RuneScape Discussion

20% less damage from corrupted scarabs and soul obelisks.
5% boost to the number of runes created at the Soul altar, plus a 5% XP boost.
2.5x increase to reputation gain in Menaphos.
4% extra chance to save a feather of Ma'at.
5% increase in ushabti catch rate (regular and cursed).
10% increase in XP and movement ability cooldown halved in the Shifting Tombs (stacks with Shadow's Grace or Mobile, resulting in a cooldown of 5.4s)
Improved drop rates for objects needed for Jewels of the Elid and Insects of the Desert

When planning out the Return to the Desert trilogy, BSS was meant to split between the mortal and divine story threads, PF was meant to focus on/bring to an end the mortal story threads, and Eclipse is going to be the high stakes divine conclusion
Earlier versions of the story had Osman being tricked into making his play at Scabaras, but Zura pushed for him to be flawed on his own
Mortal and divine stories are meant to parallel each other

Osman/Leela relationship is like Tumeken/Amascut
Now that the 4 lesser gods of the pantheon are saved, the Menaphos faction leaders can be freed of their corrupt tendencies

The closest thing Amascut has to a Necromancy vessel is the Shadowsands, which is where her soul devourers send the souls to wait for her devouring. But since a vessel is more about being a repository of souls and she ends up eating them, its not really a vessel
Once they landed on the idea of breaking the violence cycle with a bloodless trial, they knew that the quest shouldn't have any combat
Earlier iterations of the Leela’s favor had more of the passives on it, including the soul runecrafting buffs, but they found in playtesting that people just wanted to wear their elite runecrafting outfit instead
Very early designs of the trial had fail states, but was never implemented as they know quest-centric players like to read all the dialogue options

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Show Data

Episode Title: Folly and Song
Teaser: Pharaoh’s Folly wraps one part of the desert storyline. We discuss shifting tombs, stealth and song, and Osman’s trial. The 2025 survey is also here and we share our thoughts on graphical updates, skill updates, and questing going forward.
Recorded Date: April 10, 2025
Release Date: April 11, 2025
Executive Producers: Shane, Cireon, and Tanis
Producers: Avernic and Xurdones
Production Code: UPDT-1032-2025-04-10
Hosts: Shane, Avernic, and Xurdones
Duration: 2:31:34
Editing Notes: None