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General Discussion / baby
« on: February 20, 2009, 09:28:59 am »
greetings layo,
long time no play, for those of you that remember seteece or gravas hello from the sunny south, i havent' been on in some time,
feb 17th at 17:23 had a 9.1 lb. 22 inch long baby boy, both mom and son are doing well,  *chuckles* not to bad for a silver haired old man *winks*
see ya in game
gravas
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Just for Fun / Awesome ads
« on: January 20, 2009, 06:47:56 am »
Funny ads a friend just sent to me. I'm not sure if they've done the rounds everywhere else but it was the first time I have seen them. Made me (and my wife) laugh.
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General Discussion / Completion of House Drawing
« on: January 17, 2009, 08:39:01 pm »
Hi everyone,

Things are mostly okay, at least with me, thanks for those who had concern. I had a friend pop by who needed my full attention regarding some personal issues.

I have several more prizes to give away and I need to change the ownership of the house to Tabris, I'll get to that as soon as I catch my breath a bit.  I may have to continue the rest of the draw tomorrow though, I'm not really in the mood to be Plen right now.

I'll keep you up to date,
orth
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General Discussion / Another year older!!
« on: January 12, 2009, 11:17:17 pm »
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[FONT=Script MT Bold']Happy Birthday, Makashi!![/COLOR]
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 [FONT=Script MT Bold']I hope you had a very happy day.[/FONT]
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General Discussion / Still 5 1/2 hours off here ...but.....
« on: December 31, 2008, 12:10:04 pm »
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Wishing all that play and have played here a very good new year .

May all the wishes you have come true :)

Jan A.K.A. Barion.
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Wild Surge Inn / *A note is posted at inns and taverns*
« on: December 15, 2008, 08:48:59 pm »
[SIZE=24][SIZE=32]Looking for strong adventurers of all kinds!!![/SIZE] [/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]
 
 
 [SIZE=18]We have come to believe there are several portals placed around Mistone that may have been used to allow undead to travel through. We found the first portal now its time to discuss when to go find the others.  We have put this off long enough and the danger grows stronger everyday.  If interested in more information or want to lend a hand our next meeting will be in [/SIZE][SIZE=18]Highpass Fort.  [/SIZE][/I]
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[SIZE=18] ~Amanda Coyle~



//This goes along with the  on going quest of [/SIZE]
[SIZE=18]Te'thalus' Tome.  If involved you can request acess to the Te'thalus' Tome section of the forms.  There are several characters that you can also get more information from in game. [/SIZE][/I]
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Introduce Yourself / Interia_Discordius
« on: December 05, 2008, 11:30:15 am »
If one phrase would be used to describe me, it would most likely be, "Confused Refugee." I've been struggling with depression and endometriosis for a few years of my life now, the former probably spanning much much longer back (I won't acknowledge that it does- I don't want to know), and I've always had this sort of bleary-eyed wonderment in regarding the world.

My name is Christine. Some call me a cynic, some call me a fool, and most others consider me a typical woman of my generation... That is, I'm spoiled rotten, have trouble expressing myself, and make a lot of trouble... and I can manage to be arrogant and think I'm the best the entire time.

It's pretty awesome if you prefer the delusional.

I came to Layonara around two years back as Kinai Kinsei. This time around, I'm back as Llane S. Anetheron. They don't share any real qualities despite being the same general class sets, and I'm glad for that. It gives all of you a new experience when you roleplay with me. My writing style itself is satirical without humour... rather, I like to mock things without really meaning any harm. It's how I am. Please don't take offense to it... and if it becomes troublesome, just give me a nudge. I have no problems dropping the facade and being my more actual friendly side :) Really, it's just something I do to amuse myself, in the end.

--

As a person, I'm a half Japanese lady-person living in Ohio. Masquerade is my significant other- He wrote his introduction a while back before... and in much better spirits than I in this one ;) We used to play together in Myth Drannor, but after DMing for a while, we ended up losing our energy and our place in the game world and moved on to Layonara. He's a month younger than I, a point I sometimes give him a hard time about, but we're otherwise about the same place in education, personality, and life in general. In our spare time, we oft' PnP DnD together, get on World of Warcraft, watch movies, or do whatever else happens upon our fancy at the time. You'll rarely see one of us without the other.

So that's all. Here's a pic of myself and Milkshake, my lhasa apso, below. I'd post a pic of Masqy and I, but since he didn't in his intro, I'll do the same and pass. It'd do injustice to his name if I went ahead, after all ;)

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Rumour Has It / Decision of the Diet of Lor
« on: October 19, 2008, 01:23:20 pm »
The following is decreed at the end of 1433 by the Diet of Lor.


To whom it may concern,

Due to the actions of some members of the Leringard Arms and Trade on the continent of Voltrex, the Diet of Lor, at the request of Angela Swann, has decided that all vessels from the aforementioned organization and all its products, will be taxed an additional 50%.

In addition, in the interest of keeping our crime rates low, the half-orc known as G'ork is now a persona non grata (unwanted person) in our city and will be arrested if he enters.

*Great Seal of Lor*


//Dissolution aftermath, sorry for the delay.
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Rumour Has It / Goldwin Blacknight - Life of a Hero
« on: October 16, 2008, 01:43:46 pm »
It is with the greatest of sadness that I write this letter to inform all those who knew Goldwin Blacknight, of his passing. He died as he lived protecting the innocent and less fortunate. He died saving the life of a child. There can be no greater sacrifice given, than a life given to save another.
 
 I write to tell you of his courageous spririt, of his giving heart. Of a friend who will be missed and never forgotten. He always offered to help where he could, and protect those he loved with a understanding that his life was lived for more than just the trivial possesions, but to help those who needed him to become better people.
 
 I am one of those who became better for knowing him and I will never forget my treasured friend.
 
 Goldwin Blacknight will be sorely missed, walk always in the light Goldwin Blacknight.
 
 With a deep respect and fond friendship,
 ~Elohanna Dawnstar
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Just for Fun / Mass Effect LARP
« on: October 10, 2008, 04:18:22 pm »
Been playing this game like crazy all this past month.  Just ran across some hilarious Live-action videos on youtube.  Should all be family-appropriate, dont worry.  No naked blue alien sex scenes. ;)

YouTube - Mass Effect Death Scene
YouTube - Mass Effect Buckle Up Death Scene
YouTube - Mass Effect Flux Death
YouTube - Mass Effect Voting Death Scene
YouTube - Mass Effect Sex Death Scene (PG/worksafe)
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Introduce Yourself / Re-Introduction
« on: September 25, 2008, 09:58:05 am »
Hey, I just wanted to say Hi to all the people who've come into this place in the one year that I've been out of it. I'm back now and I look forward to meeting and making friends or atleast aquantences with as any of you guys as I can.
 
 My name's Jess, I'm gonna be 20 this December (oh gods Im OLD >.<), and I like...well ..Roleplay obviously. My other interests are music (singing, playing violin and viola), writing of any kind, and....I need some outdoor hobbies bad. :( I need a bike again *nodnod*
 
 As for who I played. I really just had one character: An Illusionist named Rhynnala Asantiani with an astounding hatred for the slave trade. She's actually in hiding from the remnents of the Silver Crescent, and where she is she hasn't yet gotten the news of Sallaron's victory, though if she did she'd be proud.
 
 Ill be playing a Mistite wizard as soon as she's approved.
 
 I'm a 3rd year magazine journalism student, and I want to wind up writing for videogame magazines. I actually hope to, sometime before my career is done, be able to interview some of the developers here on what they're doing >.> and get a peice out about them. Who knows, maybe I can pitch it to game informer or something.
 
 Whoah, tangent.
 
 Anyway, I also happen to work in gaming retail , its hell, but it can be fun. No, you can't have my discounts =P!
 
 Anyway, Ill put some contact information here, so if anyone wants to talk or anything feel free :D I don't shun anyone! =P
 
 MSN: lynnjuniper@msn.com
 
 PS: To L: Bummer about the whole server thing. That sucks. Hope you find a new host.
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Roleplaying / IC effecting OOC... and Vice Versa
« on: September 18, 2008, 03:34:08 am »
Some people support football ( or Soccer if I have to use it) or baseball.
Some collect stamps or stick little wodden ships in big glass bottles.
Others play Online Games.
With either of the above, you are bound to get some kind of emotional attachment to your chosen preference. I personally recall seeing my brother sob like a little girl when England failed to qualify for the European cup.
It's really not that much different here.

Some of us invest a lot of time in the character's we've created here, and as it is a Roleplay world, there's no telling what could happen to your creation when you log in. Some of it could be good, some of it could be bad.
Some of it will make us laugh... and yet some of it may... just may, make us curse.

Events ingame may occur against your character, or situations may arise you really did not want to but have no control over. Tensions may rise, and you may find yourself angry, agitated or annoyed.
That is fine. And it's to be expected considering what we put into some of our characters, or how things can occur ingame.

Some of the things Im hinting at are things like:

 Deity relations - " I will not travel with this person. Leave now... or we will "make" you leave!"  ... at which point someone finds themselves kicked from a group.
Sure... it may have been RP'd fairly enough and had RP reasons to be done, but that doesn't stop the player who now finds himself alone from being mildly miffed about the whole situation.

PvP - This can vary. But often enough I've seen is when two characters dont mesh well and it comes to blows. RP'd is fine... but it usually results in said people no longer travelling with each other, refusing or being unable to join groups because their opponent is traveling in said group.
Again, fine reasons and good RP. But it still may result in one person being left out of a circle or group they were accustomed to traveling in, or once again, find themselves all alone.

Broken Relations - A change in the routine. Your IG partner may dump you... or people you used to travel and RP with frequently suddenly no longer seem to be around, or are busy doing other things. One thing with the above to remember is.... simply because you may be dating/married to a certain person Ingame, or have the most fun RPing with a certain person, does not mean you need to go to and be with that same person everytime they log in.


There are likely more I cant think of, but the above tend to leave Player's with negative feelings. That "can" be understandable and unavoidable, since RP is Roleplaying out the Good and Bad times of your Character's life.
But the important thing is to ensure that that same negativity doesn't affect you and flow back into the game.
If your angry because a certain RP situation caused X or Y to happen, caused that evil Corath to kill your character in less than two rounds, or because your InGame love ran off with the Tailor from Hempstead, and you know it's affected you, it's perhaps time to log-off, roll back your chair and remember this is a game.

We're all here to enjoy a game. If this game no longer becomes fun and annoys us... it's time to sit back and take a break, get some perspective.
And those spending their few spare hours coming here to enjoy this game, shouldn't need to deal with any form of negativity we push out because an InGame situation didn't go the way we wanted it to.

Hmm.... I've rambled quite a lot.
Basically, all I'm saying in my long-winded way is, dont let IC things effect your OOC mood... and thus let your OOC mood effect your IC mood... and so on and so forth.
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General Discussion / Here we go again
« on: July 19, 2008, 09:49:46 pm »
Yep, its that time again. I will be going back out to sea soon for several months. Everyone have fun and I will see you all when I get back.
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Layonara Server / Lifting of the ban on McLeve41/Naiather
« on: June 13, 2008, 01:33:00 pm »
After quite a bit of discussion we have decided to lift the permanent ban on McLeve41.  This was a difficult decision but the circumstances in the end led us to give him a second chance.

The player was very new when he broke the rules and never had a chance to own up or apologize since he stopped playing well before we even realized he had broken the rules.  Typically what we do in this case is ban the player then wait for them to check the forum and/or PM one of the administrators to plead his case.  In this case it never happened as his interest from Layonara faded.  So we just left the ban as permanent.  His maturity and commitment to be a positive member of the community at this point in time 2 years later led us to believe it would be beneficial for the community and him of course to lift the ban.

Additionally he could have just bought a second copy of NWN diamond or whatever and been right back in game without us being the wiser but he's taken the time to try to do this the right way and be a positive member of Layonara.

We will not be reinstating the Naiather player as his bank account and inventory are tainted, uncertain what truly belonged to him. But we're giving him another chance with a new character.

Please make him feel welcome and trust that he will bring a positive role to the world.  

If you have any concerns, do not hesitate to contact me.

-orth
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General Discussion / Hello and goodbye :(
« on: April 12, 2008, 11:49:16 am »
Those of my old friends, those i will not meet, hello, I am the insane mind behind Celgar magnus.

 I have been away for a long long long time, and it warms my heart to see that this place is still running, with the passion I saw years ago when I first joined. It is with a said and very broken heart that i must make the dreaded farewell post.
     I have to leave this fine family and yes to those of you who are still wet behind the ears as my persona puts it is a family in whole. The GMs are like your fathers and mothers while the rest of the player base is your brothers and sisters, they watch your char grow with joy and cry with you when your char falls for the last time. :D
       As for the reason i am leaving. I have been overly busy with 2 of my life long friends running a star wars sim on a very infamous and rather misconceived game known as second life. before the flames come up and let loose unholy salvos of lag, sex, and other deprived things. I know, I have known and I try to ignore the bad and look at the good in it.Our sim has a very high ruling but is running at a mature rating for its guns, its a stupid little thing that has to be done in most if not all sims. (IE if you use guns on the sim you gotta give it a M rating, don't ask me why i didn't make Second life)
 Its a full on role play sim that was created for the geeks of Star wars and if you want to swing by there, take a look or see what the old bugger Celgar would look like as a mandalorian Twi'lek let me know drop me a line under my name Celgar Hax and the sim name can be searched for as Manaan. Yes we do have people that play Selkath.

  I have been here for 6+ years before there was an eastern server and the only way to get on was Pester Big L to open it or during an event.

I wish the holy machine spirits of of the servers that they run strong and long with out lag.

To my old friends I wish you the best of luck. to those i haven't met. Keep a good cleric by you at all times.

I think i shall make a nice RP reason why Celgar is gone here so keep an eye out.
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General Discussion / Thanks and good wishes to Aragon
« on: February 25, 2008, 04:53:07 pm »
I'm not sure if Aragon made it a point of leaving in relative peace, but last night he came online to IRC to bid adieu to some of the team members until September as he ships out to serve his country.

If it were his intentions to simply fade away without any fanfare then I apologize to him, but I felt a showing of community support was deserved and could not let it pass.

Thank you very much for your efforts and hard work for the community and the future of Layonara Aragon and get back safely, we're going to be needing you again.

If you wish to share your well wishes of a safe and speedy return and thoughts for him, please do so without turning this into any sort of political debate.

Get home safe Chuck!

-orth
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General Discussion / Reminder About Player Etiquette
« on: February 17, 2008, 01:17:07 pm »
[SIZE=16]I have recently run across a couple of examples that warrants reminder about player etiquette. [/SIZE]
 
 [SIZE=16]If you are involved in an impromptu quest, please do not send tells to all your friends having them to report to a location. If the GM wants other people or the rest of the server informed, you will probably see a shout like *anyone that is outside sees a bright light reflecting off the clouds in the direction of Hlint*.[/SIZE]
 
 [SIZE=16]Another example, please do not run past people in a CNR area to gather the CNR before the first party gets to it. The best way to handle it is through RP. Stop and ask the original party if they are on their way out or in. You may be able to join, or just come back later. RP is the key. If you are confronted IC'ly about running in front of people, using a Wizard's Tome of Teleportation usually will send the matter to OOC tells; especially if there is no RP to justify your actions.[/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16] [/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16]Examples listed below are not acceptable:[/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16]- I saw a really huge level gap and cause one can't party with more than seven levels of distance I figured you were just RP-ing.[/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16]- I can't play with a good friend cause they're more than seven above me.[/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16]- The room I went into needs a thief to open. I thought you were a cleric?[/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16]- I don't talk often.[/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16]- People start spamming listen checks as I'm usually disguised so it isn't much fun.[/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16]- Everyone mostly knows I'm (insert evil deity here) from the forum, so if I speak to them then I get frustrated.[/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16] [/SIZE]
 [SIZE=16]There are real life players playing these PCs, please have consideration for everyone.[/SIZE]
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Just for Fun / NASA - Total Lunar Eclipse
« on: February 16, 2008, 10:59:24 pm »
Quote
"On Wednesday evening, February 20th, the full Moon over the Americas will turn a delightful shade of red and possibly turquoise, too. It's a total lunar eclipse—the last one until Dec. 2010."

Read the full NASA - Total Lunar Eclipse article for more info.

To everyone who has the time and a camera, let's try and take pictures to post in our gallery for the non-Americas people to see as they're sort-of left out of the full experience.

:)

Edit: minor corrections to last paragraph.
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Rumour Has It / 'Having to Let Go'
« on: February 10, 2008, 03:32:38 pm »
*Word comes from the Temple of Kithairien that a man named, Lance Coyle, brought his deceased wife and devoted follower of the Runner, Randi 'Tyyne' Coyle, into the temple tightly embraced in his arms to be laid to rest. He was followed by a fellow name 'Bear' and his future wife, Abigail.
 
 Randi was laid at the temple for her final visit where those present paid their last respects and said goodbye to a wife and friend. Her body was draped with a Kithairien flag that was carried by Lance.
 
 In honor of the Randi's last wishes and the ways of Kithairien, she will be cremated upon a wooded altar and her remains scattered by the winds. The location of the ceremony is only known by her husand and immediate family.*
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Would it be possible to add a counter check like this to the dicebag, or allow through a command?

(1d20 + character level or Hit Dice + target’s Wisdom bonus [if any] + target’s modifiers on saves against fear)

Basically as the SRD site says, including modifiers for size differences.

Intimidate :: d20srd.org

Edit: Was thinking perhaps an item that allowed to roll versus a single pc, or the pc's entire party, or everyone in a certain radius.
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