Category:Atmospheric items
An atmospheric (or "atmo" for short) item is one that periodically emits messaging to the entire room without any action on the player's part. Common examples include Planetary Gems, certain forehead gems, "floaters"/"drifters," snake charms, flower charms, bird charms, and "shimmer" garments.
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Role-playing Considerations
The terms "atmospheric item" and "atmo item" are often regarded as OOC. A more IC alternative is to describe what the item is doing, such as "animated," "flashy," "shimmering," or "noisy" (if the item makes noise).
To reduce scroll and/or lag during major events, common etiquette is to turn off atmospheric items. This can be done by either removing the item or by holding it and using the Atmosphere command.
Criticism
Many players regard atmospheric item messaging as unnecessary spam. When several players in a crowd are wearing such items, the screen can scroll by very quickly, making it more difficult to follow events. To mitigate this issue, GMs have been working to route all atmospheric item messaging to the Atmospherics window instead of the game window. (Depending on settings, this may completely remove such messaging from the game window.)
If you see an atmospheric item that is not being sent to the Atmospherics window, please use the Bug command to report it. If you are not holding the item, include the messaging that you see so that GMs can figure out which item you're reporting.
Technical Issues
In extreme cases, the use of atmospheric items can cause game-wide lag and/or instability. For example, during the Hollow Eve Festival 414 Auction, which had dozens of players in the same room, the game did not stop crashing until those who were attending the auction turned off their atmospheric items and stopped teaching classes.
Variations
Drifters
Snake Charms
Flower Charms
Whisper Charms
Forehead Gems
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Pages in category "Atmospheric items"
The following 144 pages are in this category, out of 144 total.
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- Item:Bitterweave wristwrap
- Item:Black gold ankle-chain threaded with cosmic zircons
- Item:Black robe strewn with twinkling points of starlight
- Item:Blackened moonsilver armband inlaid with nightfire opals
- Item:Blighted gold bracelet studded with large flame opals
- Item:Bloodgem-eyed albino anaconda charm crafted from oravir
- Armor:Blue-white ice-veined leathers with silver buckles
- Item:Braided armure anklet dangling spherical-shaped vengeance ruby charms
- Item:Braided jadeleaf anklet splotched with indeterminate stains
- Item:Braided silver necklace dangling a driftwood shark
- Item:Brass monk pendant
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- Item:Dainty leaf green spun glitter slippers fit with polished glitvire heels
- Item:Dainty pink loveglass peony with ruffled petals
- Item:Damite diadem centered with a phantom sapphire
- Item:Dark brown sea otter with silvery grey speckles
- Shield:Dawnfire steel shield with glowing truegold inlay
- Item:Deep brown serpentine-hide riding boots fit with silversteel spurs
- Item:Diamond-hide wristcuff pierced with crystal-bone spikes
- Item:Diminutive flower charm crudely carved from white birch
- Item:Diminutive flower charm delicately carved from silver maplewood
- Item:Diminutive flower charm expertly whittled from polished oak
- Item:Docile Zynachi spider
- Item:Dragon-blood ruby
- Item:Dull serpent earcuff
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- Item:Earthy brown anklet woven out of strips of barkcloth
- Item:Eerie blackened moonsilver tiara crested with tapering unicorn spinels
- Weapon:Elegantly swept iridescent shamshir emanating glitzy clouds of prismatic glitter
- Item:Elven gold crown displaying a massive green dwalgim
- Item:Emerald-green jade dragonfly
- Item:Engraved silver censer suspended from a sturdy chain
- Item:Ethereal sparkling white starlight velvet slippers embellished with alavern beads
- Item:Exquisite crimson loveglass rose with a long narrow stem
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- Item:Faceted dragon's blood crystal heart
- Item:Few rough andesite rings
- Item:Fiery red magma cricket
- Item:Fiery sunset opal pendant strung on a gold chain
- Item:Flame-kissed gold ankle-chain strung with Taisidon sunset garnet beads
- Item:Flask of scale polish
- Item:Frilly heartstring lace garter buckled with a honeycomb opal
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- Item:Gently curved dewdrop diopside salamander hung on a copper chain
- Item:Giant black amber wasp with iridescent wings
- Item:Gleaming crystalline ghouls
- Item:Glossy royal blue leather jousting boots affixed with loimic spurs
- Item:Graceful cerise loveglass orchid with enameled green leaves
- Item:Gracefully flowing cloak of living vines with a high collar of flowers
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- Item:Ice-veined leather arm pouch of dusky peach
- Item:Ice-veined leather scavenger's backpack with rippled windsteel snaffles
- Armor:Icesteel mail balaclava layered with dark crimson wool and ice-veined leather
- Armor:Icesteel mail gloves interlaced with strips of ice-veined leather
- Item:Imperial blood monkey wielding a tiny asharsh'dai spear
- Item:Inky black diacan ear-stud dangling a sailor's compass
- Item:Iridescent glass orb inlaid with moonsilver holy symbols
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- Item:Mass of lush emerald green bleeding heart vines replete with flowers
- Armor:Massive tel'athi battle armor with a lush viridian estrildite set into the chestplate
- Item:Mechanical gypsy moth
- Item:Midnight black gemfire velvet boots laced with steelsilk cords
- Item:Misty grey whisperlayne slippers affixed with translucent mistglass heels
- Item:Moonstone-eyed grass eel charm
- Item:Morgawr bone spike
- Item:Morgawr leather armband tooled with severed tentacles
- Item:Morgawr leather thighband
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- Item:Sapphire blue diamond-hide boots buckled with darkstone
- Item:Sapphire blue slippers tipped with pale grey wraithhearts
- Item:Scrimshaw morgawr bone armband inlaid with blackwater jet
- Item:Series of spiraled windsteel hoops twisted around a stormheart topaz
- Item:Serpentine kirmiko ribbon
- Item:Seven tiny ponies
- Item:Shimmering black sapphire (2)
- Item:Simple wooden medallion
- Item:Sleek dark red leather boots buckled with inky black riftstones
- Item:Small mechanical cleric
- Item:Small ornamental orlog of polished silversteel
- Item:Small Seed of Entropy wrought from purple gold
- Item:Snake charm
- Item:Society finch charm
- Item:Soft tan riding boots embellished with tyrium heel and toe caps
- Item:Somber woven cloak dappled with flowers
- Item:Spectacular spun rainbow pancake tutu ablaze in a cacophony of colors
- Item:Square-cut glacier emerald
- Item:Starlight ruby phoenixes
- Item:Steelsilk battle scarf decorated with war icons
- Item:Storm grey bluefire velvet slippers adorned with leather bows
- Item:Striking array of darkly hued hellebore blossoms
- Item:Striking black gold ear-frill decorated with an array of lava topazes
- Item:Stuffed moosehead
- Item:Stylish deep purple slippers affixed with dainty merlot ruby heels
- Item:Stylish storm grey leather boots laced with pitch black onyx-hide cords
- Item:Sunny yellow sunkissed chiffon slippers fit with heliotrope heels
- Item:Sweeping cloak of Andreshlew wild vines dotted with flowers
- Item:Sweeping dendritic cloak of living vines strewn with small flowers
- Item:Sweeping rambler vine cloak festooned with flowers
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- Item:Taisidon sunset garnet ship encircled by Nature's Canopy emerald leaves
- Item:Ten copper Kronars
- Item:Thick agonite earcuff inlaid with xenomite fragments
- Item:Thorny purpleheart seed
- Item:Tiny blue parakeet charm
- Item:Tiny silver spoons with elaborate handles
- Item:Tiny winged pigs carved from glittering diamondique
- Item:Triangular smoke grey diamond
