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    ((This post will ramble and meander around, you have been warned. Things by me as the player will be in parentheses, while things in...
  • Starting my Journey on the Path of Virtue, thoughts and suggestions

    ((This post will ramble and meander around, you have been warned. Things by me as the player will be in parentheses, while things in character will be in quotes.)) ~ Bhenadryl, the wandering Ranger.

    ((This is a semi-rewrite of chap one so it feels more like chap two. It's posted as a flash back.))

    "I woke up in a cold sweat. I hadn't realized I'd had been screaming until I felt the innkeeper's hand on my shoulder. He looked at me with concern in his eye. I apologized profusely, I must have awoken every other patron here tonight. He told me to pay it no mind and offered me a seat by the fireplace. Handing me a mug of spiced cider, he told me that he had a familiarity with such things as he had been a captain in the local militia before he retired to run this, his family's inn. He had taken an arrow to the knee and had decided to turn in his colors, never did heal right he said with a wry grin. I sat there eyeing the crackling flames."

    "Bandits, I told him. I had recently stormed the encampment south of Yew. I had sought to end their villainy and return a semblance of justice to the lands... but had I? The innkeeper, old Archaaz gave me a knowing look. He said he had seem my armor and kit as I stumbled into the inn exhausted. I thought I had done my best to clean the blood and gore from myself. Had a seasoned eye he said, knew the signs of a battle. I looked down into my mug and began telling my tale of how I started this journey..."

    ((In character creation the birth city I got was Yew, so I decided to roll with it. Also for my character portrait I have an eye patch, but haven't lost the eye yet. I mean whats cooler then a one eyed ranger am I right?))

    "I remember my times as a lad. I had been born a child of Yew, surrounded by the sights and sounds of the forest, and the towering presence of the Yew trees. Of running around, swing sticks in mock sword fights. The felling of trees, and the shaping of wood."

    "There was this younger lad you see. Young Chern, he had the dream to become a mighty and powerful mage. He would chase the local birds and chickens yelling CORP POR, as he tossed stones at them. The other children and I had taken to calling him Corpo because of this. I let out a small chuckle in remembrance. His family had pack a wagon full of goods, they where headed for the capital to hopefully make good coin from their wares. Corpo had jumped into the back of the wagon. He exclaimed that they where off to Britain, and that he would become a great mage, that he would apprentice to Archmage Nystul himself. The other children and I had all laughed, "Sure! Sure!" we all had chuckled in unison. They had never arrived."

    "I spent the rest of my youth chopping wood, making arrows, and hunting game. When I was of age I made my way to Skara Brae, I hoped to join the league. I had walked the same road that... Well, I had made it to the guild hall... Even saw the legendary Shamino, though I dare not speak to him. I managed to find the guildmaster, and I inquired about joining. One thousand gold coins?! I could only laugh, where was a lad to find that kind of money. Britain the guildmaster said, always coin to be found in the capital. I gathered my things and set off once more. To Britain, of all places, to where... No, I didn't want to dwell on it again."

    "As I made my way down the road I manged to shoot a few rabbits and strung them up, tossing them over my shoulder. I had spotted a regal buck cresting over a hill, and had thought to make sport of it, but I reconsidered. Even if I manged to drop the beast there would be no way for me to carry it all the way to Britain. Years of swinging an axe had given me quite the bit of muscle, but with all my other supplies and kit it would have been a daunting task. I eyed a grouse rustling out of a nearby shrubbery, and let lose an arrow. I trussed the bird up, making my way to the grand gates of the city. Furs and meat would sell. What butcher wouldn't be in need of fresh game? Only question was if I would get good coin for it."

    ((FYI the butcher is broken again, she refuses to take my meats. I'm no bard, but I shouldn't need that much charisma... right?))

    "I sighed, what a pittance... I would have done better to save it for myself and make a meal of it with what the vendors would charge for a meal. I made my way to a near by inn on the water, I would need lodging for the night lest I camp outside the gates. Luckily, I had enough between my saves and my hunting."

    "The innkeeper had poured himself a drink. Not speaking, just listen to my tale. I looked up. Continue, when you are ready he said. I down the mug of cider in one go. He poured me another. I continued with my retelling..."

    (To Be Continued...)
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    Starting my Journey on the Path of Virtue, thoughts and suggestions

    Very well written and entertaining! I look forward to the next installment. You should check out the bookbinding system. It includes sealing wax for sealing books (crafted with WaxCrafting) so they can no longer be written in, as well as a lot of cool books you can craft.

    Swamp Boots are craftable using Spined Hides from serpents and related mobs. I got this script from an old, now defunct UO server based on Ultima III. The owner was nice enough to share many of his scripts on the website, before it closed down for good. I was a bit late and never got to try it, but it looked quite interesting.

    As for combining the skills, I will discuss it with the others. I have some ideas as well for making certain skills more attractive. Some really good suggestions here.

    Reapers do have a chance to drop certain items, though not magic reaper wood…not yet anyway.

    Regarding the bounty posters and bailiffs, these used to be a thing. Bailiffs would offer a contract to kill x amount of a certain mob. Basically, you targeted the corpse and it deleted it and put it on the bounty. The bailiff offered gold and the possibility of other rewards upon turning in a completed bounty. I want to bring it back, but I want to use carved and dropped items from the particular mobs to complete the bounty. A system for bounties for special NPC bandits (like the head of the bandit leader) and other criminals would be neat too.
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    Continuing my Journey on the Path of Virtue... ((This post will ramble and meander around, you have been warned. Things by me as the...
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    Continuing my Journey on the Path of Virtue... ((This post will ramble and meander around, you have been warned. Things by me as the...
  • Corp Por This
    Thank you for the feedback, @Bhenadryl! I am glad your experience with PoV has been a positive one. I have been a fan of the Ulima...
  • Starting my Journey on the Path of Virtue, thoughts and suggestions

    Continuing my Journey on the Path of Virtue...

    ((This post will ramble and meander around, you have been warned. Things by me as the player will be in parentheses, while things in character will be in quotes.)) ~ Bhenadryl, the wandering Ranger.

    "I have continued my journey. Secure in my skill and new equipment I set to venture far and wide. To get a better lay of the land, and to help those I can along the way. I now find myself less a hunter of beasts, and more a hunter of men. I would say that this saddens me, but truth be told, some injustices can only be solved with the end of a rope, point of a blade, or the nock of an arrow."

    "While journeying past the cemetery of Vesper I was set upon by a foul hood. The wretch was crafty, and no matter how many arrows I let loose the brigand would mange to slip away and heal themselves in full. I would not win a battle of attrition. While in Britain, I had come into the company of a stalwart paladin. So, I set off an penned a missive and sent it by carrier bird. My missive found its home, and soon I was joined by companion. ((Keeshi, the Anhkless)) Together we burst into the graveyard, hacked our way past the vile undead to find our quarry. The battle was long, and arduous, but towards the end we won the day, and the villain lay vanquished."

    ((This battle was tough, I quickly jumped behind Keeshi and starting bandaging while letting arrows fly. Then all of a sudden the hood jumps the fence! I keep shooting and poor Keeshi has to run out and all the way around. Finally catching up to the hood Keeshi hits it a few times only for the hood to jump back over then fence, and I watch Keeshi run back again. lol, it was hilarious.))

    "I bid my companion farewell, as we both had different destinations in mind, and I readied myself for my return. While I had previously used the Moongate to transport myself to Minoc and Vesper, I though that perhaps I should take the trade road south on my return to Britain. I follow the road and come across more brigands. This land is awash in villainy. With my previous encounter fresh in my mind I make use of the trees. I dart to and fro, like a serpent that has had too much wine. I check my quiver to find that I'm running low... I'll need to save the last few for when I'm most in need. I draw my tree felling axe from belt loop and charge in. Snicker-snack went my axe, the last brigand at my feet. I wipe down the axe head with an old rag, looking at the surrounding carnage. What grim work I have wrought, grim work indeed, but a necessary one."

    ((trying to solo all those bandits wasn't easy, and by the time I got the last one and the key it de-spawns. Side note, all around town there are bounty hunting posters saying inquire with in. There is no one to inquire with. I already told Arch about how if you carve bandit corpses the parts fall under the bones and makes it damn near impossible to loot the heads. Could we take these heads and then turn them in these bounty offices for gold/fame/karma?))

    "I make my way to the bog between Cove and Britain. In my hubris I though that I could cross it quickly and be done with it. I was wrong... Poison! The swamp was a churn with filth and pestilence. I had not done my due diligence and prepared properly. I had forgotten a pair of swamp boots. If it had not been for my hardy constitution I would have sunken beneath those fetid waters. ((It's a cool throw back that swamps are poisonous. Now where do I get swamp boots, and how do they work? Are they made from the hide of giant carnivorous frogs?))

    "After making my way free of that accursed place, I traveled towards the coast line. Mostly to wash the filth from myself and grant myself a moment of respite. After a few moments, and feeling much refreshed I returned to the road. On the final length of my journey I heard the crackle and twisting of branches. Yet nothing abounds? Puzzled I look up... the tree is bewitches, a reaper! I grab for my axe, and swing. It has fell many a tree, but I worry... Will it hold against this creature? The blade is dull, yet I swing with all the might I can muster. Crack! It bites hard and deep. I hack, hack, hack again. This tree falls like any others. I muse to myself that perhaps I should dub my axe Treesbane. I laugh out loud in spite of myself. I continue on, to Britain." ((The reaper only drops regular wood, for a magic tree why not magic wood. Reaper Wood.))

    ((This came about from a long discussion on the discord. There are many skills which are under used, are extremely limited, over lap one another, or are so dependent on each other that you need both but they essentially function as one skill. So why not merge certain skills together. With so many skills being condensed it might be necessary to drop the total skills know down.

    *Hide & Stealth together for a true Stealth skill.

    *Pickpocket & Snooping into an all purpose Theivery skill.

    *Lockpicking & Remove Trap into an all purpose Mechanical skill, or "Locksmithing Skill". It could get a % bonus from Tinkering.

    *Herding & Taming into a "Beastmastery" skill.

    *Item Identification & Arms Lore into an all purpose Appraisal skill.

    *Taste Identification would fall under the Cooking skill. What cook doesn't taste their own fare to make sure it is seasoned correctly, and to make sure it is "not bloody raw".

    *Healing & Anatomy into Medicine. One can not heal the body if one does not know the body

    *Veterinary & Animal Lore into a condensed Veterinary skill. One can not heal an animal if one does not know the animal.

    *Begging transformed into Persuasion. Still functions that if you use it to beg a person then you get coin and a karma penalty. However, if used in an alternate way it could give better buy/sell prices at shops, creating more of a merchant skill. Maybe by saying out loud <shopkeeper i wish to haggle> or something along those lines.

    *Fletching, a craft that has barely anything to it's name. Now if the skill was to expand, then I'd say leave it be. There are many types of bows... Short, Long, Great, Hunting, War, Horse, Compound, Recurve, Composite, Siege, Japanese Yumi. There are many types of crossbows... Light, Heavy, Recurve, Compound, Hunting, Repeating, Reverse Draw, Arbalest. Finally, if you are trying to siege a castle, the Ballista. If fletching was expanded, then by all means it should be its own craft, if not then it would be better off under Carpentry.

    Sorry if this was a long one.))

    Starting my Journey on the Path of Virtue, thoughts and suggestions

    Thank you for the feedback, @Bhenadryl! I am glad your experience with PoV has been a positive one. I have been a fan of the Ulima universe since first playing Ultima V back in high school. UO was like a dream come true. I do apologize for the hiccups, but I suppose some are inevitable in a project like this.

    It is possible to converse with the lore NPCs, simple word recognition, mostly based on their dialog. Unlike the other talking NPCs, they do not yet offer greetings, though I will be adding this.

    I do understand you concern regarding starting out, esp. for those unfamiliar with UO. While I am not a fan of starter areas and tutorials, I do think having everyone start in the same place is a great idea. I had originially designed PoV with a large population in mind. I also never liked the fact that most people gathered in Britain. Having said that, I think that Britain would be a good starting place for everyone, eoither at the inn, or in British's throne room.

    Per your advice, I have added Faction Stones to the Town Halls of all towns, as well as British's throne room. I have also added this information to the wiki.

    I have likewise expanded the good which vendors will buy, and the price of some items (hides for example). I love that you are actually hunting, and think it should be a viable way to earn gold when starting off...and later, perhaps.

    Item ID for NPCs is another good idea, one that I almost implemented way back when I first released the shard in 2017. I decided to take your advice and have a certain type of NPC sell ID Scrolls for 500gp.

    As for the calendar, those months were named such due to a desire for variety. I am glad you enjoyed it overall. I am a big fan of randomness, and of having random quirks and such to roleplay around, though I will give some thought to allowing players to choose their birth date and town of birth.

    I will also give the cleric class some thought.

    Again, thans for the feedback! Please keep it coming, if and when you wish.
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