Sublevel 5 innate TS abilities

[Lycron]

Here's a thought, most of the players on TFC are either invis or hidden; also, without seeing magic flags a true newbie misses an important aspect of the MUD. While it is true that the pummel stick will grant them this ability anyway, I propose we just start them with a low level ts affect that expires as level 5. Aside from magic flags as I stated, logging in and seeing no one there often will result in a quick log out. We as a community do not always go out of our way to greet new characters because we often assume they are not new. I base this statement off of a newbie experience today, there were about 6 mortals online though he only saw 2. Seeing an active community will encourage a true newbie to stick around longer I believe.

* I should also add, new players may be confused as to how to obtain the pummel stick. This little suggestion just acts as a catch all.

[Eathor]

I like the idea, especially being able to see invis's. Yes, abusable by those looking for a quick way to figure out who is online before logging in their big guys, but this (as with logging in a big guy to see who then logging off and logging on another) should fall under the char sep rules anyway....

Being able to see the invis's (like Lycron says) would hopfully get new players to stick around a little longer (seeing an active mud...)

[Lycron]

Also, as I mentioned - if we're going to give them the ability with a pummel stick anyway - why not just give them that out of the gates?

[Lessien]

I'm not a fan of this. I am a fan of upping the power of the pummel stick. Just put a L32 TS on this for a couple of hours. If you're a newbie and truly interested in this mud, you'll surely put some time into getting the stick. It really is not that hard. I actually like the starting quest. Gives you something right there at the beginning to work for.