Greetings!

I have just loaded a set of bug fixes and other adjustments:

General
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- You can now ORDER LOYALS <something>. This will issue the order to all
your loyal entities in the room, regardless on whom they are following.
It is mainly done to resolve some problems with attaching Summoner
demons, but it has other applications too.

- fixed some typos


Alchemy
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- Meteor arrows will no longer trigger kai deliverance. This also
applies to Star tarots and meteors created by Grove Maelstrom


Artistry
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- SKETCH will now work correctly with partial player names

- INFUSE will no longer drain endurance if it cannot be done

- When a globe of illusions returns to you in the arena, it will no
longer forget who created it


Bonding
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- The bladed gloves artifacts will now increase POUND damage

- Your bond will now be correctly removed when leaving the game


Chivalry / Brutality
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- Damage from DEFEND should now be properly reduced by the defender's
defences, not target's defences; this also applies to Knifeplay COVER

- RESISTANCE will now notify you if you already have the defence active


Concoctions
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- Harvesting sacs will behave more intelligently now - it will
automatically use the first corpse from which harvesting is possible

- Harvesting non-groupable items, such as olives, will adjust your
harvest amount correctly now


Crystalism
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- You can no longer IMBUE Cataclysm vibrations while graced

- CRYSTALFOREST will no longer affect graced players

- Your vibes will now be correctly removed upon switching away from the
Mage profession


Elemancy
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- You can no longer use firelash through a closed gate


Engineering
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- The AB help files for Engineering can now be viewed even for abilities
that you do not possess, so that you can look up how to use the created
items


Fayth
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- Disabling spiritwrack is no longer an aggressive action

- JUDGEMENT will be correctly stopped if you do not have balance or
equilibrium, or if you are stunned


Groves
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- GROVE CAGE and GROVE TRAP will no longer affect astralformed and
blackwinded players

- GROVE TRAP and GROVE UNTRAP now take equilibrium


Healing
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- Attempting to HEAL graced individuals will only work if they declare
you an ally


Hunting
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- AB HUNTING BEAVER is fixed now


Hypnosis
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- The message about a successful hypnosis will show the correct gender,
and it will no longer show the full title


Kaido
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- Kai Deliverance can no longer be removed by random defence stripping
abilities


Knifeplay
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- Attempting to use Bladesurge will no longer drain endurance if you
cannot do so yet

- Circling and Spacing will be disabled upon leaving the arena


Metalworking
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- AB METALWORKING will now list Working for everyone, not only smiths,
as it can be used with Engineering items as well

- The Layouts ability will now be available to all Metalworkers, not
only smiths, for the same reason


Naturalism
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- TORNADO will no longer move people to rooms on another plane


Noctu
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- TENTACLES will no longer affect phased individuals

- TENTACLES will no longer affect those who are following you, even if
you have them enemied


Predation
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- Trying to PALM gold from the ground should no longer be behaving oddly

- SHADOW should no longer drain endurance if the target is not nearby,
or if you cannot hide


Runelore
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- Effect of the VORTEX circle will now be blocked by Grove Cage

- Sketching runes while learning skills will no longer cause the
learning process to fail

- The URUZ rune will now correctly fade after 40 minutes

- Fixed a problem causing runes to sometimes randomly disable themselves


Sabotage
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- PHASE will be properly cleared when switching away from the
Assassin/Renegade profession

- Fixed a problem allowing those without the Sabotage skill to see SIGNS

- Failed SHADOW attempts will give a different message if you are phased

- Toxins given by the cobra will be attributed to its owner now

- You can no longer decapitate while phased


Survival
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- DIAGNOSE will now give the same error message regardless on whether
the target is online

- CURSEWARD will no longer be lost upon unrelated activities, such as
entering the arena

- Being impaled will now show on diagnose


Taming
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- Listening pets will no longer report conversations of phased
individuals

- Listening pets will no longer see through predator masks

- Intimidate will no longer work if the pet is in your inventory

- I think that I have fixed the problem with pets catching rats outside
of cities/councils, please BUG it if it's still happening

- Fixed a problem allowing you to order a pet to return when it's
already in the room with you


Tarot
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- The HIEROPHANT tarot will no longer ignore the Bracing and Clarity
defences

- Fixed a problem sometimes causing the Devil tarot to fade even if you
have Devilmark active


Telepathy
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- KAI NET will be correctly disabled if you die, quit the game or switch
profession

- MINDNET will be correctly disabled if you quit the game or switch
profession

- Attempting to TELL something to a mobile will have no effect if you
are mind isolated (it already worked that way when telling to players)


Thespia
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- CRUELLAMENT will now fail if any of the participants is asleep,
stunned or unconscious in one of its stages


Toxins
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- Boiling and thinning can now be done in the preserving room


Trailblazing
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- MEMORISE ROOM will no longer work on the Lunar Plane


Warding
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- POWERSOUL will be properly removed when switching professions

- HEADBUTT and BUTTSTRIKE will no longer bypass Taekate Guarding


Weaponry
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- BEHEAD and CLEAVE will be correctly stopped if you do not have balance
or equilibrium in its second stage


Garryn

Penned by my hand on the 8th of Fas, in the year 596 AD.