Welcome Board Archive - Update 8/5/2019

From: Rufus         Title: Update 8/5/2019                          
                    Posted On: Monday, August 05 2019, 09:11PM
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ADMIN CHANGE
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If you've been watching the helpfiles like a hawk, you'll have noticed 
that some language was changed or removed regarding cross play. With 
the mud now stable, it's impossible to know if an item in a box was 
one an alt put in there or if someone else put one in there. So we've 
removed much of the non-destructive cross-play language from the game.
If you want to go get another one of your characters something, 
you can.

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NEW ACCOUNT FEATURES
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ACCOUNT BANK
  * Accounts now have a shared bank.
  * It is limited to 2,000,000,000 gold.
  * Account bank can't drop below 0.
  * You can use the BANKTRANSFER command to transfer gold to and from 
    the account free of charge (normal withdrawl charges still apply).
  * Use BANKTRANSFER -<amount> to transfer from account bank to your 
    character's bank. Use BANKTRANSFER <amount> to transfer from 
    your character's bank to the account bank.  
  * Account bank will NOT pay your housing charges or be used in any 
    way automatically.

CHARACTERS ON AN ACOUNT ARE FRIENDS
  * Any character on your account can use your housing or shops, take 
    items, etc.

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OTHER CHANGES
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SHIELD SLOT
* You can only have one <worn as shield> slot. It still  takes up a 
  HOLD slot but you can only have one (like you can only WIELD one 
  item)
* BOOK OF LAWS changed to HOLD & SHIELD. Use as either. 
* Also note that items can have more than just a slot + hold now. 
  Don't know off hand how far this is spread but items can be worn with 
  WEAR <item> ON <slot> if the item is coded to support it

MISCELLANY
* You can use the PETITION command to request a description if you 
  do not already have one. PETITION DESCRIPTION to start the process.
* Healing balm works again. 
* Shortly after you level (about 2 seconds or so), the game will now 
  alert you to the new skills you qualify for based on gaining that 
  level. 

SCRAP CHANGES
  * Only Brittle items will be destroyed completely
  * Items reduced to 0 item hit points will now have a (scrapped) 
    condition. 
  * They can be repaired (mended/trueformed) in this condition
  * If an item is scrapped, it gets placed in your inventory
  * You cannot wear a scrapped item until is repaired