# So, I started a new character

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-i-started-a-new-character/1181>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [May 11, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-i-started-a-new-character/1181 "2013-05-11T15:42:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Exile](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/exile/32/921_2.png) [@Exile](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Exile)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-i-started-a-new-character/1181/1 "2013-05-11T15:42:20Z")

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Hi all. Long-time lurker, I’ve played the game for a long time and have enjoyed it thoroughly. Thanks, devs, for your awesome work!

Anyway, I registered because I started a new character, and…

First aid book in the basement, plus some foodstuffs and clothes. Well, that’s not bad. When I wandered out of the shelter, though, I found a small wreck with this sitting in the middle before I even got to the outskirts of town:

![](http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb297/eldiablodelagua/deadsphere_zps9e131ac6.png)

When I got within a few tiles of it, I got some message about feeling that my ‘life was being sucked away’. Since the character is new, and OOH SHINY THING, I picked it up anyway.

[http://www.wiki.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?title=Artifact](http://www.wiki.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?title=Artifact)

It makes the character invisible while it’s carried, and also drains each stat by -2. I haven’t noticed the life-draining effect yet. As soon as it’s put down the effects seem to cease. It can’t be activated, as far as I can tell. Zombies definitely can’t see me - they can smell me - but I’ve been happily running around town, pillaging things like the Apocalyptic version of Gollum. I had two close run-ins where I got a _little_ too close to quick zombies and had to duke it out, but that was repaired by some first aid.

I’m really considering making a storyboard for this guy. This is potentially the best start to the game I’ve ever had.

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**Author:** ![Ferodaktyl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ferodaktyl/32/56_2.png) [@Ferodaktyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ferodaktyl)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-i-started-a-new-character/1181/2 "2013-05-11T15:54:27Z")

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enjoy it while it lasts (until you exit the game and load again 🙂 )

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**Author:** ![Exile](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/exile/32/921_2.png) [@Exile](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Exile)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-i-started-a-new-character/1181/3 "2013-05-11T15:57:37Z")

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> [@Ferodaktyl](#):
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> enjoy it while it lasts (until you exit the game and load again 🙂 )

☹

Well, in that case, I’m just going to leave this game window open. I don’t turn my computer off anyway; just hibernate it. 😃

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**Author:** ![Ferodaktyl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ferodaktyl/32/56_2.png) [@Ferodaktyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ferodaktyl)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-i-started-a-new-character/1181/4 "2013-05-11T16:49:00Z")

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ha, i just found a dead tube 😛

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-i-started-a-new-character/1181/5 "2013-05-11T19:10:03Z")

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> [@Ferodaktyl](#):
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> enjoy it while it lasts (until you exit the game and load again 🙂 )

Yeah I can’t wait until somebody gets around to fixing this problem.

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**Author:** ![Rickson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Rickson](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rickson)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-i-started-a-new-character/1181/6 "2013-05-12T15:58:18Z")

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> [@i2amroy](#):
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> [quote=“Ferodaktyl, post:2, topic:1181”]enjoy it while it lasts (until you exit the game and load again 🙂 )

Yeah I can’t wait until somebody gets around to fixing this problem.[/quote]  
According to the changelog it’s already been fixed in the latest dev version. Haven’t tested it yet though

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-i-started-a-new-character/1181/7 "2013-05-12T16:00:35Z")

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Just don’t save with it on your person i think and you should be fine. Otherwise you will get a none.