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Welcome to the Layonara forums!

Layonara is so much more than a game. We started off as a tabletop Dungeons and Dragons campaign more than a decade ago. Since then we have developed into a fantasy world with as much compelling and engrossing detail as you will find anywhere.

Our current showcase is a Neverwinter Nights version of Layonara, where our world comes to life in a finely polished persistent world which you can play free of charge. These forums are set up to support and accentuate our player's experiences, but it goes far beyond that.

After years of passionate effort, our world is so well developed, so detailed, so refined that any of the handbooks, maps, historical accounts, legends, descriptions of artifacts, creature reports, character biographies, short stories, novels, movies and original art which populate these forums can surely serve as resources or inspiration for your own fantasy endeavors, whatever they may be. And our world is endlessly evolving, so resources are frequently added and updated.

There are also years of sage advice and commentary on role-playing, gaming and online community development stored in these forums. If camaraderie is what you seek, we offer that too. Our community is as active and supportive as you're likely to find on the internet. In short, these forums are a resource for you to use for whatever purpose or project brought you here.

We're confident that you will find what you are looking for, and likely, substantially more.

Please be our guest and browse around the forums which are available to you. As you do, keep in mind that you are sampling only a portion of what Layonara has to offer. Membership in our community is free, and allows you to establish a Layonara identity to pose your questions and share your thoughts on the forums. When you join you'll also be able to communicate privately to other members (PMs), establish and respond to polls, upload and download content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free. So please. join our community today!
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Old 10-06-08, 07:09 PM #1
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GM Name: Alan-a-Dale
Forum Name: LightlyFrosted
IRC Name: LightlyFrosted
Bioware Name: LightlyFrosted
Real Name: Drew
Pen Name: E. A. Poe
Brand Name: Frostlehex Lite! (Less calories, more quest-filling!)

A few notes about myself:
I've been gaming for a number of years, and am still an active pen an paper player and GM. I got introduced to Layonara through the same person who introduced me to Neverwinter - and only now, looking back, do I suspect those two occurrences might have been related. I'm still poking my way around the toolset, but I hope to create some memorable encounters, even if they aren't always QUITE what people expect to happen.

Myself as a GM:
I fancy myself a clever lad. While I'll occasionally run 'bashy', expect a number of puzzles and mysteries, and I encourage good roleplaying.

That said, sometimes bad things happen to good people. I, for my part, will attempt to alleviate this as much as possible, however poor decisions may lead to poor outcomes, and I'm not especially afraid of letting failure that seems to be happening, happen.

Quest Rules
Not too many of these.
- Apply common sense to as many situations as are feasible.
- Level limits are there for your protection. Players beneath the level cap for a quest may find it difficult to survive said quest, and attend such events at their own risk, and only if those of suitable level do not fill the quest.
- Party caps are (largely) non-negotiable. Preference in the event of overflow will be given to those who have signed up first, and then rolled for.
- Resting: ask first. I may likely say 'If you can', and laugh ominously (muwhahahaha), but there may be parts where it is thematically inappropriate for you to blow a few Z's. You will be informed.
- No looting unless specifically allowed.
- Standard quest rules apply regarding respawning - don't do it unless asked to! If you die repeatedly (i.e. three times), which shouldn't happen, you'll auto respawn, but don't collect your grave.
- Be courteous and creative. If you think of a new way of solving a problem, by all means let me know! I'll tell you if it's feasible (and if so, what you must do.)

Errata:

I encourage people to ask for clarification on points that I make that they do not understand. If you're meant to be confused, I'll tell you so.

The PC dicebag is your friend. Don't spam it, but you WILL be making ability/skill/save/other rolls, likely many and often.

Come in with an open mind.

Above all else, have some fun. I can't always guarantee a happy ending - often, that'll be up to you - but I can say for almost-sure that you'll meet some interesting obstacles along the way!

Until I come up with something more..
- Drew (LightlyFrosted, Alan-a-Dale)
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