RP continuation after server crash

[Scavar]

I don't know how often this is an issue or anything for anyone, or how normal the server crashing would be. It doesn't seem to happen that often but I haven't been around long enough.

In NWN1 on the couple of servers I over time played on, when a server went down and people were RPing, they usually had like a resume rule. They'd wait like five or ten minutes to see if everyone got back on, and in place and such before resumming.

Example: Party is traveling along the road, bandits attack, bandits lose and a conversation starts between the party leader and bandit leader(DM) [server crashes][servers comes back up] the Bandit leader and two of the party, minus the party leader return. Instead of RPing the change in, everyone would wait a few minutes. If the other person didn't show up, then RP it in, otherwise continue on as normal.


I'm just bringing it up because I was unfairly expecting this of a DM I was with earlier(I know you might know Mr DM, but sorry again!). For all I know, I'm the odd one out and no one else here as ever even heard of it being done that way. I looked around and I couldn't see any specific threads or posts about this, so sorry(as I usually say) if I missed this or if something about this already exists.


Err, I made sense right?

[Krya Flacongrace]

Im not sure whether you point is the RP acspect Ie missing whats gone on or logging in where aload of bandits jump you and you die.

But for both I keep an eye on the chat menu before loggin in game, when I se people I know to be in my party leave, thats my cue.

[Rhifox]

There's no real rules, people just trust common sense I think. Most people will wait for a few minutes before resuming RP, and even then, if someone pops in late a lot of times people will just assume they've been there the whole time.

[undeadsteak]

There's no real rules, people just trust common sense I think. Most people will wait for a few minutes before resuming RP, and even then, if someone pops in late a lot of times people will just assume they've been there the whole time.

Yeah, i assume they've just been there. *Shrug.* Some people just talk in the chat for a while (like me), and others shouldnt have to wait for them.

[Scavar]

I'll just have to remember that for myself in the future here then. Either way, I'm glad I threw the idea out there, to at least let myself know.

[Machiavelli]

I surely wouldn't wait. I'd dole out the harshness to that bandit chief, and when I was done pwnzorizing him I'd ninja da phat lewts and head for my swanky plush hideout-pad situated in a secret location deep beneath the city of Sundren.

[moondiggidy]

I'm on the "just assume they were there" train. If it takes them over 20 minutes, I guess you could RP that they went to find a tree to take a piss and got lost on the way back. (?)

[Scavar]

I was talking like 5minutes.

[rustediron]

I surely wouldn't wait. I'd dole out the harshness to that bandit chief, and when I was done pwnzorizing him I'd ninja da phat lewts and head for my swanky plush hideout-pad situated in a secret location deep beneath the city of Sundren.

Not if that bandit chief was a level 20 (or so) mage as he seemed to be... having a devil summoned against you is NOT a pleasant experience.