The lovely ladies of Elanthia may now express themselves with more (or less!) decorum through a variety of new styles when curtsying without a target or to a player target.

Available styles can be seen via CURTSY HELP and are: AWKWARD, BOB, CURT, CONTEMPT, DANCE, DEEP, DEMURE, FLIRT, FLUSTERED, FORMAL, GRACEFUL, GRAND, HURRIED, MOCKING, PAINFUL, PLAYFUL, POLITE, RESPECTFUL, RUDE, SLIGHT, STIFF, and SUBMISSIVE. Players with racial, cultural, or citizen settings may still access those special settings via the default CURTSY.

Ladies who find themselves missing one or both legs will no longer be able to curtsy. Attempting so while curtsying AWKWARDly or PAINfully will cause the lady to fall, while curtsying GRACEFULly, GRANDly, FORMALly, RESPECTFULly, or SUBMISSIVEly will result in a graceful arm gesture in lieu of a curtsy.

BOW and CURTSY have both been expanded to have HOLD and JOIN options. HOLD will bow or curtsy to the target and either invite them to join your group or, if already grouped, offer them your arm. JOIN will bow or curtsy to the target and take the target's arm, joining the target's group similar to the DANCE verb. Normal group mechanics apply.

Thank you to players on accounts ANEWMAN, ARSENAULTL1, CHIVERST, DAKARRA3, DOUG, KALLINDRA, KRAKII, and LUNATUNES and to GameMasters Keios, Naionna, and Sherlise for the suggestions!

~Vanah

Yay! These are amazing! Thank you for all the hard work put into making this happen!

Wait. Weren't there new underskirts released this week at the festival...

Is this a formal wear conspiracy?


- Corly, Addicted to Barbie

Excellent roleplay addition. Nice one, Vanah and Co.

>Could you also update the VERB verb to reflect the new changes? Not that I plan on using these verbs, but still nice to see the options available.

The VERB verb is really for options you need to SET, like a race, culture, or wedding option that replaces the standard verb. For style options available to all at any time, they should be in the verb's HELP.

Plus, with 22 style options, the scroll would be excessive.

I do have plans for the VERB verb, though!

~Vanah

>I do have plans for the VERB verb, though! ~Vanah

Very glad to hear it. I'd LOVE to see a feature in Gemstone that allows you to search through verbs while in the game. Those familiar with the Quick Verb Script might be familiar with what i'm talking about. You can take any part of the messaging, do a search, and it will tell you the verb used to make it. Extremely useful. I love using verbs, but there are just so many they are impossible to remember.

>>Not that I plan on using these verbs - Evarin

You know you want to really, Evarin, we won't tell.

Thank you so much, Vanah. I thought the barbie in me couldn't squee any louder after the petticoats but now this!

>>You slay me woman! ~ Wyrom

~*~ She conquers, who endures ~*~

<<Ladies who find themselves missing one or both legs will no longer be able to curtsy. Attempting so while curtsying AWKWARDly or PAINfully will cause the lady to fall


This made me laugh so much that I'm sure a little wee came out! Just the mental image of a one legged curtsy.


<....while curtsying GRACEFULly, GRANDly, FORMALly, RESPECTFULly, or SUBMISSIVEly will result in a graceful arm gesture in lieu of a curtsy.

Thanks for this option. Some of us females just don't curtsy...ever! But a graceful arm gesture is a great compromise. Just going to test the gestures now...




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>>Stiff works best for Brem.

I bet it does.

Curtsies don't seem to work with NPCs. Is that intended?

~Lyradie
>With a startled yelp, a young elven child suddenly tumbles from somewhere above you, landing gracelessly in a pile of refuse!

>Standard "You curtsy to (creature)." applies for creature NPCs.

Drat. I was really looking forward to >curtsy rude guard

~Lyradie
>With a startled yelp, a young elven child suddenly tumbles from somewhere above you, landing gracelessly in a pile of refuse!

> Available styles can be seen via CURTSY HELP and are: AWKWARD, BOB, CURT, CONTEMPT, DANCE, DEEP, DEMURE, FLIRT, FLUSTERED, FORMAL, GRACEFUL, GRAND, HURRIED, MOCKING, PAINFUL, PLAYFUL, POLITE, RESPECTFUL, RUDE, SLIGHT, STIFF, and SUBMISSIVE. Players with racial, cultural, or citizen settings may still access those special settings via the default CURTSY.

> Ladies who find themselves missing one or both legs will no longer be able to curtsy. Attempting so while curtsying AWKWARDly or PAINfully will cause the lady to fall, while curtsying GRACEFULly, GRANDly, FORMALly, RESPECTFULly, or SUBMISSIVEly will result in a graceful arm gesture in lieu of a curtsy.

These styles can now be used against object and creature/NPC targets.

~Vanah

>The targeted messaging is visible though.

it means "...targeted messaging is omitted from the above listing." I only listed the generic styles, not the targeted styles, in VERB INFO CURTSY STYLES.

~Vanah