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Summer Newsletter #2 - July 20th, 1992 (early because of vast size of newsletter) Summer Newsletter Editor: Cheryl Frech (willow@cbnewsd.att.com) Coordinator of Far Structures: Cheryl Frech Coordinator of Blurbs: Aaron Fuegi (fuegi@eniac.seas.upenn.edu) Coordinator of Monster Profiles: Sean Upchurch (sau@Juliet.Caltech.Edu) Coordinator of: Vacant ************************************************************** Note for the editor. The information contained in these newsletters covers a wide gambit from novice to advanced. If you are the type who wants to learn things on their own some of the information in the newletters could be considered spoilers. For really obvious spoilers I will label them so you can advert your eyes. ************************************************************** Section 1 - Job Posts / Want Ads Wanted Group Members: Monsters who work well in a group. The Fire Riders of Kafa Zush Ma are always looking for new monsters who wish to work together. The Fire Riders are a multi-religous organization who are (currently) working the central/nothern jagged mor/kunbar region. The Blurb job has been filled by Aaron Fuegi, who has an extensive list of blurbs. At the end of this newsletter is an index of what he has. If you have blurbs which are not on the list please pass them onto Aaron. If you want an updated list of blurbs from Aaron please send him mail and he will send them to you. Because of the size of the blurbs they will not be sent out periodically but will be available on a request basis. The profile job has been filled by Sean Upchurch. A template for monster information will be in an upcoming newsletter. If you have any ideas on the format please send them to Sean or myself. ************************************************************** Section 2 - Tips If you are hurting and are about to stay at an inn, paying to stay gets you back a lot more health. An inn stay 5 gets you about 75 health Paying bigtime at an Inn (I3) can get you information. For example several inns will give you the coordinates of a far post in the Kunbar. These far posts have so far then pointed to both a far inn and a far forge. ************************************************************** Section 3a - Questions/Inquiries Who is going to GENCON? I have had a request to put a list of attendees in a newsletter, so if you are going and what it to be known let me know. Are there and where are any Kabuki Temples in the Kunbar? Especially up in the northern region near the Illuminated Torch. Send email to sparky@polari.online.com (She'll summarize) or to the newsletter. Does anyone know what group uses the totems of "King Stag, Terapus and Landshark?" Demi-Gods: A monster has heard of demi-gods of Vampires (from ancient silver spike blurb), Gargoyles (from iron spike blurb) and Spiders (from ???). Are there any others? Has anyone found a way to worship or follow one of these gods??? Has anyone resurrected (or have information) a ghost? What were the stats at the time of death? What were the stats upon rebirth? How many turns between the two? Did your god give you anything upon rebirth (haversuit/weapon)? Any other information? Has anyone changed groups out there? How does one do it? What penalties are there for changing? Is it frequent to search things that are empty? And can a cave or Hillock have enought booty to warrant a search anyway? For example leveraging a boulder and searching a small cave netted nothing. The answer depends on what you are searching so I will try and address several of the different things you can search. Potential spoilers below. LARGE BOULDER - I don't know. Monsters have found things under them such are silver greaves, but I don't know if they replenish the treasure under them over time. Anyone out there know the answer to this? SMALL CAVES - Usually. Small caves have some good treasure such as armor (silver greaves) or weapons (silver daggers) and have creatures you won't meet outside a cave. Once treasure is found the cave is empty. Over time (a few turns?) the cave replenishes itself and more treasure can be found. LARGE CAVES - Yes. I have gone in a large cave back to back and found stuff (baubles, armor). Also large caves have creatures you will have trouble finding elsewhere. Does anyone know if a cave can be emptied. ANCIENT GRAVEYARD - Yes. I find the creatures in a looting a graveyard are not as tought to kill as some other things that are explored. If you go in and kill whatever guards it (one of four different creatures) you get a chance to find treasure. Only once or twice in 20 loots have I come up empty. Things I have found include baubles, oculars, helms, silver studded club and so on. I have on a couple of occasions gotten something from the first and second casket. In case you don't know if you are using clam shells to dig you will dig using one up and then fight a creature. If you defeat the creature you get the chance to find treasure. If you are chased away by the creature you can not reenter the graveyard that turn. After checking for treasure in the first grave you will then use a second clam shell to dig a second grave. No creatures will bother you and you have a chance to find more treasure. Then you look at a tombstone and leave. You can enter an ancient graveyard more then once a turn if you have the resources (action points and digging implement). Note you had to be successful the first time to enter a second. And the second time you will be fighting four creatures (not necessarily the same type) to get a chance to look for treasure and you have to kill all four to get the treasure. HILLOCKS. Knolltirs live in hillocks. A hillock has 20+ Knolltirs in it. Entering one you will fight a Knolltir. If you defeat it you will get its treasure. Usually a jagged bodkin, a few oculars, some lotus leaves and gaba stones are usual fare. If you don't defeat it you leave. After killing one you leave the hillock. You can now enter a hillock more then once in a turn. So if you are tough enough and have torches and action points you can go in as many times a turn as you have resources. Hillocks can be cleared out!!!! When a monster does this they get about four really really good items. If you find a cleared out hillock I wouldn't waste time doing much exploration. We don't know yet if cleared out hillocks restock themselves over time. KOMA DENS were covered in newsletter #1. Question. Has anyone ever found any use for looking at a tombstone at the end of a loot and vandelize of a graveyard? Loggerhead Update: last newsletter someone asked if it was worth going after loggerheads, I said yes. Well after my second attempt at a loggerhead I am not sure anymore. The first attempt was with a smite pike and I was fourth level with it. The second was with a spiked club and I was also fourth with it. Both times I did about 7-12 points of damage per round of fighting. I know it takes about 60 points of damage to kill a loggerhead. Am I doing something wrong???? Is there a better weapon to fight one with???? Am I unlucky and get tough/well armored loggerheads???? Far Inn Update: I sent a list of far inns out and have received a correction to the information. At the Odd Terepus the w1 should be bashing while w3 should be edged. Second the southern half and the northern half of coordinates for the far inns are questioned. The following Far Inns are each thought to be 36 squares north of where you have them; Broken Shield, Drokorn's Sted, Claw & Tooth, Cracked Skull, Spear & Club, Happy Junglemon, Grimley's, Twisted Tablor, Lion's Fill, Dragon's Tale. In addition, the Crooked Nose is thought to be 58 squares north of where you have it, and the Happy Junglemon 1 square west of the one on your list. I know that my coordinates for the Broken Shield, Illuminated Torch and Drokorns Stead are correct in relation to each other because I have been to each. However for those of you who have been to more then one far inn if you could check the distance between the two with what distance I have in the coordinates and send me the data I would appreciate it since it would help me track down or validate the correct coordinates. Until I know if these are correct I will hold sending the far post information (raw data available on request). [ one last note, JRM arrived where he thought the Broken Shield was and found nothing. He said he was going to the IT since it was only seven squares east and 2 north of where he thought the IT was. I have the IT 7 east and 38 north of the BS. If you take the 36 difference mentioned about add 2 it puts the IT 7e, 38 n of the BS which may indicate my coords are correct. But until proof one way or the other please be aware the coords could be wrong. ] -------------------------------------------------------------- Section 3b -In Response to Newsletter #1 Vegetation Growth: I've heard about a God of Nature who is the direct rival of Fuvah. This could be the first follower of that god. ************************************************************** Section 4 - Facts Felica is also about to have a baby. Baby facts should be showing up in future newsletters. START SPOILERS ** Spoiler ** Spoiler ** Spoiler ** Spoiler ** Spoiler ** Mounts. After paying for eight riding lessons at the Illuminated Torch my Aspiss was finally given the word that additional riding lessons would be less effective. So far I have only noted the following benefits from having a mount. First they will steer you around quicksand. Second a Demon Condor tried to carry me away but my legs had a firm hold on my plodder (mount) and the Demon Condor failed. START SPOILERS ** Spoiler ** Spoiler ** Spoiler ** Spoiler ** Spoiler ** There is another line of far inns in the Kunbar region. They appear to be similar in nature to the Jagged Mor far inns except for the following two things. Jagged Bodkins are worth less (4 oculars) and there is additional knowledge you can obtain if you have obtained the prerequisite knowledges. Such as advanced plant plucking, lock picking, advanced stealth training. END SPOILER ** Spoiler ** Spoiler ** Spoiler ** Spoiler ** Spoiler ** Ghosts lose spirit points by traveling in a square with a monster who has on silver. ************************************************************** Section 5 - Rumors Tainted Hallows are first found in the Kunbar region. It is said you need special protection and a superior light source to enter. The rumor: vampires dwell within tainted hallows. If you can entice (how I don't know) one outside and kowtow you might get the chance to follow the vampire god. ************************************************************** Section 6 - Catch All When a monster first arrives at a far inn with a mount in tow you are suppose to receive word as to whether you have a good mount or a poor mount. If you do not get any indication from the Jossmen at the far inn you just arrived at (for the first time with mount) you have encountered a bug in Jack's code. Jack would like you to let him know if this happen to you and what the Jossmen said to you when you arrived so he can better track this bug down. [ Jack will also tell you (if this has happened to you) if you have a good mount ]