I write to let you know of a rather upsetting issue that I am faced with at
the moment. It appears to only be affecting me, but it is severe enough to
bring to your attention as well, I think.

Last night, while zoning from South Keladim into North Keladim (where the
bank is) I crashed. A drag, but nothing all that new. The twist is, however,
I cannot log my monk, Praelor, back onto the server! I tried re-starting EQ,
re-connecting my ISP, and re-booting my system, all to no avail. I brought
in a lvl 2 druid and /petitioned, and spent the next 3 hours speaking with a
guide and a gm. The GM said he would reset my character to a point prior to
the disappearance, but could make no promises on when that would occur. So I
logged and tried again this morning.

And there he was, right where I had started Last night. Everything appeared
to be fine. I still needed to go to the bank, however, so off to Keladim I
went, and upon zoning from S. Keladim into N. Keladim again, I crashed. With
the same results as last night. Well, it was 6:30 am EST, and no GM'S were
online, but I did speak with a guide who promised to forward my problem to
then first GM who showed up, but it would not be for several hours.
Understandable, given that it was 3:30 am in San Diego.

So now, with time to kill before work, I decided to experiment. I created a
Dwarven Cleric and ran him into the zone and promptly crashed. So at least
it is not a corrupt character file with Praelor. I then created a Dwarven
Cleric on The Tribunal server and zoned with no problem. Now I know it is
not a corrupt N. Keladim data file and that it is specific to Fenin Ro. A
few of my guildmates then create characters on Fenin Ro and zone with no
problem, so it is not a server-wide issue.

All this leads me to believe that it is something specific with the link
between my system and the Fenin Ro servers, but I just wanted to give
everyone a heads up on this "just in case". I am planning on re-installing
EQ and running all the patches tonight, and will let you know the outcome.
With any luck, that will solve everything and Praelor Dileasai will once
again be running from all those nasty critters in Mistmoore (hehe). If
not... well.. I just don't really want to think about the "if not" scenario
yet.

Praelor Dileasai
The Limbo Monk