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  • Important Announcements

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    SphinxieS

    The world sings, and our echos are the ink we choose to leave behind. Perhaps, on rare occasions, that ink takes a shape and begins to think for itself-- and in the doing of it, creativity thrives.

    If you don’t find that idea too pretentious we’re going to have a great time. Even if you do, I’m sure we can still have fun wrestling over mechanics and tactics.

    My name is Sphinxie, I’m coming behind the screen for the first time on CoA and second time in my NWN ‘career’. I’ve got a lot to learn, but I also have a lot of ideas on how I can help you pursue your own enjoyment of our shared hobby.

    While I’m getting back into client/toolset work, you can expect I’ll be running a lot of smaller scale encounters- quest spice, supporting other DM’s as they run their events, helping players start up their own activities. I’ll likely be leaving some DMless encounters around the server periodically as well for those in off time zones, and just because it’s fun to find little surprises.

    So!

    What can you expect from me?

    I’m in the EST timezone (UTC -5:00). I usually have Monday through Wednesday off, and work Thursday to Sunday. I’ll be harder to schedule something with on those days, but I will make an effort.

    I tend to enjoy briskly paced encounters usually (but not always) with their own self-contained narratives. Lighthearted roleplay and banter, but I can definitely do serious and dramatic. If you’re in the midst of a long quest roleplaying with a buddy, I’m very likely to drop you some extra goodies to help you on your way.

    Use them, because I also enjoy tactical challenges and combat puzzles and I will always reward clever solutions. The fighter who takes his armor off and strides out in front of a bunch of bandits with just a loin cloth on and his chest oiled up, arms flung out with supreme confidence will definitely get a response-- for the sheer novelty of it and absolutely no other reason.

    I want to try and help players who’re maybe unsure about what to do with their characters, or aren’t really comfortable with narrative construction, goal setting, or even NWN’s finicky mechanics. I’m not a master of any field, but if I can help you have more fun, then I’m doing my job and we’re both made richer for it.

    My near-future effort is going to be spent studying the server, module, plot tickets, and figuring out where best to apply myself. I’m super easy to get hold of on Discord, or on these forums. If you think that reaching out to a DM is a big deal, I promise you its not.

    If you’re uncomfortable with that and want to keep all interactions in character for whatever reason, that’s totally fair, we can do that, too. Send a letter to a group or faction you want to interact with and be clear and concise with what you want and I’ll make an effort to respond and help you get rolling.

    Like any relationship, it’s give and take, though. Don’t expect me to pull for you if you’re just going to say ‘I want this thing’. D&D’s a collaborative storytelling game and we all want to have fun. We can figure out what that looks like together; it’s going to be a partnership.

    Oh, one last thing.

    As you might have guessed from the name and theming: I like books and creative works. If you want to do a character (or take up a hobby in character) focusing on creating stuff or doing unusual things not usually supported by mechanics, let me know. We will figure out how to make it cool. I’m going to be getting the library submissions sorted out and see what I can do about normalizing rewards for these kinds of in-game efforts. If you have ideas for that, I’d love to hear them.

    Questions, concerns, and so forth can always be directed to my inbox on the forums.

  • WATER WORLD!

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    EchoE

    We now have dedicated icons for Water Breathing, Trout Backstroke, and Drowning.

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  • The Sigil of the Storm Horns

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    PuffyP

    Relevant plot factions:

    House Braerwinter House Delzuld
  • If you have concerns, or need to talk to someone: Contact an admin

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    PuffyP

    Bump! If you are feeling stuck IG, got some OOC frustrations with CoA(therapy not included ;) ), or just want to have a chat. Hit us up with a message, we are here to help.

  • Incident Clarification

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  • Law Enforcement

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  • Don't mix IC and OOC information

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    Prof. MisclickP

    Friends,

    This is still happening far too much. To reiterate do not use Discord, tells in game to communicate or influence what should be dealt with in game.

    Examples would be

    Hey, I'm thinking about killing xyz pc, wanna help? What would your pc think about abc? Well I got this reward from a DM so must be onto something and player 123's character is wrong Here are all the reasons why I think your character is wrong and why my character is correct. OMG that event was awesome. So glad we've finally managed to kill "BAD GUY" and recover that awesome "ITEM OF WIN"

    Some examples of what tells and discord should be used for

    Saw you just logged in, we just made a sending to do ogres, wanna come? You going to be around for a bit? Need to chat. Will do a sending. Safe to respawn? You going to respawn or you want to be raised? Can you log in? My character needs to talk to you. I'll do a sending. Hey I'm thinking about making a pc that is all about 456. Anyone around to help?

    We've had the ability to use messages forever and common sense seemed to have been sufficient. Recently, there has been too much (from reported incidents by players) of OOC being used to influence, discuss, and solicit responses about IC issues that should be handled in game.

    Out of respect for your fellows in the community, we are asking this be stopped so the DM team doesn't have to take action such as deleting the character involved or stronger measures.

    Happy Gaming

  • Hiding DMs from the login Player List

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  • Faction Preludes

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    HangmanH

    Hello CoAers!

    Some, not all, Factions have some blood in them. My standing offer is still there. If you want to join a Faction (particularly but not limited to the Wildwalkers or Precept) let me know and I can fast track you with a prelude.

    Similarly, if you want to start a PC Faction with some buddies let me know and I’ll happily run an introduction for you. Seter has recently set-up a fun PC Faction which had a prelude and is still accepting membership with the shared background, speak with him if interested.

    Plots are beginning to bubble up In Game just waiting for your spin on things.

    Hope to hear from you!

  • Removing body parts

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  • Dialog Logs

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    SpiffyMeisterS

    To expand,

    I'd rather you put events into your own words than to copy/paste.

  • Claimable Bases

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  • Quest End GP/XP

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    EchoE

    I didnt change any scaling for levels, only the base numbers.

  • Playing app characters before being set up.

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  • PG Rating: Children

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  • Wands of Isaacs lesser missile storm (and possibly others to come?)

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  • !!!IMPORTANT ANNOUNCMENT FOR ARCANISTS!!!

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    ZoolZ

    You have three days to log in the arcanists you want to be able to continue with.

    Unless I get impatient and do it earlier than that...

  • Summoning Themes

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    Prof. MisclickP
    Partial Elemental Summoning Access Granted to Sorcerers Sorcerers if they wish can now get to select a single elemental summoning theme (fire, water, earth, air) to represent their lineage. We encourage players to develop their spell list around said theme for fun. Sorcerer must have GSF: Conjuration to represent their commitment to unlocking this power Use of this restricted theme does not prevent the Sorcerer from using the basic unrestricted themes or EiG the DM only/restricted themes Sorcerer player must inform the DM team which theme they are binding themselves to at which time you will be given the book, much like the Druids and Wildwalker theme. (Books can also be found but we want to put a custom description on the book to prevent confusion)
  • New Admin Team Member- Lord Acererak

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    Lord_AcererakL

    Thanks guys.

    I hope I can contribute something new to the team, and if anyone has questions they should feel encouraged to reach out.

    “Acererak congratulates you on your powers of observation. So make of this [poem] whatever you wish, for you will be mine in the end no matter what.”-Tomb of Horrors

  • Head haks

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  • Looking for an old module (v3 or v4)

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