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« on: July 11, 2006, 09:47:33 AM »
Pretty funny... and a catchy song. 
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« on: July 02, 2006, 08:24:17 AM »
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« on: July 02, 2006, 02:58:13 AM »
I'm actually suprised more people like darts then shurikens...
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« on: June 29, 2006, 01:13:04 PM »
Its a nice idea, however... if lots of people started making custom voicesets i would probably stop downloading them after a while. which could represent a problem, since a lot of people use their voicesets to say things like "follow me" and i would not be able to hear or see them say this.
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« on: June 29, 2006, 12:45:21 PM »
If there was a file to put in override for throwing knives instead of darts, i would get that. The darts just look so bad...
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« on: June 27, 2006, 11:52:40 AM »
In NWN, Throwing axes are the coolest by far. just look at them fly through the air and stick in something... of course, they are too heavy. It would have been much nicer if you could pick ones you had already thrown back up and re-arm that way...
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« on: June 26, 2006, 09:21:47 AM »
I'd love this too, it would really be handy. And is it actually possible for your character to DIE of hunger or thirst if you wait too long?
Just wondering...
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« on: June 24, 2006, 02:13:54 PM »
Bioware name: _Visionary_
character names: Alythralundar Shadowander (Level 8 )
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« on: June 23, 2006, 12:37:48 PM »
Great idea, definately more cool then the bodies suddenly disappearing and an eager gravestone popping out of the ground. Nice description as well darkstorme.
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« on: June 15, 2006, 06:29:53 AM »
There's also a helmet design.
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« on: June 09, 2006, 11:26:20 AM »
Nice.
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« on: May 21, 2006, 11:44:28 AM »
Welcome back! 
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« on: May 07, 2006, 01:51:14 AM »
My problems are sorted, i am back 
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« on: May 06, 2006, 05:41:24 AM »
Bluff is a skill that can be countered depending on the situation, for example; if there was a book which has a happy ending, and the person bluffing wanted to tell someone it was a sad ending, the person being bluffed to could roll a lore check against the bluff, because if they had a high lore and had read the book before, they would know the ending well.
For another exaple; if a person was poisoned, and another person bluffed that the poison was fatal (when in truth it wasn't) the poisoned person could roll a heal check to see if they knew about how certain poisons effect the body.
Bluff could also be countered by a bluff, because those skilled in bluffing would know how not to lie, and through knowledge of knowing how NOT to lie, they could see if someone is lying by the tell tale signs of lying that they have learned to avoid while they themselves lie.
Thats my thoughts on bluffing...
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« on: April 29, 2006, 04:37:02 PM »
Recent times have been hard... but rewarding. recently i travelled to dregar for the second time, with Dulan, Karana, Jamesan, Tegan, Shanda, and Quilis, but this time to Pranzis... where i found a temple to The Black Hound. I bound my soul to it's bindstone, and prayed that the shadows would hide me.
We were eager to explore,and set out into the wilderness. The first group of foes we encounteredwas atribe of bugbears, and Karana suggested i scout out the area,which i did. I sneaked past thebugbears with such ease itwas amusing. They didn't notice me at all, and ifound a safe path through their territory right under their noses.But Dulan wanted to fight the bugbears, and to be honest, so did i. A group of them that large must have plundered an awful lot of gold, andi need gold...
It was abattle won with relative ease; and i used my crossbowincredibly effectively. In fact, throughout the battle, i don't think thefools noticed me once. My prayer had payed off, i was shielded by shadows and safe from harm completely... untill wefound the next group of enemies...
Giants. And huge giants. They took us by suprise, Tegan and Karana ran ahead and got ambushed. They came running back, bleedingterribly, andonce the giants caught up with them... they were dead. One by one,our party members were slain, after Karana and Tegan,Dulan was thrown aside, andafterDulan, Quilisfell. The front lines were gone... and i was standing on my own face to face with the giants. I had nowhere to go... i am a stealth expert, but how was i supposed to hide in the plain sight of the giant?!! I was filled with fear as the huge figure charged towards me, axe held up in the air. And with one deadly swing whichtore through meagonizingly, it was all over. I awoke from death next to The Hound's bindstone, and i cursed myself androared in rage. Whydid he let this happen?! How is it possible to evade the eyes of those that stare straight at me!!!?!I fell to the ground and wept... and that was when i realized what had happened.Branderback had let me die for a reason, and that reason was; that i cannot pray for protection and trust i will be protected. The only person i can trust is myself... and i cannot rely on others to protect me. The shadows are my place, and i have always felt something whenlurking within their welcoming darkness. Perhaps this feeling is them calling to me, and trying to give me guidance. I realize now that i must listen to them... andi will learn to use them to evade people's very sight, their verysenses.With thatability... there is no stopping me from taking what is rightfully mine.
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« on: April 26, 2006, 10:53:05 AM »
I finally got the head of that stupid goblin lately... with the help of Karana and Jamesan. In honesty, Karana killed the goblin... i sneaked along behind with my rapier, and struck only when i needed to, i tend to find that karana can handle things on her own. Anyway, once i had the blasted gobbo's head i handed it to Ronus and received my reward, which was a reasonable amount of wealth.
And speaking of wealth, i found gold!!!
I was walking back to hlint from fort llast, only to encounter dervish and kali... seem to be bloody tied together at the hip, those two, anyway, they were heading to dregar with the loom brothers and a few others... including an elf called glenn - pretty sure he was a ranger, vellucia - who has a deep hatred for everything it seems... especially me, some lass named rhynn - who looks likeshe hascelestial blood... i don't like celestials, but she didn't seem to be a goody-two-shoes paladin so i suppose i am alright, for now. Anyway, after sailing to hurm, we ventured into the outskirts where there lurked pirates... but i was fine as long as i stayed stealthy and took the enemy by suprise. Most of us just left the fighting to boon, he takes foes down pretty quickly. On this trip, voon didn't ignore my wounds and i was healed by himwhen hurt, quite useful, since as we got further into the outskirts we encountered a horde of half-ogres and ogres. I avoided their line of sight, and when they least expected, i jumped out and struck them hard, where it hurt, and fast.
The interesting part of the trip was when we came to a cave full of ogres, and that was when we found it. We came to a vein of ore, and dervish claimed it was gold. I just cursed myselfbecause i didn't bring a mining pick. Glenn just took it all... but i was lucky; when we had got back to the entrance to the cave, glenn said he didn't want the gold! HA!! what a mindless fool!!! he gave it all to me and dervish... it would have been better if i had got all of it, but at least it was not a filthy noble who go the rest. And so, we headed back out the cave, and the gold was heavy, but worth it.
At the exit of the cave, there were more ogres waiting to ambush us! It was quite a large horde, but like i always do, i just hid and waited for the opportunity to arise... but it was hard to fight, when weighed down with all that gold, so i mostly crept around in the shadows. It was a long and hard trip, back to hurm, but it was worth it... i have my golden nuggets in a safe place and just need to find a smelter to turn them into gold ingots. And i need to take a boat back to mistone...
It was my first trip to dregar, and i don't like hurm much... the water is unclean, and the air has a foul smell on it, but i am sure there are more enjoyable places, i just need to explore a bit more.
May The Wary Shadow hide my actions within darkness, as itakethat whichis rightfully mine.
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« on: April 25, 2006, 10:42:45 AM »
A mystery solved.
I recieved yet another annoymous letter, telling me to go to Hlint sewers within 4 hours of recieving it, alone. Could i trust i would not have my throught slit open?! I decided to take the chance. I crept through the sewers and found a note lying next to a crack in the wall with an arrow on it - in the direction of the wall. It was a tight squeeze, but i got through, through into the secret roomof the Hlint sewers. And that was when it happened; as i brushed the dust from my clothes, a knife was placed to my neck. I thought for a second i was going to get my throught slit open, but i guess i was lucky. i was asked if i had come alone, and i truthfully answered that i had. The knife was removed from my neck. I turned to see an exotic woman, and who else? Dervish. As for the woman... i have only ever seen her wandering around, never met her. She was actually very attractive... apart from her teeth... which were numerous and pointy. I suspect she must have something strange in her family line, but i didn't ask. Everyone has bad features.
They both went on to talk about the Shadow Theives; a guild that, according to them, neglects it's members, giving them jobs that are boring and offer poor pay. They wanted more, and more is good. Dervish explained how after travelling with me, he could see i was the kind of person that wanted more then just left overs... and he was correct, i don't settle for left overs, and among these people i felt i could openly admit it. So then they spoke of a new guild... one which didn't settle for left overs -and i was invited to join it. I knew if i was with them, i would be with them till i died, or till i retired. But this was a huge opportunity for me, and i had made my decision: i was with them. Thewoman introduced herself, name of Key, and then came the painful part... Dervishtook his blade and told me to hold out his hand, and as i shook Key's hand with my other, i noticed she had a long, nasty looking scar across her palm. I let go of her slender hand, and Dervish sliced across my palm with his blade. It hurt... but now it was definate. I had a place in the guild... and i am happy about it.
Key had to leave, so Dervish filled me in on the plans of the guild... i won't go into details. But i am in, and a world of opportunity and riches awaits.I think this is probably one of the best decisions i have made in my life...
I am truly blessed byTheBlack Hound.
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« on: April 23, 2006, 12:00:51 PM »
Mysterious... i received an anonnymous letter. I will not write about its contents here... as it stated if i was to tell anyone of it they would find out, and the results would not be pleasant. Just to make sure no one else got hold of it, i burned it shortly after reading it.
Anyway, to my adventures. A lot has happened recantly, and i will note the most interesting of adventures i have had. I recently travelled back to the ogre cave in velensk with Dulan, Jamesan, Karana, and a few others who's names i have forgotten. I was much more useful in this trip... my stealthing abilities had become much more effective, and i scouted ahead, finding out how many ogres were waiting for us. It was a magnificent feeling, when i was crouched silently in the shadows, and the mindless ogres just walked by without even noticing me. It was like i was a shadow, and the ogres had no clue i was there. With my information on the amounts of ogres and their positionings, our party easily defeated the hordes of ogres and took all their gold. The trip was an amazing success, and i am pleased that the shadows of The Hound surround me, and keep me from harm.
After venturing into the caves with great success, we all headed to Velensk arena for some sparring. Firstly, Karana and Dulan duelled each other, which was an interesting fight indeed. Karana had the advantage on the strength side, with her mighty maul, however Dulan had thick armor and a blade which had some kind of electrical enhancement. It won Dulan the duel, even though it was very close. A later eddition to the party, Ketil the Dwarf, decided to duel me. It was a very tireing fight, and although i parried most of his hits, when he hit me, it was hard. I was sometimes knocked down, which was a disadvantage, since it left me open to attacks of all kind. In the end, I failed to avoid a swing from his blade and was defeated. I need to learn to be able touse the shadows more effectively, so that i may evade enemies and then take them by suprise. I also duelled another new addition to the party; Mizu. I succeeded on this one, he even summoned a mephit to aid him, but it retreated half way through the battle and it was one on one. We both had rapiers, and i managed to parry most of his attacks, he also parried most of mine, but i hit him in several pressure points and weakened him greatly. Eventually, i got a hit on his chest and won.
I then duelled Karana... which did not turn out well for me. As soon as it started, she ran in and thumped me everywhere with her maul, and i was knocked over and defeated in a short time. I am now bruised and tired, and i am laying down my weapons for a bit. The letter i recieved interests me greatly... as it could give me a great opportunity that i would not want to miss... i will make sure i look into it further.
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« on: April 22, 2006, 03:30:24 PM »
I have discovered alot of new things recently, and been on several trips that provided an interesting experiance.
I met two new people on my travels; a dark looking man named Czukay, and a priest named Father Logan - a toranite... yet another toranite.Quite a strange pair, but nevertheless opened an opportunity of great adventure to me (and Dervish, who was there also). They were to go on a trip tothe cavenear Direwood, which is ogre infested, but rich withgems. Czukay and Logan were both experianced travellers, and hadventured into these caves many times before. Czukay particularly liked fighting ogres, and he had obviously fought with them manytimes before, since heknew all their weaknesses.Logan was an expert at healing, andwas quick to patch us up if we were ever injured. I was rarely injured though, since i preferred to stay back in the shadows with my trusty crossbow, planting bolts inbetween their eyes when they least expected it. Occasionally i went up close with my rapier,but it was not worth it. The front liners, Czukay and Dervish, cut the ogres down before i had a chance. But on that trip i learned howtodelivermore deadly attacks on unexpecting enemies, and became a greater asset to the party.
Around the middle of the cave, wefound the gems. Czukay and Logan quickly got to mining, butsuddenly we were ambushed by ogres!We were all seperated, and with there being an overwhelming amount of ogres, i stayed hiddenand crept to a safer part of the cave. I found Dervish there as well, but neither he ori had any idea where Logan and Czukay were. We decided to sneak out the cave, butogres blocked our way. We striked them swiftly, Dervish slashing at them with his two blades, and me shooting with my crossbow. Unfortunately, wewere not as successful as we had hoped. Dervish was struggling to parry the ogres' clubs, and eventually he took a nasty blow to the head anddied. The remainingtwo ogres ran at me with their clubsswinging, and i drew my rapier.I managed to avoid most of their blows, but after i managed to kill one of them, the remaining one ran at me and knocked me back against the wall, and continually wacked me in the chest. The last thing i felt was my blood gushing out of me, and my ribs being pounded out my back.
And with one flashof light, i was back in hlint,buti was not whole. My soul had suffered from my death,and i needed to go back tothe site of my death. Luckily,Dervish's lady friend (i think) Kali came to help. Shewasan experiancedmage, and could cast spellsto aid us. There was also a Wemic who helped us,who was also a mage. The names of others that helped us escape my memory... but with the new party assembled webegan on the long trip back to the ogre cave.
Once there,we reflected upon our deaths and became whole again. Dervish was eager to get revenge, and so was i, sowith the new party we rampaged through the caves and slayed as many ogres as we could. The ogres, however, proved to be a powerful force even against our now larger party. We cut through large amounts of them, but they just kept coming. We were allwounded andtired, so we hastilyheaded towards the exit of the cave... with ogres on our tail. We got to a narrow passage, and turned to face them.It was a hard battle, but withsome effort we defeated the ogres.
Ihave learned lots from my experiances, and the Black Hounds shadows have helped me along the way. I still wonder where Father Logan and Czukay went, butif i find them i will be sure to try and adventure with them again.
Let my acts be hidden in the shadows of the night, so that I may gain that which is rightfully mine.
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