This update includes changes and fixes for skills beginning with K
through S as well as a few general changes. Happy reading, as always.

General
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- Novices can no longer be forced to use PORTALS by any means.
- Many mana draining abilities will now be disabled should you run out
of mana.
- Switching profession by joining a guild will remove defenses specific
to your previous profession.
- Multiple walls can not be cast in one direction.
- The max price that can be set on an item in a shop is 5 million gold.
- Attempting to put a layout on a crafter's shelf will give a more
informative error message.
- Grove summon's environmental restriction has been restored. You may
only summon those who are in the same area and affinity as your grove.

Kaido
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- Fixed a display error with Dodging.
- Kaido Banish can no longer be performed while prone, entangled,
paralysed, or with both arms broken, nor can one who is shielded be
banished.

Knifeplay
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- Crescent cut damage will now properly take modifiers into account on a
prone target. This includes damaged legs, all forms of entanglement, and
paralysis.
- Prowess will no longer trigger against ranged attacks that are
parried.

Malignosis
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- Shadowstrike and Hunt will no longer break shield when the daegger
returns to its master.
- Banishment Rites will no longer injure a soulpacted ouroboros.
- Attempting to summon an ouroboros while off equilibrium will no longer
cause you to lose all your mana.

Naturalism
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- Conjure rainstorm will now make it begin to rain if it isn't already.
- The various weather controlling powers will no longer use mana when
indoors.
- Attempting to rouse a tree that is not present will no longer use
mana, willpower, and equilibrium.
- The effectiveness of temperature, humidity, and wind control have been
improved.

Necromancy
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- Sacrificing will now take your essence at the end of the ritual,
instead of the start.
- If you lack the essence to perform an action your essence will no
longer be completely drained.

Noctu
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- If you lack the sanquis to perform an action your sanguis will no
longer be completely drained.

Perception
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- Warning will now warn you when someone tries to detect you by scent.

Predation
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- Palming an item will now display in your defenses.
- If trying to prpopgate poison and lacking an ingredient it will now
display the proper missing ingredient.
- Secondwind now uses the syntax indicated in the AB file.
- Threadtraps may not be lain while Graced any longer.
- If you are obfuscated while handling an object your knowledge of
scents is strong enough to keep your scent from rubbing off on the
object. This primarily relates to the effect an item's scent has on
Wolfhunt.
- You can no longer begin fashioning darts while you are already
fashioning darts.
- The swifttrack AB file has been updated to reflect that it requires
your target to have you allied.
- Aversion and Obfuscate can no longer be used while Graced.

Runelore
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- Dying will stop you from completing the rune you are sketching.
- Vortex will no longer pull through sewer grates.
- Those following someone who is vortexed will not be pulled again
themselves by the same vortex "tick".

Sabotage
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- Attempting to summon a cobra without the skill will no longer drain
mana.
- Probing lightwalls will now display an appopriate message.
- All channels should allow you to check who, tells, and talk on them
while splicing or canceling a wormhole.
- You can now use doublestab regardless of the condition of your legs,
it will still require a free arm however.

Shielddance
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- Barrier may no longer be used while prone.

Smithing
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- Attempting to wear fullplate without Trans Smithing now displays an
appropriate message.
- Smithed maces may be purified now
- The error message for not specifying a quantity when smelting has been
fixed.

The next update will include all the remaining skills, starting with T
and continuing all the way through to the end of the alphabet.



Penned by my hand on the 11th of Letum, in the year 563 AD.