Death Shroud

I know this has been talked about before but it's been a while. I've seen many new items, events, and colors come into the UOR world in the past few years and still ask myself why death shrouds haven't been accepted by staff? I've always enjoyed this item and think it could spice things up without even the slightest negative effect on the UOR community.

My proposal:
Make it a plat reward (250+.)
Non-dyable (just a select few colors, 1109, etc.)
Blessed.
No benefits to wearing (no buffs, armor increase, etc.)... purely an aesthetic purpose.

Fellow players; please post your constructive thoughts.
Staff; @Chris please post your thoughts as well.

Thank you for your time and consideration on this issue.

Is that anything like the hooded shroud of shadows from AOS? << my favorite piece of clothing

Shrouds look cool, but they really change alot in the aesthetics of the game. Not sure, if I would like it. (neutral opinion on that)

Can you post screenshots of what this looks like?

http://www.uoguide.com/Death_Shroud

it's just what it says on the tin - like when you're a ghost. they are pretty cool looking, as long as they aren't super neon why not?

I personally have no problems with this being either a gold or plat sink.

Hah! I spend about 50% of my time in a death shroud anyway! So nyaaaah! I already got mine!

...er.... I mean....

OoOo O OoOOo OoOOO OoO oo Oo OOOo oO o OoOOo OOoOo OooOOoO Oo OoOOoOOO O OoOOoOo oOO OOooO

But seriously, they are pretty neat looking. I could see this being an interesting (yet not beneficial for anything other than cosmetic purposes) plat sink item.

I do worry though about how many characters named "The Grim Reaper" will pop up after this becomes a thing...

I would vote for them so long as the character had to be GM spirit speak to be able to wear them.

^^ Now that's an idea.

I vote for they don't have to have GM spirit speak, but if they don't they can only say ooOOOooOOoo

I actually really liked them. The dark ones looked really cool and had great RP use too. Or at the very least, a new hat item that looks like a hood.

Saw ths some time ago and now have and use cloaks. I especially enjoy them in overcast weather at sporting events.
Anyone casts a odd look my way I simply say, "They issue these on your first day at Scottland Yard".

Cloaks... they're really good and when it rains it has a hood.

no pitter patter? I've got to get me one of those!

And don't forget they're still stylish even if you're not period-dressed!

To attempt to re-rail....


I do think these shrouds would be neat to have as a defensive clothing item at a premium cost.

I'm still holding hope onto my aforementioned spirit speak requirement.



Now to get silly with it and likely re-de-rail with a heaping dose of minutia...


with the shroud and gm spirit speak,

reduce rez timer with bandages to "undetermined" seconds with x% health
increase rez chance to cast by x% with x% health

buffs are on top and included with the virtue buff




overall though, just add the bloody things as a bod reward would be nice to have them here... but only if we can't dye them.

I support the 1109 aos "shroud of shadows " . I personally think they look badass and would love to see it added to the shard.

The nice thing about the shrouds is that they're still old school art so no worries about it looking out of place.

I liked the shrouds as well, I guess the next question is how would you get one? I like as a rare drop over plat tho.. I've always preferred rewards for playing the game over rewards for buying it but I don't think that's an issue here like it was in OSI.

How about a semi expensive item or BOD reward that won't be mega expensive, but that DISAPPEARS upon dead?

Since the tailoring bone LBODs are rarely done, maybe the death shroud could be a possible reward from them. I'm not sure that's even possible though considering the Bone LBODs share the same rewards (being 5 piece "leather") as the Studded Leather LBODs. Anyone know if it is something that's possible and easy to implement so it just affects the Bone LBODs?

Anyway, looking at the LBODs that involve bone armor, here's what we got as potential rewards so far according to the tailoring LBOD reward page:


Plain Leather:
10 & 15 Normal (50% Leather Dye Tub, 50% CBD)
20 Normal (Tapestry)
10 & 15 Exceptional (50% Leather Dye Tub, 50% CBD)
20 Exceptional (Bear Rug)

Spined Leather:
10 & 15 Normal (Tapestry)
20 Normal (50% Leather Dye Tub, 50% CBD)
10 Exceptional (Bear Rug)
15 Exceptional (Hanging Leather Armor)
20 Exceptional (Hanging Studded Armor)

Horned Leather:
10 & 15 Normal (50% Leather Dye Tub, 50% CBD)
20 Normal (Bear rug)
10 & 15 Exceptional (Hanging Studded Armor)
15 Exceptional (Mask Dye)


Barbed Leather:
10 Normal (Bear Rug)
15 Normal (Leather Hanging Armor)
20 Normal (Studded Hanging Armor)
10 & 15 Exceptional (Mask Dye)
20 Exceptional (Special Mask Dye)


Other than the Mask Dye LBODs the rewards for the bone armor LBODs are pretty bad considering the effort & materials used to complete one (especially the exceptional ones). They are mostly junk LBODs, or were a few months ago anyway last time I looked at bods. Even the smalls used to fill those larges are junk since they aren't even worth flipping.

So, maybe adding the Death Shroud (1109, or even maybe a couple other color possibilities too like grey and light grey) as a possible chance in the Bone LBODs would make them worth doing. Make it so that the better the LBOD the higher the chance (but still very low so they remain fairly rare) of getting a Death Shroud.