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11-03-2003, 07:03 AM#1
Bloodoll
me and a friend of mine have begun work on a warhammer themed AOS, centerd around the Skaven Warpstone Scenario, tweaked for variety

It works as such:
There is a large chunk of warpstone up for the taking, and the skaven want it, but, being the petty, greedy bastards they are, have split into a civil war over it, clan eshin and clan Pestilin banding together to fight off the forces of Clan Moulder and Clan Skyre
The dwarves have as well gotten wind of this happenstance, and have set out to stop such a powerful stone from falling into the filthy paws of the verminkin

functionally, this works like the AOS map in the TFT campagn, with the warpstone taking place of illidans cage, however, the warpstone is not half as placid as the locked up illidan, and will have plenty of its own defence mechanisms

This is only a start on a long project ahead, and tmy question here is simply for some opinion on my work on the heros thusfar, as that is my job (hero and unit balancing)
I want to get the concepts cool and sound before I begin balancing, so here's a pair of text files surmizing the heros of both races..please call out any ideas or the like you have for this
11-03-2003, 07:51 AM#2
Bloodoll
and the skaven summary...
11-03-2003, 10:32 AM#3
Whitehorn
First, I suggest you read THIS post.

Then, if you still have the guts, I'd say congrats on the theme.

I'm making a Mordheim style map.
11-03-2003, 09:38 PM#4
Bloodoll
ahh...GW's arrogant *** has once again found itself with its own head jammed rather far up it, hasnt it?

=======>RANT MODE ON<=======

However, I am not defacing Warhammer in any way, nor am i mixing elements of warcraft and warhammer in one theme: this is purely a warhammer map, using blizzard models and game engine.

however, I honestly wouldnt care if they tried to take any sort of action:

theyre words on "it may not deface GW in any way" are not legally protected : satire is a protected art form. i am not plagarizing there work, and if theyre willing to drive away a fan dedicated enough to make a map themed after them because of some bullshit regulation, Ill simply put it under another name, and upload it en mass in an internet cafe.
Simply put, they cant do ****. Once its out, its out, and its far too insignificant to take legal action upon. Rules such as those are, effectivly, just to scare you. Theyre too busy thinking up new schemes to screw their players over with (unless the new sales regulations werent a jagged enough spike up the ***, but guess what, most sellers found a way around it)

They woulnt be able to even if they decided to reinforce it: their ideas are anything but completly original (nothing is), and as long as its not plagarized, they dont have many faucets of legal action if theyre to allow any use of their property, including fan art, as well. now if I were selling it, it would be a different matter.

but whatever, this map falls well within their regulations, so its no worry


=======>RANT MODE OFF!<=======

any spell ideas or critiques?


oh...and sorry if that seemed kinna...head-bite-off-ish. Thank you for the heads up.
11-03-2003, 10:25 PM#5
Whitehorn
Well, I suggest you gather all the like-minded Warhammer people for idea.

Over at Metal Planet they are making a Nagash Campaign. Here we have Tales of Ravignonononon, which includes Skaven. I'm looking to include a Skaven group in my map also.
11-04-2003, 12:29 AM#6
Bloodoll
metal planet? Ill check it out. Many a thanks.

::edit:: Google has failed me. Can you hook me up with a URL?