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The romantic parts of Quintessence are unusual and trippy enough without having to be homosexual as well. EDIT : Generally, the strongest scenarios plot-wise make SOME assumptions about the party. For example, the leader of the party in Redemption has a brother who was McNemier's apprentice.

You can use for loops to do it in that case, can't you?

Well, it wasn't default to BoE. The fact that you added it yourself to Bandits 2 didn't add it to any of the other scenarios that needed it.

Code: .\|/. ..*.. ==|== ..... ..... ..C.. Basically, don't try to make area-of-effect projectile attacks like this. It's fine if the center of the area is the caster, though.

I suppose you're right. You absolutely need a plot to justify that you're going out to destroy things, but when I come to an ogre cave in the road, I don't ask why it's there unless, after clearing it, I thought it was boring. (EDIT : This was aimed at Kyna.)

Surprisingly enough, I'm going to have to agree with Vogel here. Sure, I respect the stories of some of the more plot-heavy scenarios, but I always played Blades of Exile primarily to have fun rampaging around the landscape and doing More Or Less Good. This is why Doom Moon II is probably my favorite scenario of all time. While it most certainly had a plot, in fact, quite an interesting and unusual plot at times, no one really played Doom Moon II for the story of the dragons' revenge upon the kingdom for the death of one of their kind. Heck, most of the plot twists could have been seen coming from miles away. What made Doom Moon II one of the best scenarios was simply that it was a great combat/adventure game. You were always on the edge of your seat wondering what in the devil you were going to go up against next. Would it be hordes of Slith Archmagi and Archpriests? Would it be Margoyles, with 10d10 attacks and acidic spit? Or would it be one of the mighty dragons, with thousands of hit points and horrifically powerful special spells? That's what you played Doom Moon II for - the fun of taking on whatever was thrown at you, barely surviving, and charging on, ready for more. I guess what I'm trying to say is that designers have to remember that they're making a game, not a novel. While a good plot can certainly make a scenario more enjoyable, challenging, fast-paced, fun, and unpredictable gameplay goes so much further. (As a corollary, I have to typically agree with Drakefyre on pointless battles. Repeated, unavoidable fights of the Napoleonic Wars style can quickly kill the pacing and fun of any scenario. If you're going to give us stuff to pointlessly massacre, at least have a heart and make the battles as quick as possible.)

It's still a Bad Idea™, really, unless it turns out to be just as easy for Windows users to do this, somehow.

This is unsupported, for the record.

Actually, at least one other scenario is a group effort, TM - Dragon Within 1 : Ragnarok. And I would easily posit that it is much worse than TWotS could ever be.

Actually, I think the warning not to modify those files was more of "you shouldn't, and there's no reason to" rather than "you can't". Unless JV uses some strange backup method for it, there shouldn't be any technical problems with modifying the core files - it's just that, from what I've read, there's no reason you'd want to for your scenario, as it would create needless incompatibility in exchange for nothing. Therefore, um, I see no reason why he can't modify giant spider AI in the core file. ADDENDUM : Try modifying it in a single scenario data file first. JV telling us whether or not he's using some strange backup method would work, too.

Arkenstone is just a strange scenario, really. I can't say I really liked it, but I didn't dislike it either...

*i has no need to be a mod.

Ornks are people too. EDIT : Also, don't bump topics from two months ago. -_________-

BoE works better for me on Windows XP than it ever did on any other operating system I've run it on. (Of course, I haven't played it on a Mac. I suppose that it would be best on one, mostly because it was designed on one... )

Drakey, Alorael, and I all have brains, thank you very much, Reality Corp.

Karamea - Drakey is out of town.

Quote: Originally written by Deacon: Baltimore was actually on Pralgrad when he was waging the war (he would have to be in order to actually lead the war- they didn't have phones at that time).

Second. The first Doston was barely a large island. The second Doston is the biggest continent on Ermarian. In any case, by my theories, Baltimore's descendants were born on Pralgad - they were thus unable to do anything about the collapse of the Aizoan empire.

Actually, that was the reason for the Second Cataclysm - we wanted to get rid of technologies like nuclear weaponry and space travel, at least for the time being.

Well, I can't really think of any BoE scenarios set after what would be 2000 IE. The second cataclysm happened much later - something like 4500 IE. The current BoE Arena date would be, uh, in the 6100s. EDIT : The first cataclysm, which I'm likely wrong about, would be the fall of the Empire followed within a hundred years by some sort of immense natural disaster that caused Doston to be created - for the record, Doston is the largest continent in the Arena plotline. The second cataclysm, which I have the complete details on, would be due to the escalating war between the Church of the Reaper and the Church of Divine Flame which led to the destruction of the CoDF's superweapon platform, the Saturnalia II, and its collapse onto Ermarian. The resulting impact, gargantuan explosion, and dispersal of nuclear fallout wiped out a great portion of life on Ermarian and blasted civilization back into the Stone Age for 1000 years. Around 600 years have passed in the Arena since then.

Doston's general shape.

That block of 10 emperors was left blank because, well, it's for people to design scenarios in if you want one set in the actual Empire. (If the other Hawthornes and Prazacs were actually in a scenario, um, whoops.)

Code: Emperor Reign Start Reign End Aizoan Empire - Zion I. -150 -145 Started his reign on Aizo - Baltimore I. -145 -100 Invaded Pralgad, causing the collapse of the Aizoan Empire The Empire - Sol I. 1 48 Pralgad-born descendant of Baltimore I who declared an empire on Pralgad. - Sol II. 48 102 - Sol III. 102 131 - Ironclad I. 131 201 Began wiping out non-humans. Died without heir. - Viceroy I. 201 204 Assassinated. - NO EMPEROR 204 229 Civil unrest. - Ironclad II. 229 259 Brought order to the Empire. - Ironclad III. 259 281 Giants crushed. - Ironclad IV. 281 309 - Ironclad V. 309 357 Nephilim crushed. - Ironclad VI. 357 405 Troglodytes utterly wiped out. - Ironclad VII. 405 450 Empire vs. Anama War - Ironclad VIII: 450 467 - Ironclad IX. 467 499 Began settling Vantanas. - Ironclad X. 499 530 - Ironclad XI. 530 535 Died of disease. - Ironclad XII. 535 587 - Ironclad XIII. 587 615 Valorim discovered. Remaining Anama move to the Isle of Bigail. Died without heir. - Strongarm I. 615 658 Valorim brought under Imperial control. - Strongarm II. 658 672 Killed by an Aizoan rebellion. - Stewart I. 672 722 Closed the school in VoDT. Valorim completely settled. - Hawthorne I. 722 763 Discovered Avernum in 741. - Hawthorne II. 763 791 Erika and archmagi sent down in 771. - Hawthorne III. 791 822 Assassinated. - Garzahd I. 822 825 Empire vs. Exile War. Assassinated. - Prazac I. 825 865 Ushers in Golden Age. Avernum III 833, VoDT 843 - X 865 901 - X 903 925 - X 926 961 - X 961 998 - X 999 1030 - X 1031 1057 - X 1057 1084 - X 1086 1114 - X 1115 1143 - X 1143 1178 - Tahvan I. 1179 1203 - Tahvan II. 1203 1238 - Tahvan III. 1239 1257 - Tahvan IV. 1258 1280 At the Gallows 1274. Golden Age ends. - Tahvan V. 1280 1213 - Tahvan VI. 1313 1368 - Tahvan VII. 1368 1371 - Tigere I. 1371 1402 - Tigere II. 1402 1442 - Tigere III. 1442 1483 Spears 1477, Fission Point 1480. - X 1483 1502 - X 1502 1536 - X 1536 1570 - X 1570 1603 - X 1603 1621 - X 1621 1629 - X 1629 1645 - X 1645 1687 - X 1687 1708 - Tachyon I. 1708 1745 - Tachyon II. 1745 1762 - Tachyon III. 1762 1804 - Tachyon IV. 1804 1872 Echoes (All of it, 1870-1872) - Baltimore 36. 1872 1876 Empire Collapses Combined from what everyone said.

Hm. TM says that the Aizoan Empire and Pralgadian Empire went to war, which the Aizoans won, overtaking the Pralgadian Empire. *i says that the Aizoan Empire collapsed and Sol I started his reign on Pralgad modeled after the Aizoan Empire. Hoorah.

I fear for this thread's life, for it likely shall not have much left.