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The '''Random Magic Item Generation System''' was introduced with [[Publish 73]] and first applied to the dungeon [[Shame]] which is followed by the dungeon [[Wrong]] with [[Publish 74]]. With this system, some of the item properties introduced with the [[Stygian Abyss]] expansion started to appear on types of items they have not been seen on before. 

The new system can generate named items with item properties designed to fit a theme and work together. However, many of these powerful items come with some specific disadvantages (negative properties) to compensate for their advantages. Note that [[Luck]] plays a significant role in the generation process.


==Introduction==
Item generated by this system have an additional line denoting its power:

{| class="uoguidetable"
!colspan="4"|Magic Item
!colspan="4"|Artifact
|-
|Minor Magic Item
|Lesser Magic Item
|Greater Magic Item
|Major Magic Item
|Lesser Artifact<sup>‡</sup>
|Greater Artifact
|Major Artifact
|Legendary Artifact
|}

<sup>‡</sup> roughly equals to an item [[imbuing|imbued]] to the max


The strength of the generated item depends on the toughness of the slayed creature and the total [[luck]] of the character. Thus, stronger creatures frequently drop very powerful items while weak creatures rarely drop them.

{| class="uoguidetable leftalign"
!Weak Items
!Stronger Items
|-
| valign="top" |
*Weak items tend to not be named and to have random item properties 
*Weak named items tend to have fewer than 5 properties to leave some space for [[imbuing]].
*Weak random items generally have 5 item properties at low values.
*Weak items have a small chance of being generated with disadvantages 
| valign="top" |
*Stronger items have a better chance of being generated as named items.
*Stronger items tend to have 5 item properties.
*Extremely powerful items will sometimes have more than 5 item properties.
*Stronger items have a much greater chance of being generated with disadvantages. 
|}

Most of the item properties generated by this system have more coarse granularity of values (eg. [[Luck]] appears in increments of 10 and [[Skill Bonus]]es appear in increments of 5).

==Disadvantages==
Disadvantages appear on items randomly but items that are free of disadvantages can also be generated by the system. Since disadvantages grant the item significantly more power, powerful items tend to receive more disadvantages and they are very rarely free of disadvantages (''clean''). Note that [[Luck]] has no influence on the frequency of item disadvantage generation.

===Unlucky===
Unlucky items have -100 Luck. Unlucky property provides a '''small boost''' to the overall item power.

===Brittle ===
[[Brittle]] items cannot be [[Powder of Fortification|fortified]] and so can never have their [[durability]] increased. They have 75 maximum [[durability]]. Brittle property provides a '''moderate boost''' to the overall item power.

===Cannot Be Repaired===
Items with this property cannot be repaired or [[Powder of Fortification|fortified]]. Cannot Be Repaired property provides a '''high boost''' to the overall item power.

===Cursed===
Cursed items cannot be insured or blessed. Cursed property provides an '''extreme boost''' to the overall item power.

==Item Generation==
Each creature is assigned a difficulty rating and more difficult creatures generate more items. When the creature is killed, this difficulty rating and the player's [[Luck]] factor into loot generation.
 
Each item receives a Base and a Bonus item property budget. The Bonus item property budget may be added multiple times based on the player's Luck.

Once the item budget is determined, disadvantage rolls are made for the item based on the value of the budget. Each disadvantage roll has a chance of adding a new disadvantage while each disadvantage adds a fixed bonus to the item's budget. 

Once the final Budget is determined, it is spent to add item properties to the item. The higher the final budget, the more item properties the item will have and the greater the chance of generating named items.

===Named Items=== 
There are 12 packages of Item Properties. Each Package contains a group of properties fitting a purpose or a theme and each package is associated with a name prefix and a name suffix. Items can be generated as:
 
*Unnamed (random properties)
*Prefix only (some properties from one package, some random)
*Suffix only (some properties from one package, some random)
*Prefix and Suffix (some properties from one package, some from a different package)

===The Name Prefixes and Suffixes===
{| class="uoguidetable leftalign"
!Theme
!Prefix
!Suffix
!Properties
|-
|[[Strength]] and [[Hit Points]]
|Mighty
|of Vitality
|
*[[Strength Bonus]]
*[[Hit Point Increase]]
|-
|[[Intelligence]] and [[Mana]]
|Mystic
|of Sorcery
|
*[[Intelligence Bonus]]
*[[Lower Mana Cost]]
*[[Mana Increase]]
|-
|[[Dexterity]] and [[Stamina]]
|Animated
|of Haste
|
*[[Dexterity Bonus]]
*[[Stamina Increase]]
|-
|[[Spells|Casting]]
|Arcane
|of Wizardry
|
*[[Casting Focus]]
*[[Faster Casting]]
*[[Faster Cast Recovery]]
*[[Lower Reagent Cost]]
*[[Mage Weapon]]
*[[Spell Channeling]]
|-
|Item Quality
|Exquisite
|of Quality
|
*[[Chaos Damage]]
*[[Cold Damage]]
*[[Durability]]
*[[Energy Damage]]
*[[Fire Damage]]
*[[Lower Requirements]]
*[[Poison Damage]]
|-
|Leeches and Drains
|Vampiric
|of the Vampire
|
*[[Blood Drinker]]
*[[Hit Fatigue]]
*[[Hit Life Leech]]
*[[Hit Mana Drain]]
*[[Hit Mana Leech]]
*[[Hit Stamina Leech]]
|-
|Regeneration
|Invigorating
|of Restoration
|
*[[Damage Eater]]
*[[Hit Point Regeneration]]
*[[Mana Regeneration]]
*[[Stamina Regeneration]]
|-
|Resistance
|Fortified
|of Defense
|
*[[Resistances|Resistance]]
|-
|[[Luck]]
|Auspicious
|of Fortune
|
*[[Luck]]
|-
|Potions
|Charmed
|of Alchemy
|
*[[Enhance Potions]]
*[[Balanced]]
|-
|Dealing Damage
|Vicious
|of Slaughter
|
*[[Battle Lust]]
*[[Damage Increase]]
*[[Hit Chance Increase]]
*[[Hit Cold Area]]
*[[Hit Energy Area]]
*[[Hit Fire Area]]
*[[Hit Harm]]
*[[Hit Lightning]]
*[[Hit Poison Area]]
*[[Slayer]]
*[[Spell Damage Increase]]
*[[Splintering Weapon]]
|-
|Mitigating Damage Taken
|Towering
|of Aegis
|
*[[Defense Chance Increase]]
*[[Hit Lower Attack]]
*[[Soul Charge]]
*[[Reactive Paralyze]]
|}

==Example Items==
<gallery widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow=2>
File:Pub73item2.jpg|The Ring is free of disadvantages.
File:Pub73item1.jpg|The Bracelet is Cursed, which boosts its Item Property strength up to "Greater Magic Item".
</gallery>

==See Also==
* [[Shame]]
* [[Publish 73]]

==References==
* [http://www.uoherald.com/node/480 Publish 73 Comes to Test Center] - This article is edited from [[Publish 73]] notes.

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