New Areas and Goals: Empyrean, Marshlands of Agroth and Path of the Believer Lasher, January 15, 2011 New Area and Goal – Empyrean, Streets of Downfall: In Sarcoph’s empire, all roads eventually lead to the imperial city. Those who survive the journey through the Great Eastern Desert and the foothills of the Demon’s Halo range will lay eyes on the seat of Sarcoph’s power. But the city itself is no safer than the path to it. No, it is the residence of Ignorance, Treason, Voracity, Might, and Delusion. It is Empyrean, and its alleys are the streets of downfall. Level Range : 170 to 200 Goal Difficulty : Difficult Goal Recommended at : Level 199 Goal Converters : Paramore & Dras Area Authors : Paramore & Falkon Area Replacement and Goal – The Path of the Believer: The Path of the Believer is where a believer will begin the first steps of prayer, fasting, and meditation. They will visit the temples along the path and commune with the gods. However one of the temples has been subverted. The priest there is preparing to summon hordes of evil unto the inhabitants, and they are in grave danger. Will you find a way to save the them, or will you leave the inhabitants to their fate? Level Range : 1 to 10 Goal Difficulty : Easy Goal Recommended at : Level 5 Goal Converter : Ageha Area Author : Domain New Goal – Marshlands of Agroth: Baya, the marsh witch has a problem. Her former maid servant, Siskriya has stolen her book of ancient flesh magic, and without it, she cannot balance the cycle of death in the marsh. Siskriya has gone deep into hiding and is being protected by several marsh inhabitants, enemies of Baya, or just convenient idiots. The maid who wants to become the new marsh witch has used her powers of persuasion, and her pale innocent looking face to beguile and convert many of the more powerful people in the marsh, you’ll need to seek them out, and stop their protection at any cost. To succeed, you’ll need to be as wise as a serpent, and as gentle as a small posse of axe wielding, magic throwing enraged barbarians. Hold on tight, because this will only end in blood. Level range : 105 to 125 Goal Difficulty : Medium Goal Recommended at : Level 125 Goal Conversion : Ayon Area Author : Pursia & Falkon MUD News
Titan’s Keep / Genie’s Last Wish January 17, 2016 Having a reboot where we add a new epic area is pretty rare. This reboot, we’re adding two! A Genie’s Last Wish – high level epic area and goal: The beautiful genie is in need of someone to free her from her entrapment. Many years ago she was taken prisoner… Read More
Combat / Grouping changes. July 30, 2011 Some fairly major enhancements made to how combat works both in groups and when attacking multiple targets. Combat should be much smoother now, unused hits roll over to the next target and assisting is pretty much instant. Full details below. Regular Combat Change: There is a fairly large change to… Read More
Web / Dissolve Rewrite. May 28, 2013 The web spell has been rewriten and has many changes. Before I get into the details I want to reflect on the state of Aard in general for a while. Somewhere along the line we (I) got reluctant to make these kinds of changes because of the effect it *might*… Read More