Okay, I guess I'm the one that doesn't understand. Do you mean that even after you've sold the spinnerets, they still count as existing, so the system thinks there's already five? Meaning I should wait a certain amount of time between making spinnerets?

No, they reset on an absolute timer. For example, I've had stuff reset in the middle of hunting.It was just their time.

I need a title(a real one not a silly one). If you can think up a good one I'll give you a special present.

No, it doesn't show on deathsight, but if you're in the room when the death happens you don't see the deathsight anyway, so that wouldn't cause it not to fool anyone until they checked with others later -- if they bothered. Yes, they can still attack you. Yes, I fooled someone with it once, but I also threw a vitae illusion into the mix, and even with that it wouldn't fool most people -- it requires a particular combination of being egotistical and thickheaded, along with perfect timing and a good deal of luck. Since the person in question sometimes reads the forum and still doesn't realize I fooled him, I won't mention who.

The crumbling isn't about the reset timer. It's just... random. An annoying "why is it even there!" resetting.

One time I was getting a bunch of spinnerets from Miriollo to give to Dairuchi, and a batch of four just...she handed them to me, and, POOF! How incredibly unprofessional. I should get them investigated for violating workplace regulations and get the whole operation shut down. Then Hallifax can take over the silkworm business, with a hundred servants working tirelessly to manufacture new spinnerets around the clock! We'll be the economic king of the Basin!

Tolborolla is overflowing with things waiting to reset on you at the wrong time.

Does shrine protection dodge mob attacks completely or is it a damage modifier?

EDIT: Also how long do personal shrine powers last? A day?

Perfect Hallifaxian response, why didn't I think of that.

Shrine protection is partial damage reduction, like a mini-RoA. I think it lasts for one day, but it's been a while since I've used it.

Hmm, well, someone deeded a ship to the order, and I was wanting to know how to view that deed and alter it so I am in charge of it? Anyone know?

It's an Order Representative power, I think. Assuming you're in the list on HELP (I'm not logged in now so I can't check), go to your Master Shrine in the fulcrux. The command uses one of the Shrine verbs, which you will never figure out by yourself, I promise. I didn't, anyway. So, I dunno, I think you can use SHRINE PRIVS or just SHRINE to get the list of commands. I think.

Ooo that worked, thanks!

Is it possible to have an "organizational quest" proposed through the Ministry of Culture? I have an idea...

Ordinarily, Casilu would be absolutely right.

Quest items are usually on a timer. When the timer counts down to 0, the quest item resets back into its reset room. The player may or may not be sent a message that the item has been reset ("Such and such has decayed in your hands" - or something similar)

In most progs, when something is given out there is also a line of code which pushes its reset back up so that it won't reset immediately. In a couple of badly drafted progs that doesn't happen - and where it doesn't happen, you can bug it (although sometimes it's done deliberately).

I was about to grumble about the progging and suggest you bug it, but then I thought I'd check the prog first. And actually, whenever a spinneret is given out, its reset_time is bumped up. But there is a limit to the number of spinnerets available and a spinneret will only be given out if it's sitting in the area's stockroom waiting to be used. If all the spinnerets are 'out', then you get the message about it decaying.

So yes, the key is to wait until the spinnerets you've already got hold of have reset back to the stockroom before trying to make any more.

Thank you so much for answering! I figured it was something funky like that. At least I can stop driving myself crazy trying to figure it out.

No, players cannot propose quests to their patrons (like Celest's gardens, Gathelta taking cats, Serenwilde's with Nimailt, etc) for submission. They -may- be included at our (collective our) discretion.

That's a nifty explanation.

But does that mean that it's on purpose that the chips for the Dramube quest tend to reset as soon as you got them? (Yeah, I did bug it, but it was never fixed.)