| Subject | [dq] Various Lists |
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| From | Errol Cavit |
| Date | Mon, 10 Mar 2003 12:54:47 +1300 |
Hi all Some questions regarding lists: 1: Is the current Bestiary available on-line? 2: I have a list of all Magics (talents, spells, rituals) that I extracted from the rulebook. It gives Name, College, and page number. Any problem with making this available to everyone? 2a: I noticed that there are some instances of spells of the same name in different colleges having inconsistent forms of storage available. Is an oversight, or deliberate? Cheers Errol -- to unsubscribe notify mailto:dq-request@dq.sf.org.nz -- | |
| Subject | Re: [dq] Various Lists |
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| From | Mandos\ Mitchinson |
| Date | Mon, 10 Mar 2003 13:05:23 +1300 |
> 2a: I noticed that there are some instances of spells of the same name in > different colleges having inconsistent forms of storage available. Is an > oversight, or deliberate? Generally in the past this has been dealt with by people arbitrarily making things blander by changing storage to match a standard. Personally i think we should at random mix it all up again to add a little interest to the spells. Generic standardisation is evil :-) Mandos /s -- to unsubscribe notify mailto:dq-request@dq.sf.org.nz -- | |
| Subject | Re: [dq] Various Lists |
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| From | Errol Cavit |
| Date | Mon, 10 Mar 2003 13:15:13 +1300 |
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mandos Mitchinson [mailto:mandos@iconz.net] > > > 2a: I noticed that there are some instances of spells of > the same name in > > different colleges having inconsistent forms of storage > available. Is an > > oversight, or deliberate? > > Generally in the past this has been dealt with by people > arbitrarily making > things blander by changing storage to match a standard. > > Personally i think we should at random mix it all up again to > add a little > interest to the spells. Generic standardisation is evil :-) > Yabbut it's so much more fun if as many spells (that exist in more than one college) as are vaguely logical to can be stored in wards. Currently the number of possible 'confusing' answers to the DA question 'Name of Spell' (asked of a ward) is actually quite small (this is one reason I did the exercise, I figured my Namer would know this). If a DA-low party wimps out and asks 'counterspell required to suppress' instead, then they don't know if the spell that returns 'None' or 'Un-colleged' is harmless or deadly! -- to unsubscribe notify mailto:dq-request@dq.sf.org.nz -- | |
| Subject | Re: [dq] Various Lists |
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| From | Martin Dickson |
| Date | Mon, 10 Mar 2003 13:31:23 +1300 |
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Mandos Mitchinson wrote:<br>
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...and for a dissenting opinion [here I am currently writing a presentation
on UI standards for my company]...<br>
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From a section on Consistency:<br>
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"Simply put:<br>
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<li>If it works the same it should look the same.</li>
<li>If it looks the same it should work the same."</li>
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I'm very happy to have different College's spells have different effects
and different storage -- but if this is the case then they are not the same
spell and they should be given different names; if the Mind version of "Mind
Cloak" provides mental attack protection and the Witchcraft version does
not then rename one... as indeed was done for the Mind revision.<br>
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If on the other hand the two similarly named spells have all the same effect
except storage then that characteristic should be examined first -- is one
of them wrong? Does one version of this "Touch" range spell allow Warding?
Has one of them been arbitarily prevented from Potion storage when the usual
rules / logic would allow it?<br>
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I suggest this because Storage is a slightly odd case -- when it was first
added the idea was to add a simple explicit coding of allowable storage whereas
before that storage was implicit and inferred from certain rules (e.g. Spells
to be Warded must have a range, Self only spells could not be invested only
Potioned).<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Martin<br>
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| Subject | [dq-announce] Minutes from the Autumn 03 Guild Meeting |
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| From | Keith Smith |
| Date | Mon, 10 Mar 2003 13:58:14 +1300 |
Seagate Guild of Adventurers Guild Meeting Minutes 1st Fruit 803 WK Adventures Going Out 1) Patrice Wavesinger (Jacqui) A tall humanoid male, one of the Pasifikan merfolk guard. They have a 'small' problem with the sahuagan. Some people have been captured and they want them back, plus they want the party to gather information on what they are up to. Reward is loot and a Pearl of Waterbreathing each. Medium/high, Fridays/Tuesdays, Mangere Bridge. 2) Najahn (Stephan) - a military man and Protector. He thanked the Guild for helping in a successful raid. He also carried a message from a dwarven stronghold. They want outsiders to fulfil a prophecy. Low, Wednesday, Waterview 3) Colonel John Richards (Phil) - A member of the special forces from the Kingdom of Wesniss. He said there was an immediate tthreat to the new ruler after the revolution. The previous one had escaped with allies and much of the treasury, including the Royal Seal. A bunch of mercenaries is required to stop him from being a threat. High, Mondays, New Windsor. 4) Guild Security (Sally) - Some letters arrived a few days ago. The Lord of the Western Marches wants his heir to find a missing friend. The letters were forwarded to the Guild as the heir was also absent. Low/med, Tuesdays, Waterview 5) Sebastian (Noel) - A small pudgy person in good clothes introduced himself as a merchant from Brandenburg. He has a lot of land there, near the border, and it is being repeatedly raided from across the border. He's rather annoyed about it but isn't popular with the local Duke so not much is being done. He wants a party to discretely deal with the problem. He had land in Carzala and is offering 3000 acres of it in payment. Medium. Any night ex Wed/Fri, Place negotiable. 6) Guild Security (Eamon) - 15ish young man escorted in. Has a letter from Ash, a previous employer. He was happy with previous party and had another job. The Court of Rose has a restless poltegeist in the dungeon and want it dealt to. Payment is 2000sp and magic items. Low/med, Tuesdays, Downtown Queen Street. 7) Guild Security (Jeff) - A while ago, on a mission, Black Mark, absconded with a party's treasure. Guild Security had been looking for him. Now they received a note saying "Here I am, come and get me, please forgive me." He's offplane and wants out. Payment is standard rates and 25% of treasure stolen. Low/medium, Mondays. Awards Smartest Isil Eth - While fighting a ten headed wyvern flesh golem, she used a spell to turn it into a wooden boat Winner - Isil Eth (a huge majority over No Vote) Bravest Boulder - for standing in front of the wyvern and taking what it dished out Tom - volunteering to be tortured for eight hours so an important potion could be made. Anathea - Was in there trying to affect the wyvern Stardreamer - A sixty foot basalisk had dived into the earth and was heading towards the petrified statue of the daughter the party was trying to save. Stardreamer hurled himself down the hill to protect the statue. He did, by letting it fall on him. Kit - Stood the twelve pulses required to fight the opposition while the rest of the party were unconscious Tussock - After the party leader fell down a bottomless pit, Tussock dived in after. Amelio - During a combat, he went in and offered appetisers Winner - Tussock Stupidest Phaeton - For attempting to heal someone else when he was suffering from the same poison. Brightflare - When the party was told to surrender, Brightflare, as Military Scientist, agreed. As the rest of the party dropped their weapons, he then flew up and started casting Dragonflames Tussock - A book was translated and found to be a demonic text which curses the reader into being a worshipper of the demon. Tussock read it anyway. Tussock - The realm the party was in had a Hero who was really annoyed with the party. Tussock contacted her messenger spirit and basically invited her to come and get them. Joint winners - Phaeton and Tussock Best Death Rek - He was death cursed to die in 24 hours. So he decided to hold a wake and drank himself to death. Human - While attacking a church he died on the first stroke even though he's immune to most things except fire, acid, and holy water. The gargoyles were throwing holy roof tiles. Winner - Human -- to unsubscribe notify mailto:dq-announce-request@dq.sf.org.nz -- | |
| Subject | [dq] Precis: 1st Seedtime 802wk |
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| From | Stephen Martin |
| Date | Mon, 10 Mar 2003 15:54:51 +1200 |
Just a quick reminder of the cataclysmic events of 1/11/802 - details will follow later. As agreed with the surviving children of Xanadu, Baal was released from his prison and allowed to return to Allusia. Between the unlocking of his prison and his arrival at Eldamar on Terranova, Isthu and Arhiman enacted the final stage of their plan and blew up Eldamar. This resulted in the complete destruction of Eldamar, the destruction and dispersement of Apollyons army, flooding of large parts of northern terranova, and an explosion that could be heard as distant thunder in Seagate. Baal arrived and stepped out of his prison in his natural form - a 400 foot long white-gold dragon. He was met by the 12 children and grand-children of Xanadu and then they all disapeared in a flash of light, none of them will be seen in our world again. About this point the small rift in reality that Baal returned through started growing and the ugly one, an old god from a previous creation, believed to be the one who corrupted Baal, started clawing his way in. We welcomed him with two pieces of primal matter that had previously been used in Baals prison, the combination of which caused an explosion that made light and dark spheres colliding look like a backfired cantrip. Some of you may have noticed the second sun that appeared in our skies for a while. When things had settled down, the ugly one was gone and the rift closed. Isthu and Arhimans planned destruction of Eldamar has resulted in the wastes of northern Terranova being restored to life and fertility. Our meddling with the primal forces of creation has resulted in Allusia having a new moon. It is about 300 miles across and positioned between Allusia and Luna. We named it Pellaran (sp?) after our ship which was destroyed in stopping the ugly one. pellaran can be seen by those who study the moon as a brighter spot that shadows a small part of the moon's surface. We believe that all of the demonic emperors survived these events though Leviathan may have been injured. Iriloki (The Ruby Scourge) is presumably looking for a new home for himself and his dark elf followers now that his old home of Eldamar is gone. Arhiman has been reunited with his wife - the philosophical differences leading to their 80,000 year seperation are believed to be resolved. The dark elf cities in Terranova could be going through some extensive social and political changes as they adjust from fighting over the limited resources of their wastelands to living in what may be the most fertile land in the world. btw For those that think they saw a 300 foot long flying fish and a 150 mile long dragon around this time - you did. The individual acts of bravery, self sacrifice, quick thinking, smart ideas and fast talking that got us through this intact and led to what was probably the best possible outcome are too numerous to mention here. I hope that you all get to hear of some of them in the next few months. Hmmm, not such quick note and this is only just covering the surface of events. More to follow as we further understand the results of these events and document our journey. - Braegon. -- to unsubscribe notify mailto:dq-request@dq.sf.org.nz -- | |
| Subject | Re: [dq] Precis: 1st Seedtime 802wk |
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| From | Martin Dickson |
| Date | Mon, 10 Mar 2003 17:02:43 +1300 |
[GM note] I dunno the stories these Adventurers tell.... :-)
Just to set the record straight on what PCs may or may not have observed
around Seagate...
Stephen Martin wrote:
>This resulted in ... distant thunder in Seagate.
>
Actually no. Reports of hearing the explosion have however come in from
Puerto Damieno and probably Pasifika.
>Some of you may have noticed the second sun that appeared in our skies for a while.
>
Reports have come in from Kinlu of an exceptionally bright star that
shone the night of the 1st of Seedtime for several hours. At the time
it was day in Seagate and no "second sun" was observed.
>Our meddling with the primal forces of creation has resulted in Allusia having
>a new moon. It is about 300 miles across and positioned between Allusia and
>Luna. We named it Pellaran (sp?) after our ship which was destroyed in stopping
>the ugly one. pellaran can be seen by those who study the moon as a brighter
>spot that shadows a small part of the moon's surface.
>
OK... in this matter Braegon is essentially correct, although at 300
miles it should perhaps be considered a very tiny moonlet.
Some Astrologers are claiming that this will upset all of their readings
and require the construction of new astrological charts at considerable
expense. The retired guild sage Hieronomous Haynes has offered an
alternate opinion: "Poppycock! Such a minute body will have negligible
influence. They've simply gained something new to blame their cryptic
and inaccurate readings on".
>btw For those that think they saw a ... 150 mile long dragon around this time - you did.
>
200 miles long... and nobody saw anything... move along...
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