JULY 24, 2001

Item Changes:

• Silver Chitin Hand Wraps' haste effect has been repaired.
• The Smite scroll no longer lists Enchanters as a class that can use it.
• The Augment Death scroll no longer lists Shadowknights as a class that can use it.
• Many pelts have been made stackable. Those that are not stackable now are quest items that will not be made stackable.

Spell Changes:

• Focus of Spirit will now stack with Voice of the Berserker.
• Barrier of Force will now stack with Protection of the Glades.
• Manaskin and Protection of the Glades will now stack.

Trade Skill Changes:

• Repaired some class/deity combinations on two of the deity specific pottery Idols.

Changes to Sullon Zek:

• There are no faction hits for killing half-elves in any city.
• If an Erudite of Paineel is killed in Paineel the killer takes a faction hit (existing rule).
• If an Erudite of Erudin is killed in Erudin the killer takes a faction hit (new rule).
• Bards can't cast harmful spells on boats.
• If a character kills a higher level character, the higher level character will always lose experience. This is in addition to the fact that any player killed within the + or - 5 level range will lose experience.
• Goods and Neutrals will now be able to turn in Greater Insignias for a Magician only summon corpse potion usable only at levels over 45th.
• Characters under level 6 will no longer be immune to PvP in many adventure zones. Players will be notified when they enter such zones.

Misc. Changes:

• /target playername will now work on invisible targets as long as the character doing the targeting has the ability to see invisible.

NOTE:

Boisterous shouts can be heard across the lands as carriers herald the arrival of the latest volume of their city's newspapers. Citizens rush to get a copy of these publications to read the featured articles, latest gossip, and community news for their hometowns.