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Xavius2006-10-12 17:26:46
QUOTE(Temporary_Guido @ Oct 1 2006, 04:15 PM) 337667

That and circles (levels) ought to be added to 'help dictionary'.


Why are circles more IC than levels? I hear more people refer to training levels than circles of experience.
Unknown2006-10-12 17:42:06
QUOTE(diamondais @ Oct 10 2006, 09:23 PM) 341213

What is that one for anyways? huh.gif


My point exactly dry.gif

QUOTE(Xavius @ Oct 12 2006, 06:26 PM) 342050

Why are circles more IC than levels? I hear more people refer to training levels than circles of experience.


Because you just don't go around in Lusternia saying "Hey, I just moved up a level!" You hear them say "Excellent, I have moved onto the next Circle" Level just sounds, and feels, OOC, and there are several NPCs out there who say Circles. When people use Levels, it's bad form.
Xavius2006-10-12 19:30:31
QUOTE(Ytraelux @ Oct 12 2006, 11:42 AM) 342056

Because you just don't go around in Lusternia saying "Hey, I just moved up a level!" You hear them say "Excellent, I have moved onto the next Circle" Level just sounds, and feels, OOC, and there are several NPCs out there who say Levels. When people use Levels, it's bad form.


No, no, they both feel very equally OOC. If you're not creative enough to sound IC, just use the word that the system provides you.
Sylphas2006-10-12 21:12:26
QUOTE(Xavius @ Oct 12 2006, 03:30 PM) 342104


No, no, they both feel very equally OOC. If you're not creative enough to sound IC, just use the word that the system provides you.




Agreed. People think that just by switching a word they'll make something IC, which is false. If you're going to mention it, level and circle both sound just as OOC, one just sounds like you think you're actually IC.

Unknown2006-10-13 01:04:59
QUOTE(Shiri @ Sep 29 2006, 03:39 AM) 336638

15.6.1 MADNESS

Adventurers are a special group of people. The Fates have given to adventurers

both strengths and weaknesses that denizens do not have. One of the weaknesses
to which an Adventurer may fall prey is insanity.

The first sign of insanity is when the poor victim starts to use words that are

meaningless to others, such as talking about "my PC" or "being online" as if
everybody else should know what it meant!

This happens when the help file contains specific newlines rather than full paragraphs for the mud to wrap based upon settings, and this isn't (or wasn't last time I checked, which was admittedly a while ago) the only help file to have this problem. If you check CONFIG, your WRAPWIDTH will be set to 79 rather than 80, which causes a space to be wrapped onto a new line, hence giving the apparently random line breaks. If you want to make the effect really obvious, try setting the wrap width to something like 50.
Shorlen2006-10-14 21:29:26
HELP HEALINGLIST is missing the following:

blindness and deafness are cured by eating myrtle.
powerspikes and manabarbs are cured by eating horehound (or so I'm told).

Not sure about other bardic afflictions.
Unknown2006-10-14 22:31:59
QUOTE(Soll @ Oct 1 2006, 06:38 AM) 337498

I get far too many people asking what a Weave is, so.. pleasesign.gif

"this is generally known as 'the weaving' " I swear that's already in a help file somewhere.. HELP TIME maybe? huh.gif ...or maybe I jammed it in the seren powerguide somewhere. unsure.gif
Anarias2006-10-14 22:51:20
QUOTE(Wesmin @ Oct 14 2006, 04:31 PM) 342685

"this is generally known as 'the weaving' " I swear that's already in a help file somewhere.. HELP TIME maybe? huh.gif ...or maybe I jammed it in the seren powerguide somewhere. unsure.gif


Gwylifar put it in the beginning of the powerguide ages ago.
Unknown2006-10-15 00:14:44
Don't know if this has been mentioned, but HELP ARMOUR is confusing. Suggested revision:
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13.5 ARMOUR AND SHIELDS

Normal armour is something you wear that protects you from both types of
physical damage (cutting and blunt). Warriors will use forged armour from
a blacksmith, while all other archetypes generally benefit from enchanted
robes made by a tailor and enchanter.

To see the status of your armor, type ARMSTAT. If your armor is damaged, you
will need to find a blacksmith or tailor to repair it for you.

The basic types of warrior armour in Lusternia, aside from shields,
are, in ascending order of effectiveness, with the best armour an
archetype may wear listed:

Warrior Armour type         Archetypes which may wear them
-------------------         ------------------------------
None                        Magi
Leather                     Wiccan, Druid
Scalemail
Chainmail                   Guardian
Field plate and
* Full plate                Warriors only

* Full plate armour is a bit different, in that the only warriors who may
wear it are those who have forged it for themselves.

Armour Statistics
-----------------
Non-magical armour and shields have two armour-specific statistics:
protection vs. cutting damage and protection vs. blunt damage. The
WEAPONPROBE ability in the Combat skill will allow you to see these
statistics on a piece of armour or on a shield.

When being struck by a weapon on a specific body part, armour will only
protect you if it is worn over that part. For example, wearing chainmail
leggings will protect you from a knight striking your legs with a scimitar,
but it will not help you if he strikes your head. For that you would need a
helmet or armour coif.

Great Robes
-----------
Anyone may wear enchanted great robes, and these generally
offer better protection than all forged suits apart from field and
full plate. Unlike regular armour, they increase the effectiveness
of your influencing due to their regal appearance. Thus for
archetypes other than Warriors they offer the best possible
defence and the best possible boost to influence from clothing.

Enchanted robes include a hood that can be raised or lowered (RAISE
HOOD, LOWER HOOD) to offer head protection. These important items
also may be proofed by skilled tailors to add additional resistance to
elemental and magical sources of damage.
Gwylifar2006-10-16 00:55:19
QUOTE(Anarias @ Oct 14 2006, 06:51 PM) 342689
Gwylifar put it in the beginning of the powerguide ages ago.


Before that everything just said months and there was no end of confusion. I was power minister for less than a week before I said, to heck with this, we need an unambiguous word, and updated the CHELP accordingly, and boy did it stick.
Unknown2006-10-20 03:19:46
HELP CRAPS exists when we don't actually have the ivory dice of other realms.

Rather than this HELP being removed.. can we just get the Ivory dice? tongue.gif
Vix2006-10-22 21:29:19
QUOTE(HELP ARTIFACT RUNES @ 19.10.3)
The following runes may ONLY be attached to the following items: mage staves, druid cudgels, wiccan athames, and bard instruments.



SPECIAL FOR GUARDIANS: If you are a nihilist or celestian and rune a symbol, you must still be deep bonded with a cosmic lord to be able to use that symbol. However, the symbol will transform to whatever cosmic lord to whom you are deep bonded.


Being nitpicky, but should add guardian symbols into that list.
Vix2006-10-22 21:30:56
I should read HELP DOUBLEPOST. glare.gif
Hiriako2006-10-22 23:03:44
Add Bards to the HELP ARMOUR list.

Also, bardic afflictions for HELP CURELIST:

Ego Vice
Power Spikes
Mana Spikes
Achromatic Aura

All are cured by horehound.

Shorlen2006-10-23 06:35:44
QUOTE(Hiriako @ Oct 22 2006, 07:03 PM) 345397
Also, bardic afflictions for HELP CURELIST:
Mana Spikes
All are cured by horehound.

To be nitpicky, the name of the affliction is Manabarbs.
Tiran2006-10-24 07:18:26
HELP CITYRANKS lists the ability to CITIZEN as CR5, when it is really CR4
Kaervas2006-10-24 11:52:23
-From help faeling:

Ever since the undead elfen Rowena Nightshade tricked Laeroc, Consort of
the Queen of the Fae into fathering her child, faelings who take the path
of the tainted Great Nature Spirits of Night or Crow transform into shadow
faelings....

Should probably say wyrden tongue.gif


-HELP GUILDARTIFACTS also doesn't mention the Glomdoring champion artifacts.


-The line from HELP ARTIFACT RUNES:

"- Only one will ever be effective per person (i.e., does no stack)." should say not instead of no.
Unknown2006-10-24 15:42:20
HELP LEVELLIST is inaccurate at level 81. It is acutally 5th Circle of the Fates, and not 5th Circle of Celestial Power.
Unknown2006-10-24 16:54:45
HELP CLIENTS (19.3) points you to HELP JAVA (refers to the old Java client, and I'm not sure if it applies the same to Nexus) and HELP ZMUD (doesn't exist as a help file).
Charune2006-10-25 09:52:00
QUOTE(Voror @ Sep 29 2006, 08:16 AM) 336800

HELP SHOUTS is a bit incorrect in: " and it is important to remember that generally speaking, only the Gods and some powerful players will know who is shouting..." (paragraph 1, line 2) since Recognition is fairly low in Discernment. Unless, I am mistaken and Recognition does something else smile.gif


- Fixed

QUOTE(Soll @ Oct 1 2006, 04:38 AM) 337498

HELP WEAVES

Weaves are a common term within the Basin of Life. The end of the Weave refers to a time when the Fates pore over the Tapestry and sort through the past events. The period of time from one weave to the next can be found from using the TIME command. The Fates check the Tapestry at 00:00 GMT, and a weave is often classified as the time from one checking to the next. When a weave ends, all logs of events such as guild, city and order logs are given a new page, and the previous scribings are moved back.


- Added as well as Weaving/Misweave


QUOTE(Anarias @ Oct 10 2006, 01:48 PM) 341193

HELP NEWS doesn't mention anything about the purpose or existence even of the Plots board.


- Fixed

QUOTE(Shorlen @ Oct 14 2006, 03:29 PM) 342680

HELP HEALINGLIST is missing the following:

blindness and deafness are cured by eating myrtle.
powerspikes and manabarbs are cured by eating horehound (or so I'm told).


- Fixed

QUOTE(Vix @ Oct 22 2006, 03:29 PM) 345359

Being nitpicky, but should add guardian symbols into that list.


- Fixed

QUOTE(Hiriako @ Oct 22 2006, 05:03 PM) 345397

Achromatic Aura


- Fixed


QUOTE(Kaervas @ Oct 24 2006, 05:52 AM) 346111

-From help faeling:

Ever since the undead elfen Rowena Nightshade tricked Laeroc, Consort of
the Queen of the Fae into fathering her child, faelings who take the path
of the tainted Great Nature Spirits of Night or Crow transform into shadow
faelings....

Should probably say wyrden tongue.gif
-The line from HELP ARTIFACT RUNES:

"- Only one will ever be effective per person (i.e., does no stack)." should say not instead of no.


- Fixed

QUOTE(Duke of Ess @ Oct 24 2006, 09:42 AM) 346184

HELP LEVELLIST is inaccurate at level 81. It is acutally 5th Circle of the Fates, and not 5th Circle of Celestial Power.


- Fixed