That thing you could’ve sworn you existed, remembered existed and how it has now turned into a great wonder of a chase to acquire again after so long. What is that thing for you?
Mine is discovering what music was played during an old internet radio show I still listen to was. The episodes I’m listening to are 21 years old now and for years I wondered what specific tracks were played on that show that I so want copies of. In one of the episodes, the host mentions that the backing music is from Digitally Imported now known as DI.FM.
However, that doesn’t do me any good since newer music is played now on that platform and with no hint or source telling me what tracks were played on that show in show notes or even word of mouth, I’ve no hope in tracking them down. So for so long, I’ve had to listen to this show’s episodes almost religiously, just because of the music that was played.
And my only hope now is tinkering with audio tools so I can figure a way to rip out the parts where the hosts are talking so it is just the music, then go around online asking people who’re more expert on the genre than I am to tell me, then find them and download them.
OQ and OC text by @Fyrnyx@kbin.melroy.org
Mine was a super-specific and overpowered Dungeons and Dragons custom class for elves, that basically got cool powers from all the other classes. I’m pretty sure the class was called “Knights of Rillifane” and I came across it originally in a Compuserve message board.
As I say, it’s not a good bit of game design, and it’s certainly not important. But given how big the d&d loving community has been in Internet history, and how ‘collectory’ they are, it really surprises me that it hasn’t been compiled into a netbook or turn up on a geocities website somewhere.
Probably not it — I’m about 30 years out of date on D&D — but it does sound overpowered and it is associated with Rillifane:
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?448029-Post-Your-Chosen-Templates-Here
I have no idea what “the old FR boards” are, but if it was old in 2013, it’s probably getting back towards the time you were looking at.
Chosen of Rillifane
Chosen of Rillifane Rallathil by green elven vampire
Also known as The Master of the Great Oak
Its a template that can be added to any Elf or Half Elf. A Chosen of Rillifane uses the character’s statistics and special abilities except as noted below.
BONUS SPELLS (Sp): Constant ~ ~ Barkskin, Find the Path, Pass without trace. At will ~ ~ Tree Stride, Plant Growth, Snare.
5/day:~ ~ Greenfire, Holy Smite. 3/day~ ~ Change Staff, Spell Immunity. 1/day~ ~ Shambler, Command Plants.
Immunities (Ex): Chosen of Rillifane are Immune to ageing effects and do not age. They are also immune to all attacks and special abilities from creatures with the Plant subtype.
Forest feast (Ex): The chosen does not need to eat or drink while in forested areas.
Rillifane’s Acorns (Sp): The Chosen can cause a barrage of acorns to launch from her hands, from the ground, or from an oak tree within 20 yards. The acorns can fly up to 50 yards, striking any enemy the chosen wishes. She can summon up to 2 acorns for every character level attained. Each acorn requires a successful ranged touch attack to hit and deal 1d4 points of damage each. This ability can be used 3 times a day.
The Leaflord’s Amber Prison (Su): The chosen may encase a target in a hard, translucent coating of fossil resin in a yellow, orange hue. If the target makes a successful Fort save (DC 30) the prison dissipates without effect. If saving throw fails then target is caught in the amber prison just as the effects of a Hold Monster spell. The amber prison has an AC of 25 and a hardness of 30 with 75 hitpoints. Living targets encased in the prison suffocate in 2 rounds and die. No spells may be cast from inside the prison and cannot be cast at the target inside. This ability can be used once a day.
The Great Oak’s gift (Sp): The chosen may take the form of a huge Treant of 13HD once a day. While in this form she has all the natural abilities of a treant and may cast spells as normal with no penalties.
Quickened spells (Sp): The chosen is granted the ability to cast certain spells as if using the Quicken Spell feat. The spells are all considered spell-like abilities and may be cast once a day each as a sorcerer of her total character level.
Saves: The character adds + 2 as a bonus to all saving throws.
Abilities: Increase from the character as follows: Dexterity +4, Strength +2 Charisma +2, Wisdom +4.
Skills: Wilderness lore, Handle animal, Animal empathy, and Move silently are class skills, regardless of the character’s class.
Feats: (You gain these feats automaticly without meeting their prerequisites) Weapon Focus (quarter staff), Foe Hunter, Forester.
Climate/Terrain: Same as the character.
Organization: Same as the character, But must be a devoted follower of Rillifane Rallathil.
Challenge Rating: Same as the character +5.
Alignment: CG, CN, N
Treasure: Same as the character.
Advancement: Same as the character
Thanks for sharing that, it’s pretty cool! But it’s not the one, I’m pretty sure I’d have remembered the “shoots acorns out your hands” power! And more objectively, that’s a 3e style class, and the one I’m looking for was definitely AD&D 2e.
I used Compuserve only a few times, on someone else’s computer. So I’m not terribly familiar with it. However, it looks like they provided a Web interface to them until they shut down the forums at the end of October 2017.
Archive.org has snapshots of that Web interface.
https://web.archive.org/web/20170920031241/http://member.compuserve.com/forum_center/
They do appear to be readable from that point. You’ll need to wait for a few reloads after clicking on a forum, as there are some HTTP 302 redirects, but it eventually comes up.
I don’t know how long Compuserve retains messages on a forum — if you saw this in, say, the 1990s, and they expired prior to the Web interface and archive.org archiving them, they may not be on archive.org.
But if you can remember where they were, that might get you there. Good luck!