The Gathering Storm

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November 2001 - Announcements Page

Game Changes

• Settlement Portals introduced.
• 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

• 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.

• Owners of houses can now use @house hooks on/off to turn the visibility of their hooks on and off.

New Quests

• Arcanum Furniture

New Events

• Dranith Menacet

New NPCs

• Arcanum Envoy
• Jasin of the Arcanum

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.

New Locations

• Arcanum Furniture Shop
• Hollow Lair near Lytelthorpe
• Cottages - 150 cottages added
• Settlement Portals added for Cottages introduced during the Keep Your Enemies Closer event:
  • Al-Kasan Settlement
  • Monument Sands Settlement
  • Al-Hatar Settlement
  • Arqasanti
  • Musansayn
  • Bay of Sands
  • Four Towers Settlement
  • East Span Way Settlement
  • Southeast Arwic Settlement
  • Cape Feirgard Cottages
  • Sennon Valley Retreat
  • Forgotten Hills
  • South Victory Harbor
  • Cragstone Farms
  • East Esper Valley
  • Neydisa Village
  • Prosper River Headwaters
  • Pavanne Vale Freehold
  • Celdiseth's Beach Settlement
  • Mountain Ridge Abodes
  • Glenden Hills North Settlement
  • Glenden Hills East Settlement
  • Zabool Overlook Settlement
  • Whispering Pines Cottages
  • Eaves of Tiofor Settlement
  • Strathelar's Watch Cottages
  • North Eastham Meadow
  • Filos' Font Cottages
  • Lake Blessed Cottages
  • Bluewater Cottages
  • Southwest Hebian-To Settlement
  • South Hebian-To Cottages
  • Shian-To Cottages
  • Evensong Settlement
  • New Colier
  • Lilyglen Cottages
  • Woodsbane Cottages
  • Mountain Keep Cottages
  • Holtburg Wilderness Settlement
  • Yukikaze
  • North Adjamaer Cottages
  • South Adjamaer Cottages
  • Ishilai Inlet Settlement
  • Norstead
  • Taklihuan Settlement
  • Serpent Hills Settlement
  • South Khayyaban Cottages
  • Dunes End Cottages
  • Spire Hills Settlement
  • South Lytelthorpe
  • East Lytelthorpe Settlement
  • Maedew
  • North Yanshi Plains Settlement
  • Lugian Meadows Settlement
  • Vesayan Overlook
  • Meditation Meadow
  • Plateau Village
  • Plateau Hollow Settlement
  • Lithaenean Cottages
  • Adams' Beach
  • Brigands Bay Settlement
  • Leafdawning Settlement
  • Meridian Cottages
  • Gaerwel Edge Settlement
  • Siege Road Settlement
  • Samsur Butte Cottages
  • Adventurer's Haven Cottages
  • Yushad Ridge Cottages
  • Janaa Ridge Settlement
  • Blackmire Edge Cottages
  • Jinianshi
  • East Sawato Settlement
  • Sawato Foothills Settlement
  • West Sawato Cottages
  • Ayn Tayan
  • Shoushi
  • Mosswart Place Cottages
  • Aimaru Plains Cottages
  • Chi Zou Cottages
  • Lake Nemuel Settlement
  • Woodshore Cottages
  • Sonel
  • Desolation Beach
  • Dryreach Beach Cottages
  • Ariake
  • Tou-Tou Penninsula Cottages
  • Aqalah
  • South Yaraq Cottages
  • Wi Badlands Settlement
  • Ijaniya
  • Liang Chi Settlement
  • Broadacre Cottages
  • Imuth Maer Cottages
  • Swamp Temple Place
  • Yanshi Namoon North
  • Faranar Foothills
  • Tiofor Deeps
  • Sanai
  • New Suntik
  • Majestic Hill Cottages
  • Maitland

New Items

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

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

New Creatures

Hollow Minion

• Dranith Menacet
• Minion LeaderDranith Menacet/Minion Leader/

New Dialog

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

• Teaser
• Rollout Article
• Release Notes
• Letter to the Players 1
• Letter to the Players 2
• Letter to the Players 3

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