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I've noticed that thieving as a skill is somewhat.. boring. And as a result, it isn't practiced as much as other skills, especially in the higher levels. So what would make it more fun to train? Hopefully this: _______________ Mansion Raid General idea: Mansion Raid, a minigame that can be played both solo and as part of a team, is primarily Thieving-based, but also involves other skills, such as smithing, construction and crafting. In Mansion Raid, the objective is to create thieving tools (Ex: Climbing [bleep]es, lockpicks, grappling crossbows, rope ladders, etc) using supplied materials obtained from workbenches within the game, and then use these tools to break into a building of some sort, a mansion, warehouse, etc, where the player(s) steal as much as they can within the time limit, including weapons, armor, potions stacks of coins, gems, charms, arrows and runestones, with the value of items and the number of stackables increasing with the players thieving level. Possible levels : Rewards Level 1- Bronze and leather items, brass jewelry, body and elemental runes, attack, antipoison and strength potions, 1-50 of stackables. Level 10- Iron and studded leather items, stat restore pots, mind runes added, stackable count upped to 10-75. Level 25- Steel items, chaos rune, plain gold jewelry, energy pots and uncut sapphires added, stackable count upped to 15-100. Level 30- Black items, cut sapphires, and unenchanted sapphire jewelry added, stackable count upped to 20-115. Level 45- Mithril items, uncut emeralds, agility pots, cosmic runes added, stackable count upped to 20-125. Level 55- Adamantite items, cut emeralds, and emerald jewelry added, stackable count upped to 25-130. Level 60- Uncut rubies, elemental battlestaves, prayer pots, nature runes added, stackable count upped to 25-135. Level 70- Rune, green and blue dragonhide items, super attack and energy pots, uncut rubies, ruby jewelry, death runes added, stackable count upped to 25-140. Level 85- Basic Dragon weapons (Daggers, longswords), red dragonhide items, super strength pots, uncut diamonds, law runes added, stackable count upped to 25-150. Level 90- More Dragon weapons (maces, baxes, scimitars), black dragonhide items, cut diamonds, diamond jewelry, uncut dragonstones, blood runes, range pots added, stackable count upped to 30-175. Level 99- Dragon spears, halberds, soul runes, cut dragonstones, dragonstone jewelry, weapon poison++ added, stackable count upped to 40-200. When a player exchanges points, they have the choice of receiving blocks of thieving exp. or special items, such as unique, untradeable thieving costumes, a wieldable Bag of Loot, and more. Guards Guards patrol the building, and possibly the grounds surrounding it. With the exception of Weak Revenants, guards will teleport any player they catch outside of the building. Every second time that they teleport you, the will also take a random piece of loot from your pack. When a Weak Revenant catches you, it will not teleport you, it will attempt to kill you! Although these revenants are weaker that normal, it is advised that you run away quickly, as the only weapons or armor you will have are those that you have stolen, and you will have no food at all. If you are killed by a Weak Revenant, you will return to the portal building and receive your points, but you will lose any loot that you have collected. When any other type of guards teleports you and takes a piece of treasure, you lose the point gained for that particular bit of loot. If it was obtained from a team-only area, any teammate who received points for remaining behind to help the team will not lose points. Environments: Misthalin- Varrockian style architecture, terrain is mostly grass, trees, shrubs, streams, city. Guards are normal guards. Asgarnia- Falador style architecture, terrain is mostly grass, trees, shrubs, paths, fountains. Guards are normal guards. Desert- Kharidian style architecture, terrain is mostly sand, cacti, palm trees, small pools of water. Guards are Palace Guards Kandarin- Ardougnian style architecture, terrain is mostly grass, trees, fountains, shrubs, jungle plants, coastline. Guards are Knights of Ardonuge. Karamja- Karamjan style architecture, terrain is mostly grass, jungle trees, jungle plants, coastline. Guards are normal guards. Rellekka- Rellekkan style architecture, terrain is mostly dirt, dead trees, trees, streams, snow. Guards are Barbarian Guards. Tirannwn- Elven style architecture, terrain is mostly streams, elven forest, grass. Guards are Elven Warriors. Tree Gnome Stronghold- Gnomish style architecture, terrain is mostly forest, grass. Guards are Gnomish Guards. Keldagrim- Dwarven style architecture, terrain is mostly cave dirt, rock, underground river. Guards are Dwarven Guards. Wilderness- Ruins, terrain is burnt soil, rock, dead trees, ruins. Guards are weak revenants that attack rather than teleport. Thieving Tools: (All tools made by players from provided materials, no materials can be removed from the game) Lockpicks, grappling crossbows, climbing [bleep]es, pry bars, thiefs knives, vaulting poles. (Made by smithing provided steel bars. Normal exp. per bar is gained.) Rope ladders, grappling bolts, [bleep]ed ropes, climbing ropes, clockwork test drone.(Made by crafting provided steel bars, ropes, clockworks, planks.) Portable bridges, trap blocking devices. (Made by constructing with provided planks and nails.) Required tools, such as hammers, chisels, knives, etc. provided. No items obtained from workbenches or player construction can be removed from the arena. Location and Gameplay: Mansion Raid can be accessed from the building just to the northwest of Catherby, which contains the portal to the waiting room. When players enter the portal, they will be teamed up with a random number of people, between only themselves, and nine others. Whenever a team is made, it is sent to a random location from one of the geographic areas listed above, where the players will have ten minutes to construct the tools, break into the house or warehouse using the tools they have created, along with special points (Climbable trees, trellises, hardpoints for the use of tools [ex]), and steal as much loot as they can with what time they have remaining. Each time they manage to get treasure from a chest, crate, etc.( Not all crates, drawers, chests, etc. will contain treasure), they are awarded one point, along with a small amount of thieving exp. When the time is up, the players are sent back to the portal building, where they can use a deposit box to bank the treasure that they have obtained, as well as exchanging the points for chunks of thieving exp. or special items. In team gameplay, teamwork is critical, as the containers and rooms with the best treasure are often only accessible by players who are working together to gain entry, (Ex: One player holds up a plank while the others cross over.). Please also note that when one player stays behind to allow other players to advance, they will receive one point for each piece of treasure plundered by teammates in the team-only room. Another possible aspect of this would be competitive gameplay, where two even teams of players work against each other to plunder the most loot, with extra points going to the team with the most pieces of treasure stolen. Hopefully, this will help to make the thieving skill more interesting and more popular, along with providing a fun minigame for players of all levels! One final note: Obviously, the stolen items (weapons, coins, etc.) would not be evenly found, the most common would be stolen the most, even at level 99 thieving, it would still be more common to get 50 coins or a bronze scimitar than a green dragonhide body or a stack of blood runes. And honestly, I wouldnt be opposed to changing it to prevent loot from being removed, and having the only reward be points. Yeah, I realize that the rewards may be a bit too rich. So just say so.. :P So there it is. Feel free to suggest changes, I will try to check often enough to edit in good ones.. And remember, constructive criticism helps, flaming doesnt. Credits for suggestions: -Beethovens29 : Wilderness arena with weaker revenants as guards. -Kazel01 : Guards, lower time limit. - - - Thanks for reading through all of that! :

It still amazes me how people manage to come up with ways to 'justify' anything and everything. :wall: How much better this game (And life..) could be if greed was not a common trait of humanity...

Maybe the reason the RSOF is in such bad condition is because everyone is trying to kill the P51 monster with spam, flames and bad spelling... Y'know, poison it to death. :) I don't get it though, just copy>paste to word and you'll be fine. Tbh, I wouldn't bother making a thread unless I had the time to spend every day making sure that it stays above the '0mg we wAn7 gunz!!1!' and 'w7f y n0 horesys?1!' topics... :|

:lol: And some of the responses.... I wonder if people actually search that on youtube, and expect hits to be legit?! :roll:

Well, most wouldn't really be called fights, more like 'shove-fests', I can recall a few times that things actually came to blows, but in all honestly, my HG is pretty safe for a public school. Now, my junior high, that was a different matter... I can recall seeing at least two fights every month, usually more, and on one occasion, the band teacher was hospitalized when some kid decked him... (Admittedly, that teacher was a real [wagon] to almost everyone..) I haven't ever really gotten into a fight.. I guess it helps that pretty much everyone my age seems to think that I am a touch insane. I can't imagine why.

Which is....? I don't think there are any wild cattle anymore. What we have on farms, factories, all of that are secluded from an ecosystem. There might be some that've escaped. But I doubt they even went far from the farm they were born on. Cows have been domesticated animals for millenia. They're stupid, and have lost the majority of their survival instincts. If they're not for me to eat, what are they for? Tipping over.

The pope. I'm completely serious, one of my dreams is to live to be older than 100, and then kill the pope. It doesn't matter which name and roman numeral they are on by then, I want to kill him. Alternately, Tom Cruise. Or any inhabitant of the Disney channel. And as for Walt Disney, he is still alive and well, living as a cryogenically-supported head-in-a-jar, consuming the life force of visitors to his park.

Uh, well.. heh.. I drew the outline of the blade and hilt, filled in the blade... and then I realized that the top half that I redrew is nowhere near lining up with the bottom half.. :oops:

Well, I'm all the way up to 47.3%.. gonna do what I can. Edit: Fixed the E. 30.8% left, gonna do more after dins.

Wait, when did they start putting cows and pigs onto racks and chaining them to walls? And why hasn't Amnesty International gotten involved? I'll eat meat. I don't have a problem with it. I'm sure that if some other species had become the dominant intelligent life on the planet, most of them wouldn't have any problem eating us. Wait, I think that at least part of this problem has been solved.. I seem to remember an old Onion article that described a vegetarian convention that offically reclassified cows as plants... :) Well, honestly, I think that there is also a problem with people pushing their opinions and ethics onto others. I'll eat what I damn well please, and I don't care if I'm killing a living creature. You kill billions of living creatures every time you spray disinfectant, and every time you eat a bite of plant, you kill millions of bacteria that are not prepared for the acids of your stomach. And think of all the insects that had to die to allow you to have a clean, uneaten head of lettuce! Furthermore, by killing one cow, I am eliminating a large source of methane, and making a very small impact on the environment! (Not that that matters anymore, we're probably past the tipping point...)

Why shouldn't he sell bodies? I'm sure that there are plenty of necrophiles and would-be necromancers on Ebay... Ontopic: Uhm, probably something that can be easily procured, so perhaps, as a side venture, you could sell 'Haunted' objests? LIke coke cans and toasters.. Or you could make use of the 'religous figure on food item' market and manufacture 'holy' foods. I believe the VMGCS sold for several tens of thousands of dollars. You could probably make as much with artificially made religous imagery on food. But that would be lying, and we all know that noone who uses Ebay ever lies...

Honestly, it sounds like he is just stalling. Hey, I wouldn't want to die either... I oppose the death penalty, but as long as it is around, we might as well let it develop to it's full American potential. For example, executions on pay-per-view. As for this guy, I've thought up a method that would be quick, and probably less painful than the drugging. Behead him. Quick, simple, and it probably hurts less than most other options. [hide=If you are easy to offend or disgust, this is your warning. Do not open this. If you do open this, I will not be held responsible for any anger or loss of stomach contents. This is for you. Do NOT open this tab if anything that you can imagine me saying will offend you. And if you decide to ignore the warnings, and are offended]Okay, here goes: After killing him, you could cook him, and serve him as the last meal to prisoners who requested beef and/or pork. It would help cut down on expenses, and it would save the money that would normally go toward funding a funeral. Hey, I did warn you, didn't I? Don't get mad because you didn't listen to the tab... :shame: And yes, this is a joke. I don't actually think that we should support cannibalism. -.-[/hide] Of course, we could eliminate these legal fiascos entirely if we got rid of the death penalty. But we all know how likely that is, at least in America... Just a note: I am not conservative, I don't support the death penalty, and I think that this whole deal with 'humane' executions reeks of [cabbage]. I believe I remember a few storys a couple months back about Death Row inmates who were not sedated when they were injected, or that the sedatives don't work well or something.. And apparently, they go through excruciating pain before they die. So much for painless. But it could just be my bad memory...

I'm the only one.. My cousin played for a few days and quit. My family and friends are mostly of the '0mg ur wasting your life!!' opinion.. I don't get it, am I wasting my life less standing outside of a Taco Bell or getting smashed at parties? :roll:

So what I've gotten from all of this is that this occured during the First Age, and that the Elf was a scout for the group of elves that had recently set up shop in Runescape. The elves had not previously encountered any other intelligent life. (Which doesn't rule out the possibilty that they had met ogres...), and at this point, the only races that can be confirmed as inhabitants of this realm are: Humans, Elves, Dwarves, and Gnomes. Also, when the cutscene of Guthix and the flying runestones is playing, did anyone else notice the smaller runestone that flew toward the upper left corner of the screen? It appeared to have the teardrop shape of the images on blood and water runes, but it was a hollow outline, in a darker blue than the water rune.. Does anyone care to speculate about the possible meaning of this runestone? Or am I just drawing too much from nothing?

YES! This time it isn't on my freaking birthday!! I'm going to be there come hell or high water! =P~

I just did a T Trail that included four Saradomin Wizards, two puzzle boxes, and multiple trips into the wilderness. And I get this, worth 64k: :wall: And the sad thing is, this is one of my more profitable treasure trails...

Well, I'm doing a ttrail right now, and that happened to me... But the pieces didn't disappear on me.. :shock: Maybe try logging out and in to reset the puzzle? If that fails, you can always drop the clue...

It depends on what you want. Would you rather hit nearly every time for decent damage, or hit fairly often for great damage? Personally, I would pick 99 attack over 99 strength...

If you got all the treasure last time, it disappeared. Just talk to the guy to get it back.

Tbh, I like the history far more than I like the junk rewards for following the key. Into the bank it goes...

0mg bcuze any1 who us3s 7oRag5 iS a st00pid d3fens n00bie!!1!.... At least, that is the impression I get whenever I use it.. I still don't understand this notion that strength is the only combat skill that matters. :?

Bots are bad. Period.

Probably when I'm out of college and looking for a real job. Don't want to have anything distracting me until I have a steady paycheck...

You're right, in some cases the remembered difficulty is actually accurate.. But I think that that would still be the exception rather than the rule. :P

Offtopic: Doing a clue I got there atm, I got a puzzle box and did it in about 45 seconds.. it was almost complete when I got it.. :D