Ultimate Mimir - Call for Talent

Seriously I just...don't have a microphone...And I'm sure my friends would have a kicking time helping as well. I'll ask around next game and see if they're interested. Do you already have a script or is that something that we'll have to come up with outselves?

-pb-

Ohhhh...well I'll still run it by the team

Do you have a list of what you already have scripts for? And what you need most? That would definately help

-pb-

Any scripts made yet? :oops:
I'm not good at speaking english but that shouldn't be a problem in a multilingual multiverse

Accurate mixed with inaccurate I think it the idea here, and re: scripts - that's what he's asking you guys to come up with if you can. He's got the equipment and setup to make a recording - he doesn't yet know what to *say*.

You could start with your planewalking encyclopedia thingy, it has short and to-the-point explanations for typical planar questions

The "tone" of the mimir is the biggest question. If the creators want it informative and kinda spooky, encycopedia entries are more then enough

If they want to keep it silly like the original mimir audio, I might make a few scripts with bad puns designed for reading with fake pseudoplanar accents... I have a few ideas already... Actually, it's a slow day at work, might as well try to do it now

I didn't actually, but since I find these easier to type then "serious" monologues, I won't complain at all

I thought, as long as you keep it as silly as the original, a few "order of the stick" slaps could fit nicely in more obscure places such as "abyssal layer #422"

I don't know how well trained anyone else is at radio dramas, but speaking in weird voices can be tiresome and bad acting can really bite the earlobes, so I'd keep the first few posts short before we see how well people can read this

Also, you might notice I kept some information out of the posts (who is this "grandfather oak" person anyway?) so I wouldn't dig too much into copyrighted material and still encourage people to keep looking for the original books

I like the attempt...the dialogue is witty, and the voice actor got into the part near the middle of the dialogue. I realize it's a rough cut, so I'm not worried about that. What I am worried about is accuracy...not necessarily the peformance (because planewalkers may lie), but the script itself. Not to slam the author, but there's one glaring problem with that post about the Unseelie Court -- grimlocks don't have eyes. He's never seen an orc woman grow old, he's never seen the horrors of the Abyss, and he's never seen a member of the Unseelie Court or their acts of debauchery. It might be a good idea to have a team go over scripts before putting the effort into recording it. Just a suggestion.
And yes, I think I'll come up with some scripts myself.

I'm just listening to the recordings... Blood war and unseelie court have a lot of noise and they don't sound appropriate for use . Modron march sounds okay, as far as I hear. Will there be weird ambient background noises or something like that mixed into the final versions?

As for acting, it's far from professional but I've heard worse even in the official mimir CD, so it's not like that would be much problem

If you can live with these scripts, I can make more soon (not now, too tired) and maybe extend the first three

I'd like to have one or two in heavy cant - both for the flavor and the full effect of cant in use so people can tell what it's like.

*chuckle*
Thank you for the compliement, I wrote the bit on that dragon... read that section a little more closely and you'll notice it's not just *any* dragon.

I'd say you might as well post them here, it keeps interest in the thread (and project) going, and will make for fun reading. But that's just me - Loki may prefer to work another way.

Maybe a bit too long for me, but then again, I have a short attention span :oops:

Copied feedback from the Planescape List on WotC (cause i'm not sure if you're subscribed over there, Loki):

About time someone else started writing

(Interjecting on Nick's post)
In TRIPLICATE!

Nevermind what was here before; the formatting just doesn't show up right in the preview window for me. Anyways, here's the product of a bit too much free time inbetween assignments:

(Keep in mind for the following that the writer is still new to the setting and may not be using the cant correctly.)

Mimir Start - The Elemental Plane of Earth

Speaker: (Muffled Speaking)
*Sounds of explosion and/or teleportation*
Speaker: *Cough* Sorry about that. *Cough* Like I was trying to say before, welcome to the Elemental Plane of Earth! If you don't know already, this place is so full of dirt and dust that a pixie who just ate troll meat seems empty by comparison. Not that everything here is grit and grime; some of the luckier or cannier bloods among you may wind up finding-
*Sound of something being snapped off*
Speaker: -a nice gemstone like this here diamond. (Next part is mumbled) ...might finally be enough to get that damn weed-wearing 'loth off my back... (Mumbling ends.) *Clears throat* Anyways, onto the natives- ah, here comes one now: an earth elemental. Hello sir, fine... err.. day, isn't it?
*Insert Terran speak here, meaning the sounds of shaking a bag of stones, rubbing some rocks together, or a grinding noise. Continue for a short while before suddenly stopping.*
Speaker: Some of you might have identified that little stint as being a speil in Terran, which serves as the local tongue here. While I may not be able to speak it myself, I have this little trinket- *jingling chain* -to do the translation for me. See, like all of the planes, elemental Earth has its unfriendly natives, like this one here. Excuse me for a moment.
*Sound of footsteps on a hard floor*
Speaker: (Voice is in the distance, words are laced with venom and sarcasm.) Why, an elemental knight of the post... I never thought I'd see that! I can applaud you for being one of the few among your kind who can tell the difference between 'rock' and 'not rock', but who in the sodding hells do you think you are to claim that Ogremoch is your high-up? I don't care if this is one of his treasuries! Now, pike off before I decide to write you in the dead book and use whatever is left over to brick up the roof of my sodding kip!
*Sound of approaching footsteps & crumbling stone*
Speaker: (Voice is normal again.) Now that I'm done with that, we'll go-
*Very loud avalanche noise*
Speaker: Oh hello... *Swallows* Ogremoch... I really had no idea that elemental belonged to you-
*Earthquake noise that begins loud and then lowers to background noise while the speaker continues
Speaker: (Whispering.) While Ogremoch is describing where exactly he wants to place that diamond I found earlier, I've taken the liberty of casting a delayed teleportation spell on this mimir. Since I'm going to wind up as an unsightly smear on the floor of this cavern either way, I figure that I may as well do something I've always wanted to do first. Here's hoping that a priest finds this little skull, wherever it may decide to show up...
*Footsteps*
Speaker: (Yelling off in the distance.) Hey, Ogremoch! Yer mother was an air elemental and yer father was a djinn!
*Brief avalanche sound followed by the sound of a rock striking something with a wet squish*

Mimir End

...and that is way too long, or at least it appears that way to me. Is there anything here I should take out, or does this work fine as-is?

Now, as I said before, I’m still a neophyte to Planescape, so feel free to correct me where I’m wrong. (Namely, the problem is that I’m not exactly sure on the place of the Shadow Plane in the Planescape cosmology, and how different said placing is than the default.)

Mimir Start- The Plane of Shadow

*Sound of the mimir ‘revving up’*
Mimir: The Plane of Shadow is one of the three Transitive Planes, providing a method by which one can travel between the various Primes and the Astral. The following is a conversation between an unnamed prime and experienced planewalker Adar Ihlavion.
*Mimir background noise fades out. A rustle of grass is heard, and footsteps are a constant in the background.*
Prime: (Voice hints at fear and unease.) What was that? (Whimpering.) I knew I should’ve just gotten a spellcaster to-
Adar: (Yelling.) Bar that! You’re just expecting things to turn out badly because you can’t see where you’re going. (Voice normal, with a hint of amusement.) Tell me, what have you heard of this place?
*Footsteps stop*
Prime: Well, it’s dark here, so there must be evil hiding somewhere. There should also be undead along to slaughter us any minute now, assuming the plane doesn’t decide to take matters into its own hands.
Adar: *Laughs* (Sarcastic.) But of course. Look, is that one of those undead you were talking about? (Normal voice, yelling.) Hey, Shadow Boy! Over here!
*Distant odd (but not animalistic) screech, followed by a ‘poof’ noise.*
Prime: (Speaking in angry, but hushed and restrained, tones.) What in the hells are you doing? Where in the hells did that thing go and what in the hells was it in the first place? (Voice shows signs of surrender.) Well, that’s it; I’m a goner. Oh gods, what did I-
Shadow-Man: (Voice is otherworldly, seeming faded, distant, and having little emotion.)Well hello there, good sir.
Prime: Yah! *Sound of feet touching back down on the ground after a jump*
Adar: …and that, my dear clueless, is your first lesson. Sure, the Shadow may have its nasty points, but it probably won’t be much more hostile than your precious homeworld. You see, this plane more or less conforms to whatever you’re currently coming from or going to, depending on how close you are to either.
Prime: (Still shaken.) But then… who or what is he?
Shadow-Man: I’ll get this one. You see, I’m a satisfied customer of Mr. Ihlavion’s tour service, much as I’m sure you’ll be later on. I just liked the plane so much that I decided to stay. You see, the Shadow tends to add a personal touch to whoever decides to make kip here, with the end result being how I am at the moment. *Pause*Anyways, I have to get back to tending my flock, if you’ll excuse me…
*’Poof’ noise*
Prime: (Finally at ease, though confused.) What’s a ‘kip’?
Adar: That’s not important right now; we’re running late. Start walking, and catch this.
*Footsteps in background begin again. Sound of something apple-sized being caught*
Prime:(With disgust.) Eww. This is definitely an apple… but it’s all greasy and something is dripping off it. Is this poisoned?
Adar: *Sigh* (Mumbling.) A slaad wouldn’t find this much to complain about in Mechanus… (Normal voice.) No, no it isn’t. This plane really only twists how things look wherever it connects to, hence the total lack of color other than black, white, and gray, the dimness of our torch, and the fact that everything looks withered or broken. Nothing here is going to fall apart or rot away, and the place doesn’t try to tear down whatever decides to find its way in. Here, take a bite out of that apple and see for yourself.
*Sound of an apple being bitten out of*
Prime: (Voice is delighted and surprised, speaking though a mouthful of apple. Periodically bite out a new piece.) Wow. *Munch* This is amazing! I’ve never had anything that tasted this good! (Voice normal and pleasant.) So, anything else about this place you could tell me?
Adar: Well, the Plane of Shadow falls between the Negative and Positive planes, representing Death and Life respectively. Though that may sound like the perfect metaphorical spot for the undead to congregate, this place isn’t any more appealing to them than the next dark alleyway in Sigil. The spots where the Negative seeps through are known as the Darklands, and will quickly suck an unwary berk drier than a salt elemental. The spots where the Positive creeps in… well… the greybeards have seen fit to gloss over naming those just yet, though I’d assume ‘Lightlands’ wouldn’t be far off. If you actually want to see the Negative and Positive, you can look at the big spheres up in the sky shining light and darkness.
Prime: I have to say that you’ve impressed me. Here- *jingling coins* –take this; you’ve earned it.
Adar: Normally I’d grab that little coinpurse without hesitation, but our excursion isn’t over just yet. If I was you, I’d hold on to your jink until we’ve gotten out of here and followed the Astral to your destination.
Prime: (Curious.) What is 'Jink'? What ‘Astral’?
Adar: *Sighs* Powers above! Not again…

Mimir End

Pronunciation Notes: Adar Ihlavion is said 'Ah-dahr Ihl-lahve-e-ohn.'

Script by Ed “Seprakarius” Fields

Which book has it that they only work on the Outer Planes?

*headscratch* Ok, cool... and yeah, I suppose a sensory stone could operate in a pinch too. Wierd, I wouldn't have thought an item like that would have stopped functioning elsewhere. I'll have to check it out.