Campaign Guide – What do we need?

well what we need are campaign specific rulings for the most part but that’s a large category
-List of what talents/spells/skill uses/Paths are available from books (or the ones that arent available)
-Rules for Herb Gathering
-Rules for Herb use/availability
-Rules for using artisan skills/crafting
-Rules for crafting runes
-rules for crafting alchemical items

-Rules for buying Alchemical items
-rules for buying scrolls

-Allowed religons/Sects within the campaign along with locations
-rules for (not) changing religons during play

–when to use passive values vs active values

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PVP Rules

Importantly, can we get a new sub forum for this?

not yet…

once I have the document written up and everyone here has had a chance to chime in

Hey pete.. sup?

Sorry it’s been an interesting week…

I’ll be able to jump back on this Sunday night

Additional thought:

-Rules for creating a secondary character (or upgrading a secondary character) upon a primary character’s death. I.E. If your primary dies, you may start a secondary or level an existing secondary to the beginning of the Tier that your primary was at. So, if you die at Tier 3.3, you’d create/upgrade another at 3.1, while dying at 2.9 would bring you back to 2.1 (but at least you wouldn’t have to build up from the very beginning).

Hello,

And can your new character be ‘gifted’ an item from your primary?

I would say No.

We’ve tried to go out of our way to make the Arcanis system make a Hero a Hero because of their abilities, not the toys they have. Having a “gift” from a previous character is too Meta-Gaming in my opinion and unnecessary.

Fair enough on the equipment ‘hand me downs’.

Another question that has gone through my mind…say we’ve purchased a character type, special item, etc. from a Kickstarter. If our character dies, are those still usable on a new character? For instance, if someone paid $25 to play a Tultipetan Dwarf. If that dwarf dies, are they allowed to create a new Tultipetan? I understand you can’t have 2 at once, but if one dies and leaves the campaign. Or if they paid $100 for a Land Grant, and if the character dies, can that ‘cert’ be applied to a new character (one at a time obviously)? I only ask this because of the real money spent.

Thanks!

John

Henry
I appreciate the thought you have out into it. I think the decision for races makes sense. However, I’m reluctant to call the ruling on stores and land grants fair yet. A few questions to help compare: For the limited pledge levels that included bringing back old characters, if that character dies, are they allowed to bring back another? What about the 2 Agamassi, can they be replaced if one dies?

Having given it some thought myself, I understand that the land grant and businesses and other things are tied to a character. It might seem a little inconsistent to allow then to change hands if a character dies. However, the business could have been purchased by a new character and renovated/changed. This keeps the number of rewards constant since it only allows transfer for a character that dies (or is otherwise removed permanently from the campaign). The land grant is a little harder to justify, but could be done in a way that doesn’t disrupt the campaign.

The main rationale behind my views are the limited nature and costs of those pledge levels and addons. The addons for races are much less expensive and unlimited in quantity, yet seem to have the most flexibility. On a personal level, I spent $200 for the two (which I was happy to do, mind you, to support PCI and Arcanis). They were obvious choices for the character at the time. However, if something should happen to the character (which I am not deeply worried about), then essentially I have nothing to show for the $200 for the remainder of the campaign. Now, is this concern enough for me to want a refund? Not at all since I’m still supporting a great game and company. It might give me more pause for future Kickstarters but that’s hard to guess right now. I can’t speak for others though so when a final decision is made, I will likely post the question for you to answer in the public forums. I would ask that you consider the points above and if the decision is the same, I accept that. I won’t be asking for a refund as I said since I want to still support PCI. But I think having it clearly spelled out to others would be good.

Respectfully,
John