Novus Rules Wiki??

[imported_Rasyr]

I have been toying with an idea recently.....

I have been thinking about setting up a wiki for Novus Rules. On this wiki, we would have the core rules setup and done in such a fashion that they would remain core (marked specifically as such). But this wiki would also allow for gamers to post their own creations as well. Including rules, spells, Talents, new monsters, etc...

There would be some guidelines - about not posting anything that belongs to somebody else (i.e. you couldn't create Warforged for Novus and post them. You could, however, post something inspired by them, but built from scratch). Anything posted would also likely require having its copyright implicitly transferred to Firehawk Games (multiple reasons for this, but primarily, doing so allows for its posting and for others to update things accordingly....)


What do you guys think of this idea???

[Fidoric]

That would be great and complementary with the forums.

[imported_Witchking20k]

Could be a good way to get traffic to the website and your online store

[imported_Rasyr]

I was thinking more along the lines of a repository from which GMs (and potential Novus authors) could draw from for whatever projects they are working on.

[imported_Rasyr]

Okay, have taken the first steps towards setting up a wiki for Novus.... it will take a bit to get it up and running, but we can then move on from that point.

[imported_Rasyr]

Okay, if you like, you can visit http://novuswiki.firehawkgames.biz/index.php to see kinda what I am going for (only 3 races actually have info in them -- been working on trying to get it to display like I want...

Basically, I have a Novus namespace, and all official stuff will go into that namespace, and can then be transcluded into the main sections accordingly..

[Fidoric]

That is a very good start. Congratulations Tim!

[imported_Rasyr]

I am working on getting the basic structure setup now...

The way it currently sits, nobody can edit anything but me (you cannot even create an account (I am hoping to later tie it into the forum Member DB here, but that is still to come)).

[imported_Rasyr]

Okay, take a look now.... I have a lot of the basic structure in place (if not much content).

And it will contain things from the Libram Novus issues as well -- so long as they fit within the specific categories given.

[imported_Witchking20k]

Nice-  its another info source for existing or potential customers..

[imported_Rasyr]

True, but it won't contain the entirety of the rules or anything close....

It is specifically a repository of "objects"...

The idea being that if, say you, were to create a new race and released it in a product, you would be required to put, at the very minimum, a genericized version (i.e. not specifically tied to a setting's history), on the wiki, so that other authors could use it (and of course GM's could raid the site for their games as well, and the same for players....

Before I get too far along, I also need to come up with a "advertisement" snippet, that would go on each page as well (i.e. a link to the product that the object came from, so that folks looking at it would be able to click and go purchase if they like what they see...

[imported_Witchking20k]

If you have an example maybewe can help- I like writing

[imported_Rasyr]

Example of what? The add thingy? We did something like that for the Cyradon wiki we did before Mjolnir lost the license, so I know it can be done..

[imported_Witchking20k]

Yes- the ad thingy

[imported_Rasyr]

http://novuswiki.firehawkgames.biz/index.php?title=Frenzy  how does this look?  It is my first attempt (and it also means that I will need to set up an ad for each Libram Novus as well), and then go through ALL the pages I currently have setup to add this stuff in...