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Re: Mildly Irritating: Aetolia's Pet Peeves
Going to be honest here. I literally just logged in and did my normal bashing routine. I took one 3 hour nap and one 14 hour break. I placed top 3. Had I cut that down to like...two six hour breaks to sleep or something I could have done 2nd. Maybe there was a couple point optimizations I could have done but GH boiled to eat chocos and turn basher on for me. I am mostly bashing for xp though. I am almost positive I just straight whale powered my placing. I am not even particularly into bashing. I just want to get 200. It is a goal.
Kurak
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Re: Announce post #3309: City Riddle Contest Results!
Oh I was expecting blues clues but these were CLUES clues. Seeing the line of thinking in these is really helpful, and I think it's a really awesome event even though I didn't get to participate much!
Illikaal
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Announce post #3310: Impromptu Year 500 Fishing Derby
1/17/2022 at 7:48
Ere, the Celebrant
Everyone
Impromptu Year 500 Fishing Derby
Hello everyone!
Due to the superior quickness shown by everyone in the city riddles competition, I have decided to set up a competition that has not been held in quite some time!
At the next Howling, I will be hosting a fishing derby for everyone to participate in and win prizes!
The Fishing Derby is a fishing contest that anybody can take part in! During the event, everybody has access to the Fishing skill and can participate. All fishing during this event must be done with 'a competitor's fishing rod' sold at Hagriphim's shop, or your catches won't count. This includes all manner of fishing spears and those pesky unstable crystal clusters that blow the fish to smithereens!
The event is broken up into three rounds. Each round has a different objective to achieve, and will give out points depending on where you place in that round. Whoever scores the highest accumulated points at the end of the event will be considered the winner.
Please note that part of this contest is knowing where to find all the various fishing holes. We may specify where to find something at the start of the round, but we won't be answering people's questions on where to find a specific fish or hole during the event.
Round 1 - Biggest fish
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This round lasts for fifteen minutes. Whoever catches the biggest fish in that time is considered the winner. 1st place gets 3 points, 2nd to 4th place gets 2 points each, and 5th to 8th place gets 1 point each.
Round 2 - Catching a specific fish
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This round lasts for fifteen minutes. The goal is to catch five of a specific type of fish (revealed when the round starts). Placing in this round is based on who finishes first. 1st place gets 3 points, 2nd to 4th place gets 2 points each, and 5th to 8th place gets 1 point each.
Round 3 - As many fish as you can
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This round lasts for fifteen minutes and is a pure fishing frenzy! Catch as many fish as you can, big or small! Whoever catches the most fish in the time period is the winner for this round. 1st place gets 3 points, 2nd to 4th place gets 2 points each, and 5th to 8th place gets 1 point each.
Please refer to EVENTS INFO 336 for the official countdown timer!
Penned by my hand on Closday, the 23rd of Ios, in the year 500 MA.
Ere, the Celebrant
Everyone
Impromptu Year 500 Fishing Derby
Hello everyone!
Due to the superior quickness shown by everyone in the city riddles competition, I have decided to set up a competition that has not been held in quite some time!
At the next Howling, I will be hosting a fishing derby for everyone to participate in and win prizes!
The Fishing Derby is a fishing contest that anybody can take part in! During the event, everybody has access to the Fishing skill and can participate. All fishing during this event must be done with 'a competitor's fishing rod' sold at Hagriphim's shop, or your catches won't count. This includes all manner of fishing spears and those pesky unstable crystal clusters that blow the fish to smithereens!
The event is broken up into three rounds. Each round has a different objective to achieve, and will give out points depending on where you place in that round. Whoever scores the highest accumulated points at the end of the event will be considered the winner.
Please note that part of this contest is knowing where to find all the various fishing holes. We may specify where to find something at the start of the round, but we won't be answering people's questions on where to find a specific fish or hole during the event.
Round 1 - Biggest fish
----------------------
This round lasts for fifteen minutes. Whoever catches the biggest fish in that time is considered the winner. 1st place gets 3 points, 2nd to 4th place gets 2 points each, and 5th to 8th place gets 1 point each.
Round 2 - Catching a specific fish
----------------------------------
This round lasts for fifteen minutes. The goal is to catch five of a specific type of fish (revealed when the round starts). Placing in this round is based on who finishes first. 1st place gets 3 points, 2nd to 4th place gets 2 points each, and 5th to 8th place gets 1 point each.
Round 3 - As many fish as you can
---------------------------------
This round lasts for fifteen minutes and is a pure fishing frenzy! Catch as many fish as you can, big or small! Whoever catches the most fish in the time period is the winner for this round. 1st place gets 3 points, 2nd to 4th place gets 2 points each, and 5th to 8th place gets 1 point each.
Please refer to EVENTS INFO 336 for the official countdown timer!
Penned by my hand on Closday, the 23rd of Ios, in the year 500 MA.
Announce post #3309: City Riddle Contest Results!
1/17/2022 at 7:46
Ictinus, the Architect
Everyone
City Riddle Contest Results!
Hi folks!
The city riddles contest is concluded in a much quicker time than we anticipated!
Coming in first was Bloodloch, in second was Duiran, third was Spinesreach, and Enorian took fourth place.
The collaborative effort that everyone put into this was really encouraging to see, and while some of them were obvious in hindsight, they weren't all easy!
I hope everyone who participated enjoyed themselves! For those interested, I'll be commenting on this post's forum thread with a full breakdown of the riddles and their answers.
As we now have an unexpected gap in the calendar, we've arranged an impromptu event which Ere will be posting about right after this!
Penned by my hand on Closday, the 23rd of Ios, in the year 500 MA.
Ictinus, the Architect
Everyone
City Riddle Contest Results!
Hi folks!
The city riddles contest is concluded in a much quicker time than we anticipated!
Coming in first was Bloodloch, in second was Duiran, third was Spinesreach, and Enorian took fourth place.
The collaborative effort that everyone put into this was really encouraging to see, and while some of them were obvious in hindsight, they weren't all easy!
I hope everyone who participated enjoyed themselves! For those interested, I'll be commenting on this post's forum thread with a full breakdown of the riddles and their answers.
As we now have an unexpected gap in the calendar, we've arranged an impromptu event which Ere will be posting about right after this!
Penned by my hand on Closday, the 23rd of Ios, in the year 500 MA.
Re: Announce post #3309: City Riddle Contest Results!
As promised, here's the outline of all the riddles and their solutions! There were 9 "neutral" riddles that everyone had to solve, and each city also had 1 riddle unique to them.
NEUTRALS
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Through the woods of poor sanctuary, where civilisation dwelt the most in, and the gates never open.
Answer: Before the gate to Dennel, in Ilhavon Forest.
Biggest clues:
* Illhavon = ill haven, rewritten could be poor sanctuary.
* Most in is a play on 'Mostyn'.
* Dennel was a village within Ilhavon.
* Gates never opened because the village was wiped out.
A storm of filth in citadel's wake, where cloth and bucket a home make - no hiding in here!
Answer: Within a cleaning supply closet, in the Squal.
Biggest clues:
* The citadel in question was Ciem, upon which the Squal was built.
* A squall is another word for storm.
* Squalor is another word for filth.
* Cloth and bucket can be found in supply closets, usually!
Where four five and six are the same as one two and three, chains break at the peak, go free.
Answer: A hilltop before a mansion, in the Atlatl Plantation.
Biggest clues:
* The numbers refer to the letters in the name ATLATL. First three letters are the same as the exact same as the last three letters.
* At the hilltop (peak), you can knock on the doors to escape the maze (go free).
All that's brittle is bone, in a drift but not adrift, frozen memory sequestered.
Answer: A massive, bone-littered chamber, in the Ankyrean Containment Laboratory.
Biggest clues:
* The entrance to the area is from a room described as a 'snowdrift' in the Tundra.
* The bone refers to the specific room.
* Frozen memory sequestered is a second clue pointing it towards the Tundra. Frozen memory can hint towards some sort of ruin or corpse.
The mighty hath fallen where the queen quoth no more - she won't be mist.
Answer: Before a massive fallen oak in Dromse.
Biggest clues:
* Oaks are often referred to as "mighty".
* Dromse is adjacent to Belladona's Keep - a place where the queen no longer speaks.
* The missed/mist pun refers to the mist enshrouding both the lake surrounding the keep and Dromse itself.
* Quoth is a reference to The Raven (though it was not intended to be the crux of the clue!)
My first is the mind, my second is blood, my third was a mixture, and my fourth a mystery. My fifth caught the sun and opened the door.
Answer: Outer sanctuary in Masilia.
Biggest clues:
* These were the five puzzles that had to be solved in order to open the door to the Aechros confluence.
From cattle neck to crier's palm to wedding's song to war's alarm - a tribute to these all in haunting darkness knell.
Answer: The Shrine of Bells in Sterion.
Biggest clues:
* All of these refer to bells (cowbell, crier's bell, wedding bell, alarm bell).
* A shrine is a monument or tribute to something.
* Sterion is heavily related to darkness.
Vassals to a broken lord, the dead walk but here they should rest in view of the light.
Answer: Graveyard with an eerie glow in Mor.
Biggest clues:
* The undead in Mor are loyal to Zsarachnor, a now-broken vampire lord.
* A graveyard is somewhere the dead should rest.
* This graveyard has an eerie glow (light).
My quarrying days are done - retired from use but not from service. Once there was blood in the stone below, but now forgotten.
Answer: The Broken Pick tavern in Khauskin.
Biggest clues:
* A broken pick isn't used anymore, but the tavern still offers service.
* There used to be vampires below Khauskin, and the area has a history with Bloodloch (blood in the stone below).
* The Forgotten Mausoleum is now under the village.
CITY UNIQUES
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Between life and death I dwell in shades of black, arms outstretched to shelter dark's gift and magic's legacy.
Answer: Beneath the laden boughs of a towering black oak in Abelaas.
Biggest clues:
* Abelaas is in the crater of Hashan, between a dead city and a living forest.
* The tree itself is black.
* In mythology, Hashan was a gift to Sapience from Severn (dark's gift)
* The blasted crater was left behind after the awakening of Odravh (the Albedi God of Magic and the Arcane).
Four sentinels turn away from the sea, staring inward at the heart of industry.
Answer: Village centre in Kornar.
Biggest clues:
* Four statues surround the central room, these are the sentinels in question.
* They look towards the market and not the sea, Kornar is a coastal town.
* The heart of industry and trade often tends to be the centre of a village market.
In a place of renewal where the old became new and the vile became whole - at the breach, a clash of twins broke me.
Answer: The west dock in Jaru.
Biggest clues:
* Jaru was healed from its plague of darkness and renewed.
* The Arqeshi found a home here, purified from their "vile" state of original Nazetu.
* At the edge of the water (where the sea is split from the land), Xaseira blew up the dock while Shadow and Spirit were fighting over the right to board her ship.
Neath endless dust did sixty percent gather ere defeat and here 'midst vile experiments make ends meat.
Answer: A clinical abbatoir in Tornos.
Biggest clues:
* Endless dust refers to the tundra and the vast snow covering the land above.
* Sixty percent refers to three of the five Ankyrean conclaves that worked in Tornos originally.
* An abbatoir is another term for a slaughterhouse - typically used to slaughter livestock for meat.
NEUTRALS
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Through the woods of poor sanctuary, where civilisation dwelt the most in, and the gates never open.
Answer: Before the gate to Dennel, in Ilhavon Forest.
Biggest clues:
* Illhavon = ill haven, rewritten could be poor sanctuary.
* Most in is a play on 'Mostyn'.
* Dennel was a village within Ilhavon.
* Gates never opened because the village was wiped out.
A storm of filth in citadel's wake, where cloth and bucket a home make - no hiding in here!
Answer: Within a cleaning supply closet, in the Squal.
Biggest clues:
* The citadel in question was Ciem, upon which the Squal was built.
* A squall is another word for storm.
* Squalor is another word for filth.
* Cloth and bucket can be found in supply closets, usually!
Where four five and six are the same as one two and three, chains break at the peak, go free.
Answer: A hilltop before a mansion, in the Atlatl Plantation.
Biggest clues:
* The numbers refer to the letters in the name ATLATL. First three letters are the same as the exact same as the last three letters.
* At the hilltop (peak), you can knock on the doors to escape the maze (go free).
All that's brittle is bone, in a drift but not adrift, frozen memory sequestered.
Answer: A massive, bone-littered chamber, in the Ankyrean Containment Laboratory.
Biggest clues:
* The entrance to the area is from a room described as a 'snowdrift' in the Tundra.
* The bone refers to the specific room.
* Frozen memory sequestered is a second clue pointing it towards the Tundra. Frozen memory can hint towards some sort of ruin or corpse.
The mighty hath fallen where the queen quoth no more - she won't be mist.
Answer: Before a massive fallen oak in Dromse.
Biggest clues:
* Oaks are often referred to as "mighty".
* Dromse is adjacent to Belladona's Keep - a place where the queen no longer speaks.
* The missed/mist pun refers to the mist enshrouding both the lake surrounding the keep and Dromse itself.
* Quoth is a reference to The Raven (though it was not intended to be the crux of the clue!)
My first is the mind, my second is blood, my third was a mixture, and my fourth a mystery. My fifth caught the sun and opened the door.
Answer: Outer sanctuary in Masilia.
Biggest clues:
* These were the five puzzles that had to be solved in order to open the door to the Aechros confluence.
From cattle neck to crier's palm to wedding's song to war's alarm - a tribute to these all in haunting darkness knell.
Answer: The Shrine of Bells in Sterion.
Biggest clues:
* All of these refer to bells (cowbell, crier's bell, wedding bell, alarm bell).
* A shrine is a monument or tribute to something.
* Sterion is heavily related to darkness.
Vassals to a broken lord, the dead walk but here they should rest in view of the light.
Answer: Graveyard with an eerie glow in Mor.
Biggest clues:
* The undead in Mor are loyal to Zsarachnor, a now-broken vampire lord.
* A graveyard is somewhere the dead should rest.
* This graveyard has an eerie glow (light).
My quarrying days are done - retired from use but not from service. Once there was blood in the stone below, but now forgotten.
Answer: The Broken Pick tavern in Khauskin.
Biggest clues:
* A broken pick isn't used anymore, but the tavern still offers service.
* There used to be vampires below Khauskin, and the area has a history with Bloodloch (blood in the stone below).
* The Forgotten Mausoleum is now under the village.
CITY UNIQUES
-------------
Between life and death I dwell in shades of black, arms outstretched to shelter dark's gift and magic's legacy.
Answer: Beneath the laden boughs of a towering black oak in Abelaas.
Biggest clues:
* Abelaas is in the crater of Hashan, between a dead city and a living forest.
* The tree itself is black.
* In mythology, Hashan was a gift to Sapience from Severn (dark's gift)
* The blasted crater was left behind after the awakening of Odravh (the Albedi God of Magic and the Arcane).
Four sentinels turn away from the sea, staring inward at the heart of industry.
Answer: Village centre in Kornar.
Biggest clues:
* Four statues surround the central room, these are the sentinels in question.
* They look towards the market and not the sea, Kornar is a coastal town.
* The heart of industry and trade often tends to be the centre of a village market.
In a place of renewal where the old became new and the vile became whole - at the breach, a clash of twins broke me.
Answer: The west dock in Jaru.
Biggest clues:
* Jaru was healed from its plague of darkness and renewed.
* The Arqeshi found a home here, purified from their "vile" state of original Nazetu.
* At the edge of the water (where the sea is split from the land), Xaseira blew up the dock while Shadow and Spirit were fighting over the right to board her ship.
Neath endless dust did sixty percent gather ere defeat and here 'midst vile experiments make ends meat.
Answer: A clinical abbatoir in Tornos.
Biggest clues:
* Endless dust refers to the tundra and the vast snow covering the land above.
* Sixty percent refers to three of the five Ankyrean conclaves that worked in Tornos originally.
* An abbatoir is another term for a slaughterhouse - typically used to slaughter livestock for meat.
Ictinus
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Announce post #3308: Great Hunt Results!
1/17/2022 at 0:08
Ictinus, the Architect
Everyone
Great Hunt Results!
After a gruelling 48 hours, the Great Hunt is now over and the results are as follows:
99+
Rank Name Count True Rank Curr. Class
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1 Jezreth 142038 1 Zealot
2 Tetchta 108132 2 Carnifex
3 Kurak 102657 3 Carnifex
4 Aeryx 92717 4 Templar
5 Teani 71527 5 Shapeshifter
6 Czcibor 42711 6 Warden
7 Cayn 42497 7 Carnifex
8 Toz 40064 8 Carnifex
9 Isia 35991 10 Warden
10 Nipsy 35968 11 Carnifex
Sub-99:
Rank Name Count True Rank Curr. Class
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1 Zerin 37021 9 Sentinel
2 Akrios 20532 16 Warden
3 Procyon 12663 21 Oneiromancer
4 Tahlan 9942 23 Zealot
5 Kevrud 9051 25 Archivist
6 Wyno 8622 28 Warden
7 Vilvoc 8373 29 Carnifex
8 Linne 8323 30 Archivist
9 Sardara 5577 38 Oneiromancer
10 Mielo 5194 42 Warden
Ironman:
Rank Name Count True Rank Curr. Class
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1 Valorie 33791 13 Shaman
2 Bryn 30362 14 Archivist
3 Tanthilos 20685 15 Wayfarer
4 Holbrook 13095 20 Archivist
5 Wjoltyr 9928 24 Sciomancer
6 Herenicus 8752 26 Praenomen
7 Ioai 8644 27 Revenant
8 Rhine 5237 40 Warden
9 Oriana 3641 49 Shapeshifter
10 Saphielle 3043 52 Syssin
Well done to everyone who placed, and to everyone for participating! City riddles will be starting soon!
Penned by my hand on Kinsday, the 21st of Ios, in the year 500 MA.
Ictinus, the Architect
Everyone
Great Hunt Results!
After a gruelling 48 hours, the Great Hunt is now over and the results are as follows:
99+
Rank Name Count True Rank Curr. Class
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Jezreth 142038 1 Zealot
2 Tetchta 108132 2 Carnifex
3 Kurak 102657 3 Carnifex
4 Aeryx 92717 4 Templar
5 Teani 71527 5 Shapeshifter
6 Czcibor 42711 6 Warden
7 Cayn 42497 7 Carnifex
8 Toz 40064 8 Carnifex
9 Isia 35991 10 Warden
10 Nipsy 35968 11 Carnifex
Sub-99:
Rank Name Count True Rank Curr. Class
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Zerin 37021 9 Sentinel
2 Akrios 20532 16 Warden
3 Procyon 12663 21 Oneiromancer
4 Tahlan 9942 23 Zealot
5 Kevrud 9051 25 Archivist
6 Wyno 8622 28 Warden
7 Vilvoc 8373 29 Carnifex
8 Linne 8323 30 Archivist
9 Sardara 5577 38 Oneiromancer
10 Mielo 5194 42 Warden
Ironman:
Rank Name Count True Rank Curr. Class
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Valorie 33791 13 Shaman
2 Bryn 30362 14 Archivist
3 Tanthilos 20685 15 Wayfarer
4 Holbrook 13095 20 Archivist
5 Wjoltyr 9928 24 Sciomancer
6 Herenicus 8752 26 Praenomen
7 Ioai 8644 27 Revenant
8 Rhine 5237 40 Warden
9 Oriana 3641 49 Shapeshifter
10 Saphielle 3043 52 Syssin
Well done to everyone who placed, and to everyone for participating! City riddles will be starting soon!
Penned by my hand on Kinsday, the 21st of Ios, in the year 500 MA.
Re: New show, the successor to the podcast
We're live for the week! Rasani Edition! Rasani, Sibatti, Rihrin, and Noon join us! Lets go!
Aeryx
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Re: Mildly Irritating: Aetolia's Pet Peeves
Take your pick?
Edit for transparency: None of these appear to be Sect based on factors I don't need to explain. But I thought it was funny.
Edit for transparency: None of these appear to be Sect based on factors I don't need to explain. But I thought it was funny.
Wjoltyr
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Announce post #3307: Defilement Aura
1/16/2022 at 3:08
Ictinus, the Architect
Everyone
Defilement Aura
Hi folks,
Following up somewhat on my last post and after talking over the problems with the defilement aura, I'm happy to announce the following:
- Defilement auras are now specific to the God whose shrines you have defiled.
- Defiling now tracks each specific aura timer separately.
- GODFEELINGS will list your defilement auras and their remaining times.
- This still shows up at large as 'aura of defilement' but the AURA ability in vision can be used on someone to determine which God's aura they have and whose shrines they defiled.
- Defences like Necromancy Soulmask or Oneiromancy Redoubt will not protect you from having your defilement aura read.
- All existing defilement auras have been wiped with this change.
- The "Heretics" shrine power is unchanged and lists anybody online with any defilement aura.
As a consequence of this, defilement aura now only confers PK cause on the order or congregation whose shrines you have defiled. It is no longer a carte blanche open PK status to everyone in the game.
Enjoy!
Penned by my hand on Gosday, the 16th of Ios, in the year 500 MA.
Ictinus, the Architect
Everyone
Defilement Aura
Hi folks,
Following up somewhat on my last post and after talking over the problems with the defilement aura, I'm happy to announce the following:
- Defilement auras are now specific to the God whose shrines you have defiled.
- Defiling now tracks each specific aura timer separately.
- GODFEELINGS will list your defilement auras and their remaining times.
- This still shows up at large as 'aura of defilement' but the AURA ability in vision can be used on someone to determine which God's aura they have and whose shrines they defiled.
- Defences like Necromancy Soulmask or Oneiromancy Redoubt will not protect you from having your defilement aura read.
- All existing defilement auras have been wiped with this change.
- The "Heretics" shrine power is unchanged and lists anybody online with any defilement aura.
As a consequence of this, defilement aura now only confers PK cause on the order or congregation whose shrines you have defiled. It is no longer a carte blanche open PK status to everyone in the game.
Enjoy!
Penned by my hand on Gosday, the 16th of Ios, in the year 500 MA.
Autoposter
12
Re: Mildly Irritating: Aetolia's Pet Peeves
I mean.. I don't pk, but when I go to the Hunting grounds for milestones, I fully expect someone to come kill me. However, I do know there's nothing I can do to fight back, other than regular bashing attacks, so I simply turn my firstaid off and sit down, so the person can kill me faster. I usually get what I came from and the person killing me gets a kill. Might not be fun for them, since I am not fighting back, but fighting isn't fun for me and I play for me. 
As for pet peeves, I have been so excited about so many events being Euro friendly this year 500 celebration... and I have little to no energy to participate. I keep forgetting there's things going on, even with the whole event list readily available at all times. I love seeing everyone else enjoying themselves though!
As for pet peeves, I have been so excited about so many events being Euro friendly this year 500 celebration... and I have little to no energy to participate. I keep forgetting there's things going on, even with the whole event list readily available at all times. I love seeing everyone else enjoying themselves though!
Oba
2