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As promised:

December 18, 2003

** Melee enhancements **

We have been building an enhancement to the melee system, and the first
part of it is now Live.

The yellow bar now represents endurance rather than stamina.

All Disciplines now require an expenditure of endurance to use. They
still have a re-use timer, and they can't be used more often than the
timer allows.

Disciplines have now been divided into a few different timers.

We have also added a few of the new melee skills to the game. These are
the skills that do not use the new "opening" system, but can be used
without an opening present. The "reactionary" skills and the opening
system will remain on Test for further tuning.

Warriors have been given a mitigation boost. This affects all warriors
at all levels.

Monks have been given the ability to dodge blows from attackers behind
them. This affects all monks with the Dodge ability.

All existing disciplines can be purchased as tomes in either East
Commons or the Plane of Knowledge. To learn a discipline, the Tome must
be turned into your guildmaster.

Several new disciplines have been added for warriors, monks and rogues
who are above level 60.