General idea is to ask what something unique or difficult to imagine looks like. I'm sure everyone has come across a piece of gear which, upon looking at it, was left scratching their head.
I'll get this party started. What the hell does a Hawkblade look like? I just can't wrap my mind around the basic shape of it. Is it like a boomerang? A boomerang with a handle on it?
Wtf does a surmac look like?
A hawkblade is like a backwards khukri knife, only sword-sized.
Surmac: http://deborahsmall.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/abe_hat_rattlesnake_6096.jpg
^ like that?
Quote from: HavokBlue on August 11, 2010, 09:07:10 PM
Wtf does a surmac look like?
Given the mdescs I've read, it's this with a wider brim:
(http://www.museum-quality-samurai-swords.com/samurai_armor_wild_boar_jingasa/wild_boar_jingasa_2.jpg)
Quote from: Blackisback on August 11, 2010, 09:05:12 PMI'll get this party started. What the hell does a Hawkblade look like? I just can't wrap my mind around the basic shape of it. Is it like a boomerang? A boomerang with a handle on it?
I imagine it sorta like this.
(http://widforss.chiaro.mrfriday.com/auktioner/bilder/12/H03M_046.jpg)
I always thought the orc blades from Lord of the Rings.
The ones that look like "L's"
Quote from: Tuannon on August 12, 2010, 01:12:21 AM
I always thought the orc blades from Lord of the Rings.
The ones that look like "L's"
That's what I always thought.
Those are straight blades with a spur at the end, though. The hawkblades in game are described as having more of a blade with a shape more like a kukri but in reverse.
Quote from: spawnloser on August 12, 2010, 06:04:58 AM
Those are straight blades with a spur at the end, though. The hawkblades in game are described as having more of a blade with a shape more like a kukri but in reverse.
Agreed, I don't think it's exact. But I don't think it's the more gentle bend of the kukri either, nor extending backwards so far. I'm not sure, I haven't looked at the description in a -long- time.
Neat Darksun weapons page: http://webhome.idirect.com/~rpblack/ds/dsweap.htm
And...
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Kk9JESydsBw/SfCPIUI51TI/AAAAAAAAARc/zuv5zb6W7Aw/s1600-h/DARK+SUN+WEAPONS.jpg
Since apparently I can't put the image in here.
I think hawkblades are described as having more of a right-angled blade. I think the 'L' pretty much sums it up. It just makes the business end heavier.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Kk9JESydsBw/SfCPIUI51TI/AAAAAAAAARc/zuv5zb6W7Aw/s1600/DARK%2BSUN%2BWEAPONS.jpg)
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God those weapons are badass. More trikals in game, plz.
Quote from: Armaddict on August 12, 2010, 05:17:06 PM
God those weapons are badass. More trikals in game, plz.
I like the bat'leth at the top.
(http://www3.obamiconme.pastemagazine.com/entries/1178382-kaplah.gif)
Tortoise blade is hawt.
What are ptergyes? And what do they look like?
Quote from: LauraMars on August 13, 2010, 12:57:37 AM
What are ptergyes? And what do they look like?
I summon thee, Xeran van Houten!
*waits expectantly*
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb285/shadow240sxs13/Chakram_Ancestral_by_Mandkora.jpg)
a barbed throwing chakram.
Quote from: LauraMars on August 13, 2010, 12:57:37 AM
What are ptergyes? And what do they look like?
See the pants?
(http://www.fancydress4fun.co.uk/ekmps/shops/springers/images/barbarian-roman-gladiator-costume-222-p.jpg)
What do elves' ears look like? LotR ears? Dragon Age ears? WoW ears? Some other variant?
Quote from: bcw81 on August 22, 2010, 03:16:27 AM
What do elves' ears look like? LotR ears? Dragon Age ears? WoW ears? Some other variant?
(http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/2930/1275339092116.jpg)
...What I've always imagined, anyhow.
Quote from: bcw81 on August 22, 2010, 03:16:27 AM
What do elves' ears look like? LotR ears? Dragon Age ears? WoW ears? Some other variant?
(http://heroesplanares.webege.com/cliff/AD&D_DS/Manuales/Elves_of_Athas.jpg)
The original design for DS elves had them with human sized ears with points, rather than the elongated elf-tannae that imply a more fantastical creation.
I think this adds to the concept that elves are people too. They don't live 1000 years and wield magic like human children play with sticks.
EDIT: Also, for any of you looking for more reading on how to RP these shifty, desert runners, this book is awesome. I've had a copy for a long time but recently went through it again and all sorts of ideas brewed.
You mean "Elves of Athas"? It's a great book, why did you edit out the name?
Though Athasian elves are much less sinister than "ours".
Quote from: spicemustflow on August 22, 2010, 12:46:57 PM
You mean "Elves of Athas"? It's a great book, why did you edit out the name?
Though Athasian elves are much less sinister than "ours".
Hmm...that is the book I mean, and I didn't edit out the name. Not sure why you'd be getting a different image.
No idea, I can see it now. nvm
Quote from: LauraMars on August 13, 2010, 12:57:37 AM
What are ptergyes? And what do they look like?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteruges
Quote from: spicemustflow on August 22, 2010, 12:46:57 PM
Though Athasian elves are much less sinister than "ours".
I never felt that Zalanthan elves are more wicked or conniving than Athasian elves. Really, a lot of the docs are nearly identical in presentation. The tests, the tribal attachments, distrust of strangers, appreciation for theft as an art-form. All these fundamental motivators show up in both versions of elf. Might be that in a P&P format, a lot of people chose to play "friendlier" elves, given the difficulties of swindling your buddy across the gaming table. The MUD format is a pretty good at raising the veil, which can make it easier for folk to play the wicked elves of nightmare bed-time stories.
They lack the "living in the moment and celebrating life" mindset of Athasian elves, if I recall correctly. Not all tribes here dance under the moonlight.
Take it to the Random Arm Thoughts, guys. Keep it on topic.
I've always never had any solid idea of what a Braxat looked like - or a Gaj.
Edit
>someone has better board skills than me
*points below*
Braxat:
(http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/excerpts_20100723.jpg)
(http://hexink.com/site/images/stories/sketchgallery/braxat.jpg)
Gaj:
This actually took some searching - ended up finding Terrors of Athas (http://www.athas.org/products/toa). According to that...
(http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/4753/gaj.png)
I never really had a chance to, look braxat, before... I am now even more afraid of them now!
Yup. I reckon those're some mighty fearsome creatures.
No time soon will you find me tangling with either of those.
I don't know what a ratlon looks like.
The two premier search engines (ask, bing) don't return images of them, and I can't even find a description of them in the ARM docs.
What ration are you looking at?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djellaba
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vj4HxglBxAY/S1Lr3zKiJvI/AAAAAAAAAbo/gOYfRjhC5Ss/s320/djelaba+2010+11.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vj4HxglBxAY/S0zOTG43JMI/AAAAAAAAAbI/A_P-uFJrqGQ/s320/djellabas+2.jpg)
(http://www.marchander.com/uploaded/rad6EF9Cc5b9c290cdf2507fb49a36943056a9c51241911333.jpg)
From: Helpfile Ratlon
QuoteThese rare pack-beasts are only occasionally seen in recent generations, apparently being very difficult to breed. While not well-suited for long desert journeys, their tough hides and strong, steady legs make them excellent mounts for rough terrain, and some mounted military units have preferentially utilized them.
It still doesn't really tell you what they look like. I saw one in game a couple of real-life years ago.
Ratlon have about the same dimensions of an inix -- possibly a little bit smaller, and have a beak.
Quote from: Qzzrbl on August 23, 2010, 01:14:14 AM
Ratlon have about the same dimensions of an inix -- possibly a little bit smaller, and have a beak.
Like these with another set of legs?
(http://www.co-optimus.com/images/upload/image/goldenaxebeastrider.jpg)
Quote from: Bilanthri on August 23, 2010, 01:19:14 AM
Quote from: Qzzrbl on August 23, 2010, 01:14:14 AM
Ratlon have about the same dimensions of an inix -- possibly a little bit smaller, and have a beak.
Like these with another set of legs?
(http://www.co-optimus.com/images/upload/image/goldenaxebeastrider.jpg)
That's pretty much right on the money of what I gleaned from their descriptions. x]
Quote from: Wolfsong on August 22, 2010, 02:28:08 PM
Braxat:
(http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/excerpts_20100723.jpg)
I like these.. But am I the only one who noticed that the dwarf has eyebrows? :o
Quote from: Aaron Goulet on August 23, 2010, 09:56:58 AM
Quote from: Wolfsong on August 22, 2010, 02:28:08 PM
Braxat:
(http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/excerpts_20100723.jpg)
I like these.. But am I the only one who noticed that the dwarf has eyebrows? :o
Dwarves in Dark Sun are just bald and beardless, they have eyebrows. Only muls were completely hairless.
Get some....
On an added note, looking through these books -- I've noticed that pretty much every single creature has some level of nasty psionics. I'm glad that didn't translate into the game either.
Like reading up on the gith, you'll find that they travel in packs, their leader will typically be a psionic, and before his troops swarm he'll unleash a psionic attack, then the gith will leap 20 foot through the air to impale your ass like some final fantasy dragoon shit.
(http://www.gamepad-dojo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Dragoon-Jump.jpg)
Quote from: FightClub on August 23, 2010, 07:38:44 PM
On an added note, looking through these books -- I've noticed that pretty much every single creature has some level of nasty psionics.
Yep, and every PC is a wild talent with a small handful of nifty psi powers. The idea was that psionics were a natural product of evolution and that most beings possessed some aspect of psionic nature.
The Gaj posted earlier uses psi to [
Edited in case of IG information] in any animal it [
Edited in case of IG information]. Rikus fights one in the arena in "The Verdant Passage".
Documentation on dwarves in Dark Sun suggests they are only (usually) completely hairless on their heads. Muls may be either hairless or grow hair, but apparently if the latter are known to shave/shear it off to preserve "racial unity." Muls are also incredibly fertile and reproduce quickly? Scrab are tiny little fucks who roam in packs and are (apparently) intelligent. Most silt horror are itty bitty and also roam in packs.
Anyway - what about bone/shell frying pans and bone grills? I'm interested to know how they can be constructed to conduct heat well enough to actually fry/grill things.
Grill material doesn't need to conduct heat...it just has to withstand it.
I can understand a bone grill more than I can a frying pan.
A bone grill probably wouldn't work to well. Bones get really brittle when you heat them. Maybe some sort of treated wood rods, if Zalanthans have a way to fireproof stuff.
As for frying pan-esque things, wide, flat stones would probably do the trick.
Glass or obsidian might work.
Rantarri?
Found it in Visualizing Zalanthas.
Quote from: HavokBlue on August 23, 2010, 10:52:33 PM
A bone grill probably wouldn't work to well. Bones get really brittle when you heat them. Maybe some sort of treated wood rods, if Zalanthans have a way to fireproof stuff.
I figure if I can believe Zalanthan glass and obsidian is tough enough not to shatter when chipped into thin blades and smashed over the hard shells of some of our tougher creatures, and that it doesn't take more than a full day to chop a thick tree down with a flint axe that likewise doesn't break.... I can believe Zalanthan bones don't get brittle with fire.
But that's just me.
I've had to moderate a post in this thread that linked to a file-sharing website which had a collection of pdfs.
Please don't link to copyrighted material on the forums. Thanks!
After reading the description of a fairly simple hawkblade, I found myself with images of gunstock warclubs.
(http://temahikan.com/images/front_hsw0.jpg)
Wooden Hawkblade
Quote from: Qzzrbl on August 23, 2010, 03:07:01 AM
Quote from: Bilanthri on August 23, 2010, 01:19:14 AM
Quote from: Qzzrbl on August 23, 2010, 01:14:14 AM
Ratlon have about the same dimensions of an inix -- possibly a little bit smaller, and have a beak.
Like these with another set of legs?
(http://www.co-optimus.com/images/upload/image/goldenaxebeastrider.jpg)
That's pretty much right on the money of what I gleaned from their descriptions. x]
Ratlons, in their mdesc, are described as being very similar in shape to an erdlu, and having hard skin, a stubby tail, and a beak.
FWIW
Man, that gaj picture earlier is pure nightmare fuel.
Quote from: Zoan on October 23, 2010, 09:10:42 AM
Man, that gaj picture earlier is pure nightmare fuel.
Pure nightmare fuel for anyone trying to construct a gaj's phylogenetic tree. Is it a pseudo-arthropod tetrapod, or a pseudo-tetrapod arthropod?!? Chitinous exoskeleton and compound eyes are clearly arthropod features, but the bony jaw puts it at least at gnathostomata, and the legs are clearly tetrapod (although hexapod would perhaps be more appropriate), probably up to reptilia.
Burning questions: do they have spiracles, book lungs, or true lungs? Blood or hemolymph? A true brain or a ganglionic brain? Three-chambered pump heart or a combined peristaltic heart/aorta? Smooth, cardiac, and striated muscle, or striated muscle only?
Quick, someone sequence a gaj genome so we can get some data for computational phylogenetics.
(http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii135/Sophophile/HeadExplode.gif)
Odd urge: special-app. a dwarf sorcerer who utilizes magick to accomplish scientific feats.
> cast 'mon un polymerase chain reaction' vial
I've always been curious as to the what others think the kryl look like:
Whenever I think of kryl, I think of...
(http://application.denofgeek.com/images/m/eyeless/004_Pitch_Black.jpg)
or (http://www.remotecentral.com/dvd/pitchblack-4.jpg)
Or whatever picture you can find of the aliens in Pitch Black that doesn't make them look like muppets (good luck).
The problem with this is everytime I picture those aliens, I can't help but see this one as well:
(http://content.internetvideoarchive.com/content/photos/361/015187_1.jpg)
And I feel the less I see ...
(http://www.daleisphere.com/wp-content/uploads/chronicles-of-riddick-pitch-black-vin-diesel.jpg)
... the happier my life will be. So, in either case, how do you picture the kryl?
Quote from: Synthesis on October 23, 2010, 02:52:25 PM
Pure nightmare fuel for anyone trying to construct a gaj's phylogenetic tree. Is it a pseudo-arthropod tetrapod, or a pseudo-tetrapod arthropod?!? Chitinous exoskeleton and compound eyes are clearly arthropod features, but the bony jaw puts it at least at gnathostomata, and the legs are clearly tetrapod (although hexapod would perhaps be more appropriate), probably up to reptilia.
Burning questions: do they have spiracles, book lungs, or true lungs? Blood or hemolymph? A true brain or a ganglionic brain? Three-chambered pump heart or a combined peristaltic heart/aorta? Smooth, cardiac, and striated muscle, or striated muscle only?
Quick, someone sequence a gaj genome so we can get some data for computational phylogenetics.
(http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii135/Sophophile/HeadExplode.gif)
Odd urge: special-app. a dwarf sorcerer who utilizes magick to accomplish scientific feats. > cast 'mon un polymerase chain reaction' vial
Can you do a quick make believe autopsy of an elf? How can they run for so long and be much weaker than a human at the same time? What their heart and bones must be like? Muscles?
Quote from: Decameron on December 17, 2010, 10:46:28 AM
I've always been curious as to the what others think the kryl look like:
Whenever I think of kryl, I think of...
(http://www.remotecentral.com/dvd/pitchblack-4.jpg)
... the happier my life will be. So, in either case, how do you picture the kryl?
That one.
(http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/images/krill.gif)
Quote from: Decameron on December 17, 2010, 10:46:28 AM
So, in either case, how do you picture the kryl?
(http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/7268/364829-bug_super.jpg)
So I couldn't find a good picture, but I always see the buggers from Starship Troopers.
(http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3073/garthim.jpg)
Are those hedgehog people?
(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070123043015/finalfantasy/images/thumb/8/8d/PlantSpider.png/200px-PlantSpider.png)
I always thinkk of these when I think of Kryl...
Quote from: Barsook on December 17, 2010, 11:25:14 AM
Are those hedgehog people?
Those were some of the last halflings ;)
Oh, duh.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LbccUVbSRd8/R03ZQW7FdrI/AAAAAAAABUk/DLchCFldrW4/s400/Lobstrosity+1.jpg)
Kryl
(http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/1527/xenomorph2.jpg) (http://img819.imageshack.us/i/xenomorph2.jpg/)
Always thought of those ever since Synth posted a similar picture for kryl.
If a kryl resembled anything the most, it would be the aliens from, well, Aliens. However there are vast differences. Chiefly mandibles and antennae to sense movement. I'm not positive, but I'm given to believe they have more legs than the bipedal Aliens, also. And there's more emphasis on the tail as a weapon (from what I remember, Aliens lurve to bite, and their tails are basically there to make them look cool.)
Kryl are slender too, so definitely not that bulky thing chasing halflings.
(http://laplace.bruno.free.fr/images/Images%20Tyranide/N&B%20Hormagaunt.jpg)
Think something like Alien mixed with a bit of this guy.
I thought they had wings.
Quote from: Jingo on December 17, 2010, 12:41:28 PM
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LbccUVbSRd8/R03ZQW7FdrI/AAAAAAAABUk/DLchCFldrW4/s400/Lobstrosity+1.jpg)
Kryl
All fun and games till ya get a face full of lov'n.
There are different kinds of kryl. You all know this, right?
I've always pictured them as buggier versions of the Makrura from WoW.
(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080808061535/wowwiki/images/9/98/Makrura.png)
See, I think of them more as Silithid reavers than Makura. Except a different color.
(http://femaledwarf.prettypls.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/tan-silithid.jpg)
And wezers as the flying Silithids:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/Rustina/SilithidFlyerSkinOrange.png)
What would sandcloth look like?
thick burlap Is how I saw it.
Kryl always struck me as being the alien race from AvP/Aliens with a mix from Tyrniod (or have ever its spelled) from Warhammer.
Specially since I went into one their hives and read a room description. Just screams Aliens.
Though MM is correct in that their are all kinds of kryl, that look different.
Though I think even those have a roughly still the same look wise.. club tail, stinger tail, or other wise.
I visualize the ones with club tails as Mirelurks with big ass tails.
i made a freakish green and brown thing with lots of spikes and knobs coming out of it on Spore once, and i always imagine the kryl as that thing.
things seem to be freakin' everywhere in that place.
(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/5/5e/Fire_Ant_Warrior.png)
This is what I think of when I see a Kryl.
Your image is wrong. That's a kank. Kryl look a lot meaner, I assure you.
I imagine Kryl as a freakish blob of imagination that's very scary to noobs.
I picture kryl as a mix between:
(http://www.vfs.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/star1.gif)
and
(http://www.troududiable.com/IMG/tyranid.jpg)
Quote from: Marshmellow on March 11, 2011, 06:20:54 AM
Your image is wrong. That's a kank. Kryl look a lot meaner, I assure you.
Hey Puffy, I believe that this was my comment,
"This is
what I think of when I see a Kryl."
I'm not trying to be a dick or anything. That is the visual image that runs through my mind when I'm fucking
me up some Kryl. Though, I appreciate you telling me what my minds eye is actually seeing.
I still imagine kryl as flying. This dates back to my newb days, the first time I played in Tuluk. Someone had warned me about kryl, and then I saw a kylori from a distance and assumed it was a kryl.
I do think kryl should be changed like most other mobs so that their sdesc doesn't tell you their species, and is instead more descriptive.
Quote from: hyzhenhok on March 12, 2011, 12:57:07 AM
I still imagine kryl as flying. This dates back to my newb days, the first time I played in Tuluk. Someone had warned me about kryl, and then I saw a kylori from a distance and assumed it was a kryl.
I do think kryl should be changed like most other mobs so that their sdesc doesn't tell you their species, and is instead more descriptive.
Do you have any idea how deadly that would be?
Quote from: mattrious on March 11, 2011, 11:17:33 PMQuote from: Marshmellow on March 11, 2011, 06:20:54 AMYour image is wrong. That's a kank. Kryl look a lot meaner, I assure you.
Hey Puffy, I believe that this was my comment,
"This is what I think of when I see a Kryl."
I'm not trying to be a dick or anything. That is the visual image that runs through my mind when I'm fucking
me up some Kryl. Though, I appreciate you telling me what my minds eye is actually seeing.
My point was having that image of a kryl is a bad image to have. It won't leave you nearly scared enough for your character's life. Go ahead and keep thinking of that image, but if you do, I think you're not getting into it as much as you could.
Kryl are fairly unique animals. They don't eat solid food, so they don't have the normal jaw structure, just bits for holding down their prey. At most, they probably have legs capable of grasping prey and a tail for stinging. That's how I imagine kryl : all the important parts.
These facts alone are enough to keep me far, far away.
Quote from: hyzhenhok on March 12, 2011, 12:57:07 AM
I still imagine kryl as flying. This dates back to my newb days, the first time I played in Tuluk. Someone had warned me about kryl, and then I saw a kylori from a distance and assumed it was a kryl.
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs15/i/2010/160/1/a/Alien_by_choffman36.jpg)
This is how I will forever imagine Kryl.
My first encounter with Kryl involved me killing it - and watching it's blood melt through the ground, the creature's carcass falling through.
Second encounter - Entered a nasty place, the place a scene straight from the Alien movies. Same place - Kryl swarming with Staff echoes of the creatures crawling along the ceilings, walls and floors.
This scene went down, just imagine more screaming, bone swords and no fully automatic assault rifles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kmTNObny3k
is that a bit IC-sensitive? cool, but i'm getting mild alarms.
I think it happened years ago,
Quote from: Cindy42 on March 22, 2011, 09:47:13 PM
is that a bit IC-sensitive? cool, but i'm getting mild alarms.
It's been... Almost 2 and a half years, I think? But you're probably right so I'll edit it a tad bit.
The things I've seen kryl do, things happen around kryl, and the mdescs of different "breeds" of kryl, are all way to IC to mention, but Sygorney Weaver's Aliens are the closet damn thing I've ever seen visually.
freakish-ass things.
just another reason i prefer allanak. scrab beetles may have gotten addicted to the blood of cindy, but at least they're not freakish alien creatures. they're something understandable with logical animal rules such as kill, eat and shit.
has anyone else seen the documentation mentioning the origin of kryl? kind of creeps me out.
Quote from: Cindy42 on March 22, 2011, 10:04:51 PM
freakish-ass things.
just another reason i prefer allanak. scrab beetles may have gotten addicted to the blood of cindy, but at least they're not freakish alien creatures. they're something understandable with logical animal rules such as kill, eat and shit.
has anyone else seen the documentation mentioning the origin of kryl? kind of creeps me out.
http://www.armageddon.org/general/beasts.html#kryl
QuoteKryl : Little is known of the hideous, spike-jawed kryl that live to the far east of Tuluk. Many whisper of their venom, which they use to paralyze their victims and drag them off to their nest where all manner of horrors are said to occur. Their dark, black chitin is renowned for its use in armor, not only for its light weight and strength, but its ominous associations with the creature.
http://www.armageddon.org/original/showSubmission.php?submission=590
(A must-read on the subject of Kryl.)
Quote from: FantasyWriter on March 22, 2011, 10:20:49 PM
Quote from: Cindy42 on March 22, 2011, 10:04:51 PM
freakish-ass things.
just another reason i prefer allanak. scrab beetles may have gotten addicted to the blood of cindy, but at least they're not freakish alien creatures. they're something understandable with logical animal rules such as kill, eat and shit.
has anyone else seen the documentation mentioning the origin of kryl? kind of creeps me out.
http://www.armageddon.org/general/beasts.html#kryl
QuoteKryl : Little is known of the hideous, spike-jawed kryl that live to the far east of Tuluk. Many whisper of their venom, which they use to paralyze their victims and drag them off to their nest where all manner of horrors are said to occur. Their dark, black chitin is renowned for its use in armor, not only for its light weight and strength, but its ominous associations with the creature.
http://www.armageddon.org/original/showSubmission.php?submission=590
(A must-read on the subject of Kryl.)
http://www.armageddon.org/general/mutant.html
i actually meant this, but the story's pretty cool.
... Ya'll keep making me scared when you post scarier and scarier images of Kryl. This isn't fun, this is torture now >.> I'll run every damn time I see "the something something KRYL OMFG"
Quote from: Saellyn on March 22, 2011, 11:38:38 PM
... Ya'll keep making me scared when you post scarier and scarier images of Kryl. This isn't fun, this is torture now >.> I'll run every damn time I see "the something something KRYL OMFG"
Realistically, I'm pretty sure just about everyone would react in the same fashion.
That's the proper reaction to kryl, so I think we've accomplished something good.
Quote from: Marshmellow on March 23, 2011, 06:25:43 AM
That's the proper reaction to kryl, so I think we've accomplished something good.
i assumed one should be terrified out of their minds to begin with, because that's how my first encounters with kryl were.
i already liked allanak better than tuluk, but... damn. i've taken to searching the horizon while on the north road to make sure a kryl isn't banging on the gates of Tuluk.
I always thought of Kryl as really big, mean scorpions for whatever reason. Maybe I have to read their desc again, but that's what I always figured they looked like.
I'm not sure about you guys, but when I encounter the sdesc of something scary, I just spam flee without looking at the desc. Which is probably why I don't have a good idea as to what most of the badasses look like.
Quote from: SMuz on April 20, 2011, 11:58:28 PM
I'm not sure about you guys, but when I encounter the sdesc of something scary, I just spam flee without looking at the desc. Which is probably why I don't have a good idea as to what most of the badasses look like.
Pretty much this.
When i think of kryl i think of zerg from strarcraft of the bugs from starship troopers thats how i visualize them
Quote from: Thunkkin on April 21, 2011, 12:57:29 AM
Quote from: SMuz on April 20, 2011, 11:58:28 PM
I'm not sure about you guys, but when I encounter the sdesc of something scary, I just spam flee without looking at the desc. Which is probably why I don't have a good idea as to what most of the badasses look like.
Pretty much this.
This. I've been ballsy now and again, though.
Durrit. How humanoid is it? I can't figure out whether it's a bestial kobold, a tiny anorexic bear, or what.
And what about that humanoid figure in Tuluk? Or is that too IC?
Quote from: Ocotillo on May 11, 2011, 06:43:11 PM
Durrit. How humanoid is it? I can't figure out whether it's a bestial kobold, a tiny anorexic bear, or what.
I imagine it closer to a fully animalistic satyr. No human top-half.
wrong thread!
Does anyone know what an obsidian coin looks like?
since it's the universal coin I assume it doesn't have -anybodys- face on, but does it have some kind of marking? Or is it just a flat disk? If it's the later I find it hard to believe there isn't a coin-making tribe out there, pounding out the obsidian.
Quote from: perfecto on May 28, 2011, 01:32:49 AM
Does anyone know what an obsidian coin looks like?
since it's the universal coin I assume it doesn't have -anybodys- face on, but does it have some kind of marking? Or is it just a flat disk? If it's the later I find it hard to believe there isn't a coin-making tribe out there, pounding out the obsidian.
It has Tektolnes' face on it and it's minted in Allanak AFAIK.
The Tuluki's probably pretend it's the Sun King's face on it, but yeah, everyone uses the allanak coinage.
Quote from: Yam on May 28, 2011, 01:39:23 AM
Quote from: perfecto on May 28, 2011, 01:32:49 AM
Does anyone know what an obsidian coin looks like?
since it's the universal coin I assume it doesn't have -anybodys- face on, but does it have some kind of marking? Or is it just a flat disk? If it's the later I find it hard to believe there isn't a coin-making tribe out there, pounding out the obsidian.
It has Tektolnes' face on it and it's minted in Allanak AFAIK.
From flipping a coin, one can find there is a chest on one side and a cross on the other. I would imagine - and these are just ways I like to see it - Tek's face (or what Tek wants people to believe is his face!) would be superimposed over the cross, and on the other side, the chest is full of coins.
lolol tribals
Don't stare if you're epileptic:
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Tribal nipple slip... classic, thanks boog.
Quote from: perfecto on May 29, 2011, 12:21:33 AM
Tribal nipple slip... classic, thanks boog.
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And a nip slip in the wrong thread. I am winning tonight.
Try putting all but one coin in a pack and "look coin." Cross and Tek's face, IIRC.
Quote from: Wasteland Raider on May 30, 2011, 04:50:26 AM
Try putting all but one coin in a pack and "look coin." Cross and Tek's face, IIRC.
Depending on what sort of coin....
I could've sworn I remember there being separate "Allanaki" coins and just regular "coins".
Never looked to see the difference though-- and Staff might've changed it somewhere since then.
If you have less than a certain amount of coins, the coins you have turn into 'a pile of coins' instead of 'a pile of allanaki coins'. Why? I dunno.
I need some help with siltfruit. It's not so much thr visual, it's the taste and texture that I just can't get a grip on.
Quote from: Barzalene on July 14, 2011, 08:05:14 AM
I need some help with siltfruit. It's not so much thr visual, it's the taste and texture that I just can't get a grip on.
I've always imagined them to be something like overripe cantaloupe...thick, grainy, yet strangely melt in your mouth. A very thin skin..something like a plum. And then they just taste meaty, I'd guess like boiled beef of some kind. Not entirely flavourful, but still has a distinctly meaty taste.
That's how I've always thought of it, at least.
Quote from: Barzalene on July 14, 2011, 08:05:14 AM
I need some help with siltfruit. It's not so much thr visual, it's the taste and texture that I just can't get a grip on.
I thought of them kinda like squash and cuccumber hybrid... no real taste to it... (I hope I'm remembering the taste description right...)
i always thought of it as a warm, thick, syrupy vegetable (to your mind) that is technically a fruit (to science.) like tomatoes. And pleasantly shaped like grey and pink peaches with thicker skins and inerestingly rough surface textures. I think that last part is my imagination.
There is, but they're essentially the same thing. It's just a weird code oversight thing that crops up on occasion. They combine together when placed in the inv anyway.
(http://bpleathercraft.com/ProductImages/big/E570-1.JPG)
a bahamet-embroidered backpack
Quote from: Archbaron on July 25, 2011, 06:56:17 PM
(http://bpleathercraft.com/ProductImages/big/E570-1.JPG)
a bahamet-embroidered backpack
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3
I wish I was kidding but that's really what it looks like.
I never understood why the travelling knapsack wasn't more popular, anyway.
A few stones' difference or something? :P
I think everyone sees "bahamet-embroidered" and assumes it has some badass stitchery on the back.
People just like looking like first-graders, I guess. That, and nobody reads mdescs these days it seems.
The man in some boring leather leg-guards is here.
>l man's leg.guards
These are leg guards. Except they are actually assless. Like assless chaps. This guy is hanging out for all to see. Oh, and they're covered in shit stains. Yeah.
make it the realistic color, and if i'm lucky, change it to a gortok or scrab pack and i'd wear it if it held at least 30 stones.
a kryl pack would be bliss.
Quote from: Cind on July 28, 2011, 01:50:31 PM
make it the realistic color, and if i'm lucky, change it to a gortok or scrab pack and i'd wear it if it held at least 30 stones.
a kryl pack would be bliss.
That would be soooo kawaii!
If you walk around with a kryl on your back, you're likely to take a polearm to the face.
Quote from: HavokBlue on July 26, 2011, 05:28:14 PM
The man in some boring leather leg-guards is here.
>l man's leg.guards
These are leg guards. Except they are actually assless. Like assless chaps. This guy is hanging out for all to see. Oh, and they're covered in shit stains. Yeah.
Oh man... I lol'd.
Quote from: Wasteland Raider on July 26, 2011, 04:48:45 PM
People just like looking like first-graders, I guess. That, and nobody reads mdescs these days it seems.
If you read the mdesc, it's actually ambigious. Can be read as both "embroidered with a bahamet, head and feet embroidered as well and just sticking out from the shell" or "pack embroidered as a bahamet shell, head and legs sticking out as extra parts".
So I'm still not convinced that backpack is actually bahamet-shaped.
I am totally convinced that backpack is bahamet shaped because that is funnier.
Quote from: musashi on July 29, 2011, 05:02:57 AM
I am totally convinced that backpack is bahamet shaped because that is funnier.
QFT