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Topic: A Cold Day in Hell Q&A
Subject: hehe...
Sounds like the sarge has an outlet for his gung ho frustrations. 
Posted on 2007-10-24 at 19:20:01.
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Topic: A Cold Day in Hell Q&A
Subject: well...
Grugg, the leader in total posts on our site, has been inactive for about six weeks now. He posted that he would be gone for a bit, and I have gotten no word since.
I'll NPC Ricky until it... no longer is necessary. 
Posted on 2007-10-24 at 18:13:15.
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Topic: The Guiding Light
Subject: soft words
12th Pfier (Fallday), 452 E.R.
Wilderness north of Crall's Shoal, western Antaron
The sla'kar seems quite impressed by Varuna's attempt to use her tongue. "You sspeak well for drylander," she states to the cleric. "Go, kill dirty humanss. May Sshe who Always Ssteps on Sstones guide your path."
She then reaches to her side and draws a long knife. The reptilian creature turns the weapon around, and holding it by the blade, offers the pommel to Varuna.
Assuming he accepts the gift...
Without another word, the sla'kar dives into the trench off to the right of the path, and disappears beneath the water. Momentarily, you are once again alone.
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The going thruhg the swamp is not terribly difficult, but the winding trails keep you from making as much progress as you might otherwise hope. Finally, near dusk, you find the swampy ground giving way to sand and patches of tall grass. You proceed in the general direction of the lighthouse when suddenly, two men in ragged clothing step out from behind a tree.
Spotting you, one of them lets out a shout, and they both break in opposite directions. As they run, they each loose crossbow bolts at you, one of which nicks Tal'Anor!
Posted on 2007-10-24 at 14:36:09.
Edited on 2007-10-26 at 18:05:13 by t_catt11
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Topic: Continuing Where We Last Left Off
Subject: chaos at the foot of the stair
Arien takes no joy in killing the Green; it occurs to the knight that the man is more than likely simply a man doing what he is told. Even so, the thought does not particularly influence Arien's actions one way or another - the code of knighthood holds that warfare is the flowering of chivalry, and thus, honorable combat is a desirable event, not one to be shirked.
Of course, this is far from textbook honorable combat; the Greens use their insidous poison crossbows, and in turn, Arien's comrades use sorcery. Steel on steel is preferable to such distractions, and Arien is glad to indulge himself in the pursuit of it.
As the Green dies beneath his flaming blade, three more enter - only two of them successful. There is no need to call out direction; each member of the party is doing what they do best. The knight moves to his next foe, intent on clearing this room of opposition so that the party can make their way up the tower, and to Alloryen's aid.
Arien is keeping his same strategy; if the commander is close enough, the knight will attack him, otherwise, he will methodically work his way through the Greens. He will not take advantage of a Green falling in the grease, however - he will only strike down those defeated fairly in battle (unless they give up said right by using other treacherous means, and it becomes necessary to kill indiscriminately to ensure the survival of his comrades).
Posted on 2007-10-24 at 14:23:20.
Edited on 2007-10-24 at 14:24:07 by t_catt11
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Topic: The Guiding Light Q&A
Subject: I can...
...I can live with that (smattering of greetings). That's about the extent of my own foreign language knowledge.
Posted on 2007-10-23 at 13:18:43.
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Topic: RDINN Feature Updates/ Suggestions/ Bugs
Subject: well...
I just changed the code for the "Last five topics" to group them by topic.
In other words, no more multiples of the same topic up there. If the topic you are posting to is currently #2 on the list, the old way would put your post at #1, the old entry at #3, and drop something off the list. Now, your topic floats back to #1, but nothing drops. That way, more topics get exposure.
Thoughts?
Posted on 2007-10-22 at 18:34:57.
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Topic: Chat?
Subject: I have no qualms...
...with people using IRC. However, IRC is blocked by most company firewalls, which is a big reason why we don't run one here.
*shrug* If our server goes down, it goes down, no matter what chat room we run.
Posted on 2007-10-22 at 18:21:15.
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Topic: The Guiding Light Q&A
Subject: no such thing as elves!
Guys, please check your character sheets - there is no such thing as an "elf" in our game!
Yes, yes - sylvari are our elves. That being said, syls ALWAYS refer to themselves as sylvari. outsiders call them syls for short, perhaps.
Also please note that our half syl was raised among humans. I don't have every sheet right at my fingertips, but I'd wager he doesn't speak sylvari as well as the rest. Be careful of assumptions.
Forgive me for being such an anal DM, but by golly, if I don't have a "common" language, and I don't use generic "gold coins" for currency (don't you love exchange rates?), at least humor me by using the correct names of the races in my world! 
Posted on 2007-10-22 at 17:30:34.
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Topic: RDINN Feature Updates/ Suggestions/ Bugs
Subject: yep
The server was down over the weekend. All is well now.
Posted on 2007-10-22 at 17:05:04.
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Topic: The Guiding Light
Subject: negotiations?
12th Pfier (Fallday), 452 E.R.
Wilderness north of Crall's Shoal, western Antaron
The sla'kar regards the party with an unreadable expression for several moments before speaking. "You sspeak truth," it states in a lisping accent. "Came on sship."
It pauses for a moment, almost thoughtfully, before retrieving the thrown javelin from the earth. "Keeperss of the lighthousse have been misssing for one full moon and half of another. Other humanss build tower, firess, kill wariorss." With this last statement, her disposition shifts toward angriness.
The sla'kar fixes En'Aranthea with a reptilian stare. "Beware, ssylvari. Dirty humanss patrol often, keep watch, esspecially around tower. Sstrong wariorss they are, ruthlesss."
Posted on 2007-10-22 at 16:57:02.
Edited on 2007-10-24 at 14:30:48 by t_catt11
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Topic: A Cold Day in Hell Q&A
Subject: gaaaa!
Curse that programmatic limit to the smite code! Curse it! Bromern deserves MORE!
Charlie has a floorplan to ARF36 (different that WhiteHorse). I simply haven't finsihed the map in photoshop yet. 
Posted on 2007-10-22 at 13:39:16.
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Topic: A Cold Day in Hell Q&A
Subject: brikker brakker
Yeah, you're right.
But I will point out that you are not actually AT ARF36 yet. 
Posted on 2007-10-19 at 21:32:34.
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Topic: A Cold Day in Hell Q&A
Subject: well...
...I'll go on and post by Monday if no one else does.
At that point, we will pick up the pace. Post or be NPCd.
Posted on 2007-10-19 at 21:00:30.
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Topic: The Morphing Game
Subject: yummm
slop
Posted on 2007-10-19 at 20:51:57.
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Topic: Memorable Munchkins
Subject: Memorable Munchkins
Okay, we've all seen them in our games - players who, for whatever reason (news to RPGs? juvenile? sharp as a bologna sandwich?) just don't seem to "get" the point of role playing games. The ones who strive only to kill the monsters, collect the most treasure, earn the most glory - to "win", even though such is impossible in a good RPG. The ones whose characters must be the fastest, the strongest, the best at everything they do.
That's right, the munchkins. Share your tales of munchkinism! Don't be shy, they can be your own (most of us grow out of it, eventually)... or they can simply be things you have witnessed.
Posted on 2007-10-19 at 13:37:44.
Edited on 2008-05-29 at 13:29:05 by t_catt11
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Topic: You want to play a WHAT?!? (strange character ideas)
Subject: hald dragons... tee hee
I didn't bother to mention all of the half dragon requests I have received over the years. I guess you're not a real munchkin until you've begged for this particular race.
Posted on 2007-10-19 at 13:23:25.
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Topic: You want to play a WHAT?!? (strange character ideas)
Subject: cool...
Fingers in a jar? Cool!
Yes, your job is to make the game fun, but as DM, you are the final arbiter of everything - don't forget that. If your player says the game won't be fun unless they get a +15 vorpal blade, smack them and go on.
The finger story made me think of a character I once played. Adinar Dulorn, necromancer - and serial killer. Adinar was a genius, but was also disturbed (kinda have to be to WANT to be a necromancer was my line of thinking). Like so many real life serial killers, he liked to target attractive young women, who he would murder after torturing them for an agonizingly long time.
He's then collect pieces of them - some of which he would offer as bloody sacrifices, and a select two items he would keep from each and every victim in a leather pouch he kept on his person at all times. He had a habit of slipping his fingers in the pouch to caress those body parts during regular, everyday activities.
Adinar brought out pieces of my own imagination I was scared to admit existed! 
Posted on 2007-10-18 at 20:20:12.
Edited on 2007-10-18 at 20:29:42 by t_catt11
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Topic: You want to play a WHAT?!? (strange character ideas)
Subject: I know I have mentioned this one before...
...but he is worth bringing up again.
Once played with a guy who had an incredibly strong, incredibly disgusting, half-troll berserker-type warrior.
Disgusting? Oh, yes. Said character liked to...er... release his carnal frustrations with the corpses of enemies he killed.
As DM, I finally fixed that little habit. The party once defeated several ghouls. Against any sense whatsoever, he proceeded to "enjoy" the corpse of a rotting, diseased, undead monster.
So I felt completely justified in ruling that his character contracted an extremely serious disease that caused his flesh to rot (as well as generally debilitating him via loss of ability scores, etc).
Once he managed to get a cure, he never again practiced that form of "recreation."
Posted on 2007-10-18 at 20:07:51.
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Topic: You want to play a WHAT?!? (strange character ideas)
Subject: I'll start this off...
One of the very first games I ever DMed featured a guy who wanted to play a blue-skinned, half dwarf, half cloud giant. Yeah.
I wondered how such a match was even physically possible - chromosone differences and other such generic concerns aside - and he came up with "wizard experiment" to justify it.
Actually, the character himself didn't end up too strange, but the concept really was!
Posted on 2007-10-18 at 19:22:47.
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Topic: You want to play a WHAT?!? (strange character ideas)
Subject: You want to play a WHAT?!?
You want to play a WHAT?!?
What is the strangest/goofiest/most bizarre character concept you have ever played, seen played, or seen suggested?
Posted on 2007-10-18 at 19:13:26.
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Topic: Ghosts of Aetalanta IV.R.?
Subject: ah...
...the time for war seems to be at hand.
Posted on 2007-10-18 at 18:42:52.
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Topic: The Guiding Light Q&A
Subject: the sla'kar
Not sure if any of you would have reason to know this or not, but those who do know a bit about sla'karn physiology would recognize this individual as female, since it lacks the brightly-colored crest usually associated with males.
Posted on 2007-10-18 at 17:11:52.
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Topic: The Guiding Light
Subject: set sail, aye-aye!
12th Pfier (Fallday), 452 E.R.
north of Crall's Shoal, western Antaron
With Jonas at the wheel, and Tod trimming the sails at his captain's command, the Arienne makes good time across the bay. The seas are fairly calm, and the breeze is favorable, both lending themselves to a smooth ride. Tod remains quiet, but perhaps a tad bit less sullen, while Joans himself is cheery and rather gentlemanly for a sea captain of any sort.
By late afternoon, the stone lighthouse can be picked out by a discerning eye, and within another half an hour, a tall, wooden tower can also be spotted perhaps a couple hundred yards away from the lighthouse - from the distance, the exact layout is still difficult to judge.
Instead of moving along the coastline, Jonas appears to be steering the ship towards the shore. "My apologies, but the reefs are quite thick up ahead, and I see no reason to risk my vessel any further. Tod will row you ashore in our lifeboat, and you can walk the rest of the way from here."
There is little to discuss; Captain Jonas bids you farewell, and soon, you are adrift in the sea with only the company of the brooding Tod.
Soon, though, even that is over as the boat bumps its way against the sandy bottom of the bay. "Time to get out," the deckhand announces gruffly. He gives you enough time to get your feet into the surf, and then he is off again, rowing back to the Arienne.
As you wade through the salty water and up to land, you discover a narrow beach that leads directly back into the edges of the swamp. Fortunately, it seems that you are nearly out of that terrain.
You can see that the vicinity occupied by the lighthouse is somewhat higher than where you have landed, and that the area between the swamp and the lighthouse beach is broken up by large sand dunes, patches of tall grass, and the occasional tree.
The swamp itself, from what you can see, consists of a surpirsingly fair amount of dry ground that runs haphazardly across the surface of the land, with various areas of still, bracken water breaking the dry land up. It should be possible to stick almost exclusively to the dry land if you are willing to give up a direct route for sure footing. There is a reasonable amount of undergrowth, and more than a few trees break jut out from the water.
The party spends the next half hour carefully picking their way trhough the swamp when suddenly, a javelin appears with a thud in the dirt in front of the group. "You will halt!" a voice calls out in oddly accented Apanonese.
From the brush steps out a brown-scaled sla'kar. Standing shy of six feet tall, it carries a shield made of some sort of hide on its left arm, and wears a blade of some variety on a belt around its waist. Other than that, the creature wears no clothing whatsoever. It's stance is easy, feet sprad just beyond shoulder width, long tail resting behind it. Aside form the javelin sticking out of the earth, the creature does not seem to be directly threatening, but neither does it seem fearful of your group.
Posted on 2007-10-18 at 17:08:22.
Edited on 2007-10-18 at 17:09:43 by t_catt11
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Topic: The Tides of Fate Q&A
Subject: post is up!
Here's the score:
Speeder Party
Mercury: driving, unhurt
Lana: unhurt
Ziv: unhurt
Jaal: feelings hurt
Jeena: dead
Lawbreaking party
Caise: uncounscious, badly wounded
Damanil: barely conscious, seriously wounded
Dime: slightly wounded
Up to Mercury and the rest where they will go from here... Jaal may or may not be able to help.
Up to Damanil as to whether he will try to keep passing himself off as TDF. Up to Dime whether he surrenders or begins to keep score as to how many blaster rifle bolts he can eat.
Posted on 2007-10-17 at 17:42:55.
Edited on 2007-10-17 at 19:35:12 by t_catt11
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Topic: The Voting Game
Subject: well, yes...
But that's the sort of thing that gets you banned from voting stuff.
Posted on 2007-10-17 at 17:37:42.
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