- Stendhal 0.67: Happy Valentines
14 Feb 11:59:00
Mr and Mrs Yeti have a sweet little ice cave below Semos Mountain. Be like Mr Yeti, keep your loved one sweet, with a red rose from Fleur in Kirdneh. While you're there, why not visit the museum, drink in the inn, go to the bank or even buy a house!Perhaps your loved one likes cute cuddly animals? Then take a stroll around the farm east of Semos. It's full of cute piglets, goats, cows and little tiny mice.
Alone for Valentines? Go kill some dwarves! That'll help! The orcs in ados abandoned keep want to be rid of the mountain dwarves, so you'd even be doing them a favour. Perhaps retail therapy is what you need, in which case the Orcs in the keep can sell you good quality armor. Some say there's even better stuff deeper in the keep.
Enough of the blood and guts and back to a love story. Princess Esclara on Amazon island has locked up an ugly barbarian - and he wants to know why! She's not too happy either - are there secret feelings between them? Ok, so it's not quite Romeo and Juliet...
Lastly on the love theme, a gentle reminder that we want to help any new people who join our world. Hayunn Naratha has been employed as full time tutor of anyone new, which should help a lot, but remember if you do see anyone looking lost - help them! It's what makes the world go round.
- Stendhal 0.66: Embracing Marauroa 2.x
8 Jan 2008 19:35:00
Three months ago a major new version of our engine Marauroa was released. With it came potential for new, exciting features for Stendhal. In this release we are testing the possibilities.New kinds of data storage are possible, using a zone for storage and not just the player. Examples now in game are signs which can be rented in Semos City. Also that admin can jail players who are offline, and they can be freed even if the server is restarted inbetween. Finally there is now a way to view an image from the game client, and the first image in game is a map of Semos, which Monogenes can show any player needing help with directions.
- Stendhal 0.65: Christmas is coming!
3 Dec 2007 21:30:00
Semos is decorated for Christmas! Santa feels right at home when he drops in, on his travels around the island. Find him to get your Christmas gift. With such lovely rewards you shouldn't need our latest new feature, which is called 'grumpy' because it allows you to ignore messages from anyone but your buddies. Do /help to find out more.The extra cold winter has brought out the ice and air elementals, and they've taught the fire, water and earth elementals to toughen up as they have always been a little weak. How about you, do you wish to learn new secrets? Perhaps the secret of how to get past the lich and his lair? You will need a new skill for that, and the cunning to discover it yourself.
The world continues to expand, and get easier to travel across. There are now routes between the newer cities of Kalavan and Kirdneh, using the underground great caves as a shortcut past Fado forest. If you do explore above ground, look out for the forest nymphs - they don't get many visitors. In Kirdneh, you'll notice house numbers on all the doors. They're not ready for ownership yet but feel free to look around the city and chat to the locals.
Merry Christmas!
- Stendhal 0.64: *grr* Baby Dragons! *grr*
15 Nov 2007 21:50:00
Do you yearn for a faithful companion, a little beast who can stand up for himself? And just needs the occasional bit of meat to keep him happy? Then get your very own baby dragon and watch him grow wings. Of course, you'll need to find an egg from someone first... perhaps someone who lives or works amongst magicians?Many houses have now been redecorated in Ados, ready to sell. Just make sure you're on good terms with the Ados residents, then talk to the estate agent in the Townhall. For those who own houses in Kalavan, and those who don't, will be able to enjoy the beautiful new city gardens. Perhaps you'll even make a new friend there.
- Stendhal 0.63: Huge, strange, sweet, wild, safe
18 Oct 2007 19:51:00
There's something 'huge' been happening in the world ... huge Fado great caves were discovered, full of cave trolls, madarams, and dragons. Huge creatures like dragons seem even bigger now that you can walk behind them. But nothing is so huge as the Imperial Army, with the huge Kalavan Castle and the huge underground city of Sedah.There's something 'strange' been happening, too, like the strange rainbow beans to take you to a strange dream world. There is a strange magic city full of wizards and witches, healers and sorcerers. And there is the strange fact that suddenly, your ability to defend yourself, depends also on your experience of the world.
There's something 'sweet' developing: sweet little cats you can care for, and sweet homes in Kalavan City, which you can buy to live in. Sweet too are the princesses who give you quests, and there are sweet treats: pineapples, coconuts and fairy cakes.
There's something 'wild' out there: wild women on the Amazon Island; wild creatures whose habits are now a lot less predictable; and wildly animated tiles.
Finally, there's something safe in knowing that your bank chest is more secure. There's safety too in the knowledge that if you're unhappily married, you can now divorce. And if you want to stay safe, you can get information about any creature you like, from the famed warrior Starkad. Perhaps one day you will have fought as much as him ...
