Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi0vSYhU7E4
I went back over it again. There really doesnt seem to be much other than they have a strong magic and what the scales can do. I wonder if these are considered artifacts in a way?
Those who have played in this AP before, how have the scales been dealt with?
Usually the scales after being handled by a PC, they'll know what are its powers.
The scales are Minor Artifacts.
A PC who picks up a scale receives a flash of insight about the scale’s properties, along with an emotional rush of sadness tinged with resolute determination.
Have run past this part and I have three tables running for this particular AP. My apologies if I have jumped the gun on using the scales.
Ok. Thank you Windsworn.
Windsworn, is there a way you can place a HUGE glabrezu token in the middle of the fire as well as change your pog to a large size?
ermmm ok.
Thank you.
A bargin we will make, a bargin, yes. Leave us here and alone. Leave the insultor here, the smart mouth, here. All we wants to do is play, play, play, with him.
Did something screwy happen to the map?
Everything is growing! :)
Lol, like the number of posts. I am really liking how active the majority of the group is.
Thank you!
I placed this in the Recruitment thread and wanted you guys to be aware:
I am thinking about running a Rise of the Rune Lord's game and am looking for 4-6 players. I am thinking of incorporating mythic rules into the game.
I have the big anniversary book, if anyone would be willing to help me out with maps since I dont have the pdf that is a plus.
I would like to see your submissions with background and the trait that will give you the mythic tiers. A background is very important.
I would also like to a 25 pt buy. Races need to be justified except for CORE.
NO EVIL.
I should decide by mid week next week.
You need to be able to post several times a day and I do enjoy roleplaying.
Bouna Fortuna!
It is under Shalafi
I would be tempted, but I already have a few campaigns at low level, and to be quite honest I really hate playing low level characters.
LOL.
I saw it. Will need to get down to builidng a character.
I hope you pick Amren for the RotR game, I had way too much fun building him and coming up with his backstory. :)
Amren is a nice build and story.
Unfortunately Lokien had too much compettion and thus went warpriest.
If there are two tables I suggest letting me open up the thread. I can set the permissions and post up the links to the maps. Making it easier for our GM.
Ok.
Just tell me when you set the tables. I'll have it up.
I am getting ready to announce them in a few.
Ermm Do you still need me to setup the threads? Seeing that you have already set them up?
I decided just to go ahead and set them up so that there would be no confusion. I will still ask you to provide the maps if you don't mind.
No Problem. But have you figured out how to set them up in campaign page?
I haven't.
ok...That can be a problem.
Hey all, for the next two weeks I might not be on as much. I am getting ready for my doctoral defense in a few weeks. I found out it was accepted a few days ago.
I am going to try to be on as much as possible but just wanted to give a heads up.
Congrats man! That's awesome!
Almost 5 years of work coming to an end! I should defend around St. Patricks Day. I was shooting for the Ides of March to no avail.
If you need some advice on that, feel free to ask. Got mine a while back. Though I'm fairly sure you won't be lacking for advice in any graduate department.
Don't let us distract you anyway. The defense is pretty important. Then again, you don't get to get too burnt on the topic and this could be a good release.
Nalun points to the Gameplay thread.
At this point it is just making the corrections requested and the Power Point.
Has someone trained you on good Power Point presentations? That's fairly important, and most people actually do lousy ones.
I do pretty good ones, I try not to have more than 5 lines per slide.
Yeah, that's the biggest trap-too much per slide. They way overload them.
Nalun desperately attempts to get someone to post in the gameplay thread.
Mine went well because I had a sponsor to say how great my research was. By the time you get there, no one should know your topic better than you.
Here are the best tips I had found.
1. Remember that your committee wants you to succeed
This is usually true. Your committee would not let you get to the stage of a public defense if they did not know that you would pass. They have seen drafts and given comments on your project, so they know it and know whether it is ready. They will ask you hard questions, but, in most cases, they won’t try to trap you in unanswerable questions.
2. Know that you know what you know
By the time you get to the defense, you will have been living with your project for years. You will have thought about it, written about it, discussed it, and worried about it on some level, pretty much constantly, for a long time. You know it inside and out.
3. Know when to shut up
My dissertation director’s wife, an attorney, told me this a few days before the defense, and I took it to heart. If you are nervous or aren’t sure of an answer, one of the worst things you can do is keep rambling, hoping to say the right things. You are more likely to start floundering or wander onto a topic that you are not prepared to discuss. Instead, shut up and see if they have follow-up questions.
4. Be aware that your committee is performing as well
Your committee is performing for the audience and for each other just as much as you are. Keep this in mind and it gets a little less intimidating.
5. Keep it simple
When summarizing your project, simply tell them what you did. Keep it simple. Here is my project. Here is the question I posed. Here is the research I did. (A faculty member gave this advice the day before)
6. Engage the question honestly
When I present at conferences, I sometimes adhere to Robert McNamara’s advice in Errol Morris’s documentary Fog of War: “Don’t answer the question they asked. Answer the question you wish they had asked.” Works for politicians and sometimes at conferences, but not in your defense. Your committee members are experts in their field(s), and have been through their own defenses as well as those of others, and they will smell any diversionary tactics. You are better off trying to engage the question as asked, and get as close as possible to an answer. Which leads us to the next two points.
7. Don’t be afraid to say “I don’t know”
There is no shame in admitting you don’t know how to answer a question. A flat out “I don’t know” probably won’t work, but a stab at the question preceded by “I don’t know exactly how to answer that, but…” might work wonders. I often found myself towards the end of an answer that I was not sure I had answered to the questioner’s satisfaction, and I would stop and say “I don’t know if that answered your question…” which invited clarification or guidance (this goes with #3 – know when to shut up).
8. You can’t know everything — don’t expect to
You are the expert in the field of your dissertation, and it’s possible you know more about certain aspects of it than your committee, but you can’t possibly know everything. If questioning goes beyond your topic, admit that you are not familiar with whatever new topic has come up.
9. Get a good night’s sleep
Cramming won’t do you any good. Worrying won’t do you any good. Sleep, if you can get it, might do you good.
10. Have fun
I know this sounds weird. A faculty member told me this the day before, but it makes sense in light of some of these other points. You will pass. This is your chance to show that you are the expert your committee suspects you are, and there is no reason not to try to have fun with it. It is your big moment, after all.
Thank you so much for this list!
I will be on a ski trip starting this evening. At best my posting will be sporadic.
I'll be back for regular posting come Sunday. Bot me as needed.
Can we have Horgus throw you in the chasm? LOL.
Have fun!
Checking to see how everyone is and who is still with us.
I'm still enjoying the adventure
How are you liking the other campaign?
It's great, lots of good RP and the added stuff is great since some people know some of the plot.
That is what I am afraid of so I am mixing it up. I am wondering if we might not have to combine both groups because posting is slowing down.
Which groups are you thinking of combining? I'll send you a pm later regarding the maps and the boards. Am at work now.