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GenieLord
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posted March 16, 2008 03:01 PM |
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What can I say William?
You are my {Campaign} hero! 
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william
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LummoxLewis
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posted March 16, 2008 03:03 PM |
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Lol. Thanks for that Genielord. Nice description and stats. I hope that this wins, really 
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GenieLord
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posted March 16, 2008 03:19 PM |
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LOL, I wish. 
Anyway, look at your new ability "Curse of Revenge". The skill and the specialty are pretty much inspired by M&M. I needed one M&M hero to make the faction complete. 
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baklava
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Mostly harmless
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posted March 16, 2008 03:41 PM |
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You didn't name any hero Baklava 
Dude, the town's bloody awesome. Like I predicted it would be  Took it some time to load all the pictures, though. I can only imagine the pain of the dial-up users
Ancient Celts would be proud
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GenieLord
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posted March 16, 2008 03:55 PM |
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I choose names that sounds enough old and Celtic. Baklava sound to me like a Druse. Can't imagine it as a hero in the Druidic Order.
For more info about how I see you, press here.
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baklava
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Mostly harmless
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posted March 16, 2008 04:31 PM |
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Lol I know I was just kidding
But Baklavix would sound pretty good
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GenieLord
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posted March 17, 2008 03:22 PM |
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I don't have an access to the PhotoShop right now, so I can't finish making all the 4 main campaign heroes (Paul and Beata are left). I decided to post the beginning campaign story anyway, just to get some feedback, to hear if I'm on the right direction.
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Campaign
The campaign starts with a short film.
A man is running among the tress. He reaches to a wide lighten refuge and shouts loudly "Ronald is dead!"
Narrator: "The story began as Ronald, the 2nd Druid in the world, that found the way to immortality, has been found dead in his house."
The scene fades, and you see tens of Druids praying and mourning around a stonehenge.
Narrator: "But Ronald's death didn't make everyone sad. Some saw this as an... Opportunity..."
The background music becomes tensive.
The scene fades into a man walking to a wooden house in the night. He knocks on the door, and a woman opens it. "What do you want, William?" she asks. He says: "I only one to offer you something, Beata..."
Narrator: "When such of a person, who was almost a real leader, dies, things in the Druidic Order start to get a bit out of control."
The picture fades into a crowd of protesting Druids.
Narrator: "Meanwhile, secret alliances are being signed"
You see William and Beata shaking hands in the darkness.
The background music becomes louder.
Narrator: "And sides in an upcoming struggle are being created.
But this is not the only problem that should concern the High Council of the Druids."
The scene fades and you see Demons wearing armor on an lava terrain, forging weapons and getting prepared to an attack...
The scene fades, the music stops and turns to peaceful.
You see a man and a woman laying in bed, in the morning. The woman is Beata. The man asks her: "Something happened, dear?" She answers: "Nothing special, Paul..."
Close up on hair face, and the music becomes loader, until it breaks.
Narrator: "Choose you side"
You have 4 options to choose from. You can play either William, Beata, Paul or Ronald. Every choise leads to a different campaign with different quests.
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What do you think? Sounds good so far?
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GenieLord
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posted March 18, 2008 12:11 PM |
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I finished all the campaign heroes.
Well, as I said, there are going to be 4 options in this campaign.
You'll have to choose between:
Ronald
Paul
Beata
William
Ronald starts in level 10, a huge adventage on the other characters. However, his missions are very difficult and he has much more challenges to face with. First of all, he has to dicover where is he, how did he get there, to get out of there, just to find out that he left the Druidic Order in a huge mess.
Paul has to manage all the protestions against what's going on in the Druidic Order, after the death of Ronald. He has to pass the dangerous forests in order to recapture refuges that were captured by the rebels. After he managed to impose order, he finds out that the Druidic Order is being attacked by the Demons, and has to deal with them.
Beata works to gather as many people as possible in order to "make things right". She incourages the rebels that things should be changed, and manages to get many to agree with her, and to have the willingness to fight in order to get to the wished results. Beata cooperates with William.
Meanwhile, William is trying to get some powerful weapons that will help in the struggle and in the upcoming war against the Demons, a war that he is the only one who is aware of. He tries to sabotage in Paul's actions, and manages to cause some serious damage to him, without Paul even notices.
How all this will end? Who will gain the control in the Order and will have to banish the Demons out of the Druidic Order's forests? That will be your job to decide.
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JoonasTo
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What if Elvin was female?
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posted March 18, 2008 12:35 PM |
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Looking awesome
Must have taken some time too, huh?
Gotta say that the looks are really great. Did you make them yourself?
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GenieLord
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posted March 18, 2008 12:43 PM |
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Thank you very much, Joonas.
Yes, I made the designs. I used PhotoShop to make them.
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JoonasTo
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What if Elvin was female?
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posted March 18, 2008 12:55 PM |
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Cool.
They give a professional finishing touch on it.
Makes it look like you have been ready to use really time and tought on it.
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GenieLord
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posted March 18, 2008 01:08 PM |
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I read the replies of the thread, and you all made me blush so hard that it looks like I got a sunstroke.
Edit: I only want to bump my faction so it will get marked a bit.
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radar
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posted March 25, 2008 11:42 AM |
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Cohesiveness: 10/10 points,
Imagination/creativity/originality/wow factor: 13/15 points,
Back story: 7/10 points,
Battle facets: 8/10 points,
Discretionary: 5/5 points.
Overall score: 43/50
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Golemcrafter
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Unlimited Fantasy Master
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posted March 25, 2008 07:30 PM |
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My Rate About The Druidic Order
Cohesiveness: 10/10 points
Imagination/creativity/originality/wow factor: 14/15 points (Doing something with the four elements is an older and almost an always-used feature.)
Back Story: 8/10 points (The history seem to be a conversation at the start of missions, though the history is understandable and is well wrote. Miss of timeline(?) History is described as first person and not in third(?)
Battle Facets: 8/10 points (Next to some a bit overpowered abilites, this town has great new skills and creature abilites.)
Discretionary: 5/5 pionts
Overall: 45/50 points
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Snatch
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Proud Kappa
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posted March 26, 2008 12:41 AM |
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Edited by Snatch at 20:42, 31 Mar 2008.
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Cohesiveness: 6/10 (your celtic approach lacks a bit for the sake of fitting better into the heroes universe and I'm quite disturbed about the exact connection with the elves and the already existent druid creature, the elemental approach could play a much stronger role)
Imagination: 13/15 (good work, all fits well, you have some creative approaches)
Back story: 8/10 (well written, very figurative, but some open questions remain)
Battle facets: 9/10 (I can't see any big minus here, the chaining is a nice idea, maybe elemental bonding would have been a better name, chaining makes me think to much of the dungeon ability)
Discretionary: 4/5 (for the theme, the gnomes and the tale-like descriptions)
40/50
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Orfinn
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Werewolf Duke
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posted March 26, 2008 12:49 AM |
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Edited by Orfinn at 00:56, 26 Mar 2008.
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Cohesiveness: 9/10 points,
Imagination/creativity points: 15/15 points,
Back story: 7/10 points,
Battle facets: 9/10 points,
Discretionary: 5/5 points.
Overall score: 45/50
Love this proposal..and the the one thing that I take as a great honor is that you named up a hero after me (with some typos, but I dont care , now thats awesome
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Mytical
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Chaos seeking Harmony
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posted March 26, 2008 05:49 AM |
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Cohesiveness: 10/10 points,
Imagination/creativity points: 15/15 points,
Back story: 8/10 points,
Battle facets: 9/10 points,
Discretionary: 5/5 points.
Overall score: 47/50
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Message received.
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Momo
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posted March 26, 2008 03:24 PM |
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Edited by Momo at 15:40, 26 Mar 2008.
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Cohesiveness: 10/10 not much to say here, everything makes quite sense and feels harmonious; the forest creatures are beautiful but threatening, the druids blend well elementalism and enviromentalism (Heroes 4 used to mix these approaches too). Some creatures, reinterpreted, could become really interesting and unique (for example the spriggan, a creature linked to the elements of gold, fire and forest, three elements rarely seen together).
Imagination: 13/15 GenieLord uses two overused elements (elementalism and forest people) to combine them into another already seen element (druidism) -incidentally, all of these are among my least favored elements in fantasy- yet the result is something completely new and unseen, especially in gameplay if not as much in flavor. I always thought that re-imagining is an hard, but more rewarding, task than imagining. So, while it does not strike as unexpected as, say, the Clockwork, it's definitely a good job.
Back story: 10/10 while it does not tie naturally into HoMM storyline, it's there nonetheless, it's quite good and -the trait I appreciate the most- is approached in a unseen way in the campaign management. Implementing storytelling with gameplay is one of the new achievements of videogames, and this work takes it into account.
Battle facets: 10/10 without a doubt the best thing I ever read among all factions. Finally someone develops this aspect with the importance I think it has. The racial is balanced, in-flavor and interesting, and the whole gameplay of the faction -based on interdipendence and mutual support rather than individual strenght- it's unique and imaginative. I confess I'm so enthusiast on that that it influenced heavily my "imagination" and "discretionary" marks.
Discretionary: 5/5 I dislike the theme and the pictures, but my personal tastes pales in comparison to the amount of work put in this faction. Five stars, sir.
Overall: 48/50 (my best mark so far)
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GenieLord
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posted March 26, 2008 03:45 PM |
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Thank you all so much. I really apperciate that.
You should know that after the ICTC ends, I'll edit the faction, refering to your comments, which are really important for me. Your constructive criticism, whether it was positive or negative, really helps a lot.
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alcibiades
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of Gold Dragons
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posted March 28, 2008 11:25 AM |
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A bit belated, but - can you explain Chaining for me once again? Preferably, give some more specific examples, I don't understand which creatures suffer what damage etc.
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What will happen now?
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