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  • last edited: Dec 30, 2003

    Rules
    Note: There are exceptions to every situation. These are guidelines only. Do not attempt to circumvent or find loop holes in these Rules, as they are followed only by the spirit of the Rule… not the verbage. These Rules may be interpreted in various ways by the individual admins utilizing them. This list is not all inclusive. In the event that there is no Rule in place, the judgment of the administrator involved is Law.

    Logging Out to Avoid Consequences
    Everyone has problems with their equipment and internet connections. If, however, you are found to consistently log out to avoid dying or repercussions of your actions, you will be banned. If you log to avoid a DM, you will probably be banned even if it is an equipment problem and un-banned later if it turned out to be an error. Logging to avoid a valid Player Kill permission (see below) being given against you is also a big no no.

    If you need to log out and are in the middle of an DM sponsored event or partied with others that may be dependent on you to survive, be considerate… and communicate your need to log with as much advance notice as possible to those involved. Logging out because of extreme lag or in game bug is generally acceptable. You can always communicate to the others which your log out affected in the Forums or in the mIRC chat room, but ALWAYS attempt to communicate an unexpected log out to those it affected.

    Player versus Player (PvP) or Player Killing (PKing)
    The server allows DM moderated PvP and/or PKing only. Since no two PK requests are the same, a DM may make a decision on a case by case basis.. In those cases, the shout will include the conditions which are relevant to the situation at hand. A note: Any PvP combat automatically notifies all of the DMs on the server at the time. Unauthorized PvP or PKing will be dealt with harshly.

    1. DM supervision is always required with a PK permission.
    2. If you are attacked you have the right to defend yourself which includes retaliating against your attacker.
    3. PK permission will never be given if a DM does not believe the asking party has a valid reason.
    4. A brief PK request must be sent over the DM Channel in game (see the section on DM Channel Use for etiquette).
    5. Attacking with subdual on is still counted as a Player Killing attempt and will be treated the same as a PK.
    6. DM granting PK permission will notify the asking party only if their request has been granted (in chance of multiple PCs requesting PK at same time)
    7. Upon granting the PK permission the requesting party must wait for a DM to warn the server of a PK that may be taking place, example warning as follows, "A PK request has been granted with DM supervision."
    8. The DM will also send a shout when the PK permission has ended, or if it was unable to proceed due to lack of DM supervision being available to supervise.
    9. DMs will not answer questions related to the identity of the target of the PK warning or the PK requestor.
    10. Casting a spell on another player without permission can be seen as PvP attack. There is no difference between Slay Living and Heal for this purpose. The target still needs to ask a DM prior to retaliate against the caster unless in imminent danger.
    11. If you witness an In Character (IC) friend of yours under attack, you have the right to jump in and help defend them. Due to the difficulty to oversee a more than 2 players PvP, a DM can ask for a one versus one duel instead.
    12. If both parties agree on PK for each other and they have attempted to notify a DM (and waited for a response) at the time then they are free to do so, but must know that no complaints can be brought to the DMs if one was not there. Notifying as many players involved as possible is a good idea for everyone to be able to stay In Character, avoid confusion and false accusations during and after the event.
    13. Familiars: Attacking a familiar requires DM attention due to the Experience Point (XP) loss that comes with their death. You must follow the rules below once a DM has given permission to attack the familiar.
    14. Minions/Companions: Attacking an minion and/or companion must be preceded by an attempt to contact a DM & request the PK clearance on the minion. If no DM is found, then an attempt to find the owner of the creature and notify them of the attack on their minion must be made along with two (2) clear chances to continue to remove the creature. This attack against the minion is considered a PK type of attack against the master of the creature and they do have the right to defend their minion by attacking you. (This does not apply to familiars… note: a Hell Hound is a familiar... see above)
    15. If both parties agree on PK for each other and they have attempted to notify a DM (and waited for a response) at the time then they are free to do so, but must know that no complaints can be brought to the DMs if one was not there. Notifying as many players involved as possible is a good idea for everyone to be able to stay In Character, avoid confusion and false accusations during and after the event.
    16. Willingly giving KoS (Kill on Sight) on yourself is not allowed. Follow the guidelines above to avoid any problems with the players or the DMs.
    17. Concerning militia : Norwick Militia Members & Peltarch Defenders/Guards have special rules regarding PvP in and only in their respective towns. A militia PC needs to inform the DM channel of an arrest, but no shout will be issued. We require the notice so that we are aware it's an arrest and not an unauthorized PvP. Any area outside of their jurisdiction which is a PvP situation falls under the general PK rules. However, escaping capture by running out of town in a non-RP'd manner will have repercussions.
    18. Logging out during an obvious PK clearance on your character without both party's consent will carry an automatic level loss penalty. Logging out repeatedly each time a PK notice has been shouted to avoid "knowing" that a PK has been authorized against your character will carry the same penalty as above.

    Death & Resurrection Policy
    When you go to zero Hit Points (HP) a shout to the characters that are on your screen will be sent out, it sometimes gives enough time for someone to find you and heal you (see Healing Items Use below). Sometimes you will stabilize. When you reach -10 HP, you die and go to the Fugue. Your items are stripped off and placed in a bag along with a corpse in the location where you died.

    Various methods of being brought back:

    1. Miracle: you have a 5% chance per level of being resurrected by your god. Keep in mind that when you are brought back, you will be naked. Chances are the thing that killed you will still be right there. Good luck!
    2. PC Cast Spells: PCs of high enough level may be able to cast spells to bring your character back, as long as a corpse is provided.
    3. NPC Cast Spells: There are NPC clerics in each town that can bring back a character for a price, as long as a corpse is provided.
    4. Soul Shard: Each new character is given one Soul Shard that can be used prior to reaching Level 2. The Shard will bring you back with 1 XP total and can only be used once. It disappears upon use or at Level 2, whichever comes first.
    5. Succubus: In the Fugue there is a Succubus who will return you to life and will take one level and then put you at the middle of the level before that. Thus a 7th level character will be half way between 5 and 6 after being raised by her.
    6. Raise Dead: Can be performed by a PC of high enough level who has a the raise dead spell and a diamond which costs about 500gp (gold pieces). A NPC Cleric can also cast the spell, but will be more expensive than the 500 gold and the price is based on your level. You will be put in the middle of the last level you attained. Thus if you are level 7, you will be put halfway between 6 and 7 after having Raise Dead used on you.
    7. True Resurrection: Only the NPC Cleric in Peltarch can perform this spell. It costs 6500gp and no XP or Levels are lost from this.

    In every death you will loose all your non token items which are dropped in a bag next to your corpse, so you better hope there are friends who will pick up your stuff for you and return it to you when you are raised (see the subject on Looting of this bag from corpses below… also see the subject of Reimbursement in case the server crashes while your items are sitting on the ground)

    There are no Resurrections or Raise Deads (commonly referred to as a Rez) given by DMs for bugs, lag, stupidity, transition problems, etc... Sometimes the DMs will issue a free rez if they made a mistake and killed you, i.e. you were sitting in town and they clicked the wrong button and accidentally dropped a Balor on you. They will usually NOT give you a free rez if you die on a quest or event. In other words, if you die, for any reason, don't plan on help from the DMs, use one of the above methods.

    Exploits
    These are ban-able offenses and cover a wide range of topics. Essentially it is finding a loop hole or game unbalancing situation and taking advantage of it instead of reporting it (privately) to an Admin or DM.

    An example exploits is “farming” (doing over and over again repeatedly) specific monsters that have had XP gains that have obviously been out of whack with the risks needed to kill the monster. Same with the gaining of items and gold that are the result of taking advantage of what is essentially a bug in the module. Another example would be taking advantage of Server restarts for personal gain.

    This is common sense and it is obviously a judgment call, but generally, an exploit is something that you would not do if you knew a DM or Admin was watching to make gains in power or resources. And as a note on reporting what you believe to be an exploit that you have located, please do not post it on the public forums but communicate the issue to an admin/developer/player guide/player lead or DM privately.

    Twinking
    A ban-able offense which involves passing items from one characters to another, in any manner, including using an intermediary; giving people equipment for any OOC (Out of Character) reason, including OOC relationships or interactions with a player's "other characters". Additionally, coming up with background stories where two of a player’s characters are related or share items, or have left their items willed to one another is unacceptable as well. If you need to accomplish an OOC exchange with ANYONE for ANY reason… call a DM and have them witness it after explaining the situation where an OOC trade is required, other wise… you are guilty until proven innocent.

    Reimbursement of XP/gold/items
    Generally it is not done unless a DM witness the bug or circumstance that caused the loss… or if a screen shot is taken that conclusively shows the bug and the loss.

    We can all sympathize with players that have lost time spent improving their characters, especially when it occurs through no fault of their own, but the sheer amount of these requests to the admins and DMs is overwhelming. They are here to play with everyone, not to be customer service to for the community. And so to be fair to everyone, there is a general blanket policy of refusing such requests, again unless the proof is given.

    Looting
    This is a touchy subject since it involves the way a player RP’s their character. In general, if your PC would do it, it is okay. There are a few exceptions… DM sponsored events is one of them. If you cannot identify it as a DM sponsored event, you can usually tell by unusual numbers or types of monsters being spawned and lots of PCs dying.

    When looting within sight of other PCs that may be able to see you, it is always best to emote what you are doing (even if you are sneaking or trying to do it unnoticed, you should emote that you are stealthing over towards a body or slipping things into your pockets after rummaging through the corpses possessions. If you EMOTE that you are sneaking, then other PCs should need to make a spot check to notice you doing it (unless it is an obvious situation… like they are standing over the corpse while you are trying to loot it).

    There are also possible alignment repercussions, but since that is a choice of RP, it won’t be made into a rule, but handled on a case by case basis by the DMs.

    In the case of picking up a dead party members items to insure that 1) they are not lost in a crash, and 2) they can be returned to the person once they are resurrected; the key to making sure there is no misinterpretation of your actions… COMMUNICATE what you are doing to those around you.

    To prevent a looter from making a grab and log, you still need PK permission if you mean to attack them for their actions. The best thing to do is to make a note of their log-in and character name and contact a DM.

    Pick Pocketing (PP)
    Pick Pocketing is currently crippled intentionally until the PP Tool is out of BETA testing. Machine Gun PPing (which is repeatedly PPing the same target rapidly and repeatedly) is seen as a form of exploit and will be treated as such. PPing large items should be returned to the character in an OOC manner by sending a Tell to the player and informing them that they intend to return a PP’ed item that should not have been taken because of it’s size or weight. There should be no IC repercussions from returning the item. Contact a DM if an issue arises out of the situation.

    If a PPer is caught or fails in their attempt, they may attempt to escape, but their victim may make a dexterity (DEX) check with their emote wand (see below for it’s use) to attempt to grab the PPer. A DEX check is then made by the PPer to try to beat the victim’s roll. If the victim succeeds in the opposing DEX check they then make an opposing strength check to attempt to hold onto the PPer. If both succeed, the PPer must NOT run! Not RPing the situation can lead to DMs penalizing and/or banning the offender. Logging to avoid the consequences of your actions have been covered above.

    Citizen’s Token (C-Token)
    What is a C-Token? C-Token stands for Citizen Token and is a non-droppable and scripted item that is left in your inventory to allow certain features to be unlocked for you characters.

    Who gets a C-Token? Narfell was conceived as a Role Playing server. This means that pretending to actually be your character while on the server is very important to us. When things happen in the game, your first question should be, "How will my character respond to this" and not "How can I as a Player benefit" or "How would I respond to this". For more information on Role-playing, or RP as it is called, please search these forums for more information.

    Narfell is a community, thus your attitude, your maturity, and your ability to contribute to the experience of all players on this server is important to us as well.

    The Citizen Token is given to players who have shown that they can handle both staying in character and being a mature member of our community. Thus it is called a Citizen Token and not an RP token. See the section below on Gaming Style of Narfell for tips on how to best fit into the Narfell community.

    Some other aspects defining who receives the C-Token are: 1) Helping others with OOC game issues; 2) Presence on the Narfell forums; 3) Involvement in the world beyond just gaining gold, items & levels; 4) Reporting bugs, exploits and not using exploits yourself; 5) OOC politeness towards other players, DMs, admins and developers.

    Do I have to be a great Role Player to get one? Heck no. You just need to stay in character. Try not to use Modern Slang, try not to talk about game mechanics like Levels and XP. Stay away from OOC (Out of Character) talk such as talk about real world events and culture. As long as you do that, you'll be fine.

    If you really want to better at acting out your character and staying in character (IC), watch others and see what they do that you like. You can also check out this excellent article, HERE

    What can keep me from getting C-Token? Exploiting the game, exploiting bugs, exploiting design flaws, exploiting AI behavior- Those all fit under the category of Exploitation– basically taking advantage of the game to gain an unfair advantage.

    The second big no-no is disruptive or malicious behavior. Bad mouthing players and DMs. Terrorizing players. Picking on Players. Anything that detracts from other players being able to safely enjoy narfell and have fun. While Evil does exist in Narfell, please be aware that there is a fine line between being evil and becoming a Griefer. Always ask yourself if your actions are going to add to the experience of other players or detract.

    What is the process for getting a C-Token? 1) You must be nominated by your peers. The players are responsible for naming other players who they think deserve a C-Token. It is strongly discouraged that players only nominate their friends or people they like. It is suggested if you see someone who is a great RPer (even if YOU don't have a token) take some time out of your day and stop by the Nomination Section of these forums and start a nomination thread.

    1. Players who are nominated are voted on by the DM community. We collect all the names from the nomination thread and bring them up for discussion and vote. DMs who vote NO against a player usually have a very specific reason and voice it. Things like exploiting and greifing is a sure NO vote. Disrespect of the DMs and other players won't get you far either. Once enough YES votes are in we close the discussion and mark you for a Token. The C-Token will be handed to you in game soon after.

    Does it matter who nominates me? How many nominations do I need? It does not matter who nominates you and you only need one nomination to be considered for a token. You may not nominate yourself. I should also mention that logging in as a fake account and nominating yourself is considered bad form. This token is meant to show you can respect our rules, so needless to say, if you cheat to get a token and we find out, it will promptly be removed.

    My name has been up for nomination for a long time and I have no C-Token, do you guys hate me? Nope. While the DMs do try to make a point to take a look at everyone up for a vote, some players we just don't see. One Yes Vote from a DM is not good enough, so things take time. Once enough DMs have seen you in action and are comfortable with you having a token to vote yes, you will be getting your token. The DMs love giving tokens and seeing the player light up, so as soon as you are voted in, you'll be getting that token in no time.

    So if it takes a long time I must be doing something bad! So-And-So got his in 3 days! This is not correct at all! As I stated above, the criteria set means that a majority of the DMs on the team need to see you in action. This can take weeks! Those players who were fast might have had the benefit of being on the server 18 hours a day. The speed of your confirmation has NO BEARING on your chances of getting a token.

    I'm still worried. What can I do to make sure that I'm not being voted NO? Send a Private Message (see that PM button at the bottom of my post?) to either a DM or a Player Lead or a Player Guide. You can find a list of them in the "Main Contacts out of Game" section below. The PL/PGs will contact a DM who will look at the private voting thread and be able to tell you if the problem is that you did something wrong or if you just aren't getting votes because no one knows who you are yet. We like to be sure, so unless a DM has seen you in action they will most likely abstain from voting. Most of the players who took a long time to get their token, took a while because the DMs had not yet seen the player in game.

    Keep in mind, we want to make sure you are not exploiting the game and that you are staying in character as much as possible. This takes more time than a quick 10 minute viewing. Some DMs will follow you around for hours and days just watching you.

    So if I'm voted no, that's it, Right? I should just pack up and leave? Nope. Of the few players who got a NO vote from us, several of them improved and the vote was reopened. They got their token soon after. Never give up, learn from your mistakes, and become a better player, I guarantee you will get a Token.

    Now I've got my Token. What the hell does it do? A good question and this is most likely one of the more important pieces of information.

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    Get XP from combat after level 6 - That's right! In Narfell, if you do not have a C-Token you cannot and will not get XP from killing monsters after you attain level 6. You CAN STILL get XP from DMs through quests and as bonuses for RPing well.

    Buy a house (or other structure) - If you have a C-Token you are allowed to buy and own property in Narfell.

    Create and/or lead a guild – You can still join a guild, but to start a new one or lead a new or existing one, you need to have a C-Token

    Request custom items - You can own custom items (see the Custom Items section below for a definition) without a C-Token, and you may even be given custom items at the end of a quest or by another PC. But request made by players to DMs for custom items will only be honored for C-Token holders.

    Play a unique character – This is almost always initiated by the DMs rather than by players. Unique characters would include (but not be limited to) unusual races, abilities, and/or backgrounds that effect a character’s power in game. However, there are extreme cases where a player who is a long time member, and has proven he/she can be mature and RP a unique character will be allowed upon a request to the DMs and Admins.

    I'm level 5, I better start working on getting a token! The token is not a race or a competition. Some players get it at level 1 (very, very few) some get it at level 6, many get it somewhere in between. There is no rush here. Enjoy the game, stay in character, help out new players, respect the players and the DMs, contribute in some small way to make this a better place and you will get your Token. If you haven't been acting in a manner that is conducive to getting a token up until you reach level 6 and THEN you start acting mature and staying in character, you better believe that its going to be a much longer process. Keep in mind, you CAN get a token at level 1. So start early. Hell, start right away. You should be a mature player without the need of being granted a C-Token.

    I don't get any quests and people ignore me because I don't have a token! While it may feel like this, it is not true. The players have no way of knowing if you have a token or not, and DMs will not check if you have one before paying attention to you.

    Can a C-Token be taken away? C-Tokens can and will be taken away if the player is found to be exploiting or performing any actions that would have prevented the player from receiving a C-Token in the first place.

    What if I make a second character, do I need to get re-nominated? Citizen tokens are awarded to the PLAYER and not to the CHARACTER. So if you get one, you get one for each and every one of your other characters, including previous and future characters you create. Simply send a polite message across the DM channel in game, stating that you need a token for your current character.

    Format for nominating a player is as follows and should be posted in the Citizen’s Nomination Forum found here.

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    Player Login Name (Character Name #1, Character Name #2, etc)

    @51dea6c57d=Form:

    Player Login:
    PC Name(s):
    City of Residence:
    Reason for nominating (Be descriptive as possible):

    Finally some tips on making it easier to be nominated and receiving a C-Token:

    1. If you have not been nominated, you should be asking why. And you should not only be asking other players… you should also be asking the DMs. You will get feedback if you ask. If you sit and stew in your own juices and not let anyone know that you are not happy, then there is nothing the community can do for you.

    2. If you are truly suited to be a C-Token holder... the token won't matter. The point of the server is to ENJOY role playing; not use it as a means to be rewarded or an obstacle to overcome or a waste of time because you are not earning items or gold or XP from your actions. As soon as it is obvious that you have figured that out, you will be awarded a token.

    3. If you are having a tough time figuring out how to get into your character, send a Tell in game to one of the player leads or player guides (listed in the Main Contacts out of Game below) and ask one of them to help you practice. And then do something that gives no benefit other than the enjoyment of playing a role and truly getting into the acting and characterization part to the point where it is a joy.

    4. Ask for it a C-Token from your player friends. Players that KNOW that they are doing well, since they are getting plenty of RP XP, the community in general knows who they are, they are active both in and out of game, and most importantly... if they feel like they are part of the Narfell family... and they STILL do not have a C-Token... they should ask one or several of their friends that are elders in the community and ask them to nominate them. It very well may be an oversight (and more times than not... it is just that).

    5. Finally, if none of the above works... it could be that the player's style is simply not suited for Narfell. Wether they realize this or not (or love the server or not) is actually secondary... if the community is not interested in awarding them a C-Token, then they are not going to do well on the server even AFTER they have this C-Token device.

    Guilds
    There are numerous guild or groups that your character can join in game. Information regarding who these guild are and how to join these guilds should be found in character and in game. Many have class race or alignment requirements.

    To start or lead a guild, you must be a C-Token holder, but you do not need one to be a member of a guild. Each guild is given a private forum that only their members and the DMs/admins have access to.

    Each guild is allowed to have guild sponsored items that represent the guild. An example might be a paladin guild all wearing a specific cloak to identify themselves.

    The main administrator of guilds is the DM known as Seraphaine. All guild requests for items, or guild houses or guild events got through Seraphaine.

    Custom Items
    Player versus Character Abuse


  • last edited: Dec 30, 2003

    Problems

    Getting Booted?
    The Narfell server has 60 slots in total, but 10 of them are reserved for DMs (Dungeon Masters or Game Masters or Server Admins) and cannot be used by players. That leaves 50 slots for players. If the server is showing up as 50/60 or higher and you get a message that you have been booted, that means that 50 players are on and all of the player slots are being used.

    You can possibly get on when that number is above 50 IF and only if there are DMs in game. Example: 52/60 is showing and 3 DMs are in game, which means there is one free player slot. There is no way from the outside to see if the slots are being used by DMs or Player so the best way to check is to attempt to log in. If you get the booted message, you know that there are no Player slots available, and you should recheck when you see the number of available slots drop by one.

    Been Banned?

    1. Don’t take it personally.
    2. Have patience.
    3. Do not post anything about your situation on the public forums. It is the quickest way to make the people that can help you out of this situation angry. Send Personal Messages (PMs) to those involved for assistance. You can find individual PM links in the Memberlist or for DMs in the Usergroup link under the Narfell DM drop down.
    4. Do not attempt to blame or find fault in others for the circumstance. Even if you feel that you were unjustly banned, hold your tongue. The admins of this server and site have not banned you because of personal reasons, no matter if that is what you think; they have banned you for a reason that is in line with server rules.
    5. If you were banned because a friend was using your machine and/or account… tough. There is no way for the admins to know that it was not you and your account is your responsibility, even if the banning offense was not your action.
    6. First, contact the admin that banned you and try to work it out with them. If you cannot come to some consensus, then and only then, contact Masume (see 7 below).
    7. Masume is the head of Narfell. He is insanely busy with developing the server and administering to a large base of Game Masters. Send him one PM explaining the situation as briefly as possible and then be patient. The less patient you are… the less likely he is to grant you a second chance. If you have not heard back in a week, send him another PM, or PM one of the Player Guides (found in the Main Contacts out of Game listing below).
    8. Remember that no one owes you anything. We are a community of friends and you have probably broken a rule or etiquette. Reversing a ruling on a banning is a favor and is not owed to anyone.

    Character Gone or Bugged?
    Your character may have been wiped in the latest Server Vault cleaning. RaDSaM is the admin that handles this task and does the cleaning sporadically about once every season/quarter. Generally, characters that have not been logged in to Narfell for 60 days will be deleted. Send him a PM and he may be able to pull up your character file from backups. You can find his Personal Message (PM) link in the Memberlist. Do not post this request in the public forums. If for some reason you believe your character was bugged, post a listing in the Bug Reporting Forum.


  • Sorry all… I had been working on the FAQs page with Lisara and RaDSaM and slacked off during the holidays. BrianJ, if you want to take over I will post what I have thus far, feel free... but be prepared for sensory overload... I was still trying to pair this down. Also, keep in mind that I think the idea was to replace the FAQ screens with this information.


  • I will be working on getting all of these FAQs over to the front page. I will go one at a time, working my way down the index. Please message me if you have any updates to your FAQs.

    And thanks for digging these up from the forums.


  • Oops, missed one from the transition to the new forums… fixed now. Thanks! 😉 x42

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    @4eb0a8aa19=Kerby:

    Hopefully this index will help:
    Character Creation:
    ..
    Portrait Pak
    ..

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    Sorry, this Module isn't active!

    [ Go Back ]

    too bad, would like some up-to-date info about handling portrait files.
    Was this supposed to link to
    http://nwn.black-flag.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1199 ?


  • You rock RaD! I am working on a FAQs listing that will eventually replace this one, so that we won't have to worry over missing links and underlying threads disappearing.

    Sneak peek:

    Problems
    Getting Booted?
    Been Banned?
    Character Gone or Bugged?

    Rules
    Logging Out to Avoid Consequences
    Player versus Player (PvP) or Player Killing (PKing)
    Death & Resurrection Policy
    Exploits
    Twinking
    Reimbursement of XP/gold/items
    Looting
    Pick Pocketing
    Citizens Token
    Guilds
    Custom Items
    Player Abuse

    Communications
    Main Contacts out of Game
    DM Channel Use (In Game)
    Tell Channel Use (In Character)
    Guidelines Forum Use
    Narfell Chat room (mIRC)
    Yahoo Groups Gallery (Application Needed to Access)

    Narfell Differences
    XP System & Partying
    Role Playing XP (RP XP)
    SoU & Haks
    HCR Traps & Locks (Search Tool)
    Tracking Tool
    Narfell World/Server Updates
    Healing others with Potions
    Crafting System (ATS/MTS/CNR)
    Emote Wand

    Gaming Tips
    Role Playing (RPing)
    Changing Camera Angle
    Server Style & on having Fun
    Background & Maps of the World of Toril
    Metagaming & Powergaming

    Character Creation
    On Playing Evil Characters
    Titles
    Races & Subraces (supported/illegal)
    Already Existing Character Names on Narfell
    Gods of Toril & Narfell
    Changing &/or Rebuilding Characters

    Campaign Background
    Background Non-Player Characters of Note
    Use of Emote Wand for Dice Rolls
    Racial Languages
    History of Narfell
    Starting Areas Information

    Cheers - Kerby

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    • 11.18.03 *
    • updated the broken links due to server move
    • marked the missing links for Kerby to update/locate

    -RaDSaM


  • Sorry, been out over the weekend… man, if this is what happens when I go on a shopping trip, I'm going to have to start hopping more via internet! 😉

    I'll get it cleaned up. Thanks Father.

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    Kerby, unfortunately your excellent post on FAQs links to the old forums, which don't exist.

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    You guys rule.

    And someday we will learn to bottle Kerby and sell her to small businesses. Be the next big thing after Fax Machines.

    The rules O rez are:

    1 Soul Shard which raises you and sets your XP to 1. You are given it at character creation and it disapears when you use it or hit level 2.

    True Rez: Currently very expensive (6500gold) and available only by traveling to peltarch. No XP is lost from this.

    Raise Dead: Can be performed by a Cleric of high enough level who has a Diamond (which costs 500 gold) or can also be performed by the Cleric/Healer in Jiyyd, Peltarch, or Norwick. The NPC will be more expensive than the 500 gold based on your level. You will be put in the middle of the last level you attained. Thus if you are level 7, you will be put halfway between 6 and 7 after raise.

    Succubus: In the Fugue (Heaven) is a Succubus who will return you to life and will take one level and then put you at the middle of the level before that. Thus a level seven will be half way between 5 and 6 after raise.

    In every death you will loose all your non token items, so you better hope there are friends who will pick up your stuff for you and return it to you when you are raised.

    There are no Rezzes given by DMs for bugs, lag, stupidity, transition problems, etc etc etc. Sometimes the DMs will issue free rezzes if they make a mistake and kill you. (IE you were sitting in town and they right-clicked the kill button on you) They will usually NOT give you a free rez if you die on a quest. In other words, if you die, for any reason, don't plan on help from the DMs, use one of the above methods.


  • I'd just like to observe that the 'Death and Ressurrection' part of the FAQ list is tremendously underdetailed… all it basically is is a blanket statement of "don't expect a free res from the DMs, bucko." I think a detailed post on exactly what the penalties of death in Narf are would be very, very useful, and might help the newb mortality rate.

    As I understand it (without confidence, please correct me if I'm wrong, which I probably am) the policies are as such:

    <snip>If someone more knowledgable than I could write up the correct details and link it in, I think this'd be a boon.

    EDIT: See Illuminatus' post below for the reply and details.

    -Lagermane</snip>


  • I played a svirfneblin in PnP once, it was amusing to say the least… he went the way of my Fey'ri Wizard though... smashed under a rock by a giant.


  • @e2da087984=X-Kalibur:

    Nobody wants to be stinky ol' Duergar anyway 😛

    Well, who'd want to play a svirfneblin, for crying out loud?Those were on the list before… With the current numbers of dwarves and gnomes, I'd figure duergar are more likely to appear than svirfneblin ^_^


  • @d7a06acb70=Kerby:

    Not Allowed (without a Citizen’s Token and DM Permission) includes - Planetouched, Tiefling…

    I worded it this way to make sure that it was not an all inclusive list. But thanks, I've updated it. 😉


  • Nobody wants to be stinky ol' Duergar anyway 😛


  • Think you forgot Duergar in the not-allowed-list o_o


  • Nice work Kerby et al 😄

    Stickied.

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    This is great 🙂

    I want to add something too!

    The Fixed World Clock - For those that have troubles with the timezones.

    Realms Help - I use this site for reference about almost anything in the FR. Now its your time 😉

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    good work guys, keep it up 🙂