Helpfile Changes!

[Selveem]

Modified 'Help Character Statistics' to be more current.
Created 'Help Ability Score Bonus' file.
Linked both.

[Nysan]

The dwarf resistance bug reminded me...

The resistance helpfile still lists word values, rather than numbers, for descriptions:

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Resistances and Damage Reduction

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Syntax: resistance

This command displays your character's resistances and damage reductions to
various types of attack. Different spells and different equipment can
affect your resistances and damage reductions. Mobiles can also have
resistances and damage reductions.

The resistance descriptors are as follows: normal, non-existent, abysmal,
poor, adequate, average, above average, good, very good, great, exceptional,
heroic, unparalleled, legendary, and immune (you take no damage whatsoever)

The types of damage to which one can be resistant are as follows:
bashing slashing piercing magic bashing
magic slashing magic piercing fire cold
electricity acid magical energy divine energy
magical energy

* This command will also display any spell resistance you possess.

* When an attack is rendered completely ineffective because of damage
reduction, you will get the echo "Your strike bounces off ..."

(A) Affected by (B) Magic
(C) Spell Resistance

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[Selveem]

I won't update help score, help <insert all individual stats here, nor help resistance until I get the go-ahead from the man.

Hold tight on those please.

[Raona]

Made clarifying edits to ARMOR, DRUID, and FAITH.

Added new helpfiles for two high-level commands used in testing.

[Raona]

Added new helpfiles for some new SCORE entries:
Spell Failure
Armour Penalty

[Raona]

Corrected name of Aglarond helpfile (was Algarond)

[Raona]

Updated How To - Report a Bug and added link to FORUM command.

[Selveem]

Modified help for List of Languages.
Slightly modified both helps for Common and The Ancient Tongue.
Created help for The Animal Language and linked to List of Languages, Ranger, and Druid helpfiles.

[Raona]

Updated SMELT helpfile to explain the re-smelting process

[Raona]

Added an important detail to the Parry helpfile (your attacker must be using a weapon in order for you to parry).

[Raona]

Added a helpfile on "Combat Mechanics" and one on "Critical Hits," intended to introduce these concepts to the completely befuddled as well as clarify their implementation on FK.

Attempted to clarify the difference between resistances and damage reduction in the helpfile on that topic.

Feedback or additional suggestions appreciated (this is just a start, really).

[Nysan]

Request: Could an addition to the 'trade focus' helpfile explain the effects of trade focus on mining and smelting? Its current form only covers crafting benefits. Thanks!

[Raona]

Yes indeedy! Done, I hope! Thanks for the suggestion!

[Mele]

Help Faith levels has been updated to include more detail.

As a note to add for faith managers; "Initiate" has always been listed as a "junior" member of the faith, Acolyte being a full fledged member.

While questing players to that rank please keep this in mind; several of our faith managers are giving multiple quests to a member looking to reach the initiate rank.

Some suggestions for this:
-More than one small quest is fine, but when you're going to 3-6+ quests it might be a bit much.
-Gauge the level of your hopeful. If you send a hopeful lowbie across the map for a quest don't
send them right back out to do so again when they return. Travelling as a lowbie is rough, for those
of you with travel domains if you want to send them out to do so try to assign a partner to make it
easier!
-There is no problem with giving someone a small quest to get to initiate. Give them their symbol then
set them up on lessons within the faith and send them on more/multiple tasks to become an acolyte and
"full" member.
-You are the faith manager. Don't be pressured to move peoples ranks up - they should earn
it through activity and behavior!

[Harroghty]

Updated help files "Builder Council" and "New Builders".

Added help files "Veteran Builders", "Area Review", and "Example Building Application".

[Raona]

Added a helpfile skimming the surface of the topic of magical armour, explaining that in FK magical armour also gets a 1 point improvement in the maximum DEX bonus it allows. [Edit: this was a bug, and is no longer true!]

Someone conversant with the different bonus types and how they do or do not stack could do me a big favour by adding to that file a stab at explaining that messy ball of wax!

[Mele]

Some weeks ago the helpfiles for applications and complaints were updated, as well as the HOWTO section.

Be sure to take a look at these and brush up on what goes where, as well as what you simply may not need to apply for any longer.

[Harroghty]

"Help Name", "Help Dwarven Names", and "Help Gnome Names" were updated. "Help Human Names", "Help Human Noble Names", "Help Human Wizard Names', "Help Human Priest Names", "Help Elf and Half-Elf Names", and "Help Halfling Names" were added.

Also edited "Help Rules".

[Raona]

Alert, alert! New helpfile team member hard at work!

New helpfiles added for:
Acid Splash
Disrupt Undead

Helpfiles updated for:
Animate Object
Blade Barrier
Undeaths Eternal Foe
Invis to Undead

[Harroghty]

Updated help file for "Renames".