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From a few of my characters I have been playing around on, and finally learning how to post images I have now made a collection of moments. BEHOLD!

This is what happens when puzzle quest becomes bugged.






Some pictures as Froim, a bard char I made for when I couldn't do much in the Docks:

Loot trains? Metaphor or truth?



Bhaily is in need of the pickled liver of a chultan bog beast



This is all I have to post for now. I have a lot more on my others computers I need to post.

Hey guys, its my birthday! My birthday is on the 20th and is going to bring me another year of happiness. I will not tell you what I am turning, but I can tell you that its my birthday.

I started EFU two years ago during the summer of 2008 as a Dwarven Priest of Dumathoin. Rather new to the Underdark, I was a little unsure about myself. Soon though I got to learning mechanics, powers, and divine causes and got into EFU spirit. As a wand salesman he got 10K before he was forced to flee with his dwarven cousins to the Dwarven Island city. The group was disappointingly crushed by the forces of Mur because they could not get a ride with the kobolds.

Many other Pcs I've played were Annabeth Arnima (First EFU:A character when I was still trying to learn how to do apps right). She was a mercenary devout to the arts of war. She was a fan of the Red Knight's works and strategies. She soon was made one of Olid's men and worked a tiny bit with Kivotiin. Her best bud was Sarlee Ster played by DrD.

Illario Averte was my second and more political character. He was LN  with an evil group which consisted oh him, DrD(again >.<), And EFUincarnate. He was buds with Kellian and was joining him in necromatic arts. He was friends with the fellowship. Kellian was an amazing Palemaster and some of the things I did with him was Boss. Also the way Illario did things was he had no patron but prayed a little to every god. He was a faithless though because he had no true religious bonds with a god.

Zanedwynne was often mixed with Zanenditha. You get mixed up with the two Zanes sometimes. Zanedwynne was a full warrior and worshipper of Kossuth. He was tempted to convert to Beshaba from AllMyBoobi- AllMyBuddies. I made this guy around a year ago near the time of my birthday. His buds were TNVW, and AMB.

Damien was a criminal and Gobsquat resurrection project I wanted to do. With his friends Grublub, Vyrkuul, Squixxle, and Brooke. When he got the job of Hanged Goblin barman, he was rather awestruck when all his friends died in front of him and he was alone. I decided to retire him for a while. Who knows if I come back to him or not.

Lastly is the guy I got right now is Ben. Ben is a gangster guy and a Son. More or less he is the trial manager for Wastrel. I did a fight night that was more to my liking. I made some gold, had some fun, and did what I like to do. I can offer this one quote:

Sending: -In his name of the Lord of his Duchy
Drunkard woman: Lord of his Duchy my ass!
Ben: Lord of his Duchy? More like Lord of his DUCHBAG!

For my birthday I wanted to show off what I've done on Efu and what I did. Also I have many screenshots but I don't know how the hell to work them :P. I will still be going by either Pest or Dread if any of you wonder.Remember that even if I can't go on that much that there will always be a place for EFU in my heart(Unless it gets crappy which will never happy).

Lately there have been a lot of new baby factions. The Sons of Sabuth, and the Conclave. Both are amazing concepts but, both are just budding. Now is the time for players who want to set traditions to start so. Get into these two factions or any other Dm faction and start building some traditions for players to follow.

People have started lots of traditions or examples for players to act in factions. For Example:

The Stygian Armada wasn't always an amazing conquering faction. They started out with one player who got kicked from the ziggurat... a LOT. What he did was try to recruit players into the faction but at the time it was very hard to enter so there was only 2 players in the faction for a few months. Through these two months, he also set amazing examples of what the players in the faction should act and behave.
Many a time later it grew bigger and new players set examples like Einar Helder. He went and set a much more lawful example about the Armada. And later Praxes made the example of a hero-like warrior of the Armada and set more traditions (like starting the Stargazer war). Now as people can see it now is the true guard faction.

Many of the players in beginning DM factions make the most changes in the faction as well as the server. I beg of players to join some Dm factions and set some new traditions for other players.

ALSO!

DO not forget a faction is meant to further role play your character, not just some cool thing that makes you tougher or cooler. Let your goals be pushed through the faction's agenda.

[The Uniqueness of the Bard:]

The Uniqueness of the Bard:
The Bard, to some people a very hard class to play but the rewards of it? RP goodness. Bards are a very fun class to play and it saddens me to not see many around.

To many, Bards just seem like jolly fellows and friendly folk but some, tend not to be. There have been many different people who used the Bard class in a more unique and special way. (One example being Nilrighar Do'narret a half-drow) Even an average bard can be fun to play.

Some people do not notice how Bards are not just goodie two-shoes people. Bards are also available to evil alignments but people do not find those interesting to them.

Why play a Bard?
The bard is very special in combat and in role playing.
Combat:
They have many beneficial things about them such as bard song, and lesser spells. They have many useful skills like use magic device, and can take the feats such as craft wand and brew potion.
Role Playing:
The Bard is almost always wanted somewhere. They can be hired for events to play music, interact with crowds, tell jokes, and play songs. One of the thing that some players find hard to do is create songs for their bard.

What I am trying to say is that the Bard along with being a great class also needs great players to play them.

Reply if you have anything you want to add should it be advice, pointing out errors, or just forum trolling, make post here.

[1. An Application and You]

Hello all of you! I have just gotten back to EFU, and of course school is being rough on the playing times. Seems I will not be on as much lately so instead of playing around IG I am making this for all of you. A new generation of players are here, as are DMs. I will remember the good times with you as a player, but be spending more with you as DMs. So I present this to you.
 
 
1. An Application and You
 
This has always been important. An application is more than just saying "Hey, I want to do something so I can go into a faction so I can getz lewts." No, Applications are able to be much more than that. To me I feel like an application is making something you want to do, and involving players in it. You can app for many things and change the way you normally play. Try Something New.
 
2. Application Requirements
 
Dms do not want to see something that benefits only that players and focuses only on them. When you make an application what the Dms go for is something that involves others. There are many examples that you can see like making a faction, commiting conflicts against others, working for something with others. Caddies makes a perfect example of a guy who involves others in his characters be them app or non app (or so I think..). If you make a wereboar you could involve players/Dms in trying to find out the secret about your lycanthropey. Even monstrous races can involve others and such. If you make a Stygian, make enemies and have conflicts on other factions for supremecy. Doing a Weapon Master involve other players who want to help train with you for that final weapon master duel showdown, or a fatass hobgoblin who think he is the most handsome of them all with 6 charisma ;).
 
3. Want to make an app but can't get it right?
 
Pft no problem! There have been many examples and threads created to help players create apps for amazing characters. Here are some examples from the old Efu.
 
http://www.escapefromunderdark.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32271
 
4. Why make an app?
 
"Truely why make an Application? Can't I get the same experience without one?"
You can have the same regular experience on Efu without it. What an application adds to the server is a character who has been well created, planned out, and is sure to change the server. Myself has hardly played many app characters but I know that when your apped character is given to his true extent and worked hard on, you know that it was worth the fun. Although you can have as good as a time without one, applicated characters adds some creativity to the server.
 
Although there has been many threads stating about apps before, I have noticed the large income of newer players and would love to post this for them.
 
With all luck, Thee Pestilent

[Who do -you- think out of these would run for EFU Presidency?]

Just a little thing I am curious about. Can't put everyone but I will try to post many people I know around EFU... here is the topic:

Who do -you- think out of these would run for EFU Presidency?

[The Knights of the Lady of Mists]

Well I have been looking over the past events in the past couple of months and noticed all the things happening. We NEED a chaotic and good faction, but still obey laws.

     With all the requests I've been hearing of Knights lately, hence the now gone order. I have even thought of the ides of Knights like those of the Round table, and such. But what I would hope is to make a concept that can be manipulated by DMs and players.

     I have looked upon the concepts that were struck down like The Knights of the Lady of Mists (a faction goal perhaps?): http://www.escapefromunderdark.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23983.
The Metal faction (to add some magical influence to the faction): http://www.escapefromunderdark.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22014.
(DO KNOW I DO NOT WANT TO BE A PERSON TO COPY OTHER'S iDEAS, THESE ARE JUST ATRIBUTES I WOULD WANT TO ADD AS AN EXAMPLE)

But one thing that I would like to show in this faction are people who have a sense of Honor, Chivalry, war, Magic, and protection.
The avaidable alignments would likely be:
Lawful Good, Neutral Good, Chaotic Good, Lawful Neutral, and True Neutral.

Please I would like people to discuss this with me to enforce the idea of the concept.

[A MISTAKE! Please view other one!]

A MISTAKE! Please view other one!

Yes. In the old times people would cut off the head of a villain, warrior, or criminal and take it. Perhaps this system could work in EFU:A?

I have been thinking deeply into what the EFU:A concurs with the original Forgotten realms setting. What I have thought is that : How close is EFU:A with the normal setting of the forgotten realms?

Surely there are many things from Faerun and the Forgotten realms setting but sometimes I'm not feeling too much of the setting in EFU:A. I know that we have the same sub-races and more with the ideas of the realms but I am not truly thinking of the various impacts that it has on the isle.

What I was able to have in the old EFU was a sense of D & D in the underdark. Speaking as it was an actual place in the forgotten realms and there were many D&D creatures like Illithids and Mind flayers. On Ymph though, it seems more alien like and much different than the normal Forgotten realms idea.

Although I love EFU:A I would like to see how many people think of the server like myself. I would also want to see players and DM answer truly to this poll.

[Only Requirement]

Among all minds are greater, more sinister minds. We are those minds. The Host offers his greatest to those found to his liking, those who don't however... Would not want you to share the same fate they have.

Well, this is a secret concept that has been given serious organization and time to. Its background is a group of assassins where any class and race can enjoy. The focus of the faction is to work together to become the better of the colony. As said before try to keep the group secret if your a member.

Only Requirement: Non-good

Send me a PM for the most detail about it and I'll show you an info page.

Think about it. All new players consistently have to travel to the tower, get their citizen papers and run back to the mythallar to get the sending stone. Put the clerk in the mythallar room. It would make it more convenient IC (because it is below the portal and people can get their citizen papers and it reduces hustle to the new people.

[More quests in the gobsquat and out of ziggurat territory]

I have noticed the lack of quests away from the ziggurat so my point is: More quests in the gobsquat and out of ziggurat territory.

As I have seen in the past, some quests are very difficult and don't make sense if your a race like drow, theifling, and other kill on sight races.

If your a drow or theifling you wouldn't help a miller find her daughter but rather kill the daughter though. Searching for children for a kobold is like hunting for children to eat. it just doesn't make any sense.

I know that it would be hard scripting and programming for DMs but I really think it is beneficial for the players who play an kill on sight subrace and would make more sense.

I have noticed that sometimes when I look in a room at kingsman I forget to knock and end up opening a room with 6 people talking secretly then wanting to kill me Xo.
For this I make a suggestion to remake the locking mechanism inside the kingsman. Also I notice too many doors around the zig being locked up.

Right now I was going with thousandyearsofpain to Old Port from the Stygian Armada. We had gone all the way and he disembarked but it bugged and he only disembarked. I was stuck alone in the boat with no other NPCs. Can a DM help me with this problem. Still stuck as we speak!

I have played some games of DnD, (not necessarily the real thing, more like the arcade game) and noticed trolls are EXTRA vulnerable and could die mainly to fire. Inside of the DnD you would have to weaken trolls and burn them with fire to kill them. From what I do know about the DnD world is that many moves like combust, fireball, and other fire moves are able to deal a high amount of damage. Perhaps we lower the vulnerability to fire for trolls?

[Quick Info:]

Quick Info:From what I have learned from websites with info on the forgotten realms, there are many people who hunt demons. There are those who would say they are thirsty for something. Witch hunters are people who hunt down these beings and slay them. Be it by burning them or by cleansing the demons themselves. I am thinking of an idea of a group of them.

The faction itself: The faction would go on many ventures to track down and slay demons, cause bonfires and burn the dark creatures that associate with the fowl demonicy and such. I think that it would be an interesting thing to do. Of course, some of the other factions would associate or rebel against the philosophy of them. Some even call them heretics.

Preferred Alignment: Alignment would be most likely lawful. As it says in the alignments, chaotic is sometimes called demonic to some. I'd say LN, LE, LG, N, and NG would fit as alignments. If making a Lawful character for this, they must be extremely Lawful. They are members of order and destroy the demons through Law.

Class restriction: Quick class to restrict is sorceror. Witch hunters often think sorcery is related to demonicy and would most likely cut their hands off and burn them.

Preferred Deity: Azuth, Tyr, Torm, and Kelemvor are my first thought.
 
Azuth: As told, a sect if Azuthians believe that Magic only exists by those who learn it on their own. They wish to show lawfulty to a demons wild magic ( also sorcery). They are trained as wizards and will slay a sorceror to prevent their wild magic. They serve as wizard witch hunters.

Tyr: Being the lord of justice, people who worship Tyr as a witch hunter they feel as Justice and law must be delivered to the powers of chaos of demonicy. People who worship Tyr as witchhunters are usually extremely Lawful and want to persue justice to those who associate with demons.

Kelemvor: Some demons and undead are close together. Like how a worshipper of Orcus praise the undead. Kelemvorites of witch huntery want to see all association with demon and undead destroyed. Simple as that.

Torm: People of the Loyal fury show loyalty and honor their duty as a witch hunter. They seek to serve as loyal warriors to their divine lord and will do what they must to please him. They are dutiful to slaying demons and will do what they must to do so.

Those who want to add things onto this, make a correction, join this, or comment in how freaking cool this is, make a post.

Bonuses, we all need them. Mostly the guarding DM factions (guard, Stygians, the Order). As with some factions, some have more bonuses than others.

One thing I liked to see at sanctuary, was some cool guard auto jail teleporters. In Ymph, we have to just walk our prisoners all the way into the guard centers and put them into jail. As in sanctuary, we could use the jail device and it would auto place them in the jail.

The Colonial Guard: Needs new things

Definitely needs some new things. The armor isn't that good from what I hear. They don't get to have any true power (usually the guards don't get to have much respect and all). Compared to the Stygians, they don't have too much to offer and the entire faction is going downhill. Perhaps add some new armors? Like have some plate along with the normal armor? Anybody agree with this?