Project Updates: The Era system, Roleplaying and Free Stuff (as competition prizes)

The Era system

The first draft of the Era System is complete (all except one part but we can do without it for now). We can now begin applying the 3.S system to any world we feel like, which means no more separate rules systems for medieval and modern settings. There's still a lot to do, such as price modifiers for things, class restrictions due to era and diplomacy modifiers and whatnot (not unlike Ravenloft's system) but we've got enough to need a review and we really do need people to opine on this.

Roleplaying

We're also beginning to build the worlds the game will be based around. One of our staff is heading up a Play-by-post Roleplay to build up the world in a creative way. How it works is quite simple:

You create a character and write his/her backstory. There are little to no limits on what kind of story you can have. These details are factored in to the story and the roleplay begins.

As the story goes on, elements will be used to form the basis of the D20 Synergy world. Some aspects of the game will be left in, some won't.
So this is a good opportunity to not only roleplay, but have you and your character achieve a sense of immortality. Your character could very well be featured in the games of untold numbers of people for a long time to come...and how cool is that? Each roleplayer will also be credited in the book once it's released and if there's enough to go round, you may get a free hard-back copy.

Competitions for Free Stuff

There'll also be competitions with prizes, such as t-shirts, mugs, hats and all sorts of other unique and cool stuff. Things like best roleplay and best character will be awarded with other awards being added later. So if you're good at roleplaying and have a good imagination, join here and claim your immortality and free stuff.

They wont be the only prizes given out though. We're going to be giving away prizes for all kinds of contributions. Things like; best artwork, best NPC, best spell, best story fluff, and more will be rewarded. Every member of the forum is eligible for a prize, whether they've posted once or a hundred things. It's quality we award, not quantity.

So come and have a look. I've also opened up the "general" section so that guests can respond to topics and give their thoughts. Guests still can't start topics or polls and if bots start turning up, this feature may be stopped, but in the meantime you can now get involved with some discussions without having to join.

In other news (though not as important) I'll be away for a week or so due to technical issues (and it's all PC World's fault) but the forum is being left in good hands and the community will still be as active as ever (being rambunctious in my absence perhaps?)

So, until later...

Have fun folks

HMR

Acck, an update!

I've been somewhat quiet over the last few months though that's not to say that I've not been doing anything.

Of minor importance is that I've been working on my stat blocks. Up until now I've been doing them in a non-standard form (which was apparently only convenient to me) so I'll be working on a more standardised system (so that you can all use what I produce).

This has ramifications on a greater project, which I'm begin to work on now.

This project is a more standardised version of the 3.5 rules of D&D, which I'm calling D&D Synergy, or 3.S.

Now bear with me and I shall explain.

I was mulling over the various RPG forums out on the vast expanse of the internets and it occured to me that many people are eager to roleplay their favourite series, games, etc. That got me thinking; why use a forum when there's a perfectly good D20 system not being used? This is why I'm issuing a call-to-arms, of sorts to help me with a unified fandom project, creating rulesets (or "builds", as I've found myself calling them in my notes) for each of the universes that folks want to play with.

Not only do I want to try and do builds for each universe, but I want to do them in a way that they can be synergised. This achieves two goals:

1. It assures that each universe is balanced against each other.

2. It gave me the idea of a Smash Bros. style build to accompany the project.

In any case, it's still early days yet but the forum is up, at least. So if you're interested, join up and get posting and I'll keep you all updated.

In the meantime, I'll put up sections and offer support for any fandom you want to contribute to and I'll be working on getting a wiki sorted to more easily compile submissions and contributions.

Personally, I'm intrigued by a Naruto build (seeing as I've already got some notes down on that) and a Kingdom Hearts build.

And finally, I'll also be happy to provide support and room for original projects, also.

Well, I've rambled enough. I'll bring you some updates within the next fortnight.

Have fun folks ^_^