What should the next Avlis sourcebook be about?

[Marleh]

Wup wup!

Dragon (Amber) 378
Dragon (Coal) 381
Dragon (Granite) 383
Dragon (Gravel) 385
Dragon (Limestone) 388
Dragon (Pyrite) 390
Dragon (Sandstone) 392
Dragon (Slate) 395

Interesting geologic composition too, hmmm.

[Sephira]

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1:  Introduction   8
  World of Avlis   8
  Negaria   8
  Khanjar Kuro   9
  The Spirit Isles   9
  The Sahuagin Archipelago   9 
  Other lands   10
  People of Avlis   10
  Major Races   10
  Minor Races   11
  The Campaign   11
  Epic Fantasy   12
  Conflict of Good and Evil   12
  Conflict of Law and Chaos   12
  Blurring the moral fabric   13
  Influence of history   13
  Where to begin   13
Chapter 2: Races   15
  Major Races   15
   Dwarves   15
    Galdokin   15
    Dubgaldokin   17
    Stone Dwarf   19
    Kharakuro   21
   Fairies   23
    O’Ma Fairies   24
    Common Fairy:   24
    Hyrbrids   26
     Half-Nixies   29
     Half-Nymph:   31
     Half-Sylphs   34
    Titanian Fairies   36
     Seelie versus Unseelie   37
     Titanian Fairy:   37
   Elves   40
    Ghost elves   43
    Sereg’wethrin   46
    Drangonari elves   48
    Half-elves   51
   Dracon   54
   Humans   57
    Civilized Humans   57
    Tribal Humans   59
    Adomkuro   64
   Changelings   66
   Orcs   69
    Half-Orcs   72
   Shaahesk   73
   Giant-kin and Goblinoids   75
    Goblins   76
    Ogres   78
    Half-Ogres   81
  Minor Races   83
   Gnolls   83
   Gnomes   86
   Halflings   89
   Kobolds   92
   Minotaurs   94
   Wemics   97
   Centaur   100
Chapter 3:  Classes   104
  Core Classes   104
   Barbarian   104
   Bard   105
   Cleric   105
   Commoner   109
   Druid   109
   Fighter   110
   Monk   110
   Paladin   111
   Psion   112
   Psychic Warrior   112
   Ranger   113
   Rogue   113
   Sorcerer   114
   Wizard   114
  Other Classes   115
  Prestige Classes   116
   Holy Warriors   116
    Champion   116
    Avenger   119
    Justicar   122
    Equalizer   125
    Confounder   128
    Dominator   131
    Annihilator   133
    Blackguard (Anti-Paladin)   136
    Templar   137
   Mage of The Trust   139
   White Necromancer   155
Chapter 4:  Magic on Avlis   158
  The Vortices of Magic   158
   The Divine Magic Vortex   158
   The Vortex of Mortal Magic   159
  The Nature of Magic on Avlis   159
   Arcane Magic   160
    The Fold of Nine   160
    The Rise of Andrinor and his Trust   161
    The Nine Orders of Magic   163
     The White Order of the Light   164
     The Ivory Order of the Sun   165
     The Green Order of the Forest   165
     The Blue Order of the Sky   166
     The Ashen Order of the Stars   166
     The Red Order of the Flame   167
     The Gold Order of the Sand   168
     The Ebony Order of the Moon   168
     The Violet Order of the Skull   169
     The High Mage Council of Avlis   169
     Emissaries of Andrinor   170
     The Chosen of Andrinor   170
  Divine Magic   171
  A Note on Psionics   171
  New Spells   172
   Angadar’s Aura of Power   172
   Boom   172
   Cease and Desist   173
   Damar’s Baneful Gaze   173
   Detect Changeling   174
   Dre’Ana’s Blood   175
   Fairy’s Bane   175
   Goblin’s Bane   176
   Healing Aura   176
   Healing Wave   177
   Nemeril’s Spear   177
   Senath’s Insight   178
   Ra-Ghul’s Bloodlust   178
   Unmask Changeling   179
   Wall of Arrows   179
   Wall of Dung   180
Chapter 5:  Deities   181
  A Brief History of Creation   181
  The Cosmology of Avlis   182
  Deity Entries and Gods in Avlis   182
  The Greater Nine Gods of Avlis   183
   Gorethar   183
   O’Ma   186
   Dru’El   188
   Toran   191
   Mikon   193
   Forian   195
   Valok   197
   Aarilax   199
   Maleki   201
  Other Avlissian Gods   205
   Angadar   205
   Andrinor   206
   Aryeh Gidol   207
   Balgar   208
   Berryn   209
   Bobil   210
   Cha’reth   211
   Dagath   212
   Dra’Nar   214
   Dre’Ana   215
   Evrak   216
   Fegall   217
   Hurine   218
   Ingoren   219
   Kelvos   220
   Mishlekh   222
   Paragus   223
   Pelar   224
   Ra-Ghul   225
   Senath   225
   Skern   227
   Stephanus   228
   The Harpinger   229
   The’ton   230
   Verossa   231
   Vorin   232
   Wilsash   233
   Xenon   234
   Yeraiah   235
  God-like Beings   236
   Immortals   237
   Heroes   237
   Celestial Spirits   238
   Demon Lords of the Underdark   239
    Alifanitax   240
    Kimonictinus   241
    Kuthos   242
    Sharistracterus   243
    The Spawn of Alifanitax   243
Chapter 6:  Geography   245
  Exploring Negaria   245
   Blandenberg   245
   Brekon   248
   Deglos   252
   Drotid(Shaah Sulehagh)   256
   Dubunat   261
   Elysia   265
   Ferrell   270
   Galdos   273
   Grantir   277
   Jechran   281
   The Kurathene Empire   285
   M’Chek   295
   The Seven Cities   301
   T’Nanshi   312
   Toran Shaarda   317
   Tyedu   320
   Visimontium   324
Chapter 7:  History of Avlis   329
  General History   329
  Creation:   329
  The Age of the Gods:   329
  Time of the Dawning:   331
  The Fairy War   334
  The Great War   335
  The Fall of Dobrekan   335
  The Orcish Destruction   336
  The Age of Immortals   337
  The Age of Rebirth   340
  The Second Fairy War   343
  History of The Underdark   345
  The Black Dagger   345
  The Demonspawn Wars   346
  Middle History   348
  Spawn of Alifanitax   349
  The Invader Period   350
  The Legend of the Mind-Bender and the Eye Beast   350
  Timeline   353
Chapter 8: Running an Avlis Campaign   358
  Tone and Feel   358
  Racial dominance   358
  Blurring good and evil   359
  Blurring law and chaos   359
  Interaction   360
  Deific Involvement   361
  National Involvement   362
  Organizational Involvement   363
  Outside Involvement   364
  Family Ties   364
  The “Haves” and The “Have Nots”   365
  Progression to Epic Adventure   366
  Explosive Conflict on the Horizon   366
  Languages   367
  Laws   368
  Other Time Periods   368
Chapter 9:  Creatures of Avlis   371
  Alaphant   371
  Assassin Tree   373
  Changeling, Undead   375
  Death Bird   376
  Dragon (Amber)   378
  Dragon (Coal)   381
  Dragon (Granite)   383
  Dragon (Gravel)   385
  Dragon (Limestone)   388
  Dragon (Pyrite)   390
  Dragon (Sandstone)   392
  Dragon (Slate)   395
  Jechera   398
  Mikonator   400
  Negerai   401
  Bogul (Negerai)   402
  Chagrall (Negerai)   404
  Forgeran (Negerai)   406
  Sirak (Negerai)   407
  Neverdead   408
   Anti-Lich   409
    Creating an Anti-Lich   411
   Infusor   413
    Creating an Infusor   415
   Sadik   418
    Creating a Sadik   419
   Anti-Wraith   420
  Spawn of Alifanitax   421
   Creating a Spawn of Alifanitax   423


O.O

I waaaaant ("Angadar's Aura of Power"? Uber Pwnage!)

[Nob]

The dragons section convinced me that there should never be new dragon types introduced into the Avlis setting ever again. Do you know how much work it is to come up with and balance all the age categories for that many types of dragons? *Cries.*

There's actually a treatment/outline for a Magic of Avlis book, which covers a bit more than just spells, but delves more into specifics of Vortex magic, etc and the long-version history of the Fold of Nine etc. which is a rather big blank spot not covered in the first book.

That said, a beastiary might be fun to write, assuming we could find enough monsters to populate the book...

[Tigg]

Wall of Dung 180

...heh. Anyhow, given all the work that's currently being put into its development, maybe it would be easy to do one on the Seven Cities. More detailed maps, cool locations described in detail, guilds, etc.

[Marleh]

How about widening the scope of the beastiary to give more in-depth information about the nations/cities/ruins/dungeons they can be found in, those two subjects could fill a guide.

Avlis 2 is being worked on in the Seven Cities, or at least Crosstreams, so I think we will have more than enough information very soon.

Isn't there a new spell called Mikon's Might? Or was that a renamed spell?

[Rain&Clouds]

A manual on Manuel would be useful to help figure him out, but unless we want a whole book about mellowsmoke weed, I'd vote for the Monsters one With some detailed descriptions of their habitats and habits, I'd love to read that!

[Orleron]

How about widening the scope of the beastiary to give more in-depth information about the nations/cities/ruins/dungeons they can be found in, those two subjects could fill a guide.

Avlis 2 is being worked on in the Seven Cities, or at least Crosstreams, so I think we will have more than enough information very soon.

Isn't there a new spell called Mikon's Might? Or was that a renamed spell?

Avlis 2 stuff is "not cannon". The server takes place about 1500 years or so after Avlis 1, which covers the "classical period". So it is unlikely that things in Avlis 2 will be used in a sourcebook any time soon, also because:

1) I like writing about the classic period a lot more, because it's the period that I actually created.... which leads to 2

2) Much of the A2 stuff is not made by me, and only things made by me or approved by me are actual Avlis cannon, which is basically everything made on the A1 server.

[Darkfire]

On a lesser scale, you could make a book of quests that uses some of the scripted quests that are out there.

Of course I don't mean like Jerto, but for example... (without giving spoilers)

Derrington


That could fill a book and I know it would be a blast to do in PnP. I would probably even enjoy doing it in PnP even though I have already done it.

Nightfang, etc... There are so many quests, plots, dungeons, that it probably wouldn't fit into just one book.