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Just a bit of art... in General
Law Bringer
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Funny. I didn't get it with Opera, but I did get it with Mozilla. IMAGE(Just a bit of art_files/smile.gif)

Shiny. IMAGE(Just a bit of art_files/biggrin.gif) Cool.

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"And all should cry, Beware, Beware!
His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge
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"It is as if everyone had lost their sense
Consigned themselves to downfall and decadence
And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey.
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Quote of the Week: "I have a high opinion of myself, which makes up for my total lack of intelligence." Anon.
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Iraqi aftermath in General
Law Bringer
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The US insisted that Iraq still had 'em, but seemingly they did destroy them like they'd said.

And you know about the dossier that the British ministry of defence plagiarized, to the very comma, from a student in the US... :P

This war must be the most ridiculous one in the history of mankind. Except for the fact that it's not funny, but that doesn't count, because no war is.

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"And all should cry, Beware, Beware!
His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge
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"It is as if everyone had lost their sense
Consigned themselves to downfall and decadence
And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey.
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Quote of the Week: "I have a high opinion of myself, which makes up for my total lack of intelligence." Anon.
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Leaders of the Empire? in Blades of Avernum
Law Bringer
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Profile Homepage #41
You asked earlier by what company it is, it's Adobe. It's $600 usually, and the lowest price I've seen on the web is $350.

But I know there are sites on the web that offer the full version for download. I don't think they're legal though, so I won't give links. Do a google search or something. ;)

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Iraqi aftermath in General
Law Bringer
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I've heard Blair is looking 10 years older after that suicide/murder/whatever...

The claims are probably partly founded on the fact that his arteries were cut, and that as a scientist (I think he was a biologist, wasn't he?) he would have had easier and less painful ways of killing himself at his disposal.

The fact that the number of US and British soldiers killed after the war was declared over has surpassed the number killed during the war (hasn't it?), also makes one think.

But I fear this topic will degenerate into a pointless flame war. :( Mark my words.

To lighten up moods, here's a hint:

Go to google, and search for "Weapons of Mass Destruction", click "I'm feeling Lucky". Enjoy... :D

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"And all should cry, Beware, Beware!
His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge
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"It is as if everyone had lost their sense
Consigned themselves to downfall and decadence
And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey.
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Quote of the Week: "I have a high opinion of myself, which makes up for my total lack of intelligence." Anon.
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Leaders of the Empire? in Blades of Avernum
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #39
Geocities, Tripod and Yahoo be damned. :mad:

Well, I guess they only disallow image linking, not html pages. Go to thie page: Map.html

I guess your maps are colored though. Not sure what to do then... :( . When you patch them together you should remove the banner and signature though.

[ Wednesday, July 23, 2003 09:06: Message edited by: Arancaytar ]

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Just a bit of art... in General
Law Bringer
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I can't see it even if I copy the url - it automatically jumps to the tripod logo. IMAGE(Just a bit of art_files/frown.gif)

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"And all should cry, Beware, Beware!
His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge
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"It is as if everyone had lost their sense
Consigned themselves to downfall and decadence
And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey.
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Quote of the Week: "I have a high opinion of myself, which makes up for my total lack of intelligence." Anon.
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Piecing scenarios together in Blades of Avernum
Law Bringer
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Exactly. But the point making joined BoE scenarios almost impossible is exactly *not* the plotline and the story - I know that would work. The issue is the technical part of making the scenarios - merging two files is completely impossible, the only stuff that can be directly transferred between scenarios are towns.

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Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.
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How will you choose to rock? in Blades of Avernum
Law Bringer
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I don't understand the last question: Why do you have to only listen to currently popular music if that selection was too narrow? I find there are a great many options left out there, I don't know most of the otions listed, and I'm definitely not the type who'd be accused of sticking to 'current popular crap'. :P

Also, concerning plot: You basically give the options of making a complete nonsensical parody, or sticking closely to the Avernum series plot. There are other options, you know; non-Avernum-based is the same as comical... :D

[ Wednesday, July 23, 2003 05:53: Message edited by: Arancaytar ]

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Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.
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5 Random Questions in General
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I voted --- [CENSORED]

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"And all should cry, Beware, Beware!
His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge
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"It is as if everyone had lost their sense
Consigned themselves to downfall and decadence
And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey.
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Quote of the Week: "I have a high opinion of myself, which makes up for my total lack of intelligence." Anon.
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Leaders of the Empire? in Blades of Avernum
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #37
Zharrad: Are you doing a map of Vantanas too? Because I just learned a form of map-making with Photoshop 7 from a tutorial, and it is ideal for converting this sketch:

IMAGE(http://staff.desperance.net/alec/ermarian/Vantanas.gif)

into a beautiful-looking map, like, for example, this:
Isle of Denilou

Of course, my skillz with the program aren't as good as that yet, but I could make a similar map as the one linked above, with Vantanas. If that's okay with you, of course. :D I don't want to usurp your job. :P It's just I have nothing better to do with Drakey, *i and TM unanimously asserting that I should keep my fingers of Aizoan history. :P

EDIT: If you want to see what the map would approximately look like, here's a link (hope it works, geocities seems to have a nasty habit of intercepting links to images.) If it doesn't work, type the Url in: "www.geocities.com/arancaytar/gifmaps/Vantanas10-map.gif" .

Continent of Vantanas

Second Edit: What do the purple and the turqouise areas stand for? Heaths and swamp respectively, or something else? I assumed the grey areas stand for mountains and the brown one are forests.

[ Wednesday, July 23, 2003 06:21: Message edited by: Arancaytar ]

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EncyclopaediaArchivesMembersRSS [Topic / Forum] • BlogPolarisNaNoWriMo
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.
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5 Random Questions in General
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #5
Voting takes less time than posting, and people don't want to waste their time with nonsensical polls. IMAGE(5 Random Questions_files/tongue.gif)

Strange, though, there are some on this board who would never pass by an opportunity to increase their post count...

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"And all should cry, Beware, Beware!
His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge
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"It is as if everyone had lost their sense
Consigned themselves to downfall and decadence
And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey.
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Quote of the Week: "I have a high opinion of myself, which makes up for my total lack of intelligence." Anon.
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
member #'s in General
Law Bringer
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I like mine too. IMAGE(smile000.gif)

Especially cause I registered just in time for it to be below 3000. IMAGE(tongue00.gif)

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Visit The Santharian Dream and its RP board. Or the Encyclopaedia Ermariana!
Got a brain? Go to Polaris!
"It is as if everyone had lost their sense
To a conspiracy for downfall and desperance
And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey (freely translated)
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Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Random Word Game in General
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #7
You'll notice that none of the guys who posted here have a custom title (apart from xxo, but he just said it would get locked). My guess is that everyone is to improve their post count as quick as possible before a mod comes along and deletes it. IMAGE(Random Word Game_files/tongue.gif)

(I'm spamming?? Never. I'm just making an informative post, right? IMAGE(Random Word Game_files/tongue.gif) )

[ Monday, July 21, 2003 22:21: Message edited by: Arancaytar ]

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"And all should cry, Beware, Beware!
His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge
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"It is as if everyone had lost their sense
Consigned themselves to downfall and decadence
And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey.
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Quote of the Week: "I have a high opinion of myself, which makes up for my total lack of intelligence." Anon.
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Philosophies in General
Law Bringer
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I like Dilbert too. IMAGE(Philosophies (4)_files/tongue.gif)

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"And all should cry, Beware, Beware!
His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge
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"It is as if everyone had lost their sense
Consigned themselves to downfall and decadence
And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey.
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Quote of the Week: "I have a high opinion of myself, which makes up for my total lack of intelligence." Anon.
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Wish list for BoA in Blades of Avernum
Law Bringer
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That's what's in the timeline already, and it's even in that part of it that we all agree on. :P

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Leaders of the Empire? in Blades of Avernum
Law Bringer
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I'll admit that this bit of timeline was made "with little thought". It was just a suggestion though - I didn't say that this should be made the standard. I'm going to see if I can become a 'veteran' (might take years... :P ), and then try again. :D

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Leaders of the Empire? in Blades of Avernum
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Well, they might mean the number of posts (>1000), but I don't think so.

It could also be the number of years being a member.

Or it could mean the number of good scenarios.

Neither of us are Veterans. We might become so, though. :) Just don't give up, newbies never do have an easy time on message boards. :P

Edit: By the way, is it possible to enter several scenarios into one category in the design contest?
I'm going to try and make a good scenario on the founding of the Empire. :D

[ Monday, July 21, 2003 11:55: Message edited by: Arancaytar ]

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Leaders of the Empire? in Blades of Avernum
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That's why we're going to ask Jeff to check the thing afterwards: Nobody's asked to accept stuff that's "made by some stranger who isn't Jeff Vogel". ;)

Also, nobody needs to conform to this; it just makes matters a bit more understandeable if a kind of general consent on certain tidbits - like the number of continents etc. - is reached and open on the web.

That doesn't mean that scenarios that contradict this are 'invalid' or something. It doesn't mean that scenarios are forced to agree on these things. It just means there is anything that can be agreed upon.

PS: If you only want to accept history info that comes in a finished scenario, I'll be happy to make a _lot_ of scenarios, set in all those historical events. Mmh, might even be a nice source of inspiration. ;)

Edit:

This is my idea for a brief early Aizoan (for some reason I prefer Aixoan, but never mind :P ) history:

Rolnic I. Ormessos -650 -590 Founder of the Aizoan Empire,
Known as the Farseeing (Ormessos).
Rolnic II. -590 -540
Rolnic III. -540 -526 Assassinated in a coup, Fleetfoot, a General, seized power
Fleetfoot I. -525 -495 His rule was tyrannical, and he persecuted Mages
Fleetfoot II. -494 -475 Was killed in a coup; the Rolnic family took over again
Rolnic IV. -475 -430 Was loved by the people for restoring benevolent order
Rolnic V. -430 -396 Known as the Conqueror, under his rule the Empire
expanded to all of Aizo, and several islands.
Rolnic VI. -396 -385 Died at a young age, of a fever. He left no heir.
Artimidor I. -385 -350 Known as the Lawgiver. Established a codex of jutice
that has been in use with minor modifications until today
Artimidor II. -350 -346 Assassinated, and a long era of civil war started.

45 years of Civil War and absolute Chaos covered the land.
It then became clear that the Aizoan Empire was doomed to fall eventually.
A long line of short-lived rulers followed:

Conrad I. -300 -294
Reynhart I. -294 -289
Lorn I. -289 -275 Overthrown and killed by his own son
Lorn II. -275 -260 Tried to start a genocide on non-humans, but failed
Conrad II. -260 -256 For a short time, tried to bring back Rolnic's I. traditions
of peace, justice, and racial equality.
Mark I. -256 -224 Ruled with an iron hand. Hated magic and non-humans
Mark II. -224 -215 Ruled with tolerance and farsight. Was murdered by his
own father, who then set up his bloodthirsty uncle
Pychron I. -215 -203 Was a raving maniac. Killed millions of people on whims.
Heavyhand I. -203 -191 A general. Managed to reestablish order for a while
Steelhammer I. -191 -164 Heavyhand's brother. Continued wise reign
Steelhammer II. -164 -154 Commited suicide. Eventually, his advisor Zion took over.
The history we've established so far takes over from there. I guess there is a major discrepancy to a lot of known Aizoan history, so experts who know about what was before Zion, please tell me.

Sounds good though, doesn't it?

[ Monday, July 21, 2003 05:52: Message edited by: Arancaytar ]

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Leaders of the Empire? in Blades of Avernum
Law Bringer
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Even if you don't, someone else might. The purpose of this is not to research what you care about. Sorry. [/useless flaming]

Ahem. :P

I don't really know who's currently involved in the 'project' (if it can be called that), and there's definitely no one to ask permission from. :D

It's a good idea to announce what you'll be working on, though, so no one else will do that.

From what I've read now, the following parts have been taken:

Anama War (Drakey)
Maps of Valorim/Aizo/Pralgrad etc. (Zharrad)
First Visitation (Karzoth)
Rise of Aizoan Empire (me)
Start of Imperial Era (me)

Looking forward to seeing your work. :D

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Leaders of the Empire? in Blades of Avernum
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How much land did the Aixoan/Aizoan Empire span before it collapsed? Only Aizo, or other continents as well?

I'm currently trying to get some info on the founding on the first Empire, just for fun. :D

EDIT: Please, someone tell me how far back knowledge of the Aixoan Empire reaches! I'm trying to make up a Founder that would have ruled about 650-590 b.P. (before Pralgrad). Is that approximately possible, or does such a founder already exist?

[ Sunday, July 20, 2003 13:42: Message edited by: Arancaytar ]

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EncyclopaediaArchivesMembersRSS [Topic / Forum] • BlogPolarisNaNoWriMo
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.
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Leaders of the Empire? in Blades of Avernum
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What about Hawthorne IV. and V. then, and Prazac II.? Are those taken out again? ;)

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Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.
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Leaders of the Empire? in Blades of Avernum
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Where did TM say this, in a scenario or here on the board? If it's the latter, I haven't found it anywhere...

Not sure; did the Aizoan and the Pralgradian Empire ever truly coexist as separate nations?

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Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.
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Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Leaders of the Empire? in Blades of Avernum
Law Bringer
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What we are doing here is only a general timeline for reference in creating history - we are not yet describing the individual emperors. Also, I'd say that these names are all surnames: I don't think anybody would be named 'Ironclad' or 'Strongarm' by first name. Let's just assume that in Ermarian they call the emperors by their surname and not by their first name.

Concerning designer freedom - I agree that not the whole world should be developed. However, there has to be a compromise between freedom and consistency: If the history we make here is too vague, then scenarios are going to contain major contradictions to each other sooner or later, likely sooner. If scenarios are set in a world where there might or might not be another continent right off the coast, it's just confusing. So there should be a general idea for the timeline.

Concerning civil wars - we already have some of those, one century (that's a lot) of chaos and strife after the Aizoan (Aizonian) Empire collapsed, 25 years of struggle after the assassination of Viceroy, 4 years when a power-crazy archmage (Garzahd) controled the Empire, and so on. Empires don't need to have that many civil wars. Probably there are going to be many designers who want to set their scenario in such a time, but they've already got plenty to choose from. This timeline already offers most settings for scenarios: Tranquil peace, golden eras, civil war, mayhem, tyranny, exploration, colonization, ethnic cleansing (nephilim, Giants, etc.). It's all there. ;)

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Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.
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Leaders of the Empire? in Blades of Avernum
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What form will that map be in? I just want to know if it shows anything other than land and water, ie. Mountains, forests etc. :)

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EncyclopaediaArchivesMembersRSS [Topic / Forum] • BlogPolarisNaNoWriMo
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.
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Leaders of the Empire? in Blades of Avernum
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Does that mean the Collapse of the Empire is taken out of the history? :P

I'd like that, because it leaves more room for scenario designers if Ermarian and the Empire is not a doomed world... ;)

Oh, and I see that this list is slowly becoming more feasible, accurate and complete. We could maybe have this structure finished in a week or so.

Also, where there any emperors before Zion in the Aixoan/Aizonic/Aixonian/Aizonese/Aixonish whatever empire, or where there only the two?

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