Mastersword FAQ
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Q:  Who are 'apostles'?
A:  Read the apostle information package.  Generally, apostles are
    played by developers of the game.

Q:  What is an 'apostle item'?
A:  An apostle item is an item the developers put into the game for
    special purposes (usually for look or for strength) which standard
    players are not allowed to use (though some have hacked and gotten
    them, and those some will be banned from the game as of next
    patch)

Q:  Can a developer really ban me from the game?
A:  Yes.

Q:  Isn't that really dumb, I mean, to give the developers so much
    power?
A:  I don't think so.  There IS a reason why we have the ultra strong
    equipment, and the ability to ban people, and other things: we
    want to make the game world interesting, so that players can have
    a character to look up to (or aspire to defeat), and so that the
    apostles can stage Dynamic Quests and other such events.

Q:  What's a Dynamic Quest?
A:  A Dynamic Quest (DQ) is an event which is run by one of the game
    developers, which occurs ingame.  Example - You may be running
    along in some server one day, and come across an old beggar whom
    you've never seen before.  The old beggar warns of a giant hawk
    which has chased him from his mountain home and down here into the
    plains.  Sure enough, in the next couple of minutes, you spot a
    giant hawk (another thing which you've never seen before), and
    when you try to kill it, it turns into a human and explains that
    the old beggar was really an evil necromancer.  You and the
    shapeshifter return to find the old man raising skeletons from
    the ground, and you two both engage in glorious battle.  The
    necromancer is very strong, however, and defeats your shapeshifting
    comrade, changing him into an undead giant hawk, which attacks you
    too.  When you have slain them both, you find on the body of the
    hawk, some 'giant hawk feathers,' of unknown use, and a magical
    ring on the old man.
    This sounds similar to a standard ingame quest, excepting one
    part:  the specific events of the quest are being run by a
    living person, creating the ability for dynamic interaction.
    For example, you might have killed the giant hawk, and never
    found out that the old man was really a necromancer, or perhaps
    have sided with the necromancer and attacked the other players
    in the server.  Also, you'll find, conversing with actors in
    a dynamic quest is much funner than talking with non-player
    characters.

Q:  Where do these DQs occur?
A:  Generally, dynamic quests occur on random, unlocked public servers,
    servers in which enough player spaces are available for all
    required actors, or, on occaision, in servers specifically set up
    for the event.  These servers will be named after the DQ they
    are going to hold, and will probably be announced before-hand.

Q:  And in these Dynamic Quests, I can get items I wouldn't normally
    be able to get?
A:  Yes.  These items are often referred to as 'DQ' or 'Unique' items.

Q:  Cool.  So, what about magic?  Where's magic?  Will this game have magic?
A:  Yes, Mastersword will include an extensive magic system, but it won't be released to the
    public until we've gotten most of the gameworld done.  This release is known as 'Release 2.0'
    or sometimes just 'Release.'

Q:  Will there be new classes and races?
A:  Yes, there are three more classes planned that are currently not available to the players,
    each of them dealing with magic.  Also, there are two more races planned (aside from the
    humans), which are the Dwarves and the Elves.

Q:  When will I get to play as these new classes/races?
A:  In Release 2.0.

Q:  What are your plans between now and this fabled release?
A:  Most of the development is gearing toward getting Release 2.0 out the door, but expect
    some content updates (with improved graphics and often other things) and other little goodies
    in the meantime, as well as continuing addition of items and the like.

Q:  Are you going to have to know how to speak the elvish language for some quests?
A:  This is undecided, but as of right now we're leaning towards having the characters speak
    elvish with english subtitles.