General News:
We continue to solicit player histories for the staff documentation. Anything's fair game for a write-up of your character. Immortalize yourself. All will be kept on the staff site, with any suitable material published on clan sites or elsewhere. Send your emails to Sanvean@armageddon.org, and include how you would prefer to be credited. These have been great!
Code Changes:
Update to "weather" command, allowing one to check weather in adjacent room, e.g., "weather south". (Xygax)
Groups have a smaller risk of being separated in very, very bad sandstorms.(Xygax)
Bug fix in how subguilds are set. (Nessalin)
Can now QUIT while sitting or resting. (Morgenes)
You must fully type "QUIT DIE" in order to die due to quitting while mortally wounded. (Morgenes)
Fixes to Allanaki elementalist gem. (Morgenes)
World Changes:
Crafting recipe from acct Travis, and several recipes from acct Xanous. (Vanth)
Ongoing Kadian updates. (Vanth)
Updated a Lightning Elementalist spell. (Halaster)
Update to management of NPC skills. (Nessalin)
You can now shoot or throw in and/or out of "wagons" -- any object you can enter/leave and look into/out of. (Nessalin)
Document Changes:
Updated the "sign" shown on port 4050 during the Saturday downtime, to point to the correct location of the WeeklyUpdate blog. (Halaster)
Updated helpfiles:
SKILL_THROW, SKILL_ARCHERY (Nessalin)
TIME (Raesanos, Tiernan -- added RL <-> Zalanthan time conversion chart)
Webpages Updated:
http://www.armageddon.org/intro/helpers.html -- removed Larrath, added Lazloth. (Raesanos)
http://www.armageddon.org/general/clothing.html -- fixed bookmarks, per acct Jorm. (Raesanos)
http://www.armageddon.org/intro/intro.html -- added links to subguild info, per acct mansa. (Raesanos)
Staff Changes:
Xamminy has stepped down.
Halaster is no longer working with House Kurac, but IS working with Allanaki Templars.
Adhira will be helping with House Kurac.
Typos/bugs/ideas:
Aliahna (1), Hitomi (3), Marc (3), Nari (1), Savak (4), Vanth (1).
Typo/bug/idea fixers this week were: Savak, Vanth.
Clan Assignments:
Allanak Templarate and Militia: Halaster@armageddon.org, Nidhogg@armageddon.org, Naiona@armageddon.org
Anyali: MUD@armageddon.org
Atrium: Adhira@armageddon.org
Bards of Poets Circle: Sanvean@armageddon.org, Mekeda@armageddon.org, Rihawke@armageddon.org
House Borsail: Naiona@armageddon.org
Desert Elves: Bhagharva@armageddon.org
The Guild: Nidhogg@armageddon.org, Daigon@armageddon.org and Xygax@armageddon.org
Haruch Kemad: Bhagharva@armageddon.org
House Kadius: Ashyom@armageddon.org, Karianna@armageddon.org, and Vanth@armageddon.org
House Kurac: Dakurus@armageddon.org, Adhira@armageddon.org and Mekeda@armageddon.org
Northern Templarate and Militia: Savak@armageddon.org and Mekeda@armageddon.org
House Nenyuk: Nidhogg@armageddon.org, Vanth@armageddon.org, and Kurano@armageddon.org
House Oash: Ashyom@armageddon.org and Nechomacus@armageddon.org
House Salarr: Daigon@armageddon.org, and Karianna@armageddon.org
Tan Muark: Savak@armageddon.org, Adhira@armageddon.org, Naephet@armageddon.org, and Gilvar@armageddon.org
House Tenneshi: Adhira@armageddon.org and Dakurus@armageddon.org
House Tor: Sanura@ginka.armageddon.org
T'zai Byn: Gilvar@armageddon.org
House Winrothol: Tlaloc@armageddon.org, Vanth@armageddon.org
Unclanned characters: Halaster@armageddon.org, Karianna@armageddon.org
Unclanned magickers: Tlaloc@armageddon.org
Special apps should be sent to Brixius@armageddon.org