I'm moving this out of the Gender and Respect thread because this sort of discussion is sufficiently removed from the purpose of the original thread; that thread is there to note the expectations of the administration in regards to the subject at ha…
Portals last 60 seconds, unless at least one end is in enemy territory for the caster, in which case it's either 15 or 20 seconds; not at home now to check for sure.
Since I saw it asked a few times, weathershield is equivalent to the demigod weather power for blocking heat/cold-based afflicting, wind-based knockdown, and a 25% reduction in the loss of movement points due to weather.
Life will be updated to use new cures, and will probably have afflictions shuffled around to account for the overhaul. And possibly* be made more exciting with the addition of roving gnome-designed drones attempting to destroy anyone in contact with…
I've declined to add a perma-on option because when inevitably someone connects later with a client that doesn't support it, their computer will explode* and I don't want to be liable.
Xterm is negotiated between Rapture and your client automatically; the config is there primarily to allow people with xterm-supporting clients that don't support the proper negotiation to toggle it on. There shouldn't really be any reason to keep it…
Sometimes that's how it's set up, sometimes it's not. Depends on who edited it most recently and whether the quasi-convention was followed or not. Personally, I'd rather the columns just be similar lengths with elements in alphabetical order because…
You're welcome to go back in time, find the quest designer, and ask them! I'm also not saying there's no impact at all, but it's not the case that rock will always beat scissors universally.