- All members over 6 months in GRi became Emmys (am I forgetting anyone?)

- The Moonglow event showed us our potential... and we have a new guild color(what color is it?)


Wings:
- Magik Academy, training/equiping newcomers.
- GRIT, helping all tamers.
- Torm/Manticores, becoming tough.
- Crafters, finishing skills and trading ingredients, talismans and recipes.
- Griffons, helping SWeavers and basic training.

Events:
- Moonglow.
1) best template?
2) best tactics?
3) what is going on?
4) do you need insurance?
5) rumours
6) would you like to trade some of the event items?

- Ilshenar.
1) keep exploring it.
2) post specific locations and quests.
3) weekly hunt.

- Gauntlet (Wednesdays).
1) Archer, mage or tamer.
2) Luck will help.

- Champ Spawns.
1) from time to time.
2) defend when asked.

- Peerless.
1) Travesty, Melisand, DreadHorn, Parox., Grizzled, Shimmering Effusion.

- Spawns with no powerscrolls/rewards.
1) Bedlam, Grove, Minotaurs (any other?)

- Sanctuary Quest.
1) best items in the game.

- Minotaur Quest.
1) seems to be fun and rewarding.



Scheduled Events:
- Wednesday- Gauntlet.
- Every Day- Moonglow Trammel/Shadowland.
- Every now and then- Champ spawns and Ilshenar exploring.

TONIGHT:
- Aprils Fool (tonight right?)


Under Discussion (DRI?):
- Factions.
1) should we pick one?
2) so ogre lords or silver serpents(?) or demons dont attack us?
3) stat loss is still happening?



Unfinished:
- WareHouse.
1) LRC armory,
2) MR2 Armory,
3) Recipe Vault,

- 115 Powerscrolls, plenty to give, please ask (no magery/evals)
- Moonglow Tactics and know what is going on.
- Bod trading.
- Get the best super dragons.
- restart the Peerless hunting.
- explore the three new dungeons (sewers...).
- Finish all champ spawns (trammel)
- Collect all skulls from the Fell champs.
- Do an harrower (7 red necros, 7 tamers, 1 discorder, 1 spellweaver required... we have 48 active players)


ARE WE MISSING ANYTHING? YOUR INPUT IS VITAL!!!

Moonglow appears to change every day and sometimes more than once a day.

At one time we had discussed a bod trading night or time. Is this still possible?

We also discussed a taming night or time. Not sure how effective this might be with many differing levels of tamers we currently have, but would still be appreciated.

Many new archers forming...perhaps an archery training night would be helpful?

Do we need to help with quests to get the skulls to get into Gauntlet?

Would like to do some more peerless (only one I have done is Lady Mel)...

And what is a red necro? As in Fel, with a count?

- you CANT mine huge chunks of black rock... require for the moonglow event.

- shadowlords seem to have vanished from moonglow shadowland.

- you can be looted inside the moonglow shadowland (BUG).

- cant cast armageddon (for now).

- moongates have the message... "out of order", be carefull.

- Spring flowers everywhere.

- threads of fate and life:

a) only characters with spirit speak can use the threads.

b1) messages:
Fate: "Regret and remorse fall away at long last: you feel forgiven" "Feelings of warmth and appreciation wash over you: you've gained something." "Despair and sorrow sink to the depths of your soul: a precious thing was lost."
Life: "A jumble of thoughts tumble chaotically through, but at last the confusion passes." "For a brief moment you are able to believe something as someone else does, yet it doesn't last." "You have a child." "You are born."
After which they were followed with "The experience fades away as you break contact with the thread..."

b2) more messages:

LIFE
"You begin working."
"You face a dark wood with two paths, and finally choose the one you wish to travel."
"You make a new friend."
"For a fleeting moment you walk along the edge of a dream, sharing in the experience."
"A jumble of thoughts tumble chaotically through, but at last the confusion passes."
"For a brief moment you are able to believe something as someone else does, yet it doesn't last."
"You have a child."
"You are born."
"You take a moment to reflect upon the past, and find it leads you to a solution for the present"
"You protect something"
"You are imprisoned."
"You fight."
"You marry."
"You're faced by an unfamiliar problem, but experience has given you the tools to forge ahead."
"Vivid images fill your mind, and unfamilar thoughts struggle to give them meaning"
FATE
"Passion dances with lust, you know what you want."
"The coldness bursts into flame: for a moment your hatred knows no bounds."
"For one pure moment absolute joy overwhelms you; you've never felt happier."
"Regret and remorse fall away at long last: you feel forgiven"
"Feelings of warmth and appreciation wash over you: you've gained something."
"Fear rises from the pit of your stomach you flee, you flee without hesitation"
"Despair and sorrow sink to the depths of your soul: a precious thing was lost."
"Peace comforts you; the hand of fate gives way to your hope."


Also, if you click on them again too soon you get: "Nothing happens, perhaps you are too tired from your last attempt?"

c) what are the shadowlords?
- Captain Johne whose ship went down a whirlpool and found the three shards of the dark jewel. He went mad and slew three of his crew who were raised by the three shards and became the three Shadowlords.
Ultima V: Lazarus - The Tale of Captain Johne

u5lazarus.com


d) Rumour:
"we'll be able to combine the threads using tailoring.", and we'll need SS... ???


Safe Gaming.

The clock is ticking...

We need a thread... requested bods. So we trade among the circle.

From hunting, gathering high level pets, using high powerscrolls, champ spawn and trade information... alot to do.

Monthly tournament plus archers night... plus, share all the bows. Hum, the Wednesday Gauntlet Hunt should/could be the weekly training night.

Keep dropping the bones at the WareHouse... so we summon and kill the bone demon before going into the Gauntlet.

We have to go back to Bedlam... perfect for tamers, archers and mages.

With 5 counts... in Fel. Reds cant visit Trammel. They need ot be Red so blues from the opposing guilds cant cross our para fields and ignore our defenses.

The Inu plot... by MapleStone.


"If you can explain what is going on, please do.
I hope that starts to help?



Inu shows up spouting nonsense, as does her rune beetle.
She has seen visions of the future (warped time, shadowlords perhaps sending out thoughts). Her rune beetle is intelligent, but can't talk so tries (with difficultly) to communicate with runes.

Rats in the sewers with coins.
Not everything is directly main-plot but I can't help shake the feeling that this was a harbinger of things which have still not yet occurred as the very foundations of the castle are at risk (Inu had some dire warnings about both Brit and Luna)

Some people (I forget who) go camping & go missing east out of brit.
I think this was getting them out of harm's way ... I could be wrong, but it was at a time when there was still a bit of a tug-of-war between the personal and epic stories of Inu.

Blackrcok & blackrock gain areas are used by just about everyone (which should mean everyones infected?)
This was a chain reaction consequence of the shattering of the blackrock piller at the finale of the ophidian war. The "???" that was released and defeated may have been a first attempt by the shadowlords at escape.

Time rifts in random places all over UO, plus the time lord
There really isn't a continental drift simulation in UO ... and I think the map is changing on us. (see below for why a leap in time is required)

the dungeon in Ilsh which had somethign which looked like a wanderer of the void in it which had the ability to cast mirror images.
Another attempted shadowlord escape?

Yriggor?.. was he anything to do with Inus event?
He was sent to shut Inu up. She was getting too close to the truth. (politely assuming she isn't a part of the past plan)

The Baracoon that spawned in the swamp south of Destard, anything to do with it?
My theory is that he was discovered a little too early, when the devs were sneaking some things in to be discovered later ... I believe (without more than a few half-remembered comments on the boards as proof) this was a plotline discarded or adjusted in response to player actions. It resulted in us all being given a copy of "The Shattering" ... which I now wonder may have been a long foreshadow for the concept of an alternate Moonglow?

Riccardo, comes, steals, gets locked up. Um etc... something to do with ophidionas and scions?
Ricardo led us to the discovery of the ophidians and (by stealing an artifact from them) set off the war. I'm not sure if he was intended to be a recurring character or if the devs got a kick out of the player reactions.

Books of truth & dark wisps in moonglow.
Book of Truth and Candle of Love are two of the three artifacts needed to open the Stygian Abyss in UO lore. Keep your ears open for a bell.

Daemon berserkers in Maginica.
UO follows the Ultima game series timeline more or less, but we're nearing the point where we are leaping to the next game in the series. Utima canon has that Maginica was destroyed between games for its pride and rebuilt as a much humbler place. The daemon attack allows us to participate in this event and potentially change the course of history on our shards (not sure how that's going to be handled, but even though it was "saved" in most places, it was also pretty much leveled).

that all equals fetid essences and fallen warriors? Plus shadowlords and berserkers and dark wisps in moonglow?
We now reach the climactic turning point, where the true enemies behind this grand plot are revealed to be the same villains who (ironically enough) are the centerpiece villains of the Stygian Abyss in Ultima lore. "

Do we have any chars that are treasure hunters/tmappers? That would be fun, too....

Yup, we can go dig some Level 4-5-6... runebooks with coordinates at the rune library.

If you wish to train a lockpicker and cartographer dont forget to bug the satyr...

Can anyone give me more information on factions? How are they coming into play? Are we choosing as a guild? If we choose a faction, can we be attacked in tram? Is this only for the moonglow event?

Can you give me more information about 2 and 3. Not sure i understand what this is about.

Now, I would like to be able to go to the champ spawns/harrower and hold my own. I have been to a few. Only real attacks I had to deal with was at the harrower. Frankly, never even saw the harrower. Is it possible to get the folks from DRI to show me and anyone else interested around fel, where these places are at, how to get in and out, best strategies to stay alive. When I went previously, if I knew where i was to go, I would have been much more help. And I guess it didn't help that I freaked out with all the reds

I have an archer I would like to finish training....want her to be able to PVP and do doom. Anyone want to help?? Please let me know. Available most evenings.

Factions is a unfinished system... some of us are betting that Moonglow will bring it to life... True Brittains versus Minax Followers versus Council of Mages versus Shadowlords...


Some monsters wont attack their faction allies...
Example: Pitr isnt attacked by ogre lords.


Champ spawning 101:
- eventually you will be pked.
- current uo context favors DRI.
- use a necro/mage.
- kill spawn, stay on the outside, never in the middle of the spawning area.
- be protected before killing the champ.
- cast polymorph, pull menu aside, so you wont change shape (going grey).
- right before the champ is dead, invis yourself and check which powerscrolls you got... then pass all scrolls to protector (you will be snooped).
- collect gold and items from the champ (nice items, some very rare).
- use the blackgate to the star room if you know it is safe.
- have a contingency way out if you expect trouble.
- if attacked start casting g heal on the target.
- if he becomes mortally wounded, invis him.
- each player is responsible for his own cures.
- stay together, cast para fields, Evs, meteors, have all tiles covered in fields, X HEAL!
- if you see a necro/mage going in to kill your foes using withers, heal heal heal and heal him....
- after the foes are smashed, collect all potions, bandages and check for uninsured items (which we give back), collect the remaining gold till you are full and depart because they will soon be back for another round... and they will be mad.
- scrolls won are to be rolled using a lucky dealer, double click on it, then pick 1d100 and ok... highest roll has first pick... remaining scrolls are given in New Haven, stored at the WareHouse or left behind.

Every archer can rock at both... versatile template.
PVM: talismans, slayer weapons.
PVP: fast weapons with hit lower defense and a magical effect.
A whole thread is required to discuss PVM and PVP...
Caliver and Alaina can teach you about Vampiric Embrace.
Training however can easely be done inside the Gauntlet.
Must skills: Archery, Tactics, Bushido... and many possible templates.

Ultima Online Travelogues - New Tales

GRI/DRI in action... 2008


Ultima Online Travelogues

GRI in action LONG AGO! (find the members)


Now you know why it is IMPORTANT to have guild colors!