Update -- July 30th, 2008
Today's update represents the 100th "major" update to
Olwydd.Org, where "major" is a fairly elastic term, but
one where I bothered to update this main page since 2003. Olwydd.Org has
actually been going strong since 2001, which is a fairly long time
for any game info page, with all proper deference to The Wolf Den
for being the granddaddy of DR sites that are still alive and
kicking. I remember when I first starting playing the only real
sources of information were Bristenrealms and The Wolf Den, with
a smattering of other sites around the net that contained specialized
information, but those sites had either started to fall into
disrepair or were to disappear entirely (as is the case with Bristen's
site.)
My good friend, and now mostly retired barbarian, Llwybyr and
I came up with Olwydd.Org on a whim on August 19th, 2001 and
published a very bare bones site a day or two later. Since then,
we've expanded the site to include several hundred web pages,
thousands of entries for foraging database and, what are likely,
the most popular circle calculators out there.
Llwybyr has mostly stepped down from the helping with the site,
but there have been many others that have helped me keep the site
going. I'm not going to try and name them all, but I'll call out
a few specific names because they've really done huge amounts of work.
First, I'd like to thank Sinah (aka Anoushka) who has really
taken on major pieces of work for the site and contributes more
on a daily basis to it than I do anymore. Secondly, my thanks
to Kythryn who more or less single handedly made the foraging
database what it is today and contributed her wonderfully detailed
maps to us. Third, I'd like to thank those first players that both
helped with the site and really got me hooked onto DR: Kyrberus,
Kirdaorb, Llwybyr, Quelgash, Raivin, Zeroch and Delaina. Obviously
there are LOTS of other people I'd love to thank and if you feel
like I've forgotten you, please hit me up on IM! I'm still alive.
Believe it or not, there were actual updates this time around. Most
of the spell lists have been updated. There's also a new page on
Cleric prayer messaging.
Update -- July 28th, 2008
First, I'd like to send out a general apology to people that have
submitted stuff only to find out that it's been a blackhole. I do
try and take time to respond to all of the e-mail I get, but with
not playing regularly (up until recently) and being busy with other
stuff, I sometimes just let e-mail sit and then, after some time,
I don't respond to it because it's been so long. So, I just wanted
to say that I really hope people continue to send stuff in and I (well,
we, since Sinah responds to some of the mail) will try and be better!
Today's updates are all pretty small. There was some misinformation in the
ranger training guide that was
brought up to me quite some time ago by Dustcatcher which is now fixed.
Also, there's a new ranger circle
calculator that is based on the upcoming reqs. Overall, I fixed all of the
calculators so that they can go to much higher levels. I'm surprised that
more TF people didn't complain about the caps being wrong sometimes.
Again, keep up the suggestions for us and we'll strive to keep the site
up-to-date. I'd also like to say a special thanks to Eladen for a very
generous contribution to the site that will help us keep running for
quite some time to come.
Update -- June 29th, 2008
Added a new page on Analogous Patterns. Also
we have the old Veii origami
calculator setup.
Update -- May 8th, 2008
We are in fact still alive, but this year has been a little hectic
so far, which has meant fewer updates. Olwydd.org is moving to a new
hosting site, so if you notice anything weird, please let us know.
Hopefully we'll get some more content up in the next couple of months.
Update -- January 21st, 2008
We are now introducing an interesting new tool for figuring out
titles based on skill which can help
folks sort through the nearly 1500 titles available in DR. We would
like to thank Mantive for doing much of the work to make this happen.
This is still a pretty early edition, so hopefully some updates
will come out later to make it even more useful. There have been a
number of other small changes to calculators and our sales pages,
but nothing else too substantial.
Update -- January 12th, 2008
We are now selling forged blunt weapons
by Xixist. Look for the shopping area
to be updated more often as we will be doing market tables in Crossing
once a week. And, thanks to Naeya, the information on Guild Leaders
is now updated.
Update -- January 5th, 2008
Happy New Year! With the new year, comes some new updates. We now have
a much improved moon mage
constellations page that includes a great deal of good information.
Thanks to Celiviel for providing this information for us. Furthermore,
we also have a page on Manipulative
Resolve for warrior mages. We should have a few more updates for
the next week as well.
Update -- November 18th, 2007
It's time for the annual cleaning of the vaults. Please take a look
in our shopping area for all of the
nifty stuff you can get.
Update -- October 24th, 2007
I would like to thank everyone that voted for olwydd.org in the
Simutronic's Players' Choice Awards. I was very excited to see that
olwydd.org is still considered one of the premier DragonRealms sites
on the Internet and that people appreciate all that has gone into it.
I would also like to thank all of those folks that voted me as
the most knowledgeable player! At any rate, do keep an eye out, I might
even do some updates again now that I'm in game with slightly more
regularity.
Update -- September 6th, 2007
Due to some hardware failure, the foraging DB may be out of date.
Next week, when the machine is properly recovered, I'll restore the
DB to its proper form. Sorry for the inconvenience!
Update -- January 21st, 2007
Finally the update. Zoluren maps
have been updated. The first part of the fishing
pages have been added. I also made some behind the scenes changes to the
calculators, so if you notice anything weird about them, please let me
know.
Update -- January 15th, 2007
More maps. This time of Ilithi and
an overview. I also
added in a log of Edgee's Razor at Edgee's
request. Next update with have the Zoluren maps and a fishing guide.
Update -- January 14th, 2007
Next set of map updates. This is for
Forfedhar. Also, there's
a slight change to the ranger calc
summary where I include both total ranks in a skill set and the
ranks that count toward your circle. If this is popular, I can
expand it out to any other guild.
Update -- January 13th, 2007
Second update today. This is to incorporate the new Kythryn
maps of Qi.
Update -- January 13th, 2007
More updates. A number of HTML issues have been fixes in various
places, which isn't very exciting to anyone but me. This is also
the first part of what promises to be a long effort to get back
in sync with Kythryn's maps again. For
now, Theren is done, and I will
start in on Zoluren tomorrow. Furthermore, there's a small
update in the cleric section to list cleric
altars, that's mostly
just taken from a post a while back on the DR boards.
Update -- January 12th, 2007
Another small update before the weekend. The barbarian section has
been updated to reflect some
warpaint and
runestone
information. (Thanks Caraamon) There's also an update to the
bard circle calculator that has
apparently been broken for a really long time. I hope to get
Kythryn's new maps up soon, as well.
Update -- January 8th, 2007
Nearly a year after the last time I played, I'm back again! This is
modest update, mostly just to try and keep the site a little bit
more up-to-date. I added cloth armor and offhand weapons to the
calculators. There was another empath added to the
shifting services
page. Fixed a pretty ancient mistake on the
boxes page. Probably a few other minor
fixes here and there. I hope to add a few more things here and there
to get the site current.


