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My aMAZEing idea... in Blades of Avernum
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I suppose. I was just thinking that there wouldn't be much fighting in it.

Another problem would be finding a minotaur animation and/or a magic sword which is good against it. I guess I could make a custom item for the sword, and make it like Demonslayer with different wording. But I don't know about the minotaur. Any ideas?

Also, im not sure whether to make this story set in avernum, and just make it a demon. Im not sure on many things actually.

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Drakons, consider the Drakons peoples in Geneforge Series
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Well I think that it is most likeley to be:

1. Human
2. Sholai
3. Drakon
4. Servile
5. Ornk
6. Me

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Drakons, consider the Drakons peoples in Geneforge Series
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Look at some of the older discussions.

There is many valid arguments there.

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My aMAZEing idea... in Blades of Avernum Editor
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Well, I had a look and I have am getting ideas already.

Ariadne and the Minotaur

In those days, Athens was required to pay tribute to Crete, the controlling power in the region, a situation that sets the myth in the mid-second millennium BCE: each year, seven young men and seven young women were to be sent to Crete as sacrifices to the Minotaur, a bull-headed monster in the Labyrinth constructed by Daedalus. Theseus, determined to end this horror, volunteered to be one of the sacrifices, and the fourteen chosen sailed to Crete on a ship with black sails, for mourning.

In an episode recounted in Pausanias and Plutarch's vita of Theseus, soon after the Athenians arrived in Crete, Theseus boasted of his parentage, as a son of Poseidon. King Minos, a son of Zeus, demanded he prove his claim by bringing up a golden ring he threw into the ocean, and Theseus descended to the Palace of the Sea, a motif used by the 5th-century Attic vase-painters. In the outcome, Theseus was more than successful: he not only recovered the ring, but also brought up a crown of Thetis that Ariadne was to wear.

Ariadne was a consort of Dionysus. However, she betrayed the old order when she fell in love with Theseus and gave him a magic sword with which to kill the Minotaur, and a spool of thread. Theseus unwound the thread as he made his way to the center of the Labyrinth searching for the Minotaur, so that he could find his way out of the maze again. In some versions, Theseus found and killed the monster while it slept, but later versions have him taking on the creature in battle, and other versions simply have Theseus beat the creature to death. After killing the Minotaur with the magic sword, Theseus married and fled Crete with Ariadne, but then abandoned her, at Athena's demand, on the island of Dia, or possibly Naxos.

I think I could try something small along these lines instead.

Immediate problems I noticed were:
- I would need to add some fighting in to start with, perhaps the local militia wanting to stop me.
- I don't know if I could animate the thread. i would have to mention it in the storyline instead.

*cringes in corner, waits for more stuff to be thrown at him*

[ Friday, January 06, 2006 22:57: Message edited by: Inthrall ]

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"When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane."
Posts: 120 | Registered: Sunday, January 1 2006 08:00
My aMAZEing idea... in Blades of Avernum
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Member # 6629
Profile Homepage #6
Well, I had a look and I have am getting ideas already.

Ariadne and the Minotaur

In those days, Athens was required to pay tribute to Crete, the controlling power in the region, a situation that sets the myth in the mid-second millennium BCE: each year, seven young men and seven young women were to be sent to Crete as sacrifices to the Minotaur, a bull-headed monster in the Labyrinth constructed by Daedalus. Theseus, determined to end this horror, volunteered to be one of the sacrifices, and the fourteen chosen sailed to Crete on a ship with black sails, for mourning.

In an episode recounted in Pausanias and Plutarch's vita of Theseus, soon after the Athenians arrived in Crete, Theseus boasted of his parentage, as a son of Poseidon. King Minos, a son of Zeus, demanded he prove his claim by bringing up a golden ring he threw into the ocean, and Theseus descended to the Palace of the Sea, a motif used by the 5th-century Attic vase-painters. In the outcome, Theseus was more than successful: he not only recovered the ring, but also brought up a crown of Thetis that Ariadne was to wear.

Ariadne was a consort of Dionysus. However, she betrayed the old order when she fell in love with Theseus and gave him a magic sword with which to kill the Minotaur, and a spool of thread. Theseus unwound the thread as he made his way to the center of the Labyrinth searching for the Minotaur, so that he could find his way out of the maze again. In some versions, Theseus found and killed the monster while it slept, but later versions have him taking on the creature in battle, and other versions simply have Theseus beat the creature to death. After killing the Minotaur with the magic sword, Theseus married and fled Crete with Ariadne, but then abandoned her, at Athena's demand, on the island of Dia, or possibly Naxos.

I think I could try something small along these lines instead.

Immediate problems I noticed were:
- I would need to add some fighting in to start with, perhaps the local militia wanting to stop me.
- I don't know if I could animate the thread. i would have to mention it in the storyline instead.

*cringes in corner, waits for more stuff to be thrown at him*

[ Friday, January 06, 2006 22:57: Message edited by: Inthrall ]

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My aMAZEing idea... in Blades of Avernum Editor
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quote:
I suggest that you incorporate a maze into a true scenario, and make the maze, how shall I put this... less of a maze. By which I mean, make it less intentionally infuriating to the player, and make it fit into the story. (the Deep Crawler mission in ZKR is a good example of a justified maze... and it doesn't even look like a maze, now does it?)
Hmmmm...

Come to think of it, I could make it a bit like the minotaur legend. you know, where you travel to an island (correct me if im wrong) and fight a minotaur in a maze, and it has a king and other things...

[ Friday, January 06, 2006 22:45: Message edited by: Inthrall ]

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"When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane."
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My aMAZEing idea... in Blades of Avernum
Warrior
Member # 6629
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quote:
I suggest that you incorporate a maze into a true scenario, and make the maze, how shall I put this... less of a maze. By which I mean, make it less intentionally infuriating to the player, and make it fit into the story. (the Deep Crawler mission in ZKR is a good example of a justified maze... and it doesn't even look like a maze, now does it?)
Hmmmm...

Come to think of it, I could make it a bit like the minotaur legend. you know, where you travel to an island (correct me if im wrong) and fight a minotaur in a maze, and it has a king and other things...

[ Friday, January 06, 2006 22:45: Message edited by: Inthrall ]

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My aMAZEing idea... in Blades of Avernum Editor
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I am just about to embark on a rather small scenario I hope to start in a day or to. It will not have a storyline, and will just be a series of different mazes on two mingling paths.

I know that I will make one of the mazes pitch black like the Deep crawler cavern in the Zha khazi run. Another one will be an entire area boxed into little squares with lots of scret passages.

I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or ideas for this?

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"When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane."
Posts: 120 | Registered: Sunday, January 1 2006 08:00
My aMAZEing idea... in Blades of Avernum
Warrior
Member # 6629
Profile Homepage #0
I am just about to embark on a rather small scenario I hope to start in a day or to. It will not have a storyline, and will just be a series of different mazes on two mingling paths.

I know that I will make one of the mazes pitch black like the Deep crawler cavern in the Zha khazi run. Another one will be an entire area boxed into little squares with lots of scret passages.

I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or ideas for this?

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"When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane."
Posts: 120 | Registered: Sunday, January 1 2006 08:00
Geneforge 4: "Not a Shaper" in Geneforge Series
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If they could modify themselves to use magic, shaping doesn't seem like it would be so out of the question.


I disagree. one of the things which 'was' the Geneforge trilogy was the fact that you could join any of the sides. As a magical Servile with an army of creations, I wonder how many Shapers are going to let you join them...

[ Thursday, January 05, 2006 20:44: Message edited by: Inthrall ]

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Swords or Spears? in General
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... There was a post here but I deleted it as it was stoopid.

Move on.

[ Thursday, January 05, 2006 20:30: Message edited by: Inthrall ]

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Geneforge 4: "Not a Shaper" in Geneforge Series
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Human or minotaur. Not a servile.

A servile's plot would go some thing like this: Servile born. Servile plant crops. Servile gain intelligence (somehow)

Then: Servile get killed by scared humans/sholai/shapers

Or: Servile wins war after many unbelievable plot twists.

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anyone got an xbox? in General
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True. The real world calls.

PS: Might be back.

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anyone got an xbox? in General
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I presume you mean 'Four Brothers'? I heard it was pretty average. But I saw one called 'The frighteners' which was good. Twas done by Peter Jackson before he got famous.

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anyone got an xbox? in General
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Well, I haven't got anything more to say. U?

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anyone got an xbox? in General
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Probably not. Ah well.

I also played Burnout. That game is crazy! i couldnt go 2 seconds without crashing! But it looked cool. Prince of Persia was good aswell.

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anyone got an xbox? in General
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Shadani MO. And I was worshipped by a cat-girl who wears less than Halle Berry.

*Rolls around drooling*

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anyone got an xbox? in General
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No, I don't own one, but I have played Sudeki, Halo, doom and various other games.

Note: They named a temple after me in Sudeki. Can you guess which one?

Note 2: My reeal name, not inthrall

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2 Questions in General
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On the original topic, im a NZer and wondering if anyone else from down (or up) here plays?

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hey there will be nethergate2? in Nethergate
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I started off with Nethergate and slowly chewed my way up through the games. My favourite would be the Avernum series, because of GIFTS. I don't like Exile though, and I don't know why...

Probably due to the fact it crashes my computer every time I start it.

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Exodus Progress in Blades of Avernum
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Kelandon, are you going to post up the Slith language on your homepage?

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Active Designers? in Blades of Avernum Editor
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I have started on Scenario #1. It might take a while because I cannot leave anything unfinished. (This means I spend hours trying to do one special event, then changing it)

Also, I was wondering if anyone was going to port ova the scenarios from BoE (other than 9 variations on point b)?

Edit: Sorry about the abbreviations. I was having a problem writing where when i went back to edit the text, it overwrote anything in front of it. If that makes sense.

[ Tuesday, January 03, 2006 15:53: Message edited by: Inthrall ]

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"When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane."
Posts: 120 | Registered: Sunday, January 1 2006 08:00
Active Designers? in Blades of Avernum
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I have started on Scenario #1. It might take a while because I cannot leave anything unfinished. (This means I spend hours trying to do one special event, then changing it)

Also, I was wondering if anyone was going to port ova the scenarios from BoE (other than 9 variations on point b)?

Edit: Sorry about the abbreviations. I was having a problem writing where when i went back to edit the text, it overwrote anything in front of it. If that makes sense.

[ Tuesday, January 03, 2006 15:53: Message edited by: Inthrall ]

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Kolokh on Torment (spoilers) in Avernum 4
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I have noticed that. On many occasions. the almighty dragon Khoth, who snorts fireballs of doom at me, is confounded by the door which he must have made himself...

Makes me wonder how he got there...

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Active Players? in Blades of Avernum
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Well, I guess I put mysterious because mi plot writing skills have not yet thought of a better reason. Currently mi party appears on this island and... theres lots of notes about wind...

Ive just started it...

Edit to Kelandon: Tru

[ Sunday, January 01, 2006 17:48: Message edited by: Inthrall ]

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