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Post by Iceshard on Jun 4, 2008 10:04:49 GMT -5
Ok so in this thread youll find out what to do and what not to do (at least by my standards during an event).
When I run an event, if you are running around like the world is about to end, or constantly saying nothing but nonsense, chances are the event will end soon for you. So here are some guidelines to follow when I run an event. (other DM's feel free to jump in and add your own)
-Do Not Run Constantly. This is an emersion thing, and a "I need time to set up or talk" thing. If your running to quickly, I cant get things done or say something that is needed to proceed on.
-Share, and Take Turns. Dont try and make it a sea of conversation that I must wade through to find out what people want to do. Try to keep things orderly so things can be run more smoothly.
-Do Not Loot everything. If I see one player looting more than the other (unless organized that way) I will make sure that particular player recieves less rewards than the others, as to compensate for what the others didnt get during the event.
-Do Not Meta-Game. If I see this in any of my events, you will be warned first, and if you do it again, possibly ignored and given no rewards for the event.
-Have Fun. If your not having fun, Im not having fun. So please no OOC Insults, try to keep OOC stuff down to a minimum (or tells), follow my above rules, and just RP like crazy.
-Ice
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Post by Iceshard on Jun 24, 2008 2:13:49 GMT -5
More DM Event Ettiquette and rules....
No Campfire For You!- One thing I dont want to see is the constant resting of PC's so they can regain their buffs and HP and what ever else.. It just gets annoying after a while and little bit harder to run an event for longevity. If your saving, thats understandable, press R, then quickly move as soon as you see the Character Saved message.
Whats with all the dice?!- Please do not roll anything unless I ask you to do so. With all kinds of rolls cluttering the screen its hard to see who is rolling what and why. So if I ask you to roll something Ill set the DC in my head, and send you a tell if you reveal anything with said Roll.
Pass the Cheetos!, Wheres the Mountain Dew?- Please keep all OOC chatter to Tells, but if you must say it in the normal chat log, say it with (( )) or // markings. This should be common knowledge but some people still dont use those. Please dont ruin everyone elses fun with stuff like this.
Journalism for the Win!- Please do not forget about your journal. It has a tab "Notes" that allows you to type quite a bit in your journal and it saves with your character so you can always refer back to it. Sometimes I may not be able to remember something so youll need to know it if it happens to be important.
Make Love, not War Man- Not every event, or every encounter requires you to toss Thy Holy Hand Grenade at it. Sometimes simple diplomacy (or threats) Can get you through the skirmish or even the entire event. So dont come into everything with swords drawn.
No Rest for the Dead- If you should die during my events, no worries, I will raise you and port you back to the area you died in. My main goal for events is to have fun, and if something is to hard or you get bad dice rolls.. Ill make sure you still come out with a smile and having fun.
These are more rules/ettiquette to consider for not only my events, but for all of the DM events. Please take the time to read, understand, and respect these as we take the time to run these events you so much enjoy.
-Ice
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Post by norikcain on Jun 24, 2008 5:38:37 GMT -5
For those of us who have no idea what the term Meta-Game means(like myself), do you mind explaining?
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Post by Iceshard on Jun 24, 2008 9:36:50 GMT -5
Using information you recieve out of character to benefit your PC. Such as someone sends you a tell about The Villian is in X location, you can get own him because your l337!. Its metagaming if you were to go to that location and kill the villian bypassing the entire plot.
Also when talking in-game and you say the persons name as if you know them, yet they havent told you their name... Its things like that, that fall under meta gaming.
-Ice
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Post by norikcain on Jun 24, 2008 18:51:22 GMT -5
Ahh ok thanks  |
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Post by whenwizardswar on Jul 11, 2008 17:04:39 GMT -5
I do have two things to add, if you enter an area and there are people present who are apprently roleplaying, reguardless of weither or not you see A DM present, I think its common courtesy if you ask to proceed ahead and slay all the spawns before them.
Chances ARE, if they are roleplaying, you could probably clear the spawns several times before they move on because of the fast respawn rate, but please be mindful and courteous.
Also, I have already seen it happen in the day and a half since I have been on the staff, but I am no rookie to seeing it, I've seen it hundreds of times, if you see monsters in an area and they are not hostile to you, and you KNOW a dm is present, do not attack said non hostile monsters, because chances are they are not hostile for a REASON.
I dont want to speak for the other DM's but I am kinda strict when i see this and it does not make me happy at all, and people dont want unhappy dms, heh.
Sometimes, we do have to make the entire area non hostile during events, this is so random joe shmoe monster doesnt come up and smash a pc at the most invonvenient moment, so I whole heartedly suggest this.
If you see an area full of neutral (Non red monsters) and you know there is an event going on in that area, either try and join the event, or simply move on instead of killing monsters who are pacified for mostly OOC considerations.
Thankfully the two people I saw do this were very understanding when i explained to them i had plans for them, and they thought it was left over monsters from another event. I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt once, but after that I take a no tolerance policy and I'm sure alot of the other dms do as well.
-Also, if you see a monster actually talking to you, even if its hostile dont just bash its brains out, chances are its a DM whos bored and wants to interact, even if you are just on the server for killing and smashing, be considerate of others.
Most dms i have worked with feel this way, but then some dont, I'm just giveing food for thought and expressing my views on some things.
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Post by Iceshard on Jul 11, 2008 21:01:14 GMT -5
Lol wizards if Im not mistaken I remember a certain ship you sank not to long ago.. leaving a wreckage right outside of candlekeep..
-Ice
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Post by whenwizardswar on Jul 13, 2008 0:12:01 GMT -5
Ehh hehe, that was...*cough* I have no idea what your talking about, I could have sworn i was trying to plug my sword into a leaky hull of your flying iceman.
*blushs*
No one is perfect, and I appologise for that once again.
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Post by grassblade on Jul 17, 2008 8:41:41 GMT -5
If we walk into an ongoing event area, whom should we ask -- the DM or the PCs? Also, since telling someone what your character's level is seems to be OOC, how would I/we know if the event is playable?
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Post by Sojourn on Jul 17, 2008 9:13:25 GMT -5
If we walk into an ongoing event area, whom should we ask -- the DM or the PCs? Also, since telling someone what your character's level is seems to be OOC, how would I/we know if the event is playable? Either way is fine...if you feel like keeping it IC then ask a PC, if you feel like you need OOC info then shoot a DM a tell. Also, if you want to know level range, also just ask a DM and he'll give you that info...generally so far level hasn't really been a limiting factor, at least not for the DMs. Some events are more challenging than others, and it's really up to the players if they want to participate in an event that is hard or easy. Events are for the most part open to anyone and everyone. |
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Post by whenwizardswar on Jul 26, 2008 16:47:49 GMT -5
More DM Event Ettiquette and rules.... Whats with all the dice?!- Please do not roll anything unless I ask you to do so. With all kinds of rolls cluttering the screen its hard to see who is rolling what and why. So if I ask you to roll something Ill set the DC in my head, and send you a tell if you reveal anything with said Roll. -Ice This is a good rule, I would also like to add, if you roll crappy the first time a DM ask you to roll a die, dont re-roll it. Also keep in mind, saying something like "Please leave the commoners alone" and saying nothing else and makeing a diplomacy check, (With or with out being asked) isnt going to cut it in some situations/DM events, so when you only say three words to try and talk that army of invadeing orcs out of laying seige to the city, and roll a simple die to try and apply a simple fix to a complicated situation, dont get upset when some dms (Some allow it to work that way and some dont) dont turn the army around and flee for the hills. |
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Post by whenwizardswar on Aug 17, 2008 22:50:23 GMT -5
(Disclaimer:This is how I look at things dureing -my- events and my views do not nessicarly reflect the views of the other dms)
No Rest for the Dead- If you should die during my events, no worries, I will raise you and port you back to the area you died in. My main goal for events is to have fun, and if something is to hard or you get bad dice rolls.. Ill make sure you still come out with a smile and having fun.
While this hasnt been an issue an issue should be considerd as we get more and more players.
I'm with Ice I dont like to see players die during my events because they miss out on it, so if i cant heal you in time then i will bring you back and give you the XP back that is taken from all characyers that leave the fugue. Dont expect this from the DM's all the time because if you start expecing the DM to always heal you theres a very good chance he might "forget".
Also while most situations entale risk (modily harm) sometimes an event or actions consequence is so severe it will have reprecussions.
Example:Running through the forest of orcs that you know you have a pretty good chance at surviveing but there is a remote chance of harm or death, sometimes the dm might have kid gloves on for the event.
Example2-Chargeing headlong into a obviously near impenatrable blockade of armed soldiers and wizards knowing they had at least ten times as many soldiers all of them higher level then you? While it may be IC for you to try and be invincible do not complain when you and your companions go "Splat" on the ground. I am refering to an example of something that happened today but there were no hard sports about and everyone knew very well what the risk was because I made it clear.
If I, as a DM think the pcs dont understand the consequences of a particlular action i will tell them one of the possible consequences of their actons.
In the example above, (although for some reason they didnt actually see it on their screens) I told everyone that if they decided to charge through the near impenatrable blockade and on the very good chance they died I would not use the kiddy gloves and they would have to respawn and take however much loss the XP is. I make it clear to such dangerous risks so the PC's can think twice both ICly and oocly about it.
Hehe in this situation everyone was a good sport and despite the risks they still charged the blockade and went "splat". Silly adventuerors
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