Item System & Rules

[Storyteller]

The item system is a new way for officers to acquire news powers and abilities to help them either on the battlefield or in scenarios. These powers are abilities can be either active or passive.

For example - an ACTIVE item may let you summon a horse whereas a PASSIVE item may grant you a speed boost whilst holding the item.

Unlike most roleplay sites, we wanted to make the items feel special and not in abundance and therefore many of the rarer (and more powerful) items will be limited.

This is because, if you have a rare item -
A) You feel more awesome because you may be the only holder
B) You become a target other people may want to steal or loot the item from you
C) The item is more valuable if there are only a few in existence

Item System FAQs

How many items can I hold at one time?
You can hold a maximum of TWO items. These can be either ACTIVE and PASSIVE or two of the same type.

What types of item are there?
Weapons
Special Weapons
Armour
Orbs
Incense
Materials and Junk Items
Trade Goods
and Valuable Items (including saddles, jewelry and more..)

All of these will be explained in the post below in further detail.

What is the rarity system?
The rarity system is a way we understand how unique an item is. At present we have FOUR categories which all items fall into which are:

EPIC - only one exists
RARE - three maximum in existence
UNCOMMON - no limit
COMMON - no limit

The rarer the item, the more valuable it becomes.

You mentioned selling items, how does this system work?
The Blackmarket exists, which is where you can buy and sell your items. The Blackmarket will buy your items, and sell them for a profit. The money gained from this is then reinvested in events and battles, creating a site economy. The more items you purchase, the greater pool of prize and reward money that is available. The Blackmarket also allows your enemies to purchase YOUR or YOUR kingdoms items which means you could potentially be assisting your enemies through sales/or they could be funding your wars.

At present there are no rules for donations or trading amongst players although we are in discussions to make this a reality. Watch this space.

How do I obtain items?
Items will be obtainable through events, battles and scenarios. Out of character events may also yield items such as winning Member of the Month or winning a caption contest. Likewise items can be purchased from the Blackmarket or from stores around China. ONLY legitimate items which have been purchased from a staff verified store are viable. False or unmoderated items are VOID.

What type of items do you have planned?
As mentioned above many of the items are event and scenario specific, without revealing too many details because we would like to keep the surprise.. you can expect items which reflect their origin. These can range from saddles, to weapons, to jewelry.



written collaboratively between Zhuge Liang & Colby

[Storyteller]

Types of items

You have a total of FOUR items equipped at one time. Weapons and saddles (mounts) count as weapons. All of your items can be stored at your home allow you to switch in and out between battles and events. The combination is entirely up to you.. be it four weapons.. two weapons, a horse and an orb..

--Weapon--
A normal weapon, no powers. Cost: low
We have a two weapon rule, however with the item system we create a larger diversity. The allowance of addition weapons means that you can have numerous weapons sets allowing the right tools for the job. These are basic weapons and must be equipped in an item slot to be used.

-- Special Weapons --
A purposely designed weapon which may have elemental powers or an ability  Cost: medium to high
Special weapons are rare and hard to come by, but may give you an edge in battle. Some extremely rare weapons may exist which are created by staff members.

--Armor--
Pieces of armor with special effects. Cost is rated on the type of effect. Different armours will be made of different materials and will have their own strengths, weaknesses and costs associated. 

--Orbs--
Elemental orbs are items which grant the ability to have passive on-hit elemental damage. These elements Fire, Water, Ice, Lightning and Wind.

Single elemental varieties are uncommon whereas two elemental orbs are rare or above in quality. Two elements is the maximum amount of elements a single orb can have. You CANNOT stack orbs, meaning only a single orb will apply to your weapon for example equipping a Wind and Fire orb as well as a Water and Ice orb will only yield Wind and Fire elemental damage.

--Incense--
Scented smoke that creates an effect over a limited area. Only good in casual RP or duels. Won't be usable in a general battlefield sense.

--Enhance Items--
Special items that enhance a single stat each.
By stats, I'm listing as Attack, Defense, Speed, Strength, Agility, Vision, Hearing.

--Restoration Items--
Items for healing and recovery from other item effects. Such as poison, burns, etc.

--Junk Items--
These items have no special value or effects.

--Materials and Craft Items--
Items which are used in recipes for crafting.

--Trade Goods--
Common trade materials used to buy/and sell. 

--Valuable Items--
Precious metals, minerals and gemstones, that can be either buy/sell.


written collaboratively between Zhuge Liang & Colby

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~~New Information~~

Class-based items will be created to reflect various natures of different classes of individual. These items will be open to purchase by anyone. However, anyone the staff deems as purchasing an item with the express reason of gaining the item benefit, with no in-character reason for purchasing the item to begin with, will either have a forcible refund by the staff, or the item will be confiscated with no refund. This is the only warning to be given.

All items are subject to change at any time the staff deems it necessary to do so. This may be simple price changes, or an entire reworking of an item for balance purposes.

Once item storage is available, anyone found having more items than their storage limit will have items confiscated down to the amount of their limit.

Lastly, the two-item per thread limit will be enforced strictly. Anyone attempting to abuse the RP by acting as if they have more items than this, will suffer penalties.

Those found to be frequently abusing the item system will have their item privileges revoked.