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I will be doing my best to have Garton there To help represent the House of Healing.

Since my last post here I've been trying to come up with a new character who has more reason to be involved with other characters, as well as the life of the server. I've got a fairly good idea of what I'd like the character to do, but the problem I'm running into is that I don't really know how I'd achieve it in game (preferably without relying on DM intervention). The impression I get from what I've seen of the server is that you guys have created a huge and somewhat complex system allowing characters to do a lot of things other than combat and it can be difficult to know what's possible without extensive reading and some experimentation. New players are most likely used to NWN being combat and not much more. Could it be worth having a thread where new players can post ideas they have for characters, along with what they plan to do in the game, and more experienced players could give them direction on how they could achieve their plans within the game's system? People could also post descriptions of what their characters are doing, along with an explanation of how it's done, if they're comfortable with that, I understand that some players may want to keep this stuff secret. I think making sure new players have the tools they need to run the characters they want to run would keep us involved with those characters, and stick with them, it would also ensure we've got things to do other than questing, and better reasons to communicate with like-minded characters, so that when we do go questing, we're more likely to be in a group we've become comfortable with, and thus, less likely to die alone out in the underdark.

Thanks. It does sound like this situation has been pretty specific to the characters I've been running. As I said, I do mean to keep at it, but with a character with more discretion and a more fleshed out story.

The last player I introduced had a terrible time staying alive. He died twice before he made it to Mistlocke (remember the holes in the bridge? Good times!). Once he found his footing, he managed to reach the giddy heights of level four. He then went on a PC led chase to hunt a high level PC werewolf (lol) and promptly used all his supplies getting his arse handed to him. He wasn’t killed, but without healing died on the next quest, then the next. He ended up falling to level 1, and quit because he couldn’t find a quest he could do (minimum quest level was 2 on all the QAs).

I'm the player in question. I've recently started an EFU:R character and today I got to the point where I wanted to quit again because I keep getting killed by small things, often random spawns outside quests. I've spent several days trying to get up to level four. Finding this thread has helped, because it's made it really clear that you guys do want to help new players have fun, and because it's helped me identify some things I can do to have a more enjoyable time. There are some things I would like to know or have known when I started, and I wonder if having a thread in the new players' area with advice on how to get the most out of the new player experience would help.

I still don't really know what to do when I get killed on my own by spawns (which happens a lot) and I feel like I'm hassling DMs when I ask for my character's corpse to be moved, since re-spawning will just get me killed again. Do I need to spawn in town and get people to help me out?

A general idea of what sort of things to hassle DMs about, how to get help, how to let other players know you're new, would also be really useful.

I think it has been a mistake to keep trying to run barbarians. I'm aware that the server is hard, but this has been difficult to manage in a role-play sense because my characters have been pretty headstrong, so running away from kobolds seems dishonest to the character, but fighting them is likely to get him killed. Perhaps a note on the role-play implications of the server's difficulty could be included? I know it sounds obvious but I think it really would have helped me.

I also think some information on how to get involved in the role-play elements would be useful. I've only just found the 'group management' section of the forum. I think a link to that would be really handy. Could it also be worth talking about the potential for affecting the world without being involved in a faction?

Also I noticed there was a list of quests for EFU:M. I'm not suggesting the same thing, but could it be worth including a list of quests that are appropriate for low level characters? It can be a pretty big ask to have to go out exploring from the word go, with all the attendant dangers, and no assurance that you'll find anything worthwhile.

I really like this server, and I mean to keep playing, probably with a new character who has a more interesting story that suits the environment better. It's the role-play that keeps me coming back, but those experience drops can really make it hard to get involved. I think for me, knowing how to get involved in the role-play, and how to avoid regular deaths, will really make a difference.

That's fixed it. Thank you!

I'm going to be away for the weekend, so Wimaral Elahan will not be around for 2-3 days.

Hi, I'm a new player and I'm interested in joining the Wyrm Watchers. I'd like a chance to meet one or two of the faction members on the server and do some RPing with them first, so that my characetr can have some contact with the faction before I apply to join. Should I keep an eye out for anyone in particular? My character is:

Wimaral Elahan
Chaotic Neutral Half-elf barbarian
Being a member of a tribe with strong customs and a sense of community, he is keen to find a home in some faction, and one that emphasises strength and self-sufficiency would suit him well. He is also unimpressed with the infighting between the Caermyn and Aberden clans, and respects Chief Argenti's stance on the conflict.

When running EFU without the downloader/launcher, clicking the weapons tab in the starting equipment store causes my copy of NWN to freeze, then close. The character is Karthak Elahan, my time zone is GMT +11.00, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra.

I am able to get the new downloader to run, but NWN is barely responsive when it opens. Clicking okay on the login screen does nothing, but then pressing enter gets me to 'authorising player name'. 'Could not connect to master server' appears after a minute but then I can only get between these two dialogue boxes. My time zone is GMT +11.00, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra.
I am trying to use the downloader/launcher because clicking weapons in the starting equipment crashes NWN. I'll report this in another thread.

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone involved in yesterday's session. That was some pretty intense gaming. I was enjoying this game a lot beforehand, but this has really made it something special.