Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Well now, seems Canopy may not be quite what we think it is... https://youtu.be/P7ZooPzc-1U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 Onwards we go, moving on to a tower supposedly containing a few traitorous elements. https://youtu.be/_Zfk4rIde7E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 10, 2017 Author Share Posted August 10, 2017 Onwards and upwards through the tower we go! Man there's a lot of traitors in here... https://youtu.be/5mljGtmjsJk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 Ah, mages... have I ever mentioned how much I dislike them? https://youtu.be/jX2ScEx_Pis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 Seriously, who creates a weapon that kills yourself? What is the point? https://youtu.be/G9s_Y-WJv-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 Well now, this has certainly taken a turn. https://youtu.be/L81Ct_eC4k4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 Well after that unsettling diversion, it's time to march on southwards, to break into Sud Canopy! https://youtu.be/ol7Mw3eEQd8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 On 2017-08-12 at 7:51 AM, Chessrook44 said: Seriously, who creates a weapon that kills yourself? What is the point? Playing a prank on your enemies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 Down we must march, as we deal with foe after foe before us! https://youtu.be/Lb1UZT5Vh38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Well. That was a thing. https://youtu.be/-k1h53KvIxU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Smoo Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 (edited) Heh. Nobody praises Canopy for its story. Edit: Well, that's not exactly fair. I think some reviews did, actually. Edited August 16, 2017 by Smoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Thralni Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Man, I never played Canopy to the end, and now I'm kind of glad I didn't. Honestly, this doesn't seem like it would have been the planned ending. It seems as though TM got tired of it and just wrapped it up then and there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Kelandon Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I just checked CSR, and apparently Lazarus felt that the ending was one of the high points. Nik also liked it, but almost everyone else didn't. Grimm said that TM admitted that he ended it there because he just didn't feel like writing more, which I don't remember but which may be true. I was curious about something else, so I checked if my review is up there, and it is. I guess I slammed Canopy pretty hard when it came out. My review — which is listed as "from an unknown reviewer" but literally refers to being the person who designed Bahssikava — is not especially positive. Be that as it may, Canopy was a huge influence on Exodus, as I mentioned above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 3 hours ago, Kelandon said: My review — which is listed as "from an unknown reviewer" but literally refers to being the person who designed Bahssikava — is not especially positive. I just fixed that. The review is now properly attributed. I copied over hundreds of reviews for that project. I wasn’t actually reading them all, especially that one, which was particularly lengthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 And now a quick break from my normal schedule of updates in order to do a newly-created scenario. Short, but I'm doing it. https://youtu.be/xmi--i8SYxs EDIT: Pesky Goblins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Yay! I'm famous now! You're right, I didn't touch on secret doors at all in the tutorial. Didn't even think of it, to be honest, but personally I don't think it's good design to use them anyway (fite me). Re: Canopy: I remember digging the setting and feel of early Canopy, a lot more than I did TM's other scenarios as of 2005. I know I didn't finish it, but I made the effort of going through the scripts and trying to figure out things from there. It was... perplexing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 On 8/17/2017 at 12:43 PM, Dintiradan said: You're right, I didn't touch on secret doors at all in the tutorial. Didn't even think of it, to be honest, but personally I don't think it's good design to use them anyway (fite me). My stance on secret doors is: They are a good choice for optional progression, NOT a good choice for mandatory progression unless hinted at. I.E. Good for extra loot or secret spells that aren't necessary to progress, bad if the only way you can complete the story is by finding a secret door that has no clue or indication of its existence (I'm looking at you, Bahssikava!). Fear may be the mind-killer, but we can conquer it! Right? https://youtu.be/-g_GLbFxdE0 EDIT: Aphobia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Smoo Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 "Aphobia" is Greek for "fearlessness", or something like that. Think of words like atypical, asymmetrical, asexual etc. So, no. The scenario was not misnamed. Although, to be fair I too think of it as A(rachno)phobia, but you can't really name the scenario "Arachnophobia" since that would give away everything really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 19, 2017 Author Share Posted August 19, 2017 Another new scenario is begun, as we follow our "brother" as he performs a foolish move. https://youtu.be/-PeFLqGlDwo EDIT: Emerald Mountain, Part 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 Balance, people. You need to learn BALANCE. https://youtu.be/faVOa6PcB6k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 Into the Goblins' Village we go. Many need be slain, and questions will be raised. https://youtu.be/eFi8lY3Xzpo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 22, 2017 Author Share Posted August 22, 2017 So... much... anger... https://youtu.be/Gz05s3XIlWE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 23, 2017 Author Share Posted August 23, 2017 So much pain... so much... https://youtu.be/7BAxju_sD1w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Kelandon Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Incidentally, I was wrong. Emerald Mountain is also in the Echoes setting. I had this vague memory that it was, but I couldn't remember exactly how, and I just found it (and you just encountered it in the last episode): the log book. The references there to importing stuff from Krizsan to an imperial research facility mark it as very likely Echoes-based as well. As with the others, I don't know that it makes much of a difference, but it is there. As I've mentioned, Emerald Mountain was my favorite early TM scenario. It was probably less of an influence on me than Canopy was — Exodus was a direct response to Canopy — but I think a lot of my expectations as a player when I was testing Bahssikava were set by Emerald Mountain. The combats are on the harder side, and I liked that, so I made the combats in Bahs also on the harder side. (Although, seriously, in that last one, all you have to do is enter combat mode, bless and haste, and heal at appropriate moments. It's really not as hard as you made it out to be.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 All this seems to have been caused by one person. Time to deal with them... https://youtu.be/tb3ITFOtcbc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 A cute and short little scenario, that I admit to finding just a little bit interesting. https://youtu.be/8llEqhXIUpk EDIT: Imagine This Scenario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 And now a scenario where our party is replaced by a righteous Paladin of the Lord, God. All must follow or be smited! https://youtu.be/UYoeGzZ4a00 EDIT: Avatar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 With part of the rebellion quashed, it is time to head upwards to deal with the rest of this Rebellion. In God's name! https://youtu.be/mEtKEijMDdk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 And now for a scenario that... well I don't know about this one... https://youtu.be/jOs9d27olC4 EDIT: Bonus Army Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 (edited) BOOOOOOOOOOONUS AAAAAAARMYYYYYYY Edited August 28, 2017 by Dintiradan nikki. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 3 hours ago, Dintiradan said: BOOOOOOOOOOONUS AAAAAAARMYYYYYYY So was this a meme then? Did I miss a reference in this scenario? Cuz it didn't even feel that good in hindsight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 You're not missing much. Some time after Bonus Army was released, Lilith uploaded a .wav of her saying "Bonus Army" in a long drawn-out fashion. Think of it as a proto-"Longest Yeah Boy Ever". A couple years later, the .wav was (re?)discovered, and the Shadow Vale gang decided to do their own versions of the clip. Most of the links are 404s now, but the ones that are still around are Aran's, mine, and (my favourite) Niemand's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 And so we begin another scenario, this one I've heard mentioned many times: Frostbite! https://youtu.be/gXfuMSiDKxI EDIT: Frostbite, Part 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 And so it begins.... what, you thought this would go off flawlessly? https://youtu.be/pAUD_rStm0M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 On 8/29/2017 at 8:25 AM, Dintiradan said: You're not missing much. Some time after Bonus Army was released, Lilith uploaded a .wav of her saying "Bonus Army" in a long drawn-out fashion. Think of it as a proto-"Longest Yeah Boy Ever". A couple years later, the .wav was (re?)discovered, and the Shadow Vale gang decided to do their own versions of the clip. Most of the links are 404s now, but the ones that are still around are Aran's, mine, and (my favourite) Niemand's. I'd never heard Niemand's version! I have the other two bookmarked, along with the greatest thing to ever come from the BoA community. Tyranicus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Kelandon Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 20 minutes ago, nikki. said: the greatest thing to ever come from the BoA community. *smacks hand* You'll eat what you're given! Tyranicus and Slawbug 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 Finally it's time to leave camp... and we must head up, to deal with the Beast. https://youtu.be/R_j_UDtla4I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted September 1, 2017 Author Share Posted September 1, 2017 Finally we make it somewhere where we can stop and rest for a bit. This is a good thing. https://youtu.be/jD9nbN8SgVY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 Rowly, what did you do? https://youtu.be/y0UHacx53Y4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted September 3, 2017 Author Share Posted September 3, 2017 Our choice has been made for us... thus our fates our sealed. https://youtu.be/rfFyhR8UDNM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted September 4, 2017 Author Share Posted September 4, 2017 Further through the spirits we go... but there is no rest for us. https://youtu.be/xAr7BBscMNM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 Trapped deep in enemy holdings with no weapons or supplies. This is not going to be easy. https://youtu.be/8ve15YdrBng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 Freedom is close, but of course freedom can't come without a struggle. https://youtu.be/RpSjOlG8ZhA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) They're after us, they're ALL after us... what more can we do? Stand and fight? https://youtu.be/j9Kt3aBMORM ((As of time of uploading, processing is frozen and having trouble finishing. Hopefully it works soon.)) ((EDIT: The link should work now.)) Edited September 7, 2017 by Chessrook44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 This may be our grimmest moment yet. How could things get any worse? https://youtu.be/HY7cyqOZ5oE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 Colder and colder... and now we face creatures that drain energy. How could this get worse? https://youtu.be/3ARVL7cnQ2A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted September 10, 2017 Author Share Posted September 10, 2017 Something... anything... is this at last the one thing that will keep us alive? https://youtu.be/bXOKDwR6eM8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted September 11, 2017 Author Share Posted September 11, 2017 At long last, the story ends... and it was a FASCINATING scenario. I loved it. https://youtu.be/5GwR4z97SCo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 Time to begin a new scenario, as we become a bard traveling through a local inn. Wonder what we'll learn here... https://youtu.be/9ufFHKfHKoI EDIT: Tales From the Tabard Inn, Part 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Chessrook44 Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 Many stories await us. Let us start hearing the first of them... https://youtu.be/KWlbxAy3QtU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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