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Previous Publish: Publish 39
Next Publish: Publish 41

This list updated May 5, 2006.

Features:

* Buff/debuff (Server-side support to enable feature)
* Targeting (Target Hostile cycle macro support)
* Humility Cloak Quest
* New Buddy Reward selections
* Added a book “The Shattering” into bank boxes

PVP:

* It is no longer possible to cast explosion or use an explosion scroll if another explosion spell or scroll is already in progress
* Fixed an exploit that allowed players to temporarily be over the skill cap
* Balanced weapon speeds. Weapon speed is now displayed in seconds.
* Backstab, Focus Attack, Ki Attack, and Momentum Attack now do less damage against players
* The bonus to damage from Evil Omen has been reduced against players
* Damage bonus from Perfection and Honor will no longer affect players
* Honorable Execution no longer works against players
* Poison Strike. Casting time has been increased slightly from 6 to 7, and the minimum base damage has been decreased from 36 to 32
* Death Strike now clears its stalking bonus correctly. This fix also effects Backstab and Surprise Attack
* Capped Stalking Bonus based on stalker’s Tracking Skill. Stalking bonus is now capped at 10 + 1/10 skill
* Players who use a wand to cast a spell are now frozen for a few seconds while the targeting cursor comes up
* Changed the way wands work so players cannot use them while casting other spells
* Ki attack no longer works with archery
* Dog and cat animal forms now regain hit points at a faster rate
* Mana vampire and paralyze now flag as criminal
* Fixed a flagging issue that involved attacking another player while in animal form
* Damage from blood oath and damage reflect armor will no longer stack
* Fixed an issue where auto-defend would override a player’s current target
* Actively attacking a target while in peace mode will now put you into war mode
* Hit-area weapon effects now check for line of sight
* Re-applying a stat altering spell now resets the duration of the spell correctly
* Improved the behavior when two stat altering spells that affect the same stat in the opposite direction are applied to a player.
* Fixed an issue with the PVM damage cap not working correctly in certain cases involving slayer weapons

Misc:

* Lowered the amount of points it takes to increase tiers at the Zoo Community Collection
* Lowered the number of points for a buckler in the Library Collection from 16 down to 9
* Placing an Arcane focus stone into a Sacrificial Altar will now destroy it immediately
* Fixed an issue where the True Harrower did not appear sometimes after the Harrower was killed
* Summoned bonded pets (for example Paroxysmus Swamp Dragon) can no longer be dispelled by creatures such as Dull Copper Elementals
* Added a fix for some pets (ferrets/squirrels) to prevent them from having their hit points lowered under certain conditions
* It is no longer possible to engrave pets
* Creatures with spellcasting with a range of 9 tiles will now be able to reach 10 tiles
* Players who have over 200 points of skill who try to use an Advanced Character Token now get a message telling them why their action failed
* Fixed an issue where some books were appearing as “A Buggy Book”
* Repair deeds no longer decay quickly when left on the ground
* Gypsy bankers no longer give the appearance that they can train skills
* Parrots can now mimic Japanese text
* Fixed the width of the “yes” and “no” text fields on the murder reporting gump, so they wouldn’t be truncated in Japanese
* Moved the exit in the Blighted Grove peerless encounter area
* Bloodwood Talisman now gives a bonus to necromancy as intended