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Code 3 error and then a a message below which I posted. Look up

I too have been unsuccessful in submitting. I receive the error that I should contact support (Code 3) with the error message File 404, Resource not found. I use IE8 on a windows machine.

As I meantioned in one of the other threads, some of non-fire books badly needs combat spells now, and something that actually scales with shards.

To avoid the borring nature of same spell with different graphics, I suggested making the spells diffent on how they scale.

For instance reintroduce "hurl boulder" to earth, but make it very low damage initially, but make it scale more powerfully than fireball with the number of shards. This makes for weak combat spells for most earth spell-users, but if they get strong enough (enough shards), to probably the most powerfull direct attack spell in the game. A different mechanic than the first  fire spell (fire arrow) that doesn't scale at all.

Similarly you could make a water spell that scales with intelligence. So: 

Arcane -> poor damage scaled with intelligence

Fire -> good base damage slowly better with more shards

Earth -> bad base damage powerfully scaled with more shards

Water -> low base damage, scaled well with intelligence (and purhaps slowly with shards) + knocking people over

Air -> More throwing people around than hitting them

There are many games or stories that divide magic into different realms. Try checking out the last airbender, or ultima 8

In the last airbender, air is magic of peace, combat magic is useful for avoidance. Fire if the combat magic of brute force. Earth is a very powerfull magic of blocking and massive damage, water is the magic of the sea and of knocking people of their feet.

In Ultima 8, water is not present, fire is classic sorcery, air is healing and utility spells, earth is necromancy and terraforming.

Problem Orcibeans. is my spell, which I had created and tried to submit weeks ago was sort of taken by someone else. Had someone contacted me or replied to my request weeks ago I may have had my idea out first. Now sometimes people can come up with the same ideas. Had this problem been happening to everyone. I may have had the opportunity to be  the first to submit that idea. Now it will looks like copying. What bothers me is no one responding to my requests weeks ago. Not even , hey hang tight we know about the problem. We will get to you, send your idea here so no one else takes it.

Next time from a PR stand point inform your customers that you are aware of the situation and your working on it , offer an alternative, insetad of ignoring your customers until you have the answer. No one cares any way.

Yeh my spell has been entered fine now. Cheers

I submitted it anyway I also noted when it was created on 11/20. Argylas' Death Kiss. Kept the original Word Doc...which is date stamped. It was for my son anyway.

Whatever...

I agree Eric...a Patch Contest would be cool...knowing my luck. I'd get a submission error...

Here I submitted it today . My son did it 11/18. I did the background story for him 11/20. I noted that in the submission. You never know. No harm in showing it now.

Argylas' Death Kiss

The Dark Wizard Dias was once a brilliant channeler whose kindness was unmatched, but he was seduced by the beautiful fallen seer named Argylas. Despite her ambition and focused lust for power. Argylas focused on the powers of Necromancy and searched for immortality. The Kingdoms of man deemed her to powerful to continue. Argylas was brought up with charges of heresy and in a compromise with the Fallen factions. She was condemned to death despite Dias' strong rejections. Argylas would not go down quietly and summoned a spell never seen before by man, her Death's Kiss, a powerful spell which called a legion of undead warriors to defend her. Armies and wizards of man rose up and a great battle ensued. Unable to maintain the great strain of sustaining the spell. Argylas was eventually defeated and captured. She was then burned to the stake. Her great library and journals destroyed. Dias heartbroken and torn between duty and devotion resigned. Collecting her ashes and stripped of title banished from the Wizard's council. Dias wandered as a hermit until a fateful day he visited the remains of Argylas' former study. Something called to him. He discovered a secret journal Argylas had carefully hidden.

Inside was Argylas personal diary, He learned his wife was not driven by power or evil, but something much more important. Dias learned crushing revelation of Argylas' pregnancy and her true reasons for the search of immortality, for she was dying of an unknown sickness and wanted to extend her lifespan for the life of the unborn child. He now remembered the clues of her trying to tell her lover of her secret, but his strong work ethic and duty bound personality made him oblivious to his wife's mannerisms.

This drove Dias over the edge and inside were instructions to learning the great spells of controlling the dead. Something was missing, a page from Argylas' journal. Another spell which would render it's user immortal. He finally understood why the council was so afraid. An Immortal with the power to control the dead. The Hermit Dias searched long and hard through tombs, crypts, and any place he could find the ingredients and requirements of learning Deaths' Kiss. The Kingdoms of men soon learned of Dias' quest and soon sent champions, thieves, assassins, anyone who could stop him. Dias' power had grown to great stature and with his enemies almost upon him. He soon learned Argylas' Death Kiss. The first person he revived was his fallen wife, but the grieve stricken tragic lover soon learned that she was nothing but an empty vessel, twisted and in pain. Dias soon realized the spell was a double edge sword. Wizards, Champions, and mercenaries closed in. Dias called upon a Death Dragon, fallen armies, and former champions to defend himself. Dias barely escaped and to this day wanders the world searching for the immortal spell. He also stays hidden in a secret invisible camp site. In time Dias became myth and over the centuries others have sought him out in hopes of learning mankind most powerful spell.-TSS

To gain Argylas' Death Kiss. You must be given the task to do so. One of your champions needs to have  Lore with mana. He then must search through quest requirements to find 4 pieces of the great spell. Argylas' journal, Argylas' Ashes, Book of the Dead, and find Dias' Liar.

Once at Dias' Lair, he must defeat Dias to learn Argylas' Death Kiss. Ending the two fallen tragic figures. The results, Once learned the caster can summon 4 different types of soldiers depending of the mana cost. Each assessable by either learning them in their spell book or reaching a certain level. The first is a death soldier. These can actually be fallen soldiers of your own unit or another faction, stage two a former fallen champion with the  last of their skill level attributes intact, the cost to that champion is more severe if their level was higher including a former leader, three, a bone dragon, a powerful ally and finally four, Argylas herself. A powerful unstoppable wizard with some dark spells you can created. You can also add or take away certain soldier types.

My suggestion is simply that a suggestion. You can take it where ever you like including a possible campaign, or story plot. Argylas and Dias can be playable champions. All up to you. You have plenty of options as to extent and power of controlling the dead and a simple programming solution in codes to extract contents already met done in the game. You also can expand from the spell to include an immortal spell, or other dark spells. It is a game changing spell, but not unbeatable. It has tactical and strategic possibilities.

Hope you enjoyed my submission thank you.

KINGTS

Yeh... I only had 700 words left and it has cut my spell description off at the top and bottom... hopefully stardock can still see the whole thing on their end.

Thank you for the info good sir.

When does the DESIGN A QUEST contest start?

As I said mine was submitted on the 18th, but do to their Code problemss and lack of responce I could only get in by the 30th. It showed up 12/1.

I have the original doc showing the 18th. MIne was first and Ic an prove that, but it may mean nothing. Mine may not even be considered or win anything. I will not presume anything. That is a strong possibility. I would think despite their similarity. They may just indeed reward 5 people for all have around the same idea or avoid all of them completely. They may go by submission date only. Even if three people for example have a similar idea. They may go by the one who presents it better.

I have no clue. As I said i was uncomfortable even sending it. I did it for my son. We will see. Best of luck to all of you.

If someone sends Fireball 1 and later someone else sends Fireball , if I were to pick I'd pick the best. The fact that they are about same means nothing. I'd reward just one despite similarities and don't care about submittion date (which is unimportant as this isn't some kind of race and the possibility of copycats is an assumed risk anyways. Or should be in worst case scenario).

*which are different not just in name, obviously.

Although if there is one that is exactly the same as another, you'd probably have to award it to the earliest, as the only way two entries could be exactly the same is if the subsequent one is a copy.  What about variations on a theme (or one edited slightly so that it isn't exactly the same)?

Best regards,
Steven.