Dereth is the island on which Asheron's Call is set, of course.

Just thought maybe some of you would like to see screenshots that ArtE and I have taken. [Just added two from Damona.]

Remember, you can download and play for a month for free if you have a credit card: http://www.microsoft.com/games/pc/acdownload.asp

Screenshots:

Before heading out on a quest with our patron Bruce (in blue), my friend Kao (left), ArtEChoke (with helmet), and I (in orange), buy supplies in Hebian-to. Bruce is a high-level swordsman who helps us in exchange for XP. The hand on the left of the shot is the healer, where you go for -- surprisingly enough -- healing potions, mana potions, healing kits, etc. Bruce also gave us some jewelry that cast armor spells, quickness spells, strength spells, etc. www.jamiedmcdonald.com/KaoArtShane.jpg (http://www.jamiedmcdonald.com/KaoArtShane.jpg)

ArtEChoke kills off one Virtuous Doll, only to be confronted by another. Happily, he survived this day. www.jamiedmcdonald.com/doll.jpg (http://www.jamiedmcdonald.com/doll.jpg)

Damona and ArtEChoke (with his flaming staff) finish killing of a bunch of drudges. www.jamiedmcdonald.com/drudgeslaughter.jpg (http://www.jamiedmcdonald.com/drudgeslaughter.jpg)

After ArtEChoke and I got done killing a zombie that would just not sit still, I took an overhead shot while ArtEChoke tried on his new drudge mask. We crack wise a lot. www.jamiedmcdonald.com/artedrudge.jpg (http://www.jamiedmcdonald.com/artedrudge.jpg)

I levitate a bit in order to rest while Damona (Eye Vannah) tells me what a strumpet she is. I think I was waiting for her to catch up after she had died. It was raining. www.jamiedmcdonald.com/shaneafk.jpg (http://www.jamiedmcdonald.com/shaneafk.jpg)

Kao and I decided to get some armor at a blacksmith shop in Rithwic. Here we're standing so close together we appear to be one person. Once we linked up, we created a fellowship (allows us to share XP instead of everything going to the one who got the killing blow in), and set off to kill some bad guys. www.jamiedmcdonald.com/arteshan.jpg (http://www.jamiedmcdonald.com/arteshan.jpg)

While wandering through the desert we came to the town of Al Arqas, where there was a nice hot spring. We decided to relax a bit while waiting for Bruce to catch up. (Me in orange, ArtEChoke in yellow, and Damona in the MC Hammer pants) www.jamiedmcdonald.com/thelife.jpg (http://www.jamiedmcdonald.com/thelife.jpg)

ArtEChoke discovered that the hearts of golems can be made into some sort of special key, so he's been hunting them like crazy lately. Here he finds out how nasty mud golems are. Note his inventory and his super cool glove. This is another of his masks he got from killing a bad guy and making a hat out of its face.: www.jamiedmcdonald.com/artegolem.jpg (http://www.jamiedmcdonald.com/artegolem.jpg)

While we were waiting for people to catch up (Damona), ArtEChoke (on bottom) and I decided to rest. I had just killed a rabbit after I goaded it into attacking just for fun in the town of Zaikhal. www.jamiedmcdonald.com/sitonmyface.jpg (http://www.jamiedmcdonald.com/sitonmyface.jpg)

[This message has been edited by Shralp (edited May 17, 2002).]

Man, you really need to convert those to JPEG or something; those bitmaps are a bear to download.

Yeah, yeah. Site is down for a bit while I do that.

[Ok, everything is kosher now.]

[This message has been edited by Shralp (edited May 17, 2002).]

I'd like to point out that there's alot more questing, and combat involved than the screenshots would suggest... We don't generally think to take a screencap when we could be on the brink of death.

But here's a good combat shot (http://www.jamiedmcdonald.com/banderling.jpg) of Nul fighing a pretty formidable creature. These guys are tough to take down.

Shralp, I have some really good combat shots from the olthoi cave, if you're interested. After looking these over, I decided to focus on more combat-oriented stuff. (Along with various nekkid pictures and funny shots, of course.)

Oooooh. Olthoi are cool. I think Kao is wearing an olthoi mask/helmet in the first picture above. (They're the insect race that's trying to take over the planet.)

Send, send.