Official: Custom Bolt Messaging

[Fallen]

A new merchant service is now available to casters - custom bolt messaging. For example, when a wizard normally casts Major Fire (908), this is what they see:

>incant 908
Your hands glow with power as you invoke the phrase for Major Fire...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a giant rat.
You hurl a roaring ball of fire at a giant rat!
AS: +12 vs DS: -27 with AvD: +70 + d100 roll: +78 = +187
... and hit for 60 points of damage!
Extreme heat causes a giant rat's right leg to expand and snap. That must hurt!
The giant rat is stunned!
The roaring ball of fire strikes a giant rat, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact.
... 45 points of damage!
Left leg completely charred.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds

With custom bolt messaging, they can change the verb and the object that is thrown. For example:

>incant 908
Your hands glow with power as you invoke the phrase for Major Fire...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a giant rat.
You conjure a sizzling red hot fireball at a giant rat!
AS: +12 vs DS: -27 with AvD: +70 + d100 roll: +78 = +187
... and hit for 60 points of damage!
Extreme heat causes a giant rat's right leg to expand and snap. That must hurt!
The giant rat is stunned!
The roaring ball of fire strikes a giant rat, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact.
... 45 points of damage!
Left leg completely charred.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds

You are able to customize the verb and the object that is thrown. e.g. hurl, toss, throw, fling, breathe, exhale, direct. All 20 bolt spells in the game can individually be customized:

111: Fire Spirit Bolt
118: Web
306: Holy Bolt
505: Hand of Tonis
510: Hurl Boulder
518: Cone of Elements, Major Air Bolt
705: Disintegrate
713: Balefire
901: Minor Shock
903: Minor Water
904: Minor Acid
906: Minor Fire
907: Major Cold
908: Major Fire
910: Major Shock
1100: Empathic Assault
1700: Arcane Blast Bolt
1707: Minor Steam
1709: Minor Cold
1710: Major Acid


Cone of Elements (518) actually casts the individual bolt spell at each target, so if a wizard customizes Minor Fire (906), then casts 518 with fire, it will use the custom 906 messaging. Major Air Bolt doesn't exist as an individual spell, but it can still be customized for 518.

GameMaster Estild

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Stupid formatting.

[Astray]

I really like this.

[Tgo01]

I really like this.

Shut up, homo!

But it is pretty cool.

[Astray]

Shut up, homo!

But it is pretty cool.

fuk u m8

I want to roll a Wizard now.

[Fallen]

I agree. Love the custom spell prep stuff. Likely will be ignored by many, but it makes us more comfortable with our characters.

[drauz]

Throw out your ideas for this. I need them. I have no idea which I want to choose on my wizard.

I won this at Simucon.

[Allereli]

Throw out your ideas for this. I need them. I have no idea which I want to choose on my wizard.

I won this at Simucon.

what bolt spell do you use the most?

[drauz]

what bolt spell do you use the most?

Steam (903) and 518 w/ air (the vortex one).

[Gizmo]

I really like this.

It will cost you 500 simucoins please

[drauz]

It will cost you 500 simucoins please

Thats cheap, I'd take that all day!