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LIMITED RARE UNIQUE
Here at the Abandoned Realms, certain equipment are restricted in numbers.
These equipment are known as "limited" equipment. You can tell whether an
item is limited or not by using the lore skill or the identify spell.
Limited equipment will be denoted by "Rare item" or "Unique item." As a
rule, unique items are fewer in numbers than rare items, and thus harder
to find. Unique items are not necessarily "unique", as there can be more
than one "unique" item in the game.
There are a few special rules with limited items:
- Limited items cannot be put in containers of any kind.
- Players below level 15 will lose all limited equipment when they quit.
- You are permitted to wear as many limited equipment as you can find
unless you are below level 30. You may be suspected of multi-playing
and/or being a "storage character" if you have more limited equipment
than is reasonable for someone below level 30. It is entirely up to
the discretion of the gods as to what is reasonable. If you have any
doubts about whether you have too many limited items, you should level
past level 30 so that there will be no trouble.
- You will only keep a limited number of items in your inventory when you
quit. This number follows the formula (level/10 - 1), rounded down.
Thus, if you're level 45, you can safely keep 3 limited items in your
inventory through logouts and reboots. Lost limited items are not
reimbursed.
- You are required to play a certain number of hours every month if you
want to keep the limited equipment on your character. If you have less
than the required number of hours in a particular month, you will lose
all the limited equipment your character is wearing and also in the
inventory. Do not bother asking about how many hours this is, as this
information is restricted to the Implementors.
- Sometimes when a player dies, if there are more limited items than the
limit set for their item, that item will disappear. This is known as
the item in question being "overmaxed." Equipment overmaxing occurs
due to natural fluctuations in the player base, as well as other mud-
related factors. No compensation will be given for an item that is
overmaxed, whether it was from your corpse or the corpse of someone
you've killed. Asking for it will only cause problems for you before
you are referred to this file.
Remember that limited items are a privilege, not a right. Abusing the
system through means such as multi-playing, duping, and OOC equipment
transfers are all subject to severe punishments, both character- and
site-based.
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