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Acacea · 10-25-07, 10:29 PM

I agree on using WLs as a resource in NWN Layonara, as right now most of the time they are a bit of a failed potential in that regard, I think. I've argued a few times that WLs should be used just like the World NPCs, but it's a mixed bag and a lot of GMs prefer not giving PCs information and using their favorite NPCs to do it, instead.

So actually opposite of GMs being timid to ask a WL to be used as a resource on their quests, I've seen WL abilities pretty waved aside and demeaned depending on what DM is running the quest. If I go on one DM's quest, we might end up running to a prestigious WL for help in something none of us can accomplish for best result, or I might go on one in which they are given little to no information about their field of expertise, with little to no influence. So unless this has changed recently, it's still a mixed bag.

It would probably be less of one, however, if there were more guiding roles available and less ones available in main party. I think the best results I have seen were when a WL was outside of the quest but was a valuable resource to its success, vs a WL in the main party and getting their abilities/positions ignored because the DM doesn't want to break the quest.

10-25-07, 10:29 PM	#6
Acacea Gamemaster Characters Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,314 Thanks: 114 Thanked 569 Times in 279 Posts	Re: MMO Objectives Discussion - The Constantly Lifted Level Cap I agree on using WLs as a resource in NWN Layonara, as right now most of the time they are a bit of a failed potential in that regard, I think. I've argued a few times that WLs should be used just like the World NPCs, but it's a mixed bag and a lot of GMs prefer not giving PCs information and using their favorite NPCs to do it, instead. So actually opposite of GMs being timid to ask a WL to be used as a resource on their quests, I've seen WL abilities pretty waved aside and demeaned depending on what DM is running the quest. If I go on one DM's quest, we might end up running to a prestigious WL for help in something none of us can accomplish for best result, or I might go on one in which they are given little to no information about their field of expertise, with little to no influence. So unless this has changed recently, it's still a mixed bag. It would probably be less of one, however, if there were more guiding roles available and less ones available in main party. I think the best results I have seen were when a WL was outside of the quest but was a valuable resource to its success, vs a WL in the main party and getting their abilities/positions ignored because the DM doesn't want to break the quest.