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"That is certainly a fair price, unless you're bargaining your gold on that fine blade with our friend here." Tesni grinned, bartering was an entertaining passtime.

"I was hoping to get more than the 40 gold Anwyl would give me. Something closer to the worth of eight power."

Sure, if someone has a vector of the shield template I can use that right off the bat. But I was proposing keeping the arms in a roll of them wihtin a thread, a MOC of a room would be nice but some of the parts one needs to equip it would be costly or hard-to-find

"Yes, I fought her in Haddon but missed the final battle." Tesni sighed, "Now I'm awaiting a new quest. Hopefully I'll get to go smash rats for a bit. Something nice and simple after puzzles and trap infested towers."

I have elements, perfectly useful for this. Yes Sandy, it is a contribution I can make. While the beastiary overwhelmed me quickly and soon was well past what I had intended and the NPC index the same ( you guys go too quick!) I love making arms and such. Is the sort of thing I am talking about. I made this as a little personal one when I was copying some I drew in school art classes. I chose the colour and charges and arranged them as well to the "rules" of Welsh/English heraldic tradition. While I can't get my head around hosting and get in too deep with something everyone is piling into... As King of Arms I can easily reward the odd member after a quest.

"I made a brief return a while ago now." Tesni shrugged, "We didn't hang around long as the team had other plans. I've also sailed to far off lands by ship and skyship, fought to a finish in a tower full of bandits, slogged through a maze and fought beasts of chaos. All in a normal life for a hero though right?"

Yeah, but it makes pretty seamless basic building block images and a fair chunk of the traditional heraldic iconography is in the pre-loaded shape files. When I get home I can load up some of the arms I made for play.

The only thing is, it won't be a free-for-all, got to keep things uniform within the potential Heroica College of Arms...

Oh, you can make all kinds of changes to put an arms to a flag/banner/cape. In the end you'd only need a picture editing programme and a printer. The image would be held online for all to see and download and there are plenty of examples online on how to change it. So, Sandy? Guys? Whatcha think?

That is physical stuff though, in an MMORPG I guess you can rent rooms and even own a building to show off all the nifty-but-useless rewards but in heroica we need a catch all thread for something like that or have hefty inventories full of unusable stuff (over what loot we are yet to ditch). I though awarded arms woudl work in that even if you do not carry a shield the information would be in the "hall" as a structure (like the library That is physical stuff though, in an MMORPG I guess you can rent rooms and even own a building to show off all the nifty-but-useless rewards but in heroica we need a catch all thread for something like that or have hefty inventories full of unusable stuff (over what loot we are yet to ditch). I though awarded arms woudl work in that even if you do not carry a shield the information would be in the "hall" as a structure (like the library). You'd be amazed what a vectorised image can do. That though would make a problem with those classes that do not have shields though. I was thinking it along the lines of the online gaming "achievements" a glob of pixels and a "trophy name" on a profile page isn't the most useful of rewards or even that rewarding when you come to think of it, but people still like to get achievements. That and Hats, unless TF2 hats do more than look spiffy.

Well, yeah. Photoshop and a thread in the forum. I make arms as a hobby (from what looks cool to obeying all the rules) and it is really easy. Each player awarded some would have an entry in the specific thread, (like the statistics thread) and as they earn new features those would be added to the image and the text discription. You'll have to be more specific in the question if the above doesn't explain it enough...

I would like to share an idea! After reading all the complaints about loot and gold rewards I was thinking on something else that can be awarded as kudos over other value to players. While titles are availiable in the fields of glory and are certainly quite the prize, it would cheapen the achievement if they were to become widespread in other quests. So I though: How about Arms? Some of you might know, I have a great interest in historic armour and weaponry, this led to Heraldic Tradition. The coat of arms that many ancient names have collected. The varied features of an arms all have meanings. While some were created by a family entitled to an arms and others stacked up on features through cadencey others have features awarded by kings or lords for acts of valour. It occured to me that many a player could enjoy earning a reward of arms even if they do not carry a shield it can be held in the Heroica College of Arms (College of Arms is a real thing, don't you know) by A King of Arms and have the blazon (the official discription of the arms) and be built up over time and through quests. Tinctures, furs, ordinaries and charges can be handed out according to actions either as a reward in quest by the employer or by the King of Arms to a hero (nominated for doing something pretty awesome in a quest. Roleplaying or in battle). What do you guys think?

Seeing as all the difficult work has been done, it isn't hard to add into the list with the new CMFs, licensed themes and Friends. I'd personally like to make a bubble graphic on the comparative numbers of police/fire/EMT and castle faction unique figures.

Then why was it in my loot list? Confuuuuused.

"Ah well, maybe someone who could use them will call by." Tesni shrugged and swept the items into her pack. "So how has these Quests been treating you? It has been a long time since the farm." OOC: Yeah, that is being saved for a rainy day. Like the bombs and grating stones

"Well met Docken, it has indeed been a long while. I have recently come into some loot that is of little or no immediate use to me. The Sedge Hat (Max. Ether +4; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels, necromancers and chi monks; headwear), it adds extra ether to the wearer but the most magic I use is gems in my weapons. I also have a Spiked Club (WP:8) and a Samurai Helmet (WP:4, suitable to knights, dragoons, regulators, winged warriors)." She grinned and placed each item on the table.

Tesni stepped up to the notice board and signed her name up for Quest 68 and then returned her note about Items For Sale/Trade to a prominent position for the benefit of the recent returnees.

Second one ended early as far as I tell, but Tesni was in a party that cleared out their undead.

Lovely presentation there. The outfit looks familiar though Keep up the good work

"I think I will." Tesni shrugged, noticing the great flood of returning heroes. Including Docken from the party she had first joined. "Hey, with all these heroes, I should be able to shift some of this kit."

If I can get hold of some for a decent price. Going to have a good look around for them.

Dude, I know I am a bit late for the party but I got to pick up some Ninja6 for the epic parts! What's not to love! (Self confessed Power Rangers fan, lover of Final Fantasy and all round a bit odd...)

Yeah.... I know. I just really want a Beast Master class. For reasons similar to the Doom Scroll and Anti-Doom armour and the whole Paragon of Doom idea I had a few pages back

"Melting through them looks to be the idea." Tesni grinned. "If I have to hang around here much longer though, I'm going to be making my kit into the best condition I can, I never hold well with clinging on to gold.."

Hmm, or someone could make a Beast Master class, where you control a few animals in battle. Thus tha ability to Summon Bigger Fish would work