Less Generic NPC Project: Maar Gan - Volunteers?

Nocturne · Post by **Nocturne** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 12:22 pm

I'll do Idros Givyn, #5

Dark Master · Post by **Dark Master** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 1:14 pm

I've updated my post

DM

Amazing_Amoeba3 · Post by **Amazing_Amoeba3** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 4:02 pm

After we finish our parts, where can we submit it?

Dark Master · Post by **Dark Master** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 4:05 pm

If you email it to me, I will put it in the mod. Thats what your asking right? My email address is gandalfthegrey2002@hotmail.com .

Zatoichi · Post by **Zatoichi** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:30 pm

Hello Dark Master and comrades, I'm here to enlist!

I noticed that no NPC's are currently open for written dialogue. When will a new list of NPC's be released?

Also, could anyone e-mail me examples of how the dialogue should be written (in terms of lay-out, dialogue trees ect)

blake · Post by **blake** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:59 pm

Background:

My Trade:

Town NPC is in:

Latest Rumours:

Someone in particular:

Little Advice:

Little Secret:

Specific Place:

Services:

Race of NPC:

Thats a base template that will cover the generic topics and then you can add your own as you see fit... If you have any questions just pm me or post another reply

Dark Master · Post by **Dark Master** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 2:48 am

[QUOTE=blake]Background:

My Trade:

Town NPC is in:

Latest Rumours:

Someone in particular:

Little Advice:

Little Secret:

Specific Place:

Services:

Race of NPC:

Thats a base template that will cover the generic topics and then you can add your own as you see fit... If you have any questions just pm me or post another reply[/QUOTE]

Morrowind Lore:

[QUOTE=Zatoichi]Hello Dark Master and comrades, I'm here to enlist!

I noticed that no NPC's are currently open for written dialogue. When will a new list of NPC's be released?

Also, could anyone e-mail me examples of how the dialogue should be written (in terms of lay-out, dialogue trees ect)[/QUOTE]

I'll add a new list later today, welcome to the team.

AlienSlof · Post by **AlienSlof** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 3:20 am

I'm up for doing Navam Veran (I think that's how it's spelled) the silt strider guy in Ald'ruhn - he appears in my first Morrowind fanfic, so I have a soft spot for him!

Dark Master · Post by **Dark Master** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 4:04 am

I'll mark him down as yours once I publish the list of outdoor Ald-Ruhn NPCs.

DM

AlienSlof · Post by **AlienSlof** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 5:03 am

Great, thanx

Dark Master · Post by **Dark Master** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 9:33 am

Bevadar Bels, male guard in Venim Manor

Nidryne Redas, female guard in Venim Manor (I'll take this one, have an idea for a little story cooked up)

Veresa Salvanni - female commoner in Venim Manor, feel free to change her profession to something more interesting, maybe the cleaner of the manor or something.

Vendrela Aravel - female commoner in Venim Manor, as before, feel free to give her a more interesting profession

Tereri Irethi - female guard in Venim Manor

Novor Gorvas - male guard in Venim Manor.

That should be enough in Ald-Ruhn for now. I've included the template that we need for Venim Manor below.

NPC Name:

Background:

My Trade:

My Trade:

Ald-Ruhn:

House Redoran (player is not a member):

House Redoran(player is a member):

House Redoran(player is the leader – note, they will have killed Bolvyn Vemin):

Bolvyn Venim(alive):

Bolvyn Venim(dead):

Latest Rumours:

Someone in particular:

Little Advice:

Little Secret:

Specific Place:

Services:

Morrowind Lore:

Dunmer {if the NPC is a different race, replace with their race}:

DM

Zatoichi · Post by **Zatoichi** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 5:18 pm

I'll take Tereri Irethi as practice. I'll start tomorrow.

Hrodel · Post by **Hrodel** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 5:28 pm

I'll happily do:

Bevadar Bels
Veresa Salvanni
Vendrela Arave

I have some ideas bubbling away, although I'll be without an internet connection for a few days. If it's okay I'll try to get the .doc files to you by thursday evening, circumstances permitting ^_^

Zatoichi · Post by **Zatoichi** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 6:06 pm

I already did Novor Gorvas. I'll send you the result immediatly and wait for your response before I start with Tereri Irethi. I want to know if I didn't do it the wrong way.

Dark Master · Post by **Dark Master** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:32 am

Check your PM box, but essentially I said that he was good, although I want to vary the hostility of the NPCs, so next time if you're NPC is more friendly, that would be a good balance.

DM

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 11:22 am

DM, just in case you come here first instead of going to your PMs, where did you want the finished NPC textfile sent?

Zatoichi · Post by **Zatoichi** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:30 pm

[QUOTE=fable]DM, just in case you come here first instead of going to your PMs, where did you want the finished NPC textfile sent?[/QUOTE]

I'm also wondering about this

.

And DarkMaster - Don't worry, I won't make every NPC a mean hostile bastage

. Next one will probably be alot nicer

.

blake · Post by **blake** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:53 pm

email it to him

Dark Master · Post by **Dark Master** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 2:37 pm

gandalfthegrey2002@hotmail.com for anyone else who's wondering.

DM

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 7:01 am

Just a suggestion, to accept or discard as you wish (this is for all mod writers):

One idea the old Might and Magic team enthusiastically voiced while working on their sixth release, years ago, was the ability for rumours to increase in reliability as you approached the scene of activity, and decrease as you moved away. So if you're planning to do NPCs in three cities that (for example) lie in a straight line from the west coast, you could place a rumour in the westermost city that's very accurate. The next one some ways to the east would be exaggerated in some feature(s), perhaps subtly. The city far to the east would have a strongly exaggerated rumour, but not to the point of utter nonsense unless the speaker was unusually foolish or gullible.

This might also help to correct the player's tendency to believe everything they read in the rumours category.