Reviving the Line, Online City

[Pieter Sleijpen]

Simon Graindorge wrote:



> But that is not the main reason for this email.
>
> I have read all of the posts about reviving the line, and I have to
> wholeheartedly agree with every point that was made. However, a few things
> struck me. Several people stated that while they checked out the Online City
> Project, it was of no use to them in their campaigns, so they paid it no
> further attention. And, as Darren rightly stated, there have been many posts
> to this list that were perfect for that kind of project, though they were
> not strictly speaking applicable to the Imperial City itself.
>
> So here is my suggestion....
>
> Why not expand the Online City Project into an Online Cerilia Project? All
> of those things that people are developing (as someone pointed out, several
> people are developing their own "Player/DM's Secrets Guides" for various
> regions - eg. I know Peter is doing Kal-Saitharak), and others have come up
> with great descriptions of various areas of Cerilia, or adventure locations,
> etc. So how about putting all of this stuff into a single project - a single
> repository for all of the adventure specific stuff? I agree we already have
> the netbook, and that still remains (and always has thanks to Ian's
> fantastic devotion and efforts) the number one birthright site.
>
> I guess it would be much like the Adurian Expansion that Darkstar et all are
> already doing, but for Cerilia itself. It would make it relevant for almost
> everyone, and mean that everyone can contribute locations, adventures, etc
> that they have developed for their own campaigns.

Isn't there the Adytum page, that is doing something along these lines?

Pieter Sleijpen

[Morg]

Yes, the Adytum is a project which I have recently started which attempts to
collect all manner of "Cerilia relevant" material. I am avoiding specific game
mechanics (such as blood lines, blood abilities, and domain actions) since that is
the area of expertise held by Darkstar's Netbook.

I am looking for all manner of articles, big and small. PBeM characters are
currently the biggest collection I have (and some of these are very good, though I
would love to see more). I keep meaning to sort through the archives as well, and
try and pull out some of the 'greatest' posts, but to date, I haven't been able to
muster the time to do so. If anyone has a favorite post, or knows of one in the
archives, please let me know. (I have a few in mind as well, but still have to
contact the authors for permission to post. Remember the Blooded discussion from
last year? The Lost? etc. Ahhhh..... classics.) :)

Morg
(PS. A few folks asked me what the heck an "Adytum' was. The Adytum is the name
of the Spiders 'lair'. It was taken from the novel "The Spider's Test' by Dixie
Lee McKeone. In the dictionary, it is defined as meaning 'sanctuary'.)

Pieter Sleijpen wrote:

> > I guess it would be much like the Adurian Expansion that Darkstar et all are
> > already doing, but for Cerilia itself. It would make it relevant for almost
> > everyone, and mean that everyone can contribute locations, adventures, etc
> > that they have developed for their own campaigns.
>
> Isn't there the Adytum page, that is doing something along these lines?

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[Olesens]

I agree with your suggestions. I've never joined the OCP simply because I
hadn't much intrest in the city. I think we should have a Big Birthright
Homepage. Basically something we submit to every search engine we can find, and
will serve as the starting page for all our collections. Links to every major
Birthright page. And an up-to-date links page to every Birthright homepage. I
think we should keep the OCP as a seperate project and use Morg's Adytum for all
other OCP-type Cerilian stuff. I would be very willing to do the
as-current-and-comprehensive-as-possible links page. What do you think about
this starting point page (I'm thinking along the lines of ITSoD's main page that
has links to the other regional pages)? Anyone want to design it? How about an
Online Birthright logo and button? If we have the huge mass of Birthright stuff
that is on the web today all linked to from one page (with a visit counter, of
course), we can easily show WotC how much player devotion there is (and how much
they're not making by letting us do the work).

Sorry if the above isn't totally coherent, I'm writing as I think it up.

- -Andrew

> I have read all of the posts about reviving the line, and I have to
> wholeheartedly agree with every point that was made. However, a few things
> struck me. Several people stated that while they checked out the Online City
> Project, it was of no use to them in their campaigns, so they paid it no
> further attention. And, as Darren rightly stated, there have been many posts
> to this list that were perfect for that kind of project, though they were
> not strictly speaking applicable to the Imperial City itself.
>
> So here is my suggestion....
>
> Why not expand the Online City Project into an Online Cerilia Project? All
> of those things that people are developing (as someone pointed out, several
> people are developing their own "Player/DM's Secrets Guides" for various
> regions - eg. I know Peter is doing Kal-Saitharak), and others have come up
> with great descriptions of various areas of Cerilia, or adventure locations,
> etc. So how about putting all of this stuff into a single project - a single
> repository for all of the adventure specific stuff? I agree we already have
> the netbook, and that still remains (and always has thanks to Ian's
> fantastic devotion and efforts) the number one birthright site.
>
> I guess it would be much like the Adurian Expansion that Darkstar et all are
> already doing, but for Cerilia itself. It would make it relevant for almost
> everyone, and mean that everyone can contribute locations, adventures, etc
> that they have developed for their own campaigns.
>
> One of the things I have always kept in mind (and still do) with the Online
> City Project was to ensure that the anything published is attributed to the
> author, and I do think that this would have to be continued on. It is
> important that nobody "loses" their work to the community or the project
> otherwise this would lead to competition and division in this great
> community.
>
> Well, that was my brainstorm, and I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts on
> it. I don't know if it will work, but it would involve everyone who plays
> Birthright. And it would also provide a *very* united front, which just
> maybe might make the big wigs who make the decisions at WotC sit up and
> think again.
>
> Cheers everyone,
>
> Simon
>
> Simon Graindorge
> E-Mail: simong@iinet.net.au
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