Patch History

  • -=*=- PERILOUS REALMS -=*=-

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    ***RECENT DEVELOPMENTS***

    October 29, 2024
    - Updated the amount of quest points available on mobs in Thaumlore, the Border
    Tower and the lower levels of Fortrum and added QP to wandering mobs in those
    areas for farming.
    Note: If you use a bot to farm please make sure you don't interfere with other
    players who are active.
    Thanks to Syn for the suggestion!
    - If you too have a suggestion like the above, mudmail it to me (Nitemare) and
    it will be considered.

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    Beyond Midgard Mausoleum lies the rarely visited Forest of the Dead and the
    hamlet of Sleepy Hollow. Known for its love of pumpkins and warm inn, the
    area has fallen to ruin and decay. The Constable has lost his mind. Strange
    burning creatures run amok through the leafy woodland, and at night, the
    Horseman rides, bringing terror in His wake.

    PR is proud to present a holiday special zone: The Forest of the Dead!

    This is a holiday zone designed to be open for the months of October and
    November aimed at level 500 characters (pull your socks up and level!).
    Most of the loot is holiday special and collectable. Report any issues to
    Nitemare and Syn.

    Happy spooky season!

    September 11, 2024
    - Spell_Vamp on all item_sets have been increased by a factor of 5. Report any
    issues direct to Syn.

    September 10, 2024
    - Rumours have arrived from Mushroom Land that the mighty Hogger has been seen
    rooting around for mushrooms. Adventurers are warned: STAY CLEAR! This giant
    boar is a killer!

    - Spell_Vamp on all eq has been increased by a factor of 5. Report any issues
    direct to Syn.

    July 8, 2024
    - Auor has privately been updating his portals in his secret portling room. You
    can now find a few new exits there to more zones. Enjoy!
    Thanks to Tygen for the suggested update.

    July 1, 2024
    - Mobs in Midgard should no longer pick up dropped eq. This means you should be
    able to drop something at reception and not have Maggie wearing it before you
    realise what just happened. This only applies to mobs in Midgard. Zones that
    are connected to Midgard and not affected by this change, i.e. if you drop an
    item in the Museum and it gets picked up by a kid, that's your problem. Mobs
    like Janitors and Vampire Bats use special code and are also not affected by
    this change.

    - Several 'Puff-related' items have been dispersed throughout the Realms for
    you to collect. To help you narrow it down, you should look for them in the
    following locations:
    > The Abyss
    > Mount Pyragard
    > Moria
    > Fortrum
    > The Volcano
    > Terberthia
    Collect them all for a tiny amount of kudos and respect. And maybe more will
    be added soon!

    June 23, 2024
    In a shock announcement, Emilee Starsoul of Thaumlore Fortress has issued a
    general warning to all of the Realms today! To the south, beyond the Marsh,
    a rupture in the planes has been discovered that could see a full invasion
    from the forces of Chaos! Armed wardens from Thaumlore have been sent to
    investigate and guard against incursions, whilst the Great Knight, Sir Xavier
    of the Vale, has joined them in a geas to destroy the power behind it! All
    adventurers are requested to help the Thaumlore knights if possible!

    PR is proud to present a reimagining of the classic: Chaos Realms!

    Chaos Realms, the home of Draxas, has been revamped with updated rooms, mobs,
    eq and a few surprises. This has been the work of a few months to get it in
    place and at a decent level. I'd like to thank Nicholaa, Tygen, Viller and
    Alaric for providing some playtesting and trialing.

    Report any issues direct to Nitemare.

    May 19, 2024
    - Lightsabers have been made slightly less scrappy. If you lost one, see me for
    a one-time only replacement.
    - You can no longer hold gems. This should make no difference when it comes to
    taking them from a corpse or socketing them in your gear.

    Report any issues to Nitemare.

    May 18, 2024
    - Rumours abound around Midgard today that the infamous Overlord has been hard
    at work strengthening his forces and equipping with the latest technology the
    elves have to offer. August Arcana requests brave young adventurers to sally
    forth and assess the level of threat beholden at The Canticle!

    PR is proud to present an update to a DikuMUD original zone: The Canticle

    You may remember this area as where the Blue Rook spawns. I have reworked the
    zone so that there are no room traps and you now require the usual key method
    of exploration (you will be able to use skills/spells to open doors as well).
    This zone remains low-level, as intended with the original DikuMUD code, and
    should be considered a step-up from the Chessboard. It is aimed at levels 30-
    80 with few remorts. There are many new low-level items to collect and a few
    new mobs to kill. Enjoy!

    Thanks to Nicholaa for providing a play test of the mobs. Report any issues
    direct to Nitemare.

    May 17, 2024
    - Major sanitising of trinkets:-
    All trinkets have been analysed for level and rarity. You may notice a change
    in colour of the trinkets you have; there are many less legendary and far more
    uncommon. During the process I also noticed some bugs with a few trinkets and
    have corrected these. If you own any of the following list and spot a bug or
    no change, contact Nitemare ASAP:
    a. Will of the Damned
    b. Token of the Red Strider
    c. Hand of Torment
    d. Black Scale of Tiamat
    This exercise was necessary to provide room-to-grow as new areas are developed
    and brought in to the game (we can't have *everything* at level 500) and to
    provide a means to score an item to determine the rarity rather than having it
    assigned arbitrarily by me. It is my intention to repeat this for all items,
    however, it is not a priority and will be done piecemeal as and when I have
    the time.

    Extending a thank you to Nicholaa for helping with the project.

    May 09, 2024
    - Alcanzar Windu has boarded a space ship and left us for the year. You'll see
    him again next May. Hope you had fun finding and killing him!

    May 02, 2024
    - Alcanzar Windu has decided to grace us lowly mortals with his presence in
    Midgard. He's only staying a week! Go say hi! Oh, you might have to kill
    Deth Vader to find him...

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    W E E K

    May 01, 2024
    - I have recently added in a bunch of stuff that didn't load in game. You can
    find new offerings in the Stockades, on some of the rares recently added, and
    in Dark Horn Hill. I won't tell you which mobs, you gotta do some of the work
    yourselves.

    Have fun and if you find an any issues, contact Nitemare.

    April 25, 2024
    - I have reviewed the load rates on high-end rare spawns and implemented a few
    tweaks. You may see more eq load on rares for Smaug, Nuahlon, Odin, and Vie-
    Tiamen.

    I will be watching and reviewing over the coming weeks. In the mean time, if
    you feel like a load rate is significantly unfair, you can mudmail me and I
    will review it inline with the way in which the world is designed.

    April 22, 2024
    - News just in from Fortrum! Boril, Warchief of the Green Clan, has promoted
    long time critic and official mad woman, Vorta Goldbelly, to replace Valek as
    Clan Priest! Odin was quoted as saying, 'There's two things you should know
    about the mad woman; firstly, she is mad, and secondly, she is a woman!'. The
    fiery redhead priestess, who has long campaigned to close the gates of Fortrum
    to outsiders, is rumoured to be cleaning up the mess and destruction left in
    the wake of Valeks' betrayal. Visitors are warned to be extra polite around
    her and to offer gifts of alcohol to appease her.

    New NPC for the green clan who were left lacking when Valek left. It might be
    worth looking at her and getting an idea of her history before you blindly
    attack like the murderous bunch you are. Consider yourselves warned.

    Report any issues to Nitemare.

    April 17, 2024
    - For you brave souls who explore every nook and cranny, I have removed the exit
    that leads in to the sewers north of the Underground Tavern. I have added the
    area to the list of zones requiring a full revamp.
    - Minor changes to the Border Tower have been made.
    - Bunta has coded a new flag for me to use that will mean that some mobs may not
    look like they have not loaded eq, but instead you may find it on their corpse
    or dust. Thieves and other rogue types who can peek at inventories could be
    useful for spotting eq loads on certain mobs.

    April 15, 2024
    - Agents at the Thaumlore Fortress have raised concerns around the Border Tower
    that watches the plain of Pharsica for trouble. According to the reports,
    a Sphere of Impenetrable Darkness has been conjured around the Tower,
    obscuring it from outside eyes. The usual monthly reports that reach
    Thaumlore are now weeks late, and a scouting party sent to investigate has
    failed to report back. Knight Commander Emilee Starsoul has asked August
    Arcana to send brave adventurers to solve this mystery.

    PR is proud to present a reimagining of a Pharsica area: Border Tower!

    The Border Tower in Pharsica, which many of you may have explored in the past,
    has been reworked with fresh descriptions, new mobs, and new eq. This area
    should be considered hard and apex level remorts will be required.

    Thanks to Nicholaa for testing this. Report any issues to Nitemare.

    April 14, 2024
    - Some minor adjustments have been made to the min level of some DHH eq. This
    equipment is generally rated as epic and, at the current min level, makes
    advancement to superior stock awkward.

    I intend to normalise a lot of the eq minimum levels over the coming months,
    so if you have any suggestions for items for me to look at please mudmail them
    to Nitemare.

    April 10, 2024
    - Esteemed Archeologist Doctor Sagacious Blackwood has just returned from an
    extended field trip to the wasteland known as Greece to the East of Midgard
    and reports finding a beautiful ancient home. Adventurers and history buffs
    alike are encouraged to go there and view this ancient marvel with their own
    eyes.

    PR is proud to present a reimagining of a golden oldie: Ancient Greece!

    New mini-area added to Greece. You can find a key on one of the mobs in the
    wastelands which will grant you entry to the newly found 'domus' that is
    located somewhere on the south-eastern stretches of the area. You will be
    expected to have a few apex under your belt.

    Thanks to Nicholaa for testing the mobs. Report any issues to Nitemare.

    April 7, 2024
    - Rumours abound throughout Midgard today that the evil Meg Mucklebones, once of
    the swamp south of the town, has been spotted in the foggy marshes of Dark
    Horn Hill. August Arcana has warned all adventurers to be careful around her!

    New rare spawn for Rabekka the Night Hag in Dark Horn Hill along with some
    useful bobbins for you to collect.

    April 5, 2024
    - It was noted that the Shield of Impact did not load in the Realms. I have now
    added this item to one of the new mobs that has been recently added in 2024.
    It's up to you to work out which one.

    April 2, 2024
    - News from Scouts at the Dragon-besieged Dwarven Outpost near the Great Eastern
    Desert suggests that the continuous influx of adventurers has caused Smaug to
    grow in power. Adventurers are advised to cease provoking the dragon and
    stay clear of the area!

    Added a rare spawn for Smaug. This should be considered very hard... But the
    rewards should be worth it.

    March 26, 2024
    - The spawn rate for the Vie-Tiamen rare has been improved.
    - Added new trinkets to Mushroom Land, Castle Mistamere, Harpy Land and the
    Dwarven Outpost - report any issues on min_level and item effectiveness to
    Nitemare.

    March 25, 2024
    - The St. Patricks day event is over for the year. Check back again next year
    for more Guinness-themed fun!

    March 5, 2024
    - St. Patricks day is almost upon us, and to celebrate PR is proud to announce
    that Saemus, a world-famous Leprechaun, is visiting Midgard and spreading his
    Emerald Isle cheer to one and all.

    HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!

    This event will close on March 25th.

    February 25, 2024
    - Added a few more loads to Battle Odin including a new item set.

    February 23, 2024
    - More rumours have surfaced in Midgard today that the Lich known as Vie-Tiamen
    is growing in power. All adventurers are asked to investigate forthwith!

    Vie-Tiamen has been given his very own rare spawn along with appropriate gear
    for you to load. Enjoy!

    February 15, 2024
    - Battle Odin and Fortrus have been updated to balance them with the rest of the
    world mobs. They probably load something new as well...

    Report any issues to Nitemare.

    February 11, 2024
    - Scouts watching the Duergar at the Volcano have reported that the dark dwarf
    invaders have entrusted a key to the raging elemental dweller inside. Doctor
    Sagacious Blackwood has voiced concerns that a powerful denizen of the Under-
    dark may have taken up residence in the fiery tunnels which could signal the
    beginning of an invasion force.

    Enjoy a new addition to the Volcano zone and report any issues direct to
    Nitemare. Warning - this may be difficult.

    Jan 22, 2024
    - Welcome to 2024!!

    ChristmasLand has been unlinked, I hope everyone got the presents they were
    hunting for!

    I've been away for a spell but promise to be back soon with some new work.
    I've been busy with my move and softball season has begun which means
    traveling for tournaments.

    Cheers,
    Khensu

    Nov 18, 2023
    - The spell mage fire and all curses should no longer damage gear. If you can
    think of any other spells that should not damage gear let us know.

    Nov 10, 2023
    - Updated the Silver Vestments gear set to add the silver sleeves. Thanks to
    Verne for keeping this honest!
    - Updated some of the silver gear to be more level-appropriate for their
    stats.

    Nov 7, 2023
    - Deth loads a new lightsaber along with the fabled crystals
    that power them.

    Oct 26, 2023
    - Fixed what I think is the bug that makes your stats go lower when using
    certain set and item abilities. Please watch your stats closely the coming
    days and report any irregularities to Bunta or Khensu.

    Oct 24, 2023
    - Halloween is upon us! Our favorite haunting duo can be found wandering
    Midgard with some goodies, both old and new. The Halloween event will last
    until the end of November when it will once again be removed for the year.
    Enjoy!

    Oct 15, 2023
    - Fixed the Mage's Gem that was preventing it from loading in Fortrum.
    - Added a unique gem to Pyragard.
    - Added gems to some additional mobs I think should be harvesting them.

    Sept 23, 2023
    - Added a new unique gem to Pyragard.
    - Added sockets to Nuahlan's gear where it makes sense - be sure to dep/with
    any gear on your player to update it.

    April 7, 2023
    - Added sockets to gear in the following zones - be sure to dep/with any gear
    on your player to update it.
    Dark Horn Hill
    Kyoto
    Thaumlore
    Tower of Sorcery
    Orktown
    Volcano
    Any suggestions on gear that you are hoping to see have sockets, please
    reach out to Bunta or Khensu.

    April 5, 2023
    - Fixed bug with buffs that caused some mobs to get incredible amounts of
    hitpoints and shields. Mobs that get buffed with shields now has their
    shield diminish each tick, similar to how it works on players.
    - If you notice anything strange with your stats, please report it to
    Bunta asap.

    March 28, 2023
    - Added some more colors and steps to buntamize. It will now be different
    color based on how hard you buntamize. Strength goes as follows:
    white -> yellow -> cyan -> blue -> magenta -> red

    March 13, 2023
    - Made full heal base formula slightly higher. Made the advanced full heal
    remorts give 60% more to healing power than how it was previously. If
    you see any issues with this, please report it to an immortal.
    - Full heal now cures blind on every cast as before, not only crit.

    March 8, 2023
    - Added some more socket slots to various gear.
    - Dropped the cost of gem removal a little bit.
    - Added some unique gems to different bosses, more will come.

    March 7, 2023
    - Started adding socket slots to some gear. I'm about 30% done and much more
    will be added the coming days.

    March 3, 2023
    - Some blessings and curses have been added to Scholar, Templar and Inquisitor.

    February 27, 2023
    - When working with gems I had to update the names on all items in game. It
    has come to my attention that any stringed gear keywords also got removed
    by this. If you need any assistance with setting keywords on any restrung
    items, please contact an immortal.

    February 26, 2023
    *** ITEM SOCKETS ***
    - We are proud to introduce sockets. Now when you kill mobs around the realms
    they will drop a new type of item, "socket". These can be socketed into gear
    that has had socket slots added to it. For more info about these new items
    you can examine or identify, if an item has had socket slots added, it will
    show up.
    - To interract with sockets you have a new command: socket
    - Report any strange behavior to the imms. We will also need your input on areas
    that do not drop this new item type but should. Over the next few weeks we hope
    to have everything distributed and integrated into the game.
    - For more information see:
    - help socket
    - help sockets

    February 22, 2023
    - Added a new trinket to the Gelfling area.
    - Increased Mushroom Kingdom XP.
    - There appears to be an issue with pre-existing negative mutations on EQ that
    causes an item's min_level to reset back to it's original. If you find that
    you are in possession of something like this, please let an immortal know.
    Bunta is also allowed to fix this, he doesn't need permission.

    February 22, 2023
    - Heart of Darkness mobs have all had their XP increased to be inline with that
    of Moria.
    - Eastern Desert mobs, Myconoids, and Driders/Dark Dwarfs near Drow have all had
    their XP increased to be inline with Moria.
    - Gelfling XP has been increased to bring it inline with Moria mobs.
    We have a list of zones that we shall address over the coming week. If you do
    know of any area that would make an excellent levelling zone but lacks XP send
    a mudmail to Nitemare and she will look in to it.

    February 21, 2023
    - Some flags that prevented summoning/portalling to the Volcano and the top
    level of EoT have been removed. We shall be removing more of these in more
    areas over the coming weeks. Some zones/rooms are designed to be harder to
    enter than others (i.e. DHH or the chamber with Valek the Betrayer) so the
    flags will remain in those circumstances. If you know of any area that you
    feel should allow a summon or a portal, please let Nitemare know.

    February 19, 2023
    - Added a window of 24 hours where you can give nodrops as normal items. After
    many requests where immortals needs to help "switch" bound gear we thought
    this was the best way to go. Immortals will no longer help switch any NODROP
    items. If you miss giving it within 24 hours it will stay with you forever.
    If you find any bugs or issues with this, please contact an immortal.
    - Fixed a bug with "remove poison" spell. It indicated that it was nopoison
    instead of remove poison.
    - New skill "peek" added for thieves. This command tries to peek at the
    inventory of the target. I'll balance this more the coming days when I see
    how useful it is.

    February 14, 2023
    - Fixed a bug in fountain room. Now christmas tree code will only trigger if you
    try to loot the actual tree. Everything else will work as intended.
    - Added spells "haste" and "spell haste" to Clerics.
    - All blessings are now excluded from dispel magic. If a blessing gets removed
    by any other means than wearing off by its time. Please tell an immortal.
    - New spell for clerics, "curse of exhaustion". This lowers melee haste and
    then all attributes of target over time, it also does some damage. Help will
    be added for all new cleric spells soon.

    February 13, 2023
    - New spell for clerics, "fury". This is a spell I found while browsing files.
    It increases damroll of the target for a duration, it scales with level and
    remort.

    February 12, 2023
    - Had a little accident that resulted in us having to restore all players from
    backup. If you played during the last 24 hours you might've lost some of your
    progress. To get reimbursed, please contact one of the immortals and we'll be
    happy to assist you. Sorry for this guys.
    - Heal and full heal for paladins have been reduced a little in mana cost to
    compensate for the lesser hps given now. When I get to revamp Paladins, I
    will make up for this more with new things that will make it well worth it.

    February 11, 2023

    CHAOS IN MIDGARD!

    A riot has broken out in the infamous Stockades on Iron Road! The guards are
    struggling to hold back the tide of insurgent inmates! The Commandant has not
    escaped and is thought to be a hostage of the prisoners. All adventurers are
    requested to investigate and put this uprising down!

    The immortals of PR are proud to present 'The Stockades'. This zone should be
    considered mid-hard in level and can be found somewhere on Iron Road in our
    very own Midgard.

    Please report any issues to the immortal team.

    February 7, 2023
    - All heal spells can now crit and have advanced remort options.
    - Reworked all heal spells to follow same pattern, spells such as "heal" and
    "full heal" was completely out of order and is now in line with other heals.
    - Changed the length of "paging". Sometimes when you do a command that has big
    output you get: [Press return to continue, q to quit]. Before this was limited
    to 22 lines and has now been increased to 35 lines.
    - Added alot of new spells to Cleric that will soon be revealed in detail when
    beta testing is finished.
    - Fixed an issue with item abilities. If you had 2 items equipped that were the
    same item, you had no way to use the second one. This has now been fixed.
    Report anything odd with item abilities to the immortals.
    - Groups no longer get exp area wide. This was a mistake on my side when adding
    dots to the game. If a mob dies and you're not around, then he dies without
    the benefit of exp / apex. If you gain experience or apex when not in the same
    room as the enemy that dies, please report it to an immortal.

    February 4, 2023
    - Made mobs base stats scale with level. This mainly affects bosses and other
    mobs that aren't killed for levelling. However it affects all mobs above
    level 250 more or less. Let the immortals know how much this affects the
    hardness of the game, hopefully it's not too bad.

    February 3, 2023
    - New skill, "mute strike" added to Barbs, Palas and most Warrior derivative
    classes. I have been pretty generous in distributing this as a way for you
    to combat that various mobs cast more now than before.
    * This is a skill that is similar to strike and does some damage and places
    a temporary silence effect on the target. It also has a cooldown to
    prevent it from being spammed. The harder it hits the longer it silences.
    - Fixed a bug that caused some mobs to be able to cast with silence on. If
    any mob is able to cast when they should've been silenced, please report it
    to the immortals.

    February 1, 2023
    - Tweaked spell power on damage spells, pure classes such as Cl,Ma,Wz should
    notice that their offensive spells does more damage than before.
    - All other classes had their spell power damage upped by a smaller amount
    and should also notice a slight difference in spell damage.
    - Kargarn Blackhold has taken up residence in the Infocenter of Midgaard. He
    offers spells, both good and bad (beware). For the right fee you can use
    his services to get spells that might've been hard to get previously.
    * Kargarn is a known hustler and likes to put some of your hard earned gold
    in his own pockets!

    January 28, 2023
    - The "score" command now shows the name of the zone you are in.

    January 27, 2023
    - Help files have been updated to include the new thief/assassin skills.

    January 26, 2023
    - DEATH! DESTRUCTON! TERROR!
    Tragedy has befallen the dwarf kingdom of Fortrum! Valek, the venerable and
    wise priest, has disappeared and his chambers have been decimated. Rumours
    abound, with Dorf quoted as saying 'Some Boogers broke in and kidnapped Valek
    and Odin killed some before they escaped to the north!' How true this, and how
    grammatically correct, no one yet knows.

    The Immortals are proud to present a zone and plot created by Bob;

    THE VOLCANO!

    Enjoy, and please report any issues to the Immortal Team.

    - Added some of the new thief/ninja/assassin skills to Inquisitor as they are
    partly thief.
    - Fixed a bug with item spells that crashed the mud and sometimes lead to
    skipping the cooldown.

    January 23, 2023
    - New trinket added to Orktown.
    - Following on from the post on the 19th, there are two new zones in active dev
    at this time. Both are being worked on when the imms have time and we are
    looking to release the first soon. Watch this space!

    January 19, 2023
    - What's coming ?
    - Revamp of most spells/skills in game. Anything useless or deprecated can now
    be recreated as something you can use. This will be done slowly but surely.
    - New spells and skills, with the new framework we can do things that was not
    possible before. Now we can create spells / skills that you'd expect in any
    of the newer games you normally play(ed) the last 10 years.
    - Revamp of classes, all classes will be rewritten to use the new framework.
    Right now only druid fits this decription, this will be done alongside the
    spell/skill revamp.
    - New item sets and trinkets. We haven't even started with the many
    possibilites this can affect the game in a great way.
    - New areas that will introduce a "tier" system with objects and item sets
    that will be an upgrade on any of the best gear that is currently in game.
    - Melee critical strike stat and Spell critical strike stat. Right now PR has
    no way to opt for crits. It's completely random, by adding these stats we
    hope to remedy this. Beware, you'll have to lower other stats if you want
    this.
    - Sockets / Enchants / Runewords. Right now enchanting sucks. Reimagining
    enchant and adding collectables that can be used in runewords for better
    enchants along with socket slots for some items will also be something to
    look forward to :)

    January 9, 2023
    - A correction has been made to lifesteal. This will affect how much hp you get
    back when fighting. Before lifesteal was calculated before any defensive checks
    were made on the mob. Let's say you hit dorf for 500, but after armor checks etc.
    your actual damage would be 300. Before lifesteal would've been calculated from
    the initial 500 dmg, now it's calculated on what the true result becomes, which
    is 300 in this example.
    - Fixed a problem with mobs grouping, mobs would only group when areas were completely
    reset. Now a mob that spawns individually will join its group on spawn.
    - Added advanced berserk remorts.
    - Hit-shields granted by heal spells now increase the amount given with your spellpower.

    January 8, 2023
    - Rewrote the spell invulnerability to not drain as much mana as before. I also
    made it add some all_resist once active. Increased the base duration by 50%.
    Added improved and advanced remorts to invulnerability as well.
    - Added cast message to nopoison and nosleep. They kinda suck so if you can come
    up with something better please send a note to Bunta and I'll update it.
    - New skill "garrote" to As/Ni/Th class.
    * This is an opening move that places a dot on the target, lowers their stopping
    and silences the target for a short duration.
    - New skill "cheapshot" to As/Ni/Th class.
    * This is an opening move that damages and stuns the opponent for a short duration.
    - All new As/Ni/Th skills are in a grace period, they might be changed/revised at
    any time until they are considered balanced.

    January 7, 2023
    - Restated certain trinkets that used the world heartbeat and not Bunta's pulse
    effect code to be more useful. Bunta will address the issue for the future to
    allow for a wider range of trinkets to enter the world.
    - Added a trinket to Moria - specifically to a well-known orc hero.

    January 6, 2023
    - Revised crippling strike to have similar effect as strike with crit and
    after effect.
    - Added trinkets to EOT and Nodoon.

    January 5, 2023
    - Added a new trinket to Dark Forest.

    January 3, 2023
    - Added skill "preparation" to the As/Ni/Th class.
    * This instantly resets all your active cooldowns, on everything.
    - Added skill "slicendice" to the As/Ni/Th class.
    * This skill increases your attack speed and damage, additionally it tries
    to hit everything in the room, up to 3 additional enemies without remorts.
    - Fixed a bug that reset usages on books and other items everytime a player
    logged in.
    - Added new trinkets to mobs in Abyss, Pyragard, and Bashgar's Tower.
    - Xmas Land has been disconnected and will return in 11 months time.

    January 2, 2023
    - Added skill "shadowform" to the As/Ni/Th class.
    * This greatly reduces damage taken for a short period.
    - Backstab and Assassinate now buffs certain stats when used.
    To keep the stacks active, don't slow down :)
    - Added various remorts and remort bonuses.
    - Changed maximum bank storage to 750 mil. There was a check
    that added up to 750 mil with 30 remorts. So made sense to
    raise the limit.

    January 1, 2023
    - Added dual wield to the warlord class.
    - Assassinate has been modified to proc a little more often.
    - Added skill "ambush" to the As/Ni/Th class.
    * Damage + Buffs you, debuffs target.
    - New skill "daze" added to the As/Ni/Th class.
    * Dazes the target for a short period and disengages from combat.
    - New skill "vanish" added to the As/Ni/Th class.
    * Vanishes and disengages from combat, while vanish is active you cannot be
    seen.
    - New skill "crippling strike" added to the As/Ni/Th class.
    * Damage + Debuffs haste and damage of target, also causes target to move
    slower.
    - All new skills scale with remort, level, stats, base damage etc.
    - Help entries will be added for all new skills in a few days.
    - These skills are in a grace period where we might modify them at will.
    We appreciate player input to help us make them better as usual!
    - Added new trinkets to certain mobs in DHH and Fortrum.

    December 30, 2022
    - Added an indicator for druid stacks, flurry, roar, killing spree etc. in
    "att" and "aff".
    - Updated spell divine hand to be a bit stronger on lower remort tiers. It
    also has a small chance to become lower than before as it is more random.
    - Rewrote how damage is dealt with all pulse affects, as well as the core
    damage() function. This might have some unintended consequences for the
    next few days. Please report anything out of the ordinary to an immortal.

    December 27, 2022
    - Some spells were mapped wrong when they wore off. Spell messages should
    now be consistent with the spell that wears off.
    - Sometimes it wears off with just "!dispel good!" for instance. If you
    want to come up with a better message please send it on a note to Bunta
    and I will add it.
    - If you see any wrongly mapped wear off messages, please report it.
    - Some buff spells, such as divine hand are completely OP after a previous
    change. Expect them to be scaled accordingly the coming days/weeks.

    December 21, 2022
    - The bulk of all item sets has been added. That means all sets that was
    suggested by various players, plus quite a few more that were created
    while doing this.
    - Further sets will be added based on player reporting and observance. Any
    new zone or gear will also add new item sets to the world.
    - Check your alts for any suprise set bonuses, and don't forget to deposit
    and withdraw an item in bank if unsure as if it should be part of a set.
    - As item sets will further boost attributes I have again raised the maximum
    caps of attributes. They now cap at: Strength -> 99. The rest -> 90.

    December 20, 2022
    - A lot of item sets has been added, but it's still far from complete.
    To make sure an item is updated with the correct item set etc. you can
    deposit/withdraw it in the bank and it should recieve the latest stats.
    - I will try to add a few item sets everyday until the world is saturated.
    - If you notice anything out of order please report it to an immortal.
    - Message any item set ideas to Nitemare or Bunta and we'll consider it.

    - Every set bonus is subject to changes. I have no idea how this will
    affect the current game balance. This is still in alpha and will be
    updated/modified accordingly.

    December 16, 2022
    - Examining an item will now show if it's part of an item set.
    - Made item set lists reflect what items you are wearing in the set.
    - Fixed some issues with use messages regarding item sets.
    - Made the duration of silence a bit longer.
    - Added some more delay to mobs when they cast a spell, they should now
    cast a little less frequent.

    December 14, 2022
    - Commands att and aff now displays the highest set bonus achieved for each
    set worn. If you reached all set bonuses it will be green, else white.
    - Commands examine and describe now works on item sets to view set bonuses
    in a more convenient way. Example: exa battlegear

    December 11, 2022
    - First item set has been added, i chose the layered steel items as I see
    many people using them. Compare any stat changes with bonuses you get
    from the item set, report anything unusual. This is on test for now,
    when we see this functions properly and not crash game for a week, more
    item sets will be added.

    December 10, 2022
    - Slightly later than usual, Santa's Sleigh can be found above the fountain.
    Touch it if you dare and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
    - Our Halloween event has finally run its course and the queen of scream has
    left the realms for another year.

    December 9, 2022
    - Item sets has been added to game. Soon you will notice that some items you
    load or already own will be part of item sets.
    - Fixed a problem with mobs getting debuffed by new abilities and never
    recovering from it. This would also affect Apex points gained on death.
    Thanks Bob for helping report and fix this.
    - Remade how spell haste and remorts to spell haste works with casting
    speed. Spell haste is now stronger than it was previously.
    - Fixed a problem where buff spells wouldnt scale with remort and spell power,
    most buff spells has been updated to new formula but are subject to change
    as some might be op.
    - Many other bugfixes and under the hood convenience stuff. This should be
    reflected in some stat commands etc.

    November 26, 2022
    - Mobs that have been assigned a class can no longer learn spells/skills that
    they aren't high enough level to learn.
    - Rewrote the code for trinkets, this resulted in a much more flexible way for
    us to build items with abilities. This will only be used for trinkets for now.
    A few trinkets has been put into game already, with many more to come.
    - Various fixes to gain, regens, death under 100 and much more has been patched
    behind the scenes.

    November 21, 2022
    - Been doing alot of work behind the scenes last couple of days. In an effort
    to free up more slots for spells, I have moved around something that might
    affect hit messages. Please be vigilant on "hit and spell messages" and
    report anything unusual to the immortals.
    - We are now ready to start creating trinkets. After some brainstorming we have
    finally got a good grasp of what to do with them. Expect some surprise drops
    coming soon :)

    November 16, 2022
    - New spell 'Silence' has been added to most mage-like classes. Casting silence
    on a target will render it unable to cast spells for a short period of time,
    however, the target will still be able to fight back and use any skills that
    they may have.
    Please report any issues to Bunta or Nitemare.

    November 14, 2022
    - New spell "magic haste" has been added to classes that has the haste spell.
    This spell increases your spell haste instead of melee haste.
    - Changed heroism slightly, base stats are now little lower, but it scales
    with spell power and remort.

    November 13, 2022
    - Added a remort bonus that gives you a higher chance to resist dispel magic.
    Bob observed that now when many mobs have spells, there is not so much point
    to player buff spells when so many mobs casts dispel on you. Hopefully this
    will deal with most of the annoyance. Maybe we need to do something
    additional to get this in check, we'll see over the coming week.
    - Added remort bonus to killing spree for druids. Also fixed modifiers on
    flurry and killing spree to scale better with remort bonuses.
    - New spell, heroism. This is a buff spell. It has been added to most classes
    that has warrior in their mix and can cast.

    November 12, 2022
    - Rewrote the formulas for lifebloom and regrowth completely. They now scale
    more with spell power, remorts, stats etc. They also heal more than they
    did before.
    - Fixed a bug with buff messages in pulse affects. Now you will only see the
    buff message if the ability changes something.
    - Rewrote the petrify and all to stone spells to now be shorter like paralyze.
    Added the spell to mobcast aswell.

    November 11, 2022
    - Mobs now use mana/power same as a player when casting spells. If they run
    out they can't cast more.
    - Made the delay when a mob casts or uses a skill to be quite a bit longer
    than what a player has.
    - Removed the last remnants of saving throws. It was present here and there
    on some spells, but I don't think it did anything. If you notice anything
    different with spells, please tell the immortals.
    - Updated worn resistances, if you have an item that is, for example,
    "RESISTANCE by fire", it will now be accounted for in resist code.
    You will then have a higher chance to completely resist that type of
    magic, and the damage will be reduced if it hits. The same thing
    applies to "SUSCEPTIBILITY by fire", but opposite.
    - Reworked the paralyze spell. It is now much shorter. This is the beginning
    of some plans we have to make paralyze alot more versatile and useable.
    - Paralyze is now castable in combat.
    - Fixed a bug with apex gaining, where sometimes you would debuff a mob so
    much that it lowered its apex points gain.
    - Made lifebloom and regrowth scale with spell power. They should now heal
    a bit more if you have good gear. Also made remort count a bit more for
    them.

    November 10, 2022
    - Updated Pyragard mobs so that where appropriate the mobs have been given
    a class. This may make some mobs harder than they were before.
    - As part of the Pyragard update 'humanoid' mobs in the zone have had their
    immunities to backstab removed and can now be assassinated.
    - Fixed a bug with holy strike / strike and some other skills that caused
    them to not stack as intended.

    November 9, 2022
    - Found a bug with classes tied to Rogue. This class has now been renamed
    to what it use to be called. Thief.
    - Alot of mobs have been updated across the board. Obvious mobs such as
    warriors, clerics, assassins, mages, sorcercers, priests, templars,
    paladins etc. have been updated to their corresponding class.

    * This will probably impact the game quite a bit. This is as new to us
    as it is to you. We will do our best to balance / fix everything as
    fast as we can. Help us by giving us feedback on anything annoying.
    We would also appreciate if you reported any mob that doesn't fit the
    theme and should be assigned a real class.

    November 8, 2022
    - Gave mobs a little personality. Now idle mobs that have any buff spell
    will have a chance to cast it on themselves. They also have a chance
    to buff any mobs in the same room, if they aren't already buffed. Even
    roaming mobs with spells will sometimes buff mobs they see. I hope
    that this will make the gameplay and mobs a little more interesting :)
    - Did the final update to spells and skills tables. It was required to
    fix breath weapons and some other things. As a result of this you will
    have to repractice some spells, please check at your local guildmaster.

    * The spells/skills tables are now up to date, so this is the last time
    we suffer this inconvenience.

    November 7, 2022
    - a huge treasure in Terberthia can now be looted again. If any other items
    experience similar problems, please contact an imm and we will fix it.
    - Fixed alot of bugs with mobs, now mobs can use any skills that a player
    can if we set it in mobfile. This also works with initiating abilities
    such as backstab, assassinate, pounce, bearslam etc.
    We can also add charmies that would try to backstab, pounce etc. instead
    of just assisting you with hit. We'll see how this gets integrated.
    - Mobs can now replicate any class. This is a work in progress, I might
    still need to add support for a few spells etc.

    November 5, 2022
    - Moved druid into new pulse framework. Now caps on cat/bear stacks should
    work as intended, among many other things. This is a work in progress and
    will be tweaked/added to the coming weeks as I get feedback and see how
    the class performs now vs before. Hope you enjoy the changes :)
    - Lifebloom primal effect can now stack.

    November 4, 2022
    - Ability cooldowns now show up in "aff" if you have any active cooldowns.
    - Fixed a bug where -mutate gear was reset to original level. Any badly
    mutated gear should now be level/2. If you have any that aren't, contact
    an immortal for fix.
    - Assassinate now shows as a stat in "att", it also matters more towards bingo
    than previously. (It's only visible if you have the assassinate skill)

    November 3, 2022
    - Mobs in Dark Horn Hill, Fortrum and Thaumlore have been updated to accomodate
    the new cooldown for assassinate. I've applied simple logic - if the mob is
    humanoid, then you should know how to assassinate it. You will not know how
    to assassinate demons, undead, or fantastical creatures like dragons and so
    on. If you find a mob in these zones that you can't assassinate, and you
    think it should be, raise with Nitemare. More zones will be addressed over
    the coming days.

    November 2, 2022
    - Fixed a bug with mob spawning. Mobs such as Qing Qong will now spawn as they
    did before.
    - Fixed a bug where cooldown wasn't applied to assassinate as intended.

    October 30, 2022
    - A bug has been discovered with Dorf's tankards and kegs. We've run a reset
    on these items and they should now be fixed. However, a side-effect of this
    fix is that the tankards/kegs contain beer again. Please empty and refill
    if you use these for water.
    - A new cooldown has been added to spells on weapons. We are sure you agree
    that the salamander kiss stiletto was overpowered - the proc rate was at
    some points 3 per round and higher. This meant that top mobs would last
    maybe 4 to 8 rounds of combat before dying. We felt that giving you the
    space to have some fun whilst we made a fix was the right approach. Part
    of that fix is this new cooldown that limits how often a weapon can proc
    if it has a spell affect on it. If you see no cooldown the weapon works
    exactly like before.
    - The Immortal team now has the ability to 'fix' items on all player accounts
    regardless. You will no longer be asked to return items. Illegal items,
    such as kitkat bars and other relics from the days of cheating will be
    amongst the items to be purged over the coming days. I suggest if you have
    any of these, you use them whilst you can.
    - We are currently investigating some bugs related to rare spawns. In the
    mean time the spawn rate for mobs such as Qing Qong have been increased to
    try and counter this issue whilst a fix is in development.

    We are not here to nerf you. We are here to balance and moderate the game
    so that we can continue to add content and improve the experience. Please
    contact an immortal if you have any issues with any of the above.

    October 26, 2022
    - Halloween is upon us! The Queen of Scream and her friend Siouxsie can be
    found wandering Midgard with some goodies. The Halloween event will last
    until the end of November when it will once again be removed for the year.
    Enjoy!

    October 22, 2022
    - Updated holy strike a little. It will now cast holy word when it
    finishes, if enough stacks are applied to the target. It will no
    longer auto refresh cooldown on every hit. Instead of one loooong
    holy strike it will now be divided into several, each with a finisher.
    - Rewrote the damage formula of holy word some, it now takes into account
    your maximum mana and remort count aswell as other things.

    October 20, 2022
    - Fix to exp and apex gaining, yesterday exp/apex was gained while the
    intended gainer was not in the same zone as the person who killed the
    mob. This should be fixed now. Report to the immortals if not.
    - Fixed a problem with rescue, you should now always rescue your target
    from the main mob they are fighting.

    October 19, 2022
    - If you have any "scroll of no poison". JUNK IT. We found a bug that
    makes it instantly crash the game when used. This only affects older
    scrolls. Newly loaded ones work as intended.
    - Made it so mobs now support skills in same way they do spells. This means
    that we can put any existing skill on any mob. Expect to see some holy
    striking, ambusing, berserking etc. mobs in the future :)
    - Fixed a bug where some remort bonuses got applied twice. This applied to
    all attributes, Str, Dex, Int etc. I'm not sure what else it affected.
    If any of your stats looks different this is the cause tho.
    - Updated so immunities work. If you or a mob are immune to fire, cold,
    electricity etc. any spells of that "magic type" will be 100% resisted.
    I'm not sure as to how much this will affect overall gameplay, if it's
    too much I might revert this.
    - Fixed a bug that caused all mobs in the game to have 0 stopping. This was
    very bad and has been fixed. If you notice that mobs are harder this is
    why.

    October 18, 2022
    - Pulse effects that are buffs such as berserk and ticks up a stat over the
    duration will not proc if you are fighting and sitting. You have to be
    standing in a fight for these affects to proc now.
    - Barbarians now have to be standing in a fight to have a chance to proc the
    passive berserk buff.
    - Made Barbarian berserk procs slightly stronger than before.
    - Gaining hitpoints has been rewritten to account more for constitution. It
    generally grants you more than it did a long time ago due to raised stats.
    A (good) side effect of this is that you will no longer have your remorts
    addeed to hitpoints before you "gain/earn" them. Not gaining with enough
    constitution might result in you not reaching your true potential in rare
    cases.

    October 17, 2022
    - Fixed some problems with how affects updates on characters. It should be more
    robust than before. I also might've fixed so stopping gets applied correctly
    from gear. If you have more stopping than before it's because of that. Please
    report any issues with stats to Bunta asap.
    - Stress tested the new pulse affects on my local server with thousands of mobs
    and found a few errors that was game breaking and has been resolved. I dare
    almost say that the new pulse affects are 100% stable now.
    - Fixed so gain works like it used to. You will no longer gain outrageous amounts
    of hp and constitution will matter more when gaining.
    - Most mobs in Terberthia has had their immune to backstab removed. Hopefully
    Assassins can have some fun in that zone again.

    October 16, 2022
    - Fixed a bug with pulse affects where initial and pulsing buff effects wouldn't
    get applied as intended. This also made any buffs granted by pulse affects to
    reset if you moved (what a shock). It should be fixed and working now. Both
    lifebloom and regrowth should have a noticable buff while the spell is active.
    Report any glitches to Bunta.

    October 15, 2022
    - Lifebloom can now proc heal when it wears off, if it has enough stacks.
    - Added skill doorbash to Barbarians.
    - Found a slow core function that was bad enough to affect all pr. This was the
    code that formated any number bigger than 1000 and added a "," "comma". If you
    see any numbers that are comma formated and doesn't make sense, please send a
    note to Bunta with the details.
    - Started the process of untangling the mess that is our spells/skills. This should
    not have any huge effect on you, but it might affect the following:
    1) Some spells and skills might have to be repracticed at a guildmaster. Check your
    pracs and make sure everything that should be practiced is.
    2) Wrong type of messages when spells/skills hits or wears off. Please send a note
    to Bunta if you see any messages that are clearly wrong and I'll patch as we go.

    October 14, 2022
    - Added a class-specific life-steal to Avengers. It starts low but scales with life
    remort(s). This is added on top of any existing life steal you already have. The
    class-specific life-steal also gains from weapon spell damage, which is unique
    to Avengers.
    - A cooldown has been added to assassinate. This is the first step in a few to make
    the Assassin class useable again. It works as follows:
    1) It only affects mobs that are hard enough to grant apex exp. When you level
    this will not affect you at all.
    2) The cooldown only gets added when you completely miss the attempt. If you
    successfully bingo or land the backstab. No cooldown is added.
    3) The cooldown time scales with the hardness of the mob you try to bingo. The
    more apex exp a mob gives, the longer the cooldown.
    4) Expect timers and other things to change as people try this out and report
    on their progress and findings.

    October 12, 2022
    - Made hit-shield persistent. If you logout and login you will now keep the shield.
    - Added an indicator similar to sanctuary/fireshield to players or mobs that has
    a hit-shield protecting them.
    - If you logout with a hit-shield active, it will now lose points at the same rate
    as it does when you are playing.

    October 11, 2022
    - New zone MORIA LEVEL 4 (Crash Test Tower) has been added to the world and can
    be found, believe it or not, somewhere in Moria. This is the brainchild of
    Antoinette - everyone congratulate her on an awesome job well done and enjoy
    exploring. This zone is aimed at low remort levels 130-250. Report any bugs
    to Antoinette.
    - Added ability cooldowns. Right now we only have the "lagg-wait" delay that
    you experience with bash, kick and other skills. Spells has none of the kind,
    only casting time. Now we can set real cooldowns on any old or new spell or
    skill if we want. This will be implemented slowly and won't affect you much
    now, but will be a great tool as we move forward with making spells/skills
    more interesting.
    - Persistent pulse affects, this new type of effects are now persistent even
    if you logout with them. Right now they are very short, so it doesn't matter
    much. In the future there might be longer variants where this could become a
    problem.

    October 10, 2022
    - Added skill ambush for Ninjas. This does initial damage as well as increases
    your melee penetration and melee haste for a short duration after the ambush.
    The damage, duration and bonuses scale with your gear, attributes, remorts and
    apex remorts for ambush.

    October 9, 2022
    - Base attributes: Strength, Int, Wis, Con etc. has been increased. New limits are
    as follows: 75 Str, 60 for everything else.
    - Lots of under the hood work has been done. Pulse messages has been updated so it
    is easier to understand what is going on. Please report any irregularities with
    the messasges or base attributes to an immortal.
    - New areas, challenges and items are being created. Stay tuned, specially those
    who have progressed up the remort ladder and might need some new challenges :)

    October 7, 2022
    - Added strike and sunder armor to warlord.
    - Added strike to warlock.
    - Increased the number of stacks that can be applied with strike by non-paladins.
    - Removed sneaking indicator in prompt '%i' for players.
    - Patched a bug that caused you to have 100% miss if wearing certain items. If
    you notice anything out of order with combat, please report to Bunta asap.

    October 6, 2022
    - The Archons now load in Thaumlore Fortress once more.
    - Reduced the casting time on regrowth a little.
    - Fixed a bug where fireshield and lifesteal would proc from pulse effects when
    you weren't in the same room as the mob being damaged.

    October 5, 2022
    - Added back strike after effect, i accidentely removed it when updating strike
    the other day.
    - Updated pounce, bearslam, rake and maul to have more dice based damage and
    account for resist smilar to holy strike. They now also use the correct damage
    type based on what weapon you have wielded. This shouldn't affect the skills
    as they were too much. If you notice anything drastic please speak to Bunta.

    October 4, 2022
    - Regrowth and Lifebloom spells are now castable in normal form for druid. It
    is still stronger and more effective to cast in treeform.
    - Fixed so holy strike uses the type of your weapon for all damage and procs,
    also made it dice rather than be static damage. Updated so resist scales a
    little bit with mob level.
    - Remade strike to be a lesser holy strike, it really sucked before, all got
    resisted etc.
    - Start to add messages to pulse type effects, if you see any typo or have
    any suggestions please contact an immortal.

    October 2, 2022
    - Made the passive berserk for barbarians have a higher chance to proc if you
    take more damage. Meaning, the more damage you take the more likely you are
    to go berserk.
    - Patched yet another thing with NODROP. People could pick up bags containing
    items bound to other people. This is no longer possible. You can pick up an
    entire corpse if you are consented, but you shouldnt be able to take out
    any NODROP gear. If you find any more ways around NODROP, please report it
    to Bunta.
    - Attributes now show if berserk is active, passively or manually. You can
    also see if you have recovered from berserk cooldown.
    - Passive berserk cannot proc if you are recovering from berserk cooldown.
    - Fixed a problem with pulse affect messages, sometimes they disappeared
    randomly and caused the spell to not work as intended. Thank you Artu
    for highlighting this.

    October 1, 2022
    - Barbarians have a small chance to become enraged and go berserk for a short
    period when hit by an enemy. This effect scales with level, life remorts and
    the apex remort bonus for berserk. This passive berserk has no debuff.
    - Further work on berserk activate, the buff amounts are now more balanced.
    The debuff will now start after the berserk period has ended, it will stay
    shorter based on ur remort count and remort into improved berserk. It will
    drain your haste until it goes away. As always, report anything unusual to
    the immortals.

    September 30, 2022
    - New skill Pummel has been added to Barbarians. This skill is similar to bash,
    but does much more damage. It scales with your overall damage, level and
    remort count. It also has remort bonuses available at the altar. Pummel does
    not have a 100% knockdown chance as bash does to compensate for the extra
    damage. There will still be situations where bash might be prefered. Beware
    that changes will be done to this skill over the coming days and weeks.
    - New skill Berserk has been added to Barbarians. I found some old code and
    decided to rewrite it and reuse it. Berserk causes you to go into a rage and
    raises a random damage attribute over time. It decreases your hp temporarily
    after the skill has been used. As with pummel this will be revised in the
    coming days and weeks.
    - A reduced version of holy strike has been added to the Templar class. It can
    be practiced at your local guildmaster.
    - If you are a Cleric, mystic heal, faith heal and flash heal now have a chance
    to proc a shield on the target you heal. This scales with level, remorts, and
    spell power. It also has a remort bonus available on higher levels.
    - Increased account bank to store 500 items instead of 50. Many have complained
    about storage options and unneccessary mule accounts, hope this solves it.

    September 29, 2022
    - Started to work on the bug causing (null) mutations. You should now be less
    likely to get such mutations. If you see any please report it to an immortal.

    - We are very pleased to announce the release of the new Druid class. This
    new take on the Druid is completely different to the previous version. The
    Druid is now a form-shifting healer, damage dealer, and tank, depending upon
    the form taken. They have a whole new range of skills available in the form
    they choose to take. You can find help on these skills using HELP DRUID and
    HELP on the skills found under 'skills du' (druid) to see an overview of
    what the druid can now do.

    This has taken months of work from Bunta (code) and Celesta (test) to perfect
    and debug. Both have worked really hard to make a wishy-washy concept from
    myself come to life. We hope this will give many hours of fun to those who
    try this new class!

    *** Please direct any questions to a member of the immortal team. ***

    - A note from Nitemare: As an immortal I strive to create things for the world
    that I hope players will find fun and interesting. Sometimes the changes I
    propose can seem negative. However, none of these changes are done to 'nerf'
    a player. They are done to create new challenges, new opportunities, and add
    new concepts to the Realms that can greatly increase the diversity of, and
    interest in, our Perilous Realms. If you feel like I am being unduly unfair,
    it is your responsibility to talk to me. I will take a dim view from now on
    with anyone using gossip to voice displeasure and launch passive-aggressive
    attacks upon the immortal team.

    September 28, 2022
    - Fixed a bug where hit shields could stack higher than the intended limit.
    - Fixed a bug where mobs can loot NODROP and put them in bags to effectively
    circumvent the flag altogether. If you still can get around this, please
    contact the immortals and show us how.
    - If you carry any bags that contain non-bound NODROP items they will become
    bound to your character on your next login.
    - Fixed a bug so charmies now unfollow you as they should upon end of charm or
    if you use dispel magic on them.
    - Fixed a bug with encrypted scrolls, they should now work as intended.
    - Fixed a bug where if a mob is moved out of a room from their original spawn
    room; no mob will respawn in their place until the original mob is killed.

    September 27, 2022
    - If you are blinded while fighting, there is now a small chance that flee can
    fail.
    - Sneak items such as angelic wings have been changed a little. If you start a
    fight in a room with more than 1 mob, you will now become a viable target for
    other mobs if they are aggressive or hates you.
    - As previously warned; a cooldown has been added to all useable items with a
    spell (that requires the 'use' command). By default this will be set to 5
    minutes. If this has any unintended consequences please contact an immortal.
    The upshot of this is that we can now add more 'use' items to the world in a
    way that does not cause them to be overpowered by constant use. We hope you
    can appreciate this and if you feel we've been unduly unfair with cooldown
    times please raise the issue. We won't be going back to constant use, but we
    may amend slightly.

    September 23, 2022
    - Paladins can passively proc a shield when they land a melee type hit on an
    enemy. The shield scales with your remort count and damage landed. If you
    notice anything irregular, contact Bunta or Nitemare.

    *** To every other class ***
    - We are in the final stages of implementing something awesome. This will soon
    be beneficial to all single and multiclass characters. Updated spells,
    skills and abilities are coming soon.

    September 06, 2022
    - Holy strike is back. The shield part of it is disabled for now, as we debug
    and balance the skill further. This might reintroduce periodic crashes, but
    they are vital to actually getting to the bottom of the problem.

    September 05, 2022
    - Holy Strike has been temporarily removed from game in order for the recent
    crashes to be identified and for the skill to be properly balanced in line
    with all the other classes that share the world of Perilous Realms. Right
    now the skill is OP and allows the top class of the game to effectively solo
    world mobs. Address your complaints to Nitemare.

    September 02, 2022
    - Updated "report" and "group" command to reflect percent colors and indicate
    if a player has a shield and how much is left on the shield.

    September 01, 2022
    - Inquisitor has been updated a little. The class can now use dagger, short
    sword and handaxe and get's the spell strength.

    - There is a bug in game that prevents mobs from fighting back. This was first
    observed during play testing and I thought it was an isolated incident. Bunta
    is investigating but will benefit from more information - so if you see this
    happening please let us know so we can fix the underlying cause.

    In the meantime the affected mobs in Thaumlore have been temporarily removed
    and will be replaced in a few days with temporary clones that will work as
    normal.

    August 30, 2022
    - There was a chance to crash the game when holy strike was used, it now looks
    to be resolved. If you encounter any problems with holy strike send a mudmail
    or contact Bunta directly.

    August 29, 2022
    - ** NEW skill "holy strike" for Paladins
    - Holy strike can be practiced at your local guildmaster.
    - Holy strike does initial damage similar to strike, then adds additional damage
    that scales with remort count for an additional 20s. It also grants a shield that
    stacks and will be absorbed before any hp damage can be inflicted. This shield
    scales with remort count. It also has a small mana cost.
    - Holy strike has remort upgrades bonuses.

    August 20, 2022
    - The spell 'inferno' has been fixed and updated. Beware that some mobs had
    this spell in their lists and will now do some extra damage. Have fun!

    August 18, 2022
    - Bunta has made a fix to Zain. This might fix certain issues with the mob.

    - Bunta has made a fix to Wizards. You might not crash the game if you use one!

    Any issues with these fixes please contact the immortal team ASAP.

    August 08, 2022
    August Arcana has received news from Zoologist Doctor Sagacious Blackwood that
    a preventative remedy has been discovered that will prevent our illustrious
    adventurers from suffering the effects of wyvern poison! Details have been
    passed out to the druid, cleric, scholar and templar guilds for training to
    their members and has created a stock of scrolls for retailing by Zifnab at
    Mystle's Mystics on Iron Road.

    August 06, 2022
    Midgard scouts in the employ of August Arcana have discovered a trail leading
    deep in to dangerous giant lands on the way to the Kingdom of Nodonn. Early
    reports suggest that the giants have joined forces with Drow interlopers and
    are planning an invasion. All adventurers are requested to suit up and set
    out for Mount Pyragard as soon as possible and put a stop to the nefarious
    plotting!

    - Nitemare and Antoinette are proud to present the re-imagined and re-release
    of Mount Pyragard.

    Please report any issues/bugs to Nitemare.

    - In other news, it has been observed that players are camping named mobs in and
    around Fortrum for their quest points. As such Nitemare has decided that all
    QP rewards in Fortrum are to be reduced and spread out more equally across the
    world. You can now find QP rewards in the Abyss, Dark Horn Hill, the Dwarven
    Outpost, the Eye of Terror, Nodonn, the Strange Outpost, Pyragard, Skexie,
    Terberthia, Thaumlore Fortress, the Tower of Sorcery, the Wasteland (aka
    Greece) and the Yuan-Ti Palace.

    If you feel that a mob SHOULD load a quest point and you suspect it doesn't,
    please mudmail your suggestion to Antoinette who will file it appropriately.

    August 01, 2022
    The spell-casters, spell-binders, sorcerers, wizards, mages, necromancers,
    scribers, alchemists, smiths, teachers, barkeeps, jailors, and crafters of all
    shapes and sizes would like to extend a thank you to the brave adventurers of
    Midgard for helping them with their small Doom problem. The creature in
    question has now been isolated and trapped in a magical prison from which
    there will be no escape. Adventurers are warned to stay clear of this as the
    Tower of Sorcery takes no responsibility for loss of life or limb.

    Big Thank You to Antoinette for organising and preparing this special event.
    We look forward to more in the future!

    July 04, 2022
    * * * Happy Independence Day to our US friends * * *

    - Updated Warg Alley. This zone now offers a progression up from the chessboard
    with a few items to improve your eq on your way forward. I have unlinked the
    warg forest area beyond it as it is broken and will be relinked once all the
    problems have been fixed (in slow-time).

    BEWARE the fire ants! These little creatures may be easily overcome alone but
    they have been known to swarm unwary adventurers.

    Please report any issues to Nitemare.

    June 25, 2022
    - Many minor tweaks to items / rooms / mobs throughout the realms over the last
    few months. Most noticeably:
    - The orarion from Yuan-Ti is no longer unique per character.
    - Moria has been gifted with 2 new bosses. These bosses load some new eq for
    progression from the Chessboard. Thieves in Moria now also drop a key that
    will allow access to a locked portion of level 3 moria - this will be use-
    ful in your hunt for one of the bosses. Some items have been upgraded and
    some mobs renamed.

    Have fun!

    April 30, 2022
    - Fixed a bug in Midgard that can cause a character to become trapped.
    - Added wings to Malice in the Museum.
    - Yug-Yug loads some more eq.

    January 18, 2022
    - Charms summoned with the cacaodemon spells can no longer have their charm
    effect dispelled.

    January 17, 2022
    - Updated skill "sunder armor" to indicate when the maximum stacks are applied.

    January 14, 2022
    - a pair of wasp wings
    a large pair of wasp wings
    These objects have been updated to be used in slot wings. Please see Nitemare
    to have yours updated.

    January 14, 2022
    - A new equipment slot 'wings' has been added to the world giving players their
    20th item location. This slot currently takes three items from around the
    world but we intend to add more as we go. The current existing items:

    + a pair of bronze dragon wings
    + wings of angelic shadow
    + wings of angelic death

    These objects have had their slot value updated. All players are required to
    speak to Nitemare and have the above objects updated to fit in to the new
    slot. As of March 1st Bunta will run an automatic cleanse of the world that
    will adjust the old variants of the above objects to be of type 'wings'. If
    you have any special mutations or restrings of these items they will be lost
    during the cleanse and will not be replaced. Speak to Nitemare before March
    1st if you do not wish to lose any special mutations or restrings on the
    above items.

    January 3, 2022
    - Happy New Year to all the people of PR!
    Christmas Land has been unlinked and will return with new gifts for you all in
    12 months time. We hope you enjoyed the festive fun. 2022 will bring more PR
    revamps and a new zone or 2 to explore, and Bunta and Nitemare look forward to
    spending it with you all!

    December 28, 2021
    - August Arcana brings news from the Haon-dor Forest! Two terrible new dragons
    have been spotted devouring peasants, sheep, and worse. Yes, they've eaten
    Shargugh the Forest Brownies' favourite brown felt hat with the genuine bird
    feathers. Shargugh is said to be devastated. Adventurers are needed to slay
    these fearsome beasts!!

    December 5, 2021
    - August Arcana, working with other members of the town council, have managed to
    dispel the magical barrier on the Fortress of Thaumlore that has been stopping
    new recruits joining the Order of Law. However, during the ritual the
    Fortress vanished and has yet to be located. August Arcana is encouraging
    adventurers to scour the Realms and locate Thaumlore. There they can meet the
    new Commanding Officer, Emilee Starsoul, and join the fight against the forces
    of Chaos.

    The Perilous Realms staff are proud to announce the reboot to the classic
    zone:

    - + - + - + T H A U M L O R E F O R T R E S S + - + - + -

    This area should be considered EPIC++ with added OUCH.

    Big thanks to Celesta and Bob for playtesting. Please report any bugs to
    Nitemare.

    November 23, 2021
    - The lucky denizens of the Perilous Realms are rejoicing today, for Santa has
    opened the gates to Xmas Land once again. This year brings new and exciting
    gifts for you to treasure, and old ones to swap and trade to finish your
    collections. Rumour has it that the portal to Xmas Land is somewhere in the
    Midgard Museum...

    Merry (early) Christmas!

    November 2, 2021
    - The Herald of Halloween has taken all her lanterns and her friend, the Queen
    of Scream, and left Midgard for this year. We hope you all had fun collecting
    the goodies on offer.

    October 17, 2021
    - The Herald of Halloween has returned to Midgard and has brought a friend!
    Happy Holiday's to All!

    September 13, 2021
    - Update to the blade load on Zriophent to be more inline with the rest of the
    tower rare-spawn drops.

    I will NOT be swapping old blades for the new one. Please load yourselves new
    ones.

    August 23, 2021
    - Added more Quest Points to some of the harder mobs across the Realms. Enjoy!

    August 16, 2021
    - August Arcana has been in talks with the elusive Deth Vader and has managed to
    persuade him to return to Midgard on a permanent basis!

    You can find Deth Vader wandering the streets! May the Force be with you!

    P.S. Extended thanks to Deth for letting me use his name without actually
    agreeing to anything or even knowing that I am.

    August 12, 2021
    - Rumours have been filtering in to Midgard that both Kalas and Mina have been
    conspiring together to bring forth a set of weapons that, when used as a pair,
    will be more powerful than even the most Godly of weapons!

    Of course... It's just a rumour!

    July 28, 2021
    - Reports from Fortrum have reached Migard detailing that Odin is preparing
    himself for war. Adventurers seeking the company of Odin should beware!

    New rare-spawn for Odin has been added to Fortrum.

    May 02, 2021
    - Shock news from Dark Horn Hill has been brought to Midgard by museum curator
    and adventuring archeologist August Arcana. Due to an influx of adventurers
    sacking the bog lands surrounding the mysterious hill, the lizardman hero of
    myth and legend, the great and mighty Qing-Qong, has been unleashed to bring
    an end to the pillage. Adventurers are warned to be careful, that this dire
    guard is more than a match for the most experienced out there.

    Over the last few weeks testing has been performed on a new mob that has been
    added to Dark Horn Hill. There is something special about it. You will be
    expected to have some Apex-level remorts under your belt to deal with this
    foe.

    Apr 02, 2021
    - August Arcana brings news from Terberthia that a major hive rebuild has taken
    place, pushing the central hive further north from the wizards tower it had
    been occupying. Explorers and adventurers are warned that anyone entering
    the hive core, where the Black Wasp Queen can be located, will find that they
    will be trapped inside, with only magical means to get out.

    Small update to Terbethia's architecture to maintain a challenge when using
    fear against the queen and king wasps. Remember to take your recalls or tags
    with you.

    Mar 23, 2021
    - Upgrade to EQ in the Chessboard. There should now be on offer a lot of new
    stuff for newbies to get them going, with options for different weapon types
    to boot.

    If you have OLD chessboard eq, i.e. plastic bracelets etc, these may change
    name to the new stuff but will retain the old stats - see me for an upgrade
    if you're really desperate or, better yet, junk it and go load some new fancy
    stuff.

    Thanks to Arturian, Bob, Celesta and Mystina for providing data.

    Mar 16, 2021
    - Following mysterious reports leaking from the Mountain of Pyragard, King
    Nodonn has seen fit to retrain and outfit his guards and retinue. In a report
    from our esteemed Curator of Midgard Museum, the Giant King has foretold of a
    coming war that will engulf the nations of the east in the months to come and
    that all adventurers should be ready for action.

    Upgrade to Nodonn zone. This area should be considered dangerous.

    Mar 10, 2021
    - Update to the load rates for Balmek in Orktown. Nothing amazing, but there
    should now be a better chance to get something from this difficult kill.
    - Fixed signpost in Haondor - on the trail to the Enfans. Thank you Dale for
    the bug report.

    Just to keep you all updated; we're still progressing the world. Pyragard is
    currently in test and once Bunta is back will be released with some special
    code.

    Inside Dark Horn Hill is currently undergoing a revamp of the mobs to balance
    and make them the fun challenge they were before. Along with this there is a
    lot of object balancing going on.

    The Midgard Zoo is undergoing some development for a new newbie/low zone that
    should be fun to play in for all.

    Also, the newbie/low game is being analysed and will hopefully be making life
    for new people a lot easier in the near future.

    As always, thanks for your patience, we are working hard (ish). If you have
    any questions, feel free to mudmail them to Nitemare.

    Jan 31, 2021
    - Dwarven Fireales are no longer nodrop. If you have these items on you, they
    may retain the nodrop flag. I will not be swapping them out for you, please
    load new ones as per usual.

    Jan 31, 2021
    - Update to demons in Eye of Terror zone. More of these mobs now have a chance
    to load eq. The load rate for the eq has been set to what I think is an okay
    level but if you farm these demons and do not get a drop in what YOU think is
    a reason time, please let me know and I might adjust. As always, if you've
    worked out how to get to these demons, please do not provide spoilers to those
    who are still working the zone out.

    Jan 21, 2021
    - August Arcana is back out and exploring the realms and has returned once more
    to bring news! This time he has discovered an ancient red dragon, locked in
    a cavern deep inside the kingdom of Nodoon. With recent Drow activity being
    focussed on contacting dragons, our esteemed Curator has asked that everyone
    able to seek this dragon out and destroy it before the evil elves find it and
    corrupt it!! Midgard needs YOU!

    Minor update to Nodoon targeted at the red dragon. This mob has been updated
    to reflect current world dragon boss stats and loot. Have fun! And report
    any and all bugs direct to Bunta (he loves a good bug).

    Jan 10, 2021
    - Update to the loot table for Balmek in the Orktown area. This mob now loads
    something that might make it worth killing him for.
    - Some behind the scenes updates to load rates, stats and spells. Build work
    continues on Pyragard which I hope to have out soon. Until then, watch this
    space.

    Jan 01, 2021
    - Happy New Year Everybody!
    Thank you to everyone who has played and enjoyed the realms in the last few
    months. You've made this world come alive, and for that Bunta and I wish to
    express our deepest gratitude!

    We have unlinked Christmas Land. It will return December 1st 2021 along with
    new toys for everyone to collect.

    We have a packed year ahead of us with lots of upgrades and new things for
    everyone to enjoy in the pipeline - see the immortal board at the Mortician
    for details of what to expect.

    And as always, if you have any requests, do let us know!

    Nitemare & Bunta.

    Dec 24, 2020
    Merry Christmas Everyone!

    - Fixed Demi-Lich, Keftab and Coringor to prevent them doing multi-spawns.
    These mobs are also going to be resisting your fear spells a lot more now.

    Dec 21, 2020
    - Some new additions to the help files for:
    APEX POINTS
    AFFLICTIONS
    SPELL VAMP
    SPELL HASTE
    SPELL POWER
    - Fix to some load rates in OldPort (thanks to Arturian for spotting this one).
    If you see any load rates etc. that you feel need tweaking, mudmail me and if
    I agree I'll change them.
    - Fix to 'tap' action whereby some past lazy imm had everyone earmarked as being
    a male. And on the same topic, if you have any suggestions for actions please
    mudmail them to me.

    Dec 9, 2020
    - Dragon breath has been added to the game. Some dragons will now make use of
    various breath weapons. Expect breath weapons to be powerful and match the
    difficulty of the mob. Report any issues to Nitemare or Bunta.

    Dec 9, 2020
    - Abyss DT under the Manticores has been made a little different. The room was
    described as a bottomless pit. It was not bottomless. Now you will fall for
    a short while meeting your doom in the DT - thus the quick fingered will have
    a chance to escape with a recall or a tag before they die. It's still called
    a bottomless pit - but it also has a bottom, as a throwback to those amazing
    imms of the 90's.

    Dec 8, 2020
    * APEX * REMORTING * SYSTEM *

    Perilous Realms is very proud to present our all new Apex Remorting System.

    WHAT IS IT?

    Players now have the option to remort almost indefinitely, creating unique
    characters that have enhanced abilities, natural magical affects like true-
    sight, super stats and extra hit points to name but a few.

    Players can use their quest points, their apex points or sacrifice a life
    (in the same manner as the current system). Sacrificing a life is sometimes
    necessary to reach higher levels and avoid getting stuck completely.

    HOW DO YOU GET ACCESS TO IT?

    To attain access to the Apex Remorting System, and to start earning Apex
    points, a player must be fully Remorted (i.e. Remorted 6 times under the
    current system.) Following that players will receive APEX points when they
    kill harder enemies. Players will only gain Apex points if their level is
    500 at the time of the kill.

    HOW DO YOU USE IT?

    To use this new feature, get 6 remorts, gain 500 levels and go to your
    regular remort altar and type 'remort'. A whole new set of stats will be
    available to choose from.

    ARE THERE ANY OTHER NEW COMMANDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS?

    Yes! New command: afflictions (aff)
    This command will show all your attained remort bonus name(s), rank(s) and
    stats.

    Finally, massive thank you's to Bunta for his coding of this incredible new
    system and his work on areas that we have added these last few months - his
    additional little bits of code have made them come alive in a way that I never
    could.

    And to Bob, Celesta and Uma for input and play testing of this new system and
    the new and revamped areas we have released these last few months. Your hard
    work and enthusiasm is very much appreciated!

    Dec 6, 2020
    - A Midgard Museum archeological team digging for treasures in the cursed ruins
    of Thalos have relocated the lost hive of the Beholders! After clearing most
    of a cave-in from under a ruined house the team was set upon by a bunch of red
    and purple beholders! The few members that returned to Midgard were treated
    by Locke Lamorra for their wounds. In a statement August Arcana has said, 'We
    are deeply troubled by this find, we had assumed the beholders had moved along
    to a new hole. We seek brave adventurers to explore this area and find out
    what these aberrations are up to! But on the bright side, at least the pesky
    Drow do not seem to be involved!'

    The PR Staff is pleased to announce that the Eye of Terror zone has reopened!
    This area should be considered EPIC level, inline with the likes of Dark Horn
    Hill. You can access the area somewhere in Thalos (that's the town full of
    lamia's between the desert and the tower of sorcery). Please take care and
    report any issues to Bunta or Nitemare.

    Dec 1, 2020
    - Fixes to Christmas Land where some stuffies were not loading.

    Nov 30, 2020
    - Removed Deadly attacks on all dragons.
    - Difficulty of Smaug increased.
    - Minor edits to Outpost items.

    - Long ago the Dwarf Outpost on the other side of the Great Eastern Desert was
    invaded by an ancient and powerful dragon. After laying waste to the site
    the dragon amassed all the treasures of outpost and set about destroying all
    the remaining dwarfs. Still fighting to this day, August Arcana has been key
    in convincing Odin that the Outpost needs reinforcements! Fortish
    Dragonriders have finally been dispatched to even the score!

    Major updates to the Dwarf Outpost zone to bring it inline with the difficulty
    of the original 1992 epic level area.

    WARNING! This zone should be considered DIFFICULT with added OUCH.

    Nov 29, 2020
    - CHRISTMAS LAND IS HERE!!
    You can find Santa's Sleigh about the fountain. Touch it for the magical ride
    to get to Xmas Land. Enjoy all the lovely new presents and don't forget to
    save Rudolph.

    Love, Bunta and Nitemare xoxo

    Nov 27, 2020
    - Paladins had their heal mana cost reduced from the initial change, it should
    now be slightly better.

    - Mortician has been updated to handle corpses from chosen people. If you are
    chosen and die in a DT. The friendly mortician will now help you retrieve the
    corpse. (As long as you are not PK flagged)

    - Various stat bugs that happens when you move around with certain spells has
    been adressed. It should now also be impossible to have stats that are higher
    than (50, strength) or (40, everything else).

    This is still in trial, report ANY unusual stat issue to Bunta

    Nov 24, 2020
    - August Arcana has been continuing his exploration of the nearby Great Eastern
    Desert and has discovered that once more the Drow have been leaving their city
    in the underdark and reaching out to nearby settlements for an unknown reason.
    This time several Drow were seen approaching a large brass dragon in a cave in
    the Great Eastern Desert before being chased off. The beast itself looks to
    have grown considerably in the years since it was discovered and may hold new
    and exciting things for adventurers to acquire!

    Update to the Brass Dragon to bring it inline with the dragon you old people
    remember from when the world was young and added a few new goodies to it for
    everyone to collect.

    - Removed Eastern Desert DT. It sucked. Whomever wrote it should be flogged.
    Please report any unfair DT's that provide zero warning or means to avoid to
    Nitemare for removal.

    Nov 22, 2020
    - Fixed load rates to make them better on Eastern Desert mobs. You should be
    able to load something a little easier now (and not just an excellent pink
    potion).

    - Updated load rates on Dragon's in Outpost 57. In light of the fix to the
    paralyse spell and special procedure I have removed this ability from the
    green dragon in the zone as it was making any solo kill of the green dragon
    very hazardous.

    As Bunta and I progress the world there will be more fixes and changes that
    have expected (or unexpected) consequences. One fix we have in store will be
    the breath weapons that all dragons are currently failing to execute. To
    prepare yourselves we recommend you begin to think about resistance gear as
    this will become very important later on.

    Nov 21, 2020
    - August Arcana brings us news from the Great Eastern Desert! The Sandworm has
    been spotted there more frequently recently. Our esteemed curator reports
    that a Drow scouting party, heading towards the cursed city of Thalos was
    attacked and killed by the sandworm. It's possible that new treasures might
    be found inside the gullet of the beast were adventurers interested!

    Updated the Purple Sandworm to bring it more inline with the worm from when
    the world was young. Newbies beware, it's difficult to see it!

    - Some updates to eq load rates in some higher end zones. Things should be
    easier to now.

    Nov 19, 2020
    - Updated the help file to include Melee Haste and Life Steal. I am not going
    to make a habit of updating these and if I do they will be deliberately vague
    so as not to provide you with numbers - it is important you work some things
    out for yourselves. You will also find an update to Protection From Evil in
    there.

    - Added a new command "AFFLICTIONS" after a request for it by Pixilator. This
    command only shows spells affecting you. Exactly like the last part of the
    attribute command does.

    Nov 18, 2020
    - News from the Guilds! Cleric, Templar, Inquisitor, Paladin and Scholar are to
    be offered training in 'Protection from Evil'. This ancient spell ceased
    being taught many years ago, but under the guidance of August Arcana, it has
    been recovered, reviewed and empowered. Zen Cleric Locke Lamorra was
    reportedly involved, ensuring fairness for all creeds. However an unfortunate
    side effect of this has made it more difficult for Paladin's to cast their
    spells. Guild leaders, along with August Arcana and Locke Lamorra are looking
    in this new arrangement.

    - Update to Dark Horn Hill mob the Barrow Wight. This mob was designed with a
    special procedure. Play testing has revealed that this procedure was not
    working as designed. The procedure, and thus the mob, has been debugged and
    fixed and is now operating as it was always designed to operate.
    WARNING: THIS MOB IS DANGEROUS!

    If you experience any issues with the above please speak to an immortal.

    - Following a glut of sacrifices that have appeased the Gods (and Goddesses) of
    the Realms, only mana users will now need to be in alignment in order to cast
    spells.

    If you spot a class that doesn't use mana but is required to be in alignment
    to cast a spell, please report it to Bunta ASAP.

    - Fix to Hammer Bracer in Yuan-Ti area. If you have one of these, please see
    Nitemare for a replacement. Special thanks to Tyro for reporting these EQ
    issues.

    Nov 17, 2020
    - For those people with level 100 or less toons, you will hopefully notice a
    marked difference in the amount of xp you lose should the worst happen and
    you die.

    Nov 15, 2020
    - Lots of minor typo fixes.
    - Updates to Yuan-Ti items.
    - Increase to xp multiplier for newbies.
    - Extra 'food' for Al Boggins' All Night Takeaway.

    Nov 13, 2020
    - Update to items dropped by Quee'Quee. If you have items from this npc please
    see me for a replacement:
    - commandant's sash
    - commandant's tail ring
    - commandant's warhammer
    - The candy shop has undergone a renovation after the lease was taken over by
    one Al Boggins. This fine gentleman now sells snacks that might help to
    appease Viller's appetite.

    Nov 11, 2020
    - Update to the mushroom patch next to the Buntagonamadon Lair. There are now
    a few different mushrooms that spawn here, each one offering something new as
    a boost. The mushrooms have all been set as a maximum of 1 per player.

    A fountain now loads in the Buntagonamadon area as well for those clever folk
    who go in with half a cup of water and an expired sandwich from Walmart.

    Nov 7, 2020
    - August Arcana brings a dire warning to Midgard! In a recent, ill-fated, trip
    in to the depths of the underdark, our illustrious Curator has discovered that
    the Dracolich that resides outside of the Drow city has grown exponentially in
    power! Adventurers should take extra care when heading in to the dark city of
    the Drow.

    Code updates
    - You will no longer gain experience as the group leader when not in same room
    when the mob dies.
    - Updated infirmary room to reflect the right cost for a single hit point.
    - Reduced the duration for how long the affect "chill touch" stays.
    - Fixed some bugs with summon so you can now summon in a lot more rooms, it is
    also required for the person getting summoned to give you consent, unless
    you are both chosen.
    - Energy drain will no longer drain levels from you if you wear an item that
    gives you immunity to drain.

    Nov 5, 2020
    - Some minor updates to the mobs in the Yuan-Ti area in terms of stats and other
    behind-the-scenes stuff. Report any issues to Nitemare.

    Nov 2, 2020
    - Siouxsie the Siren has left Midgard. Halloween is over for another year.

    Nov 1, 2020
    - The final set of planned objects have been added to the Yuan-Ti zone. You can
    experience this zone exactly as we designed it.

    Please provide feedback to Nitemare and Bunta. Happy hunting!

    Oct 30, 2020
    - Earlier than planned: Big update to Yuan-Ti loads - You can now find many more
    items on the various mobs in this zone. More to come. Watch this space.

    Oct 29, 2020
    - Just a note of thanks for the feedback on the new Yuan-Ti zone and all that it
    has to offer everyone and the reopening of Dark Horn Hill.

    We're in the process of adding new equipment to the barebones release--some of
    you may have already noticed new mobs that have appeared. New EQ will be
    available to collect on Sunday (1st November 2020). Watch the MOTD!

    In the meantime, news from the Realms;
    - Odin examined Dorf's Sledgehammer and make some tweaks to the centuries old
    weapon. Dorf's new Sledgehammer is rumoured to be of a Godly might.
    - Morina and Auor have consulted with the Fortrum augers and re-infused their
    orbs so that wizards and clerics gain the same benefits.
    (See Bunta or Nitemare to swap yours for a new one.)
    - Nasis has closed off his city and is suspected of making many structural
    changes amongst other things.
    - The Banshee, Siouxsie, is preparing to leave Midgard after her six week
    haunting. Adventurers don't have long left to seek her many lanterns.

    Oct 18, 2020
    - August Arcana is pleased to announce that the final diplomatic agreements have
    been made with the Yuan-Ti and access to their palace complex has been opened
    courtesy of the Myconoids just to the south of the underground river. Our
    esteemed Curator wishes you many happy adventures exploring everything the
    Yuan-Ti have to offer.

    This zone is rated as Newbie to High in level. This single area comprises
    of multiple separate zones all connected as you will see when you explore
    using the 'zones' command.

    Please note that this is a 'barebones' release and new objects and mobs will
    be added in the near future.

    Please report any bugs or issues to Bunta and Nitemare.

    A big thank you to Zurt and Celesta for their play testing and helping us to
    create what we believe to be an awesome area and a great addition to PR.

    Oct 8, 2020
    - Field students under the watchful eye of August Arcana have reported that a
    massive gate has appeared where once the entrance to Dark Horn Hill stood.
    The gate seems impassable, but there are strange markings and devices upon it
    that may offer clues to any industrious adventurer. Why the Slaadi have done
    this is unknown.

    For several years now the way in to Dark Horn Hill has been concealed by the
    demonic overlords of the evil Sahuagin after countless raids by intrepid
    treasure seekers. Could this be a new development in the Slaadi plans?
    Could they have found a way to push their evil fog further into the lands of
    Pharsica, tainting every creature it touches? August Arcana is relying on you
    to find out.

    There is now an entry in to the Dark Horn Hill zone. How you get in is up to
    you to discover.

    Oct 6, 2020
    - Research conducted by August Arcana has revealed that the spell "Cacaodemon"
    can be cast on certain objects from across the realms. Previously thought to
    be limited to the infernal items that came from the Abyss, our illustrious
    Museum Curator has discovered that some objects bare an engraving of flames
    that will allow a caster of Cacaodemon to identify what hell-spawn they wish
    to bring forth.

    Cacaodemon now summons mobs that will aid you mightily in your adventures all
    over the realms. Make sure you look at everything you find, just in case it
    is something special.

    Report any issues to Nitemare.

    Oct 3, 2020
    - The Curator of the Midgard Museum, August Arcana, is pleased to announce that
    the first floor of the museum is now open and contains the first of a new set
    of exhibits for your viewing pleasure. The stairway to the first floor can
    be found outside of August's office in the main Lobby.

    - Minor rework to the Rise of the Pharaoh zone.
    Originally intended to be a newbie to low level zone the mobs were far too
    difficult and so have been nerfed down in power to match other newbie/low
    zones. Some eq changes as well, but nothing drastic. This area is great fun
    and should now be useable. Report any issues to Nitemare.

    Sep 30, 2020
    - Some updates to the centaur village;
    Original eq is now slightly better based on new world eq.
    The Centaur King has decided to trust his guards with the key to the inner
    parts of the village. He might change his mind, but for now the gateguards
    will drop the key 100% time.

    Sep 27, 2020
    - Some more updates to The Shire. Namely a reduction in min level for a lot of
    the eq and a few new items added for people to find.

    Sep 26, 2020
    - Some extensive rework to the Shire:
    I understand this was previously buffed to the point that it wasn't a viable
    area. The Shire is one of the oldest areas in the world and I would like to
    keep it populated and used. As such I have nerfed the mobs down to be usable
    for levels 100-200 for levelling. You will not need the best gear to do so.
    Further, I have made some changes to the eq loads to give people some options
    to have when in levelling in this range. And finally, the Elven Wizard who
    has a sanctuary now has a chance to carry a sanctuary potion to explain this
    phenomenon.

    These changes are subject to feedback and may be altered at any time.

    If you have any queries regarding this update or others in the world, please
    feel free to contact Nitemare to discuss.

    - Added some more lanterns to the Siren. I hope everyone is enjoying this pro-
    longed special event.
    - Removed the Christmas Tree and fake gifts from the fountain area. I find my
    own jokes to be hilarious :-)

    - Regarding the hp bug: I have contacted Countess. I'll update you with more
    info as I get it. Please read the rules regarding this bug on the board at
    the fountain. If you're in doubt please ask me for any clarification.

    Sep 23, 2020
    - Updates to new zone work.
    - Changes to the way in which some rare spawns are more common than the common
    spawn. You should see less rare spawns as an after effect in these cases.

    Sep 22, 2020
    - New zone work as per plan for PR.
    - New Lanterns added to the Siren.
    - Fixed bug in some chain loads where the sequence was not working as intended.

    Sep 21, 2020
    - Added yet more lanterns for the Siren and increased the load rates so that
    there is a better chance of not getting the most common ones.

    Sep 20, 2020
    - Some build work on new areas.
    - Removal of old Damnation stuff.

    Sep 19, 2020
    - Tweak to the charmies code. It's now a little more useful.
    - Minor changes to rooms, eq and mobs across the world.

    Sep 18, 2020
    - More mob balances across the world
    - Added more Jack-o'-Lanterns for Siouxsie to possibly drop
    - Reduced the minimum level on a lot Terberthia stuff. If you have Terb stuff
    see Nitemare for updated versions.

    Sep 17, 2020
    - Some more minor fixes and tweaks to eq and mobs
    - The last remnants of the old candy empire have been purged
    - You should now be able to assassinate human mobs in Terberthia

    Sep 15, 2020
    - Fixed load rates in Dark Forest to work as designed
    - Difficulty of Terberthia reduced to balance with the world--please send all
    feedback to Nitemare
    - Reinstated some old weapon stats across the world

    Sep 13, 2020
    - The Herald of Halloween has arrived in Midgard 6 weeks early! Rumour has it
    the terrible screaming siren has all sorts of goodies for everyone to
    collect!

    Siouxsie the Screaming Siren can be found wandering the streets of Midgard
    for the next 6 weeks doing whatever it is Sirens do.

    Please SHARE special mobs!

    Sep 12, 2020
    - Multiple minor updates to the world including but not limited to:
    - Improved load rates on spawns in Outpost57
    - Update to certain items to make them more player friendly
    - Pain difficulty reduced
    - Removed ability to assassinate non-humanoids (this includes non-humanoid
    wasps)

    Sep 9, 2019
    - Fixed issue with buff spells and dispel magic
    - Stats should now update consistently
    - Enabled strike, might have found the crasher
    - Found bug with weapon spells, they were not being applied correctly. You
    should now notice an increase in weapon spells landing across the board.

    Jun 24, 2019
    - Added true sight to Ninja after request from some players.

    May 21, 2019
    - Fixed bug where spells such as bless and divine hand didn't work as intended.
    Your buffs will now stay with you at all times :)

    August 18, 2018
    - Rewrote dispel magic to account for resists. Now you will not have a 100% chance
    to have all your spells removed when fighting bigger mobs. Some can succeed while
    some might be resisted.

    July 28, 2018
    - Corrected a bug that made people carry more volume than they should utilizing
    bags in a certain way.
    - Fixed a bug where players were able to swop no-drop through clever game skills.

    July 14, 2018
    - Increased the maximum number of posts that each board can hold. The old limit
    of 99 doesn't make sense anymore.

    July 13, 2018
    - Nitemare is back. She will be making updates once more on a regular basis.
    Our apologies for the short period of quietness.

    May 21, 2018
    - Fixed Tower weapons so that they are back to their original design.
    - Updated Ershteep. Mobs now do a little less dam and will find it harder to
    hit you.
    - Updated the Tower of Sorcery. Mobs will now be slightly easier to kill.

    May 9, 2018
    - Fleeing from a mob no longer gives an experience penalty.
    - Added support for some additional mob spells.
    - Sea weed from the OldPort Beach area now provides a little more refreshment
    when eaten.

    May 8, 2018
    - Fixed a bug where gaining exp in groups would give significally reduced
    experience.
    *** Thank you Lazlo and Dharth for noticing and reporting it ***

    - Fixed bugs where mobs were unable to cast a variety of spells. Mob defensive
    spell casting, such as healing etc. is now also supported.

    May 7, 2018
    - Fixed the ability to portal straight to the pool area in the Outpost.
    - Removed the dispel magic effect as you enter the pool area in the Outpost
    which was preventing the mobs acting as designed.

    - The Star Wars day event is over. I hope you all enjoyed killing Deth Vader
    and finding out what goodies the dork side had to offer.

    A special thank you to the real Deth. He didn't know I used his toons name
    but I am told he'd be cool with it.

    - Fixed a minor issue where players could portal in to zones under development.
    - Fixed a minor issue with doors being open following a full boot.
    - Fixed a minor issue with colours on lightsabers. If you have a lightsaber
    with a funky colour then please see me for a replacement.
    - Upped coin drops in Skexie and Gelf and load rates on Brackenred.
    - Updated Master's in the Tower of Sorcery with more appropriate spells.
    - Increased load rates of Tower rare-spawn eq.

    May 4, 2018
    - Happy Star Wars day! The evil Deth Vader has been seen wandering through the
    streets! He's full of the Daft Side! So be careful. It's rumoured he gets
    on his triangle-shaped cheesy spaceship and leaves the Realms on Monday.

    May the Force be with you :-)
    - Countess, Bunta & Darth Nitemare.

    - Fixed exit from the park in Midgard. Mobs can now get out of there.

    April 30, 2018
    - Updated the load rates on items in Skexie. Thanks to Jyn for spotting the
    extremely low item loads and reporting it.

    April 27, 2018
    - Minor update to the load rate in the Outpost. You should receive surprises a
    little more often there.

    April 23, 2018
    - The secret undertakings of a small outpost located on the plains of Pharsica
    have long remained unknown to the world. However, amidst rumours of increased
    activity and changes in the base's personel, scouts were sent to investigate.
    An agent who reached the gates of midgard spoke in his dying breaths that he
    beheld an artefact of incredible power amongst a failed demonic ritual, one
    that has been long sought-after by explorers of the realms.

    Major updates to the Outpost 57 zone. Thanks to Countess for all the
    suggestions, it is awesome to have her mind back in Perilous Realms. This
    zone is HIGH LEVEL in places. Be careful.

    Report any issues to Nitemare.

    April 9, 2018
    - Fixed bug where barbarian couldn't max his practices on scythe due to a
    dependance on glaive.
    - Zurt pointed out some special exits in the Marsh zone. These are now fixed.

    April 8, 2018
    - Snuggles has left the Realms for another year. Good to see she was so popular
    that she was farmed almost 24/7. If you didn't win your own action figure
    then send Nitemare a message to get a free one.

    April 5, 2018
    - As a little test I have made some changes to the first and second floors of
    the haunted mansion. The XP will be low but the gold reward will be high. It
    is intended to see how a gold farming area will be received. At the moment
    no eq will load on any of the mobs but you should be able to charm certain
    mobs once more.

    Please send me feedback on mudmail.
    ~Nitemare.

    April 1, 2018
    - Happy Easter Everyone!
    From Sunday April 1st until Sunday April 8th there will be an Easter Bunny
    hopping around Midgard. I hope he brings you all the eggs I never got!
    ~Nitemare

    March 29, 2018
    - I have no idea how it was fixed, but Countess and/or Alcanzar sorted the lag
    bug. Thanks both!

    I've reset the 12 zones back to their normal zone respawn speeds. Any issues,
    give me a mudmail.
    ~Nitemare.

    Update: Alc did a clean boot. The CPU went from 100% to 10% after the boot
    and solved our issue. And I now know how to a clean boot should we experience
    anything like this. Thank you, Alcanzar!

    March 27, 2018
    - Still working on the lag bug. No fix in sight yet. I had figured it was to
    do with a change I made but it seems not. I'll keep you updated with any
    news.
    - Fixed the Bracelet of Forces sold in the NE fountain shop.

    March 25, 2018
    - I have not heard back from Alcanzar or Countess, so I've updated 12 zones to
    respawn quicker. I will set them back to their original when the lag bug is
    fixed:

    * Abyss
    * Castle Mistamere
    * Centaur
    * Chessboard
    * Drow
    * Ershteep
    * Fortrum
    * Harpy
    * Marsh
    * Nodoon
    * Skexie
    * Tower

    I hope to have this lag bug fixed soon.
    ~Nitemare

    March 21, 2018
    - There is a lag bug in the game at this time. It is causing the world to slow
    by a factor of 3. Thanks to the improved tic mechanism from Countess, we are
    not overly impacted by this, however it has made respawns increase by the same
    factor. Therefore a 20 minute reset is taking an hour. I have reached out to
    Alcanzar and Countess and hope to see this resolved soonish. Thanks for being
    patient with it and please contact me if it is overly impacting your game.

    Nitemare.

    March 19, 2018
    - BrittleMace upgraded to the status of a 'Godly' weapon. This is in response
    to the fact that BrittleMace outweigh's every other single Legendary weapon.
    If you own a BrittleMace then please see Nitemare to have it swapped for the
    Godly varient.

    March 18, 2018
    - St. Patricks is over for another year. Next year we'll add a second bit of eq
    to Saemus, our lovely little Leprechaun, and make this a little tradition.
    For now Saemus has gone back to the land of potatoes.

    Thanks to everyone who took part and had fun killing him over and over.
    ~ Nitemare.

    March 17, 2018
    - Happy St. Patricks Day! For 24 hours there will be a Leprechaun in the room
    above the fountain. No one know's what he does, or if he loads anything, but
    he is green and funny looking.

    March 13, 2018
    - Amnesty on Brown Items! Please see Nitemare to have your Brown Items swapped
    for the real thing.

    March 13, 2018
    - Updated the very, very, very old Marsh area just south of Midgard (this looks
    to have been made in 1992/1993 and may even have come with the original code):
    1. Exits made logical and sector type corrected.
    2. Mobs inline with an agro Centaur area along with some casters. Removed
    Death Slaad from this area to make DHH more unique and replaced with a
    Marshy-like mob.
    3. EQ updated with some rarer versions containing magic resists that might
    prove useful.
    4. Rare spawns added. Of course.

    Report any issues to Nitemare, please.

    March 12, 2018
    - Put in a little fix due to some bad zone work on Ershteep Road and City. This
    zone should now be correct.

    - Big update to Ershteep Road and City (which you may know as the Enfan area):
    1. The mobs have been upgraded to around that of a mushroom warrior with xp to
    reflect that level. The mobs remain aggressive so the gauntlet to get to
    the Abyss for the non-sneakers is going to be amusing to say the least.
    2. The Black Enfan has a rare spawn "The Red Enfan".
    3. Boot only items have been removed.
    4. New EQ can be obtained across the zone.

    As always, if you find a bug in the area, report it. Bug abuse = banishment.

    March 10, 2018
    - Some minor tweaks across the world, mostly updates to the forthcoming Fortrum
    level 5.

    March 4, 2018
    - Made some minor tweaks to Fortrum level 4 eq.
    - Minor tweaks to Harpy Land with a few new loads that reflect the level of the
    zones.
    - Tweaked necromancer in the tower to be more fun:
    - Equal chance of different undead minions spawning.
    - Rare spawn of necromancer with new eq.
    - Increased load rates across the world.
    - Fortrum level 5 in test. Will be out soon.

    February 27, 2018
    - High end Fortrum mobs have now been balanced inline with being the next level
    up from the Abyss. EQ in this area remains as before.
    - New "5th" Level added to Fortrum. This area is still WIP but will be
    released this weekend. It is intended to be much, much harder than Fortrum.
    - Working on releasing a brand new area next week or the week after Watch this
    space.

    February 26, 2018
    - Midgard Museum updated with a new and improved load rates and a new rare to be
    found and killed on one of the mobs.
    - DamNation items removed pending an update to the whole area.
    - Terb now just as difficult for an assassin as it is for a non-assassin.

    January 17, 2018
    - Good start to the new year, every time I login there has been 2 players or
    more. Thanks for keeping it interesting and thanks Millie (aka Nitemare) for
    your continued work here!

    The recent downtime was due to Alc reconfiguring his network and accidentally
    broke the power to the PR server. When everything worked he didn't know the
    server had died, hence the downtime. It has now been resolved and PR is back
    online!

    Happy gaming !

    December 22, 2017
    - It all went quiet. For this I apologise. Current plans of action:
    1. Balance high-end Fortrum mobs.
    2. Balance Fortrum EQ to be better than what can be loaded on Golgar.
    3. Populate and release new 'Yuan-Ti' area.
    4. Address any code issues or imbalances experienced by you guys.

    Finally I want to say thank you to you players who have stuck with us and
    never complained. You guys make all this work worthwhile. Thank you, from
    Nitemare and Bunta.

    And the 'All Things Brown' shop has been removed now that the cheaters have
    left.

    September 24, 2017
    - Nerfed brown items in "All things brown" shop. This was made due to them being
    stronger than the things that loads in abyss.

    September 19, 2017
    - Made browse command support boots 2.boots 3.boots etc. for easier browsing.
    It now works in line with other commands that supports this.
    - Made items you buy in shops show rarity colors.

    September 13, 2017
    - Upped regen rates a little bit more.
    - Fixed a bug where exp wasn't distributed as written in the mobfile.
    - Made a new more flexible remort system for self remorting. To find out
    more go to an altar where you previously remorted and type: remort

    September 5, 2017
    - Regen when resting has been enhanced for levels 1 to 100. Use this in combi-
    nation with the high regen newbie zones to lessen your starting downtime.

    September 2, 2017
    - Newbie zones of the Chessboard and Carnival have been set with high regen
    flags. Resting in any room in these zones acts like resting in the Bounce
    Room.

    August 30, 2017
    - To adress downtime the following changes has been made and they are also
    subject to change depending on how this plays out.

    - Increased regen rates for HP,Mana,Power and Moves
    - Doubled regen rates while resting. Resting is now the most effective way to
    regen back to full. This change is made to promote chatting while
    regenerating.

    August 26, 2017
    - Maisy removed.
    - Drops in Skexie doubled - feedback appreciated.
    - Working on a new area that has yet to be linked (a tad overzealous in the
    previous announcement by Bunta.)

    April 30, 2017
    - All healing candy has been removed from the game. Healing candy on all your
    toons will be removed. This is in light of money being restored to pre-wipe
    levels and as part of our compensation:
    - A new cave structure has been discovered near the Myconoid Caves! Please
    explore carefully and report any bugs to Nitemare.
    Thanks to the usual suspects for their awesome work here. And Mogue for some
    valued input!

    Please note that the world is still under going changes that will effect game
    play. This is not an attack on your gaming experience. If you have a genuine
    issue please raise with Countess.

    March 27, 2017
    - Exp loss when fleeing / dying has been reverted to what it was before.

    March 23, 2017
    - Gold on every mob has been restored to what it was pre nerf. Enjoy !!
    - Melee damage to head has been upped slightly.

    March 18, 2017
    - A new shop has opened in Midgard Shopping Centre called "All things in Brown".
    Here you can find a selection of objects from all around the world. The
    proprietor, Mister Peacock, has added his own unique touch to the items. All
    will become clear when you visit him.
    A second shop, "Children's Toys", is in development and will open soon.

    March 17, 2017
    - All items can no longer be worn in the "light" position. Only valid light
    sources can now be equipped in that slot.

    March 5, 2017
    - Infirm costs lowered a bit, still subject to change ... please give feedback.
    - Poison is now removed if you die.
    - Practice gains are now reverted to what it was before the change entirely.
    - Max exist added to snacks (Kit Kat bars etc.)
    - Snacks now disintegrate upon rent or exiting the game.

    January 10, 2017
    - Updated Cleric so that flash heal and faith heal are no so expensive to
    practice. It will still be costly, so save your pennies!
    - Removed the last traces of Clan House links from all areas. This will be a
    permanent thing, the houses will not return. We plan on replacing them later
    in the year with a set of houses, mansions, hovels, sheds, caves etc. that
    you will be able to rent for a monthly (REAL TIME) fee that will be taken
    direct from your player bank accounts in gold. The cost of the accommodation
    will reflect the lavishness of the home, the number of storage items it will
    contain and so on. Watch this space for more news on that. Because some of
    you have an attachment to the clan rooms themselves I have not deleted them
    from file, so they are not gone forever and will exist as archived areas. If
    you find one in game that I missed please let me know, I will reward you!
    - Updated Drow a lot. The zone was heavily buffed to be inline with the old
    world which sadly made it far too dangerous for everyone regardless of level
    without having any real decent equipment for you to collect. The zone has
    been set back to a simile of it's original level, but I have added a few
    extras because I plan on expanding the area later. This should be apparent in
    the new mobs and lots and lots of expanded loot you can find there. Area is
    set for around LOW to HIGH levels. Just be careful, and remember that the
    Mortician west of the fountain will be happy to take your business. For a
    fee.
    I will apologise to everyone who knows this zone well, I have changed some
    room links. I HATE illogical links that exist for no reason and this area has
    bugged me for years. However, I very much you enjoy the zone once you get
    done reading this extended monologue.
    - New social command 'tmi' added. Enjoy!
    - Fixed the named Shire mobs appearing twice. Thanks Pix for pointing out the
    bug.
    - Abyss zone updated with new load rates
    - Ambush zone updated with new load rates
    - Heart of Darkness zone updated with new load rates

    January 3, 2017
    - I have updated Greece with the new load rate idea. I noticed some eq in the
    files was never loading so that should also be working. I've made a few
    tweaks here and there to surprise you. Report any issues or be set to level 1
    by your very emo asst. imp.
    - Updated Pyramid zone with new load rate idea. Also in this area I have fixed
    the treasure room you couldn't exit from and over time caused all the mobs in
    the area to congregate like it was a townhall meeting. Also fixed all the
    typos in the area and fixed the Inner Sarcophagus so that it can be looted.

    January 2, 2017
    - The holiday's are over, and Christmas Land has been closed! Christmas Land
    will return in 11 months time and the next holiday land will be Easter Land!
    Happy New Year to one and all, love Millie and Bunta xoxo
    - A new shop, 'Alchemy Amalgam's' has opened on the site of the old 'The Happy
    Fletcher' shop on Dark Lane, just off Iron Road. Here Silverfish, a very
    successful alchemist from OldPort has set up home to sell his fabulous wares.
    Directions from the fountain are: go u 5w 11s 3e s alchemist.
    Inline with this new addition, all potions have removed from Zifnab who will
    only be selling scrolls and wands from now on. I will be added new scrolls
    and potions as I go, so please, if you have a suggestion mudmail me.
    - New actions 'Wedgie' and 'Milk' added. Thank you Zurt for the Milk action.
    Bunta will be having lots of fun using it on you.
    - Added more scrolls to Zifnab's and repriced the fly potion. The potions last a
    short while longer than the M&M's from the candy shop, so I have made the cost
    of them a little more than the candy but not so much that they will never ever
    sell... I hope.
    - Updated Chessboard with new load rate idea. Please provide feedback. I hope to
    implement this across the world if you approve it. But if you don't provide
    feedback we won't know and things will remain as they are. That's "feedback",
    not "whinging like a little girl."
    - Added names of spells to the chocolate names in the candy shop in Midgard.
    You can now see what the item spells are in 'list' and you can also buy them
    based on their spell named. For example, 'buy fly'.
    - Made potions sold in centaur a lot cheaper. However, I have also added the
    nodrop flag to them. I have done this to balance the cut in price from around
    800k to around 200k depending on your charisma. I have also removed the max
    per player flag on these potions so if you can afford it, you can stock up on
    as many as you can carry.
    - The One Ring has been set so that there is a maximum of one in the game at
    any one time. The Ringwraith has also been given a buff so that it will hunt
    whomever possesses the ring with more efficiency. I suggest you beware of
    this and take precautions. Hiding in the bounce room with the ring will NOT
    save you.
    - Max per player carry limit for Fire Ales has been removed. These potions have
    also been given the nodrop flag.

    December 19, 2016
    - Made modifications to pracs gained per level, please advise me on changes.
    You gain the most pracs from level 1-99, so some of you wont notice this
    a lot before your first remort.

    It is envisaged that you will get to 499 without being able to practice
    every skill available to you. This is done on purpose so that later we can
    introduce a remort option for increasing the number of practices you get.
    We also have more ideas in the pipeline that relate to this.

    December 16, 2016
    - Negative stats should now apply correctly
    - Fixed bug where you got no exp if you had a charmie which got the kill

    December 13, 2016
    - Ppl can now give corpses containing no drops

    December 10, 2016
    - Followers do no longer show up as busy all the time when ordering them.
    - Chest next to enchanter in tower is now junkable.
    - Hopefully fixed bug with negative stats, please be vigilant on out of order
    player stats and report to Bunta or Millie.

    December 9, 2016
    - Following repeated violence towards entertainers and consumers alike, the
    carnival is pleased to announce a new guard that will be helping to maintain
    some level of peace by performing checks at the entrance. Haha!

    - Fixed so you can now give containers that contain unbound nodrops to others.
    - Remort cost has been dropped to 15mil gold. This is subject to change depending
    on how we see the economy develop.
    - Negative stats on gear now works properly and deduces from your stats.

    December 8, 2016
    - NODROP items can now be put inside containers. While nodrops are in the containers
    you should be restricted from dropping or giving the containers away. If you find
    any ways around this please report it as soon as possible to Bunta or Millie.

    December 7, 2016
    - A notorious pirate ship, The Reaper, has docked at Midgard!

    This area is not aimed at newbies. You have been warned.

    - A map of Midgard has been created by Millie. This will be the only official
    map of the town. Please talk to Millie to obtain a copy prior to it being
    hosted on the website.

    - Items now disintegrates properly upon renting / exiting the game.
    - You can no longer deposit items that are trash or disintegrate into your bank.


    December 4, 2016
    - XmasLand is linked and in game. This time it can be found attached somewhere
    in the Mushroom Kingdom. As previously reported, there is a new mob for this
    year. The evil elf bunny will be glad to slay you to stop you stealing his
    lovely gifts. If you have any complaints, feel free to pass them on to some-
    one who cares. Love, Millie and Bunta.

    - A Christmas tree has been decorated in fountain. Do not even think about
    taking from the tree, you may add to it tho :)

    *Thieves will be slayed and robbed*

    We will all loot the tree and share the gifts on 25th and 26th December.

    November 25, 2016
    - No class can cast spells when their alignment shifts too much

    November 25, 2016
    - Fixed Shammy the Shopkeeper in Shire. He no longer sells thing that he was
    never designed to sell. Thanks Pixilator for pointing it out and for turning
    down a free gift.
    - Raised input length of gossip, auction, say and other commands where you have
    some form of input.
    - Added colors for losing sanc to better see when it happens.
    - Modified exp curves for lower levels. Areas like mushroom should now give
    better rewards in experience.

    November 25, 2016
    - Players below level 40 are now blessed with not losing experience upon death.
    - Tweaked experience loss in general. It is now harsher to die on higher level
    while less harsh on lower.

    November 24, 2016
    - New actions willy, flurbert, roll, thumb and joke added. Not that you deserve
    them!
    - XmasLand has been unlinked from the game. It will reopen December 1st and will
    close again December 31st. Each year from now on a new mob will wander the
    town carrying a present unique for the year. This years unique mob will be
    announced on the day of release.
    - Modified heroes feast a little, now it will cost an additional 10 mana for
    every player in the room.
    - Fixed bank deposit bug, you may now use deposit normally again.
    - Attack speed penalty for exhaustion only applies to players over level 75.

    November 22, 2016
    - Added attack speed penalty when you are exhausted.
    - Removed feature that made stationary mobs who were moved out of position
    by example: summon, charm, automatically run back to its original room.
    - Added colors to rescue command to eassier see when gettin rescued or rescuing.
    - Updated greece equipment some more. Added some new shinies to find !
    - You can now recite identify scrolls on dusts/corpses etc. containing NODROPs.
    - Possibly located bug related to bank lists and crashes.

    *** If you haven't had your account FIXED please contact Bunta asap. ***

    November 21, 2016
    - New Spell: 'heroes feast' Fills up the bellies and moves of everyone in the
    party. Classes: Cleric, Templar, Scholar ... so far. More might be added !
    - Changed resists slightly, you now have a chance to calm mobs that are higher
    level than you are.
    - New action nom added. For me more than you. Ungrateful lot.

    November 20, 2016
    - Made examine identify items with a quality lesser than green.
    - You now have to eat and drink a little less often.
    - Metal has a reduced effect on making power casters warp spells.

    November 19, 2016
    - Fixed issue with players not being able to login for some reason.
    - Possibly fixed issue with "renaming" that some ppl have experienced.
    - Moria level 2 made slightly harder.
    - Made Sanctuary spell slightly stronger.
    - Rebalanced abyss to be more in line with previous world. Check it out at your
    own peril ;)
    - Made skexie a little eassier, mainly the named ones.
    - Made everyone hit a little hader, its now more inline with old pr.
    - Identify part done by examine and describe has been removed. You now need to
    buy a scroll of identify at Zifnab's or elsewhere to see stats on an item.
    - Updated Greece mobs to be more inline with previous world.
    - Updated infirm costs. It is now a little bit cheaper than it was before.
    - Updated load rates in alot of areas.

    November 17, 2016
    - Fixed issue with not being able to loot back gold that was stolen by thieves.

    November 15, 2016
    - New actions added: quiz and phobia. Thanks to Pixilator for the quiz idea,
    and me for phobia. It IS acceptable I thank myself, right?
    - Fixed issue in Mistamere where you could not pick up the chest in the bandit
    room.
    - Heart of Darkness zone has been updated. We hope you have lots of fun in
    there. Watch out for Beelzebub Junior, he likes to play games with you.

    - Addressed issue where HP regen wasn't in line with con values. Thanks Korber
    for finding and reporting this !
    - Enemies affected by bash will now take slightly more damage while fighting
    on their ass :)
    - Upon request - added colours to casting, the colors are subject to change.
    Not sure what fits the best yet.

    November 14, 2016
    - Fixed a small issue in Castle Mistamere. The zone is now as was intended.
    First person to explore under the trapdoor and report back the strange
    happenings gets a round of applause.

    - Elsie Mae, Herbalist, has taken up residence in the old, disused Herbalist
    shop on the NE stretch of Circle Way. From above the fountain go 6s se
    herbalist to get all your alchemy fixes. Mixing potions is dangerous, and
    will require research, but the results can be awesome. Have fun!

    Please use HELP ALCHEMY for syntax. And remember you QUAFF a potion, you
    do not drink it.

    November 13, 2016
    - Updated Canticle zone. It now reflects the standard newbie/low level area
    template. Please feel free to explore it.

    - New social actions added: Tip, Polka, Tango, Oscar and Flop. Polka and Flop
    have been in the game unofficially for a few months, so you may have noticed
    them already. FYI this is what I do when I am bored.

    - Fixed seaweed. This is no longer OP.

    November 11, 2016
    - Maisy, a chocolatier, has just opened a store near the museum in place of
    the old Small Arms Shoppe. From above the fountain go 3w shoppe to get your
    sugar fixes :)

    - All shops now buy everything. They still have different rates, but they at
    least accept everything :)

    ***** THE PURGE *****

    November 10, 2016
    - After alot of hard work, we now believe the world is balanced enough to start
    again.

    - All players and accounts have been deleted. Anything you once had was lost in
    the disk crash a few weeks ago. We hope that you enjoy the world as it is now
    and have a lot of fun and adventurous times in a game that we all cherish and
    love!

    - Most of the changes can be read below



    ***** BIG CHANGES *****

    November 9th 2016
    - There is now a tanner in the leather shop SE of the market plaza. The Armourer
    and Weaponsmith in Midgard have been given all new stock. Be sure to check out
    those shops.

    November 8th 2016
    - Removed sneak and hide from showing up in attributes. There is a reason some
    classes sneak better than others. It also adds abit of excitement to not know.

    - Thanks Bannon ! He found a game breaking error with armor distribution which is
    now corrected.

    - Armor spell has been made to add AC everywhere, aswell as stopping. Booth scale
    with remort count. So as you gain remorts armor and other spells become stronger.

    - Alot of other zones has been balanced and redone.

    - Zones Castle Python and Castle Mistamere have been updated inline with other
    newbie and low range zones. They do include new mobs and eq. Explore at your
    peril.

    - New stat: Spell Vamp (Makes you gain some HP back when damaging mobs with
    spells)

    - Objects will now get purged from game once sold to a shopkeeper rather than
    staying in inventory and being put for sale again.
    - NODROP items are now sellable to vendors

    - New command: browse
    - This command allows you to browse specific items at a shopkeeper

    - Added new Shopkeepers se,sw,ne,nw from fountain. Here you may find alot of items
    to help you start your adventures in the realms !

    - Added rarity colors to shops
    - Modified how fast attacks_per_prompt increases, it is now more inline with older PR
    - Modified gold gains. It now varies a little even on the same mob
    - New stat for items: Spell Haste (Decreases the wait time to cast a spell)
    - Improved weapon spells for all classes. However Cleric, Mage and Wizard benefits the most
    - Most of Greece mobs reverted to how they were originally. Greece is now easier
    - Most of Skexie mobs reverted to how they were originally. Skexie is now easier
    - New config -> keywords

    - Minor changes to gain, high constituon now plays a bigger role in wether
    you will max out on HP or not.

    - Aim location head no longer default

    - Added new stats to items
    - Life steal (Makes you gain a % of the damage you deal each hit as health)
    - Melee haste (Makes you hit faster, 1 stat = 1% attack speed)
    - All Penetration (For spell casters, penetrates all resistances)

    - Raised stats for all characters
    The idea behind this is to make gear and spells that grant stat bonuses beneficial again
    - Str from 30 -> 50
    - Dex from 25 -> 40
    - Int from 25 -> 40
    - Wis from 25 -> 40
    - Con from 25 -> 40

    - Alot of other changes and minor tweaks to help make better world

    * If you have any complaints or find any bugs etc. Please speak to the crew !

    - Updated most zones in the game. It is now more in line with what is considered
    to be balanced in the world. Almost all items in the world have been updated.
    The gear on your characters and banks have all been updated with the new stats
    that these changes brings.
    ** Some items may have been deleted, contact the immortals with any problems **

    - Changed Max hitpoints for each class


    October 28, 2015
    - Made sunder armor work alot more often as is intended.
    - Almost removed purging of characters and accounts. (20 year purge time)
    - Made execute skill work alot more ofter. It now relies heavily upon remort count.
    Warriors with 2 or less remorts will have about same success ratio as today. But
    when you get more than that it will start working on most mobs!
    October 10, 2015
    - Group command displays members location
    January 30, 2013
    - For the clerics. CACAODEMON six mob has been buffed. //sorry for previous typo
    January 20, 2013
    - A new creature has been spotted in the graveyard close to Midgard! Something even more
    deadly than the Dread!!

    **Thanks to Thrash and Bobby for their hard work on this!**

    Please report any issues directly to Millie. Items and stats are subject to change based
    on feedback.

    January 20, 2013
    I have downgraped the Shield of Darkfire. This item has good resistance to fire but no
    longer offers immunity. Those of you with existing Darkfire Shields may keep them but I
    may call for you to swap them in later in the year. If I do so you will be compensated.

    All other items offering immunity have also been downgraped.

    January 19, 2013
    - Millie is now in charge of building activities on PR. If you want to build or have ideas
    or just generally need something please mail: prmillie72@gmail.com

    December 6, 2012
    - Made it optional for players to use food and water. Check your config command for more info.
    November 28, 2012
    - Added weapon types that are restricted to dualwield only, these are slightly stronger in dmg
    and also support weapon spells.
    November 11, 2012
    - Did some changes to dual wield, it is now slightly stronger. You recieve the stats from your
    equipped held weapon too. Also added a small bonus to rangers for dual wielding.

    October 10, 2012
    - Mana users can now cast even when align is off, same as power users.
    - Fixed bug that causes Dorf items to disappear when drinking.
    - Bard hits up to 4.5 to make them somewhat attractive !
    - Scholar has 3 hits again
    September 24, 2012
    - A bug with warp weapon was discovered by Sabor. It was briefly removed from the game until
    tests could be done to make sure it wouldn't crash the game. PR seems to be back to her
    glorious stable self. Thanks to Sabor and to the players for your patience during this time.

    Please report any bugs and or suggestions to Brimstone.

    August 30, 2012
    - More quest tokens have been added to the game economy. Good hunting!
    - A minor bug fix was made to ensure that the cleric class gets 3* as outlined in the MOTD
    dated 10/11/2011. Thanks to Medic for bringing this to our attention. *UPDATE*
    The 3* was removed earlier by Bunta for balance reasons, they have been reset per his
    request.

    Please report any bugs and or suggestions to Brimstone.

    August 28, 2012
    - Tweak to the levels command, typing levels without anything else will display the experience
    requirements for the next three levels for the character typing the command. The command
    still functions as a means to check a full range of levels as well. Thanks to Tygen for the
    idea.
    - Balance adjustments made to Ershteep, to make it more in line with the ratio of challenge/experience
    that is seen throughout the game. Recommended level range should be 50 - 100.
    - Fixed a bug that prevented Khull from responding to certain phrases.

    Please report any bugs and or suggestions to Brimstone.

    August 26, 2012
    - Fixed a minor bug in which equipment damaged by spells would would show the mud game time as
    opposed to the proper damage message. Thanks goes to Medic for finding and documenting this.

    August 24, 2012
    - Quest Tokens have been added to mobs throughout the game, all on various load rates. The goal
    with this is to encourage players to use of all of the game's areas, and to give the occassional
    bonus for killing that really big mob. Please report any issue or suggestions for this change
    to Brimstone or Taank.

    August 22, 2012
    - Bug fix to the Mirror spell now when cast the replica has the name and title of its creator.

    August 21, 2012
    - Minor Tweak made to Corrosive Spray, based on feedback - Thanks Lohr.

    All feedback is greatly appreciated, please continue submitting bugs and suggestions to Brimstone.

    August 20, 2012
    - Adjustment made to Vital Attack and Ninja Fu. Now Ninja's will only benefit from one immobilizing
    attack at a time. Damage bonus' will be fully issued, however completely disabling a mob and
    preventing it from attacking has been removed. Thanks to Taank for testing.

    Please report any bugs and or suggestions to Brimstone.

    August 16, 2012
    - Large adjustments made to Tagol, fixing typos, more mobs, more shops, in an attempt to make
    it more of a functioning city like Midgard.

    Please report any bugs and or suggestions to Brimstone.

    August 14, 2012
    - Minot tweaks and adjustments to the Mortician, Midgard Historian, and Banzif.

    Please report any bugs and or suggestions to Brimstone.

    August 12, 2012
    - As mentioned previously Banzif has had a change of heart and is now offering his super special
    potions, and insurance tokens to the general public. Prices for each item are in quest points,
    as quest points and quest tokens are introduced into the game Banzif's prices will be adjusted
    until a nice balance is found.

    Please report any bugs and or suggestions to Brimstone.

    August 8, 2012
    - The Midgard historian society is looking to acquire as many quest tokens as possible. They
    have now assigned a member of their organization to be stationed at the Midgard museum to trade
    quest point currency in exchange for these unique and special items.

    I have made this available now, so that you can start stocking up on quest points. Banzif shall
    be offering his rare and unique items to the public for the first time in 20 years, starting
    next week. However, he will only be accepting quest point as payment, as the jerk is already
    filthy rich!

    Please report any bugs and or suggestions to Brimstone.

    August 7, 2012
    - You are now able to remortalize your character without intervention from the immortals. This
    provision is made available at each altar in Midgaard (Good, Neutral, Evil), merely proceed
    to the altar of your alignment and type list.

    Please report any bugs and or suggestions to Brimstone.

    July 31, 2012
    - Plane of Frogs in DHH made noportal because its currently too easy for classes with portal.
    June 27, 2012
    - experimental change so please test and give feedback to Countess and Bunta
    - made spell power lower target resist significantly in exchange resist mitigates damage
    - added the possiblity of significant increases in damage especially against weak resists (spell crits)

    June 26, 2012
    - added color to higher melee damage messages
    - colored magic damage messages yellow
    - added a descriptive words in () to indicate how damaging a spell is similar to oblit/ani/decimate/etc

    June 12, 2012
    - Alot of area updates around the world. Mobs and Gear has been added or modified in the following area.

    Terberthia
    Dark Horn Hill / Inside DHH
    Eye of Terror
    Graveyard
    Greece

    *** Thanks alot Soren ***

    - Shimmer spell has been fixed for wizards. It now gives u the same effect as sneak, other than players
    still see u appear in the room. However, mobs wont hit you while shimmer is active.

    June 05, 2012

    =------= Congratulations to Bunta =------=

    You have gained a level!

    You are now Implementor

    You have done a great job learning to code and implement features for PR and filling in for me as real life
    has made its demands on me.

    Just to be clear I am staying around and will continue to mentor Bunta and the assistant imps and work
    towards making PR better and better. I will code when I can as well.

    Ancanzar and I both serve the roll of owners of the mud.

    Countess

    June 02, 2012
    - Mage classes updated, all from pure mage/wiz to 3class such as sohei.
    - Vitality spell should now be useful again. With clerics being strongest
    May 31, 2012
    - Move lagg further fixed, works alot nicer now. Might still run into some issues, thanks for all reports!
    May 28, 2012
    - Nasis revamped, about same difficulty level as Abyss / Dark forest.

    * The pillars of anarchy have lost their beloved chalice, the warmth and light to the city. An evil
    force, worse than what already exists in this place has found a way into its bowels. The residents
    under Nasis have risen up to the challenge and so trained hard and gained strength to search for
    the chalice and return it to its pedestal.

    May 25, 2012
    - Minor tweaks to correct spelling and grammar for spells.
    May 21, 2012
    - Added new config option to display timestamps on channels: Gossip, Auction and Tells
    Type "config" inside the game for usage.
    May 20, 2012
    - Exhaust lagg will now take account for followers that are out of moves and slow down the whole party to avoid massive lagg
    being built up on the person with -moves.
    - Added armor penetration / the various spell penetration and spell power to have a chance as stats on mutated items.
    May 18, 2012
    - Made the number of times u have remorted show in "score"
    - Added "trident" to the Ninja profiency
    - Added spell power to Dark Horn Hill
    May 15, 2012
    - Fixed the bug where chosen players gets looted by mobs almost instantly. Gear on chosen will now be treated like
    any other gear by mobs.
    May 11, 2012
    - You now have to be chosen to loot a chosen player :)
    May 10, 2012
    - You may have noticed that we've changed the welcome screen with different text. This was done to help guide new
    players to the main menu to begin. Please note that this change does not affect your ability to login from the
    welcome screen.
    - The finger command has been changed to info. This was done mainly to update the command and provide a more proper
    name for it.
    May 5, 2012
    - Added spell power to High Tower of Sorcery and a few other zones.
    May 4, 2012
    - If you have any suggestions for areas / items in need of new stats. (armor penetration, spell power, spell penetration)
    Please mudmail / talk to Bunta.
    - If you have any test gear for spell power, ie. Desmonator, Countess ring of Power. Please junk these, I do not want to see
    them roaming around a few months from now. Thanks
    May 3, 2012
    - Added spell power to alot of areas/objects around the world, booth low and high level zones. I still have a few left to fix!

    April 14th, 2012
    -New Stats !!
    - Armor Penetration - ignores stopping based on how much penetration u stacked, raises ur dmg.
    - Spell Penetration - ignores resistances based on how much penetration, makes it eassier to land spells.
    - Spell Power - Overall stat for any caster to collect. This increases the power of all types of spells for friendly and foe.
    - Melee haste - This was already imped, however we should now start distributing this on gear.
    - Spell haste - coming soon!

    - Modifications to the "attributes" command. It will now show you Resist / Penetration. In case you are
    looking for where the spell penetration shows up. Rest should be obvious.

    - Small fixes to armor distribution. You will always aim for head automatically unless otherwise specified.

    - I'm gonna need everybodys help to tune these stats so that they fit, so please report anything strange or
    questionable about this patch to any Imp.
    I'm pretty sure we will find quite a few spells that don't yet account for spell power, please report
    those asap!

    - On the horizon...Melee Crit and Spell Crit. I want to make these into actual stats that you can collect.
    (We have no spell crit today at all)

    - Happy Mudding!

    February 28th, 2012
    - Minor tweaks to game punctuation, hopefully you'll notice some annoyances gone away with.
    - In an effort to further make your game time here more about playing and less about waiting.
    Greater Gods are now able to help you through the entire remortalize.

    If you happen to notice typos, bad punctuation, or anything annoying like that, please report
    them to Brimstone so we can get it fixed.

    January 30, 2012
    - Alot of updates and balance changes to Dark Horn Hill. Aswell as some new things.
    - Kyoto has been given alot of work these past few days. Feel free to wander around
    and see what new adventures u might find there :)
    January 20, 2012
    - Blue Slaad in Dark Horn Hill has been made easier.
    - This is a temporary change and he will be balanced over the next few days
    to achieve our design goals to maximize both challenge and player enjoyment
    - Improvements to the practice command
    - all skills/spells now show required prerequisites
    - If you attempt to practice a spell or skill that has a missing prerequististe it
    will now tell you what you need
    January 17, 2012

    ---New Zone, Dark Horn Hill---

    A mysterious foggy bog has been spotted by the residents of the Swamps of Amnos. They
    report seeing a gigantic hill and strange blue-skinned lizard folk.

    Dark Horn Hill is now open for your enjoyment. It has been designed to be a challenge
    for levels 400 to 500. Please report any issues to Millie, Bunta or Mahakala.

    Thanks to all the imms for play testing!

    December 18, 2011
    - Improved redit to better handle prototype rooms.
    Do help redit or help red_proto for more info.
    - Improved rstat to display prototype info
    December 17, 2011
    - Fixed wilderness maps
    - cleaned up map for Lucenia and surrounding area
    December 15, 2011
    - Fixed a number of small bugs with the Zombie code.
    - Over the last few weeks small sections of numeric punctuation
    have been added to the game. We hope its as easy on your eyes
    as it is ours.
    - Fixed a number of bugs with the shop code.
    - Fixed a number of null/wrong messages associated with spell damage
    when fighting casting mobs. Thanks to Thrash for testing!
    We are making a solid effort to refine pr further. If you find anything
    that can be improved upon please mudmail Bunta or Brimstone.
    November 29, 2011
    - Fixed a crasher and some other bugs with clans
    - Newbies can no longer be PKed
    November 23, 2011
    - fixed bad bug that made builders unable to read their zones
    November 21, 2011
    - Map Cleanup: Xmasland and Swamp of Amos
    November 19, 2011
    - Implemented improved and more colorful map
    - this is experimental so please give feedback on both the functionality
    and the color scheme.
    - I am working on improving the display of diagonal passages
    - Added an overview map that shows a larger area at more detail
    do MAP OVERVIEW to see it
    - cleaned up some zones like Abyss, Fortrum Wilderness, Desert, Pillars to
    work nicely with the new map
    November 9, 2011
    - Added help topic for colors and ansi
    - Please exercise restraint in using this feature or it will have
    its use by players restricted
    - Internal improvements to color code in order to improve the map further
    Please report any anomalies
    November 7, 2011
    - Improvements to map
    - You are now marked with an S
    - changed coloring to be based on sector type
    - made map larger
    - MORE improvements coming including
    - show party members and nearby mobs
    - Made the go command run in brief mode and suppress mob details
    - Made the game by default show you long descriptions in a room
    You can turn this off by doing CONFIG SHORTLOOK
    - Increased energy drain protection timer to 30 mins
    - Even more under the cover changes
    - cleaned up inconsistencies in how names were used internally for
    players vs mobs. PLEASE REPORT any odd naming issues you see
    - Improved immortal commands pstat, mstat to show namelist
    - Modified set to let you set the name list of a mob or char
    - A lot of under the covers stuff for the new spell system
    - Renamed 1 resist and added 2 other new ones (Water and Light)
    - Energy resist is now known as darkness
    - The whole list now looks like this:

    Resistances (Good: High):
    Fire: 170 Cold: 165
    Elec: 170 Water: 155
    Acid: 155 Poison: 220
    Force: 191 Magic: 205
    Light: 155 Dark: 155

    The resists in opposite columns will be considered opposites where appropriate

    November 5, 2011
    - Updated the fail-mechanism for barb quaffs. It's abit harsh to players
    starting out with poor stats. But as you remort and get your Intelligence
    AND Wisdom up to 25 you will notice a much higher success rate than today.
    October 31, 2011
    *** Classes Renamed ***
    - Thief is now Rogue. It will fit our vision for this class alot better.
    - Rogue is now Swashbuckler. A hybrid between Thief / Rogue. Stay tuned.

    - New Spell: Haste
    - Speeds up the hits-per-prompt for a friend or foe.
    - Classes: Mage, Illusionist, Powermonger, Warlock
    - New Spell: Ineptitude
    - Works like weakness but affects dexterity instead of strength.
    - Classes: Rogue, Ninja, Swashbuckler, Reaver, Dragoon, Scout, Assassin

    - As you may have noticed, some of the classes lost sunder armor. This is
    due to us deciding to give each and every class something special. Similar
    to what Warrior has gotten.

    October 30, 2011
    - Improved blacksmith repair to repair weapons also (repair 3 does it too)

    - NOTE to players. We are going through some further rebalancing of existing
    buffs in order to make room for various new ones like haste/resist debuffs/
    mob slow/etc. This may cause some increases in mob DPS as well as increases in
    your DPS vs mob. Our goal is not to nerf but to rebalance the mobs as well.
    Please report any changes in difficulty so Bunta can retune the mobs.

    Sorry to be making disruptive changes but these are necessary for a well
    functioning buff system.

    If you feel your class has been impacted please talk to me personally as
    this is not our goal to screw over any class.

    October 29, 2011
    - Fixed some bugs with bottomless kegs including them going to negative weight
    - Fixed bug that made sanc randomly either do nothing or give you 100 stopping
    - Improvements to strike command
    - Strike can now do different amounts of damage depending on how good a roll you get
    - If you land a really good strike it may make additional strikes easier
    - Added colored messages to indicate the quality of the strike
    NOTE: this may be adjusted depending on if it is too strong or week.
    Please give feedback
    - Adjusted how sanc bonuses are calculated for Paladins and Clerics
    October 24, 2011
    - added MAKELEADER command to let the leader of a group choose a new leader
    October 21, 2011
    - New Skill: Execute - executes mobs at low health. For big bosses it's
    a great ability to use at the late stages of the fight.
    - Classes: Warrior,Avenger,Cavalier
    - New Skill: Sunder Armor - reduces your opponents stopping for a period of time
    - If already affected by sunder a new sunder will extend the duration and may
    modify the effect for the better
    - Classes: Warrior,Barbarian,Warder,Mercenary,Thief,Brigand,Avenger,Cavalier
    - Test the skills out and report to Bunta or Count so we can tune it.
    - Improved arena a bit
    - Imms can set a pot amount or by default it will be the equivalent entry fee of one
    highest level player
    - It will now display the current pot
    - If you end in a draw you now get a consolation prize
    October 12, 2011
    - Vespa now properly shows all the stats as intended
    - Fixed energy drain issues when fighting uber mobs so you don't lose 50 or 100 levels
    - When energy drain lands on you you get an effect called energy drain protection
    - Energy drain protection works as follows (subject to change in the future)
    - Start at a base of 5%
    - each time you are energy drained it rises 5% to a cap of 100%
    - this limits your max energy drain to 20 levels
    - this effect lasts up to 10 minutes and is stripped if you die
    October 11, 2011
    - fixed bug with item mutation that was giving a different name than the effect
    for example a pair of wasp wings of true-seeing was actually vitality
    - Fixed Dorf shouting proc to actually summon help as originally intended
    October 10, 2011
    - items with fire immune flags bypass fireshield
    - added an armor rating to the examine command. This should help you compare
    the quality of armors that are made of different materials.

    NOTE: The current formula is experimental and will be tweaked based on
    experimentation and your feedback.
    PLEASE let us know if any rating seem off compared to other items

    - fixed bugs with looted consented corpses and re-enabled that feature
    - improvements to auctions
    - you can now have up to 3 auctions
    - to set minimum bid on your other auctions do tell vespa min
    where index is the index of the auction in LIST
    October 9, 2011
    - improved help for the bank and auctioneer. You can now get help by typing HELP
    in the room

    *** Major New Feature ***
    Account Storage

    - The Midgard Bank is pleased to announce a new account storage system.
    This allows you to store items in account storage so you can share them with
    other characters on the same account.
    Note: This *includes* NODROP items!

    - The following commands are used to store and retrieve items
    ADEPOSIT deposit an item in shared account storage
    AWITHDRAW withdraw an item from shared account storage
    - The LIST command will now show both local and account storage
    - The account storage has a separate carry limit so you can keep 1 extra instance
    of a limit 1 item in that storage. You won't however be able to withdraw it
    if the character is at carry limit
    - You can now quit out safely in the bank

    *** please note ***

    If you encounter any bugs or lose items please contact an immortal and we will
    reimburse any items lost in account storage

    - There is a bug that allows you to loot items over the carry limit when
    it is in a corpse you are carrying. I have temporarily reverted the ability to
    loot a corpse that would take you over limit. This will be fixed soon.

    October 8, 2011
    - Auction house has now been re-opened for testing
    Please try it out and report issues/bugs/ideas to immortals@perilousrealms.com
    - you can now send vespa tells for some of her commands such as STAT and LIST
    - LIST command works for vespa
    - added object colors to the auction house
    - Fixed bugs and made improvements to Vespa
    October 7, 2011
    - Fixed issue with consented corpses. You can now pick up a player corpse
    that contain items that would otherwise put you over max.
    - You no longer need to use identify scrolls
    - To identify an item use the examine command
    - You can now describe an item to others in the room by typing
    DESCRIBE
    - To edit your character description the command is now DESCRIPTION
    - Made material and metal bonuses variable by slots that have metal in them
    rather than averaging the presence of metal in body, head, arms and legs

    For example if you had a steel breastplate and a leather helm, arms and legs.
    Previously the leather would lower your stopping bonus for your body.
    Now it only counts the presence of metal in the breastplate for the body location

    Overall this makes it easier to get a large stopping bonus on your body

    - This means that some slots will now have better stopping and others may get worse
    - If you want to get the strongest stopping bonus find stuff with the best metals
    adamantium > mithril > titanium > steel > iron and so forth
    - various other tweaks to stopping calculations

    *** these changes are experimental ***

    Please give feedback if anything has changed significantly let us know and we'll fix it

    October 6, 2011
    - Reworked material based stopping bonuses.
    Now more materials can give a stopping bonus not just iron and steel
    - Raised wimp cap to 1/3 max hp
    - You no longer need to puke to quaff a potion via the quaff command
    October 5, 2011
    - Further internal improvements to mob speeds
    - We have begun the process of rebalancing mob speeds.
    Bunta is working hard at getting this done as quickly as possible
    Please report any mobs that are too fast to him and we'll fix it ASAP
    The goal is to have bosses feel similar to what they were a month ago

    Thanks for your patience while we continue improving PR

    October 4, 2011
    - You can now have an item in the held slot while wielding a 2h weapon
    - Fixed rent regen rates
    - fixed additional timing issues. Room falling and the like should work now
    - Made go speedwalk have similar delay as movement from a client
    - Some balancing of class speed leveling rates due to the fact that you get
    fractional attacks per round now
    - Adjusted the way high dex affects attacks peed.
    Now going from 10 to 25 dex is similar to going from a 10 to 14 speed weapon

    *** NOTES ***
    *** these changes are experimental ***
    This is being done as the work to implement haste
    Please give feedback and we will rebalance as needed

    October 3, 2011
    - Fixed timing issues for weapon spells. They should now work as intended
    - weapons can no support more than 1 weapon spell
    - removed saving throws since they are obsolete
    - allow players to see # of attacks from att
    - bank storage is now free
    - increased storage in the bank
    October 2, 2011
    - Fixed a bug where damage reduction was based on the attacker's stats and
    not the victim's. Please report any imbalances in mobs that arise and
    we will adjust the mobs
    - Improved Barbarian stopping bonus to
    - Eliminated mob stopping bonus for warriors (this made people hit most bosses too soft)
    October 1, 2011
    *** significant upgrade to timing ***
    - I have re-implemented combat timing so that we can implement haste and slow.
    This also addresses various bugs that came up from my earlier attempt to change
    timing.
    - Moving through the world should be a bit faster
    - Weapon attack speeds now will go up in a smoother fashion as you level up
    - It is now possible to do 3/2 attacks per prompt or even 3*
    - It is also now possible to do go faster than 4*
    - pure thieves can get up to 5*
    - pure warriors, ninjas, reavers can do 4.5
    - clerics get 3*
    - THIS IS EXPERIMENTAL and subject to change.
    - please give feedback
    - Mobs can also attack faster than 4*. I have attempted to balance this
    so mobs are of similar difficulty as before. If you find any mob that seems too
    hard or too easy please report it and we WILL fix it.

    *** this IS NOT intended to be a NERF so report ISSUES! ***

    September 30, 2011
    - Initial timing tweaks needed to implement new spell/ability system
    The basic unit of time is now 1/10 of a second rather than 1/4 second
    A tick is now 60 seconds rather than 75
    Combat pulses should still be 3 seconds long

    *** please report any issues you encounter ***

    Here are some of the changes you will see for the new ability system.
    - timing changes (done)
    - new stats
    Name Description
    ---- -----------
    Spell Penetration Modifies target resist vs this caster
    Spell Power Scales the strength of effect
    Spell Duration Scales the duration of effect
    Spell Frequency Scales the frequency of effect (for damage/heal over time)
    Spell Speed Modifies the delay/cooldown of the effect
    Melee Speed Modifies the melee attack speed
    - implement items that modify these stats
    - implement Effects
    Effects are the foundation of the new ability system.
    They are similar to Affecting Spells but more flexible
    - implement Abilities (Spells)
    - implement books as a new mechanism to learn abilities
    - implement equipped melee spells
    Wizards and clerics will be allowed to equip certain spells much like a
    fighter can equip weapons. These spells will fire periodically during melee.
    Pure wizards and clerics will be able to equip more abilities than other classes.
    This will give them something similar to 4* for melees
    - implement disenchant and gems
    - implement wands/holy symbols to give casters a way to boost the power of their spells
    - implement taunt/agro management
    - balance abilities
    - migrate weapon spells to the new ability system
    - remove the old spell system
    - remove practice system (superseded by books)

    PS: It's nice to be back
    --Countess

    September 11, 2011
    - Modified Assassinate to be a bit better as follows:
    When you attempt to bingo a mob it will account for the mobs level/armor thickness. If you
    get a successful bingo you will always 1-shot the mob like assassinate is intended to do.
    However, there is also a chance that the mobs armor will resist your assassinate attempt
    and absorb half of the damage, causing you to do half the mobs HP in damage.
    This will make it a max of 2 assassinate on any mob in the game. Even if the attempt is
    absorbed. But the main thing is: You can now 1-shot big mobs again.

    I assume this will need some tweaking, so please report to Bunta or Count so we can set
    these numbers right.
    September 9, 2011
    - Modified heals that classes get below level 100 slightly, it should now be less delays
    if you bring a healer while levelling.
    September 7, 2011
    - Revamped Zone: The Shire
    Added a few more mobs, edited existing mobs, added quite a few items. This zone
    targets level 100-250 I'd say. A few mobs you can even kill as 400+ for decent exp.
    If you find any bugs/problems, or have any other suggestions please contact anyone
    of the imms as usual.

    ** Thanks alot Jesse. For your work in making the mobs and gear for the zone. **

    September 6, 2011
    - I buffed dual-wield very slightly. After going through this i found out that our main
    problem is that we don't have enough weapons with the dual-wield flag. It works very
    well when wielding 2*weapons with the dual-wield flag. We will work on adding a few
    more dual-wielders, and this issue should be resolved fairly quick.

    - Warrior bash practices have been fixed
    - The 'zones' command will no longer work if you are pk-flagged.
    - The 'beacon' spell will work in a more limited manner when pk-flagged.
    September 5, 2011
    - Decreased infirm cost for barbs slightly.
    September 4, 2011
    - Upped gold on the named bosses in Terberthia, this should now be a decent gold farming zone.
    - Harm / Full harm has gotten a revamp, more scholar and cleric buffs yay!
    It scales with how much mana you have, full mana = most damage, lesser mana lesser damage
    and so on :)

    - Mages, I will begin working on your spells this week, i actually thought harm was a mage spell
    as i started this revamp hehe :)
    September 3, 2011
    - New spell: Flash heal -high level scholar/cleric heal.
    (heals big and fast but cost alot of mana)

    September 1, 2011
    - New skill for Warrior and Avenger: doorbash
    - Recharger skill: reduced cooldown until it can be reused on the same player, also increased
    the level gap required for the spell to work. Remort count will also have an effect on how
    often you can recharge.

    - Assassinate set to 52k fixed damage(2 assassiante for wasp king for example)

    August 31, 2011
    - Heals should now be useful again. I made them scale with level and some other
    stats which should make a difference for now. If you find any bugs, or if it
    seems unbalanced/overpowered please contact one of the imms.

    - What i've done is basically have 'heal/full heal' being castable while in combat,
    mystic heal and faith heal are the more efficient out of combat heals for scholar
    and cleric.
    If you have a cleric/scholar in your party it will significally increase the time
    you spend between infirms.

    - Combat healing for other classes with heal has been improved aswell.

    - New spell: Faith heal (high level cleric heal)

    - Upped infirm costs about 30% and decreased the 50% discount for barbs. This is on trial but
    I'm sure we can all agree on that we need to make the other classes a bit more valuable :)

    - Cleric brought back to 2*
    Scholar back to 4*knife and dagger

    August 26, 2011
    - Changed the PK-status message to actually tell you how much bonus exp you get.

    - Slightly modified the bank code to let you store more in the bank based on
    how many times you have remorted, as follows:
    Startup player - 25mil
    Remorted 1 time - 25mil
    Rermoted 2 times - 50mil
    Remorted 3 times - 75mil
    Remorted 4 times - 100mil
    Remorted 5 times - 125mil

    - After request I changed the identify scrolls slightly, they
    now type out the the exact armor and stopping value.

    - Countess is back! :)

    August 21, 2011
    - NEW AREA: The Eye of Terror
    Estimated level range: 300 - 500

    It's located somewhere in the town of thalos, but beware of lamias who
    try to rob you on the way ;)

    - Thanks alot Mali for giving us this new awesome area!

    August 15, 2011
    - Fixed a bug with flaming parchments that loads in Terberthia. You will
    no longer get endless dispels from them as a non-magic reader!
    August 8, 2011
    - Anonymous brought back in the who-list upon a few players request.

    - The work on the helpfiles is ongoing, if you find any typos and/or
    errors in the helpfiles, please report it to Brimstone for fixing.
    -- Thanks for great work on helpfiles so far! --
    July 30, 2011
    - The spell 'shield of faith' has been renamed to 'aura of faith' due to
    problems with practicing on scholars.

    - This spell is also the first spell to account for classpurity,stats and
    character level. It will scale and get better and better as you remort
    for more stats and grow in level ;)

    This will be done for all defensive / offensive spells in a near future,
    and give spellcasters a well needed buff

    July 26, 2011
    - Added new rarespawn and a boss:
    Orktown
    Skexie

    ***Spell changes***

    - Mages and Wizards can now portal to mobs
    - Metalskin is now a high level mage spell
    - Vitality should now work better.
    - Sunray modified to be castable indoors.

    - Cl/Pa/Du/Ce/He/Fo/Wo - New spell: Divine Hand (Protective)
    - Ma/Pm/Wl/Il - New spell: Shield of air (Protective)
    - Cl/Sh/In/Tm/Ce/He/Pa - New spell: Shield of faith (Protective)
    - Ma/Pm/Wl/Dr/Me/Th/As - New spell: Armour as air (Offensive)

    - Ma/Wz - New spell: Beacon
    Usage:
    cast 'beacon' set - Sets the beacon at ur current location.
    cast 'beacon' - Returns you to the place where u set the beacon.
    - Casting beacon without a beacon set out will get
    you transported to 'Void'.

    - First day of trying to make our spells abit cooler, after this
    we'll also take a look at the skills for each class.
    - If you find anything buggy please report it to Nico or Bunta.

    - If you have any cool ideas for spells or skills. Please jot them down
    on a note and mail it to Bunta.

    - Enjoy!

    July 17, 2011
    - Updated high tower of sorcery, boosted many of the smaller mobs to better the zones
    xp rates. Also put in a few rare spawns that are rated fairly high. They are non aggro,
    but be careful attacking one if you see it. Enjoy and if there are any balancing issues
    to easy/hard let me know. If saying its to easy, keep in mind its really meant for 75-250
    leveling and though a 450 can nab a level or two there it isnt really designed for that.
    It should be in line with other mobs of the same xp however and please let Nicodemus know
    by tells/mudmail any problems or comments.
    Enjoy.

    - Updated resistances in Fortrum/Terb. They were set way way to high as you might have noticed,
    please contact Bunta or Nicodemus if you find any whacky items.
    July 11, 2011
    - Many items throughout world are randomized to further progression. Also a few two
    handed weaponry have had their stats increased. Finally many mana users now are able
    to cast the spell vitality. Enjoy and please mention any balancing issues or problems
    in any items or spells. Thanks Nicodemus.
    July 8, 2011
    - Graveyard updated. Dread the commander of the undead now lurks
    deep within the tombs. It's said he guards the most valuable
    trinkets burried a long time ago.
    **Thanks for great work Nicodemus!**
    June 28, 2011
    - Midgard Museum - Zone OPEN!
    Recommended level: 20-120

    If you find any bugs please report it to Bunta or any other imm.

    Thanks to everyone involved in creating this nice newbie area.

    June 27, 2011
    - The work is still ongoing, slowly but surely :)
    Graveyard Update - Thanks Nicodemus

    - We're doing ongoing work with 2 new zones, one which is expected to open this week: Midgard Museum
    This will be a newbie zone where you can level, gear and also find very useful info/dirs to use on
    your further adventure into the realms!

    *** Thanks for your hard work Mali! -Grats also to promotion. ***
    June 20, 2011
    - Removed the portal leading to Fortrum from Embassy, the portal Fortrum->Embassy still exits
    to allow for easy travel back to midgaard.
    I felt these portals made it too easy to get around the mud, atleast now you have to walk out
    to Fortrum if you wanna get to anywhere on the mud!
    May 29, 2011
    - Greece updated
    - HELP files began tweaking, please send feedback to Miral/Nanjiku
    Apr 13, 2011
    - ***************** WOOHOO The hang bug from hell has been fixed *****************
    Thank you Khory for helping me find out that it was the Mortician's fault.
    Apr 04, 2011
    - Fixed bug that allowed Luck to exceed 25 and become 0
    - Initial support for ruby integration is in! Ruby Ruby ROO!
    Mar 26, 2011
    - Master branch is now restored with what I believe are the bad commits removed.
    Please email if the server hangs or goes away at s0me0ne@mac.com
    - Sorry to those who are missing guildhouse updates. We'll try to get them back in
    as soon as possible.
    Mar 17, 2011
    - Further attempting to debug the server hang now that we have some stability
    Mar 13, 2011
    - Paladin improvements
    - gave paladins various resists including very strong energy force and magic resists
    - gave paladins a wis based bonus to sanctuary stopping

    - Sanc changes
    - Added bonus to sanc stopping for cleric based on purity and high wisdom
    - Buffed sanc to give more stopping
    - Softend the impact of level difference on sanc so attacks from very high
    level mobs will suffer more damage mitigation from stopping of any form
    including sanc

    - Fireshield changes (made it more useful for mages than warriors)
    - Made fire resist mitigate fireshield damage
    - Made level ratio influence fireshield damage
    - Made defender int and wis give bonuses to fireshield damage
    - Gave fireshield a damge bonus for defenders based on defender mage purity and int
    - Gave additional damage mitigation to attackers based on attacker mage purity and int
    - we are also planning to raise the carry limit on FS potions in the next day or so

    - This is an inital attempt so please give feedback and we will adjust accordingly.
    The goal of these changes include
    - not have fireshield be the be all and end all (hence the buffs to sanc)
    - allow us to increase the availablity of fireshield potions and give us the
    option of adding them to venders in the future.
    - reduce the contention

    ***** Server Hang - Under investigation *****

    - The server appears stable with the latest patch. Over the next few days
    I will apply newer patches in order to identify the bad patch, and then
    debugging can be done.
    - Well that last patch failed to remove the bad zone data. Rolling back
    the zones to march 1. If it hangs again and you have been in terberthia
    in the hour or two before please send me an email to s0me0ne@mac.com
    describing what you were doing.
    This is the worst kind of bug. A latent bug introduced by some malformed
    obj/mob/zone data during a massive update. I really need your guys help
    to track this one down.
    Mar 12, 2011
    - There was bad data in some recent Teberthia changes. I am rolling back to
    before the changes on 3/9/11. We will investigate and resolve this issue
    ASAP. Thank you for your patience
    Please email me of any more hanging crashes like you saw on friday/sat.
    My email is s0me0ne@mac.com
    Mar 10, 2011
    - Reduced price of Warriors infirm, they are now similar to barb infirms.
    Mar 01, 2011
    - Made int in addition to con affect metal armor stopping bonus.
    The idea is that a warrior is a master of using armor to maximum
    effect. To use armor effectively requires a combination of quick
    wit to judge the situation, good intuition and the strength training
    to shift ones position quickly while wearing heavy armor.
    - Expect some warrior specific skills in the future such as sunder armor
    - Adjusted metal stopping bonus for barbs to balance them with respect
    to warriors
    - We are considering a change to fireshield so that it no longer reflects
    a percentage of the attackers damage back at them. Instead we would
    base the fireshield damage on the defender's stopping and/or armor class.
    - If we do this we will rebalance encounters that are only doable with FS.
    - Also expect more buffs and debuffs to come as part of a coming overhaul
    to spellcasting
    Feb 27, 2011
    - The scrapping bug should be FIXED
    Basically the fortrum blacksmith was level 0 and due to some crapy old
    code in the repair guy he was nerfing max armor class down til it
    eventually got to 1 or 2 and then the item would scrap immediately.
    Please test to confirm this is fixed.
    Thank you everyone for your patience and sorry I didn't track this down
    sooner.
    --Countess
    Feb 26, 2011
    - I applogize for my lack of presence recently. Had to deal with a death
    in the family:(
    - We are investigating the bug with scrapping of gear.
    - Please test and try to scrap rare items. They WILL be REIMBURSED
    If something scraps please note the exact time of the scrapping and
    send me or bunta a note so we can look it up in the logs
    - I have put some logging code in to record every time an item is damaged
    and every time an item attempts to make a save. Please attempt to scrap
    stuff. I believe this is due to other items that might have previously
    modified saves that were exposed to the item corruption bug had their
    save modifier set to 0 and now your scrap save is worse than before.
    - From what we heard some got very rare pieces of gear scrapped, We have
    reimbursed most, however if we missed someone please contact Countess or
    Bunta.
    - Graveyard has been updated to be a group-exp zone, it's a work in
    progress but if you try it please give feedback to Azrael or Bunta.
    - There was alot of complaints about Greece, so we're making another
    attempt at making the zone more fun. First changes are in with this
    reboot, please give feedback to Ssark or Bunta if you try the area.
    Feb 24, 2011
    - Made first attempt to change Graveyard into a group-exp zone. Please
    try it and give feedback to Bunta on what you think.
    Feb 19, 2011
    - Humanoid mobs that loot your corpse are locked out for 30 minutes after
    death so make sure you summon or recover your corpse as soon as possible
    Feb 18, 2011
    - Kill list is now disabled if you are in a group with at least one other
    member is in the same room. Both the xp penality and the addition to kill
    counts is disabled.
    Feb 17, 2011
    - Added group XP bonus. If you kill a mob in a group the total xp earned
    from the mob is increased by 20% for each member besides you in the group.
    This means a six person group will earn double experience per kill!
    We will look at revamping under utiltized zones to make them fun group
    leveling areas
    Feb 16, 2011
    - mobs will no longer junk items of uncommon or higher rarity
    Feb 09, 2011
    - Replacer has been upgraded. Go to the replacer and do
    USE REPLACER to have him fix/upgrade all your gear that was
    broken by the save file bug. Mutated items will need to be
    fixed by Countess so contact me.
    - There has been a serious bug in save file which is now fixed
    - Please check your alignment and chosen alignment and contact
    Countess or Bunta to have those fixed
    - Also please report any other serious bugs and your efforts
    will be rewarded. Thanks to those who already reported stuff
    Feb 08, 2011
    - Keys now work from inside bags or equipped
    Feb 03, 2011
    - * * * * * * * * * NEW SERVER * * * * * * * *
    - PR is now running on a 64bit mac osx server.
    - This has been tested extensively during the last 5 months of development
    by Countess. Still, please watch for any subtle issues and report them.

    Feb 01, 2011
    - Fixed leading large group through locked door bug. Works for 5 players
    Please test larger groups and report back to Countess
    - Tower of Sorcery given a revamp, please notify Bunta if you find stuff
    out of order or if I missed something.
    Jan 31, 2011
    - New services installed in the Infirmary. Enjoy!
    - Moved more spells over to resists including weakness, chill touch
    calm, vampiric touch, armor as air, turn undead.
    Please report any issues
    - Balanced rapier better across different rogue/warrior combos
    Jan 29, 2011
    - Normal norent items like keys now can survive an hour in rent
    - You must now type QUIT YES to quit in situations where you would
    lose all your equipment
    - Paladin profencies minorly buffed
    - Ivory Tower(Chessboard) revamped to be abit more newbie friendly
    Jan 28, 2011
    - Fountains and certain magical drinks may provide nourishment
    as well
    Jan 27, 2011
    - Added window of safey when a rogue type sneaks into a room
    before a mob that hates them will start noticing them.
    This ranges from about ~4 seconds for a rogue tertiary to
    almost a minute for a pure rogue.

    Jan 26, 2011
    - improved config user interface
    - removed all limits on rolling mode character creation
    - You can now create a character by class mode once a minute.

    Please don't abuse this with scripts that run for hours trying
    to get perfect stats. Spend the time leveling up and get
    remorted for better stats instead:)

    Jan 25, 2011
    - Made magic missile unresistable (bug from the resist change)
    Please notify us of other spells that previously had no save
    that are now being resisted.
    Jan 24, 2011
    - Stopping has been improved significantly to function like
    a partial sanctuary

    Previously stopping subtraced a small amount from each hit
    that is made against you. This made it almost useless
    against mobs that hit hard.

    Now stopping functions as damge reduction where damage
    is reduced by a fixed percentage for each point of stopping
    that you have at a given location.

    For example in a particlar fight 10 stopping might reduce
    damage by 12%. Then each additional 10 points of stopping
    will reduce damage by an additional 12%.

    - If your armor is metal its stopping counts double towards
    the damge reduction formula. So warriors who load up on a
    lot of metalic gear will have better damage reduction than
    hybrids who have to wear lighter/non metalic armor

    - Warrior types get an inherent stopping bonus based on how
    pure a warrior they are

    - This new formula also takes into account attacker vs defender
    level. You will have a harder time resisting damage if the
    attacker is much higher level than you and you will have an
    easier time resisting damage from a mob that is lower level
    than you.

    With this patch the level effect is somewhat small. We will
    rebalance bosses and other mobs and once we do this we will
    increase the impact of level on damage reduction.

    - Sanctuary, resistance to blunt/slash/pierce have been converted
    to the new stopping system.

    Since stopping now functions as a partial sancturary effect, we
    reduced the effectiveness of sancturary so that on high level
    encounters your armor stopping+sanc should be similar to before

    One of the reasons we are reducing sanc effect is it allows us to
    introduce additional buffs and debuffs for various classes. Look
    for the following buffs to come in the near future
    slow, haste, hitpoint buff, real stoneskin, damage shield, ...

    An added benefit of this change to sanc and this new damage
    reduction system is we will be able to add perma sanc items back
    into the game and not have them be overpowered. Same goes for
    shields of impact and the like.

    Note: As always please give feedback and we will fix/adjust balance.
    the goal is to keep the combat experience similar to what it
    is currently while allowing us to bring you additional buffs
    and other improvements/progression.

    Jan 23, 2011
    - The Fortrum Empire is now open for your enjoyment!

    * * * * T H E F O R T R U M E M P I R E * * * *

    The Dwarven Empire of Fortrum has ended its many century
    isolation and is now allowing foreigners to travel in their
    mountain empire that towers above the Plains of Pharsica.

    Legend has it that the Fortish Dwarves mastered Celestial
    Magic and know the secrets of Dragon-kinship.

    There is talk around town that Terberthian Wasps had built
    a hive in the Pharsican Plateau only to have it razed
    by a large pack of dragons in a night attack. Some
    speculate this was a Fortish raiding party.

    Old legends are full of stories of Fortish Dragonriders
    swooping down and destorying armies of orcs, koblods and
    goblins, cleansing Pharsica of their scourge.

    (*** See signpost above fountain for directions *** )

    * * * * C R E D I T S * * * *

    - Thanks Taank for building and testing an amazing zone.
    Fortrum brings new life to Pharsica and builds on the
    new storyline that started with Terberthia
    - Thanks Bunta for all his hard work implementing Fortrum
    mob behavior, loot and mob loads, and revamping various
    other zones in the meantime
    - Thanks Gemma for writing great descriptions for Fortrum
    Wilderness
    - Thanks Mogue and the rest of the immortal team for extensive
    testing, ideas, feedback and other things that are making
    Perilous Realms better than ever.
    - Thanks to all players who helped test Fortrum, reported
    other bugs and issues, or even got their friends to come
    back and play again! Without you none of this would
    have a purpose.
    -- Countess

    - Please report issues to Taank, Bunta or Countess

    - Fixed wear item to work correctly for all locations
    - Improved handling of equiping multiple held items that are also
    light sources

    Jan 22, 2011
    - Fortrum City (mid-vhigh+) now open (tonight?)
    - Fortrum Wilderness (low-mid) now open
    - Changed naming of dragons in the world to better reflect their relative power
    Jan 21, 2011
    - Barbarians now get natural resists that scale by level
    Jan 19, 2011
    - Now when you die and loot your corpse, gear is ordered
    so you can just wear all and have it be the same as before
    you died
    - Wear all now equips lightsources
    - Added descriptive messages to your bingo attempt
    Jan 16, 2011
    - changed %i to also show sneak status and changed both to
    show letters instead of *'s. See HELP PROMPT
    - Made yourself show up in the %u/%U field in the prompt
    when you are not in a group.
    - fixed group order to match order joined
    - Made %u, %U, %o, %O prompt strings support the %* syntax
    - revised and cleaned up built in prompts to add group info
    - revised newbie prompts to add group info
    Jan 15, 2011
    - If you are in a group and you type assist you will assist the
    first group member who is fighting something
    - New group status option for prompts %u and %U
    If you include this in your prompt it will show the status of
    group members. %u shows all group member names and colors them
    based on health. If that member is being attacked their name
    appears with an underline. %U shows the group member names but
    also displays the percentage of hit points that character has.
    See help prompt for this info
    - changed prompts 4-8 to include group status
    - You not automatically group yourself if you group another player
    - added more colors for percent colored stats in the prompt
    - added percent percent coloring to opponent name (%O)
    Jan 13, 2011
    - Added randomization to vital stab damage and increased it
    - Assassin improvements for boss fights
    - Dual wield level 300
    - Vital stab adds poison
    - sentinal and guardian mobs now walk back to their spawn room if they
    are moved out through fear, summon, etc
    - casting fear on a mob will make it hunt you down when it recovers
    - hunting mobs are now quite a bit more persistant

    NOTE: these changes are experimental. Please give feedback

    Jan 12, 2011
    - Made head the default hit location
    Cats and dogs of Midgard approve of this change!
    Jan 11, 2011
    - added new damage message above pulverize
    - Certain stats can improve critical hit chance
    - Vital stab has been improved to work a bit more like backstab
    - it gets similar stat bonuses
    - it no longer checks against AC
    - Improved Ninja class (Woo Ninja Fu!)
    - Added more backstab and assasinate levels
    - Ninja bingo chances are between Reaver and Assassin
    - Added vital stab (and gave it a special effect for ninjas only)
    - Ninjas get higher chances at critical hits than others
    - Ninjas get a special critical ability
    - added refresh to their spell list
    - Some Improvements for Reavers (more coming later)
    - Raised skill caps for Reaver backstab and assasinate skills
    - Reaver bingo chance has been raised somewhat
    - We also plan to add some more spells and unique class ability to reavers
    - Gave pure Thieves all levels of backstab since that is their class skill

    Note: these changes are experimental and will be tuned as needed

    Jan 10, 2011
    - Oldport-Tags no longer works if the room you're in is no_magic
    Jan 9, 2011
    - Fixed bug where racial modifiers were improperly boosting move regen
    to excessive levels. Also reduced movement regen significantly when
    you are in combat. Please give feedback if you encounter issues
    with your class/race combo.
    Jan 8, 2011
    - More improvements to move

    (note this is EXPERIMENTAL and is subject to change)

    1 - You no longer stop dead in your tracks when you hit zero move
    If you fall to 0 moves or below you can continue moving with a
    noticibly longer delay between rooms and associated higher agro risk
    this is intended to make you still want refreshes
    but not make you sit and rest sleep the time. Please give feedback

    2 - Max moves are now raised for Warriors and Rogues similar to
    the HP boost previously done for warriors
    - pure and specialist warriors/thieves get the largest % increase to hp cap
    - bonus for multi class warriors is based on whether warrior/thief is
    primary, secondary or tertiary
    - For multiclasses that are both thief and warrior you get the most
    favorable score
    - Various stats impact movement caps
    3 - Movement regeneration rates have been raised similarly based on
    how good a thief or warrior you are.

    Jan 7, 2011
    - Fixed bug where Mortician couldn't find your corpse if you are chosen
    - Signficantly reduced movement costs when you don't have fly
    This is the first of a series of changes that will reduce/eliminate
    the annoyance factor of movement.
    Jan 6, 2011
    - Minor revamp to classes: Illusionist and Expositor
    Jan 5, 2011
    - Simplified the list of prompts in PROMPT LIST
    If we took your favorite out of the list, let Countess know
    - If you bingo a Fireshielded target you take a fixed dmg rather than die.
    Jan 4, 2011
    - Added pricing for houses. see HELP HOUSE for details
    these prices are subject to change depending on the economy
    Feedback is welcome on pricing and what not
    - Bank storage costs are now per week at the old cost per day
    - You can store most rentable item now in the bank
    - Racial modifiers can now raise stats besides str above 18
    Jan 3, 2011
    *** LOOT MUTATION ADDED ***

    - Loot Mutation added to a very limited amount of objects.
    Items flagged to mutate will now have a chance on load
    to have extra +/- stats, all selected randomly. It will
    also give you new specific names for each item mutated.
    (You can basically load really awesome unique gear)

    This is still in a test-phase, we'd like you to report any
    irregular naming and/or other bugs/feedback you might have on
    this new feature to Countess or Bunta.

    - Thanks for the hard work you did on this in the past 2 weeks
    Countess !!

    Jan 2, 2011
    - Alot of rooms are now modified so u can summon/portal there again
    - Made small modifications to Skexie Palace
    Jan 1, 2011
    - +hit point items now raise your hit point cap
    - Made rare spawns in Dark Forest easier to fit the risk/reward for the zone.
    December 31, 2010
    - Small improvements added to Elven tree forest
    December 30, 2010
    - Fixed bug where all mobs had no AC or stopping
    Please note this may make some mobs harder than they should be but
    this is a terrible long running bug that needs to be fixed.
    Bunta will work hard to rebalance mobs so please report issues to
    him and Countess.

    *** Send mudmails to Bunta with mobs/boss who seem unbalanced ***

    Just to repeat, this is not intended as a nerf but a bug fix so please
    be patient while we fix stuff that may be broken and please report

    - Experimental increase to hitpoint cap for warrior types
    - pure and specialist warriors get the largest % increase to hp cap
    - bonus for multi class warriors is based on whether warrior is
    primary, secondary or tertiary
    - note this does not change the hit point gained when you level up
    It only impacts the max hp you can have
    - This will be changed or removed if we uncover balance issues

    December 29, 2010
    -Troglodytes modified to do alot less damage and fit HP/EXP ratio alot better.
    -Moria modified to fit HP/EXP ratio alot better.
    -Greece, Harpy. HP on mobs brought in line with other zones
    -Gatekeeper added in Moria
    -More Zone tweaks, alot of gear added to the world
    December 26, 2010
    - Fixed charm so that you don't turn off gossip when a mob charms you
    - More zone updates
    - New item affect, ITEM_SPELL
    - use the item to cast the item spell
    - For now they are unlimited use. I plan to implement some kind of
    recharge or cooldown to blance these
    December 25, 2010
    - Merry Christmas!
    - Items can now raise Charisma and Luck
    - Improvements to sac
    - you can now sac any green or better item.
    - Better items will give bigger alignment hits
    - NOTE the sac values for items may change over time
    - CONFIG AUTOSPLIT will enable automatic splitting of gold with your
    group when you loot gold except from any player corpse
    - Doors now automatically open if you try to move through them
    - Locked doors will automatically unlock if needed
    - You can turn off the auto unlock by entering CONFIG MANUALUNLOCK

    December 23, 2010
    - More old world zone improvements
    Chaos Realm, Ersteem, Moria, Abyss

    December 22, 2010
    - Corpses with loot now deay in 24hrs
    - Moria has been given a revamp, its now slightly harder than
    mushroom, and should be viable for people who are just too
    high for mushroom kingdom.
    - Pyragard has been revamped(loot and mob), the deeper parts are now
    rated VHIGH similar to Teberthia.
    - New rare spawns in Abyss abyss and Draxas castle
    - Loot Tables on bosses all over the world are updated

    - If you have feedback about revamps please talk to Bunta and/or Countess

    December 21, 2010
    - More updates to loot in old world zones
    - Yet another attempt at color scheme
    yellow - common
    green - uncommon
    cyan - rare
    blue - epic
    purple - legendary
    red - godly

    Do HELP LOOT to get this list in game

    Please give feedback if this causes readability problems with your client

    - Added object colors to various messages involving objects
    December 20, 2010
    - Added rarity flags to items in 15 old world zones
    - Revamped Troglodyte to be useful xp area and added a boss
    (Thanks Bunta for all the hard work on zone revamps)
    December 19, 2010
    - Clans have been improved. Do HELP CLANs for more info
    - There are now 4 ranks of members: Members, Officers, Leader, Owner
    - existing guild master from the clan file becomes an Owner
    - existing deputy becomes an Officer
    - The new guild ranks are stored in player files so there are no
    limits to the number of officers, leaders, or even owners,
    but use common sense.
    - An officer or higher can invite members to join at upto one rank lower
    - You can upgrade a players rank by inviting them again to the higher rank
    - An owner can invite a member as owner

    - Pushed first set of item rarity updates for zones
    Abyss/Nodonn/ChaosRealm/Pillars/etc
    - Items will automatically update to to their correct rarity now
    - Internal update to object file format to modernize one of the data
    structures. This is in prepartion for implementing a mechanism by
    which some items will occasionally load as more rare versions with
    random upgrades. I don't anticipate any issues but if there are,
    lost or damaged items will be reimbursed
    - Please report any issues you encounter
    - Also did an initial stab at assigning rarities to Terberthia drops.
    Note for now, existing items will not be upgraded. I will do that
    once enough of the object have been assigned rarities.
    December 18, 2010
    - REMEMBER the current rarity of items is temporary.
    Items will get hand assigned rarities as we revamp zones
    - Added help topic for rarity do help LOOT for information on loot
    This will be added upon over time
    - Improved color scheme for zmud and other clients
    yellow - common
    green - uncommon
    blue - rare
    purple - epic
    cyan - legendary
    red - godly

    I hope these work better for everyone

    December 16, 2010
    - Added colors to indicate item rarity
    no color - common
    green - uncommon
    blue - rare
    purple - epic
    orange - legendary
    red - godly

    For testing purposes we will assign colors to objects as follows
    no affects - common
    1-2 affects - uncommon (green)
    3-4 affects - rare (blue)
    5 affects - epic (purple)

    Once we are happy with this mechanism we will add rarity info to objects
    and we may remove this automatic coloring so do not be suprised if colors
    on your objects disappear at some point

    Please report if this causes any terminal issues or the like

    December 14, 2010
    - When you wear an item it tells you what you are putting on
    and where instead of just saying "OK"
    December 13, 2010
    - You can now store nodrop items in the bank
    - Imps now have a remort command to make it easer to remort you
    - A lot of work has been done behind the covers to zone files
    - This will enable some nice zone revamps of older zones
    - In the near future you may start encountering rare "named"
    versions of mobs you kill while exping
    December 6, 2010
    - Alignment hits from killing mobs should be much smaller now
    This is a first step towards implementing a real faction system
    December 4, 2010
    - Clan say and tell no longer break sneak
    December 2, 2010
    - Mortals can now gain to 500 on their own at a guildmaster
    December 1, 2010
    - added more categories of mob/health when you look at them or see their heath
    in the prompt. This should make things a little easier when fighting mobs
    with a lot of hit points
    November 29, 2010
    - Rogue and Immportal inventory peek has been moved to 'look in' rather than look.
    Example: look in gimpy
    November 28, 2010
    - Been away on Thanksgiving Holiday
    - Fixed issue where items with AFF_INVIS would not reactivate after combat
    - Fixed bug where racial immunities were not being applied properly
    - this will most notably make undead immune to sleep inducing weapons
    - Improvements to dual-wield
    - any single handed weapon that is shorter and lighter than the main
    can be dual wielded with some loss in performance
    - Pure thieves can dual wield with no penality
    - Same goes for weapons with the dual wield flag
    - This is experimental so it is subject to change/balancing
    - Bugs/exploits reported to me will be rewarded as usual
    - Improvements to peek ability
    - pure thieves get much higher chance
    - bards get higher chance
    - all others with thieving skills get a minimal chance
    - usual stealth penality now impacts peek
    - Very basic level of ruby integration (for quests)
    - Experimental improvements to zombies. This is very early stage of class
    rebalancing. Please give feedback. If you report bugs/exploits/or ways
    in which these improvements are over powered, you will be rewarded:)

    November 19, 2010
    - We had a serious bug come up that caused some player file corruption.
    I restored from 11/19 backup so impact should be minimal. Please contact
    Countess for reimbursal if you are missing stuff

    - Added various signposts around the world that should help
    you find your way around, especially if you are new
    - Fixed bug where signs were not getting saved across reboots
    - Cleaned up geometry/naming at the east gate of Midgard
    WARNING this adds 1 extra room which will require you to adjust movement macros

    November 17, 2010
    - Bad news: Death traps are now always fatal
    - Good news: The Mortician is always happy for your business
    - More good news: Your corpse will be saved across a reboot

    Nonvember 11, 2010

    Major improvements to character creation

    - Implemented new class picker for the "Standard" character generation process.
    This replaces the useless Novice Mode and it provide a fun and more informative
    Way to choose your class.
    - For all three methods of character generation you are now presented with
    a summary of the character including stats before you are asked if you
    wish to keep the character
    - Characters will receive class specific default titles
    I welcome suggestions for both the default tiles and the class descriptions
    provided as part of the standard class picker.

    Please play around with this code and make different characters.

    As always, please report issues/bugs. If you discover a serious bug or
    Find a way to crash the server with this code, report it for a nice reward:)
    If you do crash the mud, please do disrupt other players game play by doing
    it more than once.

    Bonus Feature

    - Attribute now reports the amount of iron you are wearing and total carried

    November 9, 2010
    - Sensing an opportunity in Midgard, Kabor the Blacksmith's sister Jaana
    has rented out space in the weaponshop in Midgard. She'll be happy
    to fix your weapons for you

    November 8, 2010
    - If you equip an item that lowers your strength, you can now remove it.
    It will fall to the ground if you can not carry it with your remaining str

    - Corpses should be preserved across reboots

    NOTE: If you discover an item dupe bug due to this new codeplease report it
    You will be well rewarded. If you use a dupe bug you will be punished severely.

    - improved chances to backstab/assassinate when on a mob hate list
    this is also modified by dex and luck
    - significnatly improved BINGO chance
    (I reserve the right to balance this over time)

    November 7, 2010
    - Fireshielded mobs will glow with red light now
    - You can now create any class from the create by class option
    - You can create by class once per hour now
    - Renamed Novice to Standard and this will be upgraded soon

    November 6, 2010
    - Fixed bug that limited hps on high level mobs
    - Changed aggro mob behavior so they only become non agro if their
    HP falls below that of their opponent
    (rather than just being half way down)

    November 5, 2010

    ***** NEW ZONE: TERBERTHIA *****

    This zone is the first zone that is MEDIUM to VERY HIGH LEVEL.
    It is more of a thinking persons zone. It may surprise or even trap you.
    Make sure you have help. Otherwise the Mortician will be making alot of money

    Please read the following clues carefully.

    - The doctors at the Infirmary are running low on anti-venom due to an increase
    in poison cases due to some kind of bee sting. The guards at the east gate have
    reported sightings of a new and deadlier wasp species coming out of Mirkwood.

    Chief Zoologist, Dr Sagacious Blackwood has dissected one of these wasps and to
    her surprise she has determined that it is a magical creature.

    Museum Curator, August Arcana reports that its aura shows a signature that
    resembles artifacts from the lost city of Terberthia.

    Researchers at the Midgard Academy of Magic are reporting additional
    distrubances in the magical fields surrounding the already unstable Arachnos.
    There have been reports of recall malfunctions so be careful traveling there.

    November 3, 2010
    - the GO command has been improved significantly

    Those of you without clients can now use go to move quickly arround the world.

    For example from Bounce Room, the following will take you to the Magic Shop

    go 2u 5w 10s shop

    please see HELP GO for more details

    November 1, 2010
    - New very high level zone Terberthia is opening this weekend

    October 29, 2010
    Hey all you ghosts and goblins. Time for some Halloween Horrors:

    After complaints by newbies and the local shopkeepers, the Midgard council has
    banned parking of spooky carriages from the Market Plaza. Undaunted, its owner
    appears to have found a new and more permanent place to park this wreck.
    The neighbors of Westend Lane have howled in protest before they mysteriously
    disappeared. Now several of the houses are boarded up and the neighbors say
    that the residents only come out at night.

    A couple of teenagers tell the story of finding a forgotten graveyard and knocking
    out a hole in the fence to discover a dark forest.

    October 27, 2010
    - More nodrop support
    - You can only loot unbound nodrop items from a corpse with GETNODROP
    - You can cast identify on the corpse of the mob you killed to learn
    the properties of ALL unbound nodrop items on the corpse
    - You can no longer donate bound nodrop items to torment newbies
    - Added int/wis bonus to power/mana regen
    - Made blue rooms (like bounce) enhance mana regen too
    Note: we reserve the right to change this hehavior in the future based on game balance
    - Fixed Mortician to not loot corpses

    October 26, 2010
    - Halloween Event this weekend
    - A creepy new guy has taken over the Midgard Post Office.
    He may be able to help you with your corpse problems...

    Note this is an experimental feature. Please report any issues.

    October 25, 2010
    - There is a new curator at the Midguard Museum. He knows something about old keys.
    - Rebalanced sleep a bit and gave 0 MR mobs a chance to resist and wake up

    October 24, 2010
    - Locate Object spell is now available for certain caster classes
    - Show nodrop/owner in object flags (with hum, glow, etc)
    - Items of different conditions show up separately in inv

    October 23, 2010
    - fix bug where short casting spells were proccing too often on weapons
    - improved proc rate of weapon spells for longer casting spells

    October 22, 2010
    - Keys now properly crumble for containers
    - Note they only wear when you are unlocking (I may change this for doors too)

    Please report anything that is broken by this and I'll review the keys and
    fix their use counts

    October 21, 2010
    - Gave dexterity buff spell to classes that also have str buff
    - Made dex buff work more like strength
    - Some improvements for Barbarians
    Infirm costs have been reduced for Barbs
    Quafing potions now give you a chance to save vs anti magic rants

    - Changed corpse decay as follows
    PC with loot aprox 12 hours
    MOB with loot aprox 30 min
    Corpse with no loot aprox 8 min

    October 20, 2010
    - revision to partial name matching:
    - All strings 2 characters our longer will match, no more ` is needed
    - if you need need to specify an object explicity use 'name, for example:

    get 'bread

    Please give feedback on how well this works during gameplay

    October 19, 2010
    - updated login screen and added copyright notices
    - behind the scenes changes to enable questing
    October 18, 2010
    - added zones command to show zones and players in zones
    zones ab will show all zones containing 'ab'
    October 17, 2010
    - you can now choose your character by typing the first few letters of its name
    - Fixed fireshield to damge you on each hit but only flare up to damage gear
    based on an appropriate spell delay
    - added fireshield messages and resist checks
    October 16, 2010
    - Changed blindness and sleep to use the new resist system, other spells to follow
    - Changed mortal stat caps to 25 for non str (experimental and may change)
    - Made weapon spells take into account spell delay
    - improved sleeps effect on monsters to compensate

    Please give feedback

    October 15, 2010
    - One of the scouts for the Midgard Explorer Corps recently crawled back into town
    with a nasty three-holed wound on his back. Before he expired, he muttered somethign about
    getting attacked during a mission to gain intel about the Dark Knight, Kalas.
    The town mages have also detected some subtle shifts in the energies surrounding the Abyss
    - Mob resists are in with initial balancing

    October 13, 2010
    - Repulser and like should now resist as energy
    - Cursed items will now show up as cursed rather than nodrop
    - You may encounter items with the nodrop flag. Pick one up if you dare:)

    October 12, 2010
    - Preliminary resist checks are live
    - Immunity bits are currently disabled for testing and instead converted
    to +20 resist (to be balanced later)
    - see below for adjusted values for resist/immune flags
    - please try stuff out, I'll be liberal about reimbursals if you are legitimately
    testing resist code and give feedback
    - if you are given test equipment it should disintegrate on renting out.
    - DO NOT leave test gear on mobs or lockers or you will be punished

    NOTE: this is a signifcant change to game mechanics so it will take some time to balance.
    Please be patient and give feedback by sending notes to Countess with issues.

    October 11, 2010
    - Initial support for resists. Do attr to see your resists

    Currently resists have NO effect but please test by equiping different gear
    if an item is resist_fire then you should get 15 added to fire
    if an item is immune_fire then you should get 50 added to fire
    if an item is susecptable to fire you should get -50 to fire

    Please note that resist values are subject to change

    October 8, 2010
    - The Blacksmith who repairs your stuff has some new services
    - pay him a visit and do list to find out what they are

    Please report any issues or exploits found. As always reporting exploits
    will be rewarded, using exploits will be punished.

    October 7, 2010
    - sneak is now visible in attr
    (this is experimental and may change in the future)

    October 5, 2010
    - certain kinds of items should scrap less easily

    October 3, 2010
    - Increased group size for a given cha
    - Improvements to identify
    - Minor creation creates stacks of bread
    - Bags will no longer scrap but their contents may.

    September 30, 2010
    Improved remove object so that it prevents you from removing an object that
    does not fit in inventory.

    September 28, 2010
    Added display of min level to identify
    Fixed crashing bug in one of the immortal commands

    September 27, 2010
    (note new syntax where you enter it after the string you want to match)
    (old syntax will continue to work for a bit)
    New partial string matching feature for many commands.

    Use the back-tick char ` to specify partial match

    examples
    go inf` --> go infirmary
    kill jan` --> kill janitor

    If you observe that this trivializes puzzles in the game or otherwise
    introduce exploits. Please sent Countess a note and you will be rewarded.
    Using exploits on the other hand will be punished severely

    September 8, 2010 --->
    Updates to the Abyss, Carnival, and Oldport Beach.

    August 30, 2010 --->
    Updates to various zones, including Thalos, Haodor (Dark and Light)
    and Ershteep

    August 26, 2010 --->
    Updates to Christmas Land, Harpy, Haunted Mansion, Nodonn, and
    Miller's Falls.

    Fixed a bug in how much XP was being deducted at death.

    Fixed multiple objects that were supposed to be casting spells that
    weren't.

    August 18, 2010 --->
    Updates to Chaos Realm, Agatar's Keep, and Arachnos.

    August 16, 2010 --->

    Some changes to 16 zones.
    There was a bug in how much XP was lost at death. This has been corrected.

    August 11, 2010 --->

    A black iron gate has opened in the forest of Oldport. A powerful
    town of orcs is now accessible to the brave and adventurous. Be it the
    Kr'ch Smithy or the Temple of Iy-Tarig, this mighty town has many rich
    and bountiful mysteries to behold. Suggested levels are 300->499. Many
    thanks to Avestan for his amazing work on this area. Please make sure
    to mudmail any problems to Reignfyre immediately.

    Perilous Realms presents: The Orc Caverns

    August 3, 2010 Update 2 --->

    Someone has stolen the heart of the midnight thicket. Should you choose
    to accept it, you job will be to journey through the intense thicket
    and find whomever snatched the percious item. Hopefully you can return
    the heart and restore the midnight thicket to its former glory. You
    will find plenty of monsters here to enjoy killing to your hearts
    content. The suggested levels for this area are 15 to 50.

    Perilous Realms presents: Heart of Darkness

    August 3, 2010 Update 1 --->

    It's a bright sunny day in Oldport for a change. The high council has
    decided the citizens make take a beach day on the beautiful Pharsica
    shoreline. Please come and join the citizens for a wonderful day on the
    Oldport beach. The salty sea air is quite wonderful and we hear the
    water is lovely this time of the year! Level suggestions 50 to 150.

    Perilous Realms presents: Oldport Beach

    July 27, 2010 --->

    A new path has opened in the forest outside of town! The destroyed
    tree branches are rough and ruggedly cut, the work of lesser creatures
    indeed! Please explore this new area and expunge these creatures as
    soon as possible. The town of Midgard requires your immediate
    attention!

    Many thanks to Slade for working so hard on this new area!
    Level suggestions for this new area is 50 to 150. There are many new
    mobs and pieces of eq for you to enjoy, so please feel free to explore.
    Please contact Reignfyre immediately with any problems.

    Perilous Realms presents: The Goblin Kingdom

    June 10, 2010 --->

    The PR server is now running on Alcanzar's home server again.
    The player files from the server that Fionn was renting were
    partially nuked when the server quota was exceeded, so I've
    restored the last backup that I could find.

    I will be periodically checking into the server, but don't
    expect to see me around much... I just couldn't stand to see
    the server completely die.

    -Alc


    April 5th, 2010 --->

    Apologies, there was a hardware failure on the server. This has
    resulted in an unscheduled downtime and instability on the server.
    I am currently working on the instability. I hope to have this
    solved soon - Fionn (the original)

    NOTE: there was also a kernel/OS change and the server needs
    to be recompiled. This requires me to find Alcanzar to get
    additional information. To overcome the issue, I am temporarily
    using the PR3 code. I've backed up all the accounts. I'm not
    sure what code differences there are in PR3 (so long ago since
    I've written it) but at least it compiles. I'll look into
    fixing at least on of the codebases asap but RL will cause
    me some delays. Sorry about this. - FIONN



    May 20th, 2009 --->

    A grand adventure has opened up near the zoo. The carnival has
    rolled into Midgard. Come in and join the excitement! There are
    many rides and lots of yummy carnival food to enjoy. The level
    ranges for the carnival are 15-75. Lots of new mobs to kill and
    new equipment for your newbie characters. Please report any
    problems to Reignfyre.

    Perilous Realms presents: The Carnival.

    May 19th, 2009 --->

    The restriction on rolling new characters has been lifted.
    Pending that there is no abuse of the roller this will remain
    disabled for the foreseeable future.


    May 17th, 2009 --->

    -=* CODE CHANGE *=-

    Effective immediately the prize pot for winning at the arena is
    significantly increased.

    -Perci

    May 17th, 2009 --->

    -=* NEW AREA ANNOUNCEMENT *=-

    A path has opened up on Westend Lane that leads to a gigantic mansion.
    The mansion is designed for levels 15 to 100. There are many new rooms,
    and monsters to kill. Please report any issues directly to Reignfyre.

    Perilous Realms presents : The Filthy Mansion


    May 14th, 2009 --->

    The "Anonymous" mode will no longer hide your level/class/race from
    the "who" listing.


    May 14th, 2009 --->

    I am pleased to announce that the Head Enforcer position has
    be filled. I am happy to welcome Taank back to the administrative
    team to fill this role. Please direct any questions or concerns
    regarding mud policies and procedures to Taank directly.

    We have also filled the Webmaster position. Welcome back Slade, the
    original creator of the new and improved PR website.

    Percival

    May 13th, 2009 --->

    Please use the "TYPOS" command to report any spelling errors.

    May 13th, 2009 --->

    To assist in the rebirth of the playerbase, the bounce room has been
    magicked and now regenerates your hitpoints, moves, and mana faster
    than normal.

    May 12th, 2009 --->

    Please use the "idea" command for suggestions, I have removed the old
    messy format and will be checking the file daily.

    -Perci

    May 12th, 2009 --->

    Bounce experience has been tripled to assist in the transition process.


    May 12th, 2009 --->

    The world has been cleansed. As previously announced Perilous Realms is now in
    phase 1 of the rebirth. There has been a complete player wipe and all equipment
    will be unmaxxed by weeks end. We believe that this is the right direction for PR
    to go in and hope that everyone will give this a fair chance to start fresh and move
    forward.

    We are currently taking applications for immortals especially for our Questing team,
    as well as applications for builders.

    NOTICE TO IMMORTALS: Please email me at perilous_realms@yahoo.ca to have your immortal
    re-instated. Immortals will be reimbed to Guest status if they are going to be
    inactive. Please forward code/building/mud suggestions to Percival ASAP.


    I encourage everyone to give this new start a go.


    - Percival, Chief Implementor of Perilous Realms -

    pr@phoenix:~/PR1/lib$