character through the use of a Writing Quill. See the 'Changing a Character's Description' section of the Writing System thread for details
-Subrace and special characters such as vampires and lycans now have their racial type changed, if applicable, so default game settings will affect them. In just one example of this; if someone is granted permission to play a Tiefling, that character's race will be changed to Outsider which in turn means that a cleric who has selected the Good or Evil domain will be able to turn them as if they were a NPC planar creature
-Seven new creatures will now be encountered:
Planar - Firre, Goristro, Yagnoloth, Uridezu - Designed by Purulent Carcass
Magical Beast - Griffon, Hippogriff, Owlbear - Designed by KTA
-Small river boats for transportation are available at the Keep of Sorrows, Amruthar, and Pyarados
-The Dusty Rose Ioun stone, should you be extremely lucky enough to ever acquire one, has had its AC bonus changed to a Dodge AC bonus
-You can turn off your afk status by simply typing afk when returning to the game
-Many changes were made so as the in-game years go by, certain things will automatically change (descriptions, location availability, factions becoming available, gods ascending or dying, etc)
-DMs have the ability to dynamically create portals using a new voice command
- The following bugs have been fixed:
1. All small items up to 3 pounds can be pick-pocketed now
2. Dead creatures in overland areas will be properly removed when the area is reset
3. Once a building has been claimed by a deed, that door will *always* link to the same floorplan even if the building is released or lost and claimed again at a later time
4. Message Board notices will be properly removed from inventory when posted
5. Checks have been put in place to jump PCs who logout on a caravan or ship to their destination after the caravan/ship has arrived. While no reliable steps to recreate this issue were ever provided, hopefully this fix will eliminate the problem of being stuck on a caravan or ship if you logout on one and then log back in after it has arrived
6. Dead NPCs with clothing and armor that is not lootable will no longer go naked as soon as something is taken from their corpse