Gwethdesuan (obsolete)
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Gwethdesuans (often abbreviated as gweths) are Moon Mage enchantments worn upon the head that allow one to broadcast his thoughts to every gweth-wearer within range. "Gwethdesuan" is Gamgweth for "long speech."
Depending on the type, gwethdesuans can be activated by tapping or simply wearing them. All gwethdesuans have the ability to receive thoughts, but two types are unable to send them. All gwethdesuans deactivate if you die or remove them from your head, but some will also deactivate over a period of time or if you tap them. Additionally, with the exception of certain Estate Holder LTB gifts, all gwethdesuans have limited charges and run the risk of shattering each time you activate them.
Types of Gwethdesuans
Gweth vary in their range and frequency, their duration, and whether they can send or only receive messages.
There are six kinds of gweths:
| Type | Transmission | Duration | Range | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyanite | send & receive | unlimited | long | Chorus |
| Sjatmal | send & receive | short | long | Chorus |
| Lasmodi | receive | long | long | Chorus |
| Jadeite | send & receive | unlimited | short | Cacophony |
| Lantholite | send & receive | short | short | Cacophony |
| Waermodi | receive | long | short | Cacophony |
If you are wearing a long-range gweth, you can communicate with those who are nearby. Therefore, in most cases, it is not necessary to wear both kyanite and jadeite; kyanite alone will suffice.
The only exception to this rule is that if one person is wearing only a jadeite gweth, and another is wearing only a kyanite gweth, they will not hear each other's thoughts. (This is because kyanite and jadeite gweths use different channels.) However, if everyone just wore a kyanite gweth, there would be no need for other gweth types.
You can wear more than one gweth, but it's best not to use two gweths of the same frequency (e.g., both a kyanite and a sjatmal gweth). Not only is this redundant, but if you are wearing one of the two unlimited gweths, it will turn off when the gweth of shorter duration runs out of power.
As of March 29, 2009, all gwethdesuans are usable by everyone, regardless of circle. [1]
Usage and Syntax
To send a message over the gweths, the syntax is as follows:
If you begin your message with a preposition (at, to, with, etc), the game mechanics will interpret it as an Albredine Ring message instead and your thoughts will not be sent over the gweth channels.
One charge is used each time you activate a gweth. The number of charges available may be seen by FOCUSing on the gweth while holding it in your hands, assuming you have sufficient Arcana skill.
How frequently you may send your thoughts via gweth is based on your concentration and mental stats. With lower concentration you may only send thoughts once every few minutes, but at upper circles when your concentration is higher, thoughts may be broadcast with only a slight wait between messages.
NOTE: more precise info on exactly what skills/stats are checked is needed.
IC vs OOC Thoughts
There has been a long-standing debate within the community as to what constitutes an acceptable gweth message and what does not. Since DragonRealms places a greater emphasis on role-playing than many other online games, it is expected as a matter of game policy that gweth messages remain in character at all times.
You can be REPORTed for blatant out-of-character speech over the gweth just as you may be reported for OOC behavior in any other public activity within the game. Gweth thoughts that blur the line may not be an actionable violation of policy but might nonetheless draw the attention of someone with a Gwethsmasher.
A general rule of thumb is to only include text in your thoughts that your character would naturally speak out loud if he were in the same room with the other people sharing the gweth channel.
See also: OOC Euphemisms
Creation Method
Components
- Two gweth stones of the same type
- Ju'ladan oil
- A chain
- Enchanter's Burin
- Celestial sigil of the Raven, Viper, Magpie, Wolf, Cat, Ram
- Activating Spell: Shadows, Dazzle or Unleash
Steps
- STUDY Raven
- SCRIBE STONE
- STUDY Raven
- SCRIBE STONE -- a different stone of the same gweth type.
- COMBINE MY STONE WITH MY OTHER STONE
- DIP STONE IN OIL
- AFFIX STONE TO CHAIN
- Scribe, activate, and bind the <constellation> -- Viper(need telescope) for kyanite stones. Magpie for jadeite stones. Wolf for waermodi stones. Raven for lasmodi stones. Cat for lantholite stones. Ram for sjatmal stones
Notes
- Each gwethdesuan stone will be set in some sort of metallic chain, though it seems that the type of chain has no bearing on the gweth's functionality.
- There are some areas in the game where Gweth reception and transmission is blocked, for example inside banks.
- A program that can help determine gwethdesuan ranges can be found here. Short range gweths typically reach only into the same zone on the map. Long range gweths typically reach up to one zone away in all 8 directions. There are multiple exceptions to this, so use this only as a guideline, not a hard and fast rule.