Raesh, any chance you'd be willing to give a rough idea of the scholarship that one would need to find all of these goodies? If I find all but a handful of recalls in an area, I'd rather know that it was because my scholarship is too low rather than thinking I missed something.

GM Raesh: By the way you have my permission to kill anyone who wins the recall scavanger hunt and doesn't post them to Elanthipedia

Mwahahahahahaha!

You have been warned!

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No worries, I've been copying down each recall I find for inclusion to Elanthipedia once the contest is done!

Go, Leilond, go! My first attempt was p3. Then I tried to get all of p2. Then I threw up my hands and went to p1. It was a great time getting to see parts of the world that I wouldn't gone otherwise, so part of the reward really was getting to explore. I'd really like to find the perceive history sites for p3, though, since I like how they drop you into the history.

I thought those two were two of the three that are "outside Elanthia" and didn't count towards the hunt? Also, they're on Elanthipedia, so I'd say they've been found.

I remembered that post and hunted around the moors and the chapel for a while trying to find anything in there, but I apparently wasn't up to the task of finding them.
Also, I don't see anything on the Percieve History page on Elanthipedia about the Darkmist Moore - or anything in Ilithi for that matter.

I assumed that post was about the two in the Abyss, since a) it's under Darkmist Moore, b) I'd been all over the rest of the moore and hadn't found anything, and c) they're about Death Squirrels, which were an invention of Skraltheon's.

So either there are two others in the Moore, or the two in the Abyss aren't considered to be outside the provinces. In that case, I have no idea what the three commonly known ones outside the provinces are (I'd thought it meant the Planar Telescope + the two in the Abyss).

> are the aforementioned three in the Planar Telescope (It is three, not one).

Ah. Thanks.

Good question... offhand I believe it is just the three at the telescope, but if you email a list of what you have I will check it against the master list and verify if this statement is but true.

-Raesh

"Ever notice that B.A.'s flavor text swells in direct proportion to how much one of our characters is getting screwed?" - Brian Van Hoose

Totally unrelated, but good to see you back, Gent. If any Prime Bards need an escort into Cleric areas (although you should be able to get into the Abyss on your own, just need to solve the puzzle) let me know.


~Cazvelu
"To be honest, my son, the practice of Holy magic is really just reckless tampering with one's soul."

>>1. Can you tell us if there are any (and maybe how many) spots that are inaccessible to a Bard alone (aside from the three at the telescope)?

Yeah, I suppose the Moor could be a problem to get to alone. As far as I know it's just those and the telescope, but I could be wrong.

>>2. Room descriptions can change based on time of day/year.

Depends on how mechanically this is done. I'm going to go with "no" but there is a non zero chance of me being wrong (Though this would involve a combination of my crawler failing to find a recall, in a room using a very unusual mechanic, that was also set up wrong...)

>>Are all the Recall/Perceive spots live in all three instances?

So far as I know, yes, though I will admit I ran my crawler in Dev (for resource reasons) and cross referenced with Prime.

That said the vast majority of recalls are in old areas that I would be shocked to find are out of sync, and most of the newer ones I've personally confirmed are in all instances as they should be for one reason or another.

-Raesh

"Ever notice that B.A.'s flavor text swells in direct proportion to how much one of our characters is getting screwed?" - Brian Van Hoose

A suggestion of "There should be a recall here -- and this is why" is fine. A suggestion with more than that is better.

-Raesh

"Ever notice that B.A.'s flavor text swells in direct proportion to how much one of our characters is getting screwed?" - Brian Van Hoose

I found the missing recall in Dhralduum's Instruments. Looks like it was missed in the conversion to the current system. I'll get it put back later when I'm doing some other updates.

Please let me know if you find any other missing ones. Without a starting point (like I had for this one) it's a non trivial task to track them down.

-Raesh

"Ever notice that B.A.'s flavor text swells in direct proportion to how much one of our characters is getting screwed?" - Brian Van Hoose

This place might also be worth a recall in Ratha:

[Bay Cliffs, Monument]
The trees and bushes have been cleared away from the rim of the cliff. Halfway between the edge of the woods and the edge of the precipice stands a tall bronze monument. A couple of young men are lounging around and chatting near torches stuck in the grass. You also see a huge rock projecting over the edge of the cliff, on which a group of young people are standing and chatting.
Obvious paths: north.

>read monument
A bronze monument reads:
In honor of Captain Sraelhh and her crew, who gave their lives in the defense of Ratha and all of Reshalia. The cowardly Gor'Tog chose to raid when the Fangs of Ushnish were occupied with marauders from the east, leaving our home defenseless. Sraelhh, by drawing the ships of the the Gor'Tog raiders into Slo'Tami'Ashereh at the peak of the inbound tide, sacrificed her merchant ship in order to draw the enemies onto the rocks with her. Her memory is carved in bronze forever.

Also, does anyone know if the cliff diving in the room next door is tried to some type of Circle, Attribute, or a specific Guild (Ranger?)? Or is it just for show?

[Bay Cliffs, Projecting Rock]
The granite of the cliff thrusts out over the water, projecting far enough to give a clear view of the bluegreen water and jagged rocks directly below. The young men and women here on the rock are all very wet, which is odd considering the only source of water is a truly appalling distance away, straight down. You also see a patch of grass near the woods, where a couple of youngsters are lounging and chatting.
Obvious paths: none.

>dive water

You approach the edge of the rock and strike a diving pose, but two of the young divers appear on either side of you. Each one takes an arm and they hustle you back away from the edge, without much care for your dignity.

A young man looks you over and says "I don't think so. It's obvious to anyone that you're in no kind of shape for this, and if you kill yourself we'll get in trouble. How about if you just watch?" He grins at you, and then he and his companion leave you alone and go back to their friends. One of them says something in a low voice, and then several look over their shoulders at you, chuckling.

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Lupdels

Alright folks, I've updated Elanthipedia with all the information I have thus far regarding Recall History and Perceive History. I still haven't made it to the islands, so it's just P1, P2, P3 as of right now. If you have information that isn't on the website, please contribute! I can understand if you are waiting to explore/discover the missing rooms for the contest, but please be forthcoming if you have more information after the contest closes!

http://www.elanthipedia.com/wiki/Recall_History
http://www.elanthipedia.com/wiki/Perceive_History

Raesh,

I'm almost positive that there is something up with the room count or that rooms have been dropped or lost somehow. Could your crawler have counted things that aren't available to us? Can you run the crawler through other instances to see if they match up?

I'm not really interested in the contest part, I just want to find them to document everything. (Although contests always get me feeling competitive)! And I'm having a lot of fun searching the realms, so thank you again!

GENT

I've found two on the islands so far, but I'm starting to exhaust areas where I think there could be the remaining two. It's been exciting to track them down, especially one in particular. I'll be sure to add to them to Elanthipedia once the contest is over. I've got a lot of ideas on where I think a recall or something could be put into place though.

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Lupdels

I went ahead and added what I had that wasn't yet added. It was pretty much just the recall text for a few that had been identified in p2, as well as the Faldesu River recall. Also, if someone down around Leth wants to pick up the "first line of room description" for the p1 recalls down there, I'll see about getting the ones for the ones around Crossing that I had added. (In hindsight, I should've picked those up when I was hunting, but I didn't know any better at the time.)

I get back late monday, if you haven't sorted it out by then I double check both my numbers and tf.

-Raesh

"Ever notice that B.A.'s flavor text swells in direct proportion to how much one of our characters is getting screwed?" - Brian Van Hoose

>>Yeah, my favorite part of this whole trek has been (re)discovering some really cool places that are off the beaten path. These are my favorite places in the game and part of the reason that I come back to this game again and again.

One of our GMly classes began with our sharing our favorite places in game. I learned about a place or two that way.

Hmm...

-V.

"Reject me not, sweet sounds! oh, let me live,
Till doom espy my towers and scatter them.
A city spell-bound under the aging sun,
Music my rampart, and my only one."
-Edna St. Vincent-Millay

I decided to update Elanthipedia with the two recalls I found on the islands and type up my own thoughts on the islands.

I think both of the recalls I found count as on Ratha, but one was outside of the city so I'm not entirely sure. One was a sort of "lost" recall in that it's a replacement of the older recall that was around when Yaziyi was still on the island. I don't know if people just assumed the old one was gone and never checked for the replacement or if it was more recently added.

The other is in the Selkie/Merrows area north of the city. Which I had entirely forgotten about over the years because I believe the original Bardic link to the area, in which the coral shintu gains the friendship of the Selkies, no longer works. I'm not sure. I only remembered it because I stumbled on "A Bard's Adventure of Discovery" in one of the Ratha libraries and made the good decision to read it! Good stuff!

If the coral shintu no longer works it would be nice to fix it. And can it be changed to being waterproof? Or is it waterproof, I just keep getting messages about water soaking it anyway?

The lore behind the selkies is a perfect example of the sort of little in game tidbits of information linked to the Bard Guild that I enjoy and would like to see more of.

I had some other ideas for the islands based on areas where I thought a recall should be but didn't find out.

I don't think it would technically count as a recall history, but it would be nice if you could recall the harpsichord, cello, and drums in Hotagi'rath Theater in Ratha as you can with other hand held instruments.

I was a little disappointed that the Boyer in Aesry didn't have a recall, as usually I notice that recalls related to "So and so loves so and so" or "So and so married so and so" work for both individuals. The poor Raeloka loves Woodbyne but we haven't heard anything about his feelings?! That poor girl! But you can even ask Woodbyne and he'll talk about her. Will they ever find true love?!

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Lupdels