We've launched the announced Talent and Lore Update! All characters are granted one free RP talent and race change. Update Log.
Updates to Talents and Monsters: Read the specifics in the Update Log
08/01/'21
Gaia Reborn
Gaia Reborn, the hottest MMORPG of the last decade, has seen millions of players experience its unique world - a combination of fantasy and reality. When Gaia Reborn was a game, one goal was to make the game world a one-half scale model of the real world. This pursuit was known as the Half-Gaia Project, and it is one of the aspects which led to Gaia Reborn becoming such a popular virtual world. With regional servers having unique areas, quests, cities, and monsters, it wasn't uncommon for people to create alternate characters on other servers to experience what felt like an entirely new game.
Ten years after the game's launch, millions of players have joined and created countless characters across the many servers. Now, with the release of the latest expansion, Pioneers of Arcadia, many are getting ready to begin new adventures in the new Italian server, exploring the new region corresponding to Italy, known in Gaia as Italia. Characters would have to start from fresh in this new world, but Italy would finally get its own piece of this world.
Countless players created their characters, logged in with excitement fueling their hands as the cursor swept across the screen, and then... darkness... Everything was black, and as their eyes opened, the players found themselves in the streets of an unfamiliar city. Looking around to survey their surroundings, many players realized this city was not so new after all. While desolate and ruined, the architecture conquered by vines and greenery, this city was unmistakably Rome, but at the same time, it was not. Finding themselves in the bodies of their characters, trapped in the world of Gaia Reborn, players are left to adapt to their new reality in this fantasy world.
Spectre sighed as he walked around the crafting district of Romalia. It has been a while since he was in the city, yet he knew it was a long time coming. Not only he improved his Main Class from hunting monsters, but he managed to adjust to his new temporary home with Evan and his granddaughters with his intentions on learning more about the strange world that resembled Gaia Reborn's. Yet a new problem has arisen as he looked at several weapons on the stands' racks and sighed again.
"This is ridiculous. I'm supposed to find a library around here, yet I'm stuck here shopping for a new sword," he muttered as he stared at his said weapon. "But who am I to complain? If I need to survive this world, I need a better weapon than this. Jason did say I have to replace my equipment if I managed to get stronger. Although..."
He then looked around the stands and warehouses, which he could see several people lining up to buy materials and weapons.
"I don't want to end up wasting my time in here looking for a weapon. If I don't find something interesting by the third shop, I think I'll call it quits and stick to my old sword."
With that said, he started to look around and tried to enter one of the establishments to find his desired sword.
It was at this time that Spectre walked into an inn. It was within this in a slender man was watering plants, smelling them before and after he added water.
As Spectre entered the inn the man looked up at the new arrival.
"Good morrow to you, how may I be of assistance?" he asked politely. Belladonna had scolded him earlier for his... rather rude demeanour towards guests and visitors.
As a quick way to enforce her educational skills as well as her... skills of persuasion she had taken away the herbs and salts for his meals.
"How may I adress you?" Izark asked with a gentle smile, "My name is Izark, how do you do?"
In his honesty, he never expected to enter an inn during his window shopping. Then again, he was a bit tired from walking around the district for a few hours. So once he saw where he ended up with and the man who greeted him. He just sighed in defeat.
"I was hoping it's another weapon shop. But, oh well..." He muttered, who was a bit annoyed at his current situation before he turned to Izark. "A glass of water would be n-"
He quickly stopped when he realized something. All-day long, he tried to find some shops for a decent sword. But since he didn't have time to explore the city, he was a bit lost. So he might as well ask directions. Plus, according to Jason, he recalled that the inn might have some more information about the world and events that occurred here.
"On second thought, do you have any recommendations on a decent weapon shop that I can purchase something to replace my old sword?"
Listening to the young fellow Izark went behind the counter and poured him a glass of water per his request. The simple wooden cup sloshed softly as water flowed from the decanter into the cup. With a gentle and delicate touch Izark placed the cup on the counter.
"A decent weaponshop you say? I must admit I have not had the pleasure of venturing out to go and shop as of yet. My crafting class is blacksmith, though I have not created anything as of yet as I stated before. What is it you are looking for exactly?" Izark spoke slowly as his mind went back and forth through the possible places he might remember seeing or hearing about a shop. His thoughts were rather vague regarding the subject.
Spectre's eyes widened when he heard. He never thought he encountered a blacksmith in this inn since he was expecting someone like an innkeeper or a waitress to tell some information about this world. Yet, his words made him doubt him for a bit. For once, he didn't look like any other NPCs around here. Maybe a player? Regardless, he might as well try to keep his guard up until then.
"It's nothing complicated. I just want a shortsword that would compliment my fighting style as a Spellblade," he bluntly explained without making this conversation short. "Is it possible you can make that with your crafting class?"
He wanted to ask who was he, but he was still cautious whether if he was hostile to him or not. It might be rude, but he didn't want to avoid any problem along the way.
"A simple short sword eh? I think I can do that." Izark said, scratching the back of his head. "I would require three pieces of iron ingots and some charcoal to heat the forge. This would also contain my crafting fee. We could spend money, which would cost you quite a bit more, or we could go on a savaging hunt and see if we can find the ore required. That choice would be up to you. At least; that is what I can offer you." Izark said slowly, calculating how much time and resources this would cost him, as well as a hazard-fee. Izark would very much prefer to stay safe and sound inside, enjoying the finer things in life... not risking his neck for some fellow he just met. On the bright side: he had nigh a penny to his name so stealing from him would be rather pointless, yet the prospect of death did not appeal to poor Izark either.
"If we are to go look for iron I think it would be best to bring some tools and discuss our roles. You're a spellblade, as by your wording, but what do you do? My class is assassin, I'd prefer to stay out of fights if possible, but I can sneak about silently and get up close and personal. What could I expect of you in a fight?" Izark asked warily of the quest giver.
Bringing up his menu Izark quickly donned his more protective gear and weaponry, all starter equipment and hardly ever tested.
So he needed to gather materials for Izark to make his sword, huh? Gathering those materials would be a decent way to do so, but it would take many hours and risks to do so. He did have some gold with him after battling some monsters along the way, so it might be enough if possible. However, he needed to know what he was in for before he could accept his offer.
"I'm still new to this game-turned-another-world, so I do have limited knowledge of sword-fighting. Though because of this, my fighting style forces me to get up-close so I can use my skills and spells." Spectre explained before he let out a sigh. "I just gained enough experience, but I'm also worried about the risks as well. It doesn't help the fact that my race disallows me to stay in day time for long unless it's cloudy. Regarding the fees, how much should I pay you if I'm taking the safe route of materials from the Lander's Market and the hazard fee if we take the latter?"
Izark listened patiently to the fellow. A vampire of sorts as far as Izark could tell, but being able to fight face to face as well as somewhat from range with magic. The inability to work during daytime would be a slight problem as Izark couldn't see for banana's in the dark. This would be a problem as it meant Izark would probably need to carry a torch... and become a high value snack, being delivered in the spotlight. All it lacked was a silver platter and a sign that said 'Eat me'
Hearing the man's question regarding the fees Izark took a moment to calculate the values he had overheard when working in the tavern. Both Landers and adventurers showed up here, so there was always some chat or story going on. Ussually things remained friendly, sometimes they were less so. 'Taverns are pretty much the same everywhere it seems.' he had thought after a few days at the place.
"Well, I think we should be settled with two iron ignots and some coal, summing up to roughly 45 gold. It holds no risks and just takes us time and you some money. At the end you will have your weapon and I will have an ignot for my time and effort." Izark said calmly.
"If we go out into the mines and get the iron ourselves, we might get more ore or even more valuable resources, however there is also a greater risk, especially as you are handicapped during the day and I will be during the night." he continued, weighing in the pro's and con's of both points.
"As you are the costumer, the choice is yours. Do we choose the safe path or are we going to dare and possibly win?" Izark asked with a grin, awaiting his patron's response.
Izark made some good points. The rewards were greater if they took a risky path, but since he was still adjusting to his new body, either of them would become a load on their journey to gain a new sword. He let out a sigh and turned back again to the blacksmith.
"It's better if we take the safe path. I still got a lot of gold with me, so I'm not worried about expenses," Spectre explained. "All I want is a decent replacement to my old sword so I might able to survive out in the wilds and hopefully, travel to another town or something."
With that, he placed the exact amount of gold coins that Izark asked. In his honesty, he wasn't in a hurry to get one. Heck, it didn't matter how much time has lost if they tried gathering items if he took the risky path. Regardless, everyone was happy and he got one-half of his equipment problem solved for now.
Izark's jaw dropped as Spectre just handed over the money as if it was no big deal. "So it is quite lucrative to go outside then, I presume?" Izark asked as he slowly closed his mouth. He had stuck inside of town all this time, talking to this Lander lady in the tavern and slowly adjusted to working life in town. He, however, had not a penny to his name; rather: nothing substantial anyway. Yet here came this random encounter with another player who just handed over, or at least as far as Izark was concerned; a fortune,
Adding the money to his inventory Izark started thinking about his schedule. It would take him about an afternoon to refine the materials, then another afternoon to process the ignots into the desired blade. Probably a few hours of grinding down the edge and fixing the handle. It would take about three to four days for Izark to finish the weapon.
After a few minutes of presumably uncomfortable silence Izark spoke again: "I think I should have it ready in four days. Just a simple, double edge short sword? Point of balance about five centimetres from the cross guard? Turning point about the same distance from the tip?" For some reason, most likely because of the blacksmithing skill, Izark had the desire and some basic knowledge on what he was supposed to ask and create. He very much desired to hand over a decent weapon; he knew he couldn't hand Spectre a well-balanced weapon for he lacked the skills to create a masterpiece like that; but knowing at least what to strive for should help him focus on his goals.
"If that is agreeable with you I'll start working on the sword tomorrow." Izark concluded, waiting for his patron's approval.
He sighed and nodded yes. It was either this or suffer himself under the sunlight. Though, he was a bit confused when Izark started to mutter details about his new sword. "Um... Yes... As long as it's not heavy enough for me to carry around in my hand and sheath."
He didn't mind the time needed for the sword to be built. He was busy in the city in those days and despite they were in a world with an MMORPG-like system bestowed on the former players, he understood that it might take some time to build it. "Okay. How should I contact you in case if it's finished?" There was that friend list that his friend, Sven, mentioned when he taught him how to play the game beforehand, but he wasn't sure if he could add a stranger on it just to contact him.
Looking at his client Izark started to wonder if he had given the idea that he would give the man a chunk of iron to wave about, suppressing a chuckle at the idea. "I'll see what I can do, it should be easy enough to wield. As for the contact: I usually work here during the days and nights. If you're an adventurer, and I know this is quite rude of me to ask, we could become friends and add each other. I have a feeling or rather a notion that not everyone likes the idea that they can include only certain peoples on their list. What if your best friend is a Person of the Land, but you can't add him to your list for that very reason." Izark explained calmly, "Personally I think that is quite strange. It is one of the rules of this world but... it feels rather mean and prone to insulting people." he continued, gesturing with his hands. "Anyway, I think that's the easiest way if we're both adventurers. If not: I should be here almost every day of the week. If I'm not around, you could inquire at Belladonna to see when I intend to return. She'll know."
WC: 205 Total WC: 1311
OC: I think it's easier to fix that during the claiming. Something along the lines of: Spent 60 gold on this, this and this. Items sent to Izark/Bailin. Received item X from Izark. I'll make a note of received goods and used items X for Y from Spectre.
Welcome to the help dialog for the Custom Mini-Profile Creator plugin!
Click on any of the tabs above to go through the plugin configuration process!
You can access this menu at any time by clicking on the icon in the bottom right bar (may not be applicable if you're on Forums.net), or you can disable the welcome window and/or the icon by going to Plugins > Manage > Custom Mini-Profile Creator and changing the Show Help option.
This step is essential as it gives the plugin everything it needs on the page to get as much profile information as possible.
To make the profile variables work you'll need to add a new line to the very end of Themes > Layout Templates > Mini-Profile and paste the code below on it. The code should be placed completely outside of the mini-profile, so if you're using the default mini-profile template this will be after the very last closing </div> tag. This needs to be done on every theme you have the plugin enabled on as the template is theme-specific.
If your mini-profile template is already customized and you've hit the variable limit for your template you're free to remove any lines from the code below if they contain information that you don't plan on using. For example, if you have no plans to ever add a user's IP to their mini-profile for staff reference you can remove <div class="mp-info ip">$[user.ip]</div> from the code and everything else will still work just fine.
Once you've added the HTML from the Layout Templates tab you're ready to move on to building your mini-profiles. If you want to get going and try some out now or you're not very adept at HTML, CSS, or Javascript, worry not! This plugin includes some examples for you to try out. You're free to skip to the Custom Profile Fields tab and read over this tab later when you're ready to build your own.
Here's a quick rundown of each of the components in Plugins > Manage > Custom Mini-Profile Creator:
Name This is the name you'll be adding to your custom profile field dropdown once you've finished coding the mini-profile. Pretty self-explanatory. Make sure this name is unique from every other name you use for your mini-profiles or you'll end up overwriting the earlier ones in the list.
HTML This is the HTML that will go inside your mini-profile. You can use just about any HTML tag here so long as it's appropriate for where the mini-profile is showing on the page. Please refrain from using <style> or <script> tags here. You have the next two sections for that! Also, remember that mini-profiles can show multiple times on the same page, so you shouldn't add ID attributes to any of your elements here. Two elements on the same page cannot have the same ID per HTML standards.
CSS This is where you'll place what would normally go in your forum's style sheet or what would normally be between <style> tags. Try to code your mini-profile's HTML in a way that will allow you to target it specifically with your selectors. For example, you can surround all of the content in your HTML with a <div> element with a class and target that class and its child elements specifically with your CSS. That way you don't accidentally target every mini-profile on the page with CSS that was meant for the one you're building. One more thing: The forum theme's CSS still applies beforehand, so your mini-profile may look right in one theme but not in another. The best way to circumvent this is to define as many styles as you can to override the theme's CSS.
Javascript Anything that normally goes between <script> tags will go here. This one's a bit tricky since you'll obviously want to target the custom mini-profile specifically. Luckily there's an easy way to do that. In your statements you can use the $(this) variable to target the mini-profile if you're coding using jQuery. Otherwise, if you only plan on using standard Javascript you can target $(this)[0] instead.
Once you've finished building your mini-profiles it's finally time to add them to the Edit Profile page for use! To enable selection of custom mini-profiles you'll first need to add two specific custom profile fields in Members > Custom Profile Fields in your forum's admin area:
Mini-Profile Theme
Staff Mini-Profile Theme
Mini-Profile Theme is for mini-profiles that are designed for member use. You can set the Who Can Edit option for this field to Staff With Power if you only want staff to be able to choose mini-profiles for users. Otherwise, if you want members to freely be able to choose their own mini-profiles you can choose Members and Staff With Power.
Staff Mini-Profile Theme is for mini-profiles designed specifically for staff use. This field is completely optional.
Set the type for both of these fields as Drop Down Selection. Click on the (View/Edit) link to add mini-profile names to each of these fields.
If you've just installed this plugin you should have three different mini-profiles already installed by default: Example 1, Example 2, and Example 3. You can add these to your dropdowns to test them out and see the plugin in action.
If you're having trouble getting this plugin to work despite following the instructions in the previous tabs you may want to check that each of your themes meets the prerequisites below in Themes > Layout Templates > Mini-Profile.
First, ensure that opening tag of your mini-profile template includes the $[miniprofile_class] variable in its class. On the default ProBoards theme it should look something like this:
<div class="$[miniprofile_class]">
Next, make sure that the default {foreach} loop for custom fields is present inside your mini-profile. It doesn't need to be visible, so you're free to add it inside a hidden element if you don't plan on displaying it or if it would mess up the appearance of your own custom template.
Beyond that you can do whatever you like to the mini-profile template for the most part and it shouldn't negatively impact the plugin.
The following is a list of available variables for use in the HTML section of the mini-profile creator and their definitions. Adding any of these to a mini-profile will generate the content described in its definition in place of the variable so long as the information that variable outputs is visible to you.
To reference your forum's custom profile fields you can use $[user.customfieldname], substituting "customfieldname" with your custom field's name. You'll need to type the name in all lowercase with no spaces and only use characters A-Z and 0-9.
For example, Mini-Profile Theme becomes $[user.miniprofiletheme]. This will output the value of the custom field. In the case of this example, it'll be the name of the mini-profile theme you've chosen in your profile.
IMPORTANT NOTE: These will only work if you followed the steps in the Installation tab of this window on each of your themes. Any themes that do not include the template code specified there will not have these variables replaced in the mini-profile.
$[user]
User's display name link.
$[user.age]
User's age (if visible to you).
$[user.avatar]
User's current avatar.
$[user.badges]
User's list of badges.
$[user.birthday]
User's date of birth (if visible to you).
$[user.color]
Hex color of user's group. If user is not in a group this will return inherit.
$[user.custom_title]
User's custom title.
$[user.email]
User's email (if visible to you).
$[user.gender.image]
Image associated with the gender selected in the user's profile (if available).
$[user.gender.text]
Name of gender selected in the user's profile (if available).
$[user.group.name]
Name of user's current display group.
$[user.group.stars]
Star images associated with user's current display group.
$[user.id]
User's numerical ID.
$[user.instant_messenger]
User's list of instant messengers specified in their profile (if available).
$[user.invisible]
Returns 1 if a user is invisible. More useful for Javascript.
$[user.ip]
User's IP address (if visible to you).
$[user.is_online]
Returns Member is Online if user is currently online.
$[user.is_staff]
Returns 1 if a user is designated as staff. More useful for Javascript.
$[user.last_online]
Timestamp showing when user was last online.
$[user.likes]
Number of likes this user's posts have received.
$[user.location]
Location specified in user's profile.
$[user.name]
User's display name in plain text.
$[user.personal_text]
User's most recent status.
$[user.posts]
User's post count.
$[user.rank.name]
User's current posting rank.
$[user.rank.stars]
Star images associated with user's current posting rank.
$[user.registered_on]
Timestamp showing the date/time the user registered on the forum.
$[user.registered_on_short]
Condensed version of user's registration date.
$[user.social_network]
User's list of social networks specified in their profile (if available).
$[user.username]
Outputs the user's login username in plain text.
$[user.warning.bar]
User's warning bar (if it exists).
$[user.warning.level]
User's current warning level (if visible to you).
$[user.website]
Website specified in user's profile.
You can utilize the $(this) variable in the Javascript component to target the mini-profile <div> element. For example, if you wanted to add a class to the mini-profile you can use:
$(this).addClass('class-name-here');
Profile variables can also be used in the Javascript component in this plugin. In Javascript the value undefined is used to signify that a value doesn't exist for the variable you've specified. With this in mind you can use profile variables in Javascript conditional statements within the plugin similar to how they're used in the actual layout templates section of the admin area.
if(variable) will only run if the variable you specify has a value.
if(!variable) will only run if the variable you specify has no value.
Example 1 (variable has value):
if(user.group){
$(this).find('.group').show();
}
If the user has their group displayed in their profile the above Javascript would make the HTML below visible if you had it hidden with CSS.