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Announce News Post #2901

Shop of Wonders

Written by: Maya, the Great Mother
Date: Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Addressed to: Everyone


What new treasures lie within the Shop of Wonders?

Aside from the existing wares listed in the previous post, the new stock
is as follows:

A rosewood stationery kit: 1 Mayan crown
- Like the now-discontinued olivewood stationery kit, this kit generates
up to five letters that are embossed with your name and title per
Achaean month.
- Only the one whose name is embossed upon the letter may mail it.

A parquet wooden egg*: 1 Mayan crown
- This egg can be hatched inside either a walnut, birch, or mahogany
brazier.

A mosaic stone egg*: 2 Mayan crowns
- This egg can be hatched inside either an onyx, sandstone, or marble
brazier.

A barnacle-encrusted bucket: 2 Mayan crowns
- A must for the avid fisherman, this bucket replenishes with up to 50
bait every Achaean month.

A damascene metal egg*: 3 Mayan crowns
- This egg can be hatched inside either a bronze, iron, or copper
brazier.

An inlaid gemstone egg*: 4 Mayan crowns
- This egg can be hatched inside either a diamond, garnet, or emerald
brazier.

A shining feather: 5 Mayan crowns
- While this feather is in the owner's inventory, the owner has no need
for the levitation defense.

A scrying bowl: 6 Mayan crowns
- SCRY FOR <person> while you have this bowl to see not only that
person's specific location, but the area he or she is in as well.

A polished skull: 7 Mayan crowns
- Want to know the location of an adventurer corpse? CARESS SKULL
<person> to find out. Any contact with life energy, however, will
prevent this skull from working. That means if the corpse is being held
by another adventurer, the skull will not be able to find it.

A golden honeycomb: 9 Mayan crowns
- DROP this in your grove, and you will be able to HARVEST from your
hive twice as often as normal.


* About Eggs and Braziers
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Braziers are available at the Shop of Wonders, priced in gold. When you
purchase an egg, hatch it in the appropriate brazier. A bird will hatch
from the egg. (Note: of course, the egg will be destroyed in the
process. If you desire to keep an egg, well, don't hatch it.) The
precise mechanics of hatching an egg are yours to figure out. The birds
range from canaries to hummingbirds to swallows to many more, and the
type of bird that hatches from your egg will depend on the type of
brazier you use to hatch it. I'll leave it for you to figure out the
combinations.

The eggs and the birds are for decoration/fun only. They are not meant
for any utility nor combat purpose. If you happen to find a way to use
them in such a way, please consider that a bug and report it using BUG.
All birds will respond to "Sing, <bird type>." Metal and gemstone birds
will respond to "Fly up, <bird type>" and "Land, <bird type>". Gemstone
birds will respond to "Hop up, <bird type>" and "Come along, <bird type>."


Penned by My hand on the 6th of Lupar, in the year 494 AF.


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