Post by Head Moderator on Feb 20, 2013 23:40:29 GMT -5
February 10, 2013
Update 2.06
Greetings, OH Members:
We've had a fair amount of excitement this week with a few quests and even an EM thrown! I'm looking forward to this week, as a handful of members got cursed for a week last night and it should be great fun watching them roleplay out their curses. See if you can figure out who was cursed, and with what they were cursed before asking!
Some of us had a little talk after the adventure last night, and decided that sometimes - you need more than 3 hours to run an adventure. I will still only ask you to stay for 3, if you have to leave after that, then so be it, but on Saturdays we will sometimes go to 3.5 or 4 hours from now on! Regardless if we start at 9, or 11pm.
Don't forget, today is Sunday. If you have crafting skills it's time for you to ask for your crafting points.
VALENTINE'S DAY CONTEST
Simple contest! Write a poem of six lines or more in praise of someone else's character (in other words, not your own!). Don't give the person's name in the poem, and when they are all turned in we'll post them on the message board and see if people can figure out who the poems are talking about! You can use any poetry form, rhymed or unrhymed, just try to make it flow! It can be funny, or serious.
-- State somewhere on the email who the poem is talking about, just not in the actual poem.
-- You can submit multiple poems (up to five per person), but they have to be about different characters.
-- Each poem that has followed the directions will receive 1xp, 100gp.
-- We'll vote for the best poem as a group, as well as allow folks to try and figure out who the poem is about.
Winner gets: 5xp, 1000gp
WEEKLY QUESTS & ROLEPLAY NIGHTS
• Tuesday, February 12th at 9pm (est) -- Quest 3hrs-- DM: Pamela
• Wednesday, February 13th-- Group Roleplay Night
• Saturday, February 16th at (tba - 9, or 11pm (est)) -- Quest -- DM: Pamela
• Sunday, February 17th-- Group Roleplay Night
Note: The roleplay nights need someone to oversee them when Jake or I can't do it, so if you'd like to volunteer for one of the roleplay nights to open a chat for at least an hour or two let me know and I'll state who is in charge that night. You don't have to do anything fancy, it could be as simple as opening the inne, or having an archery match, or if you are up for it, a mission in a public room.
WORD OF THE WEEK
Don't forget the Word of the Week, it's always changing and it's XP you can earn once a week just within your normal roleplay! Check the message board. Use it. Send it in.
Amygdaliform\ uh-MIG-duh-luh-fawrm \ , adjective;
1. Shaped like an almond.
Example of Use: She is naturally blonde, pale, with amygdaliform eyes and high cheekbones.
Read more: www.obsidianheartrpg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=155#ixzz2DHxgoIfC
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UPDATES, PATCHES, CLARIFICATIONS
--1. Unless an item is marked "does not take up a turn" or "you may attack along with activating this item" it is a good rule of thumb to remember that activating loot or items takes up one full turn of combat. This is for items that NEED activation, like plunging your hand into a bag of fire in order to confer immunity. A ring that gives you innate feather fall ability just works, without needing to activate it.
--2. The Animal Training skill has been updated. There are certain "tricks" you can teach an animal that you do not need to take the animal training skill to do, I've called these "non-essential tricks" such as "speak", "sit", "shake hands", "lay" - you get the picture! Taking the Animal Training skill allows you to train an animal to assist you in roleplay situations - such as during storylines, missions or quests. These are tricks that EFFECT the roleplay positively or negatively, which I call "essential tricks" such as "track", "defend", "trip", disarm", etc. We do not have solid and extended roleplay rules for these tricks so you will need to work out the roleplay with whoever is in charge, and remember you can't have an animal attack unless you have Animal Companion or Familiar.
--3. There is a new section on the message board under "IC" which is for YOU to put down rumors, and facts about things that happen in public with your characters. This does not mean public room necessarily, if you run a mission and your character fights a pack of kobolds on the street, there are people that would see them and rumors, or bits of information would spread around. It's here.
Extra Credit: You may use the web site for this to find the answer. Get it right? I'll give you 2XP.
For yet another week......What is OOC rule "m"?
Update 2.06
Greetings, OH Members:
We've had a fair amount of excitement this week with a few quests and even an EM thrown! I'm looking forward to this week, as a handful of members got cursed for a week last night and it should be great fun watching them roleplay out their curses. See if you can figure out who was cursed, and with what they were cursed before asking!
Some of us had a little talk after the adventure last night, and decided that sometimes - you need more than 3 hours to run an adventure. I will still only ask you to stay for 3, if you have to leave after that, then so be it, but on Saturdays we will sometimes go to 3.5 or 4 hours from now on! Regardless if we start at 9, or 11pm.
Don't forget, today is Sunday. If you have crafting skills it's time for you to ask for your crafting points.
VALENTINE'S DAY CONTEST
Simple contest! Write a poem of six lines or more in praise of someone else's character (in other words, not your own!). Don't give the person's name in the poem, and when they are all turned in we'll post them on the message board and see if people can figure out who the poems are talking about! You can use any poetry form, rhymed or unrhymed, just try to make it flow! It can be funny, or serious.
-- State somewhere on the email who the poem is talking about, just not in the actual poem.
-- You can submit multiple poems (up to five per person), but they have to be about different characters.
-- Each poem that has followed the directions will receive 1xp, 100gp.
-- We'll vote for the best poem as a group, as well as allow folks to try and figure out who the poem is about.
Winner gets: 5xp, 1000gp
WEEKLY QUESTS & ROLEPLAY NIGHTS
• Tuesday, February 12th at 9pm (est) -- Quest 3hrs-- DM: Pamela
• Wednesday, February 13th-- Group Roleplay Night
• Saturday, February 16th at (tba - 9, or 11pm (est)) -- Quest -- DM: Pamela
• Sunday, February 17th-- Group Roleplay Night
Note: The roleplay nights need someone to oversee them when Jake or I can't do it, so if you'd like to volunteer for one of the roleplay nights to open a chat for at least an hour or two let me know and I'll state who is in charge that night. You don't have to do anything fancy, it could be as simple as opening the inne, or having an archery match, or if you are up for it, a mission in a public room.
WORD OF THE WEEK
Don't forget the Word of the Week, it's always changing and it's XP you can earn once a week just within your normal roleplay! Check the message board. Use it. Send it in.
Amygdaliform\ uh-MIG-duh-luh-fawrm \ , adjective;
1. Shaped like an almond.
Example of Use: She is naturally blonde, pale, with amygdaliform eyes and high cheekbones.
Read more: www.obsidianheartrpg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=155#ixzz2DHxgoIfC
ADVERTISEMENTS
Want to advertise something? Get it to TesarikOne by Saturday Night.
Potion List
UPDATES, PATCHES, CLARIFICATIONS
--1. Unless an item is marked "does not take up a turn" or "you may attack along with activating this item" it is a good rule of thumb to remember that activating loot or items takes up one full turn of combat. This is for items that NEED activation, like plunging your hand into a bag of fire in order to confer immunity. A ring that gives you innate feather fall ability just works, without needing to activate it.
--2. The Animal Training skill has been updated. There are certain "tricks" you can teach an animal that you do not need to take the animal training skill to do, I've called these "non-essential tricks" such as "speak", "sit", "shake hands", "lay" - you get the picture! Taking the Animal Training skill allows you to train an animal to assist you in roleplay situations - such as during storylines, missions or quests. These are tricks that EFFECT the roleplay positively or negatively, which I call "essential tricks" such as "track", "defend", "trip", disarm", etc. We do not have solid and extended roleplay rules for these tricks so you will need to work out the roleplay with whoever is in charge, and remember you can't have an animal attack unless you have Animal Companion or Familiar.
--3. There is a new section on the message board under "IC" which is for YOU to put down rumors, and facts about things that happen in public with your characters. This does not mean public room necessarily, if you run a mission and your character fights a pack of kobolds on the street, there are people that would see them and rumors, or bits of information would spread around. It's here.
Extra Credit: You may use the web site for this to find the answer. Get it right? I'll give you 2XP.
For yet another week......What is OOC rule "m"?