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61  In Character Boards / In Character Board / Re: The Training Tournament! on: July 30, 2018, 05:10:10 pm
First in was Leanne Melior.
Second was Avalynn Vale.
Third was Serj Eason.

The points were as follows:

Raiden Morana:
16

Serj Eason:
26

Leanne Melior:
42

Tinglieth:
3

Avalynn Vale:
36

Gregor Eason:
25

Saerandir:
15

Torrak Keres:
17

Garshinkle:
2

Cailin Keres:
16

Sheriam Palmer:
4

Perhaps you can try your luck next time?
Good work everyone.

*Signed*

Kelly Sanderson, Corporal
62  In Character Boards / Old Events / Speed It Up! 8pm GMT 30/07/2018 on: July 30, 2018, 12:15:30 am
All citizens and guardsmen,
Please gather at the barracks at eight o’clock sharp.
There are jobs to be done.
No further details are available. That would ruin the surprise.
Come and earn your keep.

*Signed*
Kelly Sanderson, Corporal
63  In Character Boards / In Character Board / Re: The Training Tournament! on: July 29, 2018, 03:56:20 pm
The points have been tallied.
The winner of the Training Tournament will be announced tonight.

First, second and third prize are to be awarded.

*Signed*

Kelly Sanderson, Corporal
64  In Character Boards / In Character Board / Re: Captain & Corporal's Recruitment Rally on: July 29, 2018, 03:26:57 pm
Banner laying - Strange and exotic locations that seem to attract many a folk.



*Signed*
Kelly Sanderson, Corporal
65  In Character Boards / In Character Board / Refurbished: The Baron's Office on: July 29, 2018, 03:21:41 pm
*A note lays on the Baron's new desk, awaiting his arrival.*

M'Liege,

I hope you approve of your new office. The walls have been cleaned and the furniture replaced.

I would like to inform you that Watchman Palmer assisted me in the laborious attempts to redecorate your office. She was extremely helpful indeed. The changes could not have been made without her.

Due to this fact, I hereby confirm that Watchman Palmer is awarded one guardsman duty.



Yours sincerely as always,


*Signed*
Kelly Sanderson, Corporal


66  In Character Boards / In Character Board / Re: Captain & Corporal's Recruitment Rally on: July 27, 2018, 10:09:42 am
To start with, I replenished our recruitment supplies:

250 torches
A bag of runes
A bag of recruitment flyers
3000 pieces of cloth




We're ready to go.

*Signed*
Kelly Sanderson, Corporal
67  In Character Boards / In Character Board / Captain & Corporal's Recruitment Rally on: July 27, 2018, 10:05:06 am
Captain Morana and Corporal Sanderson are on a recruitment drive!

WE NEED MORE MEN!

Tally:

Banners laid:
Stalls ran:
Places visited:
Guardsmen participated:
Recruits won over:


All efforts will be posted below. Feel free to join in.

*Signed*
Kelly Sanderson, Corporal

(Note: This does not take over from the Grand Banner Campaign. It's just an extra recruitment drive we are attempting)
68  In Character Boards / In Character Board / Watchman's Trials: Saerandir on: July 24, 2018, 09:17:03 pm
Watchman Trials: Saerandir

Greetings, Watchman! Word has it you are due your Watchman’s trials. Aiming for the Covian Cap, are you? Well let’s see how you get on with these…



Task One: Waking in the Wilderness



You guessed it, Watchman. I hereby give you a long and treacherous task. Into the wilderness with you. You are to plan a trip to a location far from Cove for an overnight stay. You must carefully plan tasks that you will carry out whilst there such as patrols and activities.

Requirements:

*You may choose your location. However, it must be not be in Cove, Minoc, Vesper or Yew.
*At least four other guardsmen must assist and accompany you on your trip.
*You and your men must build your own overnight camp and prepare your own food with the resources available around you.
*You must camp at the location overnight.




Task Two: Bagball Barmy



Time to get to know our men and our allies in a more relaxed environment. Let’s show people some Covian spirit! You ever heard of bagball, lad? If not, I’d get your research head on. I want you to hold a proper, real bagball tournament.

Requirements:

*If you are uncertain about what this is or how it works, a part of your task will be to organise this and acquire the appropriate knowledge.
*You must invite other guilds (within reason and within the rules of the current climate) to join you to form your teams.
*You must provide food and drink for spectators at your tournament. You never know when the Baron might drop by. He did at my last one!




Task Three: Patrolling Perfection



As your final task, I want you to lead a series of three patrols. These do not have to take place consecutively or in any particular order. However, each patrol must be to a different place of your choosing (Examples: The orc fort, the graveyard and brigand hunting up in Altmere). This will develop your leadership skills and show your officers what you can do.

Requirements:
*A minimum of two guardsmen must assist you for each patrol.
*A minimum of 10,000 gold pieces must be gathered from each patrol and donated to the coffers.




A full report for each task and any research and planning included must be posted below. Good luck to you, Watchman! You're going to need it..

*Signed*
Kelly Sanderson, Corporal
69  OOC Boards / OOC Board / Re: RL Announcement! on: July 23, 2018, 08:52:15 pm
OMG Congrats!!!! I'm going to stalk the heck out of your facebook when baby is born. I'm getting broody myself.

So, so happy for you Smiley
I wish you both all the happiness xxxxxxxxxx <3
70  In Character Boards / In Character Board / Re: The Great Balron Hunt on: July 19, 2018, 11:10:56 pm
An excellent report from an excellent Watchman.

I'd expect no less.
Good job lads.

*Signed*
Kelly Sanderson, Corporal
71  OOC Boards / OOC Board / Re: Being Covian - An OOC Marketing Campaign on: July 18, 2018, 12:34:50 pm
*Jumps on the bandwagon*

What’s your name and where are you from?
I'm Rachael. I'm from West Yorkshire (like Dave!) but I now live in Preston, Lancashire. I'm 26. I live with my boyfriend along with a syrian hamster called Navi and an african pygmy hedgehog called Amy.

Which character(s) do you roleplay in Cove?
I roleplay Kelly Sanderson, a Covian Corporal of the main block. I also roleplay Dalla Darkheart, our friendly neighbourhood craftswoman.

Where did your character name originate from?
My character name originated from my 7-year-old mind. It's all a rather sad and embarassing story, if I'm honest. Me and my oldest friend decided to make twins called 'Kelly' and 'Karen' Sanderson. That's the long and short of it. Karen was a trouble-causer and Kelly was the more reserved twin. We roleplayed within the Shirefolk of Yew for quite some time.

When and why did you start playing UO?
My older brother used to play UO in his attic bedroom back in 1997. I used to sit and watch him play. He played Marth in KT and I found it all rather fascinating. I remember seeing the City of Trinsic with all the gold and I fell in love with it all. I started getting myself an hour a night on his PC where he showed me the basics of how to play. I made my first character, Jamela - A mage. It is from there that I ventured out of Trinsic and discovered the Crossroads of Yew.

When and why did you join BoC?
I am unsure of when I first joined BoC. I think it was before the forum was properly made. So before November/December 2004. I have always been quite close friends with Octiovus' player, and he had been asking me for some weeks to come and join in with a project/concept he had started up called the 'Baronship of Cove'. CoY was slowly dying at this point and poor Kelly was still in a somewhat desolated Shirefolk of Yew. I had a bowcrafter called Ski Reller that was unguilded at the time and I wanted to make a story for her. I came to Cove.

What’s your fondest BoC memory?
I have many, many memories of BoC that I hold dear to me, but the one that always makes me laugh is Date Night with Vince Valentine. Vince Valentine was a treasured grenadier who never failed to make people laugh. Once I finally brought Kelly to Cove, Vince and Kelly soon had a fondness for each other. They went on a few dates, but one stands out above others. They went to the Trinsic Rose Tavern for dinner. The entire date was a complete disaster in every way you can think of. Being rude to the waiter, making accidental and awkward insults towards eachother and Vince accidentally flinging food everywhere (at people) and spitting at Kelly across the table. The roleplay was just fantastic. Kelly ended up marrying him.

What was the most interesting roleplaying experience you engaged in?
There have been so many. If we're talking groups, battles are always a great experience. Just the sheer amount of characters and the uniforms all running around fighting for their cause. As for a solo RP experience - When Vince died, I obviously had to roleplay Kelly's response to this. I wound up having her locked up for being crazy - She was running around barefoot in no uniform with no sense of direction... The grief drove her mad. That was an interesting phase.

Why would you recommend roleplaying to someone, and on Ultima Online?
In this day and age, we all know that there are better graphics and newer games available. However, I've played a lot of games in this 20 years and none has ever been as absorbing as Ultima Online (2D Classic Client for life!). You really have a chance to build your character with nothing else to distract you except other characters to help you along the way. Roleplaying has helped me through really rough times in my life where I just wanted to express myself. It also builds your vocabulary, your English skills and your knowledge of medieval times. I've tried to roleplay on various other games such as WoW, but this always draws me back to it somehow.
72  In Character Boards / Baronship Announcements / [RTR] Community Rules of Engagement (CRoE) on: July 18, 2018, 11:46:36 am
Community Rules of Engagement (RoE)​

First and foremost, please be advised that our own guild rules are to be adhered to and referred to before any of the below.



Rules Of Conduct​

~ Please use common sense and consideration for other players at all times.
~ No obscene language or use of OOC (Out Of Character) insults will be permitted.
~ Stay in character at all times.
~ No Name/Guild tag reading. You must learn someone’s name and what guild they are from in game. For example you might know someone is part of a certain army if they are wearing uniform but you would need to learn their name.
~ Do not use OOC information in game on your character. Your character only knows what he/she learns in game through roleplay, not what someone told you on ICQ or Discord unless it’s a roleplay message delivered by raven.
~ DO NOT use the leave house function inside a player house to escape. You can’t just magically teleport out of a building.
~ Do not power-emote other players without their consent.
~ Guild abbreviations or guild title must be visible at all times.
~ If there is any complaint, grievance, or other issue with a player or guild, it must be dealt with between the respective GMs.
~ If you are recalling or gating in to or out of a role play town or area please do so discreetly. (like behind a building or tree)
    Please note: The city of Trinsic is considered In Character to have an enchantment over it which distorts travel spells, therefore any travel to or from Trinsic must be done outside of its walls.



Battle/Fighting Rules​

In General​:

~  Try to ensure members are not AFK and are willing to enter into a fight before engaging. There are many alternatives to knocking someone out if it is clear they do not wish to partake in combat - use them. (e.g. take them prisoner, allow to flee, give a warning etcetera.)
~ If you are knocked in battle, you must wear a death robe for 30 minutes. You may not rejoin the fight.
~ If you do not wish to be taken prisoner it is advised you vacate the area.
~ No abusing server lines in combat.
~ The use of ‘alts’ in a battle is forbidden. Once knocked you may not rejoin the fight on any character.
~ Those wearing death robes are considered to be ‘casualties of war’ you may not attack them.
~ Mounts are permitted in battles or fights if it is at consent of involved parties.



Equipment​:

~ ALL Artifacts are forbidden. This includes minors, majors, champ, peerless, tokuno and player crafted artifacts.
~ ALL Talismans are forbidden.
~ ALL magic jewelry is forbidden including imbued jewels.
~ ALL magic monster looted equipment is forbidden.
~ ALL Library Rewards and Clean up Rewards are forbidden.
~ Archers may use EITHER a bow crafted from special wood types OR a quiver apart from Quiver of Infinity or Despicable Quiver.
~ GM Crafted armour/clothing imbued with magic properties is permitted with the following mods allowed:

- Health, mana and stamina regeneration.
- Hit point, mana and stamina increase.
- All resists.
- Lower reagent cost and lower mana cost.
- Night sight.
- Mage Armour

~ GM Crafted shields imbued with magic properties are permitted with the following mods allowed:

- Durability
- Lower requirements
- Defense chance Increase

~ GM Crafted weapons imbued with magic properties are permitted with the following mods allowed:

- Damage Increase.
- Hit Chance Increase.
- Balanced is allowed on Bows but forbidden on melee weapons.



Consumables​:

~ All stealable balms and lotions are forbidden.
~ All Eodon/Time of legends craftable potions are forbidden.

At times GMs may arrange alternative rules between one another. If such takes place you will be alerted. However, in all other occasions the rules apply exactly as they are written.

Combat related rules apply to RP-PvP only, not to PvM or non-PvP RP. In other words, if you want to use parasitic poison against an ogre, or have a cu-sidhe following you around in town, that's fine. Just don't do it in combat.



Boat Specific:​

Following rules apply for private and guild specific boats taking part in roleplay.

Naming Conventions:

~ Ships need to have their associated guild as suffix. Example: The Nightingale - Vesper or The Wrath Of Scalis - Vesper Trading Company
~ If the guild name does not fit in please use the guild tag as alternative. Example: The Blackbird [VTC]

Ship Access:

~ Any ship needs to have its common access rule set to “Passenger”. This ensures that anyone can board the ships at anytime.
~ Any other permission settings of the ships are at the guilds/ship owners discretion.
~ If you intend to search the boat’s hold, repsectively allow it to be search, you can use the individual players context menu to grant according access temporarily. Searching ships must be done on OOC consent of all involved parties.

Ship Battle:

~ During battle at sea you are only allowed to enter the enemy’s ship when it shows damage (visually).
~ Since classic boats do not bear such feature, it is only allowed to board those after the crew surrenders or is unconscious.
~ Ships are not allowed to be looted at any time except it is predefined by the roleplay scenario you implement. Like capturing a specific piece of cargo for example.



Weapon/Skill Class Restrictions​:

Magery​

~ Mages are limited to one summoned creature at a time; these may not include demons, blade spirits or energy vortexes.
~ Mages are allowed 1 summoned elemental in battles IF agreed upon between the leadership of either side. These may NOT include demons, blade spirits or energy vortexes.
~ All Area of Effect spells are forbidden in PvP.

Bushido​

~ The use of Lightning Strike is forbidden.

Necromancy​

~ You may not animate a revenant.
~ Area of Effect Spells are forbidden in PvP such as poison strike.

Spellweaving​

~ Banned Dryad Allure Pets include Cave Troll, Hungry Ogre, Orc Brutes, Ogre Lords, Titans, Cyclops, Meer Eternal, Troglodyte, Meer Mage and Named Monsters. (There are a couple of powerful named ones you can get from some dungeons which are a big no no.)
~ Forbidden Spells: Thunderstorm, Wildfire, Essence of Wind.
~ You may only summon one nature’s fury if you do not already have a Dryad Allured pet in play.

Mysticism​

~ Forbidden Spells: Rising Colossus, Cleansing winds, Mass Sleep, Animated Weapon, Nether Cyclone.

Chivalry​

~ Holy Light spell is forbidden.

Poisoning​

~ Characters must have poisoning in order to use infectious strike on their characters. They must be able to apply the poisons themselves to use them.

Morphing​

~ The use of a different form (by Polymorph, Animal Form, Equipable Morphing Items and so forth) is allowed as long as the character is permanently staying in that form. Playing a guard dog for example.
~ Shapeshifter roleplay characters must be cleared with GM.

Tamers and Pets​

~ Tamers may only use up to Two 1 control slot pets in battle.
~ If a tamer is knocked in a battle he is no longer able to give commands to his creatures.
~ If a pet is knocked in battle it may not rejoin for 30 minutes.
~ If a pet is knocked in battle the tamer may not rejoin with a secondary pet.

Tinker Craftables​

~ You must possess 70 Tinkering skill to use a Golem in battle.
~ You must possess 70 Tinkering skill to use a Clockwork Scorpion in battle.
~ Leather Wolves, Vollems and Kotl Automations are forbidden.

Masteries​

You may have skill masteries active for the passive bonuses but the use of all skill mastery abilities are forbidden, with following the exceptions:

~ Archery: Flaming Shot
~ Swordsmanship: Onslaught
~ Mace Fighting: Stagger
~ Wrestling: All
~ Parrying: Shield Bash
~ Necromancy: Command Undead - limited to following pets:

EITHER

Two of the following undead: Skeleton, Zombie, Spectral Spellbinder, Ghoul, wraith, Shade, Spectre, Gore Fiend, Putrid Undead Guardian

OR

One of the following undead: Flesh Golem, Bone/Skeletal Knight, Bone/Skeletal Mage, Mummy



If you have any questions regarding the updated Rules of Engagement, please contact a member of the Command Team.

Last Update to the Rules of Engagement: 12th June 2018
73  In Character Boards / Old Events / Scrap Armour! 8PM GMT - 16/07/2018 on: July 10, 2018, 04:28:19 pm
Attention all guardsmen and blacksmiths/miners!
We are headed to Shame to get us some scrap metal for our craftsmen to melt down! We will be taking packhorses and slaying many a cretin for both their gold and their iron.

Bring your wits!

*Signed*
Kelly Sanderson, Corporal
74  In Character Boards / In Character Board / The Training Tournament! on: July 03, 2018, 06:29:43 pm
The Training Tournament

Welcome to the grand Covian Training Tournament, open to contestants from Tuesday 3rd July until Sunday 29th July.
The tournament is open to all guardsmen of any rank. Please note that any Recruit leading a training session must be accompanied by a Guardsman of the rank of Regular or above.



Points will be tallied depending on the following five areas:

Knowledge and Research
Culture
Creativity and Innovation
Leadership
Report Quality

A maximum of five points may be awarded towards each section for a guardsman’s tournament tally for each session they may hold.


Things to consider:

~ What area you wish to focus on. Examples:

Healing
Teambuilding
Combat
Parade Orders
Survival

~ Where you want your training session to take place - Somewhere hot? Somewhere cold? Woodland? Dessert?

~ Who do you want to invite to the session? Guardsmen? Citizens lending a hand? Are the Yewish joining?

~ Do you require props or materials to assist you?

All reports for led training sessions must be posted separately. Any queries regarding the tournament may be asked in response to this announcement.


There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
These will be announced at the Parade on Sunday 29th June.

I wish you all the best of luck with your endeavours.
May the best man win.



*Signed*
Kelly Sanderson, Corporal
75  In Character Boards / In Character Board / Spectacular Sentry on: July 02, 2018, 09:07:26 pm
T'was a beautiful evening at the Barracks. Fine night for a fine sentry! I cannay remember if it was Thursday or Friday, but it was a darned fine structure that we erected!

Three teams. One for chopping, one for skinning and one for building.

We went over the reasons to sentry and the importance of a good looking sentry. Especially when the men of the Church drop by like they did that night.

Someone suggested that we use the pre-made boxes for a sentry. That will never do!

Everyone seemed quite eager to get their backsides to the Swaggers Inn. So off they went.

Good job lads.




Ahem... I think Jarrett and Morana attended too... Perhaps I missed them off.

*Signed*
Kelly Sanderson, Corporal
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