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Two Rivers Wolfbrother |
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Mar 30 2004, 09:46 PM
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![]() Great Fang ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 327 Member No.: 20 Joined: 15-January 04 ![]() |
OK, here's my idea. I was thinking lately that there
aren't a lot of options for encounters, period. Especially at later
levels. There's the ability to come up with badguys, especially humans,
and allies, etc., but really, it's very limited. So I thought maybe I could prepare an Encounters Handbook. It would consist of new shadowspawn, creatures, animals, and other things. For example, if there was a shadowspawn that resembled a very large rhino-dragon that thrashed about in the Blight and emerged every decade or so, that could be in there, or specific types of people, like a Whitecloak soldier, a Two Rivers bowman, or an ogier Elder. Nothing specific with the types of people, such as Erond Makaol, the 14th level armsman from Ghealdan who has a panchant for dawdling and has a hook for a hand. Also, there could be a chapter of traps, situations, and events that could award XP to characters, such as ones presented in the DMG, but our own. And maybe even non-dangerous, yet experience-related stuff, like finding information on the streets and diplomating a favor from a lesser noble. Maybe someone could even come up with dicing rules. It could have loads of stuff. It's not a contest, and I'll write a lot of it, but if anyone has any ideas, post 'em and we'll check it out. For quick-reference, here's a list of things that could be used: Shadowspawn Creatures Other Monsters People Traps Situations Anyways, I'll start working on it. If anyone has any ideas, do put them up. Make sure they're not too specific or weird, and could be used in pretty much any Wheel of Time game, you know? -------------------- This is an old thing, boy. Older than Aes Sedai.
Older than anybody using the One Power. Old as humankind. Old as
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lordrodd |
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Mar 30 2004, 10:37 PM
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Cisco Lii |
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Mar 31 2004, 10:36 PM
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Learned Master ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 33 Member No.: 30 Joined: 16-January 04 ![]() |
Yeah, great idea. Maybe I can dig up some critters I
used to entertain my PC's. -------------------- On the sixth day god created mankind I say it is a waste of time - ROES |
Targul |
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Apr 1 2004, 01:05 AM
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Ok, should we maybe start with the other previously
published materials. Like say the Trolloc advancement tables, Blight Worm,
etc from UtDB? I have a question. I'm working on a NPC that is from a race that Aginor created before the Trollocs. The experiment was a failure in that the new race had souls and were not inherently evil like the future Shadowspawn would be. The race was systematically annihilated, except for one that been given sanctuary by Aes Sedai and eventually was trapped within a Stasis Box and held until recently. Would this make a good entry? He is made from Snake stock and walks a fine line between evil and good. However, anyone who encounters him would immediately assume that he is a Trolloc or some other Shadowspawn and would kill on sight. -------------------- I was that which others did
not want to be. I went where others feared to go, and did what others failed to do. I asked nothing from those who gave nothing, and reluctantly accepted the fact of eternal loneliness... Should I fall I have seen the face of terror, felt the stinging cold of fear, and enjoyed the sweet taste of a moments love. I have cried, pained, and hoped... But most of all I have lived times others were to say were "Best Forgotten". At least some day I will be able to say that I was proud of what I was... A United States Marine. |
Two Rivers Wolfbrother |
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Apr 1 2004, 06:44 PM
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I would say yes, that's a good idea for an entry,
Targul. Enter it as a playable race probably and a generic encounter, like
elves in the Monster Manual. Basically, it needs to be something that
could be played in generally any Third-Age setting (nothing against Modern
or anything), so if I go back 250 years before Rand, or 10 years after, or
whatever. Yeah, we should also gather the trolloc advancement tables and all the cool stuff from UtDB and from previous posts in this and the Balefired Wizards boards if anybody still has them. Enter them as new topics, maybe with like a symbol in front so we can tell it's for this, but one that won't be used for a contest or other projects. For instance, "~Vrazar" then the brief description. You know? Yeah. Let's go with the "~" ...squiggly line thing. Also, type the original version in Word so that it can be easily emailed to the me. Oh, and let's try to stay as close to the original book rules as possible. Just so that everyone with their own individual house rules can have a core creature/encounter to adjust how they want or leave as is. This post has been edited by Two Rivers Wolfbrother on Apr 1 2004, 07:04 PM -------------------- This is an old thing, boy. Older than Aes Sedai.
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Two Rivers Wolfbrother |
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Jun 10 2004, 10:13 AM
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Just so everyone still knows, I'm still working on
this, and I really hope that I can get some continued help and entries for
new monsters, region NPCs, creatures, plants, everything! The entries thus
far have been great, and I'm really hoping there'll be more. Thanks
everyone. Also, those of you who have submitted stuff, would you please email them to me at brundawger@yahoo.com as an rtf file so that I can put them in? Thank you much! This post has been edited by Two Rivers Wolfbrother on Jun 10 2004, 10:20 AM -------------------- This is an old thing, boy. Older than Aes Sedai.
Older than anybody using the One Power. Old as humankind. Old as
wolves. Current Projects: Encounters Handbook Homepage: www.towncenterproductions.com It's Funny! |
Zarozynia |
Posted:
Jun 10 2004, 08:30 PM
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If you're looking for plot-hooky stuff, I have an
interesing one with Graendal and trying to find a ter'angreal that will
stop her from channeling that might work. It takes the characters back in
time to the Age of Legends and everything! ![]() -------------------- Legends of Darkness Are Not Always Myths - An Ongoing
experiment in writing/illustration/mythology Photographia Temple of the Goat - a philisophical weblog Diynen'd'ma'purvene - A Wheel of Time resource with backgrounds, feats, house rules, a vit/wound point system and an Age of Legends campaign setting (in the works) |
Axel |
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Jun 12 2004, 08:11 PM
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Freelance HTML coder (hint Aleshandre) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 235 Member No.: 54 Joined: 23-January 04 ![]() |
What have you added to the handbook so far?
-------------------- Honorary Paladin of the Lawful Naughty If I seem to hate the d20 system, its only because I hate the system. Actually I just hate 3e, its biased me against the system. I rather like WoT. |
Two Rivers Wolfbrother |
Posted:
Jun 14 2004, 03:46 AM
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![]() Great Fang ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 327 Member No.: 20 Joined: 15-January 04 ![]() |
So far, I've got the Greenhouse by Cisco, some
monsters I've done (nobody else has emailed it to me, or if they did I
didn't get it), some NPC encounters by region (though (I'm still working
on that. So far I've done Two Rivers, Children of the Light, and
Cairhienin court, and I remember someone did Ebou Dar, though I haven't
received that). Also, I've started a list of adventure hooks, and have
started writing a level 1-20 campaign. Oh, and I have a list of non-combat
encounters and their Difficulty Class. I'll hafta post that sometime, when
it's complete, and see if it's good. One thing I think would be cool, and I'll do it when I can, is a list of traps. I'm also working on a couple little extra things for the book, such as a prestige class or two for trollocs, some creature-specific weaves (like I heard that the Blue Ajah has this summon critters-like weave or something), and things like that. Battle rules would also be quite cool, seeing as warfare is such a big part of Wheel of Time. Templates would also be really nice. And possibly some darkfriend-specific PrCs. You know, things like that. I'd really love to have some help. Monsters and other creatures would be very nice. Traps would be nice. Region-specific NPC encounters would be nice. Adventure hooks, non-combat encounters, and weaves would be nice. I plan on writing the campaign and the battle rules (I got an idea). I also plan on writing more monsters and such. So thanks for any help people would be willing to give. -------------------- This is an old thing, boy. Older than Aes Sedai.
Older than anybody using the One Power. Old as humankind. Old as
wolves. Current Projects: Encounters Handbook Homepage: www.towncenterproductions.com It's Funny! |
Two Rivers Wolfbrother |
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Jun 14 2004, 03:49 AM
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Oh, and people can email their written stuff to me in
.rtf format at brundawger@yahoo.com. Please make the Subject "For the
Encounters Handbook" so that I know it's something trustworthy.
-------------------- This is an old thing, boy. Older than Aes Sedai.
Older than anybody using the One Power. Old as humankind. Old as
wolves. Current Projects: Encounters Handbook Homepage: www.towncenterproductions.com It's Funny! |
Two Rivers Wolfbrother |
Posted:
Jun 22 2004, 10:13 AM
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![]() Great Fang ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 327 Member No.: 20 Joined: 15-January 04 ![]() |
Can anyone think of anything else besides the many
things that have been discussed here that should be in this book? Here are a few ideas we could consider: - Anti-monster or encounter-based Prestige Classes (for example, Hunter of the Dark, Disciple of Moghedien, etc). - Maybe a sample noble court, tavern, mansion, tinker caravan, Whitecloak camp, etc. (complete with maps and possible Important NPCs). I have never done maps and would probably suck at it, but I know some people here have done some. - Information about the Aelfinn and Eelfinn, and their inhabitants. I also would like more monsters, Shadowspawn, animals, etc. It's not possible to have enough of those. Also, if anyone has any region-based NPCs, that'd be great as well. For examples, see the Two Rivers People post and the Ebou Dari post. If each person wrote up one monster, that'd be 166 monsters, and that would be frickin' awesome! This post has been edited by Two Rivers Wolfbrother on Jun 22 2004, 10:23 AM -------------------- This is an old thing, boy. Older than Aes Sedai.
Older than anybody using the One Power. Old as humankind. Old as
wolves. Current Projects: Encounters Handbook Homepage: www.towncenterproductions.com It's Funny! |
Cisco Lii |
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Learned Master ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 33 Member No.: 30 Joined: 16-January 04 ![]() |
I thought maybe some sample mirror worlds,
inhabitants, physical descriptions encounter tables. A little bit like the
Manual of the Planes. The rest of your ideas are great. Can't help you with mapping (I tried and I sucked) or with encounter sites (I am bad at descriptions). I'll try and make some PrC's and maybe even more monsters, shadowspawn etc. -------------------- On the sixth day god created mankind I say it is a waste of time - ROES |
Two Rivers Wolfbrother |
Posted:
Jun 22 2004, 10:28 PM
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![]() Great Fang ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 327 Member No.: 20 Joined: 15-January 04 ![]() |
I'm gonna have to take back one thing, though. I've
become way too busy to write a 20-level adventure. I don't think an
Encounters Handbook's really the place for it anyways, and this will allow
me to just focus on specific encounters and other such things.
-------------------- This is an old thing, boy. Older than Aes Sedai.
Older than anybody using the One Power. Old as humankind. Old as
wolves. Current Projects: Encounters Handbook Homepage: www.towncenterproductions.com It's Funny! |
Niveus |
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Jul 7 2004, 08:51 AM
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Cool idea I deleted my post as I reposted it
elsewhere when the EH is complete I would love a copy of it This post has been edited by Niveus on Jul 12 2004, 02:53 AM -------------------- ![]() |
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