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[Berliad]

A Call to Arms

 

Ah, a good rest, just what you needed after fighting your way out of that last dungeon. Sure, the bed could have been softer, and the noise in the taproom below could have woken the dead, but it's better than the uncomfortable half-sleep on top of rocks that you catch in the wilderness.

 

Just as you're about to step out the door of your inn room, you notice a fine sheet of vellum sticking out from beneath the door.

As you pick it up, gold-leafed borders gleam in the light. At first, the decorative page appears to be empty, but then, letters slowly swirl into being on the page in a smooth and even calligraphic hand.

 

Dear Adventurer, 

 

News of your exploits travels fast. We of the Adventurer's Club are looking for a few brave adventurers to join our cause. 

 

Whether you're a first rate fighter with years of experience, or a wizard just starting your career as an adventurer, we welcome you to join us in proposing new quests, taking part in adventures, and discussing our shared experiences.  We eagerly await your response. 

 

Yours sincerely,
The Adventurer's Club

 

What is this Adventurer's Club, and why did they leave a note for you?

 

The AC works like a bookclub, but instead is focused on modules for Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2. We solicit nominations for modules to play, vote on which of the nominations we play, and then we all play. When we've had time to play and get to know the work, we have a semi-directed discussion about it in this forum.  The goal is to build community, draw some attention to deserving projects, and provide some good feedback to builders.

 

If this sounds like your kind of club, come check us out at The Adventurer's Club forums on Neverwinter Vault.

— Sir Adril

 

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The Adventurer's Club is the brainchild of Sir Adril, and is a new project that we've started at Neverwinter Vault.  We're currently seeking nominations for our first adventure club module!  Please stop by, say hello, and maybe nominate a deserving module!

 

-Berliad

[Dann-J]

Not to be confused with the Super Adventure Club.

[Berliad]

Yes ! I'm off to the chocolate factory at last cried Orlan one tooth.

Seriously though good luck with this !

Nice.

 

And thanks!  This should be a lot of fun--we're excited to get going.  

 

If anyone has any nominations, please follow the link in the OP, go to the nomination thread, and submit!  We'd like to have five modules in each of the NWN1 and NWN2 categories before we go to voting.  I'm hopeful we can start voting by this weekend!

[kamal_]

Join up with the Academy of Modding Excellence (AME) over on the vault. They're the ones who hand out the NWN "Academy Awards", and are always looking for members.

[Tchos]

It's true that the two groups could benefit from each other.  If one of the nominated modules that's awaiting votes is chosen for one of the Adventurer's Club's playthroughs, then it could more easily receive the needed number of votes to advance to the next stage.  Or the other way around -- someone in the AME could nominate whatever the Adventurer's Club has voted on for its current choice, with the hope that some of the AC members would vote yea or nay on it after they finish playing it.

[Berliad]

Kamal, I think the missions of the Adventurer's Club and the AME are different.  AME (in my view, at least) is about awards, voting, recognition, etc.  The Adventurer's Club, though, is basically just about players having fun playing and discussing modules (hopefully including the module's author in those discussions, if s/he is willing to participate).  It will probably result in good feedback to builders, and it hopefully will result in some attention for modules...but the primary goal is just to have good discussions about modules.  We are NOT setting ourselves up as an entity that evaluates and recommends modules.

 

That said, as Tchos said, there is definitely room for interaction.  If one of the modules that we select is up for an AME award, I am all for encouraging participants in our discussions to go vote for AME if they are so inclined.  Similarly, we welcome nominations from the AME folks!

[Berliad]

We're voting!

http://neverwinterva...odule-pick-nwn2

 

Information on nominees is here:

http://neverwinterva...74#comment-3174

[Tchos]

I suppose it's too late, but I would propose that Humble Beginnings and Lowena be bundled together, as one leads directly into the other (Lowena makes reference to the end of Humble Beginnings), and combined they take perhaps an hour to play with multiple playthroughs to get different endings.

[Berliad]

You know, I actually had a similar thought this morning!  

 

It probably is too late to change the vote for this cycle, but if one of them "wins" we'll see if folks want to play both.  If it doesn't get selected this cycle, I'll probably recommend that we combine them next time.

[Jezla]

Play both, play both! 

[Berliad]

Lowena did win out with the voting!  And per Tchos' suggestion, we are going to go ahead and play both modules.  The focus of the discussion will be Lowena, but Humble Beginnings will provide some background and is absolutely fair game.

 

Both modules should only take an hour or two to play altogether.  Therefore, I encourage everyone to download, play, and participate in our discussion!  We plan to start talking about them on or about August 11.  Here's the link:

http://neverwinterva...wena-jezla9-814

 

Hope to see you there!

[Berliad]

After quite a nice debut discussion on Jezla's modules, the poll for the second adventurer's club module for NWN2 is up!

http://neverwinterva...odule-pick-nwn2

 

Below that poll is a post that gives links to the various modules in the running.

 

Cheers,

Berliad