Dascombe

"It's my way, or the highway." If you want to choose who your DM is, you should move to play at another table. Elle didn't come up with that sentiment. We did, together, speak of what the aim of the community is. What the goal of it is, what it's trying to foster. What we're offering. You do not have a right to demand changing that. This is our free lemonade stand, and no matter how much you want orange juice, we don't have it. Well that's this thread wrapped up indirectly with a "No"

Where: Meet in Haven. Event will be -just- outside Haven. When: Sunday 9th of June. Time TBC Who: Any race, any non-hostile (twilight hammer etc) faction, any classes welcome. Event Type: Social / Educational GM Assistance?: None required however GM's are welcome to intervene, event is aimed at being a non-combat event. If say some of the townsfolk of Haven wish to come and learn survival skills a GM is more than welcome to DM this aspect of it. Within the township of Haven, a relatively quiet and bustling day is interrupted by the all-too-familiar yelling of Baron West as he pierces the hum-drum with a yell surprisingly -NOT- about selling wares "HEAR YE HEAR YE, PEOPLE OF HAVEN! The Hunters of Opej shall be hosting, this coming sunday, an event teaching YOU, the people of Opej, how to better survive in the wilds of this untamed land. Everyone from beginners to seasoned hunters are welcome, you'll be taught everything from how to peg out a tent to safely drinking sea water all the way to fashioning bandages from common plant matter and what vegetations contain high amounts of fibre! For professional tuition in how to survive on the isle of Opej and beyond, some of our professional huntsmen and trappers will be on hand to give you one-to-one MENTORING sessions! It does not matter if you are a new recruit to the Haven Guard looking for something exiting to do or if you are a citizen of the Doldrums looking to gain an advantage to surviving that little bit longer in this land! Come one come all and learn something today!" And with that the Baron marches off seemingly into the sunset, leaving the citizens, guards and travelers of Haven to ponder if they fancy learning skills in survival from Opej's one-and-only big game hunter and madman extraordinaire Event Objectives Main Objective King of the Jungle Ensure that either at least three NPCs leave the event with better grasp of survival OR three players leave the event with a better grasp of the RPG system and knowledge of how to survive Opej'nor ICly. Bonus Objectives: Passing On Knowledge Successfully RPG mentor X3 players attending the event. Succeeding at the first hurdle Everyone successfully erects a tent I am the god of hellfire Successfully extinguish a campfire lighting attempt that has gone wrong ((This is an event with a primarily -SOCIAL- focus but its a chance for other characters from non-survival backgrounds to learn some survival stuff ICly. HOWEVER there are a few members of the [Opej Hunters] who will be there hopefully with some prod saved up to do some MENTORING through the RPG system so if you are a relatively low level-ish character from whatever background (warrior, paladin, mage, rogue, doens't matter) you can pick up some IC skills in survivalist that will translate to exp points. This is not however a -free- service and the members of the Opej Hunters present will charge based on how much they value their productivity points. Do please note that as it is a non-combat / non-dungeon event there will unlikely be any loot at all, however that does not mean there aren't goodies up for grabs especially if a GM drops in Most of this stuff will be emote based but there will be a few occassions where rolls may be requested. This is not a life-or-death event and so risk of character death / injury is absolutely minimal / nonexistant.))

Event on hold for the forseeable future

Update Aziphael has joined The Hunters as one of the Bloodied having shown skill in mowing down an entire swarm of the Virmen Eg and Laelia have joined as Unbloodied

It slaps of cowardice that Elle has magically disappeared because of this (allegedly due to being out of work) The screenshot are there, plenty of people were online, and danks will have access to what was said during the altercation in PM's. Elle is not the one who was banned here (sadly) it was dankus. For elle to conveniently disappear at this point smells of staff trying to pull a loophole where by Elle appears either at the end of the 3 month ban or damn close to it. Its coming up to 1/3rd of the ban now and this is nothing short of being daft. It'll take less than five minutes to comment on here by Elle and I keep seeing him pop up on discord. Likely the US discord / forum equivilant of putting your head above the ramparts to see if that sniper is still there. Not only is this frankly immature display hampering any resolution to this problem, it also means Elle is shirking in his duties as Head storyteller and there being outstanding tickets because of it (I partly blame elle's inability to delegate for this) Sort yourselves out

Where: Meet in Haven. Event is in 'The Rat Trap' When: Sunday 2nd June 6pm server-time. Who: Any race, any non-hostile (twilight hammer etc) faction, hunters only with the exception of up to 3 'warrior' RPers max and a single healer (priest / medic focus but others welcome!). Event is capped at 8 people. Reason for this is dungeon size, event manageability and ICly for the fact that fights will be in a confined area. Event Type: Dungeon crawl GM Assistance?: Optional. All we require is the boss in the 'Rat Trap' dungeon set up as well as any relevant DM kits in place. After a small break in activity from the group known as the 'Opej Hunters', the whispers seemingly return. The same faces, the same -types- of people, the same outcasts and gunslingers pick up the call. In the distance around various points of Opej deep beyond the jungle line a clarion call sounds from a huntsman's horn causing both animals to flee their ambush places and keen hunters to sniff the air and look up. Rumour begins to circulate amongst the same circles that the esteemed 'mad' Baron of Opej seeks to call the hunters to arms once more to utterly and completely wipe out a foe thought to have been placated: the Virmen of Opej. Deep within the den known as the 'Rat Trap', Baron West and his gang of hunter comrades reached their ruler Snaggletooth and forced him to bow to their skill and to no longer assault the fledgling town of Haven. It would seem that in recent weeks the disgusting creatures have not only broken their promise but also increased their numbers and the scale of their ferocity. This calls for vengeance, an utter annihilation of the creatures. Much though it pains the Baron to bring death upon an entire species on Opej, the Virmen simply breed and consume far too fast for their own good and the greater good of the isle, encroaching upon the watering holes and grazing spots of many other wild beasts of Opej. The call goes out once more for hunters to gather their arms and to bring their weapons be they spear or bow, axe or gun, to bare upon the foul creatures that threaten the balance of all things upon this isle. ((Hi folks. This is a sort of continuation of a previous event where Baron West and a group of Opej's initiate hunters breached the den of the Virmen to annihilate them but in fact came out with a promise from their leader to cease all future attacks on Haven. This was proven to be a brazen lie due to the increased movements towards the town and the vast increase of the creature's numbers. The plan is: no survivors. The Hunters of Opej are to go in and utterly exterminate every last one of the beasts for the greater good of the island as a whole. Newcomers are welcome as are 'new rolls' on alts etc.))

Event completed Participants were Timothy, Aziphael, Laelia and Mikturok The gang fought their way through the Virmen den known as 'The Rat Trap' and were almost defeated by Snagtooth's entourage but were saved by Aziphale's quick skill with a bow. Snagtooth was defeated and the spoils of his people were looted. Furthermore the stockpiles of resources in clearly Human and Orc made chests were gathered up for as much as the group could carry and, upon leaving, these goods were returned to the good people of Haven where it was announced that the Virmen scourge was dealt with. I hope that those who participated get an increased 'rep' with Haven. Thanks to all those that came!

((Event is starting now, late joiners whisper 'Timothy' in-game))

Staff answer to this please, its getting tiresome and frankly its putting a lot of RP on the backburner on the premise that Dragor -might- come back. Answer now please

((A reminder folks that this event is on tomorrow, come give this type of RP a go on any hunter character ideas you may have stowed away in the back of your mind. Timothy's offering free mentoring to those who are new hunters that join these events.))

I don't need to apologize for a campfire being spawned? This is hardly discussion and you aren't exactly the authority on server growth. Were you this antagonistic before Ehk got killed?

Disagree, I prefer stuff being publicly visible (admittedly when it's -important-). I mean I did ignore him in-game (which the rules state you should do) but then he took it to discord which was... full of more expletives than a McDankus rant... but yeah it is rather absurd that this all came about due to a campfire... but hey his character seems to have an unnatural obsession with being confrontational to Tim all the time so hey, each to their own.

Tim sat down in a guild base made by EG and lit a campfire on what was a decaying ruined bit of shipwreck which frankly would have been damp and would have caused no problem. Tim emoted unslinging his gun in order to polish it Greg's character got angry because he clearly hadn't read the emote and demanded Tim not to point the gun at him. Then his character started getting angry at a campfire on a damp wooden structure. Tim is ICly a survivalist and knows how to make such a campfire without damaging the wood. Insults were traded ICly Started getting accusations of being a sh*t hunter. Suggested a devilsaur hunt. Wasn't too keen on it so promptly ignored him (ICly and OOCly) I did respect it. You started conversing with me, not the other way around.

Hi Greg. A few corrections to be made here: Firstly I did not interrupt your RP in any way shape or form. I was sat emoting to myself (nothing to do with you) and you proceeded to incorrectly read an emote thinking it was targeting you (your fault there, not mine) and so I did not jump in on your RP encounter there. This is irksome considering you look for any given opportunity to be antagonistic towards me. You started complaining about a campfire. If you are going to open up a thread like this don't finish it or even start it with something that disproves your entire remark and at least throw in something that is concise and had some thought thrown behind it rather than a single encounter. If you want to talk about server growth perhaps attend more than just a single hunter event? My two copper on that I guess.

Could we get something more than 'it is being discussed'? All the evidence available to us (IE: none) suggests this has been abandoned. Doubly so when you consider Elle has dropped off the radar almost completely.

Hi guys I've been somewhat close to patient over the past few weeks / months and what has hit the server. Some would perhaps even say 'diplomatic' Today that patience tipped over the scales and I logged in to a guild member frantically wondering what the hell to do after finding the above. X6 CR38 Blackwing Mutants X3 CR35 Blackwing Monstrostities I will start with the following: Firstly I nearly logged into one of these things and would likely have been one-shotted by it relentlessly. Secondly, the guild Mork'Kar Vanguard recieved -NO- warning about this attack in direct violation of guild base attack rules. Thirdly there was no event notification about it, no rumour posted, not even a polite discord message to warn us of this. The guild so far is comprised of three members of whom one is more or less inactive leaving two. This is not only unreasonable, its unfair and downright cruel to do this to a guild trying to lift itself from the ashes having had its guild leader removed from the server. I have come to understand that this was of course done by the GM Pallas who many of you know plays the character 'Tsolvia'. This raises very strong questions about this 'event' considering the staff member now apparently has free reign to waltz up to this place and the forces nessecary to overcome these threats and claim their loot. This is a task rendered completely impossible by MKV alone and is frankly suspicious considering this comes straight after I open up a public [PROJECT] aiming to restore the area -AND- the fact that a huge chunk of the server had a rather large battle to clear the peak of an elemental invader already. This is -NOT- how you revive Horde roleplay. This is how you -KILL- Horde roleplay. Though frankly this is likely already the aim of Pallas and has already become apparent after he bragged in LFRP about his character doing all of the Horde guild's quests for it:

Firstly, I was informed by Eg that he complained about it and then it was moved, why is / was no such opportunity presented to MKV? Only difference was that we weren't around to actually object to the slapping of NPCs on guild territory. Eg's plans didn't get cockblocked by this hostile invasion because they haven't actually landed there. Secondly, this isn't 'stuff to do', this is more mindless killing which frankly doesn't promote all that much interaction. It won't be spoken of as a gigantic battle, it won't contribute much to character development. It'll be another rockup, kill, loot, heal, log off. The top of Grom'Goshar -is- a guild base. The peak of G'G has been considered guild base territory for ages and for it to suddenly change now smacks of rule change for the benefit of staff. Gruk still lives atop that peak in his spirit shack which was not damaged or destroyed by Smoulderon's attack. Firstly that is not a random number generator, you've just provided a list of potential sites and no indication that it was randomly selected. Had you perhaps listed the landing sites in order in chat and did /roll 15 I would believe you but frankly you have had a bit of beef with G'G after it's become apparent your character has a personal vested interest in the peak on multiple fronts. A 1-in-fifteen chance is somewhat dubious I hope you'll understand. Yes, I am aware that your character personally did not turn up (likely because you were DMing) and for that I retract my comment about feeding yourself events and apologize for it. However the point still remains that this -is- guild territory and no warning was granted for such. I am still irked that this sort of event style is being applied as it contributes little or nothing to storytelling and simply provides another meaningless grind of assaulting invading forces which requires barely any thought process to be applied. Same people, same gang, same circumstances. Furthermore there is little being offered to G'G regarding storytelling events that are capable for the guild to take down on their own which basically ends up forcing us to engage with characters who we don't necessarily have a want to engage with. Where's the low-tier stuff being provided rather than large invasion forces requiring big numbers to take down? This is just one of the reasons Horde RP is dwindling. PS: The invasion -did- interrupt some RP-

Bumping this as its been a while

Oh look. Dascombe's on a new server. You know what that means? DASCOMBE'S ARMOUR & WEAPONS THREAD Image - Pinterest https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3a/37/25/3a372591e19b00d42af2f4c7a8c179ce.jpg Yes once again, Dascombe's weapons thread is open for discussion and tasty tasty images of manuscripts, pointy things and people hurting each other in new and inventive ways. How does this work? Principally this is a sort of discussion thread frequently used by people to get a better understanding of weapons / armour utilised by characters and to understand how things would work in certain 'what if' situations. Please do note the following: Whilst I am an archaeologist and a 15th century re-enactor in real life, WoW & Unknown Shores are in a -FANTASY- setting. I will endevour to take this into account in my responses. (I hope you will too) My main area of expertise is on 15th century European weapons however I do have passing knowledge in arms & armour from other periods / locations. Debate thread =/= 'MY OPINION IS BETTER THAN YOURS'. Do consider the forum rules of friendly discussion etc. Please keep a healthy dose of skepticism in this thread and do ask for sources. In some regards I may be able to provide personal experiences i've had with these weapons / armours.

Location: Grom'Goshar Peak (Opej) Players currently involved: Gruk / Treant Type of project: Cultivation / Land Restoration Quick project just to track current progress of both 'Treant' and 'Gruk' as they work to restore the land on Opej's highest peak after Smoulderon's escape obliterated most of it and left it with lingering signs of flame elemental damage. Currently the main path the duo aim to go down is not so much to fully revert the damage done but rather to adapt to it by utilizing current plantlife which has grown hardy since the damage and taken on flame / heat resistant properties. Currently the duo have the following skills at their disposal: Gruk - Moderate herb lore / pyremaster. Treant - Is a treant. Proficient in druidic magic Once again the duo do not intend to fully revert the peak back to what it once was but rather to adapt to its new situation. It is worth pointing out that Gruk intends to ward the peak as well so that the burning damages of the peak do not extend beyond it.

So this thread has been up for more than 72 hrs, when can we expect a staff response to this or is it the game of be quiet and hope it simply glosses over?

We had someone that did. That person wasn't taken seriously in their duties (and we're not talking exclusively by players)