Traykon Site News

Runecrafting

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:21:00 +0000

I have updated, clarified, and expanded the rules for Runecrafting. There was some ambiguity with the system and several "loop holes" in the system that have been taken care of. Feats compatible with Runecrafting are also specified as well as any changes to feats. For ease of access, I have included the item cost table for creating magic items and have removed the entries that do not apply to Runeweavers.

After an extended period of time, I have changed the Featured Article. I can't believe I let it stand for so long. A new poll is up using the old HTML Gear polling system. Some complaints with the new poll convinced me to go back to the old system for now until I have time to find a new one.

Updated Races and the Troll player race

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:33:00 +0000

Most Races have been updated finally. As a special treat, I have listed the updated Troll found in Traykon. This is a player race of Trolls trying to avoid the ancient curse that corrupted their race in times before memory. Players who choose this race must fight against their ancient nature and try to overcome the prejudices and hatred all other beings have against their kind.

Paladins of the Elder Gods

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:07:00 +0000

Two of the oldest deities have seen the benefit the good gods gain from their paladins. The Unnamed One has elevated select followers to great heights of power in the past. Now he has unleashed the Unholy upon the land to represent his interests. Aragon, avatar of war and chaos, has forged a holy war machine in the Warmonger to bring war and chaos to new levels.

Traits

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 05:45:00 +0000

I've fixed the trait databases. I was forced to go with a simpler format. Apparently I'm not that good at calling specific instances out of a single database. The basic traits are now showing up and I will add others as I recreate the main database.

Lesser Deities

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:05:00 +0000

An array of lesser deities have been added to the main Deities page. Cleanup work was done between deities and dependent classes. The Duskbrothers, followers of Kalivasha are now fully converted and up to date (including the name of the city they secretly control). Special divine entities have been updated. Minor cleanup and format changes made.

Domains

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:47:00 +0000

I have updated all the cleric Domains. There are three domains that are Traykon only and one (ice) that is a modified domain. Two domains that I did not have are now listed as Traykon Domains although they have not been linked to any deities yet. In total, I now have 42 domains listed. If a player wants to play with a sub-domain, I will have to take that on a case by case basis although I'll probably allow it with some background.

Two domains were removed, Shadow and Craft. Some deities were affected and I have removed those domains from their listing. The two new domains have not been added to deity listings yet. Several custom spells for domains ended up having Pathfinder equivalents so those custom spells no longer exist. I foresee no changes to the available domains.

Updating Classes

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:07:00 +0000

I have worked out some major updates to several classes. Knights of Thorne have had their current incarnation play tested enough for me to call them current. Magehunters are now the mirror image of the Knights, and are a force to be feared. Runeweavers have had their abilities tested and a lot of tweaks have been added. The explanation of Runecrafting is up. Already a play tester discovered a minor exploit so I'm fixing it. Elven Dragoons are a mix of wilderness avengers and fringe guardian, the perfect protector of the elven lands. The ultimate assassins, the Order of Ash, have been updated to become the divine hands of fate.

The vaunted Code of Thorne has been updated and made realistic. Their new code makes the knights 3D characters and not mindless slaves of their chosen mage. Some divine creatures have made a return. Ulan's children, the Mord Wraiths, are devastating opponents that few would ever consider opposing. I have corrected the Traps section, the link was dead due to a typo. A whole new section on known magical items in Traykon has been introduced.

Finished some major class conversion

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:20:00 +0000

The Knight of Thornes, Magehunters, and Order of Ash have been fully converted. These Traykon only classes are ready for play and stronger than expected. I have them listed in the restricted class section since the DM will have to understand the divine and social connections these characters present in a campaign. These classes were meant to be NPC classes when first created but through some creative roleplaying I am beginning to think no class should be NPC only unless it is completely unbalanced.

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:03:00 +0000

I have turned the Knights of Thorne into a regular class. They ARE restricted and we are in the process of play testing them know. We will be adding some stuff to their abilities but for now we are low level and I'm weighing their powers as we go.

Aeon Duana is a new minor deity and the patron of an entire people.

Otherwise all I've had time to do lately is minor corrections.

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Sat, 28 May 2011 13:36:00 +0000

The new and improved RUNEWEAVER is now up for playtesting. Feel free to give any suggestions or other feedback.

Traits

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:04:00 +0000

I have uploaded the Trait section. After talking it over with a few people I expect to make some expansions. For right now though, the basic outline is online. The data might not show up for a little while so please give it time to propagate.

Orcs are people too

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:35:00 +0000

I've updated the Orc Pantheon. Although two deities currently don't have full descriptions, the new 8 deities should give players a glimpse into why the orcs of Traykon are different than the mindless monsters you throw at a level 1 party. With a whole new genesis, the orcs compete with other races to live in a vast wilderness of grass. The Stranger, a deity alien even to an orc's mind, makes players and DMs both delve into the depths of their fears.

Also in this update, the long awaited release of the updated runeweaver. With one ability still under construction, the class is about to undergo massive play testing with hopes that I will be able to tweak it into a fully balanced basic class.

Skill Set

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:46:00 +0000

The skills have been updated to Pathfinder (D&D 3.75). There are still a lot of little things that I will be trying to convert over. Already I have players who are using the converted Profession (Herbalist) / Craft (Alchemy) combination.

Divine Update

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 02:11:00 +0000

I've expanded the section on Traykon's deities a bit. I'm working on updating the domain section as well. Most notable of the deity changes I've made is the expansion of the section on Arum. Other deities will have their church and priest structures expanded. The symbols for various deities was also revisited and some have changed.

The weapons list has been expanded even further. I reincorporated several weapons that were left out after the edit. New weapons and even some from alternate campaigns were added for variety.

Labor of Love

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:19:00 +0000

I didn't realize just how much information my website contained until I started reformatting and changing everything over to the new system. What I thought would take a few weeks has turned into quite a chore. While working on this, I realized some things will get by me and there will be mistakes. Please be patient with me.

As I sort through the information I am trying to find all the contradictions and misinformation. Today I took stock of the site and realized that I am nearing the 40% mark of conversion. Soon I will start on the spell section and that will take some serious time and effort. Since I will be focusing on this large project, I invite anyone to email me suggestions or any corrections they may find.

Updating Site to Pathfinder

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:15:00 +0000

I've been working at updating the site to follow Pathfinder rules. Due to the fact that I have so much information on my site, this is taking a lot longer than I expected. Since there is so much information, I am going to have to update the site in parts.

Consider any part of the site with a working header "with the Traykon button" as updated. We will be updating the rest of the areas and information as we come to it. Although the equipment section is not fully updated to the new format, the information found there is correct. Feel free to make suggestions or comments.

Thank you for your patience.

4.0 Dissapointment and the Future

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:47:00 +0000

Let's be honest, 4.0 signaled the end of role playing with Dungeons and Dragons. Wizards of the Coast went the wrong way by turning a beloved game into a tabletop version of Warcraft. It was the biggest joke played on the gaming community in history.

Lucky for us, fans and true role players wouldn't let the heart of the game die. The most obvious effort to keep the dreams of Gygax and three generations of gamers alive continues in the Pathfinder game system. I've recently been pointed to this system and it has revived my gaming fire.

This site goes through periods of activity alternating with a long downtime. I make no excuses for this but I also will make no promises. What I want to do now is take a long look at how my information is organized and make changes to how things are presented. I am also going to expand the information on Traykon and bring my campaign world to the internet public. Some may have noticed the changes already put in place. Others will follow as I begin to lay things out in a way that my players can more easier access the information.

Fixed broken code

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:41:00 +0000

I fixed the broken php lines within the skills page. Right now I'm working to add some new content as well as convert some of the more archaic html pages over to php. I've been really neglectful of this site but I will put more time and effort into Dungeons and Dragons again.

Fixing broken code

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:58:00 +0000

I've gotten some time lately to start going through the site and fixing a lot of broken code and files that need updated. Although Wizards has released 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons, I have no intention of updating my information to the new format even after having a chance to experience it. For the future, I plan on merging my 2nd Edition Advanced D&D site into this one within a Nostalgia section.

Forgoing 4th Edition

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:32:00 +0000

After getting the Core Rulebooks for 4th edition D&D I am announcing that I am not going to update to the new system. My players and I believe character development is too limited and a lot of the depth found in previous editions has been removed. We can only assume Hazbro made this decision in an attempt to gain new players since the streamlined 4th edition appears to be a World of Warcraft style tabletop game now with set progression and skills.

Tired but still working.

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:52:00 +0000

I'm juggling websites and have neglected my own for a while. Right now, I have also committed to work for an online game Realms of Kaos. You can check out the world I'm help building at http://www.realmsofkaos.com/ Today, I can say that I'm more than halfway through fixing the section on the divinities in Traykon. There have been a lot of strange obstacles I've had to overcome but I think I've got all the quirks worked out. Once I complete the Divine Chronicle, I'll be moving through the sight fixing errors I've made and converting everything from the drab frames format.

I know

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:31:00 +0000

I've been really busy lately and haven't touched the site. The conversion to .php format is only half complete and the new stuff is backing up on me. I promise that I'll get to it as soon as possible. Moving is taking up a lot of my time lately but hopefully when I've got myself set up in my new home office things will go smoother.

PHP Conversion

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:04:00 +0000

Let's be honest, nobody likes FRAMES for a website. I am in the process of converting the whole site to PHP navigation. Right now I would estimate that I am 1/2 complete. Since I have the basic layout down finishing up shouldn't be too much trouble. I will be holding off on uploading the PHP pages for now due to the issues of having a half converted site.

Also, I have a whole new file section in the works with a category driven database. Unfortunately, I have to manually add the files so for now I will leave the old downloads page up and when I'm done with the conversions I'll finish that database. Look for some new features to be coming in the near future.

Site Moved

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 17:43:00 +0000

I have purchased a domain and hosting package that should accomodate everything I need to keep this site up and all files hosted without outages. http://traykon.com is now online and live. Over the next few weeks, I will be converting all the html pages to php pages to remove the nasty frames that I've been using for years. Some pages may act odd or will redirect you back to the main page. This is due to the new linking system and I will have it fixed as soon as possible.

Also, I will be preventing hotlinks as well as adding new files when I finish the php conversion. My previous host size contraints prevented me from adding further content. Now I have a gigabyte worth of storage to work with and if I run out of that I can add more for a small extra price. I have added google adsense banners at the bottom of the pages. I ask that if you find my site useful please click these at least once when you visit so I may continue to provide the site at the current host without absorbing all of the cost myself.

Thank you.

Basic Update

noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Rutherford) — Mon, 08 May 2006 05:14:00 +0000

Okay, my host (www.gameroom.com) is experiencing some major difficulties and quite frankly is not allowing me to access or modify certain pages. Furthermore, I can't seem to get a response from the host administration team. For now, I've moved my site to a temporary at another free host. I'm looking into leasing some webspace and getting my own domain so I'm doing some bandwidth shopping. I'm sorry that I have not been able to update the site and I KNOW that some people are unable to read it... but please understand that I'm doing the best I can.