Did someone say evil???

I could see that happening on specific critters such as thieves or rogues but I will need to ponder it a bit with the rest of the GM team before I commit to anything.

Please allow me to clarify. The skill vs sorcery system has not changed, recently. No buffs or debuffs have been done in that area. I just meant to explain how the system currently works. The only change is that animates no longer gain skill. Example A: If caster sorcery = 100 skill living humanoid ...

This matter has been 'looked at' and properly tested/reviewed. We have come to the decision that Rook animates should never be getting skill gains from use as they no longer have the same mental functions in death as they did in life. The way animates currently work is if the caster animating the an...

I tried and tried to think of a tactful, easy way to provide an answer to this question but the more I thought about it... there really isn't. It all comes down to the behind the scenes history of the Rooks. The reason rook minions are the way they are is because there were many chefs cooking the co...

Yes it will. Realistically, wearing a metal bucket over your head and wearing a draped shadowy hood both have similar problems. Granted the penalty is less for things like hoods but knowing how to use armor and how to function in them will also help you there.

Done. All players can now enjoy a perception penalty that has been lessened by 5% when wearing an eye or ear covering item. Additionally, players with over 1000 armor skill can earn even lower penalties as their armor skill increases. FYI this caps at 2500 armor skill and any changes to this effect ...

Funny enough, I used to argue this very problem with another GM back in the day. I don't personally agree with the decision but I still respect their view on the subject. One thing I always like to remind folks about is that just about anything can be justified using real life as an example. Oddly e...

Most Elemancy spells have remained untouched for a looooong time, which is why I added a few for master Elemancers and made sure that each branch had 'something' special waiting for them. With that in mind, there are some gaps in the spells, missing combos, odd damage numbers etc Some of these are i...

Also keep in mind that any e-mail sent to support@clokmud.com also gets sent to others on the GM team. So there is some redundancy. If there is a game breaking problem I will make sure that J hears about it, if he hasn't already, or if there is an e-mail for something or someone in my Guruship that ...

One other thing to consider is that the game does have multi-paged books that you can write into. Check out the bookstores in Shadgard, Mistral Lake and Haiban.

I am not the guru of this guild but it might be legal to wear just iron gauntlets simply for the purposes of hurting nethrim. I don't think your fellow men and women of fisticuffs would think less of you for it. Now if you are hiding behind your gauntlets like some sort of armored pansy and using th...

It's a hobby in my spare time. You should see my collection of tickle me Elmos.

What game is that?

This problem has been discussed amongst the GMs before and we have made several tweaks to some training areas to make them less deadly. In the past we have had regular monsters carrying perfectly good and powerful weapons, the same that any player would be using. We thought about this and changed th...

Hello everyone it's Noctere, your friendly neighborhood GM. I have noticed that we have been a little slow as of late so I thought I would pose a few questions. #1 What do you think would make you want to stick around more often or what would get you excited to come back to the game? #2 When you do ...

The study books in the Elemancer's University have all been reassessed to work better with the current skill gain system. They now cover a lot more skill per book and are priced to be comparative with the cost of normal training plus an added fee for being able to train anywhere. (Much cheaper than ...

Pluginstats is a feature mainly designed to supplement the official plugins. If you wish to use it for your own plugins and disregard the official ones you are welcome to do so but I won't be changing the data just to support third party ones. Also keep in mind, that if I did change the data it woul...

Want to add something new to your CLOK experience? Check out the custom soundpack for VIPMud or the official graphical plugins suite for Mudlet.
Links Below:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/158 ... 5.zip?dl=1
http://clok.contrarium.net/ClokGear%202 ... taller.exe

Minions have always been a bit buggy over the years. They have had multiple coders working on them and many many 'band-aid' fixes placed on them. A such, they work a bit wonky at times. The only way to fix minions as a whole would probably be a complete rewrite. Unfortunately, that is not going to h...

From a purely balance and game perspective cryomancy does have a huge advantage in that it automatically casts a freezing aura around you without any extra energy cost or roundtime. It is also the most powerful melee 'proc'-ing spell in the game. However, it is true that the raw damage of the spell ...

For screen readers this shows a black t-shirt with the words, "SAVE THE NETHRIM!" all in caps.

There are now bronze arrows being sold at the Corvus blacksmithy. YAY!

Bloodglass armor has several uses. One of which is to look super fancy for ceremonial occasions, another is to impress your friends and another is to... well let's just say there is another. Bloodglass shields have been on the to-do list for a long time but since there is no pressing need it was pla...

Master aeromancers REJOICE! A new ability is now being offered to those who completely master the aeromancy school of elemancy! Please expect changes to this spell as we continue to develop it.
*Noctere makes whooshing noises. WHOOOOOOOOOSH WHOOOOOOOOOSH*

Just thought I would share a few videos I made back in the day. The first one is an AMV or (Anime Music Video) for those not in the know and the second is the Skyrim Trailer in which I "improved" a few parts of it. The changes in the second video happen after the guy shouts. #1 https://you...