Factions - Adding members & convo for Keys

[Delexos]

Had this thought today and I hope its as good in text as it is in my head.

I was fortunate enough recently to get added to one of the in game factions that has a broken join quest, namely the EbonCoin Pact, this happened when one of the senior members of the faction took pity on me running around the sewers like a headless chicken trying to track down a group of low life's called the "Lost Souls", eventually I found out that they didn't exist, which I really should have known before hand, but it was early in the morning and my brain wasn't working properly.

Anyway, I got added to the faction by a pc who had over the required 10k rep to join others but the problem was that I had no way of getting a key to the faction lair, at least not without a dm coming along to help me out (Thanks to Dispater by the way for fixing me up with a key!)

Anyway I was thinking.. could it be possible to program particular faction NPC's to have a conversation string that is only visible to those player who have the rep requirements to be able to join new members?

The conversation string being tied to getting extra keys?

That way it allows factions to have a level of player autonomy, governed by the players who have obviously worked hard toward their faction goals, of course it may only be the EbonCoin Pact that has the unique position of needing a key to access their faction area so this may be pretty much moot..

Still I thought it was worth a mention just in case, after all if a player has the ability to grant faction access to another player it makes sense that they should be able to give them the basics needed to access their new faction areas.

Just thought i'd throw it out there.

[cmosier]

I keep forgetting to ask DMs for a bunch of keys to the Blackwood Barracks. I agree with this, in theory. Some sort of way to get keys to Faction Members.

[Lugwy]

Julia's chief lament.

Apparently there's supposed to be a script like that, but it's either broken or hasn't been implemented for a while.

[OnyxTigress]

I know that when Ruby has joined people to the faction, they were given the necessary items needed for it all. So the script is there for it.

[Orlitoq]

Joining a faction in the Aspiration's Library does grant you the keys required for the faction, have you tried rejoining there to get them?

[bipolar bear]

perhaps have keys as a stackable item (to reduce player inventory space) and give a small number of keys too senior members, who can take care of issues like this with out a dm.

just a thought.

[Farmboy2003]

Yes please.

[LOLC2k]

joining via the library does grant you the key

[Farmboy2003]

The factions represented in the library book are presented based on your class, and alignment among other varables. It would be nice for those that do not fit the stereotype of a faction to be able to join it without hassling a dm. I can't join my ranger to the wardens, and its hard catching a free DM with 6-8 hour time difference. Soeh...

yes please.

[thaelis]

Ditto, my Ranger of Rillifane also cannot join Wardens. Weird. Elves are restricted? Or is it the deity?

[Raksha]

... wait, there's a Warden auto-join thing? Where? o_o

[Vaelek]

I wasn't aware the Wardens even still existed.

[Daimondheart]

There's sort of a revival going on. It won't be the actual wardens, but we are using the old group as a starting spot to build from. No faction shop or banner turn in points at the moment, though, so only join if you really want the RP and not just the goodies.

Edit: But to clarify, you CAN still earn faction points thanks to the DMs if you RP. Cora just got 200 points of rep for the Wardens!

[Raksha]

Actually, not quite true. It must've been a recent ninja-update, but Wardens can turn in banners at What's Her Name The Umberlant Bitch in Port Avanthyr, and the faction store is also available. Mind you, it's full of terrible junk and not the sleek mithral goodness of more powerful factions, but it's at least a good resale point.

Discovered that completely by accident when Adama was toting a stale, musty Bloodmaim banner on her way to the bank.

[thaelis]

I wasn't aware the Wardens even still existed.

They supposedly were scattered, but the option to join them via the book I think remained for a while after the second sundering, but it's either gone now or I don't meet the requirements somehow.

(Hopefully) this just reflects the fact that the staff don't want something like the Wardens, they want to create a nature faction more fitting to Sundren's climate and terrain.