Discussion - General Discussion Thread '09

[orsal]

I just popped into S3 to rectify that, and I see Trouvere has already taken care of E2.

Speaking of which, I notice that The Lion's 2nd Face is judgeless. I know several of the judges have characters, but could somebody other than me take it on? My new job leaves me little time for LEW stuff (I haven't even approved a character in a little while), so I'm really trying not to be left with it. Trouvere, Covaithe, now that you're full judges would either of you like to step up?

 

[covaithe]

I suppose I can; I'm following the adventure anyways. I'd been hoping someone else would step up since, if something happens to Heckler, I'm in no position to be able to continue the game. I suppose we're all in that boat, though.

 

[Heckler]

I suppose I can; I'm following the adventure anyways. I'd been hoping someone else would step up since, if something happens to Heckler, I'm in no position to be able to continue the game. I suppose we're all in that boat, though.

Thanks, man. I'll update the thread.

And I'll try and not let something happen to me.

 

[BigB]

There should be an opportunity for a character of at least 4th level preferably with some spellcasting capability to join the sinister spire adventure within the next 2 weeks real time.

 

[covaithe]

I'm going out of town and offline for a couple of days. NPC my characters if necessary, please, and those in my games, continue to have patience.

 

[covaithe]

I'm going out of town and offline for a couple of days. NPC my characters if necessary, please.

And again this weekend.

 

[Heckler]

Has anyone been in touch with InVinoVeritas? He's running The Forgotten Map and his last post in that thread was February 5.

 

[Scott DeWar]

let's ask our thread judge.

Orsal:

Have you heard any thing from IVV? He is running a 1st ed game in the 'Playing The Game "threads as well aas here that i am in and he has had no action there either.

his last activity was only a week ago (21 March 2009)

 

[Theroc]

I believe this is where I ask questions about the Living EN World oriented stuff. If not, let me know for future reference.

I'm new to this site and to D&D, but was interesting in getting started here to get more of a feel for D&D, as well as to pass the time. When looking at the stickies I was directed to, I came across a few questions:

When I post my character to be approved, do I Email ALL of the judges about my character? Or do I pick a few at random?

Also, whenever ANYTHING about my character changes on my character sheet, do I email judges again to reapprove, or does this only occur upon levelling up?

I am familiar with the buy point concept, but I forget the specifics, how is it setup again?

Or are the ranges a bit broader?

Besides the SRD and homebrew content, what source materials are available?(And if there are any online sources I could view, directions to them would be awesome)

I haven't seen anything here that explains how combat is determined, and I was curious... are combat actions determined via email to the DM, or via notations within the story oriented post?

Thanks for your time

Edit: Also, how do I alter my information to make my email visible so that I may begin my efforts to make a character? Or did I already do that?

 

[covaithe]

I believe this is where I ask questions about the Living EN World oriented stuff. If not, let me know for future reference.

This is the place, welcome!

When I post my character to be approved, do I Email ALL of the judges about my character? Or do I pick a few at random?

All the judges, please. If you miss a few, nobody's going to come after you with pitchforks or anything, but it might take longer to get your character looked at.

Also, whenever ANYTHING about my character changes on my character sheet, do I email judges again to reapprove, or does this only occur upon levelling up?

Only on leveling up. Between levels, your character sheet is yours to do with as you see fit.

I am familiar with the buy point setup, but I forget the specifics...

Yeah, me too. I always use one of the calculators floating around, like this one: Point Buy Calculator

Looking at that, it appears to be
8=free
9-14=1 point each
15-16=2 points each
17+=3 points each

Which sounds about right to me. I'm pretty sure it's detailed in one of the core books, but I can never remember which one.

Besides the SRD and homebrew content, what source materials are available?(And if there are any online sources I could view, directions to them would be awesome)

The LEW Wiki is the best place to look for non-SRD material. I believe, without being completely certain, that all currently legal content is detailed either there or in the SRD.

I haven't seen anything here that explains how combat is determined, and I was curious... are combat actions determined via email to the DM, or via notations within the story oriented post?

Within the story thread, usually denoted as out of character somehow. E.g.

OOC: I cast magic missile at the darkness, 2d4+2=7 damage.

or

[sblock=ooc]I cast magic missile at the darkness, 2d4+2=7 damage.[/sblock]

Feel free to read some of the active adventure threads -- or any adventure you want, really -- to get some idea how it's done. You'll find that the details vary pretty widely depending on who the DM and the players are. The gist is that we just do our best to communicate and muddle through somehow.