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'''November 2001''' - [[Announcements - 2001/11 - The Gathering Storm|Announcements Page]]
'''November 2001''' - [[Announcements - 2001/11 - The Gathering Storm|Announcements Page]]
== Turbine Announcements ==
=== Teaser ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
|  Current = None
| Original = http://zone.msn.com/asheronscall/news/octoberteaser.asp
|  Archive = Announcements - 2001/11 - The Gathering Storm#Teaser
}}


=== Rollout ===
== Game Changes ==
{{Patch Announcements Links
* [[Settlement Portals]] introduced starting with housing added in the [[Keep Your Enemies Closer]] update.
|  Current = None
* 150 [[Cottages]] added.
| Original = http://www.zone.com/asheronscall/news/ASHEnov01rollout.asp
* Allegiances can now purchase their own [[Mansions]] on the landscape.
|  Archive = Announcements - 2001/11 - The Gathering Storm#Rollout Article
* Further enhancements to the fellowship system have been made. See the [[Announcements - 2001/11 - The Gathering Storm#Letter to the Players 1|Letter to the Players]] for details.
}}
* Artwork updated for Mosswarts.
* Artwork updated for Canescent Mattekar Robes.
* Other changes:
** House hooks for cottages increased to 50 (25 useable).
** [[Cow]]s now have a map of [[Marae Lassel]] on their side.
** Night time visibility has been increased.
** Town vendors now display their function in their name (e.g.“Bowyer”, “Blacksmith”).


=== Release Notes ===
== User Interface Updates ==
{{Patch Announcements Links
* Magic items now display "Mana bars" below the name of the item when selected. This makes it easier to determine the Mana remaining in an item.
| Current = None
:[[File:Mana Status.jpg|Mana status bar]]
| Original = http://www.zone.com/asheronscall/news/ASHEnov01build.asp
* Owners of houses can now use @house hooks on/off to turn the visibility of their hooks on and off.
|  Archive = Announcements - 2001/11 - The Gathering Storm#Release Notes
}}


=== Letter to the Players ===
== New Quests ==
{{Patch Announcements Links
* [[Arcanum Furniture]]
|  Current = None
| Original = http://classic.zone.msn.com/asheronscall/news/ASHEplayerletter.asp
|  Archive = Announcements - 2001/11 - The Gathering Storm#Letter to the Players
}}


== Discoveries ==
== New Events ==
=== [[Town Crier]] Rumors ===
* [[Dranith Menacet]]


<font color=darkgoldenrod>
== New NPCs ==
Town Crier tells you, "There are strange disruptions in Portal space near the Arrival points. We can only hope the Queen responds quickly."
* [[Arcanum Envoy]]
* [[Jasin of the Arcanum]]


Town Crier tells you, "The purple haze in the sky seems to have disappeared. It will be nice to look upon the clear night sky."
== Updated NPCs ==
* [[Agent of the Arcanum]] - Now accept Diamond Powder and Pyreal Ingots in exchange for Writs (old items are retired)
* [[Jordan's Apprentice Craftsman]] - Now sell paintings for your home.
* [[Jubei's Apprentice Craftsman]] - Now sell paintings for your home.
* [[Steiner's Apprentice Craftsman]] - Now sell paintings for your home.


Town Crier tells you, "He and that ugly dabus. There are 49 other places he could put it, but no, he wants it right in the main room, where we entertain our guests! Even worse, every time he sees it he launches into the same story about the drudge, the mosswart, and the monougat, and how the whole thing ended up with him acquiring the dabus. That dabus and that story are soon going to be hidden from public view, I can tell you that."
== New Locations ==
* [[Arcanum Furniture Shop]]
* [[Hollow Lair near Lytelthorpe]]


Town Crier tells you, "I was talking with some of my fellow Criers the other day about this whole Marae Lassel business. We're thinking of "taking a vacation" next month until our pay equals theirs. We need to get organized!"
== New Items ==
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Exchange Items]]
| Nuhmudira's Token
}}


Town Crier tells you, "Grouping up is a great way to encounter the wilds of Dereth!"
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Housing Items]]
| Garden Drudge
| Ornate Fountain
| Plaque
| Outcast
| Olthoi Enslavement
| Into the Unknown
| The Studious Mind
}}


Town Crier tells you, "New portals everywhere! We're laying the infrastructure down for a glorious era of trade and prosperity."
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Objects]]
| Settlement Portals (Object)
}}


Town Crier tells you, "Yesterday, I placed my dabus in my house. It is a fine dabus. My wife doesn't like it, though. She wishes for me to take it down. But it's my dabus and I like it." </font>
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Text Items]]
| A Near Illegible Note
}}


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{{Item Table|Caption=[[Trophy Items]]
| Diamond Powder
}}


=== [[Ulgrim]] Rumors ===
== Updated Items ==
{{Item Table
| Canescent Mattekar Robe (Olthoi Ichor)
| Canescent Mattekar Robe (Organic Acid)
}}


<font color=darkgoldenrod>
== New Creatures ==
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Fending off the Virindi is thirsty work. Fetch me some stout from old Berkholt and I'll clue you in to what's really going on around here, okay, friend?"
{{Creature Class|Hollow Minion
| Dranith Menacet
| Minion Leader
}}


Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Psst, I've heard they were seen outside of towns recently. I've even heard that the Giant Snowmen are selling instructions on how to make more of the smaller ones. They are using witless fools to add to their frozen army. One more reason I stay out here in the desert."
== New Dialog ==
;Town Crier
{{Dialog|


Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Dance for me Drudge Boy!"
|Town Crier tells you, "There are strange disruptions in Portal space near the Arrival points. We can only hope the Queen responds quickly."


Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Give me any rings you don't want. I've been collecting them ever since I found one near the water the other day."</font>
|Town Crier tells you, "The purple haze in the sky seems to have disappeared. It will be nice to look upon the clear night sky."


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|Town Crier tells you, "He and that ugly dabus. There are 49 other places he could put it, but no, he wants it right in the main room, where we entertain our guests! Even worse, every time he sees it he launches into the same story about the drudge, the mosswart, and the monougat, and how the whole thing ended up with him acquiring the dabus. That dabus and that story are soon going to be hidden from public view, I can tell you that."
 
=== New [[Quests]] ===
* [[Arcanum Furniture]]


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|Town Crier tells you, "I was talking with some of my fellow Criers the other day about this whole Marae Lassel business. We're thinking of "taking a vacation" next month until our pay equals theirs. We need to get organized!"


=== New [[NPCs]] ===
|Town Crier tells you, "Grouping up is a great way to encounter the wilds of Dereth!"
* [[Arcanum Envoy]]


==== Updated NPCs ====
|Town Crier tells you, "New portals everywhere! We're laying the infrastructure down for a glorious era of trade and prosperity."
* [[Jordan's Apprentice Craftsman]]
* [[Jubei's Apprentice Craftsman]]
* [[Steiner's Apprentice Craftsman]]


----
|Town Crier tells you, "Yesterday, I placed my dabus in my house. It is a fine dabus. My wife doesn't like it, though. She wishes for me to take it down. But it's my dabus and I like it."


=== New [[Locations]] ===
;Ulgrim the Unpleasant
* [[Hollow Lair near Lytelthorpe]]
* [[Housing Settlements|Settlement Portals]]


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|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Fending off the Virindi is thirsty work. Fetch me some stout from old Berkholt and I'll clue you in to what's really going on around here, okay, friend?"


=== New [[Items]] ===
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Dance for me Drudge Boy!"


==== [[Arcanum Furniture]] ====
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Give me any rings you don't want. I've been collecting them ever since I found one near the water the other day."


{{Item Table Two
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I heard an ancient prophecy the other day. Here it is| "And then the Bull became a Wizard, and he still kicked everyone's patootie!""
| A Near Illegible Note
| Nuhmudira's Token
| Garden Drudge
| Ornate Fountain
| Plaque
}}


==== [[Furniture Seller]]s ====
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Pretty furniture? Back in my day, when we quested it wasn't for pretty furniture! It was for mattress skirts! Oh, wait, I mean it was for gold! Which we then used to buy mattress skirts. You have a problem with that?"


{{Item Table Two
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "The grass is always greener on the other side. At least at my house it was. It's not my fault Dad never understood the basics of preventative lawn care!"
| Outcast (Painting)
| Olthoi Enslavement (Painting)
| Into the Unknown (Painting)
| The Studious Mind (Painting)
}}


==== [[Trophies]] ====
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "You cannot always acquire what you desire. You cannot always acquire what you desire. But if you attempt it occasionally, you potentially could discover, that you acquire what you require. I'm thinking of setting it to music."


{{Item Table
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I'm a tired, old, bitter man. Truth or lie?"
| Diamond Powder
}}
}}


==== Updated Items ====
== Related Articles ==
Graphical update on [[Canescent Mattekar Robe]]s
* [[Announcements - 2001/11 - The Gathering Storm#Teaser|Teaser]]
<br>{{Icon|Canescent Mattekar Robe (Old Olthoi)}}{{Icon|Canescent Mattekar Robe (New Olthoi)}}{{Icon|Canescent Mattekar Robe (Old Grievver)}}{{Icon|Canescent Mattekar Robe (New Grievver)}}
* [[Announcements - 2001/11 - The Gathering Storm#Rollout Article|Rollout Article]]
 
* [[Announcements - 2001/11 - The Gathering Storm#Release Notes|Release Notes]]
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* [[Announcements - 2001/11 - The Gathering Storm#Letter to the Players|Letter to the Players 1]]
* [[Announcements - 2001/11 - The Gathering Storm#Letter to the Players|Letter to the Players 2]]
* [[Announcements - 2001/11 - The Gathering Storm#Letter to the Players|Letter to the Players 3]]


=== [[Announcements - 2001/11 - The Gathering Storm#Release Notes|Other Updates]] ===
== Media ==
* Original Writ exchange items are retired
Click image for full size version.
* Agent of Arcanum now accept Diamond Powder and Pyreal Ingots in exchange for Writs
<gallery>
* Cows now have a map of [[Marae Lassel]] on their side
File:Portaldat 200111.png|Portal.dat
* Mana status bars for items
</gallery>
* Number of house hooks increased to 25
* Night time is now brighter
* New shadow effects on the [[Black Fire Atlan Stone]] weapons
* Mosswarts updated with new artwork
 
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=== New [[Creatures]] ===
 
{{Creature Class|Hollow Minion
| Dranith Menacet
| Minion Leader
}}


[[Category:Patch]]
[[Category:Events]]

Latest revision as of 13:05, 13 November 2020

November 2001 - Announcements Page

Game Changes Edit

  • Settlement Portals introduced starting with housing added in the Keep Your Enemies Closer update.
  • 150 Cottages added.
  • Allegiances can now purchase their own Mansions on the landscape.
  • Further enhancements to the fellowship system have been made. See the Letter to the Players for details.
  • Artwork updated for Mosswarts.
  • Artwork updated for Canescent Mattekar Robes.
  • Other changes:
    • House hooks for cottages increased to 50 (25 useable).
    • Cows now have a map of Marae Lassel on their side.
    • Night time visibility has been increased.
    • Town vendors now display their function in their name (e.g.“Bowyer”, “Blacksmith”).

User Interface Updates Edit

  • Magic items now display "Mana bars" below the name of the item when selected. This makes it easier to determine the Mana remaining in an item.
Mana status bar
  • Owners of houses can now use @house hooks on/off to turn the visibility of their hooks on and off.

New Quests Edit

New Events Edit

New NPCs Edit

Updated NPCs Edit

New Locations Edit

New Items Edit

Exchange Items

Nuhmudira's Token

Housing Items

Garden Drudge Ornate Fountain Plaque Outcast Olthoi Enslavement Into the Unknown The Studious Mind

Objects

Settlement Portals (Object)

Text Items

A Near Illegible Note

Trophy Items

Diamond Powder

Updated Items Edit

Canescent Mattekar Robe (Olthoi Ichor) Canescent Mattekar Robe (Organic Acid)

New Creatures Edit

Hollow Minion

New Dialog Edit

Town Crier

Town Crier tells you, "There are strange disruptions in Portal space near the Arrival points. We can only hope the Queen responds quickly."

Town Crier tells you, "The purple haze in the sky seems to have disappeared. It will be nice to look upon the clear night sky."

Town Crier tells you, "He and that ugly dabus. There are 49 other places he could put it, but no, he wants it right in the main room, where we entertain our guests! Even worse, every time he sees it he launches into the same story about the drudge, the mosswart, and the monougat, and how the whole thing ended up with him acquiring the dabus. That dabus and that story are soon going to be hidden from public view, I can tell you that."

Town Crier tells you, "I was talking with some of my fellow Criers the other day about this whole Marae Lassel business. We're thinking of "taking a vacation" next month until our pay equals theirs. We need to get organized!"

Town Crier tells you, "Grouping up is a great way to encounter the wilds of Dereth!"

Town Crier tells you, "New portals everywhere! We're laying the infrastructure down for a glorious era of trade and prosperity."

Town Crier tells you, "Yesterday, I placed my dabus in my house. It is a fine dabus. My wife doesn't like it, though. She wishes for me to take it down. But it's my dabus and I like it."
Ulgrim the Unpleasant

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Fending off the Virindi is thirsty work. Fetch me some stout from old Berkholt and I'll clue you in to what's really going on around here, okay, friend?"

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Dance for me Drudge Boy!"

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Give me any rings you don't want. I've been collecting them ever since I found one near the water the other day."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I heard an ancient prophecy the other day. Here it is
"And then the Bull became a Wizard, and he still kicked everyone's patootie!""

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Pretty furniture? Back in my day, when we quested it wasn't for pretty furniture! It was for mattress skirts! Oh, wait, I mean it was for gold! Which we then used to buy mattress skirts. You have a problem with that?"

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "The grass is always greener on the other side. At least at my house it was. It's not my fault Dad never understood the basics of preventative lawn care!"

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "You cannot always acquire what you desire. You cannot always acquire what you desire. But if you attempt it occasionally, you potentially could discover, that you acquire what you require. I'm thinking of setting it to music."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I'm a tired, old, bitter man. Truth or lie?"

Related Articles Edit

Media Edit

Click image for full size version.

  • Portal.dat

    Portal.dat

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