Fully unlocked beard-clip

[Natso]

I've decided to sell my fully unlocked beard-clip with my sylvan beard slave in it. It's an awesome item for anyone with a beard! I've set the buyout a little bit higher then offers I've received in the past. I've also come into the news if the merchant ever shows back up, you can get the verb/ambient messaging customized as well!

a twisted silver beard-clip, less then 2lb, and has a tiny blue-eyed sylvan inside. Lot's of zests and ambients that I will list most of below. Beard-clip's description can be freely altered by any merchant, and you may even be able to get one to realter the sylvan inside, but why would you!?

Sold on 12 million buyout to Nordaak. Please contact me for pickup.

Zests that I've found, these messages may change depending on race, I'm not sure.

>wear beard-clip
With your impressive dwarven dexterity, you place your silver beard-clip into your beard with style and panache.
>
>twist beard-clip
As your great dwarven mind ponders the mysteries of the universe, you idly twist a bit of your beard around your finger. As you let loose the tendril of beard, the tiny blue-eyed sylvan suddenly appears with a brush in hand to ensure every strand of your magnificent beard is in place.
>
>smell beard-clip (This one has at 3 least different messages, I'll include two of them.)
Holding your beard by the beard-clip, you bring it to your nose and inhale deeply. The scent is vague yet familiar, though your are unable to name it. Searching your memories, you are unable to identify it, though enjoy the fragrance as it is both comforting and relaxing to your dwarven sense. The tiny blue-eyed sylvan turns her head up towards you and gives you a warm smile.
>
>smell beard-clip
Holding your beard by the beard-clip, you bring it to your nose and inhale deeply. Distinctly salty, your beard holds the fragrance of brine, though its origin is unclear whether it is from sea or cavern. Subtle yet strong, the saltiness enhances your awareness of the natural aroma of your beard. You hear a soft *clink* and notice the tiny blue-eyed sylvan is chipping away at a tiny block of rock salt.
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>lick beard-clip
Noticing the presence of tasty crumbs in your beard, you give it a good lick! The tiny blue-eyed sylvan pokes her head out of your beard and yells, "Watch were you put that thing, buddy!"
>
>pluck beard-clip
With your keen dwarven perception, you notice a stray hair in your immaculately groomed beard. You go to pluck the wayward hair when suddenly, the tiny blue-eyed sylvan appears with a pair of scissors in hand. She cuts the pesky hair away for you, and you quietly grunt in thanks. The tiny blue-eyed sylvan replies, "Anything for you, xxx." before returning to your beard.
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>belch beard-clip
From deep within your gut rises a momentous, earth-shattering belch of such epic proportions that it causes the tiny blue-eyed sylvan within your beard-clip to cling to your beard for dear life! Taking a moment to compose herself, the sylvan reaches into your beard and pulls out a tiny scorecard that reads, "10." Impressive.
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>tap beard-clip (This verb disables the ambients from firing off)
You tap a deft dwarven digit against your silver beard-clip. The beard-clip seems to grow warmer to the touch.
>
>remove beard-clip
Sensing your intentions, the tiny blue-eyed sylvan quickly dives back into the beard-clip!
Your deft dwarven fingers quickly disentangle the silver beard-clip from your magnificent beard.

Here are some of the ambients:

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A tiny blue-eyed sylvan emerges from your fine dwarven beard with a yawn, as if having just woken up. As the tiny sylvan stretches out, she lets out a little belch.
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The tiny blue-eyed sylvan emerges from your beard, flexing and stretching a few times. With a deep inhalation, the tiny sylvan deftly scales the length of your marvelous beard with great skill and expertise a few times. Finishing her exercise, the sylvan wipes the sweat from her brow and disappears back into your beard.
>
The tiny blue-eyed sylvan pokes her head out of your fabulous beard and starts singing a rousing dwarven ditty, often sung in dwarven meeting halls amongst fine friends and drink. Finishing, the tiny blue-eyed sylvan takes a bow.
>

[Ibidmb]

Can the sylvan be altered? Into another race?

[vprmn123]

I'll go MB

[Nordaak]

6m

[Natso]

Can the sylvan be altered? Into another race?

Emeradan was the GM behind the merchant, so I really have no idea. It's always possible. I did have it semi-worked on afterwards by a GM other then him, but it was only some cosmetic bugs in the messaging.

[vprmn123]

7m

[Sav]

There are only 3 other fully unlocked ones that I know of... These things are a lot of fun. Been offered 15m for mine at one point

[Nordaak]

8m

[Shimeria]

There are only 3 other fully unlocked ones that I know of... These things are a lot of fun. Been offered 15m for mine at one point

Aren't these the beardclips from the last Ebons 2011? I have one that has a spider monkey with similar messages but I didn't think it was that rare...Where did the 3 unlocked beardclips you're mentioning come from?

Thanks for the info Sav

[Sav]

I have one, and I have seen two others besides Natso's (a gremlin and I forget the other)... unlocked once gave a custom critter, unlocked twice gave the ambient stuff etc...
the single unlocked ones aren't extremely rare but the merchant only showed up a few times and barely anyone showed up and he would only work for bearded folk one trip and dwarves only on his last trip so there wasn't many folk that had repeat business. Dhyne was around during 2 of his visits so most everyone went to that.

Does yours have the ambient Shim?

[Natso]

The first unlocking never gave you a custom critter, you got to preselect from a list he gave you. The second unlocking allowed you to fully customize what was in the clip, and opened up a few more verbs/messaging and the ambients.

Updated as well.

[Sav]

ah yes. well then I now know of 5 fully unlocked then

[cerveza]

I know of the fully unlocked shadowy dragon.

[Sav]

thats the one I couldnt remember

[Shimeria]

Yes it does stuff like this...

A tiny spider monkey emerges from your beard with a yawn, as if having just woken up.

The tiny spider monkey emerges from your beard and begins to scale the length of your facial hair. Panting, the monkey finishes his climb and wipes the sweat from his brow before disappearing back into your beard.

There is some movement within your beard. The tiny spider monkey appears and starts hurling tiny bits of debris out of your beard!

I had no clue they were so rare, I remember the merchant was not the easiest one that year, but it was worth it! I think they are fun and love all of the lil monkeys' actions.

Thanks Sav!

[Sav]

they're more interesting when worn by a dwarf tho, at least for the self activated scripts... think ambients are the same no matter what...

Talman lets out a quick belch. A scruffy bloodshot-eyed kobold pokes his head out of Talman's beard and gives Talman an earful about manners!.

where as for a dwarf they give you a score and stuff

[Natso]

One option for the fully unlocked ones were talking kind, or non-talking kind. I don't know how you guys got yours, but mine was talking, hence why she talks to you. I will say this though, races weren't an offering in the pre-selection(first unlocking), the only person I know of that got an actual race was Bisco who got an Aeoltoi(maybe misspelled, I'm going off of memory).

[Merala]

I bought one that was advertised as one thing (can't remember what) but when worn by a dwarven cleric changed to a cleric. I want to say it was sylvan warrior, then sylvan cleric, but I can't remember clearly, and I'm too lazy to look it up.

[Natso]

I bought one that was advertised as one thing (can't remember what) but when worn by a dwarven cleric changed to a cleric. I want to say it was sylvan warrior, then sylvan cleric, but I can't remember clearly, and I'm too lazy to look it up.

Not really sure what you mean here.. she's a tiny blue-eyed sylvan no matter who wears it. I'll give anyone who buys this a chance to test the verbs for themselves before they make payment.

[vprmn123]

10 m

[crb]

I don't think these can be fully unlocked.

You get them unlocked, and the creature altered, but then you can get each verb trap customized. I don't know why the merchant was so unpopular at EG, but I loved it and got it 3 or 4 times for each of my main dwarves, often I was his only customer. One has a dragon, one a gremlin, one an enslaved fairy. So until you had each verb trap and ambient message customized it wouldn't be fully finished.

As for creature alterations, you could get pretty much anything you wanted so long as it was IC.

[Natso]

There was no customization of any verbs, the first unlocking granted you a creature from his list, the second unlocking allowed the customization of the creature itself, while unlocking the ambient messaging. This is without any doubt 100% unlocked as anyone would attest who was actually at the merchant and got their clip worked on twice.

I should note, you could choose between a talking, or non talking verbs if that's what you meant about verb traps.

[Dugoar]

There was in fact customization of the verbs. Here is a chopped up log of my first and second unlock from Skjegg:

You see Beardmaster Skjegg.
He appears to be a Dwarf.
He appears to be old. He has sunken earth brown eyes and ruddy skin. He has tied-back, curly golden auburn hair with strands of silvery grey. He has a long copper-tinged beard.
He has an ebon tribal mask tattoo on his arm.
He is in good shape.
He is wearing an opal-studded black invar beard-clip, a sleeveless russet linen shirt, a wide mithril-studded tawny snakeskin belt, a sigil-stamped brown leather sack, some faded black wool pants, and some rust-hued aged leather boots with shiny steel buckles.

Skjegg says, "I work on my beard-clips."

Skjegg says, "They be sold outside."

Skjegg says, "You can't wear them unless you have a beard. Duh."

Skjegg says, "If you're beardless, yer dumb and or unfortunate, depending if you can grow one."

>read sign
In the Common language, it reads:
You get work, you get choices. Pick one:
1. I makem look different. Them stays beard-clips or beard-combs. No arguin'!
2. I start unlocking them special properties. First time, you choose from a list. Second time, you and I talk custom stuff.

Skjegg recites:

"My notecard got FIVE choices. You choose one. Then you gotta tell me if you want it to be a boy, a girl, or an it. Then lemme know if you want it to yap."

Skjegg shows you a big notecard, which he is holding in his left hand. For your beard-clip resident, pick the gender (M, F, NA) you want, and if you want it to talk.

Choose one of these five options. If you opt for a critter, choose one from that category.
1. Match yer profession.
2. Match yer race.
3. Mundane critter - puppy, robin, mouse, baby possum, or monkey
4. Mythical critter - roc, fairy, sphinx, wyvern, or jackalope
5. Huntable critter - rolton, kobold, gremlin, krynch, or fenghai

Now tell me your choices.
Skjegg put a big notecard in his brown leather sack.

You quietly whisper to Skjegg, "What does unlock #2 entitle? Changing the creature?"

Skjegg whispers, "You first get a custom critter. Off list stuff. Like a gingerbread man or something."

Skjegg whispers, "Then you can customize nearly all the messaging available on the beard-clip."

You quietly whisper to Skjegg, "I believe this should be the second unlock."

Skjegg whispers, "You get a custom critter. What do you want?"

You quietly whisper to Skjegg, "Anyway to make it less human like? So it acts like rat."

Skjegg whispers, "Not unless you get customized messaging."

Skjegg whispers, "The nonverbal is less human than the verbal though."

Skjegg whispers, "So I'll set it nonspeaking."

(OOC) You quietly whisper to Skjegg, "Sorry to bother while you work with others, if I got more work from you, is custom messaging an option? Also do I have ambient messaging now?"

Skjegg nods to you.
Skjegg whispers, "Yes to both."

[Natso]

Well, I had no idea the actual messaging could be customized, excuse what I've said above. I must have misunderstood when I had my own work done on it. Pretty awesome you can customize the verbs, wish I had of realized that.

If anyone has any customized messaging on theirs, please post them up! I'm curious what this looks like now.

[Natso]

Updated. Will be sold tomorrow evening with no further bids.

[crb]

There was no customization of any verbs, the first unlocking granted you a creature from his list, the second unlocking allowed the customization of the creature itself, while unlocking the ambient messaging. This is without any doubt 100% unlocked as anyone would attest who was actually at the merchant and got their clip worked on twice.

I should note, you could choose between a talking, or non talking verbs if that's what you meant about verb traps.

I have three beard clips that say differently. Twice isn't enough though, you're right, I think I got at least 4 turns, maybe 5.

Here is one of my custom messages:
>pluck beard-c
Tapping your beard, a mithril-chained fairy flies out, attempting to send mana to you, but fails. She says, "Sorry master, I have no more mana left. Please don't send me back into that flea-infested bird's nest." The mithril-chained fairy sobs as she returns to the beard.

[Nordaak]

BO