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[Jenna WSI]

Starting with our most recent update, you will be seeing some changes in the way loot is distributed in the game. For the most part, magical weapons and armor, especially the bioware-generic (+1 through +4 ) will be phased out in favor of wholly custom loot scaled to the CR of your opponent. This loot will be divided into four categories: Goods, Art, Coins and Information. Our goal with this is to better simulate the income of most adventuring parties, which does not as often appear as lump-sum payments of modern currency, but rather ancient and valuable objects that must be bartered for liquid wealth. So instead of pulling dozens of +1 weapons out of a dungeon at lower CRs, you'll be coming back with fistfuls of foreign coins, art objects stolen by kobolds and valuable materials such as paper and alchemical components. All this will scale appropriately as PCs gain levels, leading to them harvesting demon hide and diamond studded goblets. Hopefully this will give combat and looting a bit more satisfaction to the exploration-minded of you.

There are approximately one hundred unique loot items, samples are below. Happy hunting!





Novalith (2700 GP, Weight: 2 lb.)
Sealed in a tight wooden container with a glass lid, this plant clings to life while packed for transport, clearly yearning for something more than the meager soil and sunlight its prison offers. Composed of stringy burgandy vines ending in tiny white buds, this was probably some sort of clinging plant, either rock-grown or parasitic to trees. Novalith can be identified fairly easily by anyone with access to a reference, or a great amount of experience in the identification of magical plants. Novalith is known to burn powerfully when exposed to fire, a burst of heat both dangerous and a beautiful, luminous white. The residue of such an ignition is also white, and glows faintly for many hours after its incineration. In siege alchemy, the use of alchemical materials in the siege of a city or castle, this plant and its glowing residue is wildly valued. This would be worth much to a warring nation.

Sequesyne (2500 GP, Weight: 6 lb.)
A heavy pyramid of silver, slightly smaller than a human head, this geometric storage device is a Sequesyne, a device used for storage and delivery of important missives. Fallen out of use in most cultures, it's been discovered that it's often cheaper to hire a cadre of elite guards than craft one of these devices. Nonetheless this example remains. On its surface the Sequesyne is little more than a pyramid of folded silver, engraved on the outside with a series of complicated engraved lines, giving indication of the owner and recipient of the message contained therein. The process of 'reading' a Sequesyne is mostly a lost one, but some scholars specialize in opening them, and the valuable historical secrets contained therein can be greatly prized. When open, a Sequesyne's top rotates, exposing the hollow space inside. This particular Sequesyne is closed, and presumably locked. Breaking it open is possible, but if it turns out to be empty one has functionally bashed a valuable art object into a worthless mess.

Modifié par Jenna WSI, 30 août 2010 - 06:34 .

[Jenna WSI]

Minor server update - major city areas are getting a facelift, and new shops.

New Undmed Event is up - http://www.jenshumat...=asc&highlight=


*A new notice is placed in the Oroborus Adventuring Guild. The handwriting, while elegant, reveals that its author was composing the message in a hurry.*

Plea for help!

Very recently, several pixies were abducted from the Fae Tree by a group of roughly seven men, for presently not yet known reason. The men appeared to be elven and dressed in an identical green outfit with a floppy green hat screaming strange phrases with a crazed look in their eyes. All carried longswords and blue, white, and red emblemed shields.

One pixie, who managed to evade the kidnapping, was able to follow the men long enough to determine that they are most probably heading to north of the Enchanted Glade. It seems they split up shortly afterward and have founded small camps and hideouts all along the north road.

Since there is no clue about what the intentions of the evildoers concerning the pixies are, I appeal to every adventurer of noble spirit to come and aid in the rescue of the fae, as soon as possible. I promise to generously reward anyone who will return the pixie(s) back to their Tree safe and well. Please, if you can help in this matter, do so!

Ralain Swoanne-Auraver


Rumour (White Stag Hall): In addition, those that live near the White Stag Hall also hear that people of a similar description have been harassing the chickens.

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OOC Rules and Information

-There are seven npcs (All roughly CR 10ish), each holding one of the poor captured pixies. Please only catch one of the individuals and rescue one pixie so everyone can get a chance to join in. As a note, this event will involve combat.

-Reward for this one is some gold and a unique item with the usual quest experience. In addition, the culprits might have some additional items you can take...

-Please make a post once you have completed it here so I can keep track of who I need to reward. Also we DMs like reading rp threads.

Modifié par Jenna WSI, 10 septembre 2010 - 07:24 .

[Jenna WSI]

New closed event every thursday night. See this thread if you want to join.

Modifié par Jenna WSI, 18 septembre 2010 - 06:20 .

[Jenna WSI]

We are now accepting applications for Amateur DMs, to
allow an apprenticeship trial period for possible DMs. This works as a
way to both evaluation someone's skills and personality (to see if they
work well with the team) while at the same time trying to teach and help
them to better fit the position.



What we are looking for in DMs and ADMs:



- Common sense and emotional stability


- Fairness and good judgment


- Basic skills at proper grammar and punctuation


- Time invested into being a part of the WSI server/world


- Storytelling and role-play ability and flexibility (able to play multiple roles and able to follow plot threads)


- An understanding of the larger picture of the world, with regard to our overall campaign vision



Amateur DMs have many restrictions, from what kind of events you can run
to what kind of rewards you may give out. They are storytellers only,
and may not punish players for OOC actions. Other DMs will assist with
training for both the NWN client and in how to manage plots and events,
and offer opportunities to allow the trainee to sit in on an event or to
help out.


Keep in mind that this position is on a temporary basis. Not everyone
that takes on a DM apprenticeship will be given a full DM status and
remain on the team, though of course that is out goal. Please do not
apply if you have emotional connections to the game that would cause you
issues with being denied or demoted, because we don't wish to cause
anyone any stress over a game which should be fun.


If you're interested in trying this out, send us a PM to let us know.
Below are a few good questions to help us know about your goals and
qualifications, but feel free to add your own input.




Application Form:


Gamespy Accounts and Character Names:

Real Name (if comfortable):

Age:

Location/Timezone:

How long you've played NWN & WSI:

How many hours you hope to DM per week:

Why you want to DM:

What you think a DM's role is on WSI:

What would you need to work on most as a DM:

Account of experience in the DM Client and/or Toolset:

Background and general experience in roleplay (other servers, DMing, PnP, MUD, etc):

Sample event or plot you'd like to run:

Modifié par Jenna WSI, 23 septembre 2010 - 04:38 .

[Jenna WSI]

Server updated:

New shops, tweaks for our closed game nights

[Jenna WSI]

New dm apprentice added - Ralain has joined the team.

[Reiannabeth]

The weekly games here are fun, but it's really not worth it to play on the server any other time. It's not only empty, the sheer desperation for new players leads a lot of the players and hosts to go to pretty silly and extreme lengths to lure people on.

While it's awesome at first becuase the'll pretty much give you anything you want to keep you around, but after awhile it becomes overwhelming to play among all super-powered characters who have the gods at their beck and call.

I'd give it a 4/10. The weekly campaigns are worth logging on for,  but you're best finding another PW for non-scheduled play.

[Jenna WSI]

Thanks. We certainly do not give players whatever they want in order to stay around. In fact, we've lost a few by denying certain race requests or other things that don't fit our world so well.

I find it a little odd that you signed up on the bioware boards just to post this message about our server. Just a little weird. *Shrug*

Modifié par Jenna WSI, 29 septembre 2010 - 02:39 .

[G i B R a N]

I signed up to post here as well and I want to tell you that you are doing a good job of maintaining a server and staying persistent with your goals and progress especially consistent and steady progress is always a good sign of a good world shard server whatever you wanna call it.



I haven't played NWN in a long long time but it brings back memories and I was just checking up on things. Hope all goes well



Gib

[Jenna WSI]

Recent updates:



-Added Underdark dungeons

-Redid Tentowers in RB

-Added a Drow district

-New DM plot areas

-Ranger Widgets added

[Jenna WSI]

Yes, we're still alive. I've been too busy to post updates, so just saying hello to the people on this board for now.

PS: Thanks for your post, Gib. Glad you enjoyed yourself.

Modifié par Jenna WSI, 13 janvier 2011 - 05:25 .

[Aleron]

Jen's been super busy lately so no surprise she hasn't had a chance to update this. So figured I'd step in and give a little taste of what's been going on lately.

- Bug Squashing in quests, transitions, general issues, etc (...you kill one, there seems to always be more)
- Updated New Hope, Raven's Bluff areas (Thanks go to Jen and Overmind, our dynamic duo of builders)
- Lots of new areas available for DM Plots (Overmind and Jen again!)
- Fighter Widgets! (around 10 new abilities available to fighters including heroic defense, blade shield, combat observation, overwhelming flurry, reckless assault, and more! Some available to other classes as well. Thanks to  Ralain and also Fox for their work)
- Palemasters have received new widgets for a variety of new touch attacks (kudos go to the guy who made this on the vault...and sorry for not remembering your name)
- New Pickpocket widget is under testing (all the fun of thieving for the rogue, none of the hurt feelings of other players and rp for everyone!)
- Ralain has been promoted to full time DM. Congratulations!
- Decider has joined the ranks as an amateur DM. Glad to have you aboard!

[Jenna WSI]

Thanks Al

*Goes back to work*

[Jenna WSI]

Updated our thread on custom class widgets and abilites. Some spellbooks, bard songs, assassin attacks, shifter shapes, etc. Lots of new toys for our classes.

http://jenshumate.co...opic.php?t=1190

[Jenna WSI]

A few new exciting things are happening with WSI.



We'll be adding haks in just a few days, giving us new clothing and head options, along with other ways to customize your character. Custom class edits to follow. If you'd like to see any particular haks used, let us know!



We've added an underdark area, among many other new places to explore and role play. We've also gained a new DM and done some bug crushing, so quests should all work without problems now. Additionally, one of our players (Casper) is making WSI a custom soundtrack, which we're excited to be using soon.



Happy Gaming from the WSI team!

[Aleron]

We've added the head hak which actually looks great. All the KotoR heads and some other choices ones are now available for players. The new Hak can be grabbed here:
http://www.jenshumat...topic.php?t=351


When the clothing hak is finished (woohoo for more options for clothing!) it will also be able to be found there. Additionally, we'll also eventually be using new tilesets, systems, and adding new classes,spells, and more.

Modifié par Aleron, 21 février 2011 - 05:38 .

[Jenna WSI]

Updated the first post with a roleplay intro.

[Aleron]

New clothing hak has been added! TONS of new options for clothing for males and females (Making it even easier to grab just the look you want with the free appearance crafting). You can grab everything you need to play at this link:
http://jenshumate.co...topic.php?t=351

[Jenna WSI]

Server update:

Added new haks to allow us to remake much of the world - starting with a new inn commons, which was added recently.

[Jenna WSI]

Added new rideable creatures, and horses that work on a summons widget.

Boar
Dog
Subterranean Lizard (drow only)
Subterranean Flying Lizard (drow only)
Bear
Deer
Jaguar
Wolf (Grey and Black)
Gryphon
Hipogriff
Skeletal Horse (necromancers only)

Modifié par Jenna WSI, 20 mars 2011 - 08:48 .

[Jenna WSI]

Nudging this thread to say we're still looking for new DMs and players who want to take initiative and drive stories forward.

[Jenna WSI]

Just a minor update to give our status. We're in the middle of rebuilding about 75% of the server, adding (and balancing) the PRC (new classes, spells, skills..) and adding haks. So we're a little quiet and in testing right now... will 're-open' with a whole new look and feel to the server.