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Lightly Seared On The Reality Grill, posted on Wed Aug 21 16:11:17 2024
Posted by: Kake
Category: General
The klein bottle cosies sold in the Creel Springs magic shop now come in a range of colours (including one super-rare). The plain ones are still available for those who prefer them.

A bug has been fixed that was preventing anyone from getting the best result for the earring in the well-chewed metalworking book.

The soul formerly known as "eskimo" is now known as "hongi".

Inspired by the popularity of lettuce-eating tortoises, the geese from the Slippery Hollow pet stall will now accept gifts ...

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Leave Poor Prinscilla Alone :(, posted on Sat Aug 17 17:27:47 2024
Posted by: Pit
Category: Am (domain pages)
After being viciously murdered one too many times, Prinscilla has decided that enough is enough.

She will now refresh her collection of horses on her own initiative.

Disconnection Detection, posted on Sat Aug 10 13:21:27 2024
Posted by: Pit
Category: General
Hello all,

We are aware that there is a problem where players repeatedly get disconnected, and are discussing solutions with the ISP.

For the time being, we have implemented some functionality to protect players from dying in combat when a disconnect is detected by marking them as unconscious. This code is still in beta, and therefore may still have some flaws, but we are rolling it out now because we hope that it will help you.

If you would rather not have this code apply to you, please cont...

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Wisdom Like Silence, posted on Wed Aug 7 14:39:28 2024
Posted by: Kake
Category: Guilds
There are new thresholds for the number of votes that assassin specialisation leaders must gain in their elections in order to receive some or all of their powers. Previously the powers were split at 5, 8, 10 and 15 votes; we have now collapsed these into two categories which are gained at 5 and 8 votes respectively (note that 5 votes are required to be elected in the first place).

The powers to ban individuals from guild grounds, disavow specialisation members, and sanction individuals with a ...

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Fate Amenable To Change, posted on Wed Jul 10 15:44:10 2024
Posted by: Kake
Category: Forn (domain pages)
Our most recent Bugfix Weekend produced a plethora of Genuan fixes and updates:

A new coin, the Genuan vingt-cent, has been introduced.

City guards will no longer charge you with a new count of the crime of "Attacking a loyal Genuan city guard" if it was them who started the fight.

Moreover, city guards will no longer attack you for being a criminal if you're in the middle of a recently-started graffiti-cleaning job. Specifically, your job must have started less than half an hour ago, you mus...

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Now, Turning To Reason, And Its Just Sweetness, posted on Tue Jul 2 11:30:32 2024
Posted by: Kake
Category: General
This blog post is mainly about stat items, but while I'm here:

Erected tents now show up on terrain maps, and people/corpses inside tents can now be located with the relevant rituals.

On to the stat items!

The effects of stacking stat items are no longer dependent on the order in which you equip the items. For positive stat effects, the final effect should now be the best boost that was possible with the old calculation. Moreover, the bless ritual will no longer interfere with equipped stat ...

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Connecting Securely, posted on Sun Jun 23 08:27:43 2024
Posted by: Fran
Category: General and Web
The mud now supports secure connections both when playing from the browser with DecafMUD or using a third party client[1].

To connect with a third party client use host discworld.starturtle.net and port 4245.

Fran.

[1] If the client supports secure connections. Check your client's documentation for support and instructions to enable this feature.

Germane Riposte, posted on Wed Jun 12 14:49:46 2024
Posted by: Kake
Category: General
Various bugs in the hunter's pack have been fixed. It should now no longer prevent you from slipping things into it while closed, and it should no longer give the wrong failure message when you try to put something into it that doesn't fit.

Ranged inhumes now take account of the damage types available on the weapon. Specifically, they no longer assume pierce damage unless the weapon can actually inflict that type of damage.

Poison lab equipment will now give a special message at the end of th...

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Killing Time, posted on Wed May 8 14:10:58 2024
Posted by: Kake
Category: Guilds
This month's Bugfix Weekend was focused on warriors, but we also have a few little faith-related treats.

The alignment-based messages that are shown to a person who actively leaves a deity's passage room are now also shown to the people following that person. (These messages have no actual effect - they're just for flavour.)

Faith shields lasting more than two years were supposed to print special messages when viewed with the "shields" command, but there was a bug preventing this. That bug ha...

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Grave Goods And Other Pottery, posted on Mon Apr 29 20:01:15 2024
Posted by: Guildenstern
Category: Klatch (domain pages)
The potter's workshop on Tsort Road has had a change of ownership after Ptep-Ptip-Ptop left town, pursued by a number of hand-ex-maidens with grape peelers. (Fun fact: grape peelers can be used to peel all sorts of things, not just grapes!)

Pthalos, the new owner, is now encouraging all comers to try their hand at pottery - he has provided tools and a range of traditional Djelian designs for you to use.

May your work accompany you or the person of your choice into the afterlife!


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