UPDATES & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Updates to the game Important Announcements

Time Slot 1 = 9am - 5pm EST (THIS IS 2PM - 10PM GMT) Time Slot 2 = 5pm - 1am EST (10PM - 6AM GMT) Time Slot 3 = 1am - 9am EST (6AM - 2PM GMT) Time Slots have been changed to accomodate International players and extend them

Many Quests and Missions Have Been Updated and Created During The Time Before We Officially Start, Feel Free To Work On These Quests

The Mission  OH RATS Begins Today.   If you have signed up for your missions you may take your turns and post during appropriate time slots Remember you get 1 post during each time slot. Good Luck!

Ian V has earned GM status!   Congratulations on your promotion!

GM Options added to the Navigation Page Opportunities for writing and other participation to make the world better!

Canis has earned Apprentice Status! Contratulations on your promotion!

Character List Moved To Top Of Character Introductions Page It Just Makes More Sense

Finished Oh Rats Quest .. MP Should Be Updated On The Tracker.. Don't Forget To Give Yourself A PP (Platinum Piece) If You Participated We Will Have Another Test Mission Soon.  Feedback may be given on the Oh Rats Thread

Initiative Changed To  < 5 = move only 5-14 = standard only 15 + = full round action  all players get a swift and free in round 1 regardless of initiative roll

Quest Added - Contributing To The General Good

Tord has earned Apprentice Status! Contratulations on your promotion!

Added some links and started building the first town system  This is called "The Outpost" for now but you will find a way to coordinate sale and trade and building in the town This town will be named eventually with a quest once it becomes a settlement and a thorp.

Fixed the crafting example in  9.downtime  .. I think it should be more clear on how to do this .. I noticed some problems with peoples crafting on the boat. Consider if you have the necessary gear to do what you are doing on a boat as well. Your expenses are 1/4 the cost of the full price of the item and you sell to Agela for 1/2 price .. so you should net 1/4 price of the item you make when you sell it!

5 types of KEYWORDS for missions added for different player commitments and choices Reworked the level system to make more sense to players  This can be found in the  5. Missions

Benefactor Boons Started To Put a System in place to earn rewards from the benefactor of the island expedition I want to reward players who go above and beyond and contribute to the world in that next level I do NOT want this to be a way for players to exploit the game so I am still balancing this and the ratios will probably change but it is started and we can get some idea how this might play out.  If you have ideas for this I would love to hear your comments in  Suggestions

The real bestiary is now available . this will become more organized. If you want to aid in the bestiary please follow the instructions Keep your name next to beasts you enter so I can award you BB appropriately.

If you wish to spend BB please do so here Benefactor Boons

I will not be around starting 2PM Thursday Christmas Eve until Friday night Christmas Day. Should you need me please leave a note in my stocking!  Otherwise Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays to you and yours! See you soon as we prepare for an epic launch in January!

What's this?  A strange red bag has appeared aboard the Iron Kelpie .. I wonder whats inside Don't let greed get the better of you!   This bag is bound to dissappear as quickly as it arrived.

I was able to log in a little while this morning I updated the bestiary entries and awarded BB for those who wrote their name next to the beasts a I removed the player names This was a very good way for me to make sure you got BB I have placed some new bestiary templates up there in the unfinished section we are looking for any good CR 0 - CR 4 creatures Have fun and keep earning BB The bestiary entries look awesome! This is such a huge help to running the system!

I believe I have updated all BB, MP and KP for now Iron Kelpie Thread will award MP later (it is still in progress) If you are missing some points please let me know in the OOPS thread or through PM. Thanks!

It looks like a few people have took the initiative of creating some wonderful new adventure threads Check them out as they are listed on the  Adventure Thread link I love this kind of collaboration!  What a great Christmas gift for me as I returned to do some updates!

Naessae has earned apprentice status! Congratulations on your promotion!

JP has earned apprentice status! Congratulations on your promotion!

I have put in some more defined GM and assistant positions .. should you want to fill one of these please PM me with your interest or reply in the thread that you are interested in one of them.

Over the next couple of days I am working to put in the new missions and quests and achievements you can earn.  I want to have all this ready to go for our big launch.  Thank you for your patience with me as I put these in.  There will be some updates in some guides and such as well and i will keep you posted on here as much as I am able.  Sign-ups for missions will be under "upcoming" missions in the journal.  Look for more missions to be added over the next couple days and probably the weekend.

Looks like the benefactor left a table full of festive items for the passengers aboard the Iron Kelpie! Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a great new year!  I am still working on updates to the game so we can launch.  I hoped to have a 4 hour block to work today but that did not happen because the con was busier than expected.  I still plan to work for a chunk of time tomorrow.  I will let you guys know if we might need to push the launch a bit but my hope is to have things ready in time.  I want to make sure when we do launch that everything is in place to make this as exciting as possible for everyone!  Thank you for your patience.

Based on the information I still have to put in and missions I have to start and set up I am going to need to move the launch from Monday to Wednesday .. this may take a couple missions a little into the weekend but I think all the opening missions are fairly short.  I will have the missions completed tomorrow and this will allow time for sign ups.  I'm sorry for the delay but my list got bigger than I wanted for the time I had this weekend at the con.  Don't worry .. things will continue wed.  I am excited to get started but I want to make sure we start right and would rather have a short delay and start with everything in order so that is what we will do and it will be great!

Missions are UP! You may sign up in the VTT for missions .. They are found under upcoming missions. You may sign up for ONE mission per character at a time (You likely only have 1 character at this point) Please be aware of the TYPE of mission you sign up for. These missions still need to be set up and I will be doing that over the next couple days but please sign up now. Exploration  will begin as soon as I put the finishing touches on the Exploration tables and etc. If you ONLY plan to craft you may go ahead and do that starting tomorrow  (MONDAY) There is a new Adventure thread called First Days where you can role play your arrival to the island at the new outpost.  Feel free to shape the outpost with things from your imagination as you post but remember there are no buildings or rooms yet unless you build them except what is listed on the  OUTPOST LOCATION page.

I have closed the Iron Kelpie for Week 0 and it has set sail for going to pick up any new players for week 1.  If you are a new player and have not posted on the Iron Kelpie yet you should continue to work on starting quests this week so you might make land at the end of week 1 and join the rest of the players on the Island.   There is plenty to do the week you join in setting up your character and completing all starting quests.  Those who were aboard the Week 0 Iron Kelpie should receive your MP soon.

Added Building Quests at  The Outpost .  A good opportunity to gain some KP and other benefits through the week.

Working on Exploration stuff tonight but I did put up some  achievements you might want to work towards .. if you have ideas for achievements please feel free to share in that thread.  

Added Making Sure You Get Your Credit to clarify some points and logistics towards getting awards.  Please read this one. Exploration in the downtime log should be finished soon.  When I make that announcement you will need to carefully re-read the downtime guide on exploration and make sure to ask anything that needs clarification.  We are on track to launch missions and exploration tomorrow morning. I see that we will have 3 missions running. Wolf Trouble Lost Boys  Watched! I am looking forward to it! I will post intros for these missions soon.  DO NOT POST in these threads until the WED morning slot. I want to make an important announcement about challenge missions.   Challenge missions do offer greater reward, however there is a REAL chance of death .. what that means is the following: 1.  Monsters will not hold back.  I will have monsters act like monsters.  If you are knocked unconscious you may continue to be a target. 2.  Monsters will use superior tactics as long as it makes sense so they will not be dumb and I will not hold back 3.  I will not be upset if you die and there will be ABSOLUTELY NO WHINING 4.  The CR is above the other missions but is not impossible for the level listed If you want to bail on a challenge mission and switch, this would be the time to do it.  If you are still signed up for a challenge mission by tomorrow morning then you will be officially in the mission.  I am telling you all this to make sure there is complete understanding that you could die although should you succeed the reward is greater and they are designed for you to succeed if you use superior tactics and good synergy in your group.

MISSION TYPE in the mission description

Exploration should be good to go ... you can go ahead and do this now but make sure you post in hexes what you got for your exploration results. If you travel in a party you should all roll survival .. take the best and add assisting from the rest to determine your score Use the survival check to determine the Exploration Event and then use the tables to determine what happened. Here you can find the  exploration rules EXPLORATION IS NOW OPEN! Please ask any questions in player concerns about exploration and i will clarify as I am able.

Accepting GM positions for Master of Recruits, Quests and Design Also assistant positions available .. PM if interested

Guides are Now Sticky .. If you have questions about anything in the 4 guides you can post them in those guides and I will answer them. Added Exploration as a separate guide

<a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/2792772/notice-o" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/2792772/notice-o</a>... This should not really effect our postings too much but be aware that roll 20 is having longer than usual maintenance and server transfer this Thursday

REMINDER: Time Slot 1 = 9am - 5pm EST (THIS IS 2PM - 10PM GMT) &nbsp;(what I call morning but will start listing as TIME SLOT 1) Time Slot 2 = 5pm - 1am EST (10PM - 6AM GMT) &nbsp; Time Slot 3 = 1am - 9am EST (6AM - 2PM GMT) &nbsp; If you are going to be unavailable for a slot you may post a desired response in the forum This may or may not happen depending on how thing go You should post this as CONTINGENCY and then change this post if you return and it did not go off Please try to limit the CONTINGENCIES to no more than 1 slot and no more than once/day

I have updated the Combat Guide and changed it to Mission Guide .. it will now include general mission information like traveling and other important mission tips. Also .. GENERAL CHANGE ... You may not have seen this so I wanted to announce that when CREATING CAPITOL/GOLD using downtime rules we will not be using the /10 to determine value but instead we are REPLACING this with /1. &nbsp;This is to keep the economy moving when we are playing weekly instead of months at a time like you would in another campaign with downtime. &nbsp;This may be adjusted in the future but for now it will be /1 instead of /10. &nbsp;This means you are creating the amount in gold instead of in silver when determining the amount made. &nbsp;This should also mean less downtime days to get the amount of goods you need to continue buildings and such.

I have created a thread for&nbsp; ALLOWED MATERIALS This thread will help players understand the strange builds you are making and understand what modifications were given for them if any You should link your 3rd party stuff in this thread EVEN IF it has already been approved This goes for all players using any 3rd party stuff in your character RETROACTIVELY!

Any GM interested in RUNNING a mission NEXT WEEK &nbsp;please PM me .. I will get you in the rotation for next week

Any GM interested in RUNNING a LIVE mission THIS MONTH please PM me and I will work with you to make this happen.

If I post my turn (which can take place during any time during the slot) it does not mean that your time slot is done .. If you still have not posted, you are still able to post in that slot with the added information that I posted or a post leading up to that point .. no worries .. If you signed up for a mission and did not do a slot 1 post please do so .. and if you can't post until slot 2 then catch yourself up in your slot 2 post .. Thanks!

Obviously the roll 20 site was down for a long time .. almost the entire slot 3 .. therefore .. slot 3 will become slot 1 day 2 and we will omit slot 1 day 2 and continue with 2-2 after 1-3/2-1. &nbsp;Please feel free to post in 1-3/2-1 if you did not get a chance to do so .. I will be making my responses later this afternoon to give people a chance to post who were unable due to the server migration.

Obviously the roll 20 site was down for a long time .. almost the entire slot 3 .. therefore .. slot 3 will become slot 1 day 2 and we will omit slot 1 day 2 and continue with 2-2 after 1-3/2-1. &nbsp;Please feel free to post in 1-3/2-1 if you did not get a chance to do so .. I will be making my responses later this afternoon to give people a chance to post who were unable due to the server migration.

Need something to do ? As a lot of time goes into character creation .. when that is done you might find yourself in a situation where ..&nbsp; You post 10 minutes every slot and post in a group adventure thread .. then do your downtime .. but you are done .. so what to do ... If you are "bored" and would like to spend more time doing things .. consider the following ..&nbsp; 1. &nbsp;GM and help run missions. &nbsp;PM me if interested 2. &nbsp;Run a personal adventure thread or small group adventure thread .. PM me with your interest and list a group if you have a group&nbsp; 3. &nbsp;Participate in Forum Games or Discussion or run a Forum Game or Discussion. &nbsp;(I will be creating a fun forum section) 4. &nbsp;Create content for the game to earn BB. &nbsp;This can be bestiary entries, original items, drawing stuff, writing mission/quest ideas etc. 5. &nbsp;Play in a live mission. &nbsp;PM me if you are interested in playing a live mission and which days and slots work for you. &nbsp;(MON Slot 2)

I may not be able to post in slot 3. &nbsp;If i am able I will but it will be closer to the end of the slot. &nbsp;If I am unable to post I will continue with day 4 slot 2. &nbsp;Things are progressing a little slower than expected but we had a late start this week. &nbsp;We are experiencing a few growing pains but we will get through and make necessary improvements. &nbsp;Thank you for your patience.