April Fools

[Anatida]

General Changes
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- The character level limit is now 40.

Spell Changes
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- Disjunction spells now turn a target's equipped enchanted items into normal items, as per PnP.

Status Changes
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- Two new status meters have been added: Fatigue and Bowel.
- Fatigue can be kept to manageable levels by walking or sitting.
- Bowel needs can be seen to at every major settlement.
- Porta-Potty now a craftable recipe under Carpentry.

Welcome to April, everyone.

Really? In the announcements/update thread. Why?

[Cortex]

bugged bowel mechanics

[One Two Three Five]

Because Arelith players have at least one really predictable button to push and it can only be pushed once a year.

[TimeAdept]

Because Arelith players have at least one really predictable button to push and it can only be pushed once a year.

its great it worked on amia too

one time we blew up all of ultrinnan and we temporarily (like 3 hours worth) changed the Drow starting point to Shadowscape

the first letter of each paragraph in the DM event post spelled "april fools day"

I wasn't allowed to do anything fun after that

[Intrepid42]

Those sort of gags are not my thing, and may not be yours. But it was just a bit of fun, and made me smile. Staff are people, too.

[CragOrion]

The best was still the attack of the zombie hoards, that was seriously epic

[Ozzy.nl]

The best was still the attack of the zombie hoards, that was seriously epic

Oh I loved that one. Was that still under Jj his management?

[PinataPlethora]

Oh I loved that one. Was that still under Jj his management?

Yeah, that was ancient stuff, under the original Triumvirate.

[Fireboar]

I remember that one! But Arcimedes and Oneday had very little to do with it: it was mostly, Mithreas, Jjjerm, Artos and myself scrambling to cobble something together in a day. I'm honestly surprised it worked as well as it did. The second time we added a bunch of fixes and easter eggs (some cheeky players figured out that you could rid yourself of zombie penalties by doing *prays*).

[CragOrion]

Hey Fireboar! LTNS

[Cuchilla]

I laughed a certain body off.

Still doing, btw

[Liareth]

Really? In the announcements/update thread. Why?

[Dachlatte]

I totally believed that. OMG.

[susitsu]

I totally believed that. OMG.

Actually the same. I thought this was the BIG EE LEVEL 40 SURPRISE, and my mind exploded as I tried to comprehend what was happening.

[dallion43]

yellowcateyes wrote:
General Changes
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- The character level limit is now 40.

I have to admit you made me really happy with your first line, and not so much after, considering I read it today and totally forgot that April 1st is a thing..

P.C I was about to buy another copy to support EE just for that 40 lvl change on Arelith finally ).

[Mithreas]

I remember that one! But Arcimedes and Oneday had very little to do with it: it was mostly, Mithreas, Jjjerm, Artos and myself scrambling to cobble something together in a day. I'm honestly surprised it worked as well as it did. The second time we added a bunch of fixes and easter eggs (some cheeky players figured out that you could rid yourself of zombie penalties by doing *prays*).

Still my favourite event ever, and I only got to play it as a DM!

But starting the event off by dropping a few zombies in the middle of Cordor's temple district and watching how it evolved over the coming minutes and hours was an awesome TV show.

[RedGiant]

Zombie day...ah....good times

I still think it should be a standing thing...the curse of Velsharoon hanging over the Isle...there could be a totally plausible IC explanation for this...

Nod nod.

[Oh Jinkies, I Cant See Without My Glasses]

I liked the time when you logged on and everyone had the opposite gender. Fun times.

[livingNPC]

I remember that one! But Arcimedes and Oneday had very little to do with it: it was mostly, Mithreas, Jjjerm, Artos and myself scrambling to cobble something together in a day. I'm honestly surprised it worked as well as it did. The second time we added a bunch of fixes and easter eggs (some cheeky players figured out that you could rid yourself of zombie penalties by doing *prays*).

If I recall correctly, this was the first time gonnes were added, with the description of it being made by Gnomes. With it saying something along the lines of, "Now you see a zombie and the next moment it's gonne"

Shortly after, gonnes were added into Regulith.

[livingNPC]

Zombie day...ah....good times

I still think it should be a standing thing...the curse of Velsharoon hanging over the Isle...there could be a totally plausible IC explanation for this...

Nod nod.

Seeing so many "..." in that post, reminds of the april fools day where Mith scripted things so that each time you typed "...", you'd turn into a chicken.

[Mithreas]

That was also Fireboar.

Most of our April Fools tricks were done by Fireboar, which explains why many fewer happened once he left the team. All too often my work schedule lined up poorly with spending a couple of evenings putting something fun together at the right time.

Gonnes were me though, one of the many Pratchett homages that have found their way into Arelith.

[PinataPlethora]

Was The Dictionary of Inappropriate Prepositions an April Fools joke? I can't remember.

Also, who ran that?

[Baron Saturday]

Gonnes were me though, one of the many Pratchett homages that have found their way into Arelith.

I do miss the Pratchett references sometimes, as they have slowly been winnowed away. Noticed that the forum's clacks overhead disappeared a while back, too. Thank goodness gonnes have stuck around!

[Mithreas]

Yeah, it wasn't ported over to the last couple of servers. Maybe I'll sneak it back in there when the current admin team aren't looking.