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[Gwen]

Never tested anything before but if someone could point me in the right direction I would love to! Anything to help!  

Edited by Gwen, 04 October 2007 - 09:42 AM.

[Menelanna]

Can't wait for this to come out! Darian should rest easy know he has a least one semi-sane girl waiting for him!

[Tempest]

Thought I had that gremlin's head mounted on my wall tonight so I could call for alpha testers, but it was not meant to be, it would appear. I'm as eager as y'all are to finally get this off the ground.

*Grabs flamethrower and goes gremlin hunting again*

[Solstice]

Good hunting, Tempest. I'm looking forward to this.

[berelinde]

Now that the ambushes have been flushed, how goes the bug hunting? Not running low no napalm, are you?

[Tempest]

Yes, which is why I've shifted to using your stock of it.

I'm actually writing some new banters that won't make it into the initial alpha release-Darian and Anomen will have a couple chats if Charname is romancing Anomen, Imoen will poke fun at Darian and Mazzy if they're romancing each other, and Darian will have some Underdark-specific banters pertaining to his claustrophobia. I'm actually toying with the idea of trying to give Darian penalties while in the Underdark, or possibly anytime he's underground, to represent that particular phobia, though I have no clue of how I would go about doing such a thing.

[Solstice]

Xarana: Correction: woe is you.

So Xarana reads Zits, too?

Darian: I have to worry about *romance conflicts* at some point, for the love of Aerdrie Faeyna.

Darian vs. Kelsey is a match I'd pay money to see, but I'd dread seeing Darian going head to head with Xan... I just wouldn't know who to pick.

Keep burning those pesky gremlins!

[Menelanna]

actually toying with the idea of trying to give Darian penalties while in the Underdark, or possibly anytime he's underground, to represent that particular phobia, though I have no clue of how I would go about doing such a thing.

I think that would be great! I was actually wondering about that and think you should find some way of do it. Is there a way to have him need to make a save against panic every so often or something like that?

Keep up the good work and have fun with your hunt.

[Tempest]

So Xarana reads Zits, too?

Apparently so. A Zits strip is indeed where I got that line from.

but I'd dread seeing Darian going head to head with Xan... I just wouldn't know who to pick.

That would be kind of funny-both are the type to quietly step out of the way if they notice Charname's attention being on someone else. Hell, I'm not even sure if Xan interrupts Anomen's lovetalks. But as a writer, I would say that if it just came down to each making their appeal to Charname in private, Xan would probably trounce Darian nine times out of ten. Xan has the higher charisma, and is just frankly much more charming, constant talk of doom notwithstanding.

I think that would be great! I was actually wondering about that and think you should find some way of do it. Is there a way to have him need to make a save against panic every so often or something like that?

No need to go that far-Darian's too disciplined to let himself be affected *that* badly, and presumably as a Talon, he's had training in overcoming his claustrophobia enough to be effective indoors or (Aerdrie Faeyna forbid) underground. But I think deep in the Underdark, he would be feeling uneasy and off-balance, and hence I would think a penalty of some sort would be in order. The problem is that I have absolutely no clue if such a thing is possible-I'll check and see if it can be done or not, but it's not important enough to squeeze into his initial alpha testing. Darian actually gets off easy in this respect-in PnP, Avariel *do* have to make saving throws every so often while indoors or underground or panic. But from a practical standpoint, would you really want one of your valuable party members periodically making a saving throw against panic... and failing in the illithid city?

Irregardless, I might set the claustrophobia banters to trigger anytime in the Underdark or anytime he's underground, period. Darian will go underground if he has to, but he really, really doesn't like it.

[Menelanna]

The reason why I asked about the panic is because I knew about that from some research I did earlier. (I am planning on playing as a winged elf at some point in DnD). But yeah I really don't want him panicing in the middle of the underdark. It could kinda give me away in the drow city....

But I still think some kind of penelty would be good. A slight drop in one of his stats maybe?

[Tempest]

Don't know-a -1 DEX might work, but first I'd need to find out if it's possible to give him a penalty like that while in the Underdark or underground, and it's not high on my priority list at the moment.

[Menelanna]

Understandable, just get the guy out first. I was just trying to give some ideas.

[Solstice]

Hope you did well on your exams, and I hope we get to see Darian soon!

[Tempest]

Bugs are still getting flattened every day, but their numbers are seemingly endless, and I've been working hard on two research papers-that last little kicker from exam week. Along the way, I've had the opportunity to monkey with some of Darian's lines.

If Charname is female, she will finally be able to ask the dreaded question: "Does this outfit make me look fat?"

[Choo Choo]

*bounces with impatience* Can't wait can't wait can't wait!

[Solar's Harper]

Sorry to disappoint CC.

Either way you have plenty of things going on now to make the wait seem short right?

btw thats a good question Tempest, something we don't see often enough in the mods.

... and I guess there's a reason for that...

[Tempest]

Hopefully, you won't have to wait long. The gremlins in the code have been subjected to a tactical nuclear strike, and now it's just a matter of cleaning up the survivors. I hope. Lots of the errors are stupid little things (for example, at the start of a dialogue block, the first line is "IF"-should you start it with "If", it won't compile), but some, like the one I'm dealing with now, are more vexing. Take my advice, Chooch-don't try and do the entire npc mod in one go. Get the character in game and working first, then add everything else in steps. I've been doing the entire thing in one go, and it's been giving me lots and lots of problems.

And if you're really curious for Darian's answer to that question, here it is...

Spoiler

I refuse to answer on the grounds that you may kill me no matter how I respond.

Edited by Tempest, 14 October 2007 - 02:11 PM.

[Solar's Harper]

Good answer

Although I'm pretty sure the *may*, will be *will*, and the killing may be worse than the usual sort.

Edit: I hope he can fly well.

Edited by Solar's Harper, 14 October 2007 - 02:42 PM.

[Tempest]

To be fair, Darian's response was once upon a time based on a RandomNum function where he actually would say yes or no, followed by an extensive dialogue tree that was for pure silliness, and I'm still thinking about bringing that back for Darian's beta and primary versions in some fashion-it's one of the few places where Darian displays his sense of humor, which tends to be very dry.

And Darian can fly quite well-more than well enough to escape a berserk Bhaalspawn, assuming she isn't an archer or spellcaster...

[Menelanna]

The he sure is in trouble with Menelanna....she can do both!