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I have a 25 slot vent channel open now and am inviting anyone who wants to join me to join me.  I don't own the channel, but it is never used and I kind of took it over lol.

host/IP: 75.102.59.37
port: 4406

I have attached an area to my treehouse that will showcase various drops and stealables in game.  Feel free to look around and if any of the items peak your interest let me know and make an offer.  Almost everything in there is either for sale now, or can be obtained for you for the sale price.  The standard stealables will not be locked down here (Tokuno, Doom deco, Trammel deco) but is also available as I have most of it in stock on my vendor and in a bag to sell from

October 30th Marketvalle will be having trick or treating! Each participating member of the trick or treat will have an orange lantern in front of their house.  Come on by and say the magic words and see if you get a trick, or a treat.  Trick or treat will be between 6 and 8PM Central time with a party for all at the Pretarian Tavern afterwards with food, drink, and some games. 

All are welcome, including staff I guess!

I was reminded today I had been meaning to ask this for years.... Who's brilliant idea was it to put 6 ancient liches at the entrance to level 3?  Deceit is supposed to be a low level dungeon and that is a bit overkill. One or two I can understand but Rei can't even take 6 at once and he has high dex, evasion, and pretty good health (over 200).  Any chance of getting that changed so our newer players don't get massacred?

It is good to see the shard coming to vibrant life again!  Tonight was some of the most fun I had in ages playing a game.  We had 20 players online, 13 of which came to the event hosted by the lovely Admin Iris, and the general discussion was fun and helpful for all.  I have to say I do not regret coming back to Sylvan after so long away, and I hope everyone who has come to make this shard their home, and those who have returned after absence like myself, agrees with me on this assessment.

I am debating in my head whether or not to sell my flying carpet.  In Tram and Fel it works GREAT! Can easily transition from land to water without a boat, and so long as the ground isn't elevated above the carpet you can land on any island or city.  It does have some limitations also (besides the height one).  you cannot use it in Ilsh, due to potential for exploits, most of Malas is too high or too low to ride, and Tokuno can send you to a black hole where staff needs to save you (it's kind of fun though).  All in all it is a load of fun and makes Fel travel WAY easier and less burdensome when trying to avoid monsters (the carpet flies through 95% of trees).

I honestly do not know what it is worth as it is the first found on shard so if you want to make an offer for it PM me here or in game and I will write down all offers.  I am still not sure I want to sell it is as it is a lot of fun to ride on and I am starting to lurk into Fel a bit more and it can come in handy, so I apologize for the uncertainty of my decision but I'm sure the right offer will nudge me over to the selling side so you never know.

As I travel around lately I have been finding more and more player and staff names come up as NPC's.  So I decided I would start taking screen captures and posting them for everyone. They will be hosted on the facebook page as I cannot get them to post here for some reason.  If someone is able to get them to post on forums please feel free to do so.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=343341259090431&set=a.343341245757099.79067.169074126517146&type=3

OK DO NOT RESPOND HERE PM ME IN GAME!

I have asked around quietly now for a few days and nobody knows where these are.  I KNOW we have them as I have one at my house, artifact rarity 5, but they do not spawn in the locations they were originally programmed to in OSI.  If ANYONE knows where they PM me and I will pay 25k for the information if it is accurate.

Hey everyone,

As some of you know I run a volunteer group called "The Crew of Ragtag Misfits".  We are a pirate themed volunteer group that goes to the local Children's hospital here in Baton Rouge Louisiana and help cheer up the kids stuck in the hospital for various reasons (intensive care, critical needs, broken bones, snake/spider bites, etc...) and each year at Christmas we bring a delivery of toys for the play room as well as the kids who are actually in the hospital.  This year we have decided to expand our efforts to online networking for donations.  The link is for a gofundme page (http://www.gofundme.com/15lu5k?pc=fb_cr) and we use gofundme because even if the goal is not reached we get the money collected unlike other online payment services. 

If you have any questions feel free to ask me via the gofundme page, or email me directly at hasmicdesigns@gmail.com

Thank you for your time,
~Justin (Rei)

I burn through mana like there's no tomorrow using dbl shot on the Yumi bow.  Question is when I'm low on mana I get 1 of 2 messages when using the skill. It says I either need 21 or 42 mana to use it.  Any idea why it give's conflicting mana requirements?

I know this is a common problem for people and it causes lock up's, screen flashes to white, and even disconnects.  Well while talking to Foray I started doing some research for Windows Vista and 7 to try and solve this issue.  What I found was two solutions, one I can and am trying now, and one I cannot since I don't run 7.  For Windows 7 try changing the desktop theme from Aero (UO has had a long history of hating Aero) to classic.  If this doesn't work, or you just want to keep Aero for whatever reason do the following:  Right click Razor on the desktop> Properties> Compatibility> Disable Visual Themes and Disable Desktop Composition.

The disabling works for me, I don't lock up in the Meadow and I've been sitting there for about 10 minutes now and would usually lock up simply because I switched windows to post this.  I do get an occasional brief (less than a second) flash of white but do not freeze.  Hope this helps everyone who encounters the issue, oh and I don't run Razor or UO in compatibility mode either as it caused more problems than I already had.

For anyone reading this section who may think we suffer chronic downtime I just want to explain that our recent troubles are due to bad storms playing with power and internet connection at the host site alongside some other issues as well. The recent outages are NOT typical by any means.

I am willing to pay 200k gold to anyone who can PM me in game (do not reply here) with the entrance location to the dungeon Garrick built that has pirates and a clone of Link of Urak in it.  I know it is out there, and staff cannot give out locations, so I come to you with check ready players! Anyone who needs a quick 200k just help me find the place.

Well I've gotten to the point where I am starting to get my augments taken care of.  I am one of the few players, I know of only two others, who is an exclusive bow user.  Now in normal combat bows are good and allow me to sit back and take on the roll of reviver and background DPS monkey (Yes Tempest you can use this term, NO Inara you may not lol).  Well the tricky part comes in when trying to socket to maximize these benefits.  Mages can increase their INT value for maximum spell damage and mana.  Tanks can spike their DEX for maximum bandage healing time, stamina, and carrying capacity.  Well the archer class more or less forces you to take bushido and/or ninjutsu to maximize damage, and even then it can pale in comparison to some other character builds.  What we need is a slight reworking to the system to make archery a viable class.  This can be achieved with either new augments (or tweaks to existing ones. And yes I understand this option will take script work and we are short on scripting talent atm), Adding some new bows with higher base damage or damage increases, or by making crossbows register as one handed to allow for shields to be used to get STR bonuses from shield augmentation. 

I know this sounds like a big order to most, and in the first option it is if there is not an existing script extension for the augments.  However given the talent of our current staff the other options are not only doable, but can be done in inventive ways.  And yes I am aware I could simply just take bushido/ninjutsu and use a Yumi but my skill set does not allow for those skills, I use chivalry for damage bumps and the usual stuff as I am a thief class who relies on the ability to hide and stealth to scout ahead first to find steals and locked chests. And yes I could create a bowyer, and do the quest for the runic kit and make a bow that suited me but I am happy with my bow that has 30% damage increase and requires me NOT to carry a ton of arrows around.

Sorry this is so long but it was a thought that I was thinking on all day and wanted to try and cover all bases with it.

Can't use bowyer repair deeds on them.  Legendary deed, was at the bowyer, said the deed couldn't be used on that type of item

Cypress crashed the server by saying he was going home lol

The Den of Thieves have arrived.  Who are we?  Pirates, thieves, pick pockets, lock crackers, assassins, beggars, cut throats, and all manner of ne'er do wells.  We are a Roleplay oriented guild that understands the importance of community, as well as hunting and sharing loot for prosperity of all.  we look to have interaction with all the existing guilds and guild towns in fun RP and storylines that keep everyone involved.  given the current monster raids on towns and historic landmarks we are also available, for a fee of course, to take on those pesky nasties.  We will be available for all manner of story line's and questing but please keep in mind we are a chaotic oriented guild and play along as we have fun

I blame the Redhawk kids!!

[For day's now construction has been going on by a mysterious group. They have taken up residence near one of the minor cities. What could they be up to? What are they building? Overseeing it all is a Feline in dark armor, directing the work progress. From time to time a lockpick can be seen spinning between his fingers]

For day's now construction has been going on by a mysterious group.  They have taken up residence near one of the minor cities. What could they be up to?  What are they building?  Overseeing it all is a Feline in dark armor, directing the work progress.  From time to time a lockpick can be seen spinning between his fingers

Don't want to tame those pesky critters on your own?  Well for a nominal fee my orcish friend Kalador will go along with you to peace and help tame any beast you wish to attain!  Too much work to tame it yourself? Still no problem! For a higher nominal fee Kalador will go and TAME it for you! you must meet the Taming and Lore requirements though and know where the creature spawns.  If you don't know, we don't know!