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The Ten Towers                                Updated: 10 July 1997    News
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  Upcoming guilds: Elementalist, Ninja, Bard, Ranger, and Shaman.
  Spell/skill suggestions are welcome, we also need some testplayers
  for these guilds.  Contact a one of the Gods for more information, you
  can do this by sending mail to 'god'.

  Money changer is back * Autoexit now also has a long version * Skills
  can now be limited to certain races (e.g. tail) * Heartbeat regen is in,
  regen rate is listed in score * Some major flaws in the exp and battle
  system have been fixed * (plants) Root walk and poison weapon work *
  Battle Elves are in, they assist Plants in combat :) * You can now order
  your charmies to guard you :) * Highscore is being changed * Mana usage
  has been changed, help entries will arive soon... * Some plant skills
  are not in yet, e.g. 'create fruit', don't worry they will soon be in :)

  Magic casting has changed again.  TIMEZONE command is in.
  Aggressive Hunters are now in...  Beware!
  AGGRESSIVE command is now in, when aggressive you will attack aggressive
  mobiles when encountering them.
  BACKSTAB and CIRCLE now only works when your weapon is a dagger.
  PROTECTION from GOOD / EVIL changed.  See help entry.

  Graucho and the priests of the lost temple had a long talk, it has been
  decided that the healer priests now choose real random characters to
  heal.  They also decided to give the healers more powers and spells.
  In order to keep order in the temple the priests are taking self-defence
  courses from Graucho.  The first skill they learned is 'touch of death'...

  Mobiles can now fade out of phase (OFF_FADE) to avoid attacks,
  the psionicist's guild also supports that skill.  Mobiles can now also
  use the crush and tail skills (OFF_CRUSH and OFF_TAIL).

  Beware: mages, druids, cleric, psionicists now use more spells in
  combat.  Expect more upgrades soon.

  Mobile strategy is coming soon, prepare for the worst...

  New or changed spells and skills:
    o  (new) Wall of Force spell by Perin
    o  (new) Warrior skill retreat, flee in a direction.  Group members
       follow automatically.
    o  (changed) Curse spell now also affect luck.
    o  fade, auto skill for psionicist like parry, dodge and shield block
    o  crush and tail.

  Magic now has its own wait state, it is indicated by a plus in front
  of your prompt.

  The new editor is ready for some testing, use the 'descedit' command.
  Please direct bugs and comments/ideas to Graucho.

  All door stuff has been updated.  Bashing of doors, hidden doors, secret
  doors, bashproof doors, jammed doors (prevents running and shooting
  weapons) etc. are in.

  Added 'quitlag' of 5 ticks when someone get a killer/thief flag.  Quitlag
  means that breaking your link doesn't make you invis, and that you can't
  quit.

  Other changes:
    o  AUTOEAT and AUTODRINK are now available.
    o  FINGER command has been updated.
    o  DELETE command now requires a password to confirm deletion.
    o  STATS command will show your stats.
    o  Newbies don't lose equipment when they die.
    o  Armor can now be damaged.  Repair shops will appear in all major
       cities.
    o  You can now lose stats, levels, and hp, mana, movement points when
       killed.

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