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Announce News Post #1205

Skills, D through H

Written by: Miagor
Date: Friday, October 17th, 2008
Addressed to: Everyone


This update includes changes to those skills starting with D through H.
There are, as always, a few general fixes at the start of the list.
Happy reading, Aetherius.

General
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- Many clothing items will now properly hide under garments and be
hidden by things that should cover them.
- Shop logs will now show the item made as being sold instead of the
pattern when something is bought from a crafter's shelf.
- Shop directories will no longer show unpriced items, you also must be
in the same room as the directory to use it.
- Fixed a problem that was causing the deathsight for lack of
sewer-training to display the wrong message.

Devotion
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- Deliverance will now give a message to the person being summoned.
- Bloodsworn will be deactivated when one of the members leaves the
realm and cease draining mana.

Elemancy
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- Casting a wall spell in a direction where a wall already lies will not
cost mana.
- Casting simultaneity while having all channels open will not cost
mana, but will still have a very minor equilibrium cost.
- Those in blackwind or astralform will be able to pass through walls of
fire and lightning now, but at a cost of willpower. The willpower cost
for passing through a lightning wall will be higher.

Engineering
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- Switching a fan to and from reverse will now require balance.

Enslavery
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- Golgotha can no longer be summoned forth while prone.

Fayth
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- Seraph sear will properly display a room message to those on the other
side of an icewall when melting one.
- Attempting to use seraph fortify while your seraph is at maximum power
will no longer cause you to lose any health.
- Seraph refuge is now stopped by being prone in addition to paralysis
and entanglement. This change will also affect Demon Refuge in
Malignosis.
- Using heresy while you already have the defense will refresh the
duration remaining.
- Seraph mindread can no longer be used while Graced.

Groves
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- Maelstrom's messages and AB have been changed to reflect that it
requires a thunderstorm to start a maelstrom, not a rainstorm.
- Grove screen will now properly protect only the owner.
- The Fayth ability of seek can no longer see through Grove Concealment.
- Clearskies now works to clear the unnatural weathers a grove may
produce, and provide a brief respite from further manipulation of the
weather by groves.
- Grove return can no longer be used while entangled or paralyzed.
- Grove thorns will now cease on the druid's death.
- Using perceive in the Natural Underground environment will no longer
give a message implying you can imprint there.
- Attempting to use entangle while your grove has the defence already
will no longer use sunlight.
- Using thorns while your grove already has the defense will renew the
duration on the thorns.
- Grove summoning will no longer have an environmental restriction, your
target just must be in your local area.
- Naturewatch will now work for all environments your grove has affinity
with (for example: A mountain grove can see someone moving into a hills
environment)
- Sharpened quarterstaves will now show up as "quarterstaff12345" on II
instead of "sharpened quarterstaff12345"

Hunting
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- Aim can now be used on shielded targets. This change also affects the
aiming ability in Bowmanship, Brutality, Chivarly, and Sabotage.
- Thornspray may no longer be invoked while flying.
- The AB file for Grab has been updated to reflect all its capabilities.
- Impale will now work properly against all attacks it should.
- Selfishness will now prevent THROW TO with handaxes (THROW AT will
still work properly)
- Thornspray will not use endurance when attempted out of affinity or in
the air.
- Laying a trap now requires you to be on your feet with two unbroken
arms, nor can they be lain while entangled or paralyzed.

The next update will focus on those skills starting with the letters K
through S. Moons' Blessings.


Penned by my hand on the 5th of Bellum, in the year 562 AD.


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