Major Improvements To The Game (NOV 2013)

Specifics: Magical / Exceptional Items!
During the plot of this upcoming event, story will unfold to explain the new Exceptional Item System for Knight Realms. This new system will have many beneficial effects on the game world and game balance. The largest effect that it will have is it will help to hand back uniqueness to the individual professions by removing the ability to invoke skills from items that your character does not already have access to in one of their profession lists. This pulls back the previously open ended, over flooding of power and re-strengthens the profession choices one makes for their character. As an example, if there is an item that has the “Parry” skill in it, then that particular skill usage can only be invoked by a wielder that has already purchased a use of that skill on one of their profession lists. Exceptional items will enhance your already existing skill set, not hand you a new one.

The second part to this Exceptional Item change will be the ability for all characters to bind three items to themselves at any given point in time. These items are then recorded on your character sheet from that point on. In the event that you want to replace a bound item with a new one, you must choose one of your bound items to destroy in order to make the room for it.

We will allow a one time, immediate consolidation of items, for those who currently have more than three items. We will also allow a one time immediate re-write of items to reflect skills you possess on your already existing professions. Weapons and Armor that have damage or Soak bonuses will translate into the new weapon folding and armor fortification heroic smith abilities.

Trinkets. Going forward trinkets will be redefined. Currently existing trinkets will fall into three categories, Bauble (1-3 build), Device (4-5), or Invention (6-7). Any amount that is higher than this will have to be exchanged for a skill that is less than eight build. When using trinkets, you may use skills that are not on your professions, however you may only utilize one type of trinket per period.

Artifacts. Special Items that are labeled artifacts cannot be bound and are permanent. Abilities within artifacts can be used by anyone regardless of their access to those abilities. No one person can wield any more than one artifact at a time. Further rules on Artifacts will be announced prior to the event.

Pledges. Pledge Items will now work differently. Pledges will translate to strait build, and in the case of Mythril pledges, a unique ability. That unique ability will be written directly into the notes section of your character card. If you so wish, you will have the option of having some of the strait build converted into an artifact, however the risk involved with that decision, is that it would follow all of the above rules regarding artifacts. We will provide a more detailed announcement on conversion rules prior to the event.

The Binding System:
Every PC may have up to three "Bound" Magic Items. A bound item becomes permanent and cannot forcibly be moved more then five feet away from the character in which it is bound. You may at any time place your bound item in an oog space and therefore not use it until retrieved.

A PC that wishes to make an item bound must simply bring the item card to logistics and have the logistics marshal on duty transfer the data onto thier card and sign off.

An item that becomes un-bound are immediately destroyed and removed from the game world.

Item Process:
All current, existing items will be merged to comply with the new rules. They must be evenly distributed by build cost between three items.

All items that are not bound will have a sixth month duration. All old cards will be immediately destroyed.

The Specific Item Process
During the November event, you may use the following schedule to re-write your items in person.

Friday 8PM - 12AM upstairs in the first room of the Directors apartment
Saturday 11AM - 6PM upstairs in the first room of the Directors apartment
Sunday Noon - 3PM upstairs in the first room of the Directors apartment

We will have similar hours for the December event that will be posted before that weekend. It may be advantageous for players to take advantage of the November conversion as non converted items will become invalid as of lay on of the December event.

Please think about your desires for your conversion ahead of time so that this process can go as quickly as possible.

In Closing
Please post questions below. We will not answer them immediately but rather will compile them over the next many days and will create a FAQ sheet from them to post prior to the event. Please read the questions posted before yours and do not re-post the same question that someone else has already posted.

Please keep all replies to questions only. Please no general comments or concerns. If you have concerns, please bring them to us in person at the event, so that we may have an opportunity to address them. We will really appreciate being able to speak to you in person about any concerns rather than through the Knight Realms website, or social media posts, or even e-mail.

There are more changes on the way! Likely around January and February, and all together when those changes are complete as well, as a whole, this will work very well to bring a balanced harmony and flow to the game that we have not seen in a very long time, if ever. We have been spending countless hours for the last sixth months working towards this goal, and we are very excited for the future of Knight Realms. We hope you get to see first hand just how well these improvements will play out and increase your overall enjoyment at the game! Thank you.

How are items obtained at the Awards Banquet affected? What about items from the charity raffles? From the Masquerade Ball?

Can trinkets, gems, or commodities be bound?

What's the in-game explanation for bound items? Can we talk about it as our characters?

For people who will not be present at the November or December events but have items that need converted, what will be done so their items don't become invalid before the next time they come IG?

Is any item with a unique ability / ability with no build cost now considered an artifact?