24 July 1998
Fletching:
- I haven't been doing much to the place lately, but I've got a few little things that I've been following and will add when I get a chance:

• There has been discussion on the boards of late about the effects of strength vs. agility on marksmanship/power.  I'll add my tidbits when I get a chance.
• There has also been some discussion about the specific differences between each of the three main bow-types... I've been meaning to do it, but haven't got around to putting it up yet.
• I will add some discussion about the best critters to teach bow skills (in my experience)
• According to news from Simucon '98, a couple of things related to archery... The only bows that will be able to affect the undead will be made from either ebony or ironwood (Is ironwood finally foragable?  Start looking folks!)  When the maritime province is opened and underwater combat becomes a reality, there will be bows made specially for use underwater -- preliminary word from GM Treveri indicates that rangers will be the only ones who can carve these special bows.  Homemade crossbows and bolts are going to be a reality... someday.
• There has been some mention that the bowyer's glue that Renshear sold is finally creating arrows that don't combine with normal arrows...  we'll see about this.
• The new multi-opponent logic is going thru a limited test phase... we'll see how, if at all,  this system affects bow users when engaged to multiple critters.

29 June 1998
Fletching:
- Changes/additions to the advanced bow use section.  Stuff I've been observing on aiming, range, and hangback tactics.  I'd appreciate any feedback on these latest phenomena.

26 June 1998
Fletching:
- Changes to the advanced fletching section.  It seems that ranger arrows are combining with non-ranger arrows.  Thanks to Sarzen and Argraynel for this tidbit.

24 June 1998
Fletching:
- Incorporated a large chunk of data provided by Flashingblade about appraisals of longbows/arrows at higher skill ranks.
- There is news that Ashkei, a moon mage, (aka Jacco) has apparently capped out ebony longbows and shortbows with only 30 longbow skill.  He used "stacked predictions" to carve at a rank way, way above his station.  The bows he carved were confiscated by a GM initially, but info is hazy as to what happened or where they are now (the bows appraised at over 5000 copper Kron... supposedly beyond the current range of skill in the Realms).  We are awaiting more official news as the ramifications of this application of moon mage predictions can be fairly significant to the future of both the moon mage guild and the Realms as a whole.

23 June 1998
Treehouse:
- Polished up and put up my cheat-sheet for Elanthian time vs. real life.  Handy dandy for me, mayhaps the same for you.  Kudos to Herpo, Aelissa, and Iulio for laying down the info I needed!
- Put up what I think are the links to various web sites that helped me most over the years.  Make them your starting place for Elanthian information!
- Being as picky as I am, I realized that there a numerous little inconsistencies throughout this place... I'll have to clean them up soon before I get a hernia.  Heh.  OK, I'll stop ranting about myself now... but it's been six whole days since I said I'd fix up the "little" things, let alone look for pretty pictures!  ::grumble::

19 June 1998
Fletching:
- Added a bit about the actual damage hierarchy in the hit/lodge discussion and mentioned that mind state (overall and mech lore) affect carving ability in the fletching discussion.  Thanks to Benthalus for reminding me.
- Renumbered the tables by section to facilitate later additions.

17 June 1998
Treehouse:
- Submitted this site to "Rings around Elanthia," a DR webring.
- Some more nitpicking tweaks here and there... gotta sit down and sift thru/cleanup the HTML one of these days, all these WYSIWYG tools are really quite dumb in the end.

Fletching:
- Added a short spat about making mistakes when carving/fletching... I forgot you can mess up.  ::grin::
- Fixed up some grammar and details.

16 June 1998
Treehouse:
- Rewrote index page and cleaned it up.
- Wrote main room description and linked to the work room/fletching discussion.
- This is now the history for the main site.
- Added vanity counter to the main index.
- Submitted this site to the Wren's Nest for listing.
- Submitted this site to Simutronic's webmaster for listing

Fletching:
- Realized that the pages are rather sterile right now... need some tasteful pictures/icons... any graphic artist so-inclined, feel free to let me know.  ::hint hint::
- Set anchors for the sub-headings in the table of contents.  For the impatient folks.  Hee.
- More anal-retentive nit-picking here and there... only I'd notice the changes.

15 June 1998
Fletching:
- Realized how inconvenient the Simu messaging system really is... toying with idea of setting up a web-based discussion group on DR fletching.  If there is any interest, let me know.
- Decided to have a page of links to some other DR pages with fletching info... workin' on it
- Wrote closing notes
- Added section about effects of lodging arrows
- Fixed little things here and there

13 June 1998
Fletching:
- For vanity's sake, added a hit counter.  Naturally, 90% are going to be my own hits while I debug/edit.
- Minor corrections to advanced fletching section.  Thanks, Sarzen.

12 June 1998
Treehouse:
- Begain work retouching the pages to introduce the rest of the "treehouse."  Former approach with an empty house and the public running amuck inside didn't seem quite right -- the house is now abandoned and empty with the remnants of Scootle's belongings and knowledge left behind.  More on the way...

Fletching:
- Posted URL to the general public in the "Death by Air" folder
- Touched up theory on balance/power appraisals
- Revamped section on aiming to reflect recent changes (need to rewrite this... still confusing)
- Put in rudimentary navigation links (gotta redo 'em someday)

11 June 1998
Fletching:
- Broke document into a series of sections (that are still quite long)
- Added table of contents
- Finished bulk of document, most sections are complete
- Started writing this revision history
- Added section on bow balance/power appraisals

10 June 1998
Fletching:
- Bulk of appraisal notes in place
- Finished wood selection section

4 June 1998
Fletching:
- Offered URL to interested parties in the "Death-by-air" message board
- Only the basic usage and tactics section completed

late May - early June 1998
Fletching:
- Renewed interest in the topic and revamped document with better layout
- Realized that lunchtime at work can be productive after all!  This is now an official lunch-time project.

8 January 1998
Fletching:
- First cut at this document