[Official] Sailor's Grief

[spice dew]

swim isle

[leaden hearth]

Use the SWIM verb.

[safe bobcat]

ugh. Of course. Duh. Jeez

[stuck mural]

Since wizard gate, gold rings, 225, etc all work, would it be possible to please fix 740 travel in sailors grief? There are no rooms we can sense anywhere that I can see.

[plush token]

Crow's Nest as the node. Can't wait for 30 people crammed into a crow's nest. Lol

[crude brook]

Am I just not seeing a trash can?

[spice dew]

#1393754345484320848 message

[plush token]

Everywhere is a trashcan and everywhere is a toilet

[stuck mural]

Oh is that why I was disposing of empty boxes in ocean

[spice dew]

it all just floats away to solhaven

[lyric folio]

I dropped mine at a table and did CLEAN TABLE

[stuck mural]

I was like “why are these here won’t anyone think of the sea turtles”

[flint kiln]

Toss your chests in the sea, tell Wyrom No taxation without representation

[spice dew]

i tried unsuccessfully to get to one of our three tables 😅

[stuck mural]

Did you have a reservation

[lyric folio]

Trash cans and tables aside, I really liked SG. With a few QOL updates it'll be awesome.

[spice dew]

reservation only
three more than hiwi, but man they fill up quick 😁

prix fix menu
ask about the lobster rolls

[idle gale]

Worthwhile mental image.

[plush token]

You analyze the giant boot and sense that the item cannot be altered in any way.

The creator has also provided the following information:
This giant boot can be charged with up to 1000 crystal amulet charges.  A single teleport costs 400 charges, andwill transport the owner to a preset room.  There is a small chance that the activation will fail, in which case, the boot will lose its charge and will be dead for 24 hours.```

Auchand, update my boot to teleport me to the contempt =p

You swim eastward, navigating the choppy waters with surprising ease.
Roundtime: 5 sec.```

Would still hopefully see a reduction in RT at 100 swimming ranks which I have.  5 sec seems long

[lyric folio]

Honestly I had sort of hoped I had a reason to train 2x swimming or 2x climbing but it feels like if it's not here it's not anywhere.

[plush token]

You gesture at a fulminating stormborn primordial.
[Spell Hindrance for a suit of stygian rusalkoren platemail suffused with erratic caligninous whorls of azure is 96% with current Armor Use skill, d100= 8]
Your spell falters, then steadies as the magic finds another path.
Your mental command surges outward, echoing your need to the stray spirits nearby...
  CS: +532 - TD: +476 + CvA: +25 + d100: +52 + Bonus: +2 == +135
  Warding failed!
A nebulous haze shimmers into view around a fulminating stormborn primordial, plunging inward to envelop its left leg!
   ... 4 points of damage!
   ... 20 points of damage!
   ... 25 points of damage!
Cloudy tendrils writhe throughout the primordial's form, ravaging it for 30 points of damage!
Roundtime: 5 sec.```

I forgot primordials wrecked you with metal weapons.  Wither seems to work though.

[idle gale]

There may be some adjustments coming, so... never fear.

[spice dew]

[MDR result: 261 (Open d100: 63, Bonus: 125)]
Shimmering air engulfs a grey-plumed steelwing harpy in a disruptive vortex!
The intensity of the attack is blunted by the harpy's stubborn plumage!
   ... 70 points of damage!
   Heart explodes rupturing the steelwing harpy's chest.
Amidst a grey-plumed steelwing harpy's death throes, metallic feathers rain from her wings and her jagged teeth gnash ineffectually.  At last, she goes mercifully still.
Darkness punctuated by a constellation of starry pinpoints wells up around a grey-plumed steelwing harpy and splinters away with a sound like shattering crystal.
The thick plates of bone around a grey-plumed steelwing harpy's forearms begin to crack, then shatter into a fine white dust.
You sense Fash'lo'nae's condemnation of a grey-plumed steelwing harpy wane.

Your devotion to your patron energizes you and intensifies your resolve.

[MDR result: 198 (Open d100: 169, Bonus: 5)]
Shimmering air engulfs you in a disruptive vortex that tears at you from all sides!
   ... 24 points of damage!
   Your stomach muscles explode violently.
   You are stunned for 4 rounds!
You suddenly stumble, your movements clumsy and awkward.```
oh my, forgot about the environmental mdr

[plush token]

Has anyone figured out what deadman's luck is for?

In the warg hide pelt bag:
Skins [8]: a bundle of trenchling teeth (6), a bundle of whelk shell fragments, a bundle of harpy feathers
Total items: 8
>sell bag
You ask Ataum if he would like to buy the contents of an alabaster warg hide pelt bag.
Ataum takes the warg hide pelt bag and inspects the contents carefully.  Ataum hands it back to you and says, "Quit wasting my time Daenamaryllis!"```

Flesh merchant won't but the entire bag

[light ruin]

Value too high probably. Happens in hive

[plush token]

Every area has an exit tag that should lead to the swim area.
;go2 exit

[safe bobcat]

where do the harpy's hang out?

[spice dew]

talon isle, mostly in the trees

[crude brook]

A tenebrific wraith shark cackles madly!```

[spice dew]

they also trail sea shanties

[plush token]

Gotta have that tethered strike for sharks

[crude brook]

I am never unequiping tethered strike

[flint kiln]

yeah if you do the appraise, you'll see you get the "too expensive" messaging, but you can sell them individually. I wanna say this triggers around... 35k 😈

[spice dew]

filling my totem has never been easier

[flint kiln]

Avaluka: THE GOLD skins IS NOT FOR ME. THE GOLD skins IS FOR THE TOLL totem.

[modest slate]

ill take some sharkfin soup

[idle gale]

They shouldn't be cackling madly. Dumb creatures.

[safe bobcat]

If you disconnect from the Main Deck of the Contempt, are you supposed to log back in in the water?

[spice dew]

hmmmm, the contempt does move...

[safe bobcat]

I guess that would explain it. So I reconnected in the same room that the contempt was in, but fell in the water...

Is that expected behavior? Because its really funny imagining myself logging in then noticing I'm floating above nothing, then plummetting into the water. But I feel the messaging should reflect that 😉

Okay, one more thing.

When jumping off the Contempt, I'm trying to swim east to get to Talon, but no matter what direction I swim, I end up back on the Contempt?

>jump
Taking a running leap, you cannonball into the water below!
[Spicers' Sea, Waters - 35604] (u7150401)
Horizons blend indistinguishably into water and sky, giving the Spicers' Sea no clear boundary.  Gulls circle overhead, patiently watching the vast expanse for any sign of prey.  Flashes of distant lightning silhouette unseen features, momentarily defining the horizon in stark relief.
Obvious paths: none

A faded black flag embroidered with a sinuous siren in red flies above a grim ship nearby.

(You can use SENSE to detect other landmarks in the region.)
Roundtime: 5 sec.
R>sense talon
[Sense result: 165 (Open d100: 81)]
While treading water, you look to the night sky, trying to get your bearings.  You intuit that you are somewhere to the west of Talon Isle.
Roundtime: 5 sec.
R>swim east
You can't do that.
>swim e
You swim toward the ship, and manage to climb up a tattered rope ladder before heaving yourself onto the deck.
[The Contempt, Main Deck - 35597] (u7150601)
Unnatural cold that has nothing to do with the ocean wind clings to the deck of the old ship.  A rope ladder dangles from a space between the ship's gunnels, its lowest rungs frayed and lost to rot.  You also see a ridge cougar and a blue wolf (sitting).
Also here: Sihtric, Aldhelm
Obvious paths: north, west

You can JUMP into the ocean here.
Roundtime: 5 sec.

This happens for 3 of 4 cardinal directions n, e, s. I can't swim w.

[spice dew]

i know this is confusing, but just use the direction while you're in the water. so don't SWIM EAST, just EAST or GO EAST. then when you need to make landfall, SWIM X

[tidal lily]

I had the same confusion, and it took me way longer than it should've to figure out 🙂

[safe bobcat]

<flail>

Okay. That is confusing

okay. I'm gone. SG is the worst. lol. (its not actually. Its a really really well designed place. Truly wonderful. Just more difficult than I can manage today)

(6 deaths is enough for day 1 and I'm taking myself back to the hive. I should have tried it on test first I suppose)

[plush token]

Definitely seeing some clearly defined zones in areas. Reminds me of Moonsedge.

[upbeat stream]

are these supposed to decay?

You notice a patchwork leather breastplate reinforced with strips of rusted metal.
Obvious paths: northeast, southeast
>get brea
You pick up a patchwork leather breastplate reinforced with strips of rusted metal.```

[upbeat stream]

this was kind of odd also:

Seldit says, "I'm sorry Tijay, but I don't seem to have any tasks that are suitable for you.  Perhaps you might want to head to another town that provides a more appropriately challenging environment for you?"
>ask sel about bount
Seldit says, "You look like you need work.  The flesh merchant Ataum, down in the hold, has an order to fill and wants our help.  Head over there and see what you can do.  Be sure to ASK about BOUNTIES."```

[modest slate]

does anyone have a room # for the obelisk?

[spice dew]

on the maps it's like 104 or 103

[modest slate]

ok ty

[flint kiln]

You attempt to jab a hapless charmed corsair!

Roundtime: 2 sec.
R>
A scaly needle-toothed trenchling charges in on rawboned legs, her webbed feet slapping the ground.
R>hide
...wait 1 seconds.
R>hide
...wait 1 seconds.
R>
Little muscles bunching with effort, a scaly needle-toothed trenchling hurls a barbed net at you!
[SMR result: 115 (Open d100: 66, Penalty: 3)]
As the net traps you in its lines, shards of shell stitched into it slice at your flesh!
   ... 5 points of damage!
   Awkward slash to your stomach!
   Everyone needs another belly button.
You are rooted in place!``` Ok, respectfully Auchand, this is insane. Truly insane. Walks into the room and attacks in one second? Seriously? This is intentional? Estild is okay with this too?

[proven aspen]

that'll happen

[upbeat stream]

if you insta kill these they stick around:

You notice an amaranthine kraken tentacle (dead).
Obvious exits: northeast
>loot
You search the kraken tentacle.
It didn't carry any silver.
It had nothing of interest.
An amaranthine kraken tentacle twitches sluggishly and jerks back into the surrounding waters.```

I will say the tentacles being a bounty creature when they can just disappear is kind meh, there's a lot of them so its not the end of the world but when you spend a time on one and the coil up and leave its anticlimactic

[flint kiln]

how did you insta kill, what does that mean

[upbeat stream]

302

[flint kiln]

ah

[upbeat stream]

there's probably other ways and old items that can do it too but that's the one i found

[spice dew]

302 and a couple of things weak to bolts, what is this 2005? 😁

[flint kiln]

She had an indigo seastone orb on her! ok earlier I thought these werent spawning at all (not when I had a bounty), so I suppose they are in fact just extremely rare

[tidal lily]

elemental warding spell - which one is this?A fulminating stormborn primordial grows scintillatingly bright, arcs of electricity coalescing into a beam of blazing plasma that erupts toward you! CS: +510 - TD: +397 + CvA: -17 + d100: +97 - +30 == +163 Warding failed! The beam strikes you, setting your nerve endings alight with enervating agony! In a flash, a translucent silver shield springs into being between you and your attacker to temper the blow! ... 1 point of damage! Pinpoint strike sears your chest.

[flint kiln]

Flesh merchant, heh that's a funny name for the furrier I supp-- One of the flesh merchant's ears falls off. He reaches into a pocket and replaces it with another one, laboriously sewing the ear back on with some thread and a needle. ose.

[idle gale]

Tentacles should not be bounty creatures. I'll fix that.

[fast basalt]

As The Contempt is not a battleground, could we possibly remove the spell sever affect from it's boundaries? it makes it hard to use enhancive pauses there when it drops spells from SK if you choose to rest there.

[flint kiln]

Also -- Ive been on the mageborn and while the tentacles are very cool and interesting creatures that were fun to code I am sure-- there's zero treasure and not even a search (does that mean no chance of a gemstone dropping?) -- its been like 12 tentacles and one non-tentacle, that does not entice anyone to want to come hunt here if theres no chance of any loot whatsoever

[fast basalt]

I'm curious if these have special drops that relate to the boss creature later.

[flint kiln]

An amaranthine kraken tentacle writhes, twitches and spasms going down its length before it crumples, going still. I mean here there is nothing to indicate that it just poofs

A vibrant forest green lock appears on the ground! woo at least we know this works (from a shark not a tentaclees)

[flint kiln]

I'll stop live-blogging for now, but don't want this question to go un-answered. One second RT is really something if intentional.

[hazy drift]

why did your jab not work

[flint kiln]

it worked on a different creature, I just clean up the non-pertinent stuff. The pertinent stuff is that it was a 2 second attack, and this thing spawned in and attacked me one second later (which led to death)

[idle gale]

They don't have 1-second RT.

However, they are pretty quick.

Some fixes: the one piece of creature equipment that was not decaying is now decaying.

Whelks and tentacles can drop items and gems, but not chests or coins.

Creature boxes generated from here on should be more difficult and have better treasure.

Ataum's missing tokens should be fixed.

[neat grove]

Did you restock the depends for @flint kiln

[plush token]

That's a nice change to tentacles if they can drop items and gems now.

[flint kiln]

I'm gonna get so many legendaries from this place and Im gonna sell them for even more ridiculous prices than you my friend 😄

once I pay back the 30 uses of salve just trying to leave said place

[idle gale]

They will still decay much faster than other creatures, but there's a chance to catch them if you're quick.

[flint kiln]

a chance to catch them if you control 5 characters 😅 ok this is not true they hang around for like 3-5 seconds

[plush token]

Now if we could just get that FWI access or locksmith pool...

[flint kiln]

also for the record this is me complaining that my uncapped character got killed in the hardest hunting zone, I am annoyed but that has passed now ❤️

[plush token]

You're hunting here and you're not capped?

[lyric folio]

Would we call it hunting?

[left quartz]

I'm just out here for my gemstone quest

[flint kiln]

Theyre gonna plop a Sunfist outpost at the seat of storms and make it part of the world tour ☠️

You hear a loud *POP* come from your muscles!
R>east
You are utterly exhausted and can barely do more than tread water.

You struggle to stay afloat, your eyes burning with saltwater and your lungs desperate for air.``` also for the record, if you run out of stamina youre gonna have a bad time.. I fogged out before I waited to see if I would drown, but (as expected) you definitely cannot move with popped muscles

[spice dew]

you can indeed drown

[neat grove]

I could tell from test that this area was not for me.

[upbeat stream]

I'm guessing this means herb bounties are on the table? nevermind he's the furrier

[flint kiln]

duffy is doing alright, barring the random primordial one shots (cost of doing business) -- my ucs ambushing rogue can pick off the random || redacted, Im not telling auchand my secrets || but swarms are obviously instadeath so far heheh

to whom it may concern: this should be ENTRANCE, not hold ("You also see the hold's entrance.")

[sand prism]

Have any other CoL players tested sign of darkness in the various SG areas?

[idle gale]

I am curious as to why it didn't work for you.

[sand prism]

hacked char lyfe

[neat grove]

He didn't fully give up his soul.

[idle gale]

Let me take a peek and see why it's not working.

[flint kiln]

You struggle with the trunk. As you do, you get a sense that the trunk has a masterfully intricate lock (-1405 thief-lingo difficulty ranking). Then...CLICK! It opens! confirmed that boxes are enough to keep my deedless uncapped rogue around a bit longer 😅

[neat grove]

I wonder if it will have the highest difficulty boxes because of the higher levels

[flint kiln]

these were a range of -1150 to -1475.. so so far (small sample size yes) in line with other ascension.. I dont recall off the top of my head which are the highest level creatures etc etc.. these boxes came from the SG ships

[idle gale]

This is fixed.

You weren't crazy after all.

[sand prism]

a rare occurrence, thanks for the update

[flint kiln]

where do we think is the best bilge mass spot -- it's the ships right?

(You can use SENSE to detect other landmarks in the region, ***or SWIM over to SAILOR's GRIEF now.***)``` a small note but I think it would be super helpful

[flint kiln]

He had a verdigris Kai Toka tradebar on him! ok I just looked this up.. this better be worth bajillions lol (a very cool bit of loot and lore)

[flint kiln]

seeing some -1490, -1495

[sand prism]

Sailor's Grief Room-to-Hatch ratio.... ☠️ (Need to create macro lol)

[flint kiln]

Electricity tingles painfully over your skin, lingering in a buzzing aura.
   ... 30 points of damage!
Trails of fiery scarlet race across your body armor as rage ignites within you!
   Great bolt of electricity pierces left eye and fries brain till dead.``` every time I get open rolled to the eye, I get a legendary. congrats on breaking the economy auchand, just remeber that you asked for this

>INQUIRE
You inquire with the shipbroker about chartering a vessel.  The shipbroker says, "I can currently connect you to the following destinations:

  1) Vornavis
  2) Kraken's Fall

If you would like to ORDER a trip to any of these destinations, please do so by its number now."
> 1) Vornavis
The shipbroker refuses to take you to Vornavis because you did not arrive from there.
> 2) Kraken's Fall
The shipbroker refuses to take you to Kraken's Fall because you did not arrive from there.```

[sand prism]

I hope they let our magical mounts travel to the Talon Isle

My lizard can def tread water

[plush token]

Silvered by time and the cruel caress of the elements, the expanse of dock is littered with pale sand and strewn with drying leaves from the vines tangling its pilings.  Bright flowers in the colors of a spectacular sunset unfurl along the lengths of the vines.  A few frayed black ropes hang from one of the pilings, swaying like raven locks in the ocean breeze.  You also see a skeletal tuxedo cat.
Obvious paths: south

(You can INQUIRE with a shipbroker here for a list of travel destinations.)```

I updated the Talon Isle and Marshtown rooms with the shipbroker tag.

```;go2 shipbroker```

Auchand this is a hard climb in platemail with 111 climbing ranks and no encumbrance. I usually drop a couple of times before I make it.

[plush token]

It didn't carry any silver.
Interesting, it carried a stale oatmeal tart on it.
It had nothing else of value.
An amaranthine kraken tentacle twitches sluggishly and jerks back into the surrounding waters.```

Must have killed a halfling.

Weeping darkness, a translucent fiery red shield springs into being between you and your attacker to temper the blow!
Your widowwood anklet pulses briefly, deflecting some of the electrical damage!
   ... 10 points of damage!
   Visible wisps of electricity shoot up left arm.  Youch!
   You are stunned for 1 round!
The brass chest is vaporized!```

Cast 125 on the chest while in your cloak.  Don't even have to loot at that point.

[thorny thistle]

haven't seen any boxes in the queue yet from this place... I might actually have to go there and get boxes... although I know nothing about this area and what the gotchas are.

[light ruin]

There's no pool there so nobody can put boxes in the pool from SG without taking a boat back to civilization

[thorny thistle]

that's a 4 minute ride too right?

[light ruin]

Idk I don't do boats

[left quartz]

I put some in last night.

[thorny thistle]

someone must of gotten them already. didn't see anything this morning unless it's just buried in there

[spice dew]

You pick up an iridescent tempest shell. You put an iridescent tempest shell in your leather book bag.

[modest slate]

have you guys been finding dusts in sg?

[spice dew]

yes
someone found a klock as well
no gemstones yet that i know of

[modest slate]

thats good, if people are getting dusts i'm sure the gemstones will drop as well

[left quartz]

They may also have been from the "this box has the difficulty of a hobgoblin" kind too ><

[upbeat stream]

trenchling zerg army will be great for getting searches in though

[modest slate]

they're not like the oozes in hw right?

[spice dew]

if this is still the intent: They are more of an environmental hazard than anything else, but they'll also be more rare and avoidable. They shouldn't move rooms the way they are currently moving.... then there are way too many tentacles. i can't get into an engagement in the sailor's grief section without two [or more] of them entering the room

[safe bobcat]

If even, yes. It’s 12 ocean “rooms” from KF.

[spice dew]

not exactly, they have a cry for help mechanic. but i would consider them individually much more dangerous than oozes.

[jaunty hamlet]

They’re closer to stalkers in hive which clearly count. I think they already have to be spawned is the big factor vs oozes you can manufacture.

[spice dew]

can wizard familiars affect spawn generation / attract creatures?

man the creatures really love to congregate on the one landing spot of the mageborn 😅

You also see an amaranthine kraken tentacle, an amaranthine kraken tentacle, an amaranthine kraken tentacle and a milky-eyed drowned mariner. har har no thanks 🤣

[light ruin]

Soooooo locksmith pool?

[safe bobcat]

Is there a bank there yet?

[spice dew]

yup, bank pawn gemshop furrierflesh merchant

[thorny thistle]

random question, if you have a ship can you rest on your ship after hunts there?

I can't remember if ships have super nodes or not too (been so long)

[left quartz]

Yup and the bank's linked to KF

[flint kiln]

always has been

[feral cloak]

This was added to the Gemstone quest?

[spice dew]

the captain quarters is a node

as a side note if you’re going to use your ship storage, make sure to retract [pull while you’re on, push while you’re off] your gangplank or less savory people can enter your ship and have their way with your stash

[feral cloak]

Oh a new treasure mechanic?

[safe bobcat]

Oh. That’s what happened to my boxes. Lol.

[spice dew]

not sure theft is a new mechanic

[novel panther]

tried searching but failed... can anyone share the location of SG on the "sea-charts" map?

[safe bobcat]

I couldn’t get sea-charts to load (GTK error about screen size)

But it’s room 648 using ;ocean-go2

When you get to that room turn wheel port

[novel panther]

thanks, i'll give it a try

[pearl knot]

This is known as Sailor's Grift.

[modest slate]

https://tenor.com/view/ba-dum-tuss-jokes-gotcha-burn-ouch-gif-5645546

[light ruin]

Been trying to make sense of it from the posts in here… is the postmaster fully functional? As long as you travel from KF or Sol, you can get back the same way?

[sand prism]

I dont think its Solhaven port, its the Vonarvis port, no idea where that is

[safe bobcat]

Solhaven

[sand prism]

I swear I looked at all the solhaven portmaster options and Talon was not on the list. Maybe its only one way from Talon

[modest slate]

theres no way to reliably get back to the mainland except the obelisk if your ship despawned. now i have to pay 20k to get my ship sent back to a port

[safe bobcat]

Still no FWI access from SG, right? Will there ever be or is that going to not happen?

Also, is ;go2 working in there yet? It won't stop me from going there. Just curious. Its been fun to kick it old school. (I'm aware ;go2 is not an official question, but a community one)

[light ruin]

I don’t have a ship I meant just using the port master option for 20k or whatever it is

[modest slate]

i dont think the port master is an option yet

  1) Vornavis
  2) Kraken's Fall

[sand prism]

I should time how long it takes to personally sail from solhaven to talon, I assume its longer than 10 minutes

[light ruin]

Has anyone successfully traveled to and from sg using the npc tho. I don’t want to get stuck there considering it isn’t a complete town yet

[amber anvil]

Should need less than 10. It’s about 10 from sol to of

[safe bobcat]

I'll try to head there now from solhaven

[sand prism]

Also I did the solhaven to KF to Talon route last night for like 45k and it seemed pretty fast (Didnt seem like 20 minutes)

[light ruin]

I think duffield is currently stranded there cuz his boat like despawned or some other osa voodoo

[sand prism]

https://tenor.com/view/wilson-castaway-sea-lost-gif-6160664 (I ran into Duffield last night, he wasnt looking too good)

[fathom tusk]

How much is each portmaster or just Vornavis or KF to Talon? I'll put that on the Wiki since I just added that part. I'll add time estimates too since Wolfloners are there for OAS

[amber anvil]

Sea-charts #scripting message

[modest slate]

lmao ```The shipbroker refuses to take you to Vornavis because you did not arrive from there.

order 2
The shipbroker refuses to take you to Kraken's Fall because you did not arrive from there.```

[sand prism]

wait, is Vornavis port the same as Solhaven? Someone check the options. Its only been like 2 days since release so lots of updates before everything is smooth

[light ruin]

Retser is the only person who can unlock the mystery of OSA ☠️

[modest slate]

i think its all the same

[amber anvil]

There’s an obelisk that teleports you to upper trollfang so you can’t get stuck

[sand prism]

Literally all my SG hunts are going until mega overencumbered.... swiming to the obelisk while mega encumbered, sprinting past all the baddies and touching the obelisk
Or if I have enough spirit using Darkness which puts you right near the docks now

[fathom tusk]

Marshtown is technically outside of Solhaven in the Vornavis region and a secondary map NW of North Market, but yeah basically

[sand prism]

Once I grab my 5-way gold ring from locker this will be much easier

Its almost like Auchand stared at his 5-way gold ring and thought, "I got a great idea for a new hunting grounds!" (while subtly rubbing his precious)

[safe bobcat]

Solhaven = Vornavis

Solhaven exists within the Vornavis Caravansary. Solhaven is the city. Vornavis is the region/"state"

The town hall. Note the Vornavian guard.

[Solhaven Hall, Portico - 13479] (u852002)
Four granite pillars carry the weight of the portico roof, their pale rose stone echoed in the screening wall enclosing the complex.  Behind the wall, surrounding a clear dome, spiral finials perch atop partially obscured buildings.  Clusters of flowers and trees can be seen just beyond the silver-gilt gate.  You also see a large notice board, a tall Vornavian guard and a silver filigree plaque.
Obvious exits: out

[upbeat stream]

She had a glass vial containing fine white powder.``` Now I know where the Merrow get their powers

[light ruin]

I want to check it out but doing it before the town is fully cooked just seems like too uphill a slog for me

[safe bobcat]

Is sleeping drake harbor the name of the place?

From Solhaven:

>ask port about travel
Dylid says, "Please provide a valid town."
  1. Wehnimer's Landing
  2. Solhaven
  3. River's Rest
  4. Teras
  5. Kraken's Fall
  6. Ta'Vaalor
  7. Icemule Trace
  8. Brisker's Cove
  9. Nielira Harbor
 10. Glaoveln
 11. Sleeping Drake Harbor

[sand prism]

Find out and report back!

[amber anvil]

I’m pretty sure it isn’t heh

[fathom tusk]

It's Marshtown. Surde's Pier. You inquiring from that port spot?

[safe bobcat]

Oh. Sleeping Drake Harbor is Ornath.

Okay, so you can't sail to SG from solhaven it seems. Also in my research:

LMAO at the map for Glaoveln: https://gswiki.play.net/Isle_of_Glaoveln

[modest slate]

atleast for the time being, getting back from sg isnt a big problem

also nisugi posted a fix for sea-charts, just scroll up

[safe bobcat]

Still getting a sea-charts error. I'll DM you Nisugi

[fathom tusk]

Lich 1270

[sand prism]

A depiction of the Glaeve and surrounding areas. Copyright held by uploader. (This is epicly hilarious)

[upbeat stream]

DL it directly from his link in the scripting thread not from the repo

[drifting raptor]

It's not against wiki policy...

[idle gale]

That map is amazing.

[safe bobcat]

Why is there a ship broker, portmasters, and a dockhandler? Why use a different system to travel to SG?

[idle gale]

And I think it needs to be made official.

[sand prism]

We need to get that man on staff

[drifting raptor]

Sir...

[flint kiln]

the "ship broker" with an INQUIRE is more like the sleddogs to HW and caravan to SoS. but if there isnt a starting point then its not helpful. Because REASONS ok. REASONS

[safe bobcat]

I understand that it uses that system. I guess my question is: Why?

[amber anvil]

Because port masters are difficult?

[safe bobcat]

to code?

[flint kiln]

what you need to do is get everyone on an Ajira flight 316 and fly it over Talon isle

[amber anvil]

Gotta take the obelisk away first

[idle gale]

Not dependent upon OSA.

Also similar to Hinterwilds in that it restricts using the hunting ground as a method to move between Solhaven and Kraken's Fall.

[flint kiln]

that makes sense, since the caravans are like 3k silver and a 5 minute trip which is preferrable to paying 25k-35k for a 10 minute portmaster.. I suppose we just waiting for news on when the actual other end of said caravans are working (or maybe they are but we cant tell because we all sailed there to start, giving us the "you didnt come from KF, you didnt come from Sol" messaging)

[jaunty hamlet]

how much is the pormaster from kf/sol and how long does it take to get to grief?

[flint kiln]

I dont believe it exists

[jaunty hamlet]

oh i thought that got added yesterday

[idle gale]

It'll be added eventually.

[fathom tusk]

It's 20,000

[feral cloak]

Can’t access FWI from here?

[flint kiln]

not yet no

[light ruin]

My only guess is they want a deliberately small population to live beta the zone before making it more accessible and appealing

[spice dew]

can neither confirm nor deny that i ran your pockets 😁

[safe bobcat]

I really don't know why I keep coming back to this place...

[Moghreb Jungle, Trail - 35639] (u7150202)
Drops of water patter into the lush undergrowth encroaching upon the path, its insistent drumbeat an erratic accompaniment to the cries of birds and the screeching of tiny macaques that call the trees their home.  The primates have their pick of residences, from interwoven strangler figs to frankincense trees.  You also see a fulminating stormborn primordial.
Obvious paths: northeast, southeast, west
Your ridge cougar followed.
>sw
You can't go there.
>
>w
A fulminating stormborn primordial grows scintillatingly bright, arcs of electricity coalescing into a beam of blazing plasma that erupts toward you!
  CS: +498 - TD: +371 + CvA: -8 + d100: +63 - -5 == +187
  Warding failed!
The beam strikes you, setting your nerve endings alight with enervating agony!
   ... 50 points of damage!
   You are sliced open neatly by a brilliant beam of plasma!
You notice your blood flow go back to normal.
You lose your extra internal fortitude.
You become solid again.
You feel your extra strength departing.
You seem to lose the thorny barrier that surrounds you.
You no longer feel so dextrous.
You are no longer moving silently.
You feel the aura of confidence leave you.
The swirling breeze around you finally settles.
You feel the inner strength leave you.
You feel less in tune with your natural surroundings.
The air about you stops shimmering.
You return to normal color.
The brilliant aura fades away from you.
The very powerful look leaves you.
The white light leaves you.
The misty halo fades from you.
The deep blue glow leaves you.
The powerful look leaves you.
The light blue glow leaves you.
You feel the gathering of nature's power leave you.

[light ruin]

Not looking very Resilient

[safe bobcat]

Is that elemental TD?

I guess I know where to put ascension next.

[light ruin]

Doesn't look like ascension Aura will make a meaningful difference to an endroll like that. My experienceo on Test is the primordials reliably one-shot a KS character and it can't be absorbed so you basically have to kill them before they one-shot you

[idle gale]

Locksmith pool should be good to go.

[safe bobcat]

Spell ranks then I suppose.

[idle gale]

[The Contempt, Main Deck]
Near a driftwood trestle table erected on the ship's grey-green deck, the railing has given way to permit a dangerous but thorough view of the ship's starboard hull. Despite the great age of the vessel and its considerable disrepair, there are the bones of a sleek and predatory ship beneath the decay. The timbers around her portholes are painted in silver gilt and emerald lacquer to form radiating streamers of kelp. You also see a dead halfling pirate.
Obvious paths: south, west

[crude brook]

Trash can!?

[idle gale]

So demanding!

[spice dew]

throw it in the ocean

[upbeat stream]

the buccaneer backswords don't decay if you knock them loose:

[The Mageborn, Upper Deck - 35612 - 35612] (u7150505)
You notice a rusted steel backsword with a filigreed brass pommel and a jocular luck spirit (flying).
Obvious paths: northwest
>
You feel more refreshed.
>get backs
You pick up a rusted steel backsword with a filigreed brass pommel.

[idle gale]

Is the buccaneer still alive?

[upbeat stream]

nope i had cleared the room I was wrong I missed it running away but its dead now and the weapon decayed when i looked at it.

A garish revenant buccaneer raises her rusty voice to sing an unearthly shanty, the jaunty melody at odds with the eerie echoes of the tune.
A garish revenant buccaneer is spurred on by the tune!
A pallid fog-cloaked kelpie is spurred on by the tune!
Swirling into an ethereal blue-green mist, a garish revenant buccaneer surges northwest.```

[idle gale]

exp

stance def

[light ruin]

GMs are just like us!

[plush token]

---------------
id: 35595
uid: [7150605]
title: ["[The Contempt, Main Deck]"]
description[0]: Near the aft portion of the ship's grey-green deck, the railing has given way to permit a dangerous but thorough view of the ship's starboard hull.  Despite the great age of the vessel and its considerable disrepair, there are the bones of a sleek and predatory ship beneath the decay.  The timbers around her portholes are painted in silver gilt and emerald lacquer to form radiating streamers of kelp.
paths[0]: Obvious paths: south, west
unique_loot: nil
outside?: true
location: "Sailor's Grief"
climate: nil
terrain: nil
image: "Sailors_Grief.jpg"
image_coords: [4520, 520, 4600, 600]
waytos:
  35596 (u7150604) - [The Contempt, Main Deck] - Sailor's Grief - Sailors_Grief.jpg
    wayto:  "35596" => "west"
    timeto: "35596" => 0.2
  35594 (u7150606) - [The Contempt, Aft] - Sailor's Grief - Sailors_Grief.jpg
    wayto:  "35594" => "south"
    timeto: "35594" => 0.2
tags: ["locksmith pool", "locksmithpool", "meta:boxpool:table:driftwood trestle table", "meta:boxpool:npc:dead halfling pirate"]```

Eloot recognizes it and worked for me.

No trashcan though so eloot drops the box.

Make sure these are unchecked and that you're not attempting to hoard gems and you should be good to go with eloot on the contempt.

[feral cloak]

Is this the only mob that casts something you can’t KS absorb?

[light ruin]

It was a while ago, so hard to remember for sure. Harpies might have had one I couldn't absorb too.

[feral cloak]

BUG

[crude brook]

I am somehow stealing Temporal Reversion from Oracles. I think Tethered Strike may be a culprit. It's annoying because it's causing Spell Sever to remove something useful

[plush token]

nice

[barren mantle]

i am so lost lol

[flint kiln]

Empath bloodstones now have microplastics in them, are you happy

[flint kiln]

it's not a spell it's a "magical maneuver"

[spice dew]

i early adopted mine before the pollution

[fast basalt]

Can we get some undead sea urchins for The Contempt as well? (urchin guide for main spots)

[flint kiln]

mmmm forbidden uni

hmmm not enough people dying today, rude

[fast basalt]

What is this dying you speak of?

[flint kiln]

Auchand wearing his favorite shirt for the SG release

[idle gale]

lol.

[rocky sandal]

Such a good album.

[safe bobcat]

I died 6 times yesterday.

3 times today, then I left for the day to go actually learn something. Maybe I'll bring my cleric with me just fog to me and res me. They should get enough exp that way for it to be worth it.

[fast basalt]

He had 178 silvers on him.
He had a yellow dreamstone on him!
He had nothing else of value.
You notice a scintillating mote of gemstone dust on the ground and gather it quickly.
A pallid fog-cloaked kelpie's remains shiver and ripple.  His body collapses into a puddle of saltwater and rotting sargassum.
You gather the remaining 178 coins.```Looks like gemstones are active here.

[plush token]

Lightning resist goes a long way here

[fast basalt]

I've noticed lightning resistance doesn't seem to help on the primordial counter when the blade has electricity running up it and shocking me.

[flint kiln]

yeah I brought my cleric and empath for now, they'll be popping in and out

[left quartz]

Man, people just throwing their trash overboard already. It's like that one cruise ship...

[upbeat stream]

I'm dropping me garbage on the beach, just skipping the middle man instead of waiting for it to wash ashore.

[left quartz]

I was thinking we could all just toss it in the hold.

[lyric folio]

Yeah I’ve just been wandering until I see a gangplank and dropping mine on some rando ship.

Is that frowned upon?

[warm pivot]

no trash cans or goat/raccoon pins?

[spice dew]

💩

[idle gale]

Thanks to @light badger we now have forageables.

I'll work on trash bins.

I do want to call attention to the fact that Sailor's Grief features some new terrain types.

Specifically Ruins and Open Water.

[zealous thunder]

I saw color coding on the map and was curious if the terrain (jungle, water, ship, rocks (ruins i guess!) played into things

took my first trip out there this evening and really enjoyed it. A lot of spaces to explore, some items to discover, and landmarks to investigate. Neatly done 🙂

Still trying to sort out all the mechanics and mobs. Haven't caught up on the thread, but Primordial DS is the only outlier I noticed. Unlike a lot of ascension creatures you can dispel them to help though. It was very much needed in my case. Not a complaint, just identifying a different problem to solve than some of the other critters

The tentacles are fun, got a welcome hug within minutes of arriving for my first time

[sand prism]

Wait, we going to get tasked with "foraging" kelp and seaweed??

[zealous thunder]

you flail around frantically while trying to stay afloat, unable to locate any seawater

[safe bobcat]

Instead of trash bins, just make a system where you can break into someone else's ship just to put all your trash on it.

[left quartz]

I love my new spurge. ❤️

[idle gale]

Primordials will have a mechanic that takes advantage of their high DS.

Soonish.

[cosmic palm]

How much climbing/swimming does a full plate-wearer need?

[safe bobcat]

Oh good. Another reason to completely avoid primordials.

[idle gale]

Their DS is totally powered by tears. 😛

If no one complains about them, they slowly lose 5 DS / sec until they're entirely useless in combat.

[safe bobcat]

I have 75 swimming ranks and was able to do just fine while carrying 50k in silver coins.

[cosmic palm]

thanks

[safe bobcat]

Can we also make it so that way everytime someone mentions "primordial" on thought-net their (the primordial's) DS gets a boost? That way we can mess with people cross-realm?

[General] Lucullan thinks, "You know what I hate? Primordials! Since the dawn of time Primordials have taken many primordial shapes. From primordial ooze to primordial soup, primordials have been primordial for far too long! So much so that the primordial council for the primordial re-integration of primordials into post-primordial society (or PCPRPIPP for short) has been discussion with a think tank of primordials to see how post-primordial society can be adapted to allow for pre-primordial, primordial, and post-primordial accomodations!"

Then all primordials currently spawned get a +10 DS boost for each time primordial was said. This boost lasts 10 seconds and stacks with each mention.

[idle gale]

lol.

Really any time someone uses the letter 'p'.

Just in case.

[safe bobcat]

Good. Gotta catch the acronyms.

[sand prism]

Not sure if you can tell this, but any clear winners so far on "player killer" creatures in SG?

[safe bobcat]

primordials have my vote.

(+10 DS)

[sand prism]

"no one has died yet" is also a valid answer
There should definitely be a death leaderboard hidden in the captains office

[safe bobcat]

I've died 9 times in 2 days. So much so that I wildly prefer the hive. The margin isn't close.

I think Duff might have more with his pre-capped rogue.

[zealous thunder]

it wasn't a complaint, just noting an outlier that took a different approach. Looking forward (ok, maybe worrying about?) their upcoming mechanic

[warm pivot]

The fair winds send your spirits soaring, and you feel more sure of yourself.
Stormglow pours from the stone of the disc, melding with your flesh, and you feel the fury of lightning coursing through your veins!
Flashes of violet-white electricity crackle around you. You feel better prepared to defend yourself against sources of electrical damage.

randomly happened at ||[Seat of Storms, Defaced Span - 35684] (u7150732)||

[spice dew]

the primordials' health is a little lackluster

[sand prism]

quick do combat resist lightning or electric, maybe it tell you how much

[warm pivot]

just showed my ranger trinket

[sand prism]

well if that bonus is less than 25% its prob not worth much (It probably didnt show up though)

[warm pivot]

Buffs - Affinity: Electrical .................... 00:02:23

[sand prism]

What about if you have free lightning flares like that gemstone now? or lightning defense, you should go hunt some lightning primordials

[fast basalt]

This boost should translate to characters whose names start with "P" in the area as well.

[fast basalt]

Charl.

Also, could we see the Corsair gen rate bumped up in one of the zones at least? with the gen rates as is it's kinda lengthy to do a corsair task.

[warm pivot]

so no patterns to use 740 gold ring feature? other people are avoiding the Spicer Sea it seems

[flint kiln]

Roundtime: 15 sec.```the locksmithpool room is seen as "in the wilds" or whatever the tag is, and as such it gives very long RTs for traps and lock measuring

[stuck mural]

i'm hoping that gets fixed! cause gold rings and 225 work to bypass the sea. you can also 130 from anywhere to the ship

[spice dew]

quite a few of them in the crags

[flint kiln]

more tentacles means more iron

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A scaly needle-toothed trenchling races in, eyes glowing fiercely!
A scaly needle-toothed trenchling races in, eyes glowing fiercely!
A scaly needle-toothed trenchling races in, eyes glowing fiercely!
A scaly needle-toothed trenchling races in, eyes glowing fiercely!
A scaly needle-toothed trenchling races in, eyes glowing fiercely!``` three packs of this trash while trying to kill a grizzled oracle -- thankfully death only makes me stronger you fools muahahahah

has anyone gotten a skin bounty BESIDES whelk fragments?

also can you not lock the supernode behind a climb check? ```It quickly becomes apparent that you will not finish the climb. You begin to lose your footing and finally let go and fall.

... 40 points of damage!
Blow to your leg severs your Achilles tendon and the rest of the leg!
You are stunned for 6 rounds!
You drop to the ground with a thud.

Roundtime: 10 sec.```

[safe bobcat]

Seriously, can’t the adventures guild get together and install a ladder?

[sand prism]

Did you have something in your hands? seems like that is a big no no

[warm pivot]

Are private property teleport keys not meant to be used in the Contempt's supernode?

You try to turn your iron skeleton key, but the hostility in the area resists your efforts.  Perhaps you should try again from an area closer to town.

You gesture.
This area is already peaceful and calm.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

[flint kiln]

this is my level 50 cleric trying to get to a node after ressurecting all your dead behinds

  AS: +476 vs DS: +329 with AvD: +18 + d100 roll: +41 = +206
   ... and hits for 4 points of damage!
   Static discharge to right leg.  Doesn't hurt, much.
Trails of fiery scarlet race across your body armor as the rage within surges anew!
The electricity carries itself through you and surges through the water!

The powerful jolt electrocutes a fulminating stormborn primordial!
   ... 15 points of damage!``` stop hittin yourself

[warm pivot]

at least we can 740 out of SG to another town heh

[flint kiln]

Jagged tendrils of electricity unfurl from a fulminating stormborn primordial.  It spins violently, sending them whipping outward in a fizzling spiral!
[SMR result: 144 (Open d100: 95, Bonus: 7)]
One of the voltaic lashes twines around you in a flash, and pain wracks your body!
   ... 5 points of damage!
Roundtime: 4 sec.
The interruption causes your momentum to stop.
[SMR result: 208 (Open d100: 21, Bonus: 100)]
A scaly needle-toothed trenchling fades into visibility!
   ... 40 points of damage!
   The needle-toothed trenchling is stunned!
[SMR result: 235 (Open d100: 48, Bonus: 100)]
A scaly needle-toothed trenchling fades into visibility!
   ... 60 points of damage!
   Terrifying electrical arc destroys spinal column one vertebra at a time!
[SMR result: 191 (Open d100: 13, Bonus: 108)]
A scaly needle-toothed trenchling fades into visibility!
One of the voltaic lashes twines around a scaly needle-toothed trenchling in a flash!
   ... 50 points of damage!
   Powerful blast reduces the needle-toothed trenchling to a smoldering pile of ash!
[SMR result: 232 (Open d100: 45, Bonus: 100)]
A scaly needle-toothed trenchling fades into visibility!
One of the voltaic lashes twines around a scaly needle-toothed trenchling in a flash!
   ... 60 points of damage!
   Powerful blast reduces the needle-toothed trenchling to a smoldering pile of ash!
[SMR result: 245 (Open d100: 57, Bonus: 102)]
A scaly needle-toothed trenchling fades into visibility!
One of the voltaic lashes twines around a scaly needle-toothed trenchling in a flash!
   ... 40 points of damage!
   Arcing bolt of electricity galvanizes right arm to elbow.  Won't be using it for awhile.
   The trenchling's spine sword falls to the ground.``` actually, I think primordials are now my favorite. (also interesting look, the trenchlings are invis????)

[warm pivot]

was another visible trenchling already in the room?

[flint kiln]

[SSR result: 125 (Open d100: 20)]
A scaly needle-toothed trenchling looks at you in utter terror! 
A scaly needle-toothed trenchling looks at you in utter terror! 
A scaly needle-toothed trenchling looks at you in utter terror! 
A scaly needle-toothed trenchling looks at you in utter terror! 
A scaly needle-toothed trenchling looks at you in utter terror! 
[SSR result: -85 (Open d100: -169)]
A fulminating stormborn primordial is unaffected! ``` hmm it was crazy at the moment, but it looks like they were ALREADY visible? So just weird messaging I think. Also -169 really, stop protecting your babies auchand c'mon

[lyric folio]

I had feathers once iirc

[flint kiln]

death RPA #2 -- one trenchling turns into 6 and then even though they "don't have one second roundtime" they will still chew through 400 hp in under 12 seconds

[upbeat stream]

you also get trenchling teeth

[flint kiln]

if you live, yes -- if not you also get trenchling teeth, but in the bad way. Oh one of these had a drake greataxe lol

[flint kiln]

RPA #3 -- stunlocked/RTlocked by two tentacles, the classic move

[safe bobcat]

RPA? This seems the opposite of an RPA?

[flint kiln]

it's my cute way of saying death ```[SMR result: 128 (Open d100: 58, Penalty: 2)]
An amaranthine kraken tentacle crushes you mercilessly!
Roundtime: 3 sec.
Your muscles go limp .
Roundtime: 5 sec.

An amaranthine kraken tentacle erupts from the water, rubbery and slick, its suckers pulsating!

PR>stand
...wait 1 seconds.

[SMR result: 107 (Open d100: 23, Bonus: 10)]
You are stunned!
Roundtime: 3 sec.

[SMR result: 172 (Open d100: 53, Bonus: 45)]
Roundtime: 4 sec.

[SMR result: 135 (Open d100: 29, Bonus: 35)]
Roundtime: 6 sec.``` Would we expect anything else but 24/7 RTlocks? Cheapest RPAs ever, thank you may I have another 😄

[flint kiln]

time to bring out the uncapped .. instaRPA to an openroll 😄

almost RPA award, FYI the critters really pile up inside the tonbury cargo hold

[MDR result: 225 (Open d100: 162)]

   Amazing shot through your nose enters the brain!``` oh sweet another ~~open roll death to the face from a shark~~ legendary gemstone

I hope you all enojyed my live hunting, hope this helps you decide whether to hunt here or not 😄

[flint kiln]

For the record, Echo of Volgust has nothing to do with the ||throne ☠️ ||

[flint kiln]

 ** Your sinew-lashed gloves glow brightly for a moment, consuming the magical energies around the stormborn primordial! **
 [SMR result: 110 (Open d100: 68, Bonus: 28)]
   ... 20 points of damage!
Sparks shower from a fulminating stormborn primordial's form as it dwindles until little is left beyond glimmering filaments of electricity.
The tenseness in the primordial's body relaxes.``` ahahahhaha uncapped rogue 1, primordial 0  

(in the 2 seconds I took copying this I got swarmed by 6 trenchys)

[flint kiln]

with no herbalist on the ship, and no FWI access, losing both hands mostly means you have to go back to civilization

[light ruin]

I would simply not lose any appendages.

[shut compass]

Table empath time!

[flint kiln]

normally yes but uncapped rogue and empath are on the same account.. I basically threw herbs on the ground like feeding a duck and that worked lol

definitely starting to get a feel for the place now, I'll write some thoughts about critters and finally go to bed

[flint kiln]

Opinions from a KS warrior unless otherwise noted

__ a gigantic lightning whelk (107)__* -- plentiful, generally easy but don't let them linger, they can 100% randomly zap you
__ a scaly needle-toothed trenchling (107)__* -- ugh, yeah. high risk high reward.. single ones are easy but if youre not in the mood, kill it ASAP .If you're juiced up and ready to go though, let em come call reinforcements and cash in
__ a kelp-tangled coral golem (109)__* -- easier versions of HW golems
__ a fulminating stormborn primordial (109) --__* what more can be said about these guys? I can only hit them with UCS really. 4 second RT makes it honestly very easy for the rogue to manage.. it's a very predictable (1) get found (2) hide (3) jab/mug/punch/grapple (4) and repeat, with minimal risk

__ a hapless charmed corsair (105) --__* they die immediately I have zero notes lol
__ a grey-plumed steelwing harpy (111) --__* instadeath by duffy, a good target for the rogue, but they have a mean mstrike so be mindful

__ a brackish bilge mass (104) --__* mostly instadeath
__ a milky-eyed drowned mariner (106)u --__* very instadeath
__ a garish revenant buccaneer (108)u --__* slightly less but still mostly instadeath, but if they actually live a little they can be a pain
__ a tenebrific wraith shark (110)u --__* now gettin real.. NCU, fast, aggressive maneuver attacks, seem to always open roll bite my eyeball
__ a blubbery humpbacked merrow (111) --__* spellcasters I guess? Can be chonky, UCS makes quick work
__ a pallid fog-cloaked kelpie (112)u__* -- even chonkier, more painful magic
__ an amaranthine kraken tentacle (113) --__* two tentacles can lock you up forever. Best to fight in pairs as I believe when they bearhug they get a DS penalty? One of the few things I will retreat and reasses. Otherwise its Cry + Bellow to put em down

• oracles idk, same as the rest, allegedly hard but I just focus them before they can do much

[light ruin]

A whale surfaces in the distance, spouting water high into the air before diving again.Which one of you guys is this

[plush token]

Has anyone figured out the weather yet?
||The dice on the ship give the deadman's luck buff and the orb on talon isle gives the echo of volgust buff.||

[light ruin]

Getting around with the swimming is super confusing lol

[plush token]

I broke down and bought two simucoin gold rings. Need to build up a stash of them.

[light ruin]

I like what whelks will just peace out while you're beating them up lol. Mid-assault they're just like "nah" and ooze on out of the room. I have a buccaneer bounty and can't find them

[plush token]

Tethered strike must prevent that

[light ruin]

You're using mstrikes not assaults so it all happens in one action, they have no chance to leave

[plush token]

Naw, Im just an empath swinging away but I do have tethered strike. Haven't noticed that behavior

[light ruin]

Sheesh the primordial plasma CS attack is crazy, nukes my nerves every time they cast it. I may never have a positive mana figure again. -17/7 lol

LOL I just had my first trenchling zerg rush happen oh my god. I escaped that by the grace of hammering SYM RETURN until I nearly broke my enter key

Okay maybe this time I'll find buccanners

[light ruin]

The taskmaster told you: "I've got a mission for you. Our quartermaster, Reiya, has asked for our aid. Head over there and see what you can do. Be sure to ASK about BOUNTIES."... what does this mean, who is this, it's not the gemshop or the advguard

[crude brook]

I think that's the pawn shop

[light ruin]

Oh so it is. Thanks

Dispel flares eating good out here with stuff rocking 140

[upbeat stream]

It's for herb bounties it's just south of the tables and through the door but I assume you figured this out

[light ruin]

Yeah I did when Jaired pointed me to the pawn guy

[plush token]

Your kroderine chains rapidly consume the magical power of the attack!
You meet a fulminating stormborn primordial's psionic assault with an iron will, fending off the mental intrusion!```
Chains earning their keep.

A sparking orb of electricity detaches itself from a fulminating stormborn primordial and roils toward you, engulfing you in a prickling storm of power!
[MDR result: 240 (Open d100: 95, Bonus: 101)]
The electricity arcs down your body, sundering your defenses!
Your widowwood anklet pulses briefly, deflecting some of the electrical damage!
   ... 43 points of damage!```
Lol, that MDR open roll.

[vague goblet]

That wasn’t an open roll!

[plush token]

Oh, lol. I just suck.

Would resist elements help in SG?

[vague goblet]

I suspect you were immobilized or something, that’s a monster of a bonus

[zealous thunder]

Does mdr benefit from being prone or immobilized? I remember it uses different stats than smr and was unclear if the same effects modify it

[vague goblet]

Fair question, and I’m not sure - I assumed it functioned identically in terms of status effects and only differed in terms of modifiers (skills/stats)

[zealous thunder]

#gemstones message

im rereading when they were introduced and im not seeing anything specifically saying it does or does not. Only that Smr is physically avoiding something, while mdr is internal struggles and some grey areas around magical effects. It had me question if the penalties would be the same or not

[warm pivot]

The wiki page could use an update. All we got is "The power of the attack is significantly boosted if the initiator is higher leveled than the defender."
https://gswiki.play.net/Mystic_defense_roll

[zealous thunder]

I’m happy to update the wiki if we get some details on the mechanic

[spice dew]

the mdr’s take advantage of the same bonuses that smrs do, from what i’ve seen

so if you’re immobilized, +100

[warm pivot]

i haven't tried the graveyard yet but SG seems pretty easy as long as I don't lightning crit myself from DC in a water room

[spice dew]

time for ng+

[warm pivot]

tee hee

You turn to stare at an amaranthine kraken tentacle.
  CS: +626 - TD: +510 + CvA: +25 + d125: +42 == +183
  Warding failed!
An amaranthine kraken tentacle looks at you in fear!
The tentacle turns and runs screaming into the distance, never to be seen again.

[spice dew]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, nerf it 😁

[warm pivot]

should we be finding star of Tamzyr diamonds and honey beryls in SG wreckage?

[upbeat stream]

That you Tikba?

[spice dew]

yes we share some stuff with Sol

[pearl knot]

What the...

buff the tentacles!

running and screaming tentacles is... wrong

[spice dew]

reduce their spawn rate, my goodness there's so many

[pearl knot]

That's not a Marstreforn thing. I just heckle from the cheap seats around here.

[warm pivot]

Bolts of forking green-white lightning rain down from the heavens in a devastating chain of blinding thunderstrokes!
You hear the soft tinkle of rolling dice, followed by a faint lucky feeling.
[SMR result: 23 (Open d100: 36, Penalty: 1)]
A bolt of lightning strikes just inches away from you!

[spice dew]

i see your miss, and raise you an open roll death

Bolts of forking green-white lightning rain down from the heavens in a devastating chain of blinding thunderstrokes!
[SMR result: 219 (Open d100: 168, Bonus: 2)]
Electricity blazes through your body, illuminating you from within in a blinding flash!
Your wiregrass anklet pulses briefly, deflecting some of the electrical damage!
... 54 points of damage!
Electric shock causes a strong enough convulsion to snap your neck.

[upbeat stream]

if only you had finished that trinket

[spice dew]

the environmental effects of hiwi wish they could charge trinkets like this

[upbeat stream]

I mean just stand outside and they will

[light ruin]

I am hoping there's eventually a fast travel unlock using a regional resource ala gigas fragments, because the swimming is awful. At least Sym Return brings you back after a hunt

[plush token]

With the locksmith pool addition I think it’s good to go. Just the right amount of annoyance to keep lots of folks away.

[light ruin]

The bolt breaks into tiny fragments.
  AS: +665 vs DS: +567 with AvD: +18 + d100 roll: +8 = +124
   A hit!
   --you blink as you realize that what you thought you saw didn't actually happen.

 ** Your ivory hand crossbow glows brightly for a moment, consuming the magical energies around the revenant buccaneer! **
A garish revenant buccaneer seems to lose some dexterity.
A hazy film coats a garish revenant buccaneer.

  AS: +665 vs DS: +706 with AvD: +18 + d100 roll: +79 = +56
   A clean miss.
You feel the unnatural surge of necrotic power wane away.
   You have an unpleasant sense of deja vu.
The bolt streaks off into the distance!
  AS: +662 vs DS: +506 with AvD: +18 + d100 roll: +73 = +247
   A hit!
   --you blink as you realize that what you thought you saw didn't actually happen.
  AS: +662 vs DS: +706 with AvD: +18 + d100 roll: +47 = +21
   A clean miss.
   You have an unpleasant sense of deja vu.
The bolt streaks off into the distance!
  AS: +640 vs DS: +506 with AvD: +18 + d100 roll: +28 = +180
   ... and hit for 26 points of damage!
   Gash to the revenant buccaneer's right eyebrow.
   That's going to be quite a shiner!
   The revenant buccaneer is stunned!
The bolt streaks off into the distance!
Roundtime: 1 sec.```These guys have 540 lol is that a first for a mob? Really cool

[warm pivot]

Overwhelming stormglow gushes from the surface of the disc, its unfettered power buffeting you in erosive waves of chaotic elemental energy!
[MDR result: 199 (Open d100: 37, Bonus: 100)]
Shimmering air engulfs a grizzled merrow oracle in a disruptive vortex!
   ... 60 points of damage!
   Both the merrow oracle's kidneys rupture.  Death is quick and painful.

[You have completed this portion of your Adventurer's Guild task.]

[light ruin]

Was that an area AOE nuking your grizzled? Lol

[spice dew]

the environmental effects take no prisoners

[flint kiln]

buccaneers are SAILORS GRIEF proper, they're easy but roll with a mean crew

[flint kiln]

yeah the gems are a little Sol, a little Teras, and a bunch of new stuff

[amber anvil]

So it sounds like Wtichhunter's Ascendency might be decent in SG

[flint kiln]

somewhere in here I read there was going to be a similar system to make swimming easier

[flint kiln]

There's a couple spelled up guys, mostly in the shipwrecks I think

[fast basalt]

I mean, as a non-KS/non spell warrior, I basically run bravery, heroism, strength and a small statue and the only things that really give me concern are the primordials, which I can handle, it's just they sting when I handle them without being cheap and wasting a ton of stamina.

The caveat I'll throw out there is that Peri's well post cap and has a fair amount of enhancive running, but then it's also an ascension ground where this is kinda expected.

[flint kiln]

Yeah, Duffy is well geared but 18m exp with 90 ATP -- I think I've cracked primordials now but gonna keep my mouth shut hehe

[hardy nymph]

How do you guys feel about the difficulty of SG compared to some of the other ASC hunting grounds? I’ve only really dabbled in the beach and cliffs areas so far. I think the critters feel marginally more dangerous (and quite a bit harder to kill) than most of the other ASC stuff to date. And the environmental hazards are obviously more real here

[light ruin]

A shifting, prismatic aura coalesces around you, then vanishes in a brilliant flash!

The thick plates of bone around your forearms begin to crack, then shatter into a fine white dust.
The scales covering your hands turn brittle and flake away.
You feel your muscles begin to strain for an instant.  The sense of body control has left you.
Shadows seep from your skin in waves of gloom that pool briefly upon the ground before dispersing like fog before the light of day.```Is this mental major dispel 😭

[flint kiln]

you got moisturized

[hardy nymph]

For whatever it’s worth, harder is better in my book. Nice to have tougher critters to justify buying nice toys

[upbeat stream]

Can we maybe cap the tentacle generation when large groups hit the mageborn? I don't mind the challenge of swarms but it's just on overdrive right now

[modest slate]

i find the creatures to be beefier and a bit longer to kill which gives them more time to use their nonstandard attacks

[hardy nymph]

It’s more higher DS/TD vs more health though, right?

[modest slate]

a bit of both

did auchand put a dock handler in sg yet?

[plush token]

The ship graveyard is so swarmy righ tnow

[light ruin]

a scaly needle-toothed trenchling's spine sword deflects harmlessly off a fulminating stormborn primordial.You idiot

[plush token]

I got wrecked

[modest slate]

ooh

[plush token]

Single MA group cranked this place to the max

[hardy nymph]

Ouch. Reminds me I need to adjust my 950 routine to exclude lightning ⚡️

[modest slate]

https://tenor.com/view/shaggy-wasnt-me-not-me-gif-4930192

[idle gale]

I do want to be clear that I will be revisiting older Ascension grounds, probably this year.

[light ruin]

  CS: +498 - TD: +366 + CvA: +5 + d89: +45 - +40 == +142
  Warding failed!
The beam strikes you, setting your nerve endings alight with enervating agony!
   ... 8 points of damage!
   Precise burst of energy causes your neck to blacken and peel.
   You are stunned for 2 rounds!
The elemental assault disrupts the mana within you!
You have overextended yourself!
You're in heavy shock!```So am I getting major nerve damage every time this hits me because I have 7 mana. Do I train Harness Power just for this... hmm

[idle gale]

Some creatures will be getting buffs. Others will be getting some nerfs.

[plush token]

Need a total cap on tentacle spawns in the area. Like no more than 10 =/

[idle gale]

There are a lot of pushovers in Moonsedge, for example. I also feel like uncrittable HP-bags like grotesques and golems need to feel more fun.

I think tentacles will probably need to be reduced, yeah.

[hardy nymph]

One idea for golems, in particular, is to have them start out with their current amount of beefiness, but some of crack/fall apart as you start to hit them, causing various weaknesses

[modest slate]

auchand, this may not be related but the return caravan system seems borked. i couldnt get it to work in SG yesterday, and i cant get it to work in hiwi

[hardy nymph]

It could be something like after hitting the golem, a monsterbold message pops up saying the arm is dangling. Then you PULL ARM with some slight roundtime applied, and your future attacks are way more damaging… or something along those lines. Making it a bit interactive could be cool

[upbeat stream]

Please no, people don't hunt lichs in the scatter for a reason

[plush token]

I'd be in the rift hunting liches if they dropped gemstones =p

[light ruin]

Would you if you didn't have SK506 though? The phylactery suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks

[hardy nymph]

There’s just too much RT on liches. And the phylactery smashing is also kind of boring.

[plush token]

[spice dew]

so many good gifs, but none are appropriate

[plush token]

Tentacles have like 400 - 500 hp too

Ok nvm, counted up my last one.
687 and one more hit after that to kill it.

[zealous thunder]

Buff them all!

Ok, reducing qty of tentacle hugs is fair… buff the singles that remain!

[sand prism]

I agree, we need to shake the ascension tree to weed out the weaklings

[light ruin]

There are so many 9m exp characters hunting Hinterwilds lol. The Nelemar to Gemstones pipeline

[flint kiln]

always, the hold is where they all wait for u

I cant hunt because my cat wants attention lol -- I looked away for 5 seconds and there were ten trenchys on me

[light ruin]

Have we seen bounties for all of the SG mobs? There's no situation like the Hive where broodtender tasks are just not being given out? I have my bounties set to max and haven't had anything higher than a harpy yet

[flint kiln]

Area         Health per Round         Bandaged         Can Tend?         Tend Time
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Neck                 4                   No               Yes               13s   
Right leg            2                   No               Yes                3s   
Abdomen              4                   No               Yes                3s   
Left leg             2                   No               Yes                3s   

                             Base  Enhanced
     Maximum Health Points:   133       155
   Remaining Health Points:    20
           Health Recovery:    13        28
  You are feeling faint.

     Maximum Spirit Points:     9         9
   Remaining Spirit Points:     9

    Maximum Stamina Points:   127       132
  Remaining Stamina Points:   132
          Stamina Recovery:    66        76

Diseased!  Taking 24 damage per round.  Dissipating 9 per round.``` literally in 5 seconds

[spice dew]

i’ve gotten oracle bounties

[sand prism]

Is this because HW isn't hard enough or is it just the future ranks of well-geared. well oiled (scripted), and teamed up MAers or Vets?

[flint kiln]

I dont know if I have gotten tentacles yet, but whelk skins, buccaneers, oracles,primordials, sharks, masses.. I think its too soon for me to know if something is obviously missing

[sand prism]

I def took a just capped sorc, added a metric TON of enhancives and decent gear and it went from getting mercked by cannibals after one step past the gates to living most of the time

[modest slate]

i dont know about 9m, but the characters i bring up to hw are at least double capped

[flint kiln]

I am on the other end of that, I bring uncapped characters to ascension lol

[light ruin]

  CS: +507 - TD: +366 + CvA: +5 + d96: +70 - +40 == +176
  Warding failed!
The beam strikes you, setting your nerve endings alight with enervating agony!
Your head rings like a struck bell as starlit darkness explodes across your field of vision.  You find yourself moved several feet from your original position!
The elemental assault disrupts the mana within you!
You have overextended yourself!
You're in heavy shock!```Yeah I get major nerve damage 100% of the time they use this attack, sadge. So I either have to train Harness Power just to have mana to not use, or I get nerve damage

[spice dew]

sheesh just get 319 already sorcs

[sand prism]

Just need to buy me a +50 cleric spell ranks trinket next DR. But in seriousness I need to get the 140 extender

[upbeat stream]

I got an ancient primordial bounty which was fun. I may be the only person who actually did a tentacle bounty if they got removed.

[spice dew]

the irony in one of the most popular props being an un-nerf

[light ruin]

@flint kiln do you get instant major nerves every time the primordial does the mana drain too on duffield? what a sneaky anti KS thing lol

[flint kiln]

honestly I dont think so? I havent noticed it.. I do have 50 mana because of the empath bloodstone so maybe that is a surprise side bonus

[light ruin]

yeah that's probably saving you from it. i have 7 mana, lol

[upbeat stream]

RIP kroderine armor

[flint kiln]

I trained disarm traps for the boltstones in the hive, I wouldnt be above training HP if I needed to for here

[hardy nymph]

Isn’t nerve damage just a random 20% occurrence from receiving lightning damage?

[light ruin]

it's plasma (the mana draining one anyway, i think they have a lightning too). i get a major nerve damage every single time they mana drain me. it's profoundly annoying.

training harness power for mana i will never use seems like a pretty lame tax.

[flint kiln]

you are using it.. as a mana shield 😅

[plush token]

Just buy the empath thing then. You get health stamina and mana

[light ruin]

And yet another charge-based thing to maintain..... ugh

[light ruin]

that's me

[plush token]

Nidal its not like you need a whole lot of ranks in it. Maybe 10?

[flint kiln]

if you train harness power I'll get you a water ice ok kiddo/

Fighting the tide, you paddle toward the island until you crawl forth onto a white sand beach.
[Talon Isle, Beach - 35628] (u7150214) You also see a scaly needle-toothed trenchling, a gigantic lightning whelk, a gigantic lightning whelk and a fulminating stormborn primordial.
Obvious paths: northwest, up

You can SWIM out to sea here.
Roundtime: 5 sec.

R>nw
...wait 1 seconds.
>
A sparking orb of electricity detaches itself from a fulminating stormborn primordial and roils toward you, engulfing you in a prickling storm of power!
[MDR result: 107 (Open d100: 24, Bonus: 1)]
   You are stunned for 1 round!

You are still stunned.
With a look of concentration on its ersatz features, a fulminating stormborn primordial releases a blazing blue-golden bolt of lightning toward you.
  AS: +491 vs DS: +108 with AvD: +33 + d100 roll: +55 = +471
   ... and hits for 64 points of damage!
   Horrifying jolt to forehead.  Brain explodes in a stunning display of light!``` Hi Auchand you can print this one out and put it on your fridge, you've really outdone yourself with building RT lock into the actual design of the area ❤️

[fast basalt]

Why is your DS so low here?

[flint kiln]

a good question, but a better question is, can I at least get into a room without being swarmed and dying

[fast basalt]

Are you swimming up open handed?

[sand prism]

Somtimes I feel like Duffiield is on his lvl 37 alt trying to battle SG

[flint kiln]

No, I had weapons in my hand and I was wearing my armor and I was in stance def but again I'm not here to do a deep dive on my DS 😄 There were five things in the room so the actual killing blow is inconsequential.

[flint kiln]

Honestly a year ago Nidal replied to me asking for a raise in HW with "maybe you shouldnt be hunting here" and Ive just been living off the audacity ever since

[light ruin]

doesn't sound like me. perhaps i had a concussion

[flint kiln]

this is before we were best buds

[flint kiln]

very often yeah, trust me I am aware, but I try my best to parse the deaths from me being dumb vs the above.. like spawncamping is just rude

[fast basalt]

I get the RT thing, but every entry into a hunting ground pretty much risks immediate attack depending upon who's there. I've had limbs blown off from groups prepping blood speakers in the HW without the RT inducement upon entry just walking through the gap. Even worse with the disciples in the Sanguine Grove.

I think an equal argument though can be made to reduce or remove the RT pulling onto the shore as relative to the angargeist hands that would linger causing similar which they changed 709 for.

[idle gale]

I'll check the caravans. Weird if it suddenly broke as no changes have come out in a couple of days.

[flint kiln]

I guess I will feat absorb before I swim onto land then

[fast basalt]

If you're voln you could SoT too. I've been doing that with primordials because of their lightning shield.

[light ruin]

Imagine not being Voln

[flint kiln]

even if I walked into the room and got blasted Im "fine" with that, because I can peer or whatnot, and ideally most of the time I am gonna be ringing around and not swimming on shore

[idle gale]

Caravans seem like they're working fine. I just tested.

[idle gale]

You have to have traveled to the hunting zone by caravan or boat to return from it using the caravans or boat.

[light ruin]

So if you Gigas Fragment into Hinterwilds you can't caravan out, it sounds like? Maybe the scenario Muzgal was in

[flint kiln]

yeah the FIRST time if you come in by ship (which we all did the first time), you cant use the caravan in either direction

and since like HW there is no other way to get there besides caravan, I guess this issue (of arriving somewhere not by caravan, and then trying to leave by caravan) never came up before

[modest slate]

yea, disregard that. i was hoping that the caravan would work on the way back. the one in hiwi is bugged though

[hazy drift]

If you die a lot you definitely should be hunting there just let me know beforehand to come to the area

[sand prism]

We need a cool regional gemstone like Tentacle Hunter, every tentacle you kill gives you X buff stacking for 30 seconds

[modest slate]

https://tenor.com/view/друзь-щуп-щуп-щуп-магистр-что-где-когда-gif-7991961261773126286

[hazy drift]

I’m not saying this is wrong but RT is definitely relevant here. If I get whacked walking through the barrier in the hive it is 100% my fault because I could have cast something stepping in.

[fast basalt]

Dirty poacher!

[hazy drift]

it's worse, my emergency spell is often 213, although I will say I have yet to sanct a room somebody else was actually hunting in (but I don't promise I won't ever do it)

[fast basalt]

Also, they got me honest this time A pallid fog-cloaked kelpie gurgles out a strange syllable as she levels a clammy finger at you! CS: +527 - TD: +366 + CvA: -33 + d100: +53 == +181 Warding failed! A pallid fog-cloaked kelpie blasts you for 67 points of damage. Your tree moss cuff pulses briefly, deflecting some of the electrical damage! ... 22 points of damage! Electric blast goes right to the heart! You'll miss that steady beat. The brilliant aura fades away from you. The layer of protection fades away. The rush of collective knowledge of the undead fades from your mind. You feel the extra courage wane. You feel less confident. You feel your extra strength departing.

[warm pivot]

bwaa haa

The electricity carries itself through a garish revenant buccaneer and surges through the water!

The powerful jolt electrocutes a milky-eyed drowned mariner!
   ... 70 points of damage!
   Horrifying bolt of electricity turns chest into a smoking pulp of flesh.  No life left there.
Seawater laden with strange blue-green luminescence spills from a milky-eyed drowned mariner's mouth and eyes, and animation departs his ravaged form.

As the crackling energy strikes, you feel an agonizing sensation!  The powerful current carries through the water surrounding you, blasting you with an intense shock!
A wraithlike amaranthine latticework springs up from the surface of your eahnor-buckled aketon and shields you from some of the damage!
Your shield amulet pulses briefly, deflecting some of the electrical damage!
   ... 1 point of damage!
   Visible wisps of electricity shoot up left leg.  Youch!
You feel 8 mana surge into you!

[sand prism]

What spell is that?

[hazy drift]

it says "it BLASTS you" therefore you know that is elemental STRIKE, if it didn't say blast it would be elemental BLAST

[sand prism]

Also, a regional gemstone that makes the water-room electric basklash on you null but strengthens it for everyone else would be cool

[stuck mural]

everyone's out here getting zapped and i'm just collecting cute ocean gems (seriously the gems are very nice, well done to whomever wrote them)

[warm pivot]

"I'm rubber you're glue" gemstone

[fast basalt]

You got zapped.

[modest slate]

i'm sad i cant use 1117 in sg 🙁

[stuck mural]

oh right. that's just cause i tried to be queen on the ||throne||

[gleaming lotus]

Go on...

I'm not responsible for pretty gems but I am also tempted to die over there for pretty gems.

[flint kiln]

22! oof

[stuck mural]

||an azure salt sapphire, some glossy blue moon quartz, a rust-hued grey lapis crucifer, a deep blue tide's heart opal, a blue-whorled greenish ocean jasper, an indigo seastone orb, a vibrant ocean jasper cabochon, a blue-veined volcanic obsidian||

[fast basalt]

You're missing the best one.

[flint kiln]

Obvious paths: north, southeast

You can SWIM out to sea here.
Roundtime: 5 sec.``` okay seriously, they had an easier time at Normandy

[stuck mural]

ah yes the ||Kai Toka tradebars|| i gave all those to you

[flint kiln]

every shore room has like 6+ critters right now A scaly needle-toothed trenchling barrels into a charge, webbed feet slapping like a drumbeat. She propels herself into the air, hurtingly at you! [SMR result: 206 (Open d100: 189, Penalty: 3)] The trenchling collides with you in a tangle of limbs, her spines ravaging your flesh! ... 30 points of damage! Trails of fiery scarlet race across your body armor as rage ignites within you! Amazing shot through your nose enters the brain!

[modest slate]

https://tenor.com/view/rookie-numbers-gif-26135237

[sand prism]

The question is does each island area atleast have 1 safe or node room?
Gold rings are the way...

[flint kiln]

Yeah Im gonna have to set some off the beach lol. To be fair there are a number of groups hunting around on the Isle.

I messed up not putting the 50% scroll on my cleric lol

[plush token]

The gem dealer in has received orders from multiple customers requesting a banded mauve sugar stone. You have been tasked to retrieve 8 of them. You can SELL them to the gem dealer as you find them.

Incomplete bounty message for gem bounty

[sand prism]

I just want a simple ascension area that only drops uncut diamonds and uncut emeralds, is that too hard to ask for???

[plush token]

That's the hive

[flint kiln]

seriously now three attempts to swim to the island, every absorb and symb trans and whatever up and its instant RT lock, starting with the 5 seconds from swimming ashore. Maybe lets get rid of that nonsense

[sand prism]

https://tenor.com/view/lets-go-live4ever-starship-troopers-gif-23699089 (Storm the beach!)

[light ruin]

We have enough RT sinks having to swim to the zone to win with I feel like the final move could have no RT, as a treat

[flint kiln]

shouldve bought the timepiece at mania then at least I could hunt this place once an hour

[spice dew]

just want to thank you all ahead of time for being 225 targets

[modest slate]

https://tenor.com/view/tkt-smart-gif-20642718

[light ruin]

5 setting rings gonna go platinum in HESS in Feb

[sand prism]

The scary part is you have to get them for the WHOLE SQUAD...... RIP wallet

[spice dew]

true, but in the meantime you all are my gold rings 😁

[flint kiln]

you cant even show up in force, since swimming to the island drops you wherever it wants, so it's a killbox every time

[light ruin]

I absolutely do not, my two mains are the only ones who venture outside of the low Hinterwilds areas

[modest slate]

not true! you just need a empath/cleric and a wizard

[sand prism]

True so like main rings in and rest of group teles to them, that could work

[flint kiln]

you know who does well in this hunting ground? My pocket cleric and empath 🤣

[modest slate]

thats what i did. swim to shore, run around for a spot to 213, send the familiar over, then port over the crew

[flint kiln]

I wonder if I can berserk from the water 🤔

[spice dew]

ah, if only clerics got the rpa too

[modest slate]

just need a two cleric system

[warm pivot]

anyone get an oracle bounty yet?

[spice dew]

yup

[stuck mural]

i have gotten a few

[flint kiln]

alright call me shang chi cuz I just set ten rings

[light ruin]

Hoping a code hero out there will stringproc the swims into the mapdb so I don’t have to finish my janky script

[spice dew]

can’t wait for ;go2 to swim for me lol

kidding, but that would be funny

[warm pivot]

ever the arms race with scripting hurdles and jumpers

[flint kiln]

I dont know how much the contempt moves like.. if you jump and Talon Isle is SE, is it always se x5 and s x2 (or whatever) or does it really move one room at a time, that would be tougher to figure out

[amber anvil]

The directions are in this thread somewhere. The contempt moves, but the rest area to area should be set

[jaunty hamlet]

The one you always start from moves. Super.

[hazy drift]

I mean you definitely don’t have symbol of transcendence up because the crit messages don’t say you’re a ghost, but I believe you have the other stuff

[amber anvil]

#1393754345484320848 message
Just ignore all the contempt ones, the rest should be right

[flint kiln]

so then it should be code-able, if you jump and sense then you can figure out which configuration it's in and what moves have to be done.. by you I mean, someone besides me

[distant zinc]

this was a cute gem but not worth a whole lot ||a tiny wavering sphere||

[flint kiln]

I also absolutely have just gone to one of the other areas, but lol

[idle gale]

Bugged how?

[modest slate]

i put in a bug for it. lydil helped me. essentially you cant use the caravan back to your original area.

[idle gale]

I just took the caravan from IMT to Hinterwilds and back.

It worked fine for me?

[modest slate]

really strange. i had two characters stuck. one i just hunted fragments for, the other was too low to hunt the area so i needed divine assistance

[hazy drift]

Just to understand this, how large is the random area you might show up in when swimming?

[flint kiln]

I wanna say like 6 rooms?

[amber anvil]

Hmm, in my testing on test you always swim to the same room, but could swim from other rooms, at least for talon isle

[lyric folio]

I've definitely landed in one of several rooms.

[amber anvil]

If you look at the pinned map, it would be one of the eight blue rooms for talon isle then. Err not the blue rooms, they are still the sea, the tan rooms they connect to

[flint kiln]

okay 8 actually -- I cant confirm Ive landed in each of these, but definitely a few (the southern ones way worse than the northern in terms of swarmy)

[amber anvil]

Note it's the tan rooms, not the blue ones. The blue are still the sea.

[flint kiln]

ah gotcha, well same answer for tikbas question regardless, its potentially 8 rooms (but havent been checking enough to see if all 8 are possible)

[sand prism]

So when is the official name change from Sailor's Grief to Duffield's Grief?

[flint kiln]

that's my secret cap, Im always grieving

I set a bunch of rings I've adapted

Roundtime: 5 sec.``` what can possibly go wrong now?

[warm pivot]

A nimbus of psychic energy blossoms around a blubbery humpbacked merrow and sharp-tipped threads of power streak from around him to lash at you!
[MDR result: 104 (Open d100: 77, Bonus: 3)]
Pain explodes down your spine as the psychic assault rips through your defenses before erupting from within you!
   ... 2 points of damage!
   Blood boils in your chest.
You go limp as you are rendered unconscious!

The glands in a blubbery humpbacked merrow's neck pulse and bulge, swelling horribly.  He gurgles and chokes, belching a cloud of colorful mist at you!
You hear the soft tinkle of rolling dice, followed by a faint lucky feeling.
[SMR result: 194 (Open d100: 70, Bonus: 102)]
The mist stings over your skin and burns in your lungs, and you find your thoughts drifting dreamily.
Your body resists the acidic damage and lessens the severity of the attack!
   ... 15 points of damage!
   Right in the face!  Hope you weren't attached to those facial features!
   You are stunned for 5 rounds!
A calm washes over you.

A blubbery humpbacked merrow locks eyes with you, its luminous gaze fixating you as the air between you ripples with a torrent of psychic power.
[MDR result: 252 (Open d100: 89, Bonus: 127)]
The merrow's mind pushes past your defenses, his presence like rancid fish oil as it spreads through your mind, tugging violently at memories and thoughts!
The feeling of calm leaves you.
You are confused!

[flint kiln]

I will say the one nice things about trenchlings is that I get to carn's cry->bullrush->muggamuggamuggamugga

[amber anvil]

Creatures have been added to killtracker, along with a few other updates.

[night thicket]

So I landed on the dock with the portmaster, how do I actually go anywhere or find the Contempt?

[amber anvil]

You can 130 to the contempt. But the docks will lead to talon isle. If you take a look at the pinned posts there's a map this is the dock area.

[night thicket]

That's where I am now, but I have no idea how to navigate anywhere

[spice dew]

well naturally 😁

[amber anvil]

analyze room will tell you any special movements needed.

[warm pivot]

You're on Talon Island. You have to fog to The Contempt or swim to it from a blue area on the map.

[hazy drift]

the blue on the map is water

[lyric folio]

https://tenor.com/xrnk.gif

[warm pivot]

anyone know the color code for the tans, greys, greens?

[light ruin]

Green just means it’s up in the trees I think

[plush token]

Grey is indoors
Or maybe just not subject to the weather effect

[amber anvil]

Auchand
OP
— Yesterday at 9:58 PM
I do want to call attention to the fact that Sailor's Grief features some new terrain types.
Specifically Ruins and Open Water.

[plush token]

Gotcha, so grey is ruins then

[flint kiln]

The jeweler Kahlyr takes the Kai Toka tradebar and inspects it carefully before saying, "I'll give you 11,590 silvers for it if you want to sell." this is correct

[spice dew]

can’t wait til we get to fight on Open Water

[upbeat stream]

all that stamina regen might be worthwhile

[warm pivot]

got a phasable one
The gemcutter takes the seastone orb and inspects it carefully before saying, "I'll give you 15,422 silvers for it if you want to sell."

[night thicket]

The jeweler Kahlyr
Quite a resemblance.

[hardy nymph]

Are the swarms in the Sailor’s Grief (shipwreck) area normally like this? Or is it just insane because of the big groups there now? That was wild.

[spice dew]

not sure we have established normal yet 😁

[hardy nymph]

Like 6+ critters in every room

[spice dew]

it pops off quick in there for sure, and it’s a small space

[neat grove]

Badname him.

[light ruin]

The big groups have more or less closed the area down to normies. I logged out. Le sigh,

[hardy nymph]

I don’t mind the swarms, but wow that was nasty. I can solo the greatchamber in HW when the area is cooking like crazy, but the shipwreck stuff was too much for me now. Maybe I just need to figure out a decent strategy, but yikes that’s a lot

[warm pivot]

You place a hand on the chill surface of the glass orb. Blue-green phosphorescence builds in its depths before passing through the glass. It radiates up your arm, illuminating your flesh from within. For a dazzling moment, you feel as if you are one with the sea and the storm. Thunder is your voice, the ebb and flow of the tides your heartbeat, and the lightning your burning soul. The power fades, retreating until it is but a dull rumble in your bones.

[light ruin]

We need a cap on spawns. Time and again this comes up.

[night thicket]

No, I love the swarms

[flint kiln]

I dont know if you mean all of the shipwrecks, but that one spot in the bottom of the tonbury, theres always like 10 of them just waiting

[light ruin]

Love when one player who has a dozen characters can take over the zone. Not all professions can deal with that kind of swarm. I’m gonna stop ranting now though I’m just getting madder.

[hardy nymph]

That spot below the Tonberry hatch, yeah. I was running from one 8 critter room to another and another, nowhere to hide

[spice dew]

i’ve been employing a lot of guerilla tactics

[wraith rivet]

Just been made aware of this conversation, I am in a group of 9 people now hunting in the Sailor's Grief. If you would like to join us, we will welcome all.

[ebon yacht]

I am also in the group of 9...

[worldly turtle]

Interesting, I thought it was several of us who are helping each other. Sailor's Grief indeed. 😂

[flint kiln]

maybe auchand can charge people 500 million if they want a permanent table, otherwise ooooh ahhh big wave, you fly out of your seat as the tables go flying! the snails come to reset the room but theres no saved seats, sorry

[hardy nymph]

I think it would be moderately more manageable if there weren’t so many tentacles everywhere. They take forever to kill

[distant zinc]

I am also in that group of 9

[crimson gull]

Me too!

[flint kiln]

I think Nidal is just having a 3am duffy rant as we all are entitled to as a treat, there's groups of real folks and groups of MA as far as Ive seen

[spice dew]

welcome to sg, say hello to the cat

[hardy nymph]

The good news is if there are so many people hunting there, this is probably not “normal” in terms of spawn rates.

I love seeing the community hunt together. Spawns are insane but no complaints from me. More just curious if this is what I would expect to see in the middle of a weekday… sounds like that’s not the case

[sand prism]

All groups over 3 subject to open roll 20 RT wind attacks every minute

[wraith rivet]

Just if you are curious, we are also chatting as we are hunting

[spice dew]

surely you all pet the cat on the way in…

[worldly turtle]

not all of us could make it on opening night but it's great that there is a community even on off days

[ebon yacht]

Heaven forbid we actually all hunt together...

[flint kiln]

release your pearls, warrior

[warm pivot]

i'll miss out on my next 1 prop gemstone!

[sand prism]

Knowing it was always going to be a 1-prop > not knowing if it could have been a mirror image that week

[flint kiln]

Mnemonic: SCHRODINGER'S JEWEL -- flares a random legendary gemstone power, but if you look at it, turns to dust

[warm pivot]

what does Echo of Volgust do anyhow?

[hardy nymph]

We should probably start brainstorming hunting strats for some of these critters as well. I still haven’t figured out what to target first, etc.

[flint kiln]

I can tell you what it DOESNT DO.. it DOESNT let you sit on the throne

[flint kiln]

it varies by your group and your profession for sure, but personally I think tentacles and jawas gotta go down first (there is proof that deep down auchand does have a soul because these two things dont spawn in the same place)

[ebon yacht]

Also... check out the dice to roll

[flint kiln]

the chitterlings are like the wendigos, on its own its fine but has the power to change the whole dynamic in a sec

[hardy nymph]

The problem with the tentacles is that they take forever to kill. And I haven’t figured out a faster way to kill them yet

[flint kiln]

jawa, chitterling, toothy guy, trenchling, any time you dont know what I am talking about I mean trenchling lol.. yeah for me a tentacle takes a full ucs assault and a full THW assault and sometimes still not dead -- also being solo vs tentacle bear hug is rough, but I believe the way bearhug works is that everyone involved gets -50DS or something? So targeting an active hugger is good, assuming you are more than one

[hardy nymph]

Primordials (on a pure wiz) - 3 or so dispel casts, 413 and then 3 or so immolates works okay. And at least they’re relatively harmless

[spice dew]

no earthen fury? they go down pretty easily to 309. not a ton of health

[flint kiln]

primordials take a round to unstun themselves (vs things that unstun and attack at once), so that's the way in

[hardy nymph]

917 is okay I guess. I don’t think you can crit kill the primordials though

My recipe above is a bit faster

[hazy drift]

how is primordial SMR defense

[flint kiln]

if you are well defended against electricity you can just fight on the beach and let the primordials zap themselves and everything else

[spice dew]

not amazing @ tikba

[hazy drift]

ez zone then

[spice dew]

i don’t bother setting 309 up for primo’s, just open cast it. usually have other more important things to worry about

[hardy nymph]

But the lockdown from 2 or more tentacles in a room is pretty brutal

[flint kiln]

your turn to bearhug now good sir, ah yes thank you lord tentacle 1 -- honestly I gotta get a cman potion and train up bearhug now

I bet primordials are hilariously weak to a good sidehug

[hardy nymph]

Conceptually I would think the tentacles should be fairly weak, with low DS and low health, if they’re gonna spawn so much. And they just come out a bunch to drag you down and generally make your life difficult against the other stuff. Was surprised they are super tanky

[spice dew]

they’re mean and they rove in gangs!

[flint kiln]

you gotta hit them tentacles with cork flares (is this too niche)

[tidal lily]

this is fairly decent SMR defense by primordialYou gesture at a fulminating stormborn primordial. Tapping the moons above, you draw down a shaft of coruscating moonlight and bathe a fulminating stormborn primordial in its lucent glow. SMR SvD: +75 + o100 roll: +88 == +163certainly in line with other HW enemies that are level 110+

Disir for comparisonYour spell is ready. You gesture at a shining winged disir. Tapping the moons above, you draw down a shaft of coruscating moonlight and bathe a shining winged disir in its lucent glow. SMR SvD: +79 + o100 roll: +37 == +116presuming their levels are a bit variable, than number might be +/-10

[spice dew]

i would say they’re slightly harder to hit with magic smr than disir, but compared to their ds it’s pretty on par.

they don’t have a huge health pool though, thankfully

[neat grove]

We need a cap on the amount of characters one person can log in.

[hazy drift]

one

[idle gale]

That'll kill things for everyone else with huge groups.

[sand prism]

We need polite island society rules..... Talon isle is for soloers, shipwreck is for volners and true groups, and the Seat is for whales and supergroups

[flint kiln]

tables are for supergroups

[amber anvil]

Tables should go, ships should get node unlock, ship is the cost of your own table!

[spice dew]

captains quarter is a node

[upbeat stream]

You need the adventurers guild to agree with this

[amber anvil]

Nice, I'm gonna buy a fleet of sloops and rent them out. Have a boathand stand on the dock to pull and push the gangplank

[spice dew]

ships have trash cans too, you litter bugs

[modest slate]

what happened to the swarms in the tonbury

[amber anvil]

The group had another appointment

[night thicket]

Is FWI access in the works?

[night thicket]

And who would have guessed the hardest part of Seat of Storms is the climb

[flint kiln]

I re-specced a little just to get there.. I think 75+ is a good number

[night thicket]

Funny, I just did the same thing. Dropped swimming lower and raised climbing to 75. I expected swimming to be more important, but it's not. Really glad I bought a 12 setting ring

[idle gale]

I do think that swimming will be more important as we go along. I'm still tuning.

And I do want Ascension grounds to encourage people to get ranks in skills they might otherwise not care as much about.

[left quartz]

Those climbs are intense!

[spice dew]

thankfully climbing ranks are cheap

[stuck mural]

i would love if the climbs did not require you to empty your hands. it is very sad to put my SK staff away to climb in spell sever.

[warm pivot]

yeah esp if 101 ranks and unencumbered can still lead to a fail/fall

meanwhile I'm swimming with my runestaff and 705'ing trash in the ocean

[flint kiln]

dont worry, theres always 6 trenchlings or a tentacle to pick you up when you fall -- as we all know the favorite move -- attack you when in unavoidable RT

[warm pivot]

well we should try to clear first before climbing

But the swimming ashore to swarms should get changed please

And make SG 740-friendly

[simple wolf]

I kinda wanna know why water walking doesn’t work there…

Works everywhere else there’s water.

[upbeat stream]

They said it's intended for calm water not oceans

[wraith rivet]

Wavedancer's Regard ..................... 00:58:34

[flint kiln]

You succeeded in your task and should report back to the tavernkeeper at Rawknuckle's Common House. when you land on Talon Isle and knew there was someting you were supposed to do first

[upbeat stream]

ha wait so if the lightning he's a creature it can travel to you?

[SMR result: 159 (Open d100: 84)]
Electricity blazes through a scaly needle-toothed trenchling, illuminating her from within in a blinding flash!
   ... 20 points of damage!
   Heavy shock gives the needle-toothed trenchling fits!
   It is knocked to the ground!
   The needle-toothed trenchling is stunned!
The electricity carries itself through a scaly needle-toothed trenchling and surges through the water!

As the crackling energy strikes, you feel an agonizing sensation!  The powerful current carries through the water surrounding you, blasting you with an intense shock!
Violet motes wink into being and spin erratically around you.
Crackling lines of white-cored violet light arc up around you to intercept the elemental attack and mitigate its damage!
Your green-lacquered vambrace pulses briefly, deflecting some of the electrical damage!  The vambrace glints one last time, then grows dim.
   ... 10 points of damage!
   Electric shot shoots pain along your back and legs.
   You are stunned for 2 rounds!
A scaly needle-toothed trenchling is blinded!
[SMR result: 141 (Open d100: 66, Bonus: 41)]
Electricity blazes through your body, illuminating you from within in a blinding flash!
Crackling lines of white-cored violet light arc up around you to intercept the elemental attack and mitigate its damage!
Your green-lacquered vambrace pulses briefly, deflecting some of the electrical damage!  The vambrace glints one last time, then grows dim.
   ... 10 points of damage!
   Heavy spark to left eye causes tears and redness.
You are blinded!
S>```

but also the blinded message hits the trenchling after it hit me

[flint kiln]

you have found the gemstone boogeyman -- a water room. Its just weird order of operations -- everyone gets zapped and THEN the attack on you finishes

[upbeat stream]

it hit me twice, once it running through the water after hitting the trenchling and then my turn on the round.

[shut compass]

    It provides a boost of 14 to Swimming Bonus.
    This enhancement may not be used by adventurers who have not trained 35 times.
    It provides a boost of 7 to Shield Use Bonus.
    This enhancement may not be used by adventurers who have not trained 28 times.
    It seems to have a lot of enhancive charges remaining.```
Not found in Sailor's Grief, but... Normally this would go straight to the pawn for ![35k](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/901127033021689866.webp?size=128 "35k"), but then Auchand makes offhand comments about the idea of Swimming mattering more in SG and I'm like: yeah, you know what, let me hold on to this a little while just in case... 👀

[light ruin]

Anyone else found one of these yet? Pretty cool!

||>get my heart
You remove a mummified shark heart from in your umbral shroud.

l my heart
Wrapped in stained and tattered cloth stained in places with dried heartblood, the shark heart is a gristly sight. Shriveled and dehydrated, its exterior is rough and leathery where it is not dusted in salt crystals tinged an unsightly red-orange. Deprived of life and moisture, its former red has turned a rusty brown so dark as to be nearly black.||

[safe bobcat]

Has anyone tried swimming there with OVER 202 ranks of swimming?

[sand prism]

https://tenor.com/view/zohan-swim-you-dont-mess-with-the-zohan-adam-sandler-swimming-gif-17649137

[modest slate]

maybe next time ill use a character with less than 1x swimming to get around SG, but from what i've noticed, getting around is more of a stamina issue

[spice dew]

the swimming ranks affect the amount of stamina you use, currently

so if you have a lot of stamina or high regen the ranks aren’t as important, currently

[safe bobcat]

I have 75 ranks and the penalty seems to still just be 5 stamina per room for me. Maybe I was only racking good rolls

Also, sometimes I will fall in my attempt to swim. But it’s rare.

[spice dew]

Bolts of forking green-white lightning rain down from the heavens in a devastating chain of blinding thunderstrokes!
[SMR result: 153 (Open d100: 82, Penalty: 3)]
Electricity blazes through your body, illuminating you from within in a blinding flash!
The electrical essence is drawn toward your wiregrass anklet, where it is consumed with an abrupt burst of light!
You are blinded!```
not today satan

The bilge mass is a grotesque amalgamation of jellied remains and collected detritus.  Caught within its quivering bulk like bits of food in an especially unappealing aspic, cracked bones and a few yellowed skulls shake and rattle in time with the mass's incessant wobbling.  The mass has a clumpy, uneven consistency and is mostly a murky black, but the color is by no means uniform, broken here and there by striations of scabrous brown and pus yellow.```

[vague goblet]

Eat it.

[spice dew]

it's a mass eat mass world out there

eat mass
That is probably not a good idea, all things considered.

[idle gale]

LOL.

[vague goblet]

Gross, why would you do that!

[upbeat stream]

You have died of dysentery.

[simple wolf]

https://tenor.com/view/the-blob-monster-street-theater-gif-22947499

[light ruin]

Forbidden aspic

[sand prism]

Unfortunate guardrails, should have been able to eat it followed by 150 per round disease
Or you turn into a new bilge mass like with sanctum lurker mechanic

[upbeat stream]

Forever unclean.

[left quartz]

It should have been an incurable disease that just sticks with you for a week.

[light ruin]

Has swimming been made harder? It's taking me 15 stamina per movement with 101 ranks. I thought it was 5

[sand prism]

The green death 2.0...... that will go over so well

[light ruin]

Ok I made it with 7 stamina left, I legit can't do anything more than I'm doing here this isn't sustainable

[left quartz]

I mean, just don't make it spreadable?

[sand prism]

With 100 swim ranks and 100% encumbered i didnt feel any pressure during the swim. If you swim in the wrong direction or get lost it could get bad.

My margin was like 60 on the swim rolls. (This was during thr weekend though)

[light ruin]

Yeah you may have a harder time now, at 15 stamina per room

[idle gale]

There have been no changes.

[light ruin]

Well then, I will prepare for my future as a buoy

You have been tasked to suppress algae-draped merrow oracle activity in Sailor's Grief near Talon Isle. You need to kill 14 of them to complete your task.At least we know the big creature bounties are working!

[spice dew]

my low rolls are costing 15, my high rolls 5

[light ruin]

Then I'm cooked! I only get bad RNG! This is lore!

[warm pivot]

gold rings are back in business

[light ruin]

I do have a handful of unused 30 day simucoin rings lockered from when I was moving alts through the Ducts area in OTF (pre F'eyrie and other options)

Ok so merrows and oracles just randomly eat spells cast at them and you still get 3 seconds of cast RT, fun. Also lol I had my first trenchling summoned on my cleric and even 319 doesn't help you then. Just cooked.

[left quartz]

Wait until you get a nice Kelpie dispell 🙂

[light ruin]

We really need a herbalist here, I've got to swim back to Talon Isle with a bunch of gnarly scars now... lol this may go badly.

[sand prism]

You need that herbalist kit with 150 doses and liquid capacity🤑.... 300 total herbs!

[light ruin]

Or we need FWI and a herbalist

[sand prism]

What's the point in being a GM if you can't torture your players test subjects for a week or two....

[spice dew]

definitely excited to have access to fwi
put my stall there specifically to have access to it from SG

[light ruin]

Wait do I have to swim to Talon Isle with 20k coins on me to get back to civilization. Forget that. what room is the upper trollfang obelisk in

[sand prism]

Its on Talon island, one of the rooms leading from the dock to the arch

[light ruin]

Thanks

[sand prism]

Isnt there bank on the contempt though? Portmasters take notes

[jaunty hamlet]

oh yeah i'm dumb i forgot the obelisk was a thing when i left after messing around yesterday lol. whoops

[light ruin]

Maybe there'll be a buff sold for local currency that lets you get around the absurd spell dodge thing

[sand prism]

Tethered strike gemstone??

[light ruin]

Maybe... it's not a "fade" but I'd take it

[light ruin]

It seems like it's 1720 or a variant of 1720 but there doesn't seem to be any consistency in what it blocks... it's not level based, it'll block 317 and then 302 will work the next cast, it'll block 111 then 309 will work

[spice dew]

i thought it was 319 with different messaging

like, they have a boosted 319 and a boosted trolls blood, is how i was viewing it

[stuck mural]

i was trying to figure it out also. i don't think it's 319 cause sometimes i'll get a spell through and then it'll block the next spell.

[spice dew]

or now that i think about it, it’s almost like mini antimana

[light ruin]

A tenebrific wraith shark whips its tail, gliding silently east.
>;eloot
--- Lich: eloot active.
[eloot]>loot #252763813
You search the wraith shark.
It didn't carry any silver.
It had nothing of interest.
Liquid shadows surge toward a tenebrific wraith shark, consuming its ethereal remains before collapsing in upon themselves.
[You have been awarded 2 Long Term Experience!]
>
--- Lich: eloot has exited.
>e
Motes of silver light flow around you as you make your way east.
[The Kyusharu, Upper Deck - 35736] (u7150525)
The shattered mast lies like a broken spine across bowed deck planks, its rotting length draped in wavering kelp flung there by the angry tide.  Snapped at the middle as if by some gigantic, vengeful hand, the mast intrudes onto the deck of a wrecked warship with rusted-over cannons that proved a poor defense against such an unexpected invader.  Each relentless wave is accompanied by groans of surrendering wood from the two hulks.  You also see a tenebrific wraith shark that appears immobilized.
Obvious paths: west```O RLY

love to leave the room while i'm immobilized

[vague goblet]

Have you tried being a wraith?

[light ruin]

Yes I died earlier and was briefly a wraith

[vague goblet]

I think you'll find that dead you is similarly immune to the immobilize status effect! Sure, you may also not be mobile, but that's a different problem 😆

[left quartz]

You saw, it glided. Clearly that was just inertia.

[stuck mural]

finertia, you mean

[light ruin]

I threw 513 on and got to smoking fools boots with plasma that last hunt. Having fun out here, despite what is clearly anti-dwarf mechanics (swimming)

[vague goblet]

While still a funny bug, my first (inaccurate) read through of that led me to think that you searched the shark and it was still there. Which would be even funnier

[light ruin]

I wish I loved anything in life as much as bilge mass love running away once you cast 309 on them. Joke's on you bud the spell keeps working this ain't 917!

[vague goblet]

Auchands HATE this one Nidal trick, infinite shark money glitch

[warm pivot]

anyone find a gemstone in SG yet?

[lyric folio]

Someone has, yes.

[light ruin]

I did, Tijay too I think

[warm pivot]

nice

[upbeat stream]

Yea I did

[warm pivot]

leave it to trenchling swarms to make me delay my casting

[spice dew]

me too, single prop that would already be dust but alas we don’t have our own artficer

[light ruin]

Mine was on my monk and it was the Nelemar seaspray one, lol

[upbeat stream]

I got a double common so nice reroll fodder for the future

[lyric folio]

I haven't been watching this channel super closely over the past few days. If my ship was stored in SG, do I have any way to retrieve it yet other than transporting it to a different town?

[spice dew]

not currently

[lyric folio]

Never done that before - is it just the handler, ask about transport or something similar? Does it take some fixed duration?

[warm pivot]

how was it stored? timed out?

[spice dew]

it’ll be about 30 minutes, and yes the dock handler takes care of it

[warm pivot]

how do we avoid getting our ship stored? do we have to back on board before we log?

[spice dew]

yeah would have to avoid it timing out, then sail it to kf before you log

[lyric folio]

I think they auto-store after 2 hours docked.

[warm pivot]

ok glad I just use the transport so far then

[sand prism]

Or be like me, buy a boat last Friday, upgrade the boat, sail to SG, forget about boat and never use it again.....

[warm pivot]

ask handler donate boat to graveyard

[sand prism]

(hunting in the shipwreck area, "hey that wreckage looks familiar!")

I will have to say sailing your own boat does FEEL cool, I just can't get into it if is so far under the hunting efficiency spectrum plus no gemstones

[warm pivot]

yikes!

A terrifying rumble resounds in the distance, rapidly nearing as trees shake and the ground trembles.  A wall of mud and debris rushes forward, threatening to engulf everything in its path!
[SMR result: 30 (Open d100: 39, Bonus: 2)]
A bolt of lightning strikes just inches away from you!

[light ruin]

You’re pretty dodgy

[sand prism]

I wonder if transdestiny helps with that, yeah that is either masterful dodging or Temu lightning

[warm pivot]

didn't know we also had mudslides here

[warm pivot]

Standard Maneuver Roll (SMR): -31% chance to be hit

[spice dew]

even the mud has lightning

[warm pivot]

(is)land of lightning flares, literally

[flint kiln]

HW just isn't the same after SG, these 50 wannabe plebes bigshotting their way past golems, why would I ever associate with that crowd anymore 😎

[vague goblet]

We need more artificers

[flint kiln]

apparently it's a great effort to code a trash can, so good luck

[warm pivot]

trash cans are wormholes - gotta be careful w em

[spice dew]

my trash can is locked behind the dock handler currently 😁

[warm pivot]

You tap an iron-bound driftwood wastebarrel pin that you are wearing.

I'm on coastal cleanup duty!

[spice dew]

actually, i guess i could 220 and despawn it. multidimensional trash!

[vague goblet]

Are the rest areas in SG outside? More specifically, can tents be pitched?

[warm pivot]

this can't be dispelled

You detect the following spells on a hapless charmed corsair:
  Intensity with a great amount of time remaining.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

[light ruin]

I would hope SG does get an artificer, HW is a long way to have to go from here just to do gemstone stuff

[hardy nymph]

Yeah after a few days hunting in SG, going back to the HW feels like a cakewalk.

I can go weeks and weeks without a HW death. Doubt I’ll go more than a day or two in SG at this rate.

[light ruin]

HW is for alts, the Hive and SG are for mains

[solar jolt]

I love it

Definitely sticking to SG for awhile- it's fun to have a place that is ruthless

[hardy nymph]

Yeah I’m glad it’s really hard. I think I’ll get a bit more efficient over time as I figure out optimal kill strategies and such.

It’s hard enough (at least as it currently is) that I suspect it may deter a lot of the crowds.

The environmental hazards are also another deterrent.

[solar jolt]

ya - getting open roll lightning stuck while swimming to a hunting ground is definitely a deterrent!

[hardy nymph]

I stopped using most of my enhancives in HW (except when I’m playing the Greatchamber survival game and hunting Angargreft). But I don’t see myself going without them anywhere in SG

[light ruin]

I think the friction and inconvenience of it will deter most people. Even if SG gets FWI and a herbalist the amount of swimming RT is pretty buck wild

[flint kiln]

this is exactly what I am doing now lol.. though never forget that an uncapped rogue killed a primordial :p

[solar jolt]

Ya I heard SG doesn't have FWI access. Ironically there is a shrine of Jaston on the Isle- I wonder if FWI could be accessed from there?

[warm pivot]

The enchantment laid upon a hapless charmed corsair tightens its hold, pulling him from his insensate state.  He shakes off the stun!
A hapless charmed corsair flies into a sudden fit of rage!
Fear breaches through the sorcery controlling a hapless charmed corsair's mind and a look of sheer terror twists his features before they slacken and his eyes lose focus.
With a halting flourish of his driftwood cudgel, a hapless charmed corsair lashes out at you!

[light ruin]

… did it just break 730 👀

[warm pivot]

naa, I think it's just messaging of trying to break thru the charmed effect it has - I guess from the harpies
neat stuff

oh and I think what's causing attack spells to fail is some version of Slippery Mind

seems the harpy nest (326, 327) listed on the map doesn't exist in game

[solar jolt]

is there a SG map on the wiki?

[lyric folio]

There's one pinned in this channel.

[warm pivot]

and in ;maps

[solar jolt]

oh thanks- is ;maps is a lich command?

[lyric folio]

;map is a lich script, yes.

[solar jolt]

gotcha - thanks 🙂

[mystic helm]

I heard that you need to dodge 300 of them in a row to get an ultimate weapon.

[flint kiln]

>search muck
You feel around in the muck and pull out a dented spoon!``` -_-

[sand prism]

A trash gun owner's dream!

[spice dew]

ah that’s where the trash ends up

[light ruin]

Ah Slippery Mind, I know you well. Corsairs get SMR and bolt party. Although it does stink that even after the disabler review, spells like 110 and 118 are considered "warding" and can be slipped

[light ruin]

Well that's no fun

[fast basalt]

Would love to have a medical bay where we can buy herbs if desired if we're not getting FWI access

[spice dew]

a 1000 ways to get zapped in the west

[wraith rivet]

Spell sever seems to be killing Astral Vault about 5 seconds after casting:

You gesture.
At your side, the fabric of reality thins and parts, resolving into a gently wavering aperture that is difficult to look at.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
>
A trail of faintly glowing, forest green cloven hoof-shaped prints follows Perigourd as he moves through an uneven arch.
>put trad in aper
You put a verdigris Kai Toka tradebar in a wavering aperture.
>
Suddenly, the connection between you and the foreign magic upon you becomes severed!
The edges of the wavering aperture at your side flicker and slide together as the tidy rent in reality seamlessly closes.```

[distant zinc]

why are you fishing out my garbage?

[flint kiln]

I'm on the beautification team!

[distant zinc]

but but it's the muck!.. the only garbage can we have!

[hardy nymph]

I’ll keep searching… maybe some Easter eggs in there or something

[flint kiln]

oh there's treasure chests in Nelemar muck all the time

[distant zinc]

I searched all the muck several times haven't found anything so I started throwing stuff in them. I bet they get tossed in there in Nelemar too

I did put the spoon and fork in there, maybe start throwing gems in there I'll collect them 😄

[left quartz]

Man there's a siren singing about all her gadgets and gizmos right now thanks to you, Opalina!

[distant zinc]

if you find scotch on the alter that was me!

[twin pine]

Sorry if this has been asked and answered. But where does Battle Standard dump you when used in SG?

[distant zinc]

usually on the top deck of the ship

[twin pine]

Thank you -- glad it doesn't take you back to KF.

[distant zinc]

oh gosh I hope not. actually maybe I shouldn't answer that I haven't used my standard yet. Just released or symbol of returned

Here I'll go die and test just for you!

[twin pine]

Hah. I'm on my way there. Sure I will find out soon too. 🙂

[distant zinc]

A radiant golden beacon encompassed by a translucent white corona rapidly descends from above, striking you in the chest.  It soon expands to encompass your entire body before finally beginning to wane.  The beacon pulses brightly one last time and you sense a shift in your surroundings...
[The Contempt, Fo'c'sle - 35599] (u7150603)
A stately figurehead of algae-spotted oak juts from the prow, its carved figure that of a nixie with proudly imperious features.  Salt-encrusted rigging drapes across weathered rails, where paint flakes off in ragged hanks like peeling flesh to reveal rusted metal underneath.  The whipping breeze is sharp with brine and bitter with the hot copper smell of rust, and beneath both is a stale undercurrent of mildewed and rotting wood.  You also see some dark green pants.
Obvious paths: northeast, southeast```

[twin pine]

Thank you!

[distant zinc]

Confirmed arrive on the upper deck of the Contempt (ship) You betcha!

[twin pine]

I do not like this: Little muscles bunching with effort, a scaly needle-toothed trenchling hurls a barbed net at a tiny resolute elf-owl! [SMR result: 147 (Open d100: 56)] As the net traps a tiny resolute elf-owl in its lines, shards of shell stitched into it slice her! A tiny resolute elf-owl is rooted in place!

[fast basalt]

They're just trying to catch some dinner.

[safe bobcat]

I’m disappointed in the phonetic spelling of forecastle…

[distant zinc]

it makes me giggle

[safe bobcat]

Nautical terminology is supposed to be cryptic!

Boatswain: bosun
Forecastle: foc’sle
Port, starboard, head, aft and after both being directions.

[twin pine]

Could private property transport keys please work from the Contempt?

[idle gale]

It should be fo'c'sle.

[safe bobcat]

In the same way that boatswain should be bosun. It’s not wrong.

Also, not all complaints are valid. Including my own

[light ruin]

Oof. With no full AG, or FWI access, you have to leave SG any time you need to charge an enhancive... do not love that at all. 😕 I think that's going to do it for me until there's FWI, I hadn't thought of that and am not willing to live with it, lol.

[plush token]

I thought the albatross carried you back to the contempt if you died

||Maybe that’s what the deadman’s luck is for?||

[twin pine]

I do not like the fact that mount travel off the island does not work, and private property transport doesn’t work.

The barrier to access is too high.

I don’t particularly understand the barrier to access idea for ascension hunting grounds at all — but this one seems to have gone too far regardless.

ME has zero barrier to access. ZL has zero barrier to access.

I don’t like, but would be willing to live with, the unfun slog swim mechanics… but the area isolation might just be a bridge too far.

The creatures are fun tho.

[light ruin]

You do spend a pretty incredible amount of time in swim RT if you don’t own a multi setting ring. I don’t love it but I like the enemies and the zone so if we get FWI access from the Contempt I’ll definitely live with it

[twin pine]

This might be the only area where mount travel hunting would be worth a purchase…

[night thicket]

I agree, I’m enjoying the zone and could see myself staying here. But not if FWI access isn’t added. That’s a necessity QoL and just from a business sense, why wouldn’t you want to encourage use of a premium feature?

If I didn’t have a multi-ring I probably wouldn’t stay either. I like that the zone is hard, not that navigating it is.

[twin pine]

Also, could we please make it so that boat travel off the island automatically pulls silvers from your bank account?

[modest slate]

fwi access/herbalist/boat master would make this place doable

[twin pine]

This last sentence is the key.

[modest slate]

the obelisk is nice but its obviously temporary. and i dont want to keep waiting and paying to have my ships brought back from storage

[flint kiln]

perhaps if someone could confirm that FWI access is the plan or not?

[rocky sandal]

I can't fathom that they wouldn't put in FWI access.

[flint kiln]

no need for you to fathom if we could get official word

[rocky sandal]

That's good, fathoming always gives me gas.

[left quartz]

This is just a theory, so uh... don't take it as anyone but me saying it.

But I think the fact that the Contempt moves makes it hard to toss the town flag on it, and you need that flag to use FWI jewelry... so maaaaaaaaaaaaybe they're trying to figure out how to make that work.

[flint kiln]

the contempt room numbers are the same though, really just where jumping takes you moves

[rocky sandal]

Does the room number change? If not it shouldn't be an issue.

[left quartz]

I could very well be wrong, it's possible. The irony would be pretty hilarious.

[light ruin]

If there’s not going to be FWI I could still live with that if there’s a herbalist and enhancive charge person… someone to manage gemstones through would be stellar also, that artificer is a long way away

[night thicket]

Should add an artificer in FWI too. Again, increase the benefits of premium. Stop making things harder to do

[spice dew]

[SMR result: 121 (Open d100: 91, Penalty: 3)]
The current tugs you beneath the water, pulling you down into the depths in a vertiginous corkscrew!
Roundtime: 6 sec.```
oooo, first rip current i've seen

[sand prism]

Reminder Keruta, during a rip current you should swim parallel to the shore for 3-5 rooms THEN swim towards the land..... water safety knowledge!

[light ruin]

I threw a charge into each enhancive at the AG and I'm on my way back to SG, Ibut damn I hope we get FWI or an enhancive charging AG npc there

[flint kiln]

I hope we get someone to calm the masses with a single sentence on if/when FWI access is coming

[hardy nymph]

Anyone have tricks for dealing with the blubbery merrows as a pure? Their shield effects are problematic

[jaunty hamlet]

>touch obelisk

[upbeat stream]

cast a low mana spell 1st and then your attack spells second. I'd say 901 but you know.. lighting but you can 502 or something

[hardy nymph]

Will give it a shot, thanks. I’ve been doing 417 like 3 or 4 times, but it’s so slow the merrows start to do other nasty status stuff and/or other critters are joining

[light ruin]

The swimming is honestly awful. A couple minutes per hunt just to get to where you're going, when no other area has that kind of timesink, gets exhausting fast. A multi-setting ring is almost a requirement to regularly hunt the area. I don't think I can deal with this on an ongoing basis. It's a lot.

[left quartz]

I just bought a multi-setting ring for this. My protest until I can have a swimsuit. So you know what salt water does to suede?!

[light ruin]

Lol. I’m not going to spend that kind of money just to bypass an entry mechanic. But I absolutely understand doing it.

[lyric folio]

I didn't mind the swimming really. Just my $0.02. It would've been worse without a way to fog home after a hunt.

[hardy nymph]

Try holding onto the normal gold rings that you find and seeing if you can maintain the entry/exit just from those. I probably loot like 2-3 per day just from normal hunting

[light ruin]

I feel like SG is already remote as it is. The timesink just go to hunt, EVERY hunt, is a bit much. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[left quartz]

I have like 50 of those enruned gold rings somewhere. Maybe it's time to set up a little shop in SG. Too bad I can't set up a market stall. 🙁

[hardy nymph]

A permanent gold ring is worth like 10,000 times as much as a treasure system one. So I understand why people buy them, but given how low the normal gold ring failure rate is I don’t see why they can’t be used

[light ruin]

Yeah but you need one per “zone” then. Still a huge hassle. Idk it’s just not for me.

[hardy nymph]

That’s true. You have to have some sort of system, ie bright gold rings take you to talon isle, etc etc. It is definitely some inventory management to deal with, no doubt.

[light ruin]

Maybe if the area had an increased gemstone drop rate. As it is, any kind of consumable dependency is asking a lot for no real reason

[hardy nymph]

Finally we have a decent use case for wizard familiars

[hardy nymph]

Technically I think it has a higher drop rate, since critter levels are higher. But I know what you’re saying

[light ruin]

Maybe I’ll feel differently if the swimming gets added to go2. Then it’s not 2 minutes of timesink I actually have to do myself

[jaunty hamlet]

has anyone figured out if contempt's anchor points are like, static list of a few potentials or if it's actually just wandering to any potential room in the ocean?

[mystic helm]

I haven't been there yet. Can you just use a gold ring on the outgoing part of the hunt, and 930/130/return to get back to town at the conclusion so that those chronomages don't steal your precious silvers?

[upbeat stream]

There's 3 different locations to hunt. Which I think is what Nidals gripe is. I'm team multi setting ring though

[light ruin]

There’s 3 different zones. It isn’t all mobs in one area. So yo need 3 different rings.

[mystic helm]

I haven't been there yet. Can you just use 3 gold rings on the outgoing part of the hunt, and 930/130/return to get back to town at the conclusion so that those chronomages don't steal your precious silvers?

[lyric folio]

But yes, you can return safely with 930/130, etc.

[flint kiln]

this is the built in breaking rocks that surprise surprise every new hunting ground is going to have

[jaunty hamlet]

you could ring to the isle, but if you need to go to the seat of storms you still have to do that swim. but it is at least shorter i think to move between the hunting grounds thatn from the contempt, and they are static from each other so it does help

so you either still have to swim and junk or you need like nidal said multiple rings

you can 930 back and forth just do the ole switcheroo where you tell your familiar to go into the portal / stay before you do

[light ruin]

lol that’s just a foreach in my post hunt when I’m already alt tabbed out of gs I don’t care about that

[jaunty hamlet]

sorcs can gold ring 740 with lore probably so no ring at least

[mystic helm]

https://tenor.com/view/chalkzone-rudy-tabootie-portal-chalk-chalkboard-gif-24582428

[amber anvil]

You only need two rings really, Talon Isle and Seat of Power. Sailor's Grief is a short swim from Talon Isle.

[light ruin]

I really like the creatures and the zones themselves but the swimming is just terrible imo and will keep me from the area. I know this isn’t the airport and you don’t have to announce your departure but I’m just annoyed.

[distant zinc]

regular gold rings do work and you can set multiple rings. I think standard gold rings are dropping pretty good around here especially out of boxes.

[safe bobcat]

Please can you at least tell us this?

[amber anvil]

Just add a mad alchemist in the area as an herbalist to sell tinctures and everything needed is there!

[safe bobcat]

Although I can see why FWI access might not be added.

As it is right now the place has like an old school hunting feel. Gotta use gold rings, gotta hike back from Pinefar kind of thing.

[upbeat stream]

All these collectibles piling up though!

[modest slate]

the hike back from pinefar was never as bad as trying to move around sg

[left quartz]

I will take them, just head over to the mailroo-- oh yeah, heh.

[amber anvil]

That'll teach you to open your boxes.

I mean all you really need is a f2p to sit on your ship to keep it from despawning.
If you don't have a ship, why are you hunting in the ocean?

[safe bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/hackers-hack-the-planet-taogifs-zero-cool-crash-override-gif-5753306679943930050

[spice dew]

the swim just isn’t interesting enough. i think we sharks in the water

[modest slate]

oh, there's no message that's gives you a warning?

[amber anvil]

I use my ship so often I do not recall. I know there is one if you're just sitting afk in the ship, but I don't know if you get that message if you're not on the ship.

Could probably just leave the port and come back between each hunt and be perfectly fine.
I also don't know if the janitor visits your ship, which is what the F2P would be to guard against.

[safe bobcat]

IF you logout from your ship while its in port, do you still end up lost at sea?

[feral cloak]

finally 1x swim, now to work on 1x climb

[fast basalt]

I'd like to be able to ride my mount either to Talon isle, or in between the isles within the hunting ground. Both would be nice but I'd take either for some usage out of the travel mechanic.

I don't mind the swimming around myself, but then I'm also not assuming every hunting ground is intended to be paced the same way as every other hunting ground. It's good to have variety.

FWI would be nice, but I'd also settle for an herbalist and a AG treasurer. One thing the ship does need is a wastebin next to the locksmith pool.

I'm also in agreement that the RT swimming up on shore could be removed. I've yet to have it get me killed, but I have been cast at going up to the point where I use shield mind before every attempt.

They could also make some survival/swimming threshholds for spicer's sea for 101/202/202+. I'd also be interested to sea some free-dive fishing added to spicers sea, since I have to constantly make Auchand work to improve fishing in every form I can find 🙂

[distant zinc]

stuff them in the muck

[upbeat stream]

The completionist in me would never. That being said I've been using my major sanctuary as a trash can like the gods intended.

[twin pine]

Would it be possible to change the sense language when swimming, so that it tells you which direction the area is instead of which way you are in relation to it, please?

[safe bobcat]

If not removing RT, at least let us like SWIM PEER in order to look at the beach first.

It did get me killed once

[twin pine]

Lucullan, why would you thumbs down that? You would rather have to figure out in your head the opposite direction of what is listed?

[safe bobcat]

Slowmo mode is killing my response.

I actually like the mini puzzle of having to gain my bearings

[twin pine]

That's insane. You masochist. 🙂

[distant zinc]

I personally love everything about this area except the dyin part. But that's on me. I don't mind the old school feel of the place. I also don't mind not having access to four winds, and they've added the travel from solhaven and kraken so getting to and from isn't too bad if you don't wanna bring a personal ship. I think it being rougher is refreshing.

[mystic helm]

Noted feedback. Swims more deadly. Got it

[distant zinc]

haha that would be freaky if a shark came and attacked you while swiming

[mystic helm]

We'll call it a Keru Shark

[distant zinc]

Catch the next feature cube film "the Jaws of Talon"

[twin pine]

I love the dying part, because at least so far it feels like the appropriate level of challenge for me -- it's the travel mechanics/ease of use things that make the area less appealing to me.

[distant zinc]

we can use golden rings again! I've not used them in years except for Jfloo. It's awsome having a reason to use them again.

[twin pine]

That's not the part that is frustrating for me. I don't mind the swim mechanics at all, I guess.

[fast basalt]

I expect any adjustments will take time as Auchand tends to be working on a lot at any given moment. Neither HW or ME are the way they were at initial release. Likely just going to take some time for him to consider the suggestions, decide, dev, QC, implement them.

[twin pine]

A suggestion would be to harness the neat model HW has, and utilize an area specific currency to bypass some of the inter-island mechanics (e.g. 5 urchin shells to boat from one area to another).

[fast basalt]

From what I understand a currency is planned but not implemented yet(tarnished doubloons I think?), though for what I'm not sure. I'm in the Opalina camp of kinda liking the area majorly in it's concept as is. It does feel more like an old school ground where combat at times is more 1-1 than just a numbers game. I won't argue any common sense QoL upgrade as long as it falls in line with the overall intention of the ground. I'm fine with SG not being like every other ascension area out there.

[light ruin]

Not having a way to charge enhancives without going back to Solhaven or KF is nuts.

[fast basalt]

On top of this I'd like The Contempt to ignore spell sever since it's a resting area so I can turn my enhancives off without dropping a spell.

[warm pivot]

No. There aren't any patterns to sense for the gold ring feature of 740 to work.

[pearl knot]

apparently Sorcerer Tears are the new currency here.

collect them to teleport out! 😄

(just kidding!)

[fast basalt]

Missoni has been wanting them to make 740 work there too.

[warm pivot]

I feel like too much effort is put into the movement/travel "arms race" of this game. How can I force manual interaction vs how can we avoid manual interaction.

Maybe more of a cyber crimes war than an arms race.

[pearl knot]

it's a big world out there.

[left quartz]

I really like the concept. A floating, moving base of operations I deploy from for missions. The mobs are both insane and require me to actually think and not just face roll my hotkeys.

The areas are amazing, the gems are gorgeous, I am absolutely taking a vasculum out there for collecting purposes.

I think, with some finishing touches (one's we've all pretty much asked for: trash bins, FWI access, herbalist) and a big ol kraken boss to fight... I could totally see calling it home for a while.

[fast basalt]

Yeah, my last consideration at trying to summon the Kraken got me vaporized by Charl. I'm still debating how to achieve this.

[left quartz]

We need to summon and kill the kraken to restore the town and get FWI access. (That would actually be a super cool release event)

[fast basalt]

I'm wondering if it's not out yet as well, since the Shardmind is still a work in progress.

[left quartz]

I kind of assumed it wasn't part of the initial release. ><

[fast basalt]

I tend to assume this too, but that part of me that wants to try to figure everything out will continue to drive me to look for a solution and hope I'm wrong. It will obviously end in Peri's untimely death at the hands of a legendary sea beast, but it's a sacrifice I the player am willing to make.

[left quartz]

Oh 100% totally get that. There's probably a bunch of easter eggs and secrets we haven't discovered. Once we get those amenities I need to keep me sane (I hope!), I'll be out there trying to learn them all. I just can't handle being stranded without access to my stuff. (I need my stuff)

[fast basalt]

I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to balance between the Grief and Solhaven in the end. Some of this will likely shake out with how things are adjusted.

[left quartz]

I can definitely see how that could be a struggle, I'm very fortunate that it's not an issue for me (usually).

[light ruin]

I guess I am on an island (pun absolutely intended) hating the swimming/being too poor for a multi ring. Kind of surprised. I hate having to do it manually more than I hate the rt. Hunting manually sometimes is fun, moving around manually, to me, never is. Hopefully someone automates it.

[amber anvil]

From Talon To Grief
;eq dirs = [sw, sw, w, w, w, w, w]; dirs.each { |dir| fput("#{dir}");waitrt? }

From Talon To Seat
;eq dirs = [nw, nw, nw, nw, nw, nw, nw, nw, nw, nw, w, w, w, w, w, w, w, w, w]; dirs.each { |dir| fput("#{dir}");waitrt? }

From Grief To Seat
;eq dirs = [nw, nw, nw, nw, nw, nw, nw, nw, nw, nw, n, n, w, w]; dirs.each { |dir| fput("#{dir}");waitrt? }

From Grief To Talon
;eq dirs = [ne, ne, e, e, e, e, e]; ;dirs.each { |dir| fput("#{dir}");waitrt? }

From Seat To Talon
;eq dirs = [se, se, se, se, se, se, se, se, se, se, e, e, e, e, e, e, e, e, e]; dirs.each { |dir| fput("#{dir}");waitrt? }

From Seat To Grief
;eq dirs = [se, se, se, se, se, se, se, se, se, se, s, s, e, e]; dirs.each { |dir| fput("#{dir}");waitrt? }

[plush token]

You don’t need a multi ring. Buy the 30 day one from shop or use treasure found. It’s really only 3. I had to takeoff a couple but meh

[night thicket]

I just question the design decision. Why create mechanics that essentially require scripting and automation because it's so tedious?

Nobody wants to swim to different locations. It doesn't add anything compelling to the gameplay, in fact it just takes away from it

[amber anvil]

Just wait til the open water shark combat comes.

[upbeat stream]

I don't necessarily disagree but I'd say people who would rather skip that will take the path of least resistance and just hunt elsewhere and leave this one to people who don't mind it.

[neat grove]

I guarantee someone is like, yes, this is perfect, it keeps others away

[upbeat stream]

I'd almost prefer that to the lightning strike while foraging

[spice dew]

green thumb here we come!

[upbeat stream]

I didn't say I was failing to forage!

[amber anvil]

Seems if you are netted on the beach, you can swim out to the water 😁
At least I was able to swim water and then a few seconds later With effort, you lurch into motion, unfettered at last.

[twin pine]

I feel like essence of water should drop here frequently.

[twin pine]

    ** A ferocious caw rips free from a faenor totem as a rippling wave of rose-hued light flows from it and over your exposed skin, imbuing a sudden rush of power from a rose-ringed raven that lets you endure some of the blow. **
  AS: +510 vs DS: +357 with AvD: +35 + d100 roll: +98 = +286
   ... and hits for 24 points of damage!
   Cut over your left eye.
Fetid globules linger on your flesh for a moment before seeping into your wound.
[MDR result: 259 (Open d100: 68, Bonus: 142)]
A sick, burning sensation spreads along your veins as bits of the  crawl through you!``` Looks like last line has an error/missing a word, but not sure what it should be.

Also, this is a wild/cool mechanic: ```The fair winds send your spirits soaring, and you feel more sure of yourself.
A sudden tailwind catches you by surprise, propelling you forward with sudden celerity.

fire

With lightning fast reflexes, you reach toward the ghezyte quiver at your belt and draw out a firewheel arrow, nocking it in your firewheel longbow.
You take aim and fire a firewheel arrow at a brackish bilge mass!
AS: +482 vs DS: +437 with AvD: +25 + d100 roll: +27 = +97
A clean miss.
The arrow streaks off into the distance!
Roundtime: 3 sec.
Roundtime changed to 1 second.```

[idle gale]

Who doesn't like free Celerity?

[strange yacht]

Hmm, kraken tentacle SMR seems too high for their level

An amaranthine kraken tentacle whirls in a violent arc before slamming down toward you!
You hear the soft tinkle of rolling dice, followed by a faint lucky feeling.
[SMR result: 131 (Open d100: 60, Bonus: 23)]
The kraken tentacle slams into your lower back with a brutal thud!
   ... 4 points of damage!
Roundtime: 2 sec.
>```
Vs combat def 113

Standard Maneuver Roll (SMR): 2% chance to be hit```

Vs like-level:
Standard Maneuver Roll (SMR): -23% chance to be hit

tentacles also don't seem to be showing up in gamedata as enemies or something, at least for my script that identifies enemies.

[strange yacht]

I also seemed to get Kai's over on Sailor's Grief, but it wasn't in my buffs, so I couldn't track it. Some singing from a ship invigorated my spirits or such

Currently walking around the Singing Crags looking for harpies, which the wiki says are here, but can't find any, just whelks, primordials, and corsairs. And the occasional trenchling

Ahh, I just found some up the trees--just nothing below on the regular crags

calm poison works on the primordials, it seems, but a somnis flare doesn't:

 ** For a split second, the striations of your somnis full plate expand into a sinuous pearlescent mist that rushes towards the stormborn primordial, enveloping it entirely! **
   Roundtime: 2 sec.``` Just returns a blank

[flint kiln]

Why can't someone answer whether FWI is coming/intended or not? Just one way or another

[twin pine]

I have a feeling the Contempt just isn't classified/coded as a town, for two reasons: (1) >justice status There is no justice other than your own out here. and (2) >turn key You try to turn your copper key, but the hostility in the area resists your efforts. Perhaps you should try again from an area closer to town. And this is causing some issues.

[light ruin]

Gold rings are considered functional, right?

[vague goblet]

an enruned gold ring (functional)

[light ruin]

That is unfortunate

[fast basalt]

Harpy's will gen in the trees, and the grounds of the singing crags. They'll also sometimes find themselves on the high path below the crags as well but that's much rarer.

[flint kiln]

You also see a badly damaged maoral coffer, an engraved monir coffer, a weathered haon box, a sturdy iron chest, a plain steel coffer, an engraved monir coffer, a rotting haon chest, a scratched brass chest, a badly damaged monir trunk, a badly damaged thanot strongbox, an acid-pitted iron chest, a scratched brass trunk, a corroded iron chest, an iron-bound tanik coffer, a dented silver box, a badly damaged modwir chest, a weathered maoral coffer, an engraved monir strongbox, a badly damaged gold box, an enruned maoral chest, a corroded mithril box, an enruned maoral strongbox, an enruned tanik coffer, a plain maoral trunk, a sturdy wooden box, a scratched steel trunk, the ice-covered Idalias disk, a battered brass trunk, a sturdy wooden strongbox, a plain gold box, a plain modwir trunk, a weathered haon trunk, an iron-bound tanik coffer, a simple maoral box, a battered mithril trunk, a corroded silver chest, a sturdy steel strongbox, a plain modwir chest, an acid-pitted steel coffer, a plain haon coffer and a dead halfling pirate. beautiful room design.. except for that obnoxious disk wow Idalias