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Post by merryweather on May 27, 2023 1:27:33 GMT -6
Have any of you run Dungeons and Dragons based on Lords of Magic or Urak?
I am currently working on using the world of Urak as a base to create a Dungeons and Dragons world, and I'm curious to know if anyone has done it in the past.
I'm going to playtest it and create some more material, and if it's alright, post it here for usage.
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Post by merryweather on May 28, 2023 22:49:32 GMT -6
Coming back to share that I've made an adjusted map based on the Urak setting. I moved some factions around but broadly tried to maintain the existing faction arrangement. I also effectively quarantined the Death lands, because I'm making a game set before the second rise of Balkoth, which is what happens during the game. Through the map, I tried to showcase that the Death lands were effectively cut off from Life Lands by Water Mages. In-story, the tower you see dividing the lands of Fire and Death is called the Ebon Citadel, which is led by "reformed" Death worshippers - whether they're truly reformed or not is something that's left open to the game and the people running it. I spoke to my players and gave them a choice of what realm they'd like to start in - they chose Order, so we're starting there. If anyone in the future sees this and would like to use it - please feel free! I'd appreciate a comment on thread because it's nice to know it helped someone. Link to map: drive.google.com/file/d/1HZzAVcC4SQ0clXWMc9MO-mVFkiw4MqDX/view?usp=share_link |
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Post by merryweather on May 30, 2023 20:38:12 GMT -6
Me again, back to share another resource: I've been working on a setting document to go alongside the map, and I'm happy to share a public version here: docs.google.com/document/d/1CFKku_v0mIZcZeZa2FeBgLV7m82ZbR_bLD4aMQVANqc/edit?usp=sharingI hope this helps anyone in future hoping to use the setting - also happy to hear thoughts on this. Doing this project was really interesting for me - it allowed me to breathe new life into the World of Urak and create a setting other people can use. I do have thoughts on the political organization of Urak, but I haven't written this down yet. |
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Post by Skarn on Jun 1, 2023 14:51:33 GMT -6
Pretty neat stuff, it was a fun read. I've had some free time lately so I wanted to recreate the map you posted in the actual game and the result, although slightly different, is alright, though fairly large.. I'm no mapper and barely even used the map editor in LOMSE, so the quality might not be quite there. In any case, I'll probably post it this week-end, tested it a bit and a few things needs to be fixed.
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Post by merryweather on Jun 2, 2023 1:59:56 GMT -6
Pretty neat stuff, it was a fun read. I've had some free time lately so I wanted to recreate the map you posted in the actual game and the result, although slightly different, is alright, though fairly large.. I'm no mapper and barely even used the map editor in LOMSE, so the quality might not be quite there. In any case, I'll probably post it this week-end, tested it a bit and a few things needs to be fixed. Thanks! This is exciting - it'd be really cool to try this map out in-game. I think the land areas would need to be evened out a bit for fairness (Air and Chaos are too small, Earth and Life are far too big) but do let me know when you post it! If I have time, I might take another crack at the map and make Urak 2.0. |
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Post by merryweather on Jun 2, 2023 2:02:50 GMT -6
I'm impressed by the effort you put into realizing this setting! The few times I've tried tabletop roleplaying games went poorly since I didn't get the nuances of the process. My decisions didn't really make much sense and my group and DM got annoyed with working around them. But he didn't offer the type of tools and info you posted here, good work! Thank you for the kind compliment! For what it's worth - it took me a few stop-and-start efforts of varying quality over the years before I could figure it out. Also for what's it worth - I think I make a better DM than player. I'm hoping that by frontloading this effort, more people would consider taking up the world & tools posted and using their own way, either as a DM or otherwise - I like the idea of using this videogame I played as a kid to create an experience for my group. |
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Post by Skarn on Jun 3, 2023 18:06:44 GMT -6
Here we go, the result is slightly different from the map shown earlier, especially how Chaos is connected to the other realms but It's pretty nice nonetheless, you guys let me know if there are any issue with it (I've done it on a slightly older version than the one we seem to be at right now but I don't think it should cause any big issue).
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Post by merryweather on Jun 4, 2023 8:36:24 GMT -6
Here we go, the result is slightly different from the map shown earlier, especially how Chaos is connected to the other realms but It's pretty nice nonetheless, you guys let me know if there are any issue with it (I've done it on a slightly older version than the one we seem to be at right now but I don't think it should cause any big issue).
I'm not able to download it - it looks like a Discord redirect? Any chance of uploading on Google Drive / Mega / anywhere else? Also, updating that I've remade the map for more negative space, bigger Chaos/Air/Order, smaller Earth/Life Urak 3.0 map link: drive.google.com/file/d/1OD4Q0ylF1fCSoiHqsIZFPeVcxfefw615/view?usp=sharing |
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Post by Skarn on Jun 4, 2023 9:59:56 GMT -6
Here we go, the result is slightly different from the map shown earlier, especially how Chaos is connected to the other realms but It's pretty nice nonetheless, you guys let me know if there are any issue with it (I've done it on a slightly older version than the one we seem to be at right now but I don't think it should cause any big issue).
I'm not able to download it - it looks like a Discord redirect? Any chance of uploading on Google Drive / Mega / anywhere else? Also, updating that I've remade the map for more negative space, bigger Chaos/Air/Order, smaller Earth/Life Urak 3.0 map link: drive.google.com/file/d/1OD4Q0ylF1fCSoiHqsIZFPeVcxfefw615/view?usp=sharingAh yes it is - if it won't let you download it I'll just upload it somewhere else. Here you go |
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Post by merryweather on Jun 4, 2023 21:18:13 GMT -6
Ah yes it is - if it won't let you download it I'll just upload it somewhere else. Here you goIt works! I scouted around with a Go Far Air Thief - I really like what you did with Water & the Chaos great temple being surrounded by mountains. I also really like the special trees you put in life. No expectation of a fix (I'm really happy to see the map in the game), but I can highlight three issues (outside of the size, which I know you've mentioned) i) In the Life area, the trees block the roads, making it unpassable ii)In the Order > Fire area, the roads aren't meshing with the texture iii) There's a weird texture issue in Life with the fog of war (see attached) Thank you for making this! Attachments:
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Post by Skarn on Jun 5, 2023 10:51:26 GMT -6
Ah yes it is - if it won't let you download it I'll just upload it somewhere else. Here you goIt works! I scouted around with a Go Far Air Thief - I really like what you did with Water & the Chaos great temple being surrounded by mountains. I also really like the special trees you put in life. No expectation of a fix (I'm really happy to see the map in the game), but I can highlight three issues (outside of the size, which I know you've mentioned) i) In the Life area, the trees block the roads, making it unpassable ii)In the Order > Fire area, the roads aren't meshing with the texture iii) There's a weird texture issue in Life with the fog of war (see attached) Thank you for making this! i) Which trees? as far as I could tell I didn't place anything on the road. ii) Yeah, I wanted to leave it like that for now to make it obvious what the way was for future modifications since it can be hard to tell what's passable terrain and what's not, suggestions for what to use as terrain there are welcome iii) I have never experienced something like this, but something about the screenshot looks weird, since from what I can tell, there should be roads where you're looking at. I'll check again by playing Life but that doesn't really look like a map specific thing, if it do be my map to begin with. Oh, and in the future, you can just press F9 or go in the game menu > extended menu > shroud and you will be able to see all of the map. That also makes me think, which version of the game are you playing on? I'm using a GS5R3 build from just a while ago so if you're playing vanilla there could be issues I guess. |
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