Shattered Kingdoms

We're in a recession and apparently getting coffers drained pretty low, but I'd literally just put in 2.5 obsidian and nobody had attacked in the meantime:

[HP:100%] [ME:100%] [PE: 45%]
>
You hear a cry of terror off in the distance.
A cowled figure wields a bone-hilted machete in his hand.
A cowled figure straps on a shield engraved with a black hand.
An insane peasant frowns.
An insane peasant sighs.
An insane peasant says 'Bored.'
You have become better at endurance!

[HP:100%] [ME:100%] [PE: 62%]
> look

The Magistrate's Office
You stand within the small office of the Magistrate of Krychire. The
stone walls are marred with scratches and burn marks in several places, but
are otherwise unadorned save for a large map. A wooden desk and an
accompanying wooden chair are near the eastern wall. A smoky lantern hangs
from the middle of the ceiling, spilling out yellow light across this
office.
Obvious exits: s(closed) ne(closed)
(Charmed) A fearsome, hunchbacked troll lumbers here.
(5) You are resting here.
An insane peasant stands here, gibbering maniacally to himself.
A half-eaten female human shuffles here.
A humanoid, female ice wraith looms here.
A slim male human, the Magister, is sitting here at his desk doing paperwork.

[HP:100%] [ME:100%] [PE: 62%]
> examine cowled
You do not see that here.

Yea, not sure if this is happening in Exile too, but I watch guards disappear ALL the time. It says XXX fades out of existence. The guard is gone after that and it is normally sentinels I see this happening with. Not sure if this is a bug or as intended.

Chris

Could that be someone summoning peacekeeper NPCs?

It's not a summon - as you can see here, the guard spawned, wielded its weapons as usual, and then simply didn't exist after that. Very wierd.

Nah, I don't believe so simply for the fact that they "fade out of existence" and I get no reports for missing peacekeepers.

Chris

If we're going to theorycraft, I'd wager that a guard is brought away from home, another guard spawns, and some new-fangled "keep the guards from being duplicated" mechanic erases the difference. After all, this seemed to happen during an area tick. I wonder if the location of the guard during recruitment impacts its perception of itself as "out of place" once it no longer moves according to a pathing script and instead due to PC movement.

I experienced a bug of the same flavor back when removing a hammer of light caused it to fade away infinity times and crash the MUD. I prayed about it and sent a PM to an immortal.

Can this bug be intentionally replicated?

i can't make it happen, but I often wonder if it takes from the tribunal account. Especially since I haven't seen it happen in other cities.

Chris

I have been looking into this and found a possible explanation for the Sentinels; however, this is not an issue that identically affects and/or would explain the issue with the cowled figures. I've got to do some more digging, but the wheels are in motion.

Thanks!

Thanks Meissa!

Chris