Any Avlis alternative to Christmas?

Fifty · Post by **Fifty** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:31 pm

I want to be bale to give out Christmas presents in Avlis, but obviously thre is no Xmas! Can we have an alternative Avlis festive holiday for our characters to celebrate?

Can we have eggnog in the game?

Redloved · Post by **Redloved** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:32 pm

How about Festivus, for the rest of us.

That was a holiday and a half.

Tahni · Post by **Tahni** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:33 pm

Happy Maleki day anyone?

Vergilius · Post by **Vergilius** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:33 pm

Fifty wrote:I want to be bale to give out Christmas presents in Avlis, but obviously thre is no Xmas! Can we have an alternative Avlis festive holiday for our characters to celebrate?

Can we have eggnog in the game?

Actually, almost every nation in the game should have its own set of holidays and festival days, all unique. All of which would naturally develop over time.

Manuel the White · Post by **Manuel the White** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:42 pm

That reminds me of a similiar subject.

[begin hijack]
I noticed on other PWs that some deities have Holy Days and such. Now that we have a persistent date and calendar, perhaps we could create holy days for the Avlis gods. This could 'make for some interesting roleplay' TM and what not.

* Malekis 'joyous festival of pain and death', for example. (Oh wait, that's everyday)
* Dru'El's 'wander aimlessly through the forest alone doing good things' yuletide.
* Mikon's 'do whatever you normally do - nothing to see here' extravaganza!
* Gorethar's 'I'm gonna cleave yer skull!' weekend blowout might be nice.

Thoughts?
[end hijack]

Aloro · Post by **Aloro** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:52 pm

Sure, come celebrate Lord's Day with the church of Dru'El. Highlights include:

* getting really drunk on wine
* singing
* drinking more wine
* slurring some more songs
* breaking out the mellowsmoke stash "from Arborea, man!"
* drinking yet more wine
* sending the youngest person present on the annual Lord's Day Quest (buy us more wine, dammit!)
* staggering off to find a tree to vomit/urinate against
* hugging the tree and telling it how much you really, really love it
* finding the party again (traditionally the longest part of the festivities for many party-goers)
* a seven-course vegetarian meal
* group sex!

- Aloro

Mistcaller · Post by **Mistcaller** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:55 pm

Aloro wrote:* group sex!

Could a DM change my deity field please?

Starslayer_D · Post by **Starslayer_D** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:58 pm

You group together while the others have sex.....

Aloro · Post by **Aloro** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:00 am

Mistcaller wrote:Could a DM change my deity field please?

Visit any Temple of Dru'El, and it should be possible to change your alignment, if you meet the requirements. CG/NG only, I'm afraid... but damned if it isn't worth it.

- Aloro

Gairus · Post by **Gairus** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:04 am

Err... actually, at least in the high temple in Le'Or...

Doesn't work unless you are a cleric. My CG Ranger can't change diety but my NG Cleric did. That's why I stuffed up with my Centaur a few weeks ago, figured it wasn't fully scripted in yet

EDIT: Got the alignments backwards.

Penumbra · Post by **Penumbra** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:30 am

Redloved wrote:How about Festivus, for the rest of us.

That was a holiday and a half.

And now its time for the feats of Strength

Drakuul · Post by **Drakuul** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:47 am

How about we just get all the armies of M'Chek and T'Nanshi on the warzone and have a game of trollball?

Morbid Ridicule · Post by **Morbid Ridicule** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:49 am

Well, we can't leave out the halfling toss.

Morbid Ridicule · Post by **Morbid Ridicule** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:50 am

...ooh, and wack-a-paladin!

Oh wait... one of my characters is a paladin.

...

...

I had a halfling paladin at one point.

Silk · Post by **Silk** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 1:51 am

The Festival of Andrinor... very similiar to mardi gras but with lots of enebriated naked lesbian pixies in heat...

stoertebeker · Post by **stoertebeker** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 3:24 am

Aloro wrote:Sure, come celebrate Lord's Day with the church of Dru'El. Highlights include:

* getting really drunk on wine
* singing
* drinking more wine
* slurring some more songs
* breaking out the mellowsmoke stash "from Arborea, man!"
* drinking yet more wine
* sending the youngest person present on the annual Lord's Day Quest (buy us more wine, dammit!)
* staggering off to find a tree to vomit/urinate against
* hugging the tree and telling it how much you really, really love it
* finding the party again (traditionally the longest part of the festivities for many party-goers)
* a seven-course vegetarian meal
* group sex!

- Aloro

i was just about to roll a cigarette ... now theres beer on my keyboard

Aloro · Post by **Aloro** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 5:56 am

Gairus wrote:Err... actually, at least in the high temple in Le'Or...

Doesn't work unless you are a cleric. My CG Ranger can't change diety but my NG Cleric did. That's why I stuffed up with my Centaur a few weeks ago, figured it wasn't fully scripted in yet

EDIT: Got the alignments backwards.

Yeah, it's based on alignment, not class, and I know about the bug. I'll fix that in the next few days. Right now NG characters can worship Dru'El, but not CG, which is annoying. It's on my short to-do list (as opposed to the loooooong one).

- Aloro

Vroshgrak · Post by **Vroshgrak** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 7:33 am

*wonders if fixing promotions in LeOr is on the long or short list*

Spell Singer · Post by **Spell Singer** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:06 pm

Well my character celebrates Yule.

So in M'Check there might be at least 4 Holy days a year (the equinox's being the big ones but midsummer and midwinter would also rate).

In terms of Mikon, the equinoxs should be the high holy days, while the other two would be worthy of note as they represent the turning point back to balance.

Malathyre · Post by **Malathyre** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 6:29 pm

I think Forian should have a holy day...I mean, how much fun would that be? Can anyone say Calvinball?

Anyway, the Forian Holiday ought to be an impromptu celebration that occurs whenever the Forianites damn well feel like it. It should include the following things:

1) It's Forian, dammit, something freakin' different every freakin' time!!

The location should be wherever, the time should be whenever, and the people involved should be whoever wants to be there.

Number of times per year the holiday should occur: somewhere between 1 and 365. Maybe more if held in different locations simultaneously.

Well, Actually, whaddya think? Should my alt be a cleric of Forian?

Nob · Post by **Nob** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 6:33 pm

A very merry unForian day to you!

Actually · Post by **Actually** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 6:38 pm

*************FOR YOUR EYES ONLY************************

Attn Citizen:

This missive is to inform you that you have been drafted for duty into the Most Holy Order of Confounders of Forian (Pink and Fluffy Bunny Division). Please visit the duty seargant in the End Tent (what, you've never been there?) to get fitted for your Heavy Flail.

And today is not Forian's Day.

Yes it is.

No it's not.

Yes it is.

No it's not.

Rabbit season.

***********************FOR YOUR EYES ONLY******************

Bye Now,
Jerry Cornelius - Isn't kidding.

ShadowBlazer74 · Post by **ShadowBlazer74** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 8:49 pm

Actually if you wanted to make it real,..stuff like holidays would come from places like...
1.Religion (like it or not that where christmas comes from BTW)
2.Government(Stuff like vetrans day in the USA is one like that,Warring nations on avlis would probably have something like that in memory of those who died in service as well,...hell most countries do)

Then Keep in mind that business and liberals eventually get involved in it and eventually dilute the true meaning of why it was a day to be celebrated in the first place.

Sad but true......

CuRoi · Post by **CuRoi** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 2:26 pm

Silk wrote:The Festival of Andrinor... very similiar to mardi gras but with lots of enebriated naked lesbian pixies in heat...

I knew I have been religiously undecided up 'til now for a reason.

Isengrim · Post by **Isengrim** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 3:35 pm

CuRoi wrote:
Silk wrote:The Festival of Andrinor... very similiar to mardi gras but with lots of enebriated naked lesbian pixies in heat...
I knew I have been religiously undecided up 'til now for a reason.

Ehh, why have I decided to play an atheist?

I.

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