Patch 2.5

RUG Maintenance Patch title card

The Rise of the Upstart Gods maintenance patch (Patch 2.5) was added to Shadowbane on April 30th, 2004.

Changelog

Sword, Sword Mastery, Spear, and Spear Mastery Skills are completely based on Strength
Replaced the Sword Power Reign of Steel's ATR debuff with a snare
Elves in Aglan Berrandor no longer attack Elf players on sight
Monster sizing has been reevaluated and adjusted accordingly
Errants should no longer be able to get boons at any shrine
An exploit bypassing Weapon Power Timers has been fixed
Fixed a game recorder crash that would occur on exit
Staff and Staff Mastery now use dexterity for skill
Mental resist suffixes now exist in the world
Fixed getting stuck in the looting position
Staff weapons now use dexterity for damage
Increased the level cap on Fear powers
You cannot drop objects while moving
Page Up sync exploit has been fixed
Banecircles cannot be abandoned
Fixed various client crashes

The Orc Swamp Zone has been revamped and now includes an Epic Encounter with the Champion of Morloch
The Fallen Angels' Stronghold has been added to the Barrowlands
Added Bloodmage Vendors in the world
Added Lore NPCs to various zones

Walls are no longer rankable past R1, and their stats have been adjusted accordingly; pre-existing walls of higher ranks will be identical
Made Scrolls, Bundled Scrolls, and Tomes stock items on Player Vendors (NOTE: In other words, you no longer need to manually create them)
Placed a limit on the amount of barracks a city can have (please read the In-Development section for more details on this)
Elven Builders have been activated in the Elven City of Eglan Nanvirond and will sell Elven Architecture Deeds
Guards will teleport home if they wander too far from their city
Light Armorers now apply the correct enchantments to gloves
Various exploits in building placement has been fixed
Sages will no longer buy Scrolls and Tomes
Fixed various building placement exploits
Racial Stewards now have Votary Deeds
Rebalanced Guard spawning times

Added Elven Bloodline (or Sub-Race) Runestones to Character Creation and the Bloodmage Vendor .

Added Human Bloodline (or Sub-Race) Runestones to Character Creation and the Bloodmage Vendor .
Humans will be granted an extra skill point per level

Druids now have access to Staff Mastery once they have reached level 20 and have 80 in Staff.
Druids will be balanced to make Druids using a staff a viable template.
Increased Druids' Staff Power rank to 20

The Doomsayer Powers "The Void's Wild Vengeance", "Kliszhenk's Doom", and "Dread Curse of Veshteroth" have had their casting time decreased and skill debuffs increased