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Dlareh
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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 5:35 am    Post subject: drow guidebooks Reply with quote

UPDATE: links you can help edit...

http://tfr.scribblewiki.com/Drow_dictionary

http://tfr.scribblewiki.com/Drow_primer

I'll probably post this on TFR once the sites up, but let's get started here.....

I am going to being writing two in-game books, which will probably be OOC items. One of them will be a better drow dictionary that has words more commonly used in Szith currently. The most common ones will be at the top, along with their plurals. For example, I'm pretty sure the first few entries will be something like:

Code:
yes: xas  | no: nau | not: naut | dos: you | dosst: your
male: jaluk jalukul | female: jalil jalilen
mistress: jabbress jabbressen
master: jabbuk jabbukes
priestess:  yathrin yathrinen
matron: ilharess ilharessen
queen: valsharess
king: valuk valukes
vith dos: thank you



....Aalright fine, maybe not that last one=P

The second book will be very barebones, basic primer. Suppose you've never ever seen the word "drow", know nothing about them, and by some happenstance decide to create one on TFR. This book should help you get started as quickly as possible. Males bow to females, don't brandish weapons in the city, spiders and yathrinen are venerated, the females rule over males, etc. etc. It won't be a lecture on the finer points of Illythiir, Araushnee and the Crown wars, nothing like that. No fancy background stuff you can look up on Wikipedia later, just the basic basic basic things you need to know to start playing what amounts to an inexperienced adolescent of either gender.

So feel free to to respond below with additions/thoughts/suggestions -- your participation will help make these as useful as possible.
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Felnak
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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 9:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great idea and sorely needed!
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Hades
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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 11:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Heh, Vith Dos doent mean thank you....Vith is the drow word for Sex also used as the word F**k. Vith dos of course meaning F**k you. lol just thought i would point that out before someone accidently says it thinking they are thanking someone. Boy they would be confused when that person is like "What? I kill you!" lol. Sorry just tryin to help Very Happy
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PrinceMyshkin
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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 12:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Udos zhah'la tlu mzild kyone!

Also Drow speak Drow.

Undercommon are all the languages of the Underdark.

Drowic is the language which you speak, if you speak in real life Drow...
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Of_Memory_and_Sorrow
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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 2:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think it is a great idea Dlareh, kudos for that.
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adzling
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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 4:52 pm    Post subject: noice Reply with quote

yeah nice idea should be useful to the community.

it might be worthwhile to put a short discourse in the primer on how to not rp a 1st level newbie unhoused yathrin Wink


here's some Szith slang for you:

Celith's favorite expletitive (which if course he invented) is "hsst!" which roughly translates as "shit", "crap" or "damn" depending upon the situation.
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Dieu_Le_Fera
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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 5:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some noble jaluken need to learn that none housed females still are above them... it causes some IC problems but nothing that cant be handled IC... even if Aly becomes a morcane she wont RP a noble just a member of the court
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adzling
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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 6:10 pm    Post subject: re: unhoused nobles Reply with quote

wait i thought shebali (even jabressen) were below nobles.

iirc some of the stuff on the mori boards reads this way.

obviously that does not mean you get to piss on them but nor should a shebali presume to boss a noble around.

ooc as i have mentioned before i dont think its a good idea for an unhoused low level newbie jabress (or yathrin) to attempt to boss around anyone of a higher rank than them.
they should get a good understanding of whats going on before they attempt to throw their weight around.
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Dieu_Le_Fera
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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 6:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

females are still the favored of Lloth*... noble or not. Check the forum for the social structure of Sizith males... even nobles are little more then slaves.
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Dlareh
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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 6:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dieu_Le_Fera wrote:
Some noble jaluken

*narrows eyes*

*ponders adding automatic word censor that changes jaluken -> jalukul*

*sighs and throws hands in the air*
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Dieu_Le_Fera
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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 6:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Razz
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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

just for the record I have only seen one playing with a low level none housed female who played it like she owned the world(queen bee)... that was banshee's PC and Radra put her in her place real quick... I havn't seen banshee on her Drow since then.
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PostPosted: Fri May 23, 2008 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

From what I heard, the Mori Ilharess tore up Banshee's char something fierce... seemed like it was an IC and OOC thrashing!!!
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Dlareh
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PostPosted: Fri May 23, 2008 7:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hack away: http://tfr.wikispaces.com/drow%20dictionary
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Dlareh
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Guess no one was actually interseted in helping =P

Anyway I moved to a mediawiki which I like better:

http://tfr.scribblewiki.com/Drow_dictionary

http://tfr.scribblewiki.com/Drow_primer

Maybe I'll get more interest on the TFR forum now
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