Epic Sacrifice

Epic Sacrifice

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The award system has been updated. While this article is being updated, please refer to the announcement forum post about it and direct questions to the team if there is anything unclear. We will get things copied over/formatted soon. https://forum.nwnarelith.com/viewtopic.php?p=351995#p351995

Coding by Ice
Based on a design by Hoodoo
With NUI expertise of Amnesy
Assisted by GrumpyCat
Reviewed thoroughly by backlands
Cemented with a nod from Irongron

The New Award System

What: The new system introduces point-based currency that is mainly gained through playtime. Award Points (AP) will be used henceforth to gain access to awards.

How: Playing!

• AP is gained every IG hourly tick and added both to your character and your account, with a standard split of 80%/20%.

• AP in your account is free to use. AP in your character must be released first, by the act of the Epic Sacrifice your character. Deleting your character to earn awards is no longer required, but it is encouraged.

The awards are still tiered, purchasable only with AP in the amounts of:

Minor   - 40000
Normal  - 100000
Greater - 400000
Major   - 800000

Gaining AP:

• Every minute you receive 10 AP, however, there's a monthly cap of 36000 points shared across your characters, achieved by playing 60 hours. This cap resets exactly 30 days after you log in, every month.

• Adventure XP from all sources (except writs and the -adventure mode) will reward a small amount of AP.

• The d100 roll on Epic Sacrifice still exists, and it can reward anywhere between 6000 to 30000 AP.

DM Awards: DMs are now capable of awarding PCs directly various sums of AP.

RPR: RPR plays a small factor in your AP earnings. RPR 30/40/50 will add 10/15/20% multiplier to your AP gains.

AP Storage: All AP you get from adventure XP goes to your character only. DM-awarded AP can go to either. Time-based AP is split 20/80% - 20% to your account, 80% to your PC. AP awarded through the first time system initialization goes to the character if it's a legacy (has not been played in the last 5 years) character, or split 20-80 account-character if it has any playtime recorded in the last 5~ years.

Conversion (For Existing Awards & PCs Prior to Update):

• Awards in your account will be turned into points of the equivalent value to a maximum of 3 million points.

• At this time existing characters will have their past playtime converted to points and stored to the database table for the character. In the future we will introduce a system to earn these points to your account pool.

Refunds: Characters that have never crossed the level 10 threshold will get a full refund on delete or remake. Characters that have crossed the threshold must accumulate 60 hours of playtime to qualify for a partial refund of their awards on delete/remake, in the amounts:

Minor   - 36000
Normal  - 67000
Greater - 160000
Major   - 160000

Limits to Reward Rolls (AWAITING CLARIFICATION)

For each player, the extra AP from the epic sacrifice roll will be deactivated for X months following a successful roll. This means that IF you get one of the below rewards, you may not roll again for a certain period of time.

Major: 3 months
Greater & Normal: 2 months
Minor: 1 Month.

The formula for the old 5% roll is still about the same, requiring a million GP and level 26 > to get the best results. This intentionally has a less significant impact to total points.

Old System

When you use -delete_character, if your character is in the following level ranges, you have a chance at an extra AP award:

16-20: 25% normal, 75% minor.
21-25: 10% greater, 35% normal, 55% minor.
26-30: 5% major, 20% greater, 75% normal.
If you are successful, you will get a floaty text message just before you are sent back to character selection on using -delete_character for the second and final time.

Also, for every 200.000 gold pieces that your character owns worth of flat gold, inventory value (probably for 1/3rd or 1/2nd, see quote from Xerah below. Maximum item gold worth is capped at 50.000), bank account and gear equipped an extra 1% will be added to each awards of your roll (except the least-valued that you could get), with a maximum of +5% at 1 million gold pieces.

Example:
Level 30 normal roll: 5% major, 20% greater, 75% normal
Level 30 with 1 million GP roll: 10%, 25%, 65%

Quote from Xerah:

"It was decided that having a mostly non-transparent system is what is desired out of this system. [...] Clearing a few things up, speaking in general terms:

Inventory value does count. (percentage value)
Equipment value does count. (percentage value)
There is a max item value limit
Bank account value does count as if it was on your character. (full value)
All items but ammunition does count."

Players attempting to delete a character before this period is ended will be advised that they are not yet eligible for a reward roll. -->

Types of Awards

All of these apply only to new characters created after the retirement. Only one award may be redeemed per new character. You may use a superior-tiered reward to purchase a lower reward.

• Minor:

• -1 ECL Reduction.
• Expanded Height Options to allow for + / - 6%
• Level 8 Start.
• Access to the Forest Gnome subrace.
• Access to the Gnoll race.
• Access to the Wild Dwarf subrace.
• Access to the Ghostwise Halfling subrace.
• Access to the Troglodyte race.
• Access to the Derro race.
• Access to the Snow Goblin race.
• Access to the Noble Award. This award currently grants Silver Palm as well as certain NPCs will recognize your nobility, sometimes granting you access to noble only perks. Non-evil and non-chaotic nobles can join certain class restricted factions. If you wish to use the name of an in-game Noble Houses please apply in the same manner as a PRC to the DM Team.

Unavailable to Commoners

• Language Award: Pick a language you can naturally know from character creation. (Will not count to your learning cap)

Minor Options: Abyssal, Celestial, Draconic, Dwarven, Elven, Gnome, Goblin, Halfling, Infernal, Orc, Undercommon, Xanalress, Giant, Sylvan, or Gnoll

• Normal: (also referred to as Medium):

• -2 ECL Reduction.
• Expanded Height Options to allow for + / - 7%
• Access to the Aquatic Elf subrace.
• Access to the Wild Elf subrace.
• Access to the Ogre race.
• Access to the Grodd Goblin race.
• Good alignment for an innately-evil race (as kobolds or drow), and viceversa. Note this does not make a surface monster, solely a good monster, and vice-versa.
  • Requires a Role Play Bonus of 40+ or an application approved by the DM Team if 10, 20, or 30.
• Non-Evil Pale Master
• Allow Duergar and Goblin characters to attain pirate tattoos and start in Sencliff, this reward requires an APPROVED application made to the DM team prior to taking the award.
• Guldorand Start - Boosts character to level 16 and adds 150,000 gp to the character's bank account. Must speak to clerks and retrieve/turn in papers to properly receive award perk.

Unavailable to Commoners.

Note: Like other award characters, Guldorand Start characters Epic Sacrifice normally.

• Language Award: Pick a language you can naturally know from character creation. (Will not count to your learning cap)

Normal Options: Animal, Deep Speech, Drow Sign Language, or Thieves Cant

• Access to the Fey-Touched subrace.

• Greater:

• -3 ECL Reduction.
• Access to the Yuan-ti Pureblood race.
• Access to the Minotaur race.
• Access to the Genasi subraces.
• Access to the Gloaming race.
• Access to the Green Hag race.
• Access to the Fey race.
• Access to the Aasimar race, good only.
• Access to the Tiefling race, evil only.
• Access to the Shadovar race.
• Access to the Deep Imaskari Subrace.
• Access to the Imp race.
• Access to the Kenku race.
• Access to the Arctic Dwarf subrace.

• Major:

• Access to the Avariel race.
• Access to the Aasimar race with no alignment restriction.
• Access to the Firbolg race.
• Access to the Vampire race, with a very strong application submitted to the DM team.
• Access to the Tiefling race with no alignment restriction.
• Access to the Rakshasa race, with a very strong application submitted to the DM team.
• Access to the Fey'ri race, with a very strong application submitted to the DM team.
• Access to the Dragon Disciple prestige class.
• Access to the Half-Giant subraces.
• Access to the Gith race.
• Access to the Durzagon subrace.

• Awards currently out of rotation:

N/A

• 

  Example awards menu on the PGCC where you can test awards.

Refunds

Spent character retirement awards may be refunded on characters of level 10 or below by using the -delete_character command. Using the command once will show which award tier that character is eligible for, if any.

This opportunity is no longer available if a character reaches level 11, even if they are to delevel. Characters redeeming the level 16 Guldorand start award cannot refund the award.

Common Question Answers

• Award redemption is per CD key.
• You can check what awards you have via the [-Awards] console command.
• It is not possible to transfer or use your awards for other players or gift them to other players.
• There is no RPR requirement on RDD and shifter. If you're being silly with it, we'll deal with it on a case by case basis.
• ECL is applied as follows. If you would normally get 100xp, and you have an ECL of -2, you get 100 * (level / (level -2)) xp. so at level 4 with -2ECL you get double xp from kills.
• An award may only be applied to new characters.
• If you want to remake a character, you have to drop their level below 16 before using -delete_character. It's against the rules to create the same character after having rolled them for an epic sacrifice, but not if they are off the spectrum that would trigger the roll. More info in the character remake article
• See Marks for additional details on rolling.
• Creation of award race example: Make an evil half-orc at character creation → Log in → When the conversation comes up, go to the next page. On the subrace select page, select None. → This will bring up the awards page → select Major award. → Select Award Subrace. → Select Ogre.
• Any tiefling or aasimar created before January 2023 that is neutral aligned may send in an application to the DM team to be good or evil aligned, respectively. Evil tiefling or Good aasimar are locked in any alignment, as well as any future evil tiefling/good aasimar created with a greater reward.