Guilds

average joe · Post by **average joe** » Tue Jan 01, 2002 3:03 pm

Aye, I just wish there was more to discuss as for as the guild goes...

Gano · Post by **Gano** » Sun Jan 06, 2002 12:56 am

I'll by happy if Argyle has a pub with lots of mead

Also Any Ideas on how to make any Gold for BotB?

[ 01-06-2002: Message edited by: Gano ]

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Sun Jan 06, 2002 2:12 am

How to make gold? - well you take some lead, add some mercury and some of my special ingredients and presto - gold

No seriously - the guild will not become a fact in Argyle untill some members become level 6-10.
And then they need a truckload of money so they can buy land and buildings.

When(if

) the guild becomes a reality a way to make money is/would be mainly through donations. Members should/could donate much equiptment(or gold) to the guild - and then this equiptment could be sold.
Otherwise there might be a sort of "members fee".

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Sat Feb 16, 2002 11:21 pm

In an effort to bring back the thread that started it all, I'm curious to know where would you prefer for our guild house to be located. Providing we get that far to begin with.

I wouldn't mind Port Hope, but where would you guys prefer?

Rob-hin · Post by **Rob-hin** » Sun Feb 17, 2002 5:22 am

Is there a map or something already then? Are they just talking about it or something?

Place a link then please!

(or is it at the ruminations site?)

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Sun Feb 17, 2002 6:16 am

Here's the map although it may be updated anytime soon.

Rail · Post by **Rail** » Sun Feb 17, 2002 6:18 am

From the Ruminations Boards you can access the Argyle Lore site and get a map.

I liked Port Hope because I thought we'd be able to adventure there in an out-of-the-way place and have very little competition from other guilds initially. Most of the local adventuring could be Blades. However, it's getting more popular, so I don't know if those reasons still hold true.

I think somewhere close to the original Acadely would be a perfect place to re-start the guild. Imagine the audacity if we tried to rebuild the ruins of the Academy. We'd be askin' for demons then, wouldn't we.

Saigo · Post by **Saigo** » Sun Feb 17, 2002 7:39 pm

Of course, we don't know yet where the Academy was originally located. But I had hoped that we would rebuild on the original site. We should suggest to Rhino and Pranker that the discovery and reclamation of the site should be a quest for us.

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Mon Feb 18, 2002 4:51 pm

Originally posted by Saigo
Of course, we don't know yet where the Academy was originally located. But I had hoped that we would rebuild on the original site. We should suggest to Rhino and Pranker that the discovery and reclamation of the site should be a quest for us.

I think one thing I would like to see (and this is written by you) is that at the site of the ruins a list of the old Blades should be written. We would be able to create that and put it as a centre-piece in the keep. We would go and search for the people from the list....

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Sat Feb 23, 2002 5:13 pm

That would impose a "After NwN is up no more Members" or a "Once we find the stone no more members"

Rob-hin · Post by **Rob-hin** » Sun Feb 24, 2002 4:53 am

That way you do keep out people who just want to with the biggest Guild (us). Our guild whould be contain only real members of gamebanshee, who you know are serious about the whole D&D world.

But other guilds will grow while we are standing still, and perhaps become a smal guild (not that there is anything wromg with that). Also poeple who adventure in Argyle could dislike the fact if we don't accept any new members...

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Sun Feb 24, 2002 5:29 am

Originally posted by Rob-hin
That way you do keep out people who just want to with the biggest Guild (us). Our guild whould be contain only real members of gamebanshee, who you know are serious about the whole D&D world.

But other guilds will grow while we are standing still, and perhaps become a smal guild (not that there is anything wromg with that). Also poeple who adventure in Argyle could dislike the fact if we don't accept any new members...

Which is fair enough. I didn't consider that...

Rail · Post by **Rail** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 5:25 pm

Originally posted by Rob-hin
That way you do keep out people who just want to with the biggest Guild (us). Our guild whould be contain only real members of gamebanshee, who you know are serious about the whole D&D world.

But other guilds will grow while we are standing still, and perhaps become a smal guild (not that there is anything wromg with that). Also poeple who adventure in Argyle could dislike the fact if we don't accept any new members...

This is where it gets tricky trying to avoid metagaming but maintain a GB only member policy. We may have to change our member policy once we begin playing, but start initially as members of GB who simply want to play together. I can't see closing membership as a viable option.

Eventually, I take it we want to start the academy once again. At that point, we'd be able to start again with new lvl 1 characters as BotB members/initiates.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 11:57 pm

We must in these discussions remember that Argyle would as it is now only be able to support 200 players at anygiven time.
If these 200 players have 2 characters each (I doubt I will though at the time) then it is max 400 characters in game. Rigtnow we have an official number of 68 with 3 more waiting - that is almost a quater of the therotial limit. When the game comes out and we start weeding out in the player number we get to see what is left.

But as for reqruting players ingame - I really don't know that is something we can look upon as when the guild is created in-game and impossible to decide upon now seeing as we don't even know if we will be created in Argyle

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Sat Mar 02, 2002 2:35 pm

Restricting entry to the guild is not meta-gaming if we base it on bloodline. Either you're a descendant from the original Blades, or you're not.

Rail · Post by **Rail** » Sat Mar 02, 2002 2:39 pm

Yes, but then anyone not a member of GB but adventuring in the world of Argyle could write a character who is a descendant from an original Blade. Keeping non-GB members out of an in-game Argyle guild borders on meta-gaming.

I think the best idea is not to restrict membership, but to keep in-guild business here on the GB boards. That way, IF someone outside of GB wanted to join the guild, they'd have to come here and discover this great site.

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Sun Mar 03, 2002 12:19 am

I say we place restrictions based on amount of posts. Something low of course like 3 posts. Easily enough to reach.

I suspect that there are a few who simply signed on and that was it. This way at least we can control the size of the guild.

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Sun Mar 03, 2002 3:28 am

Originally posted by Tamerlane
I say we place restrictions based on amount of posts. Something low of course like 3 posts. Easily enough to reach.

I hope that's three contributive posts. I'd hate to see people spamming up the boards with nonsense just to qualify for that.

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Sun Mar 03, 2002 6:12 am

But of course, making an effort to place input in discussions would seem sensible enough.

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Sun Mar 03, 2002 6:41 am

Originally posted by Tamerlane
But of course, making an effort to place input in discussions would seem sensible enough.

Or they could posts describing how cool I am....