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Forums  > General  > General  > Player Handbook, Second Edition     Display using: Flat View Threaded View   Oldest to newest Newest to oldest Previous Thread :: Next Thread   Author  Thread: Player Handbook, Second Edition  Aria Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Total Posts: 1035 Send PM   Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 03 Mar 2004 06:19 PM Hello dear kiddos... I've been working on the Player's Handbook, Second Edition as my last present for y'all, and you can get a sneak peek here. This is not the final version, and there's a number of ways you can add to it - (i) If you see your name in a particular section, that means I think you can help writing the section, with probably better and more accurate delivery than I can. It'd be great if you can send in something to me, but it's also Ok if you don't (the section will either get filled in, or truncated) N.B., This does not apply to Fen. (ii) Players who have submitted their Character Biography. If you don't see a portrait for him/her, that means your best bet is to send in a .jpg file for your character. Please check as well if it's in the right section that you want him/her to be portrayed, as well as any typos left-over uncaught. If I've missed out your biography altogether, by all means let me know. (iii) Players who still wish to send in their Character Biography. Feel free to do so, I'll add them in as appropriate. If you have any added info that would be a Plus to the PHB, be your comment stylistic / factual, please do not hesitate to tell me. This include an entire current story section, where Malagard / recent Midor events, and such fills in. There are undoubtedly many other aspects that I'm not even aware of, so please let me know as well. There's alot of work gone into it, and more as time goes on, so I'll make sure to update the link as it progresses. I'm hoping the final version will be available next Monday, 8th March 2004 - hurry with your comments before it gets to the final version... Aria So talented, so troubled.  kingcorky Joined: 07 Jan 2004 Total Posts: 75 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 03 Mar 2004 09:11 PM First comment is WOW! I read the first edition, thought it was great for a online game server like this, but the second edition is unbelieveable. Looks phenominal, and is just loaded with info. Great Work So a cleric, a ranger, and a thief walk into a bar, which one am I?  Gasher_Bloodspuer Joined: 12 Jun 2003 Total Posts: 670 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 03 Mar 2004 10:04 PM Yeah great work on this Aria. It is a great source of information for new players and old players alike. And looks very nice :)  Phoenix Joined: 08 Jun 2003 Total Posts: 942 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 04 Mar 2004 03:47 AM Looks very nice indeed! Can't wait to have the full manuscript! :) Luther McIath: I see, so [X is] the right person in the wrong place with the wrong people at the wrong time. [Fictrix] ... And can speak French, like both! Wait, I mean Elven.  Barnas Joined: 17 Aug 2003 Total Posts: 3322 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 04 Mar 2004 04:42 AM It's really, really good. Very profesional and informative :) -Barnas  Barnas Joined: 17 Aug 2003 Total Posts: 3322 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 04 Mar 2004 05:08 AM Oh, and I'm not sure if it would work in a PhB, owing to the fact it would have to be changed /updated, however a thread on the forums would work for it: Basicly, a general knowledge thread. IC knowledge which commoners would have, or could be found out with very little effort at all- just be asking about. This sort of thing (Examples, not garenteed to be accurate) +Anandur Barradon is Knight-Captain of Midor +Samael Melchor is the Midoran Guard Captain +Shaz'jen Direth killed a whole load of people in the unicorn Inn a short while back +Fri'el Skygem is a convicted criminal as well as a whole host of other nasty things, not to mention being Gukathul's servant Got slightly less serious as I went on, there... sorry. However, I think the idea can be seen. Something DMs or players could add to so that new PCs have the basic knowledge which they would have about Recent events, as well as the wonderful stuff in the PhB. Hmm.. mayby this should have gone as a new topic in the wishlist... teach me to post when and where I'm reminded of something =P -Barnas  Klench B'Tok Joined: 08 Feb 2004 Total Posts: 27 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 04 Mar 2004 06:03 AM Just finished reading it, very well done. A very informative read. :) "The issue isn't wether you're paranoid, its wether you're paranoid enough..."  Phoenix_Flamehart Joined: 13 Jun 2003 Total Posts: 482 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 04 Mar 2004 09:12 AM *waves hand* PF would like to point out that that isn't SJ's portrait ^_^ The hack I pointed people to actually has 3 portraits in...That one's Kesgrii's...Aria, do you want to PM me and I'll send you a similiarly sized version of Shaz'jen's portrait? Oh, and Barnas, looking at the section on Shaz'jen, it does point out his recent murders :P - Who needs Epic Levels when you have Epic Eyebrows?  Rasputin Joined: 11 Feb 2004 Total Posts: 213 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 04 Mar 2004 09:30 AM OOC: Just sent in a bio of Sinjin if you would like to include him as a lowly monk of Asashi: Taken from one of the journals of Sinjin Kade, a monk of Asashi – detailing his description of himself and his chance meeting with a paladin of Midoran: I shall clasp my hands together, and bow to the four corners of the world! My surname is Kane, and my personal name is Sinjin. I am an unworthy man and completely non-descript as you can observe for yourself. More importantly, this one is a scholar and a seeker of wisdom, which is why he finds himself destitute, but never needing. The Ka of all things is accounted for, and I am most pleased with our meeting. *bows deeply* OOC: P.S. Sinjin uses the standard older man with dark hair and staff - brown robes as his protrait. Not sure how to email that. Humbly Submitted, Sinjin Kane  Barnas Joined: 17 Aug 2003 Total Posts: 3322 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 04 Mar 2004 09:34 AM Oh, and Barnas, looking at the section on Shaz'jen, it does point out his recent murders :P I know, 'twas an example. =P -Barnas  slink www.drislink.com Joined: 27 Aug 2003 Total Posts: 726 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 04 Mar 2004 09:46 AM What size do you want the jpg? I would prefer to make my own from a screen dump, since I have the chance now. Dieties preserve us from the evil chaotics named Lag, Crash, and Server Reset. PCs: Loli Dankirk (Ftr 18/Brd 8.5 @ 1777 hrs) left Vives for Origins; Gnora Gnombody (Sor 5 @ 54 hrs) and Amanda Stark (Wiz 3 @ ~10 hrs) left Vives for Feline Providence.  Thalgor Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Total Posts: 4 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 04 Mar 2004 03:32 PM Great handbook...even the first edition was better than I have seen on other worlds. One suggestion...could you make it a little more "printer-friendly?" We have pretty decent printers at work, and they are vchoking on this document. I think it is primarily the background - it looks nice, but I think it is causing the print problem. Looking forward to the final version. Thalgor  Gasher_Bloodspuer Joined: 12 Jun 2003 Total Posts: 670 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 04 Mar 2004 05:59 PM Its too pretty to make it more printer friendly. Maybe make a printer friendly version. I have the full version of acrobat 5 , if it will keep the original all nice and pretty I'd volunteer to convert the final version into a more printer friendly version.  Lisen Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Total Posts: 373 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 04 Mar 2004 06:17 PM Aria, the PHB is truly beautiful, and more importantly, well-written. Thank-you. :) Beware the vortex of bureaucracy  Aria Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Total Posts: 1035 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 05 Mar 2004 01:16 AM I'm not around the document, so haven't been opening your PMs about them. Will get to them soon - after the midterm that is. Rasputin: Gotcha. Birdie/slink: Any reasonable sizes are Ok. It'd eb great if you can host it on a website somewhere so I can just grab it off the website. Thalgor/Gasher: There'll be a printer-friendly version available. I didn't think people actually goes to print it Barnas: You can start a new thread to gather folks' ideas Aria So talented, so troubled.  Thalgor Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Total Posts: 4 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 05 Mar 2004 07:49 AM Sounds good...and thanks for the consideration. Only do it if time allows. And you would be surprised at what I print. Ask Lambert or Rasputin...it gets ridiculous sometimes. :)  Aria Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Total Posts: 1035 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 05 Mar 2004 11:31 AM PS, if any of you're NwExplorer-proficient / Photoshop-proficient / picture-hosting proficient, you can help the others get their picture up somewhere that can be easily get at. Aria So talented, so troubled.  para Joined: 23 Oct 2003 Total Posts: 116 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 06 Mar 2004 07:05 PM Great job, I really enjoyed reading it. The link at the top of the home page seems to link to the older version though. Eerel Swiftfoot Self proclaimed fasterest little person in da land Eerel's Story: http://vives.dyndns.org/vives/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=49386  slink www.drislink.com Joined: 27 Aug 2003 Total Posts: 726 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 07 Mar 2004 11:31 AM Well, here you go, Aria. http://www.drislink.com/slink/nwn/Loli_Dankirk.jpg Dieties preserve us from the evil chaotics named Lag, Crash, and Server Reset. PCs: Loli Dankirk (Ftr 18/Brd 8.5 @ 1777 hrs) left Vives for Origins; Gnora Gnombody (Sor 5 @ 54 hrs) and Amanda Stark (Wiz 3 @ ~10 hrs) left Vives for Feline Providence.  Phoenix_Flamehart Joined: 13 Jun 2003 Total Posts: 482 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 07 Mar 2004 11:50 AM And mine is here: http://members.lycos.co.uk/silverskeejee/ShazjenDireth.jpg - Who needs Epic Levels when you have Epic Eyebrows?  Aria Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Total Posts: 1035 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 07 Mar 2004 05:24 PM Gotcha slink & PF. I should have something quite complete by late tonight / early tomorrow morning & an updated link by Alo. Aria So talented, so troubled.  Alosynth Joined: 11 Apr 2003 Total Posts: 1324 Send PM   Re: Player Handbook, Second Edition Posted: 09 Mar 2004 01:55 AM I've updated the link at the top of the page with a link to the 'pre-final' version. If you see anything needing changes, speak now or forever hold your peace ~Alosynth Previous Thread :: Next Thread  Page 1 of 1   Forums  > General  > General  > Player Handbook, Second Edition