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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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THE WORST MAN EVER: Round 1 in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Wednesday, January 19 2005 03:11 Profile Homepage #28 t Alec: Any chance of continuing? I'd still like to know who's the baddest here. :P And it ain't a month yet; the topic hasn't grown cold. wipes an inch-thick layer of dust [ Wednesday, January 19, 2005 03:12: Message edited by: He saw the mountain silent rise ] -------------------- 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
Root of all evil in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, January 18 2005 23:53 Profile Homepage #27 quote: Originally written by mung: btw, did anyone notice how usefull a place this is for psycho babble? :D Yup. 'Tis one of the many wonders of Spiderweb, and possibly one of the reasons General and Misc have flourished throughout history (the insanity and the roleplays also contribute) -------------------- 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
Scenarios in Development in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, January 18 2005 21:56 Profile Homepage #3 I've restarted work on "Eye of the Storm", this time in Blades of Avernum. Seeing as it is now more than three years, I wouldn't hold my breath. :rolleyes: -------------------- 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
The beginings of an RPG in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, January 18 2005 08:06 Profile Homepage #10 Okay... testing, testing... Seems to be work fine. See, I got a connection at my new room lately, but the Spiderweb forums were unviewable due to DNS trouble. Now that I'm using a web proxy, it works fine, and luckily I'm able to log in with it. Sorry if this is off-topic, but this is as relevant a thread as anything as I couldn't be in this roleplay without a connection from at home (I like to write my RP posts in the evening, not looking over my shoulder to check if my boss is coming in. :P Anyway, the CD will follow once you post the actual RP thread with the intro. :) -------------------- 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 beginings of an RPG in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, January 18 2005 01:13 Profile Homepage #8 Does that mean you're participating? You joined here to roleplay? That can only be a good sign... -------------------- 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
Root of all evil in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Monday, January 17 2005 23:55 Profile Homepage #17 No, we are not. Other creatures can, by our standards, do things we would see as evil - an alligator killing a human is doing something that we would see as evil if we did it ourselves, no? Of course, being rational, we cannot expect other creatures to adhere to human values (unless we're dumb). It's just that no other creature has a definition of good/evil that they can communicate to us. Maybe, alligators have a code of morals too, which they occasionally break? And humans do it all the time, but the alligators don't see that as evil, because after all humans don't understand alligator morals? :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 temperment, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Root of all evil in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Monday, January 17 2005 22:11 Profile Homepage #15 quote: Originally written by The One Lighter: quote: Religion is the root of all evil. Without it, the world would be very peaceful. Be that as it may, religion is impossible to eradicate. The human nature demands that man worship something. Ergo, Humanity is the root of all Evil! Makes sense, actually. -------------------- 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 temperment, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Root of all evil in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Monday, January 17 2005 05:25 Profile Homepage #6 It first needs to be established if (and if so what parts of) the Bible itself might qualify as said root. :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 temperment, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Speculating about Avernum 4's plot in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Monday, January 17 2005 03:56 Profile Homepage #93 I was not sure how long, but I knew it was more than forty years, so I said "well over". Forty was enough to make my point, so I left it at that. :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
New look for www.spidweb.com in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Monday, January 17 2005 01:21 Profile Homepage #35 Hel = Avernum = Exile? Or is this even more nasty than I thought? -------------------- 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 look for www.spidweb.com in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Sunday, January 16 2005 23:41 Profile Homepage #33 Around three years, but not more. I remember seeing an older look before the wood theme, and I only visited the site in Summer 2001 at the earliest (I remember downloading BoE at that time). This is the third design I've seen. -------------------- 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
Speculating about Avernum 4's plot in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Sunday, January 16 2005 23:38 Profile Homepage #91 quote: Originally written by -: [quote=[b]Arachnid] Avernum isn't abandoned- I seem to remember it saying somewhere that many of the Avernites did not want to leave. Probably those stubborn old rat bastards. :P In which case, population dies pretty quickly. Maybe not. :) [/b][/quote]Definitely not. quote: Originally written by Where endsthe world, the music long: An adventurous explorer would desire nothing more than to go down to Avernum, and now that traffic is open, I'm sure a lot of surface people go down there. Avernum was used as a prison for well over forty years (you are sent by Hawthorne III in Avernum 1, and it has already been used as a prison for decades before then by Hawthorne II.) A generation of Avernites was born in the caverns - why should they return to a surface they have never seen? -------------------- 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
Age Poll in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Sunday, January 16 2005 23:16 Profile Homepage #27 I don't think you can change that option. Spiderweb Polls are always unviewable without voting. -------------------- 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
Root of all evil in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Sunday, January 16 2005 23:12 Profile Homepage #3 I think we established a while ago that it was the love of money, not money, that was the root of evil. So, working from girls = money squared, the love of girls = the love of (money squared) the love of girls = evil divided by... mh. This doesn't seem to work. --- Now back on topic: I'm willing to offer a few guesses, though the love of money seems to take the price for now. - Organized Religion - Politics - Opinions. [ Sunday, January 16, 2005 23:15: Message edited by: Where ever foaming billows roll ] -------------------- 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 temperment, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
New look for www.spidweb.com in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, January 15 2005 14:16 Profile Homepage #31 Or trust someone to mirror it. I don't think it has any use, but it's good to have it available still. -------------------- 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
Age Poll in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, January 15 2005 13:49 Profile Homepage #20 Seventeen, but an old, wise and cranky man at heart. And I believe the correct form is lying. -------------------- 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 beginings of an RPG in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, January 15 2005 12:10 Profile Homepage #1 I'd like to try this out, even though I'm still not convinced it will work. ;) We'll see. I've got my perfect character already, so in this case we'll just have to make some E2 stats for him. By the way, what happens if one of the characters dies? Oh, and seeing you've been gone for a long time and might wonder how to call me. I'm Arancaytar; the displayed name changes on a regular basis right now... [ Saturday, January 15, 2005 12:34: Message edited by: Where endsthe world, the music long ] -------------------- 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
Australian Bushfire Appeal in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, January 15 2005 09:00 Profile Homepage #4 Offensive? I certainly don't mind the name of God when it isn't abused for waging holy crusades or converting people to one's own belief. God's blessings, and good luck with this. That said, I'm sure that a little spreading of the word, especially online (and especially in the blogosphere) will be tremendously effective. That also said, while I lack the initiative and know-how to set up a fund, I would be more than happy to donate to a given paypal address. [ Wednesday, January 19, 2005 02:37: Message edited by: He saw the mountain silent rise ] -------------------- 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. "Really, Spiderweb is just a big, steaming pool of estrogen." --- Robin Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Speculating about Avernum 4's plot in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, January 15 2005 08:54 Profile Homepage #89 Definitely true. Doing some speculation on my own, I am pretty sure there is even migration both ways. Think about it (from the inhabitants', not Jeff's viewpoint) - the surface is largely empty of hostile forces, and the rest of them is rapidly diminishing. Avernum, on the other hand, has potential to expand (the caves haven't been all explored), and has many dangers waiting. An adventurous explorer would desire nothing more than to go down to Avernum, and now that traffic is open, I'm sure a lot of surface people go down there... -------------------- 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
Those little words under your name... in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, January 14 2005 09:07 Profile Homepage #31 quote: Originally written by mung: True, but in regards to the game that I'm proposing then it would be difficult for a party to actually run the adventure with infinate skills and what not. Do you mean infinite, or indefinite? The latter implies a loose definition that can be adapted to fit the narrative - usually a good thing. The former implies god-modding. That's where the by now standard anti-god-mod rule kicks in, disallowing players from making their characters more powerful than is feasible. It works based on commmon sense. ... Yes, I know how we're on Spiderweb here. That's not the point. Common sense and a little sense of how to tell a story, even here, will serve us better than numbers. Trust us, we can manage our characters given a little free reign. :D [ Friday, January 14, 2005 09:08: Message edited by: Until he heard on Strands of Pearl ] -------------------- 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
Corruption in Indonesia in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, January 14 2005 07:47 Profile Homepage #6 quote: Originally written by SupaNik: What we should do is donate to reputable charities who take our money and buy food etc, and then give to the the people themselves. Just cut out the affected nations governments if that's what is needed. How? Are you going to go there and hand them the dollar bills? Air-drop care packages (with what airplane)? How do you propose to bypass the government, without it launching countermeasures? The last attempt to depose a corrupt government "for the good of the people" did not go too well I remember... :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. "Really, Spiderweb is just a big, steaming pool of estrogen." --- Robin Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
New look for www.spidweb.com in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, January 14 2005 07:42 Profile Homepage #27 I have nothing against Jump&Runs. But I prefer RPGs with a passionate bias, and I liked Spiderweb Software games for their plots (see, I'm neither a nine-year-old nor a septuagenarian eskimo). Geneforge, in spite of all the bad things that may be said about it, does have an intriguing and complex plot. For the third one to lose this and enter a genre that - while perfectly fine in its own right - would not fit the deeper character of the whole series, would be disappointing. ;) -------------------- 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 look for www.spidweb.com in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, January 14 2005 05:31 Profile Homepage #25 quote: Originally written by Drakefyre: It's certainly a lot more fun than most BoE/BoA scenarios. Ouch, Drakey. Ouch. :P I'm waiting for TM to react to that... Mostly, the valuable information in the interview seemed to be quote: As for Geneforge 3's setting, most of the game takes place on the Ashen Isles, a chain of five islands that is remote but influential. It is a place of Shaper learning and research. There is a lot of power there, which is why the course of the rebellion there is highly significant. The environments of the islands vary widely. One is swampy, one is dry and rocky, and the northernmost is a wind-blasted sheet of rock and ice. Each has its own flora and fauna, and its own set of challenges. Which means that not only has the timeless Island-cliche proven useful once again, but also GF is beginning to look like an Arcade Jump&Run. I just hope you won't have those islands all lined up in a row numbered Levels 1-5 and there's a boss at the end of each one... :rolleyes: -------------------- 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 look for www.spidweb.com in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Thursday, January 13 2005 13:30 Profile Homepage #4 I liked the other menu... :( But I agree it does look a lot smoother now. It's just that the light-brown color wood theme looked better than Avernum's blue-green thing. More natural. Btw, the old design is still available in the google-cache of the site: here. Edit: In fact, Jeff has gone to great lengths to preserve the original template - by changing the capitalization of the image filenames. :D I wonder if what we're looking at is a permanent change or just some fiddling around. [ Thursday, January 13, 2005 13:34: Message edited by: That drowned before the days began ] -------------------- 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
Is Plot Important? in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Thursday, January 13 2005 03:05 Profile Homepage #17 Then of course, it can't live without a liver or a kidney either (which should probably be technical playability, spelling of text etc., and gameplay). All necessary. ;) -------------------- 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

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