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Mahz's Dev Journal

@Ellri, I agree. Having the zero'th post on multiple pages could be useful, but only if it were collapsed on future pages (because the zero'th post could be very large).

Mahz's Dev Journal

@Dedonus, with hidden posts, I think that such a minimized post should leave a place-holder, like a post-sized hider, which when clicked on by any user will then reveal the post. Of course, the simpler solution is for the GM to maintain a table of contents in the first post of the CS tab, as mentioned by other people.

The Horde of Evil - Tresspassing through treacherous tribes' territory! (RP closed)

Torrens, in stumbling around blind then going to the burning town hall, had disoriented himself somewhat. He figured that finding the main road and joining the fight again should be easy enough, but instead of finding the main road he came across a noble mansion. This seemed to be a reasonable enough target, for any nobility would have to be supplanted in order to capture the town, so he approached.

As he got near, though, he realized that someone had beat him to it. Bodies littered the road up to the manor, killed by either blunt trauma, a blade or fire, and some sort of wooden watchtower had been reduced to cinders. He was about to continue up the road when there were shouts from behind him. He spun around to see a group of four soldiers who were approaching the manor, and had spotted him. Two of them wielded crossbows, but before they could fully raise them Torrens had already dispatched the two with well-aimed fire bolts. The other two bore wooden shields and halberds. Torrens tried shooting them as well, but they blocked with their shields and charged.

Torrens calmly stood his ground and let them approach. Once they were only five meters away he stretched out a hand and threw forth a spurt of fire, which crept underneath the soldiers' shields and licked at their legs. This stopped their charge and made them drop to the ground in pain due to the burns on their legs. Torrens exploited this opening and lunged forwards, pushing one halberd aside, nicking himself on the other halberd (which cost Torrens a small line of yellow flame) and bringing himself into arm's reach of the two soldiers. There he grabbed the faces of the two soldiers with his hands in an unpleasant yet efficient killing blow. The soldiers had a fraction of a second in which to utter a tortured scream before Torrens' hands melted through their faces and killed them.

The reinforcements dead, Torrens jogged up the road to the manor and found Balothiss the Half-Giant attempting to gain entry. Balothiss seemed to be rather battered, but not yet worn down. "Hello there. Nice job clearing the way here," Torrens greeted.

He looked to the door of the manor. It was made of thick, sturdy, reinforced wood, and very likely barricaded on the other side in an attempt to keep the rampaging half-giant outside. Balothiss, even with his great strength, would probably be battering against the door for a while before breaking through. "Let me get that for you," he offered.

He walked up to a door and pushed himself shoulder first into the far right side of the door. The wood in contact with his body burned ferociously and completely, leaving behind only the noncombustible impurities, allowing his hand to steadily progress deeper into the wood until, after several seconds, he broke through. What he also broke through were the hinges of the door, and the heavy bar keeping it locked. As such, with a gentle shove, the right half of the door fell outwards. Behind the door was furniture piled against the door, but with half the door out of the way it would be trivial for someone of Balothiss' strength to push it out of the way.

Torrens stepped out from the doorway and gestured to the opening. "You're welcome," he said to Balothiss.

The Horde of Evil - Tresspassing through treacherous tribes' territory! (RP closed)

a couple of crossbow slinging knights appeared in windows and shot Balothiss but only gave him a small amount of wounds.

@Blackmist16

That must be some seriously tough armour for Balothiss to simply shrug off crossbow bolts, which readily pierce steel plate armour.

The Horde of Evil - Tresspassing through treacherous tribes' territory! (RP closed)

There, posted. Torrens will rejoin the action in about 2-3 minutes IC time.

Oh, did I mention that I picked a theme for Torrens?

The Horde of Evil - Tresspassing through treacherous tribes' territory! (RP closed)

The explosion had thrown Torrens back as much as it did the priest of Caldor, although unlike the Caldorian priest he was immune to physical injury, so he was able to stand back up again. Standing and intact though he was, the effort exerted and the blow taken had reduced Torrens' incandescence below visible levels in this fire-lit alley and his hue had changed to a appreciably darker shade of red. He noticed that the priest was on the brink of death- his body not torn apart by the explosion but his head mortally wounded from and impact against a wall. He also saw the priest utter one last spell. His eyes followed the flow of smoke to a point above his head, where it formed an utterly monstrous black cloud. Torrens had barely started running when the cloud dived, but he was not able to outrun that beast and was swallowed whole.

Blackness. The thick layer of soot, tar and ash covering his entire body made it impossible for Torrens to see and dulled the rest of his perception. However, the priest had erred in assuming this would kill him, or even harm him. Torrens did not store his energy has live fire, and so required no oxygen. Instead, it was stored as thermal energy, which could not be smothered or destroyed, only lost and transferred. One interesting side effect that he noted was that the covering over his body acted as an excellent insulator, such that almost all his passive heat loss had stopped. However, the insulation also meant that he couldn't conjure any fire or absorb heat from outside. It would have to go.

Being blind and having his movement restricted made any attempt at doing anything very difficult, and that the enchantment on the smoke lingered for some time made it impossible for him to make any progress for about a minute. However, with the caster dead and the smoke dispersing, the magic soon began to fade, and it was not long before Torrens had managed to scrape enough tar off his face for him to see again.

Having reached that milestone, Torrens was able to assess the situation. Single-handedly, he had managed to kill what must have been one of the town's champions, and of that he was proud, but the main battle was not over yet. Athinar was fighting a mighty knight, and much of the guard force and priests remained. However, in this state Torrens could not help. He was too weak, and needed to recharge first. Spotting a nearby column of smoke lit by a large fire from below, Torrens approached the burning buildings, scraping off more of the tar as he went. Into what had been some hall he entered, basking in the inferno which had earlier engulfed the building. As he absorbed, the fire grew ever hotter and hungrier in order to keep up with demand. After only a minute the building had been so consumed by this fire that it collapsed and the fire died down as fuel ran short.

Refreshed, and mostly clean, Torrens jogged back to the main street. By now the champion Athinar was facing would probably be dead, and all that should remain would be the guards and ordinary priests, which would not present a major challenge. Shukra's orcs might have managed to make it to the battle by now as well, which would make even shorter work of the remaining resistance. But Torrens didn't mind having to go to do this bit of cleaning up. It should be easy enough to be enjoyable, even.

Mahz's Dev Journal

- "The particular light orange (peach?) color used in the new logo can be found nowhere else on the site" is purely objective - you can check with your art program of choice and confirm that this is an accurate statement. The text and other such elements are quite a few values off. (Whether the distinct off-tone is an issue or not is another, much more subjective matter. I personally typically tend to be annoyed when one random element decides to be just enough different to be noticeably off, but not being different enough to be completely its own thing.)

@Shienvien

To most people (as far as I can tell), the colours are close enough to make little discernible difference without actively comparing them. I didn't even notice any discrepancies until you pointed it out. I can understand your own sensitivity to colour, though.

The Horde of Evil - Tresspassing through treacherous tribes' territory! (RP closed)

<Snipped quote by BBeast>

If I don't post before then, then yeah, assume he's dead. I was going to have him die anyways, but not before leaving Torrens with a parting gift.

@Cyclone

Ooh, a gift? Yay for presents! I should probably wait and see what the gift is.

The Horde of Evil - Tresspassing through treacherous tribes' territory! (RP closed)

Leaping over the rubble came a great knight, clad in armor that shone bright not from polish but by the magical enchantments that had been imbued within it.

@Boop_Im_A_Dragon.

The arrow and archer would definitely distract the knight, either way.

@Cyclone, would I be correct in assuming that my explosion killed the fire priest? If so, I'll make a post some time tomorrow.

Mahz's Dev Journal

<Snipped quote by The Grey Warden>

Most are referring to the green R in the tab image (which is still there for me), and possibly the logo you posted on the previous page.

@LegendBegins

To be honest, I can hardly remember whether there was a logo in the site title before or not. I've been referring to that green R, which, now that I think about it, has only existed in the tab (and if it stays there that would be good).

Roleplayer Guild some months ago

Well that settles it.

In light of that, I say the new title/logo is a step in the right direction. The colour scheme is good, as it matches the rest of the Guild, although I agree with Shienvien that the pencil-in-a-box feels very generic. It's good for a work in progress, though.