The Mask System

A Mask is an article of clothing that allows you to temporarily conceal your identity. Masks enable you to engage in PK Combat against a disciple of your own clan while hiding your face and name. Outlawed by The Imperial Emperor, they can only be purchased from Black Market Dealers.

How to wear a Mask
To activate a Mask, select it within your Bag and either right-click or double click the Mask Icon. The Mask will appear on your character and cannot be reused. Masks do not take up any space in your Character¡¯s available Wardrobe. Should you use another Mask while a Mask is already in use, the new Mask will be immediately equipped and the effect time will be extended.

Things one cannot do while wearing a Mask:

PK with a Mask on:
1. One cannot earn any Good Karma, or raise one¡¯s level of Kung Fu, from defeating an opponent.
2. If one is defeated, one¡¯s Karma Points and Kung Fu decrease will remain.

Dueling with a Mask on:
1. One cannot Duel while wearing a Mask.
2. One cannot challenge or accept a Duel while wearing a Mask.

How to deactivate or remove a Mask
There are three ways to deactivate, or remove a mask and each offers the same message as a result of success, ¡¡ãMask has been removed.¡¡À

Automatic Removal (Deactivation)
After 30 minutes a Mask will expire and be automatically removed.

Manual Removal (Deactivation)
1. While wearing a Mask you may right-click the on-screen Mask Icon to remove it.
2. If you select ¡¡ãYES¡¡À on mask deactivation, it shall be removed.

Manual Removal (Revealing Hand Maneuver)
It is possible to remove another character¡¯s Mask by using a Kung Fu Technique called Revealing Hand Maneuver. This means that a Mask you wear can be removed by others.

1. How to Use it: Click to select the player whom you wish to unmask and then select the Revealing Hand Maneuver Kung Fu icon that you have registered in a quickslot.
2. How to Learn it: This skill is classified as a Vagabond Kung Fu Technique which you can learn from any NPC who has mastered it. This skill is not restricted by gender or by clan.
3. How to Level it: This skill can be leveled up but like many Vagabond skills it is done through the reading of a Manual. The manuals range from level 2 to level 10 and one must learn them in ascending order without skipping any levels.

Revealing Hand Maneuver¡¯s success rate and vital energy consumption rate varies by skill level.

Additional Laws of The Mask
There is no level restriction upon use of Masks.
With a mask on you can hide your character¡¯s true identity from both the screen and chat windows.
If you engage in a PK wearing a Mask, you will be recorded as a masked person in the PK history.
If you die with a Mask on and attempt to chat, your identity will be displayed on the chat window.

Public Enemy Status
It is written that one who wears a Mask has an illegal venture in mind, and so, know that if you are successfully unmasked, you will be marked as a Public Enemy of The Land. This means that you may be attacked by all users for five minutes.