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#1 nytcrawlr Jan 30, 2004 19:40:09	Moved Dark Sun Central to its own subdomain now. Let me know if anything is broken. Isn't that special. :D
#2 nytcrawlr Jan 30, 2004 20:32:51	I know a few have said they have issue navigating my site. If that's true, got any suggestions for improving it? Not going to be able to upgrade it to where I want till they upgrade the PHP on the server, so I'm stuck in old nuke mode for awhile. If there is anything I can do to clean up the site some and make it easier to navigate, please let me know. (My site is in my sig btw) If you have any suggestions on improving my site please email me at [email=suggestions@crimsonsun.org]suggestions[/email]. Danke. P.S. If you have any other suggestions for the site you can email them there as well.
#3 nytcrawlr Jan 30, 2004 20:50:22	You can now get to the site directly and skip the intro page alltogether by going to Crimsonsun.org . Enjoy.
#4 zombiegleemax Jan 31, 2004 17:30:01	Sorry, but I can't seem to think of why someone would have an issue with your site's navigation. Nothing is more than two clicks away. The only thing I can think of is condencing some of the topics into more general catagories (combining both prestige class links together, templates and monsters together, just as examples). (edit) Misc link contains only your Mystic class, could be put in with Classes and Prestige Classes; House Rules contains only your feats, which could then just be renames feats instead of house rules. Just some idle suggestions. Still, the sites great
#5 nytcrawlr Feb 02, 2004 22:02:09	Thanks Mach. I actually want to expand on the Misc and House Rules section, just haven't gotten around to it yet. The others works too, but I'm trying to keep DS seperated from D20 and the like. So check out what I did and see if that cleans it up some. Keep the suggestions coming.
#6 zombiegleemax Feb 03, 2004 13:19:58	That works too ;) I never had any trouble navigating your site to begin with, so I'm not real sure what the actual complaints would have been.
#7 nytcrawlr Feb 03, 2004 16:22:55	Originally posted by Mach2.5 That works too ;) I never had any trouble navigating your site to begin with, so I'm not real sure what the actual complaints would have been. Had a few, keeping them private though, don't want to single anyone out. Regardless, I'm ignoring all complaints from now on about poor site navigation. :P Not much more I can do to it.
#8 nytcrawlr Feb 04, 2004 20:03:13	Ok, more updates for my site. Cleaned up the nav menu some more and also added a personal category with a poetry section, been meaning to get my poetry stuff up for awhile, so there it be. Also added a projects block to let people know what projects I am currently working on. There it be.
#9 nytcrawlr Feb 04, 2004 21:34:00	1st NPC is up! Dhojakt ! Enjoy.
#10 zerpentor Feb 05, 2004 4:44:50	nice work Nyt =)
#11 nytcrawlr Feb 05, 2004 6:38:44	Originally posted by zerpentor nice work Nyt =) Don't thank me, thank Pennarin, it's his/her conversion.
#12 zombiegleemax Feb 05, 2004 17:00:40	Nyt, I was wondering if i make some conversions of some of the NPC's out of the flip book adventures, if you would rip them apart and make them better?
#13 Pennarin Feb 05, 2004 17:19:36	What do you mean? You'r asking if someone can rule-proof your conversions, recalculate the numbers to see if they're applied correctly...that kind of thing?
#14 nytcrawlr Feb 05, 2004 18:32:19	Originally posted by klearer Nyt, I was wondering if i make some conversions of some of the NPC's out of the flip book adventures, if you would rip them apart and make them better? Sure will. Just send them when they are ready for editing. I assume you want me to post them to my site as well?
#15 Pennarin Feb 05, 2004 20:01:12	Lets all give a big hug to Nyt!!! Oh and Nyt, people must make this joke to you a lot whenever you annonce you're about to log off to go to sleep: «Let's all kiss good-Nyt» :D :D :D
#16 Grummore Feb 05, 2004 22:03:17	Originally posted by Pennarin Lets all give a big hug to Nyt!!! Oh and Nyt, people must make this joke to you a lot whenever you annonce you're about to log off to go to sleep: «Let's all kiss good-Nyt» :D :D :D Why!? WHY nobody like to kiss a frog... I mean, a silly one ! ;)
#17 nytcrawlr Feb 05, 2004 22:13:31	/me kisses Grummore
#18 nytcrawlr Feb 05, 2004 22:14:37	Originally posted by Pennarin Lets all give a big hug to Nyt!!! Cotton candy rocks! Danke. Oh and Nyt, people must make this joke to you a lot whenever you annonce you're about to log off to go to sleep: «Let's all kiss good-Nyt» :D :D :D Heh, nope, more of a night nyt sorta thing.
#19 nytcrawlr Feb 08, 2004 10:43:48	Dhojakt Updated.
#20 nytcrawlr Feb 10, 2004 17:06:41	Did my own writeup of elfling to use for Sorak NPC writeup based on Jon's version. Elfling Thoughts?
#21 Kamelion Feb 11, 2004 2:22:49	Nice one, Nyt - it captures the feel of the Sorak series perfectly. (Why, it's almost as if you were reading them at this very moment...heh heh) I did a quick review for typos and structure (my usual picky picky ;) ) - I'll bounce you a mail... (Also, coming along well with the first batch of NPC conversions from Freedom - I'll send that in a bit too).
#22 nytcrawlr Feb 11, 2004 15:18:00	Elfling is clean now. /me plays catchup with the site maintenance, hehe
#23 nytcrawlr Feb 11, 2004 17:37:38	Doing some site maintenance today. *Finding images for sections that don't have them. *Combined all the artifact sections into one section called Artifacts which you can get to from the main menu, it's just the old PAoA section. *Turning old BoA section into an Articles section, first article to be posted will be my tie in of info from RaFoaDK about Kalak, and BoA's info about Irikos. Going to be cleaning up some of the contradictions and making them work. This will be mostly for my own campaign and should not be seen as official, anyone is allowed to use the same info in their campaigns as well though.
#24 nytcrawlr Feb 14, 2004 0:18:52	Ok, got the articles section up, and only have one article in it so far, probably some have been anxiously awaiting for. Kalak vs. Irikos Let me know what you think. Will be getting some more updates and clean ups as the weekend progresses, but won't probably become public till the begining of next week. Enjoy.
#25 xlorepdarkhelm_dup Feb 14, 2004 0:50:03	I like it, it makes sense. I'm definitely going to use it in my own Dark Sun campaigns.... *if* my players ever come across it. Kudos!
#26 nytcrawlr Feb 14, 2004 0:58:58	Originally posted by xlorepdarkhelm I like it, it makes sense. I'm definitely going to use it in my own Dark Sun campaigns.... *if* my players ever come across it. Kudos! Danke. Think this needs its own thread, heh. /me creates one
#27 nytcrawlr Feb 15, 2004 4:29:59	Cleaned up some links and other formating. Thanks to Kamelion (Mark Hope), I have posted the first part of the NPCs from Freedom in the DS NPCs section. Thanks to Pennarin, I have posted a new undead monster called Ashen in the monster section. Keep checking back for more updates, plenty more where that came from on the way.
#28 Kamelion Feb 15, 2004 7:01:47	Cheers, Nyt There'll be more NPCs coming from the flipbooks on a regular basis. Lemme know if you spot any errors... [Edit: Just spotted a couple myself - no natural armor on the half giants - doh! Will amend in update...]
#29 nytcrawlr Feb 15, 2004 18:29:06	Added both of my villichi short stories to the article section on my website. Enjoy. [Edit: Hmmm, seems like a dir protection is kicking in, fixing that. Let me know if you guys have problems any where else on my site.]
#30 nytcrawlr Feb 16, 2004 22:50:59	Added Shei-Nad's interpretation on how to clear up the whole Kalid-Ma/Ravenloft contradiction in the article section. That frees me up from writing it now like I had planned, heh, so I think I am going to take a stab at my writeup for Irikos, got one more article I want to write first though. Still reading ToO and I think I will have a writeup of the Tribe of One template soon as well. Plus some more NPCs coming, I will probably start on Black Spine first and let Mark work towards me, hehe. Might as well since I plan a sequel to that module. :D
#31 nytcrawlr Feb 17, 2004 0:36:58	Ok, added the last article I am going to add for awhile, at least from my hand, if you want to submit one let me know. Breaking the Silence Let me know what you think of it, going to start its own thread too. Also brought back the Gladiator PrC I did awhile back, based on an older version of athas.org's Gladiator class. It isn't 3.5 yet, but I plan to go through the entire site soon and make everything compatible with 3.5. That's all for now, enjoy.
#32 Kamelion Feb 17, 2004 2:50:48	Originally posted by NytCrawlr Plus some more NPCs coming, I will probably start on Black Spine first and let Mark work towards me, hehe. Might as well since I plan a sequel to that module. :D Sounds sensible to me I've just about finished Freedom so I'll bounce something your way in a day or so. (Life feels so empty without ToA to review... )
#33 Grummore Feb 17, 2004 8:53:55	Originally posted by Kamelion Sounds sensible to me I've just about finished Freedom so I'll bounce something your way in a day or so. (Life feels so empty without ToA to review... ) Aaaah Excellent ! This mean that we should soooooooooooon have a official imageless of the ToA to roam through! :D
#34 nytcrawlr Feb 17, 2004 23:48:44	Ok, went ahead and did a writeup of the Epic Gladiator. Take a gander and let me know what you think. More on the way. Calling it a night.
#35 Kamelion Feb 18, 2004 2:13:33	Looks cool, Nyt I haven't worked with epic much, so forgive me if I flounder about like an ignorant buffoon here, but two things came to mind: Should the epic gladiator also have armor optimization (at 25th and 30th) as this ability accumulates as part of a repeated pattern (one every five levels)? Also, the other epic classes get a bonus feat every 2, 3, 4 or 5 levels above 20. Does the gladiator get this too or is the idea that his exotic weapon feats replace these? I dunno if it's a balance issue but it seems to me like he should get extra feats in addition to class features. Just wondering really - I'm not at all at home with epic yet. What do wiser and more learned minds than mine have to say?
#36 nytcrawlr Feb 18, 2004 3:51:55	Originally posted by Kamelion Should the epic gladiator also have armor optimization (at 25th and 30th) as this ability accumulates as part of a repeated pattern (one every five levels)? Probably, I based the writeup on ELH 3.0, didn't realize how much had changed with 3.5, doh! Also, the other epic classes get a bonus feat every 2, 3, 4 or 5 levels above 20. Does the gladiator get this too or is the idea that his exotic weapon feats replace these? I dunno if it's a balance issue but it seems to me like he should get extra feats in addition to class features. Yeah, didn't realize 3.5 did this with every class, did a quick skim and thought only a few got it. Will clean this up as soon as I can.
#37 nytcrawlr Feb 18, 2004 4:13:48	F1x0r3d
#38 Kamelion Feb 18, 2004 4:45:52	Nice one. (Kinda surprised that I was on the ball with that one - heh heh). Now all I need is an excuse to use the little bleeder on my PCs. Is an epic gladiator too tough for an ECL 6 game? Really? Ho hum... ;)
#39 nytcrawlr Feb 18, 2004 4:56:19	It slices! It dices! It makes julian non-epic PCs in less than...... ....one round!
#40 Grummore Feb 18, 2004 9:44:57	Just finished read your Breaking the silence story Nyt. Quite interesting! Smell epic stuff.
#41 nytcrawlr Feb 18, 2004 19:22:53	Danke Grummore. Also got most of the epic classes done, except for templar, will touch that in a bit. Enjoy.
#42 zombiegleemax Feb 18, 2004 19:45:40	Actually, except for the bard, all core classes should be handled the same as in ELH. You could treat a templar just like a cleric, maybe changing some of the bonus feats on his list. I did a progression of my own for the bard and the gladiator. They're at my site: Library of Urik I also took a chance on epic beings and silt skimmers. Feeback is appreciated. Please, [email=darksun@cyberdark.com.br]e-mail[/email] me with suggestions and comments. Best regards, Amarok
#43 nytcrawlr Feb 18, 2004 19:56:47	Originally posted by Amarok Actually, except for the bard, all core classes should be handled the same as in ELH. Gladiator isn't in the ELH. ;) Ranger had a few changes too, like most of them, it's just a matter of adding a few lines here or there though. You could treat a templar just like a cleric, maybe changing some of the bonus feats on his list. Well, I'm doing 3.5 version, which doesn't give bonus feat lists anymore, it just says you get a bonus feat every x level. As far as treating the templar as the cleric, that is my plan, with just a few modifications.
#44 Kamelion Feb 19, 2004 2:12:22	Nice one, Nyt Looks good.
#45 Kamelion Feb 19, 2004 5:06:20	Just finished the conversions of all the NPCs from Freedom - I mailed you a copy, Nyt. They're available by email if anyone wants 'em
#46 zombiegleemax Feb 19, 2004 20:33:25	Originally posted by NytCrawlr Gladiator isn't in the ELH. ;) Hmmm, a misunderstanding... I was refering to the PHB, DMG and MM, you know, D&D Core Books, when I said "core classes". I don't know about 3.5. I checked it out and most of it sucks. There are some good changes (such as some broken spells now fixed), but most of it changes too much the way my party plays, so I'll only be getting those things that enhance the game. Sean K. Reynolds has a rant on his site exactly about this: that there are some people who play 3e with "touches" of 3.5. Regards
#47 nytcrawlr Feb 22, 2004 18:00:10	Ok, got the rest of the Freedom NPCs up thanks to Kam. Enjoy.
#48 Kamelion Feb 23, 2004 2:20:51	Originally posted by NytCrawlr Ok, got the rest of the Freedom NPCs up thanks to Kam. Enjoy. Thanks, Nyt If anyone spots any silly, embarrassing (or just downright dumb) errors in my conversions, bounce me a line and I'll duly amend. I'm going to do "Arcane Shadows" next instead of "Road to Urik" as my gaming group is playing them in that order. Oh, and I won't be going anywhere near Korgunard's stats. They're irrelevant to the adventure anyway and I'll provide something when athas.org settle on the epic rules (unless, of course, he's been earmarked for conversion by one of the .org guys already...) Anyway, more to follow in a week or so...
#49 nytcrawlr Feb 27, 2004 14:45:14	Now is the time to grab the old 3.0 stats for the monsters in case you don't like what is in ToA or into nostalgia or just a freak, hehe. http://www.crimsonsun.org/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=4 I'll leave it up over the weekend, starting Monday or Tuesday though they will be going bye bye.
#50 nytcrawlr Feb 27, 2004 21:22:45	It's up! http://www.crimsonsun.org/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=197 Enjoy.
#51 nytcrawlr Feb 29, 2004 17:04:14	Ok, cleaned up the Crimson Sphere article, as well as the Freedom NPCs . Also going along and pointing anything that's in ToA to its respective url. Will keep monsters up till Tuesday before I change them over as well. Black Spine NPCs soon! Enjoy.
#52 nytcrawlr Mar 01, 2004 15:53:05	Added an article on the champions. It's not much, just what was on flip's site. Enjoy. http://www.crimsonsun.org/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=198
#53 Pennarin Mar 01, 2004 19:45:57	Nyt, you should check-out your computer's spelling errors (in the tradition of xlorep). ;)
#54 nytcrawlr Mar 01, 2004 19:55:59	Originally posted by Pennarin Nyt, you should check-out your computer's spelling errors (in the tradition of xlorep). ;) Where? I'm usually pretty good about catching them.
#55 Kamelion Mar 02, 2004 3:00:24	Originally posted by NytCrawlr Where? I'm usually pretty good about catching them. Well, if misspelling "Hamanu" rates three blue-white lightning bolts these days, what do you reckon the going rate is for Oronis? :D
#56 nytcrawlr Mar 02, 2004 13:46:07	Originally posted by Kamelion Well, if misspelling "Hamanu" rates three blue-white lightning bolts these days, what do you reckon the going rate is for Oronis? :D Heh, flip should get the lightning bolts this time since I just copy it directly from his site. :P It's fixed regardless, hehe.
#57 nytcrawlr Mar 07, 2004 14:26:29	Ok, updated Freedom NPCs again, hehe. http://www.crimsonsun.org/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=177 Elonarc, see any more errors?
#58 elonarc Mar 07, 2004 16:35:03	I would like to discuss the CR of the Mul characters, but it is not that important... Sorry , I am a rules-freak...but thanks for the credits
#59 Kamelion Mar 07, 2004 16:41:28	Originally posted by Elonarc I would like to discuss the CR of the Mul characters, but it is not that important... Sorry , I am a rules-freak...but thanks for the credits Well, you know my take - I went with the precedence in Tyrian Conspiracy. You deserve the credits, not least for catching my dumbass mistakes
#60 nytcrawlr Mar 07, 2004 17:37:11	Originally posted by Elonarc I would like to discuss the CR of the Mul characters, but it is not that important... Sorry , I am a rules-freak...but thanks for the credits Shoot me an email... And you're welcome, you deserve it with that keen eye of yours.
#61 nytcrawlr Apr 05, 2004 0:51:48	Slightly off topic, but trying to get rid of some stuff, so take a gander if you are interested: http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=nytcrawlr1976&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50 In other news, I may be getting the green light soon to post the information I got from Lynn Abbey, so keep a watch on that. Will probably get some updates up soon too, feeling the itch again.