A Land Far Away

The plot on TSM seems very much PCs vs. NPCs, so IMO there's a lot to be gained by making it easier to share information among players.

As some may know, TSM elves have their private elforum and elfgroup. However, most of the DMing on TSM hasn't been elf-centric, especially now that viigas has stopped his regular campaign. So all the info-sharing between elves is just that - between elves. It doesn't help the key non-elf PCs (Jonathan, Marcus, Keren, Sylvanie) share information at all, and might discourage non-elves from getting heavily involved in the plot.

So I propose a player forum for TSM's defenders, so we can more easily share information across timezones and sessions, and keep more casual gamers in the loop. The elforum can then be kept elf-plot-centric (should there be any).

For the name I was thinking just "Argent Legion" or something (as many KiSs are part of the Legion), though the name isn't really important.

...then I saw the "Confederacy of the North" player-group. I have no idea what this group is or if its suitable, as I don't have access. The subtitled reads "The dedicated defenders of Silverymoon", which I would guess applies at least somewhat to the PCs in question (it definitely applies to mine).

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The Confederacy of the North forum is strictly used for In Character reports by Knights in Silver, Spellguard and Argent Legion players. I do not think it would suffice in this instance as the reports are internal information aimed primarily at te commanding officers.

I don't think it would be overly hard to create a new Player group forum, say, Defenders of the Silver Marches, if you ask Hialmar. TSM DMs as moderators and then it is easy for new players to be added to the group when needs be.

Huh, well my PC is a Legion member, and does not have access to that forum. If its IC I'd certainly like it; it'd be nice to have more to RP about being an active Legion scout. I'm not sure who has access but Maer might have a few comments on other reports in the forum.

If its ok with you guys I guess I'll ask Hialmar to create a (yet another?) player group.

Hm... my PC is a Legion member as well, though mostly it's a formality/in name since he has not been called upon to carry out any duties in the name of the Legion in over a year. I don't think I've ever had access to the Confederacy forum and had no idea what it was either, though it's probably just as well; he did it more as a curiosity/lark when he signed up and never took it all that seriously, being a bit of a scoundrel (at least back then).

I wouldn't be surprised if most players on TSM who signed up for the Legion never knew about the Confederacy thread. I suppose it's meant for the 'inner circle' or guys whose characters were devoted, serious members as opposed to knocking off some statics.

So again, this sounds like a good idea to add a new forum. Might make things more convenient for DMs too.

Ithildur wrote:I suppose it's meant for the 'inner circle' or guys whose characters were devoted, serious members as opposed to knocking off some statics.

Bingo.

Ronan, if you believe your PC is regularly active in carrying out Argent Legion duties, I should be able to add you to the forum.

This is an excellent idea. Call it "Defenders of the Marches" and set it up as Swift suggests. Once it is set up I will be making IC and scheduling posts there.

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