source taken from UO U.Hall


The following idea was tossed around a couple years ago, but I want to revisit it. I'm posting this here because I've had exactly 1 person view my ideas den post in the last 2 hours...

The Amulet of the King is a special unique Amulet that randomly appears somewhere in Sosaria (Felucca or Trammel). Whomever finds it and picks it up (it doesn't have to be worn) gets an immediate 4-fold boost to their Str, Dex, and Int (i.e. their values are all quadrupled above the hard caps) and a 25% increase (above all hard caps) to all skills. They also have the option of taking on a creature form and choosing a different (temporary) name.

They can attack and kill people in the Felucca or Trammel (no looting in Tram) rule-set of normal Shards (they are grey or a special color), though they can't get any help from their Guild Mates or friends in Trammel. They aren't invulnerable, but they can give and take much more damage.

If the holder of the amulet dies, logs out, completes one of the two Amulet of the King Quests, drops it (or tries to trade it), or the shard goes down, the Amulet disappears and reappears in a random location somewhere else in Sosaria and the person's stats, form, and name revert to their normal values.

Amulet of the King Quests.

Quest 1: If the holder of the amulet kills 6 different Spawn champions (nobody else can do any damage to the champion, but friends or guildmates can help keep the holder alive and uncursed), they get a choice of a unique item (maybe the Cloak of the King with 100 luck, 20% LRC, 20% DI, or 32 Resists on it).



Quest 2: If the holder of the amulet kills 50 player characters while holding the amulet, they would get the Smith Hammer of the King or the Sewing Kit of the King which would add 1 maxed out property to any non-artifact item (an item could only be enhanced with up to 5 properties).

What this would add to the game...

1) More players would actually explore all areas of Sosaria, looking for the Amulet.
2) Folks couldn't AFK in banks because the Holder of the Amulet might show up at any time and slaughter them (though guards could be called).
3) PvMers in Trammel would have a chance to fight a creature with Human AI and a different skillset each day.
4) The Champion Spawn areas wouldn't be so easily manipulated by guilds anymore, since the Holder of the Amulet could easily wipe out entire guilds of 5-10 players.
5) A player who is normally quiet and unassuming or who has a good reputation and finds the amulet can be "bad" for a day. Since the holder can change their form and name, they can be completely anonymous as they go on a killing rampage or do Champ Spawns they normally wouldn't be able to do.

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Why not create a world boss that roams around and is 10x harder than a DF?


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I just thought it would be fun if a paying player could control it rather than depending on Computer AI. Also the holder's stats and skills would mean the Holder of the Amulet would be different every time, thus different tactics would need to be employed to defeat the Holder.

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I think the idea is fun, but I would remove the bit about being able to attack people in Trammel with a super-powered character. That might not make your idea so popular.
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Heh - cool ideas.


Just remember -- be careful what you wish for - heh




I take back what i said about the Ophedians, ok Draconi.

Draconi ?!?

Dave "CatHat" Brown -
UO Character and Environment Artist -
EA Mythic

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Cathat has been too quiet lately.No surprise to see hes still lurking around some where *grins*

That would be so neat. I would play for 24 hours straight. Killing everyone in sight. I think I would wrack up over 1000 kills!!!! Oh yeah, I think I will dream about it tonight.

I really like this idea. To hell with the quests...just let the rampage begin!! Trammel or Felucca...who cares..all fair game!! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!