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Displayed name	Arancaytar
Member number	2984
Title	Law Bringer
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Registered	Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00

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New RPG Board in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Thursday, March 24 2005 13:52 Profile Homepage #1 All your RP are belong to teh us. :P Just kidding. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Karma - No not that kind in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Thursday, March 24 2005 08:15 Profile Homepage #14 quote: Originally written by andrew miller: I'd like to think that in some way, hubris will always lead to nemesis. I believe the term is "Ate". And in some way, it always does. Eventually. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
New Abortion Laws in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Thursday, March 24 2005 08:13 Profile Homepage #54 quote: Last time I heard a one-month fetus doesn't yet have a penis. That is not a brain or a sign of consciousness anyways. Well for some, it's the only brain they have...[/off-topic joke] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Two years to the day. in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Wednesday, March 23 2005 22:03 Profile Homepage #31 quote: Originally written by No 2 Methylphenidate: Reason requires more than communication, namely the ability to leave one's subjective point of view and adopt (or at least strive to adopt) some more general point of view which is acceptable to your communication partner. That is the criterium by which I would judge the fear of death to be irrational. It is based on an instinctive urge to survive, and it takes into account only the individual's situation. Based on instinct, my survival would be preferrable to that of a dozen other people. It is reason which can cause us to develop "selflessness". [ Thursday, March 24, 2005 03:53: Message edited by: A ship then new they built for him ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Karma - No not that kind in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Wednesday, March 23 2005 21:56 Profile Homepage #7 It's psychological. There is a story that whoever takes a lava rock from Hawaii will suffer a curse of horrendous bad luck. There is also a constant stream of packages, parcels and letters arriving in Hawaiian hotels, accompanied with rocks, sand and even dust, begging the addressee to "please return" the stuff, because apparently they've suffered nothing but bad luck since they took it. Is it coincidence that so many people will just have bad luck after stealing a stone? Couldn't be. Is it a curse? Very unlikely. Everyone has bad luck occasionally, see? And when it happens, you just take it and say "well crap." But if you've stolen one of those rocks, you'll say "it's all the fault of that damn piece of lava." And that's how karma works, too. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Question about Karma in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Wednesday, March 23 2005 12:00 Profile Homepage #25 quote: Originally written by Imban: As per policy, everyone talking about karma in this thread who I haven't yet rated has received a 1-star rating. Wasn't that Djur's policy? -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Two years to the day. in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Wednesday, March 23 2005 02:42 Profile Homepage #28 The pressure is perhaps not even that essential. A simple cut in military aid would do the trick just fine - Israel is armed to the teeth already, and disproportionately powerful for its size. That alone is bound to create an imbalance. And you can't have peace without balance. Edit: quote: the obstacles are mainly emotional So they are. If war (that is, the reasons for war, not the conduction of war) was based on reason, it would be nearly extinct. Reason is a weak force in the face of emotion, especially hatred. [ Wednesday, March 23, 2005 02:44: Message edited by: A ship then new they built for him ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Favorite Spiderweb Game in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Wednesday, March 23 2005 01:29 Profile Homepage #1 Galactic Core, Blades of Avernum, Blades of Exile, in that order. Okay, I'm kidding about GC. As a sidenote, you might want to read the other twenty-odd topics like this rather than make your own. But then again, that would destroy your status as a n00b, so you might want to avoid it. [ Wednesday, March 23, 2005 01:30: Message edited by: A ship then new they built for him ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Perfect Forest Help in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, March 22 2005 22:21 Profile Homepage #6 Gosh, that was a tough one. I kept running into the beam and pushing the mirror in all kinds of corners, and with that time pressure, it's really a lot of stress. :eek: But now it's done. Hooray. -------------------- Encyclopaedia • Archives • Members • RSS [Topic / Forum] • Blog • Polaris • NaNoWriMo Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. I have a love of woodwind instruments. Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
New Abortion Laws in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, March 22 2005 22:18 Profile Homepage #48 I did not see the first picture, but could guess quite easily its nature. If I had seen it, I would have found it offensive, disgusting and vulgar, I can assure you. Rotten is not my favourite picture gallery. quote: Xan: Half of the CoC is common sense. The 2002 debacle occurred because of a strict coherence to CoC rules without taking common sense into account, and look where that got us. It'd probably best to let the issue drop and the topic refocus on abortion again, but my curiosity is itching now. What was this "2002 Debacle" you speak of? -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Two years to the day. in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, March 22 2005 13:53 Profile Homepage #22 And yet for some, this proportion justifies it. What do percentages matter in the face of dead, innocent people? -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
New Abortion Laws in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, March 22 2005 11:50 Profile Homepage #36 quote: Originally written by Xan Kreigor: EDIT: Xan sags and has been punished thusly for his low saggotry. What a wonderful contribution to this discussion. I am completely convinced of your point now. Jesus has saved me. :rolleyes: [ Tuesday, March 22, 2005 13:48: Message edited by: Imban ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
NEED HELP: CANOPY in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, March 22 2005 03:08 Profile Homepage #3 In fact, if I may make that comment, the sequence is just a tad unintuitive. Any future version could, for example, expand the area giving the "You are trapped" messsage so that it is triggered in line of sight of the walled entrance rather than by standing right next to it. The main reason for making the spirit appear after the party tried to leave is, as far as I can see, to make sure they are aware they're trapped. But they notice that as soon as they see the wall, not as soon as they have checked for secret doors. It's not that crucial a problem, but I see I'm not the only one who missed it the first time. [ Tuesday, March 22, 2005 03:12: Message edited by: I'm Late, I'm Late, For ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia • Archives • Members • RSS [Topic / Forum] • Blog • Polaris • NaNoWriMo Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. I have a love of woodwind instruments. Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Question about Karma in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, March 22 2005 03:00 Profile Homepage #10 I have four stars and barring a few of the more challenged newbies, I believe I deserved every single vote I got. Except for Djur's. My first vote was one star, and I had that one coming too. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Sexual Orientation in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, March 22 2005 02:56 Profile Homepage #12 Depends on the terms used, and the tone. Words are vessels; they mean what you make them mean. That said, the less well the person saying it and the person hearing it know each other, and the less channels of communication they are using, the greater is the risk of it being understood in another way than the person saying it was using the term. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Two years to the day. in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, March 22 2005 02:51 Profile Homepage #19 It's that kind of unintentional. Like the one in Abu Ghraib. Where no one will claim responsibility; the ones who did it were unquestioningly following orders, the ones in command gave no such orders, etc. If you were to track that bulldozer driver down and ask him why, he'd probably answer: "I had orders to demolish all those houses, and I didn't have orders to stop when someone stood in the way." Milgram's Theorem at work. The further you divide the place where the decisions are made from the place where they are carried out, the more atrocious the results will be. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Other Realms in Avernum in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Monday, March 21 2005 06:56 Profile Homepage #25 quote: Originally written by Drakefyre: There is no real worldly religion, since it's obvious that a god will work through whoever decides to call him (priest spells). The Anama and Church of Divine Lucre are the most widespread, at least on Valorim. This is the reason why I have the theory that "priest spells" are not actually induced by a God, since this God would have to be completely apathetic to what his/her powers are being used for. Rather, they could be projections of belief, ie. the priest believes in a divine power so strongly that this alone is sufficient for him to work certain miracles/spells. And actually, since that question arose, there is one god that I have seen mentioned. His name is Karrunos, and he is the god of the Hunt. The wand of Karrunos is named after him (learned from some sage in one of the Avernum games). quote: In Canopy, you can summon angels... Barring certain vague hints TM's alter ego (Emery) made within the scenario, I don't believe Canopy is strictly speaking part of Ermarian. Or is it? [ Monday, March 21, 2005 06:59: Message edited by: I'm Late, I'm Late, For ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia • Archives • Members • RSS [Topic / Forum] • Blog • Polaris • NaNoWriMo Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. I have a love of woodwind instruments. Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Humanoid Species In Mythology in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Sunday, March 20 2005 22:01 Profile Homepage #38 I think no one mentioned maenads yet (do they qualify?). If I remember correctly, they were the followers of Dyonisos (Greek god of wine/celebration). Edit: I imagine that maenads and fauns are roughly equivalent, the latter being male and the former female. Do they share the same mythology? [ Monday, March 21, 2005 02:47: Message edited by: I'm Late, I'm Late, For ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Other Realms in Avernum in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Sunday, March 20 2005 14:17 Profile Homepage #19 I believe the BoE scenario "Demons" ("Daemons"?) explored the possibility of a "Demon" dimension from which they are summoned. It also theorized that demons are actually sane, civilized creatures prior to being summoned, which supposedly renders them utterly insane. -------------------- Encyclopaedia • Archives • Members • RSS [Topic / Forum] • Blog • Polaris • NaNoWriMo Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. I have a love of woodwind instruments. Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Other Realms in Avernum in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, March 19 2005 15:17 Profile Homepage #11 quote: And 'Ironclad' is the name of not one but (so far as I can tell) four monarchs who are generally taken as semi-canonical.[/QB] I've still got the number thirteen in the timeline at the encyclopedia. Drakey came up with that number I believe, so it might just be a different version... Edit: By the way, "Nephilim Spacecraft"?! I just completed A Perfect Forest, and I never had a run-in with that bit... did I miss something? Further Edit: Also, the language problem is one of Drakey's reasons for a Vahnatai creationism theory, if I remember correctly. [ Saturday, March 19, 2005 15:21: Message edited by: I'm Late, I'm Late, For ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia • Archives • Members • RSS [Topic / Forum] • Blog • Polaris • NaNoWriMo Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. I have a love of woodwind instruments. Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Canopy Help in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, March 19 2005 08:03 Profile Homepage #12 Ouch. Apparently, I didn't hit the script area for the message of "You are trapped. There has to be some way out here...", which makes that thing on the platform appear. Thanks. By the way: "There used to be a wall here, but now there isn't." I have the feeling that sentence should run differently. :) Edit: Especially since the message you get after defeating Adlerauge and going to the west is "There weren't walls here previously." Which makes little sense, since those walls have just disappeared. Also, Emery J. Bishop is one heck of a clever name, Mr Jeremy LeVeque. :P Also, you appear to have redefined the concept of "secret fortress entrances". [ Saturday, March 19, 2005 10:15: Message edited by: I'm Late, I'm Late, For ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Canopy Help in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, March 19 2005 06:53 Profile Homepage #10 I just killed Zauberer, but now I have no idea how to get out of the catacomb (the entrance is walled off). I'm not sure whether there was any loop error message like some others have got after that battle (I didn't check the status box in time). I'm using the version downloaded from Spidweb's site (1.0.3). Any advice? [ Saturday, March 19, 2005 06:54: Message edited by: I'm Late, I'm Late, For ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Other Realms in Avernum in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, March 18 2005 19:18 Profile Homepage #4 I don't have anything against Ermarian, and I'm usually against all the Arena rubbish entering common Exile/Avernum lore. The name is easily pronounced and goes against the cliche conventions of ending on an -ia (and the constant misspellings as "Ermaria" shouldn't really bug anyone). Why change a working system? :) -------------------- Encyclopaedia • Archives • Members • RSS [Topic / Forum] • Blog • Polaris • NaNoWriMo Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. I have a love of woodwind instruments. Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Wolfowitz to rule the World Bank? in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, March 18 2005 14:52 Profile Homepage #6 In the forum overview, the info next to General currently truncates the thread title thus: quote: Last post: Wolfowitz to rule the World... (by Dolphin) March 18, 2005 03:29 PM It's barely relevant, but it made me freak out for a while there. :P -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
The Universe in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, March 18 2005 03:20 Profile Homepage #18 Yes, but this empty space is defined by being the space between those atoms. If there were no atoms whatsoever, then where does that leave space? -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00

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