(Discussion) General Part II

[Bragi]

Its set up so that only DMs are allowed to access that part of the site, but I have setup a temporary link that you can use. It will allow you to check out all the rules and such that we have for time keeping, characters, etc.

http://www.arpeegee.com/dmtool/index.html

Here is a link to the PC Toolbox as well

http://www.arpeegee.com/pctool/index.html

If you have any other problems just let me know.

 

[Pyrex]

a) Though slightly more glamorous than farming, I suspect that there will be few PCs acting as full time item creators...

b) The prices set in the DMG...

c) Raw capitalism has never struck me as a required part of a D&D universe...

Sorry, the tone of my last response came off a lot more 'in-your-face' than I intended it too.

a) While I don't think anyone will make a stab at crafting items full time, I think that PC's capable of doing so will happily craft items just for having the joy of items floating about out there with their name stamped on them. Especially when a wizard researches a new spell and starts selling wands. Also, as people will be picking up plenty of items while adventuring, I think that leaving it to PC's to 'fill in the gaps' has a more appropriate feel than stating than having an NPC build "Joe-Bob's discount warehouse of arcane goodies" next door to the Red Dragon.

b) Given that everyone who is playing at least has access to the SRD I think most players should be able to determine how much above/below "market value" someone is asking for the stuff they're selling.

c) Required? No. But it makes more sense than having uber-npc's enforcing trade legislation in-game.

 

[Casar Couer De' Lion]

Hey CS, I should have asked first, but didn't think about it till it was to late. I have made refference to another Tavern in town in the adventure I am running, and was planning on doing the same in the Red Dragon. It would be a low end bar, nearly no buisness, because The Red Dragon takes all the good customers (and has the best bargnome in town ) so it pretty much only serves those Joe has thrown out over the years. Any problems with this fitting in your view of things I can change it.

 

[Wippit Guud]

What kinds of limits do we have with item creation?

In Living Greyhawk, you get some many adventures per year, so many creation day, etc... we don't have time limits in Living EN World. What would stop a guy from suddenly posting that he has 10 magic swords for sale? Since time is relative in this type of online scenario (some adventures are into their first hour, yet there's been people at the inn for days), there's no real way to govern how much you can create.

 

[Arken]

I personally cannot require anything... And you personally need to relax.

What I am suggesting is that

a) Though slightly more glamorous than farming, I suspect that there will be few PCs acting as full time item creators. I suppose people with a lot of free time could make background PCs for that sort of purpose, but then the "XP gained by killing stuff" problem arises. In short, PCs are not going to account for the realistic selection of item brokers a place like the red dragon inn would be frequented by. Ergo, capitalism ain't gonna work.

b) The prices set in the DMG are presumedly based on game ballance (as are the prices for more mundane items I imagine) and it would be a mistake IMHO to let new prices be set without the average PC being aware of the "fair market value" of an item (with craft, proffession or apraise checks as always to prevent being ripped off).

c) Raw capitalism has never struck me as a required part of a D&D universe, and certainly not one like Living enworld where prices for ads are set on Joe's say so. Lacking the imaginary hand of the free market, I would be suprized if certain high powered NPCs didn't step in with some friendly advice to those who think they can charge outside of the accepted range of prices for items.

Kahuna burger

Actually I was planning to become a full time item and spell creator, my character is even geared towards it

Obviously he'd go adventuring (got to keep the XP up) but that was the concept I was working with, it seemed like the most fascinating part of the 'living' bit to me. Obviously I'm only first level at the moment so I could change though if it would cause trouble.

 

[Velmont]

Cool... A new Forum have appeared: Living Enworld. For now it is empty, but regrouping all the threads will be very usefull.

I would have like to create the first thread, but as I have nothing intelligent to tell, I will leave the chance to CS or a DM/Judge to the first post.

 

[Macbeth]

Hey Creamsteak, did you get my email? The reason I'm asking is that my campus' mail servers have been a little flaky lately, I found out that some messages I sent were never actually sent, so if you need me to re send it, just say so. I have some more characters reviewed and I'd like to start moving the list of approved characters to the Judeg post at the top of the new character thread. If you could give me access, or tell me how we are going to work that, it would be great.


Hoping I get a @#%^$&! net connection in my dorm before labor day,
Macbeth

 

[Thels]

LEW has it's own forum now, that's cool, but who came up with these moderators?

garyh, creamsteak, nemmerle, Dinkeldog, Darkness, Henry, Eridanis

Garyh and Creamsteak make sense, but what about the others? I haven't seen them posting in any LEW thread yet. Even if they're in for some reason, it makes sense to at least add Uriel, Macbeth and the Judge account to the list of moderators.

 

[Dungannon]

LEW has it's own forum now, that's cool, but who came up with these moderators?

garyh, creamsteak, nemmerle, Dinkeldog, Darkness, Henry, Eridanis

Garyh and Creamsteak make sense, but what about the others? I haven't seen them posting in any LEW thread yet. Even if they're in for some reason, it makes sense to at least add Uriel, Macbeth and the Judge account to the list of moderators.

nemmerle, Dinkeldog, Darkness, Henry and Eridanis are the default moderators on all the forums on ENWorld.

 

[Thels]

Oh ok, didn't knew. Well, it's not really a problem with them being mods, I guess, but adding Uriel, Macbeth and LEW Judge, would probably come in handy some day.