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General Discussion / Re: You're HOW old?!
« on: July 01, 2008, 05:29:48 pm »
Lin'da started at 120, is now 197.

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Ask A Gamemaster / Re: Fear
« on: June 30, 2008, 02:32:22 pm »
Fear is not a mindeffect unfortunately. You need +will items to get higher saves, or you need +fear items. Thats how you protect against fear.

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Trade and Market Hall / Re: ~~~Items for auction~~~
« on: June 30, 2008, 08:17:16 am »
// Just an note. The gloves cannot be used if your not a cleric or a rogue. So if your bidding for someone else that will use them, you should be good.

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General Discussion / Re: A little birdy delivers some good news!
« on: June 28, 2008, 03:59:12 pm »
Congrats!

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General Discussion / Re: Happy Birthday
« on: June 28, 2008, 03:28:53 am »
Happy Birthday!

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General Discussion / Re: Questing
« on: June 27, 2008, 03:15:58 pm »
Yes please look at the OP's initial post: Questing, why is there so little high levels quests. But I think I have my answer in part.

High level questing is mostly reserved for world changing stuff, and lower levels can fend off the ducks escaping the pond.

And there is alot of other mechanical and RP'ish things attached to it, but thr above seems to fit just about right.

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General Discussion / Re: Questing
« on: June 27, 2008, 01:47:34 pm »
And what of those that will never make WLCQ, that somehow does not fit into that nice of players that have evolved, are those left for themselves, and picking up on lowerlevels quest when they get open for all, so they can save a pie baker from a pie eating pie?

Sorry im pasting it out like that, but what happent to having some fun, while your RP'ing in the world? Would it be to much to ask that questing should be fun, and not a chore?

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General Discussion / Re: Questing
« on: June 27, 2008, 01:24:58 pm »
Quote from: s0ulz
This seems to have sidetracked to Sandbox Mode for Epics now more than a request for epic quests.

To be honest, I consider it normal and have seen this trend for a long time now. Certain quest series have done a huge effort for the epic portion of the world though and those GMs really pulled off something far more worthwhile and gargantuan than just a quest. Mad props to them.

Sure, I'd enjoy high level quests, though I'd much rather wait for another high  value series to tumble along eventually than go on sandbox cruises with GMs.
I love the fact that quest magnitudes rise along with it's quality and tight integration with world lore. I'd much rather have one of these any day over a just a quest for a quests sake.

Just my ideas on this.


So this means that lowlevels cannot enjoy the same thrill that epics have? That instead of large epic series with world conflict they are instead given more quests to make up for it?

I hope thats not the case. Higher level characters have every bit of the same desire to quest as lowerlevels, and yes I wouldn't mind if the quests were epic in scope, but thats not always possible.

But on the otherhand, I dont mind just being entertained and have fun for 4hours doing a stand-alone for higherlevel characters.

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General Discussion / Re: Questing
« on: June 27, 2008, 12:54:13 pm »
GM'ed controlled mobs. And they can change monsters stats and what not, besides GM controlled encounters are more challeging, and can be criss-crossed mixed-maxed and switheroony, when a character dont know what to expect.

You know what to expect if your just doing a trip to belinara.

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General Discussion / Re: Questing
« on: June 27, 2008, 11:58:29 am »
Quote from: Gulnyr
This is just my impression, but it seems part of what is being said -

- is that epic creatures have as much story as epic adventurers.  DMs can't just throw something powerful out there without explaining how something so powerful got there to begin with, and that explanation has to be checked out and approved as fitting the world.  It's harder to explain where, say, a super-powerful goblin chieftain came from than just a particularly clever and charismatic but otherwise ordinary low- to mid-level goblin chieftain came from.  

Powerful creatures already in the world don't count toward this, as they are epic in level but not in scope; they don't "matter" and aren't quest material any more than the typical, everyday rats in the Hemp sewer.  Making something epic-level-quest-worthy would be epic in scope, and that means explaining it and building an epic tale and getting it approved.  There has to be an epic story to make an epic quest, else it's just a DM'd trip to Belinara or the Deep again to do some more bashing, and epic stories don't just get tossed in willy nilly.  Other stories don't just get tossed in, either, but it's a lot easier to make a mid-level goblin chieftain fit somewhere than an epic goblin chieftain that would have an associated story and quest worthy of epic characters.

I dont agree with that logic. Simply because were epic, do we then expect more "epic" stuff in your quests? No, I dont think so. We'd just expect something in our level range, that would present a challenge. I wouldn't mind a GM'd tour of belinara, aslong as it had a challenge and RP in it. Plenty of untouched areas over there can present a challenge for high level characters, and lots of places to make a good story.

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General Discussion / Re: Questing
« on: June 27, 2008, 10:36:52 am »
Thank you for the replies, and I'd like to think im part of the community, and I say your catering to lowlevels :)

Dont get me wrong, I can understand some of the complications revolving the setup/preparation time needed for such a quest. But couldnt a similar highlevel quest be catered to epics and such, simply by scaling some more difficult monsters. I understand that alot of epics characters have stories and specific lore attached to their person, but it doesnt have to be so complicated.

The reason is, that lowlevels can almost join every quest there is out there, and do RP in all of them, but since some of them have combat involved there is a level range. That is fine. But could we not make simple stand-alone quests for epics? Similar to those we have for lowlevels? So instead of killing the spooky goblin leader of weakness, epic chracters could enjoy the fine quality story from the GM, and hence kill the epic goblin of rage.

All other quests that dont include combat or limited, could of course still be labeled as open to all.

But this is more a way to balance peoples playtime. As it is now, most higherlevel gain very very little, next to none XP, except for the occasionally RP XP reward from the GM's ( thank you, you know who you are ). And people still go out on trips despite that, since there is no specific quests for higher levels. This way highlevels could do some more questing instead of running around as most of us do.

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Rumour Has It / Re: Raffle List
« on: June 25, 2008, 08:14:17 am »
No problem. I did have you list, and I knew that everything on the list you had, was drawn and therefore awarded you the highest item remaining on the list.
 
 If anyone have any questions about prizes and what not, please contact me, instead of sending Pm's internally, this is how misunderstandings start.
 
 Thank you for understanding.
 
 Blackguy

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Rumour Has It / Re: Raffle List
« on: June 23, 2008, 09:53:03 am »
Look here.

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Trade and Market Hall / Re: Kayana Memorial Relief Foundation Raffle
« on: June 23, 2008, 09:50:34 am »
I had your list Hellblazer. But when your number was drawn all items on your list was alrady won, and you therefore received the highest value item at the tmie left on the list.

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Rumour Has It / Re: Dwarf-slayers wanted!
« on: June 23, 2008, 07:06:54 am »
* Lin'da sends a letter to the Runic Anvil - Attention Kobal Bluntaxe *
 
 I am glad to hear that you are alive and well. Further it troubles me that these indiviuals would turn to force to try and escape whatever punishment they had in store.
 
 If you need any assistance in the Al'noth, in either apprehending or finding these criminals, please do not hessitate to draw on my expertise in this matter.
 
 Sincerly
 Lin'da Sul'kolindo

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General Discussion / Re: Happy birthday!
« on: June 23, 2008, 04:34:28 am »
Happy Birthday!

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Trade and Market Hall / Re: Looking to buy and item for trade
« on: June 23, 2008, 02:07:14 am »
This is the last I'll say in this.
 
 Your wrong, this is all about money. You specifly said to me that you wanted to sell the item, and seeing as I prevented you from doing so, you wanted to change to another item you could actually use. You chose your item, because of its high value and only because of that. So please dont say that it is not about money, and lecture me about morals, because clearly you have none.
 
 And I have to admit this whole ordeal, have left me sad and annoyed, that there is still people not understanding why we dont hold these raffles so often, and we try to make them with as little rules anymore, and then they try to use that against us, when we see it nessecary to change them abit.
 
 I'll look-away from all the name calling you have used on me, coward, liar, power-abuser and so on, as i believe you were aggitated because you felt wronged, and that I was after the little man. I was not, I was merely trying to make people have fun and I guess i failed in that. Thank you for destroying my confidence in that there is still decent people out there. If that was your goal, you have succeded.
 
 Reply if you must, but I will not.
 
 Lastly
 
 Lin'da Sul'kolindo

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Trade and Market Hall / Re: Looking to buy and item for trade
« on: June 22, 2008, 05:29:48 pm »
The rules apply for all, its not only you, even if they were made during the raffle. No person would be given an item they could not use, if they had provided me with lists for which items they wanted.

And there is no agreement made between any people, there is no binding contract for you or for us to uphold. We follow a moral line instead, but it seems you are determined to break it.

Seeing from all the happy people that attended the raffle, you are the only one acting out like this, because you believe we are slandering you, which is not correct. As if your life would not go on if you could not sell the scroll, thats silly. If you had been given the scroll from us in the raffle, you could have said, look I cant use the scroll cause I dont know how the Arcane works. Then we could have said, thats fair, he wants something he cant use, we'll give him that. But instead you kept the scroll in hopes that you could profit on it, seeing as you only payed 6,000 for it, and then sell it or trade it for alot more than that. Yes you chose to get more true instead of actually taking an item you could benifit from.

Oh but your right in one thing, you did not tell Katrien to change an item after the raffle. You and your twin brother are easy to mistake. For that I will give you an apoligy.

But lets put it simply, I am telling you no, and its no.

Lin'da Sul'Kolindo

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Trade and Market Hall / Re: Looking to buy and item for trade
« on: June 22, 2008, 04:27:49 pm »
* she sighs and writes a full post *

Lets get a few things straight here. My name have nothing to do with anything I write here, not before, not now, or in the future. I hold no position or power to sway people and I do not try to use whatever influence you think I may have to "bully" you.

Now at the raffle, Kyle told Katrien, not me, that he wanted to exchange the item, because he could not use the item, not because he could not sell it. You asked me if you could change yours, 10 minutes AFTER that kyle had traded his, and at around the time I announced that no items could be sold. I made that call during the raffle, because I thought it would be honest hardworking adventures that were supporting a raffle to build more homes, and not adventures with a mind to profit on item won at the raffle. But as I suspected i was right when you asked me to change it to something you could actually use. I also later found out that after I left, you asked Katrien to have the item exchange, as if she would say yes, when I said no. Do you think I make these decisions on my own?

I then told you no, to exchanging the item. If that no does not satisfy you, you are welcome to deliver the 3 items you won back at the foundation raffle, and I'll happily deliver your 18,000 true back aswell, and compensate the foundation out of my own pocket.

Yes its true that no rules were made about selling or trading items, but as I said, I didnt expect people to come for the raffle to profit on it.
I guess no raffles will be held again now, since its simply a unmoral playground for people to use as a place to gain more true to buy items they didnt win.

If you have any questions, your welcome to contact me personally. This post have been cluttered enough by mine and yours remarks.

* Lin'da walks away, signing her name and leaves a address for Aerimor to contact her on *

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Trade and Market Hall / Re: Looking to buy and item for trade
« on: June 22, 2008, 04:03:22 pm »
Quote from: Aerimor
No Lin'da you did not make yourself clear.  You never posted any such rules.  You made an anouncement AFTER I picked the item.  I immediately requested to trade it in. Which you denied, even though you allowed Kyle Pardon to trade an item he could not use.  You then conceded to me that it could be traded.  And as obsurd as it is for me to have limits placed on MY items, I conceded to your desires as posted on this post and only asked for a trade.

 So not only are you out of line for failing to state redicilous rules before an event is held, you are out of bounds for stating them half way through.  You are then in the wrong again for not allowing me to fix the oversight you made while there was still time.  And lastly you are a lier for telling me I could trade it with your permission and now posting on my post griefing me for trying to uphold your silly rules.  You are a poor representative for the foundation, for lawful citizens and for anyone that keeps their word.  In future if you are going to be the face of a charitiable event...  Please post ALL rules in advance.  Then announce any changes at the begining of the event.  And lastly do not lie to someone under any circumstance.  Remember the cause, the cause was to raise money, not to decieve an honest elf and then to flat out lie to him and slander him for your miss-deeds.

If you wish to make your apology to me in person, I will meet you gladly.  If you are too short on memory or honor to rectify this and print yoru retraction here, then I will survive.  If you are honorable enough to print your retraction, I shall remove this reply and write it off to the fact you had so much on your mind and let bygones be bygones.

Yours in good faith and complete honesty,
~Aerimor

P.S.: Once again proving no good deed goes unpunished.  Try to oblige someone's silly post-fact rules and they still slander you in public!

Your apology is accepted! Thank you for understanding.

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