General Discussion (new posts)

New Projects Open for Development?: Re: New Projects Open for Development?

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:41:52 +0000

For the "Thousand Mountains" project, I'd prefer people use the forums to suggest content. I have a 'suggestions' thread set up specifically for this. However, if someone wants to throw something in on a wiki page, just please mark it as suggested content. The best way to do this would be to put in bold SUGGESTED CONTENT before the material and END OF SUGGESTION at the end of it.
I'm open to people giving me ideas because I am creating this to use with my players and I want it to be a great game for them. However this is also why I prefer the forums, because if someone puts something out there that I plan on using but don't want the playert to know yhet, it will help keep it a surprise for them.
So, check out the project and let me know what you think

New Projects Open for Development?: Re: New Projects Open for Development?

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:05:24 +0000

Cinematic Sands: I will break it down into pages for easier editing, but I'd like people to share their ideas in each section.

Scourwind Valley: Feel free to add pages, locations, etc., and to develop the setting on the wiki pages however you like. Make changes, but try not to retcon anything that was just edited or created without chatting with the author first.

4e House Rules Central: Adding to this wiki is an At Will ability.

New Projects Open for Development?: New Projects Open for Development?

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:02:49 +0000

Is your new project open for development? Would you prefer just discussion on the forums, or can people start editing wiki pages? Perhaps a forum thread linked to each project (page) where people can chronicle their changes?

I find myself wanting to jump into some of these projects, but don't want to step on any toes!

New Page Naming Convention: New Page Naming Convention

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:45:28 +0000

I'll be adding custom sidebars to all the projects over the next couple of days. This requires that all new pages within a project have titles formatted like so:

(page names with multiple words should hyphenate).

Thus, all Scourwind Valley pages now have names starting with "swv," so swv:scourwind-valley is the homepage.

Project abbreviations are as follows:

Fallcrest Expansion - fce
Cinematic Sands - cs
Scourwind Valley - swv
4e House Rules Central - hrc
Thousand Mountains - tm

Thanks!

How to mark content you want developed?: Re: How to mark content you want developed?

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:13:01 +0000

Probably a combination of using footnotes to initially specify what type of content you want the group to work on (and maybe the direction in which things should go—asking specific questions, for example); and then moving on to new pages when/if the idea gets bigger than a footnote or two. Multiple footnotes (especially on a long page) would be hard to read, wouldn't it?

@Mikko. I really like the idea of a "needs development" or "to do" page. It doesn't have to be initially organized as anything else but a set of bullet points. But it could grow into a table of contents (of sorts) to the project as a whole.

How to mark content you want developed?: Re: How to mark content you want developed?

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:37:45 +0000

Do you think Footnoting would work?

You can check out an existing footnote over at Fallcrest Expansion. If you tagged it with your name before or after the note, then even multiple footnotes could go on a single piece of info without interrupting the text that much. Older questions and such could be deleted as they're answered in later footnotes.

How to mark content you want developed?: Re: How to mark content you want developed?

Sat, 31 May 2008 12:18:02 +0000

Micco,

Yeah, it looks like Wikidot doesn't have that stub-marking functionality, so for now the asterisks are going to have to do (although creating and linking to stub pages for every asterisk is a great idea! I'll (or someone else) get on that when I get back from an event I'm at today.

Interest in expanding the 4e "Fallcrest" area?: Re: Interest in expanding the 4e "Fallcrest" area?

Sat, 31 May 2008 12:16:28 +0000

I think that's a great idea!

I've edited the sidebar and top navbar, as well as created a forum for the project. There's a stub page there now, so have at it! I wouldn't expect too much activity on it until after the books come out next week, but I agree that if you seed it with material it will help attract people to it.

Oh, I didn't add a description of it to the front page. Go ahead and do that if you like.

Interest in expanding the 4e "Fallcrest" area?: Interest in expanding the 4e "Fallcrest" area?

Sat, 31 May 2008 11:58:45 +0000

Fallcrest 4e "Implied Setting"

Fallcrest is the setting provided in the new D&D 4e DM's guide. It has a really nice skeleton of a locale to begin a new campaign around. I would like to start a collaborative project to develop that area (the Nentir Vale) by fleshing out the NPCs, buildings in town, villages, adventure sites, organizations and plot hooks.

If you could create the project, I'll begin populating it with the appropriate amount of detail so that others can start on individual projects. I think if we get a good structure going, a forum post or two on ENWorld will really get some traffic and interest.

My proposal is to go with RAW (rules as written) implied setting to ensure we have a common vision of how the world works. We won't change anything that is provided in the mini-setting, but we'll add to it while striving to keep the "feel" fairly consistent.

Any interest?

How to mark content you want developed?: Re: How to mark content you want developed?

Sat, 31 May 2008 11:44:18 +0000

That would work fine. You could also create a stub page with "Needs Development" as the only content. But the asterisk serves to let people know without having to travel the link. I'm not sure about Wikidot, but Wikimedia marks stub pages in special context to show that the link it empty. If Wikidot does that then there is no need for the asterisk. An empty stub should be an indication that the creator isn't planning on developing it, but thinks more detail is needed.

Either way works for me.

How to mark content you want developed?: How to mark content you want developed?

Wed, 28 May 2008 16:16:03 +0000

If there's something you'd like someone else to tackle, maybe you've got a great idea but don't have any way to flesh it out, it'd be nice to have some kind of mark for that. It could also mark pages that need to be created.

Right now, if you look at Scourwind Valley, you'll see that I've put (*) after any word or phrase I think could use development.

How does that work for everyone?