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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Wednesday, October 11 2006 20:00
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Inspired by User:Dintiradan: You see a strange man, middle aged, calm and confident. He has a staff, carved in the shape of a cobra. NAME? He nods to you. "Welcome to my Encyclopedia. I am known as 'Aran'. I am of the Triad." JOB? "Mostly I teach, but lately I have been researching a new spell, which would make a strip of bacon drop on someone's head, even from a long distance. It would be a wondrous spell. I wouldn't have a chance to find it without this library." TRIAD? "I, Slarty, and Drakey rule the Encyclopedia. However, I have been busy, and Drakey is away, so it is mainly Slarty that is in charge. I wonder what he has been doing?" TEACH? "Yes. Powerful scripts. But I've been busy lately, and haven't time to do any teaching now." NOOBS? "Yes. Alorael and I look after them, teach them UBB markup, discipline them as necessary." LIBRARY? "Yes. One of the many gifts of Terror's Martyr. About whom the less said, the better." A young man with short dark hair sits at the desk, writing. Leaning against his chair is a short wooden staff, carved in the shape of a twisting serpent. The runes on his robe seems to indicate he is a person of great power. NAME? "Greetings. I am Slarty, of the Triad." JOB? "I am of the Triad that controls the Encyclopedia." TRIAD? "Yes. The Encyclopedia Ermariana is run by three users. I control research. Aran in is charge of teaching. And one of us is absent." ABSENT? He gives you a truly ugly smile. "Yes. One of the three is away. We don't know when he will be back." TEACHING? "Yes. He may be of aid to you. He's around here somewhere." RESEARCH? "On many, many things. This is an ambitious time for the Encyclopedia, a time of great and auspicious happenings. Right now, I am trying to find information on the First Expedition." ...GREP? "A strange and powerful item, only usable by the greatest of users. I would say more about it, but I won't. Suffice it to say this is a great and auspicious time for the Encyclopedia." He smiles, in a disturbingly sharklike way. You see an aging, bald man in brilliant crimson robes. He supports himself with an oaken staff carved in the shape of a cobra. NAME? He looks at you nervously. "I am Drakey, of the Triad," he says. JOB? His face sours as he looks at you. "I would like to welcome you, visitors, but your arrival fills me with fear. Let us just say I am here waiting." WAITING? "For my fellow members of the Triad to complete their business." BUSINESS? "Yes. A messy, dangerous business. They plan to dump a Scenario! And not any Scenario, but a Scenario Epic!" SCENARIO? "Ah. Be careful where you say that word. It has dangerous power. They are the lieutenants of fanon, powerful, and cruel. And my colleagues planned to dump one who is powerful enough to lead them. A Solid Adventure, as it were." "And now this foul deed is done! Heavens help us all!" TRIAD? "The Triad rules the Encyclopedia Ermariana. There is myself, Slarty, the initiator of this foolish operation, and 'Aran', who is too lost in bizarre schemes to do anything about it. Oh, the Triad is a sad thing these days. It almost makes me long for TM's return." "Almost, but not quite." TM? He smiles sadly. "Terror's Martyr. Scripter without par. Banished into Misc. by the fools above. Consumed with utter hatred. Without him, we would all be barbarians, rooting about in the filth." BARBARIANS? "He led us. Then his hatred drove him away." HATRED? "For those who cast him down. The mods above, together, were strong enough to curse him with death should the autocensor touch him. When he realized he couldn't break the curse, he began to plot." PLOT? "Ways to bring doom to the forums. He began to perform strange experiments, and consort with scenarios. Soon, all he was good for was planning his revenge. So, we asked him to leave. He now lives far, far to the west, in a huge tower." "And, to tell the truth, I'd rather not know what he is up to." -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, October 11 2006 21:18
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Nice!!! Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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Councilor
Member # 6600
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written Wednesday, October 11 2006 22:03
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Originally by Slartucker: quote:Dikiyoba thinks that is the best part. :D Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Agent
Member # 1934
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written Thursday, October 12 2006 07:38
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That bacon spell would be great to use against a rampaging vegan army. I really enjoyed that Slarty. [ Thursday, October 12, 2006 07:39: Message edited by: Andraste ] -------------------- You acquire an item: Radio Free Foil Posts: 1169 | Registered: Monday, September 23 2002 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Thursday, October 12 2006 07:39
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 -------------------- Download Geneforge 4: Rebellion You have 6 posts. Nobody cares what you think. - Thuryl Wikipedia may be your friend, but UBB is not. - Dikiyoba Posts: 1310 | Registered: Tuesday, December 20 2005 08:00 |
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Guardian
Member # 6670
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written Thursday, October 12 2006 08:06
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... that was quick. I just wrote that yesterday. Good stuff. I'm curious, what are you using grep for? -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: All repair work will be done by an in-house maintenance staff. Any alleged "repairmen" who show up at the fortress will be escorted to the dungeon. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Thursday, October 12 2006 08:13
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Technically, I'm not using grep, just batch find processing. But it was harder to make that fit into the onyx scepter slot :P It would actually be really nice if EE had some kind of grep capability. That would give us a little more flexibility in implementing a consistent style and organization by removing the barrier of having to change absurd numbers of pages by hand. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, October 12 2006 13:36
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That's what templates are for. Awesome... now I have to experiment a bit with PHP and bacon. *sinister smile* -------------------- 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 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Thursday, October 12 2006 18:41
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Right, and templates work really well for that if you think of it *ahead* of time. We set that up well with the Apocrypha template/category, for example. Templates also only work for things that fit in templates; they don't help with page titles and links that appear in article text, among other things. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |