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Old 09-25-2019, 05:25 PM
Danth Danth is offline
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Originally Posted by Dolalin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
I found a post from March, 1999 talking about Barbarians getting candles. They must have been in at launch. They were pathetic light sources by all accounts however [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...2&postcount=11
They were really bad, on par with necromancer coldlight spell but with a orange/reddish light. Worse than a fire beetle eye, which was itself largely inadequate. Like that spell, they were dim enough that on a dark monitor (remember CRT's? they do dark/black better than LCD screens can) a player might not have been able to tell the difference. As such some folks threw them away along with the discord book, and it's understandable some folks might have forgotten 'em. A torch or lantern is a highly recommended early purchase. All the candles really did was make a black tunnel not-quite-black for a few feet in front of the player.

Danth