chaos & order shields

[vesperian]

Cannot cast spells while wearing chaos & order shield. If I rember correctly back in the day you could.

[Jack]

Sorry, I missed this thread. The particular mechanic you're talking about is a pre-T2A mechanic.


A patch took place on 6/11/1998 which revamped the Chaos/Order system:


https://uolostlands.com/wiki/index.php?t...notes_1998

A new free-for-all warfare method exists: order and chaos guilds.

• Order and Virtue guards as they currently exist go away.
  
• Guildmasters can now declare their guild to be either order or chaos, if they meet the requirements.
  
• You must be at the third tier of Fame (the level just below Lord) and not be a murderer, in order to join an order or chaos guild.
  
• Any members who do not meet the requirements when a guild becomes an order or chaos guild will be kicked out of the guild automatically.
  
• If you are a member of an order or chaos guild, and become a murderer, or lose enough fame to fall below the requirements (by dying or by atrophy), you'll be removed from the guild.
  
• All members of order and chaos guilds will be forced to display their guild abbreviation at all times. In addition, their abbreviation will automatically be followed by "(Order)" or "(Chaos)".
  
• If you are a member of an order or chaos guild, and do not have the special shield, you can simply say "order shield" or "chaos shield" to one of the guards of Lord British or Lord Blackthorn (you must ask the appropriate guard for the appropriate shield, of course).
  
• The shields will no longr disappear immediately. They are also no longer required to be worn.
  
• For highlighting purposes, all members of guilds of the opposing alignment will appear orange, and can be freely attacked. All members of guilds of the same alignment will appear green, and can also be freely attacked.
  

Interesting to note that last bolded point. I will have to research if this should be the case here.


The shields no longer allowed casting after this patch. Although the patch note doesn't make mention of it, this note on stratics was written around the time of the patch and makes note of the fact that you can't cast with a shield equipped anymore:


http://web.archive.org/web/2000013013073...uards.html

What special rules does the shield have in the new system?

• The shields are no longer required to be worn. (But they are nice shields)
  
• Shields will not disappear right away anymore. However, they are valueless, so they can't be sold. If anyone tries to equip a Chaos or Order shield who isn't a member of the appropriate guild type, the shield will destroy itself.
  
• Shields don't ever kill anyone anymore.
  
• You can no longer cast spells with the shield equipped.