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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.

  • So you want to be a builder, eh?

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    EchoE

    If you dont want to make the items themselves, you can send me a write up of the item.

    Include the following:
    Name of Item: Description: Stats: Base item: Any other relevant information: OUB limitations, colors, etc.

    No elemental damage over d4
    No "canon" items (don't give Aegis-fang, but you can give me a knockoff version)
    Keep our level/magic range in mind when making these suggestions

  • Don't use bump to bypass locked/puzzle doors

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    ZoolZ

    By the way, you risk at the least a vault wipe for this.

  • Zools Journal

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  • Reminder about Too Good To Be True

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    ZoolZ

    I do have a truncheon though, so if it comes to it, I can do some policin.

    But really, mostly, please report this stuff so we can fix it.

  • Reminder on the absolute basics of PvP and metagaming.

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  • A little reminder about "Doing things" from day one

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  • Prestige rewards, and items with charges

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  • Claimed bases - Contact Zool plz

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  • Promotional | Chapter 2

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  • Coming Soon [tm]

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  • Module changes and IC/OOC

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  • OPEN ENROLLMENT

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    Prof. MisclickP

    Just a bump. Keep those ideas rolling in.

  • Professor is IN

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  • Faction Loot Changes

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    Prof. MisclickP

    https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/43864/player-rules/2

    don’t alter the rank 1 or rank 2 issues gear in any way dyes should be in the faction store to allow for altering non faction gear certain gear for thematic reasons will be inappropriate for faction wear. (Armour that has in its description something that would be looked on disfavourably). Check with a DM if unsure.
  • Quest Rewards, Don't Rush It

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  • Immediate Goals and Works in Progress

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  • Introducing a New Plot Faction

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    SpiffyMeisterS

    Delayed as certain things have come up.

  • Clerics Player Characters

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    Prof. MisclickP

    Changes to cleric will be live after a small NWNsync and reset.

    Clerics do not start with Heavy Armor Proficiency but can gain it via multi-class or taking the feat Divine Power has been removed from the base cleric list Divine Power is now a 1/day use feat for level 10 Cleric Strength Domain has been modified
    a. Divine Power is now level 4 domain spell
    b. Greater Bull Strength now a level 5 domain spell War Domain has been modified
    a. Divine Power added as a level 5 domain spell
    b. Greater Magic Weapon removed as level 3 domain spell

    This is a starting point with potential for additional changes as well as future possibility for kits/archetypes

    Happy Gaming

    N.B- Players of existing clerics, please contact a DM to address changes/invalidity of armor etc.
  • Bonus XP from Events and Role-playing

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  • Secret Accounts/Alts

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    Prof. MisclickP

    Quick edit done for clarification