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Rumour Has It / Why they really go into the deep....

« on: February 05, 2010, 06:00:13 am »

*posted on the wall in the local tavern*

Did you know why those brave sould ventured into the deep? Mithril? Emeralds? To slay drow and kick some dark dwarves in the teeth? No...

It was to get some of Enzo's Pie!!!

Come along and you can share in the bounty!

-unsigned

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Rumour Has It / Pranzt Patrol attacked!

« on: January 31, 2010, 12:40:06 pm »

Word has it a small patrol of Pranzt guards were attacked and slain whilst out on routine patrols on the outskirts of the forests.
A survivor claims the half-reptile, half human creatures known as "Drachs" were responsible, and tell-tale signs rather blatantly left at the scene also point to the same creatures as being to blame.

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Layonara Server / Version 3.21.6 is online

« on: January 27, 2010, 05:52:52 pm »

[SIZE=24]Version 3.21.6 is online![/SIZE]
 
 This is another small one, consisting mostly of quick fixes.

• Tile fixes to recent remodel to 237 Haft Lake District
• Angels Guild hall remodel
• Fix facing directions on transitions into Prantz from adjacent areas
• Fix descriptions on several beverages and other items to fix typos and lore issues
• Fix typo in Marrent Aylomen's conversation
• Fix seating in the Mithril Anvil
• Horse speed selection works again
• Staff in The Jhemina Inn in Sadinia no longer say "Unicorn"
• Remove Stoneskin visual from Creekskipper's Defense
• Adjust spawn points in a few Great Forest areas
• Rename Near Fort Laer to Near Fort Rael
• Some adjustments to the loot drop tables
• Fix area tagging for 250 Prantz - Haft Lake District
• Remove some too-happy music from the Deep
• Area update for plot reasons
• Fix some missing respawn timers
• Adjustment of spawns in Sharawood
• Rename West of Corax Lake to East of Corax Lake...because it is
• Fix facing of Lor bank exit
• Added some new plot-relevant creatures

There it is!  Thanks to those who supplied input to this, and also to Minerva for her plot areas and to Alatriel for her help with remodels.

There are no downloads required for this update.
 
Enjoy!

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Rumour Has It / In loving memory

« on: January 13, 2010, 06:46:14 pm »

~In loving memory of my dear wife, Amanda Doesscha~

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Whose life was cut unfortunately short by Trollocs.
May the Lady of Spells forever watch over her soul.

Amanda's Layonaran remains are being transported to her home town on Voltrex where it will be buried according to the wishes of her family there.

~Storold Doesscha

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General Discussion / Its been so long. How to comeback?

« on: January 12, 2010, 08:20:05 pm »

Hello all. The Green Ranger has thought about poking around the woods once more. But its been so long I dont even know where to start.... LOL


Ive been playing EQ2 the last few years. I do so miss the RP that came with this place.

I am wondering what all I need to get back into here again? IE what to download etc and where on earth to find it all. My system has been wiped mostly clean of Layo from when I used to be active. So what all will I need? Shoot I dont even know the IP and pass ... LOL

Thanks!

G-452

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The Dragon Storm Campaign / Two upcoming mini-questseries

« on: January 12, 2010, 02:10:43 pm »

Hi guys,

I have two series of quests planned that are highly involved in the world plot, the Dragon Storm Campaign. Each quest series should not stretch for more than 3-4 sessions max. The timezone will be primarily GMT friendly, but I am willing to work with one of the two groups with regards to involving weekends.

One was initiated by a player (Miltonyorkcastle) and begins on Monday (if it suits him and those that tag along). It is much dependant on player choices and actions, so once we get to it there may be a quest and there may not be. It depends on the players involved. To participate here you need to contact Steel in game (forum name: Miltonyorkcastle) or be contacted by him. If you don't your character will not know that anything is taking place. This quest has the possibility to involve actions/choices that may not suit your character. It is perfectly acceptable to walk away, even though it is a plot quest.

Another series is soon to begin and is aimed at characters that are involved with the nature faction (druids, rangers and clerics/priests of appropriate deities), at least to begin with. I imagine that it will be opened up after the first or second quest session. These quests are mainly aimed at lower level characters.

I hope to see you out there!

Harlas

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Trade and Market Hall / The fingers of the dead

« on: January 08, 2010, 05:17:49 pm »

They're clawing, knocking, scraping at the insides of boxes as I walk. Unsettled undead bones. Unliving, too. The bodies put to rest. The knuckles still holding some al'noth. Use them for healing. Use them for necklaces. Make them rest. Turn the aberration to healing. Three boxes clawing, knocking, and scraping. Five hundred true each. Buy them and support life. Mine and healing others'. *at this point the rest of the not becomes illegible*

- Eoanira Ceviran
Lightbringer of Aeridin

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General Discussion / Gone for a while

« on: January 07, 2010, 09:22:56 pm »

I have to go away again because of work. I got my lap top to play NWN but not good enough to do anything outside of RP. I can not even get Buddy to enter his house without it crashing. I'll be away starting this Monday till about mid March.

On another note. Anyone here live near Vancouver and want to meet because that is where I'll be. Just send me a PM and we can make some arrangements from there.

MJ

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Rumour Has It / Announcing ~~ LORE Trivia!!

« on: January 01, 2010, 06:40:04 pm »

[SIZE=24]That's right! LORE Trivia[/SIZE]

 
 [SIZE=16]Here's how it will work:[/SIZE]
 
 
 [SIZE=16]          ~ All meet at the playgrounds in Fort Wayfare.[/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16]          ~ Four person teams.[/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16]          ~ Roll for team captains. Roll 1d100, the highest rolls will be team captains.[/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16]          ~ No limit on the number of teams.[/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16]          ~ Highest roll gets first pick, then the second highest and so forth.[/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16]          ~ Ported to undetermined areas.[/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16]          ~ Party chat for only for the party you are in.[/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16]          ~ Only the captain's answer will be honored. [/SIZE][SIZE=16](sent on the DM Channel)[/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16]          ~ The team has two minutes to give the answer.[/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16]          ~ Correct answers get rewards.[/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16]          ~ Incorrect answers get...well...just be prepared to fight.[/SIZE]
 
 [SIZE=16]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [/SIZE]
 
 
 [SIZE=16]The winning team will get sort of individual personalized item/trophy. [/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16](level and class dependent items with scripting).[/SIZE]
 
 
 [SIZE=16]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~[/SIZE]
 
 [SIZE=16]Any questions? Better ask now so I can refine the rules if needed. [/SIZE]
 
 [SIZE=16]Calendar Event here.[/SIZE]

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Rumour Has It / Mechants Silver - Mixafix

« on: December 28, 2009, 09:05:50 pm »

Dear Merchant of Vehl,

Myself and my incredibly brave assistant have slain the evil-doing orc that has taken your silver in the Swamps.  We have it in our possession and await your generous reward!

You can find us in Vehl.  He is an average height human with tan skin and dressed as an Ilsarian bard.  I am just over 2 feet high with bright red hair, dark green bloodstained armor and a menacing pair of shortswords.

Sincerely,
Freida the Barbarian Warrior

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General Discussion / Penance. 'Tis the season.

« on: December 20, 2009, 06:02:37 pm »

For those of you who showed up to either of my two last scheduled quests only to find a missing GM, I apologize. I could offer a few excuses, some you might consider legitimate, but what's the point. I put on the calendar that I'd be there, and I wasn't. Straight up, my bad.

In an effort of penance and in hopes to be saved by the Christmas spirit, I'm offering up a three day run of standalone quests, starting Christmas day.

The Giver.
The Artist.
The Mercenary.

So, for those of you like myself who will be celebrating Christmas (or whatever you call your day of giving) on a different day than the traditional December 25th, or if you just figure your family won't kill you for playing Layo on Christmas, or maybe because your whole family will be playing Layo together on Christmas, come join one of Layo's well known miscreants for some Layo-Style Holiday Cheer. Cozy up with your egg-nog, hot chocolate, and wassail in front of the monitor's warm glow.

I'll see you there.

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General Discussion / Catastrophic system failure....oh how i love thee

« on: December 16, 2009, 07:01:26 pm »

Hi guys,

Sorry I havent been around much. Of late..been fighting the ever evil pc destruction thinger. First it works..then it whirrs...

My system recently had a umm...meltdown for lack of a better term. O.o A word of advice...burning plastic is never a good sign.

So my pc is now DOA until i can get a new one. After 10 long years of replacing parts and much love (and hate) it finally kicked the bucket.

I am now surviving on an old mac laptop (how you macheads use these things i will never understand..im sooo confused). The right click button seems to be missing... :\\ O.o

Oh well, thank goodness for xmas (I have been a good little girl..mostly)!  Hopefully the new year will see me back with a shiny new pc.

Happy holidays everyone!

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Ask A Gamemaster / GM Roster

« on: March 06, 2017, 11:24:35 pm »

GM Roster and ActivityLayonara has a diverse and busy team of GMs. You can read more about them in their introduction threads in this forum, where you can also find out out more about what they are doing in the Layonara world and community. The list below reflects our current GM roster, and the current status of each of our GMs:GM Avatar: Æther
Forum Name: Dorganath
Status: Active Forum GM; unavailable for quests, CDQs and WLDQsAvatar: Amris /Ivy/Tacoknight
Forum Name: IceDragonDuvessa
Status: Project Team Non-GMGM Avatar: Atlas
Forum Name: orth
Status: Active Administrator; unavailable for quests, CDQs and WLDQsGM Avatar: Brewmaster Bob
Forum Name: Lonnarin
Status: Active Quest GM; available for quests GM Avatar: Leanthar Spellore
Forum Name: Leanthar
Status: Active Forum GM; unavailable for quests (occasional impromptus though!)GM Avatar: mouse
Forum Name: Acacea
Status: Active GMGM Avatar: Rowana
Forum Name: Rowana
Status: Active Forum GM; available for CDQs and WLDQsGM Avatar: The Heretic
Forum Name: EdTheKet
Status: Loremaster, Active Forum GM; unavailable for quests, CDQs and WLDQs (sometimes comes out of hiding with a series though)GM Avatar: The Troll King
Forum Name: miltonyorkcastle
Status: Active Quest GM; available for quests and CDQs

 

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General Discussion / I'm not dead!

« on: December 10, 2009, 02:44:04 am »

I am, however, busy busy busy with a new job.

Know though, my thoughts are with you all[SIZE=10](1)[/SIZE].

Regards,

Pseudo


[SIZE=10](1) occasionally ... when they're not engaging in some fantasy involving Megan Fox.[/SIZE]

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General Discussion / Apologies to trent and the others

« on: December 10, 2009, 12:22:01 am »

I had a power failure that just got back a few minutes ago. I hope the trip went well.

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General Discussion / What I like about Layonara

« on: December 09, 2009, 02:00:07 pm »

Er, first of all, apologies to all of you folks out there who are working on the MMO and have put so much time and effort into it, but...

Duchess was on her way to Dalanther to meet up with some others, and tooko the boat to Hurm, with her horse, as usual.

When she disembarked, she could not ride her horse past the captain, so she dismounted and tried to walk the horse past.

No luck.

She tried a few times, and a few other options, when suddenly, her horse started to sway on her legs and looked really unwell (seen as a series of "talk" messages" from the horse).

Duchess gave the horse some water to try to settle her, but she quickly threw it all back up again. She tried various things until eventually her horse felt well enough to travel again.

And this is what I really like about Layonara and what makes it so special!!

Lord Cove had come on, seen me travelling, and took an impromptu decision to throw in some rp for me and my horse - fantastic (once I got over the shock of seeing the horse objecting to move and reacting tot he voyage).

I really, really enjoyed this diversion and even though I was going to meet some other people, it was great fun and a great change from normal events.

Thanks LC and kudos to you for the idea.

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General Discussion / Dew of the Universe

« on: December 04, 2009, 11:17:28 pm »

Now I don't want to start another debate on the value of the Soul Mother. I happen to think Layo's death system is part of what makes it so fun to play. It gives real consequence to our character's actions. However, it does have an unfortunate side effect. After a player has invested so much time in a character, and that character begins to run out of SS, they either become overly cautions or perm. The alternatives are to either leave Layo or start another character. Having started 7 characters since I joined Layo, I am not sure I want to start another. Although the RP associated with growing another character is appealing, what keeps me with Layo is being able to explore new areas and experience new challenges with a group of PCs that I have spent months (if not years) playing with.

There has been discussion of quests to recover SS. Great idea. But what about the idea of gaining strands back as a result of the time since your last SM visit. This may even be mechanically easier and less burdensome to the staff. We might even be able to come up with an IC reason for such an approach. I don't want to do away with perming, but just want to give players a path to continuing to play their characters in Layo and not lose interest.

Obviously this is selfishly motivated as my character Flynn is perhaps the most unlucky character in Layo. Dying four times since level 20, and losing a strand each time. But I am interested to hear everyone's opinion. Thanks.

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General Discussion / Rock on.

« on: November 29, 2009, 03:26:05 pm »

Thanks to the GMs that I bugged god knows how long.

Thanks to the players that provided the awesome background environment (with all the opinions, conspiracies, and confusion to boot ) in which to set the events.

Steel's execution went off without a hitch (despite the rebellious axe) and was really fun, everything leading up to it as well as the event itself.

Keep rockin', Layo.

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Important Layonara Announcements / Immediate Maintenance

« on: November 28, 2009, 01:25:38 am »

Greetings everyone,

There is a hardware issue with one of the Layonara servers and at this time. In order to mitigate the random downtime of the forums; we're disabling the LORE character updates for a few days.

As well, at some time during the next two/three days the entire layonara.com domain will be taken offline for general maintenance reasons. This downtime will last anywhere from a few hours to possibly more and there's no way to forecast this accurately.

These things have nothing to do with the MMO development and there are no hidden announcements here. About the only thing that's related to the MMO with all of this is that we've been so busy working on the MMO that we haven't had the time to do the needed housecleaning that's now in a state we cannot ignore.

Nothing "bad", just need to make things "right" again.

So, just to clarify, the following services will be completely offline at some point in the next few days and you should all rest assured we're going to try and minimize the downtime as best we can.

• The World of Layonara
  
• forums.layonara.com
• irc.layonara.com
• devlog.layonara.com
• lore.layonara.com
• NwN Server (xora.layonara.com)
• and any other service layonara.com provides that I've failed to mention in the above...

Currently the only planned means of official communication regarding status updates during the outage is via twitter.

Please stay tuned.

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The Dragon Storm Campaign / Back On The Ledge Over Haven After "How Far Does A Dragon Fall?"

« on: November 17, 2009, 11:36:43 pm »

After the visit to Kuhl, Argali visits the ledge overlooking Haven once more. She discusses the events with whomever went, or those who were unable to attend but would like to know more.

"Well, it zeems Argali's idle [POST=1467112]zpeculation[/POST] was just that. The Bastion did not die from the Dragon Poizon. He died frrom the wounds inflicted by the Tarrnished Death. Zis iz the drragon, alzo known as the Ractrafieroz. He was the one Argali [POST=1466522]mentions[/POST] who had Brrenuth laid siege to by the giants to ask who iz opening the Path of the Claw.

"As many zuspected after the visit to the Deepening Dark, the Shadrixkayl has been in league with the Cult of the Green Dragon. But not just that, the Shadrixkayl is in partnerzhip with the Ractrafieroz, and togetherr they werre in league with the Cult.

"Zis included the Ractrafieroz brreaking down the gates of Westgate for the Cult, which iz cauzing the final fall of Kuhl."

She pauses to allow the gravity of this to sink in.

"Yes, drragons helping the Green Drragon Cult, the verry zame Cult who iz poizoning and enzlaving otherr drragons."

She furrows her brow and rubs her temples in response to this seeming grand act of betrayal.

"The stakes to commit zuch an atrrocity must be high, no?

"And indeed, it zeems they werre. Farr higherr then many of us arre apprreciating. Forr what would they do zuch a thing? The Tearr of Orrn, no less."

She pauses again to allow the gravity of that to sink in or perhaps explain the implications(1).

"However, the return of the Tearr of Orn to Fisterion zeemingly brroke the barrgain between the Cult and these two drragons. And as we have learnt, drragons do not like to have theirr bargains brroken. The attack on Lerrigard by the Snowtooth attests to that. Zo, in retaliation for the Cult being unable to zupply the Tearr of Orrn, Ractrafieroz attacks and kills the Bastion."

She shakes her head at the machinations and acts of skullduggery. She then takes a slow breath.

"And who do we have to thank forr zis inforrmation?"

She grits her teeth despite herself, before answering.

"The Black Wizarrds, it would zeem. And, and not only that, it zeems they arre keeping trrack of the numberr of times they have helped us(2), and at the very least it would zeem they conziderr us in theirr debt, orr worrse, perrhaps even allies."



[SIZE=10](1) for those who don't know, she explains the Tear of Orn is one of a pair of scrying devices. Orn's Tear allows the holder to scry across the lands. Orn's Tear is "traditionally" held by Fisterion and was stolen from him and used by the Cult to track down dragons to poison and enslave. It was subsequently returned to Fisterion after the attack on Molvaren's castle (but only just). Its partner, Ausir's Tear, blocks such scrying. Ausir's Tear is "traditionally" held by Shadrixkayl. This distributed ownership helps maintain the balance of power between Fisterion and Shadrixkayl, who are rivals. It was suspected that the Cult has had access to Ausir's Tear, and if Shadrixkayl has indeed been in league with the Cult, this would seem to be confirmed.

(2) if asked how the Black Wizards have helped, she says they take credit for showing us the way to Shadrixkayl, and for this latest bit of information. She points out that it has been suspected that the Black Wizards were behind the Cult, or allowed them use of their Bloodpool of the creation of the half-dragons, but these suspicions have so far been unsubstantiated.[/SIZE]