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by Salasker
Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:10 am
Forum: The Slanty Shanty
Topic: What Class Would Your Character Play?
Replies: 34
Views: 25292

Re: What Class Would Your Character Play?

Salasker would diligently collect all the books, modules, magazines, and third party add-ons, then read them constantly without ever actually playing the game.

by Salasker
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:39 pm
Forum: Polls
Topic: What height do you prefer to pick for your characters?
Replies: 17
Views: 2747

Re: What height do you prefer to pick for your characters?

Average, because I am lazy. I have more than enough other stuff to do when making a character, and I prefer average in most things while I figure out what I'm doing with them.

by Salasker
Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:19 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Summon Adjustments
Replies: 308
Views: 19976

Re: Summon Adjustments

I have to ask 'Why'? The stated reason, that it makes PvE content too easy, doesn't really make sense - as many others have stated. Other classes have long been able to solo everything for years. Unless the devs make monsters that are literally unfair/impossible, this will always be the case. I'm in...
by Salasker
Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:57 pm
Forum: Polls
Topic: New Area Content Poll
Replies: 77
Views: 7801

Re: New Area Content Poll

An 'Other' I would like to see is shaking resource nodes up a bit. There used to be a coal vein in The Bramble, but Artos (I think? Might have been Fireboar) changed it one day to the current set-up, and it was both a disappointment not to find the coal as much as it was a nice surprise to find it r...
by Salasker
Fri Jul 21, 2023 11:43 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Delay Minor Gift
Replies: 0
Views: 231

Delay Minor Gift

Most, if not all of the Minor Gifts give excellent Roleplay hooks that can inform a character. Delaying the choice to take one (and again, this is only for the Minor Gifts) until a later level would allow a characters' development to inform that choice, rather than have to do so and effectively 'pla...
by Salasker
Thu May 04, 2023 10:46 pm
Forum: Kudos
Topic: So Long, Lloyd
Replies: 14
Views: 1782

Re: So Long, Lloyd

The best Trade Minister I've ever seen, including myself. The sheer amount of WORK that people put into this server never ceases to amaze me, as I know too well what a trial writing a simple note can be. Lloyd's efforts were nothing short of amazing, a herculean task that I wouldn't have even dreame...
by Salasker
Tue Jan 24, 2023 5:22 pm
Forum: Kudos
Topic: Minto Retires to the Book Fort
Replies: 17
Views: 2250

Re: Minto Retires to the Book Fort

I've never seen someone write as much, or with such flair. Terribly disappointed I didn't get to say good-bye in game, but looking forward to whatever you come up with next. Minto was a rare one. Cheers!

by Salasker
Mon Jan 09, 2023 4:09 am
Forum: Kudos
Topic: Huge shoutout to Spyre
Replies: 27
Views: 2179

Re: Huge shoutout to Spyre

Real Life before game, that's my motto. Congratulations on your impending nuptials...

Thank you, though, for the endless hours. You will be missed.
by Salasker
Thu Dec 15, 2022 7:22 am
Forum: General Reference & Information
Topic: Solutions to fringe problems.
Replies: 14
Views: 5056

Re: Solutions to fringe problems.

Completely unrelated, but you can 'Tell' to yourself by clicking on your own portrait. If you're setting prices for your shop, putting in ID codes for crafting or dealing with bank tellers, this lets you do it without breaking immersion for people around you by either speaking or whispering things l...
by Salasker
Thu Dec 15, 2022 7:20 am
Forum: General Reference & Information
Topic: Solutions to fringe problems.
Replies: 14
Views: 5056

Re: Solutions to fringe problems.

Not a problem, but a bit of a time saver. You find a bunch of scrolls on a bookshelf or chest. Annoying to try to identify them and then put them into the scroll case, or maybe you CAN'T identify them and you don't want to use the 'Put all scrolls in container' option to keep some that you use separ...
by Salasker
Sun Oct 02, 2022 11:27 am
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Economy Feedback
Replies: 326
Views: 16777215

Re: Economy Feedback

TL;DR - Drop Stack Sizes, Limit Magic Bags and Crafting Points, Limit Bank Accounts and Other Things That Will Cause Your Blood Pressure To Soar... Oh, boy... Honestly, without rolling back a bunch of changes that have occurred over the years, I'm not sure what can currently be done and I know from ...
by Salasker
Wed Aug 24, 2022 6:45 pm
Forum: Kudos
Topic: The Armor Appearance Editor
Replies: 8
Views: 981

Re: The Armor Appearance Editor

This is magic, pure and simple. No more trial and error going through list after list? MAGIC, I tell you!
by Salasker
Sun May 29, 2022 8:54 pm
Forum: The Slanty Shanty
Topic: The Value of "Why?"
Replies: 13
Views: 2570

Re: The Value of "Why?"

An absolutely excellent essay. Finding out why a character has come to Arelith has long been a way I've tried to meet people (with the bonus that you'll not just meet new characters, but new players this way as well). Inspiration for your own character can come from all sorts of different sources, n...
by Salasker
Sat May 21, 2022 8:49 am
Forum: The Slanty Shanty
Topic: Hostile Interactions, Mass PvP, Transition Abuse and Bad Blood
Replies: 225
Views: 29014

Re: Hostile Interactions, Mass PvP, Transition Abuse and Bad Blood

I rarely post these days, but I would like to add some hope to this conversation. 90+% of my interactions over the 10+ years I've been playing have been positive. I have made great friends, some on the far side of the globe, because of you people. I am always pleasantly surprised when I meet a new c...
by Salasker
Fri Dec 24, 2021 6:53 pm
Forum: The Slanty Shanty
Topic: Happy [NON-DESCRIPT CELEBRATORY EVENT]
Replies: 11
Views: 1696

Re: Happy [NON-DESCRIPT CELEBRATORY EVENT]

Happy Holidays to all. Friend of mine recently posted this, and it's quickly become my favourite Christmas carol; taking a nice if monotonous song and making it... Way better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5zBF-zPXpU
by Salasker
Sun Nov 14, 2021 5:30 am
Forum: Kudos
Topic: Dear Arelith,
Replies: 21
Views: 3690

Re: Dear Arelith,

Burin was an astounding character, one I will sorely miss. Thanks for everything.
by Salasker
Sat Oct 16, 2021 3:36 am
Forum: The Slanty Shanty
Topic: Quotes from books or movies that improved your rp
Replies: 14
Views: 2313

Re: Quotes from books or movies that improved your rp

“We play and are played and the best we can hope for is to do it with style.” (Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals) "I never do anything I don't want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it." (Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger In A Strange Land) “You must never imagine, that just b...
by Salasker
Wed Oct 06, 2021 3:06 am
Forum: Kudos
Topic: Thanks, all; so long
Replies: 54
Views: 7918

Re: Thanks, all; so long

One need only play the original game for two minutes to see what you and others have managed to do to make this, by far, the most enjoyable game I have ever played. I have no idea if we've ever met in game, but know that your work is truly appreciated and has given me (and many, many others) countle...
by Salasker
Thu Sep 30, 2021 6:55 am
Forum: The Slanty Shanty
Topic: Shadowrun
Replies: 14
Views: 2477

Re: Shadowrun

Pretty much everything that Aelryn said. If you've never given the Genesis version a try, it's still among my most favourite video games of all time, the closest thing to an open world/sandbox you could get, in my opinion. Harebrained did a really great job with the new ones though, and Dragon Fall ...
by Salasker
Thu Sep 23, 2021 12:05 am
Forum: Questions & Answers
Topic: How do you find the motivation to RP, or, how to get out of a rut and get involved?
Replies: 11
Views: 1465

Re: How do you find the motivation to RP, or, how to get out of a rut and get involved?

... the real world has to come first.[/quote] Edit: (^ I seriously don't know how this works, sorry Aradin...) This is my own personal 'Zeroth Rule' for Arelith: Real Life before game, always. I often, half jokingly, tell people that this place needs a 12 step program, as I've never played any othe...
by Salasker
Sun Sep 19, 2021 5:08 pm
Forum: Kudos
Topic: Huge Kudos to the Devs!
Replies: 12
Views: 1966

Re: Huge Kudos to the Devs!

When I think of all I would have missed out on if I had not found Arelith, and the people who continually make it run absolutely free, industrial grade coolant flows through my veins.

Thank you all for doing an often thankless job.
by Salasker
Thu Sep 16, 2021 11:38 pm
Forum: The Talent Show
Topic: Commissioned Portraits
Replies: 13
Views: 2560

Re: Commissioned Portraits

If Garrbear DOESN'T get a vote, then I'll put Morghunn forward. To go along with that, The Vampire Queen, Moradel, is a favourite of mine. The Viper monk leader as well would be cool (Shang-Tzin, I think?)...
by Salasker
Mon Aug 30, 2021 9:39 am
Forum: The Slanty Shanty
Topic: What is Your Dorkiest Moment?
Replies: 25
Views: 4244

Re: What is Your Dorkiest Moment?

When I started and, inevitably, died, I had no idea about the Bank. Nor that dying lost all of your gold, so I came to exceedingly poor and rather upset. I then proceeded to march up to some people standing outside of the Nomad and haughtily offered to pay them to help retrieve my own corpse. For th...
by Salasker
Tue Jun 15, 2021 7:55 pm
Forum: General Reference & Information
Topic: The Half-Orcish Point Of View by Roger Moore (nope, still not that one)
Replies: 1
Views: 1059

Re: The Half-Orcish Point Of View by Roger Moore (nope, still not that one)

The Word From Above; Make War, Not Love ( Again, by Roger Moore; and again, not that one ) This is the tale the shamans tell, in the camps of the orcs when the night is deep on the world and dawn is far away: In the beginning all the gods met and drew lots for the parts of the world in which their ...
by Salasker
Sun Jun 13, 2021 3:26 am
Forum: General Reference & Information
Topic: The Half-Orcish Point Of View by Roger Moore (nope, still not that one)
Replies: 1
Views: 1059

The Half-Orcish Point Of View by Roger Moore (nope, still not that one)

Disclaimer: This article was written, as the author states, from AD&D sources, so some things in it just do not apply to later editions of D&D (it was published in 1982, after all). This article deals a LOT with the Orcish Point of View as well, so it may be of interest to Orog players as well, but ...