/ \ _ ) (( )) ( (@) /|\ ))_(( /|\ _ |-|`\ / | \ (/\|/\) / | \ (@) | | ------------/--|-voV---\`|'/--Vov-|--\--------------|-| |-| '^` (o o) '^` | | | | `\Y/' |-| |-| The Monthly Imagica Ezine - Issue nr 3 | | | | (IMAGIZINE 15-06-1999) |-| |_|_____________________________________________________| | (@) l /\ / ( ( \ /\ l `\|-| l / V \ \ V \ l (@) l/ _) )_ \I `\ /' ` A monthly magazine concerning the MUD Imagica. This is an interactive magazine so your input is very much appreciated. If you want something in the Imagizine, then mail me (Cestus) at Cestus at email.jimagica.net so that I can put it in. .-----------------------------------------------------------------. / .-. .-. \ | / \ / \ | | |\_. | ~~ News ~~ | /| | |\| | /| |\ | |/| | `---' | | `---' | | |-----------------------------------------------------| | \ | | / \ / \ / `---' `---' Hi all, This message is written to announce the changes the new ImagicaMUD version has that is going online tonight. - Weapon damage : All weapons and objects (armor etc.) are suceptible to damage. You can repair items at shops that usually buy them, or you can 'mend' them using the correspondig skill. - Weapon type skills : In the near future (within a week from today) it will be nececary to have practiced the corresponding weapon skill to be able to use a type of weapon sucessfully. This also incorporates that some weapons will be useless to some classes. - No more autoleveling : To enhance role-playing, it has been decided to remove the autoleveling and change it so that you will have to go to 'a' guildmaster to check if you can level. - New spells, skills, etc. : The new Imagica version has a whole brand new spell/skill system which makes the MUD way more flexible. Due to this mayor change you will find that using 'spells' etc. is not that boring anymore. Every class has it's own spell/skill versions, and also mostly another way to invoke them. (check the helpfile on that). - Portal limitation : The portal spell has been severly limited to enchance the exploration factor. You can now only portal to 'know' places which you can recognise by the 'runes' that are in a room. Be aware though, there is a chance your portal will 'warp' and you will end up in another place than you expecting to. - New helpfile : There is a completely new helpfile installed which covers about 99% of all new and old commands and functionality. - New races : There are 3 more races in the new version : Ogre's, Lizardmen and Pixies. Read the racehelp from the creation menu to see what the advantages and disadvantages are. In addition to all this a lot of bugs were fixed and the possibilities for builders have been greatly expanded to provide you with even more playing pleasures. Note: Becoming immortal automaticly is also no longer possible. Instead the highest possible level to gain is the HERO level. Once on this level you will be able to gain even more experience and rise in status. You will also be able to become clan-representatives and town-mayor or (in the furture) you will even be able to rule complete zones! I you want to become Immortal in Imagica you will have to to something for it. This can be builder, questor spell/skill inventor etc. Please apply to such a function by contacting someone of the Imp team (levels 97 and up). This change will incorporate that some immortals become mortal again. They will be able to get back their mortal homes and some money to get back on track. I hope you all understand that these changes are all done to make it more fun to play Imagica, and I hope you will keep playing this advanced MUD. Greetings, Aragorn .-----------------------------------------------------------------. / .-. .-. \ | / \ / \ | | |\_. | ~~ Houses ~~ | /| | |\| | /| |\ | |/| | `---' | | `---' | | |-----------------------------------------------------| | \ | | / \ / \ / `---' `---' Houses / Rents These are the rules for buying a house in Imagica. Imagica offers the players the possibility to buy a house and exchange the daily rent costs for the monthly house payments. Paying monthly will, in long terms, free you from paying a lot of money per object per day. This means that you will pay only for your house and once a month. Not paying this payment will result in warnings and finally in loosing your house. And of course, abusing the system with for example keeping four Diamond Edged Swords in your house will not be tolerated. Houses are currently placed in Dinostreet Teldar, but there are plans in which other hometowns will be open for new houses later on. Procedures for buying a house 1. Contact the rent-master (Dani) and the Assistant Master Builder (Random), and tell them you want to buy a house. 2. Pay the house buying-fee (10.000 gold for two rooms) to the rent-master, and send a house description to the AMB (Assistant Master Builder). The description may be of two rooms each with a maximum of 4 extra descriptions (look closet, look wall, etc.). 3. Wait for the AMB to build the house and get word of your payment, so that he can activate it for you. Only after you get word of a High God that your house is activated you can use it. NOT BEFORE. Your house being in the mud is not always the same as having it as a working house. 4. Pay the montly rents every month. There is a limitation of 30 objects per house, this is to keep the balance in the game and there is a minimum level of 30. Also i want to make sure that you know that, houses cannot be build as soon as you ask for it. As with other points, High Gods are busy poeple, they dont have time (working) to build houses all day long. But the AMB will do his best to create them as fast as he can. Also, a married couple can buy a house with one extra room, 1 for each person and 1 extra room in which they can make a living room or whatever they want. Some poeple might want to build a zone around their house, they can do so but get only 3 rooms in the zone for which their house is. The rest of this zone is public teritorie around their house. The current costs: House buying = 10.000 gold for 2 rooms Married couple = 15.000 gold (3 rooms) Rent payment per month = 4.000 gold Married couple = 6.000 gold (3 rooms) Random, God of Light and Darkness (AMB) .-----------------------------------------------------------------. / .-. .-. \ | / \ / \ | | |\_. | ~~ The coolest / best area ~~ | /| | |\| | /| |\ | |/| | `---' | | `---' | | |-----------------------------------------------------| | \ | | / \ / \ / `---' `---' Well, since absolutely NOBODY sent anything in, there is no best zone. A dissapointed Editor .-----------------------------------------------------------------. / .-. .-. \ | / \ / \ | | |\_. | ~~ The free comment Area ~~ | /| | |\| | /| |\ | |/| | `---' | | `---' | | |-----------------------------------------------------| | \ | | / \ / \ / `---' `---' This is YOUR area, anything that you want to let others now you can put here. Just mail Cestus (Cestus at email.jimagica.net) and I will put your message in this Area. ---- Submitted by: Mender A special thanks from the masterbuilder for bug hunting and typo hunt inside the world of Imagica. This thanks goes especially for Cestus and Random for doing a great job on this. Keep up the good work! Mender .-----------------------------------------------------------------. / .-. .-. \ | / \ / \ | | |\_. | ~~ Quotes ~~ | /| | |\| | /| |\ | |/| | `---' | | `---' | | |-----------------------------------------------------| | \ | | / \ / \ / `---' `---' The area will be used to put all your quotes on. To enter a quote please mail Cestus (Cestus at email.jimagica.net), and I will put your quote in. ---- Submitted by: Cestus Learn not only to find what you like, learn to like what you find. .-----------------------------------------------------------------. / .-. .-. \ | / \ / \ | | |\_. | ~~ Adverts ~~ | /| | |\| | /| |\ | |/| | `---' | | `---' | | |-----------------------------------------------------| | \ | | / \ / \ / `---' `---' This area is used for adverts. Anyone can send in their own advert, just mail Cestus (Cestus at email.jimagica.net) and I will put your advert in. (This of course has to concern Imagica). ---- Submitted by: - .-----------------------------------------------------------------. / .-. .-. \ | / \ / \ | | |\_. | ~~ Policy ~~ | /| | |\| | /| |\ | |/| | `---' | | `---' | | |-----------------------------------------------------| | \ | | / \ / \ / `---' `---' For everyone that hasn't read the Imagica policy! READ IT! You can read our policy at either the Homepage www.jimagica.net or by typing "policy" when you are playing. If you play Imagica you are obligated to behave by the simple rules that are stated in the policy. All the "rules" are made to keep playing Imagica fun. Your friendly neighborhood Gaffer, Cestus .-----------------------------------------------------------------. / .-. .-. \ | / \ / \ | | |\_. | ~~ Problems ? ~~ | /| | |\| | /| |\ | |/| | `---' | | `---' | | |-----------------------------------------------------| | \ | | / \ / \ / `---' `---' If you are having any kinds of problems (troubles) with another person playing Imagica. (Harassing, speaking foul language, etc) then please contact me (Cestus) via mud-mail or E-Mail so that I can take the appropiate actions against that person. Remember, all players are actual real-life people behind a computer, so treat them as you would like to be treated yourself. E-Mail addresses can be found below (In the Imagica Info). .-----------------------------------------------------------------. / .-. .-. \ | / \ / \ | | |\_. | ~~ Unsubscribing ~~ | /| | |\| | /| |\ | |/| | `---' | | `---' | | |-----------------------------------------------------| | \ | | / \ / \ / `---' `---' To unsubscribe yourself from this magazine, thus you don't want to receive this magazine anymore then. Just mail to listserv at email.jimagica.net with "signoff mortals" in the body and you will automatically be removed. This means however that you will also be removed from the mortal mailinglist. .-----------------------------------------------------------------. / .-. .-. \ | / \ / \ | | |\_. | ~~ Old issues ~~ | /| | |\| | /| |\ | |/| | `---' | | `---' | | |-----------------------------------------------------| | \ | | / \ / \ / `---' `---' For all people that have missed/lost old issues, and want ro read them. All the old issues as well as the current issue can be found on the Imagica homepage at www.jimagica.net .-----------------------------------------------------------------. / .-. .-. \ | / \ / \ | | |\_. | ~~ Imagica Info ~~ | /| | |\| | /| |\ | |/| | `---' | | `---' | | |-----------------------------------------------------| | \ | | / \ / \ / `---' `---' Imagica Homepage - https://jimagica.net Mud Address - jimagica.net (port:4000 or 119) />_________________________________ [########[]_________________________________> \> E-Mail Aragorn (Producer) - Aragorn at email.jimagica.net E-Mail Hero (Producer) - Hero at email.jimagica.net E-Mail Mender (Co-prod) - Mender at email.jimagica.net E-Mail Venice (Co-prod) - Venice at email.jimagica.net E-Mail Radagast (Director) - Radagast at email.jimagica.net E-Mail Random (Director) - Random at email.jimagica.net E-Mail Cestus (Gaffer) - Cestus at email.jimagica.net />_________________________________ [########[]_________________________________> \> Gods: Aragorn - God of Balance Hero - God of Balance Mender - God of Life Venice - God of Death Radagast - God of Elements Random - God of Darkness and Light Cestus - God of War />_________________________________ [########[]_________________________________> \> Clan Homepages: the Daggers Of Destiny (DOD) http://www.si.hhs.nl/~v962931/ WARlock clan (WAR) http://www.fictional.net/warlock/war.htm Army of Darkness and Death (ADD) http://www.si.hhs.nl/~v962789/clan.htm The Heavenly Disorder (THD) http://www.nai.nu/thd Defenders Of Justice (DOJ) http://www.xs4all.nl/~mellow The Raging Bersekers (TRB) http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Gazebo/9848 The Soul Reavers (TSR) http://scroll.to/tsr />_________________________________ [########[]_________________________________> \> Clan E-Mail contacts: the Daggers Of Destiny (DOD) - Radagast at email.jimagica.net WARlock clan (WAR) - Venice at email.jimagica.net Army of Darkness and Death (ADD) - Vriens@Casema.net The Heavenly Disorder (THD) - Cestus at email.jimagica.net Defenders Of Justice (DOJ) - Cldoj@Hotmail.com The Raging Bersekers (TRB) - Imagicatrb@Hotmail.com The Soul Reavers (TSR) - Tsr_clan@Yahoo.com .-----------------------------------------------------------------. / .-. .-. \ | / \ / \ | | |\_. | ~~ Credits ~~ | /| | |\| | /| |\ | |/| | `---' | | `---' | | |-----------------------------------------------------| | \ | | / \ / \ / `---' `---' Editor: Cestus, the God of War Thanx to (for their input): Mender, Aragorn, Random _ _ ,/ \, _________{( })_________ /.-------./\\ //\.-------.\ //@@@@@@@//@@\\ ) ( //@@\\@@@@@@@\\ //@@@@@@@//@@@@>>/ \<<@@@@\\@@@@@@@\\ //O@O@O@O//@O@O// \\O@O@\\O@O@O@O\\ //OOOOOOOO//OOOO|| \ / ||OOOO\\OOOOOOOO\\ //O%O%O%O%//O%O%O%\\ ))(( //%O%O%O\\%O%O%O%O\\ ||%%%%%%%%//' `%%%%\\ // \\ //%%%%' `\\%%%%%%%|| ((%%%%%%%(( %%%%%\\ (( )) //%%%%% ))%%%%%%)) \:::' `::\\ `:::::\\ \)~~(/ //:::::' //::' `:::/ )' `;)' (` ` \\ `<@ @>' / / ' ') `(;' `( ( \`\ )^^( / / ) _ ) \\oo/ ( (@) \ `' / _ |-|\__________________\__^__<________oOo__________ (@) | | VVV \|-| |-| Have FUN playing Imagica ! |-| |_|\_____________________________________________ | | (@) / ,/ \_____/ \\ ~\/~ `\|-| ~ ___//^~ \____/\\ (@) <<< \ __ <____/|| ~ < \ <___/|| || <___// \ \/__// ~----~