Post by Head Moderator on Sept 28, 2014 21:59:57 GMT -5
August 17, 2014
Update 3.33
Greetings, OH Members:
We have some exciting updates coming in the near future, see our section below for more information. One update I would like to talk about is our upcoming Diamond Rank. I've been working for months, maybe even a year on prestige classes and the way I was doing it was overwhelming and I'm not even half done with it, so after talking to a few Mods I've decided that I'm scaling it down and expanding our rank system to d100 by adding a very special Diamond rank. It's going to be very difficult to reach, but diamonds are said to be the most durable substance in the world, the very word 'diamond' comes from the Greek that means 'unbreakable', so our Diamond Ranked folks will be the unbreakable most durable members of all. We will open up special Diamond Skills that will pull in some of my prestige class ideas AND you'll be able to choose a third class and profession to further craft your character. It's going to be great!
School is starting, colleges and schools are back in session in many places and that normally means a lull in activity. Do not fret, I've been involved in AOL roleplay since 1999 and it's happened every year no matter what game I've played in. We will still be having our weekly quests, and I'll try to put together some other activities as well, but remember that IRL always comes first and as long as you keep in contact with me at least once a month or so, you won't be removed from our roster if you have lessened activity. A lot of games aren't like that, they require weekly or biweekly activity but we understand this is your hobby and life takes precedence. You can always ask for your character to be shelved if you truly cannot be around for a while.
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.
DARK OMENS STORY ARC UPDATE
The aftereffects of the Triple Eclipse still plague us, undead have risen all over the known world and are fought on a daily basis by the fighters, knights, mourners, paladins, priests, vindicators, shopkeepers, farmers, whoever can wield a weapon or magic everywhere. It is a fight we can win together, but not without heavy losses. Manuu is dead, so the Five Masters are down to two: Corda and Pedur. Pedur is rumored to be the most powerful of them all. There are still crypts that are spitting out undead, but the end of Dark Omens is in sight.
WEEKLY CHALLENGE (AND CONTEST!)
Your challenge this week is to come up with names for our five new Diamond Ranks, such as our Crystal Recruit, or Amber Adept, but these will be Diamond (needs a name). You cannot use any of the rank names I've already used, they need to be different and unique.
I'll give you 1XP per name you come up with, max being 5XP earned. Be sure to let me know which character you wish for the xp to be given when you send in your email, with the subject line as always reading "Weekly Challenge". IF one of your names is chosen to be used, I will give all your characters a boost of 5XP!
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
• Tuesday, August 19 @ 9:00pm (est) -- Dark Omens Quest- Leader: Pam / tesarikone
(This will be part two of our Dragonsbreath Basin quest in Thanes. LEGENDARY LEVEL)
• Thursday, August 21 @ 9:00pm (est) -- Gauntlet Run- Leader: Pam / tesarikone
(Come join our Gauntlet Run and remember if you actually make it all the way through, you get a badge! Also, you will earn XP for participating. Plus it's fun roleplay!)
• Saturday, August 23 @ 9:00pm (est) -- Gypsy Quest- Leader: Pam / tesarikone
(Gypsy Quest - but due to the gypsies being in Navahla, I will allow others to participate.)
• Sunday, August 24 @11pm (est) -- Zorcan Quest - 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.
BOOTLESS
: useless, unprofitable
UPDATES, PATCHES, CLARIFICATIONS
1.GRAPPLING
We promise you the testing will be done by the next update. Still nix on the grappling this week!
2. UNARMED FIGHTERS: CLARIFICATION!
If you are an unarmed fighter who gets a free fighter's weapon, you MUST choose an unarmed tech as your fighter's weapon, your fighter's weapon MUST have dice attached. Even if the tech incorporates those body sections, it is still not the weapon you choose, you choose the tech which you get for free. It is unfair to the fighters who use weapons if you are allowed to use any tech dice with your fighter's bonus, so just like an armed fighter must choose a weapon (such as a sword 1d6, or a longbow, or quarterstaff), you choose an unarmed tech with dice. If you do not have a tech chosen, then please choose one and let scaleschange know of your choice for fighter's weapon and put it on your dossier clearly.
4. CLAWSTRIKE vs UNARMED TECHS
Clawstrike is a skill that is for those who want to use their natural claws and get a bonus. We have been lenient on this in the past but this is now the strict rule - you use clawstrike OR your unarmed tech. You cannot stack Clawstrike + Unarmed Tech Damage, it's one or the other. If you have clawstrike skill and no longer want it due to this clarification, you may switch it out for free. Let scaleschange know of your skill switch.
5. DIAMOND RANK COMING
Diamond rank expansion is coming. We have decided that the work needed to put in for prestige classes is too overwhelming the way it was being done (and probably would never have been finished) so a Diamond Gemstone Rank is being developed as we speak and should be out in the next week or two. Diamond will come after Obsidian, and will also bring with it a new section of Diamond Skills which is where we will incorporate some of our prestige class ideas, as well as having dice go up to d100 like we remember from the old d100 forum days. You'll also be able to choose another class/profession in the Diamond rankings which also is a way of further developing your characters. As no one will be Diamond quite yet, we have time to work on this. If you have ideas, feel free to submit them, I will always look over your ideas, even if I don't choose to implement them they are always considered!
6. MOD CHANGES
We will also have some mod changes in the near future, so be on the lookout for that.
7. COMBAT AFFINITY
If you are a Monk, Paladin, or Vindicator you may now have Combat Affinity for free. Remember though that if you have Magical or Psionic Affinity, you may only use one affinity per adventure. So if you decide to use a spell for Magical Affinity to bump up your quickness for example at the start of a quest, you cannot pop up with combat manuevers during combat. You cannot mix and match, and DM's need to be aware of this as well.
8. HEALING AND BARD RIBBON REQUIREMENTS
The requirement has always read "skills" but I am further clarifying this. You must show at least three (3) instances of using your bard or healer skills THROUGHOUT the quest, you cannot, for instance, just toss a heal at the very end and have us actually consider that as you showing your healing skills during a quest. And, the Activity Mod has final say in the matter, so if she sees someone who has, for instance, healed 1 point three times just to get those three in, that's not going to count either. These ribbons are for Healers and Bards, so be a healer, and be a bard! It now officially says as far as requirements:
- Snippet from the quest showing your use of healing skills. This is plural, please show at least 3 instances of using healing skills, or healing folks throughout the quest.
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Last Week's Answer: Bufo (yum yum right?)
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 Cosmology and Calendar section, tell me the name of the month we are in right now (August).
Anyone have information about these missing folks? They will be moved to storage unless their mun contacts me.
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