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[Jono]

I'll tell you why we can't do it in real life... It's just not SCIENTIFICLY possible.

 

[Jono]

Double post...

 

[Silverkiss]

The poison is the blood from a mithical creature named Quimera that kills whoever drinks/is infected whit it. (Just showing one of the millions fantasy explanation for poison).

When hasted, you have the will to continue onwards even when the body is alredy at its limit, no matter how tired you are.

 

[Kael]

spells are quite science by the way, when using haste, how does it lights your body? if you use a posion bolt spell, where did the posion come from and how it was made in the first place? It's science that affects how spells was made and how to do the movements and regiments you need to do. How do you summon a bolar in fantasy, yet how can we not do that in real life?

I know that science exists in fantasy worlds but it seems anachronistic to refer to modern terms like "cells" in that environment.

 

[Chalid]

speaking of science..

TXT_KEY_SPELL_SUMMON_EINHERJAR

... mithril powder to prepare the summoning ground as shown in figure XIV.

The circle is a symbol for the perfection and for infinity and thus it represents the plane of the gods, heaven. It surrounds the entire setup as we are sourrounded by the heavens. This position - as explained in Chaper IV - clearly shows that the being we summon comes form the exterior and not form the interior planes as for example hell - compare Chapter II, Figure Va.
The four elements are mirrored in the four sides of the quadrat and the combination of the four elements thus represents our plane of existance. The four points where the quadrat meets the circle represent the common virtues of earth and heaven as expressed by the runes XIVa to XIVd.
If the connection between circle and quadrat is not properly drawn the corresponding virtue will not be imbued into the incantation and thus ...

Extract form "The Laws of magic - Magic of the Law" - Chalid Astrakein

There might be some grammar and spelling errors in that. Maybe someone can check it.

 

[Kael]

speaking of science..

TXT_KEY_SPELL_SUMMON_EINHERJAR


There might be some grammar and spelling errors in that. Maybe someone can check it.

Very nice, checked in.

 

[Tortanick]

Has anyone done fireball yet?

Never summon a hurricane when a simple fireball would sufice -Wisdom of the Ancients

Shield of faith

Only priests and fools guard themselves with faith

 

[evanb]

Here are some extracts from "The Forefathers" by Adam Mickiewicz, adapted to English by me. Maybe you can use them somewhere.

Silent is his heart, and stilled in his frozen chest.
Sealed are his lips with the silence of death, as his eyes.
He lingers in this world and he cannot find his rest.
Who is he? The dead one that shall rise.

Silently his frozen chest once more draws breath
And his eyes and mouth are sealed no more.
Back in the world, but nor in life and nor in death,
Who is he? A restless wraith of yore.

(I'm thinking this one could work for Summon Wraith.)

***

I chant in my tomb, in darkness cold,
And smell the blood of foes; from the grave
I rise and haunt -- restless wraith of old
I am and their blood, blood, blood I crave!

Swift and painful revenge on the foe:
With or without God, my revenge he'll know!

***

And in darkest hell his soul we'll lock away
With hate and with malice we'll press on his tomb;
Until his last hope hath died in dismay
And the fear of our fangs upon him shall loom!

 

[BeefontheBone]

... mithril powder to prepare the summoning ground as shown in figure XIV.

The circle is a symbol for perfection and for infinity, and thus it represents heaven, the plane of the gods. The circle surrounds the entire setup as we are surrounded by the heavens. This position - as explained in Chapter IV - clearly shows that the being we summon comes form the exterior and not from the interior planes (such as hell) - compare Chapter II, Figure Va.
The four elements are mirrored in the four sides of the quadrat, and the combination of the four elements thus represents our plane of existence. The four points where the quadrat meets the circle represent the common virtues of earth and heaven, as denoted by the runes XIVa to XIVd.
If the connection between circle and quadrat is not properly drawn the corresponding virtue will not be imbued into the incantation and thus ...

Extract from "The Laws of Magic - Magic of the Law" by Chalid Astrakein.

There you go Chalid

 

[QES]

TXT_KEY_SPELL_SUMMON_NIGHTMARE

What else could be perfect?

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe."
-Lewis Carroll, Through the looking-glass (and what Alice found there)

-Qes

 

[QES]

More flavor (not useful) text for things:

TXT_KEY_SPELL_VALOR

"Standing on a building, I'm a lightning rod,
and all these clouds are so familiar.
Decending from the mountain tops, the gods are threatenin',
but I will return an honest soldier.

Standing on this high-rise, like every lightnin' rod
and all these clouds are boiling over.
Swimin' in adrenaline, the sky is cavin' in,
but I will remain the honest soldier."
-Guster, Lightning Rod

-Qes

 

[QES]

TXT_KEY_SPELL_RING_OF_FLAMES

Much poetry is song - JRRT would prolly agree. I'd use some or any of it.

"Love is a burnin’ thing,
And it makes a fiery ring
Bound by wild desire --
I fell into a ring of fire.

I fell into a burnin’ ring of fire --
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher,
And it burns, burn, burns,
The ring of fire, the ring of fire.

The taste of love is sweet
When hearts like ours meet.
I fell for you like a child --
Oh, but the fire ran wild.

I fell into a burnin’ ring of fire --
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher,
And it burns, burn, burns,
The ring of fire, the ring of fire.

I fell into a burnin’ ring of fire --
I went down, down, down,
And the flames went higher,
And it burns, burn, burns,
The ring of fire, the ring of fire.
-Johnny Cash, Burnin' ring of fire."

-Qes

 

[QES]

TXT_KEY_SPELL_RIGHTEOUS_CAUSE
"Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo."
- H. G. Wells

For the "liberty civic"
"People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
- Soren Aabye Kierkegaard

TXT_KEY_SPELL_INSPIRATION
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is."
- Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut

TXT_KEY_SPELL_TRAIN_RAISE_SKELETON
"If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance."
- George Bernard Shaw

TXT_KEY_SPELL_REVERSAL_OF_FORTUNE
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
- Napoleon Bonaparte

-Qes

 

[QES]

TXT_KEY_SPELL_DESTROY_UNDEAD

"Clearly the blue river chimes in its flowing

Under my eye;
Warmly and broadly the south winds are blowing

Over the sky.
One after another the white clouds are fleeting;
Every heart this May morning in joyance is beating

Full merrily;
Yet all things must die.
The stream will cease to flow;
The wind will cease to blow;
The clouds will cease to fleet;
The heart will cease to beat;
For all things must die.
All things must die.
Spring will come never more.
O, vanity!
Death waits at the door.
See! our friends are all forsaking
The wine and the merrymaking.
We are call’d-we must go.
Laid low, very low,
In the dark we must lie.
The merry glees are still;
The voice of the bird
Shall no more be heard,
Nor the wind on the hill.
O, misery!
Hark! death is calling
While I speak to ye,
The jaw is falling,
The red cheek paling,
The strong limbs failing;
Ice with the warm blood mixing;
The eyeballs fixing.
Nine times goes the passing bell:
Ye merry souls, farewell.
The old earth
Had a birth,
As all men know,
Long ago.
And the old earth must die.
So let the warm winds range,
And the blue wave beat the shore;
For even and morn
Ye will never see
Thro’ eternity.
All things were born.
Ye will come never more,
For all things must die."
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson. All things will Die.

-Qes

 

[Xuenay]

I don't know about quoting real people, though. I have a feeling it might distract a bit from the immersion to suddenly see a mention of somebody who's lived in real life.

I know it would for me.

 

[QES]

TXT_KEY_SPELL_COURAGE
"Home they brought her warrior dead:
She nor swooned, nor uttered cry:
All her maidens, watching, said,
‘She must weep or she will die.’

Then they praised him, soft and low,
Called him worthy to be loved,
Truest friend and noblest foe;
Yet she neither spoke nor moved.

Stole a maiden from her place,
Lightly to the warrior stepped,
Took the face-cloth from the face;
Yet she neither moved nor wept.

Rose a nurse of ninety years,
Set his child upon her knee—
Like summer tempest came her tears—
‘Sweet my child, I live for thee.’"
- Alfred Lord Tennyson, Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead

TXT_KEY_SPELL_ENERVATION
Twas noontide of summer,
And mid-time of night;
And stars, in their orbits,
Shone pale, thro' the light
Of the brighter, cold moon,
'Mid planets her slaves,
Herself in the Heavens,
Her beam on the waves.
I gazed awhile
On her cold smile;
Too cold- too cold for me-
There pass'd, as a shroud,
A fleecy cloud,
And I turned away to thee,
Proud Evening Star,
In thy glory afar,
And dearer thy beam shall be;
For joy to my heart
Is the proud part
Thou bearest in Heaven at night,
And more I admire
Thy distant fire,
Than that colder, lowly light.
- Edgar Allan Poe, Evening Star

-Qes

 

[evanb]

@Xuenay
I agree. I posted those excerpts from The Forefathers because they're very suggestive, but I'm still reluctant about them.

 

[QES]

I don't know about quoting real people, though. I have a feeling it might distract a bit from the immersion to suddenly see a mention of somebody who's lived in real life.

I know it would for me.

I'm All for putting in flavor text that is ONLY FFH world text. What im offering is merely some complimentary substance. In vanilla a lot of the quotes for techs were quite refreshing. In this, its nice to have a relation between the "real" and the FFH world. The real here, is meant to justify the world. Not because it needs it, more of an Omage in both directions. The "best" poets and such are the "best" because they can evoke a responce of us to turn to a fantastic world with words alone. This does neither them, nor FFH any harm.
Who better to carry us to the world of dark fantastic poetic existance, than dark fantastic poets?
-Qes

EDIT: The use of humor and comedy from real world source material already is in the game. Bevis is the picture for "no education" there are Numerous referances to "Monty Python", and several others i cannot currently remember, im just continuing that trend.

EDIT2: And while i posted the "whole" of each poem, etc. I would think that only a small excerpt from each would be enough for flavor. I figure that the "purpose" text will bring players 100% into the world. When units/spell/buildings/abilities/etc are compared, one to another, or spoken of because of purpose and role, it will enter players consistantly into the FFH world. The "flavor" is to primarily "keep mood" alive.

EDIT3: I like the Summon Nightmare one best...if only one was allowed/enjoyed.

 

[Chalid]

Here is something i have written some years ago. Its for an protective circle. Unfortunateley we do not have a spell that would fit, but maybe there is another place where you can use it.

Spoiler :

Circulum describo.
Is circulus circulum tutelae sit.
Illos qui manere in interiorum,
tuerat ab reibus, creaturibus et ab artis magica

Id omnis cum vii suo amplecte.

Ars magica meo in circulum illum flue et structura create.



Signum istud vim artis magica mei geret.
Texte sit cum filios circi et firmitatem donate.
Cum vim meo signum istud creo.
Cum voluntam meo structura formo.

Id perfectio describet.
Circulus per vim artis magica emendatus sit.
Orgio perfectionis in structura sit et vitii aequedati sit.
Signum vim aequare describet.

Vis meum signum istud forma date.
De arte magica meo id creo.
Voluntam meum id format.
Signum perficet sit.



Signum istud vim artis magica mei geret.
Texte sit cum filios circi et firmitatem donate.
Cum vim meo signum istud creo.
Cum voluntam meo structura formo.

Id describet seperatio caloris.
Arcanus non transire posset sed expremet sit.
Rima inexsuperabilis sit in realitas arcani
intra circulos duos.
Signum seperatio arcani describet.

Vis meum signum istud forma date.
De arte magica meo id creo.
Voluntam meum id format.
Signum perficet sit.



Signum istud vim artis magica mei geret.
Texte sit cum filios circi et firmitatem donate.
Cum vim meo signum istud creo.
Cum voluntam meo structura formo.

Id describet pressum materialis.
Materialis cum potestas structura reprimet sit.
Pressus transire inpedite.
Signum interdictum transire describet.

Vis meum signum istud forma date.
De arte magica meo id creo.
Voluntam meum id format.
Signum perficet sit.



Signum istud vim artis magica mei geret.
Texte sit cum filios circi et firmitatem donate.
Cum vim meo signum istud creo.
Cum voluntam meo structura formo

Id describet seperatio salis.
Firmus non transire posset sed expremet sit.
Rima inexsuperabilis sit in realitas firmis
intra circulos duos.
Signum seperatio firmis describet.

Vis meum signum istud forma date.
De arte magica meo id creo.
Voluntam meum id format.
Signum perficet sit.



Signum istud vim artis magica mei geret.
Texte sit cum filios circi et firmitatem donate.
Cum vim meo signum istud creo.
Cum voluntam meo structura formo

Id describet coniunctio aeris.
Aer transire posset.
Neque sit Rima neque sit saepimentum neque sit
mura per aera pura.
Signum conjunctio aeris describet.

Vis meum signum istud forma date.
De arte magica meo id creo.
Voluntam meum id format.
Signum perficet sit.



Signum istud vim artis magica mei geret.
Texte sit cum filios circi et firmitatem donate.
Cum vim meo signum istud creo.
Cum voluntam meo structura formo.

Id describet ars magica.
Energiae per structuram multiplicatus sit.
Effectus artis magica immanis sit
pro artes magica adhibebat.
Signum potestas artismagica describet.

Vis meum signum istud forma date.
De arte magica meo id creo.
Voluntam meum id format.
Signum perficet sit.



Circulum describo.
Is circulus circulum tutelae sit.
Arcet reis, creatures et artes magica ab interioribus.

Id omnis cum vii suo amplecte.

Ars magica meo in circulum illum flue et structura create.


Semita creo.
Commutatio cum energia motum coercetum aeris facete.
Efficere periculi signum
Semita creo.


Semita creo.
Dare energiae cirum firmitate,
forma renovate, stabilitas novum date et signi confirmate.
Semita creo.

 

[QES]

Here is something i have written some years ago. Its for an protective circle. Unfortunateley we do not have a spell that would fit, but maybe there is another place where you can use it.

Spoiler :

Circulum describo.
Is circulus circulum tutelae sit.
Illos qui manere in interiorum,
tuerat ab reibus, creaturibus et ab artis magica

Id omnis cum vii suo amplecte.

Ars magica meo in circulum illum flue et structura create.



Signum istud vim artis magica mei geret.
Texte sit cum filios circi et firmitatem donate.
Cum vim meo signum istud creo.
Cum voluntam meo structura formo.

Id perfectio describet.
Circulus per vim artis magica emendatus sit.
Orgio perfectionis in structura sit et vitii aequedati sit.
Signum vim aequare describet.

Vis meum signum istud forma date.
De arte magica meo id creo.
Voluntam meum id format.
Signum perficet sit.



Signum istud vim artis magica mei geret.
Texte sit cum filios circi et firmitatem donate.
Cum vim meo signum istud creo.
Cum voluntam meo structura formo.

Id describet seperatio caloris.
Arcanus non transire posset sed expremet sit.
Rima inexsuperabilis sit in realitas arcani
intra circulos duos.
Signum seperatio arcani describet.

Vis meum signum istud forma date.
De arte magica meo id creo.
Voluntam meum id format.
Signum perficet sit.



Signum istud vim artis magica mei geret.
Texte sit cum filios circi et firmitatem donate.
Cum vim meo signum istud creo.
Cum voluntam meo structura formo.

Id describet pressum materialis.
Materialis cum potestas structura reprimet sit.
Pressus transire inpedite.
Signum interdictum transire describet.

Vis meum signum istud forma date.
De arte magica meo id creo.
Voluntam meum id format.
Signum perficet sit.



Signum istud vim artis magica mei geret.
Texte sit cum filios circi et firmitatem donate.
Cum vim meo signum istud creo.
Cum voluntam meo structura formo

Id describet seperatio salis.
Firmus non transire posset sed expremet sit.
Rima inexsuperabilis sit in realitas firmis
intra circulos duos.
Signum seperatio firmis describet.

Vis meum signum istud forma date.
De arte magica meo id creo.
Voluntam meum id format.
Signum perficet sit.



Signum istud vim artis magica mei geret.
Texte sit cum filios circi et firmitatem donate.
Cum vim meo signum istud creo.
Cum voluntam meo structura formo

Id describet coniunctio aeris.
Aer transire posset.
Neque sit Rima neque sit saepimentum neque sit
mura per aera pura.
Signum conjunctio aeris describet.

Vis meum signum istud forma date.
De arte magica meo id creo.
Voluntam meum id format.
Signum perficet sit.



Signum istud vim artis magica mei geret.
Texte sit cum filios circi et firmitatem donate.
Cum vim meo signum istud creo.
Cum voluntam meo structura formo.

Id describet ars magica.
Energiae per structuram multiplicatus sit.
Effectus artis magica immanis sit
pro artes magica adhibebat.
Signum potestas artismagica describet.

Vis meum signum istud forma date.
De arte magica meo id creo.
Voluntam meum id format.
Signum perficet sit.



Circulum describo.
Is circulus circulum tutelae sit.
Arcet reis, creatures et artes magica ab interioribus.

Id omnis cum vii suo amplecte.

Ars magica meo in circulum illum flue et structura create.


Semita creo.
Commutatio cum energia motum coercetum aeris facete.
Efficere periculi signum
Semita creo.


Semita creo.
Dare energiae cirum firmitate,
forma renovate, stabilitas novum date et signi confirmate.
Semita creo.

Two things:
1) Holy crap, looking at the quote text, thats how easy it is to use a spoiler thing? Well.....That solves some bulk issues.

2) While i could go get my Latin dictionary and grammer helper from some umpteen years ago, and try to reclaim in my memory of the latin that I took for some years, is it possible to get an expediant translation in English from the source - I.e. Chalid? It'd be most appreciated if i didnt have to reedcuate my latin.

-Qes