Av Developer Notes

Ever wondered how Av's evolved over the years? Which IMM did what and how things changed? Here's an output coded around the game's help new-XXXX files, where XXXX is the year.

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/*                            October 1995                              */
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1995/10/12 - Angels are in, of course, and with them you can now "who angel"
  and note angel.

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/*                                May 1996                              */
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1996/05/05 - New Races, and racial abilities added.  Version 6 players may take
  advantage of the skills given to their race.
1996/05/05 - Afar code now in.  Can now use socials with a person in another room.
  Afars can only be done with people in the same area, and will not work
  in private rooms.
1996/05/26 - Nosun racial reinstated.  Those 'dark' races affected by it will be
  unable to regenerate properly, and will have a delay in the usage of
  socials.
1996/05/26 - Planes have been put in.  Teleport, locate object, and other similar
  spells will not work across planes.  Existing planes include:  Outland,
  Immortal Plane, the Arena, the Hero Quest, and Midgaardia.  Midgaardia
  is the major world.
1996/05/26 - Area flags introduced.  These flags act like room flags, except they
  affect the entire area.  Examples of these flags are no-summon and
  no-plague.
1996/05/26 - Meadow is no-summon and no-plague.  Players will not be able to summon
  a mob or PC of any kind into the Meadow.  Also, plague will continue to
  hurt anyone affected by it, but will not spread.

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/*                               June 1996                              */
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1997/06/02 - Lords have been implemented.  After a hero passes herolevel 500, they
  may attempt a morph into a Lord.  Failure rate drops as the player grows
  closer to level 999.  Penalties for failure also decrease, as they get
  closer to 999.
1997/06/02 - Legends and Titans are created in a similar fashion to Lords, but instead
  of herolevels, a Lord must be Lordlevel 500+ to morph into a Legend, and
  a Legend must be Legendlevel 500+ to attempt a morph into a Titan.
1997/06/02 - Planeshift spell added.  This spell allows a Lord or above to teleport
  into another plane.
1997/06/02 - Fullness and Thirst values changed.  Consumption rates vary according
  race.
1997/06/16 - Inline color implemented.  Everyone has the ability to change the color
  of the various texts they type.  Refer to help 'inline color' for the
  syntax.
1997/06/16 - Lord Channel added.  Only Lords and above may send to or hear from it.
1997/06/16 - Last command changed so that it displays an identifying label instead of
  just physical level (eg. 100th level Mage Hero, vs. Level 51 Mage)
1997/06/16 - Channel +all/-all fixed so that it toggles all channels on/off, instead
  of activating deaf mode.
1997/06/16 - New learning system introduced.  Players now have the possiblity of
  increasing their adept level higher than the maximum practiced percentage.
  The chances of successfully raising a spell/skill depend on two things:
  Percentage practiced up to this point, and whether you incur a successful
  usage of the spell/skill or not.

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/*                            January 1997                              */
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1997/01/08 - initial revision and setup of file system - snikt
1997/01/09 - debug info for spellcasting - snikt
1997/01/11 - fixed crash in note_post to immortal - dawiz
1997/01/16 - angels no longer fail casting spells - snikt
1997/01/17 - $ shows in prompt when sancted now - snikt
1997/01/17 - changed cont light to magic light with timer - snikt
1997/01/17 - changed continual light to magic light with a timer - snikt
1997/01/17 - crier now screams herolevel - snikt
1997/01/17 - delete confirm is necessary now to complete deletion - snikt
1997/01/17 - divine aura added for gods - snikt
1997/01/17 - fixed do_cast for humans and older chars - snikt
1997/01/17 - fixed mistake in do_cast re: racial ability - snikt
1997/01/17 - heroes are now adept to 95% - snikt
1997/01/17 - light and create food go to char now instead of room - snikt
1997/01/17 - rans and mars no longer get nonhero nexus/portal - snikt
1997/01/29 - added quicken/surge - snikt

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/*                           February 1997                              */
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1997/02/15 - added do_spam, do_timeout and do_release - dawiz
1997/02/15 - modified morph for morph_gains() - snikt
1997/02/16 - modded genesis - snikt
1997/02/16 - enhanced do_reimb - dawiz
1997/02/19 - fixed race problem in do_reimb - dawiz
1997/02/19 - removed "slap" social, added "thwap" and "shudder" - mendek
1997/02/23 - added eradicate - dawiz
1997/02/25 - sorted who list - dawiz
1997/02/27 - added gsn_iron_monk for debug - snikt
1997/02/27 - block all from stealing from shopkeepers - dawiz
1997/02/27 - blocked all forms of starting fights on shopkeepers - dawiz
1997/02/27 - blocked summon and charm on shopkeeper - dawiz
1997/02/27 - fixed haggle bug on put purchase - dawiz
1997/02/28 - converted to immunity from area spells for shopkeepers - dawiz
1997/02/28 - fixed shopkeepers, fly, leather/fortuitude - dawiz

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/*                              March 1997                              */
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1997/03/05 - morph mods - snikt
1997/03/05 - advance_level mods - snikt
1997/03/05 - bs mods/surge mods - snikt
1997/03/05 - genesis mods - snikt
1997/03/05 - moved magic light def from old 'continual light' position to below 'magic - mendek
1997/03/06 - apoth adds 'magic light' instead of 'continual light' - mendek
1997/03/06 - fixes to damage messages - snikt
1997/03/06 - fixes to surged physical attacks - snikt
1997/03/06 - magic light ball goes to room instead of inventory - mendek
1997/03/06 - commented out sort routine in do_who (need to rethink it) - dawiz
1997/03/06 - fixed read of quickenlevel - dawiz
1997/03/09 - blocked players if count exceeds 195 - dawiz
1997/03/10 - backstab now hits if attacker makes roll (no d/p/sb) - snikt
1997/03/10 - decreased call lightning damage - snikt
1997/03/10 - added message when you hog someone - snikt
1997/03/10 - another fix for surgecost - snikt
1997/03/10 - disabled genesis - snikt
1997/03/10 - increased surge costs - snikt
1997/03/11 - angels are given immunity to area spells now - snikt
1997/03/11 - fix for racial armors which resulted in gaining hp if scratched - snikt
1997/03/11 - fixed having the wrong spells cost more due to surge - snikt
1997/03/11 - fixed objects so they couldn't be surged - snikt
1997/03/11 - modded magic light so it's targetable - snikt
1997/03/11 - modded overbreathing (do_racial) - snikt
1997/03/11 - added who timeout and who reimburse to do_who - dawiz
1997/03/11 - cleaned up do_reimburse - dawiz
1997/03/11 - modeded do_reimburse to allow mortals to set flag - dawiz
1997/03/14 - changed mortal reimburse to toggle - dawiz
1997/03/24 - hospital shows in room title - snikt
1997/03/24 - lowered hospital costs - snikt
1997/03/25 - changed hospital to infirmary - snikt
1997/03/25 - fix for cause spells, harm and wrath - snikt
1997/03/25 - fix for surge and energy drain - snikt
1997/03/25 - fixed a bug in christen/onoma and oset - snikt
1997/03/25 - hospital->infirmary, only clerics, imms and rangers see it - snikt
1997/03/28 - enabled auto wizlock at 225 players - dawiz
1997/03/31 - modded hero level message to lord level for lords - dawiz

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/*                              April 1997                              */
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1997/04/03 - added passport processing - dawiz
1997/04/05 - removed the 225 connect limit - dawiz
1997/04/07 - updated spec_doppleganger - dawiz
1997/04/14 - added group option to who command - jean
1997/04/16 - fixed the pet bug for haggles - snikt
Snikt also did extensive work on sublevels for our tier system, replacing
the old system of just hero levels.

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/*                                May 1997                              */
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1997/05/01 - remove wants group flag when joins a group - jean
1997/05/11 - nofight prevents theft - snikt
1997/05/12 - another fix, shieldblock should have been bash - snikt
1997/05/12 - cannot sanctum from other planes now - snikt
1997/05/12 - fixed track skill so you must be practiced in it to use - snikt
1997/05/12 - fixes for when chars don't know skills - snikt
1997/05/12 - morph fixes - snikt
1997/05/12 - planeshift fixes - snikt
1997/05/13 - fix so genesis drains target of mana. stops abuse of bouncing it - snikt
1997/05/13 - initial morph fixes done - snikt
1997/05/13 - made 999 gains smaller - snikt
1997/05/13 - morph is 51 again - snikt
1997/05/13 - morph practices now are possible - snikt
1997/05/14 - fixed hole in sharpen - dawiz
1997/05/14 - reduced genesis gains - snikt
1997/05/14 - tweaked do_sharpen max sharpen count - dawiz
1997/05/16 - added logic to stop healing when link dead - dawiz
1997/05/17 - cannot to to 'all' on personal - mendek
1997/05/17 - load 2 new boards: creative and immortal - mendek
1997/05/17 - immortal postings board; only imms can post to imm postings - mendek
1997/05/18 - mods to note functions to allow "true" note numbering, ie notes - mendek
1997/05/18 - fix to boards - mendek
1997/05/19 - added boosts to morphing - snikt
1997/05/20 - lordlist command - snikt
1997/05/20 - new exp system fix for morph - snikt
1997/05/20 - new exp system fix for newbies - snikt
1997/05/20 - modded practice mobs(level dependent now) - dawiz
1997/05/21 - fixed some bugs in do_range, and spiffed it up a bit - jean
1997/05/24 - added item_ticket to manually set cost (like potions) - dawiz
1997/05/25 - added do_register - dawiz
1997/05/26 - neutered worth, modded report - snikt
1997/05/27 - first stage of register code is oin place - dawiz
1997/05/27 - added check in note_catchup for current board if no args passed - - mendek
1997/05/27 - fails catchup on imm board (good) - mendek
1997/05/29 - finishing up registry code - dawiz
1997/05/29 - fixed bug in group me code - jean
1997/05/30 - added rescuer mods - snikt
1997/05/31 - added promote - snikt
1997/05/31 - fixed do_expire, was causing buggy problem with the new exp - snikt
1997/05/31 - fixed rescue; changed one hit so shieldbash is not parried - ironhand
1997/05/31 - lord planeshift info to info channel (was imminfo) - mendek

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/*                               June 1997                              */
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1997/06/01 - removed games command - snikt
1997/06/03 - mobs w/pass door can move through the earthrealm now - snikt
1997/06/03 - updated score and affects - ironhand
1997/06/04 - mobs have to see the victim to hunt them now - snikt
1997/06/05 - added close msg to exits - ironhand
1997/06/06 - must be stunned or worse to expire (like it always should be) - snikt
1997/06/07 - added lag command - snikt
1997/06/07 - changed expcosts - snikt
1997/06/07 - create food generates food on victim now - snikt
1997/06/07 - herothanks once again gives a full level, re: expcost - snikt
1997/06/07 - msg goes to donation room upon donation now - snikt
1997/06/07 - potions and scrolls now lag you.  - snikt
1997/06/07 - you can no longer track except while standing - snikt
1997/06/09 - force full spelling of expire - dawiz
1997/06/11 - added password requirement to do_delete - dawiz
1997/06/12 - added lores - snikt
1997/06/12 - added object hit points - snikt
1997/06/13 - added configuration to whether you see item status - snikt
1997/06/13 - block surge in heroquest - dawiz
1997/06/18 - fixed do_help - ironhand
1997/06/21 - players can now be stripped of hog when saving - snikt
1997/06/23 - added repair and appraise - snikt
1997/06/23 - added smith to bits - snikt
1997/06/23 - blocked gate and gate deamon in no_mob and solitary rooms - dawiz
1997/06/27 - notified tell/reply sender when target is linkdead - mendek

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/*                               July 1997                              */
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1997/07/03 - stopped drinking while asleep - dawiz
1997/07/09 - added argument to note list, enables player to skip first x notes - mendek
1997/07/09 - planeshift bypasses norecall now - mendek
1997/07/10 - added desc -, deletes 1 line of character description - mendek
1997/07/10 - added levitation to the list of affects that display flying message - mendek
1997/07/10 - disallowed eating while asleep - mendek
1997/07/12 - added tiered levels of fast heal and meditation - snikt
1997/07/12 - fixes to planeshift - snikt
1997/07/12 - fixes to recall - snikt
1997/07/12 - fixed do_say and do_eat while sleeping - dawiz
1997/07/13 - added prereqs to practice - snikt
1997/07/14 - added homeshift - snikt
1997/07/14 - prettyfied do_time a bit - snikt
1997/07/14 - added do_mudschool - dawiz
1997/07/15 - added auto advance for newbies (experienced) - dawiz
1997/07/15 - set newbies to 100 gold - dawiz
1997/07/16 - modified do_who by ronan: accepts sublevel range argument, ie: - mendek
1997/07/17 - ronan's mods to do_buy: expansion to permit multiple buys using syntax: - mendek
1997/07/17 - being boosted - mendek
1997/07/18 - level 1's do not get thirsty or hungry - mendek
1997/07/25 - fix to trip bug: checks for target in room (victim that had fled could have been - mendek
1997/07/25 - mods to surge, lore levels - mendek
1997/07/28 - fixed invis strip in fight - dawiz
1997/07/28 - fixed skin duplication under fortitude - dawiz
1997/07/28 - fixed sleeping mob dodging/parrying etc - dawiz
1997/07/29 - memory leak found and fixed - snikt
1997/07/29 - mobs wake and stand after sleep wears off! - snikt
1997/07/29 - reduced the breath spells - snikt
1997/07/30 - fixed group me sign for leader - dawiz

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/*                             August 1997                              */
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1997/08/01 - added dual donation logic - dawiz
1997/08/01 - blocked levels above 11 from newbie donation - dawiz
1997/08/04 - characters do not regen hp during combat - mendek
1997/08/06 - added safe haven campfire - mendek
1997/08/06 - latest round of mana regen tweaks - mendek
1997/08/06 - magic lore down to hero for thi and war - mendek
1997/08/08 - increased max pagelen from 24 to 30 - mendek
1997/08/08 - lloydable flag visible in rooms to lord rangers - mendek
1997/08/08 - newbies under level 6 will nchat with [] around their name; reply to - mendek
1997/08/08 - color magenta (was red) - mendek
1997/08/10 - disabled "get all" in donation rooms - mendek
1997/08/20 - fixed loophole where player could recall to lord plane from arena; mod - mendek
1997/08/20 - only imms can loot corpses that don't belong to them - mendek
1997/08/22 - added "lord" or "lady" to front of room display of lord-level player, - mendek
1997/08/22 - added do_free, frees a pet - mendek
1997/08/22 - cannot post to a group (hero, lord, etc) on board 2 - mendek
1997/08/23 - crom's prereq's. bugless on compile, just tossing it in - snikt
1997/08/28 - forage is much less likely to happen for folks who aren't trained - snikt
1997/08/28 - more crom prereq mods - snikt
1997/08/30 - surge for mar and ran raised to hero - mendek

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/*                          September 1997                              */
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1997/09/01 - config changes for battle toggles - snikt
1997/09/01 - fix so you don't see fighting in your sleep - snikt
1997/09/01 - added limited repop objects on resets - dawiz
1997/09/03 - mod to forage: check number of objects carried and weight carried for limits - mendek
1997/09/09 - chance for heroes, lords and legends to automorph  999th - snikt
1997/09/19 - fixed so shopkeeper will not buy invis obj he cannot see - dawiz
1997/09/25 - mods so that area builders can set race and class of mobs - snikt
1997/09/25 - withdraw and deposit all have been enabled - snikt
1997/09/27 - added logic to drop higher level items on quit instead of just toasting them - dawiz
1997/09/27 - fixed calm to not affect aggressive all mobs - dawiz
1997/09/27 - modded formula for cure light/serious/critical - dawiz
1997/09/27 - modded mana costs for cure light/serious and critical - dawiz

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/*                            October 1997                              */
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1997/10/03 - added highest_dam processing (version 11) - dawiz
1997/10/03 - new damage verbs in - dawiz
1997/10/16 - still working on damage verbs - dawiz
1997/10/23 - grandfathered gate, general purpos, and high explosive - ronan
1997/10/26 - added train multiples - ronan
1997/10/27 - added llist - ronan

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/*                           November 1997                              */
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1997/11/02 - butcher mods - snikt
1997/11/02 - cap on how much exp you can lose due to fleeing - snikt
1997/11/05 - added lglist and tlist - ronan
1997/11/05 - sanctuary on evil chars now shows up as a (black aura) - sheridan
1997/11/06 - aura if evil - sheridan
1997/11/10 - invis re-establishes itself now  - sheridan
1997/11/11 - added code for alias variables, handles all alias stuff - ronan
1997/11/12 - ac values for skins are now different - sheridan
1997/11/12 - awen no longer works on anyone of other alignment - sheridan
1997/11/12 - restore [!]<race> [!]<class> is in, either/or - sheridan
1997/11/12 - skins are now cumulative - sheridan
1997/11/13 - inserted the "your name must be in theme" intro - sheridan
1997/11/15 - modded do_flee to prevent kzinti from fleeing combat - sheridan
1997/11/15 - modded do_racial to show kzinti with nofear racial - sheridan
1997/11/17 - added racial nofear, invis, and frenzy - sheridan
1997/11/17 - added the invis racial for sprites - sheridan
1997/11/17 - restore all, or restore hum mag, etc - sheridan
1997/11/18 - added hours of capacity and metabolic rates - sheridan
1997/11/18 - added metabolism field for races - sheridan
1997/11/19 - added outfit - ronan
1997/11/23 - added tnl stuff to prevent tnl changes causing big hops in levels - ronan
1997/11/24 - added "your pfile version is old!  type 'update' to get current!" message - sheridan
1997/11/24 - created recursive item count in containers - dawiz
1997/11/25 - changed train around so you do not have to be a trainer - ronan
1997/11/30 - disabled socialing on a shop keeper - ronan

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/*                           December 1997                              */
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1997/12/03 - general damage spell routine added - ronan
1997/12/04 - added racial butcher - sheridan
1997/12/08 - added do_reimbfull - dawiz
1997/12/16 - lore info works, in a preliminary version - sheridan
1997/12/19 - examine now allows you to look at characters - sheridan
1997/12/28 - default page length changed to 24 from 20 - mendek

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/*                            January 1998                              */
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1998/01/07 - converted damage spells to use gen_damage - dawiz
1998/01/07 - revamped spell levels and mana costs per crom - dawiz
1998/01/08 - added spell_cataclysm - dawiz
1998/01/08 - fixed sandstorm - dawiz
1998/01/10 - adjusted mage spells mana - dawiz
1998/01/10 - fixed area spells - dawiz
1998/01/11 - added groupwait code - dawiz
1998/01/11 - changed cyclone to area spell - dawiz
1998/01/12 - another fix to move(follow) while lagged - dawiz
1998/01/17 - revised lore as per crom's latest email - sheridan
1998/01/22 - changed skill levels for war skills - sheridan
1998/01/22 - approved war revamp - sheridan
1998/01/23 - new gen_duration routine - dawiz
1998/01/24 - inserted new races - sheridan
1998/01/24 - fixed embalm - dawiz
1998/01/24 - fixed so breath spells cannot be practiced or seen in slist - dawiz
1998/01/24 - fixed so surge works correctly - dawiz
1998/01/27 - shopkeeper over level 124 will sell items equal to mob level - ronan

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/*                           February 1998                              */
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1998/02/05 - commented out groupwait code, replaced with lag carryover - mendek
1998/02/06 - changed homeshift to point to thorngate - mendek
1998/02/06 - sorted do_who - dawiz
1998/02/23 - minor rev to damage verbs - mendek
1998/02/25 - added griffon and gargoyle to highest - dawiz
1998/02/26 - fixed error in gen_duration - dawiz

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/*                              March 1998                              */
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1998/03/02 - alias fixes - ronan
1998/03/02 - installed smash as temporary imm skill, prior to approval - sheridan
1998/03/09 - fixed the annoyance with color bleed in notes - sheridan
1998/03/09 - morph min level set to 750 - dawiz
1998/03/10 - added thorngate death room. - ronan
1998/03/11 - inserted skill 'smash' to slist - sheridan
1998/03/13 - added magic object damage - ronan
1998/03/13 - made changes and fies to do_repair and do_appraise - ronan
1998/03/18 - fixed damage ratio down, and fixed it so containers spill their contents - ronan
1998/03/19 - fixed bug in autosplit which created massive amounts of gold - Sanctimoose
1998/03/22 - added do_smith - ronan
1998/03/27 - added handles in spell_planeshift for "arcadia" and "astral plane" planes - mendek
1998/03/28 - inserted smash at mort level.  test completed - sheridan
1998/03/31 - healers cannot catch the plague - mendek
1998/03/31 - items dropped at quit due to level have timer set - mendek

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/*                              April 1998                              */
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1998/04/03 - changed duration of blindness to smaller amount - mendek
1998/04/05 - added to_room message that items fell out of a container - ronan
1998/04/05 - blind, and maelstrom's blind affect, reduced in duration - mendek
1998/04/07 - allow kzn to flee if lord, at high cost - mendek
1998/04/08 - inserted armor optimization skill - sheridan
1998/04/14 - add newbie flag to people who say they are not experienced - ronan
1998/04/14 - capped drunkness at 12 - ronan
1998/04/14 - newbie will have bracers around their name when using chat or nchat - ronan
1998/04/15 - added slay protection for mendek - mendek
1998/04/15 - slay protection for darii, may be revamped soon - mendek
1998/04/16 - made lord corpses last longer - ronan
1998/04/16 - test for summon mod: small chance of mob reacting badly - mendek
1998/04/29 - made all breath spells cost 500 mana, as per g4 - ronan

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/*                                May 1998                              */
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1998/05/02 - fixed bug allowing awen to give sanc after iron monk is cast - ronan
1998/05/04 - fixed bug with fountains so it will not trans you if you are fighting - ronan
1998/05/04 - fixed genesis, with crom - ronan
1998/05/04 - fixed morph messages, ala crom - ronan
1998/05/06 - changed a little logic in disconnect to send only lord-ttitan to aelmon - ronan
1998/05/11 - fixed genesis so you can't cast with 10 wis or less - sheridan
1998/05/11 - fixed heighten/holy sight bug - sheridan
1998/05/15 - calm will not affect aggie_all - mendek
1998/05/26 - paladins sent by an imm contain the siccer's name - mendek

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/*                               June 1998                              */
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1998/06/01 - added monk and samurai skill levels to each skill in const.c - sheridan
1998/06/01 - changed thieves to rogues as per snikt - sheridan
1998/06/01 - inserted monk and samurai classes - sheridan
1998/06/02 - dragon tnl to 10k - mendek
1998/06/08 - added do_forget - force other player to stop replying to you - mendek
1998/06/10 - inserted scorpion style and whirlwind kick (monk) - sheridan
1998/06/10 - inserted sam skill whirlwind strike for testing - sheridan
1998/06/11 - added snapkick - sheridan
1998/06/11 - inserted poses for samurai - sheridan
1998/06/12 - inserted shatterless strike, sword sweep, and sword slam - sheridan
1998/06/15 - fixed a couple bugs in sam skills as per devastant - sheridan

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/*                               July 1998                              */
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1998/07/04 - note search is in now - sheridan
1998/07/18 - fixed crash when linkdead quits - dawiz
1998/07/27 - inserted defensive stance and offensive stance skills for wars - sheridan
1998/07/27 - removed group consider as per tm list - sheridan
1998/07/31 - inserted monk poses - sheridan

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/*                             August 1998                              */
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1998/08/17 - yanked gate_demon - mendek
1998/08/17 - gen_duration changes as per crom, added to most spells - mendek
1998/08/21 - begins work on outlaw - mega
1998/08/21 - stop color bleed after note is displayed - mendek
1998/08/24 - altered give gold in regards to npcs to show short instead of keywords - crom
1998/08/24 - sleep spell did not prevent someone from resting then standing. fixed. - crom
1998/08/25 - outlaw stuff is half-done. - mega  *** LOTS OF WORK
1998/08/26 - fixed snapkick switch crash bug - sheridan
1998/08/26 - modified spells to use gen_duration or a fraction of them - crom
1998/08/27 - added worldbank feature - snikt

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/*                          September 1998                              */
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1998/09/01 - forage altered to randomize as well as charge movement - crom
1998/09/01 - weight max/carry limit bug fixes - crom
1998/09/03 - added a level limitation (cannot repair item 6 levels above you) - crom
1998/09/03 - fixed transmute bug where weight is not +/-'d from player himself - crom
1998/09/07 - added spec_jailer, modded existing specs and lots of stuff - mega
1998/09/07 - huge updates for outlaw stuff. yahoo! - mega
1998/09/07 - overhauled a lot of steal stuff - mega
1998/09/07 - changed prayer to a random generation of affects - crom
1998/09/08 - added penalties for execution - mega
1998/09/08 - created a preliminary gen_healing function and modified comfort - crom
1998/09/10 - made jailer a little nicer - mega
1998/09/10 - fixed summon to give percent chance of aggie vs always aggie - crom
1998/09/10 - initial charmie removal installed. - crom
1998/09/10 - removed block on gate and gate demon, lowered duration - crom
1998/09/11 - added aggie possibility with charm - crom
1998/09/11 - altered do-quit so that charmies are purged - crom
1998/09/12 - added morph failure repercussions - crom
1998/09/14 - added additional help_greeting choices for random greeting generation - crom
1998/09/15 - people were able to pkill outlaws. oops. fixed now - mega
1998/09/15 - you can't morph again until you regain lost levels - crom
1998/09/16 - switched exp cost on gar and grif - crom
1998/09/17 - help fear specified that fear makes save throw better...modded - crom
1998/09/20 - added message for 500000 and 1000th logins - dawiz
1998/09/23 - disabled charm purging stuff - crom
1998/09/24 - enchant code changed so a lord can enchant a level 123 item and not get +5 - crom
1998/09/25 - person being gurneyed and removed limitations of victim being gurneyed - crom
1998/09/30 - gave monks in-class lag for kick - crom

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                            October 1998                              */
/* ==================================================================== */
1998/10/05 - altered death field to give more damage based on alignment.. - crom
1998/10/07 - added consecrate, ward, major ward, reinforce and recharage - crom
1998/10/07 - added consecrate, ward, major ward, reinforce and recharge - crom
1998/10/07 - added mod to enhanced damage..giving class bias - crom
1998/10/07 - altered heal spells to use gen_healing - crom
1998/10/07 - added recharge - crom
1998/10/08 - added monk techniques and inner balance ( open handed dual-like skill) - crom
1998/10/08 - second/third/fourth/fifth attacks will require a weapon - crom
1998/10/09 - added enlightenment for monks - crom
1998/10/09 - critical strike of open hand added - crom
1998/10/10 - messed with death cry. - crom
1998/10/11 - healing spell mana tweaks - crom
1998/10/13 - added a new channel for experimental info channel - crom
1998/10/13 - added druid class - crom
1998/10/15 - added do_infoset; altered info messages to use make_info - crom
1998/10/15 - changed do_candle to check number of deaths like it should instead of kills - crom
1998/10/15 - set a recharge cap at 10 - crom
1998/10/18 - non-citizen shoppies won't refuse service to outlaws - mega
1998/10/18 - re-allowed casting vs. shoppies, disallowed charm vs. shoppie - mega
1998/10/18 - added crane style- crom
1998/10/18 - added 'golden strike' - crom
1998/10/22 - added augment - crom
1998/10/22 - added herblore for druids - crom
1998/10/22 - added value2 check for ticket use - crom
1998/10/22 - altered portals to use adescr - crom
1998/10/23 - altered fountains which make mloades to destroy themselves if - crom
1998/10/24 - lowered ran hp - snikt
1998/10/26 - added class limitations to augment. - crom
1998/10/26 - fixed candle problem - crom
1998/10/28 - made 'physical' damage spells be surgeable. - crom
1998/10/29 - at each level, there's a small chance of non-casters gaining *one* mana - sheridan
1998/10/29 - players can no longer damage gear - crom
1998/10/30 - added object level to determine object hps - crom
1998/10/30 - adjusted monk hit frequency - crom
1998/10/30 - combined do_range and do_areas - crom
1998/10/30 - decreased object damage for now - crom
1998/10/30 - made smiths say how much gold you pay upon smithing - crom
1998/10/30 - removed do_range and do_sector - crom
1998/10/30 - removed extra info channels - crom
1998/10/31 - added 'fight', 'attack', 'hit' as alternates for 'kill' - crom
1998/10/31 - allow any level to eat pills - crom
1998/10/31 - tweaked down object damage more. - crom

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                            November 1998                             */
/* ==================================================================== */
1998/11/01 - fixed spell recovery - crom
1998/11/02 - can no longer detonate or 'laughing buddha' within the arena - crom
1998/11/06 - mobs cannot "sanctum" - mendek
1998/11/07 - first iteration of morph revamp - snikt
1998/11/07 - genesis alterations to accomodate new morph - snikt
1998/11/07 - require update to morph - crom
1998/11/09 - changed do_quaff to do_drink - crom
1998/11/09 - removed hunger/thirst/drunk - crom
1998/11/10 - added repair all and altered appraise to show non-haggled cost. - crom
1998/11/10 - added spec_monk...anti-monk aggie - crom
1998/11/10 - do_train now doesn't require a mob - crom
1998/11/15 - cannot sleep shoppies - crom
1998/11/18 - surge altered to be like augment.  - crom
1998/11/20 - added read magic and arcane knowledge - crom
1998/11/21 - added goblin race - crom
1998/11/21 - altered practice to use an algebra equation instead  of a table comparison - crom
1998/11/21 - object "owner" added - mendek
1998/11/23 - disabled genesis until it is reviewed and fixed - crom
1998/11/23 - do_embalm set with a cap - crom
1998/11/24 - altered the intelligence table for practice percents - crom

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                            December 1998                             */
/* ==================================================================== */
1998/12/01 - added #7-13 greetings - crom
1998/12/01 - modified get_cost to have a minimum markup of 150% and a maximum - crom
1998/12/02 - added identify mobs - crom
1998/12/02 - added bio empathy - crom
1998/12/02 - altered psion spells ala devastant - crom
1998/12/02 - removed candle stuff.  added ball of light upon death - crom
1998/12/03 - added amulet instead of weapon for monk in new player generation - crom
1998/12/03 - expanded condition table for consider - crom
1998/12/03 - altered duration messages - crom
1998/12/03 - monk is now an available class - crom
1998/12/13 - 1) psi skill renames as per devastant - mendek
1998/12/13 - added handles for new lord plane: kzinti homeworld - mendek
1998/12/15 - monks don't start with shield - crom
1998/12/26 - added owner info to identify - crom

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                            January 1999                              */
/* ==================================================================== */
1999/01/09 - finally got racial frenzy cumulative  - sheridan
1999/01/13 - revision to char creation phase, in-theme name warning - mendek
1999/01/13 - body brace changed to a defensive spell - mendek
1999/01/13 - changed infoset level to 3 - mendek
1999/01/13 - use of "group me" turns on character's groupinfo - mendek
1999/01/18 - racial ability timers now save upon quit - crom
1999/01/22 - re-inserted samurai skills - sheridan
1999/01/29 - added eulogy spell - crom

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                           February 1999                              */
/* ==================================================================== */
1999/02/02 - added do_random - crom
1999/02/05 - removed a flaw in spell_portal  - crom
1999/02/09 - create food self only now - crom
1999/02/16 - removed martial artist availability - crom
1999/02/26 - new socials added...a few nontheme removed - crom
1999/02/28 - do_shieldbash...failure causes you to be stunned instead of rest - crom

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                              March 1999                              */
/* ==================================================================== */
1999/03/03 - bash back to how it was. fix is worse than original bug. - crom
1999/03/03 - do_stand now checks to see if you're fighting..then puts you into fighting state - crom
1999/03/05 - check to see if victim already poisoned - crom
1999/03/18 - do_outfit called on pc death; replaces invoking outfit manually - mendek
1999/03/19 - altered items given upon death - crom
1999/03/19 - removed do_outfit - crom
1999/03/21 - total unread notes & total notes shown on "board" display - mendek
1999/03/30 - added support for fake godmode command - mega
1999/03/30 - tweaks to look so you can look at different things - mega

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                              April 1999                              */
/* ==================================================================== */
1999/04/01 - additional enhancement to do_look - mega
1999/04/01 - removed immune_area_spells from shopkeepers - mega
1999/04/12 - lord twink done.  every 100 levels they get some excitement - crom
1999/04/22 - added vigil, requiem and ablution - crom
1999/04/26 - debug eulogy and requiem - crom
1999/04/30 - shadow form fixed - crom

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                                May 1999                              */
/* ==================================================================== */
1999/05/03 - changed body parts - crom
1999/05/11 - added mage-inclass meteor swarm and acid rain check - crom
1999/05/19 - added "look char health" - mega
1999/05/26 - spec_cast_cleric altered as per dev, to include healing - sheridan
1999/05/26 - spec_cast_mage altered as per dev - sheridan

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                               June 1999                              */
/* ==================================================================== */
1999/06/05 - modified transmute - crom
1999/06/06 - inserted psi spell 'danger scan' - sheridan
1999/06/10 - created spec_battle_mage - crom
1999/06/15 - cannot enter a portal you canot see - crom

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                               July 1999                              */
/* ==================================================================== */
1999/07/10 - altered tnl for lord+ to be half as much - crom
1999/07/17 - added death shroud - crom
1999/07/18 - added air armor, shield and hammer - crom
1999/07/18 - added blood ritual - crom

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                             August 1999                              */
/* ==================================================================== */
1999/08/03 - removed godmode April fools' - mendek
1999/08/08 - added some dev spells - crom
1999/08/19 - added dark embrace - crom
1999/08/23 - tweak of gurney as far as a level restraint ala summon - crom
1999/08/23 - you can no longer mercy from a no_recall room - crom
1999/08/24 - spell revisions ala devastant - crom
1999/08/25 - added tul-sith references instead of exec refenreces for cleric stuff - crom
1999/08/25 - added water plane - crom
1999/08/28 - added demonic advice - crom

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                          September 1999                              */
/* ==================================================================== */
1999/09/23 - changed dork to fool - crom
1999/09/26 - added corpse dumping of gear onto the ground - crom
1999/09/26 - dwarves never fail repair now - crom
1999/09/28 - added sleight of hand - crom

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                            October 1999                              */
/* ==================================================================== */
1999/10/01 - added blood trail - crom
1999/10/01 - added do_scent - crom
1999/10/02 - fixed blood trail - crom
1999/10/03 - added note searchall - crom
1999/10/03 - added withdraw ability - crom
1999/10/05 - added color toggle - crom
1999/10/13 - disabled do_scent due to crash - mega
1999/10/15 - change to do-scent. still buggy - crom
1999/10/24 - added vampire touch - crom
1999/10/25 - added overconfidence - crom

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                           November 1999                              */
/* ==================================================================== */
1999/11/14 - bashdoor damage capped - crom
The rest of the code done this month was other debugging or IMM-ONLY stuff.

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                           December 1999                              */
/* ==================================================================== */
1999/12/05 - ranger gets fourth attack, mars get some monk skills - crom
1999/12/12 - added improved invis - snikt
1999/12/20 - added check_alias to validate aliases - mega
1999/12/30 - allowed anyone to pick up owned objects - mega
1999/12/30 - changed lord info for lords only. - mega
1999/12/31 - added groupstat command - snikt
1999/12/31 - adjusted afk/void/disc timings - snikt

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                             January 2000                             */
/* ==================================================================== */
2000/01/04 - Corrected groupstat bug where it reported maxhit/maxhit. - snikt;
2000/01/08 - added werrebocler - crom;
2000/01/09 - Added Name Auth. - snikt;
2000/01/09 - Assisting mobs at Lord now don't need to see targets
             to assist. - snikt;
2000/01/09 - Capped exp gains for abusers. - snikt;
2000/01/09 - Heroes now longer can practice improved invisibility. - snikt;
2000/01/09 - Okay, Genesis now works a bit better. Fixed it so it
             subtracts 500 pracs - snikt;
2000/01/09 - added ungroup - crom;
2000/01/10 - added messages and auto-nameauth - crom;
2000/01/10 - added nameauth info - crom;
2000/01/10 - added npc check to nameauth - crom;
2000/01/10 - allowed nchat for non-nameauthed - crom;
2000/01/10 - nameauth uses its own info now - crom;
2000/01/11 - added a level worth of experience cap for nameauth - crom;
2000/01/13 - Added prototype for get_obj. - mega;
2000/01/13 - Created autoloot(ch). - mega;
2000/01/13 - Fixes black aura/white aura discrepancy on dispel magic. - mega;
2000/01/13 - Overhauled get_obj_here. - mega;
2000/01/13 - Removed wear_loc requirement in get_obj_here. - mega;
2000/01/13 - added spiritlink - crom;
2000/01/16 - added bioscan and altered genesis - crom;
2000/01/16 - angels get disconnect - mendek;
2000/01/17 - changed 'corpse' to 'npccorpse' within autoloot protocol - crom;
2000/01/30 - added demnofire. - crom;
2000/01/30 - altered detonate to check for spiritlink - crom;
2000/01/30 - spiritlink removed using smith - crom;

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                             February 2000                            */
/* ==================================================================== */
2000/02/01 - added PLR_NOPURGE - dawiz;
2000/02/05 - added mindwipe - Devastant;
2000/02/05 - added scramble - Devastant;
2000/02/05 - added weight/item # checks to butcher - Devastant;
2000/02/06 - added brackets for low morts on hero. - Devastant;
2000/02/06 - added spec-battle-cleric - Devastant;
2000/02/06 - altered bioscan, altered mindwipe, altered maelstrom for
             mages to have inclass lag. - crom;
2000/02/08 - added spec_warlord and spec_illusionist(battle-psi) - Devastant;
2000/02/09 - added spec_breath_super - Devastant;
2000/02/12 - added farsight spell - crom;
2000/02/12 - added mystical barrier - crom;
2000/02/13 - fixed get_obj_weight for tickets creating gear. - crom;
2000/02/14 - Added cast-kinetic and modded cast-psion - Devastant;
2000/02/14 - Added spec_demon - Devastant;
2000/02/14 - weight check added to magic.light - crom;
2000/02/16 - added wake-up-call spell for quest/fountain/future
             spell use - Devastant;
2000/02/17 - Fixed crashing bug in autoloot - sometimes there was
             no npccorpse - mega;
2000/02/17 - corrected do_remove and do_wear - ironhand;
2000/02/17 - modified do_wear and do_remove to handle all properly - ironhand;
2000/02/20 - changed death field - Devastant;
2000/02/21 - changed make_info so player causing info can see it - dawiz;
2000/02/24 - squashed bug in mindwipe - Devastant;
2000/02/26 - added battlenone - Devastant;
2000/02/27 - scent and fetch added - Devastant;

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                             March 2000                               */
/* ==================================================================== */
2000/03/05 - fixed bug in danger sense/scan - Devastant;
2000/03/05 - fixed crash bug in spec_demon - dawiz;
2000/03/08 - added rogue lore, markings and cant - Devastant;
2000/03/10 - added ability to block repraccing a skill by sseting it
             to 1 - Devastant;
2000/03/13 - Made money type items work corrrectly when given as
             ticket prizes - Devastant;
2000/03/19 - changed battlenone to highlight - Devastant;
2000/03/20 - spec_cast_adepts can trans outlaws to executioner's
             block - Devastant;
2000/03/21 - made imp invis self only - Devastant;
2000/03/29 - added rogue guild and tool basics - Devastant;

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                             April 2000                               */
/* ==================================================================== */
2000/04/01 - added alertness skill,removed heighten from rog slist - Devastant;
2000/04/01 - Decrements by .5 expcost every 300/200/100 sublevels
             respectively. - snikt;
2000/04/04 - added lever functions to markings, fix to alertness - Devastant;
2000/04/06 - Execs can freakin emote in noemote now. - snikt;
2000/04/07 - added slink and misdirection - Devastant;
2000/04/07 - added slink and misdirection - Devastant;
2000/04/07 - tweaked lag on disarm + throw to match other skills
             re in class/ out of class lag - Devastant;
2000/04/07 - tweaked lag on pick lock - Devastant;
2000/04/07 - tweaked lag on steal - Devastant;
2000/04/09 - put fix in do_title - dawiz;
2000/04/21 - fixed crash bug in do_practice (for imms) - dawiz;
2000/04/26 - block sharpen in arena (loophole on lag) - dawiz;

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                             May 2000                                 */
/* ==================================================================== */
2000/05/04 - Changed messages in config to be less confusing - Devastant;
2000/05/04 - Reinstated battlenone - Devastant;
2000/05/05 - repair skill now assigns appropriate hp value for max hps - crom;
2000/05/12 - Changed how outlaws at healers are handled - Devastant;
2000/05/12 - Fixing blackjack for mobs - Devastant;
2000/05/12 - Hero+ can no longer delete. #$&@ em all. - snikt;
2000/05/12 - Made blackjack work for mobs - Devastant;
2000/05/12 - Minor tweaks/fixes to bioscan, scramble, overconf - Devastant;
2000/05/12 - Toned down spec demon and warlord - Devastant;
2000/05/13 - Added lock picks to pick skill - Devastant;
2000/05/15 - Doubled timer on items dropped from eaten lord corpses,
             to match extended timers of lord corpses on decay - Devastant;
2000/05/25 - Fixed a bug in dismantle - Devastant;
2000/05/25 - Revamped traps, added trap skill - Devastant;
2000/05/26 - Made traps reset when containers are reset to closed,
             locked, etc - Devastant;
2000/05/29 - fixed crash bug in do_racial - dawiz;

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                             June 2000                                */
/* ==================================================================== */
2000/06/04 - Made NPC-corpses not drop items when they decay - Devastant;
2000/06/04 - Reworked web to be more efficient - Devastant;
2000/06/23 - added sho to block sho hog - dawiz;
2000/06/24 - Rogue tools can now be compared using the compare
             command - Devastant;
2000/06/25 - Put in changes to who lgnd/ttn and how it's listed
             in who. - snikt;

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                             July 2000                                */
/* ==================================================================== */
2000/07/06 - alteration to genesis - crom;
2000/07/08 - Upped genesis mana cost by order of Crom - Devastant;
2000/07/08 - added demonic intent - crom;
2000/07/08 - added torment - crom;
2000/07/08 - reduced level of genesis back down to 125 - crom;
2000/07/11 - alteration to vampire touch - crom;
2000/07/23 - fixed bug in messages of scan <dir> - Devastant;
2000/07/27 - Added rituals and salvation spell. - Devastant;
2000/07/28 - added threnody - crom;
2000/07/28 - added unholy bargain - crom;
2000/07/28 - druid ->sorcerer - crom;

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                             August 2000                              */
/* ==================================================================== */
2000/08/01 - limited casters to midgaard and thorn for salvation. - crom;
2000/08/03 - Made salvation not work if target is on imm plane or
             hell plane - Devastant;
2000/08/18 - Added bounty. - snikt;
2000/08/26 - Added charge shield spell - Devastant;
2000/08/28 - added immolation - crom;
2000/08/31 - Blackjack and backstab now effective on bountied players. - snikt;
2000/08/31 - Suiciding boutied players now penalized. - snikt;

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                             September 2000                           */
/* ==================================================================== */
2000/09/07 - Tweaked charge shield stuff - Devastant;
2000/09/10 - Added sneak attack for testing - Devastant;
2000/09/17 - Added Vital shot for testing - Devastant;
2000/09/24 - added assassinate and murder - Devastant;
2000/09/28 - Added poison weapon and enabled murder/assassinate as
             commands - Devastant;
2000/09/29 - Added hte 4 new poison spells, toxin, biotoxin, venom,
             and virus - Devastant;

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                             October 2000                             */
/* ==================================================================== */
2000/10/08 - Added ability to eat poison items - Devastant;
2000/10/18 - added $boo and $hiss to conference - dawiz;
2000/10/19 - added nightvision and quickstrike, removed spells from
             rog slist - Devastant;
2000/10/27 - Fixed cure blind bug - Devastant;
2000/10/29 - Added riposte, removed stances - Devastant;
2000/10/29 - Removed stances from spec_warlord - Devastant;
2000/10/30 - added timestamp to do_bug and do_idea - dawiz;

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                             November 2000                            */
/* ==================================================================== */
2000/11/02 - decreased sorcerer hp gain - crom;
2000/11/04 - ranger is grandfathered. - crom;
2000/11/04 - sorcerer slist modified more. additions as well as
             hero+ removals - crom;
2000/11/05 - added corruption - crom;
2000/11/11 - Added flash spell - Sanctimoose;
2000/11/14 - Added afkreply feature - Devastant;
2000/11/15 - Sublevel will no longer show in score for subheroes - Devastant;
2000/11/15 - Tweaked transmute, level raise not analagous to enchant
             any more as benefits are not simularly analagous - Devastant;
2000/11/18 - added leech - crom;
2000/11/18 - made new names ending in ii illegal - dawiz;
2000/11/20 - Fixed bug allowing players to check mob repops w bounty - Devastant;
2000/11/20 - added do land and racial fly - crom;
2000/11/20 - fixed typo in detect hidden - crom;
2000/11/21 - created dark forge - crom;

/* ==================================================================== */
/*                             December 2000                            */
/* ==================================================================== */
2000/12/02 - Added tainted genius spell - Sanctimoose
2000/12/03 - Lords may not morph. Yet. - Snikt
2000/12/03 - added message when config file not found - DaWiz
2000/12/13 - blocked online label of higher invis imms for findalts - DaWiz
2000/12/14 - fixed duplicate spell with regenerate/regeneration - DaWiz
2000/12/16 - eliminated loop in spec_warlord on mob death - DaWiz
2000/12/17 - added unrest spell - Crom
2000/12/18 - added brimstone - Crom

/*********************************************************************/
/*                         January 2001                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2001/01/07 - moved welcome message for new player to INFO_NAMEAUTH - DaWiz
2001/01/10 - can't see doors opening and closing if sleeping. do_close
             and do_open modded. - Crom
2001/01/10 - can_see_obj has a new level check for weapons rather than
             lumping with the rest - Crom
2001/01/10 - changed astonishing (2nd one) to daunting, changed
             demolishing (2nd one) to extreme - Crom
2001/01/10 - changed the recall message to room to be later in the
             function - Crom
2001/01/13 - added inclass bonuses to various skill types . - Crom
2001/01/13 - decrease enhanced damage for casters - Crom
2001/01/14 - tweaked healing down some for object casting - Crom
2001/01/15 - added do_rebuild - Crom
2001/01/17 - removed riposte from monk's llist - Crom
2001/01/17 - revised prayer to be monk only - Crom
2001/01/20 - added consummation - Crom
2001/01/21 - added blind devotion - Crom

/*********************************************************************/
/*                        February 2001                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2001/02/06 - added ap costs etc. preliminary - Crom
2001/02/15 - added ap_cost for magical spells - Crom
2001/02/16 - Inserted skills for accelerated mv regen as per Crom.
             enhanced vitality, improved stamina, heightened vigor,
             centered being, iron will. - Sheridan
2001/02/16 - added movement to do_train - Crom
2001/02/26 - altered ap+cost to reflect surge/quicken/augment and ic/occ - Crom

/*********************************************************************/
/*                           March 2001                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2001/03/07 - altered word of recall - Crom
2001/03/24 - Added more poison types - Devastant
2001/03/24 - added sam and sor to help highest - DaWiz
2001/03/30 - Fixed assassin sight - Devastant

/*********************************************************************/
/*                           April 2001                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2001/04/12 - Added setable outlaw code to newsdata - Devastant
2001/04/23 - added astral projection code - Crom
2001/04/26 - added afkreply - Devastant
2001/04/28 - Made slearn available to players - Devastant
2001/04/28 - tweaked bonuses given by armor opt - Devastant
2001/04/29 - Rogues with rogue lore can tell lawful mobs - Devastant

/*********************************************************************/
/*                            May  2001                              */
/*********************************************************************/
Everything done this month cannot be made public.

/*********************************************************************/
/*                            June 2001                              */
/*********************************************************************/
Everything done this month cannot be made public.

/*********************************************************************/
/*                            July 2001                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2001/07/19 - Fixed text bug in clear/ablution - Devastant
2001/07/19 - Made AP cost default to off per Crom - Devastant
2001/07/27 - changed name policy in comm.c and disabled nameauth - Crom

/*********************************************************************/
/*                          August 2001                              */
/*********************************************************************/
Everything done this month cannot be made public.

/*********************************************************************/
/*                       September 2001                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2001/09/01 - Fixed bug with quickstrike - Devastant
2001/09/01 - added draw strength to bows - Devastant
2001/09/01 - added enchant bow and bow info to idetify - Devastant
2001/09/01 - added restring and skin skills for archer, added item # to
             shoppies - Devastant
2001/09/01 - added sns for more archer skills, and draw strength to bows
             - Devastant
2001/09/01 - fixed bug w poison weapons - Devastant
2001/09/09 - Fixed misalignment in new shop item listing - Devastant
2001/09/09 - added guard break skill debugs/testing/tweaks to archer
             stuff - Devastant
2001/09/28 - Changes to herothank - Devastant

/*********************************************************************/
/*                        October  2001                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2001/10/03 - Tweaks to fletch, arrow skill increase - Devastant

2001/10/14 - ablution will not remove unholy bargain. unholy bargain
             will kill you if you cast a second time. - Crom
2001/10/17 - Fixed bug where poisons weapons would not work for dancing
             weapon-type spells - Devastant
2001/10/21 - Added more types of archer gear to examine - Devastant
2001/10/21 - Added target leading, held shot, adjusted archer skill
             levels - Devastant

/*********************************************************************/
/*                        November 2001                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2001/11/02 - changed note system to put from and to on separate lines
             - DaWiz
2001/11/03 - added support for tax system - DaWiz
2001/11/12 - fixed a small memory leak on players - DaWiz
2001/11/22 - added creation date to last, expanded size of help entries
             on display of help names - DaWiz

/*********************************************************************/
/*                        December 2001                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2001/12/05 - ping and apologize socials fixed. - Crom
2001/12/06 - added corruption as prereq for tainted genius - Crom
2001/12/18 - do_practice now uses alphabetic as its default sort order.
             Additional sort orders are available by providing the
             argument 'sort', followed by 'level', 'mana', or 'ap'.
             - Sheridan
2001/12/20 - added questpoints - DaWiz

/*********************************************************************/
/*                         January 2002                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2002/01/02 - archers availabla to players, fix to enchant bow cost, arrow
             dodge level - Devastant
2002/01/02 - thieves can no longer steal from projections - Devastant
2002/01/05 - added keepalive - DaWiz
2002/01/06 - fixed bug in sharpen allowing any item to be sharpened - Devastant
2002/01/06 - fixed bug with examining bows ruined by sharpen - Devastant
2002/01/08 - Plugged loophole in salvation - Devastant
2002/01/08 - added keepalive to config - DaWiz
2002/01/09 - Fixed bug with archer mobs, final arrows going in wrong place.
             Imped autopull for getting arrows from corpses. Altered way
             in which arrows survive use. - Devastant
2002/01/09 - Fixed pre-req bug with skin corpse, beast lore and map lore
             for rangers - Devastant
2002/01/09 - added ammocheck and autopull - Devastant
2002/01/09 - added autopull to config, added bows to compare - Devastant
2002/01/09 - altered skin corpse to prevent cheating - Devastant
2002/01/11 - Added ability to give/drop quantities of arrows, added ability
             to remove poison from a weapon - Devastant
2002/01/14 - fixed bug with wanderlust/wait state clearing - Devastant
2002/01/18 - Fixed bug with random chars on examining arrows - Devastant
2002/01/18 - Fixed bug with regen while bashed - Devastant
2002/01/19 - Blocked mortal ability to cast spells on angels. Added spell
             recovery 2 (magic recovery) - Devastant
2002/01/30 - Changed to reflect addition of arcs (replaced sam slot) and
             changed exec -> guardians in wizl - Cuendillar
2002/01/30 - added sorcerer to option for rebuild - Crom

/*********************************************************************/
/*                        February 2002                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2002/02/02 - can't portal to house flagged rooms - Crom
2002/02/02 - changed egowhip to curse - Crom
2002/02/02 - fixed bolt message for shoppie - Crom
2002/02/02 - removed steal from sorc's. - Crom
2002/02/05 - added a whetstone counter check into identify - Crom
2002/02/08 - bug fixes to archer - Devastant
2002/02/09 - expanded on bashdoor's message. - Crom
2002/02/09 - scramble made attack_curse - Crom
2002/02/12 - added default change message for level 5 for recall - Crom
2002/02/12 - added default change message to level 15 for recall. - Crom
2002/02/12 - added first death message - Crom
2002/02/12 - changed unholy bargain back to 1000 hps since sorc's
             don't have that much hp - Crom
2002/02/13 - adjusted blind devotion and consummation to be slightly
             better. - Crom
2002/02/19 - Updates to examine - lore easier, added wards and nolocate
             to magic lore, fixed poison arrow lore, added # of uses to
             fletch kits and whetstones - Devastant
2002/02/22 - shield block, dual and rescue removed from archer hlist
             - Devastant
2002/02/24 - changed genesis restrictions lowered max sublevel to 50
             min sublevel of 2 for lords. Clerics can cast on clerics.
             25 wisdom needed min. for clerics to cast - Crom DaWiz
2002/02/28 - made keyfinder spell - Devastant

/*********************************************************************/
/*                           March 2002                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2002/03/01 - refined ability to save quest and insured items - DaWiz
2002/03/13 - Added chaos channel skill, lowered cost of psi
             unsurgables, made charge shield charges stack - Devastant
2002/03/13 - added spec_archer - Devastant
2002/03/17 - added a different lord info message on requiem if it is
             maxed out on timer. - Crom
2002/03/17 - added note # to mail fairy - DaWiz
2002/03/17 - decreased max line length of notes to 79--80 wraps. - Crom
2002/03/17 - revised description command. +, -, clear, and show. no arg
             shows args. - Crom
2002/03/18 - added conceal object - Crom
2002/03/18 - added racial breath dmage. doubled level modifier - Crom
2002/03/18 - added racial wimpy to goblin - Crom
2002/03/18 - added spell_illuminate to remove nolocate/invis and add
             glow - Crom
2002/03/23 - removed taxes removed cost on insure for now - DaWiz
2002/03/25 - removed npc ability to steal. they do it artificially.
             - Crom
2002/03/29 - added create shrine - Crom
2002/03/29 - added distorters. - Crom
2002/03/29 - added room_permdark message - Crom
2002/03/30 - added globe of darkness stuff... - Crom
2002/03/30 - no globe of darkness in safe room - Crom
2002/03/31 - added etching...can't fade etch flag. - Crom
2002/03/31 - added monitor switch via saving grace spell - Crom
2002/03/31 - added note# to nom personal messages. - Crom
2002/03/31 - added saving grace for cleric hero - Crom

/*********************************************************************/
/*                           April 2002                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2002/04/01 - allowed beep self - DaWiz
2002/04/03 - changed magic ward to caustic ward, altered odds of ward
             failure, increased effectiveness of wards, made psions
             "concentrate" instead of utter - Devastant
2002/04/03 - increased max page size to 50 - DaWiz
2002/04/03 - made disarm traps work on chests in inventory - Devastant
2002/04/06 - added a new hero message about being able to train with
             gold and about losing a stat potentially with death.
             - Crom
2002/04/06 - dispel magic now wakes sleepers - Crom
2002/04/06 - made object damage more rampant. blame devastant if this
             causes worldwide panic. - Crom
2002/04/06 - There is now a chance to lose a stat upon death. The 5
             ways you generate a body part also take a stat. Players
             receive a message of the loss. - Crom
2002/04/06 - train command now allows gold to purchase - Crom
2002/04/07 - raised death penalties to hero 101 - Crom
2002/04/08 - added teaching skills. - Crom
2002/04/09 - Added break command, altered traps a little, lowered steal
             odds for nonrogues - Devastant
2002/04/09 - Added break command, anger management spell - Devastant
2002/04/09 - increased duallike power on offhand via ambidex - Crom
2002/04/09 - tweaked traps not to area-spell in safe rooms - Devastant
2002/04/10 - added sphere of vapors for initial look - Crom
2002/04/12 - blocked etching an object with the word quest - DaWiz
2002/04/13 - blocked mudschool command for levels 6 thru 125 - DaWiz
2002/04/13 - blocked portal, nexus and teleport from mudschool - DaWiz
2002/04/13 - can't practice with sleeping mob/player can't practice
             with fighting mob/player - Crom
2002/04/14 - added groupsize limits - Crom
2002/04/14 - made mudschool have its own plane - Crom
2002/04/14 - removed the ability to practice with invis masters - Crom
2002/04/15 - can see how high you can teach with worth. Clerics and
             monks can see lloydable rooms. - Crom
2002/04/15 - increased diversity bonuses for groupsize - Crom
2002/04/19 - Added shadowing for lords - Devastant
2002/04/19 - shadows don't regen as fast as normal lords - Devastant
2002/04/19 - Shadowstats generated by morph for new lords - Devastant
2002/04/27 - fixed donate from mudschool to work. - Crom
2002/04/28 - deception doesn't work if victim is sleeping. - Crom
2002/04/30 - lowered lord skills for leadership while creating sublevel
             bonuses for lords - Crom

/*********************************************************************/
/*                            May  2002                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2002/05/01 - made ic and ooc channels - Crom
2002/05/02 - Added pracs for lord leaders when a groupie levels, added
             random statgains every 10 levels - Devastant
2002/05/02 - Blocked salvation from use in phased rooms - Devastant
2002/05/02 - hero+ unless angels...can no longer speak all tongues.
             - Crom
2002/05/02 - hero+ unless angels...can no longer understand all tongues
             - Crom
2002/05/05 - made rangers not able to practice detect haven - Crom
2002/05/06 - Allowed any kill to yield good skin corpse items, now that
             shadow removes possibility of lord abuse - Devastant
2002/05/07 - Archers get rescue back, altered the levels they get
             leadership skills - Devastant
2002/05/07 - Shadowlords can cast grandfathered spells - Devastant

/*********************************************************************/
/*                            June 2002                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2002/06/03 - made noquit room flags block quitting - Devastant
2002/06/16 - acbonus for gods added - Crom
2002/06/16 - altered sacrifice to handle new gods. - Crom
2002/06/16 - revised prayer to allow multiple gods - Crom
2002/06/17 - unworship added. - Crom
2002/06/27 - can no longer automorph as a lord - Crom
2002/06/30 - foci/fortitudes no longer blocks recasting - Crom

/*********************************************************************/
/*                            July 2002                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2002/07/03 - lowered prayer down to level 10 for all classes - Crom
2002/07/09 - added playerinfo - Crom
2002/07/09 - hero stat upon morph is saved as the shadow stat - Crom
2002/07/09 - whetstones with 0 charges will crumble into dust. - Crom
2002/07/11 - added buddy channel and buddyset - Crom

/*********************************************************************/
/*                          August 2002                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2002/08/01 - removed meditation for prayer prereq. - Crom
2002/08/05 - added potential max to group size on worth command - Crom
2002/08/05 - lowered surge to 5 and decreased immolation benefit to 1/2
             of original - Crom
2002/08/06 - racial pose added. Racial pose targets rpose. - Crom
2002/08/09 - psion damage spells are affected by gods - Crom
2002/08/10 - practice only possible while standing - Crom
2002/08/19 - buddylist modification/enhancement...on/off added. - Crom
2002/08/19 - increased shopkeeper rate of success on detecting theft.
             - Crom
2002/08/19 - outlaw changes...can't sell gear to stores if outlaw.
             theft..regardless of where shoppie is...gets you tagged an
             outlaw. - Crom

/*********************************************************************/
/*                       September 2002                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2002/09/07 - zombie code added. global zombie will cause bountied
             players to not only kill others but to turn them into
             bountied players as a result. bountied players cannot kill
             bountied players. - Crom

/*********************************************************************/
/*                        October  2002                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2002/10/25 - changed holy sight to be target only rather than an area
             spell - Crom

/*********************************************************************/
/*                        November 2002                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2002/11/04 - Arrows no longer deplete for low level archers - Devastant
2002/11/04 - Voice informs newbie archers of changes to arrows on level
             - Devastant
2002/11/11 - mars can now be warriors too. - Crom
2002/11/11 - monk/war option changed to monk/rogue option per
             suggestion from lords for rebuilding mars. - Crom
2002/11/12 - added 4 new gods and 5 new fields to godset, added worship
             counter to pcdata - Devastant
2002/11/12 - added divine influence to craft skills - Devastant
2002/11/12 - added new divine influences to spells - Devastant
2002/11/12 - all non-caster classes are an option for rebuilding a mar
             - Crom
2002/11/15 - added autoreply if telling a lagged char - Devastant
2002/11/15 - worship social changed to sworship - Crom
2002/11/21 - Modifications to support per-user swear filtering. New
             command earplug for filtering toggle. - Cuendillar
2002/11/25 - modded spec_puff to do ubercon stuff - DaWiz

/*********************************************************************/
/*                        December 2002                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2002/12/03 - whois command is different than the who command now as far
             as output. - Crom
2002/12/04 - added 3 new races and remort ability - Devastant
2002/12/04 - added high elves, minotaurs and demonseeds - Devastant
2002/12/04 - added racial_evil and racial_berserk - Devastant
2002/12/04 - added racial tranquility - Devastant
2002/12/04 - added sn for berserk/racial berserk - Devastant
2002/12/04 - altered exist on this realm to exist on this realm as a
             player - Crom
2002/12/04 - Removed trl spr drg grf from selection - Devastant
2002/12/08 - no hog for rebuild races til after January - Devastant
2002/12/08 - sors now need to be higher to rebuild - Devastant
2002/12/14 - removed code that made calmed mobs aggie when it wore off.
             Gave lords an easy way to get lowbies killed with
             impunity. - Devastant
2002/12/14 - swapped level on 2 archer skills - Devastant
2002/12/15 - five style fist and 1000 palms grandfathered. - Crom
2002/12/17 - mars can have 2nd and 3rd attack - Crom
2002/12/22 - Major changes to support the earplug command. Score
             modified to show filter status. - Cuendillar

/*********************************************************************/
/*                         January 2003                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2003/01/12 - fixed loophole with word of recall sepll - Devastant
2003/01/12 - restored the 998 maximum genesis option for sublevel in
             the gen spell. the code doesn't compensate for 999's even
             being an option so it hopped right to morph...next thing
             you know you're a titan. - Crom
2003/01/13 - heroes no longer get exp when grouped with shadow lords
             - Devastant
2003/01/17 - added new arrow skills - Devastant
2003/01/17 - added new bow and arrow types - Devastant
2003/01/20 - added dark forge to sorcerer lord list - Crom
2003/01/22 - added 3 new poisons. - Devastant
2003/01/27 - added the abaddon random title generator to code. this
             will work for all non-imm levels. - Crom
2003/01/28 - combat skills added for new rangers - Devastant

/*********************************************************************/
/*                        February 2003                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2003/02/24 - fixed saferoom loophole with shatter - Devastant

/*********************************************************************/
/*                           March 2003                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2003/03/14 - changing rng into scholar - Devastant
2003/03/14 - finished rune spell - Devastant
2003/03/14 - formalized double wield and altered hdl - Devastant
2003/03/28 - lord charges and poisons don't work on Midgaardia.
           - Devastant

/*********************************************************************/
/*                           April 2003                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2003/04/03 - added multi-item support for tickets - Devastant
2003/04/07 - added config hdl reset ability - Devastant
2003/04/07 - upped dmg for lord breath mobs - Devastant
2003/04/08 - players can use mob names if mob < 250 - Devastant
2003/04/11 - undid name change :( - Devastant
2003/04/23 - can deposit gemstones - Crom
2003/04/23 - withdraw gemstone added. tweaks done to deposit. - Crom
2003/04/24 - afk shows up on buddylist - Crom
2003/04/24 - join/leave messages added to buddyset. - Crom
2003/04/24 - train with gold now withdraws from bank instead of on-body.
             - Crom
2003/04/25 - mars can rebuild into rangers - Crom
2003/04/26 - etch will now work for demonbank - Crom
2003/04/26 - massive gold changes to weight. - Crom
2003/04/27 - autoloot/autogold can carry gold weight check. - Crom
2003/04/27 - lowered worth of new objects. - Crom
2003/04/29 - added recall location - DaWiz

/*********************************************************************/
/*                             May 2003                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2003/05/02 - made jailer require gold on hand only. - Crom
2003/05/28 - Added embed, gem lore, and manifest. - Snikt
2003/05/31 - scholar->sage; embed, manifest, gem lore redistributed to
             be CDs - Crom

/*********************************************************************/
/*                            June 2003                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2003/06/04 - fixed loophole in restring - Devastant
2003/06/07 - added locker list (creates a note in inv) - DaWiz
2003/06/07 - added locker list - DaWiz
2003/06/16 - changed purge time for 50+ to 365 days - DaWiz
2003/06/22 - color options for channels - DaWiz
2003/06/27 - added config nosummon added config notake - DaWiz
2003/06/27 - added do_cls (clear screen) - DaWiz
 2003/06/27 - added list name to buddylist - DaWiz
2003/06/27 - block sacrifice of objects owned by others, blocked
             sacrifice of insured objects - DaWiz
2003/06/27 - paged alias list - DaWiz
2003/06/27 - Success message for note to include what board, and what
             note number were given upon sending. - DaWiz
2003/06/28 - added message when players tries to follow a player with
             full group - DaWiz
2003/06/28 - added who conf - DaWiz
2003/06/28 - allow practice (list mode) while sleeping - DaWiz

/*********************************************************************/
/*                            July 2003                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2003/07/31 - mods to counter skills, gave them to monks - Devastant

/*********************************************************************/
/*                          August 2003                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2003/08/12 - altered difficulty of blood ritual. - Crom
2003/08/12 - demonbank fix on repairing items - Crom
2003/08/20 - added hobgoblins to remort - Devastant
2003/08/20 - added remort/new races - Devastant
2003/08/20 - added spec_sor and spec_battle_sor to bioscan, slightly
             modded some sor spells to allow specs to work - Devastant
2003/08/20 - added timed recovery to bash. - Devastant
2003/08/20 - divine influence to enchant - Devastant
2003/09/03 - added 4 new racials: greed, bite, kick and armorbark
             - Devastant
2003/09/12 - added mindseye, purity and immaculate - Devastant

/*********************************************************************/
/*                         October 2003                              */
/*********************************************************************/
Everything done this month cannot be made public.

/*********************************************************************/
/*                        November 2003                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2003/11/17 - added disconnect afk for below level 800 (as targets)
           - DaWiz
2003/11/17 - added disconnect linkdead - DaWiz
2003/11/21 - bright yellow 'brilliant gold' message - Crom
2003/11/22 - gold drops for levels above 10...not 20. - Crom
2003/11/23 - blocked genesis of tainted people aka sors. - Crom
2003/11/23 - chill touch and dark embrace messages added - Crom
2003/11/23 - cyclone, sandstorm, harmonize and charm messages
             added/tweaked. - Crom
2003/11/23 - deception failure message added - Crom
2003/11/23 - identify spell now shows duration for lights - Crom
2003/11/23 - increased Immortal afk time - DaWiz
2003/11/23 - racial frenzy message is now different from frenzy - Crom
2003/11/24 - fixed error in spell_magic_light that allowed excess
             number of objects on victim - DaWiz
2003/11/29 - fixed deception message and made it possible to decept
             lights. - Crom

/*********************************************************************/
/*                        December 2003                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2003/12/01 - level 1's have standard gains. - Crom
2003/12/01 - longshot requires a can_see now - Crom
2003/12/01 - random output decays for npc corpses. - Crom
2003/12/01 - smash requires % skill to use. - Crom
2003/12/06 - create food has weight check now. - Crom
2003/12/12 - removed the "flag file" on mi - no longer needed - DaWiz
2003/12/15 - changed quiet command from resting to sleeping position
             - dalthane
2003/12/16 - modified incorrect message in do_follow; Added message to
             leader when group full - DaWiz
2003/12/30 - added message to room in failed trip - DaWiz
2003/12/30 - Buddylist; move Buddy Channel above People who share your
             buddy value. - DaWiz
2003/12/30 - Deaf; change prompt from *Mute* to *Deaf*. - DaWiz
2003/12/30 - Silence; block reply. When someone is silenced, there is
             an auto reply _This person is silenced and may not reply
             - DaWiz
2003/12/30 - Give a message to player when no fight is on and they try
             to kill. - DaWiz
2003/12/30 - Score; add autopull on/off. Where; add total of players
             in area, at bottom of where. - DaWiz
2003/12/30 - Wear all; will equip wield weapons up to 5 levels higher
             than player.
2003/12/30 - Dropped coin will have a timer set. - DaWiz

/*********************************************************************/
/*                         January 2004                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2004/01/10 - Faerie Fog reveals caster in addition to those in room.
             - DaWiz
2004/01/10 - If your Autosplit is off, you do not receive part of a
             split, nor do you split your own. - DaWiz
2004/01/10 - If your gold deposit is too large, auto deposit the max
             possible. - DaWiz
2004/01/10 - Victim message stating being stunned/dazed upon being hit
             with a tail attack. - DaWiz
2004/01/18 - revised heighten messages - Crom
2004/01/19 - kills/deaths/arrests reset on rebuild/remort. - Crom
2004/01/19 - projection knowledge shown with the affects command.
             - Crom
2004/01/19 - revised score command. - Crom
2004/01/19 - smith all doesn't spam if the item doesn't really need to
             be smith'd.. - Crom
2004/01/19 - cannot donate if in the donation room. tricky since there
             are 2. - Crom
2004/01/19 - put in small herothank splashscreen for level 24
             - Dalthane
2004/01/19 - translock on message upon logging in. - Crom
2004/01/19 - projection announced to players logging in and under the
             effects. - Crom
2004/01/19 - perm portals cannot be replaced by casting portal. - Crom
2004/01/19 - bug command redirected to do_idea - Crom
2004/01/19 - added prereqs for mass casting spells as well as psionic
             spells - Crom
2004/01/19 - mass fly added. - Crom
2004/01/20 - shadowform now the same as sneak in duration. - Crom
2004/01/20 - added rogue lore to a variety of rogue skills - Crom
2004/01/20 - harmonize now raises a level potentially if failure.
             - Crom
2004/01/20 - made enchant weapon output brilliant blue with inline
             color. - Crom
2004/01/20 - identify command will now check gold in bank if demonbank
             on; gold in hand if demonbank off - Crom
2004/01/21 - fly spell debugged...gen_duration issue. - Crom
2004/01/21 - added some additional options for socialling while asleep.
             plugged a bug as well with it. - Crom
2004/01/22 - changed the level that mass fly is available for mages.
             - Crom
2004/01/22 - insight spell created. - Crom
2004/01/22 - anoint spell added. - Crom
2004/01/23 - announcement when logging in and logging out from buddy
             - Crom
2004/01/24 - info_buddy added. - Crom
2004/01/24 - removed/replaced a ranger pose which was no longer
             appropriate. - Crom
2004/01/24 - added mass holy sight - Crom
2004/01/25 - raised herothank to level 25 - Crom
2004/01/25 - changed color of fake tells to magenta - Crom
2004/01/25 - color bleed in note list removed. - Crom
2004/01/25 - changed wimpy alignment on score. - Crom
2004/01/25 - turn on lord info when you morph to lord. - Crom
2004/01/25 - herothank changed. - Crom
2004/01/25 - frenzy victim fail message added. - Crom
2004/01/25 - magic light, create food, and create spring items are now
             set to cost=0. - Crom
2004/01/25 - onoma/christen now have a required base color code at the
             end of the line. - Crom
2004/01/27 - made whetstones work properly on multiple mobs - Devastant
2004/01/27 - added throw and catch weapon skills and items, changed
             throw to toss - Devastant
2004/01/27 - added throwing weapons to poison skill - Devastant
2004/01/31 - debug on score...practices shifted one right. - Crom
2004/01/31 - more info on throwing weapons when examined - Devastant
2004/01/31 - adjusted throw weapons hps, randomized dmg values on load
             - Devastant
2004/01/31 - tweaks to throw weapon, mobs can throw now - Devastant

/*********************************************************************/
/*                        February 2004                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2004/02/01 - kg changed to lbs - Crom
2004/02/01 - move hidden now has a message for spelldown - Crom
2004/02/04 - added berserker and priest, pax and solitude skills
             - Devastant
2004/02/04 - added priest and berserker to autotitle - Devastant
2004/02/07 - added many priest skills/spells  - Devastant
2004/02/07 - added martyr spell for priests - Devastant
2004/02/07 - added sge/prs/bzk poses - Devastant
2004/02/07 - DISC_HOLY only praccable by tulsithers - Devastant
2004/02/07 - fixed stupid last. uses class-table now - Devastant
2004/02/07 - sacrifice has an additional gold check for sacrificing.
             - Crom
2004/02/09 - faerie fog will clear self. - Crom
2004/02/07 - autopull on as default - Crom
2004/02/07 - added priests to help highest - Devastant
2004/02/07 - added preach command for priests - Devastant
2004/02/08 - added message of tranquility to frenzy failure - Crom
2004/02/08 - modified herolist to only list level 200+ - DaWiz
2004/02/09 - some prereqs for prs's changed, added innocence spell
             - Devastant
2004/02/11 - eulogy modified to check for sor, rng, prs, and bzk
             - Dalthane
2004/02/17 - added new anti-undead spells - Devastant
2004/02/17 - fixed train costs for prs - Devastant
2004/02/19 - more tweaks to prs hlist - Devastant
2004/02/20 - language code rewritten. - Crom
2004/02/22 - bashdoor revised to allow shield protection. - Crom
2004/02/22 - deception ignores notake items for mob only toys
             - Devastant
2004/02/22 - debug flash so safe rooms are...safe - Crom
2004/02/23 - plugged pax loophole, no sandstorm in safe rooms
             - Devastant
2004/02/24 - added air plane shift - Devastant
2004/02/24 - fix to bug with dead mobs throwing - Devastant
2004/02/26 - added alchemy commands mix, mortar, distill, boil, leech,
             and crystalize. they're currently just placeholders or
             glorified socials. - Crom

/*********************************************************************/
/*                           March 2004                              */
/*********************************************************************/

2004/03/03 - added abilities command - Devastant
2004/03/06 - fixed stupid bug w/ detonate message - Devastant
2004/03/07 - changed how gods affect sharpen - Devastant
2004/03/08 - added cleanse, penance, seal - Devastant
2004/03/14 - group_gain exp mods made more stringent against high level
             diversity. - Crom
2004/03/19 - Fixed bug wherein autodefense skills work too well at high
             levels without the skill practiced. - Devastant
2004/03/31 - finished asn, made them visible - Devastant
2004/03/31 - added poses for asn - Devastant
2004/03/31 - added snipe - Devastant
2004/03/31 - added autotitles for asn - Devastant

/*********************************************************************/
/*                           April 2004                              */
/*********************************************************************/

2004/04/02 - manifest prereqs changed - Crom
2004/04/04 - added paladin - Crom
2004/04/04 - priests can become paladins- Crom
2004/04/04 - changed some mar stuff to disc never - Crom
2004/04/05 - added ent/slug - Crom
2004/04/07 - awen, frenzy, and giant strength added to paladin hlist
             - Crom
2004/04/07 - mob gold reevaluated and heavily modified. gemstones added
             to lockboxes. beta testing w/ playerbase - Crom
2004/04/09 - set perm levels to gemstones in lockboxes. - Crom
2004/04/09 - evolution race complete. - Crom
2004/04/09 - greeting updated - Crom
2004/04/10 - notake message for victim - Crom
2004/04/10 - do_give, do_get now do partial gold exchanges. - Crom
2004/04/10 - disarm/shatter no-weapon message changed to say person's
             name. - Crom
2004/04/10 - you must murder message for charmed creatures removed.
             - Crom
2004/04/10 - planeshift no longer has a nexus prereq - Crom
2004/04/10 - salvation: now possible for priests to initiate - Crom
2004/04/10 - fixed bug in detonate message - Crom
2004/04/10 - spell_invis: removed double self message - Crom
2004/04/10 - detect haven lowered for priests since they can do pure
             springs at hero level. - Crom
2004/04/10 - level 35 message for setmin added. - Crom
2004/04/10 - hero 500 banner added for morph and UD. - Crom
2004/04/10 - revision of religion banner - Crom
2004/04/10 - removed Buddha reference in spec_teacher - Crom
2004/04/10 - score: tnl and level information switched - Crom
2004/04/10 - immortals and staff added to do_count. - Crom
2004/04/11 - death shroud now self only - Crom
2004/04/11 - zapped items will be in hwhite - Crom
2004/04/11 - allow any pc level to corpse eat for a heal. - Crom
2004/04/11 - do_help will log failed attempts so that we can
             potentially fix our lack of help. - Crom
2004/04/11 - fixed surprise with bows - Devastant
2004/04/11 - floating slots added. shining pennant added. - Crom
2004/04/12 - 4 new prompt variables %c, %C, %l, %L - Crom
2004/04/12 - do_morph now saves and requires password to succeed.
             - Crom
2004/04/12 - do_examine won't lore floating objects - Crom
2004/04/13 - twinked up verbits per Devastant - Crom
2004/04/13 - added lag to eating corpses - Crom
2004/04/13 - dons->wears for putting on equipment  - Crom
2004/04/13 - fletch kits destroyed when empty. - Crom
2004/04/13 - summon necrit spell added - Crom
2004/04/13 - group command reformatted - Crom
2004/04/13 - removed mention of recall reset for level 5's. - Crom
2004/04/13 - high elves can remort into high elves. - Crom
2004/04/13 - [race name] and [class name] changed to [race abbrev.] and
             [class abbrev.] on char creation screen - Crom
2004/04/13 - lord infos for many of the rituals modified and added to.
             salvation forces save - Crom
2004/04/13 - salvation lord-info now says where - Crom
2004/04/14 - filter code in. filter walkother in. - Crom
2004/04/14 - prompt: %o will show percentage mana - Crom
2004/04/14 - whetstone modded for paladins - Crom
2004/04/14 - lots of spells now say godname. - Crom
2004/04/14 - fail messages for tranquility added to spells - Crom
2004/04/15 - racial swim coded - Crom
2004/04/15 - rephrasing total for room_total filter so that it makes
             sense in scan. - Crom
2004/04/15 - zap code modded to not allow zapping floaters - Crom
2004/04/15 - gem lore allows you to examine and see worth of gemstones.
             - Crom
2004/04/15 - do_group has a different output for pre-level 10 - Crom
2004/04/16 - funeral lore added - Crom
2004/04/16 - death field messages added for cast backfire - Crom
2004/04/16 - cell adjustment modified to use cure_poison - Crom
2004/04/16 - racial fly->autoland if rest or sleep. - Crom
2004/04/16 - sharpen message when fully sharpened done - Crom
2004/04/16 - flee shows direction fled - Crom
2004/04/16 - added remort total on score command - Crom
2004/04/15 - added filter_spell_other - Crom
2004/04/20 - added racial stealthmod; added Kra to worship - Devastant
2004/04/22 - forgot enhanced damage for paladin. fixed. - Crom
2004/04/25 - examine will not lore items that are not held. examine
             will no longer give negative timer values and will only
             show decomposition of corpses. - Crom
2004/04/28 - updated do_group command. - Crom
2004/04/28 - fixed repair lag (had a umin instead of a umax). it also
             didn't have a pulse-violence multiplier...added it in case
             that was also a bug. - Crom
2004/04/28 - filter_object_other added - Crom
2004/04/28 - fixed centaur racial armorhide - Crom
2004/04/28 - sublevel added to morph fail hero info - Crom
2004/04/28 - experience gains modified. no problem if within 5 levels.
             - Crom
2004/04/28 - racial-tranquility messages added to calm and macro frenzy
             - Crom
2004/04/28 - addition to prayer spell of kra - Crom
2004/04/28 - comfort room message modified  - Crom
2004/04/29 - fixed remort: sets worships to zero. - Crom
2004/04/30 - increased lag on break - Crom
2004/04/30 - fix to archer damage - Devastant
2004/04/30 - mercy alternate message supplied for self as victim.
             - Crom
2004/04/30 - added chill touch messages. - Crom

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/*                             May 2004                              */
/*********************************************************************/

2004/05/01 - commented out room message for comfort. it seems players
             had a change of heart. - Crom
2004/05/01 - added quest flags for onetime quests - Devastant
2004/05/01 - added is_name checks to gurney and mercy to eliminate
             mis-casting. - Crom
2004/05/01 - examining item and gaining lore should require that you're
             holding the item. sadly, this means that it can't be
             equipped since there is no easy way  for the game to
             identify that an item is "equipped". It's silly. It will
             need to be resolved. Until then, to gain more lore, you
             need the item in your inventory just like if you were
             casting identify on it. - Crom
2004/05/02 - added firedrakes - Crom
2004/05/02 - altered gurney's messages. - Crom
2004/05/02 - water breathing messages altered - Crom
2004/05/02 - spellother filter added for 'utters the words'. - Crom
2004/05/04 - buddylist now will show if deaf - Crom
2004/05/04 - added rposes for tua and drc - Devastant
2004/05/04 - added pit, fae, tua, drc - Devastant
2004/05/07 - who fdk should now show all firedrakes - Crom
2004/05/07 - map lore didn't work for imms...now it does! - Crom
2004/05/14 - corrected automorph logic in gain_exp to check for hero
             instead of lord - DaWiz
2004/05/16 - changed tnl for firedrakes and verbits. verbit tnl lowered.
             firedrake inverted. - Crom
2004/05/18 - Changed msg for failed bs/asn and altered critical results
             for asn - Devastant
2004/05/29 - added reputation and insightful strike for asn - Devastant
2004/05/30 - practice ticket given once via q_lordschool quest flag and
             recalling in the right room. code in recall command. - Crom
2004/05/31 - added ubercon track - Crom
2004/05/31 - bound items not useable to eat, drink, zap, brandish,
             quaff, or recite. - Crom

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/*                            June 2004                              */
/*********************************************************************/

2004/06/02 - Delete the qpoints allocated to a character when the
             character deletes. - Cuendillar
2004/06/02 - Display failed trips when a PC attempts the trip.
             - Cuendillar
2004/06/02 - Display xp loss on death to all characters. - Cuendillar
2004/06/02 - Display buddy channel in score. - Cuendillar
2004/06/02 - Examine now gives an indication of corpse condition.
             - Cuendillar
2004/06/02 - Report <'hp'|'mana'|'mv'|'tnl'> now possible. - Cuendillar
2004/06/02 - monitor off now an alias for monitor self - Cuendillar
2004/06/02 - Added a room message if victim is PC and caster fails
             for scramble spell. - Cuendillar
2004/06/10 - morphing should change recall default. - Crom
2004/06/11 - Remorts can no longer delete - dalthane
2004/06/22 - Lightning arrows now pierce armor - Devastant

/*********************************************************************/
/*                            July 2004                              */
/*********************************************************************/

2004/07/07 - added rites for bzk - Devastant
2004/07/21 - added berserker skills: resist pain, ignore pain, berserk
             skill - Devastant
2004/07/23 - added bzk skill raging rush to regen code - Devastant
2004/07/23 - added bzk skills rally and scar - Devastant
2004/07/28 - added savvy, acumen, send - Devastant
2004/07/28 - fixed remort so bzk get 0 mana - Devastant
2004/07/30 - added ritual_strip to send - Devastant

/*********************************************************************/
/*                          August 2004                              */
/*********************************************************************/

2004/08/09 - project weapon diversity, part 1 - Devastant
2004/08/11 - lowered bonus from double wield - Devastant
2004/08/17 - added concealable weapons - Devastant
2004/08/18 - added wmodify command - Devastant
2004/08/18 - modded rune - Devastant
2004/08/24 - tweaks to weapon types - Devastant
2004/08/24 - tweaks to whirlwind, double wield - Devastant
2004/08/26 - holy spring to lloydable rooms bug fixed - dalthane

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/*                       September 2004                              */
/*********************************************************************/

2004/09/26 - can_see now added to buddy info on joins. - Snikt
2004/09/26 - Train failure message was too long for constitution.
             shortened length. - Crom

/*********************************************************************/
/*                         October 2004                              */
/*********************************************************************/

2004/10/19 - Added autogroup. - Cuendillar
2004/10/22 - changed order of look to look at char before look at
             direction. This may cause unforeseen issues. - Crom
2004/10/22 - rollover can be done while sleeping. - Crom
2004/10/23 - flash is now attack_curse so that it doesn't surge. - Crom
2004/10/23 - heal command costs halved to reflect decrease of gold on
             mobs. - Crom
2004/10/23 - lockboxes load at tier levels rather than simply mob
             levels. - Crom
2004/10/23 - non-spellcasters can use spells command. - Crom
2004/10/23 - priests can see infirmary. - Crom
2004/10/23 - removed sage from mage autotitles - Crom
2004/10/23 - when you gain hp/ma/mv at your level...you gain current
             and max points so that you don't need to regen those
             gains. - Crom
2004/10/24 - added 10 ent rposes. - Crom
2004/10/24 - alertness replaces rogue lore on withdraw prereqs - Crom
2004/10/24 - cannot ungroup charmed mobs - Crom
2004/10/24 - homeshift prereq removed. planeshift prereq of homeshift.
             - Crom
2004/10/24 - New command: disband - disband an entire group at once.
             Changed message when follow is typed on its own.
             - Cuendillar
2004/10/24 - removed teaching skills from sorcerer. - Crom
2004/10/24 - slugs can't use hog - Crom
2004/10/25 - Disabled dupe racial fly dropping message - Cuendillar
2004/10/25 - added buddyset reset to reset one's buddyset to nothing.
             - Cuendillar
2004/10/26 - Added autogroup toggle command. - Cuendillar
2004/10/27 - nogenesis config option for lords - Cuendillar
2004/10/27 - augment and surge max in abilities - Cuendillar
2004/10/28 - config output in alphabetical order. - Cuendillar
2004/10/29 - fixed the buggy damage verb to smacking - dalthane
2004/10/29 - quicken now gives a message. when successful, that is.
             - Crom
2004/10/29 - make anoint require a target - Cuendillar
2004/10/30 - gold command added: reports gold to room. - Crom
2004/10/30 - changed positions for list, buy, and sell - Crom
2004/10/31 - paladin, priest, and assassin now possible for note to. - Crom
2004/10/31 - plugged herochat hole. - Crom
2004/10/31 - ents are looked for prior to doing nosun check. if ent...
             artificial shade. - Crom
2004/10/31 - scavenger mobs will merge arrows. - Crom

/*********************************************************************/
/*                        November 2004                              */
/*********************************************************************/

2004/11/02 - added peek, conceal, sleight commands - Dalthane
2004/11/02 - added item_spellbook.  will be used later in do_read so
             that you can learn skills/spells based on intelligence/
             learning skills. - Crom
2004/11/04 - firedrakes are now available upon creation. god help us
             all. - Crom
2004/11/06 - necrits can now find anti-magic rooms. - Crom
2004/11/09 - note show will also show you what board you're on. - Crom
2004/11/09 - (wounded) will appear if the mobile has less than 1/3 of
             its max hp. - Crom
2004/11/09 - practice command altered so that it tells percentage every
             time you practice something. - Crom
2004/11/09 - noregen added - Crom
2004/11/09 - astral prison coded. - Crom
2004/11/09 - verbit language added - Crom
2004/11/09 - added fade message for savvy. - Crom
2004/11/09 - spellbook infrastructure added - Crom
2004/11/10 - idea command now regurgitates what you typed - Crom
2004/11/10 - mages and sorcerers can now see if a room is anti-magic
             - Crom
2004/11/10 - added message for failure in dart, blast bolt, and torch
             - Crom
2004/11/10 - block magic light casting with notake flag. - Crom
2004/11/13 - sphere of silence added, made hero level - Crom
2004/11/13 - heighten has lag upon use. - Crom
2004/11/13 - create spring now won't work if a spring already exists in
             the room. - Crom
2004/11/13 - fools can't planeshift or homeshift. instead they get a
             fool's restore. - Crom
2004/11/13 - adjusted weather update TO 1 hour mud time - Dalthane
2004/11/14 - comfort spell messages revised so it isn't redundent when
             cast self - Crom
2004/11/14 - added info_lord for genesis - Crom
2004/11/14 - adjusted months from 17 to 14 - Dalthane
2004/11/14 - modified the get_age equation to reflect new time scale
             - Dalthane
2004/11/14 - modified score to display new age cycles - Dalthane
2004/11/14 - morph success will now say what sublevel you morphed from.
             - Crom
2004/11/19 - Embed/manifest is finally working. Thanks to Dalthane for
             pointing out which way the is_name() function works!
             - Snikt
2004/12/19 - wall of thorns now prevents entering as well as exiting.
             - Crom
2004/11/20 - reply lock will not work with npcs now - Crom
2004/11/20 - do_reply updated to have the same checks as do_tell in
             regards to allowable options - Crom
2004/11/20 - fumbled poison weapon will potentially destroy the item.
             it was possible to go negative prior. - Crom
2004/11/20 - remove buggy awareness message with non-existent arrows.
             - Crom
2004/11/20 - pure touch success messages modified. - Crom
2004/11/21 - LEGEND: redid hpmamv into an array, 0=Lowmort, 3=Titan... - Snikt
2004/11/23 - LEGEND: Pulled Genesis for now. - Snikt
2004/11/23 - LEGEND: Introduced tierstats (Lo, Ld, Lg, Tt) in ch->pcdata.
           - Snikt
2004/11/25 - sage: removed know alignment from slist - Crom
2004/11/25 - added raise dead - Crom
2004/11/25 - if you have passdoor, you bypass wall of thorns. - Crom
2004/11/26 - reply and reply lock wipes when someone logs out. - Crom
2004/11/26 - who fool added - Crom
2004/11/26 - sage things changed: sage adept skills at 95 instead of
             100 now. sage learn magic lore at level 8 instead of hero.
             sage learn dispel evil at hero instead of low level. - Crom
2004/11/27 - golem ready to rock for a gargoyle remort. - Crom
2004/11/27 - demons made ready for distribution - Crom
2004/11/27 - astral shield added - Crom
2004/11/27 - hypermorality added - Crom
2004/11/27 - can't blackjack someone with unrest - Crom
2004/11/27 - criticals added to portal. - Crom
2004/11/28 - remort restores. - Crom
2004/11/28 - can write notes to berserkers and sages - Crom
2004/11/28 - draconians can't worship quixoltan - Crom
2004/11/28 - if you drop objects in a donation room, it sets the flag
             to charity. - Crom
2004/11/28 - timewarp added - Crom
2004/11/28 - water breathing now bright blue drop message - Crom
2004/11/28 - high elf mana regen made equal to elf. - Crom
2004/11/28 - added rogue skill conceal weapon - Dalthane
2004/11/28 - racial claw gives you an open handed damage bonus. - Crom
2004/11/28 - expire now says how much exp you lose - Crom
2004/11/28 - racial infravision won't be cleared off from taking off
             gear now. - Crom
2004/11/28 - drop messages added for racial berserk, acumen, and
             rally - Crom
2004/11/28 - charge shield room messages are filtered by spell other
             - Crom
2004/11/28 - turn undead is not possible in safe rooms now. - Crom
2004/11/28 - separate messages if victim of bless is currently fighting
             (prohibited). - Crom
2004/11/28 - afk put below affects - Crom
2004/11/28 - fixed jailer for new time - Dalthane
2004/11/28 - Okay, genesis is back in. - Snikt

/*********************************************************************/
/*                        December 2004                              */
/*********************************************************************/

2004/12/01 - Inconsistency for hie on mana regen.  Fixed.
             - Cuendillar
2004/12/02 - updated mob AI on socials coded by Pliny w/ minor debugs.
             - Crom
2004/12/04 - added perfection spell. - Crom
2004/12/05 - can't quicken disc_ritual - Crom
2004/12/10 - gave detect alignment to sages - Crom
2004/12/12 - added wizard class - Crom
2004/12/12 - wizards can be rebuilt from mage...if they dare. - Crom
2004/12/16 - perfection will change weight now - Crom
2004/12/16 - added dodge and shield block to wizards - Crom
2004/12/18 - halved in-class lag for heighten - Devastant
2004/12/18 - fixed prereq problem for sages w/ know alignment
             - Devastant
2004/12/19 - wall of thorns now prevents entering as well as exiting.
             - Crom
2004/12/21 - disabled spell_genesis - DaWiz
2004/12/23 - Turned genesis back on - DaWiz

/*********************************************************************/
/*                         January 2005                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2005/01/03 - Fixed do_clear to remove ALL equipment - DaWiz
2005/01/07 - throwing weapon damage range added to identify spell.
             - Crom
2005/01/09 - wizard removed as a rebuild option. - Crom
2005/01/09 - wizards can see anti-magic rooms - Crom
2005/01/11 - fixed raise dead - Crom
2005/01/11 - fixed faulty message in rebuild - Crom
2005/01/11 - fixed genesis, morph to not give bzk mana - Devastant
2005/01/12 - recoded weapon types using subtype - Devastant
2005/01/13 - fixed drift mobs to skip nomob rooms - Devastant
2005/01/15 - added racial mods to casting based on spelltype
             - Devastant
2005/01/15 - fixed armor training - Devastant
2005/01/15 - Fixed password case problem in do_worship - DaWiz
2005/01/16 - fixed typo in do_throw and changed it to tossing instead of
             throwing - Dalthane
2005/01/16 - added container lore - Crom
2005/01/16 - chaos channel for sors - Crom
2005/01/16 - heal potions may end up in lockboxes. - Crom
2005/01/16 - rebuild removes worship choice - Crom
2005/01/16 - send ritual can be started by wizards and outputs info
             messages to lords. - Crom
2005/01/16 - worship does not cost anything if you are smaller than
             level 20. no ratcheting up of worships counter either.
             - Crom
2005/01/17 - afkreply tells are given a different message - Crom
2005/01/17 - finished racial spelltypes - Devastant
2005/01/17 - outlaw removed if you remort - Crom
2005/01/18 - chaos channel checks for character's class instead of class
             equal 0. - Crom
2005/01/23 - racial breath is now level based - Crom
2005/01/23 - cannot quicken, surge, or augment disc_ritual spells - Crom
2005/01/31 - added GEMSTONE_PERFECT and METAL_PERFECT for item descriptions
             - Dalthane
/*********************************************************************/
/*                        February 2005                              */
/*********************************************************************/ 
2005/02/09 - perfection removed as a learnable spell. - Crom
2005/02/09 - disabled perfection. - Crom
/*********************************************************************/
/*                           March 2005                              */
/*********************************************************************/
2005/03/12 - fixed bug with multi item tickets - Devastant
2005/03/20 - fixed bug w/ tracks so that ubercon track is possible
             - Crom
2005/03/20 - embed not possible with etched item. - Crom
2005/03/20 - changed error message w/ embed to just tell them to write
             the correct name. - Crom
2005/03/20 - manifest modified to check for etching and item type.
             keywords also modified. - Crom
2005/03/21 - wizards are the same as mages for rebuild purposes. - Crom
2005/03/23 - added new rposes...only 1 bug. - Crom
2005/03/26 - added anti-hunt skills cover, cloak of pain and pardon
             - Devastant

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