Asherons Call: Build Notes: Into the Darkness

New Functionality and Content

• The new Direlands stronghold, Candeth Keep, is nearly finished and bustling with activity!
  [LI]New Alchemy gems!  Alchemists now have the ability to craft gems that cast life protection spells. See the Letter to the Players for the details of these new effects.
  [LI]The Sword of Lost Light quest has been updated! For more details, see the Letter to the Players.
  [LI]Dereth's artisans have quickly responded to the new Sturdy Steel Keys by designing a new keyring!
  [LI]A combat defense modifier has been adjusted to allow players to hit monsters more reliably. For more information, please see the most recent Developer Diary.

[P]Miscellaneous Improvements and Changes

• The town criers are talking again! Whatever their grudge was last month, they seem to have gotten over it.
• Aaminah of Ayan Baqur now points the way to her husband's final resting place.
  [LI]Runed Chests can now be found at many more points of interest.
  [LI]Isparian Weapons (but not Weeping Weapons) are now hookable, as is the Panaq.
  [LI]The Apprentice Mask Makers, in an effort to prove their worth to their employers, will change a repaired Virindi Profatrix Mask into a more modern style.
  [LI]The level restrictions for the olthoi hives on Asheron's island have been adjusted slightly.
  [LI]You can no longer charge a mana stone by using it on a retained (tinkered with leather) item. This prevents retained items from being accidentally destroyed with a mana stone.
  [LI]Tinkering an item with Moonstone now increases its maximum mana by 250. This will not affect items that were previously tinkered with Moonstone.
  [LI]The allowable movement radius for healing and casting spells has been increased for PK players, and the restriction radius has been removed altogether for non-PKs. See the Letter to the Players for more details.
  [LI]The Nuhmudira Quest (Nuhmudira's Gorget and the Encrusted Bloodstone) has been changed slightly:
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  [LI]You can no longer choose to both save her and abandon her. Your choice is now permanent. When faced with the choice, it should now be clearer how to proceed.
  [LI]If you've gotten stuck somewhere in the quest, speak to Balthazar in Lin.
  [LI]You can now pick up one of each type of the Encrusted Bloodstones each week; if you've lost your Bloodstone you can get another.
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[LI]Item Magic changes: Wielded weapons will now take on the Magic Defense of their wielder against negative spells, unless they have their own intrinsic resistance. Also, it is no longer possible to cast Item Magic on individual pieces of missile ammunition. For more information, see the Letter to the Players.
[LI]Your radar coordinates should no longer disappear when you have the radar in the 3D area of your screen.
[LI]You should no longer be forced to run back towards a container or corpse if you abort opening it and then go into combat mode.
[LI]ID'ing objects should now be considerably more reliable. See the Letter to the Players to more details.
[LI]A bug that prevented the special qualities of the Renegade Bow and Renegade Crossbow from working should now be fixed.
[LI]If you are wielding a Renegade Bow or Renegade Crossbow but do not meet the wield requirements, upon first login it will be removed from your hand. For more information, see the Letter to the Players.
[LI]Older quest weapons that had negative Mana Conversion modifiers have been fixed.
[LI]The Melee Defense and Missile Defense tattoos were intended to cast Moderate cantrips-this has now been fixed.

Minor Details

• The Dauloi's damage variance has been improved slightly.
  [LI]Porcelain salvage should now be easier to find.
  [LI]Aun Mareura in Timaru seems to be interested in uncarved Singularity Keys.
  [LI]Feruza ibn Salaq has increased his library of wall and ring spells.
  [LI]Ulgrim's new Golden Gromnie is firmly nailed down.
  [LI]You can now drop stoups and flagons properly.
  [LI]The snowman who was on vacation near Ayan Baqur has packed his bags and gone home.
  [LI]A handful of creatures have been tweaked for balance.
  [LI]Minor artwork issues with Koji's Beast and the Renegade Bow have been corrected.
  [LI]Grammar fixes: Remmick's speech is improved, and no more Bandageses!