DragonRealms Updates (2018)

Changes to the game during the 2018 calendar year.

January

• Soulstone updates.

February

• Warrior mage spell changes to:

• Anther's Call: The spell now gives -Evasion instead of immobilization, and is two slots instead of one.
• Ice Patch: Now Immobilizes, instead of stuns. Still knocks down.
• Sure Footing: Spell is now two slots, to better match similar abilities.
• Tremor: Players who kneel or sit are no longer immune to the effects. Single Target option is gone.

• Backstab ability overhaul.

• No longer requires a piercing weapon. On a miss, slicing weapons will replace the attack with SLICE, and blunt weapons will replace the attack with SWING. These are also the maneuvers it messages as.
• Can target all creatures, not just bipeds.
• Ability is renamed to BLINDSIDE, with corresponding BLINDSIDE verb. BACKSTAB remains a viable alias.
• The weight requirement (30 stone cap) still remains. There are still weapon-type requirements, but they should now include Light Blunts and Medium Blunts.

• Risen released.

March

• Slight command released.
• Risen updates and bug fixes
• Telekinetic Storm and Telekinetic Throw can now apply naphtha, provided they strike hard enough to break the bottle.

April

• brawling gear made of the correct special metals will now correctly hit a Giant mechanical mouse
• Some Zoluren Housing areas in Prime received expansions
• Conviction skill is released for Paladins
• Smite system overhaul

May

• Heal spell rewrite.
• Devour spell rewrite.
• Mind Shout spell update.
• TOGGLE command update to add the room location of your death to the global *struck down! message.
• Necromancer, Empath, Bard and Ranger spell based combat pets rebalanced.

Call from Beyond, Quicken the Earth, Reverse Putrefaction, Guardian Spirit, Beckon the Naga, Awaken Forest and Plague of Scavengers rebalanced.