The Gauntlet: Quest Announcement

[Lalaith Va'lash]

[INDENT]The Gauntlet - Quest Announcement.

Esteemed archaeologist and retired adventurer, Terrance Copper The Third, has spent most of his lifetime in and out of dungeons collecting artifacts of obscure, powerful, and rare nature for dealers, collectors, and artifact connoisseurs worldwide. But now days he is a "retired" adventurer who is purported to have felt the icy grasp of the soul mother one to many times. Meanwhile, something he has sought for years, the pinnacle of his career, and his magnum opus of finds is finally within his reach.... but simply out of grasp without aid.

His search goes out for adventures across the land. He solicits an agile, strong, and intelligent group who is willing and able to seek this item for him.

But.. there is a catch. Rather than risk the chance of a lifetime on any such group Terrance and his wife Jonina Copper have devised a trial to test the hopeful adventurers, since only the best of the best will do.


[SIZE=18]WELCOME TO THE GAUNTLET[/SIZE]

This timed quest pits individual teams of 6 (PC levels 4-17) against the clock, and consequently against one another. The winning team (The one who completes the trial with the best time) unanimously earns Terrance and Jonina's respect and The Contract to help him in completing his life's work. The Contract will be a summer quest series run by the two of us in the winning team's time zone. The Gauntlet is currently scheduled for five time slots*, spanning [strike]four[/strike] three different time zones between June 24th and July 8th as marked on the calendar by .  The time slots will be first come first serve (and yes, there is one for the Aussies!) and can be reserved by the team captain by PM-ing the two of us your 6 team member’s names. All sessions will be run on QUEST server unless otherwise noted.

So now for a few rules and helpful hints:

1. PC must be between levels 4-17** at the start of the quest.
2. There must be 6 PC’s in your party.
3. Your party is on a timer at the moment they start into the Gauntlet.  We will pause this for a short 10 minute AFK at an appropriate time if requested by your party.
4. Resting: Resting is not restricted*** but must be done, as a group, and it will cost you.  Each time your PC’s  “rest” it is considered a full nights rest and will add 1 RL hour to the clock (unless otherwise noted).
5. Skill checks should be put to silent (/o C toggle check_silent) at the start of the quest..
6. Emoting precisely what your PC is doing will get you furthest.  If you merely emote that your PC “Looks around the room.” We get to decide what they are looking at.
7. Think outside the box.  NWN has limitations that the mind does not. Don’t be afraid to get creative. If you have a question about the appropriateness of something, ask.
8. Please, do not spam the dm channel with skill rolls.  Most of the time if you do something that merits a roll, we will request it.  In some cases we may just take a peek at your character sheet and make the roll ourself.
9. Each player  can only have one character participate.  Nobody will be allowed to have one character on one team, and a different character on another.
10.  Keep it IC.  It is to your benefit as a player not to tell others who have yet to be tested what is on the test. (If we find out about you doing this OOC your team will be disqualified and the series is subject to being canceled). With that said however, If your PC does figure out through IC means the members of another team, feel free to mess with their heads, if your character would do so that is..
11. Your actions have consequences.
12. Finally, this is meant to be challenging, exciting, and above all.. fun.  

Interested parties please keep an eye out for in character posts, rumors,  and opportunities to roleplay into the quest, as well as more helpful hints.

GOOD LUCK!

[SIZE=16]Anank? & Pyro[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10]The fine print:[/SIZE]
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* If the five time slots fill up we will try adding another at one of the same times listed.  Please show some initiative ~ and let us know if you have a group and still need a spot.

**We realize that in an improtu intro to the quest some parties were mis-informed that the level limit would be under 20.  After careful consideration we feel that this is a better balanced challenge for players below 17 and above 4.  We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and hope that those who this may affect have characters that will fit the level requirement as they are now.

***Resting still must be done in an RP appropriate place.  5 feet away from angry frost giants.. not a good idea.[/SIZE][/INDENT]




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EDIT 6/15/08:  Due to certain circumstances and our summer/work schedules we had to remove the Sunday GMT time slot from the quest line up.  Sorry for the inconvenience.

EDIT 6/17/08:  Forgot to mention that the quests will be on quest server.

EDIT 6/18/07: Updated the fine print.

[Lalaith Va'lash]

Announcement Post Updated.

[stragen]

The time slots will be first come first serve (and yes, there is one for the Aussies!) and can be reserved by the team captain by PM-ing the two of us your 6 team member’s names.

I request the Aussie Time slot start about 45 min later.  7pm AEST is pretty hard for Dezza, Mich and Pseudo to make. And me too!

[jrizz]

once you have accepted teams for each time slot can they have a forum to discuss things in?

[Lalaith Va'lash]

once you have accepted teams for each time slot can they have a forum to discuss things in?

I've been thinking about this.

I think once a team has been declared winner of the Gauntlet, and gets the contract, a forum will definitely be appropriate.  

Prior to that I recommend keeping your discussions to PM's. If you have specific general questions feel free to post here or PM us.  There are currently five time slots, and possibly more added as necessary, so that is a lot of forums for just running the trial (which has to be finished in one session anyway).

and... in an uncanny coincidence, you can PM five others in one PM  So in a group of six (5 + yourself)  It shouldn't be too difficult to discuss. Smattering your PM box may be another thing of course :rolleyes: (if your anything like me its consistently 90% full!!!)

[Lalaith Va'lash]

I request the Aussie Time slot start about 45 min later.  7pm AEST is pretty hard for Dezza, Mich and Pseudo to make. And me too!

I think this is a possibility.  

The only real issue is that I do have to go to work in the morning afterwards, which means you would be down to one DM at the end if your really pushing the clock.

[Lalaith Va'lash]

Announcement Post updated.

[Lalaith Va'lash]

Announcement Post Updated!

[Lalaith Va'lash]

I request the Aussie Time slot start about 45 min later.  7pm AEST is pretty hard for Dezza, Mich and Pseudo to make. And me too!

I think this is a possibility.  

The only real issue is that I do have to go to work in the morning afterwards, which means you would be down to one DM at the end if your really pushing the clock.

Done. calender spot updated, and you'll have both of us for the duration!

[Lalaith Va'lash]

*Bumping*

Two teams down, two teams scheduled to go!

There is still another open slot on July 8th if a team is looking to reserve a place to run the Gauntlet.

[Lalaith Va'lash]

Second chance Tuesday's Gauntlet run is unfortunately canceled: http://forums.layonara.com/general-discussion/189542-sitting-out-while.html#post1015172

We will be announcing the times of the other questers shortly.