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Wish list for BoA in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, July 19 2003 23:51 Profile Homepage #95 Please refer to the timeline in the other topic, which is more up to date, and in which emperor Stewart has indeed been fitted in before the Hawthornes, assuming VoDT to be set 10 years after Exile III, in 843 a.P. By the way, the objective of what we're doing here is to make a canon timeline, since their doesn't seem to be any complete timeline yet - so we have to add certain things, be a bit creative, while at the same time we adjust it so it fits to what has been known before. ;) -------------------- 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
Leaders of the Empire? in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, July 19 2003 23:11 Profile Homepage #5 The Empire was refounded on Pralgrad? I had thought it was just moved there... How long did the Aizonic Empire exist before the Pralgradian Empire was founded? [ Saturday, July 19, 2003 23:11: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- 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
Wish list for BoA in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, July 19 2003 15:56 Profile Homepage #93 I searched for that in the Scenario Editor. Went through all the school levels looking for something remotely resembling a historical record. In the library, I found this dialogue special: quote: This chamber is where all of the school's rarest and most valuable spell books were stored. They're gone now. There's nothing but several rows of bare pedestals and this official looking proclamation, pinned to the wall: "BY THE ORDER OF EMPEROR STEWART, MOST HIGH RULER OF THE EMPIRE. It is now officially decreed that the School of Magery, located in Skylark Vale, cease operations immediately. The deadline for ceasing of operations is one week from receipt of this proclamation. The school is to be sealed, and all magical texts returned to Empire custody or destroyed. The School is to be permanently sealed, and all students and faculty are to return to Empire custody. Anyone interfering with the carrying out of this order will be disciplined in the most severe way. A similar fate will await those entering the School later than one week from now. That is all." The proclamation is dated 130 years ago. Emperor Stewart has been dead for a century. Funny thing is, the dragon Pythras says she's been in the school for 127 years, so her time of capture would be three years after the closure of the school. Jeff obviously seems to have made a logical mistake there. :P It would be very interesting to know when the scenario takes place. My guess would be that Stewart reigns sometime between Prazac (Exile III) and Tahvan (At the Gallows, which was released after VoDT). The fact that Stewart has no number to his name would indicate he's the first of this line. [ Saturday, July 19, 2003 15:57: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- 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
Wish list for BoA in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, July 19 2003 12:05 Profile Homepage #91 Currently working on correcting the timeline with the info you gave me in the other topic. I'll post the result later. :) -------------------- 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
Leaders of the Empire? in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, July 19 2003 12:04 Profile Homepage #2 Which Hawthorne did Erika assassinate (or order the assassination of) - Hawthorne II. or III.? And would all the 10 emperors/empresses between Prazac and Tahvan I. be Prazacs, or can we squeeze another line in? ;) I'm currently working on fitting these dates into context; I'll post the result soon (tonight according to my timezone :P , about 2 PM board time) EDIT: Did so :P I chose some probable dates that the Ironclad line and others would have had, if you have more accurate info, please tell me. And it would be great to know the name of the line before Sol. That timeline looks a bit more believable (I did have my doubts about the first version when I saw that an average reign lasted 80 years, maybe longer than those guys probably lived :P ) I deliberately 'roughed up' the round dates (740, 770, etc.) you stated, Drakey, so I added one year here, and took one away there, etc. EDIT: By the way, I found that another emperor is specifically mentioned in Valley of Dying Things. It is not mentioned when he reigned, but I would put the time of the scenario after Exile III, and that would mean the emperor Stewart I. (no number is mentioned so I assume he's the first) is one of those X's above, between Prazac and Tahvan. ;) [ Saturday, July 19, 2003 16:28: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- 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
Leaders of the Empire? in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, July 19 2003 07:51 Profile Homepage #0 There is currently a short project in progress that tries to construct a detailed history of the Empire, for reference use by scenario designers. :) (See topic "Wish List for BoA") The best start is, in my opinion, to construct a structured timeline of the Empire, sectioned into the reigns of the emperors. From the info given in the thread so far, I have been able to glean the following list. This is in a new topic so more people will read it - if you find anything wrong in this list, or have additional info, please post here. :D List of Emperors: Aizo was cleansed -150 to -50 b.P. - Sol I.- Sol II.- Sol III. Sol tried to attack Pralgrad, but was beaten back. Sol III. Was assassinated and his brother Ironclad took the throne- Ironclad I.- Ironclad II.Ironclads conquered/cleansed Pralgrad, discovered Valorim- Ironclad III. Cleansed Valorim???Blackcrag fortress constructed about 650 a.P. - Hawthorne I.- Hawthorne II.- Hawthorne III.- Prazac (Empress)Tinraya/Footracer destroyed 832 by beasts Avernum 3 at 833 a.P. 2/3 rulers after that. Then: - Tahvan I.- Tahvan II.- Tahvan III.At the Gallows in 1274 during reign of Tavhnan IV.- Tahvan IV.I'm assuming that consecutively numbered emperors reigned immediately after each other, for simplicity. The next step is going to be to put exact dates to the reign of each emperor. [ Saturday, July 19, 2003 07:52: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- 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
Wish list for BoA in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, July 19 2003 07:38 Profile Homepage #89 Whoops. :D That's how info gets distorted. quote: Around 600, the Empire started their assault against Valorim Nephilim led by Ratbane. So I assumed the Empire was led by Ratbane, not the Nephilim. I did think it was a funny name for a human though... :P Okay, I edited Ratbane out. Was it Ironclad III. then who conquered Valorim? Oh, and I'm making a new topic for this now: "Leaders of the Empire?" Please post there. ;) [ Saturday, July 19, 2003 07:54: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- 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
Wish list for BoA in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, July 19 2003 04:57 Profile Homepage #87 To summarize: List of Emperors: Aizo was cleansed -150 to -50 b.P. - Sol I.- Sol II.- Sol III. Sol tried to attack Pralgrad, but was beaten back. Sol III. Was assassinated and his brother Ironclad took the throne- Ironclad I.- Ironclad II.Ironclads conquered/cleansed Pralgrad, discovered Valorim- Ironclad III. Cleansed Valorim???Blackcrag fortress constructed about 650 a.P. - Hawthorne I.- Hawthorne II.- Hawthorne III.- Prazac (Empress)Tinraya/Footracer destroyed 832 by beasts Avernum 3 at 833 a.P. 5/6 rulers , 400 years after plagues Assume last three were - Tahvan I.- Tahvan II.- Tahvan III.At the Gallows in 1274 during reign of Tavhnan IV.- Tahvan IV.I'm assuming that consecutively numbered emperors reigned immediately after each other, for simplicity. Is that list approximately correct? :) If so, the next step I'm going to make is putting dates to each reign. Also, I'd suggest that we make a new topic either in the BoA or the BoE section for this. The original topic of this (A list of improvements wanted for BoA) is being veered away from. :P [ Saturday, July 19, 2003 07:39: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- 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
Wish list for BoA in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, July 19 2003 02:15 Profile Homepage #77 Don't worry TM, I have been testing it. Even though I haven't sent more reports lately. :P And, how much time is spanned by this history? A few centuries or a thousand years? The reign of one emperor would probably be around half a century. Best thing is if we first make a list of emperors who have reigned since the birth of the Empire, it gives structure to the whole thing. So the list ends with: - Hawthorne III. - Prazac One more question: Is there a specific time reckoning (calendar) that the Empire or Avernum employs? Avernum would count time probably from the completion of The Castle or something. Is there any important event that the Empire measures time from? -------------------- 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
Wish list for BoA in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, July 18 2003 13:43 Profile Homepage #73 Where does the discovery of Avernum, the First Visitation, and the Avernum/Empire War fit in? And I'd think about 2 1/2 pages (1000-2000) is what I'm going to aim for - depending on how much time and material there is. :) And should the account be written from a biased point of view? An Empire historian? Or an Avernite? Or an impartial sage? Empire would be cool, but I fear that the bias would allow for little information. :P -------------------- 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
Wish list for BoA in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, July 18 2003 10:29 Profile Homepage #58 I might try an account of the Empire's early days - there doesn't seem much about that yet so I could be more or less creative. Are there any sources I have to stick to in that respect? ;) Oh, and a geography would also be helpful, like a total world map with an explanation as to what each continent contains, what its climate is and so on. This would mainly be an aid to designers who want to be consistent with the world. :) -------------------- 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
Wish list for BoA in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, July 18 2003 10:07 Profile Homepage #53 Me too actually. I still have a bit of work to do on the essay, but count me in anyways. :D -------------------- 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
Piecing scenarios together in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, July 18 2003 07:15 Profile Homepage #3 That's because the development of a scenario is closely related to its plot, and the plot will often change during development: The most major plot changes will happen at 4 AM, while developing a town and realizing that your plan is impossible, or will take too much work, or is too boring. So when 10 people work together on 10 different towns and 10 different time zones around the globe, then you have plot changes around the clock, and if you don't check your mail every ten minutes, or the guy who made the change forgets to mention it to the others, you're screwed. The result is a scenario vastly inconsistent, where an NPC might have 4 different names with 3 different spellings each throughout the scenario, the quests will be briefed inaccurately, and so on. -------------------- 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
Wish list for BoA in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Thursday, July 17 2003 12:44 Profile Homepage #50 Edit: I assume you're referring to the history 'book' Scipio, since our scenarios won't take Jeff's time. :P We could all write it together, send it to him for approval and he'd maybe put it up on the site. :) And the process of checking if the facts are right wouldn't take as long as writing the thing. Sounds interesting, doesn't it? :D Too bad I'm busy working on a big (4000 word) essay for school right now, or I'd try to do something... :P [ Thursday, July 17, 2003 13:00: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- 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
Wish list for BoA in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Thursday, July 17 2003 09:27 Profile Homepage #46 EDIT: TM posted right before me, this post refers to Scipio's. Cool, but from what perspective? I think the most interesting would be to have the PCs be native inhabitants of Aizo (Nephilim most likely, maybe primitive humans, dunno), or some other continent the Empire conquers. You could let the PCs be soldiers of the Empire, but it would most likely be a boring 'cleanse the land of non-human infestations' story. [ Thursday, July 17, 2003 09:29: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- 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
Wish list for BoA in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Wednesday, July 16 2003 00:20 Profile Homepage #41 Aw :( . I was hoping on doing the 1st Visitation one day - but you're probably far ahead of me with your plans. Doesn't matter though, I can still make a scenario featuring the Vahnatai and their flight underground. :D For example, the adventurers are some of the creations the Vahnatai have just made, and they have to decide whether to join the Golems (Rebels) or the other species (helping the Vahnatai). Sort of like Geneforge from another perspective, namely that of the serviles. ;) I just have to make it so it isn't too much like the rebellion-cliché, like 'A small Rebellion' and other scenarios where you either join or fight them. [ Wednesday, July 16, 2003 00:21: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- 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
Philosophies in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Wednesday, July 16 2003 00:10 Profile Homepage #56 I think that in effect, everyone believes in a different god, even those with the same religion. Everyone has a slightly different perception of God, according to his or her own needs and ambitions; so a peace-lover would see God as forgiving and gentle while a war fan would perceive God as vengeful - and both viewpoints can be supported with the Bible due to its ambiguity, or almost any religious book for that matter. The differences in perception are only slight at first, so there are no real problems. When they become too obvious, the religion splits up - usually violently and bloodily - into several parts, like the Lutheran reformation: Everyone adheres to the fragment that is most similar to his or her own perception of God, and then things are quiet for some time before more differences become obvious. Religion is a brittle, easily splitting thing, and that's why there have been so many religious wars. -------------------- "And all should cry, Beware, Beware! His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge --- "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. --- 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
The Blades of Avernum Graphics Database in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 15:20 Profile Homepage #17 I tried that already and didn't find anything, or I wouldn't be asking for a link. I'm not that foolish, you know. -------------------- "And all should cry, Beware, Beware! His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge --- "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. --- 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
The Blades of Avernum Graphics Database in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 14:59 Profile Homepage #15 You can just repaint the background white when it's in bitmap form again. It's a little more work, but when there's no decent GIF converter anywhere... If there is, please give a link here, I would really appreciate one. -------------------- "And all should cry, Beware, Beware! His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge --- "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. --- 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
The Blades of Avernum Graphics Database in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 14:51 Profile Homepage #13 The online converter actually did not alter the pic in any way. No fuzzy edges, and no pixels. I suppose the background is not transparent, but that doesn't matter, you're going to have to convert it back to bmp - or whatever you mac people use - anyway before you can use it, so the background doesn't matter. -------------------- "And all should cry, Beware, Beware! His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge --- "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. --- 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
Spell points in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 14:38 Profile Homepage #18 Shounen-Ai? Anyway, the possibility to script the usage of spells by NPCs would be great. Like: If HP < 1/2 full HP, cast Heal Else, if not hasted, cast Haste If Party is close, and you're a weak fighter, back up and Slow, or cast a field spell, or web. Target the mages first, and preferably cast Antimagic around them. If party uses Summoning, ignore the monsters and concentrate on the party. If you could implement that, the party would get their behinds sorely kicked even by weak mages, let alone Haakai or other powerful casters... -------------------- "And all should cry, Beware, Beware! His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge --- "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. --- 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
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 13:48 Profile Homepage #1 Not sure. The towns won't be the problem in any case (or I hope so, at least it's like that in BoE now). The problem are the outdoor sections. I hope Jeff changes it so those can be ex/imported between scenarios too, I'm tired of remaking the outdoors every time I notice that I set the scenario too small or too large. :rolleyes: -------------------- 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
Join Us Everyone Welcome and Needed #? in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 12:12 Profile Homepage #2 There does not seem to be any. Thus, I won't join, I don't like plotless RP's. -------------------- "And all should cry, Beware, Beware! His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge --- "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. --- 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
16 posts, horray! in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Monday, July 14 2003 11:54 Profile Homepage #26 Does yours come in a week? Mine is at the 18th, lol. -------------------- "And all should cry, Beware, Beware! His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge --- "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. --- 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
The Blades of Avernum Graphics Database in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Monday, July 14 2003 11:51 Profile Homepage #10 BMP2JPG online converter Just go to the site, enter the location path of the file (on your own computer, it doesn't need to be uploaded!), or click choose to browse through the folders, then hit Convert, and you get a jpg file you can then save on your computer. It's jpg, but Brett takes those too I hear. I couldn't find anything for gif. -------------------- "And all should cry, Beware, Beware! His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge --- "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. --- 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

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