Aetolian Game News
last liaison changes!
Written by: Ivoln, the Earthen Lord
Date: Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Addressed to: Everyone
And here it is everyone, the last set of liaison changes!
== MISC ==
- Tells now have a short balance time (like how says work).
- The level requirement for intone has been raised to 85. The other high
level shouts have been increased accordingly, though custom shouts still
require the same level.
== ANIMATION ==
- Golem track should no longer cause the golem to be aggressive.
- Golem rip has had its damage increased slightly.
- Golem rip will do increased damage should all of your target's limbs
be broken.- Golem health has been reduced by 25%.
- Golem Bury will now cause your golem to automatically bury itself
underground once it reaches 10% of its maximum health.
- New Skill: GOLEM ROAR.
== CHIVALRY ==
- Falcon Observe should now take a short balance.
- Lance's damage is now based on the maximum health of the target.
- Lance will now share a cooldown with Joust.
== CRYSTALISM ==
- You may now refine up to 10 crystals of a single type from the master
crystal at a time.
== DEVOTION ==
- Perform force will now be the same equilibrium time for all users.
- Luminaries no longer have access to the Rite of Healing or Rite of
Revitalization.
- New skill for Paladins: JUSTICE.
== DOMINATION ==
- The dervish will now knock people out of the trees who are clinging.
- You may now order firelords to sear icewalls. (ORDER FIRELORD SEAR
ICEWALL <direction>)
== ELEMENTALISM ==
- Magi may now light pipes without a tinderbox, should they have
chanelled fire.
- CALL ELEMENTALS has had its equilibrium time reduced significantly.
- Geyser will now knock targets down from the trees who are clinging.
== ENCHANTMENT ==
- Eyesigil will now add a short balance loss onto any syssin taken out
of phase.
- Throwing an eye sigil will now take a short balance loss.
== FERALITY ==
- Throatrip will now place a short delay before people afflicted by it
are able to SMOKE.
== GROVES ==
- Mobiles will now keep following you when you Grove return, elevate or
flow.
- CALL BEES will now return your bees to you.
- You may now QUARTERSTAFF BLUNT to undo sharpening your quarterstaff.
- Someone who is beheading, cleaving, brainsmashing or chasming should
no longer be protected by grove barrier.
== HOWLING/Roaring ==
- Howl/Roar "challenges" (when two people are howling/roaring the same
howl/roar in the same room) will now randomly decide which player stops
howling/roaring. The chance is altered by the comparative
howling/roaring levels of the two players. Higher skill ranked players
are more likely to win the challenge.
== HYPNOSIS ==
- New skill: DISRUPT
== ILLUMINATION ==
- The 'evoke glow' skill will now also confer the ability to light pipes
without a tinderbox.
- Evoke Blindness will now have also cause targets hit by it to not see
players entering/exiting their room until it is cured.
- Firebomb has been removed.
- New skill for Daru: TEMPERANCE.
- New skill: REBIRTH.
== KAIDO ==
- Kaido Dodging will now allow you to dodge out of the way of joust,
should you not be mounted or prone.
- Using split mind will no longer reduce your maximum mana.
- KAI HEAL SELF is not an aggressive action, KAI HEAL ALLIES is.
- The inbuilt damage reduction of numbness has been increased slightly.
== LYCANTHROPY ==
- You may now STORE CARRION and then EAT CARRION from your den.
== METAMORPHOSIS ==
- The gorilla morph now has access to the "Seize" ability.
- Wolf's BITE attack will now infect its target with haemophilia.
- New Ability: SLAM
== NECROMANCY ==
- Indorani will now automatically gain a proficiency in Bonedaggers.
- You may now use Chill to put out firewalls.
- Infernals will no longer have access to the Blackwind ability.
== SANGUIS ==
- BLOOD LISTEN will now report custom emotes that are used in your
minion's room.
== SPIRITUALITY ==
- Chasten's affliction list has been changed to Confusion, Dizziness,
Epilepsy, Stupidity, Paranoia, Loneliness, Recklessness and Masochism.
- For clarification, as this has always been the case, should your
target have all these afflictions, chasten will do damage instead.
- Smite has been changed to deal magical damage instead of physical.
- Spiritwrack's affliction list has been changed to Stupidity,
Impatience, Vertigo, Sensitivity, Berserking, Lethargy and Self-Pity.
Should your target haven all of these afflictions, your angel will sap
them instead.
- The cost of Angel Care and Angel Empathy has been reduced.
== SUBTERFUGE ==
- Evade will now bypass traps.
- You may now use evade while in water.
- Bedazzle will no longer afflict with something the target is already
affected by.
== TEKURA ==
- Guarding will now work on thrown weapons, but will only deflect the
attack.
- Changing stance while you are already in a stance will no longer take
equilibrium or balance.
- Sweepkick should now be far more accurate.
- Jumpkick's damage has been changed so that a more significant portion
of it is unaffected by armor.
- RHK now has a chance to hit everyone in the room and does not require
a target.
== TELEPATHY ==
- Daru will no longer have access to Kainet.
- Mind Cleanse will now cure anorexia first.
== WOODLORE ==
- Should its target be both blind and not affected by a mindseye tattoo,
your butterfly will afflict them with amnesia.
- You can no longer setup tents in cities.
- Thornspray may now be used in Grasslands and Swamps as well.
- As your wolf tracks its target, it will tell you which room it has
moved to.
Enjoy!
Penned by my hand on the 7th of Variach, in the year 290 MA.