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| APRIL FOOLS DAY | #TODAY [’til midnight: Mist Manor a FREE Event] ** [9pm: Zelia Festivities-IMT] ** [11pm: Zelia Cotillion-WL] plus, all day, we’re bringing you a very special April Fools’ Day Edition of the TownCrier on this Day of Zelia’s Warning with Zelia’s Prophecies. Let the chaos begin! Here’s the archive of last year’s set in case you missed them. http://bit.ly/2upMHRZ |
| PUPPERS | You read all about it last year and it’s taken this long to come to fruition. This Saturday, April 6, at 4pm, a special mystic will be visiting the lands, introducing the inhabitants to the world of Puppers! Look for her in the Landing Cul de sac for a short-term raffle to win a Pupper of your own. |
| GOLD STANDARD | There’s been so many complaints about all the different currencies floating around in game that Wyrom posted, starting with the next event, players will have the chance to convert all their alternate currencies to a unified one. Bloodscrip, Seashells, General Tickets, and several others will be converting over to this one. We already have silver; welcome to GOLD! |
| THIS MEANS WAR | While Queenie had Icemule all tied up late last night, Vaaloran airships were responsible for firebombing the outskirts of the Landing! The council met, and unanimously declared war on Ta’Vaalor over this act! Sharpen your axes, ready your spells, war is brewing in the lands! |
| STONE ATONES | In an unexpected twist, it has been reported that Grishom Stone has decided to give up his dastardly ways and turn over a new stone, so to speak! He renounced blood magic and his former ambitions and pledged to help his former victims, by opening and running an orphanage! |
| CLASS ACTION | Savants will be released as part of the new post-cap changes that will be revealed later this year. What is a Savant? Well, simply put: a Savant is someone who capped and then dual-classed! How ready are you? |
| RETURN OF RONE… AGAIN | Kenstrom posted on the forums last night that he didn’t feel he had gotten enough mileage out of his Rone character and stated he planned to revive the role yet again between now and the start of Witchful Thinking this summer. Betting pools have started on who the next Rone will be, and what goals they will pursue! |
| VIRTUAL TEXT REALITY | With recent advances in virtual reality technology, Simu has decided to hop on the bandwagon, and is introducing a new subscription tier! For an additional 150 dollars per month, you can access the VR front end, and experience the world of Elanthia with your own eyes! (The Special Silvergate Inn Check-in option will be an additional fee.) |
| COMBO SPELLS | Ever wonder what it would be like if you could combine two spells into one, and what the effects would be? It was teased recently on Discord that such a system would be coming to the lands RSN! What magical combos can you dream up? |
| DISARM ME NOT | Talked about last summer at Simucon, the changes to disarm mechanics are FINALLY live in game! Now, by magically stapling your gear to yourself, you can finally break out all that expensive gear without having to worry about item loss or theft! |
| ARENA FIX | While many people have benefited from the Duskruin Arena changes introduced in the last two runs of it, it’s been decided that it is still unfair to certain players. The Arena will be reworked for next time it runs, so that any time you enter, you’ll receive max bloodscrip, an RPA orb, and high end enhancive reward! See you on the sands! |
| RAFFLE | A raffle will be put out later this month: the prize? You get to be Product Manager for a day! The winner will get to take on all the powers and responsibilities of Wyrom for 24 hours! The winner is advised to wear their wool suit for the job, to survive all the fire that comes with it. Maybe with max padding. Bring your own Excedrin. |
| BARBIES | A new line of clothing is planned to be offered at the big SimuCoin event in July. Introducing: Spell Silk! This new material can absorb the properties of a spell cast at them, and offer special messaging and effects based on it. What spell do you want in your garments?! |
| FITHIETH | GM Quilic announced that Ambie will be making a surprise visit to FWI later this month. What will this mysterious and precious child have in store for adventurers this time? We’ll have to wait and see! |
| CAPPED PLUS | With more and more adventurers reaching the current level cap, it was decided that some kind of content was needed for them. It was leaked on the official Discord recently that the level cap will be increasing to 200. To accommodate this change, hunting grounds will be expanded and many new ones created. Are you ready for the challenges? |
| BOOMSTICKS | A group of dwarves recently discovered how to build rudimentary firearms, and are ready to offer their wares to the lands! Get your boomstick today, and train up your ranged weapon skills! |
| 3-HOUR TOUR | A new quest has been added to the quest nexus, Ocean Fishing! Players will be able to charter a boat with a group of adventurers and fish out in the open waters! Success at this quest will be judged on a myriad of factors; do you have what it takes? |
| SHUTDOWN | After consistently declining numbers the past 18 months, Simutronics has announced that Stillfront has ordered that they make plans to shut down the DragonRealms servers later this year. A farewell event is being planned before merging players into GemStone as the all new GSV for players of both games! Details on DR Character conversions to be released RSN. |
| ELVEN ELECTIONS | The citizens of the EN are now going to be able to elect a player as a Prime Minister from Ta’Vaalor and Ta’Illistim. The election cycles will begin soon. Keep on the lookout for more information on how you can put yourself up for the job! |
| EXTRA! EXTRA! | The news office in The Landing is no longer abandoned! It is now the new home of The Town Crier! Thank you for all your support and that of the GMs for making this possible! |
| ZELIA’S MANOR | Not to be outdone this year on April Fools’ Day by the TownCrier, GemStone GMs put together an entire free event today, Mist Manor (an Escape House Adventure)! Look for the entrance at the ‘usual’ locations where Duskruin Wagons used to leave. |
| YOU ASKED FOR IT | In response to frequent requests for an ongoing large-scale silver sink, GS announced an income tax system. Be sure to start asking merchants and creatures alike for receipts whenever you trade with them or loot them. You’ll need those receipts come filing time! Start reading the comprehensive 1344-page lore and legal doc today, so that you’re ready to join the mandatory fun come tax season. And, with it, the new professions: Accountant and Tax Collector. |
| CREATURE FEATURE | When you kill those monsters with rare prefixes (e.g. flickering kobolds), they will now explode into giant piles of great loot, just like in Diablo and Path of Exile. |
| PLAYERSHOP UPDATE | Retser found a major bug issue in Player Shop code. No more new shops will be released until it is fixed, which should be RSN. Until then, existing shops can only add one new item for sale each month. |
| 2020 ANNOUNCEMENT | The TownCrier will be crowdsourcing April Fools’ headlines next year. Watch for the contest announcement in early 2020, Galenblackbard is funding the prize to the winner! |
| SMART SIZING | GM Naiken: There’s an Update to ALTER policy. For realism’s sake, items with a size mentioned in their description will be updated for weight and capacity automatically at your next login to come into compliance, retroactively. http://bit.ly/2CNNE8h |
| DISENCHANTED AT FIRST SIGHT | Necios reveals an extra special creature maneuver called disenchanting, effective immediately. Yes, it does exactly what it sounds like it will do. -5 to enchanted gear when you fail the heavily loaded maneuver roll. Permanently. But you’ll be able to tell if the creature can do it. Look for it to be sporting a “nightmare-hued vantablack bracer of Necios” http://bit.ly/2TLLSKx |
| REALITY REQUIRED | GM Necios, in response to the many requests for expanded roleplaying opportunities, introduces Realness of Life Updates to GemStone. You can experience eye dryness (BLINK), hunger (EAT more, or face the consequences), and … well, the need to RELIEVE yourself. Please use the latter new verb in private or in the wilds. All the deets: http://bit.ly/2TQS6sK |
| WHAT’S IN A NAME? | GM Necios is rolling out a GOODNAME command that includes a world-wide GOODNAME LIST to keep up with everyone’s status. It’s sort of the opposite of BADNAME, but it’s going to be mandatory. Read all the exciting details at the officials: http://bit.ly/2TLLSKx |
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