Help with creating a journal

[jkthomsen9]

Had a great game last night. One of my players is wanting to enter a journal entry for everyone to see. How is everyone doing this.

 

[Parody]

Since Realm Works' Journal feature isn't enabled yet: mailing lists, websites, blogs, wikis, file hosting services.... Basically any way you would have done it without Realm Works.

Once upon a time I ran a blog for a campaign. It didn't last that long (the campaign fell apart) but it was something.

 

[jkthomsen9]

Thought I would give a bit more information. We are at a portion of the campaign with a long overland travel. It is mainly random encounters with keyed encounters at certain mile markers. I have all the random and keyed encounters entered as events.

What we are trying to do is allow one of my players to put his journal in RW verses his notebook. The entries would look something like this. We would like them to be visible to everyone.

Day 89 Weather clear. No encounters. Traveled 16 miles
Day 90 Snowstorm 2 feet of snow. No encounters. Traveled 8 miles
Day 91 Weather Clears. Encountered a horned heard of musk Ox. Were able to hunt and gained 37 stores of provisions. Traveled 8 miles.

How would this best be done, and who would need to enter it?

 

[jkthomsen9]

Since Realm Works' Journal feature isn't enabled yet: mailing lists, websites, blogs, wikis, file hosting services.... Basically any way you would have done it without Realm Works.

Once upon a time I ran a blog for a campaign. It didn't last that long (the campaign fell apart) but it was something.

Hey thank Parody. You snuck in as I was typing. sounds like this is on the drawing board then...sometime after market content and calender?

 

[Seregil]

First, Player Edition does NOT permit Players to add content.

My recommendation is have him send the journal to you by email (in Word format or whatever) and then YOU add in to a article. I use Time Period object in the Events category because it permits me to say that the journal is from date X to Date Y.

Then, simply make it visible to the players and link to it from the home page if you want it quickly accessible.

 

[Parody]

Hey thank Parody. You snuck in as I was typing. sounds like this is on the drawing board then...sometime after market content and calender?

I'm sure it's one of the features included in the survey, so it could be worked in parallel with the Content Market. My guess is that it would be later, though.

 

[jkthomsen9]

First, Player Edition does NOT permit Players to add content.

I thought I read that we could send notes/messages from player to player or player to dm in player edition. Is the only place for this at this time the message center outside of the realm?

My recommendation is have him send the journal to you by email (in Word format or whatever) and then YOU add in to a article. I use Time Period object in the Events category because it permits me to say that the journal is from date X to Date Y.

Then, simply make it visible to the players and link to it from the home page if you want it quickly accessible.

I will give this a try

 

[Parody]

I thought I read that we could send notes/messages from player to player or player to dm in player edition. Is the only place for this at this time the message center outside of the realm?

Yes: at this time, that's the only place in Realm Works.

 

[salcor]

Jkthomsen,

I have been running a long Star Wars edge of the empire campaign that I was managing on Obsidian portal. As part of my reward system to build more character depth I gave out extra experience for in character journal post. Since this is not part of players edition yet I am transferring these posts into storyline snippets under each player character and I will reveal them to all of the players. When we start back up I will have the players send me the journal inputs via word document,then I will cut/pasteand reveal for them to read in the PE. I agreewith everyone that Player's edition should havesome functionity to add things like journals. I would also love to see the ability for players to make their own relationship trees so they can remember how their character identifies with certain npcs or other players.

Salcor

 

[Dark Lord Galen]

As part of my reward system to build more character depth I gave out extra experience for in character journal post.

I like this idea, consider it usurped!!!

I agreewith everyone that Player's edition should havesome functionity to add things like journals. I would also love to see the ability for players to make their own relationship trees so they can remember how their character identifies with certain npcs or other players.

Salcor

Yep, THAT covers the major two complaints my beta players have with testing RWPE

+1000000000000000

 

[Dervish]

If the players have access to herolab (and if you are using the players edition of realm works why would you not be using herolab) you can journal right on your character

 

[Dark Lord Galen]

If the players have access to herolab (and if you are using the players edition of realm works why would you not be using herolab) you csan journal right on your character

LOL, Barely
That "journal" is better suited for awards, and exp progressions. it is extremely limited otherwise. IMO

 

[Dervish]

Galen if by barely you mean it can't hold a novel then yeah you are right. But for the odd paragraph or two here and there it is perfectly acceptable.

 

[Dark Lord Galen]

Galen if by barely you mean it can't hold a novel then yeah you are right. But for the odd paragraph or two here and there it is perfectly acceptable.

LOL true on the Novel part, but was referring to the "complaint list" my players have.

• No means to search.
• No means to simply bold or highlight information.
  
  have one player she Highlights info by colors. People>Yellow, Places>blue, Encounters>Red (pink actually) etc
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• Entries are only newest to oldest. but print review is oldest to newest. No means to resort entry
• Cant see entries unless you print review or click on every single edit button till you find what you are looking for
• No spell check
• No means of any kind of formatting
  
  Fonttype, size, script, etc​