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Long-running Quests / Vizer's Tablet - Renamed Khnumhotep I
« on: November 25, 2023, 01:11:23 am »
Town Criers in many locations have been hired to publish the following message:

Arthur Widdleford is missing! A well-known archeologist specializing in hieroglyphic languages from ancient Mistone civilizations. The curator of a small Port Hempstead Museum called the "Vizer's Tablet" is offering a modest reward."

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Anthony stands outside the Vizer’s Tablet in the cool Port Hempstead evening smoking his thin cigarillo. The sound of an anvil can be heard in the distance in one of the districts many craft halls. The sweet smoke circles his head as he watches two ladies run by him. He starts to say hello, but they are out of earshot too quick. He briefly thought they were going to stop at the alleyway to his small museum, but suddenly discounted that as they passed by. He mumbles to himself “Where are you, Arthur? As he turns and walks to his museum/research shop. An exquisite bottle of red merlot from the Succession Kingdom is waiting for him.  *He does not notice the cloaked and hooded figure melding into the shadows of a nearby doorway watching him intensely. *
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Introduce Yourself -- Game Masters / Re: GM Ravemore
« on: June 04, 2023, 04:01:31 pm »
An Additional Note:

I will often incorporate what I call forum roleplay into my open quests. This takes the form of a Topic posted that IC actions and descriptions can be posted to. It is sort of an offline, turn based form of roleplay in between in-game quest sessions. It will often develop things or set the stage for the in-game action.
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General Discussion / Re: Accessing old characters in new NWN EE?
« on: December 19, 2022, 09:26:35 pm »
Hey Qui_Z,

Please see my post on discord regarding this.  Hope it helps and glad to see you back!
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Clearly drunk, Belgar clatters in on his horse jeering at the halfling attendant. As he rounds the corner into the resources room, he falls over the side of his horse crashing into the adamantium chest. He stumbles to his feet and across the room to the iron trunk, whereupon he starts throwing bars of iron toward his pack, managing to count out twenty after a few mistakes. He then staggers his way to the end of the room and grabs 6 lion pelts while roughly wrestling a dire tiger skin from his pack and stuffing it into the wrong chest. Finally, he tries to whistle to Steve, his trusty steed, but can't muster the lip coordination. Yelling at poor Steve, Belgar grabs his pack and nearly manages to mount the poor pony but falls over backward at the most crucial stage. In pure fright, Steve rears up and bolts, dragging the hapless dwarf on his back shouting and flailing out the door.

He takes
20x iron ingots@75      1500
6x lion pelts@75             450

He leaves
1x dire tiger skin@100   100
Previous balance     56377.4     
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New balance             54527.4

Later that day Tagnar finds Belgar asleep in a tent in Center and reminds the dwarf he owes his 10% at SBs

Donation left 195
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General Discussion / Re: Been a very long time
« on: August 09, 2022, 02:02:33 am »
Get in there, Stug; the more the merrier.
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Introduce Yourself / returning
« on: July 13, 2022, 03:37:43 am »
ive decided to get back in to game after around 14 years , cant wait to be honest see what has changed whats the same.... looking forward to hopefully seeing some old faces .. meet some new ones .
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General Discussion / Been a very long time
« on: June 15, 2022, 10:09:27 am »
Like it says, a long time +/- 10 years. Just popped in to see what's new, say hello to anyone I knew and maybe dip my toe (not sure even how to redo everything anymore) I have to admit I miss playing Volga.
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Trade and Market Hall / Re: Angels Guild--Adventure Outfitters
« on: May 19, 2022, 05:09:39 pm »
Oak shortbow taken, 1500 true left.
Silk hood taken, 1200 true left.
-Felcairn-
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General Discussion / Re: Hi
« on: December 18, 2021, 02:21:28 pm »
It still is!
Nice to hear from you :)
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"Look! Coming out of the craft hall, isn't that..."
"Yes, that's her to be sure. Stop staring, Mary!"
"Oh, I don't care. What's she going to do? Come and flatten me like a boy? Gawds! Look at the size of her. She looks like someone lopped off a fire giant's rear end and stuffed it in a suit of armour."
"Shhhh! She'll hear you. Here she comes."
"So what? She can't speak common anyway."
At this point, the strapping young dwarven woman in question strode past the two girls on her way towards Fort Wayfare, paying them absolutely no heed. They were long legs and long legs of no consequence at that. She had more important things to think about. Until now she had no purpose other than wandering in search of a fight. Now she had something to fight for.
"Hmmm." she thought to herself, "Bron said they were in need of timber and iron. I gave those gnolls a good knock, but I don't fancy trying my luck deeper in those Haven mines without some stout dwarves alongside me. The iron will need to wait. I can get oak easily enough though."
Presently, she came upon the still waters of Lake Palden and being in no particular hurry, she decided to take a stroll along its western edge.
"Oh I remember coming here with da when I was a girl." she thought to herself, sighing and staring out across the water. "Nevermind that." She said aloud. "You're in the Crimson Company now, and kin is kin."
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General Discussion / Re: Current state of Layonara?
« on: March 09, 2021, 04:17:09 pm »
Nice to see all the familiar names again.  Hope you are all very well.

I'll start dreaming up a new character or three.

Cheers,
Polak
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New Bounty Available!
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Development Journals and Discussion / K'a Zhazo urwa k'a Thzialakazh
« on: November 24, 2020, 04:52:22 am »
'Rats! What an odd lot they were. Takin me under Centre t' kill rats. Who goes around killin rats other than small dogs an' hungry street urchins?
'Where's that bloody buckle got to? Oh, by the hells! I jes had it here in front o' me. Under here? No. Of course! Under that curious bug shell; there it is! I'll throw that bloody shell out.
'And bugs! By the hells! they were worse than the rats. Anyone'd think I were aimin t' make a pest queller out o' meself at this rate.
'Right, thread this leather through 'ere like so and... Oh bugger! Too short. I'll need t' get another length.
'Bugs and rats and then bloody ghouls and ghosts and walkin skeletons! If this is what provin me worth involves, I'm not sure it's worth it. Not that I didn't give em a good go, mind you! Heheheh...
'Right this time... Thread the leather through here and then... tie it through here... pull it tight... There, that should do. 'Hmmm, now to sharpen that new blade.
'O' course they weren't much help. Jes stood around mostly, yellin encouragement and watchin me get assaulted on all sides by vermin and bloody horrors from beyond the grave! They were nice fellas though. Didn't even want no loot. Never met nobody fool enough t' give away their share o' the loot before. Heheheh! Ceptin maybe Sirel. They musta realised I did all the heavy liftin. Now, what were their names? There was the knife obsessed one. He was Johnny. And the one with the outlandish, glowing eyes, "Jeeow" somethinorather I think. And the other fella with the wolf on his head. "Fuh", I think he was. What an odd lot. Friendly fellas though.
'Now, where's that blade got to?'
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Rumour Has It / gum in stort
« on: July 07, 2020, 08:55:31 pm »
Is it him!
Yep its that scum dwarf!  I'd recognize that beard and foul glare anywhere.  We told you never to come back!  Get Stort out of your stupid little brain *as he kicks the drunken dwarf*
Lets drag him over here where we can really beat his arse!
*Gum mumbles about wanting to get to Hilm for an emerald trip (//thur 1am est)
*they both laugh and poor their beers on him*
Go back to sleep *punches him* where you can keep dat dream goin.
After we're done we'll toss him out by one of the ravenloft boats...nobodys checked those for years.
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General Discussion / Returning player - UK time zone
« on: June 27, 2020, 07:38:52 pm »
Hi all,

I thought I would hop back online here after many, many years away (and spending some time on a NWN2 server in between) - with the current pandemic going on I find myself with a lot more time at home these days!

This is a message mainly to say hi and also to ask if there is a particular time/ day where the server has a few people logged in? I am in the UK and so timings have always been difficult, but as I said, lots of time on my hands so I'm able to be logged on into the small hours of the morning if that will help.

If anyone remembers Karn/ Deon/ Elzhabehl you might find them hanging around again now  ;D (particularly Karn who was always my favourite!). I'm looking forward to getting back into this community that I've never been quite able to forget even after all these years - see you soon!

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Character Development Quests (CDQ's) / Lilium (CDQ)
« on: April 08, 2020, 10:15:03 am »
 Lilium (CDQ)
Available for CDQs only at this point!!!


Rules and guidelines:
 
  • As I only run CDQs at the moment, I will limit the maximal number of participants to 3 (the requester is already included). Anything else will be considered as a GCDQ in my eyes.
  • The quest will be focused on the main character, meaning any other possible participants may aid your character, but should not overtake the quest.
  • While planning the quest, I will keep your character in my mind, meaning any of my quests can be done solo. Of course, the difficulty may increase the more participants are present.
  • During planning I may ask you for additional information regarding your character. If I request them, be assured that they are crucial for planning the quest and thus do not hesitate and give me proper and elaborate responses.
  • Running a quest does not automatically result in a successful completion. Depending on the choices made within it, it may result in a failure.
  • Remember, actions do have consequences, may they be good or bad.
  • Please come up with a good reason why you want me to run the quest. I am aware of the current quest situation, but I will refuse to run quests solely on the purpose just so that there is one around.
  • Once your apply for a CDQ here in this thread, I will get in touch with you via PM when I get to it.
  • Tailoring quests to the participant(s) does take time. Please respect this and give me proper time to come up with everything. No nagging. I will get to it, given my RL obligations. Failure to respect this may result in cancellation of said quest and you will have to reapply again. Seeing one of my player characters around online does not mean I am not focusing on the quests, but after a busy day I may just need some time off. I think we all have been there.

 What to expect and not to expect on my quests?
 
  • As the GM, I provide a framework for the quest. You have to actively get involved in the setting. I won’t drag the main character along and tell them what to do. That is up to the character. It is their quest.
  • Do not expect an easy pass on the goal. You have to work actively to achieve your set goals.
  • Expect that your actions have consequences. I cannot stress this enough. I don’t mind altering the whole planned out scenario to reflect the choices made during the early stages of the quest.
  • Expect quests that are mostly story-driven. Many of the quests I led in PnP settings did not rely on combat at all. I am not saying that there will be no combat at all, but depending on the setting and / or situation you may run into little or no encounters. The reason behind this is quite simple: I think this approach offers players a better approach and setting to actively develop their character character during the quest.
  • NWN is a limited and restrictive when it comes to its mechanics and which might not work well within the quest. Thus, do not rely too heavily on the mechanics. I expect you to keep this in mind while participating in one of my quests.

 How often and when do I run quests?
 
  • I live in Europe which means I will run quests within reasonable hours for myself, mainly during afternoon / evening (GMT+2). During weekends I may also be available in GMT mornings. Please keep in mind that due to RL obligations and family reasons I cannot be available for quests all the time.
  • Due to RL obligations I will only run around 2-3 CDQs during a year. Keep that in mind while applying. Depending on the backlog, you may have to wait for a longer period until I can focus on your quest.

 Even though I set some rules and boundaries, we are all here to have fun and enjoy the quests. I work hard to make the CDQs enjoyable for all participants.

 
Current CDQ:
1.
In Planning:
1. Gilshem Ironstone - Thhakuk
2. Xiaobeibi – Martlet A Swift
Pending:
 
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General Discussion / Returning Player
« on: April 03, 2020, 08:22:00 pm »
Hello All,

Its been a while. I'm looking to return and am hoping my characters are still here. I talked to my son Mateo and he said I needed to request that they be returned to my account? Can someone point me in the right direction!

Hope all is well with all of you. I see some familiar names on posts!

My Thanks.
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Trade and Market Hall / Re: Angels Guild--Adventure Outfitters
« on: December 26, 2019, 11:51:55 am »
A note from Eldoran,

Hello, I bought a beautiful amulet from your store.

Ruby Set in a Mithril Amulet

I left 58 000 trues as its listed price.

Thank you,

Eldoran Aseph
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Greetings and best wishes for the holiday season everyone.

First off as of now a bonus event is running with the Soul Mother being inactive, extra GP and extra XP! I am not going to set an ending date quite yet so just enjoy it while it lasts.

Secondly as most of you probably know, NWN has had a new release and Layonara is still on the old release. I've been preparing for the migration to the new release and It's all ready, just need to test it out a bit more and turn the switch. I'm just holding off until I know most of the community will be ready to move to this new edition. Some older computers may not be able run NWN:EE 8196+ as it's 64 bit and requires a bit more GPU than the previous edition. Either way, we're going to have to migrate sooner or later so I'll buy a bit more time by testing the new version.

All the best,
orth
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Rumour Has It / Re: Minatour Hunt
« on: November 16, 2019, 03:54:57 am »
*Gumbo hands Colo a gigantic horn and turns to smile at Martlet, Jeb and Van*
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