by Danny Gourley on Jul 08, 2006
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 Malevanors divine power lasts.
G = Mean damage of each hit from a typical titans shield bash,
equipped with shield spikes.
H = The Spellcraft DC to recognize a Siberys mark.
I = The total number of legs of Vidars fathers followers.
J = Year in which pirates were routed from the ThunderSea.
K = Page on which Stealthy Repossessions 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!