Post by Head Moderator on Jun 5, 2014 1:49:19 GMT -5
December 29, 2013
Update 2.50
Greetings, OH Members:
This is the LAST update of 2013! I'm really excited about the changes you'll read about in today's update, and there are a few more which will be appearing in the next month or two, which are going to be awesome new ways for you to build your character (Hint: ever heard of prestige classes?).
We have a new Combat Moderator, J (iyieldtonone)! He is in charge of answering ALL your combat oriented questions, as well as taking time to host tournaments, and EM's, and anything else combat related. He is also the person that will review logs in question, and make calls when necessary if there is a disagreement or something isn't clarified.
PLEASE - everyone - at least read through our changes. There are some major changes for the new year and you need to be aware of them!
Don't forget, if you have crafting skills it's time for you to ask for your crafting points. Don't forget to tell (ashtonlocke) and let him know how you want your points divided between skills if you have multiples...i.e. "Alchemy 8CP, Artisan 2CP". If you have skills or items that give you more points, you need to claim that on your email. If you have weekly rolls that give you gold, make sure those are mailed in as well! Plus, the month ends this week so don't forget your monthly rolls!
FLAVOR SKILLS
One of the major changes to our system is that I've gone through the A-Z of skills and labeled a good number of them as FLAVOR skills. Yes, just like that, all caps in bold at the bottom of the skill. Why? Because I'm going to give you free skills. So, you all are going to need to do a bit of shuffling on your dossiers, but free skills! Free skills are cool!
Why was this done? Because, I've struggled all year with wanting to add in skills that effect the roleplay flavor or enhance your character as a person, but aren't adventure or combat oriented, but I just didn't think people would spend a skill slot to take them. There are skills that are basically for flavor that never get taken, instead you all choose combat or defense skills or other more "important" ones. This solves that problem!
1. At Crystal Rank, you gain the normal 5 skills, but you also may take 3 bonus FLAVOR skills. You may only choose skills marked as FLAVOR for those bonus skills. But, you can take any type of skill for your normal skill slots, even flavor skills.
2. At every gemstone rank after that, you gain 1 bonus FLAVOR skill. Again, it must be one of the skills marked as FLAVOR.
3. Want more FLAVOR? Reputation now earns you bonus FLAVOR skills. Starting at 20 Reputation, you get a free bonus flavor skill, and then every 10 reputation after that so... 20, 30, 40, 50.
To see a skill list done with the flavor skills added, look at Indrila's dossier.
SEND YOUR UPDATES TO SCALESCHANGE & TESARIKONE when you've updated your characters.
WEEKLY CHALLENGE
Our challenge for this week is going to be one I've done before, that had a lot of participation. You are invited to post a rumor, or tidbit into the shout box at the bottom of our forum once a day. Send me an email with your shout, and who you wish your earnings to go to, be sure to send it every day because if the shouts disappear out of the box then they are lost so you may not be able to turn it all in at the end of the week unless you save them each day!
Your challenge this week will earn you: 1XP per shout. You may submit a shout once per day.
NEW CHARACTER BONUS & RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE
We have started a new incentive for new players and characters. All new characters at this time will start with 35XP, and 2000gp. This puts them at Topaz, allowing them to choose a profession as well as class. Be sure to let people know that there is an incentive going on right now when you talk to them!
Recruiters, if you recruit a new player (not just someone's new character), then you will receive 10XP & 2000gp per player that actually fills out an application correctly and is accepted! You may put this xp & gp on any character you wish.
GYPSY STORYLINE
Please see the information here if you are interested in making a gypsy for our Gypsy Caravan Storyline!
WEEKLY QUESTS & ROLEPLAY NIGHTS
• Tuesday, New Year's Eve - CANCELLED, go celebrate the New Year!
• Thursday, Jan 2 @ 7pm (est) -- Activity/Event Night - Leader: Tim / scaleschange (tentative)
• Saturday, Jan 4 @ 9pm (est) -- Quest -- DM: Pamela / tesarikone
• Sunday, Jan 5 @ 24pm (est) -- DM Test / iyieldtonone
• Tuesday, Jan 7 @ 9pm (est) -- Quest -- DM: Pamela / tesarikone
WORD OF THE WEEK
Don't forget the Word of the Week! It's easy 2XP you can earn once a week just within your normal roleplay! Check the message board. Learn it. Use it. Send it in.
UPDATES
1. CRAFTING CHANGE
Andy and I are trying very hard to get some housekeeping in order with crafting and the Emporium. You will find that crafting CP is now 1 CP per 500gp. This not only makes your CP more valuable, but it helps some of our "trouble" issues like potions and things make more sense.
2. EMPORIUM SELL-BACK LIMIT
The most anyone can make from the Emporium per week is 10,000gp. This includes through crafting, selling pickup items, or selling your loot to the Emporium.
3. FLOODING THE MARKET
Andy, our Treasury Mod, now has more control over how much gold is made by selling to the Emporium when you flood the market with the same item. So, for instance, if you flood the market with 50 knives you've crafted, then you probably aren't going to receive full price for every single knife as the more stock and supply, the less demand there is - which means your knives are worth far less.
4. PARAGON ITEMS
I'm very excited about paragon items! There are two skills now, called "Paragon Weapons" and "Paragon Armor". These skills allow a crafter to boost the base numbers for weapons and armor by 1 or 2 points. So, for instance, a sword that does 1d6 can be boosted to 1d7 or 1d8. Armor that normally would be +3 can now be +4 or +5 at the base level. You can still add 5 points of defense to that.
5. DELUXE CRAFTING SKILL REMOVED
If you had the "Deluxe Crafting" skill, it is no longer in existence, Toss that puppy out, and take another skill for free in that spot.
6. HE REFLECTS, I REFLECT BACK, HE EVADES!
Yes, it can happen now. Use what you have. If you want to evade a reflect, go for it. Simply state what is going on, and when everything is decided, then we all can roleplay it out.
7. NEW & UPDATED SKILLS
Ioun Master
The Finer Things
Pulse of the City
By the Bootstraps
Calm Under Duress
Deduction
Arcane Warrior
Improved Grapple
Chokehold
Brutal Grappler
Felling Escape
Neckbreaker
Sleeper Hold
Paragon Weapons
Paragon Armor
Spell Combatant * (Updated)
WELCOME!
Panril Feraque
lurkerinshade
Elranda Llelyn
elrandallelyn
Ileana Vraca
ascendingaria
Gypsy Caravan Storyline
Extra Credit: Answer a question for 2XP. Remember, one per player. Tell me where you want the 2XP when you reply! This question can always be found somewhere on our OH message board.
What is the name of our "Queen of the Spiders", the main drow goddess for OH (our version of Lolth)??
Update 2.50
Greetings, OH Members:
This is the LAST update of 2013! I'm really excited about the changes you'll read about in today's update, and there are a few more which will be appearing in the next month or two, which are going to be awesome new ways for you to build your character (Hint: ever heard of prestige classes?).
We have a new Combat Moderator, J (iyieldtonone)! He is in charge of answering ALL your combat oriented questions, as well as taking time to host tournaments, and EM's, and anything else combat related. He is also the person that will review logs in question, and make calls when necessary if there is a disagreement or something isn't clarified.
PLEASE - everyone - at least read through our changes. There are some major changes for the new year and you need to be aware of them!
Don't forget, if you have crafting skills it's time for you to ask for your crafting points. Don't forget to tell (ashtonlocke) and let him know how you want your points divided between skills if you have multiples...i.e. "Alchemy 8CP, Artisan 2CP". If you have skills or items that give you more points, you need to claim that on your email. If you have weekly rolls that give you gold, make sure those are mailed in as well! Plus, the month ends this week so don't forget your monthly rolls!
FLAVOR SKILLS
One of the major changes to our system is that I've gone through the A-Z of skills and labeled a good number of them as FLAVOR skills. Yes, just like that, all caps in bold at the bottom of the skill. Why? Because I'm going to give you free skills. So, you all are going to need to do a bit of shuffling on your dossiers, but free skills! Free skills are cool!
Why was this done? Because, I've struggled all year with wanting to add in skills that effect the roleplay flavor or enhance your character as a person, but aren't adventure or combat oriented, but I just didn't think people would spend a skill slot to take them. There are skills that are basically for flavor that never get taken, instead you all choose combat or defense skills or other more "important" ones. This solves that problem!
1. At Crystal Rank, you gain the normal 5 skills, but you also may take 3 bonus FLAVOR skills. You may only choose skills marked as FLAVOR for those bonus skills. But, you can take any type of skill for your normal skill slots, even flavor skills.
2. At every gemstone rank after that, you gain 1 bonus FLAVOR skill. Again, it must be one of the skills marked as FLAVOR.
3. Want more FLAVOR? Reputation now earns you bonus FLAVOR skills. Starting at 20 Reputation, you get a free bonus flavor skill, and then every 10 reputation after that so... 20, 30, 40, 50.
To see a skill list done with the flavor skills added, look at Indrila's dossier.
SEND YOUR UPDATES TO SCALESCHANGE & TESARIKONE when you've updated your characters.
WEEKLY CHALLENGE
Our challenge for this week is going to be one I've done before, that had a lot of participation. You are invited to post a rumor, or tidbit into the shout box at the bottom of our forum once a day. Send me an email with your shout, and who you wish your earnings to go to, be sure to send it every day because if the shouts disappear out of the box then they are lost so you may not be able to turn it all in at the end of the week unless you save them each day!
Your challenge this week will earn you: 1XP per shout. You may submit a shout once per day.
NEW CHARACTER BONUS & RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE
We have started a new incentive for new players and characters. All new characters at this time will start with 35XP, and 2000gp. This puts them at Topaz, allowing them to choose a profession as well as class. Be sure to let people know that there is an incentive going on right now when you talk to them!
Recruiters, if you recruit a new player (not just someone's new character), then you will receive 10XP & 2000gp per player that actually fills out an application correctly and is accepted! You may put this xp & gp on any character you wish.
GYPSY STORYLINE
Please see the information here if you are interested in making a gypsy for our Gypsy Caravan Storyline!
WEEKLY QUESTS & ROLEPLAY NIGHTS
• Tuesday, New Year's Eve - CANCELLED, go celebrate the New Year!
• Thursday, Jan 2 @ 7pm (est) -- Activity/Event Night - Leader: Tim / scaleschange (tentative)
• Saturday, Jan 4 @ 9pm (est) -- Quest -- DM: Pamela / tesarikone
• Sunday, Jan 5 @ 24pm (est) -- DM Test / iyieldtonone
• Tuesday, Jan 7 @ 9pm (est) -- Quest -- DM: Pamela / tesarikone
WORD OF THE WEEK
Don't forget the Word of the Week! It's easy 2XP you can earn once a week just within your normal roleplay! Check the message board. Learn it. Use it. Send it in.
UPDATES
1. CRAFTING CHANGE
Andy and I are trying very hard to get some housekeeping in order with crafting and the Emporium. You will find that crafting CP is now 1 CP per 500gp. This not only makes your CP more valuable, but it helps some of our "trouble" issues like potions and things make more sense.
2. EMPORIUM SELL-BACK LIMIT
The most anyone can make from the Emporium per week is 10,000gp. This includes through crafting, selling pickup items, or selling your loot to the Emporium.
3. FLOODING THE MARKET
Andy, our Treasury Mod, now has more control over how much gold is made by selling to the Emporium when you flood the market with the same item. So, for instance, if you flood the market with 50 knives you've crafted, then you probably aren't going to receive full price for every single knife as the more stock and supply, the less demand there is - which means your knives are worth far less.
4. PARAGON ITEMS
I'm very excited about paragon items! There are two skills now, called "Paragon Weapons" and "Paragon Armor". These skills allow a crafter to boost the base numbers for weapons and armor by 1 or 2 points. So, for instance, a sword that does 1d6 can be boosted to 1d7 or 1d8. Armor that normally would be +3 can now be +4 or +5 at the base level. You can still add 5 points of defense to that.
5. DELUXE CRAFTING SKILL REMOVED
If you had the "Deluxe Crafting" skill, it is no longer in existence, Toss that puppy out, and take another skill for free in that spot.
6. HE REFLECTS, I REFLECT BACK, HE EVADES!
Yes, it can happen now. Use what you have. If you want to evade a reflect, go for it. Simply state what is going on, and when everything is decided, then we all can roleplay it out.
7. NEW & UPDATED SKILLS
Ioun Master
The Finer Things
Pulse of the City
By the Bootstraps
Calm Under Duress
Deduction
Arcane Warrior
Improved Grapple
Chokehold
Brutal Grappler
Felling Escape
Neckbreaker
Sleeper Hold
Paragon Weapons
Paragon Armor
Spell Combatant * (Updated)
WELCOME!
Panril Feraque
lurkerinshade
Elranda Llelyn
elrandallelyn
Ileana Vraca
ascendingaria
Gypsy Caravan Storyline
Extra Credit: Answer a question for 2XP. Remember, one per player. Tell me where you want the 2XP when you reply! This question can always be found somewhere on our OH message board.
What is the name of our "Queen of the Spiders", the main drow goddess for OH (our version of Lolth)??