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Shadrach
Acolyte
USA
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 Posted - 23 Jul 2010 : 09:04:18
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Congratulations Dalor Darden!
I've been lurking this topic for the last couple years now, its great to see you were able to finish your grand project. I am also very interested in receiving a copy, if you are willing.
My email is matt_baribeau@hotmail.com
I'm looking forward to seeing it! |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 23 Jul 2010 : 17:53:22
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| Hosting the file on my Google Docs account. I will take it down if Dalor Darden asks me to, but I thought that this would be easier than having him have to email it to everyone. |
Errant d20 Designer - My Blog (last updated January 06, 2016)
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. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
"Mmm, not the darkness," Myrin murmured. "Don't cast it there." --Erik Scott de Bie, Shadowbane
* My character sheets (PFRPG, 3.5, and AE versions; not viewable in Internet Explorer)
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* 3.5 D&D Archives
My game design work:
* Heroes of the Jade Oath (PFRPG, conversion; Rite Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 1: Cantrips & Orisons (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 2: 1st-Level Spells (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Martial Arts Guidebook (forthcoming) (PFRPG, designer; Rite Publishing)
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4211 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jul 2010 : 18:16:43
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No! That is great Hawkins!
Man...I really need to "get with the times" and learn more about what I can actually do on this computer. 
Thanks for hosting it Hawkins...let me know if you take it down; and I'll find another way to get it out there.
And again, thanks! |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4211 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jul 2010 : 18:17:33
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Any feedback would be welcome as well...if there is anything particularly that contradicts Canon.
Thanks again. |
The Old Grey Box and AD&D for me! |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4211 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jul 2010 : 17:22:36
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Originally posted by Shadrach
Congratulations Dalor Darden!
I've been lurking this topic for the last couple years now, its great to see you were able to finish your grand project. I am also very interested in receiving a copy, if you are willing.
My email is matt_baribeau@hotmail.com
I'm looking forward to seeing it!
Hope you got a copy Shadrach! |
The Old Grey Box and AD&D for me! |
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Asharak
Learned Scribe
France
268 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jul 2010 : 20:41:24
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| I would like a copy as well, please, to asharak@free.fr |
"Soyez réalistes : demandez l'impossible"
Sorry for my English... it's not my native tongue. |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jul 2010 : 21:40:49
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Originally posted by Asharak
I would like a copy as well, please, to asharak@free.fr
You can download it instead of having to have Dalor Darden email it to you. =) He told me that he is okay with me hosting it for him.
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Originally posted by HawkinstheDM
Hosting the file on my Google Docs account.
Edit: One really weird sentence. |
Errant d20 Designer - My Blog (last updated January 06, 2016)
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. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
"Mmm, not the darkness," Myrin murmured. "Don't cast it there." --Erik Scott de Bie, Shadowbane
* My character sheets (PFRPG, 3.5, and AE versions; not viewable in Internet Explorer)
* Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document (PFRPG OGL Rules)
* The Hypertext d20 SRD (3.5 OGL Rules)
* 3.5 D&D Archives
My game design work:
* Heroes of the Jade Oath (PFRPG, conversion; Rite Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 1: Cantrips & Orisons (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 2: 1st-Level Spells (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Martial Arts Guidebook (forthcoming) (PFRPG, designer; Rite Publishing)
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Asharak
Learned Scribe
France
268 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jul 2010 : 10:32:23
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quote:
Originally posted by HawkinstheDM
quote:
Originally posted by Asharak
I would like a copy as well, please, to asharak@free.fr
You can download it instead of having to have Dalor Darden email it to you. =) He told me that he is okay we me hosting it for him.
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Originally posted by HawkinstheDM
Hosting the file on my Google Docs account.
Thank you very much...  |
"Soyez réalistes : demandez l'impossible"
Sorry for my English... it's not my native tongue. |
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Wenin
Senior Scribe
585 Posts |
Posted - 09 Aug 2010 : 18:12:55
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Originally posted by Dalor Darden
Any feedback would be welcome as well...if there is anything particularly that contradicts Canon.
Thanks again.
I only have an issue with the excessive margins in the published pdf itself.
I've been looking at Foxit Reader to see if I could trim the white space, but no luck so far. |
Session Reports posted at RPG Geek.
Stem the Tide Takes place in Mistledale.
Dark Curtains - Takes place in the Savage North, starting in Nesmé. I wrapped my campaign into the Hoard of the Dragon Queen, but it takes place in 1372 DR. |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4211 Posts |
Posted - 09 Aug 2010 : 22:32:12
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| Well, as I noted to Sage, I can "make it pretty" but I'm only providing information. Its something free after all...kind of like coming here to Candlekeep and reading all the scrolls... |
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Wenin
Senior Scribe
585 Posts |
Posted - 10 Aug 2010 : 03:30:36
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Well, I'm willing to try and pretty it up if you like. If you could send me the original Word Doc you made the PDF from. I'll see what I can do.
If you're interested, send me a PM and we can exchange email addresses. |
Session Reports posted at RPG Geek.
Stem the Tide Takes place in Mistledale.
Dark Curtains - Takes place in the Savage North, starting in Nesmé. I wrapped my campaign into the Hoard of the Dragon Queen, but it takes place in 1372 DR. |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4211 Posts |
Posted - 10 Aug 2010 : 03:35:12
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Will do...right now!
EDIT:
Never heard back from Wenin...anyone else interested in the document? |
The Old Grey Box and AD&D for me! |
Edited by - Dalor Darden on 20 May 2012 02:04:02 |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 05 Dec 2012 : 04:50:06
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I just realized I never got a new copy (the old one went bye-bye with everything else). You can send one off to me. 
Thanks - Mark |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4211 Posts |
Posted - 05 Dec 2012 : 14:27:31
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quote:
Originally posted by Markustay
I just realized I never got a new copy (the old one went bye-bye with everything else). You can send one off to me.
Thanks - Mark
I put the link in the first post.  |
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Xal Valzar
Learned Scribe
Argentina
214 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2014 : 22:06:39
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| it just accord to me that the easiest way to defeat them is to find a way to inspire a male uprising, inspire a crusade agianst all the males, convince most of the males to leave, or sterilize the population somehow. How did pirates not think of that approach? |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4211 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2014 : 01:18:31
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Originally posted by Xal Valzar
it just accord to me that the easiest way to defeat them is to find a way to inspire a male uprising, inspire a crusade agianst all the males, convince most of the males to leave, or sterilize the population somehow. How did pirates not think of that approach?
The same reason nobody did it for females in a male dominated society. If you would like, you can ask Ed and others; they created the She-Wolves and Ixinos. |
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Xal Valzar
Learned Scribe
Argentina
214 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2014 : 03:19:08
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| yeah but males are naturally dominant, i mean u cant really have a women raping a man (without some medical intervention). i mean males just saying "the hell with this" should come naturally. ehhhh |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4211 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2014 : 03:53:18
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Originally posted by Xal Valzar
yeah but males are naturally dominant, i mean u cant really have a women raping a man (without some medical intervention). i mean males just saying "the hell with this" should come naturally. ehhhh
Males are naturally dominant eh? I'd have to dispute that at almost every single point.
As a husband and father, I'd have to say I've NEVER felt dominant in my life! lol
As for the Forgotten Realms, it surely isn't so! Some of the greatest powers in the Forgotten Realms are female. |
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Xal Valzar
Learned Scribe
Argentina
214 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2014 : 04:41:11
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4211 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2014 : 05:01:16
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Originally posted by Xal Valzar
well how many female dominant societies can you name in real life?
I usually don't talk real world all that much; but you asked:
Elamites, Sitones, Mosuo, Vietnam prior to Chinese intervention, Padaungs, Kayaw, Hopi, Haudenosaunee, ancient Crete, early Brittonic society, and more...most Matriarchal societies in the world were only forced out via the intervention of militant male dominated societies. These cultural societies were usually due to the Christian West (with early pushes by the Christian dominated Roman and then Frankish Empires alongside the male dominated Islamic Caliphate).
My favorite quote from Ancient Greece is actually from Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, who responded to a question from a woman in Attica along the lines of, "why Spartan women were the only women in the world who could rule men?" Gorgo replied, "because we are the only women who are mothers of men". |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2014 : 14:26:50
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I've only just learned - from reading through Ed's old threads - that there is a group of 'amazons' in the King's Forest.
Not 'real' Amazons - just a 'tribe' of warrior-women who have a chip on their shoulder. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Diffan
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 06 Nov 2014 : 21:03:38
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quote:
Originally posted by Dalor Darden
quote:
Originally posted by Xal Valzar
well how many female dominant societies can you name in real life?
I usually don't talk real world all that much; but you asked:
Elamites, Sitones, Mosuo, Vietnam prior to Chinese intervention, Padaungs, Kayaw, Hopi, Haudenosaunee, ancient Crete, early Brittonic society, and more...most Matriarchal societies in the world were only forced out via the intervention of militant male dominated societies. These cultural societies were usually due to the Christian West (with early pushes by the Christian dominated Roman and then Frankish Empires alongside the male dominated Islamic Caliphate).
My favorite quote from Ancient Greece is actually from Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, who responded to a question from a woman in Attica along the lines of, "why Spartan women were the only women in the world who could rule men?" Gorgo replied, "because we are the only women who are mothers of men".
Man I love ancient Sparta. Defiant to the last. While reading a bit about it on Wikipedia I came across this factoid:
- Even during its decline, Sparta never forgot its claim to be the "defender of Hellenism" and its Laconic wit. An anecdote has it that when Philip II sent a message to Sparta saying "If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta", the Spartans responded with the single, terse reply:"if"
that's hilarious. |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4211 Posts |
Posted - 14 Mar 2019 : 23:34:14
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Edited first post is why this is showing up as "new post"
But yes, the Spartans kicked more ass in their time than almost anyone in history per individual ass kicker. |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
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Posted - 15 Mar 2019 : 05:19:08
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They were badass, but few in number and more concerned about preventing slave revolts than fighting other Greek city-states and the Persians - at least at first.
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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Zeromaru X
Great Reader
Colombia
2442 Posts |
Posted - 15 Mar 2019 : 07:43:57
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| Didn't the Spartans claimed to be Heraclidae? I remember reading somewhere that Leonidas I (the one that became famous thanks to 300) claimed to be a descendant of Heracles. I guess that explains why they were depicted as so baddass. |
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
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Posted - 15 Mar 2019 : 11:19:27
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quote:
Originally posted by Diffan
Man I love ancient Sparta. Defiant to the last. While reading a bit about it on Wikipedia I came across this factoid:
- Even during its decline, Sparta never forgot its claim to be the "defender of Hellenism" and its Laconic wit. An anecdote has it that when Philip II sent a message to Sparta saying "If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta", the Spartans responded with the single, terse reply:"if"
that's hilarious.
That is THE perfect reply. |
Alavairthae, may your skill prevail
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
11690 Posts |
Posted - 15 Mar 2019 : 11:20:06
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quote:
Originally posted by Diffan
Man I love ancient Sparta. Defiant to the last. While reading a bit about it on Wikipedia I came across this factoid:
- Even during its decline, Sparta never forgot its claim to be the "defender of Hellenism" and its Laconic wit. An anecdote has it that when Philip II sent a message to Sparta saying "If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta", the Spartans responded with the single, terse reply:"if"
that's hilarious.
That is THE perfect reply. |
Alavairthae, may your skill prevail
Phillip aka Sleyvas |
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Delnyn
Senior Scribe
USA
889 Posts |
Posted - 20 Mar 2019 : 00:20:33
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quote:
Originally posted by sleyvas
quote:
Originally posted by Diffan
Man I love ancient Sparta. Defiant to the last. While reading a bit about it on Wikipedia I came across this factoid:
- Even during its decline, Sparta never forgot its claim to be the "defender of Hellenism" and its Laconic wit. An anecdote has it that when Philip II sent a message to Sparta saying "If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta", the Spartans responded with the single, terse reply:"if"
that's hilarious.
That is THE perfect reply.
Once the Persian emperor threated to send so many archers to Sparta their arrows would blot out the sun. The reply was "We can fight in the shade." |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 20 Mar 2019 : 14:54:42
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As for Ixinos, I plan to eventually take a second (third?) look at this project, and update the map in my newer style (and reduce the size to better fit with canon). I'd also like to expand upon the material - more of a 'Heroines of the Realms' style book, with other groups mentioned (there are at least two other small groups of 'amazons' in canon). I truly believe the Forgotten Realms was once a great place for good strong female characters, not wishy-washy Mary-Sues. I feel the current political climate is being disingenuous, and I'd like to take a crack at a more realistic - and flattering - approach to such characters.
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Originally posted by Delnyn
Once the Persian emperor threated to send so many archers to Sparta their arrows would blot out the sun. The reply was "We can fight in the shade."
Historians often took this as allegory, and then about 20 years ago or so they discovered the site of an ancient battle, wherein there was a layer of arrows several feet deep... one that could have easily 'blotted out the sun'.
Not everything in legend is a myth. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4211 Posts |
Posted - 20 Mar 2019 : 15:56:30
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The Ixinosan women follow the Spartan training ways with Amazonian feel added in...essentially I re-skinned Spartans.
At a maximum muster of about 6,000 to 9,000 warriors; they are pretty damned dangerous if messed with. |
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Edited by - Dalor Darden on 20 Mar 2019 15:57:22 |
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