Custom Content Challenge: June 2014: Artifacts and Relics

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               

This month's challenge is "Artifacts and Relics":

 

Unique items from legend and lore, of great power and/or cultural importance.

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 July 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 July's theme.

Email content to: NWNCCCMakers@gmail.com

 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               

Here's a starting point for those looking for inspiration: List of mythological objects

 

Planned/Intended Projects:

 

Crystal Skulls (placeables) by Pstemarie

 

Emailed/Downloaded Projects:

 

Broken Arches (placeables) by Cestus Dei

Axe of the Dwarvish Lords (weapon) by Henesua and Shemsu-Heru

Sword of Kas (weapons) by Henesua and Shemsu-Heru

Moongate Portals (placeables) by ia.Pepper

Relic Icons (inventory icons) by KlatchainCoffee

Apple of Eden (holdable crystal) by MerricksDad

Crenshinibon and Crystal of the Ebon Flame (holdable crystals) by MerricksDad

Cut Crystal Skull (holdable crystal) by MerricksDad

Large Cut Gems (holdable crystals) by MerricksDad

More Crystals and Orbs (holdable crystals) by MerricksDad

Orb Stonehenge & Orb of Golden Death (placeable and holdable crystal) by MerricksDad

Stands to Hold Crystals (creatures) by MerricksDad

Altar Things (placeables) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

Arc Mirror (placeable) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

Arcane Fount (placeable) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

Crystal Wolf & Deer Statues (placeables) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

Crystalline Polyhedron (placeable) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

Cthulu Statue (placeable) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

Death Gem (placeable) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

Lathe of Spleens (placeable) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

Quihex (placeable) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

Quihex Orb (placeable) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

Rotating Metal Balls (placeable) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

Sentinels (placeables) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

Spheroids (placeables) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

Spleen Pyramids (placeables) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

Valsharess Statues (placeables) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

Baba Yaga's Hut (creature and placeable) by Pstemarie

Out of Time Tank (placeable) by Pstemarie

Artifacts of the Mummy (inventory icons) by Shadowing2029

Milleniusm Items (inventory icons) by Shadowing2029

Philosophers Stone (inventory icons) by Shadowing2029

The One Ring (inventory icons) by Shadowing2029

Codexes and Grimoires (books) by Shemsu-Heru

Saint's Hand Reliquary (weapon part) by The Amethyst Dragon

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               

<poking the dwarf...>

 

I'll be getting Cestus to build the "Broken Arches" of Arrowhead (which are neither broken nor arches, but *what* they are is rather well forgotten, except that they are quite important to Amethyst...).

These 17 ancient pylons form a perfect circle over 3 klicks in radius centered on Castle White (the centroid of the three thrones in the throne room, to be exact).

 

They are over 30m tall and inscribed with odd runes and patterns, constructed of strange metals and porcelain.

They tend to glow at odd times... And magic goes awry around them.

 

These will be large architectural placeables with anims.

 

I may get some more work done on Red Mercy or Scarlet Rage as well... we'll see.

 

<...with a very long stick>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Carcerian]

               

List of Major Artifacts and Relics (Canon): http://en.wikipedia....geons_&_Dragons

 

3.5 Homebrew Artifacts and Relics: http://dnd-wiki.org/.../3.5e_Artifacts

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Mecheon]

               

And I'll point out there's plenty more artifacts outside of that!

 

Ark of the Covenant. C'mon. You know you want to, someone who can actually make placables~

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Randomdays]

               

Like so?   (From EE3)

 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Mecheon]

               

Exactly

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Randomdays]

               

What's the official word on bring imports in for the challenge? Allowed, or original work only? There's a few things I see that would fit for this month.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               

I say original works, or original works inspired by existing works (or even Frankensteined together from bits and pieces to make something completely new).  The CCC has always been about challenging us to make new things.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

Don't forget The Holy Prepuce!

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shadooow]

               

I made some artifact items in my module, but they are heavily dependant on a specific NWNX plugins or a feature of my unofficial patch or other content such as new itemproperties. Not a very good content for the challenge imo. I will see if I have some prefabs that uses vanilla only itemproperties but no promises. PS. they are all custom madeups.

 

BTW. In this challenge a fine submission would be even an artifact item description. I made a several artifacts for my module (in terms of item power) but I am really bad in a story behind so they didn't had any description.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Zwerkules]

               

Does the holy hand granade of Antioch count as a relic?  '>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Pstemarie]

               

I'm gonna make Baba Yaga's Hut - inside and outside.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

What about some cursed items, in the style of those from Baldur's Gate games, for example "the Girdle of Masculinity/Femininity"'? 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Pstemarie]

               

Quick mock up - uses the monk kicking anims from the ACP.