The new version of this trap will open up a rift below the box, sucking in anything or anyone unfortunate enough to be close to it. The person disarming and anyone joined to them will be too close to avoid the rift. There will be varying degrees of success and failure with this trap. Many different factors will determine your success or failure, and what the result of the trap will be for each person affected. These factors will range from statistics, trainable skills and magical effects. There is also a certain degree of luck involved, and if you are unlucky then no degree of training will matter.

The effects of falling victim to this trap are fairly well spread out, ranging from simple scrapes and bruises all the way to death. There will also be the possibility of losing the items that are held in your hands in your scramble to avoid falling into the rift. Items that are lost to the rift in this fashion are not lost forever, but they will not be laying at your feet either. That is a part of the trap that you must figure out on your own.

Sayzor says, "There will be a check in there that the player will be able to control. I didn't get specific in regards to that..."

Sayzor says, "But they will, literally, have to be close to the person setting it off."

Sayzor grins.

Amerlise says, "Okay...I think I'm more worried about it randomly turning up in a rift somewhere, I think."

Sayzor says, "As far as the items go, there will not be "Gone Forever" and there will be varying degrees of "Gone"."

Amerlise says, "Okay..I have a couple other questions, while I'm up here.."

Sayzor says, "No, it will have safeguards in place. However, the worst possible result may have you searching for it for a very long time..and maybe not ever recovering it."

Amerlise asks, "About lockpick deterioration, it was stated that they would 'degrade as time goes on'. Does that imply that even if a picker never has trouble opening a lock, never stresses the pick, that it will still deteriorate slightly on a successful picking?"

Sayzor says, "No, if the picker never "Stresses" the lockpick it will never degrade."

Amerlise says, "Mmph...no offense, people, but I can barely see Sayzor's responses through the whispers. :)"

Amerlise says, "Ah, good, that's what I wanted to hear. ; )"

Amerlise says, "Two quick ones left.."

Sayzor says, "Quick ones."

Sayzor grins.

Amerlise asks, "Piercing gaze helps spot traps, but will it still set certain kinds off?"

Sayzor says, "Yes, it will have the chance of setting them off."

Sayzor says, "Very small."

Sayzor says, "And depending on the trap."

Amerlise says, "Seems self-defeating to incinerate yourself to find a trap...guess you'd know beyond shadow of a doubt it was there, anyway."

Sayzor grins.

Amerlise says, "And, being the Co-Guru of Societies, I'm sure you're aware that many of us don't carry amulets. :)"

Sayzor nods to Amerlise.

Sayzor grins.

Sayzor says, "There are still ways to turn off ESP."

Amerlise asks, "Will the 'dull tingle' that lets you receive private thoughts count as ESP? For those of us whose seashells create that effect?"

Sayzor says, "Interesting point."

Sayzor says, "No, I do not intend to have the penalty apply to that. I'll look into ways of checking for that."

Amerlise says, "Dandy. :)"

Sayzor smiles.

Amerlise says, "That's it for me..thanks for holding this. :)"

Having finished addressing the assembly Amerlise sits back down.

Sayzor says, "Renarin says, 'two questions Sayzor, does edging raise the trainings required to use the pick and could ye recap the traps for the late comers like me?'"

Sayzor nods to Renarin, who stands up to address the assembly.

Renarin says, "gots a couple a quickies too"

Sayzor says, "No, edging does not increase the training required."

Sayzor says, "Trap recap..."

The Dark Crystal

The new version of this trap will open up a rift below the box, sucking in anything or anyone unfortunate enough to be close to it. The person disarming and anyone joined to them will be too close to avoid the rift. There will be varying degrees of success and failure with this trap. Many different factors will determine your success or failure, and what the result of the trap will be for each person affected. These factors will range from statistics, trainable skills and magical effects. There is also a certain degree of luck involved, and if you are unlucky then no degree of training will matter.

The effects of falling victim to this trap are fairly well spread out, ranging from simple scrapes and bruises all the way to death. There will also be the possibility of losing the items that are held in your hands in your scramble to avoid falling into the rift. Items that are lost to the rift in this fashion are not lost forever, but they will not be laying at your feet either. That is a part of the trap that you must figure out on your own.

The Glyph or The Time Rift

There will be a few changes to this trap. First, after the trap has been manually disarmed, if the chest itself is not made of a magical metal, it will destroy the glyph that that stops spells from opening the lock. This can only be done manually. If set off, you will be transported to a rift in time, just like the old trap, but it is going to be trickier getting out than just pounding on one of the directional keys. There are ways out, and even ways to die in there. Any body found in the Rift will be thrown back out to where they came from. There will also be a few twists to this trap, as any of you that know me should have anticipated. These twists are going to be for you to discover when the trap is released and you begin to play with it.

Firestorm

The new version of this trap will engulf the person disarming and anyone joined to them in a cloud of fire which covers them with globs of fiery liquid. The fiery substance must be removed or the person inflicted will suffer damage from the flames every few seconds until they are dead or the substance burns out. The intensity of the flame is determined by the difficulty of the lock. There are several ways to neutralize the substance once covered in it. I will not go into details about how to neutralize the substance here. That will be up to you to figure out, but even once they are discovered it will still be a race against time attempting to put them out. It will not be as easy as casting Call Wind or Breeze. Each attempt to put out the flames increases the next attempt to stop them, and the more people helping out the better. Common sense will be your best weapon when combating this potentially lethal substance.

Sayzor says, "Ask away, when you're done reading."

Renarin asks, "so the pooba err um peanut butter guy that hides in the bathouse gonna let his friends out and assasinate someones?"

Sayzor says, "That's the topic of another Forum."

Sayzor grins.

Renarin says, "I see"

Renarin says, "well thats it for me"

Renarin says, "sits me down"

Sayzor nods to Renarin.

Having finished addressing the assembly Renarin sits back down.

Sayzor nods to Takeri, who stands up to address the assembly.

Sayzor says, "Takeri says, 'Will current picks that we already own be trickle down affected by these changes? Or do these changes only affect new picks?'"

Takeri says, "Answered"

Sayzor says, "So ask another."

Takeri says, "But.. I have a few others"

Sayzor grins.

Takeri asks, "Is there a tentative guild release date at this time?"

Sayzor holds Kuromaku back.

Sayzor exclaims, "he wasn't here man!"

Kuromaku says, "Yes, there is."

Kuromaku says, "We're not mentioning it, though."

Sayzor says, "As far as the Guild goes..."

Takeri says, "Okies.. next question..."

Sayzor says, "We are not at liberty to discuss release dates, as they are subject to change."

Takeri asks, "Could the Voln "Calm' be used, and if so, could it be modified to be self cast?"

Sayzor says, "We have our own schedule...but that could change at any times for matters in, as well as outside of, the game"

Takeri says, "I believe currenly it cannot be"

Sayzor says, "Voln Calming is different that the Calm spell."

Sayzor says, "The Power that Voln imparts is the forcing of your will upon another. The Calm spell instills a sense of calm from within the person."

Takeri says, "So say a Ranger Calm..."

Takeri asks, "This to is a differnet calm?"

Sayzor says, "Would qualify."

Sayzor grins.

Takeri says, "But it is not self cast"

Sayzor says, "Although, I wasn't going to mention it."

Takeri says, "Can only be cast on critters at this time"

Sayzor nods to Takeri.

Sayzor says, "I am aware of that."

Takeri says, "One last one then"

Sayzor says, "I cannot say more about it than that."

Sayzor grins.

Takeri says, "When a Lock Lore or Trap Lore is cast from an Item.."

Takeri says, "You get less benefit than say someone who cast's it from the List.."

Sayzor nods to Takeri.

Takeri asks, "Are there any merchant plans to say create items that provide the same benefit even though you don't have th elist?"

Takeri says, "And I mean Auction items.. not over the counter stuff. For those folks (Rangers) who can't stealk the spell.. and cant' self cast it"

Sayzor says, "It is possible that there could be an item out there that gave the ability to have a Self Cast Lore from an item, however it would be more than likely that it would be in extremely limited quanities, such as Auction items."

Takeri says, "Praise be"

Sayzor says, "I am also aware that Rangers are the only ones who cannot gain the Self Cast of the spell."

Sayzor says, "That is also something I cannot say more about."

Sayzor grins.

Takeri says, "Again.. I thankee. Mayhaps some prayers have been answered."

Sayzor smiles at Takeri.

Having finished addressing the assembly Takeri sits back down.

Sayzor nods to Magretta, who stands up to address the assembly.

Sayzor says, "Magretta says, 'Many of us have lots of lockpicks purchased from the last to profession specific merchants, what will become of them? Will the learning from lockpicking be reduced in proportion to the higher the bonus on the lockpick?'"

Magretta says, "part of it was answered...and I sort of understood the previous answer..."

Sayzor says, "Currently..."

Magretta asks, "but will there be a way to convert the "old" picks to something in the new list?"

Sayzor says, "The basis for XP takes the Bonus of the pick into account."

Sayzor says, "At this time I have no plans of converting old picks to the new system. It would mean that I would have to force people to not only upgrade their picks, but degrade them as well."

Sayzor says, "In some cases, we have picks that had an alteration to a different material that aren't actually that material."

Sayzor says, "This didn't matter in the past, but it would matter under the proposed system."

Magretta says, "understood."

Sayzor smiles.

Having finished addressing the assembly Magretta sits back down.

Sayzor says, "Hmmm"

Sayzor nods to Impudent, who stands up to address the assembly.

Sayzor says, "Impudent says, 'Are we going to see higher modifiers that will in effect replace the need for intense skill training in order to get the highest locks?'"

Impudent says, "like to expand the scope of that question a bit, and include disarming as well"

Kuromaku says, "Nothing takes the place of training."

Kuromaku shrugs.

Sayzor says, "No, none of the proposed lockpicks will be higher in Bonus than the current system. The current system uses bonuses that I wouldn't go as high as if I were to be building the system from the ground up."

Sayzor says, "I will not reduce those, but I won't increase them though."

Impudent says, "can I ask for a quick clarification then? "

Sayzor says, "of course"

Impudent says, "It seems that what you are in effect doing, by offering more bonuses, is narrowing the "elite" if you would"

Impudent asks, "is that the intent?"

Sayzor asks, "I don't understand the question. Offering more bonuses of which type?"

Impudent says, "to disarm, calm, phoens, etc"

Sayzor says, "I don't know of any one person that can cast all of those spells alone."

Impudent says, "lemme run to my locker"

Impudent says, "the thing is, that now it takes a massively trained disarmer to get say _260"

Sayzor says, "Spells cast from items are not always as good as spells cast on yourself."

Impudent asks, "aren't you narrowing that field a bit?"

Sayzor says, "People are disarming -260's now without any of my changes. I see myself as expanding the field that can get them, instead of reducing it."

Impudent says, "I'd like to offer a suggestion for consideration"

Sayzor nods.

Impudent says, "if it isn't this already, that skill alone, shy of bonuses, be the only factor in determining RT"

Sayzor grins.

Impudent says, "to offer more incentive to the highly trained"

Sayzor says, "I have plans for RT, in both Picking and Disarming."

Impudent asks, "any elaboration?"

Sayzor says, "One of the factors of Disarm Tools will be the reduction of RT for having the proper tool."

Sayzor says, "One of the factors with Disarm Tools will be your skill in Disarming."

Sayzor says, "That is one aspect of what I am referring to."

Impudent says, "so in effect the system will already be based on skill"

Sayzor says, "The others I cannot discuss at this time."

Impudent says, "if I understand you"

Sayzor says, "That is what I am planning for Disarm Tools, yes."

Impudent says, "and lastly"

Sayzor says, "Disarm Tools are just that. Tools that enhance your ability to Disarm. They don't give skill in it."

Sayzor grins.

Impudent asks, "how much higher are we likely to be seeing these traps get, or like locks are you fairly happy with em now?"

Sayzor says, "I have no plans of taking traps past -300 anytime soon."

Sayzor says, "The system in palce now goes that high."

Sayzor says, "Place even"

Impudent says, "Than that'll be it for now, oh, except a thank you for finally putting some risk back into bashing :) "

Sayzor grins.

Sayzor says, "Risk was always intended. Due to a bug, it was not there."

Sayzor says, "The traps were built with Bashing in mind...but didn't work right until something was fixed."

Having finished addressing the assembly Impudent sits back down.

Sayzor nods to Wendol, who stands up to address the assembly.

Sayzor says, "Wendol says, 'I got booted while I was copying the chart - when the stats are finalized, will the chart be posted?'"

At this point Sayzor brings up the Lockpick Chart again. I have omitted repeating the chart on this page. It can be viewed at it's location above.

Sayzor says, "And yes, they will be posted in an In Game NEWS item as well as on the Boards. More details, maybe not."

Sayzor grins.

Wendol says, "Im capturing that! one quick thing"

Sayzor grins.

Sayzor nods.

Wendol says, "if a locpick 'degrades' or deteriates....."

Sayzor says, "Also, a transcript of this Forum will be available."

Wendol asks, "shouldnt a picker be able to exam and tell?"

Kuromaku says, "A trained one might."

Kuromaku says, "But that'd be someone who knew something about them."

Sayzor says, "There will be ways to tell. Maybe not easily if you want accuracy, though."

Sayzor grins.

Wendol says, "seems I know when my tools at work are going bad"

Sayzor asks, "True, but do you know exactly how bad off they are?"

Wendol says, "well - not always"

Wendol says, "thats all for me"

Sayzor says, "There will be a way for an expert to know near exactly how bad off."

Sayzor says, "Someone who dables, they'll know it's bent."

Wendol says, "good - thanks"

Sayzor nods.

Having finished addressing the assembly Wendol sits back down.

Sayzor nods to Pichin, who stands up to address the assembly.

Sayzor says, "Pichin says, ''About the recent bashing changes. I understand the incinerator changes, altho I think they are far too common on older critters, but the scarabs puzzle me. How is a bug in the lock able to bite someone standing over it, bashing it with a weapon?'"

Kuromaku grins.

Kuromaku says, "Welp..."

Sayzor chuckles.

Kuromaku says, "It's a magic bug what flies out at you."

Sayzor says, "The bug in the lock is sensitive to the slightest touch...or motion. It flies out of the lock when it is activated and chases you down and bites you. When you smash it with a 90lb club, it gets upset."

Pichin says, "Ahhh, kin that be put in the description please? I thought i remembered it as biting when your hand is in the lock, altho I could be wrong"

Sayzor says, "It was always intended to be this way, however due to a factor in BASH itself, it didnt work."

Kuromaku nods to Pichin.

Pichin says, "I also have one more quick question"

Sayzor says, "I'll check the messaging."

Sayzor nods to Pichin.

Pichin says, "Sayzor, are any plans being considered to make scroll cast 404 and 403 count as self cast? You do have to use actual training points for these skills, and it is fairly expensive for alot of people"

Sayzor says, "As I said earlier, I'm a Rogue and always have been. I've never bashed a box in my lifetimes."

Kuromaku says, "I have, and do."

Kuromaku smiles.

Sayzor says, "It's possible to have items that will emulate a Self Cast, however extremely rare and extremely hard to lay hands on."

Pichin asks, "But not scrolls?"

Sayzor says, "Scrolls are items."

Sayzor grins.

Pichin says, "Ok, I think that's it."

Sayzor nods.

Having finished addressing the assembly Pichin sits back down.

Sayzor nods to Sassee, who stands up to address the assembly.

Sayzor says, "Sassee says, 'Please explain the glyph trap again. AT first you stated you had to manually disarm it and then you stated magic users could disarm glyphs'"

Sayzor asks, "Hmmm. When did I say Wizards could disarm glyphs?"

Sayzor says, "Ah, in my No Lock Box analogy."

Kuromaku says, "Sure they can, Sayzor. As long as they do it manually."

Kuromaku shrugs.

Sayzor says, "I didn't mean that exactly. What I was referring to was..."

Kuromaku smiles.

Sayzor says, "That a Rogue can get to a lock on a No Lock Box with a Tool just like a Mage can get to the lock on a Glyph with magic if they use a tool."

Sayzor says, "The tool being Disarm for the Mage."

Sayzor says, "A properly trained mage can disarm a Glyph with little Disarm skill."

Sassee says, "oh, I thought you had said something about glyphs being able to be opened by magic in the future"

Sayzor nods to Sassee.

Sayzor says, "They will be, once the Glyph has been neutralized."

Sassee asks, "oh, so once they are disarmed then we can magically woo them open?"

Sayzor nods to Sassee.

Kuromaku says, "If they're not enruned."

Sassee says, "thanks, now I understand"

Sassee says, "aye, not enruned or mithril"

Sayzor asks, "Anything else?"

Sassee says, "no, thank you"

Sayzor nods.

Sayzor smiles.

Having finished addressing the assembly Sassee sits back down.

Sayzor nods to Aurec, who stands up to address the assembly.

Sayzor says, "Aurec says, 'Why is there such a preoccupation with deadly traps? They should be increasingly difficult to open, yes. But consistently lethal? It doesn't make much sense: the legitimate owner of a box wouldn't want to set himself up to die if he forgot the wrong opening sequence. Maybe at higher levels, but it's not something that should be expected from practically any trap. Death is so... cliche. What if there were traps that, for example, destroyed or even cursed the contents?'"

Aurec says, "Greetings."

Sayzor says, "One of the three traps that I listed here has a significant chance of killing you...and even then, only if ignored for too long once set off."

Aurec says, "I do have a couple of quick questions if you have the time."

Kuromaku says, "An envenom'd blade is e'er a danger to the hand."

Kuromaku smiles.

Sayzor says, "The Glyph has a very small chance of killing you once in the glyph, and that's only if you go sightseeing."

Kuromaku says, "Want good protection...ya risk some heat."

Kuromaku grins.

Aurec says, "The way I see it, you can affect the disarmer, the box itself, the contents or the opener when it's done."

Sayzor says, "The Dark Crystal has a small chance of doing it, if you are untrained and unlucky."

Sayzor says, "One of the traps that I have been working on the longest, and is the most complex trap I have done yet which is why it is taking me so long, has no chance at all to kill you."

Sayzor says, "It'll occupy alot of your time, if set off...but it won't kill you."

Sayzor grins.

Aurec says, "Interesting."

Sayzor says, "I love gore. As evidence by my traps. I also love a good puzzle."

Sayzor grins.

Aurec asks, "Are there any plans to incorporate E-Dispel into affecting magic traps and boxes?"

Sayzor grins.

Sayzor says, "Yes, there are plans...some of them are in already."

Sayzor asks, "Is there anything else?"

Sayzor smiles.

Aurec says, "And once the new lockpicks are in place, will there still be the inverse EXP reward? It seems that it pushes the trend to use moderate picks when you can train for tougher ones."

Sayzor says, "The way I forsee Lockpicking working..."

Aurec says, "Mind you, I'm just a bard who dabbles regularly with such things, but the recent changes have become quite confusing."

Sayzor says, "A Thief will have a kit with five picks. One of each "Grade". There are five types of Lockpick, show by the divisors between the various ones."

At this point Sayzor again brings up the Lockpick Chart. I have omitted repeating the chart on this page. It can be viewed at it's location above.

Sayzor says, "If you use a cheap pick, you are relying more on skill...and learn more."

Sayzor says, "If you use a pick with all the whistles and bells, you are relying on the pick to do some or more of the work, and learn less."

Sayzor says, "This will be more evident with the new picks. The system wont change, but the picks will...so it will be more apparent."

Sayzor says, "Right now, the types of picks are limited. With the new system, you will truly have choices."

Aurec asks, "Wouldn't that still push the trend away from that Vaalin pick you've spent 40 trainings to use in favor of a lesser pick?"

Sayzor says, "You use the Vaalin pick to get the really difficult locks. You need to expand your skill and challenge it in that case."

Sayzor says, "When you use the Vaalin pick on the Kobold box, you aren't even coming close to challenging your skill."

Sayzor says, "If you used the Brass pick, chances are you are challenging your skill."

Sayzor says, "You pick a Kobold box for 10 years, using an Alum pick. It's commonplace."

Sayzor says, "Now pick it with a Brass pick. That's something new."

Sayzor says, "When you are challenging your skill, you are always rewarded. No matter what pick it is."

Aurec says, "I see, but something about it still feels odd. ;)"

Sayzor says, "That's because you are missing one piece of data that I can't fill in the blank for."

Sayzor grins.

Aurec asks, "Any changes for the amount of EXP possible to learn?"

Sayzor says, "I'm comfortable with the range of EXP given right now and don't have plans on changing it. If I did, it would be tweaks based on the new system and I wouldn't know where to make those tweaks until I saw them."

Aurec says, "So much to consider, so little time... Thank you."

Sayzor smiles.

Having finished addressing the assembly Aurec sits back down.

Sayzor nods to Teegan, who stands up to address the assembly.

Sayzor says, "Teegan says, 'What is yer take on the scarabs that come from the chests . . did you envision them as a nice gem fer the picker or as a bonus towards the box owner? I'm still confused on these old VS new picks . . .are you saying all our present alum quality picks, no matter what the metal/description are still gonna pick like what on yer new chart? Alum? And isn't that gonna be confusing if ya wanna sell a pick? '"

Sayzor says, "When I envisioned the Scarab, I envisioned them as the tip for the picker. That was my own, personal, take on them. Since then, they have grown...even long before you saw them, they grew."

Sayzor says, "Right now, it's a hot topic of debate...but I have no real side on the issue. So much has happened to them since I first concieved them that it would be difficult to put a finger on where they belong."

Sayzor says, "At this time, I have no plans to change any pick made prior to my system going into place."

Sayzor says, "Yes, it is going to be confusing."

Sayzor says, "The reason for that, is that it would be far too difficult to fix them."

Teegan says, "I really put forth that you reconsider the changing part just to keep things neat"

Sayzor says, "I would literally have to look at each pick as it was changed."

Sayzor says, "Lockpicks have never had a solid formula for how they work. It was never an issue. I want to make it an issue, and use one common system for them that everyone and everything follows."

Teegan says, "so are you recommending we trash our current picks? ;)"

Sayzor says, "The best way for me to make everything even would be to have any pick made prior to my changes break beyond repair if it was used in a picking attempt."

Sayzor says, "I am not going to do that."

Sayzor grins.

Teegan says, "sounds like alot of picks are gonna be takin up locker space ;)"

Sayzor says, "I have to find a solution somewhere in the middle of breaking them all and fixing them all."

Teegan says, "and that would be a shame"

Sayzor says, "I agree."

Sayzor says, "I personally own a very large collection of lockpicks on my character. I have no plans on fixing them beyond the system I implement."

Teegan says, "at the very least help us distinguish old vs new"

Sayzor says, "Trust me, I dont want to make my own picks useless."

Sayzor grins.

Teegan says, "please :)"

Sayzor says, "I'll come up with something."

Sayzor grins.

Teegan exclaims, "than you for your time!"

Sayzor asks, "Anything else?"

Sayzor nods.

Teegan exclaims, "err thanks!"

Having finished addressing the assembly Teegan sits back down.

Sayzor nods to Delonkin, who stands up to address the assembly.

Sayzor says, "Delonkin says, 'Are you aware that in your efforts to make things "Fun" for the jaded high Lords and Legends, you are making it hell for the new players? Did you talk to anyone that's been around for only a couple months? Ask me...'"

Sayzor chuckles.

Delonkin says, "I just got the hang of opening boxes when the last changes were made.; It was obvious that there had been an increase in the percentage chance of the box going off.; OK but, you dumped these boxes into experience areas where younger rogues had NO chance of disarming.; -130 traps on level 6 critters.; Scarabs where no one had the means to do anything but leave em laying around.; How about some common sense here, put your new traps in level 20 or higher monster areas and give the new player a break?"

Sayzor says, "This game is designed to go beyond 300 levels."

Sayzor says, "Any system I implement has to take that into consideration."

Sayzor says, "I did do that."

Sayzor says, "Unfortunatly, there are "Rich" critters out there that carry boxes that are far too rich for their level."

Sayzor says, "I define a trap by the type of box that it is on."

Sayzor says, "If a level 1 creature is carrying a level 3 box...it has a level 3 trap."

Sayzor says, "That is not creature levels."

Sayzor says, "We have fix box levels."

Sayzor says, "So, you can see, a Level 1 creature with a level 3 box is way out of kilter."

Delonkin says, "then you know how embarrasing it is ta get kilt by a box half yer level?"

Sayzor nods.

Sayzor says, "Yes, I do."

Sayzor smiles.

Delonkin says, "I got a -130 bomb in fishes taday"

Sayzor says, "A Scarab has an extremely slim chance of showing up on a creature that carries anything below Level 3 boxes."

Sayzor says, "The difficulty of the trap is directly related to the difficulty of the lock...which is related to the level of the box."

Sayzor says, "The level of the box is set by the person who designed the creature."

Sayzor says, "There is a Level 1 creature out there that carries a Level 3 box."

Sayzor says, "I disagree with that, but it's a fact."

Sayzor says, "In order to have "Rich" creatures, then you have locks and traps in an area where people of that level cannot open them."

Delonkin says, "umm I got a =130 trap that cost me 2.5K ta get opened at the locksmith and it was empty"

Sayzor says, "That is also possible."

Sayzor says, "It is possible for a chest to be generated empty."

Delonkin says, "I think you forget that all these "old" boxes your talking about are only old to you where the newer harder ones are great for the jaded but a bit hard on the new players"

Sayzor says, "It is not the Chest generation system that needs to be looked at here, it is the Creature Treasure system...which I have already discussed with the Treasure Guru to have fixed. Low level creatures should not have higher level treasure. The Treasure Level should be directly related to the Creature Level."

Delonkin says, "I said me say thanks for the ear"

Sayzor nods to Delonkin.

Having finished addressing the assembly Delonkin sits back down.

Sayzor says, "Belgelane says, 'Can I suggest two types of trap?'"

Sayzor says, "Yes, you can. You'll need to send them to me at Feedback for the best response."

Sayzor grins.

Sayzor asks, "Is there another question you had?"

Sayzor nods to Tealyona, who stands up to address the assembly.

Sayzor says, "Tealyona says, 'can i have a raise and I love the triple train thing, but who do we get to edge something for us or is that going to be a guild training thing?..Who is Joranis?...so where do you get a true Alum lockpick?'"

Sayzor chuckles.

Sayzor says, "Any Locksmith Merchant can edge a lockpick. There will also, most likely, be a travelling merchant that has assistaints that do it automatically occasionally."

Sayzor says, "Joranis is a locksmith...and a theif. Do not trust him. He's one shadey hobbit."

Sayzor says, "The only difference between an alum lockpick from the shop, and a "True" one is the value of it. It is not set properly in the shop."

Sayzor says, "As far as the raise goes...I need one first."

Sayzor smirks.

Tealyona says, "thank you, I think thats all I have to ask except I am very pleased about the triple train"

Sayzor asks, "Did I answer all of them?"

Sayzor grins.

Tealyona says, "one thing"

Sayzor nods to Tealyona.

Tealyona asks, "so I will be able to use the best pick on the list if I have tripled trained at what age?"

Sayzor mumbles something about having to do math after all this.

Sayzor grins.

Tealyona asks, "and if I want to rely on skill I should use what kind of table to figure for what kind of lock?"

Sayzor says, "14th, I believe."

Tealyona asks, "with what pick?"

Sayzor says, "Scuse me, 13th."

Sayzor says, "That's somethign you're going to have to figure out or ask other Rogues. I know the answer, but it's part of the skill to learn the numbers."

Sayzor grins.

Tealyona says, "...lick...."

Sayzor says, "That's why I am not releasing the Bonus beyond a vague quality."

Tealyona says, "thanks, I wiggle my toes at you...I am really going to enjoy the puzzles in the traps"

Sayzor grins.

Tealyona says, "thank you"

Having finished addressing the assembly Tealyona sits back down.

Sayzor nods to Stremm, who stands up to address the assembly.

Sayzor says, "Stremm says, 'one real problem i see. Some of us help watch for deaths of and communication from friends. Taking our amulets seems unreasonable.'"

Sayzor grins.

Stremm says, "One particulart example of this comes up with the rolaren gate in Icemule"

Sayzor says, "I have never gotten one useful peice of information from the AmuNet in the Landing or Teras. I've never been on Ice Mule's or River's Rest as a player."

Stremm says, "Interesting. That's exactly what i suspected"

Sayzor chuckles.

Sayzor says, "As I said...as a player."

Stremm says, "We are often called to open the gate. And often when people are innjured or dead, and needing rescue."

Sayzor says, "The concept behind the ESP change is that you cannot concentrate on the disarming or picking of a chest when you have voices filling your head."

Stremm says, "That seems a valid point on the surface."

Sayzor says, "If people think directly to you, they will get through without you being hindered if you use one of the methods of turning off all but private thoughts."

Stremm asks, "yet i hear you saying those who have chosen to join societies dn't have this problem?"

Sayzor says, "Those in Voln do not. The Voln "Net" is not an AmuNet in the sense that the rest are."

Stremm says, "i'm told you might have not listened in on the voln net lately."

Sayzor chuckles.

Sayzor says, "Being the Co-Soceity Guru, I've done alot with Voln lately. So yes, I have."

Sayzor says, "If the majority feels that the Voln Net should be included, then I will make plans to include it."

Stremm asks, "'and if i choose to join one of these societiies, i continue to communicate with friends?"

Sayzor says, "I do not understand the question."

Stremm asks, "is it possib;e that one of the lesser used amunet channels could be preserved?"

Sayzor says, "It is possible, yes."

Stremm says, "for emergencies."

Stremm says, "that would satisfy the problem"

Sayzor nods.

Stremm asks, "another question if i may?"

Sayzor nods.

Stremm says, "It's not clear to me why i will want to stop using my old picks."

Sayzor says, "I'm not forcing anyone to stop using the old picks."

Sayzor says, "They will eventually break beyond repair, as they are still subject to the new breakage system."

Stremm asks, "what is the penalty for using old pickss, or advantage for changing?"

Sayzor says, "Stockpiling Alum Lockpicks is not something I am unaware of the possibility of."

Sayzor says, "A solution that works is what is needed...and at this time, I do not have one for that particular stumbling block. Old Picks are not planned on being changed. That itself is subject to change."

Stremm says, "ok. thank you."

Sayzor says, "If a system arises where the old picks can be changed over to the new system...then that will be what I go with. It will be announced on the Boards prior to it going into place."

Sayzor says, "If I were to update a pick simply by the metal that it uses, then there would be alot of requests for alteration of Alum lockpicks to Vaalin Lockpicks."

Sayzor says, "Then, when I did the change...there would be alot of Vaalin Lockpicks out there that were purchased as Alum lockpicks."

Sayzor smiles.

Having finished addressing the assembly Stremm sits back down.

Sayzor nods to Rayzor, who stands up to address the assembly.

Sayzor says, "Rayzor says, 'Do you really expect any of the area effect traps to effect anyone but the locksmith? No one will remain joined on a nasty box and usually no one is in my party when I pick. Are we expected to hold hands with folks giving us boxes to give them a rush too?'"

Rayzor asks, "any chance of adding some effects that would effect all in the room, but not deadly? Like a fog of slow 2 gas, or an ewave of 20 seconds to all, or a 30 second stun from a shockwave, or an antimagic sphere that could suck away some/all spells from folks in the area?"

Sayzor begins chuckling at Rayzor.