The Avalon Chronicles

Game Master lynora

Software Engineer, Microtech engineer, etc etc etc.

It's all engineering.

electrical engeier, I'm going for a degree in computer engineering

Engineering should not be at all applicable to computers, nanites, neural laces, and other cutting edge tech.

Try to fit any of those into this:

Engineering (buildings, aqueducts, bridges, fortifications)

That's from the PRD.

Create a new one called "Science".

Just a thought.

Look in the Dragonstar book for guidance. That's what the tech part of this game is based off of...

Dalesman may have an answer for us - I have yet to actually acquire the book.

[Picks up Ye Olde Rules Mallet, Tests for Balance]

*Ahem*

The Dragonstar setting handles technology usage in a couple of ways...

Spoilered to Protect the Innocent:

And that (for those who care) has been your Dragonstar 'Knowledge Smackdown' for the day. Enjoy (^-^)

hey carl, just as an fyi Arthur was given a few custom racial points such as dwarven stonecunning goblin gold scent and tremorsense 20ft

Lurch: I'll let you decide. Vare doesn't have any fancy scanners or bonds with anyone present or anything like that which would allow him to have a pinpoint destination. Just a direction and distance from Kuros. He probably lands close, but not too close.

Fei: I imaging things like physics, biology, and chemistry knowledges aren't there to cover high school level stuff. Physics would be high energy stuff, lasers, quantum mechanics, etc. Yes?

hey carl, just as an fyi Arthur was given a few custom racial points such as dwarven stonecunning goblin gold scent and tremorsense 20ft

all Carl can see is a lump of mass and a metal that's not metal, if you can't mine it he don't know it.

Fei: I imaging things like physics, biology, and chemistry knowledges aren't there to cover high school level stuff. Physics would be high energy stuff, lasers, quantum mechanics, etc. Yes?

I knew plenty of people in high school taking AP physics, biology, chemistry, etc....so not necessarily. ;)

But that's also why the writers encouraged folks to add other things, depending on campaign.

I think when we're working with just using and operating tech it works pretty well with Engineering.
This way our precious skill points aren't spread wide and thin in an attempt to cover all the things our character should be good at.
:)

Of course Tybs, the other end of that argument is that specializability is a good thing: if everyone can be a tech genius that build nanites and iron man suits with just 16 ranks in knowledge engineering, why wouldn't they?

Basically, having more choices in specializations will force more cooperation and teamwork, especially among the tech-oriented characters. It tells a better story if you can't do everything than if you can.

Ok i'm gonna be off a lot of today, dming a game.

Wait there's a cryptography skill now. So lingistics no longer has it. Oh well I guess I'm seeing how many skill pts I have unused.

Cryptography I think is specifically computers oriented Salis. It's for hacking computer systems, encoding/decoding signals, etc.

Oh. then I guess I wouldn't have that. Lol back to have 30 pts unspent. So need to find stuff for those.

Maybe a few Craft or Profs?, I see you don't have Appraise as well.

While at first it might not make sense, I would imagine somebody who has spent as much time studying things as Salis has should be able to then make a rough guess of how much something might be worth.

Cryptography I think is specifically computers oriented Salis. It's for hacking computer systems, encoding/decoding signals, etc.

Correct. Cryptography is focused on encoding and deciphering computer data.

unfortunatly the appraisal doesn't work becuase of numerous reasons. First being that he had rarly cared about money since most his life things were given to him order issued. And then only in the last few years has he started using money. On top of that reasorces and demand for things is vastly differnt than where he's from. Such as the elven wine him and Ori shared. He had no clue it was so hard to find. This becuase of a few reasons. Thus appraise doesn't really work.

Professions beyond soldier, guild leader, and monk which are represented differnt places, except guild leader (which I'm not really sure how to represent that.), within the character.

Crafts for the most part doesn't encompass things he can make. Such as medication. Which actually is covered in knowledge nature for herbology. Books are covered in lingustics. Ink he never has made it. He doesn't know how to make alchemy stuff, weapons, armor, or anything else metal.

So mainly just having trouble finding things not already covered somewhere else of that the origanal char had or could have learned while I played him.

Thanks for suggestions however.

I think I'll leave them lay untill he learns a little tech or something comes to mind.

Stupid well definded characters. :p

A touch worried about Lyn and her kidlet... haven't heard from her since she went to bed on friday.

Hope you're alright Lyn.

Man, I think we need a more reliable way to get in touch with some peoples. Like FB pages or even better cell #s.

Yep has any one got news from Lyn, I hope hes and her Child are all right.

Man, I think we need a more reliable way to get in touch with some peoples. Like FB pages or even better cell #s.

I think when i linked my pictures it was to my fb page

I was thinking the same thing. Hopefully she's just taking time off to give TLC for the kidlet.
*concerned emoticon I don't know how to make*

Dang it, mr. Lruch! You were the one with that idea!
Mumble.
So, that's two ideas you had before me.

(No, I'm not trying to be hostile, just in case i come off that way.)

Perhaps you're just similar people. ;)

hey does anyone know of any evil campaigns still accepting new characters? I for one would like to play in one but never have been able to do so.

......Maaaybe.

?
maybe? either you do or you don't... oh... let me guess, you do but you are in it and are hesitant to allow me to join?

I apologize for worrying folks. Actually a bunch of you already have my email but I'll give it to any of you who want it if you don't already have it. Just send me a PM. Since I can answer email from my phone it's a pretty reliable way to get a hold of me. Anyway, yes, Tybs had it right. I was taking care of sick kidlet (He's kind of doing better with medication, but it's slow going since most food has stuff in it that makes it bad again...trying to find stuff that has low acid, no caffeine, no carbonation, no spice, and no dairy that he'll willingly eat...Ugh.) and catching up on sleep as much as possible. The whole experience has been somewhat similar to when he was an infant. I distinctly recall many afternoons where he would be screaming in pain and I would be crying hysterically because he wouldn't stop crying. The doctor back then called it colic which was as far as I can tell medical speak for 'we have no idea why your child is in screaming pain for two hours every afternoon'. His current diagnosis of gastritis isn't much better since it basically seems to be 'yeah, he has a stomachache, but we don't really know why'. *sigh* Well, at least the prescription antacid is reducing the pain enough that he gets sleep now. And after a couple days of dozing as possible we're somewhat close to being back to a normalish sleep schedule again.

Anyhow, I have a lot of reading to catch up on. I'll try to get responses up before I go to sleep tonight, but no promises.

Kid ulcers perhaps?

Glad to hear of progress, Lynora. Hope you are rested, regardless.

my brother had colic the only time he would stop crying is when he was climbing on and biting me, I blame this for why we never could get along even after he outgrew it, this was 15 years ago, I was 4 at the time.

colic is baby acid problems,

Kid ulcers perhaps?

Glad to hear of progress, Lynora. Hope you are rested, regardless.

That's certainly a concern of mine. I'm going to call his pediatrician tomorrow to give them an update and see when they want to see him again.

And I am at least rested enough to put together mostly understandable sentences now, which is definitely better than I was at the beginning of the weekend.

Glad to hear you are well Lyn (or at least, alive). I too will try to get some posting in before sleep takes me.

Hey Lyn,

My cousin Katelyn is(or at least was, when she was younger) extremely allergic to most everything.

One line of product I know her mom(my cousin Jen) bought for her was Rice Dream, which includes ice creams, and milks(I think).

Both Katie's mom, and Jen's sister Alison have much experience in alternate dieting, and medicine's along with other such stuff. If you want, I can talk to them bout tryin to help out the little guy with some suggestion of stuff he could eat.

Glad all is getting better lyn, hope it keeps that way and every one is better soon.

Thanks, Monkeygod. He's got problems with dairy since forever, although he can usually tolerate cheese and yogurt now. That was actually the cause of his colic as a baby. We use soy milk products instead for the most part since I have issues with dairy too. And he has a severe allergy to shellfish. One of the things I want to talk to his pediatrician about is how to go about figuring what else he might be allergic or sensitive to. Since this sort of thing doesn't just happen out of the blue for no reason. Trying to balance what my picky eater will actually eat and what won't make him sick is always the balancing act. And one that hasn't gotten any easier since he was a baby. :S

you can test for topical allergic responses by controlled exposure, I don't know how the process goes for testing for allergies you eat goes

you can test for topical allergic responses by controlled exposure, I don't know how the process goes for testing for allergies you eat goes

That test doesn't work. I had it done three times for me before we realized that my allergies (technically they have to be called a sensitivity because stupid reasons) to metal were invalidating the results. The tests for allergies in stuff you eat is all about trial and error and there are multiple different ways to handle it.

Alright, while I don't think that I picked up everything I missed, I think I addressed enough stuff to not be holding up anyone else. I hope. And now for some sleep. :)

night night lyn :)

Carl! Silly. The Magnate isn't a mining ship. ;)

Drake, its kind of a Anathema not The Magnate, :) look at that Cargo hold, stealth mining frigate yes!

Fitted with tech to mining lasers, yes its not so hot but I like the look of The Magnate/Anathema and Amarr ships as dwarf ships over Minmatar ships

also Carls ship is a scout/mining ship, eve mining ships are way to darn big, like the ORE-Retriever

Edit

You know I forgot about the Ore_Frigate Hummm

Just teasing you anyway Carl. Love EVE ;)

Amarr ships are the best looking in the game, no question about that.

Like, okay- that weekend was o/~ AMAZING o/~!!!

Ooo..stud boy stand in handling the nerd talk, I love it!

:slaps T-Sam's fanny as a 'tag off':

Thanks, Tiger! Off you go now, make me proud! Jivana wants to see babies, lots!

Sooooo... How are we doing? Oh dear, kidlet feeling better is good. Hope Mommy-Lyn is resting too. Hugs!

None of you folks are linking pics of cute baby animals.

:pout:

Why not!? Only real meanies don't link kitty pics, you realize...

Humph. Oh, hang on. More orgy invites! They never stop! Gotta jet.

xoxoxo

I think the mechs should look like this :P

Noo!
Don't make a gundum reference! Hide, run, before lord foul notices!

We've already decided they look like gundams...Im jsut requesting a specific appearance :)

Ahh!
*hides in corner*