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Kuje
Great Reader
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 Posted - 22 Sep 2008 : 03:47:58
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It don't matter to me if you have a electronic version, as long as you think you can manage to find the material from it. :)
Let me finish adding Fillow's entries and I'll send you the files I have so far. Most of the work is done for you by now, less the pages you are assigned have entries we've missed, which would probably be the case with NPCs.
But give me a day to finish these and I'll contact you with an update on what pages we need finished from the 1st book, or I'll assign pages from the DM's book.
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Originally posted by Christopher_Rowe
I just downloaded the .pdf of the gray box from Paizo (and of the '93 2nd edition box, and of several other things--that place is dangerous!). I must admit I'm not entirely sure what y'all are doing. Building a detailed index, sounds like, but I'm not sure what the actual work process is.
Anyway, I'd be happy to help out a bit if somebody just tells me what to do (and if working from the .pdf instead of from print is okay).
Cheers,
Christopher
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For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Fillow
Master of Realmslore
France
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 22 Sep 2008 : 06:01:44
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| Sure, split them between yourselves and then once finished with the 1st book, I can send the files to Alaundo for safe keeping while we work on the DM's book. :) |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
879 Posts |
Posted - 22 Sep 2008 : 13:34:46
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| Okeydoke. When you get your head above water, just send me the files and, if their contents aren't fairly self-explanatory, some kind of instruction sheet |
My Realms novel, Sandstorm, is now available for ordering. |
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
879 Posts |
Posted - 22 Sep 2008 : 18:44:12
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| Oh, I just went back and checked this. Fillow, I'll go ahead with 87 through 96, no need to reply to my PM. |
My Realms novel, Sandstorm, is now available for ordering. |
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Fillow
Master of Realmslore
France
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
879 Posts |
Posted - 23 Sep 2008 : 01:28:16
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Dang, these map keys are a ton of fun, aren't they?
Anybody know what a Westgate map location in first edition keyed as "Polol: 'The Lords' Water" might be? Looks like it might be a pond in a park or something, kind of between Castles Thorsar and Urdo, right up against the city wall opposite the harbor. I'm just trying to figure out how to index it. |
My Realms novel, Sandstorm, is now available for ordering. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 23 Sep 2008 : 02:07:12
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There's so many places on the map keys that have never been detailed. :(
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Originally posted by Christopher_Rowe
Dang, these map keys are a ton of fun, aren't they?
Anybody know what a Westgate map location in first edition keyed as "Polol: 'The Lords' Water" might be? Looks like it might be a pond in a park or something, kind of between Castles Thorsar and Urdo, right up against the city wall opposite the harbor. I'm just trying to figure out how to index it.
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For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Fillow
Master of Realmslore
France
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 24 Sep 2008 : 20:28:16
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I did last week and I didn't see any major errors, etc. K, when you send me the files, just write a note about the map so I can remember. :)
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Originally posted by Fillow
Kuje,
did you have time to have a look at my "pages 32 to 42" files ?
Do not hesitate to tell is something is wrong in it. In order to avoid from making the same mistakes in the third part of my task !
N.B. : I'm not able to list the entries of the maps which are in my pages. I own the pdf version of the cyc and the resolution is too bad to be able to read the names in the map. Sorry for that.
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For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Fillow
Master of Realmslore
France
1608 Posts |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 24 Sep 2008 : 22:16:04
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Grin. I wrote it fast so I shortened some words. K was short for OK and Etc, is Etc. I can't spell that word. Etceteria? However it's spelled. :)
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Originally posted by Fillow
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Originally posted by Kuje
I did last week and I didn't see any major errors, etc. K, when you send me the files, just write a note about the map so I can remember. :)
I will.
What does "etc K" mean in your post ?
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For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3566 Posts |
Posted - 24 Sep 2008 : 22:20:14
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Originally posted by Kuje
Grin. I wrote it fast so I shortened some words. K was short for OK and Etc, is Etc. I can't spell that word. Etceteria? However it's spelled. :)
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Originally posted by Fillow
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Originally posted by Kuje
I did last week and I didn't see any major errors, etc. K, when you send me the files, just write a note about the map so I can remember. :)
I will.
What does "etc K" mean in your post ?
Slow down koo-gee! You are baffling the Frenchman trying to read your super fast psuedo-english
It should be Et cetera, but alot of people smash it together, etcetera and seems somewhat acceptable  |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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Fillow
Master of Realmslore
France
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Kes_Alanadel
Learned Scribe
USA
326 Posts |
Posted - 25 Sep 2008 : 05:25:24
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Originally posted by Fillow
Kuje,
N.B. : I'm not able to list the entries of the maps which are in my pages. I own the pdf version of the cyc and the resolution is too bad to be able to read the names in the map. Sorry for that.
Which ones are you having problems with? I have the book, so I can do them if needed.
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Ack! I seem to have too much blood in my coffee stream!
When did 'common sense' cease to be common? |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3243 Posts |
Posted - 25 Sep 2008 : 13:37:52
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| Sorry I haven't gotten back to you on the maps. When I took on the pages, I was on vacation and able to do that, plus actually catch up on my reading! Now, work and life is back to normal which means I'm barely able to keep up with my email... |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
Ashe's Character Sheet
Alphabetized Index of Realms NPCs |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 25 Sep 2008 : 16:10:30
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Oh. Alright, so want me to remove you from the project then?
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
Sorry I haven't gotten back to you on the maps. When I took on the pages, I was on vacation and able to do that, plus actually catch up on my reading! Now, work and life is back to normal which means I'm barely able to keep up with my email...
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For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3243 Posts |
Posted - 25 Sep 2008 : 17:10:53
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For now, until I can figure out a better schedule.
Unfortunately, I'm spending a lot of my free time converting some FR stuff to Pathfinder for my gaming group in order to playtest. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
Ashe's Character Sheet
Alphabetized Index of Realms NPCs |
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Fillow
Master of Realmslore
France
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Jakk
Great Reader
Canada
2165 Posts |
Posted - 28 Sep 2008 : 10:14:50
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This sounds like a great project, and I'd love to help out, but right now all my 1e/2e stuff is living about 200 miles away from me. 
I'll let you know when I get my library moved or manage to track down some older PDFs... the only ones I have are the ones from the WotC website; I wish they'd change those up every once in a while.
Anyway, I'll keep an eye on this topic and let you know when I get my older stuff... my 3e stuff is handy, so I could work on that, but it sounds like you want to do the older products first, right? I'm not even going to look for e-copies of the gray box or early FR series stuff, because the paper and print color combo, while very cool, did not lend itself well to electronic reproduction except at *very* high resolution; that's probably why Fillow was having the problems he was talking about.
How much descriptive text do you want in the entries? The sample entry for Iriaebor seemed rather large. |
Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
879 Posts |
Posted - 28 Sep 2008 : 13:29:53
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Jakk, I'm not sure this counts as a "hidden" treasure of Candlekeep, but it sure is a treasure. Up through October, 2006, a scribe called EvilKnight was compiling this huge electronic index for 3.0/3.5 materials. I'm not sure if the project is still ongoing, or is considered complete, or what.
If I knew how, I'd do something for 4E while there's still a relatively limited amount of material published--as it is, I'm following Kuje's model and the indexing guidelines here to privately assemble an "all of 4E FR" index. |
My Realms novel, Sandstorm, is now available for ordering. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 28 Sep 2008 : 16:35:57
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Yeah, I wanted to start with the older material cause it was published first and it'll make it easier to add the material that came later, since we'll already have index'd topics for it. But will add you to my list as well to contact at a later date.
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Originally posted by Jakk
This sounds like a great project, and I'd love to help out, but right now all my 1e/2e stuff is living about 200 miles away from me.
I'll let you know when I get my library moved or manage to track down some older PDFs... the only ones I have are the ones from the WotC website; I wish they'd change those up every once in a while.
Anyway, I'll keep an eye on this topic and let you know when I get my older stuff... my 3e stuff is handy, so I could work on that, but it sounds like you want to do the older products first, right? I'm not even going to look for e-copies of the gray box or early FR series stuff, because the paper and print color combo, while very cool, did not lend itself well to electronic reproduction except at *very* high resolution; that's probably why Fillow was having the problems he was talking about.
How much descriptive text do you want in the entries? The sample entry for Iriaebor seemed rather large.
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For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Fillow
Master of Realmslore
France
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
879 Posts |
Posted - 28 Sep 2008 : 21:11:08
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| Oh, yeah, I should report in. I've done the raw listing of everything the pages 87 to 96. Now I divide them into the categories, right? And send the files back to you. |
My Realms novel, Sandstorm, is now available for ordering. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 28 Sep 2008 : 22:45:26
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Not sure what you are asking.... as I've said to you a few times now, do it however you like as long as I get the page #'s for the info, so I can add it to my master file.
And no worries Fillow.
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Originally posted by Christopher_Rowe
Oh, yeah, I should report in. I've done the raw listing of everything the pages 87 to 96. Now I divide them into the categories, right? And send the files back to you.
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For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 01 Oct 2008 : 04:38:49
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| I did get your two emails, I just haven't had the time this week to add them to my files. I probably will on friday or the wkend. |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Fillow
Master of Realmslore
France
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2008 : 00:21:46
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| I'm still working on adding the two recent files that I received to my master copy, so I haven't forgotten, I've just been working on them and also being busy. :) |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Fillow
Master of Realmslore
France
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2008 : 06:24:09
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I have a little more time on my hands now that I've dropped all my 4e projects, so let me know if you need help for the next one.
I feel guilty about dropping out (life does that, sometimes), so if there is anything you still need done for this - or the next - let me know. |
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