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General Discussion / PSA: Pathfinder Comic/RPG Humble Bundle
« on: January 12, 2017, 05:40:09 pm »
Hey, just in case there's anyone that'd be interested, there's a Humble Bundle up right now that's a Paizo + Dynamite deal, featuring the Pathfinder RPG and Dynamite's comic adaptations, crossovers, and maps. If nothing else, you could get the (digital) core rulebook and some extras for a dollar... though as the bundles are meant to benefit charities and non-profits, there are other things locked to higher donations in hopes of attracting more. I would list them all, but why, when there is a page for that. Keywords Pathfinder, Red Sonja, Tarzan, cheap stuff, that is probably enough to target potentially interested parties, hehe. This bundle's beneficiaries of choice are Camden's Concert and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, but you can add your own from a pretty big list if you like. 

>> I am the link to all of the things <<

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Layonara Server / Housing Sweep -- 2016 Edition
« on: August 18, 2016, 11:30:15 pm »
Better late than never, I suppose!Here goes my first pass. For tradition and fairness, I'm going to list these here and give people a chance to a) lay claim or b) get their stuff out before the house is emptied and put back on the market.104 -- Galathea Arnaduillae
112 -- Asher Hardrock
122-- Ni'haer Barrit'tar
124 -- Lareth Vathach
131 -- Galen Iraes
136 -- Argali Trueaxe
138 -- Log Lightrunner
140 -- Twixel
142 -- Riley Alexander
143 -- Hanta Deshaldi
149 -- Elgon In'Darsus
150 -- Gormungard Boulderanvil
154 -- Ender Sai
156 -- Iradril Arkenrahel
174 -- Chakar Achmed El'Mujahir
175 -- Klaugraquene Dragonbane
179 -- Nex Jinkai
181 -- Calylith Eluchil
185 -- Starr Saphire
196 -- Azk'a Thunderaxe
203 -- Unther Hardhammer
204 -- Xanya Enyafailm
205 -- Grohin Silveraxe
206 -- Fehriel Cailomel
210 -- Drachus Vachar
217 -- Sein Alinds
221 -- Boon Loom
230 -- Gunther N'diknik
241 -- Abiorn Rukrym
246 -- Durgen Stormbrow
260 -- Wren Thendor
 This is a preliminary list. None of these characters have been seen in over two (2) years.Houses numbered in the 100's are either on Mistone or Alindor. Houses numbered in the 200's are largely on Dregar, though there are exceptions.NOTE: Potentially defunct guild halls are not listed. If I have mistakenly added a guild hall to this list, I will remove it, though defunct guild halls will be handled in some way at some point. They may be returned to the market and priced like houses according to their physical size at some later date.You may wonder what constitutes a valid claim on one of these houses. Primarily, either there's some long-term residence involved or a significant relationship (i.e. marriage, parent/child, etc.). In the case one of these houses is the hall of an active guild, but the owner is absent, the property can be transferred to one of the current active guild members.As mentioned in a previous thread, an open portal in a strategic location is not sufficient reason to maintain an otherwise empty or un-used house.In order to lay claim, put in a grievance/request for the transfer. It is not a guarantee we'll grant the request, but we will investigate and see if it is appropriate.To keep the process moving, we will only entertain claims for a period of two (2) weeks, after which any unclaimed houses will be emptied and placed back on the market. Any existing keys to these houses will no longer work after that point.If there are any questions, please ask below.
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Layonara Server / Important Server issue -- PLEASE READ!
« on: August 12, 2016, 10:57:22 pm »
Hello All,We've had an issue where the server got abruptly filled up by rogue events filling up event logs. We went from 20GB free to zero in under two (2) days due to logs filling up. This resulted in the server start-up problems we experienced tonight but it also caused some other unfortunate side-effects.To be specific, there's five characters which have fallen victim to this and may be unrecoverable by the means we have at our disposal.Pegasus55 - Michael
knightsfollytoo - Charlie Poetr
Erin Inman - Rebecca Poetr
Serissa1 - Katelyn Poetr
Borbre Barradok - Flint FireforgeWe recommend strongly that these characters do not try to log in until directed to do so by a GM who is assisting in the recovery/rebuild effort.There may be nothing we can do to directly restore these characters to their most recent state, as our backups have been overwritten by invalid files. However, we do have a record of their XP, completed static quests, etc., and we will work with the affected players to rebuild these characters to the closest approximation of their previous state as we can.As with the previous, similar incident, we encourage those affected to open a grievance request to start the process to get things set back to how they should be.We regret the inconvenience this may cause, and we'll work with you as much as we can. 
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Rumour Has It / Heralds
« on: July 30, 2016, 09:20:44 pm »
Told by those who listen and watch for such things, by those whose jobs it is to see patterns in things, come disturbing rumors out of the Liwich Kingdom.On the same day at about the same time, in Hurm, Wymere, Redferns, Bitterridge and Liwich Castle, a lone stranger arrives. Each of these strangers is robed and hooded with the bearing of a person with strong beliefs and an unwavering conviction to them. Though largely human in appearance, reports differ as to the details. Some are said to wear pale grey-blue robes, carry a staves of pale sapphire with skin and eyes the tone of glacier ice, while others wear robes of earthen brown, carry staves of granite with skin and eyes colored like unfired clay. All seem to bear markings of some sort upon the skin that are visible. Whether the are scars, tattoos or some combination of both is unclear, and all seem lacking hair of any sort.In all reports, this figure comes into the center of town, plants its staff in the ground and speaks a prophecy of doom. Like so many false prophets, their words are initially vague except for one disturbing piece of information: Each of these heralds speak a specific date, exactly one fortnight plus one day from the first day they appeared, as the day of this doom. Once their words are spoken, they leave as they arrived, speaking to no one, answering no questions. This pattern repeats itself almost exactly for five days before anything changes. By this time, townspeople are either increasingly amused or apprehensive. Having already heard of the rumored and recent incursion into the lair of the Black which stirred the wrath of the great Wyrm, there is an undercurrent of anxiety throughout the kingdom. However, with no signs of anything resembling a dragon, even the elders who have memory of the last time begin to dismiss both rumors of retribution and the claims of the strange herald. Yet there is a gathering that grows by the day to hear the herald speak all the same. On the sixth day, the herald begins to tell a story, giving only a part of it each of the next five days. It speaks of the Five who trespassed into the lair of Dre'zlunkazhn, seeking plunder and death until at last they stood before the great Dragon Lord and that only because the Wyrm did will it to be. With the great Dragon, the Five did parlay, and a deal was struck, one that would allow the Five to keep their lives in exchange for a mere token from each and a tribute from One. Yet the One, the Foul, at the last moment cast aside this deal and struck at the Great Black, finding fortunate purchase with his weapon and dealing a mortal injury to the Dragon. “But the mighty Dre'zlunkazhn is not so easily destroyed,” says the herald. “and a Dragon's memory and wrath come unmatched.” And so, it is told on the last day, that five towns, one for each of the Five, will feel the touch of the Wasting.News of an impending plague grips the kingdom, adding fuel to previous rumors that the black dragon of the Moss Crypt sought revenge. Yet many elders in the visited towns, those whose memories are long enough to remember the last time someone dared to trespass on the beast, would say that retribution came much swifter and without warning. Those who did not panic and heeded the wisdom of the elders began to dismiss each herald's words as the propaganda of some new form of cult seeking to spread fear. Those who did panic left their homes behind in search of somewhere, anywhere, to be safe from the black dragon's vengeance.During this time, the townspeople showed growing disinterest in the herald, as the story goes on.. By the end of the tenth day, only a few bothered stop and listen and usually not to the whole of the herald's words.The next five days, and the final days before the predicted doom, the herald tells the tale again, but with one addition: The Five are given names. The tale is told again, naming each Daniel Poetr, “Knight Captain of the Great Gold”, Lana Poetr the Songstress and mate to Daniel, Farros Galdor the Loud of Arabel, Tori the Reluctant and lastly, Vrebel the Foul and he who brought this ruin upon all.On the last day, when the story ends with the treachery of Vrebel the Foul, the herald makes a final declaration, “Those who are worthy may yet survive. Those who are not shall fall and serve as warning to all others. Defile not the lair of Dre'zlunkazhn!”In a final act, the herald raises its staff and plants it forcefully into the ground one last time, only this time the staff and the herald disintegrates into vapor or dust, in the case of the “brown” heralds, that expands rapidly outward past all gathered and gets carried forth by the breeze until it seems to have entirely diffused and disappears from sight.For the rest of the day, nothing happens.
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Layonara Server / Dragon Caution and Choices
« on: July 30, 2016, 02:16:24 pm »


Hello one and all,It has been made known to us IC and OOC that there are a number of people killing dragons of late. As many of you probably know, it’s being kind of chatted about IC and OOC, and likely (I’m guessing) there's a little stressing out because of a certain incident with the Black Plague and what that means for everyone involved.We can all appreciate the need for interaction and challenge, doing things that are a bit off-the-path, especially with the lack of quests on the calendars in the more recent times. However, I feel compelled to point out that killing dragons does not come without consequence. I know, fundamentally, you all know that. It is important for you to think very, very hard about that right now, about the balance of your fun time spent here and the “reality” of the IC events of the world.We (Dorganath and I) just recently got approved for the events that will be following the recent killing (but not permadeath) of The Black Plague. The events are beginning in full very soon. Those folks who were involved know something is coming as there was a GM with them pretty much every step of the way.There was not a GM involved with the killing of the others and we’re giving the people involved the option to walk that back and say it was just an OOC thing “for funsies”. If you do not choose this option, consequences will follow. We do NOT want to come off like we are targeting/persecuting people but the killing of dragons have ALWAYS brought to bear consequences, particularly since the defeat of Sinthar Bloodstone. (Remember, dragons have allies too, so retribution is not always a direct set of circumstances)If you as players want to take your characters to take on dragons for the fun of the challenge or even for the difficulty of the journey there, that's fine. Keep your high-fives on the forums and in tells or any other medium that is not IC. No consequences will occur, no grudges will be held. Have fun! However, if you want to keep that dragon-killing encounter in your IC tally sheet, particularly if you want to become known as (or just brag about being) a “dragon slayer”, be prepared. Bloodstone’s death wasn’t that long ago and all that he has wrought is still quite fresh on the minds of the long lived creatures. Wars have begun that way, and dragons really do not have a sense of humor.In some ways, this is very similar to some places we used to have in-game that were marked as plot areas. People were allowed to go in, look around even fight the things that existed there, but the two conditions were 1) nothing that happened there “counted” in any IC way, and 2) if you died and lost soul strands, it was all on you.If anyone wants suggestions on how to reconcile going to have some fun confronting dragons with what we're talking about above, or if there are questions about what we mean by this, just ask! It would not be our first choice to kick off the Second Dragon War, but if enough of you want to play in that sandbox we can certainly oblige.So, with all that in mind, knowing that we’re about to execute one set of consequences already (which cannot be averted), please make your choice so we can begin writing up any necessary pre-approval requests and get these balls rolling. Are you folks ready or even interested in the idea of having the very long lived and grudge-holding dragons as well as their varied allied supporters waging a war to defend themselves from the aggressive adventurers (and all the innocent folks who get in the way)?~row (with Dorg)
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Layonara Server / Housing Cleanup?
« on: July 12, 2016, 03:31:50 am »
Hey there! Not sure if this is feasable, but I do remember that in past years there was an occasional sort of clean up of all the inactive houses on the server, to make room for active players looking for houses. As far as I can tell (and I may be mistaken) one of these sweeps has not been done in a while, and to my knowledge, there isn't a single house avalible in all of Mistone. I did a run through and found none from the Hlint, Leringard, or Krandor real estate offices, although those are the only ones I could think of off of the top of my head.I know that getting together a list of inactive houses is probably a big job for the team and so I would be willing to help out in compiling a list of all houses whos owners haven't logged in in 12 months (that seemed to be the standard from the last sweeps, from what I found on the forums), but I think it would be nice to get some houses cleared up, if possible. Thanks,
Teo
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Hail and well ta ye all. I have returnned after 10 or more years, and it seems that people re even more friendly than i remember. Durok is here ta hep ye. So remember if you see him say hail have a dwarven ale, relax then let's go killin. I love this game more than i remember. I surely and for true have missed it in my heart of hearts. Durok is still growing but he can and is ready to fight, and he is fearless which could be bad mmmk? But let's have fun life is only 1 time around am I right? Thank you to Everyone that helped me get on Rowana a special thank you to you, without you i would not be playing right now. And I thank you all in the game Durok has fought with and RP'd with you have helped Durok grow and become a better character. And to you all who were so generous to Durok he and I will NEVER forget it! Thank you....Now let's get in there and kick some Gobby booty!
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General Discussion / Playtime
« on: June 21, 2016, 03:55:57 pm »
I'll probably be online tonight around 8:30pm if anyone feels like doing anything.  If anyone has something specific in mind, let me know so I can adjust my character, but I'm thinking I'll be on with Kala ("Caltana") and see what trouble I can get into.  
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NWN Ideas, Suggestions, Requests / Round Robin Player Events
« on: March 17, 2017, 03:06:51 pm »

Every Friday

8PM-11pm EST

5PM-8PM PST
etc. 

Upcoming Dates

Acacea[/b] 3/24, 4/14, 5/5[/b]

willhoff/davidhoff[/b]  3/31, 4/21, 5/12[/b]

LFFF[/b] 4/7, 4/28, 5/19[/b]

If you want to throw your name in the hat (!), just post your name and I'll edit the dates for quick reference. Commitments are just doing your best to show up and have fun if it is not your day, and if it is being the guy that picks what everyone's doing for the night. That's it. 

Bring any character, organizing can be IC or OOC - example of the IC is "Acacea asks for an escort to x location" and the latter would be me posting an (invented, non-important) NPC's bounty and showing up with a character unassociated with it in any way. Either way, player-me is starting it. The more people on the list, the fewer times it is your turn to think of what to do.

If you can't commit to weeklies but still want to play with other people, that's the whole point! Show up whenever you can!  If a destination is put on the calendar and you know you're going to be late or something, feel free to just go ahead of time so you'll log in at the same place as everyone else. The whole idea is getting enough weeks going in a row that regardless of your schedule and even if the week is 100% dead, people can come to expect that know that other players are going to be around this Friday night to play with. (I also spent Acacea's early life not going on a single quest, just having fun RPing with fellow players, and have never followed why this can't still be a thing.)

PS Hoffs I don't know if you actually meant to sign up or not and I guessed, oops. Please clarify :P 

Random thoughts: Are there people  with unpredictable schedules that could never do weekly, but wouldn't mind being sort of understudies, divvying up the occasional days where something comes up for the regular guy? I think Alatriel might have meant something along these lines...

OP Saved below for, erm, posterity.

tldr We should sign up to take turns running weekly events, what are good times and would you take a slot right now or after x number of people, or would you attend if other people did it 
For obvious reasons, people collectively tend to wait to see other people on the server status or an event on the calendar before logging in, and when multiple people organize runs to places, it's just coincidence if they are near one another. 

I was thinking of old campaigns that would run weekly that people would get up all hours of the night for, or when we opened up the Arms every Friday at 5pst for anyone that stopped by for a drink, and thinking it's nice for people to have a sure timeslot that others will be on for, or just the "game night" standby in general.
How 'bout a few of us OOC agreed to run our events on the same day/time every week and just took turns and[/i] went to each other's events (as players with any character) so there was always a guaranteed attendance of at least the other hosts? The more people take a slot, the fewer [/i]times it ends up being your turn. And I'm not talking like a huge deal, write up posters and bake pies all week in preparation event (unless you want to!), I just mean anything you would normally post a rumor or event for, as big or small as you feel like that week. The only point is that the burden of thinking of something to do shifts regularly, and people could get used to the idea that there will be at least a handful of folks up to something every week.
If you don't like bashing runs, the next week might be a storytelling event. If you're bored by fishing trips pretending to drink beer, the next one might be to the dragon's lair. I think everyone who has stuck it out is pretty keen on not only allowing[/i] but supporting[/i] and encouraging varied playstyles, and I think, being largely unsupervised, that we are the best people to do that ;)  
Just like it doesn't have to be anything fancy, it doesn't have to be individuals. The Hoff boys could be one slot, or DB & Serissa. A DM might run a quest in that slot because by definition it was good for most people, and push whomever's turn back a week. And if someone really wants to host something but hardly anyone has a character that would fit their slot's theme (say Corathite, monster race, etc), then I think we should make characters that can accomodate so that every couple weeks  is a goblin raid or something, you know? 
It's not to say you can't run something out of those times, or that anyone who ends up unfriendly to that slot is SOL. I just think that guaranteed weekly activity could potentially have a net gain for activity in general. 
Even if we only got three days claimed, it would only be one person/pair/guild's turn every three weeks, which is no sweat if you are doing an ore run, and still plenty of time if you were thinking something fancy. And, ultimately, if you can't make everyone's or you can't get into other types of events, at least you'd have the benefit of knowing that same time, every week, something's going on, and one of these weeks it will be something up your alley. 
Thoughtssssssssssssss? Takers? Questions? Best time suggestions? 

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Introduce Yourself / G'day everyone!
« on: April 26, 2016, 10:51:24 pm »
G'day everyone!Hold on, I said that already.Hope everyone is well - just stopping by to say hello :)Glad to see some of the familiar names still popping up on the server status. Makes me tempted to pop my head back in to have Arkolio pick some pockets or Justice crack some skulls and then I remember .... oh no, I own an Apple and they made it all too hard to run Layo with intolerant operating systems and their partitions and wineskin workarounds  and other stuff I don't understand ...As such, I'll just have to be content sending my best wishes! Cheers, Pseudo 
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Just for Fun / For lonn -
« on: April 26, 2016, 02:00:30 pm »
Thought of you. https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/13083318_10154156234461882_7683274777250772209_n.jpg?oh=38444dba223331f8bf0acb9cd09c6d93&oe=57B8D011
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General Discussion / Announcing New GM
« on: February 29, 2016, 11:05:35 am »
Hello everyone!We wanted to make this overdue announcement to welcome Teo to the GM Team. He's been working pretty diligently over the last month to learn the tools and processes. We know some of you have gotten the chance to experience and/or train him as a GM. Hopefully everyone is enjoying the process.Anyway, please everyone greet the latest addition to the GM team and start getting ready for the ensuing trauma!Thanks for stepping up to help the community out Teo!~row (on behalf of the GM team)
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Introduce Yourself / Lurking around
« on: January 22, 2016, 11:20:43 pm »
And planning on coming back! Probably won't play as much as I used to, but will definitly be playing. Let's hope I remember my credentials...
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Layonara Server / Bonus Event -- Year-end 2015
« on: December 26, 2015, 08:31:17 pm »
Hello All,Happy {insert secular/religious/spritual holiday of choice}! As I mentioned earlier, I'm kicking off a bonus event, effective immediately. All XP, gold and Fortune rates are increased. Enjoy, and play responsibly. The intent is for this to continue through the end of January.As an added bonus, the Soul Mother is taking an OOC break.On behalf of the GM Team, we hope everyone has a happy and healthy holiday season.
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General Discussion / Master resigning as GM
« on: December 17, 2015, 12:49:01 pm »
I have taken a long look at this and have tried getting back into being a GM again but it is not in me any more. I have great respect for what everyone is doing here. I know me leaving is not going to be much of a streain on the team as I have not done much in over a year. The team knows the details about what has been going on with me but suffice to say I have had quite a few personal and work related issues that has kept me away.The biggest reason I threw myself into this game was because my son played. My son has not played here for years but I continued  because I needed to work on writting my thoughts down and I loved the people who played here. I do not need to work on my writting any more and prefer vocal interaction verses a text based game. I still love the team, the people who play here and the concept of  the Layo universe. It just does not meet my current needs in a game and will not for a while. When you find it a chore just to log on to play it is time to find another game. Even after a year of not playing I find it a chore to log on and play.If you want ot get ahold of me send me a PM as it is linked to my e-mail account and I will get a notification of the PM. I usually reply with in 24 hours of getting the PM.MJ
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Layonara Server / Holiday Notice
« on: December 09, 2015, 08:56:44 pm »
Greetings fellow Layonarans!The holiday season is upon us once again. As a result, time is usually a precious commodity for everyone, including our GM Team. As such, the lack of quest events will likely persist until the last part of the month at least. Please bear with us during this busy time.For those who have characters corrupted by the recent server problems, we'll be getting with you on the matter of restoration.  For those of you wanting a restoration of your items, it would be helpful to us if you were to prepare a list of your equipment to the best of your memory. We're prepared to consider all good-faith requests in this situation.On the flip side of things, we are intending to to hold another bonus event starting December 26th and likely continuing throughout the month of January.Enjoy! 
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General Discussion / Taking a Short Break
« on: November 24, 2015, 11:49:33 am »
I just wanted to touch bases with my Layo family... Due to some RL work and personal things I'm taking a short break until January 1st. I may still be in the forums between now and then, and will continue working through the current CDQ I have going, but in-game quests will have to resume in the new year. Thanks for your support and understanding guys and gals... I will be back. :-)-Rave
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Trade and Market Hall / Lost and Found
« on: September 27, 2015, 05:38:02 am »
*A simple note is tacked up in the Center craft hall*I found a scroll placed near the public forge.  It says it belongs to Rocco Soccopopper.  I've taken it to me house in 207 Outskirts of Castle Mask.  If yer Rocco or you can prove its yers come by and pick it up.  One year from this date the scroll is mine to do as I see fit under rules of abandonement.~Vrebel//found this scroll in the public forge and didn't want the server monster to eat it.  It's in the front of Vrebel's house in Chest no. 5 if you want to come pick it up.  Address is 207 lor, outskirts of castle mask.
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Layonara Server / Plot News - September 26th 2015
« on: September 26, 2015, 03:47:44 pm »
Hello Everyone!The GM Team just wanted to touch base with you regarding Plot progressing and the like. While we are not completely done tying off the previous plot, we are already hard at work on the next one. We would like to see it started November sometime but at this time we do not have a schedule in place. We're mostly writing to let you know that something is in the works though, there are hints and shadows already happening IG.Holding the anticipation over your heads.....~GM Team~
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Everyone, this is just a quick notice!GM Tanman is running an event tonight. He is one of our time zone challenged GM's due to location in the real world in relation to the majority of the player base. Although I cannot make it myself due to spending my alotted Layo time in quest earlier today (Wife Enforced)... I want to take this opportunity to reach out to all of you and personally urge you to take a little time out of your busy RL, if you have it available, to take part. He is talented and you will not be disappointed.The more GM's we can keep active and engaged, the more there is for all of you to experience in this beautiful role-playing world. We are making an attempt to put many more events on the calendar, and player involvement is the largest motivator for us on the GM side of things. We need you as much as you need us! :-)-Rave
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