Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity [BETA RELEASED, GO TO THE NEW THREAD]

[IronicNeurotic]

So, if I understand this right....

It's going to be The Black Hound (without the D&D license)?

 

[J_C]

I'm all excited as you can see, but don't you think that lots of people will be dissapointed when all this mistery comes down to a "give us money to make a game" plea?

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

Well, in that case this won't be the Torment spiritual successor since Avellone said they won't be doing that.

Unless he didn't want to divulge it at that time so they can do their little puzzle game...

Well...those PST interview questions happening just before this would make sense from a hype/marketing standpoint, but the fact Anthony Davis said he had been throwing guesses at Obsidian and wasn't getting it has me doubtful. I mean, wouldn't "PST2/PSTsequel/prequel/spiritualsuccessor" be one of the first guesses you'd make? 'Course they could just be stringing him along like everybody else if he did indeed guess that. Much as I'd love for that to be the case I'm highly doubtful.

 

[Helly]

I for one will be glad for the chance to give yet another 100$ towards the Age of Incline.

 

[IronicNeurotic]

I for one will be glad for the chance to give yet another 100$ towards the Age of Incline.

Bro, we are the codex. There is no "Age of Incline". As much as we are excited for it... we'll hate on them soon enough.

 

[Helly]

Well that's the tsundere nature of the codex. And this one, nothing can change it.

 

[kris]

There is a line left to E, so there are more letters there. If that line is another E, then the second word might be Keep. The forth one is probably The.

and that line seems like a "L"

although there are few words if that is the case. In fact I only come up with "elp" words instead of "lep" ones.

Outerspace seems more close to what it could be.

Master?
Caster
Washer! :D

 

[Wise Emperor]

Heh I was browsing yesterday, at the same time, Kickstarter looking for clues and new "users" :D

Well there goes my hard earned in potato 100$.

To the wallets comrades!

 

[xilo3z]

Well...those PST interview questions happening just before this would make sense from a hype/marketing standpoint, but the fact Anthony Davis said he had been throwing guesses at Obsidian and wasn't getting it has me doubtful. I mean, wouldn't "PST2/PSTsequel/prequel/spiritualsuccessor" be one of the first guesses you'd make? 'Course they could just be stringing him along like everybody else if he did indeed guess that. Much as I'd love for that to be the case I'm highly doubtful.

Reread what Mr. Davis-san-chan was saying -> "They were having some fun with all my guesses". They weren't saying no. Just stringing him along and having fun with him is how I took it. I have a feeling Obsidian knows how "big" this could be so they are all shits and giggles and having fun with it.

 

[Azalin]

I'm all excited as you can see, but don't you think that lots of people will be dissapointed when all this mistery comes down to a "give us money to make a game" plea?

Most Codexers will be too busy cumming and looking for their credits cards to notice

I know I will

 

[Semper]

Your kind must learn it comes from straining against the turning of the world. It spins thus. You cannot stop it. One day, you will wake up. You will stop pulling. The pain will be gone. Until then, all your waking hours are suffering.

all i see is that this is directed towards the codex... until we accept the there's nothing but suffering. better be warned

 

[Comrade Goby]

FUCK NO!

NOT A SHITTY 1910 KICKSTARTER GAME
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Unless they get like 10 million so they can actually have a next gen game or w/e Kickstarter will end up with us getting some ugly text based rpg

 

[Lagole Gon]

Th Black Hound...

 

[Semper]

btw as i was browsing through the web searching for the symbol of ouroboros i noticed that the snake/dragon/whatever always bit his tail counterclockwise (head > tail). only one symbol was clockwise... alchemists use it as a powerful sigil.
remember the blasted crater anyone? there's also a letter from thomas brown with the following words:

[...] that the first day should make the last, that the Tail of the Snake should return into its Mouth precisely at that time, and they should wind up upon the day of their Nativity, is indeed a remarkable Coincidence

remember the cryptic sign? <!--. X . X X I T X --> transforms into <!--NATIVITY -->

but that was not everything... the best thing is about to be revealed:

his most famous book is the "garden of cyrus", a book that

has been omitted from many nineteenth and twentieth century editions

. could it be the unwritten book which was never read? btw this book is about

the interconnection of art, nature and the Universe via numerous symbols, primarily the number five, and the quincunx pattern and number five along with variants, including the figure X and Network or lattice design.

oh yeah, project x! number 5 as in 5 days of the week... fuckin' countdown, it all makes sense now. the quincunx pattern is connected to ireland which would explain the gaelic names.

all just coincidence?

now gimme the cookie, goddammit!

 

[Sleepwalker]

I thin

btw as i was browsing through the web searching for the symbol of ouroboros i noticed that the snake/dragon/whatever always bit his tail counterclockwise (head > tail). only one symbol was clockwise... alchemists use it as a powerful sigil.
remember the blasted crater anyone? there's also a letter from thomas brown with the following words:

[...] that the first day should make the last, that the Tail of the Snake should return into its Mouth precisely at that time, and they should wind up upon the day of their Nativity, is indeed a remarkable Coincidence

remember the cryptic sign? <!--. X . X X I T X --> transforms into <!--NATIVITY -->

but that was not everything... the best thing is about to be revealed:

his most famous book is the "garden of cyrus", a book that

has been omitted from many nineteenth and twentieth century editions

. could it be the unwritten book which was never read? btw this book is about

the interconnection of art, nature and the Universe via numerous symbols, primarily the number five, and the quincunx pattern and number five along with variants, including the figure X and Network or lattice design.

oh yeah, project x! number 5 as in 5 days of the week... fuckin' countdown, it all makes sense now. the quincunx pattern is connected to ireland which would explain the gaelic names.

all just coincidence?

now gimme the cookie, goddammit!

I think you may have something there, m'lad. I certainly hope that's the case. A game with that basis would be my cup of tea right now. I mean come on, a metaphysical symbol obsessed outlook on creation from a suppressed and unread book of forbidden lore? Yeh gat me.


"Not unlikeLewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, or the science fiction of H. G. Wells,'The Garden of Cyrus' invites the reader to share with its author in a fantastic perspective upon life and reality."

 

[Lockkaliber]

Kickstarted The Black Hound with Sawyer as lead, Avellone on additional writing, turn based, skill based progression (no classes), overland map, CnC out the ass. This is what I want. The unrealized potential of the Black Hound has been crawling around in the back of my mind for almost 10 years now. Nigga I'mma have to don my May Farrow avatar again if this is the Black Hound.

 

[Quetzacoatl]

Semper's findings have forced me to revise my prediction to instead of a generic DnD setting, there'll be a New Weird sort of setting. The supporters of Obsidian will call this unique and cool. The dissenters will call it derp and dig for gaps in setting logic. This new prediction only has a chance of being correct if Semper is right.

 

[J_C]

btw as i was browsing through the web searching for the symbol of ouroboros i noticed that the snake/dragon/whatever always bit his tail counterclockwise (head > tail). only one symbol was clockwise... alchemists use it as a powerful sigil.
remember the blasted crater anyone? there's also a letter from thomas brown with the following words:

[...] that the first day should make the last, that the Tail of the Snake should return into its Mouth precisely at that time, and they should wind up upon the day of their Nativity, is indeed a remarkable Coincidence

remember the cryptic sign? <!--. X . X X I T X --> transforms into <!--NATIVITY -->

but that was not everything... the best thing is about to be revealed:

his most famous book is the "garden of cyrus", a book that

has been omitted from many nineteenth and twentieth century editions

. could it be the unwritten book which was never read? btw this book is about

the interconnection of art, nature and the Universe via numerous symbols, primarily the number five, and the quincunx pattern and number five along with variants, including the figure X and Network or lattice design.

oh yeah, project x! number 5 as in 5 days of the week... fuckin' countdown, it all makes sense now. the quincunx pattern is connected to ireland which would explain the gaelic names.

all just coincidence?

now gimme the cookie, goddammit!

Here is the alchemist sign you were talking about.

Well you can see the similarity with the Obsidian one if you really want it.

 

[Semper]

the quincunx pattern is connected to ireland which would explain the gaelic names.

to fuel the speculation i found an interesting article about the gaelic pantheon, including the mother of gods and the father of the gael. danu, the goddes of river and lands (In time, waves washing against the fingers of Geiran's Grasp will call them back into the sea.) gave life to 3 children later called the three gods of danann (divine champions?). her husband was the god beli and ancestor of the sons of mil (the gaelic people) who wrestled ireland from the gods of danann (Two centuries ago, your divine champion told the people of Dyrwood to grovel at his feet. If you've come on pilgrimage to the blasted crater that was our reply).

however beli is

thought to represent a Lord of the Animals. Serpents and coins are widely used cthonic* symbols, as well as symbols of fertility and prosperity. It should be pointed out that He also holds a torque, s symbol of nobility (<!--. X . X X I T X -->). The Lord of the Animals is by association both the God of the hunter as well as the God of the hunted; in other words, a God of Life as well as Death (Ouroboros). Bile/s role in transporting the souls of the dead Celts to the Otherworld takes on another significance. Transportation is usually via waters, rivers like the Thames, or out to sea. He is, in fact, transporting them to the 'divine waters' - his consort Danu, 'the mother goddess'.

to close the circle serpent there even was a king of britain who ruled just before the roman invasion of AD 43 - Cunobelinus. The name means 'Hound of Beli(nus).'

death, guilt, hunted souls, hounds... does this sound familiar or am i suffering from too much coffee? :D

Doesn't work as . are vowels and X consonants.

we will see what tomorrow brings.

 

[Helly]

Here is the alchemist sign you were talking about.

Well you can see the similarity with the Obsidian one if you really want it.

So Project X is a Full metal alchemist RPG ?
If it's going to be a JRPG with Ouroboros i'd rather have Noein, thank you very much.

Oh, and "<!--. X . X X I T X --> transforms into <!--NATIVITY -->"
Doesn't work as . are vowels and X consonants.

 

[Roguey]

So, if I understand this right....

It's going to be The Black Hound (without the D&D license)?

Seems doubtful to me now. Something new with a lot of Scottish influence.

 

[Infinitron]

So, if I understand this right....

It's going to be The Black Hound (without the D&D license)?

Seems doubtful to me now. Something new with a lot of Scottish influence.

And yet, we've been told this game will be a particular "crowd-pleaser". Why would that be if it was something entirely new, hmm?

 

[Roguey]

So, if I understand this right....

It's going to be The Black Hound (without the D&D license)?

Seems doubtful to me now. Something new with a lot of Scottish influence.

And yet, we've been told this game will be a particular "crowd-pleaser". Why would that be if it was something entirely new, hmm?

Cause it's PC exclusive old school and (probably) Kickstarter-funded. Now that it looks like the code is Eternity, any links to TBH seem tenuous at best to me.

 

[Semper]

Your kind must learn it comes from straining against the turning of the world. It spins thus. You cannot stop it. One day, you will wake up. You will stop pulling. The pain will be gone. Until then, all your waking hours are suffering

putting the pieces together that sounds like a lost soul couldn't accept its fade bracing against the ever spinning wheel of death and life (spindle of esenath), only suffering from pain while slowly being eaten by anger. to breake the serpent's circle the long lost power of the unwritten book is needed. epic adventure within the dark ages

i should stop now...

one last thing: before garden of cyrus thomas browne wrote urn burial, a 5 chapter book about man's struggle with mortality and the uncertainty of his fate and fame in this world and the next. there's also something about

What Song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling Questions are not beyond all conjecture.

which correlates to The Dirge of Eír Glanfath is sound without form, a lone voice crying out in mourning because it must.

and lastly obsidian teased something about: Its power is in its mystery. That is the Leaden Key, in part, in whole.

lead is the most famous element in alchemy. we all know about the story of the formula to transform lead into gold.

imo we're talking about a dark age gaelic setting and alchemy to replace magic.

 

[Infinitron]

Cause it's PC exclusive old school and (probably) Kickstarter-funded.

Not convinced.

But we'll see soon enough.