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Gemstone IV v1.1 Progress Report

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From: ImperiusDamian
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:32
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HIRELINGS
- Rogue Hirelings can now use Amazon bows (imagine a Rogue merc wielding 
a Windshear socketed with Gemstones and Magestones!)

MAGIC ITEMS
- Two new suffixes have been added to Magic items:
             - "of Battle Orders" - adds 1-3 levels of Battle Orders, 
usable by all classes
             - "of Warming" - adds 3-6 levels of Warmth, usable for all 
classes

CUBE
- New Cube recipes have been added
             - 2 magic rings + 1 rare ring + Io rune -> magic ring of 
Battle Orders (may also have a random prefix)
             - 2 magic rings + 1 rare ring + Lum rune -> magic ring of 
Warming  (may also have a random prefix)

-Rune Recipes
             - item + 2 perfect gems + 2 of the same Rune -> Rune effect 
added to item
This works with weapons, all kinds of armour, rings and amulets. Rune 
attributes added are appropriate for the item type. For example: 
Skystrike + 2 pGems + 2 Shael runes -> Skystrike + 40% IAS.
NOTE: These recipes now only work ONCE per item.

MONSTERS
- Monsters have been reshuffled slightly in act 5 and in the Durance of Hate
- Packs of Flying Scimitars now spawn in some areas of act 2
- Boss packs of crow nests should now spawn in act 1 and act 2

BUGFIXES
- Barbarian Hireling names have been properly adjusted to match those in 
Gemstone II
- Guest monster boss packs no longer spawn in Normal Bloody Foothills

RUNEWORDS
- Possible new runeword: "Lucky Bastard" (Zod-Vex-Jah-Ohm) for 4-socket 
weapons

Please suggest anything you'd like to see! :)
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From: ImperiusDamian <damianblack.wolf@gmail.com>
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Subject: Gemstone IV v1.1 Progress Report
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:32:15 -0400
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