Custom Content Challenge: May 2014: Technomancy

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               

This month's challenge is "Technomancy":

 

Where magic and machine meet, such as Mystaran Blackmoor, Warhammer40k, Spelljammer, Sons of Ether, Wizardry CRPG Series, Rifts Atlantis, Final Fantasy Series (esp later games)

This theme was suggested by Carcerian.


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 June 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 June's theme.

Email content to: NWNCCCMakers@gmail.com

 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               

Declared/Intended Projects:

 

Wand Charging Station (placeable) by rdshae

 

Emailed/Downloaded Projects:

 

Technomantic Undead Animals (creatures) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

Para-Elemental Heavy Crossbows (weapons) by The Amethyst Dragon

Wardstone (creature) by Cestus Dei and ShadoOow

Technomagic Wings (wing set) by ia.Pepper

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_rjshae]

               

Would some of these be appropriate? Like the magitech charging station? Or is it too sci-fi?

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               

<necroposting...>

 

Cestus will be renewing his acquaintance with the Necromancer... probably the only recurring NPC/DM that gives him the willies ;-)

In Terran terms, you might consider the Necromancer a cyborg. You'd be a little off the mark, as, by the time of the Fall of Man and the Plaque of Demons (his origin), the Pyrellian Empire had combined Tek nol Gi with the arcane to such an extent (following the Fall) that they did very nearly destroy the world. Hence Tek is an abomination to this current era. (Edit: On Amethyst, those filthy little tekkies make their flashlights and tasers in dank cellars behind hidden doors wired to banks of earthen vessels filled with acid)

 

But the Necromancer endures.

 

• Cestus will certainly craft the Necromancer's Wards (rather protective/possessive Tek ioun stones... sorta). (Think of them as a metallo-plasmic multi-body swarm artifact ;-) <he means familiar>


• Perhaps he'll get to a Battle Troll (who are as much like normal trolls as Musashi was like George of the Jungle - same species, whole different order of mayhem, er, *intentional* mayhem).

 

Edit: The Necromancer (Taker, Harvester of Souls, etc, etc, ad naseum) is also the second oldest mortal creature on Amethyst. He is older than Rolo (who doesn't count as mortal anymore) by a couple centuries.

 

<...before death>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               

<swirling the glass...>

 

@ rjshae: I think some of those have potential :-)

As you pointed out, though, some are very sci-fi (don't really have an arcane element, just fancy versions of Big 5 hardware :-P ), but if you can give it an arcane twist, go for it!

 

My opinion, of course :-)

I do not reflect the view of the establishment.

Establishments.

Well, anyone, really. <he broke his magic 'goodolboy' mirror *raven snicker*>

 

<...before sniffing>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_rjshae]

               

Okay, so maybe a wand charging station with a weird techie look, crystal power source, and an arcane wand in the holder. Thanks.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               

<getting his...>

 

Prototyping the Tek Ward (with monster nodes, btw ;-)

(Edit: It's "looking at" my nimble assistant)

 

This will be an effects-heavy creature, with at least 5 emitters planned.

On the other hand, the mesh is pretty simple (except for the... well... let's have at least a *little* surprise, shall we? ;-)

The iron golem is a stand-in for the Necromancer, who's about that size, depending on accessories...

 

(Edit: Ok, back to finishing the Orcs... I haven't forgotten, just had to get this started :-P )

 

<...tron on>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_valasc]

               

Something like this would be cool!

 

 

 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Pstemarie]

               

Something like this would be cool!

 

 

 

 

And Warhammer 40K Tech Priests invade NWN. FOR THE EMPEROR!

 

Although a great look, I would HIGHLY avoid adding anything that remotely resembles Games Workshop IP. They are infamous for defending their material like a rabid dog, even going so far as to trademark common names like "space marine," and shutting down anything that doesn't feed their coffers and which they do not directly control. Over the years their hit list has included fan sites that had summaries of background lore, wikis with the rules broken down, and anything that remotely resembled their IP. 

 

Personally, I love GW but their legal department - aka Norman Bates - is PSYCHO.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Fester Pot]

               

I always loved this staff from the movie Nine (animated, not musical). It's a really simple mix of technology and would be an option for the TOP of any quarterstaff or mage staff. Various coloured light bulbs could be added to match with the colour options of the light source given off.

 

 

 

A possible idea for a creature. I'm thinking of you, Mr. Plush! '>

 

 

Movie still of the above machine.

 

 

FP!

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               

<puttering...>

 

Wardstone heart and upper portion of outer hull is mostly done...

 

Edit: Better idea of scale. 

Ward in "peace" config, all shards docked.

 

 

Ward in "Battle" config, shards out.

 

<...in the dwarf's workshop>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               

I'm going to make a chilled heavy crossbow, where the bolt sits on a piece of para-elemental ice to be chilled before being fired (weapon model and prefab w/unlimited cold ammo).

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_rjshae]

               

Thought I'd start fairly simple, so here's an ectoplasmic containment vessel shown in NWN2 ('cause I haven't quite worked out how to port it yet)...

 

 

Is this suitable content?

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               

<eyeing...>

 

I think so, but I'm prejudiced... I like almost everything :-) <wait...what?>

I said I liked... <yeah, got that part, it was the oxymoron that threw me>

You do know how to hand those compliments out... <with the left wing, I know, boss. that one was old when we were young>

You could still let me finish...<...your sentences? why would i do that?>

*sound of teeth grinding* <*raven snicker*>

I'm quite happy... <...>

Aren't you going to finish for me? <can't expect me to do *all* the work around here>

*sound of teeth grinding*

I'd be quite happy if... <the dwarf does most of it>

Silence, bird! <right. that'll happen>

*visibly gathers the shreds of his temper*

I'd be quite happy if someone felt like working on a couple custom spells based off the beholders for this. I'm putting in the monster nodes, but not sure how to write a spell that *uses* the bloody things :-P <you promised me snails>

Is that what this is all about? <a year ago>

Right. I'll get right on that. <*rainbow* snails, from the bay of stones>

Got it. <*big* ones>

Yup <i hid your pipe>

Villain! <*flaps frantically out of reach*>

Witch! *Crow!* <big ones, on ice, please>

I'm doomed. <long long ago>

 

 

<...some beautiful beholders>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               

<shocking...>

 

The good news is I've got the lightning connection with the shards...

The bad news is the emitter is emitting an absolutely fixed size of lightning that totally ignores size changes...

...which really sucks for the 'deploy' and 'retrieve' anims :-(

 

<...'awwww'>