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Bodhisattva, posted on Tue Sep 30 12:17:07 2025
Posted by: Kake
Category: General
Priests' passage rooms now have (spoiler-free) helpfiles.

A few of the messages in the sailing mission have been changed to make it clear that adjustments to the XP reward are affected by the speed at which you do the mission rather than by how you treat the engine. The only change is in the messages - everything else is as it was before.

Maisey Goes To Therapy, posted on Mon Sep 29 08:44:34 2025
Posted by: Evensong
Category: General
It has been discovered that Maisey Bent has a rather more squeamish nature than she let on and was viewing any act of murder near her as a personal attack against her.

She has now undergone therapy and has been made to accept that this world can be rather harsh at times and she just needs to Deal With It. She has made good progress and has promised the guild to differentiate between attacks on her and attacks on those around her.

She has also agreed to drop any old grievances as she was unable t...

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Youthful Indiscretion, posted on Tue Aug 19 09:56:59 2025
Posted by: Kake
Category: General
A witch named Brienna has taken up residence on Wall Street West in Sto Lat. Rumour has it that she can help you reverse any unfortunate tattoo-related decisions you might have made while inebriated (or even while stone-cold sober).

Short And Sweet Fix Notifications, posted on Thu Jul 24 22:49:45 2025
Posted by: Evensong
Category: General
I have now cleaned up the mess I left last time I played with the code. I've probably left a whole new mess but progress is progress :)

First of all, the recent change to allow people who had missed the chance at the addiction achievements meant that no-one could gain the achievements. This has now been sorted.

Secondly, Fools who had Faces that required an accessory worn on the face/head didn't get their benefit from wearing their face because they were wearing something on their face/head. ...

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Helpless In The Face Of Your Beauty, posted on Thu Jul 17 16:34:36 2025
Posted by: Kake
Category: General
Over the years, the effects of MMM on NPCs and on players had drifted apart unintentionally. This has now been fixed, and so, for example, NPCs can no longer backstab while under the influence of MMM.

Two new souls have been added: "coo" and "dust". Relatedly, the syntax for using the feather duster has been changed to "dust X with duster" (rather than just "dust X").

The guards who spawn in the offices of the Coffee Nostra officials (consiglieres, accountants, etc) were not always joining in...

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Seeking Screenreader Users To Apply As Playtesters, posted on Mon Jun 30 17:19:53 2025
Posted by: Kake
Category: General
Do you use a screenreader to play the MUD? Would you ever consider applying as a playtester?

If your answer to both of these questions is yes, then the PT domain admin would love to hear from you! We don't currently have any PTs who use screenreaders, and we'd like to fill this gap in our team.

You can talk to Kake, Mauve or Pokey for more information, or check out the resources under the Playtesting menu on the MUD website, or just take the plunge and use the "apply" command.

Please note th...

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Added Value, posted on Wed Jun 25 12:02:00 2025
Posted by: Kake
Category: General
Vessels (i.e. liquid-containers such as cups, buckets, bottles, etc) can now be manually filled when you're in a water room using the syntax "fill <object> from here".

Honeycombs can now be referred to as "full honeycomb" or "empty honeycomb" as appropriate.

Barbarian-themed saddlebags are now sold at the summer and winter Hublandish Barbarian camps.

Flowers braided into your hair are no longer visible when you're wearing something that covers your hair.

A Fine Disregard For Awkward Facts, Part 2, posted on Fri Jun 13 11:30:10 2025
Posted by: Kake
Category: General
As I blogged about last month, we recently identified a long-standing bug that was sometimes letting objects be put inside containers when they shouldn't have fitted due to length and width restrictions.

For the past two weeks, the MUD has been giving a WARNING to anyone who managed (due to this bug) to put an over-large item inside a container it shouldn't fit into. This was done in order to let people check whether they had been unwittingly taking advantage of this bug, and if so, to make any...

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The Fix Is In, posted on Wed Jun 11 15:49:09 2025
Posted by: Stygian
Category: General
This month's Bugfix Weekend involved fixes across the Disc. Below are some of the most noteworthy:

* Mrs Cosmopilite's branch in Holy Wood has begun to rotate its stock a little more frequently.

* The dogs from Peter Periwinkle's pet shop will now respond to a wider range of souls (try barking and howling at them, for example). Also, a bug has been fixed that was making some of them try to pick up things from the floor that were too heavy; those that do pick things up will now target lighter ...

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Armchair Traveller, posted on Sat May 31 09:24:11 2025
Posted by: Kake
Category: General
The Ohulan-Cutash arcane transport NPC has finally remembered where Ephebe and Genua are.

You can now rock in all, not just some, of the rocking chairs sold as playerhouse furniture.

Master Yung will no longer tell aspiring ninja that they're ready to become chunin when they actually aren't.

The "indian" soul has been removed. (For those who were unaware: its name involves a derogatory reference to Native Americans.)

Paper packets are now less weird about what they'll let you put into them. ...

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