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[mallyh]

just 2 say been away 4 a while glad 2 be back....by the way server is offline any probs?

[Lazarus Magni]

The server is up 99% of the time. Occasionally we take it offline for maintenance and whatnot.

[mallyh]

hi all just a few things..............cash 4 xp wonderful (although everybody complaining they r broke now).Arnold the chicken in zoohoo still doesn't drop,there is a floating in midair chest near the bridge in hidden paths mistywood and on the bards bliss armour it is stated on description sheet it is a 12qp item when in fact it is a 24qp item.May I say this mod gets better and better.TTFN

[Fatal Assassin]

LOL I have to ask... Lazarus, you do realize you spelled Magi wrong in your name right?

[Lazarus Magni]

Hi Mallyh,
Thanks for the feedback. Best place to post bug report info is on our boards though. But I will make a note of these.

FA, yes I am aware of what a magi is. Magni was a figure from Norse mythology.

[Fatal Assassin]

Sorry Laz, may I call you that? I see you finally fixed Assassins being able to use their intelligence for their AB and AC. Kudos on that.

[Lazarus Magni]

Well actually Assassins have been able to use their Int for their AB for quite a while, similar our other customizations allowing monks to be able to use their wisdom for their AB, or paladins/bg/cot/bards being able to use their Cha for their AB, thanks to a wonderful nwnx plugin by terra, and a fantastic scripted contribution Kato made for us. But yes, more recently Shadooow updated it such that they can also use Int for AC and have it respect MDB on armors.

Just goes to show the continuing legacy Av has for community contributed content and the ability to completely remake NWN to however all of us, the players would like. The malleability of NWN1 never ceases to amaze me.

[Fatal Assassin]

Well that breaks a bunch of the rules of D&D, I can see wisdom for monk ab, and intelligence for assassin ab/ac, but how to you talk your self into better AB as a paladin for example? 

[Dark star 1]

As far as I know, Aventia has never subscribed to trivial rules.

[Lazarus Magni]

Well these changes were made simply to allow folks to be able to use the class abilities without sacrificing their AB which is needed in our world with the high level play we have. Monks DC for stunning fist, and quivering palm are based of Wisdom. Assassin death attack DC is based off intelligence. Paladin/CoT/BG smite uses charisma not to mention divine shield. Bards spell DCs are based of Cha but they still need to be able to hit stuff too in our world.

 

If you need a rationalization beyond the game mechanics for charisma being used for AB, think of how a professional athlete smack talks to their opponents and why they might do that.

[Lazarus Magni]

No rationalization necessary, we have updated to CEP 2.6. It was the natural outcome of CEP development.

[Lazarus Magni]

Thanks very much to the CEP team, looking forward to exploring the wealth of new content.

[Lazarus Magni]

Unfortunately had to revert this until if/when 2.61 comes out since it broke some of our systems.

[Lazarus Magni]

Updated for our new IP.

216.198.198.111:5121

 

Peace and I am out. Love you all.

Laz

[Lazarus Magni]

Well... I posted this on our forums, but seeing as how this is also a major source of information about our world I figured I would post it here is well.

 

I don’t know how to say this really, but here goes nothing. The time has come for me to pass the torch. I think I have done everything I could as the “owner” of Aventia. I am quite proud of what we have achieved, and yet I still think there is so much more potential with this little project. But three years is enough for me, and it’s time for me to re-direct my energies, and let some new engery emerge.

 

I got a very good friend of mine (Vicar) interested in this project a while ago. He helped us when I was out of the country (with no access to the server), by looking in on the server. He doesn't play that much, but has a sustained interest in the world, and the project over all.

 

Vic, has agreed to transition over as the owner. Actually I think of it more as administrator, since I feel all of us who have been involved in this world have some ownership of it. Being that he is not a long time NWN player, it may take a bit to get him accustomed to the duties associated with being the administrator of this world, but one at a time I will be passing things off to him, and I am confident in his abilities (he has some experience in this regard.)

 

I am very grateful to him for taking this on. I will still be involved, as my time permits, and I am sure quite extensively at first. I hope this will enable me to also be able to get back to my first love of NWN, being a player, and being able to enjoy the fruits of my (and many other’s) labor.

 

And I want to say to everyone who has been involved in this project, it’s been an amazing experience. Filled with trials and tribulations, hope and despair, triumph and epic failures, hard work, an amazing (yet volatile) spirit of community, despair and joy. And I thank you all who have been a part of it from serious players, to those (internal and external) who have contributed to the development, and donators.

 

I am sorry if I have been a far from perfect administrator (or community member as more specific to this post on this site), but I think that’s an impossible task. I am also truly sorry for being such a bi-polar manic. It is what it is, and I hope you all can forgive me for the times I have been on the bad end of that reality.

 

I am hoping Aventia can live on, through yet another transition to a new generation, and continue to be the amazing player driven community art/gaming project I have known for over 11 years.

 

Cheers to you all,

 

Lazarus Magni

 

P.S. Vic... perhaps you want to rename the project Av4?

[Vicar 77]

I don't think that is necessary Laz unless something drastic changes. It's still your 3rd generation mutated clone baby.

[Lazarus Magni]

https://www.youtube....h?v=egY8rUpxqcE

[Lazarus Magni]

To whom it may concern,

 

My life is changing drastically and at a pace I can’t keep up with. Aventia is a part of my life, but it deserves better than I am able to give.

 

One of the things that first attracted me to Aventia was the concept of a community project. Back on Av1 and Av2, players weren’t censored (for the most part, thankfully) but really had no pull, and no capacity to effect change (unless the owners/developers liked the idea e.g. QP shards), and everything was done behind closed doors. That is one of the things I tried to change with Av3 with varying success in terms of its impact on the player interest and morale.

 

Av3 was fully transparent, and players (donators or not) had pull, but it still didn’t lead to a true sense of community ownership, responsibility, and involvement I was hoping for.

 

And at the same time balancing it being an open community project with the realities of needing it to be a unique (not open source) continues to be daunting. Not to mention the fact that, once I began to invest monetarily and more importantly invest my time personally, as a developer, into the project (a little over 3 years ago), it became really difficult to give up control.

 

I did introduce this possibility via voting shares, but I continue to maintain a significant voting share % simply for paying the majority of the bills in the long run and doing the majority of the development.

 

I have been an artist all of my life, and this is the first work of art I have ever worked on for this duration, and so as I mentioned above I have difficulty letting go of control. It is also only the second community project I have worked with.

 

But in reality, as much as I have invested myself personally (and financially, I have spent over 2 thousand dollars on hosting this project, which is insane to me given my income level, and how I cringe at buying a 50$ game, let alone paying a subscription to pay a game I already bought e.g. WOW, but I digress…) into this, it still hasn’t achieved the one thing that got me interested in it in the first place, which was the ability to be a truly community project.

 

My hope is that this will inspire you all, the Aventian community, to take ownership, take responsibility, get involved, get proactive and help this project continue to grow, and reach it’s potential.

 

So as my parting gift as aDMin/owner of Av3, I would like to truly turn the module over to the community. First and foremost to the Aventian community, because you all have been the driving force behind what we are today, and secondly to the NWN community at large.

 

I would like to upload the current module, and associated files, to some cloud where by anyone can down load it, and hopefully choose aspects of it they would like to work on, and submit them to the server version of the module for change.

 

This would make development a lot easier, but of course completely eliminate our unique status for the development we have achieved thus far.

 

A huge risk.

 

Anyone could in theory take this, and dissect it, to use for their own purposes (be it host another version of Aventia like I did when Av2 shut down, or dissect some of our systems and incorporate it into their own worlds, like what happened with the HGLL system.)

 

In this respect, I am pretty nervous about this concept. I have put in an insane amount of my own time developing this project. And to give up ownership in this way is… daunting to say the least. But ultimately I feel, this is the way forward for Aventia, and if we end up contributing to the larger NWN community in general, I am happy the work put into this world (by myself and many, many, others) may be usable to other people in the NWN community.

 

Despite the fact that this could lead to the complete downfall and disinterest in our Aventia, I have faith that it won’t. And the reason being is twofold.

 

1) that Funkyswerve released PoA’s post 40 system years ago (HGLL), and despite that fact having it public, pushed them to further evolve to keep up with other worlds using their system, they still remain one of the top action servers out there.

 

It was a bold move on Funky’s part. And I am no Funky by any means, but happy, and proud to follow his lead and uphold that ideology. Submitting something for the good for all, will hopefully be good for Aventia too. And if not… well so be it, those of us who have contributed to the development of Aventia can be proud of the fact that Av was the first post 40 system in NWN, and has continued to evolve to this day, and is a gift to the NWN community we have been a part of nearly from day 1.

 

And 2) I also have faith in this community. I hope doing this will open up the possibility of much more rapid development, and frankly better development than I have been able to achieve on my own (even with help from others in the Av3 and NWN at large communities.) My hope is this may give you all inspiration, and motivation, to submit content and further the evolution of Av4. And truly make it a community project.

 

This is how it will unfold for Aventia specifically. I will make a snapshot of the module. I will then upload it to some cloud, or file sharing site where by anyone can access it. If someone does want to make a change (e.g. alter existing content, or submit new content) we will have to first purpose it on our boards to be seconded, and then voted on. If approved, and it works (beta tested), it will then be uploaded.

 

Vic and I have talked for months about this concept, and as I am passing the aDMin torch to him, this is one thing I would like to see happen in this transition. He is on board with it. (Sorry Vic not trying to speak for you, but since you barely log in here once a week (even less on the bioboards), I figured I would let folks know I am not just throwing this out here without your endorsement.) Please validate this next time you get the chance Vic.

 

It’s your mod now Aventians, and yes I really do think you should change the name to Av4 Victor, because this is a significant change.

 

Much love to you all.

 

Lazarus Magni

 

P.S. All I ask is for anyone who uses our content externally, is to just give us some credit. I have always given credit to those who have helped us, and contributed to our world, and those worlds in the past I have drawn content into our current world. All I ask is for you to give the same respect if you chose to use our content.

 

Peace, I am out.

 

Your’s truly,

Lazarus Magni

[Vicar 77]

I am bought it bought it, let's do this.

[Lazarus Magni]

It's yours now Aventians.

[Vicar 77]

I have to say I feel like I have been letting Laz and everyone else down. I didn't really realize the extent of work and involvement taking this over involved.

Laz, as I am sure you have noticed I haven't really taken on much of the responsibilities. I just don't have the dedication that you do. That being said, I am still interested in this world, as are my friends, but I don't think I can do it justice in that capacity. It's just too much to learn, and takes more time than I have.

That being said I still want to be a part of this world and will continue to play here. And if you want Laz I will continue to serve in the capacity of reviewing and uploading new QP items. But that's as much of a responsibility as I can in good faith take on. And I am just being honest here. My DMship I could take it or leave it. I am not an active DM so do what you think is best in that regard.

I appreciate your faith in me and I am sorry I was not able to live up to your hopes of truly "passing the torch" but its just too much.

I hope everyone can understand.

[Lazarus Magni]

No worries Vic, you have nothing to be sorry for, I appreciated your help, and continue to appreciate any of the load you take off my shoulders.

Laz

[Lazarus Magni]

I just thought I would make a post commemorating this.

 

They say a business that survives 3 years has made it. Well we are not a business, just a community of players, and we have made it 4 years now, well past NWN's prime.

 

I think we could be doing better, more community development/involvement, but hey it is what it is. We are still here, 12 years after this PW's initial inception (Av1), and 3 or 4 generations later, and we are still here, and still evolving.

 

Thank you to all who have been involved, developers and players alike. It's been an amazing journey.

 

Much love and respect to you all. Here is to having some fun online together and determining some of what we enjoy as players in that capacity. Thank you bioware for facilitating that (aka laying down the foundation), and more importantly thank all you players, and developers for helping us achieve that.

 

Cheers,

Lazarus Magni

[Lazarus Magni]

It bears mentioning... we have a new IP. I am not allowed to advertise it here due to a recent restriction from our host, but anyone interested can join our forums and find it out (or just use the any of the multiple server listing services.)

[Lazarus Magni]

It's hard for me to believe, but Av3/4 is now 5 years old. What a long strange trip it has been. Never thought we would make it 5 months let alone 5 years. Cheers to everyone who has been involved (directly, and indirectly.)