=== August 2010 Envoy Reports ===

o Blue (Lowmagic) now gives 10DMP for asphyxiation.

o "You no longer have the sphere of "X" surrounding you" messages will
be hidden by blackout.

o Decay time for phials (Celest Angelfont construct) has been doubled
and equilibrium for use lessened.

o Battle beasts will be able to attack mobs upon command, and aggressive
beasts will do more damage vs. mobs.

o Lash (Night) is no longer usable through Terror, but Steal now is!

o Variable stun added to Firerain (Pyromancy).

o Paradigmatics - Badluck now 3p, greywhispers duration doubled,
illuminate lowered to 8p, snafu raised to 5p.

o Spixes (Transmology) are now on a 12 second timer.

o The room will see when people are afffected by Aeromancy Eastwind,
Southwind, Northwind, and Blizzard.

o DeathProphesy (Runes) will now require the same five slings but only
3/5 afflictions need to be on the target at the last moment.

o Very small stun added when Bellow (Stag) strips deafness while
targetted, and a slight increase to stun time if already deaf.

o Every ten seconds, only one Aeonfield (Aeonics) will affect someone.

o Bullkick (Shofangi) will sprawl per the AB.

o Torture (Nihilism) will bypass Rune of Absorption.

o Hod (Highmagic) is now a defense that will act like vitality for mana
loss, giving 15% mana back if it goes below 50%.

=== Misc Fixes ===

o PORTAL SEARCH SHOPS will now respect inaccessible bins.

o Fixed a bug that could druid trees to block melds of the wrong druid
guild under extremely unusual circumstances.

o When evaluating culture, "Fastest Growing Library" will now consider
book weight as well as number of books.

o If you're lying on a bed or hammock when someone else puts you to
sleep, you won't fall out of the bed anymore.

o Dreamweaving Embed: attempting to withdraw a mote and failing will
not cost willpower.

o Transmology Pathways and Fleshmound will cost power as indicated.

o Discernment Nightsight, Athletics Weathering, Psionics MindBar,
Psionics BodyDensity, and Psionics PsiSense will no longer let
you raise them while already raised, or cost mana when you try.

o Harmonics Crystalspin of gems that go into the crystalplex without
targets, and deactivating those gems, are no longer aggressive.
However, targetting those gems is aggressive.

o Forgetting Sacraments will clear the HolyLight defense.

o When a pipe decays with a partially-burned herb in it, the herb will
not be preserved.

o Fixed a bug that could cause Astrology Astrospheres to have an
inappropriately short duration.

o Outdoor manse rooms (as created with a miniature of billowing fans)
can be buried and burrowed in.

o Only the ship's commander can add or clear ship personalities.

o Nexus Distort on elemental planes in areas remote from the nexus was
not affecting city enemies, only enemies of the elemental planes
themselves, but should now affect both.

o Elementalism Magelock can't be used on an already frozen door.

o Upkeeping paintings is no longer considered aggressive.

o You can no longer leech health from yourself if afflicted with
healthleech.

o You can no longer buy a shop log in a shop where you already have
one (and get billed for it again).

o The previous change to how Harmonics targetting was treated as
aggressive included a bug that made all gems aggressive when being
targetted, not just offensive ones. This is now fixed.

o Stealth skills Truss and Rush will no longer use up rope when used
in an arena.

o Fixed a bug that could allow oil of sharpness to only last a few
minutes in some cases.

o Those who have committed suicide should no longer show up on lists
of city citizens or commune members.

o Those peeking into the inventories of others (such as with GUILD
INVENTORY) will no longer see Orbs of Creation.

Enjoy!

Penned by My hand on the 6th of Shanthin, in the year 278 CE.