Post by Head Moderator on Sept 28, 2014 21:55:13 GMT -5
July 20, 2014
Update 3.29
Greetings, OH Members:
I hope all of you are excited about the Midsummer Games. It's a wonderful opportunity to earn XP, while getting to know each other as we have a ton of new characters, as well as new players. So, please, if you are bored or want something to do open up the Midsummer Games chat room and start inviting other people to come do sailboat races, or some archery, or water jousting on the lake, or watermelon seed spitting, or so much more! If you did not get the Midsummer Games Information in email, you can click the link provided for all information.
Please don't leave me building the sand castle all by myself!
Want to come and roleplay, share your bardic talents, post a poem, even a short story? Then come to the Bardic Circle held during our Midsummer Games.
You will not BELIEVE the PRIZES we are offering this year for our Summer Madness Raffle! Spend 1000gp on a raffle ticket and be put in the drawing. Buy 5 or more raffle tickets and be put in the drawing for our SUPER GRAND PRIZE! Contact Andy (psionicwanderer) to buy raffle tickets. There's all sorts of things from free XP, free character slot, loot items, weapons, a Rumerian Courser horse, Mod for a Month, gemstones - even a free skill slot for the Super Grand Prize!
Character Awards (Superlatives): Did your character get voted for anything? Please see the post here to see all the votes! Scroll to the very end and you'll find who got voted for, and how many votes.
Here are the winners that took first place in the categories:
Who is the....
most Loved. Maria
most Hated. GarThog
most Intimidating. Ranulfr and Dorian
most Respected. Maria
most Mysterious. Adal
most Loyal. Adal
most Untrustworthy. Maereth
most Daring. Ranulfr and Scout
most Dependable. Sadlin
most Introverted. Nani
most Influential. Maria
most Adorable. Halcyon
most Flirtatious. Dorian
best looking male. Daemian, Dragan, Bowen and Dorian
best looking female. Maka, Mercy, River and Youkou
cutest couple. Finn and Maka
most changed since they joined OH. Kythin
smoothest talker. Ophelia
most talkative. Finn
most compassionate. River
bravest. Brendan
most cowardly. GarThog and Wesh
class clown. Griotsven and Badger
class "evil" clown. Cade
best personality. Dorian
biggest over-achiever. Rhyss
best stranger in a strange land. Daemian
best Hero Archetype. Brendan and Kyle
best Villain Archetype. Rhyldrin
best Artisan Crafter. Ranulfr, Georg, Rhyss, Astrid, Finn, Maka, GarThog, Grageon
best CMI Crafter. Rhyss and Indrila
Most Likely To....
...be murdered by their allies. GarThog
...murder an ally. Rhyldrin
...to trip and impale themselves on their own weapon. Wesh
...talk shit. Dorian
...help a friend out in need. Sadlin
...die and be forgot--...who were we talking about? GarThog
...awaken half drunk, naked and cast in irons. Finn
...pull somebody out of the way of a speeding carriage. Brendan
...have vital information, but misplace it. Badger
...push somebody in front of a speeding carriage. Rhyldrin
...rob from a blind man. GarThog
...burn an entire city to the ground because ONE person needed killing. Rhyss
...die first in a zombie attack. Kissie
...survive said zombie attack. Daemian, Sadlin, Kyle, Torment, Dorian, Maria, Gar, Maereth, Wesh, Rhyldrin, Rox'zana
...enjoy being a zombie, as a result of being bitten, from aforementioned zombie attack. Maereth
...pursue world domination. Kythin
...to get in a bar fight. Ranulfr and Finn
...not be recognized by anyone when they walk into the inne. Grageon, Adal, Ini-herit and Areek
DARK OMENS STORY ARC UPDATE
The Five Masters have their hands in a lot of areas of the world it seems. On a recent adventure to Madder, a very strange black mage-created monster called a kurge was defeated, who bore the sigils of the Five Masters (or should we call them the Three Masters now??). We still have many crypts to clear, much undead to defeat, and three Masters to find and defeat as well!
CRAFTING POINTS
Don't forget, if you have crafting skills it's time for you to ask for your 10 crafting points from (psionicwanderer) . If you have skills or items that give you more points, you need to claim that on your email.
WEEKLY CHALLENGE
Your challenge this week is to post at least once in the Sand Castle building activity for the Midsummer Games.
This will be awarded at the end of the Midsummer Games, but if you post at least once in the Sand Castle Building I'll give you 2XP. If you post at least 5 times, I'll give you 5XP. If you post 10 times or more, I'll give you 10XP. You can put this XP on any of your characters.
You do not need to send me anything, just participate!
NEW CHARACTER BONUS & RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE
We have an incentive to new characters! New characters will start at Crystal Adept with 30XP and 2d32 dice. They will also be given 3,000gp to outfit their character.
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.
CALENDAR
Be sure to check our Calendar for listings of activities each week. IF YOU ADD A DATE, connect it to a board called "Event Calendar" and you can link all your posts there, so if you are hosting a mission or quest, or other activity please use the calendar to let us know what's going on.
Let's sign up for activities right on the boards from now on! Click the links below to sign up.
WEEKLY QUESTS & ROLEPLAY NIGHTS
• Monday, July 21 @ 9pm (est) -- Midsummer Games: Gauntlet Run Pentathlon - Leader: Pam / tesarikone
(This is like a normal gauntlet run, but will be five stages of summer games type areas!)
• Tuesday, July 22 @ 10pm (est) -- Mission (tentative)- Leader: Pam / tesarikone
(This is tentative because I have a meeting until 9pm EST and do not know how tired I'll be as the meeting is over 3 hours long, so we'll leave this tentative, and see what's going on when I finally get online.)
• Thursday, July 24 @ 1am (est) (LATE NIGHT WEDNESDAY) -- Quest - Leader: Pam / tesarikone
(This is going to be a late night Wed.quest, but technically it's Thursday Morning! Depending on who signs up, will determine the level of the quest.)
• Saturday, July 26 @ 9pm (est) -- Midsummer Games Barn Dance - Leader: Pam / tesarikone
(We haven't had a get-together like this in a while! Let's come and dance the night away, eat yummy food, and find out who won the prizes!)
• Sunday, July 27 @11pm (est) -- Zorcan Quest (Tentative) - Leader: Kit / fiamesofwinter
(This is for the Zorcan Storyline Only!)
WORD OF THE WEEK
Don't forget the Word of the Week! It's easy 2XP you can earn once a week on every character just within your normal roleplay! Check the message board. Learn it. Use it. Send it in.
GERMANE
: being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting
UPDATES, PATCHES, CLARIFICATIONS
1. MAJOR DEFENSE RULE CHANGES
If you did not receive the email giving you all the defense rule changes, constant (tesarikone). If you have not sent in the list of your defenses so it can be updated DO IT!
2. NEW SKILLS
These are not in the A-Z skill lists yet, but you can find them here.
Divine Ruination (Paladin)
Wild Spirit
Vigilance (Paladin)
Panacean Touch (Paladin)
A Hero Never Falls (Paladin or Vindicator)
Refreshing Touch (Paladin or Priest)
Aura of Resolve (Paladin)
Aura of Faith (Paladin)
Wings of the Angelic Host (Paladin)
Enfeebling Strike (Paladin, Priest or Vindicator)
Shielding Prayer (Paladin, Priest or Vindicator)
Paladin's Hand (Paladin)
None Shall Pass (Paladin or Vindicator)
Strike Me Instead! (Devout)
Detect the Faithful (Devout)
Emblazon Crest (Paladin)
Watchkeeper (Paladin, Vindicator or Combat Class)
Do You Know Your Enemy? (Paladin or Vindicator)
Sanctify Corpse (Devout)
Touch of Veracity
Unbreakable Heart (Paladin)
Prayer of Escape (Paladin or Vindicator)
Forced Repentance (Paladin)
Flurry of Blows (Monk)
Transcend Suffering (Monk)
Steel Soul (Monk)
Winged Fist (Monk)
Blurred Fist (Monk)
Augury (Monk)
Scorpion Strike (Monk)
Tongue of the Sun and Moon (Monk)
Crane Wing (Monk)
Crane Riposte (Monk)
Snapping Turtle (Monk)
Firewater Breath (Brawler, Fighter, Monk)
Volley Spell (Monk)
Touch of Surrender (Monk)
Lightning Strikes (Monk)
Untouchable (Priest)
Aura of Conviction (Priest)
Favored in Death (Priest)
Blessed Touch (Priest)
Early Judgment (Priest)
Discovery Torch (Priest)
Lunar Veil (Priest)
Called Shot (Ranger)
Decadence (Noble)
Loyal Companion (Noble)
Stronghold (Noble)
Exceptional Breeding (Noble)
Bling (Noble)
Blood Splattered (Fighter)
Disarm and Fling (Fighter)
Weapon Juggle (Fighter)
3. DON ARMOR UPDATE
Don Armor : You are adept at donning and removing armor in a very short period of time, allowing you to react quickly to enemies who attack camps and other places of rest or to remove your armor quickly when the need calls for it. If forced to do so in combat, it takes one round to don medium armor, and two rounds to don heavy armor. Removing medium armor in combat is a free action, removing heavy armor takes one round.
Prerequisite: Knight or Paladin
(V)
FLAVOR
4. ARMOR MASTERY UPDATE
Armor Mastery: At Topaz rank, you may ignore the initiative penalty for Medium Armor, at Sapphire rank they may ignore the penalty for Heavy Armor.
Prerequisite: Wear Medium or Heavy Armor, Topaz Rank
5. SEALED WITH A KISS UPDATE
Strike has been added to Sealed with a Kiss.
6. SWORD AND BOARD UPDATE
Sword and Board : Rather than swinging two weapons, or using a two-handed weapon, you've chosen to use a shield in your off-hand, making you a dangerous foe. Whatever defense bonus you have for your chosen shield, you may double that in as a bonus to your damage. I.E. If you have a Light Wooden Shield that gives you a +1 Def, you may add a +2 to your damage. A heavy steel shield that gives +5, allows you to add +10 damage. This is an innate skill.
Prerequisites: Knight, Paladin, Fighter or Priest, Must use shield
COMBAT
(V - Use shield)
7. NEW ARMOR ENCHANTMENT
Magically Warded 8,000gp | 200gp | 16CP
This enchantment on your mundane armor enables your Armor Slot Item up to +13 DEF to count against magical attacks. Whatever defense your Armor Slot Item has, is its magical defense as well. So a +10 Armor (mundane) would have +10 Armor (magical) with this enchantment. This does not take up any enchantment points!
8. REMOVED SKILLS
If you have either of these skills, then you can choose another skill for free to replace it.
- Reckoning of the Blessed
- Paragon Armor
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mystraschosen
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aislanliam
Member of Goldenhorn
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widdendreams
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Last Week's Answer: Feylan Cheese
This Week's 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.
In the goods of our lands section, which type of silk is described below:
The most common silk around. The matte surface and "pebbled" texture of this graceful fabric reflect individual pinpoints of light, giving it wonderful chromatic depth and striking eye-appeal. This luxurious silk has the additional virtues of great durability and excellent wrinkle resistance. It is thicker than Greysilk, soft, and can be dyed a multitude of colors. Used for formal gowns, wedding gowns, noble and royal outfits usually. It can also be used to make jacquard which is used in home furnishings such as pillows, sheets and throws. ??? Silk usually goes between 8-12 gold a yard, depending on the type of dye and access to the silk. Black dyed ??? silk goes for 10-12 gold a yard.