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- July 14, 2014 at 5:48 am #151403AnonymousInactive
I’ve recently picked up the core book, and I’m wondering what the best way to start playing in an online campaign, specifically the one on the Legends of Arcanis website. I was just hoping to get some advice on how to get started, and any other advice.
Also, I can’t seem to download the campaign documents. I seem to only be getting an unusable file of no type. I’m probably missing something obvious, but I can’t seem to figure it out.
July 14, 2014 at 12:39 pm #263972AnonymousInactivethat file of no type seems to happen in firefox of a certain build, I have the same problem on my work computer, if you rename it and put .pdf at the end it will work just fine
July 14, 2014 at 1:21 pm #263975AnonymousInactiveWelcome MonkofLords!
If you’re talking about getting involved in the Living campaign the upcoming mods are typically posted in the LA Campaign: Online Play forum. The games there I’ve been involved in typically use a combination of Roll20.net and Google Hangouts to provide map, audio and as desired video capability.
I wrote up an overview that you might find useful.
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1328&hilit=roll20
There are 2 games running this week that I’m aware of. The first runs tomorrow night, but is only open to characters that aren’t using the 1.5 leveling cert. It’s a hard point in the middle of the first Arc, so probably not the best place to start but is available. Details on it are at viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1261
The second game is open to characters built using the 1.5 leveling cert. That one currently has a full table to 6 plus an alternate. If you’re interested and available, you could put yourself down for it. The last one we had like that 3 people dropped for various reasons. Not typical, but it is possible. You can find out more about that game at viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1271
If you have more questions, don’t hesitate to ask and once again, welcome!
With a sweep of his hat,
Paul
July 14, 2014 at 1:32 pm #263977AnonymousInactiveI’ve recently picked up the core book, and I’m wondering what the best way to start playing in an online campaign, specifically the one on the Legends of Arcanis website. I was just hoping to get some advice on how to get started, and any other advice.
This would be a good place to start, as it gives some basic information.
Unless you start off with an entirely new group, the odds of being able to run the entire campaign in sequence is fairly low, but there are plenty of pickup games being run all the time. Roll20 games are generally organized in the Online Play section of the forums, and if you’re interested in a play-by-post (PbP) game just let us know here and we’ll get you into the next one that starts up.
July 14, 2014 at 3:47 pm #263980AnonymousInactiveAAAND if you do have a group to play the mods from the beginning, I’m sure we can scrounge up some judges for you!
July 14, 2014 at 11:55 pm #263997AnonymousInactiveWell if you need more people to join you in playing through the campaign, I’d love to do so if possible. As much as I’ve built characters and tried with my local group of friends, I’ve never finished the 2nd adventure of the first arc.
July 14, 2014 at 11:58 pm #263998AnonymousInactiveThere are two… any other people need to play some mods?
July 15, 2014 at 12:24 am #264005AnonymousInactiveMy “primary” is missing quite a few of the arc 1 modules (and all of arc 2). I haven’t been able to play many of them online as they are usually on Tuesdays (when I’m busy).
July 15, 2014 at 1:38 am #264008AnonymousInactiveSounds great, and thanks for the advice all. The timezones in the Online Play forum appear to be all EST, and I’m AZ time…which is currently equivalent to PST I think.
I should probably start by building a character then, was thinking of some sort of musician…wanderer…guy. I noticed something in the documents about starting at Tier 1 or 1.5. How likely is it to start straight from Tier 1?
July 15, 2014 at 2:03 am #264011AnonymousInactiveThe tier 1.5 starting characters have to skip the entire arc 1. If you want to experience the game I’d strongly suggest tier 1. As for timezone I’m actually CST so 1 hour closer to you, I just think the server assumes EST by default if you don’t change it.
July 15, 2014 at 2:16 am #264012AnonymousInactiveCody Bergman who does a great job GMing and does so online is in Mountain time I think and may be able to run a group that’s more appropriate for your time zone.
With a sweep of his hat,
Paul
July 15, 2014 at 2:20 am #264013AnonymousInactiveCody being me, btw
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July 15, 2014 at 3:10 am #264015AnonymousInactiveCool, I’m working on my character right now. I’ll be on the lookout for any games Nierite runs then.
July 15, 2014 at 4:30 am #264016AnonymousInactiveIf you want to schedule some, hit me up on PM’s if need be. Though I’m running some newer ones twice a month, Fridays and Saturdays are usually better days for me all around (though one is usually booked as a boardgame night). As long as I have some notice, most of these are viable for me to run online.
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