Thanks for the chance. I'm going to do my homework and my next application will be better. Still getting used to these forums :)
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Welcome to the boards! The software here is...idiosyncratic, let's say, and while it was pretty good 17 years ago they haven't had the resources to add a lot of features. I'll answer below. (Also note that there's a lot of useful information in the sticky threads in the General Discussion subforum.) Thanks! That explains things. 17 years ago this would have been a decent forum setup. I was wondering why it seemed so... outdated. Hopefully with the near selling out of months of books in the last bit they can update this site a bit to be more user friendly for shopping as well. I looked at the General Thread, but it's half people joking and half information scattered through, so hard to find much specifically. I guess that's also an issue with not being able to edit posts eh? No ability to make a sticky thread with updated information. * I just applied to a PbP thread, and saw that there was a reply after mine, but I don't see any notification anywhere. How can I know when there is a reply to a thread I'm in? This is obviously very important in PbP games to know when to check in.There isn't a notification--that's one of the features that's lacking. If you look in the Recruitment subforum (LINK) you'll see a dot by any thread you've posted in, and you'll see the number of posts that have been created since the last time you read the thread, but AFAIK there's no other mechanism to notify you when there are new posts. Ok, good to know. I'll have to just remember to check in. Not too hard to do really, but will take a bit more to keep in mind. * For PbP games, how do people here usually make/store/share their character sheets? I've been playing around on pathbuilder for a bit. Is that enough?The usual convention is to create an alias with the character name, then put the character sheet into the alias' profile. My list of aliases is HERE; most of them are PF1e characters, but THIS ONE is a PF2e character. I also follow the usual convention about putting information in the character header such as AC, save bonuses, HP/HP taken, conditions, etc. That's kinda interesting. And I see you can change who you post as below (I just created an alias to see how it works). Do I need to make the alias default to then go 'create a profile' for it?
I'm new here, having come over from 5e and DDB, and I'm trying to figure out some things on the forums. * I just applied to a PbP thread, and saw that there was a reply after mine, but I don't see any notification anywhere. How can I know when there is a reply to a thread I'm in? This is obviously very important in PbP games to know when to check in. * For PbP games, how do people here usually make/store/share their character sheets? I've been playing around on pathbuilder for a bit. Is that enough? * When it comes to explaining actions, do threads usually link over to the AoN link of something? * anything else I should know? Thanks!
It looks like, even though there is a ton of interest, selection isn't quite complete. So I'll throw my name into the hat. I just found this forum having migrated over from 5e, so I'm still figuring out the system. Character:
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