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It's in your best interest (time-wise) to continue to hold off on writing those Class Acts until you hear from me (on these here messageboards) telling people to begin sending me stuff again. You're certainly welcome to send me anything you've completed already, but expect to—at best—get an email back from me telling you to resend it to me later.

Okay, I'll get my outstanding Class Acts done ASAP, but hold off sending them until I hear from you. Thanks for your prompt response. :)

Robert

Surround the table with square brackets and all caps that read BEGIN TABLE or END TABLE as necessary.

Tab once between each column. Don't try to line the columns up on the page.

That's what I do, anyway.

-Amber S.

Hmm... I know this is a little late (I should have had this table + article done months ago!), but I just wanted to make sure I was doing this table right. Tell me, does this look right? (assuming that the { } simply represent single tabs)

[BEGIN TABLE]{ }Feat{ }Prerequisites{ }Benefit

Blind-Fight{ }-{ }Reroll miss chance for concealment
Combat Expertise{ }Int 13{ }trade attack bonus for AC (max 5 points)
Improved Trip{ }Combat Expertise{ }+4 bonus on trip attempts; no
attack of opportunity
[END TABLE]

Or am I supposed to literally surround the entire square table with brackets? What about lines that carry-over to the next line?

Hope I didn't reveal any Paizo secrets by showing this snippet... :)

And, Mike: My apologies for the time taken to get my latest batch of article sent out. Life has gotten busy. But rest assured, I'm going to get these out the door ASAP!

Thanks in advance,

Robert

EDIT: Hmm, another question for Mike: What is the word limit for an Class Acts composed almost exclusively of tables?

Surround the table with square brackets and all caps that read BEGIN TABLE or END TABLE as necessary.

Tab once between each column. Don't try to line the columns up on the page.

That's what I do, anyway.

-Amber S.

Thanks!

Quick question for Mike (or anyone else who knows): How should tables for Class Acts manuscripts be formatted?

Thanks in advance.

I'd like to echo Zherog's offer - I have a stack of GMail invites, so if anybody wants one, email me at dm.lilith@gmail.com and let me know!

Same here. If Lilith runs out, send me an email at waterdeepflapjack(at)gmail.com.

It means you're likely going to get published. :) It's in the queue of wonderful articles Mike plans on using.

Great! Just what I thought.

*smiles*

The stars must be in alignment.

I got TWO replies from Mike.

'Course, one was blank -- and they were both replies to the same mail.

Does that still count?

Sure. 'Round these parts, we take whatever we can get! ;)

Hey pancake...good to see you. Thought you moved on.

Never! Just took me a while to realize I belonged back here. :)

BTW, Mike, just wondering, what is the queue (at least the one referred to in my e-mail)? Queue for manuscript editing/revision? I'm wondering exactly what stage my Psion Archetypes CA is at...

Thanks!

-Robert

Ha! True. But now... did you read? NASA just discovered a strange singularity next to... the... uh... Inbox Singularity. Believe it or not, emails are escaping! In fact, I have managed to send emails to several people. Several! :O

It's true! I got one! :D

Ahh! Thank you! I received everything else.

I received the Ptolus Pre-Order Kit yesterday, but was dissapointed to find my 5 copies of the Ptolus Player's Guide not included. Is this how my order is supposed to be, or were the player's guides forgotten?

Thanks.

I've just started the AoW AP, and am thinking more and more about running Shackled City also. However, how does it stack up? Is it better, or worse, or about the same?

I just started AoW yesterday, so the party has just cleared out the Lair of the Laborers.

Ooh! Based on what Archade said, maybe you could have the races list be tiered. For example, instead of it currently having Juju Zombie Half-Elf and Juju Zombie Troll as seperate entries, you could have 'Juju Zombie' and then have Troll and Half-Elf available once that was clicked.

Hello, TPK. ;)

One quick suggestion: Would there be any way of adding a sort of sidebar to the 'Add New Stat Block' page that would quickly run a search (probably keyword, race and class based) that would show you any similiar ones already in the database? I am aware that search is not operation yet, but this could really cut down on your workload and ensure that you don't have to weed through duplicates, especially as this grows larger. Anyways, just my two cp. Great job!

Woo! Great idea, Lilith! I am now officially a guild member.

Thanks, Zherog. Just one more question: Should I send CA queries directly to Mike, or to dragon@paizo.com?

Hello all! I'm seriously thinking about sending in some queries for Class Acts, but find myself wondering what exactly the format should be. I know it is 4 to 5 sentences, but what do they want to know about your prospective article? How much do they want to know? Anyway, any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, everybody.

- My players sure will hate GARROW for ever (from the Eberron trilogy modules)

Yep. My player's never figured out that he was a changeling and not a vampire. So gullible...

I'm not that dedicated. :P

Mmm... Turkey.

Happy Thanksgiving, all!

Received it today, November 14.

Thanks, guys.

Um, I think in your second post you're talking about the actual video game, but regarding the dndonlinegames.com site, although it is very much like tabletop dnd (except for the typing and the lack of off-topic conversations going on in the game), it is also very much slower paced. Instead of going on the computer for a couple hours at a time for your session, I just check once in the morning and once in the evening for new posts.

To get in games, you can either post something about yourself in the "Players seeking DMs" forum, or browse the "DMs seeking Players" forum, and apply for any game that suits you.

Unlike in traditional dnd, it is much easier to get involved in multiple games (I'm in 5 right now), but from what I've heard it's alot of work to DM.

Anyway, if you liked what you saw, sign up for an account and PM (private message) me (waterdeepflapjack), and I'll try to get you into a Guild War style game I'm in right now (if you're interested, of course).

The link is here: http://www.dndonlinegames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2538

However, you might not be able to view everything (alot of things are private threads, but just tell me if you want to be able to see some of the game so far and I'll PM it to you.

Good Gaming,

WaterdhavianFlapjack

Any chance I could get a replacement copy?

"Or could he?"

Setting: PCs were infiltrating a secret base underneath the Karrnathi Embassy in Sharn looking for a captured ambassador. They had found some gith silver swords.

Me, the DM: Okay, you walk in the room, and sitting at the desk is a middle-aged man, obviously writing some letters, with numerous corrospondence on his desk.

Party: We make him talk.

Warlock: Yeah, or else I'll kill him.

DM: The middle-aged man, upon seeing your threats of violence, says, "Well, hello there."

Warlock: What is going on here?

DM: I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about.

After a successful intimidate check...

DM: We're... researching these swords. That's all I'm supposed to know. But... there's something else.

Warlock Interrupts: Talk, or I'll kill you!

DM: Umm... He was still talking.

Warlock: I cast darkness on him.

DM: Okay... *rolls eyes*

Player: What are you doing that for? He was still talking.

Warlock: Oh. Nevermind.

Lately, some of you may have noticed my decreased presence on these boards because I was busy actually playing D&D on dndonlinegames.com. I was just wondering if anyone else on these boards plays there or at any other online D&D site, and if so, what their screen name is.

One DnDOG, I'm: waterdeepflapjack

Haven't received 129 either, in the Bay Area.

WHERE'S MY DUNGEON!?!?

Uri, if I had 129 (nudge, nudge, Paizo) I would run it. I'll tell you my opinions (after all, they matter so much :) ) ASAP.

WaterdhavianFlapjack

Haven't received mine yet. I'm near Sacramento, CA.

Ditto. Bay Area here, no 129.

WaterdhavianFlapjack

Thanks, Troy.

The Flapjack is pleased! ;)

WaterdhavianFlapjack (aka waterdeepflapjack on DndOnline)

I need to find the fighter class acts that has the cooking equipment for a self sufficent soldier. I think the article is about Roman Warriors. If anyone could help, I would be extremely grateful.

Thanks alot,

WaterdhavianFlapjack (aka waterdeepflapjack on DndOnline)

Now the Lich is going to tear his soul apart.

Mwahahahah!

WaterdhavianFlapjack

Archer from IH. Period.

WaterdhavianFlapjack

I found a really good thread on the WoTC boards about the 3.5e conversion of CotSQ. If anyone is intersted, the URL is:

http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=255217

Thanks all!

WaterdhavianFlapjack

Read about Spires of Mazzelith(sp?), a Dungeon companion adventure. Is it any good? Thanks!

WaterdhavianFlapjack

To add some more specifics, I am planning on having the PCs be drow and be sent from Menzoberranzan to go through the adventure. I'm still reading through CotSQ and I won't be running it for a while, so I haven't worked out any details. But, has anyone else ran through CotSQ much like the War of the Spider Queen novels (which I thought to be great, BTW).

F2k, have you read through CotSQ?

WaterdhavianFlapjack

The old stat block is dead.
Use the new stat block.

Amen to that, brother!

WaterdhavianFlapjack

I haven't done any work on a conversion to IH. My players were very lukewarm on the topic for an Iron Heroes campaign. We playtested a couple of rounds of combat and the handing out of tokens just annoyed everyone. I was surprised by the negative reception, but I see their point that combat was already complicated enough without throwing in tokens and other stuff like that.

I went through the book and picked out some stuff that I could use in my D&D campaign, but I'm going to put the book on E-bay since no one in my gaming group is willing to try IH.

Ouch...

Sorry, man. My group is eager to play in IH, and are especially excited about the prospect of being drow.

Did you try having, say, a pile of pennys so when the PCs gain tokens they grab x pennys and when they use them, put x back? Also, were your players "hip to the jive" of feat masteries? It strikes me as extremly odd that they could not enjoy IH. On a related note, what level did you playtest? The problem could have been the players having a bunch of abilities they have no clue about handed to them.

Hope this helps,
WaterdhavianFlapjack

I found this review to be, ahem, interesting:

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10581.phtml

P.S. If anyone knows how to do links, please inform your poor, needy, local flapjack. Thank you.

WaterdhavianFlapjack

I'm reading through CotSQ, which I got a few days ago, and was wondering what I need to convert to 3.5e (actually, Iron Heroes in particular), and if anyone else has some tips or tidbits of wisdom about it. Plus, it would be cool if you shared your experiences, either DMing or playing. Also, for anyone on the boards who has IH (cough, f2k, cough), if you have any tidbits about the conversion for IH in particular, that would be nice.

Thanks all,

WaterdhavianFlapjack

Heh heh. Well, probably twice a week, with a daily half-hour dose of D&D Online. I can dream...

WaterdhavianFlapjack

I'm still waiting for my copy, Paizo...

;)

WaterdhavianFlapjack

indictive of Ravenloft

Ditto.

WaterdhavianFlapjack

This makes me mad too. Alot.

WaterdhavianFlapjack

How good is D&D online??

Thanks,

WaterdhavianFlapjack

One question: Is there any easy way to find all of the upcoming D&D releases on Amazon? It seems really tedious to manually search for them.

WaterdhavianFlapjack

All the love I'm missing...
How I wish I was a pro writer!

Anyways, congrats!

WaterdhavianFlapjack