The site seems to be not working for me now. I'll paste the extract here:
"Void-metal is an extremely rare metal; this ore type only forms from a coallesced portion of the void that interacts with the prime material plane. It is fairly dense, weighing in 25% heavier than steel for items mostly made of metal. Void-metal gives numerous benefits and the added weight is generally accepted at the great boons for using the material.
The benefits of void-metal are as follows: any creature attacked by a void-metal weapon receives no damage reduction, and this applies to all creatures including gods; any creature struck also has their regeneration and fast healing abilities suspended for 10 rounds, and this round count starts again if they are struck in a following round; finally each strike temporarily drains one hitpoint from the maximum hit points a creature has, lasting one hour."
My first link on google gave the sword from Castlevania game but it has different mechanics. http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Void_Sword The link you provided doesn't work. Do you have the image how does the sword look?
I doubt the reference is to void metal, if you look closely at that website it's a 3.5e homebrew entry.
It may be a personal slang term for Blackrazor which does appear in the Baldur's Gate series, the slang term being based on a similar sword in Castlevania. Blackrazor is more-or-less a clone of Stormbringer or a named Nine Lives Stealer.
Tomorrow (Feb 5): Pre-orders will be announced at the start of the live stream - Price will be set at $19.98 (USD) as a nod to the year BG came out Monday (Feb 8): Closed beta emails will be sent out to users that signed up for it and have pre-orederd Monday (Feb 29): After 3 weeks of beta the game will come out
@Danathion you defeated me to the badge last time... But only one person could receive it... Only one... WHAT! WHO IS THIS @Koliva HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE!
@Danathion you defeated me to the badge last time... But only one person could receive it... Only one... WHAT! WHO IS THIS @Koliva HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE!
@Danathion you defeated me to the badge last time... But only one person could receive it... Only one... WHAT! WHO IS THIS @Koliva HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE!
One was for first order, one was for first bug report.
Yup... and I was first to congratulate @Koliva , @deltago but my brain must have been eaten in the interim. The dangers of having illithids for friends I guess...
Does anyone know if there will be a boxed edition of SoD? I would really like this a) to complete my set and b) because my computer has now become so cantankerous that I fear I have no other option than to neuralize it and re-install everything from scratch - which is easy with my boxed versions of BG1&2EE.
If possible, I (or anyone else who will be in the chat during the twitch today) will pass that question, @dunbar , to the developers. So far, the discussion in this thread has provided these questions:
1. Will the events in BGEE affect SoD? For example, during my fight with doppelgangers in the Palace I managed to save Belt/Liia, but Liia/Belt unfortunately died. Will Liia/Belt be presented in SoD in this case? 2. What are your thoughts of David Gaider leaving Bioware? 3. What is the most hilarious bug you had to fix in SoD so far? 4. For those prepping playthroughs atm, how much longer do they have to prepare their characters if they want to play SoD at day 1. 5. Will we have to cheat in anything we had at the end of BGEE, or will we bet all the gear from previous adventures? 6. Would you like a cookie? 7. Is Corwin a ranger (archer kit) or a fighter? 8. If there will be a boxed edition of SoD?
10. Due date for SoD. 11. How is the shaman summoning implemented (ability, gui button, spell memorisation?). 12. Is there any background info we can read about the areas we will visit, I.e. will we get a short summary of region and factions as in the bg1 and bg2 manual? Not many players are doing the dnd reading or dnd pnp to know these kind of things. 13. What are the current gui improvements (or please provide an example of the improvement you think is the best one). 14. Are there going to be more/new ai script for the party? 15. Will we get new pre generated characters to select? Will they mean anything (like the totsc abdel save)? 16. Any new modding externalisations of note? 17. Best modding method to check if SoD is installed 18. Which of the new characters do you like best and why (but try to spoil as little as possible from the storylines) 19. Any notable recommendations for npc combinations with respect to anything (like banter, class combo, party alignment, etc) 20. How many new spells are there roughly per level? 21. How many weapons are there roughly per proficiency? 22. How is portability of spells and gear arranged for bg2ee?
23. Have you addressed the current unfairness and prejudice shown towards the undead. Will high level undead finally get the turn cleric ability that has been much touted about in graveyards up and down the land.
24. Do we get to kill any ferrets in this game? It was conspicuous in its absence from the last update... In fact the only wizard with a familiar in BG:EE is CHARNAME... So...
26. Will we finally be able to key-bind the Quick Loot button in SoD, or still be required to wiggle the mouse pointer around to open/close this feature?
If possible, I (or anyone else who will be in the chat during the twitch today) will pass that question, @dunbar , to the developers. So far, the discussion in this thread has provided these questions:
1. Will the events in BGEE affect SoD? For example, during my fight with doppelgangers in the Palace I managed to save Belt/Liia, but Liia/Belt unfortunately died. Will Liia/Belt be presented in SoD in this case? 2. What are your thoughts of David Gaider leaving Bioware? 3. What is the most hilarious bug you had to fix in SoD so far? 4. For those prepping playthroughs atm, how much longer do they have to prepare their characters if they want to play SoD at day 1. 5. Will we have to cheat in anything we had at the end of BGEE, or will we bet all the gear from previous adventures? 6. Would you like a cookie? 7. Is Corwin a ranger (archer kit) or a fighter? 8. If there will be a boxed edition of SoD?
10. Due date for SoD. 11. How is the shaman summoning implemented (ability, gui button, spell memorisation?). 12. Is there any background info we can read about the areas we will visit, I.e. will we get a short summary of region and factions as in the bg1 and bg2 manual? Not many players are doing the dnd reading or dnd pnp to know these kind of things. 13. What are the current gui improvements (or please provide an example of the improvement you think is the best one). 14. Are there going to be more/new ai script for the party? 15. Will we get new pre generated characters to select? Will they mean anything (like the totsc abdel save)? 16. Any new modding externalisations of note? 17. Best modding method to check if SoD is installed 18. Which of the new characters do you like best and why (but try to spoil as little as possible from the storylines) 19. Any notable recommendations for npc combinations with respect to anything (like banter, class combo, party alignment, etc) 20. How many new spells are there roughly per level? 21. How many weapons are there roughly per proficiency? 22. How is portability of spells and gear arranged for bg2ee?
Some questions of the top of my head.
We can answer some of these - come hang out during the stream and ask your questions!
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http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Void_Sword
The link you provided doesn't work. Do you have the image how does the sword look?
I doubt the reference is to void metal, if you look closely at that website it's a 3.5e homebrew entry.
It may be a personal slang term for Blackrazor which does appear in the Baldur's Gate series, the slang term being based on a similar sword in Castlevania. Blackrazor is more-or-less a clone of Stormbringer or a named Nine Lives Stealer.
http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Blackrazor
http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Blackrazor
http://baldursgate.wikia.com/wiki/Blackrazor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormbringer
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:FTm2fD04hWcJ:www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Nine_Lives_Stealer+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=ubuntu
http://dungeons.wikia.com/wiki/SRD:Sword_of_Life_Stealing
http://baldursgate.wikia.com/wiki/Blackrazor
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=602&q=Blackrazor+"Baldur's+Gate"&oq=Blackrazor+"Baldur's+Gate"&gs_l=img.12...0.0.0.895.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1ac..64.img..0.0.0.uL7wWRaVdDs
https://www.google.com/search?q=Blackrazor+D&D&biw=1280&bih=628&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjgq4KC6tzKAhVMxGMKHRdaAjoQ_AUIBigB
Tomorrow (Feb 5): Pre-orders will be announced at the start of the live stream
- Price will be set at $19.98 (USD) as a nod to the year BG came out
Monday (Feb 8): Closed beta emails will be sent out to users that signed up for it and have pre-orederd
Monday (Feb 29): After 3 weeks of beta the game will come out
*to be read as "wild guess"
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I think the developers wanted the BG1 characters to behave in SoD as they should, fully according to their personalities, because
I would really like this a) to complete my set and b) because my computer has now become so cantankerous that I fear I have no other option than to neuralize it and re-install everything from scratch - which is easy with my boxed versions of BG1&2EE.
1. Will the events in BGEE affect SoD? For example, during my fight with doppelgangers in the Palace I managed to save Belt/Liia, but Liia/Belt unfortunately died. Will Liia/Belt be presented in SoD in this case?
2. What are your thoughts of David Gaider leaving Bioware?
3. What is the most hilarious bug you had to fix in SoD so far?
4. For those prepping playthroughs atm, how much longer do they have to prepare their characters if they want to play SoD at day 1.
5. Will we have to cheat in anything we had at the end of BGEE, or will we bet all the gear from previous adventures?
6. Would you like a cookie?
7. Is Corwin a ranger (archer kit) or a fighter?
8. If there will be a boxed edition of SoD?
11. How is the shaman summoning implemented (ability, gui button, spell memorisation?).
12. Is there any background info we can read about the areas we will visit, I.e. will we get a short summary of region and factions as in the bg1 and bg2 manual? Not many players are doing the dnd reading or dnd pnp to know these kind of things.
13. What are the current gui improvements (or please provide an example of the improvement you think is the best one).
14. Are there going to be more/new ai script for the party?
15. Will we get new pre generated characters to select? Will they mean anything (like the totsc abdel save)?
16. Any new modding externalisations of note?
17. Best modding method to check if SoD
is installed
18. Which of the new characters do you like best and why (but try to spoil as little as possible from the storylines)
19. Any notable recommendations for npc combinations with respect to anything (like banter, class combo, party alignment, etc)
20. How many new spells are there roughly per level?
21. How many weapons are there roughly per proficiency?
22. How is portability of spells and gear arranged for bg2ee?
Some questions of the top of my head.