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Re: Dark Age Legends, Chapter 14 -- Sign Ups
« Reply #135 on: July 26, 2007, 09:26:22 PM »
Apologies.

Awesomeness.

(Heh...)
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Re: Dark Age Legends, Chapter 14 -- Sign Ups
« Reply #136 on: July 27, 2007, 01:03:20 AM »
Xorlak, an off-topic remark: update the Kelzar Mage webcomic already. >.<
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Re: Dark Age Legends, Chapter 14 -- Sign Ups
« Reply #137 on: July 27, 2007, 05:34:33 AM »
Of course that name is awesome! >_<
It is read Mrnmhrm-style, starts with X and ends with Z! That's three points to awesome I can see!

As a side note, while Xnhrthsnhz does say it's pointless to damage him, theres a trick to it :p Cookies to anyone who guessess/discovers it first!
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Re: Dark Age Legends, Chapter 14 -- Sign Ups
« Reply #138 on: July 27, 2007, 09:59:01 AM »
That's generally how I do my stronger characters.  Draven for instance will almost never fall in a physical battle, but he gets distracted extremely easily and falls for ruses all the time.

Retan however is going to remain the impossible-to-beat ridiculously clinched evil primary villain for at least 1-2 more chapters.  (Heh...)  Then I'm going to let someone else step up for a while.

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Xorlak, an off-topic remark: update the Kelzar Mage webcomic already. >.<


I have the next one like 20% done, but whenever I sit down to work on it I get distracted and move on to other things.  Maybe this weekend.
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Re: Dark Age Legends, Chapter 14 -- Sign Ups
« Reply #139 on: July 27, 2007, 12:00:49 PM »
I actually have a few ideas for the next Retan-like character. But I think after Retan falls, maybe Kronos should be regarded as the next super villain. Wink

I do think I've earned to have an uber bad guy. I tried to do with Abodahon earlier, but he was out shadowed by Melkoth and got killed too easily by Haraldur...

Plus Ein has been working so hard with Kronos, I think he's earned having the main spotlight.
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Re: Dark Age Legends, Chapter 14 -- Sign Ups
« Reply #140 on: July 27, 2007, 04:49:56 PM »
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"Sitting at my throne, I couldn't help but wonder - why am I so... absolutely perfect? I mean, I have armies of undead ready to obey my most whimsical thoughts. My Lich powers allow me to be completely unphased by any physical attacks. Even had all these powers been stripped from me, I still control an empire, soon to outgrow the Dark Empire itself. If I weren't me, I'm sure as Skorn I'd wish I was me.


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"The preparations for war are once again underway, and once again do I find myself with nothing to do. History is doomed to repeat itself, so they say. This having been thought, I decided to read a book.  I didn't bother labouring myself with the deed, so I called a nearby servant girl over, who was dusting my throne room.

-"Slave!", I snapped my fingers. "Go down to the library, and bring me something to read."

-"Yes, Sovereign. What would you like to read?"

-"The first thing you pull out."

-"Yes, Sovereign."

The serving-girl left, and I remained in my throne, bored out of my mind. That book has better be good.


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"To start this book, you must first complete the Evil Overlord necessities list: the eight things that ALL Evil Overlords must have. They are as follows:

-A massive empire
-Some sort of a power, natural or supernatural
-A cult of followers who exhibit your own power but to a lesser extent
-A great palace to command your armies from
-Personal bodyguards, or ''goons''
-Overly whimsical rules for your empire
-A snappy outfit
-A gigantic pipe organ - no tyrant is complete without one."
 

Kronos wins.
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Re: Dark Age Legends, Chapter 14 -- Sign Ups
« Reply #141 on: July 27, 2007, 07:36:31 PM »
Drannic: I'm sorry I'm picking on you so much, but there's no way Ben could have known what I've been holding back as a secret for the past 4 chapters.  (Heh...)  DM and I have been building on this story arc for a long time now, and your sudden solution is a little anti-climatic.  Remember that the point here isn't just to have the good guys "win", but to write a story.  And stories with complex paths to solutions are a whole lot more entertaining.  I'm not saying you have to revise your post, but I think things would work out better if you did.  I know you're just trying to participate, but you've got Ven to play with.  (Heh...)

EDIT:  Hmmm, actually I think I can manage a decent response to this, so never mind!  Whether you decide to edit or not is entirely up to you. (Although I still don't see how he could know about the Velken's plight, with them being cut off in their own pocket dimension and all.)
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Re: Dark Age Legends, Chapter 14 -- Sign Ups
« Reply #142 on: July 27, 2007, 07:40:44 PM »
Heheh, well, DM *does* have seniority over me, but at the moment, I see Kronos as the only alternative to Retan - with the possible exception of Draven, if he decides to build yet another force to kill stuff with. In fact, Kronos was supposed to be a slightly less serious, more comical version of the Dark Emperor. I think he's kind of outgrown that mould, though.

Also, regarding my latest post ("The M-Grid orb smashed against the wall..."), I finally noticed a core fault within my Kronos posts. It is the same thing that almost ruined the Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth game. It's a detectivehorror game, and most of the story comes from your character's comments. His voice is the problem, though. It would be perfect for a normal detective, but not for one plagued by nightmares about getting abducted by aliens and weird, fish-like people dicing outsiders with meat cleavers. Same with Kronos: the non-speech dialogue just doesn't seem to correspond with the spoken parts... like, my latest post: you would expect the entry to be written in angry writing as well, because the character was angry at the moment. It, however, appears to be completely cool-headed. Is this too noticeable?
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Re: Dark Age Legends, Chapter 14 -- Sign Ups
« Reply #143 on: July 27, 2007, 07:55:44 PM »
Well if you guys would have said something... sheesh... I think it works out better this way, though. Ben does know just about fricken everything... heh... Well, he knows more than enough.
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Re: Dark Age Legends, Chapter 14 -- Sign Ups
« Reply #144 on: July 27, 2007, 08:04:18 PM »
Heh, no problem then.

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Also, regarding my latest post ("The M-Grid orb smashed against the wall..."), I finally noticed a core fault within my Kronos posts. It is the same thing that almost ruined the Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth game. It's a detectivehorror game, and most of the story comes from your character's comments. His voice is the problem, though. It would be perfect for a normal detective, but not for one plagued by nightmares about getting abducted by aliens and weird, fish-like people dicing outsiders with meat cleavers. Same with Kronos: the non-speech dialogue just doesn't seem to correspond with the spoken parts... like, my latest post: you would expect the entry to be written in angry writing as well, because the character was angry at the moment. It, however, appears to be completely cool-headed. Is this too noticeable?


The way one thinks and the way one actually acts are two totally different things.  People with a wide split are usually great candidates for first person writing.  The way I see it, Kronos is putting up a front, trying to appear totally serious, competent, and ruler-like to his people.  But he pours his true thoughts into his journal, and here we see his true goofy personality.  Everything's a joke to him, and that's why its so hilarious.

And as for his last entry, I don't see anything wrong with it at all.  He's writing the journal entry at a later time, possibly that evening, right?  He is writing about at time when he was angry, but likely isn't angry at the time he is writing.
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Re: Dark Age Legends, Chapter 14 -- Sign Ups
« Reply #145 on: July 28, 2007, 06:13:59 PM »
LOL! Xorlak, theres a major problem with your last post...

As been mentioned in previus posts, the runic power bind Xnhrthsnhz to Retan's world of being via a tie to his life-force. Until the tie is severed, Xnhrthsnhz will simply be dragged back to Gaian no matter how much you try sending him somewhere else.

Also, as to the void bit, have you thought that, perhaps, Xnhrthsnhz thinks Retan reffers to his world as the void, while the two are actualy different places?
It just so happens that this is the case  Surprised

Also, theres seems to be no donor for the "make a puny human pwn" project...
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Re: Dark Age Legends, Chapter 14 -- Sign Ups
« Reply #146 on: July 28, 2007, 08:19:53 PM »
Well make your own puny human, before Drannic creates another character Razz.

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Re: Dark Age Legends, Chapter 14 -- Sign Ups
« Reply #147 on: July 28, 2007, 08:30:21 PM »
Oh, shut up... At least I don't have grammar problems every other post. Razz.
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Re: Dark Age Legends, Chapter 14 -- Sign Ups
« Reply #148 on: July 28, 2007, 09:11:29 PM »
No offence, but you have just as many as I do.


Anyways, I thought it would be necessary to add another ability to Nex's DALpedia article. A few of you should get the little in-joke I put into it.

Oh yeah, and Trent broke the no lame one liners rule. Boo! Boo! Razz
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Re: Dark Age Legends, Chapter 14 -- Sign Ups
« Reply #149 on: July 28, 2007, 11:44:47 PM »
I can't make my own puny human! I sux at RPing normal people!

I can only RP awesome/crazy/catastrophically lame characters!
I just don't know the mind of simpletons!
Ask Ein, he knows of my snobbish nature!

That's right, I'm better than all of you...
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