Treachery of Men Discussion/Planning Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Nogrod · 11-06-2006, 03:39 PM

Here is at last my first post.

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Moved to your Character Bio post.

~*~ Pio

Durelin · 11-06-2006, 03:43 PM

Sorry, but those Borrim names are making me crack up...though not in a bad way! Not at all! I just can't get the English words they (well, all but one, really) can sound like out of my head, and I find them very amusing...

So...excellent names!

Nogrod · 11-06-2006, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Durelin

Sorry, but those Borrim names are making me crack up...though not in a bad way! Not at all! I just can't get the English words they (well, all but one, really) can sound like out of my head, and I find them very amusing...

So...excellent names!

Now as you said it, so Huntha is hunter in some dialect - and Fastarr is faster?

Oh, and Bergr is a burger? I hadn't noticed it!

Just try to read them in scandinavian way! Then they do not sound like that.

Durelin · 11-06-2006, 04:02 PM

I will certainly try! Though I can't guaruntee it will be a proper Scandinavian way.

Nogrod · 11-06-2006, 04:19 PM

Child: Hopefully, what I have said about Khandr and Briga in my history / first post are okay by you. If not, I'll change the things you think should be changed...

Child of the 7th Age · 11-06-2006, 07:25 PM

Nogrod...a really good job. Somehow, I don't think you'll get along very well with Embla!

Rune Son of Bjarne · 11-06-2006, 07:39 PM

yes good work, too good!

I just want to say that this is my first seriouse online Role Playing Game, save for a bit of posting in the Green Dragon. . . I am very exited to play with you guys, judging from your first posts you are all very talented, it is however a little intimidating as well.

Ehm yeah, hopefully I will stop being nervouse soon, so that I won't have as much trouble writting as I had with my first post.

Nogrod · 11-07-2006, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Child of the 7th Age

Somehow, I don't think you'll get along very well with Embla!

That might be counted as a fact anyhow...

We just discussed this briefly yesterday with Lalaith and decided that it should not be just a simple "I hate you because you do belong to a clan I despise" -thing, but it should be more complex, possibly involving people we both knew (Aud? Starkadr? others...?) or the two characters themselves. I just opened this gambit with the idea that Fastarr was thinking of her... in what way? Well that is not said yet.

We'll see how it develops...

Folwren · 11-13-2006, 08:39 PM

Anguirel, do you want to play out the meeting between Ulfang and his sons and the two elves at the very beginning? I think that first introduction would be fun to write and important for the story.

-- Folwren

Anguirel · 11-14-2006, 01:30 AM

Well, I was planning on it, but it didn't really sync with the first posts as it turned out. Shall we write some posts and stick them in earlier?

Folwren · 11-14-2006, 08:39 AM

Whatever you think best. But that seems awkward. Which later posts are obviously after that? Does the time have to be exactly the same in all places?

Folwren · 11-14-2006, 09:08 PM

I am uncommon glad to hear it!

No doubt, you'll be needed fairly soon, actually. Anquirel will write his bit and then probably his character will hand the letter to you. Uldor will be most anxious to read it himself and fairly snatch it out of Ulfang's hand when he's through. (I've been thinking about that snatching of the letter since the very beginning...)

-- Folwren

Rune Son of Bjarne · 11-15-2006, 03:21 PM

Maybe I read something wrong, but it appears to me that Grimir is both in the town and in his house at the moment. . . atleast that is the impression I get from Fordim's and pio's posts.

piosenniel · 11-15-2006, 11:38 PM

Rune

Time is flowing a little loosely here at the beginning of the game

So . . . hmmm . . . let's do this:

Grimr's house/tent (I'm thinking something like a yurt here actually) is on the edge of the Easterner settlement. Let's assume that this incident

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Originally Posted by Fordim

Indeed, as he walked along he heard some malicious folk taunting the man Grimr, asking him if he had ever seen a buck of the size and majesty brought in by barrakar. Hunta winced at the name but did not react.

happened just before Grimr's party reached the house. Grimr will have shrugged off the taunting most likely. Perhaps made some comment to bring some humor to the situation.

Rune, if you'd like, I'll write a short post for Grimr's two older sons as they enter the tent talking about the incident and their opinions on how they would have handled it.

Or . . . Erling can make some sort of comment about it.

What do you think?

~*~ Pio

Folwren · 11-18-2006, 10:43 AM

My dear Anguirel,

Are you planning on filling your save any time soon? I can't tell you how impatient I am to begin writing. Please write it soon?

-- Folwren

Child of the 7th Age · 11-18-2006, 11:25 AM

bill-n-sam and the Borrim posters,

Thanks for that great post and future "latch" re the Borrim feast.

I hope it's alright if I mentioned inviting the Borrim for a meal, since we'd briefly discussed it on the thread. I purposely made it the next day to let people establish their characters other ways first.

Later this weekend, I will do a very brief post with a NPC -- not a minor character but just an anonymous servant --where the invitations are dropped off at the various tents and give the text of the message.

Anguirel · 11-18-2006, 12:03 PM

Folwren,

Done but I think perhaps CoD should post before you do...though Ulwarth is in the room and you can play through him if you like.

V. sorry about the wait, by the way...

Folwren · 11-18-2006, 12:46 PM

Alrighty! Great. That's fine - I figured that the Captain had to post before me. I look forward to his post with excitement.

-- Foley

11-06-2006, 03:39 PM	#1
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Here is at last my first post. ------------------ Moved to your Character Bio post. ~~ Pio Last edited by piosenniel; 11-07-2006 at 02:59 AM.*

11-06-2006, 04:19 PM	#5
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Child: Hopefully, what I have said about Khandr and Briga in my history / first post are okay by you. If not, I'll change the things you think should be changed... __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

11-06-2006, 07:25 PM	#6
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Nogrod...a really good job. Somehow, I don't think you'll get along very well with Embla! __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.

11-13-2006, 08:39 PM	#9
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	Anguirel, do you want to play out the meeting between Ulfang and his sons and the two elves at the very beginning? I think that first introduction would be fun to write and important for the story. -- Folwren __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

11-14-2006, 01:30 AM	#10
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Well, I was planning on it, but it didn't really sync with the first posts as it turned out. Shall we write some posts and stick them in earlier? __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

11-06-2006, 03:43 PM	#2
Durelin Estelo dagnir, Melo ring Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,063	Sorry, but those Borrim names are making me crack up...though not in a bad way! Not at all! I just can't get the English words they (well, all but one, really) can sound like out of my head, and I find them very amusing... So...excellent names!

11-06-2006, 04:02 PM	#4
Durelin Estelo dagnir, Melo ring Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,063	I will certainly try! Though I can't guaruntee it will be a proper Scandinavian way.

11-14-2006, 08:39 AM	#11
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	Whatever you think best. But that seems awkward. Which later posts are obviously after that? Does the time have to be exactly the same in all places? __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

11-14-2006, 09:08 PM	#12
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	I am uncommon glad to hear it! No doubt, you'll be needed fairly soon, actually. Anquirel will write his bit and then probably his character will hand the letter to you. Uldor will be most anxious to read it himself and fairly snatch it out of Ulfang's hand when he's through. (I've been thinking about that snatching of the letter since the very beginning...) -- Folwren __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

11-18-2006, 10:43 AM	#15
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	My dear Anguirel, Are you planning on filling your save any time soon? I can't tell you how impatient I am to begin writing. Please write it soon? -- Folwren __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

11-18-2006, 11:25 AM	#16
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	bill-n-sam and the Borrim posters, Thanks for that great post and future "latch" re the Borrim feast. I hope it's alright if I mentioned inviting the Borrim for a meal, since we'd briefly discussed it on the thread. I purposely made it the next day to let people establish their characters other ways first. Later this weekend, I will do a very brief post with a NPC -- not a minor character but just an anonymous servant --where the invitations are dropped off at the various tents and give the text of the message. __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.

11-18-2006, 12:03 PM	#17
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Folwren, Done but I think perhaps CoD should post before you do...though Ulwarth is in the room and you can play through him if you like. V. sorry about the wait, by the way... __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

11-18-2006, 12:46 PM	#18
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	Alrighty! Great. That's fine - I figured that the Captain had to post before me. I look forward to his post with excitement. -- Foley __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis