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General Discussion / Deep Dwarves on the March
« on: June 25, 2010, 08:37:18 am »
Ever wanted to be a storm trooper?  A Nazi in German-conquered Europe?   Part of the greatest military dictatorship on Layonara?

Well here is your chance.  Introducing the deep dwarves! These character ideas are yours to use take, change, or use as is.  Let the sound of Booted Dwarven Feet be heard over all of Layonara.  Dregar is at peace under precision dwarven rule.  Join the Deep Dwarves to let Mistone and the rest of Layonara witness the might of Rael.

Character Name | Classes | Summary
Samantha Blackhammer | Ranger | A deep-dwarf huntress with a fondness for cats
Douglas Evenhammer | Fighter/Weapon Master | An even tempered old solider who’s only ambition is the mastery of his war hammer
Alex Rockheart | Cleric | A charismatic and ambitious battle priest of Sulterio.
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I have included some non-evil deep dwarves so that new players can also join in the fun.  I have idea's for some more deep dwarves... The All'ra strike fear into the hearts of all magic wielders who walk the surface...

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General Discussion / Deep Dwarves on the March
« on: June 25, 2010, 08:34:02 am »
Ever wanted to be a storm trooper?  A Nazi in German-conquered Europe?   Part of the greatest military dictatorship on Layonara?

Well here is you chance.  Introducing the deep dwarves. These character idea are yours to use take, change or use as is.  Let the sound of Booted Dwarven Feet be heard over all of Layonara.  Dregar is at peace under precision dwarven rule.  Now join me to let Mistone, and the rest of Layonara bear witness to the might of Rael.

Character Name | Classes | Summary
Samantha Blackhammer | Ranger | A deep-dwarf huntress with a fondness for cats
Douglas Evenhammer | Fighter/Weapon Master | An even tempered old solider who’s only ambition is the mastery of his war hammer
Alex Rockheart | Cleric | A charismatic and ambitious battle priest of Sulterio.
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Classified Information

File: 603
Name: Douglas Evenhammer
Race: Deep Dwarf
Class: Fighter/Weapon Master
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Age: 105
Gender: Male
Deity: None
Rank: Private
Codename: Doug


Summary:
An even tempered old solider who’s only ambition is the mastery of his war hammer.


Description:
A middle aged deep dwarf with a sturdy build and wrinkled gray skin, neatly trimmed black moustache, bald head and brown eyes. He walks with a crisp military clip and his gaze is clear and steady when viewing both friend and foes. Most notably he carries an army issue war hammer with him at all times.

 
History:

Douglas Evenhammer is a veteran of the initial battle for Prantz. He enlisted with the Rael invasion force as a private and is once more a private. His primary skill and only ambition appears to be mastery of his warhammer.

During the starvation riots of 1408, when plague swept through his unit, Douglas achieved the rank of acting Sergeant. He was instrumental to quelling the riots in the docks of Seawatch Fort. With a reduced strength unit of six men he was able to enforce an embargo of a newly arrived merchant vessel that had previously docked at Hurm. In the incident report, acting Sergeant Evenhammer wrote that he “knocked back all rioters who attempted to board the merchant vessel in search grain with an 8lb hammer”. After the incident Douglas was the prime candidate for Sergeant of the Seawatch Fort dockyard unit. However, he declined to apply and the position was awarded to a more ambitious deep dwarf.

Private Evenhammer has been posted to almost every battalion in the Rael Army, except for the Allra, and has received unblemished if unremarkable reports from all. His experience in the structure and nature of the Rael Army is complete, and he has been an asset to each unit he has served. He is well liked by both military and civilians within the Army. His lack of ambition and constant redeployment has allowed him to avoid most of the local politics and infighting. He is also surprisingly tolerant of the lesser races and is often selected for crowd control and guard duty in delicate situations. To take advantage of this Private Evenhammer was given advanced training in the Elven language. His willingness to accept this training and rapid mastery of this lesser language in a period of 10 year was noted by his tutors. They recommended further study in additional languages.

It was because of this recommendation that private Evenhammer was recalled for re-education. During clerical testing it came to light that private Evenhammer was no longer devoted to Sulterio. Further psychological profiling revealed that private Evenhammer has a LN personality type, unusual but not unheard of for a deep dwarf. This personality profile explains his lack ambition and overt fraternisation with the lesser races. Questioning in the Prantz information extraction facility revealed that despite not worshiping Sulterio, private Evenhammer is loyal to Rael Kingdom and the Rael Army.

Given his background it is recommended private Evenhammer be redeployed as a Deep Agent. His code name is Doug.

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Character Library / Samantha Blackhammer - Deep Dwarf Ranger
« on: June 25, 2010, 08:13:00 am »
Classified Information

File: 602
Name: Samantha Blackhammer
Race: Deep Dwarf
Class: Ranger
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Deity: Sulterio
Rank: Cadet Ranger


Summary:
A deep-dwarf huntress with a fondness for cats.


Description:
This deep dwarf is long limb and lightly muscled for her race. Her gray skin is slightly weathered and offset by long dark silken-looking hair, tied back into a long braid. Her deep brown eyes meet those of anyone looking at her frankly and without reservation.

 
History:
Agent Blackhammer is one of the a new breed of deep dwarves who have been born and raised on the surface. Early during her cadetship in the Rael army officer corps Samantha showed an aptitude for stealth, animal handling and woodsmen work. She was immediately dispatched to Fort Love to undergo ranger training.

She received intensive training in melee weapons, light armoury and archery.
She graduated third in her class, with an honourable mention in stealth. She also now able to fight effectively with dual light hammers.

She follows instructions well and with precision. Her adherence to the cause of lord Rael is impeccable. In clerical testing she was proven to be devoted to mighty Sulterio.

However, she has also developed a tolerance for the lesser races and this has caused her to develop bonds with some of the humans in the ranger battalion. She also has a weakness for some small mammals. She failed a test that required her to eradicate a number of stray cats early during her training. The cats were later found alive in her quarters. She received a suitable corporal punishment for this failure. She was later retested, her task to eliminate a pack of stray dogs, and this test she passed without hesitation. From these tests, her trainers concluded that a panther companion would be the most likely choice. These personality defects should serve her well as a deep agent in infiltrating the ranger communities.

It recommended that she be recalled for re-education in 10 years time. If this proves successful further specialist training should be conducted.

Samantha Blackhammer is approved as a deep agent.  Her code name is Huntress.

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Character Library / Alex Rockheart - Deep Dwarf Cleric
« on: June 25, 2010, 08:09:02 am »
Classified Information

File: 604
Name: Alex Rockheart
Race: Deep Dwarf
Class: Cleric
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Deity: Sulterio
Rank: Initiate
Codename: Humble
Domains: Earth and Evil


Summary:
A charismatic and ambitious battle priest of Sulterio.


Description:
Before you stands a handsome Deep dwarf with black eyes, neatly cropped gray hair, smooth skin, cleanly shaved face and warm brown eyes. He is blessed with a pleasant and powerful voice. He wears the mushroom amulet of Sulterio on a chain around his neck. When armoured for battle he wields a war hammer and shield, clearly marking him as one of the Chosen of Sulterio.


History:

Alex Rockheart was trained in the art of war under battle cleric Martalo De'Ferrum in Prantz. Alex’s father was also a battle cleric and had a long military career in the underdark, working for various factions, but never climbing to a great rank. His father sent young Alex to the temple in Prantz to give him the education and opportunity to achieve greatness in the new world. Alex grasped this opportunity and his personal ambition has known no bounds. Alex was a driven and diligent student and was one of the first battle clerics to graduate from the new temple in Prantz. The following is an except from Alex Rockheart’s permanent record.

Alex Rockheart is for all appearances is a likeable and amiable student of Sulterio. The truth, however, is that he is an ambitious and driven individual. He feels the touch of Sulterio strongly and the poison of hatred runs deep within his veins. When he first arrived at the temple as a young dwarf it bubbled and boiled to the surface frequently. Most notably Alex was the instigator of vigilante group that involved eight other students who were also lodging at the temple’s barracks. This group was involved in late night outings, targeting and beating lesser dwarves. At least five lesser dwarves were seriously injured from these incidents and one untidy death had to be re-explained as accident. These incidents were embarrassing for the Rael administration and ran counter to the public perception Lord Rael wishes to present. Alex, despite all his charms and charisma, was not able to avoid the disciplinary action that followed. He and his fellow student-vigilantes spent a month in re-education. He has since learnt discretion and patience. He may still be involved in the occasional vigilante indicants that still occur in the city, but there is no longer any evidence of his involvement.  

Two years ago Alex spent a rotation in the Adamanitum Guard. While stationed at fort Rael his battalion were involved in several a war-game exercises. During these exercises Alex’s skilled oration was inspirational to his unit’s performance. He received a commendation from his unit commander.

Recently Alex has petitioned for rapid advancement and higher duties. Given his background it is recommended Alex Rockheart be redeployed as a Deep Agent. His code name is Humble.


1. I have read the information on Sulterio and I will play Alex Rockheart as a faithful priest of Sulterio to the best of my abilities.

2. It is action not words that pleases the Brooding One. However, it is through words and powerful oration that Alex leads and inspires his fellow deep dwarves into action. Alex is always doing and never passive: fighting, mining, working metal, orating, and rooting out seditionists. As a battle priest Alex prays each day upon rising so that Sulterio will better know the sound of his voice, lest his prayers go unanswered in the heat of battle because Sulterio did not hear him over the uproar.

3. Alex wears darkened full plate and carries a shield and hammer, the favoured weapon of Sulterio. His ambition is to forge a suit of adamantium full plate to wear in honour of the Adamantine One.

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Fixed Bugs / New Players Link Broken in Google Chrome
« on: June 21, 2010, 06:40:52 am »
Description:

Using google chrome browser: New Players menu link (between New Posts and Layonara Links) in the forums is broken. This may also be tied to the issue of the drop down menus not working in Chrome. The link and error message are below.

http://forums.layonara.com/layonaranewplayers

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Oops! This link appears to be broken.
Suggestions:
Go to layonara. com
Go to forums. layonara. com
Search forums.layonara.com for layonara new players
Search on Google:


I also tried this in IE 7. It didn't return the error message, but just sent me back to the start page, not to any specific information for new players. Also strangely the drop down menus don't work in IE 7. I don't use fire fox anymore so I wasn't able to test functionality under fire fox.

I think its pretty important for these links to work for new players and to support the modern browsers.

Repeatable: ? Dunno someone else should test with Chrome and IE.

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General Discussion / Looking For Group - Right Now
« on: June 10, 2010, 06:39:25 am »
Title says it all Looking For a Group. Right now, on west.
-Stragen

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Trade and Market Hall / Dock Yard Discount Tickets!
« on: June 04, 2010, 09:12:43 am »


[SIZE=18]Pssst.  Interested in some tickets?  My partner has kind you need.  Red tokens.  Only the red token will get you into the event.   Yeah you know you want them

No, I don't have them on me.

You need to see my partner in the tavern.  Look in the back.

Don't forget your gold, its pay at the event door.
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Fixed Bugs / Deep Dwarf - Lawful Neutral - FIXED
« on: June 02, 2010, 07:14:34 am »
Hi LORE Team,

As per this post, Ed approved Lawful Neutral for Deep Dwarves.

Can you please add Lawful Neutral to the PC submission playable alignments for LORE: Deep Dwarf.

It also may need to be added to the character submissions forum post.

Thankyou Kindly,

Stragen

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LORE Bugs / Prestige Class (PrC) Resubmissions
« on: June 02, 2010, 06:47:03 am »
Hi LORE Team,

As per this thread.
 
Please update LORE: Character Submission.

With the text from the character submission thread.  I have copied and pasted it below.

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Prestige Class (PrC) resubmissions –
PrC submissions are changing as follows:
  • Weaponmaster, Duelist, Undead Hunter and Battlerager can be approved on initial submission, providing the application supports the extra class (again, not asking much but a few lines added in for the note of RP.)
  • Bear Warrior, Skald, Arcane Archer, Spellsword and Sacred Fist require an updated biography submission and either a well kept CDT for a minimum of two (2) weeks (explaining the how and the why) or a CDQ.
  • Shifter and Shadow Dancer require an updated biography and at least one CDQ.
  • Mistone Alliance Scout, Dwarven Defender, Champions, Palemaster and Assassin are a multi step process that require an updated biography, a well tended development thread and either a WLDQ or one or more CDQs, depending on the character.
  • Red Dragon Disciple remains WLDQ only.

Please make sure you carefully read the class information on your desired PrC so that you may quicken the approval process.

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Ask A Gamemaster / Ask a GM: Prestige Class (PrC) resubmissions
« on: June 01, 2010, 08:46:52 am »
Hi GMs,

In the character submission thread, last edited on the 16 May 2010 by Rowana we have

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Mistone Alliance Scout, Dwarven Defender, Champions, Palemaster and Assassin are a multi step process that require an updated biography, a well tended development thread and either a WLDQ or one or more CDQs, depending on the character.


In lore character submission last edited 13 of May 2010 by Miltonyorkcastle we have

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Mistone Alliance Scout, Dwarven Defender, Champions, Palemaster and Assassin are a multi step process that require an updated biography, a well tended development thread and either a WLDQ or several (three or more) CDQs.


Which is the most recent / correct information

Cheers,

Stragen

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Trade and Market Hall / Rockface Logistics
« on: May 29, 2010, 01:13:57 am »
[SIZE=18]FOR SALE
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Qty | Description | Price Per Box
1 | Bodak Teeth | 4200
1 | Aloe | 2500
1 | Barley | 1000
2 | Cotton | 1200


Rockface Logistics
One Eyed Harpy
Fort Vehl

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Rumour Has It / Fort Vehl
« on: May 28, 2010, 07:26:48 am »
The Prize

In the one eyed harpy, two dark clad figures, one tall and lean the other short and swarthy, talk quietly among themselves.

"Deadshot, ye hear aboot der prize" the short one inquires over his dark ale.

"Yes you imbecile, and don't call me that, you never know who is listening" retorts the tall one putting down his mulled wine.

"Cost muh a fine penny ter find out, tis better be worth it."

"Well keep your voice down and this may be money well spent. The less who know about it the better our chances of gaining it will be."

"Och, aye" the short one taps his nose and swallows the dregs of his dark ale.

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LORE Bugs / Prantz Army Officer's Corps - Attn: EdTheKet
« on: April 12, 2010, 07:41:41 pm »
The Prantz Army Officer's Corps, should be re-written to reflect the changes introduced by Rael.  I suggest changing the content of the existing page to past tense and then linking to the newer information.

Rael Kingdom Military

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The Prantz Officer Army Corp, once dedicated to the Waylend line, has been renamed the Rael Officer Army Corp and is now a proving ground for any soldier in Lord Rael’s army who wishes to move beyond the enlisted ranks. The training for those who would lead Lord Rael’s forces is said to be horrific and sometimes deadly; certainly, no being that ever completed it alive can be considered the same as before. Absolute unwavering loyalty to Lord Rael (until death) is the prime attribute of the successful Rael Officer Army Corp enlistee.



As an interesting side note Jin Lun Lee was/is a member of the old Pranzis Army Officer's Corps. To him the Rael Officer Army Corp isn't the same organisation. I imagine there will be a few ex-officers hiding in the forest of fog and telling war stories to their grand children about the good old days.

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Fixed Bugs / Temple Store in Prantz - Missing Temple Donation Boxes
« on: April 10, 2010, 07:04:16 am »
Description:  The temple doesn't sell temple donation boxes

 Location: Prantz
 
 Verified: No. Some needs to check with another character.
 
 Reproducable: Yes

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Just for Fun / Adamantine Body Technique
« on: April 04, 2010, 04:41:24 am »
Watch this video.  

Now imagine that instead of peace loving Buddhists, the Adamantine Brotherhood are training their bodies to withstand blows.  Imagine the survival rate... Got that imagery?

Now your ready to read Gladyus' development thread.

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Rumour Has It / Silkwood
« on: March 29, 2010, 08:35:29 am »
Travelers entering Silkwood spoke of quiet rustling in the woods. One skilled ranger swears he discovered a faint set of sandaled footprints, leading away from the temple.


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Trade and Market Hall / Jin's Jewellery and Enchanting Service
« on: March 01, 2010, 06:08:36 am »
** Written on a small green parchment near the advanced craft hall in Hempstead **

[SIZE=18]Friends of the Longstrider,

I would like to offer a service in enchanting emeralds and creating jewelery of the finest quality.  Each item is individually crafted to your bespoke requirements.  This jewelery will unlock the wearer's inner potential for:  strength, grace, endurance, intellect, wisdom or creativity.

 Your emeralds will be treated with the greatest sensitivity and care to minimize the chance of flaws in the enchanting and setting processes. However, before seeking this service it should be understood there is a small risk of damage. There is no charge for unsuccessful attempts.

You can be assured that our skills are of the highest caliber in both enchanting and jewellery craft.

The fee for this exclusive service is far more modest then the quality of the finished work.

I look forward to meeting with you to discuss your emerald jewellery requirements.

Your in the Faith of the Longstrider,

Jin Lun Lee
[/SIZE]        

** A mailbox is address is given to allow for discreet   enquiries  **
// Please PM or send a tell to meet in game

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Just for Fun / Seven Day Rogue Like (7DRL) mini-games
« on: March 16, 2009, 06:59:38 pm »
A cool little game a friend of mine put together in for the 7DRL programming event.

The gameplay reminds me of being a Brownie Cleric charged with keeping a Voraxian Battlerager alive as it cleaves it way through a dungeon of monsters.

[SIZE=13]dungeonminder - Google Code



Enjoy. License and readme are included in the releases. Use the .zip for windows and the .tar.gz for Linux.

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General Discussion / Video Screen Capture
« on: December 25, 2008, 07:04:20 am »
Hi Guys,
 
What is some small free software for video screen capture?
 
 Much Thanks,
 
Stragen
 
 PS: Soo soo full.  If only I had a dwarven stomach.  Merry Christmas.

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