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I'd like to run a somewhat hardcore prelude for anyone interested in involving themselves as a lower 'cultist' PC.

If you want to get involved, send an application in the usual manner - perks will include: starting at a higher level with better equipment and an access to an already ongoing metaplot.


Planning to run this on Sunday at some point, no particular time in mind, will see how many people are interested.  Shoot me a PM if you want any more details.

As title suggests.

Race:Hobgoblin
Alignment:Any evil or Neutral (CE thru to LN)
Class:TBC
Time:TBC

Currently looking for four players to play hobgoblins for a concept I have in mind.

There is currently not a determined 'start date' for them but it will be friendly to my GMT timezone I.E. weekends anytime or 6pm-11PM GMT through the week.

It's a strange concept, not entirely like 'standard' hobgoblin and very specific to what I intend to do so you'd have to be fairly malleable with your character ideas - I won't discuss it with anyone who is not committed to playing the character full time however so no PM's for details.

As a 'monster' character of course, PvP is always extremely likely so relaxed, chill players will get the nod ahead of anyone else, if there is a lot of interest.

But if you are interested, just send me a simple PM stating such and I will see how many people want to do it and then hand pick a group and a timezone to start things off.

Cheers,


Nuke

As the thread title says.

I'd like to start a mini campaign to get a few more people in to Neverwinter Nights and Escape from Uncertainty.  Based on the success of one of our friends posting EfU related links on to another forum somehow bringing some good players in here (you know who you are!) I'd like to try that method first.

The following rules only need apply

1-  Get PERMISSION first (no unsolicited/spam advertising, it's rude)
2-  No advertising on other NwN servers - they have their playerbase and I'd find it rude if others did the same to us.  Not enough to go around.
3-  No 'irrelevant' websites that might bring idiots in - you know the type

Feel free to use this pro-forma that Hound has kindly created.  I can't fault it, all the links seem to work fine, but if there are any problems post them here or on the other thread.

http://www.efupw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99359

It should work on any forum, most are vbulletin these days and the standard URL commands tend to work on any forum I've seen.

Certainly things like erfworld, dwarf fortress, IRC roleplaying, game finders, larpers, these sorts of things will be the best bet to get the sort of guy who would take an interest in it, but it's a long shot.  If even one good player finds their way here though, it's worth it.  Sorta.


Cheers,  
Nuke

Edit:  Also!  If anyone has any success (or indeed someone from one of these places sees this that has decided to give EfU a try and is now a member of the forum!) let me know here :)

Looking to run some sort of doomy prelude tomorrow late afternoonish GMT - depending on how many people are interested.

Details :

• All PC's welcome - if this will become your 'main' character send me a PM or an application through the usual channels - there will be perks for playing a main character, better chance of survival, better equipment, an (vague) IC knowledge of what is happening on the surface etc.  
• Get to see the surface apolocalypse.  Fight the dread empire!
• Throwaway PC's -are welcome- but please let me know in advance if you don't intend on making this your main character.  It's fine if you currently have a PC you are playing.
• If you want to play a 'ranking' PC and order people for kicks ask for that too and you can be the centre of attention and show great heroics and derring do.

Specifications :

• Must be human, elf, half-elf, or half-orc.
• Any class.
• CAN play any alignment -however- selfishness and greed no longer apply to these characters, they have lived and battled on the surface for some time.  Therefore NE, CE is unrealistic without a good justification
• Expect heroics!

That's all.

-Nuke

Disclaimer:  these are my own personal thoughts and not those of the DM team as a whole which may or may not differ entirely.


As we are all no doubt busy people, I expect many of us have limited time to spend on our hobbies - and as I count EfU as one of my hobbies I try to spend that free time doing something I enjoy.

Trials have rarely counted as one of those things.

With the court room process back as a possibility in EfU I personally believe that in cases which are a foregone conclusion or certainty for execution that there be some respect paid to any player who is simply for all intents and purposes watching as people drag out the end of their PC.

However it does strike me as possible that people really enjoy these instances as a chance to shine in a lawyerly fashion or to allow truly persuasive PC's to alter an outcome.

It seems to me though that a large proportion of the time this doesn't happen and there is just an hour long ordeal and then a permadeath for the criminal.   In which case things would have been better served with a quick run down of events, hammer down by judge and boom - next case.

Or perhaps allowances for creative punishments or some collaboration with whoever is about to lose their PC OOCly as to whether they would like things sped along if possible so they can get back to doing something they enjoy.

Just my thoughts.   If people really enjoy such roleplay I will simply shuffle off into my dark little corner and glare balefully from the shade.

So... your thoughts?

The purpose of this thread is to help me fill out my now barren personal mod filled with loot which I used to stock up my DM avatar.  So I now am painfully lacking in things like :

Clothing.

Armor.

Weapons.



So!  Feel free to post up any ideas here so I don't have to spend hours thinking up stuff that might never even be worth giving out ingame -anyway-.  Be as disgustingly self-serving as you wish, as long as you are within EfU and the NwN toolset's constraints. (keeping in mind that you CAN include EfU-only spells and feats as possibilities when I create these objects!)

And who knows, you might see it (or a NuclearCatastrophe modified variant, at any rate) in the mod at some point in the near future. :)

Edit :  And I do mean mechanical ideas ;)

Like "Poisoners Kukri, +1 acid, coat weapon with poison 3/day", "Cloak of Blinding Speed, expeditious retreat 3/day", that sort of thing.  But more powerful if you want, more customised, interesting biography's.... you know.

I'd leave all the custom dyeing and tailoring to you guys, gosh.  But I'd gladly provide the EXACT dyes in character with certain IG tailors if that's what it took to make people happy with their painstakingly created, cerebrally thought out custom loot.

I've made a custom music pack for EfU purposes.  

It changes the Underdark, Sanctuary, Battle and Tavern themes to much more EfU-appropriate things, and is probably a breath of fresh air for anyone who is still using the standard NwN music, or even no music at all these days.

The file is ~350meg and is very simple to install, though of course I'd still recommend you backup your old files in case something goes wrong, you don't like the new tunes, or you ever want to go back!

This is to gauge interest in whether anyone would like to partake in an Old Port Prelude this week.

Without going too deeply into the specifics regarding your background, you'd be playing some escaped convicts from Old Port, so anything that fits into that area would be fine.  Not necessary requiring any particular alignment so don't feel obligated to pick evil or even chaotic, though I guess lawful might be a stretch ;)

If you would like to play then note the following :

• It should be your main PC.  If you're playing a PC currently but jaded with it, then of course you can shelve it and play it again at a later date - but only with permission from a DM.  
• No sorcerors (sorcs wouldn't be held at this particular place)

PM me your concepts, and when you'd likely be available as I think the best time for me will be GMT 6PM plus tomorrow or Thursday, (5th or 6th of June!) but I can delay as long as it takes to get enough interested people, and note if there's anything else that might need the team looking at as a whole (subraces, that sort of thing) & I'll let you know to post it in the submissions section as usual.

Cheers,

Nuke

A great motto that needs to be adopted by EfU :)

Enjoy your defeats.  Most of them are a case of bad luck (those crits/seemingly impossible will saves that were made!), bad timing, or bad decisions.  Always be improving, and hopefully you'll be that bit luckier next time.

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Don't be surprised to see monsters continuing to spawn even when you think you're safe in an area now :)

Even resting in the wilds is no longer the joyously dull occasion it once was.

So, does a bear spawn in the woods?  Is the pope catholic?

Dunno about the second but yes to the first.

As per the latest announcement http://www.escapefromundeath.com/forums/showthread.php?p=281380#post281380, feel free to post your thoughts and experiences (excuse the pun) with the new system here.

TL;DR This post is basically a warning to anyone thinking of buying a newer graphics card, and also a request for help if anyone has had the same issues and solved them.

Newer graphics cards from Nvidia, the 400 series and 500 series, seem to have discontinued support for the version of openGL that older applications (like our beloved Neverwinter Nights) use.  I believe it's openGL 1.2 but my memory might not serve.

Anyway, it does mean that framerates are utterly crippling with these extremely powerful (and expensive!) cards.  You're looking at 10FPS with a GTX 570, compared with around 30FPS for the older and far inferior GTX 220, for instance.

Apparently disabling cloaks and ranged weapons is a bit of a workaround fix, but I've yet to try it.

I was wondering if anyone else had had such issues and if they had solved them in any way, as - as you may have guessed - I currently have one of the aforementioned cards now, and would rather like to play NwN on my new machine - for reference I have the GTX 570 installed on it.

It's not the end of the world, I still have my trusty laptop.  But I digress.

-  Nuke

There's a way in which this can be manufactured using alchemy - if it's been done by your character recently can you please inform us ASAP, as it's an obvious bug.  Will prevent potential character retirement embarassment issues in future, if you do tell us, as apparently the knowledge is more widespread than we thought!

Thank you very much!

x Nuke

Man... or beast?

Give your friendly neighbourhood DM team a shout on IRC or the forums and we'll explain, and discuss any potential issues or ramifications of the reasons it has happened with you on a case by case basis.

Thank you very much for your understanding!


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Nuke

There's a known issue with mus_castle.bmu so this is a new version which will fix it!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CD8J1963

Not releasing the full file again until I am certain that no other areas have such bugs :)

Hello folks.

I would like some recommendations, ideally with download links, with a view to overriding the standard NwN themes, as I am extremely tired of both the standard selection and even sadly, now, Morts own override pack, and play NwN these days with music off.

Part of the criteria for my selection is they'll all be non-lyrical, and all fit our setting.

For instance, so far, I've been utilising music from Fallout 1 and 2, as well as Warhammer 40K, and even Assassins Creed.


Music themes... go.

The peons work their way down the mazes and through the various pitfalls of the tower left to deter the unwary and unprepared.



Awaiting them, in a particularly resplendent chamber...



... is the trapped maiden herself.



The nature group arrives.  H'bala is unimpressed.



Some people, only now realising the futility of their actions, plead with H'bala to grant them mercy.



H'bala, it seems, is not without such.



Though her mercy is of a different nature.






(finally, a little look at how the magic happens.  No, she did not use power word kill, just the VFX!)

PM me with the fate of your animals if you could.

(Also disregard if you lose them to logout/reset/crash or whatever, that's an unavoidable side effect.)

Thankee.

Nuke
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