MerricksDad's Weapon-A-Day

[Legacy_MerricksDad]

               

If you are making any orc-related content for this month's Custom Content Challenge, you are sure to love today's addition. These items will be packaged by this evening, and also shipped off to TAD for entry into the Challenge package.

 

 

Edit: Just so we are clear, THIS IS NOT AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE!

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_CaveGnome]

               

 

Which do you prefer?

<Beautiful modern interpretation phoenix rod pic>

or

<Old faithfull original phoenix rod pic>

Or

third mostly unrelated Indiana Jones stuff

<Interesting design but far from the original pic>


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So I'm thinking of doing the top one, making it an axe, with a script that lets you switch to crossbow style, same model, different carry position. In the axe mode, you can wield it like any other axe, chopping away gleefully. Maybe the gem will light up when it is swung. In crossbow style, maybe I can make it a new crossbow weapon type and change the projectile to the phoenix shown in image 2. Not sure if anybody would mind burning a baseitem slot for that, but I certainly don't.

 

 

 

 I prefer second, them first and third, but it's a tough choice. I would be very happy with the first weapon... Interesting idea to use this as an axe. If my memory serves, the original was only useable as a rod with only 2 magic offensive functions: Phoenix missiles and Super-duper long range narrow flamethrower and no axe or staff usage, but your vision could be great fun too. I think the Fireball launcher crossbow style is the way to go as an advanced magic weapon. If you could do the special phoenix projectiles that would be incredibly sweet :-) but even if the Phoenix rod reincarnates only as a beautiful Fireball standard wand this would be a great win...

 

CG

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MerricksDad]

               

I'm going to go ahead and package these orc weapons, as is, with the current version of my weapon pack. But I'm going to hold off on submission to the CCC this month until the seam textures are cleaned up. That might take as long as the initial weapons took to make, but at least you guys will be able to play with these in the meantime.

 

Just finished the item icons and I have put a second drow-style chest in the module for the orcish weapons. Give a few minutes and I'll update the dropbox files. First, I wanna test the shortbow. It looks a little weird in the toolset and I need to make sure I didn't screw it up.

 

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Ok, the files should be ready for viewing. And here is the bigass orcish greatsword used ferociously against some goblins!

 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_YeoldeFog]

               

Looking great MerricksDad!

 

I have another suggestion!

Improvised weapons of all sorts. Legs from a chair, broken bottle, a pipe, a small branch/stick, a candelabra.

 

If we look away from weapons and take a look at just holdable things, then I would like to see some ordinary holdable bottles (for the casual tavern patron). Maybe wine-glass for the fancy ones and a big pint with foaming bear for the gent! '>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MerricksDad]

               

Hey CG, I tried my hand at a clone on the original Phoenix Rod, and I will certainly not be releasing that any time soon. It looks like crap. I hunted around trying to find anything similar with a nice face-on texture, and I have been unsuccessful. If you know somebody who can draw, and-or color, a nice rendition of the old one, I will glady make you that version. I'm going to give a few days on that one and see if my brain can come up with a better way of doing it. If I can't, I'll just do the one in the book art.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MerricksDad]

               

Looking great MerricksDad!

 

I have another suggestion!

Improvised weapons of all sorts. Legs from a chair, broken bottle, a pipe, a small branch/stick, a candelabra.

 

If we look away from weapons and take a look at just holdable things, then I would like to see some ordinary holdable bottles (for the casual tavern patron). Maybe wine-glass for the fancy ones and a big pint with foaming bear for the gent! '>

 

I was going to make an april fools day item this morning, but it was a bit much (adult), so I cancelled it. But I do plan on having meat shanks, hot pokers, and primitive clubs up sometime soon, such as those from Dungeon Siege 1. I also like the zombie arm club from PS:T. There is an endless supply of things a person can hold, especially as a makeshift variety of a real weapon, and we should definitely take a look at many of those.


Some time this week, I have already planned to make a Giant's Flagon, for use as a hammer weapon, at least by larger characters.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_henesua]

               

How about big clubs? Most of the existing clubs are small except for that nice tree limb looking club. Some more of that scale would be great.


Like a papua new guinea war club

you might be able to find textures here

http://www.tribalman...ULACULACLUB.htm

 

found this with google

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Jedijax]

               

Wow... the orcish weapons look.... just wow... 0__0 Can't wait to actually see them in-game...

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_YeoldeFog]

               

Just a reminder about this: http://nwvault.ign.c...s.Detail&id=280

I think those are quite similar to the ones posted above! '>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MerricksDad]

               

I don't have a ton of time today, but I dug out an old giant club I used years ago on some custom ogres. I've added this to the files as Maul top 9 color 4. You can find it in the left chest in the module.

 

 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_CaveGnome]

               

Hey CG, I tried my hand at a clone on the original Phoenix Rod, and I will certainly not be releasing that any time soon. It looks like crap. I hunted around trying to find anything similar with a nice face-on texture, and I have been unsuccessful. If you know somebody who can draw, and-or color, a nice rendition of the old one, I will glady make you that version. I'm going to give a few days on that one and see if my brain can come up with a better way of doing it. If I can't, I'll just do the one in the book art.

 

Yes, finding high rez phoenix rod pics is difficult (if someone knows about something useable, please help!). I fear the only possibility is to find an artist who can draw it anew, but i don't know of anyone :-(

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_henesua]

               

Just a reminder about this: http://nwvault.ign.c...s.Detail&id=280

I think those are quite similar to the ones posted above! '>

thanks. i did not know that was out there.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MerricksDad]

               

 

Today's entry: The broken bottle....


Because what self respecting sumbitch-pile-monkey-nuts does not prefer the bottle over any other weapon in a tavern brawl?


I've added this to the package as dagger top 9 color 2. You can find it in the left chest in the module!


@YeoldeFog, you can expect an array of makeshift items sometime next week! This should be fun

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_henesua]

               

What would be awesome with a broken bottle weapon (along with all the bottle weapons in the CCC poor folks entry) is a VFX of the bottle smashing into pieces. I think this would be an impact node thing like the other combat oriented VFX.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_rjshae]

               

Don't forget the formidable 'board with a nail through it' weapon--very useful in case of an alien space invasion. '>