FIVE POINT ZERO

Description

Materia Magica 5.0 was launched 12/6/20, with the SUG Expansion launched 8/19/21.

Skills & Buffs

• Buffs cast in a safe room will cast in 1 second and last max duration.
  Combat

• Your AR can go over 100, allowing tanks to reduce damage by >75%.

• Timing your spells is no longer necessary, as overcasting no longer exists.
• Invisibility and Sneaking reduces aggressiveness.

• Archon Hunters no longer rift at random, so Warding Amulets are obsolete.
  Settings

• Help 2219: if it's grey instead of pretty, use Mushclient + SET 256-COLORS ON.

• Once your 256-color mode is enabled, set your UI color with SET PERSONAL_COLOR.
• Ensure you have SET AUTOMAIL ON- this will allow your friends to reach you.

Eqdb

• The Equipment Database can be queried in-game to search for all sorts of eq. [EQDB

Philosophy & Convenience

• Grinding isn't fun, so combat is significantly faster.
• Look at a Roadsign in the wilds and click a destination to speedrun.
• Merfolk roadways span the ocean, permitting intercontinental running.
• Formations will follow their leader when they start running on a road.

Levelling & Progression

• Unique experiences like Marks & Bosses remain the best way to gain XP.

Archoning & The Domain of Arbaces

• Domain of Arbaces is more fun and better reflects the Archon experience.
• All AP-granting marks now retroactively grant their AP upon Archoning.

Herbalism & Mixing

• Mixing herbal mixtures now costs gold, and doesn't require sprigs.

Music & Songs

• Your songs are best played by name, not musical notes. Reclaim your aliases!

Libraries & Spellcasting

• Memorization is no longer involved in spellcasting, cast from your spellbook.
• Spellbooks have gained complexity capacity and have their own wear slot.
• Scribe no longer needs a scroll to work- just cast the skills you have.
• Libraries are special rooms that permit scribing and spellbook changing.
• Research Notes, via the Mark of Abstraction, provides access to skills. [READ RESEARCH LIST; MARK INFO ABSTRACTION

Wear Slots

• The many deities of Alyria have myriad ways of recruiting with Blessings.
• Many summoned entities are now conjured items worn in the Familiar slot.
• Your Spellbook has a dedicated slot, freeing an offhand.

• Research Note Tomes provide access to common spells. [MARK INFO ABSTRACTION
  Cooking

• Gather ingredients and feed your friends with unique food buffs. [MARK INFO COOKING
  Artificing

• Adventurers can use the 'artifice' command to combine items themselves.

Quest Items

• Toy soldiers & similar are summoned with the 'summon soldier' spell.
• After Vandemaar's Keep was pried open, trunks have grown more frequent.
• Many new quest items. See the full list [HELP 2428

Cpk

• Dying in CPK no longer drops items, but a representative amount of gold.
• Dropped gold comes in the form of 'CPK hoards', for portability and transit.
• Local morticians and the 'Revert Catastrophe' spell can fix bad situations.
• Inter-player Invisibility is only enforced in CPK; make sure to have Detects!

Clans & Alliances

• Alliances with a hometown can recall to their Stronghold with [ALLIANCE GOHALL
• Music venues worldwide can be appreciated best via bar brawl, for buffs.

Form Improvements & Boss Loot