Lesser Deities

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Traits

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.