| Title | Layonara Online | | Author | Layonara Project Team | | Submitted / Updated | 09-18-2003 / 01-22-2011 | | Category | Roleplay | | Patch Version | HOTU-1.68 | | Website | url]http://www.layona.com[/url | | Number Players | 100+ | | Setting | Layonara Online | | Length | Unlimited | | Number DMs | 23 | | IPs | west.layonara.com
central.layonara.com
quest.layonara.com
| | Scope | Epic | | Hack & Slash | Medium | | Classes | You must take at least 5 levels in any multi-class with few exceptions.
Several Layonara specific PrCs available. | | Tricks & Traps | Medium | | Level Range | 1-40 | | Magic Level | Low | | Schedule | 24/7 | | Number Servers | The 1400+ game areas are spread across two game world servers and one quest server. There are seven servers in total that are used to operate Layonara. | | Alignments | All alignments except for CE are allowed. LE, NE and CN are somewhat restricted and will depend on submitted character biography and certain minimum requirements | | Races | All standard NWN races plus 20 subraces, including wemics, sea elves, brownies, deep gnomes, duergar, ghostwise halflings and many others. | | PVP | Full PvP | | ApplicationReqs | A desire to roleplay their characters and act cooperatively with players and GM's. | | Vault Type | Server | | Death | Customized Death System. No level loss on death. No lootable corpse on death. You have a 1% chance per level for a Soul Strand to be cut. Once your 10th Strand is cut, your soul is no longer bound to Layonara and your character dies permanently, this can be extended to 15 cuts with an epic level feat. | | Connection | T1+ | | House rules | Link | | Content guide | Everyone | | RolePlay | Heavy | | Guild link | Link | | Content Guide | Mature | | Hakpak | Link | | Description | For years the world was bathed in darkness...
Communities dwindled, lack of sunlight made plants wither and die, animal life largely perished...
For what seemed like ages, this was the state of the world.
Now, the sound of large wings has been heard in the air, and light appears in the gloomy darkness.
A breeze picks up, driving away the dark clouds.
Faster and faster it blows, fueled by the battering wings of those whose numbers had dwindled to merely a handful.
Stronger and stronger it blows, the sound of its roar trying to outdo the roars of those who gracefully glide its currents
Be wary, as the old now rise to reclaim what was theirs.
Be vigilant, lest their dominion is reasserted.
Will you bend or break as you stand against the winds of the Dragon Storm?
Dragon Storm is the new main plot, recently, due to player actions, the darkness that covered the world for 18 years has been lifted and the sun can be seen again.
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Layonara, created by Leanthar as a PnP world in 1986, was brought to life using the Aurora Toolset from Neverwinter Nights as a role-play-action server and is hosted at MAE-WEST in San Francisco. The online world has been running and expanding since June 24th 2002 and all servers are running at least Intel 2.4GHZ with at least 512 Megs, some have as much as two gig, of ram and are connected via a 100meg LAN and connecting to the Internet via fully burstable dual T1's.
What does Layonara have to offer?
1. More quests than you'll encounter on other persistent worlds:
Over the past year and more we have had about 40 scheduled quests run month, not to mention the quests that are run by our GMs 'on the fly'. You can also request character development quests for your character where one of the Quest GMs will then develop an adventure for your character to take him/her in a direction you want to go.
2. More content than on other persistent worlds:
- 1400+ Beautiful, hand-tailored areas.
- Over 1,700 custom-made creatures and clans that were made to inspire players to team up.
- 1000�s of customized items.
- Layonara specific Prestige Classes as well as allowing the majority of the original ones.
- 20 subraces, using dynamic item properties. Including Dark Elves, Tieflings, Half-Giants, Orcs, Goblins, Forest Gnomes, Brownies, Sea Elves, Wemics and several more--not to mention more may be added in the future!
- Layonara Custom Feats such as Eschew Materials which allow spell casters to ignore the need to carry spell components, Daylight adaptation for underdark subraces and more!
- An immense Craftable Natural Resources (CNR) system consisting of Armor Crafting, Alchemy, Enchanting, Fishing, Food Crafting, Gem Crafting, Infusing, Musical Instrument Crafting, Poison Making, Scribing, Smelting, Tailoring, Tinkering, Weapon Crafting and Wood Crafting. Several of these were made by one of our Content Team members and were implemented first on Layonara! This CNR list is ever evolving to adapt to players needs and requests.
- A fairly in depth spell component system that allows either the purchase or harvesting and crafting of components to cast spells.
- A budding new Deity relationship system, e.g. if you cast a divine spell, it won�t work on characters that follow deities that are hostile to yours.
- 400+ custom created icons for gem dusts, leathers, poison vials and other CNR items!
- A fully customized death system. Rather than XP loss at death there are temporary stat penalties to increase the realism of the pain and stress dying causes the body.
- Fully ride-able horses after a character reaches a certain level.
- A unique farming system that allows tending to crops, orchards and livestock.
- Many customized spells that fit with Layonara and its systems.
- A 356-page campaign handbook rich in history, legends, city and race descriptions, maps and much more that is updated regularly.
- Player owned houses that can be decorated to your liking.
So I can change the course of history?
YES! Each character, regardless of his/her level, has a role that fits into the story of the world and even the smallest action can change history and shape things from peasants to gods and houses to continents. The players help to change the world on many levels.
Can I also take my character to Epic levels?
Yes you can. We know that on Persistent Worlds many players play hundreds of hours a month, so we do allow advancement up to 40th level but getting there is not an easy task, it takes a long time and possibly a series of Character Development Quests. We currently have a couple Epic level characters as well as several players nearing the threshold. Lower level advancement is fairly quick up to 12th Level. Usually, a very active player can reach level 7 in under a week.
How do I start playing on Layonara?
Go to our registration page at Link and register for a forum account, for free of course, you'll then get an email with how to start out.
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Reviews| Date | Reviewer | Final Score | Quick Pros | Quick Cons | | 2004-11-14 | Alesthes | 8.75 | Friendly roleplaying community, Large and very active team of Dungeon Masters, Vast and well crafted world | Some minor flaws in area design, Some good custom content can still be added |
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Files| Name | Type | Size | Downloads | Layonara_Motion_Video.wmvLayonara_Motion_Video.wmv
Submitted: 09-18-2003 / Last Updated: 12-24-2005 | wmv | 16Mb | 399 | The official motion video for Layonara with two minutes of the Layonara theme song. The video lasts for just over four minutes.
| Preview_Tales_of_Layonara_Syndicate__1_2006.pdfPreview_Tales_of_Layonara_Syndicate__1_2006.pdf
Submitted: 09-18-2003 / Last Updated: 11-06-2006 | pdf | 4.1Mb | 295 | Layonara Online is proud to announce the first issue of Tales of Layonara, a comic book set in the World of Layonara.
The story is by Andrew Thompson, the art by Niels Andersen Dolmer.
This file contains the first three pages of this issue.
The complete first issue can be downloaded at www.layonaraonline.com in the Latest Files section. | Layonara_Handbook_2nd_edition_preview.pdfLayonara_Handbook_2nd_edition_preview.pdf
Submitted: 09-18-2003 / Last Updated: 08-17-2005 | pdf | 1.7Mb | 495 | Preview of the 356-page 2nd Edition of Layonara's Campaign Handbook.
The Handbook features the Layonaran pantheon, subraces, prestige classes, geography, cities, legends, NPCs, academies, religious orders, coats of arms, guilds, maps, crafts and much, much more.
Check out www.layonaraonline.com for more! (you need Acrobat Reader 5.0 or higher to view the file)
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