Custom Content Challenge: December 2013: Dark Sun

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               This month's challenge is "Dark Sun":

Weapons & armor specific to Dark Sun, like the chitin armor. Creatures specific to Athas, like Half-giants, Athas elves, Muls, new heads in the style of Dark-Sun camping art; The dragon of Tyr which looks quite different of any other dragon in D&D, Dark-sun Dragon kings. Dark-sun specific classes, like Templars, wild psionic, preservers and profaners. Tilesets for the Athas backgrounds, like rock and salt desert, the dust sea, etc...

This theme was suggested by Shemsu-Heru.

Guidelines:

• It must be fully working in game.
• Use of vanilla NWN or publicly available texture is fine.  Just remember that NWN textures must have dimensions in powers of 2 (2, 4, 8, 16, 32, etc.).
• Teamwork is welcome.
• Beginners most welcome. Don't be afraid, just try, you'll be surprised!
• "Custom Content" includes many sorts of things: models, scripts, prefabs (areas, items, creatures, conversations, quests, etc.), sounds, portraits, or anything else new for the game.
• All submissions must be finished, working, and emailed to NWNCCCMakers@gmail.com (or a non-Vault link provided) by January 1st, 2014. Sooner than that is perfectly fine too. ;-)

Somethings you could include in the download/email that would make packaging everything up easier and faster:

• 2da lines needed.
• Screenshot from in game for use on the vault page (this also gives me hints on how to display the new goodie). Formats: .bmp, .jpg, .png, or .tga
• Portraits (if needed) of your new goodie. Placeables and monsters should include a portrait.
• Inventory icons (if needed) of your new goodie.
• Any credits you would like listed.
• If this is your first entry, please tell me what name you would like your work listed under and provide a link to your other NWN content if you want that displayed as well (the link bit is totally optional).
• Also if you would like an invite to the CC Makers group, send Rolo Kipp a friend invite. The group is nothing spectacular, mostly just documentation on 2da lines.
• If you are doing tileset content, *please* let me know ahead of time so I can get you the set and itp files to work with. I’m horrible at merging those so this bit you will need to provide.

Remember, the Challenge is all about fun, sharing, creativity, and surprise!

This thread is for all sorts of discussion about this month's theme: ideas for things to make, questions/concerns, announcement of what you intend to make, screenshots of work in progress and/or finished projects.  

If you want to discuss the Monthly Custom Content Challenge idea as a whole or wish to submit ideas/themes for future monthly Challenges, please post in its thread here.
When submitting a new theme, please provide a title and short summary of the theme.

If you have a technical question about some custom content creation, please create a separate thread so that the answers can be found later by anyone, not just people interested in this Challenge. We'll try to help!

Have no fear and join the fun!

And finally, you can:

Submit theme suggestions.
Vote for January's theme.
Email content to: NWNCCCMakers@gmail.com
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               Dark Sun Ideas/Images/Inspiration for December 2013 Challenge


Declared/Started Projects:
Sky Fish (creature model) by Rolo Kipp
Crown of Fangs (VFX models) by Rolo Kipp
Mage Halo (VFX models) by Rolo Kipp

Emailed/Downloaded Projects:
Crodlu and Thri-kreen (creature models) by Draygoth28
Mellikot Ram (placeable model) by Valthrendir
Esperweed (placeable model) by Valthrendir
Wrist Razor (weapon models) by Shemsu-Heru
Dejada (weapon model) by Shemsu-Heru
Widow's Knife (weapon model) by Shemsu-Heru
Athasian Elf Heads by Shemsu-Heru
Non-Metallic Amulets & Rings (inventory icons) by Shemsu-Heru
Bone and Obsidian Swords (weapon models) by Shemsu-Heru
Gith Spear (weapon model) by Shemsu-Heru
Athasian Scimitars (weapon models) by Shemsu-Heru
Athansian Dwarf Head by Shemsu-Heru
Carrikals (battle axes) by Shemsu-Heru
Chatkchas and Gythkas (weapons) by Shemsu-Heru
Trikals (weapons) by Shemsu-Heru
Dragon's Paws (weapons) by Shemsu-Heru
Stone-Mace and Quabone (weapons) by Shemsu-Heru
Tortoise Blade Shields (shields) by Shemsu-Heru
Tortoise Blades (weapon models) by Shemsu-Heru
Gith (creature model) by Shemsu-heru
Gith Shaman (creature model) by Shemsu-Heru
Bone and Obsidian Daggers (weapon models) by Shemsu-Heru
Tembos (creature models) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM
Jhakar, Zhackal, and Rasclinn (creature models) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM
Klar (creature model) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM
Crystal Spider (creature model) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM
Nightmare Beast (creature model) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM
Dray (creature models) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM
Dregoth (creature model) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM
More Crystal Spiders (creature models) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM
Athas Skybox by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM
Earth Drake (creature model) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM
Kalin (creature model) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM
Mekillot (creature model) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM
Obsidian Stuff (placeables) by The Amethyst Dragon
Kirre (creature model) by Mecheon
               
               

               

                     Modifié par The Amethyst Dragon, 17 janvier 2014 - 07:11 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               My Thanks to anybody who have voted Dark Sun. In My opinion, DS is one of the most interesting campaigns in D&D. Unfortunately There is almost nothing About it in the vault; I hope that this challenge could change that.




Athasian dwarf head based on the oficial DS Art.



The Carrikal is some kind of Athasian battle axe, made from the jaw of a predator (Parts are interchangeables BTW).
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Shemsu-Heru, 02 décembre 2013 - 09:47 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               I seem to recall in a series of Dark Sun novels an obsession with using obsidian, so I plan on making some obsidian stuff.  A few sphere placeables, an obsidian-headed spear, an obsidian-bladed dagger, and a club with a chunk of obsidian at the top should be enough from me.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_henesua]

               How about an overly large club (comparable to the default tree limb size model) made entirely out of obsidian?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               I have some obsidian weapons, Too. I' Hope to add the pictures soon.

What about of a levitating obsidian sphere; For the obsidian orbs of the "Mind Lords". Those are a group powerful psionics who  have moved their minds into obsidian orbs, ages ago.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Shemsu-Heru, 02 décembre 2013 - 08:40 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_PLUSH HYENA of DOOM]

               The Shabby Hyena Lunatic will be messing around with some weird creatures... as usual...

Definitely going to try making a Tembo or two and if all goes well and time allows, hopefully the Jhakar, Rasclinn and Zhackal too on the grounds that they're all - very vaguely and tenuously - a bit dog-like. Sort of. Slightly. Depending which bit of artwork you look at since most of these creatures seem to change inordinately from one image to the next...
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               Here are two of the iconic weapons of the Thri-kreen; The Chatkcha and the Gythka.

The Chatkcha is a throwing weapon; Something between a throwing-star and a boomerang.




The Gythka is a two-bladed polearm weapon. (Parts are interchangeables)



I have made two version of both of them. In one version the Gythkas are just new models of two-bladed swords; And the Chatkchas are new models of throwing-axes.

But in the other version they are true new kind of weapons, with their proper 2DA file and TLK file. I have made both of them acording to the description of this weapons, in the official 3E manual "Expanded psionic's handbook". As a new weapon the Chatkcha replaces the shuriken, also as a monk's weapon.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Shemsu-Heru, 03 décembre 2013 - 12:12 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Draygoth28]

               Really good stuff.So how do you add pics now that everything is read only?
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Draygoth28, 03 décembre 2013 - 03:44 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_PLUSH HYENA of DOOM]

               Pictures can be copy/pasted to a BSN post from anywhere on the internet.

Or at least, from such sites as I've tried thus far anyway.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par PLUSH HYENA of DOOM, 03 décembre 2013 - 04:13 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_T0r0]

               Another image hosting site (imageshack for example)
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

Draygoth28 wrote...

Really good stuff.So how do you add pics now that everything is read only?

My pictures are hosted im my  Dropbox folder.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Draygoth28]

               Thanks.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

The Amethyst Dragon wrote...

Obsidian Weapons by Shemsu-Heru

My obsidian weapons, are texture variations of the groups of weapons that I have made, like the obsidian versions of my Chatkacha and Gythka.


Now Just  an idea. What about of a sky-box with the two Athasian moons, and or the crimson sun.


               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

The Trikal is an Athasian polearm weapon with three blades on the top. According with "Dragon magazine" this weapon equals to a halbert. (interchangeable parts).
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Shemsu-Heru, 03 décembre 2013 - 09:28 .