Darkness Ascendant

March 2000 - Announcements Page
== Game Changes ==
* Shadow Hunter Armor introduced.
* Sticky Melee introduced.
* Colored lighting effects introduced. Many lights, including the sun and moon, will now cast colored light in both hardware and software modes.
* Drudges and Golems have received new artwork.
* Dagger's skill damage modifier is now determined by coordination instead of strength.
* You can now use objects containing water to fill Empty Flasks!
* Objects containing water can now be used to fill empty flasks.
* Spell icons for Blade Bane/Lure, Bludgeon Bane/Lure, Acid Bane/Lure, Frost Bane/Lure, and Fire Bane/Lure updated with proper colors.
* Iron Ore and Slag icons updated.
== User Interface Updates ==
* You get a confirmation dialog when using uncharged mana stones on items that would be destroyed.
* The Bane and Lure spell icons now have unique colors.
== New Quests ==
* Shadow Armor Quest
== New Events ==
* Shadow Abductions
== New NPCs ==
* Alean the Steel Forger
* Jibril ibn Rashid
* Koga Hideki
* Qalaba'r Festival Grounds:
** Farmer (Male Gharu'ndim)
** Roaming Bowyer (Gharu'ndim)
* Rithwic Festival Grounds:
** Farmer (Male Aluvian)
** Roaming Bowyer (Aluvian)
* Yanshi Festival Grounds:
** Farmer (Female Sho)
** Wandering Bowyer
== New Locations ==
* 12.8S, 42.8E - Yanshi Festival Grounds
* 10.4N, 53.5E - Rithwic Festival Grounds
* 74.2S, 21.9E - Qalaba'r Festival Grounds
* Wedding Hall
=== New Points of Interest ===
* Spire's Head
* Shadow Spires
** A'mun Desert - 14.2S, 17.7E
** Aluvian Plains - 12N, 32.1E
** Blackmire Swamp - 26.2S, 51.4E
** Cragstone - 24.5N, 48.9E
** Eastham - 17.9N, 62.6E
** Khayyaban - 48.6S, 25.2E
** Linvak Mountain Range - 85.9S, 39.7E
** North Direlands - 20.2N, 71.2W
** Obsidian Plains - 62.4S, 71.1W
** Sawato - 29.5S, 59.3E
** Tiofor Woods - 43.8N, 0.8E
** Tou-Tou - 26.4S, 98.0E
** Tufa - 13.8S, 3.9E
== New Items ==
== Updated Items ==
== New Creatures ==
== New Dialog ==
;Town Crier
== Related Articles ==
* Rollout Article
* Teaser
* Release Notes
* Letter to the Players
* State of the Code
== Media ==
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