Post by komissar on Oct 4, 2007 12:38:19 GMT
When a player dies he can be looted by another player (fully or partially depending on how "civilized" the zone is) but the items taken from the corpse will become "hot" and will be seen to every police force representative making the looter a "thief" = fair game for police, bounty hunters and even members of the same guild as the dead guy.
The dead guy himself then appears in the ghostworld.
Ghostworld.
The usual conception of death as the end of life is strange to cultures of all the seven races on the planet. This must be ascribed to the fact that the physical cover remains dead only temporally. The death that was always followed by resurrection was not feared. The belief in reincarnation passed on through countless generations made even the death of old age be accepted as natural as a sleep.
When a character dies he comes to the Ghost world and becomes a ghost, invisible for other characters.
The Ghost world exists parallel to the real world of W.E.L.L. and is tightly connected with it. It was first discovered by sidhe at the dawn of the world's history. The first-born race was expert in dealing with life energies. First they got into the parallel space occasionally at the moment their physical bodies died. Sidhe called this mysterious world the World of the spirits or the Ghost world.
Later great magic scientist comprehended the nature of this phenomenon. They learnt, the mysterious place sidhe got to after their death was one of the countless parallel worlds. Magicians could prove that the Ghost world was not just very close to the usual world of W.E.L.L, it was a latent part of it. With time some sidhe must not die to get into the Ghost world, they learnt to slip there practicing deep meditations. Traveling as ghosts they found life in this strange world that existed according to its own rules.
Later magicians of other races, especially zwergs and humans learnt to enter the Ghost world as well. But to no one this place was as available as to the newcomers in the W.E.L.L. world. - the players.
The image of the Ghost world at the screen differs from the image of the world of the living due to a special post-effect. Besides, the appearance of locations and objects may not be identical with the image of respective objects in the world of the living. No object of the Ghost world is visible or available to the living, but some of the objects from the real world may be visible or available for the ghosts.
Ghost objects are in a way produced by fancy of the dead. Actually there are no objects in the Ghost world, but sometimes conglomerations of energy may take intricate shapes and acquire special qualities that may be useful to the ghosts of the "living" characters. The living make up the shapes of these objects after the image of objects they know. The energy of such objects is wasted soon and they disintegrate - disappear. But as long as they are in possession of a ghost they are kept together by his will.
There are objects that have a counterpart (shadow) in the ghost world. Such objects exist in the ghost world so far their real counterpart exists in the real world. One can meet ghosts of other characters or NPCs in the Ghost world one. The latter may be either peaceful or aggressive.
How long a dead player remaiты шт the ghostworld will be determined by his "mass of personality" - a unique attribute of Well online.
A player can be rezzed by a fellow player or he can automatically spawn at a portal of his religion as soon as "the timer runs out" or he can find his way towards a "ghost portal" - a portal that connects the world of theliving with the world of the dead.
Ghost portal
Ghost portal is a passage that connects the world of the living and the world of the ghosts. The way is always opened, but one needs a lot of strength to walk it. At the moment a character dies a lot of energy comes free and the passage to the Ghost world occurs automatically. Still the ghost of the perished can not stay on the side for a long time. Springs of live-giving water collect his energy, recover his physical body and draw his spirit back through the portal to the world of the living.
In the Ghost world the player always sees the portal. It appears to the ghost distantly and is visible through all the objects of the both worlds of the dead and the living.
From outside the portal looks like a shimmering funnel, facing the ghost of the dead with its wider part. The portal moves closer and closer to the character and when it reaches him, the ghost passes to the world of the living.
The player needn't to wait until the funnel reaches him. If he doesn't want his character to stay in the Ghost world he may speed up the process of resurrection. Staying in the Ghost world demands certain energy, depending on the mass of character's personality (development level). Spending or recovering of energy makes the portal come closer or remove from the ghost. As soon as the powers of the ghost are exhausted, the portal comes close and swallows him, the character resurrects in a well.
In the Ghost world the player can move freely, interact with other ghost characters and NPCs, and acquire objects in various ways (quests, change, looting NPCs etc.) Players, whose characters stay in the ghost world can freely communicate with each other as well as with the characters in the world of the living using a group or a clan chat channel or using a personal channel, provided the characters they intend to contact are affected the way they can understand ghosts. Still every action has its price in the Ghost world.
As soon as the player steps through the portal (or is pulled through after timer runs out) he finds himself at a "spring of ressurectuion" belonging to his religion.
Resurrection
Life in the W.E.L.L. world owns its emergence to the resurrect springs - water reservoirs formed where life-giving water broke out of the depth of the planet. No one can say for sure when the first living beings appeared on this mysterious planet or who they were, but there is no doubt their appearance was directly connected with the springs of life. The world around was unexplored and full of danger; after being killed every creature resurrected in the spring next to the place of its death.
It is no wonder life concentrated around these life-water reservoirs. Wild animals gathered around them, first sapient creatures chose territories around them for settlements.
Progenitors of sapient beings had to fight all possible kinds of living creatures for larger springs, which were necessary to secure them a safe space for living. However strong the wild nature was it couldn't resist armed fighters for ever. After a while it had to draw back to smaller springs, far away from the young civilization.
Life of the first tribes became settled and regular, population grew constantly, and after some time territories around springs got overcrowded. Some of the settlers set off then to search for other springs of life-giving water and for a better life. Towns and villages of different nations expended all over the planet. Great cities were built around the largest springs that were to become capitals of the future states. So ranges of different animals were shared out in the W.E.L.L. world.
By and by almost all springs that were suited for resurrection of the seven races of the W.E.L.L world were "cultivated"- built-over with wells. Other living creatures had to be satisfied with small rills or underground springs. Still large springs remained relatively free and open, even wild animal could resurrect there from time to time.
Due to the efforts of Prophets and Gods' followers the process of resurrection became more and more sophisticated and was accompanied by numerous ceremonies and rituals. This practice spread widely and facilitated the development of religious cults. During the Great war the necessity arouse to control the resurrection of enemy soldiers. For this reason each state made an independent decision to cover all resurrection springs with stone and pipe the life-giving water through a special canal system. The springs were guarded day and night.
That was how the Churches got the springs of resurrection under control without causing much fuss. The development of science and comprehensive studies of resurrection laws enabled the Churches to influence some processes of resurrecting. Now the clergy could effect the regaining of property by the fallen as well as control the flows of the resurrected.
Rumours were heard, that resurrection of some compromised persons was sometimes obstructed. Some citizens disappeared indeed, but after a while they could turn up again all of sudden, without having any idea where they had been. Souls of the dead found the way back to the living, just as the animal had found a way to survive after they had been forced away from the springs. Taking the resurrection of sapient beings under total control had many negative consequences, and was made top secret for this reason.
There are three ways a character may resurrect after a violent death:
I. Through Resurrect wells. This is a natural process, the player resurrects when his power to stay in the ghost world fades away. There are a lot of ways to speed up resurrection, if the player thinks the natural course takes too long.
The following happens during such resurrection: the portal moves closer to the ghost and then the world of the dead gets overlaid with the world of the living. The character, alive and naked, finds himself rising from the water in a ritual tub of the resurrect well.
Every well is devoted to one of the eight Gods of the W.E.L.L. world, otherwise it is regarded as wild. The loyalty to one particular God determines the distance from the well, where a character can die and resurrect in this very well. At least one well, actually the next to the place of death can always be used for resurrection. Depending of the extent of the character's devotion to the patron-God of the well he resurrects in, he may or may not count on help and support of the well servants, who can relieve negative effects and help him to a soon recover .
II. At the place of death by putting spells on the body of the character.
III. By putting spells on the ghost of the character. The resurrection will take place where the ghost is located at the moment.
After the resurrection health points and stamina parameters don't recover completely. Besides the character is afflicted with post-mortal shivering that causes reduction of skills and other parameters. Specific buffs received by the player in the Ghost world can also affect his condition after the resurrection.
The dead guy himself then appears in the ghostworld.
Ghostworld.
The usual conception of death as the end of life is strange to cultures of all the seven races on the planet. This must be ascribed to the fact that the physical cover remains dead only temporally. The death that was always followed by resurrection was not feared. The belief in reincarnation passed on through countless generations made even the death of old age be accepted as natural as a sleep.
When a character dies he comes to the Ghost world and becomes a ghost, invisible for other characters.
The Ghost world exists parallel to the real world of W.E.L.L. and is tightly connected with it. It was first discovered by sidhe at the dawn of the world's history. The first-born race was expert in dealing with life energies. First they got into the parallel space occasionally at the moment their physical bodies died. Sidhe called this mysterious world the World of the spirits or the Ghost world.
Later great magic scientist comprehended the nature of this phenomenon. They learnt, the mysterious place sidhe got to after their death was one of the countless parallel worlds. Magicians could prove that the Ghost world was not just very close to the usual world of W.E.L.L, it was a latent part of it. With time some sidhe must not die to get into the Ghost world, they learnt to slip there practicing deep meditations. Traveling as ghosts they found life in this strange world that existed according to its own rules.
Later magicians of other races, especially zwergs and humans learnt to enter the Ghost world as well. But to no one this place was as available as to the newcomers in the W.E.L.L. world. - the players.
The image of the Ghost world at the screen differs from the image of the world of the living due to a special post-effect. Besides, the appearance of locations and objects may not be identical with the image of respective objects in the world of the living. No object of the Ghost world is visible or available to the living, but some of the objects from the real world may be visible or available for the ghosts.
Ghost objects are in a way produced by fancy of the dead. Actually there are no objects in the Ghost world, but sometimes conglomerations of energy may take intricate shapes and acquire special qualities that may be useful to the ghosts of the "living" characters. The living make up the shapes of these objects after the image of objects they know. The energy of such objects is wasted soon and they disintegrate - disappear. But as long as they are in possession of a ghost they are kept together by his will.
There are objects that have a counterpart (shadow) in the ghost world. Such objects exist in the ghost world so far their real counterpart exists in the real world. One can meet ghosts of other characters or NPCs in the Ghost world one. The latter may be either peaceful or aggressive.
How long a dead player remaiты шт the ghostworld will be determined by his "mass of personality" - a unique attribute of Well online.
A player can be rezzed by a fellow player or he can automatically spawn at a portal of his religion as soon as "the timer runs out" or he can find his way towards a "ghost portal" - a portal that connects the world of theliving with the world of the dead.
Ghost portal
Ghost portal is a passage that connects the world of the living and the world of the ghosts. The way is always opened, but one needs a lot of strength to walk it. At the moment a character dies a lot of energy comes free and the passage to the Ghost world occurs automatically. Still the ghost of the perished can not stay on the side for a long time. Springs of live-giving water collect his energy, recover his physical body and draw his spirit back through the portal to the world of the living.
In the Ghost world the player always sees the portal. It appears to the ghost distantly and is visible through all the objects of the both worlds of the dead and the living.
From outside the portal looks like a shimmering funnel, facing the ghost of the dead with its wider part. The portal moves closer and closer to the character and when it reaches him, the ghost passes to the world of the living.
The player needn't to wait until the funnel reaches him. If he doesn't want his character to stay in the Ghost world he may speed up the process of resurrection. Staying in the Ghost world demands certain energy, depending on the mass of character's personality (development level). Spending or recovering of energy makes the portal come closer or remove from the ghost. As soon as the powers of the ghost are exhausted, the portal comes close and swallows him, the character resurrects in a well.
In the Ghost world the player can move freely, interact with other ghost characters and NPCs, and acquire objects in various ways (quests, change, looting NPCs etc.) Players, whose characters stay in the ghost world can freely communicate with each other as well as with the characters in the world of the living using a group or a clan chat channel or using a personal channel, provided the characters they intend to contact are affected the way they can understand ghosts. Still every action has its price in the Ghost world.
As soon as the player steps through the portal (or is pulled through after timer runs out) he finds himself at a "spring of ressurectuion" belonging to his religion.
Resurrection
Life in the W.E.L.L. world owns its emergence to the resurrect springs - water reservoirs formed where life-giving water broke out of the depth of the planet. No one can say for sure when the first living beings appeared on this mysterious planet or who they were, but there is no doubt their appearance was directly connected with the springs of life. The world around was unexplored and full of danger; after being killed every creature resurrected in the spring next to the place of its death.
It is no wonder life concentrated around these life-water reservoirs. Wild animals gathered around them, first sapient creatures chose territories around them for settlements.
Progenitors of sapient beings had to fight all possible kinds of living creatures for larger springs, which were necessary to secure them a safe space for living. However strong the wild nature was it couldn't resist armed fighters for ever. After a while it had to draw back to smaller springs, far away from the young civilization.
Life of the first tribes became settled and regular, population grew constantly, and after some time territories around springs got overcrowded. Some of the settlers set off then to search for other springs of life-giving water and for a better life. Towns and villages of different nations expended all over the planet. Great cities were built around the largest springs that were to become capitals of the future states. So ranges of different animals were shared out in the W.E.L.L. world.
By and by almost all springs that were suited for resurrection of the seven races of the W.E.L.L world were "cultivated"- built-over with wells. Other living creatures had to be satisfied with small rills or underground springs. Still large springs remained relatively free and open, even wild animal could resurrect there from time to time.
Due to the efforts of Prophets and Gods' followers the process of resurrection became more and more sophisticated and was accompanied by numerous ceremonies and rituals. This practice spread widely and facilitated the development of religious cults. During the Great war the necessity arouse to control the resurrection of enemy soldiers. For this reason each state made an independent decision to cover all resurrection springs with stone and pipe the life-giving water through a special canal system. The springs were guarded day and night.
That was how the Churches got the springs of resurrection under control without causing much fuss. The development of science and comprehensive studies of resurrection laws enabled the Churches to influence some processes of resurrecting. Now the clergy could effect the regaining of property by the fallen as well as control the flows of the resurrected.
Rumours were heard, that resurrection of some compromised persons was sometimes obstructed. Some citizens disappeared indeed, but after a while they could turn up again all of sudden, without having any idea where they had been. Souls of the dead found the way back to the living, just as the animal had found a way to survive after they had been forced away from the springs. Taking the resurrection of sapient beings under total control had many negative consequences, and was made top secret for this reason.
There are three ways a character may resurrect after a violent death:
I. Through Resurrect wells. This is a natural process, the player resurrects when his power to stay in the ghost world fades away. There are a lot of ways to speed up resurrection, if the player thinks the natural course takes too long.
The following happens during such resurrection: the portal moves closer to the ghost and then the world of the dead gets overlaid with the world of the living. The character, alive and naked, finds himself rising from the water in a ritual tub of the resurrect well.
Every well is devoted to one of the eight Gods of the W.E.L.L. world, otherwise it is regarded as wild. The loyalty to one particular God determines the distance from the well, where a character can die and resurrect in this very well. At least one well, actually the next to the place of death can always be used for resurrection. Depending of the extent of the character's devotion to the patron-God of the well he resurrects in, he may or may not count on help and support of the well servants, who can relieve negative effects and help him to a soon recover .
II. At the place of death by putting spells on the body of the character.
III. By putting spells on the ghost of the character. The resurrection will take place where the ghost is located at the moment.
After the resurrection health points and stamina parameters don't recover completely. Besides the character is afflicted with post-mortal shivering that causes reduction of skills and other parameters. Specific buffs received by the player in the Ghost world can also affect his condition after the resurrection.
