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Call for mainline portraits and story art

Last post by DuncanDill « May 5th, 2024, 4:27 pm
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by nemaara » April 18th, 2024, 11:03 pm » in Art Contributions

Several of our mainline campaigns are in the works for upgrades at the moment, which includes adding characters and enhancing existing scenarios. We are looking for more artwork to supplement these upgrades, including the following:

5 portraits
Female Captain (Mari)
Asheviere - 4 variations...

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Wesnoth on Liberapay

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by Pentarctagon » April 5th, 2019, 2:09 pm » in Users’ Forum
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Greetings!

We are happy to announce that Wesnoth is now able to accept donations on Liberapay . While Wesnoth does rely on the work of dedicated volunteers, no project can function completely cost-free. Revenue from the Apple App Store and from donations goes towards maintaining our servers,...
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Wesnoth Fan Fiction - Caves Of Gold

Last post by Zigg « November 25th, 2009, 3:45 pm
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by Zigg » September 9th, 2009, 7:18 pm
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This is a Wesnoth Fan Fiction about a group of adventurers - 4 Dwarves, 2 Wood Elves, 3 Wesnothian Soldiers and a Part Human Part Elf Mage - who try to take over some Caves full of Gold and Jewels.
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Last post by Zigg
November 25th, 2009, 3:45 pm
Fluff explanations for weaknesses/resistances

Last post by wesfreak « November 22nd, 2009, 8:02 pm
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by Skrim » August 31st, 2009, 4:57 pm
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Hi,

I started this thread to discuss fluff reasons for various unit resistances that are, apparently, ad hoc, and are presently explained only by saying that they fit the game balance.

This includes:

1. The Blade, Pierce and Impact weaknesses of elusive foot units like the Orcish Assassin,...
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Last post by wesfreak
November 22nd, 2009, 8:02 pm
Ford of Abez 501 YW - About the Battle

Last post by Zigg « November 8th, 2009, 9:39 pm

by Zigg » November 8th, 2009, 9:39 pm

A. How the Battle Went

Garard's army of 30,000 men reached the ford of Abez early in the morning, hoping to finish the fight before nightfall. Garard spilt his men into 2 - his men and Eldred's, but gave Eldred more, hoping to improve his skills as a commander. Garaad had his 5,000 horsemen form...

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Last post by Zigg
November 8th, 2009, 9:39 pm
Ideas for some ways to make the wesnoth world more real

Last post by Zigg « November 8th, 2009, 7:53 pm
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by Zigg » November 8th, 2009, 6:19 pm

To make Irdya seem more real and less empty, maybe there should be an 'writing and art' section with all kinds of things. I'll list a few below as an example.

Mage/Noble/Merchant Diaries
Detailed Historic Records (e.g. Characters born, Battles, Raids, Small Famines, Small Droughts, Settlements...

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Last post by Zigg
November 8th, 2009, 7:53 pm
New thing in Wesnoth history

Last post by Aethaeryn « November 8th, 2009, 1:45 am
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by Astoria » November 5th, 2009, 2:57 pm

I've been working on a piece of history about the rebuild of Wesnoth afther the Chaos Era.

What happens:
After the fall of the Chaos Empire, (IftU, AtS.) a group of Aragwaith magi travels south to the coast to, with the help of magic, rebuild Irdya.
They succeeded in letting it rain by elemental...

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Last post by Aethaeryn
November 8th, 2009, 1:45 am
The Isle of Alduin, a short story by Hushpuppy, in parts

Last post by TheGreatRings « November 7th, 2009, 10:49 pm
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by Hushpuppy » November 1st, 2009, 9:34 pm

Here is another story of Wesnoth. My intention as a writer and a fan is to write a short story about each battle of HTTT, to give the game atmosphere . As I think of the campaign, I wonder: What kind of person is each one? Konrad? Delfador? Asheviere? What motivates them? How would they act in a...

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Last post by TheGreatRings
November 7th, 2009, 10:49 pm
Introductions

Last post by Hushpuppy « October 29th, 2009, 11:57 pm
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by esr » April 8th, 2009, 11:46 am
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This topic is for our writers to introduce themselves. Check in and give us some idea of your interests, your capabilities, and your availability.

I'll start. I'm your Lord of Prose, full name Eric S. Raymond, and yes I'm the famous open-source ESR but that probably will never be relevant here and...
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Last post by Hushpuppy
October 29th, 2009, 11:57 pm
Prosa request for "The Legend of Wesmere"

Last post by fabi « October 25th, 2009, 3:45 pm
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by fabi » August 10th, 2009, 9:09 pm

The prosa of the named campaign is in a mixed state.
Some speech is quite good because it was rewritten for the mainlineing of the campaign.
The older parts sometimes just not seem to fit to the new content.

The campaign has high quality portrait images for most characters but only a few have...

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Last post by fabi
October 25th, 2009, 3:45 pm
Wesnoth calendar

Last post by Darker_Dreams « October 10th, 2009, 3:02 pm
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by Simons Mith » July 22nd, 2009, 7:47 pm
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(See also: )

Consensus on the earlier thread seems to be to give mainstream Wesnoth day and year lengths approximately equal to those of Earth, with the finer details still To Be Agreed.

The Fate of a Princess campaign has a couple of dated journal entries mentioned in it. As I am not aware of...
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Last post by Darker_Dreams
October 10th, 2009, 3:02 pm
Bat descriptions

Last post by uzytkownik « October 1st, 2009, 1:34 pm
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by jhanlon » July 20th, 2009, 1:13 pm
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I noticed the other day that, out of the many unit descriptions, the bats were some of the most in need of a redo. I hope to cover that problem in this thread. I've written a vampire bat description which I'm posting here for comment. I'm happy with anybody's critiques.

This is the older...
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Last post by uzytkownik
October 1st, 2009, 1:34 pm
Melinath's Descriptions: Drakes

Last post by melinath « September 30th, 2009, 7:57 pm
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by melinath » July 7th, 2009, 2:53 pm
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Kitty and TSI are making various wonderful new portraits, and it seems like a good opportunity to make new descriptions, as well. I'm going to follow TSI's progress and make new Drake descriptions. Yes, I'm lazy. I'm picking the one with fewer portraits done and with more to base my descriptions...
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Last post by melinath
September 30th, 2009, 7:57 pm
Guardian Order Texts Thread

Last post by ultrajet « September 19th, 2009, 3:47 am
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by xbriannova » August 5th, 2009, 5:52 pm

I've decided to start coming up with various proses of lore for my campaign, Guardian Order. Here, I will describe everything about the Guardian Order and it's history. I won't be revealing anything about the plot of the campaign though, as it would be counter-productive to the fun my campaign is...

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Last post by ultrajet
September 19th, 2009, 3:47 am
looking for a map of wesnoth from 500 YW

Last post by TheGreatRings « September 9th, 2009, 6:22 am
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by KunoNoOni » September 8th, 2009, 5:17 pm

If it is possible I was wondering if a map existed that would show wesnoth in the year 500 YW. Basically I want to know where the wars with the orcs occured. The current map in on the geography wiki is from 450 YW, and 50 years is a long time. I'm sure there were changes in those 50 years....

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Last post by TheGreatRings
September 9th, 2009, 6:22 am
Faction and era descriptions in help

Last post by Alink « September 4th, 2009, 3:19 pm
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by Alink » September 4th, 2009, 12:30 am

I was not active for few months, but just before that, in 1.7.0, I quickly introduced support for faction and era description in help (see the new section Factions , only filled with pages when in MP, I must still fully hide it in SP). Then I forget about it :-(.

So, it's probably very late with...

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Last post by Alink
September 4th, 2009, 3:19 pm
Heir To The Throne - End game victory screen is wordy

Last post by Deusite « September 1st, 2009, 7:16 pm
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by Toad » August 31st, 2009, 1:35 am

I'm new to BFW, currently playing the Heir To The Throne campaign.

I noted that the end-game victory screen is wordy and hard to understand.

It reads,
You will start the next scenario with X on top of the defined minimum starting gold.
This would be much improved if written this way:
You will...

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Last post by Deusite
September 1st, 2009, 7:16 pm
Rise Of Wesnoth - The Story

Last post by melinath « August 26th, 2009, 5:01 am
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by Zigg » August 23rd, 2009, 9:24 pm

See title for what this is about.

The Green Isle was home to many allied Kingdoms of Men, who we shall call Isle-folk, and the Wesfolk, bandits and skeletons led by powerful Lich Lords. A Large War was waged, ending in the defeat or petrifying of many Lich-Lords and retreat of the Wesfolk. From...

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Last post by melinath
August 26th, 2009, 5:01 am
Escape from Aethenwood, a Short Story by Hushpuppy

Last post by Hushpuppy « August 26th, 2009, 4:07 am
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by Hushpuppy » August 16th, 2009, 8:31 pm

This is a short story covering the first scenario of Heir to the Throne.

...Probably needs a little more proofreading, maybe some fleshing out of the characters, but I'm kinda tired of looking at it these days so I'll post early , a la' an Open Source project. Along with that comes post often...

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Last post by Hushpuppy
August 26th, 2009, 4:07 am
Descriptions

Last post by mabeenot « August 19th, 2009, 10:19 pm
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by rat4000 » May 26th, 2009, 1:28 pm
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Well, first post, so hello.

The subject is descriptions. Wesnoth has a wonderful universe, not more cliched than some major fantasy series and certainly with the same potential...

...and three-line descriptions of lvl3 units. I don't like that, and I gather that the opinion on this forum...
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Last post by mabeenot
August 19th, 2009, 10:19 pm
Einernity, new campaign in the works

Last post by StDrake « August 17th, 2009, 2:38 pm
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by Ninjitsu500 » August 15th, 2009, 9:03 pm

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Last post by StDrake
August 17th, 2009, 2:38 pm
Pre-wesnoth History?

Last post by ancestral « August 12th, 2009, 4:19 am
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by Taerzik » August 12th, 2009, 2:08 am

I noticed a distinct lack of definition of history prior to the founding of Wesnoth. Is there a campaign or something semi-officicial that deals with the beginning of the world, etc.?

I'm asking because if there isn't already something, I might try developing a campaign to cover the time period....

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Last post by ancestral
August 12th, 2009, 4:19 am
UMC Lore

Last post by melinath « August 2nd, 2009, 8:41 pm
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by Bob_The_Mighty » August 2nd, 2009, 8:28 pm

I just thought, is there a space for settings and stories from UMC in the lore collection? Perhaps as a secondary resource (like the dodgy Star Wars novels are sometimes included in the canon).

For instance, the whole idea of The Brotherhood of Light, was taken from the unit description of the...

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Last post by melinath
August 2nd, 2009, 8:41 pm
WIP: Short story based off of Ooze mini campaign SPOILERS

Last post by Huston « August 1st, 2009, 10:25 am
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by LBD » July 24th, 2009, 6:08 am
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So for the record I played the ooze mini campaign and found it, well, more enjoyable then many of the mainline campaigns. So I decided to write up a story based on it. This is the first chapter. I'd like review and advice from anyone who has played the Ooze mini campaign. Especially from the guy...
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Last post by Huston
August 1st, 2009, 10:25 am
Dwarf Scout line descriptions

Last post by thespaceinvader « July 30th, 2009, 9:15 pm
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by thespaceinvader » July 29th, 2009, 7:16 pm
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Since the current Dwarf Scout line descriptions are... somewhat sparse, at best... I thought I'd give them new descriptions to complement their new sprites.

Current descriptions:

New Scout:

New Pathfinder:

New Explorer:

I'm happy to take critique, but this isn't an excuse for anyone and...
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Last post by thespaceinvader
July 30th, 2009, 9:15 pm
New Text for TRoW

Last post by Turuk « July 25th, 2009, 1:47 am
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by melinath » July 3rd, 2009, 8:32 pm
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I'm working on moving all the text from The Rise of Wesnoth onto the wiki. So far, I'm only through Scenario 4a, but I've noticed a few things that could be adjusted. For example:
Minister Edmond's Temple

Prince Haldric: Careful, you don't know what's lurking in there!

Minister Edmond: Back you...
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Last post by Turuk
July 25th, 2009, 1:47 am
Fixing the Weapon Names

Last post by Turuk « July 23rd, 2009, 5:04 pm
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by Skrim » July 7th, 2009, 6:58 am
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I've noticed, in the Wesnoth help files, on the unit pages, a couple of the attack names are wrong considering what the unit is actually armed with. It's minor detail, but I don't think there's any harm in pointing it out. Here are a few, and the changes I propose:

Merman Hoplite: Trident -> Spear...
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Last post by Turuk
July 23rd, 2009, 5:04 pm
Wesnoth Writing Standard

Last post by SouthernOracle « July 17th, 2009, 10:25 pm
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by melinath » June 26th, 2009, 6:40 pm
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One of the stated purposes of the Writer's Forum is Storyline prose in the mainline and UMC campaigns . I take this to include things like redoing unit descriptions (which I will be using as an example in this thread). Similarly, Art Contributions is for contributing art for the game. However,...
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Last post by SouthernOracle
July 17th, 2009, 10:25 pm
Goblin poetry - Work in Progress

Last post by melinath « July 17th, 2009, 6:38 pm
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by Simons Mith » July 2nd, 2009, 5:25 pm

I've made a start on a piece of Goblin poetry with a working title of 'The Dwarven Guns':

Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom,
Boom, Boom, Boom,
Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom,

Trouble is, it loses its way a bit in the third line, and I think it needs to finish off with a bang. Any suggestions?

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Last post by melinath
July 17th, 2009, 6:38 pm
The Gods

Last post by Turuk « July 16th, 2009, 1:51 am
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by gimderel » July 15th, 2009, 9:07 pm

Do the races of wesnoth have any deities? I would imagine that there are at least five; on for the men, one for the elves (possibly a goddess),
one for the Dwarves, one for the orcs, and a major evil God. are there minor deities, or elemental deities?

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Last post by Turuk
July 16th, 2009, 1:51 am
The Scepter of Fire (short story) Intro is up

Last post by Hatter_Madigan « July 15th, 2009, 3:28 am
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by Hatter_Madigan » July 6th, 2009, 1:45 am
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Hey, I am working on a short story fan-fic for wesnoth, and I need to know who I can send it to, that could take a look at it during the earliest possible stages of writing in order to correct any historical mistakes and could help out with any questions I may have about story-line. If anyone could...
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Last post by Hatter_Madigan
July 15th, 2009, 3:28 am
Petition Against Dwarves As Scots (PADAS) + dwarf issues

Last post by The1exile « July 13th, 2009, 4:07 pm
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by melinath » July 13th, 2009, 8:26 am

Why should dwarves be Scottish? Admittedly, in another thread in this forum, I espoused the idea, supporting it with various statements from around the forums; and admittedly, it's better to have them Scottish than to have no identity at all, but if they're going to be Scottish (a 'fact' which I...

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July 13th, 2009, 4:07 pm

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