October 13, 2004
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- Summoned pets no longer vanish when their owner turns invisible
- Froglok animations are now fixed, seriously, no really we mean it 
this time.
- Continue the Adventure! Read the first in the new series of EQ 
Novels. 

Warrior Epic
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- Modified the way Decaying Lord Galuk Drek is spawned in Veksar. He 
should now be more approachable and less of a bottleneck for those 
warriors at this step.
- Lowered the respawn time of the Dragorn Champion in Wall of Slaughter 
significantly. We have also lowered his aggro and help radius. 

Bard Epic
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- Corrected an issue in the Dragons Necropolis that caused more NPCs to 
be present than was planned for.
- The Kithicor Forest encounter should now reset properly.

Ranger Epic
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- Rangers triggering the Senvial, Grinbik and Uisima events for their 
Epic quest will need to have the trigger item on their person.
- It should no longer be possible for a ranger with Senvialĺs Blessing 
to get the reward for the Senvial event.

Druid Epic
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- Corrected an issue with the Coven spawn in South Karana.
- The Blackened Dryad event in Kithicor should now respawn correctly 
after a failed attempt.
- Only the druid who initiates the Goblin Hide and Seek event will be 
allowed to the loot the bag upon completion.
- More than one Druid can now summon and talk to the Compelled Spirit.
- We have increased the drop rate of the carved Prexus totem.

Magician Epic
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- The Path for finding the air essence should last a bit longer.
- Magicians will now receive a message when the air essence is not 
available.

Gates of Discord
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Thereĺs a new NPC in Natimbi that will make traveling to Qvic much 
easier. Speak with her for a small teleport.

Tradeskills
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- Alchemists can now create Amber Resin.
- The Feran Glove and Boot recipes will now combine and return their 
intended items.
- The recipe for the 56th level Necromancer spell, Servant of Bones, 
should now combine correctly.
- The Dagger Blade Mold, used in Gates smithing recipes, has been 
renamed to a Knife Blade Mold.

Items
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- Seething Fists of Slaughter- Previously this item had no equipped 
slots. This now has primary and secondary equippable slots 
- Fangs of the Serpent- Previously this item had no equipped slots. 
This now has primary and secondary equippable slots.
- Bone Plated Sledge - This item now has 36% haste instead of +36 atk.
- Boots of Shifting Time - Previously these boots had a worn leather 
graphic. They are now a worn plate graphic instead.
- Zulaqua's Cloak - Added 30 AC to this item 
- Crystal Dagger - This item now has a +12% backstab mod.
- Tome of New Beginnings - Berserkers now can equip this item.
- Lambent Stone of Focus - This item is now a type 7 and type 8 
augmentation.
- Crystal Mail Sleeves - This item now has berserkers as usable 
classes. We have removed Beastlords from this items usable classes. 

AAs
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Altered Spell Casting Reinforcement and Spell Casting Reinforcement 
Mastery so they will no longer increase the duration of the following 
spells.
- Flame of Redemption
- Hawk Strike
- Fateseerĺs Boon
- Protection of the Eye
- Savage Wildcallerĺs Blessing
- Flames of the Valiant
- Falcon Strike
- Prophetĺs Gift of the Ruchu
- Aegis of Abstraction
- Might of the Wild Spirits
Altered Healing Adept, Advanced Healing Adept, and Healing Adept 
Mastery so they will no longer increase the healing of the following 
spells. 
- Harmonic Balance
- Divine Balance

Misc
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- Added a new option to turn off the loading screen when zoning. You 
will still see the progress bar.
- Added a new shadow command to allow you to turn off the shadows in 
your text bar. The command is /shadow
- Changed the Dynamic Zone window to show player status in the member 
list. Online players are yellow, Link Dead players are red, Offline 
players are blue. 
- Hide / Sneak will now remain active across zone lines.
- All NPCs in Omens of War expedition zones are now KOS. Beware!
- Summoned pets will no longer vanish when their owner uses 
invisibility! Rejoice!
- Vallon Zek should no longer assist Tallon Zek.

The Rogues Hour!
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RA Salvatore presents a brand new series of EverQuest fantasy novels. 
Explore the ever-expanding world of Norrath in the first book, 
EverQuest: The Rogueĺs Hour, available in stores soon.

-- The EverQuest Team

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