No.. it does not exist as of yet. And before I set down to that thankless task of collecting all the holy days, etc. of the Eberron setting in a single document, and then ude hours to try to make it look nice and manageable, I wanted to ask:
Has this already been done?
Is there a document somewhere with a printable calendar, weeknames, correct months, holy days, etc, and all, that I just missed?
And no, I can't use the application provided by Wizards. We dont always have access to the internet when we game.
#2GMforPowergamersMay 12, 2008 15:08:08
That would be awsome...if you post it I will give you a
#3missekatMay 12, 2008 15:49:54
Og darn.. now I have to make it
#4ChaoticGoodMay 13, 2008 0:55:57
If you make this, it will become a permanent part of my sig, so that I may not only have access to your masterpiece at will but also share its glory with others!
#5missekatMay 15, 2008 12:40:35
Well.. I wont lie: I WAS hoping someone had saved me the trouble and beat me to making the darned thing.. AND its going to take awile to collect the data and get it all down right. (I dont have all that much time for these things at the moment), but yeah..
I'll make it. (Doh). ;)
#6skrap-sanMay 16, 2008 3:55:46
I'll make it. (Doh). ;)
That is good news for all us lazy people out here.
Wouldn't be easier to start with *something* and then add/convert based on your needs?
#8pskoughtMay 16, 2008 13:37:18
No.. it does not exist as of yet. And before I set down to that thankless task of collecting all the holy days, etc. of the Eberron setting in a single document, and then ude hours to try to make it look nice and manageable, I wanted to ask:
Has this already been done?
Is there a document somewhere with a printable calendar, weeknames, correct months, holy days, etc, and all, that I just missed?
And no, I can't use the application provided by Wizards. We dont always have access to the internet when we game.
I built a very simple Calendar in Excel with the holidays marked that I could find easily. I guess PM me an address and I'll send over a copy?
#9octaviusiiiMay 17, 2008 2:18:11
Hmm, well, I made something like this a while ago. I pulled together the holidays from Faiths of Eberron and Sharn, City of Towers to make it. In the original the High Holy Days were highlighted, but I can't do that in this format. Also, Lammania's coterminous periods are Kharn 6-12, and its remote periods are Sypheros 20-26, while Long Shadows lasts from Vult 26-28, with Khybersef falling in the middle on the 27th. Anyway, is this what you're looking for?
And Octavius: it's not exactly what I was hoping for, but it is a great help
#11missekatMay 22, 2008 8:55:21
Well.. work is progressing.
So far I've been through all the books, (I think I own them all sofar), and listed all the holy daus, and stuff like that. I believe I now have every reference needed to make thing thing.
So.. now I just have to convince my bf to teach me to make a calender in the spreadsheet function on my pc.
I'm going to give you 2 calendars. Both one in the spreadsheet format that can be changed as you like, and one in a pdf that looks nice.
It should be done by next week.
#12herogoethMay 22, 2008 11:15:34
... um. I love you.
Seriously, thank you for doing this. There are those of us who would love to have access to such a document, but plain and simply do not have the patience to put it together.
You Rock.
#13missekatMay 22, 2008 12:14:31
:embarrass aww.. Now I get all blushy and stuff :P
Seriously though, it's nice to know it's appreciated. Especially at 3 am when I'm ploving through books.. and suddenly remember I have to get up and go to work.. 3 hours later. (Doh).
Thnx :D
#14ornitoMay 22, 2008 15:35:37
Maybe I've just forgotten but is it stated how long the periods of each of the moons are? Probably my biggest complaint about the current material is when an entry says that something happens "when the moon is full" and I think, which moon, there are 12. Even worse are things that occur monthly during the full moon.
Usually I just pick a moon that seems appropriate if its an event I don't want happening all the time or just go with any moon if its something I like and what happening a lot.
#15WolfStar76May 22, 2008 15:49:16
Maybe I've just forgotten but is it stated how long the periods of each of the moons are? Probably my biggest complaint about the current material is when an entry says that something happens "when the moon is full" and I think, which moon, there are 12. Even worse are things that occur monthly during the full moon.
Usually I just pick a moon that seems appropriate if its an event I don't want happening all the time or just go with any moon if its something I like and what happening a lot.
There's a calendar on the WotC website somewhere that has the lunar calendar and shows what moons are in what phase at what days/times.
But really, if you want a certain moon (or set of moons) to be in phase, or conjunction, or etc - that's your prerogative as the DM.
#16ornitoMay 22, 2008 15:59:46
Yeah I've been looking at that tool and it seems like all the moons tend to have periods slightly out of step with each other. My main idea is that days when all of the moons are full or new would be really cool but it would be goofy if that ended up happening every few months.
I mostly like to decide these things in the background and then be able to say, "Oh and while you're traveling to Sharn the night of the orbs festival goes on to celebrate every moon being full." Its not something that has in game mechanics like a coterminus plane but helps to make the setting feel alive.
Probably the most interesting idea I'm kicking around right now is the rare night when every moon is new it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to say that dragons will try to get to any Siberys observatory they could in the hopes of reading some dim part of the Prophecy in the Siberys Ring.
#17missekatMay 22, 2008 16:06:11
My campaign is pretty heavy on the prophecy side, (not that any of the players have noticed yet :evillaugh ), and some of the stuff happend when a specific amount of moons are full at the same time.
Basically i sat down with the tool Wolfstar mentioned, (extremely handy when you've got the net, but no holydayes included), and did a fast forward util I found the constallations I wanted :D
#18octaviusiiiMay 23, 2008 0:11:09
I've got the moon phases as a spreadsheet, too, if anyone wants them...
It's really nice! It has average brightness, how many moons are full that night and so on! Also: the moons' periods (Full to Full) are 7 days longer than the previous moon. The longest is 105 days, while the shortest is 28.
Any takers? It's in the same calendar form as what I posted above.
#19missekatMay 23, 2008 12:14:43
Hmm.. I think it would be overkill to try and work it into the calendar I'm making.. after all.. One could just check up on moonphases on the net. The calendar is more a tool to keep track of rituals, holy days, memorial days and stuff like that.
#20octaviusiiiMay 23, 2008 12:52:02
True - although regular calendars have something similar, it's too... awkward... to have 13 little icons. And if you're doing something like a wall calendar, then it's certainly not worth it.
#21missekatMay 23, 2008 14:16:57
That is actually what I'm trying to make with the .pdf, the spreadsheet will be something you can put ypur own stuff into as well.
And yeah.. 12, (I havn't added the 13'th moon in my campaign.. yet), moon icons could get it all a bit tightly packed.
#22missekatMay 25, 2008 4:54:36
Moved the discussion to this thread, mostly because I'm blind and a bit daft. :D
