ANNOUNCE NEWS #619
Date: 8/13/2006 at 23:37
From: Estarra, the Eternal
To : Everyone
Subj: Trader Bob's Crazy Artifact Palooza!

New manse artifacts!

-Newsroom Miniature: Creates a newsroom (can only be used when docked).
(300 credits)
-Post Office Miniatures: Creates a post office (can only be used when
docked). (300 credits)
-Magic Fountain: Every month, the fountain produces a different type of
liquid, enough to fill up to 5 vials. Could be a potion or poison or
alcoholic beverage! (250 credits)
-Continual Darkness Orb: Makes a room always shrouded in the darkness of
night. (100 credits)
-Continual Light Orb: Makes a room always bathed in daylight. (100
credits)

New influence runes!
-A Great Rune to increase charity attacks. (100 credits)
-A Great Rune to increase seduction attacks. (100 credits)
-A Great Rune to increase empowerment attacks. (100 credits)
-A Great Rune to increase weakening attacks. (100 credits)
-A Great Rune to increase paranoia attacks. (100 credits)

New trade artifacts!
-Tailor Shears so tailors can recoup some commodities from garments.
(400 credits)
-Magic Gloves so poisoners can exract twice the amount of poison as
usual. (400 credits)
-Magic Quill that produces limitless magic ink for bookbinders. (300
credits)
-Magic Pantograph so artisans can fit 50% more furniture into a room.
(200 credits)

New combat artifacts!
-Great Rune of Bleeding: (weapon rune) increases bleeding (200 credits)
-Great Rune of Absorption: absorbs 15% physical damage! (500 credits)
-Great Rune of Demesnes: increases demesne size to 30 and time before
effects go away by 50%. (200 credits)
-Great Rune of Mind Shielding: Halves the ego burnout time! (200
credits)

Miscellaneous Artifacts!
-Algontherine Whistle (first seen in auctions): Call an aethership while
you are at a dock. (250 credits) (buy in aethership shop)
-Dimensional Needle (first seen in auctions): Reduces time to gateweave.
(300 credits)
-Aetheric Keystone (first seen in auctions): Phase keys for storage.
(125 credits)
-Rune of Dimensional Instability: This interesting item is placed on
boxes that are created by an artisan. Any item placed in the box
disappears. Upon shaking the apparently empty box, one random item will
fall out. Great for parties! (50 credits)

Pet Upgrade!
-Pets can now be upgraded to deliver mail. (75 credits)


Penned by My hand on the 17th of Tzarin, in the year 154 CE.

God if I only had a job and a credit card.

Ditto. And I want a tophat... *cough* rune, I mean.

I think that sums it up.

Richter just wet himself.

I love all but the tailor sheers - 400 credits to be able to do something that should be covered within the skillset? Meh. And I feel so bad for the people who spent credits on the auctions for things that are now available at 1/10th the price.

Just want to know who has a vendetta against warriors.

Ja, the absorbtion rune seems a bit much.

Yeah I am having bad thoughts about the absoption one.

I'm guessing bleeding runes are just one per weapon or two on a two-hander, like all the others?

I suggested that rune of absorption, but my suggestion was that it only works against denizens. Oh well, physical damage classes in other realms have to deal with it and get by, I can still deal with it here. Have to remember that it should not stop the wounding or the afflictions given from the attack, just the health damage.

Its the same as absorpton artifacts in other realms!

How does the pet mail upgrade work?

And, does the bleeding rune convert damage to bleeding? or does it just boost bleeding a bit, meaning its useless for bonecrushers and overpowered for blademasters?

But is getting a damage kill as a knight as difficult in other realms as it is here?

It's vastly different from similar artifacts elsewhere. Since the shields offer a 15% chance of absorbing damage per attack rather than cut all damage by 15%. I've never agreed with that artifact either but this is far worst.

I imagine it will add some bleeding even for bonecrushers, though without it stacking with other bleeding hits it might not be worth it.

Shouldn't you be bleeding alot if your deepwounds are at 35k? I still am having a hard time grasping that a wounding warrior does not bleed an adversary that much. I hope bleeding runes help that alot.. And Geb how did you get to offer an absorption rune idea in the first place? I am just curious.

You can mail a letter from wherever your pet is, and the person receiving the letter sees the pet deliver it.

Bonecrushers can use it. Skin breaks on being hit by blunt objects too! (Don't think it's overpowered for either though.)

How much of an increase is the bleeding rune?

And does it work for druids if attached to cudgels?

Well that mail upgrade seems awesome!

Now I need to let me pet write the letter anywhere also

It is more difficult against certain class and race combinations. There are some attacks that can help with it, but just swinging your swords without an effective use of venom combinations and tactics using your secondary guild skills will not cut it.