DragonRealms Updates (2009)

Changes to the game during the 2009 calendar year.

January

• Orders updates
• POINT reveals people from invisibility and prevents rehiding for a period of time.
• Refractive Field no longer shimmers will rehide user after a time as long as mana is held.
• Extensive updates to Mer'Kresh celpeze area

February

• Updates to DFA spells.
• Celpeze can be AIMed at, for half effectiveness.
• Snowdrifts can be used to make snowmen
• SvA spell changes.
• SvS spell changes.
• Rewrite of Shadow Web.

March

• Celpeze added to Ratha.
• SCREAM DEFIANCE added.
• Updated to DODGE and PARRY.
• Reduction to effectivenes of invisibility and WATCH.
• Asketi's Mount updated
• Mana Disruption updated to be Empath friendly
• Manipulate friendship costs reduced
• ROAR CHECK added
• Zenastara's Magical Curios opens
• Skinning rewrite released
• TDP acquisition standardized (100+level at circle 10)
• Gweth-like items opened to commoners
• Official DragonRealms Twitter and Facebook pages started

April

• Bardic SCREAM CONCUSSIVE and HAVOC released
• Attacking with a melee weapon while out of range caused autoadvance
• Fire of Ushnish released
• New creature AI released. Auto-flee removed.
• Change to cross-frequency spellcasting.
• Change in RPA system from levels to points
• Changes to Hindrance, Encumbrance, and evasion.
• Rewrite of death mechanics.
• New areas in Ain Ghazal
• Addition to RPAs help avoid mind murk
• Addition of Experience window to StormFront
• Minor change to Moongate and Voidspawn
• LTB command added
• Righteous Wrath updated

May

• New Riverhaven housing area added
• Grizzly Claw changed to disabler
• Aesandry Darlaeth rewritten
• Experience system revamp announced.
• Gwethsmasher updates
• Update to Heal Wounds and Heal Scars
• Haakish dictionaries added

June

• Heal spell added
• OBSERVE command updated
• Dira collections added
• Power perception system rewritten.
• STANCE saving added
• DUMP command
• SAY updated, with among other things, a default emotion

July

• PREDICT STATE and PREDICT ANALYZE added
• TDP PLAN and TDP PROJECT added
• POLICY command update
• Roars have messages when they wear off
• PROFILE command updated.
• FORAGE experience increase
• TEND experience increase
• Teaching and appraisal experience increased
• Aggressive Stance spell added

August

• SNIPE can be used with slings and staff slings
• SNAP command added
• Raven's Court VIP Suite added
• HOME command updates

September

• Yulugri Wala and Thipbeet's Tart Boutique open
• Segoltha River becomes swimmable
• Footman's Strike released and Halt updated
• Smite Foe replaced with Stun Foe
• Change to first strike for Paladins
• Astral Plane expanded with addition of 3 shards

October

• New scents available for homes
• Gem pouches updated
• Some Thief NPCs added to task system
• Construct type of creature added that can be attacked by Empaths without shock

November

• SHOP command added
• Rimefang added
• Changes to spell scrolls
• Special non-weapon skinning knives added

December

• Dark Spirit area redone
• Coin of the Realm expanded to buy diras
• Change to spousal consent
• TOGGLE command added
• Heal Wounds, Heal Scars, and Heal replaced previous healing spells
• Stealth update to allow all guilds to hide at melee
• Remaining hidden while speaking requires check
• POACH changes to allow use without hiding, becoming ranged AMBUSH equivalent
• Murder in town is no longer auto-arrest
• Magical Devices becomes Arcana skill and Primary Magic skill renamed
• Necromancer guild released
• Cleric circling requirements changed slightly
• JUSTICE command added
• Major changes to gems
• Morah Creepers fixed
• Inventory count changed
• Rite of Contrition added
• Thief reputation updated