Lost Cantr History

[XBL]

All my characters have a diary, where they try to write down the special events happend in chronologic order. Not very intresting to read... yet! Those characters are going to write a book or something like that, when they are old.

Would be cool!

Jochem

[Solfius]

A Couple of mine try that. Writing down the important things. Some try a diary, some try to update a journal every so often.

[rklenseth]

My earlier characters did those things. They were killed and since none of my newer characters can find those notes. Some people like to keep history hidden it would seem.

[jeslange]

Huh? I didn't post it yet
5. the envelope gets put in a room and forgotten.
6. someone finds the notes and realizes the possible historical signifigance, but doesn't have time to organize them.
7.more notes are added to the pile...and more...and more.
8.chars standing outside ask questions about the area's history and knowbody knows/answers.


I have a char that's keeping an exact account of daily events (from the "memory" reports). This char is becoming very influential, so by the time he/she dies, ther'll be a very interesting historical text for some poor char to have to deal with.

[jeslange]

Ack! Ok pretend you're crazy and that this was posted in the right order.

History in Cantr is spread like this:
1.a char makes notes.
2.the char keeps them for ages, and drops/gives copies a few times.
3.the char has too many notes, and puts them into an envelop(s).
4.the envelopes get put in a room and forgotten.

[Meh]

A few of my chracters have a collection of items like that. And exactly as you describe just about: In envelops unorganized while the chracater goes on and does other things.

[Meh]

Which reminds me.

Doesn't everyone at some point have a collection of unsorted stuff like this? Your parents may have had a box of family photos, viedo, kids drawings that didn't make it to the sorted collection.

If you've ever been around when your or someone elses' older family member passes... Do you remember the personal historical stuff that comes out? Old black and white photos, report cards, post cards etc.

While redoing a wall in our house we found a collection of old church bulletins, a book on how to administor a school {like a one room school}, and several paper dolls {100 years ago children {ok girls} used to cut out print ads from catologs and color them {it was all newsprint like then, This was the "a time before barbie"}. The stuff had fallen down from the attic to the inside of the wall.

What I am trying to say is that stuff won't get sorted out until a younger chracter is simple amazed by all the notes in front of them on some chance discovery or request.

I did see an older chracter pass once and someone stated that the notes should be gone though and a history made. I wonder if that happened. Another place someone was named historian {give old noes to sort though} and chronicler {told to make notes of "now"}.

I think you will see more histories as Jes suggests as note carriers pass and/or old rooms with notes are rediscovered.

It would be nice if there was a way to age the notes in game. Not to the exact day but at least within 100 days or so.

[Solfius]

Which reminds me.


It would be nice if there was a way to age the notes in game. Not to the exact day but at least within 100 days or so.

very good idea. I think that would be a good thing to put in.

[Alcatraz]

I have saved turn reports from 416 to 500, but I stopped there. Recently I've started keeping them again. Email me at alcatraz333@hotmail.com with something in that time period you might be interested in and I'll see what I can do. Of course, it'll be through my character's eyes. I've been thinking about having some of my charies put some of this into IC records...

[Taralyn]

I know this is a really old thread, but I'm bumping it because I would love to see more 'history of cantr' books in game. When the notes changed there seems to have been some lost? Or was it just copies that didn't work so there is originals somewhere? I have characters that read just about every not they come across but I have rarely found notes that my old characters have written. I suppose they have either been recycled or stuffed in an envelope. Perhaps I should make more that can't be edited.

Is there a history of the blackrocks anywhere? One of my first ever characters spawned in a blackrock area, she was one of the most interesting characters I had until her husband managed to piss off the Rau.

[CrashBlizz]

For my own curiosity:

Are the 'Alexian Chronicles' notes (or something like that) still about and used in game? Notes about the history of the Lad empire.

[notsure]

My charrie just came into about 300 notes, some of which date from 200. Yes, 200, not 2000.

notsure

[Doug R.]

My character is a history nut and has every Blackrock note she's ever come across from both Noniwrok and Treefeather. They're all stuffed in a Blackrock envelope that will likely never see the light of day. I can send you stuff ooc if you want, for your own edification.

[Taralyn]

I'd love to read them OOC, and if your character would like to write a history book that would be awesome!

[Marian]

Has any Cantr town ever successfully pulled off a 'red tape' society with laws beside the big 4 and citizens needing permits or licenses to do this or that? Or really, just any major departure from the usual (pretty much non-existent) social order. Caste systems, maybe? There were the Stone Knights and whatever was going on in Seatown Forest I know where non-members didn't really have rights, and I'm vaguely aware that the Lad Empire was big into slavery but don't know many details beyond that...any other examples anyone can think of? It seems like characters in Cantr's ancient history were more open-minded about things like that.

What about actual democracies or leaderless cities? I've seen lots of towns claim it in their laws but they seem to devolve back into dictatorships pretty quickly as soon as a troublemaker pops up.