For the Uber Geek in You



When asked when Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach (DDO) Module
2 would be released, Developer Dave Eckelberry wrote:

If

A = Year in which the first wind galleon left Trolanport

B = The number of the layer controlled by Dispater.

C = The spell level of blood of fire.

D = Number of gnomes in Sharn.

E = The number of chains controlled by a chain devil.

F = Number of rounds Malevanor’s divine power lasts.

G = Mean damage of each hit from a typical titan’s shield bash,
equipped with shield spikes.

H = The Spellcraft DC to recognize a Siberys mark.

I = The total number of legs of Vidar’s father’s followers.

J = Year in which pirates were routed from the ThunderSea.

K = Page on which Stealthy Repossession’s map appears.

L = The DC to resist the feeblemind touch of one of pig-eyed bat-winged
guardians of the underworld.

M = The hour in the evening in which your author ran into 2 brick
walls, months ago.

N = Age in years of 2nd edition AD&D.

O = Level at which creature from E can use an unnverving stare, if
played and leveled up by a player from level one.

P = Number of swift actions possible for a character in a combat round

R = Numerical value of the Strength of a very lucky male human
character in 1st edition, dropping punctuation.

S = The encounter area for the Earth Door in the Outer Fane in Chapter
6.



Solve for:



[(A-I)^B + D*E + F!*B – (J+P)*C + SQRT(K)*(G+M) – N*O – R + S*I^2*C^2]
/ L + log (I * sin Hº)

Many community members had a blast compiling the data to get at the
answer that only took them 3 hours to complete. Community member,
Aelwind posted a final formula:

[(865-20)^2 + 16948*4 + 8!*2 - (802+1)*5 + SQRT(121)*(23+7)
- 17*6 -
1800 + 14*20^2*5^2] / 20 + log (20*.5)



[714025 + 67792 + 40320*2 - 4015 + 330 - 102 - 1800 + 14*400*25] /20 +
log (10)



[781817 + 80640 - 4015 + 330 - 102 - 1800 + 140000] / 20 + log (10)



[996870]/20 + 1



49843.5 + 1 = 49844.5



[996870]/30 + 1



33229 + 1 = 33230

To which community member Chardros amended:

Looks fantastic, just change L to be 14 instead of 20 and
you'll get
71206.

It looks to be a 7/12/06 release on the Twilight Forge Module. Of
course, a half-hour after the forum brains figured out the formula,
Community Relations Specialist, Samera posted this:

The servers will be offline on Wednesday, July 12 from 7:00
am to 1:00
pm EDT for the Twilight Forge (Module 2) Update.

Congrats to the forum members with the superior brain power!