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Urbis on Google Wave
jhubertjhubert 1258030098|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
in discussion General / General Discussion » Urbis on Google Wave

Yesterday I received an account for Google Wave, and I promptly created a Wave for Urbis. It should be public, which means anyone can join.

Oh, and if you don't have a Google Wave account yet: I have some invites left over. So send me a private message with your email address, and I will send you one.

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Urbis on Google Wave by jhubertjhubert, 1258030098|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
TovecTovec 1256179808|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
in discussion Hidden / Per page discussions » Timeline

I'm used to seeing it as cca but I can't believe I missed that. Yeah, it does mean roughly :P I'll leave you be.

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jhubertjhubert 1254584568|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
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Exactly. "ca." is a common abbreviation for "circa".

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by jhubertjhubert, 1254584568|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
TovecTovec 1254062948|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
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Then what does ca stand for? I didn't see it on the page and it just seems to be intermixed. Is it a term which means "roughly" a given year?

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jhubertjhubert 1252558666|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
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Yes - the "ca." dates are gradual events which can't be truly pinned down to specific years, while those without this addition are singular events which do have specific dates.

Oh, and welcome aboard!

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by jhubertjhubert, 1252558666|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Inconsistency
TovecTovec 1252555052|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
in discussion Hidden / Per page discussions » Timeline

Is there a reason why the negative dates seem to be missing some "ca." 's ? I was just wondering if this was intentional.

ps. Long time lurker first, just recently joined up.

Inconsistency by TovecTovec, 1252555052|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
tanniynimtanniynim 1246814994|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
in discussion Hidden / Per page discussions » Sarah, the Ferry Lady

I'll look, but the rest of the summer is pretty busy for me also, so we may just put it off until later. :) We're building a huge structure for Burning Man, I have several huge shows at work, and all the "normal" busy/crazy stuff that goes on. I'll start with hags though. I like the idea of getting back to the lore that inspired the original D&D.

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jhubertjhubert 1246814511|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
in discussion Hidden / Per page discussions » Sarah, the Ferry Lady

I think making hags a race of Faerie would be the best fit. I'll need to research their appearance in various myths, legends, and folklore so that I can come up with something appropriate for Urbis.

I don't know how much time I will have this month - my thesis defense is coming up on the 27th - but I should be able to find something useful after that.

But if you find any good references on hags, please feel free to share them here…

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by jhubertjhubert, 1246814511|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
tanniynimtanniynim 1246813934|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
in discussion Hidden / Per page discussions » Sarah, the Ferry Lady

Yeah, definitely. That text was written when I we were on Eruvian, but I was having issues posting characters. I'm not even sure if they exist in the same way in 4E anyway. She can easily be replaced with any humanoid monster or just a monstrous human.

by tanniynimtanniynim, 1246813934|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Nice
jhubertjhubert 1246785994|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
in discussion Hidden / Per page discussions » Charles Boberth

I've been adding all sorts of historical references to Urbis myself, so this one works very well.

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Nice by jhubertjhubert, 1246785994|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Thoughts on the Ferry Lady
jhubertjhubert 1246785816|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
in discussion Hidden / Per page discussions » Sarah, the Ferry Lady

As I am trying to move Urbis away to a more system-less description, "green hag" is probably too D&D-centric. However, "hags" themselves have lots of associations in Faerie lore, and making them some kind of faerie would probably be appropriate. I'll have to think about this…

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jhubertjhubert 1241082870|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
in discussion Hidden / Per page discussions » High Castle

Don't forget the ancient history of the place - who knows what might be hidden in the depths of the place?

Over here in Europe, ancient locations - castles and the like - are often refurbished as conference centers and similar meeting places, so I figured the people of Urbis might do the same with their ancient sites. All of this gives a nice mixture of history and modernity which is evident all over Europe - and which also fits in with some of the central themes of Urbis, namely that the setting "grew out of" a classical fantasy world without losing contact with its roots entirely.

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by jhubertjhubert, 1241082870|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
AlltatAlltat 1241047848|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
in discussion Hidden / Per page discussions » High Castle

I like how you combine "place for high profile secret meetings" to "prestige target for burglary" in the same site. It makes for a lot of potential for plot twists, and I can come up with several interesting plots that could take place here just from reading the article.

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Re: Lurking
jhubertjhubert 1240722285|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
in discussion General / General Discussion » Lurking

Welcome to the site!

I decided to make the wiki system-independent because I'm not sure what the D&D 4E licenses will allow and what not - you need to be a lawyer to untangle this mess, and I'm not a lawyer. If it was just a fan site, there probably wouldn't be any problems - but I do plan to publish Urbis professionally later on.

But apart from these name changes, it will still be wedded to the assumptions of D&D 4E - so it shouldn't be much of a problem using the site.

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Re: Lurking by jhubertjhubert, 1240722285|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Lurking
AlltatAlltat 1240701580|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
in discussion General / General Discussion » Lurking

I figured that if I'm going to be lurking around making tiny edits, I might as well post on the mini-forum too. I noticed you got started on making the setting more system-independent. And that's about all I have to say. Just figured I might as well post here ;)

Lurking by AlltatAlltat, 1240701580|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Re: very interesting
nezumi45nezumi45 1235570388|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
in discussion General / General Discussion » very interesting

yeah i can imagine i am only putting my own campagin together to go up its own website

Re: very interesting by nezumi45nezumi45, 1235570388|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Re: very interesting
jhubertjhubert 1235502572|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
in discussion General / General Discussion » very interesting

Glad you like it!

It was a lot of work putting it all together, and there is still much work left to be done, but hearing that others appreciate it make it all worthwhile. ;)

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Re: very interesting by jhubertjhubert, 1235502572|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
very interesting
nezumi45nezumi45 1235479092|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
in discussion General / General Discussion » very interesting

i like this setting as a whole and i intend to go through the material finely finely and give some thoughts back but what i have read i like

very interesting by nezumi45nezumi45, 1235479092|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Poll on ENWorld
jhubertjhubert 1234537644|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
in discussion General / General Discussion » Poll on ENWorld

I've posted an important poll on how to develop the Urbis Wiki further - either by embracing its D&D roots, or by moving it to a more system-neutral description.

Please tell me what you think about this issue.

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