DragonRealms Updates (2016)

A page to assist returning players.

January

• Tied bundles and gem pouches received a boost in appraisal teaching.
• PREPARE SRE now gives information on rebirth power for the Spiteful Rebirth spell.
• Gwethsmashers no longer have a penalty to smashing due to distance.
• Barbarians can use gwethsmashers.
• Thoughtcast's gweth function fails to function after a gwethsmash.
• Gwethsmashing now has Charisma as primary stat.
• Devour will work at reduced efficiency on harvest material.
• Release of Electrostatic Eddy.
• Knowledge of Quick Infusions will allow density changes in elemental weapons.
• The ability of wounds to reduce stealth effectiveness has been scaled down significantly.
• Dragon's Breath has its number of possible shots increased.
• Phelim's Sanction now ignores undead stun resistance.
• Osrel Meraud no longer holds Paladin spells.
• Lightning Bolt no longer results in disturbing the peace charges.
• Refractive Field duration lengthened.
• Moonblades can now be worn.
• Free to play visa for the 100th circle Moon Mage ability allowed.
• Several updates to Necromancer Zombies:

Zombies will now nearly immediately (within a second or so) begin to advance if commanded to attack.

Zombies will now nearly immediately (within a second or so) take an attack if they pounce.

Zombies no longer get OF/DF mods based on stance.

• Drathrok's Duskruin quest introduced.

• Introduction of Potency crystal and Infuser stone items.
• Introduction of pet rats.

February

• Tells removed from Eyes of the Blind.
• Update on the legality of some spells cast in a justice area.
• Impact of nerve injuries on spellcasting increased significantly.
• Low concentration penalty on spellcasting reduced.
• Altar changes:

• Anyone with holy water may now wash altars.
• Clean altars may now be washed by clerics for devotion.
• Prydaen altars now allow some devotional rituals.

• Change to Rakash language weapons. (Post)

March

• Kertigen's commune now works with most items that have abilities already, such as foci.
• Kertigen's commune may be used on self to allow blessed brawling.
• Cleric perception of bless strikes no longer takes devotion.
• Warrior Mage pattern hues cantrip now works with elemental weapons.
• Release of Braun's Conjecture, Destiny Cipher, and changes to how distances are calculated for Moon Mage movement spells. (Post)
• Arcana ranks now reduce the RT for charging cambrinth.
• Ruins of Ulf'Hara quest released.

April

• Addition of a Therengia-Forfedhdar passage, including a Ranger trail.
• Shard Theater Faire 419 took place in Shard.

May

• Keepsakes area of Fenwyrthie's Curio Shop updated with (more) past gift items.
• Bow verb updated.
• Furniture coupon released in the SimuCoin store.
• Siksraja's herb shop updated.
• Fang Cove's crafting society built by players and released.
• Premium players get expanded character inventory slots.
• Bacon Man's Birthday Bash 419 event introduced.

• Pet pigs introduced.
• Estate Holder authorization items added to allow limited Premium status for 24 hours.

• Estate Holder rings teleport cooldown reduced from 7 days to 1 hour.
• Automatic inventory sort at login to end inventory reversal released.
• Tinkering system is live in Prime.