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Roleplaying / Re: Rhun
« Last post by diddly on November 17, 2020, 02:24:05 PM »
Extracted screenshots for viewing directly.  Nasty looking boss!
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Reviews / Wendy's Bacon Mushroom Melt
« Last post by diddly on November 16, 2020, 05:21:40 PM »
I don't know how much longer this deal is on for, but Wendy's Bacon Mushroom Melt is a delicious burger.  Had it for the first time this year on Saturday, and couldn't stop craving it till I had it again today.

https://order.wendys.com/product/30464/bacon-portabella-mushroom-melt

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Roleplaying / Re: Rhun
« Last post by Alaric Jadin on November 15, 2020, 08:49:21 PM »
Let's see. Okay that worked for the Dreamcatcher\Larad screenshots.
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Roleplaying / Re: Rhun
« Last post by Alaric Jadin on November 15, 2020, 08:05:24 PM »
Thanks for the feedback diddly. I use Fastone Image Viewer, but I also have several versions of Corel PaintShop Pro.

The images were taken using Creator in Dungeon Master Mode the Creator function.

Larad is a VERY tough boss monster. The deck is really stacked against the player, Note: His combined levels makes him a level 60 monster, AC 66, HP 1235, Challenge Rating CR) of 131. He has a slew of damage resistances both inherent and from an awesome helmet named "The Hells Helmet.
He is immune to critical hits, the Helm gives him +5 Soak 30 Damage Resistance 50% immunity to Divine Energy and Positive Energy, 90% resistance to Fire.
He carries the Dreamcatcher a +13 LongSword That does high Vampiric Regeneration and is Strength Draining. I never even attempt to battle him untill I'm level 40 with Epic Weapons\armor\items with an Armor class of 80-90 and about 50 heal potions. You just have to outlast him. Like most if not all of the Rhun Boss monsters, he can only heal 3 times, get him to near death the 3rd time he goes down for good.
On his body you'll find Dreamcatcher and the very valuable Book of Blades, Biting, Bashing which gives players various high types of temporary damage (fire, Holy Weapon etc..)to their weapon. Extremely rarely you'll also find that Hells Helm on his body...probably 5% chance. I've never found it though.

You'll also find a key to one of his treasure chests. I've never found other than +3 or +4 items in any of them.

Well, I'll attach the screenshots to the next reply (The file is too large yet), and hopefully write the first part of how to even get to the Under World where Larad rules. I'll probably write it off line and attach it later tonight or tomorrow.

-Alaric
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Roleplaying / Re: Rhun
« Last post by diddly on November 14, 2020, 10:45:05 PM »
I for one would love to see those screenshots!  If you need a tool to easily convert the image formats:
  • On Windows I recommend XnView
  • On macOS the builtin Preview does a great job
  • On linux I use ImageMagick(which actually works on all three platforms)

I think all the background you've been providing is very interesting and helpful to anyone wanting to play Rhun.  I know it's still a favourite out there because the Map of Rhun in the old message forum is still one of the top hits on this site.
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Roleplaying / Re: Rhun
« Last post by Alaric Jadin on November 14, 2020, 05:06:49 AM »
Well, got the screen shots for the longsword, and I also took a couple of one of my favorite Boss monsters in the mod. Larad from the Taer Prison quest. Since NWN saves screenshots as targa files which can be very large, I need to convert them them then crop edit them for size, then I'll compress them and upload them this Sunday. I'll also detail how to get to the Underworld where Larad rules...a very tricky area to reach. After hearing about this quest from other players after 4 or 5 fruitless searches, I finally stumbled onto how to get there. Then comes the greater issue how to fight your way to him, then finally kill him.
I also need to go back and edit an earlier post where I said Larad was an Undead Bard. He's actually a Demon Bard.
Well, 111 views of this thread so far, some feedback would be nice.
-Alaric
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Roleplaying / Re: Rhun
« Last post by Alaric Jadin on November 11, 2020, 06:25:41 AM »
Well met again. It's been awhile since I posted here, part of the time I've been held captive by Baldur's Gate 3 and Solasta: Crown of the Magister, 2 new D&D 5th Edition rules CRPGs. They are okay and have some nice features, but D&D 3rd Edition like NWN 1.69 and Nwn:EE are so much better imo. The EE looks and runs smooth as silk now, and Rhun is still my favorite mod/server.

Just an observation from years of playing on various servers: If more players don't utilize the Darkshade Server, it will most likely go away. The server host provides it for free but they usually have out of pocket expenses for bandwidth etc..
I'll try to post at least every two weeks on the forum here. I want to post some screenshots of some of the more unusual items, creatures and locations in the game. This weekend features "The Mysterious Longsword of Peppo" An interesting weapon.

If you have questions about certain areas of the mod, ask them here and I'll try to get back to you in a day or so. I've also enabled the link to email me, just put RHUN in your subject line.

-Alaric
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News / Re: Crash Recovery
« Last post by diddly on October 27, 2020, 09:47:55 PM »
I've restored the old forum to working order (at least for reading) since a significant portion of this site's traffic is still to individual posts and threads from there.  You can get to it through the link near the top of the page in the current forum, or right here

As before, it's there for archival value.  You cannot create an account in the old forum, nor even log in without error if you already had an account.  New content belongs in the current message forum.
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Diddlycraft Discussion / Re: Halloween in Diddlycraft
« Last post by diddly on October 25, 2020, 07:15:16 PM »
You may not be trick or treating in real life, but in Diddlycraft you can still go around inn to inn collecting handfuls of candy (and free XP) 
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News / Crash Recovery
« Last post by diddly on October 12, 2020, 09:36:19 PM »
I'm slowly getting the services back up.  Luckily nothing was lost.  Turned out to be some bad ram after upgrading the server memory, caused a whole mess of issues.  I've learned my lesson and tested the ram in the server now before setting it back up.

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