In an effort to allow more players to store animals on stable masters, and to cut down on the hoarding of rare and difficult-to-find animals, stable masters will be going through the following revisions:
- Each stable master will have approximately 150 "slots."
- Each animal will take up a different number of slots depending on how difficult it is to tame. The easiest animals will take up one slot, while the most difficult will take up four.
- Since each animal will take up a certain number of slots, the actual number of animals each stable master can hold will be dependent on the types of animals players store.
- Characters will be allowed to use up to six default slots to store animals
- The cost of stabling an animal will be dependent on how difficult it is to tame.
- The more difficult an animal is, the more gold the animal costs to stable. This cost is 20 gold * slots squared per pet.
- A pet may cause players to exceed the six slot limit. For example, if you have one slot available of the six, you may stable a pet that requires more than one slot. If a pet causes a player to exceed the six slot limit, the additional cost will be 250 gold per slot beyond six. Players may not stable additional pets if they have six slots filled.
- When asking the stable master to retrieve a pet, players may ask for the pet specifically by name. If you cannot remember the names of your pets, you may ask the request to "claim" a pet without specifying a name. The stable master will then list all of your currently stabled pets.
- The stable master will release any pets bearing the same name. Thus, if you own six pets named "Ed", and you attempt to retrieve one, the stable master will release all pets.
- When claiming any pet, the stable master will automatically collect any gold due if the pet has been stabled for more than a week. If the player does not have enough money on his person or in his bank box, the pet will not be released.
- You may elect to retrieve all of your pets at the same time by using the "claim all" command.
- If you have more than six total slots (from pets stabled prior to this change, for instance) and attempt to claim pets from a stable master, he will tell you that you are currently over your limit. This will result in a fee that will be assessed in the following ways:
- If you keep the pets on the stable master, he will charge you for each slot above six each time you claim a single pet. Payment will be taken automatically from the character or directly from the character's bankbox.
- To avoid the fee, you must claim all pets.
- If the character does not have enough gold to pay the fee, he may only claim all pets, and not individual ones. If the player chooses not to pay this fee, no pets will be released, and the stable master will remove the pets after four weeks in the stables.
- The fee for being over the limit will be assessed on a per-slot basis.
- Stable masters will now allow your pets to stay up to four weeks without being refreshed. They will require one week advance payment and will charge the remainder when you retrieve the pet, or they will release the pet at the end of four weeks.
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