byCarmine

Next thing, special characters. Previously the rule has been only one per player. The main reason why we have had this rule in place is that many of the special characters play on different sides to the ‘war’, and having two alts on either side could spoil things and be a big conflict of interest. It would be very hard to play a Dryth seriously if you also had a Vek and were aware of the plans of a secret movement to kidnap a few Dryth for experimentation.

However, we would like to see more specials out there, as well.. we think they are special and there is a lot of interest in playing them. So, we are willing to allow more than one special, as long as they are not on different sides of the ‘war’.

So, a player with a Vek could make another Vek, or a ‘bad’ Wolfkin or ‘bad’ channeler. But could not make a Dryth, or a ‘good’ wolfkin, or ‘good’ channeler.

A player with a ‘good’ Wolfkin could make another ‘good’ Wolfkin, a Dryth, or a ‘good’ channeler.

(Note, generally we’re using the word good as an indication of the general mindset of the residents of Seahaven, ie good are those that follow the six Gods (Cymur, Balor, Ylessa, Elbahn and Melchior) and bad are those that follow Morhiag and Belial).

Like most RPI’s out there, we have a small player base and many of our players have multiple characters. Whilst we encourage players to keep their characters as seperate as possible and to avoid cross-overs in friends, lovers and enemies between them, we do recognise that with a small player base this can be difficult.

So, in recognition of this, we are clarifying and relaxing the multiplayer rules already in place to allow alts to interact with a similar range of people. What does this mean?

If player A has two characters, Mary and Jane. And player B has one character, Jack. Mary could be lovers with Jack and Jane could be friends with Jack.

However,

- there should be NO out of character motivations.

- there should be NO passing of information between alts. If Jane catches Jack cheating on Mary, she couldn’t “tell” Mary.

- the alts should not be jointly used to either gang up on another alt or boost another alt in a significant way.

- the interactions between two alts and one player should not involve critical implications. Example, Jane could not kill Jack because she caught him cheating on Mary. She could tell him off if it was IC for her to do so. Other critical implications could be death, large financial gain and social status. If you’re not sure, just ask.

We do encourage people to keep their characters as seperate as possible as there is a lot of ‘grey’ area, and it can be hard to seperate what is okay and what is not (though we do recommend asking us if you are unsure – even after the event in question).

Well, book a passage on a ship between Perran and Seahaven and you just might find yourself coming across some! That’s right.. we now have sea travel in, allowing movement between the isles.

At the moment, as Perran isn’t yet finished (but it isn’t far away), it isn’t active, but it will be in the next couple of days. How does it work? Well, for the moment, we’re not going to stick you on a ship and out of roleplay for weeks on end. Instead, as the two islands are completely separate, the travel between them will be instantaneous. However, the trick is you won’t be able to travel again, until the travel time has passed. So, if a trip would take 8 days from Perran to Seahaven, then you can’t travel back from Seahaven to Perran till at least 8 IC days have passed.

There are several ships available for each passage, and the cost relates to how fast they are. Travel isn’t cheap. And not all trips are going to be safe. They won’t kill you though, but sometimes you might come out with a few bumps and bruises, or a little seasick (though constitution will help lessen this). A good wind might quicken your travel time, or bad luck might slow it.

Hope you all like this update, more information can be seen on help travel.

The following ship passages are available from Tarkas: Perran:

ID  To                     Shipname              Days  Price

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 1  Heas : Seahaven        Fast Shark             3    5 pounds

 2  Heas : Seahaven        Booty Snatcher         8    3 pounds

 3  Heas : Seahaven        Avenger               12    1 pound

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If you wish to board one of these ships, use: travel buy <id>

Two small language changes… you can now use %l (or %L) in prompt to show the language you are speaking. And you can change language with speak as well as the language command.

PS Thanks to Minion for the idea.

One of the forest areas has been extended by about a dozen rooms and is open to the public to explore. To encourage this, a few coins have been hidden in this new area for you to find. Happy hunting!

A big thanks to Minion for putting this in for us.