Enchanted Map [Archive]

thingirl

07-09-2009, 01:08 PM

OK, so I just singed up for a free account so I could get the newsletter. I started a character and looked at her equipment and saw that she had the Enchanted Map that lets you see where you are in a dungeon. If I remember correctly, this item used to be gotten from the Caves of Westwold.

shadowblack

07-09-2009, 01:31 PM

Actually, in the past you started without the map and you didn't get it from Westwold (at least as long as you were a free player). I got mine from the Stoneback Hill adventure once I became AG. As AG I was able to get the Enchanted map from Westwold for at least one character. I'm not sure about the current situation, though - perhaps the GM changed it so everyone starts with the Enchanted Map

zmflavius

07-09-2009, 02:39 PM

Well, in the days of old when I first signed up, Conirinn gave me an enchanted map as Zmflavius first set out for Westwold. That account got deleted when I set out on a hiatus from Sryth. A few months ago, I signed back up, and I started with the Enchanted map in my inventory.

thingirl

07-09-2009, 02:47 PM

Shadowblack, you've bean around for a long time. Repped for the info.

Zmflavius, my situation is like yours. Alanne (my main and AG character) started in December 08 and got the map from Conirinn. My non AG character that I started today had it in her inventory.

thunderw

07-09-2009, 10:34 PM

I have started brand new just 2 weeks ago and I also had one in my new non AG account character.

thingirl

07-09-2009, 10:54 PM

I have started brand new just 2 weeks ago and I also had one in my new non AG account character.

Welcome! The wikki and this fourm are valuable sources of info. The wikki has a non AG start up page (http://sryth.wikia.com/wiki/Non-AG_Startup), and a Character start up page (http://sryth.wikia.com/wiki/Character_Startup_Guide). The second one is aimed at AG players though, so be warned. Also, since this is your first character, you might want to play for a while before wikkiing.

Oldschool

07-10-2009, 12:57 AM

I definitely got it from Westwold when I first started and when I more recently started my free account it appeared in both characters inventories.

Maybe changed since the Explore the Realms have some mapped encounters and can be done before Westwold and have also been opened up for free players.

psychoadept

07-10-2009, 01:17 AM

Yeah, I remember trying to do A Haunting in Durnsig with no map when I decided to run it before Westwold at some point...

zmflavius

07-10-2009, 01:19 AM

Yeah, I remember trying to do A Haunting in Durnsig with no map when I decided to run it before Westwold at some point...

OUCH! With all those opening passages...

thingirl

07-10-2009, 01:47 AM

I just thought of something. If you have good (70+) Thievery and Woodsmanship and someone steels your Enchanted Map, would you be able to have a map of dungeons? Just a thought.

shadowblack

07-10-2009, 07:23 AM

As long as you have Thievery/Woodsmanship you get the dungeon map even without the Enchanted Map - after all, it only does what the skills do.

Scarbrow

07-10-2009, 01:02 PM

I have corrected on the wiki, but thought it can't be bad to repeat it here: IF you don't have the Enchanted map on you when you start the quest, you'll get it from "Caves of Westwold". Maybe from Stoneback Hill too? I'll have to check.

Currently, only a few selected Pregenerated characters start without the map, though. When I started, you got it from Westwold.

Scarbrow

07-10-2009, 01:26 PM

Anyway, I just tested it. Stoneback Hill will in fact still give you the Map, at the Thane's chamber just before your second trip to the hill.

See http://sryth.wikia.com/wiki/Item:264_Enchanted_Map

EDIT: Ok, I found how to edit myself. Still pretty new to this forum

thingirl

07-10-2009, 01:37 PM

Speaking of edits, it doesn't show that you edited anything.

EDIT: it's happening to me too.

psychoadept

07-10-2009, 02:32 PM

OUCH! With all those opening passages...

It actually wasn't so bad, since you basically just work your way around the outside. As long as you don't back-track, you don't have too many options.

Joddelle

07-10-2009, 05:57 PM

All the new characters I've made (both on free accounts and new AG alts) for the last several months (and it has been MANY - dozens at least) have started with the Map in inventory.

It's been this way for most of this year. Before that, you'd get it from the Hawklor council when starting Westwold (no need to explore the caves) or from the Thane if you did Stoneback Hill first.

Also - on Edits. vBulletin gives you a grace period to edit without the notices. It defaults to five minutes, but Havoc might have changed the duration.

scout1idf

10-25-2009, 04:24 PM

shadowblack

10-25-2009, 04:27 PM

It's not new. It's been like that for a long time.

What might be new is this:
The text under the map varries, and is either one these two:
Click a map square to move
Map Overview (help)

In the past it was only the second.

wetheril

10-25-2009, 04:28 PM

I don't know if I have just been missing this or it's new, but I noticed yesterday that instead of clicking on the directions (North, South.....) you can click on the map square for the direction you want to go.

Yes, I was aware of this a few days ago when you guys were discussing the map directions in that thread. However, I'm much more used to clicking on "north, south, east, west" text. Not sure if this option has always been around, or if it was recently implemented.

Edit: Thanks for clearing that up Shadowblack.

Badstench

10-25-2009, 04:59 PM

Concerning the enchanted map...

... and hearking back to the last interview with the GM, it may be that the map has become an 'assumed' item, like the adventurers lantern; ie, items that adventurers are 'assumed' to carry with them at all times.

Joddelle

10-25-2009, 07:28 PM

Moria369

10-25-2009, 09:51 PM

If so, don't do 'An Unpleasant Encounter' in Mirgspil, or "Barmaid's Honour' or the barfights in Talinus at with a really low Melee Rating. (20-ish) because if you lose any of those fights, they rob you bare, taking not only all your gold, but every bit of your equipment, including the Lantern and the Map.
ouch! those are the kind of thieves we need to encounter in the 'exploring the realm' since they are more likely to have gold/stuff on them <LoL>

wetheril

10-25-2009, 10:28 PM

ouch! those are the kind of thieves we need to encounter in the 'exploring the realm' since they are more likely to have gold/stuff on them <LoL>

LOL! Now that you mention it, it would be funny if you had a chance to get back "stolen stuff" through "explore the realms at random".

billydakid

10-26-2009, 12:40 AM

yup you've been able to click on the map squares for a long time. I click the map squares I find it much easier and faster.

Young Ned

10-28-2009, 04:25 AM

As far as I can recall, I've been clicking on the map squares since I first started playing a year and a half ago. So no, it's not new.

scout1idf

10-28-2009, 04:42 AM

As far as I can recall, I've been clicking on the map squares since I first started playing a year and a half ago. So no, it's not new.

I guess I never noticed. I don't even know why I noticed it now.......

Joddelle

10-28-2009, 05:13 AM

I've been clicking on the map squares since I started playing, and that's (barely) two years now.

Young Ned

10-28-2009, 06:46 AM

I guess I never noticed. I don't even know why I noticed it now.......

My guess would be this:

The text under the map varries, and is either one these two:
Click a map square to move
Map Overview (help)

In the past it was only the second.

So it never used to say anything under tha map but "Map Overview", but now it sometimes says "Click a map square to move" instead. Seems likely you noticed that and gave it a try.

Some of us just noticed it sooner because we actually read the "Map Overview" when we first started playing... :cool:

thingirl

10-28-2009, 03:52 PM

I knew about it, but I've been clicking buttons for about 10 months anyway (wow, has it been that long?).