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Mechanical Man

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While Humans (along with Elves and Dwarves), Orcs and Undead are rather generic races which can fit in any fantasy setting, Nightelves are warcraft 3 specific, they could be most similar to wood elves and similar nature based races, but they have traits usually attributed to evil races, like dark skin and night activity. Having them in Arkain would make Arkain exactly like warcraft, but another world for some weird reason.
 

CY The UnGodly

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Well anyways the night elf thing was just my opinion but with or without NE in Arkain I still love the campaign though I encountered a bug I think... It happened on the final mission on the human book (the updated one and I did the mission first time) Lera did her umm speech? but she was not there.. (I know she would be there if you choose not to destroy her base in some chapter past... I think)
 

Shar Dundred

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Woo.

Progress report
Chapter Three will be released in some days. After that, I'll take another break. The story of the First Undead Book will be interesting, there will be at least one boss fight and you will, of course, meet both new and all-too-well-known characters. The Undead of Arkain are different from other Undead - whilr of course, some patterns might be similar since they are still Undead.
Also, I personally think the new preview screen is REALLY awesome. :)
 

Clicker

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I know you are taking a break soon but i really wonder about one thing.
In book 2, will there be a fix'd choice premade by you?
Or in the start will you be able to pick the actions and decisions you made book 1?
 

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Shar Dundred said:
Also, if you haven't completed the First Books, a certain Dreadlord will make the choices for you - and he surely won't make the choices you'd like to make.
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That's just... evil! :xxd:
 

CY The UnGodly

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Glad I completed the first 2 books..... If not I be like "Oh no he didn't...." lol


EDIT: Played Chapter 3... pretty easy... until krom appeared... I recommend making him an AI in this chapter.. a bit hard controling 2 bases with limited food...
 
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Shar Dundred

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Found some issues while testing the chapter again.
Darkgreen didn't want to attack - this matter has been solved, among others.

Version 0.21 released


Chapter Three:
- Krom and his reinforcements arrive later
- Fixed Garrison AI
- Fixed Lord Commander speech
- Fixed Epilogue fading out
- Made reinforcements more useful


So, now I'll take a break before continuing my work here. ;)
 
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d3v4stator

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AWESOME! YOU.ARE.THE.MAN!
TY for making such awesome maps and Im glad your still making them. I hope the 2nd books will be enough to sate my never ending hunger for adventure, and I also look forward to the undead book. I want to see the master of that pesky dreadlord ^^

And yeah Great Job! pls continue and I wish you the best of luck!
 

Kasrkin

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A fair warning to all those playing chapter three on hard,
you'll most likely be playing tug of war with your bases and I'd recommend ignoring most of the creeps and only coming back when you have beaten the shit out of the two bases outside of the main garrison. Also, look for the secondary Imperial Guard base you'd be surprised at how close it is while not actually a threat they are annoying with their constant waves.
 

Kasrkin

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Excuse me for double posting, since I'm not the thread creator, but something must be said!

Announcement: Something special is coming up boys and girls... how about I just say a surprise is coming?
*Walks away twirling his villainous mustache.*
 

DD Mikasa

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Kasrkin said:
Excuse me for double posting, since I'm not the thread creator, but something must be said!

Announcement: Something special is coming up boys and girls... how about I just say a surprise is coming?
*Walks away twirling his villainous mustache.*
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I don't know but i have a feeling this isen't going to be a cool surprise.
 

Kasrkin

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Shar Dundred said:
That depends.
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Kasrkin

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Announcement: The special thing we've been talking about has been completed and I gotta say... I wasn't expecting that. As for the release, it won't come about for a while since it has been deemed way too spoil worthy to be released at such an early phase of the Undead book. The release date hasn't been discussed in any specific details but it looks like it might be released alongside the end of the Undead book or at least when the campaign has progressed farther.

Sorry guys and gals, you'll just have to wait until we're further along.
 

DD Mikasa

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Kasrkin said:
Announcement: The special thing we've been talking about has been completed and I gotta say... I wasn't expecting that. As for the release, it won't come about for a while since it has been deemed way too spoil worthy to be released at such an early phase of the Undead book. The release date hasn't been discussed in any specific details but it looks like it might be released alongside the end of the Undead book or at least when the campaign has progressed farther.

Sorry guys and gals, you'll just have to wait until we're further along.
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You should be called Kasrkin the teaser...
 

buyingcoats

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The dreadlords skills feel really awkward to me, like he's a tank instead of a manipulative demon. Maybe he can get a new skillset when hes "allowed to use his own powers"?
 

Shar Dundred

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@DD Mikasa: Perhaps. ;)

I've been working on a little other special - not even Kasrkin knew about that one :p - which I'll present to you today.
It's a little story taking place centuries before the Voidwar about the past of a certain someone. Enjoy!

Rebirth

It was a clear night. The wind was picking up, making the leaves rustle while the light of the moon revealed everything on the ground. Everything, especially the remains of those who were fighting at this place days ago. Betrayed by their own king, these brave soldiers of humanity were sent to their deaths because their king became paranoid.
King Uras the Fifth of Rendar, the richest realm of the Seven Kingdoms, called "Defender of Mankind". He sent two thousand soldiers to their deaths because he thought that their leader was plotting against him, because his advisors told him to get rid of him, because this one leader, who was more loyal than the whole council of the king, was more popular than he himself. The moonlight showed who this "Defender of Mankind" really was: A murderer, a madman. A traitor.
The troops had hold their position for several days before they were overwhelmed by the Demons who inhabited this place. Demons, the most wicked and vile creatures that ever existed. There has been no month without a battle against these creatures, no week without waiting for them to attack, no day without being reminded of their trickery and their evil sorcery. They say, a single Demon might be capable of destroying a whole village if not opposed by true warriors. But what are the Demons compared to the schemes of humanity? The intrigues of mankind are already destroying the whole race from the inside, even without the Demons attacking the Kingdoms. The next real invasion of any other race would destroy humanity easily at its current state. Luckily, for the survivors of the clashes that take place before that happens, it might still take centuries before the next real invasion occurs. The Demons have a strange way of acting and the other races have other problems to deal with. Humanity is lucky. That's the only reason why it still exists.
A heavy breath. One of the fighters has survived the battle, heavily wounded. He can feel as life forsakes his body and as he slowly leaves this plane of existence. Only thanks to him and the healers, the soldiers managed to survive that long in this god-forsaken place. He looks around at his fallen comrades, feeling both endless shame and rage at the same time. When that big Demon's strike hit him, he realized that he had been a fool.
The king whose orders he obeyed, let him run into death. The man knew that the king became obsessed with the thought that he was to be replaced, but he didn’t think that it would make him even consider such actions. He was too blind to see what his king had become. That's at least what he wished to be the reason. Actually, he knew the truth: He didn't WANT TO see it! He didn't want to believe that the fear of the king would get the better of him. This was the punishment. Death. Ironic that it wasn't too long ago that he saved the life of the king himself. Now, so many had to die because of the madness of this king. The man had known these soldiers for years, he fought at their side countless times. Now, thanks to the king, they were dead. The man wouldn't have been surprised if some evil god with a twisted sense of humor was laughing right now, while watching him, suffering the pain and waiting for the end.
No, it wouldn't end like this! The man wouldn't ALLOW himself to die just like that! He would return to his king, spit in his face and kill him the most slow and painful way he could think of! This "Defender of Mankind" would suffer for the betrayal of his own kind! His family and advisors would be annihilated, just like the king annihilated all the soldiers here for his mere envy! No one would be able to escape revenge!
The man gathered the tiny bit of magic that still remained in his body and tried to give himself the power to stand up. He didn't care about the consequences, he just wanted to stand up and take revenge! He screamed in pure rage and bitterness. The magic exploded. The man could feel the life abandon his life, leaving him for good, but he was still there. He could feel new strength, his might returning to him, making him even more powerful than he was before. The man stood up, slowly walking away from this place of death. The king shall regret the day, he decided to betray his own kind. For from now on, his time would be over.

For days, the man walked through the forests and mountains that separated him from his target. He knew every route in the Seven Kingdoms, but no one was supposed to see him. Most likely, they already heard that his men were slain and thought him being dead. The king might even have celebrated this day with one of his concubines. He was everything but faithful. His wife was either too ignorant to see it or just looked the other way, not wanting to feel the agony of being cheated. It didn’t matter. Soon, she'd be dead along with her husband and the bastards who dare calling themselves advisors while they're actually just trying to gain more power. Sadly, this was how politics work. It would never change, but the man didn’t care anymore. He wanted to take care of those who wanted his death. Everything else didn't matter at all.
It was a dark, windy night when the man reached side entrance of the capital city. Three men were guarding it. The king, in all his wisdom, had decided that everyone who tried to enter the capital after midnight, was to be granted no entrance. If they still tried to enter, though, the soldiers were allowed to execute them. According to their banners, the guards were part of the king's personal army. That meant that they were more than ready to just kill anyone trying to enter. They were cruel bastards, but effective in battle. Making them guards instead of sending them to fight in the first line was just another proof of the king's stupidity and another reason why the people hated their king.
After the man left the forest and entered the street to continue his way, it didn't take the guards too long to notice them and prepare for a fight. They could be heard laughing, most likely already looking forward killing someone. The hood of the man hid his face, disabling them to see who he actually was. Just a few more steps and the man would've passed the gate, but the men surrounded him.
"See what we got here, boys. Some old fella trying to get through the gate." laughed the guy in front of the man, who also blocked the path to the gate.
"Never heard of the rules of the king, old man? No one is allowed to enter the cities after midnight. Midnight passed one hour ago, we are allowed to kill you right now. If I were you, I'd be begging for mercy!" another one said. The third man grinned and grabbed the hood of the man.
"Let us see your face before we kill you. Just so we know whose ugly face will never be seen again." he claimed. Then he removed the hood and fell to the ground, screaming both shocked and scared of what he just saw. It must've been the most terrifying thing he has ever seen in his whole life, a living nightmare.
"By the gods, what-" One move with the hand and both he and the first guard turned into ice. Another move. The ice melted in mere seconds. The second guard was about to beg for mercy – the man wondered if that simple minded moron was even capable of understanding the irony of this – but the man just moved his hand again and the guard exploded from the inside. Then he placed his hood back and entered the city. The few in the city, who were still not asleep, didn’t care about the sounds. They got used to the screams of those who were slain by the guards. The man continued his journey, unaffected by the gruesome deaths of these guards, and entered the dirty streets of the city.
No one minded the hooded man who was wandering through the streets, the few people who were still up were either had something illegal in mind, were too busy with their own business or just left the brothels and taverns and were on their way home. No one cared about one more hooded figure in the night.
It didn't take him long to arrive at the royal palace of the king. The man knew the palace like no one else – not even the king knew about all the secret passages that lead inside. The man only had to touch the stone walls. They still reacted to his touch, they opened and revealed the secret way. Only the man could open this secret door. He entered and the walls closed behind him again, as if the secret gate never had been there.

It took the man mere minutes to reach the king’s quarters. He knew this place all too well. He used to wander through these passages almost every week for years. He knew every candle, every guardian, every door, everyone and everything inside this palace. Another move with his arm and the door opened silently, allowing the man to enter. The room was filled with gold, almost everything was made out of it. Even the bed. The man could see that someone lied in the bed, but it was only one person – the queen. The first target. One move would be enough to make her suffer the same fate as the guards, but the man wanted to take revenge and suffer like he did. Some movements and magic surrounded her. She woke up, most likely feeling how her feet started to ache. She looked at the man with horror. He didn't wear his hood anymore and she looked into his dead eyes. She tried to say something, but she couldn't talk anymore. The man had used his magic to silence her. She wouldn't be able to scream as the ache became real pain. She wasn't able to scream when the pain became even worse. Little, summoned insects fed upon her body, eating it from the feet up to her stomach. She still tried to scream when the insects reached her head. The magic also didn’t allow her to die and made her feel through every second of her torment. This was nothing but a tiny bit of the pain the man had to go through. He watched every second of her torment and felt nothing. No happiness, no pleasure, just nothing. It took hours until it ended and the man was quite sure that, very close to the end, the queen realized who he was. In the end, the summoned insects disappeared after they had eaten all flesh, all bones, nothing was left, no trace that she had ever even existed. The man left, unmoved by the cruelty he just commited. He felt no guilt. She was among those who were responsible for his betrayal, there could've been no doubt about it.
The advisors shared a similar fate as the queen, they died, one after another. In the end, only the king himself remained. The man knew exactly where to find the "Defender of Mankind". The quest rooms, one particular guest room. The man could hear laugher, the king had more pleasure in bedding his most exotic guest than his wife. Soon, all three would be united again - in death. He entered the room the same way he entered the others. Nine people had died tonight, soon it’d be eleven. The man closed the door behind him and then broke the king and his lover apart with his magic. They looked at him, both confused and shocked. The king of Rendar and his "company" – the elven queen. It was rumoured that, soon, she'd allow her daughter to take over so she could enjoy her immortal life without ruling the Elven Kingdom. That day would come sooner than she thought. She was a vile woman who only used the Humans to fight her battles for her. The man had many good friends among the Elves, her daughter was said to be more popular than her mother but not to be trusted. The man had met her once. He didn't like her back then. Only time would show, but tonight, the Elves would lose their queen and the people of Rendar would lose their king. The man rose his hand to gather his magic and then pointed at her. A loud crushing. An ice meteor had fell from the sky – it landed directly on the elf and crushed her body completely. The king stared at her, not believing what he just saw. He tried to call the guards, but he was silenced by the same spell the man used on his wife.
This king would die a slow, gruesome death, he would suffer the same pain as the man did. First, the man entangled the king in this bed. Then, he froze the arms of the king while also burning them at the same, creating a magical symbiosis that was both effective and really painful. The king tried to scream but the spell prevented him from doing so. The man removed the insects once they were done eating the feet and used dark magic to make the king feel pain from both the inside and the outside. Feeling endless waves of pain, the king didn’t realize how his blood became corrupted by the dark magic – he was too busy fighting the pain. He had no chance. The man opened his mouth and an unnatural, strange sound, that made the king look at him filled with even more fear than pain, was the last thing, the king would ever hear. His blood began to burn in black flames, slowly killing the king in agony. The deed had been done.
The king and everyone else responsible for the betrayal of the soldiers were dead. Still, the man felt nothing. He left the palace the same way he entered it and also left the city. In a few hours, the people would realize that their king is dead and since he didn't have any heirs, chaos would reign for the next few years. It didn't matter. Nothing mattered anymore. The man disappeared in the forest and, for the first time since days without rest, he stayed at one place. His journey was over, but the man somehow knew that his story wasn't over. This thought was confirmed sooner than he had expected.
"I've been watching your progress with great interest. We should meet, in person." A voice said inside his mind.
"Who are you?" asked the man, his voice sounded strange, not human at all.
"My name is Aridon, I am the guardian of this world. Come to me, Rahandir Drakeskull, and hear me out. You won't regret it."
 

DD Mikasa

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Awww.I should give this to my literature teacher...She'll give me an A+ for this...
All jokes aside...If this was the surprise Kasrkin was talking about...I sure did enjoy all of it.
 

DD Mikasa

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Well i diden't see any bugs but something caught my attation.
The Fleshtearer first ability...Is way to overpowered 300 dmg and 9 sec stun...Either decrease the stun duration or the damage
 
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