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« on: June 17, 2004, 08:12:00 pm »
Post here when the server needs to be restarted. Post day and time of when the server went down, please try to keep the time in GMT, or PST, Thank You.
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« on: June 15, 2006, 07:03:40 pm »
Just thought I would pop in and say hello. Its been quite some time since I have been here and its nice to see that Leanthar is still running an amazing world. Take care and Happy RP'ing everyone 
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« on: December 10, 2005, 02:41:00 pm »
Actor-comedian Richard Pryor, who helped transform comedy with biting commentary on race and his own shortcomings, died on Saturday at age 65 after a long illness, his wife told CNN.
A great man of comedy may his spirit live on always.
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« on: December 04, 2005, 04:55:00 pm »
*Kasha walks somberly into the Inn placing this note along with the many others* On this fair eve while traveling in the underdark, a terrible injustice has occured. Thordan Ironheart was struck down without a moments notice. His life was very much in its prime and his wonderful deeds far from over. He did not fall alone. In fact, he died trying to save my life. He was surrounded by some of his closest friends and those friends have vowed to do what it takes to return the life back to Thordan once again. Quintayne suggested without hesitation that we travel to the Plane of the Lost and face to soul mother to get back what was unjustly taken. Those of you that know Thordan I ask you to pray for his soul to keep it strong. We can only hope that Vorax will smite thr creatures that have temporarily taken Thordan from all of us. We to pray that Vorax will stay with him during this difficult time, giving him the strength to hold on. Those of you able, we hope to be planning a rescue mission to bring him back to us. Please reply if you are willing to help. *A single tear rolls down Kasha's cheek as she reads the note before her* "Hold on my friend, we are coming to get you" //unfortunately at this time we have to wait for the Plane of the Lost to be put into the game but as soon as it is then we will definetly be planning a rescue mission to return Thordan to us. If you are interested in helping out we thank you and more information will come when the time has arrived. Please note this is very dangerous for your character, if your character dies while in the plane then the death is a permanent one. Those of us that have agreed to go are doing so out of respect for the guy behind the character because he has traveled and grown with our characters for the past 20 months.
**edited by Leanthar at the request of Nita**
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« on: October 03, 2005, 04:03:00 pm »
Please join me in wishing a very Happy Birthday to my very best friend!
[SIZE=32]Happy Birthday Aurhinius!![/SIZE]
Choose your wishes well today so they may come true. ;-)
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« on: May 28, 2005, 08:01:00 am »
I am sure this will probably get moved into a different forum but I ask that it doesnt. I would even like the visitors to the site be able to see this if they choose to read it. I know quite a few of us are parents or of a youger age that this may be of interest too. The name of the song is "Untitled" . I would recommend that people watch the video even if they dont like the style of the music. After I watched it, I showed it to my daughters and we talked about it. http://www.simpleplan.com/video.php
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« on: April 23, 2005, 11:11:00 am »
I recently had a conversation with a co-worker about a term that most businesses and people use.
Constructive Criticism
Is there really such a thing? Seriously..some person came up with this term and probably made quite a bit of money on it.
A visual here if you will. You take 6 blocks and you make a tower. You are constructing a tower. Next criticism comes along and tears apart your well built construction. What do you have left? A mess.
As you may have guessed we are discouraged from using that term where I work being that it truly does not exist. My supervisor calls it feedback or coaching.
Just a little brain teaser to get you all wondering. Is there any other phrases or terms out there that dont make any sense?
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« on: February 25, 2005, 12:15:00 pm »
I am certainely no poet but I was bored.
Times have changed now evil surrounds the land.
Time seems to be running out slipping through your hand.
Where do you turn? Who can you trust?
Can your true vision see through the dust?
No matter what evil lurks around your door.
It’s up to you if you go to war.
Allow yourself to see the bit of hope.
Life is too short to just cope.
Your life is what you make of it.
Whatever you do you can’t just quit.
Absorb the strength from those you love.
Let it be shown so bright it can be seen in the heavens above.
Believe in yourself and live your life true.
Then you can share your strength with those that have few.
Stand up to the evil and don’t show fear.
You will be proud as well as those you hold dear.
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« on: August 11, 2004, 08:58:00 am »
Ingwe Melwasul, or Lynx as he preferred to be called in his last days of life was a quiet man, a quite man searching for enlightenment. Enlightenment to the question, “How do I reach perfection?” Sadly during his life this question was not to be answered. Lynx traveled from the vast deserts of Dregar, to the small and busy adventuring town of Hlint. He searched for adventures, but he never expected to find any such as this.
The Price of Heroism
A call for aid sounded from Fort Hope. This small military established town was in danger of being destroyed by a natural disaster, a natural disaster that was not so natural.
Answering the call for aid a small group of adventurers including Lynx, offered their help to either prevent the dam from breaking and destroying the town, or to pick up the pieces after natures fury was unleashed.
Arriving at the dam, the group of adventurers set to work trying to devise a way to support the stone structure and hold it back. The adventurers tried several ideas to stop the water from pouring through, from pushing the stones back into the holes, to creating an entirely new dam. But it was the brilliant idea of one odd enchantress that held the dam and the water. Maddison the Enchantress had stopped the dam from rupturing by throwing a fireball at the rocks above to add a new layer of support that would hold the water. The water now stopped and disaster averted the adventurers made their way to the fort to offer their help once more.
Upon arriving at the fort the rag tag group ran into a Shadow. An odd shadow that asked for their help. He called himself an Immortal Source of Power. He said that an intense magical being was after him. That he had been running for years and should this being catch up to him the Object as it was called would gain ultimate power, yet if he was released by the Object or gained enough distance from it he would fade away and the Object left with nothing.
After many questions had been asked and too much time had lapsed the Object had finally caught up with his Source of Power. But the group could not let this evil Object have this great power, and they attacked. They hit it with spells, axes, fists and all, but it seemed more like a gentle breeze than a raging fury of attacks to this powerful being.
This was when it struck Lynx. It could not be destroyed. It had gained ultimate power. It now had no cares no fears there was but one thing they could bargain with, more power. Lynx offered himself as a humble servant to the Object, he offered himself to become the new source. A power source that could continue to grow in power, one that would not defy it as its old source had. After much thought, the Object agreed and the old source was released to fade away beyond the reach of any magic.
Lynx was now prepared to make what he thought would be a worthy sacrifice. Whispering to his fellow adventurers Maddison and Waha, he beckoned them to kill him and destroy the evil Object’s Source of power. Wanting to destroy this “thing” Waha complied, striking Lynx down with his mighty hammer and leaving the Object nothing more than a helpless mind in a useless shell.
The Object admitted defeat and in his defeat did what the adventurers could not, destroyed himself. Waha carried Lynx’s body to Dorand’s temple with the others, yet were unable, even with the power of Dorand’s faithful cleric to resurrect Lynx.
The young monk’s soul rose to the heavens to ask a favor of the dwarven god. He asked to be given time enough to say his goodbyes to his new friends. He was granted this and after his goodbyes were said, and he felt his purpose was served he left the living world. Yet his soul did not go back to Dorand and his eternally flaming forge, it went to another. The Mother of Souls, who would claim another for her purpose, wheather evil or good, Lynx’s soul is now hers.
His purpose fulfilled, enlightenment thought to have finally reached him, and his soul in the hands of one whose purpose is unknown Ingwe Lynx Melwasul is no longer among the living. But an unknown hero lost to glorious death.
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« on: July 28, 2004, 12:05:00 pm »
People are using characters to gather items for other characters that they control and it seems to have gotten out of control. Remember we should not be muling for other characters under the same players control. It is fine to RP a "sales person" or or whatever you may want to call it but from this point foward please do not let that "other person" be another character under your control.
Also, from this point foward: NO TWO CHARACTERS on the same account can belong to the same trading company or group (or whatever you want to call it). If you want to pay others to gather skins, fine. But it should be as a single character on a single NWN account, not two characters on the same account. You need to TOTALLY seperate your other characters from this business. That is not RP and it is pushing things too far. This is now considered muling on Layonara.
Also, do not trade raw CNR materials between other characters on the same account. Finished good and raw materials are very different and I do not want raw materials traded (in any way) between to characters on the same account. It is definetly not in the spirit of RP'ing (however efficient or okay to do you may think it is). Its just abusing the spirit of muling.
Start treating your characters like any other player character out there, that is RP'ing and not abusing the spirit of this rule.
It really is not RPing when the other character is a character that you control.
Please do not send me a PM about this ruling because you will get the same answer and I will just get upset and it would be a waste of both yours and my time..
From this point foward there must be at LEAST two RL players controling two different characters in a sale. No more pushing the boundries as we are going to be cracking down.
All previous trading company agreements that are on the same nwn player account are now null and void. Everybody must follow this rule.
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« on: July 02, 2004, 03:36:00 pm »
Care to learn more about the Organization? Here is a list of all of the GM's and the Content Team. Follow the link to see the Organization Chart for Layonara. http://layonaraonline.com/organization_chart
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« on: June 26, 2004, 10:28:00 am »
This was inspired by the love between Kasha and Quintayne. I would personally like to thank Aurhinius for writing it. Everytime I read it, it takes my breath away. Those of you whose characters have met Kasha & Quintayne know that their bond is very stong and they know that they will never be parted..not even in death.
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« on: June 25, 2004, 07:45:00 pm »
From what we have learned, our children have a very special gift. We are learning what these gifts are. All that we truly know at this moment is they are a hope of the future.
Quintayne & Kasha Rosewyne
//I will try and update stories about the Twins in this post.
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« on: June 25, 2004, 07:40:00 pm »
Sitting by the lake in Hlint, Kasha is completely enthralled in the motion in the water. Thoughts drift in and out of her mind. She thinks of all those she has helped in the past and all those she will help in the future. Thoughts of yester eve are fresh in her mind. *speaking so softly almost inaudible* “I wish I could find happiness like so many others have. I do not wish for much out of life.
Hearing the sound of an oncoming horse she turns to see a messenger dismounting the horse and approaching her. “Excuse me miss, but you wouldn’t happen to be Lady Lyonard would you?” A look of amazement crosses her eyes as she nods to the messenger. Returning to the lake she looks at the parchment that lies in her hands. It is sealed with a Dragon in yellow wax. “I wonder who this is from.”
She opens the parchment with ease and begins to read the finely written words.
The message is an invitation to go adventuring in the South. She looks to the bottom of the message to see that it is signed by Quintayne. A smile crosses her lips. She hurries off to meet him for surely he is waiting for her. She makes her way to Fort Llast as fast as she can.
She smiles again as she sees him waiting for her. “Are we waiting on anyone else?” He bows to her and smiles “No milady, I have only invited you. If you wish for others to join that is fine.” She searches her mind for a moment and the thoughts from earlier fill her mind. *Thinking to herself* “Perhaps I will finally have the chance to tell him how I feel”
As they wander through the forest they face every challenge with grace and skill. The events of the day brought them to a beautiful spot. A powerful waterfall falls into a deep cavern. Kasha is instantly drawn to the sight of the falling water. “Tis beautiful”. A bit tired, she sits down on top of the hill to rest. He heals her wounds once again. “You really should be more careful milady” She smiles up at him “Why should I when I have you to heal me?”
He joins he side gazing at the waterfall. She expresses to him her wish of just being happy and finding that special someone. He smiles at her. “Be careful what you wish for.” Upon hearing those words a smile instantly comes across her lips. They continue to talk about how they have become the people they are. She learns that he too lost his parent’s such as her. Seconds turn into hours as they just sit by the water and talk. She gazes up at the stars and says how beautiful they are. He turns to her and says “What do you see up there?” Her response “Endless Possibilities” He gently caresses her hair allowing shivers to run throughout her body”
Sadly the night comes to an end, neither of them wanting to leave each others side. A wonderful thought enters her mind, “This is only beginning Kasha, the best it yet to come.” He speaks to her “Kasha, sadly I must go. Its time for evening prayer” Slowly they walk to the Inn where he is staying for the night. He caresses her cheek and wishes her a good night. “I will see you again tomorrow my Lady” Slowly she heads back to her home with thoughts of hopes and wishes filling her mind.
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« on: June 25, 2004, 06:13:00 pm »
[TABLE=head;sort=1a,2,3]Persistent Oxen and the Rule|
Persistent Oxen are a wonderful thing, making mining trips and transportation much easier.[/b] However, many players are using them for persistent storage of valuable items, e.g. swords, rings, and armor. These items should be kept on your person; you can buy weight-reducing bags from the many skilled tailors in Mistone. Another option for persistent storage is the chest in the bank, which has a limited capacity but is secure. Houses are another viable option for storing your valuables, and more housing will be available soon. From this point forward, any item lost on an ox that is not a raw CNR item will need to be approved by Leanthar before being replaced. Do not expect this to be approved if you should decide to approach Leanthar to get items replaced from and Oxen death, most assuredly it will be a tough sell.|
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« on: June 25, 2004, 06:12:00 pm »
[TABLE=head;sort=1a,2,3]Camping|
With all the new people coming in by waves, I thought it would be a good idea to post a thread about camping.[/b] Camping is not allowed in Layonara. Its a bannable offense, but that usually happens if you are asked several times not to do so. Camping a boss area for the XP from it is wrong... in no way can you RP this. Plus its nothing but bad taste. Camping CNR materials is okay, as long as it doesnt last over like 30 min, and you don't weigh yourself down silly, like 500 lbs when you can only carry 150..... GM's have the right to drop whatever monster they want at anytime, and trust me, theyll drop a hydra or two on you if ya get caught.|
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« on: June 25, 2004, 06:11:00 pm »
Well, as I said last time I’d check through all of the Rules FAQs and do what I could to make them a little more intuitive. In my opinion, I think it would be best if all the rules were laid out in one large “uber” FAQ so that new players would have a clear and simple source to refer to regarding the server rules. Thus, I took the posts regarding server policy and other related things and pieced them together into one more cohesive whole. In addition, I amended the phrasing on a few topics in order to clear up some possible ambiguity and provided more examples to the players so that they can understand what to expect. My suggestion would be to add a link to the rules FAQ on the front page itself and make it a sort of “required reading” for all new players. I have added parts to some previously written by the staff and provided some new additions as well. The following is a list of Rules in place on the Layonara Servers. This list is subject too change at any time and is not exhaustive. Senior GM’s controls all interpretation and punishment for breaking these rules. We are always willing to discuss infringements and do not wish to come down hard on people unless absolutely necessary. In cases when the rules may not provide all the necessary answers, it is up to the player to exercise their own common sense and do what they feel is correct. If it “feels” wrong, it most likely is. Trust your instincts. PVP, Pk'ing and Griefing Here on Layonara it is a well-known fact that we do not tolerate PvP, PK'ing or Griefing. I personally am not against PvP but I am against the attitudes, heated tempers, etc. that come from it. So I will make it known again, and in a post. PvP, Player Killing (PK'ing), and Griefing are NOT tolerated on Layonara. PvP is the act of a player attacking another player in any form. Do not attack familiars, companions, the character etc. Doing so will get you a warning and a perhaps a three day ban on the first occurrence. The second occurrence will be an instant ban from the server. PK'ing is the act of killing another character and the first time it happens you will have a very stern warning, and a seven-day ban. If it happens again you will be instantly banned from the server. Griefing is the act of intentionally causing another player emotional harm by a verbal assault. It is also the act of intentionally causing players to not be able to have fun in the world (following them and being a nuisance, blocking doorways, pick pocketing/stealing, kill stealing when asked not to, camping when asked to leave an area, being rude and obnoxious etc.) Doing so will get you a warning and a three day ban on the first occurrence. The second occurrence will get you a seven-day ban and the third will get you banned from the server. Another form of griefing is the act of attacking NPC's or stealing from them. This is not tolerated. It will get you a three-day ban the first time, a seven-day ban the second time and then a perma ban on the third. Do NOT attack or steal from NPC's. Remember, the goal of everyone here is to just have fun playing his or her characters. We are all entitled to an environment that is free of harassment or unnecessary tensions amongst the players. Be respectful to your fellow players and always remember that there is indeed a person on the other side of the character. Remember to take into consideration that fact and always use common sense when dealing with others. Muling on Layonara is not allowed. What is muling you ask? In my opinion it is when a character gets something for nothing (or when people are trying to beat the system then it is something for very cheap). Muling is when you have items (in the bank, in your inventory, in your house, etc. that you have earned or fairly traded for) and then you give those items to a newly created character (usually your own character or a friends) for free. People are using characters to gather items for other characters that they control and it seems to have gotten out of control. Remember we should not be muling for other characters under the same players control. It is fine to RP a "sales person" or whatever you may want to call it but from this point forward please do not let that "other person" be another character under your control. Also, from this point forward: NO TWO CHARACTERS on the same account can belong to the same trading company or group (or whatever you want to call it). If you want to pay others to gather skins, fine. But it should be as a single character on a single NWN account, not two characters on the same account. You need to TOTALLY separate your other characters from this business. That is not RP and it is pushing things too far. This is now considered muling on Layonara. Also, do not trade raw CNR materials between other characters on the same account. Finished good and raw materials are very different and I do not want raw materials traded (in any way) between to characters on the same account. It is definitely not in the spirit of RP'ing (however efficient or okay to do you may think it is). It’s just abusing the spirit of muling. Start treating your characters like any other player character out there, that is RP'ing and not abusing the spirit of this rule. Remember, your new characters should be treated as entities that are entirely distinct from your other characters. They should not be treated as simple extensions of your other characters’ bank accounts and should represent a fresh start. A large part of the fun is developing your new characters and fleshing them out, and to simply stock them up with loot right from the start would be detracting from that experience in a way. Persistent Oxen are a wonderful thing, making mining trips and transportation much easier. However, many players are using them for persistent storage of valuable items, e.g. swords, rings, and armor. These items should be kept on your person; you can buy weight-reducing bags from the many skilled tailors in Mistone. Another option for persistent storage is the chest in the bank, which has a limited capacity but is secure. Houses are another viable option for storing your valuables, and more housing will be available soon. From this point forward, any item lost on an ox that is not a raw CNR item will need to be approved by Leanthar before being replaced. Do not expect this to be approved if you should decide to approach Leanthar to get items replaced from an oxen death. Most assuredly, it will be a tough sell. Character Stats and Min/Maxing Due to people getting carried away and min/maxing their stats and then not being able to RP them properly, I have been forced to make this ruling. It applies across the board. Anybody that has a character prior to this post can continue to play his or her character but if it is not RP'd well we will make you create a new character and you will start over from level one with that new character. Please, everybody, this is not a server for powergamers and min/maxers if that is your style it is time to leave the world. We are an RP server that has a lot of action but I do not want this world to be the home for min/maxing powergamers. From this point forward, you can no longer have more than one stat below an 8, in addition you can only have two stats of an 8 or less. As well, no stat can go below a 6 and that includes with subrace adjustments so keep that in mind--no exceptions. This means that one stat can be an 8 and another stat can be a 6, or two stats can be an 8 on any single character. I really hate making this rule as I wanted the players to police themselves but it is crystal clear that a few (and in this case the few ruined it for the many) do not know how to RP their character and continue to try and min/max and powergame. We (the GM team and I) cannot catch everybody so the best way to stop this from happening in the future is to just make this rule. Logging Off Versus Dying Recently, there has been an increase in players logging off at inappropriate times. When you are running from a battle that you know you just can't win or in a dungeon that you know you can't make it out alone; it's not okay to log out. You need to remember that you put yourself in that position in the first place. Logging out in these instances is not allowed. This is also referred to as “death logging” by some, and doing this can and will earn some type of punishment if witnessed by a GM or reported by another player. I would like to stress that logging off in cases like this is not keeping with the RP environment. It would make very little sense in an RP context if your character suddenly just ups and vanishes while he or she is surrounded by a horde of angry trolls only to reappear seconds later healed to perfect health. Use of Internet Lingo and “l33tspeak” Layonara is a world all about RP, and players should remember to refrain from using what has come to be known as “l33tspeak”. Use of such lingo really serves to detract from the overall immersion of the environment and world for other players involved, and can be a real headache at times. For instance, it would be quite jarring to be in the middle of an epic quest and return to town to see someone using l33t. The effect is more often than not annoying to most players, but for many it can be downright offensive. Take the time to play your character and immerse yourself in the world, since it makes it that much more enjoyable for all involved. In addition, most GMs find it especially frustrating when the chat windows are flooded by reams of lingo while they are in the middle of planning a quest or event. This is of course by no means asking all players to speak using “thee” and “thou”, but everyone should remember that no one would use language such as “plz” and “ph4t lewt” even in real life. Again, use your common sense! Exploiting enemy A.I. and Game Mechanics While the NWN engine is indeed quite capable of creating interesting worlds to explore and providing a decent translation of the D&D rules into a digital medium, it definitely also has its flaws and drawbacks. Most of these come in the form of engine limitations and gaps in the artificial intelligence itself, and this can often be exploited by players in a way that would be inconsistent within an RP environment. A common example of this would be exploiting gaps and quirks in monster A.I. in order to maximize the amount of experience gained from enemies and thus “farming” exp. For instance, a map could feature a large assortment of enemies that will tend to swarm the players because of their A.I. scripts. Using powerful area of effect spells such as Fireball or Hammer of the Gods after herding all of them together into one concentrated mass would considered to be an exploit of the enemy A.I. in this case. Herding is just that, the gathering of large masses of enemies into one large mob in order to set them up for an easy kill. Players should refrain from doing this, and repetition of it in a single area would most definitely be construed as an exploit. In addition to this common example, there are many others such as the use of “chokepoints” to effectively trap monsters and render them helpless. There is a fine line between the use of tactical chokepoints and actually getting monsters stuck, and it should be quite apparent to the players just which is which. Remember though, this is by no means an “end all, be all” list of all possible exploits of the game engine as there are always new ones cropping up from time to time ranging from monster A.I. to such things as item duplication, etc. As before, it is ultimately up to the players and their own common sense. If it feels like an exploit (I.E. too cheap and easy) then it most likely is just that. Camping Camping is defined as waiting continuously at a specific area for the monsters to spawn, thus resulting in a “farming” of the spawns in that area for continual experience and loot. It is abusing the spawn system and is by no stretch of the imagination considered RP’ing. Camping is not allowed in Layonara. It’s a bannable offense, but that usually happens if you are asked several times not to do so. Camping a boss area for the XP from it is wrong... in no way can you RP this. Plus it’s nothing but bad taste. Camping CNR materials is okay, as long as it doesn’t last over 30 minutes, and you don't weigh yourself down silly, like 300 lbs when you can only carry 150. GM's have the right to drop whatever monster they want at anytime, and trust me, they’ll drop a hydra or two on you if you get caught--but they try to give small warnings before going to that extreme. And if you can not run away due to being weighted down that is a player/character problem, not a GM problem. Think and play smart. I want to remind everybody[/b] We are all about RP on this world. I want players to know that each and every character that has something has in some way earned it. This is an important staple to the community here and I ask that it not be cheapened. This server does not allow inappropriate language. I want to make sure that all that like to RP, including families can enjoy this server. Please make sure you do not use such language when "speaking in,” say; PARTY mode, or GM mode.
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