So i've been keeping this quiet, but I can see a huge thurst for 18+ RP -- without any of the 'adult themes'. After speaking with a few of you guys in PM I can also see a huge thurst for evil RP and a greater risk on death.
As I said in my last post, baby steps! Although you guys will be please to know I have began building the server. It'll include neverwinter (as the main hub) and will span out:
- North, past Luskan, all the way to the Dales (all will be included)
- West across the long road including some key areas such as 'The spine of the world', The evermoors, silvermoors and the lost peaks to name a few
- South; along the high road - through neverwinter wood including the mere of the dead, red cliffs, waterdeep, and daggerfold ending in lizard march
I have the maps (though most are not mine, so credit will need to be given, some are default i.e. neverwinter single player maps) In total -- we have around 280 areas; buuuuuuuuut - this comes at the cost of having no underdark areas.
Some mods I will also be using are;
- Horse mounts
- Flying dragons (landing and swooping animations)
- (with permission) some of BGs .hak files
- Modified default crafting system (capped at +4, same as BG)
- Mineable ores and gems (for crafting)
- Player housing
- a few more, still pending
- Hunger, thurst, sleep mechanics are being worked on
- Rest will be allowed anywhere (as long as no hostiles are nearby) but requires the party to pitch a tent and fire.
PVP
- Must have RP reason to do so, no KOS please
- No PVP inside or near citys / or guards
- Consent 'RP out' can be given in the form of 'running away'
- Torture / kidnapping is allowed, but consent must be agreed to ensure both parties are comfortable
- City sieges are allowed; but must be planned with the DM / Staff -- and know you will be perma-killed if you fail
- City sieges will be borderline impossible and will require clever RP to pull off, but the option still remains
- Theft is allowed, some areas in the city will open to rogues (i.e. attempting to rob castle never)
- Scripts will be run in these 'off limit' areas where patroling guards will one-kill-kill you if spotted
- Pickpocketing is allowed on players (gold only) and NPCs (gold only) however NPCs will fire a script if you are caught to toggle guards hostile (it er....need some code tweaks) but basically if you don't run like hell you will get one-shot
Perma Death
- On death you will get a perma 'debuff' (max of 3) that can only be removed via RP, or via use of advanced divine magic (very high costs)
- This also includes PVP, if both parties consent to do so -- otherwise it will be RPed as 'knock out'
EXP
- will be focused on 'RP', grinding exp will be capped to a max of (20) per kill, RP exp will be boosted, crafting EXP, travelling exp, sleeping, drinking, eating, visiting inns etc.... will also grant exp.
Classes / races
- To form in line with the setting and area; all 'unsual' classes and races will be subject to DM approval
- For evil characters; we maybe adding a few demon / devil races (i.e. succubus) subject to DM approval (You will be KOS)
DM events
- Random events can be hosted to anyone, at any time -- no write up required (to counter favortisum) DMs running these events are limited to only give out gold rewards, no exp - to a max of 2,000 coins. DMs should inform us if an event is centered around one person / same group for more than 3 sessions via discord; this will be made public on our forums. I am hoping that this will 1) build trust and 2) be transparant so all players know what players / characters are getting the 'DM spotlight'
- DMs can host for their 'guilds' but the above cap (gold) still stands.
- Item rewards / exp rewards will be given to planned DM events, these will require write up
Shopping
- will include crafting items (i.e. iron ore), molds, weapons etc...
- An epic vendor will be selling +4 epic gear, however this vendor will be 'hidden' his location will change from reset to reset
- Another epic vendor will be hidden on the map - a Dragon (no spoilers)
So who is with us so far?
- Got a few old DMs onboard with me (again no spoilers) but the creative energy is flowing, and steady progress is being made
How long?
- If we continue at this peace, i'd say around 6 months. As we are using a lot of single player scripts / plugins most of the work is already done for us
will UD get some spotlight?
- Not at the moment.
UD races?
- Possibly.
Link to BG?
- I can't say. I feel this would generate a lot of headache for the admins / DMs, so i'm saying no. Possibly in the future I may approch the admins (who are no doubt reading this now
) but for now the short answer is no.
What I REALLLLLY need from you guys
- A tester. Someone to run through the maps and keep checking everything for us; if this is something you would like to do, please send me a PM