jamesmishler wrote:I can't recall if he ever contacted Bob about publishing it as an official JG product or not...
dreamborn wrote:Just a FYI. This is a 1987 product. It obvously is from a different era. It is called ORS.Kent
FormCritic wrote:That is why I like it, Kent. It is a reminder of a simpler time and a whole different era in gaming and in life.I especially like the idea of the Onyx Temple. It has stood there so long with no one attending that people have forgotten what it was for.It's like the old church tower in The Haunter of the Dark, where Lovecraft posited an abandoned church that was not exactly a Christian temple.It reminds me of a lot of the things I wrote in high school and early college.
FormCritic wrote:I have a number of questions:I especially like the city map, which I think is the first thing you designed. There are echoes of City State of the Invincible Overlord, especially in the round open areas (can't call them "squares," right?) where the streets come together.The layout makes me speculate that you had seen City State of the Invincible Overlord before you drew the map. If you owned a copy of CSIO, then why not use that city? Either you did not actually own a copy or you wanted to have a city of your own design for creative purposes. How close am I?
FormCritic wrote:Also, did you access old Palladium books to help design Tarracina Port? The monastary, for instance, might have been drawn from Weapons and Castles of the Orient.?
FormCritic wrote:Another question I have is about the Temple of Odin. Your basement layout varies radically in style from the Cathedral of Notre Dame that you used as a model. Did you originally have another map of your own design, then later decide to use the illustration of Notre Dame?
FormCritic wrote:What kind of story hooks did you build out of places like...for instance, the library?
FormCritic wrote:What is ORS?
dreamborn wrote:.....Beware Room #13 of the Adventurers Inn. That is my Room! Actually it was the room my character stayed in when I got to play, which was seldom, especially since my character has a price on his head. No one wanted him around cause things were allways getting blown up.It wasn't my fault. Kent
Aneoth wrote:Sounds like something a halfling thief would say. Or a Kender ....
killjoy32 wrote:so kent....away from ebayhow much plus shipping, for the 3 items?Al
dreamborn wrote: OK, only because you asked. I am not trying to violate any forum policy , SPECIAL (limited time) offer for all Acaeum members! . If you buy the entire trilogy from me, just sending paypal payment to <[email protected]>, avoiding ebay. I would sell it for $44, that is a savings of $5.00. This is for media mail in the continental US. If you are international or want priority it would be extra. This offer expires July 25th, 2008, or while supplies last!
Badmike wrote:Hey Kent you might want to put the offer in the Classifieds....not that the JG forum doesn't get traffic, but I bet you would get a lot more lookers if you placed it there!Mike B.
serleran wrote:Why did you include the cross-number graph on the big map? I'm divided on whether I like that -- on one hand, it makes finding a particular location easy A4, for example, but it also makes me not think of it as a RPG and more like something I had to do in school.