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Welcome to Dark Age Legends, chapter 15 sign ups! Chapter 15 will pick up where chapter 14 left off, but due to the break in the action, this is an excellent point to jump in if you haven't already. If you haven't been following the story the entire way through, don't worry. You are not expected to read the entire RP-- just the rules below. However, if you never played in a forum RP before (particularly this one) you may want to read a random page or two in the middle to get a sense of how everything works.
DALpedia
DALpedia (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia) is the primary source of all DAL related information, including archives (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Archives).
Rules
Dark Age Legends Rules (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Rules)
All players must read and understand the rules. Continuing Chapter 14 players can just give them a brief skim, as there are no changes from the previous chapter.
As per usual, update/create your character's bio page in DALpedia, then post a link to it here. New players post here first, so we can approve your characters.
Chapter 15 begins Saturday, September 22nd!
My characters:
Dark Empire
- Retan (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Retan)
- Grav (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Grav)
The Velkens
- Virmir (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Virmir)
- Renard (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Renard)
- Helix (TBD)
- Anselm (TBD)
Other
- Ven (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Ven), High Knight of Tjed
- Draven (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Draven) , The Crimson Emperor (Who is better than you.)
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What's TBD stand for?
Good Guys
- Duilin (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Duilin)
- Rink (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Rink)
- Lagart (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Lagart)
- Marshall (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Marshall)
- Wilham (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Wilham)
Bad Guys
- Gorus (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Gorus)
- Vandrin (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Vandrin)
- Nex (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Nex)
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W00t! W00t! The adventure continues.
My first and so far only character
- Quadricentennial (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Quadricentennial)
Let's see if he actually manages to get in the middle of the story this time.
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Draven (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Draven) , The Crimson Emperor (Who is better than you.)
Hey! You just signed up for another filler involving the DAL crew, mister!
TBD stands for To Be Done, I believe.
Erm, I'll put my characters in later. Obviously Indher is in, as is Kerig and Weloss.
EDIT:
- Indher (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Indher)
- Kerig (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Kerig)
- Weloss (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Weloss)
Right now, I don't feel like RPing any more than these two.
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DAL is back, along with Dran!
My peoples!
Heros:
Aaron Grey (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Aaron_Grey)
Bjendell Mjord (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Bjendell_Mjord)
Jason Tiberius (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Jason_Tiberius)
Justinian Constantine (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Justinian_Constantine)
Thomas Reincover Jacobie (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Thomas_Reincover_Jacobie)
Valiko Vraoumoria (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Valiko_Vraoumoria)
Villans:
Damion Valimore VIII (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Damion_Valimore_VIII)
Doriana Jane Nymphadora (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Doriana_Jane_Nymphadora)
I hope we can hurry these sign-ups and start with DAL soon.
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Hey! You just signed up for another filler involving the DAL crew, mister!
Yes!
TBD stands for To Be Done, I believe.
Indeed.
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For teh epic lulz!
Heroes:
Alex (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Alex)
Midna (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Midna)
Villians:
Carmine (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Carmine) and the Scarlet Commission (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Scarlet%20Commossion)
Damien Roth (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Damien%20Roth)
De Sade (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Lilithian)
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As said by Xorlak before, DAL is far too epic not to continue.
My characters:
Ko'ji Riuki (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Ko%27ji_Riuki)
NEW!!!
Arata Etsuko (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Arata_Etsuko)
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Kronos (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Kronos)
Ein (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Ein)
Haha, I discovered the colour of background! Eat that, size 1 font!
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Druid
Coriko
god damn the links never work for me on this rp
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[url=http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Coriko]Coriko[/url]
[url=http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Druid]Druid[/url]
paste that into your post
and quit bugging me about the damn games, i told you, my burner doesn't work
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http://http://darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Shuichi
Well this is the most notable char.. when the other will show up, then I will post them up.
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Uhh... Xorlak, Dudeman, is anyone gonna okay my new char?
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Yeah, dudeman. You're not getting paid to sit around and not approve people's new characters.
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Theres no need. After the first char, you earn a thing called 'trust'.
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Yeah, dudeman. You're not getting paid to sit around and not approve people's new characters.
Nore am I getting paid to sit around and approve people's new characters.
And as Jenia said, there is no need. So shutty. Razz
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Looks good to me, Elder, as does everything else so far.
Only first time players need approval. Of course, I also reserve the right to reject anything at anytime. (Heh...)
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So say if I made a character named Nevard who used fire magic and had black armour with red trim and used words like "cretin" a lot but gradually less and less, you'd rejected him?
Anyways, I assume the RP will start up Saturday (ish) ?
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Okay, cool. I was just wondering because nobody told me anything. Thanks! I look forward to saturday when the RP starts!
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So say if I made a character named Nevard who used fire magic and had black armour with red trim and used words like "cretin" a lot but gradually less and less, you'd rejected him?
Anyways, I assume the RP will start up Saturday (ish) ?
I would have thought "Nevard" to be an ice mage, personally. (Heh...)
Saturday-ish it is!
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I'd like to put my character Xivilai back in...
I'll make a Dalpedia page soon, I swear =)
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Here I was freaking out because I thought we started the 20th (Today).
H'okay, um...
Zion Ultima (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Zion_Ultima)
Xenai Omega (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Xenai_Omega)
Tsu Nami (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Tsu_Nami)
Aura Hikari (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Aura_Hikari)
Then my baddies:
Zerobi no Anti (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Zerobi_no_Anti)
Drake Genais (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Drake_Genais)
I'm also going to use Dio Brando, as well as a Mudkipz. Cuz i herd u liek mudkipz. WRYYYYYYYYYY!
Razz
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I would have thought "Nevard" to be an ice mage, personally. (Heh...)
Oh yes, of course.
I'm also going to use Dio Brando, as well as a Mudkipz. Cuz i herd u liek mudkipz. WRYYYYYYYYYY!
*groans*
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I'm also going to use Dio Brando, as well as a Mudkipz. Cuz i herd u liek mudkipz. WRYYYYYYYYYY!
ATARI DUMBLEDORE FROM PORKSLOPE TURKEYHANDLE
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Somebody named Jim has broken the rule of making a page on DALPedia without Xorlak's (or my) permission. And also spamed Aura Hikari's page. I reverted the edits, I suppose somebody should do something about Jim.
Me and Ein, have reasons to believe it's a friend of ours who constantly blabbers about how WoW is better than DAL. I'd sooner start smoking then play WoW.
If it isn't the person we believe it is regardless, he's broken a few rules, and has gotten off to a bad start in the RP.
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ban his goddamn ip from everything
Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do.
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To the "good guys" fighting in Tjedon.
Well I want to join you if you guys agree, and I would like to know where you are located.
Also a possible route would be accepted with much pleasure.
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Nobody is really fighting in Tjedon right now, because Virmir (Dark Empire High General) stated that if anyone resists then they'll be killed. And Duilin doesn't want to kill him, because there is the whole thing that I think I've restated over a hundred times now, so just read Duilin's Chapter 14 bio or something.
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Somebody named Jim has broken the rule of making a page on DALPedia without Xorlak's (or my) permission. And also spamed Aura Hikari's page. I reverted the edits, I suppose somebody should do something about Jim.
(http://http://darkagegames.net/misc/supes.gif)
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@ Dudeman.
I just search for people to roleplay with, so I'm asking if anyone has a character in Tjedon, and what he's actually doing..
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I have Lagart in Tjedon, who is just standing outside a house staring at the ground. Rink is 'sort of' in Tjedon but he's actually in some 'spiritual dimension' protecting Ven's soul from getting eaten.
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//Where are those wraiths coming from and who are they after? Are they after Duilin, Bjendell, Zion and the gang?\
Oops! Yes. Post edited for clarity. (Heh...)
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There and I edited, in my update for Duilin.
Oh yes, and I made a DAL Pedia article of the new Steam Demons (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Steam_Demon)!
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I just search for people to roleplay with, so I'm asking if anyone has a character in Tjedon, and what he's actually doing..
*shrugs* my charry, Xivilai, is up near Tjedon...he's not doing much really..I have to find some tangent to take him off on...
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Oh yes, and I made a DAL Pedia article of the new Steam Demons (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Steam_Demon)!
That image is massively awesome.
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Very Happy Thanks Xorlak! Now post on DAL, I want my steam demons to pwn Draven and Anti. Razz
Oh yeah, and Valos (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Valos) is back!
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My name’s Stefan, and I would like to enter this Character.
Name: Akran
Gender: Male
Race:
Specialization(s): Stealth, Creating shadows, Dimming small lights from a distance, basically he can manipulate light (not the sun though, of course)
Age: 22
Job: None
Weapon(s): He can use the energy he gains from light sources and fuses it with his bow & arrows
Alliance: None
Description: Black cape & hood, slim, usually his mouth is covered by his cloak, Green eyes, black greasy hair
Bio: He has no family. He was close to his brother, Kraaz, but he was poisoned. Akran wasn't there when he died. Akran sought to find the killer, but it turned out someone beat him to it. Now he has no clue where to look. In the meantime he’s trying to find something…
Previous Chapter Bios: None
I’ve been trying to catch up with all the stories that are going on at the moment so I probably won’t post until I’m sure where I want to start. That’ll be early next week hopefully. Also, and Daleks? Really?
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Oh... forgot about the other four... funny thing, that. I'll try slowing down a bit...
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Xorlak,
Since Druid's island has been summoned do you mind putting up the new map with my island on it? Please and Thank You.
-Coriko
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Welcome to DAL Ted Der. Cool character you have there, no problems I see with it. You can put it up on DALPedia, I guess.
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Looks good, Ted! Welcome aboard!
Xorlak,
Since Druid's island has been summoned do you mind putting up the new map with my island on it? Please and Thank You.
-Coriko
Will get to when I have some time this weekend.
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Maybe you should try modifying the map yourself, Coriko.
Ted: I'll help you out on your DALpedia character page.
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Yeah, but then it won't have Xorlak's awesome quality and consistency with the rest of the map (you know with that awesome font).
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Xorlak, you gonna update Tjed? There's somewhat of a skirmish going on, you know.
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They're NPCs. Go wild. (Heh...)
But I've been really busy lately, so I've been only posting the bare minimum. Hopefully that will change starting later on today.
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Thank you Xorlak
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zomg guyz solw dwn!!!!1111oneone!!!11eleven
Neutral
Kinda hard to keep up right now...
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when (and how) do i make a character page for Akran? is there a specific time i have to wait? no hurry. peace.
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Sign up on DALpedia, and then go to the Character's page. Click the edit tab at the top and then enter in your character's name like this: * [[Akran]]. Oh yeah and make sure it's in alphabetical order. After that click save page and then on the page there should be your character's name in red text, click it and it should either bring you to a blank page or the edit page automatically.
It'd be a good idea to go to another character's page and copy the 'code' when you go to edit, and then paste it onto your character's page replacing the information with your own characters. That's pretty much how I've started and still do most of it (but mostly because I'm lazy).
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Xorlak, did you read my Valiko post? If so, it would be nice if Retan said something... Sad
Unless he's uber rude, in which case just say so and I'll know how to reply.
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He is in fact quite rude, if you haven't noticed. (Heh...)
But with all due respect, Valiko is this little guy off to the side while super-giant Nex and his army of demons are all up in his face trash talking and getting exploded and stuff. So you can see why he would get ignored, especially if he didn't do anything but make a comment. (Heh...)
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thanks dude man Very Happy
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Probably explains why Anti's out of that picture, too.
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Drannic, you said the steam demons 'flew at him', you do know that they can't fly? I am aware that they were 'flying' in the air as Retan was destroying them, but they had no control over that. Plus the way you described them fighting was completely off, and also why would they even bother attacking Valiko in the first place?
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1. Flew at him meaning running towards.
2. I haven't a clue how they fight. I might want to edit that later.
3. Valiko was just there and I needed him to do something.
I probably should have asked before I used the steam demons... sorry for the confusion.
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I'm pretty sure I made it clear how they fight on their DALpedia page. They shoot flaming metal chunks out of their arm, and usually move at a slow pace, but occasionally make quick dashes. Using the term 'flew' for them running wouldn't be suitable, as their movement isn't nearly as graceful as flying. Like, look at their picture.
Plus, I think he killed them way too easily, even though I believe he's supposed to be one of them super-dudes (and I know everyone wants their character to be the strongest next to Retan and be break the bones of mortals by poking them and rip phone books apart with their eye lids) but I don't want the steam demons to be thought of as cannon fodder NPCs and be able to be killed in one attack by everyone.
Retan is an exception as he's more of a plot device than a character, as stated in the rules. Razz
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I don't want to have a super-strong character. Every time I tried, I failed. I mean, YOU, dm, could take Kronos out with a single punch.
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Ein, Kronos is a min-maxer. That makes him a successfull super-strong, in a way.
On other news, I beg everyone's forgivness for the lack of posting.
No, really, I am just sort of not in the mood lately.
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HAY GUYZ!!!11eleven I made a witty redirect on DALPedia.
Search "Boner Dragon". :DDDD (Vets will get this reference.)
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(Heh...)
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HAY GUYZ!!!11eleven I made a witty redirect on DALPedia.
Search "Boner Dragon". Very HappyDDD (Vets will get this reference.)
Ah yes...Rolling Eyes
Those were the days. Haraldur was friends with Zeros' and Duilin, I killed off two characters each chapter and Draven called everyone a cretin.
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dubble post
I just noticed me and Drannic forgot to continue our saving Ven's soul thing. Should we just do something really quick, Drannic and get it over with or something?
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I posted something with Justin and Rink. I believe Justin opened a portal and helped Ven out of it.
Pretty sure I did, it should be in there somewhere.
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Alright, we'll just assume Ven's sleeping and Rink and Justin are back and twiddling their thumbs or something.
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Good enough for me, but what about Lagart and Jacobie? Should we just have them sit there, or what?
It'd be nice if I could get a response...
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I dunno, if you can think of something for them to do then go ahead.
I've noticed we are running low on quotes, so either find some old quotes that are cool, or make some new ones Wink.
But make sure they're good. Razz
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Hey guys. Not that it matters since my char hasn't done anything yet but I'm skipping this chapter as well because I'm having difficulties right now.
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It's cool. Just pop back in whenever you're ready, TK!
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Good day gentlefolk,
Do to mid-week time constraints, I will be only be updating 1-2 plot threads per day over the next three days. My schedule will be as follows:
Tuesday: Retan/Draven/Vraigus
Wednesday: Renard
Thursday: Virmir, Vincent, any others
Apologies for any inconvenience.
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*stops posting till thursday*
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Sorry I haven't been posting...I've been adjusting to a new schedule...very badly I might add, and I'm wondering where all my free time has gone. I should be back on track soon though, and I should have a post tomorrow..
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Xorlak: Hmm, no problems here really. Maybe with the lack of updating Valos and/or Duilin I can probably get my other characters to do something...
Hmm, I wonder if Beta Vraigus would now qualify as a notable NPC? I mean, I made a page for Rex Vondran and he only had a small part. Yet I think he's been mentioned several times by Ophelia and Duilin since then...
Drannic: Whoa! Okay man, I just read your post. Just wondering, did you get Xorlak's OK about that? (I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.)
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I created a new character; http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Puco
She may look a lil' too strong, but it's just how you interpret her powers. I assume her potential is much less than "time shifting" would look like.
<3
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Um, I you need to have that basic character stats thing like the Name, Age, Job etc. It's all mentioned there I see, but it's still nice just to have the general stats stated, for quick reference.
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Dimension traveling? You know, you're probably not going to have much use for that in the RP... As I'm sure you've read the rules:
Each player may have his/her characters cross into another dimension only once per chapter. There can only be one crossing, and the number of characters involved does not matter.
Then again, it does say that exceptions can be arranged... bah, whatever
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I realize that Ein, but do not plan have making this girl bored of this world Smile.
@ DM; yea I'll add that. Ophelia, in Helternia, here I come ;P!
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Oh crap! I forgot about that! Well, if it's okay with Xorlak, then we can just leave it. I'll just change it later if it isn't. Is that okay with you, Xor?
You do have to admit, it's probably the coolest twist I've come up with yet. Just sorry I forgot to send a Pm.
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Drannic, I intend to have Anti take the hit full on, and take little damage. Y'know, the DBZ thing. After all, he does wanna fight Retan, and I did power him up. I then plan for Xenai and the others with him to arrive and help Valiko fight Anti. Do you have any objections? I'm happily willing to work something out with you.
...You know? I just had an idea.
A power level chart. I know it's probably way too DBZ-esque for anyone's tastes, but it can help to identify the relative strength of all the characters, since we never have any idea whether one person is stronger than another. Retan can of course be at the top, with something ridiculous like 10,000,000, and we can place ourselves below as we see fit. Perhaps we can stick other monsters and beings in there, such as the Necrodragon, and other such monsters, to get better a sense of what the numbers mean.
Such an idea might ruin the RP, though. It was just a thought that sprung to my head, I felt like throwing it out there.
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I actually love the idea, me and DM were discussing it a while ago. However, there's a few problems with that. For example, Kronos really can't deal much damage, but he's still up there with the big guys (since he's all necromancer and stuff, with a billion corpses at his command). So would he have a high power level or a low one?
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Well he has high Necromancy powers; therefore he would be High Powered. Like he is able to have a giant zombie with the power of a hundred people, so in a way Kronos is that powerful.
I remember awhile ago we had the level system, but it was very general. There was level 1, which were characters that had little to no magic abilities (Like Rink and Lagart) and then there was level 2 which were characters that were sort of 'super human' but like all uber powerful (like Zion, Xenai, Valos etc.) and then their were the level 3 characters who were like all flying around shooting airship sized energy blasts from their finger tips (Zeros', Draven, Nex).
There was a level 4, for like the 'demi-god' characters, but you needed to have permission from everyone else to have a level 4 character, nobody had a character of that level (Haraldur got close). Retan probably would be around that level.
But we only had 4-5 points to spend. If we were going to bring it back I'd suggest like we could have unlimited level 1s and around 3-5 level 2s and 1 or 2 level 3s.
Oh and on a side note, I think we should remove 'God' from the Race page, as it's not actually a race. And just have it one of those pages that aren’t on any big list page (like the aura page). What do you think?
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I suppose that'd be nice.
For the power chart, I also think that a system with somewhat more manageable numbers should be used. Say, Retan is at 150.
Here's a table I came up with so far:
Retan - 150
Draven - 100
Kronos - 93
Duilin - 80 (95 in super mode)
Gorus - 85 (90 in super mode)
Ein - 65
Vincent - 63 (?)
Feel free to add your own.
Drannic: I don't think "clone" is really a good word to use for a medieval(-themed) RP. Perhaps "Doppelganger" or something would be better? You know, to suggest the magical nature of the copy or something... I mean, "clone" makes me think of computers, tubes and heart monitors... Confused
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Oh crap! I forgot about that! Well, if it's okay with Xorlak, then we can just leave it. I'll just change it later if it isn't. Is that okay with you, Xor?
You do have to admit, it's probably the coolest twist I've come up with yet. Just sorry I forgot to send a Pm.
Yeah, things like that its generally good to ask first... (Heh...)
Looks okay, though, since he's not as strong and doesn't really seem to have the same personality. I would agree "Doppleganger" sounds better.
He he he, you guys are free to make "power level" charts if you want, just for fun. Blast, the vast majority of my past DBZ-ripoff-henchmen could have had scouters. (Heh...) As mentioned though, we're a lot more original with our characters now and their abilities don't quite match up to a simple strength level. So even then battles would still be up in the air.
Oh and on a side note, I think we should remove 'God' from the Race page, as it's not actually a race. And just have it one of those pages that aren’t on any big list page (like the aura page). What do you think?
Sounds good.
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I kinda like Ein's thing. Here is the list of my characters (Well, the good ones).
Abodahon - 120 (Hey, even Draven ran from him!)
Nex - 98
Duilin - 80 (95 in one of his super modes)
Gorus - 85 (90 in his DEATH Wyvern form)
Valos - 75
Aegidius - 73
Ophelia - 70
Wilham - 67
Vandrin - 64
Marshall - 60
Lagart - 20 (He doesn't have any magic, but he's really big)
Rink - 20 (He's really small, but has some pretty handy magic)
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Valiko is pretty evil, though. Maybe Anti will turn tail and Xenai and the others can fight Valiko instead? I'm possative that you're next in line after Draven. Heh... Power chart!? WTF!?!?!? Enough said... though truly, I'd just love updating all my characters' pages with a power level...
My guys would probably be at something like this:
Ben at 80 (95 in super form),
Jacobie at 85 (90 with enchantments),
Valimore at 80 (95 at night/vampire mode),
Valiko at 80 (100 at omg omega takes-forever-to-charge super mode(heh...)),
Justin at 75 (90 in super form),
Tiberius at 75,
Doriana at 60,
and Aaron at 60.
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Let me throw mine on out there:
Zion: 90
Ultima Eternity: 102
Xenai: 92
Omega Zero: 106
Tsu: 80
Tsu (Omega Fist): 98
Aura: 78
Aura (Omega Fist): 86
And of course:
Zerobi no Anti: 110
Zerobi no Anti (Omega Fist): 135
Zerobi no Anti (True Form): ???
Drake Genais: 50
Drake Genais (+ New Weapon): ???
I like suspense. Razz
Yeah, I do like your idea, Drannic. Anti might just get impatient, say "Fuck this!" and take off after Retan. Maybe Xenai and his group can show up at that point, and Valiko can keep them from advancing further.
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Hmm, I always thought of Zion, Xenai being kind of like Duilin's power level and Aura and Tsu being weaker. Then again, there have been times when Tsu and Duilin both seem to be at the same range of power.
So Xenai is a bit stronger than Zion? I normally thought of it as the other way around, but I guess it makes sense since Xenai an ex-merc and Zion is just some traveler.
But we also have to remember not to take these too seriously, or else battles will just become pretty much pre-planed and have no climatic sense to them.
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Since I just joined, I don't really know what the full extent of my character's powers are just yet, but here is my idea of what I think so far. Plus, I'm not sure exactly how strong other people's characters are. I'll edit this page later if someone thinks its too high or low.
Akran's bow (normal) 15
Akran's bow fused w/ light 15 + 20= 35
Akran shielded by shadow 15 + 10 = 25
Akran's bow fused w/ light and body shielded by shadow 15 + 20 + 10 = 45
P.S. Akran just manipulates light & shadows (he can shield himself or power up himself), it's not light magic and shadow magic. Cut off his power sources and he's dead.
P.P.S. I don't know much about DBZ
I EDITED THIS PAGE. I REALIZE AKRAN CAN'T BE ANY WHERE NEAR AS POWERFUL AS KRONOS AND SOME OF THE OTHER CHARACTERS
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I was wondering if I could add one more character: Kraaz, Akran's supposedly dead brother.
Name: Kraaz
Gender: Male
Race:
Specialization(s): Was Stealth & creating shadows, but now that Akran stole that from him, he doesn't have that anymore. He does have a powerful art kind of like necromancy, but he spawns demons from the ashes of victims. He uses the Majeuri Spinel.
Age: 26
Job: None
Weapon(s): above
Alliance: None
Description: for now, he looks like a ghost. Can I do that?
Bio: It seems that Akran did have something to do with his (death?), and now he is power hungry and searching for his brother.
Previous Chapter Bios: None
This is just my idea of him for now, like i did with Akran, this will probably change... but nothing very drastic.
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The power level thing isn't totally serious, but it might help us on who has the more experienced characters. It's usually the people who have been around longer (or have spent more time developing their character's strength) have the stronger ones.
You can have ghosts just as long as they aren't invincible. I suppose "ghosts" could be immune to pysical attacks, but not magic (and most people use magic anyways).
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well, i kind of thought that maybe until he could regain a steady form, he could be invincible, but totally weak as hell.
for example:
Kraaz (as ghost) 1
Kraaz (in a body) 20
Kraaz (in a body w/ Majeuri Spinel) 70
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Well, I guess that's okay just as long as you don't have him take advantage of that and start messing around.
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I always thought of Duilin to be equivalent to Zion and Xenai, too. I based my calculations around Draven's. Heck, I think they might need to be closer to Draven's. Oh well.
The flaws of the power level chart already present themselves... Razz
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so Xorlak, is my new character ok with you? can post with him now?
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Gah, sorry! Looks good to me.
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So, you guys are doing power levels now?
You seem to be forgetting one little detail :p
Weloss (in own world) - 9,000,000,000
Rough estimate Smile
(YES, I KNOW. He can only bring about 0.000000003% of his power to gaian right now, but that is quite a minor detail!)
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IT'S OVER 9000!!!!!
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IT'S OVER 9000!!!!!
Wow, that's gold right there. Why didn't I think of that?
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DM, in response to your last post on DAL, I think you might want to take another look at it for a minute. Belle's a woman, right? Allow me to make thing's clearer:
He overheard the conversation about the dragonstone.
Wow... either that's wrong, or I have some serious issues. Might want to fix that.
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Simple typo.
But yes, despite you being correct you still have some serious issues.
I kid, I kid because I love. Razz
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Okay, could somebody give me a quick what's up about the Velken battle that I'm throwing Zion into?
Also, DM... Anti's talking to Valos.
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//Xorlak, a few questions: Will the ship have a name? Does it have a large enough space in it to accommodate passengers? Maybe a cool idea would be to control the Hammer from inside the ship, rather than from the ground.\
Gah, apologies. Forgot to come back here and reply to this. Are you talking about the airship-like things that will propel the Hammer up part way? I don't know, whatever you want. I'm just pulling this whole thing out of nowhere, anyway. (Heh...)
Trent: The Velkens are basically going crazy and utterly destroying North Point. The lizards are weak against them, so they don't stand a chance. (Lizard Men are slow and have a glaring weak point-- their necks. They are essentially powerless against the speedy and precise flying foxes with little pointy swords.)
The battle is taking place above the fortress mostly. There are only 240-ish Velkens, against a couple thousand wyvern riders and a huge snake-like dragon thing.
I was really intending this to be more of a background thing since I have so many other things going on right now, but you can join in if you want. (Heh...)
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A background thing, huh? That's good. I can have Zion just flip out on the baddies in the background while I actively manage Anti's pursuit and Xenai + co's fight.
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Good day gentlefolk,
Since the whole only updating a sane amount thing worked well last week, I will be doing it again this Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and probably each week from here on out until I can somehow cut down and keep a normal sized amount of characters. (Heh...) Full updates will likely remain on Friday through Monday.
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And since you run the show, it also makes it more manageable for us as well.
Thank you very much, good sir! Very Happy
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Good day gentlefolk,
Since the whole only updating a sane amount thing worked well last week, I will be doing it again this Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and probably each week from here on out until I can somehow cut down and keep a normal sized amount of characters. (Heh...) Full updates will likely remain on Friday through Monday.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....![/i][/size]
Hehe, I've never experienced any of your (DM, Xorlak, Drannic) problems. See, keeping a sane amount of characters appears to be doing the trick for me. Very Happy
P. S. Trent, have you noticed that my spam amount is catching up to yours? A measly 20 posts and we'll be even. D:
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Oh, sure! Shove me into the crowd, why don't you? I'm managing all of my characters finely, thank you very much.
BTW, Spam is fun. Just thought you should all know.
Yes... I've lost most of my sanity over the years, but who cares? Razz
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None of us here were ever sane.
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School. Homework. Tests. No time. Need time. Excuse here.
Seriously, I need to figure out where I left off and actually do a post so people won't think I'm dead or something.
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Vincent plays Guild Wars.
(http://http://gw.gamewikis.org/images/7/74/Tinted_Spectacles_M_gray_side.jpg)
Not quite black hair, but ponytail and glasses.
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Actually, i've changed me mind. I'm not going to add a character right now... maybe later like in the next chapter. I'm kinda busy right now and im not yet used to writing a story so quickly. (I spend almost an hour trying to write just for my one character.) sorry for uhh, well... any inconvenience. well there probably isn't any...
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I edited my character stats. i think this is more fair considering that akran is a new character and i recently joined.
Akran's bow (normal) 15
Akran's bow fused w/ light 15 + 20= 35
Akran shielded by shadow 15 + 10 = 25
Akran's bow fused w/ light and body shielded by shadow 15 + 20 + 10 = 45
i hope i can add
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You could just say something like this instead.
Akran power lvl 15 (45 with enhancements)
Just a thought. Feel free to shoot me in the head if you hate it. Very Happy
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Wow...
You guys are taking this far too seriously...
This is supposed to be nothing more than a rough estimate...
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Was that a shot to the head, D. Ein?
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Well, no... but...
I just thought that this would be a fun thing to do, just slap a power level onto a character. You guys are adding like a billion other forms, with enchantments and whatnot. I mean, I could go into explaining how strong is Ein in his moth form and how strong is Kronos in his phaseshift form, but i guess you just sort of round it up and...
Nevermind...
Ignore me, i'll just sit in the corner over there...
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That's exactly what I was talking about when I was helping Ted! Here's a neato layout.
Character <power level> (<power level at fullest>)
That should help a bit... right guys?
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I'm agreeing with Ein, on taking the power level thing to seriously. But hey, if you all want to play around with it go ahead. Wink
By the way Drannic, that is like the BEST display picture EVER.
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I made it myself! Smile
BTW, OMG!!! DM's last post brings us up to 6,000 posts!!! Yay DAL!!! That'll be something to mention in the 4th year anniversary (I don't know if I spelled that right...)
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Holy crap, you're right! This is the best thing ever. Last time we were getting near to hitting another solid thousand I had post 4,999. This makes up for that, and everything else that has gone wrong in my life!
*dances around with a crown on his head*
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You know, it would be nice of you to update when my chatacters walked in the house... and out... and back in again, pretty much... Razz
Another thing I find quite hilarious is that we have 6,000 posts, but 50,000 some views. Doesn't that depression hurt?
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Not at all, people view at least twice when they post and a lot of people read several pages before they join. There are tons of reasons.
Oh yeah and I really don't know what to do with Bell, Lagart and Rink right now. I've got Valos, Duilin, Wilham and Gorus doing their own things so...yeah.
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Don't worry, I won't shoot you in the head. I've only shot a bow once in my life and it went backwards. Akran on the other hand...
Akran 15 (45 with power ups)
I didn't mean to cause a fuss. The only reason why i added the powers together like that was because i didn't want you guys to think that I just randomly pulled number out of the sky. But I guess it all random anyway. I actually liked DM's idea with only levels 1,2,3,4 and 5 better (i think that was it.)
Edit:
Hows this: When you join, you must start with a level 1 character, but as you write your posts and the longer you do it, your charatcer level gradually goes up to 2, then 3, 4, 5. Or maybe if a character studies a certain power or something, the level goes up quicker. i dunno just a thought
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I think there was some stupid rule way back that all your characters had to equal level five or lower, so you couldn't have any strong characters. If that rule was still in effect, all of my characters would be less than a whole level. (Don't I feel special? ^_^)
That would include DM, Xorlak, and people with more than five characters whose names I'd forgot to mention.
<Insert people with more than five characters here>
Smile
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Yeah, the last time we did the level thing was way back in Chapter 5 (http://http://forums.mysticsoftware.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1238).
Although, maybe something like that would help me get my characters under control. (Heh...) But seriously, I haven't really added a character I planned on for an entire year. Pretty much every new character for the past several chapters has been an NPC I just happened to give a name, and then their stories got interesting and I decided to write about them. And of course, people kept wanting to interact with them after I left them behind with my mains, so I kept updating them to avoid being rude. And now I have like twenty plot treads, blast it.
I am seriously trying to tie up most loose ends and start Chapter 16 with two characters. But we'll see how that goes. (Heh...)
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Man oh man has this thing been going on forever. Chapter 15! *whistles*
Very Happy
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Oh yeah. You should join back up. How quickly did you kill off your characters? I knew one of them died before I even had a chance to post. Razz
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Haha. I don't quite remember, but I believe it was a little past mid-way through the first chapter. I think it was so early on that the characters didn't even get logged into the DALpedia thing.
Controlling death is so much fun. ^^
With 3.1 I've made a mild return to the community. I've got some things up my sleeves.
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I've read through chapter 1, and your characters are killed off very early, not even mid way. Despite that, they still have pages on DALpedia. In fact I think I made them. Wink I have no life.
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im in ur dal
watchin ur signup topic
Okay, he didn't actually write that.
Come join back up! You can have one of your karate dudes kicking ass again. Very Happy
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Mark of the Dragon, was the one with the karate dudes. Dark Elite had big dudes who rode dragons.
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Okay.
Come back, so you can have one of your big dudes riding dragons kicking ass again. Very Happy
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DM!!! REPLY TO THE POST WITH LAGART AND BELLE!!! OMGWTF!?!?!?
*swears continually*
Same with you, Trent. I specifically had Tiberius say "Well, he's finished. Now what do we do?" Do you think he was asking nobody?
*rants angrily for some hours*
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You know what's sad? My most recent post is the best story twist I'd ever come up with.
It's sad, because at least 284723957823957 other people did the exact same thing (in this chapter alone).
=.=
Drannic: One thing I absolutely despise is people ignoring other people's actions. As much as I tend to disagree with you, here, I must side with you.
*joins the swearing spree*
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Drannic alot of your posts were just dialouge without saying who is talking, so I was deeply confused. I'm not 100% on what's going on, but I'll try my best.
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THANK YOU!!!
Now, all I have to do to stop swearing so much is wait for Trent to reply... seeing as how that's not going to happen any time soon, I'll just resume the vulgar language.
*Continues swearing and ranting, but dulls down slightly*
Smile
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On the main page before you click on forums to get to Dark Age Legends, I noticed a Dark Age Legend game. Is this from the forum? Did you guys actually take the story and make a game out of it?
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No, not quite yet. There are several people who wanted to make a game out of it. Oh crap! That reminds me, Dude Man, I began working on it again. Anytime you want to show me some progress on them sprites, you're welcome to e-mail them to me!
BTW, what you might have seen was Dark Age, Dark Age II, or something along those lines... unless I'm just being stupid right now, in which case, feel free to shoot me in the foot. Smile
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oh, is dark age II different from dark age legends? wait. does that mean that dark age legends is the third part or something? dark age, then dark age II, then the dark age legends... how long has this been going on for?
or am i getting it totally wrong? i probably am. never mind me...
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Nobody has made a game of Dark Age Legends. It's an RP. That's all, but some of us do plan on making a game of DAL, with little success as of right now.
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Here's how it is.
A man named Xorlak made several games, completely unbased on anything: Dark Age I, Dark Age II, Dark Age Ex and (as far as the rumours go) (in production) THE SECRET PROJECT!!!
He then had the bright idea to make a forum RP very loosely based on the series of games that he'd made. In fact, I think the only two things that the series has in common with DAL are albatrashes and Drakens.
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Hmmm, interesting. The RP has become more popular than the games (http://http://darkagegames.net). (Heh...)
A man named Xorlak made several games, completely unbased on anything: Dark Age I, Dark Age II, Dark Age Ex and (as far as the rumours go) (in production) THE SECRET PROJECT!!!
It's so secret, I'm not even working on it. Mwa ha ha ha ha... Oh, wait.
He then had the bright idea to make a forum RP very loosely based on the series of games that he'd made. In fact, I think the only two things that the series has in common with DAL are albatrashes and Drakens.
And Gepardis and Lizard Men. Also alchemists with shotguns.
It's probably also obvious I'm using the RP as a testing ground for concepts for new races and personalties.
*Reads latest posts*
*Considers making the lame ability to sense other characters' presence illegal in the next chapter*
*Plots on dragging the Tjedon liberation story line on as long as possible just to make the above characters look like morons*
Mwa ha ha ha ha...
Although seriously, Drannic, how the heck does Aaron have ANY clue at all what's going to happen? The arrival of another Dark Empire vessel would suggest he's *more* screwed, wouldn't it?
Context, people, context...
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Yeah... I just thought of that right now. God, I'm dumb as hell. I hope the edit with Aaron fixes it.
ANYWAYS, Trent, freaking update your other people... say, Aura, Tsu, and Xenai? For the love of GOD!!! I've still been swearing about that, and still am!
*Still continues swearing rant just to prove the point*
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Heh, no worries. Although the edit makes more sense. (Don't worry, crazy violent fun is coming up.)
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WTF?! When were my flyboys addressed? I thought they were still contemplating on what to do next!
P.S. Very nice avvy, Xorlak.
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Trent: Hmm... maybe page 402, post #8, if you bothered checking.
Xorlak: ...? Is that who I think it is?
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Xorlak if you're going to remove the detecting presence thing, maybe it should be done as a side effect to some catostraphic thing that happens. Like some spell Retan does, or some spell that's done on Retan.
But maybe you could at least have it be short ranged (Like, you can sense their power level when fighting them). It's over NINE THOUSAND!
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(http://http://www.seek-truth.com/wp-content/files/justdoit.jpg)
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Well, I think it's too much of a drastic thing to just do without explanation, because the aura detection has been done so much and has somewhat been a key to a few storylines. Like, the no instant unbound teleportation rule worked because it was very early in the RP.
Oh yeah and Xorlak nice Dr.Robotnik/Eggman avatar, but I liked your previous one(s) better.
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To be honestly honest, I liked the original (well, I don't know, the one that Xorlak had when I first joined) the most. It was the one where Xorlak himself stood holding some firelight ball in his hand.
Since I never played any of the sonic games, I have no idea who that dude is.
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BLASPHEMY.
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I kind of hoped someone would say that... I thought, "If I weren't me and I saw my post, I'd say "blasphemy" or "traitor"
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Well, I think it's too much of a drastic thing to just do without explanation, because the aura detection has been done so much and has somewhat been a key to a few storylines. Like, the no instant unbound teleportation rule worked because it was very early in the RP.
Good idea. I'll probably make something catastrophic happen near the end of the chapter that throws off everyone's sensing abilities. (Heh...)
But maybe you could at least have it be short ranged (Like, you can sense their power level when fighting them).
I have no qualms with that. I just think it's a little strange people can tell exactly where other people are.
Since I never played any of the sonic games, I have no idea who that dude is.
You owe it to yourself to track down an episode or two of the old Saturday morning cartoon show and marvel at one of the greatest villains ever created. (Heh...)
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Hi, my step dad has 100% took away my internet so my posts will be be cut down significantly. i still want to be a part of dal it is just being impeded. sorry Sad
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Here's a picture of the Gleepers. (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Image:Gleeper.jpg) I'm 100% on the name I picked. I kind of like it because it's original and suiting, but if anyone can think of a better name, then let's hear it.
Coriko: That's okay. To be honest, I'm running low on stamina for updating Wilham.
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I've never had this happen before. I posted almost the exact same time D. Ein did.
BTW, Drannivolkans are cats!? They were supposed to resemble Velkens, except for the fact that the Velkens' fur are silver and the Drannivolkans' fur are orange. Also, they're slower, bigger, and stronger in the aspect of bladed weapons. I kinda told Scrollin that, so... it's not his problem.
Another note, It's Dranivolkans not Drannivolkas.
Singular = Drannivolkan, Plural = Drannivolkans. Just wanted to clarify.
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Another note, It's Dranivolkans not Drannivolkas.
http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Drannivolka
The history page says that you were the one who created the page...
I've never had this happen before. I posted almost the exact same time D. Ein did.
Yeah, I noticed that, too - usually when someone posts just before you, the forums inform you about it. They didn't tell me anything, though. Did you get the message?
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BTW, Drannivolkans are cats!?
Drannivolkas are essentially anthropomorphic felines that hail from the highlands of Dranniville.
According to the article you made about them, yes.
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Hmm... I'm just going to change it now, because I like the sound of Drannivolkan better. Sorry if I sounded rude about it before. Also, I noted that they were felines, yes, but I put information that they resembled Velkens. But what are foxes? I thought they were felines... aren't they? Anyways, Drannivolkans (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Drannivolkan) sounds better to me than Drannivolkas. I'm not sure though. What do you guys think?
Oh, and no message poped up for me, D. Ein. Weird, huh?
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Foxes are canines.
http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox
"Fox" is a... small to medium-sized canid in the tribe vulpini...
And yes, that is quite strange. There must be a delay in order for the thing to work. We posted at the same minute, maybe that's why...
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But what are foxes? I thought they were felines... aren't they?
*Dies*
Although seriously, they work better as cats. The canid Velkens are mistrustful of them on sight. Could be a good plot point in the future. Also you never edited that article from being a direct copy-and-paste of mine. (Heh...)
Anyways, Drannivolkans sounds better to me than Drannivolkas. I'm not sure though. What do you guys think?
I've been writing the plural form as "Drannivolka" as in "The Drannivolka are coming." I think it sounds kinda cool that way, but its your race, so it's your call.
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Yup, Drannivolka sounds better! Razz But sure, it's your page, you do with it what you will...
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Hmm, I like Drannivolkan better. But in plural they could be Drannivolka..
Just my crazy opinion..
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It has been decided! Singular form is 'drannivolkan,' plural form is 'drannivolka.' Now everybody's happy.
And no, I was actually going to do something like this before Mikado said something. Still, the fact that something was said makes it even better! Muhahahaha!
... yeah, I'll be quiet now...
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I think having two fox races is kind of...bleh. We need cat people.
And maybe we could also have some Velkens and Drannivolka with different coloured fur. Like people have different skin and hair colours.
But meh, I made Drannivolkan redirect to Drannivolka.
You people need to learn how to do that. Here I'll teach you.
#REDIRECT [[Page to redirect to]]
There, now do that instead of making clone pages Razz.
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Unfortunately for Valos, flora elemental attacks negate water, and not lightning, which would be negated by rock or ground based earth attacks.
Damn you and you're blasted flora-earth differences! I officially hate all elemental strength/weakness things!
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The redirector is the reason Boner Dragon goes to Necrodragon. Very Happy
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Three random people made three random edits on DALPedia. I fixed them, however. But I thought I might give you the FYI that the pedia is getting spammed.
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New user account creation disabled.
May update the software and install CAPTCHA to prevent spambots in the future. But for now new players need to contact me for a DALpedia account.
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Ooooo.... red font... never a good sign, eh?
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I got an account, but i guess im not really new anymore. its been 6 weeks.
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Um, Drannic I can't help but noticed you posted some 'history' about the Drakens. Is this stuff you and Xorlak talked about? You've stated that the Drakens have 'peace-loving gods' and Vraoumori is Jayce's real name. If you're just making this up, you need to stop. Drakens are Xorlak's race.
I'm getting major deja-vu here, like double deja-vu...
Also, I thought you might want to read the God (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/God) page on DALpedia. Since you seem to be using gods a lot.
Sorry if I'm picking on you too much.
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I did okay the whole Jayce-Valiko thingy with Xorlak. And I'm planing some other stuff about the Drakens in my story line. I suppose now I have to give it away... *sigh* Ben's Father is the real one who started the war with the gods, and is telling his son lies. I hope I don't have to clear that up again, as I've just ruined the surprise...
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All I wanted to know was did you get the okay of the Drakens having peace loving gods, and there being one 'father of the drakens'.
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Did I not just tell you he's lying? There's none of that, it's all a lie.
Solved, hopefully......
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Blast it, Drannic!
I went and typed up this nice long response and then you post and say it's all a lie. (Heh...)
Yeah, that does fix it. Although in the future it may be a good idea to send me a PM so that you won't have to announce your spoilers publicly. (Heh...)
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Kronos (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Kronos)
Sovereign's Hammer (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Sovereign%27s_Hammer)
Gros Morne (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Gros_Morne)
The Citadel (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Gros_Morne_Citadel)
Goy! (Joy in Norwegian)
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Nice job Ein.
Drannic, it might not be the best idea of bringing Christ into Dal, and having Bjendell be him. It's kind of controversial if you know what I mean.
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Name: Buddha
Gender: Male
Race: Buddha
Specialization(s): Everything
Age: 389569082580927
Job: Being Buddha
Weapon(s): Buddha
Alliance: Bhuddists
Description: Fat and short
Bio: Started Buddhism in Helternia.
Previous Chapter Bios: All the previous chapters were simply a state of meditation for Buddha. When he wakes up, DAL ends.
But no, seriously. No actual religion in DAL, please.
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Holy crap! Wow... how freaking wasted was I when I made that post? Seriously, sorry about that! Lemme just delete the whole thing. (please note, though it may sound like it, there is no sarcasm what-so-ever)
But yeah, must have been one of those times after religion class where they totally brainwashed us... I hate religion class... They assign us way too much work to do. I think that day I was reading over romans 8 - romans 16, and yes, we have to memorize it. At the end of the year, if we don't have the whole bible memorized, we flunk out. Seriously, religion class sucks! Another reason why I hate private school as well...
Also, just sorry for screwing a lot of stuff up all the time. I'm really going through some tough times at home. I'm also going to college next year, which is going to kill all of my free time, I know; just sorry again. I'm starting to see my total havoc reflect into DAL a bit, whereas my common sense has died and has been reborn dozens of times, over and over again.
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Really, Drannic, you don't screw up that much to be saying things like that. My one qualm with you is that you try to get to the top too fast, and that is it. Your posts are fine, it's just that you sometimes try to make these very grand, drastic actions, from which it is obvious that you want your character to be powerful and mighty and respected. I guess what I'm trying to say is that you should work your character to the top, and not have him become the top. Hell, I don't even think that Kronos is ready for the top yet, and he's been in the RP for six chapters now.
Other than that, really, you're being too hard on yourself. Your characters are kind of like... The closest comparison would be like branches on a tree. You've got many of them and you have several different storylines. You, being the tree, only have so many resources you can spare for your branches. If, say, you were to cut all of the branches off and leave 2 or 3 of them, then you'll put all your effort into those 2 or 3, making them great. Your characters have potential, believe me. It's just that when you're wrestling down several different storylines, they seem kind of... you know, rushed. That's the problem there, and you try to rush to the top, without much in-between work. After a lot of experimentation on Ein and Kronos, I ultimately decided that the whole in-between work is the true meat of DAL, so to say. Sure it's great when you have an almighty character, but then if there are no real obstacles to overcome, then what's the point of having a character? It's like cheating at a video game, but cheating only until you get to the boss. Yes, you still have the boss to fight, but the rest of the game took absolutely no effort. That whole "rest", if you ask me, is where most of the pleasure from games comes from.
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Hmm... yeah, that seems to make much more sense to me. All of them are now inactive except for three; Aaron, Ben, and Jacobie (my favorites, if you couldn't already tell).
That should help me keep the illusion of sanity intact, for the moment! Very Happy
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Woh, you know what? I think the above^ is the best post you have ever written Drannic.
Just kidding... please don't kill me... Sad ....actually, if you want to kill someone, kill my neighbour. I hate the guy.
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I just slept for 11 hours, woke up with a horrid headache, and had to translate my mom's college paper for her. Now I have to edit it. I hate life
DM: Sorry, didn't realize you had your elites there. The thing is that I want to get over the ship thing ASAP - too many time constraints.
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That's fine. If you want, just kill them all off next post. Just make it cool and believable enough.
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DM, Lagart totally ignored Ben. I don't know if you did on purpose or whatever, but I'm just gonna go with it was a mistake. In otherwords, please respond. Thank you.
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I had no idea Ben was talking to Lagart, I think I remember Ben looking at Lagart, but that's it.
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Tried something new with my last post. To make things clearer, I put the location that the scene takes place at the top of each section. Sound like a good idea to make mandatory? Or do you think it would be a pain?
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I'd have to agree with making it mandatory, with exceptions allowed - like that one post I made a while back with the lava creature (more on those later Smile ), if the location were to be given away, then it wouldn't be as cool. But I think that it should be done, yes
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Yes, of course. I often find those sorts of posts necessary myself. (Heh...)
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Hmm, I like the idea. I'm for it.
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The ship descended, and then re-deployed its cannons, opening a circular volley at the ship below. The cannonballs were fired under a very particular angle, so that once they reached the Lightning Wyvern, they would condense into one tight spiral, definitely crushing some bone...
???
Am I to assume that attack missed?
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Haven't been on in a while. But seriously, DM, the post where I had Ben talk to Lagart was right after the post where I said he could see him!
Oh and Xorlak, are you SERIOUSLY thinking about making that a rule? I mean, it is neat and all that, but it could get anoying after a while...
And another thing, DM, you should probably forget the fact that I'm trying to have Ben talk, because it was a while back. But still, could you have one of your guys at least see him and say something? He's standing right in front of the house!
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I don't see how typing one sentence compared to a 3-hour 16KB post could ever get annoying
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Ein: Uh...yeah, sorry. I've been pretty tired lately, so I probably skimmed over that, or was blanked out when I was reading. Heheh.
Drannic: Yeah, same reasons as above, so I'm sorry.
I think my sleep schedule or something has been ruined.
Let's just assume it missed the Lightning Wyvern. And we'll also assume Lagart shrugged at whatever Bjendell said. Razz
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*GAAAAAAAAAAAAAASP*
You skim my posts?! :O
*cuts wrists, poisons then shoots self*
*also sets self on fire*
*and hangs self*
Do you guys have a favourite post?
Mine's probably DM's Valos getting pissed post.
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But Ein, it's seriously better than not having your posts read at all! Razz
Oh, you forgot jumps off a building and slpatters blood and guts on the concrete. Just being helpful.
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Oh and Xorlak, are you SERIOUSLY thinking about making that a rule? I mean, it is neat and all that, but it could get anoying after a while...
We'll try it for a while. If I get annoyed by it, then I won't make it a rule.
(Heh...)
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Ein: I don't know, my favourite post changes often. But the post where Renard telling Duilin about the situation with Welken, was amazing. It's kind of funny how Renard is Xorlak's most in depth character.
However, a lot of posts involving Kronos going on his rants about how awesome he is and how worthless everyone else is and Retan being his regular badass self, are always getting moved around with my favourites.
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Drannic: Ah, yes. The building. Thank you.
*hops off the CN tower*
Hey, I live near there!
DM: Meh. Kronos' posts are awesome, but I wish so much that he wore a mask.
Don't ask.
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Ein: Kronos should totally wear a mask like jack of blades. You know, the final boss from fable? That would just be badass...
DM: Wtf do you mean nightmare demon!? Dark Angels, perhapse, but I don't remember a nightmare demon... unless I'm being you and skipping over posts! Razz Jk, jk.
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JOB mask would be, cool yes. But creative no. Wink
Remember when Bjendell fought Melface?
And I don't skip, I skim. Razz
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Ein: I don't know, my favourite post changes often. But the post where Renard telling Duilin about the situation with Welken, was amazing. It's kind of funny how Renard is Xorlak's most in depth character.
Heh, he's probably my favorite too. Lately all my totally random NPCs have been turning into great characters. I've given up on planning characters out and have just been promoting my NPCs from time to time.
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How about a mask that just covers his eyes with little holes that you can see through? Make it red too, with little spikey thingys pointing off of it to make it look evil! Oh, and line it with black to make the evilness X 10! :3
I'm so far behind... trying to go back and skim some stuff over to see where it's at since I last posted...
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I think Kronos is fine the way he is.
Heh, he's probably my favourite too. Lately all my totally random NPCs have been turning into great characters. I've given up on planning characters out and have just been promoting my NPCs from time to time.
I did that with Lagart, and it was pretty fun. I was thinking of doing that with Goldolf, but he was really just a sort of comic relief character, who I eventually ran out of jokes for.
Lizard Men > Drows
I'm not even 50% sure if I'll do the same for Firstman or Bell. But a lot of my earlier characters didn't even last half as long as those two have been going so far.
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I wonder.. does anyone read my posts >.>..
If not just ignore this win!
(:
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why do you think that your posts are not read?
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That being said, I read your posts, of course.
[double post]
YAY 900 POSTS !! HAHA! Beat THAT, Trent!
Anyways, yeah. I actually think that I am going insane. I find myself talking to myself a lot more than I used to.
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Every single post is slowly analyzed and scrutinized by my eyes.
I need to make sure you're not all breaking the rules or anything.
(Heh...)
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Hey, uh... It kinda hurts to say this, but I think I need to withdraw from DAL. Life is really kicking my ass, and I'm repeatedly forgetting about this anyways. :/ What's the best way for me to get out?
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Have Anti try do some attack that will destroy the world, and then have Xenai, Zion, Aura and Tsu do some uber attack that stops him, but kills the four heroes in the process.
Or maybe get some of them killed by Retan at the end of the chapter. It'll put more emotional heat for the end of the chapter. And Duilin could be all like "Noooo!!!" When they die Razz.
It's too bad that you have to go. You will be missed.
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I know. It sucks.
*sigh.* I hate having to do something so permanent, but I guess it can't be helped.
...Well, in a fantasy RPG like this, nothing's permanent. If I get to a point where I'm able to come back, I can always resurrect everyone somehow, right?
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Oh yeah, if Xorlak brought Vincent back, anything is possible Razz. But just in case go out with a bang. You've been in the RP for quite a while.
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Trent, you're stopping permanently?
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Poor Trent, letting reality get in the way of more important things. (Heh...)
But seriously, big explosion with vague results, vortex of doom, etc. Those are the best ways to pull your guys out until the next time you feel like playing again. If you need Retan to administer a quick banishment spell or something, let me know.
I've had loads of fun RP-ing with you, Trent, and I hope to see you back in DAL soon.
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Same here, guys. I'm going to do a climactic final post now.
My characters won't die, but they'll be sucked into the void. When my life's more stable, hopefully I'll be able to come back.
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Rah, fixed it. Sorry... again... for like thebillionth time...
*Reads rules over more closely*
*Takes gun to head and blasts brains to bits*
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Tsk, tsk, tsk... Listen to uncle Ein!
Uncle Ein says (rather, already said), "Don't rush!"
Razz Very Happy
EDIT: Xorlak: OK, I know that travelling from north-northeast of the Dark Continent to Gros Morne wouldn't take that long (especially in flight), but I really want to use Damien's uber-secret attack (charged for five posts! Whoo!), so can we not arrive there up until later?
EDIT #2: I just learned about the passive voice. My world has been expanded (or, should I say, "Passive voice expanded my world"? Razz)
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I've just been following you. So whenever Roth arrives, Retan will. For all we know he could be flying in circles. (Heh...)
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Hay guys, stay in touch. Find me on MySpace or Facebook. My name's in my signature, so just search it.
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You will be missed. Hope you'll return.
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And come back and visit! Blast it.
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Um, Ein. Remember what we had planed for Kronos, Gorus and Xarn? Maybe we should get started on that, perhaps. Wink
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ssrory
my hands are still shaking from the most FREAKING INTENSE GUILD WARS MATCH EVER
omg omg omg
anyways yes sure
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Pardon, did I miss something?
Why are Lizard Men attacking that city? (Tel Vos)
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Because of a rebellion in the north, west of the Kandarinian Sovereignty. Vos and Tel Vos are allies with the Dark Empire, because Valimore is. His people are rebelling against him, and he asked the lizardmen for assistance. Don't worry, I cleared everything with Xorlak first... except the boat. Sorry about that. I did fix it, however. Also, I wanted to add Vos and Tel Vos to the DAL Pedia. Here's the image; it's on the western shore of the arctic region.
(http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/images/d/d1/Vos_Tel_Vos.jpg)
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Alright, nice. However, you do know, of course, that Kronos, being the megalomaniac he is, is quite protective of his space... Expect a certain... beam... soon...
In other news, I just started watching Bleach. All I can say is:
HOLY SHIT
And
Expect a lot more rips soon. ^_^
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Be happy, the show is going to be very crappy soon. ;___;
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It looks good so far, I'm on Ep. 32 now
EDIT: Great. The phage of anime... one super-powerful guy whom no one can take down, other than all of the heroes working together. But still... this show has some of the most awesome characters I've ever seen. Yumichika, Kenpachi... win and nothing but.
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Sorry for the double-post, again.
New dude! Sun, the Quivering (http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Sun)
This is my first all-rip character. Mock, tease, bitch - I don't care. =)
Race ripped from Xorlak, personality ripped from Bleach, face also ripped from Bleach, clothing is inspired by a person I once saw in Guild Wars, and the name is also ripped from Guild Wars. After all, as DM once said, "it's better to have a ripped character that's cool than an original one that sucks." Heheheh.
P. S. The creation of a Draken is already cleared by Xorlak, in case if someone (DM) was wondering.
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Wow... Activity seems to be slowing down quite a lot this past week.
Btw, Ein... Nevermind...
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Yes?
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I have not been fully up to par for the past few days, and I think I have been forgetting to post sometimes. But I'm trying to update as much and as well as I can.
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Dm, that's because there were no lizards.
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Yeah but still, you said his senses were weakened. But meh, it's no biggie, it just seems a little silly that Ben would sense that somebody is angry and then rush off like that.
Anyways, I'd kind of like to speed things up with Duilin, Ven, Renard and Bjendell, assume they're all going to join together and go to Kandarin.
For that is where...well, you know...Wink
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I feel bad for not posting for so long. I have quite a bit of free time, but i've been working on some compositions that i need on a CD/portfolio for university. I don't really know what should happen next in my character's story either. If one of you guys think of something and want to continue the story about the Spinel, then sure. Even take over my character if you want. Anyway, I should get going, so it was nice to be a part of this, even though it wasn't for very long. Peace guys. Smile
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Sorry to hear you're leaving, Ted. Come back soon!
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Alright, so I guess it's pretty clear I want to have Duilin and the rest to fight Retan, maybe not kill him, but well, you'll see.
Yet I'm not too sure how Ven and Lagart are going to fight Retan, seeing how this is probably going to be a battle taking place in the sky.
But Drannic, if you want Bjendell to join in, make sure you post at a fair amount, because I think we might need to speed things up a bit, because Xorlak and Ein believe things are dragging on a little too much.
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Actually I don't. I was just poking Ein. (Heh...)
Retan is currently on the ground, so anyone can join in until he decides to start flying around DBZ ripoff-ish style.
The end of the chapter is drawing near, though I'm not ready to give a countdown yet. After this chapter we will have a decent sized break (3-4 weeks), and start Chapter 16 with some passage of DAL time. I'm thinking one year, but I'm certainly open to suggestions.
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No. Please, let's have a decent-sized gap. Gros Morne is ultimately finished, and I don't want another chapter spent on pointless, empty posts taking over the world. 3 years should be enough, I think, for Kronos to take over Gaian using his zombie force, and reestablish some sort of a capital.
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I do like Ein's idea, yet I do have an idea of my own. I'm not that set on this, so we don't need a full compromise at all.
But I'm thinking we need a good guy team that is actually big, and is able to hold it's ground, and we get an actual war theme going on, rather then another fight the oppressor theme we had for chapter 11-15 and somewhat with chapter 6-8.
I'm thinking we get Tjed, Jenia's new Romme and Arosis to make a sort of republic. A few characters could become high generals or members of the High Consul.
I'm also thinking that maybe they could have an alliance with Kandarin, but things go wrong and then a war breaks out, probably that could all take place between the gap.
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I'm sorry I've not been posting in a while. Ive just been very busy with my next book that's (hopefully) going to get published soon.
Another note, the republic idea sounds cool. We could have the formation take place during the three or one year period that'll take place during the break.
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Your next book? You've already published one?
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We could have the formation take place during the three or one year period that'll take place during the break.
That's the idea. Wink
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Three years sounds good to me, as does the republic idea.
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Wow, Duilin is going to 40 in the next chapter. That actually isn't so bad, middle age heroes can actually be pretty badass. Maybe I'll have him more built up. Wink
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OMG DUBBLE PS0T
Xorlak: Why didn't you update Retan yesterday? Sad
ESI: Ko'ji seems to have pretty strong and/or controllable emotions, first she seems to be in love with Helix, and now it seems as if she likes Renard.
Women...
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Nice avatar, DM.
I saw Kronos in my dream the other night. It was crazy. He looked barely like what he's supposed to look like. o_o;
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Odd. The forum didn't do the new post icon thing for the above few posts for me.
Xorlak: Why didn't you update Retan yesterday? Sad
Probably because it was after work and I was burned out. Blast it.
ESI: Ko'ji seems to have pretty strong and/or controllable emotions, first she seems to be in love with Helix, and now it seems as if she likes Renard.
He he he... She's already come on to Helix, Virmir, and now Renard. Luckily Renard's pretty thick when it comes to things like that, so it just flew over his head. (Heh...)
I saw Kronos in my dream the other night. It was crazy. He looked barely like what he's supposed to look like. o_o;
Describe!
Anyway... *ahem* This whole little plan thing we discussed will absolutely fall apart if/when Retan looks up, Ein. And he's not really the dense type that ignores his surroundings. So any day now...
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Xorlak: DEEPLY SORRY. The last few days were crazy (saturday I was cooking food for my birthday, sunday I was eating food for my birthday), and I honestly didn't even get half a chance to look at DAL. Very very sorry. I'll go post now.
The way Kronos looked in my dream...? Well, for one he had slightly longer hair (down to his neck), it was very dark brown (almost black). The headband was still there. His skin wasn't all grey and thin, but rather nice and healthy. Oddly, he was smiling most of the time. The biggest difference, though, is that his robes didn't look worn, like they do on the "real" Kronos - but rather, they were new, and not all fancy like they're supposed to be - they're a lot plainer. There was no beige colour on them, either: just solid deep red. He also didn't act like Kronos in the slightest - he had the charisma of a real leader, and (possibly the freakiest thing) he never looked me in the eyes. I wonder why...
Anyways, I'm off to write the post. Another reason I didn't fire the thing off right away, though, was because I thought I'd wait for Drannic and DM to use their uber-modes to try and fight Retan.
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Yeah, give us a couple posts, actually. Wink
I think I might actually have Duilin or somebody notice what's going on. Yet I don't know how, and I don't want to have something lame like "omg i sence lite chargeing, its gunna hit retan!!"
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Sorry, already posted. I made it so that it doesn't actually engulf Retan yet, and besides, the beam alone might not be enough to kill him. That's up to Xorlak. If all else fails, you can stick an attack in there before the beam even hits Retan.
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I already did. But meh. Whatever works. I got a couple of bad-ass lines, out there, which I'm proud of.
"You know what? I'm not giving up. I love this world too damn much to let it go, and I hate you too much to not do anything. So, fuck you, this world doesn't belong to you no matter what you think. If I don't stop you, I am going to annoy the hell out of you while you do this, to make it as unpleasant as possible for you."
That's determination, right there.
"Do your worst! Oh wait, I forgot. You just failed at doing that."
See, Duilin isn't a total 'goodie-good'.
Oh yes, and who can forget the best line of them all?
"Let's rock."
And the Chapter 5 refrence...
"These weapons are going to start pissing me off. Where's Haraldur when you need him!?"
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Phew!
At last! Now with him out of the way, I can spend more time with fun characters, like Renard the insecure fox, Melface the psychotic child-demon, and... Kelmar the disgruntled skunk-mage.
(Heh...)
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“Truly a fascinating life story,” Midna said. She looked out the window. The snowstorm had died down from whiteout to flurries now. “We should get going. The capital’s not going to destroy itself.”
LOL! YES!
(for the slow: the capital just destroyed itself)
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Yes, we really do need a break. I find it very difficult to come up with posts now...
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Well, if the rest of you guys hurried up and posted then maybe it would be easier for me to post. Wink
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I have an idea for how I could arrange an alliance between the remaining free areas. Here's what I'd post if I did; I just want to make sure it's okay with you guys first.
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"Sir, shouldn't we take a ship back to Ariosis? I'm getting rather bored with Tjed. I miss my family."
"Quit whining. You don't think I miss my family, too?"
"I know you do sir, that's why we need to go back! King Henri is dead now, what kind of negotiations could you possibly make with Tjed?"
"I want Tjed to become a part of the empire. We will not have full control over them, but we will be able to command their army in a time of need, as well as force trade. Not quite force trade prices, but trade none-the-less."
"Ah. You plan to destroy the Dark Empire?"
"Indeed I do. With all of our senses fucked up like this, I don't see how conquering a few kingdoms or soverignties without harm could do us any real damage. I need as many people to join the Ario Empire as I possibly can!"
"But sir, wouldn't it be a better idea to use force?"
"The one means that wins the easiest victory over reason may very well be terror and force, but that is not our way. I though I told you this already!"
"Yes, sir, but what of the elves in the forrest? If you cannot even control your own forrest, how can you control islands separated by sea?"
"I do control Nurngar. Let's just say the elf king was... put out of comission."
"You... killed him?"
"Oh heavens, no. I merely persuaded him to let go of his post as king and join the empire. For some reason, he eagerly obliged. Perhapse his rule was wearing him out. You do know that he is five hundred years old, correct?"
"Yes, sir. The elves are immortal, but may still be killed."
"Actually, no. No elf has lived longer than the king. They are not immortal, they just live more than six times longer than humans. He's at the end of his rope, actually."
"You mean... he's goin to die anyways?"
"Yes. He has lived quite a very long life, you know. It will be an even longer one should he accept the offer made to him by the Drannic Clergy."
"Wait a second, what's the Drannic Clergy?"
"It is the name of the Union I've started. While Dranniville may be a part of the empire, the forrests of Nurngar aren't a full part of the empire. The king's son is a minister in the Drannic Clergy. If I can get the Tjed King's heir to become a minister, then Tjed will not be a part of the empire, but a part of the Clergy."
"Hmm... sounds crazy enough to work. What about any other places? I know there has to be another area besides Tjed with free peoples!"
"Yes, in the Arctic region. There are three more kingdoms set up there, actually. One is ruled by a mad liche, another is ruled by an immortal vampire, and the third is ruled by my brother. The names of the kingdoms are Vos, Tel Vos, and Kandarin. Vos should be easy enough, I merely need go there and ask my brother to be a minister. Vos may be a bit harder, but hopefully, I'll be able to pull through. Kandarin will be the most difficult yet."
"How are we going to pull this off without a ship!?"
"You are wrong, my friend. I've had the citizens of this port start building already. I've also got the crystals of lordship. I merely need give a minister one of these and he will be able to control a part of the crystal cave. If they just so happen to need more crystals, they just cast a spell on the crystal and it will duplicate. However, the crystals will respond to me over them. They must ask me first. Whe I allow it, they will seem more rich than ever."
"All this time you were using enchantments? So these crystals are fake? That sure explains a lot, but what of the duplicate crystals? Do they respond to magic?"
"No, only the original pieces from the crystal caves will respond. That is why I shal give the ministers a piece of the real crystal."
"How will we get Tjed to join the Clergy?"
"I haven't the slightest clue, but don't worry. Ven will be back soon. I'll just ask him. The ministers don't all have to be leaders. I'm going to ask a few other fellows as well. Virmir is among them, along with Valimore, Kronos, Seymore, Duilin, Lagart, Jacobie, Galery, and the list continues."
"Who are all those people?"
"Valimore leads Tel Vos, whilst my brother, Seymore, leads Vos. They have an alliance, so it will be an easy cross if I just go into Vos first, then cross over to Tel Vos. Kronos is the Soverign of Kandarin, and the rest are all extremely skilled. We may as well get started. The ship is completed. Gather the Elite."
"Yes sir!"
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What do you guys think? Oh, and Drannic Clergy is just an idea. Somebody else can come up with a better name. Also, minister is again just an idea. Sounds good to me, though.
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The idea's good. I kind of thought that Tjed will lead the alliance, but that's fine. I suppose you've earned a larger part to act... just don't go overboard.
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Not a bad post, Drannic. But I think the Gaia or the Gaian Republic or Alliance would be nice name for the Republic. Just to show that this republic doesn't exactly centre around anything. You know, I might have some of my Aspye characters join the republic. Heheh, sorry Haraldur.
I'm thinking Tjed or Romme would be a good place were the capital of the republic would be. Tjed might be the best idea, seeing how it already has a castle, while Romme, is mostly just a forest.
EDIT: Oh yeah, maybe the republic will have like one of those head senates, rather than one leader. There could be a dude from Tjed, Arosis, perhaps a Velken and a few others.
Oh yeah, so does the chapter end Friday or Saturday? There is still at least one more post I need to make. I just wanted Renard and Ven to help revive Duilin, before I wrap things up.
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Hmmm... not bad. I think it'll work. (Heh...)
Ven won't like Tjed losing total independence, though. On the other hand, the king and all the nobles are dead, and he's really the only one with any noble standing. And he's the public hero, so naturally the people are going to look to him to lead. He's a warrior though, so he's going to look elsewhere for political guidance. He won't have much choice but to accept the terms, since the nation is in such bad shape.
I like the senate idea. Each nation can have a head senator, maybe in addition to some other representatives. We can discuss the details over the upcoming break.
As far as the Velkens go, I'm not going to have them be a direct part of this. Details will be in the post I'm about to write, but they're essentially going to stay far on the sidelines. They don't expect humans to trust them (and rightly so) and are content to live out their lives separately in peace. As this chapter ends, there's really no threat to the world that they know of (everyone thinks the giant beam was a side effect of the battle) so they're going to want to mostly disappear.
And I don't really want Tjed to lead the alliance, so you guys have fun with that. My basic plan for this next chapter is to have zero characters with important/leadership positions.
Of course if things get slow, I'll have to bust out my next major villain. But I'd rather wait a few chapters for that... (Heh...)
Edit: Chapter ends Saturday. And you could have just assumed they helped, because you know they are. (Heh...)
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Do you guys think that the Hammer should be destroyed? I mean, it's a fairly cheap weapon, when you think about it... Pretty much nothing can harm it, and unfortunately, I lack the same sense of restraint that Xorlak has with his characters - which pretty much means that I'm afraid I'll go wild with it.
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You worked too hard on it, to just have it destroyed. Just don't ever use it without PMing everyone who it will affect.
Perhaps next chapter we will find out about it and the plot will revolve around them trying to destroy it. So give it a weakness. Maybe have some maintenance hatch that is exposed that leads the reactor core, causing it to explode. But it would be a small hatch, probably the size of some type of rat.
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No way. This adds a very good plot element in fact-- The alliance can't have an above ground capital because of it. Heck, we can even open up the next chapter with it wiping out Tjedon or something. (Heh...)
This is a good reason for the nations to ban together, actually. Because this giant beam keeps wiping out their cities and stuff, and they need to figure out how to stop it. (Heh...)
Obviously it should have some limitations. E.g. It can only be used once per chapter or something.
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=.=
For those that don't read my posts, there IS a huge weakness to it. There's this thing called a Binding Glyph which keeps the actual prism's compartments sticking together. If it is destroyed, then the prism falls apart, rendering the entire device useless.
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Yeah, let's just end the chapter now. Nobody seems to be posting, so rawr with it. I also talked with ESI, and she's done, too.
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Excellent chapter, folks. Although you can see now why I like to end them after a month and a half or so, as this one went on a little longer and people apparently got burned out. (Heh...)
We'll take some time off to recharge and probably start up again after the new year.
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That was indeed a good run. I think I probably did my best that chapter.
I'm surprised I didn't kill anyone off this chapter. Yet Marshall actually wasn't in this chapter. And Wilham sadly got phased out, due to Coriko leaving. I'm going to try and get Marshall back into full action next chapter. I'm thinking I might want to work a little on him now. Maybe same with Valos.
So I might have to tone down on Duilin, Rink and Lagart perhaps. Or I could do that schedule thing Xorlak did, with only updating certain characters on certain days. We'll just see how it all goes.
Well, I'm done my homework, and I've got nothing to do, so I guess I'll start writing my chapter 15 bios. Whoo hoo!
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Well, it's been pretty silent here so I'm going to post.
I have made some plans for a few of my characters.
Duilin: Elite/General in the Gaian Republic
Rink: Councillor in Republic
Lagart: Elite in the Republic
Marshall: Might join the Republic, because the Aspyes are getting dull Sorry Haraldur
And the rest I haven't thought of and/or it's a surprise.
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hi, I'd just like to say that I now regret leaving... Sad so it'd be awesome if I could join again. D. Ein talked me into it. I'll try not to get into any big story because I don't know how long i'll stay. I WILL NOT leave if I do end up in a story with others until I end it so hopefully no worries. This forum seems to be helping me for English class. Shocked I didn't think that was possible.
Oh, and awesome ending!
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Just post in the next sign ups, if you feel like joining again. Xorlak said it'll likely start up sometime in the new year.
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Welcome back... TRAITOR!!!
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Nah, just kidding. Welcome back. In either case, I don't think that these forums will be active for the next little while, unless, of course, we make them be active. Here's a few things I wanted to let out.
First of all, I've spent a fair deal of time now organizing what Kandarin will look like in the next chapter. A long time has passed, so there's been plenty of opportunity for Kronos to make some reforms. I was wondering - even though this time it's going to be a fair evil empire vs good empire war (as opposed to evil empire vs a few good heroes, guerilla style), maybe Kronos could still have control of about half the Dark Continent (or maybe the entire continent - the good guys could be based on Ariosis for now). Kandarin will no longer have a fixed capital, and since the old one was blown up, no Kandarinian forces will be located on the Arctic Region anymore.
The second thing is that at the moment, I have absolutely no ideaplans on how Kronos is going to die. Any suggestions?
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I think Lizaberg should either be some sort of barbaric independent nation (considering Thogus and Ssobra would be left in charge), but maybe they could have been conquered in between chapters.
I think a few south-east parts of Terian could be controlled by the Republic, seeing how Tjed, Helternia and Arosis could have taken some parts of it. But I do agree that Terian should still be mostly a 'bad-guy' place.
I'm thinkin' something like this...
(http://http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/7763/mapwb3.png)
Red=Kandies
Blue=Republic
And I suggest Kronos die of a rare skin disease or he should spontaneously combust.
But seriously, it's too early to worry about that. Wink
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Couple of things I might like to throw out there:
First up is the whole good guy vs bad guy thingy. Is Kandarin going to be evil, or what? I thought the Dark Empire is still alive, just without a leader. Maybe somebody else should take over, like Kronos. That just sounds like a good idea.
Second on the list is the fact of minor groups who'd like to remain independant. If the good guys pull off what they're trying to do, than will all of the groups go against the Dark Empire (or Kandarin)?
Last on the list is what D. Ein was talking about earlier. Why would you want Kronos to die now? There are still many plots you could run with him. If you really want him dead though, I suggest an epic battle of the ages. That's always the coolest way to go out. Perhapse a mega-deathray? Possibly a doom-tex (vortex of doom)? Elaborate on those, if I used that word right. I hope I did...
Oh, and one more thing. I know it's early and all, but I might as well just say it now and get it done with. Merry New-year and a happy crap-mas for all! Plus any other holidays that I just don't care to mention because they suck (like Qwanza or whatever the hell). I'm not in a very good mood when it comes to dumb holidays that everybody thinks are too religious. Can you tell?
Have a good one anyways!
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The Dark Empire is kaput. Much like in chapter 4, when the emperor disappears with no successors (along with most of the rest of the major leadership), then everyone freaks out and the nation just falls apart into a bunch of independent city-states. These in turn could very easily be swallowed up by a now much more organized Kandarin during the three year interlude.
Yeah... erm... happy holidays to you too, Drannic. (Heh...)
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Yeah, I'm kind of confused about whose side who is on. I didn't think Kronos as an entirely "bad guy" really. Also, Xorlak, your post count is 2007, think you can wait before posting again until the year 2008?
Yay! one more week until the holidays!
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He's a bad guy by the criteria that he wants to take over the world (and for no apparent reason, either - I guess so that he can brag to other evil overlords that he took over the world).
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We don't necessarily have to have "bad guys" and "good guys". In fact, for the majority of the RP the major "villains" were mostly a blur. Retan was one of the few clear cut agents of pure generic evil. (Heh...)
Now blast it, you made me post before the new year. (Heh...)
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Haraldur by far was the most ambiguous villain, to the point where you could also call him a hero. He wanted to bring peace to the world and allow everyone to get what they want. Yet he was over violent to those who disagreed with him. Plus he was a commie!!
Now Melkoth was also a pretty obvious villain, he just wanted to rule the world and kill babies and eat puppies. Abodahon was actually more evil than Melkoth, yet he was just a sub-villain.
Abodahon was probably the best sub-villain, except for maybe Jayce or Draven. However I think Draven would be more of an anti-hero now.[/ramble]
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Plus he was a commie!!
Is there anything wrong with that?
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Um...no...of cource not! Rolling Eyes
You know it's just that in all the movies the commies are bad guys. Yeah, that's it. Wink
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Silly Ein. All communists are evil.
*dives into his swimming pool of money*
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*tries to snipe Xorlak out of the pool, but is blocked by a solid, 50-foot (in every direction) block of gold*
Sad
Alas! My plan is foiled... once again.
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Could we please shorten the break to about a week...? I mean, it's Christmas! Perfect time for everyone to post!
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Nah, still need to recharge. Sign ups will be up sometime around the beginning of January.
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I'm tempted to abuse my power, Xorlak Razz. But I won't. I'll just harness my energy to make one of my wicked-awesome-really-long-ass first posts.
Besides if I abused my power you'd simply re-lock the topic and delete all the new posts. Wink
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Also, perhaps a bit of de-moderator-ing... (Heh...)
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>.<
Xorlak, you should make me an admin. Just for the hell of it. Very Happy
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And while you're at it, you can... damn it, I forgot what I was going to write. Ahhh... I just had it to... ... ... ... wait you know what? I just noticed that when I write quotation marks in DAL, that they look different than everyone elses. Hmmm, I wonder why?
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These are the quotation marks for the forums: " "
These are the quotation marks for word programs (like MS Word): “ ”
Now let's all stop spamming for a little while. Smile
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Who's spamming? A man has a question!
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Ted spammed by posting that he forgot what he was going to say and then makes some totally off topic statement about quotation marks. But then I replied to it, furthering the spam-age.
And now we are talking about spamming, thus us continuing the spamming.
Spam.
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Spam is unsolicited email or advertisements. Not seeing any of that. (Heh...)
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HA! The Xorlak is on my side!! EAT THAT!!!
In other news...
Does anyone here celebrate new year's? or just Christmas? cause we ONLY celebrate New Year's here...
More DAL-related: I think I might be able to coerce another friend into coming here. He's got amazing writing talents, dare I say, better than Dark Spartan's. O.O
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You must feel proud Ein.
I honestly hate celebrating New Years Eve. "Yay, a year pasted by." Big deal. I'd probably enjoy it if I was at a party with a girl and crap, but other than that, new years blows. But Christmas is fun, I love it. You get presents and you get to see people open your presents.
But yes, bring more people. We're running low. Wink
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That's not what New Year's is about...
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New Year's is good because I don't have to go to work the next day. (Heh...)
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Oh yeah, Xor Guy, don't forget to add Chapter 15 to the DALPedia archives.
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... Blast it!
*puts it on the weekend to-do list*
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Thought I might as well show some stuff I have for the Republic thingy and state my ideas. Might be repeating myself here, but whatever.
Okay so we have a few councillors representing each part of the alliance, perhaps people from each island/continent. I want Rink to be one of them, plus maybe some dudes from the White Chimera.
There should also kind of be divisions with their generals and such. For example Duilin will be the High General of the Helternia Division, Ven will be the High General of the Tjed Division and Wilham will be the High General of the White Chimera Division.
Oh yeah, and here is an HM render of the soldier dudes I did. Also with a General guy who I have planned, who'll likely just be an NPC.
(http://http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3631/republicsoldierqh6.jpg)
Now, as for where the capital area will be, apparently Romme won't work because Jenia went and has that invisible barrier around it and won't let anyone through. Unless Xorlak wants to veto that or something Razz. I'm thinking we just have it at Tjed, or heck maybe even Dranniville or just some new man made or newly discovered island.
What do you think?
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Apolegetic post Confused
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Ah, yes... the corpse returns...
Excuse me, Jenia, but aren't you supposed to be dead somewhere?
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YOU LEFT US!!!
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I wanted the capital to be on Ariosis. I can have a couple of intro posts saying that the only thing the people of the Ario Empire have been doing for the past three years is working on the capital. Seeing as how there's a good hundred thousand people scattered about Ariosis and Dranniville, I can see them getting a large city done in three years.
Also, to DM, I was thinking something more along the lines of Consulors. I suppose a High General would be equal to a High Consulor, or maybe the old rulers of the kingdoms and sovereignties would start out as High Consulors. Among these would be Ven, Duilin, Aaron, and Valimore. Seymore would be one as well, but I haven't introduced Vos and Tel Vos as well as I hoped to before the chapter ended. Also, anyone else that I missed. Your idea works too, though; just throwing this one out there.
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Ah, yes... the corpse returns...
Excuse me, Jenia, but aren't you supposed to be dead somewhere?
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YOU LEFT US!!!
Left you? Nonsense. Blasphemy! I was dragged away! BY FORCE!
I might still be dead, but I'm not done yet!
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Well, wherever the capital is, it should be that no certain part of the alliance should have any more power than the others (ie: There should be the same amount of councillors from each part of the alliance who all have equal power). The High General will just lead the armies.
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Yes, separate counselors and generals would be good. We don't always have to have warrior leaders. I was thinking Ven becomes a counselor rather than a general, because although he is a warrior, he is figurehead for his people and compared to most other characters he's rather weak. (Heh...)
As for where the capital is, I have no preference. One possible solution is the counselors rotate where they meet, taking turns in each nation's capital city. This would allude to the whole equality thing and all that rot.
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...but remember, people will have to build their major establishments underground, due to a certain death ray floating about...
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Damn, you have an answer for everything, don't you Xorlak? I like the whole "rotate capitals" idea, but it would be nice if we had some sort of fixed position or location. Somewhere in the middle of everything, like some sort of man-made colony in the midst of the ocean between a couple of the landmasses with the republic. That sounds like a neato idea.
Meh, I'm done for now. Just gonna enjoy the rest of the lovely, relaxingly long break. *Plops donw in bed and flips on the tube*
~Rawr~
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Well, yeah but maybe they might find it to be a better idea not to have a small island and choose to rotate the capitals not just for the whole equality thing, but for protection against that "certain death ray floating about".
Also, maybe it would be best for the official name to be called the Gaian Alliance, as it's mostly separate nations that are allied. But the Gaian Republic sounds nice too. I guess we'll go with whatever Xorlak happens to feels like typing when he starts the next chapter Razz.
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Well, if it's a bunch of strongly allied nations who share intel and resources for a common cause... Would that be a Federation rather than a republic?
Like, Gaian Federation?
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Hmm... I like the sound of 'Federation,' but how would that work... Which sounds better, the Gaian Republic, or the Gaian Federation?
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Imma go with Republic on this one. On another note, which capital will we start at in the beginning of the next chapter, and which way will we rotate? Clockwise? Counterclockwise? Massive zig-zagness?
Couple of things to think about before we start the chapter. But enough with the little details, there's just one more thing that I have to let out before I'm outy. In what part of the city will the meetings be? We probably shoudn't have them meet in the caste, because that would be too obvious for 'said death ray' to just blast the hell out of. I'm thinking there should be some sort of underground system in the capital cities where the members of the council and the military can meet.
But we'll just procrastinate 'til we really need to get things started, right? That always works for me!
~Rawr~
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I vote for Federation, and so does DM (who is, at the moment, right next to me).
I've been planning this for a while now, but I want a good guy character. He will be in the Gaian [insert ideology here].
START DAL.
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Yeah, I actually do like the sound of Federation. It's not actually a republic the way we have it planed and Alliance sounds too rouge.
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DAL should start Saturday, January 5th. That just seems like a good enough time to me!
Any objections? I know it's not up to me, but it does seem like a good time! Wadda ya say, Xorlak?
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I say the sign ups should start first day on the New Year and the chapter starts on the 5th. I'm sure everyone would have signed up by then. Razz
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Sounds like a simple idea. Yeah, let's go with that.
~Rawr~
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The sooner, the better
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Yay! I just got out of surgery today. Went in at twelve to get my screws pulled out of my ACL on my right knee. Normally, it'd hurt like a bitch, but they prescribed me some extra strength meds. Also, the morphine helped out. Meh, I still feel loopy after all that morphine.
Anyways, this is just some good news I felt like sharing! Now I can just chill at home with my fi?ancée and my good ole Desktop Vista.
(I'm so glad the hospital let me use my laptop. I feel super special! Smile )
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DM, if spam was off topic posting, then most of the chapter 15 sign up would be spam. Save the "non-spam" (according to you) for the DAL. I don't see why everything has to be so (again according to you) spam free or serious in this topic. Chill out man, its cool.
Also, more on topic, the island where Kronos' sister first appeared will probably (or not) be used in my posts for a bit, so I just want to clear up the location of it. It's quite near Kandarinian Sovereignty, I assume it's a small island, too small to really be spotted on a map, but if you look at the map, it's just along the left bottom of KS. Sound good Ein? It might not be important, but then it might, so I'm just putting it out there.
Happy New Year! 2008, leap year.
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Oh yes, definitely, that's a good location for it. Kronos' sister will make an appearance or two in the next chapter. Or three. Or four. Who knows?