Difference between revisions of "Humility"

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The Gump

This virtue is not yet defined

Chant Lum at the Humility Shrine

Humility is: a Shrine, an Ilshenar Moongate, and an inactive Virtue.

Shrine

The Humility shrine is located in the southeastern jungle of the Isle of Fire (177°49'N, 152°31'W). It is a fully functional shrine; a character may lock his or her karma, be resurrected, or even tithe gold there.

A wearer of the Ankh Pendant who chants the word "Lum" at the shrine will receive an increase of +3 to either Mana, Hit Point, or Stamina regeneration for one hour. A character need not continue to wear the pendant to maintain the increase for said hour.

Moongate

Located between the Undead Fort and the Humility Graveyard, the Humility Moongate (53°27'N, 73°15'W) is tucked into a small valley along the mountains.

Virtue

There is no game mechanic for the Virtue of Humility, although one was proposed but not implemented.

Proposed Design

Advancement in the Virtue of Humility was intended to encourage relationships between veteran players and new, or young, players through a Squire System. The benefits to a veteran player were to be considerable. By using the Humility symbol that is located on the Virtue Gump, a veteran player was to be able to invite a young player to become his or her squire. If the young player accepted the invitation, the veteran player would have a chance to gain in Humility whenever a young player gained points in certain skills. The young player would have gained skills at an accelerated rate.

There were to be certain variables that affected the gain of Humility points:

The veteran was to remain close to the [young] character as the latter gained skill;
Skill points gained through training dummies and NPCs would not have counted;
[Young] characters would not have gained Humility points; and
The veteran had to have been alive to gain Humility points.

Rewards for achieving Humility points were to have been granted on a 3 tier basis.

First step: +10 Hit Points, +10 Mana, +10 Stamina;
Second step: +20 Hit Points, +20 Mana, +20 Stamina; and finally
Third step: +30 Hit Points, +30 Mana, +30 Stamina.

Implementation

Humility is one of the virtues which had a design document posted on the UO website, but was never followed-through. The original plan was to release one new virtue every 2 Scenarios. When the Scenario program was canceled, so were all plans for future virtue releases.

Lore

Humility is one of the Virtues in the moral system of Ultima Online.

Symbol: Shepherd's Crook
Derived From: The opposite of Pride, the absence of Courage, Truth, and Love
Anti-Virtue: Pride
Original Class: Shepherd
Original Home City: New Magincia
Opposing Dungeon: Unknown, believed to be possibly Doom or the Stygian Abyss
Mantra: Lum
Companion: Katrina

Humility is the most difficult Virtue to understand because it lies outside Truth, Love, and Courage. The lack of these leads to Pride, but recognizing Pride and turning away from it leads to Humility. Lord Blackthorn perverted the Virtue to read "Thou shalt humble thyself to thy superiors, or thou shalt suffer their wrath."

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 ==Shrine==
-The Humility shrine is located in the southeastern jungle of the [[Isle of Fire]] (177°49'N, 152°31'W). It is a fully functional shrine; a character may lock his or her [[karma]], be resurected, or even [[Chivalry#Tithing|tithe]] gold there.
+The Humility shrine is located in the southeastern jungle of the [[Isle of Fire]] (177°49'N, 152°31'W). It is a fully functional shrine; a character may lock his or her [[karma]], be resurrected, or even [[Chivalry#Tithing|tithe]] gold there.
 A wearer of the [[Ankh Pendant]] who chants the word "Lum" at the shrine will receive an increase of +3 to either Mana, Hit Point, or Stamina regeneration for one hour. A character need not continue to wear the pendant to maintain the increase for said hour.
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 ==Virtue==
-There is no game mechanic for the Virtue of Humility, although one was designed but not implemented.
+There is no game mechanic for the Virtue of Humility, although one was proposed but not implemented.
-===Original Design===
+===Proposed Design===
 Advancement in the Virtue of Humility was intended to encourage relationships between veteran players and new, or young, players through a Squire System. The benefits to a veteran player were to be considerable. By using the Humility symbol that is located on the Virtue Gump, a veteran player was to be able to invite a young player to become his or her squire. If the young player accepted the invitation, the veteran player would have a chance to gain in Humility whenever a young player gained points in certain [[skills]]. The young player would have gained skills at an accelerated rate.
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 *Third step: +30 Hit Points, +30 Mana, +30 Stamina.
-===Reasons for Non-inclusion in Game Play===
+===Implementation===
-One possible reason why this particular Virtue was never activated is that there are simply not enough young players. A squire was only able to have one veteran relationship at a time.
+Humility is one of the virtues which had a design document posted on the UO website, but was never followed-through. The original plan was to release one new virtue every 2 [[Scenario]]s. When the Scenario program was canceled, so were all plans for future virtue releases.
-Another possible reason is that the benefits conveyed, at the highest level, may have unbalanced the game.
 ==Lore==