Quote of the Week Contest

Templars:

This is the answer to last weeks Quotes Contest:

"I have discovered something valuable. Are your worthy enough to claim it?" Bradda the Sage @ Protectors Enclave

Giana was, once again, the lucky winner of the Quotes contest for which she receive an Ultimate Mark of Potency.

This weeks Quote is:
"Have I told you I'm a genius?"

Enjoy the contest and good luck!

Have fun!
Haelirin
Co-guildmaster

So You Want to Do Masterwork Professions...

The following videos will help you begin Masterwork Professions to help assist you in raising astral diamonds for your toons.  For assistance in starting a profession, consult with Feygorn of Neverwinter Geeks.  The Geeks also have the Explorers Hall that significantly increases your ability to raise resources for your chosen profession.

Neverwinter Making Money 401 - Mastercrafting

NEVERWINTER MOD 13 | HOW TO PREP FOR AND OBTAIN MASTERCRAFT TIER 4 RECIPES! 

Join the Neverwinter NPC Quotes Game AND Guild Raffle!

The MoTD (Message of the Day) will be a random quote from a NPC (Non-Player Character) somewhere in the game.  The NPC that is quoted must be able to be talked to (“F”) to get the quote.

All you have to do is send a in-game e-mail to Haelirin@the2tall containing the name of the person that says it and their location.

We also ask that you add a number from 1 to 1,000. 

As long as the answer is correct, the closest number t one the previously selected by Haelririn wins the weekly grand prize. There will also be prizes for the 3 closest numbers.

You may only enter 1 time a day per account, but are encouraged to enter everyday.

There will be a new quote on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. All answers must be received no later than 12PM ET than the following day.

Prizes will be awarded on Sunday.

All previous quotes with the name of the person that says it and there location -- will be posted on this blog.

We have 17 quotes so each player has many opportunities to win!

Good luck and have fun!

Haelirin
Co-guildmaster

Profile of A Great Tank

Below is a list of invaluable attributes of a great tank:

• A great tank always has top aggro on all targets that they are assigned to tank, and not on any other targets.
• A great tank has excellent reaction time in picking up new mobs, before these mobs attack other raid members.
• A great tank has excellent reaction time on taunting back targets that they lose aggro of (which happens to everyone at one time or another).
• A great tank is intimately familiar with all the fight mechanics, and because of this, knows when and where to move, and when and how to use their defensive (and sometimes offensive) cooldowns.
• A great tank understands the various positional requirements of (especially melee) DPS players, and does a good job at minimizing their movement and downtime.
• A great tank has the qualities of a leader, and is not shy to step up and take control of the group.
• In addition to this, as tanks are the drivers of the party or raid group, a tank who is able to set a fast pace will make the dungeon or raid go extremely smoothly and quickly.

From Tanking Guide on Icy Veins (written for WOW players)

Guild Update

NEW GUILDMASTER

We have 2 new Guild Master, first Dusk and second Haelerin. Both have served the Guild in many many ways. Their efforts and contributions have been invaluable for Ghost Templars and shows that both take the well being of the Guild to their heart.  For those qualities the Council of Templars has promoted them to Guild Master.

Congratulation to you Dusk and to you Haelerin!

COFFER DONATIONS

We don't need INFLUENCE anymore so please donate all your Influence (including Voucher from Strongboxes) to the new Helm Guild Ruathym Corsairs.

We are now in the position to help other Guilds progressing there Stronghold. That means everything what is not marked as red in our own Coffer can be donated to other Guilds, preferably to the Helm Guild.

NEW RECRUITS

All Recruits have to visit our Blog http://neverwintertemplars.blogspot.com/p/new-members.html.
Please follow the instructions given there to become a full member of Ghost Templars.

The purpose is not to populate our Blog even though we want to promote it, the reason is to educate new Player about Dragonflights which are major Alliance Raids on the Stronghold map and to give Player access to valuable information about the Game.

Cheers!
Fennik

Council of Templars Meeting Minutes

August 12, 2018

There was a quorum of members.  Perseus and Lia were not able to attend.

Fennik led the meeting. He thanked the members for their hard work in helping make GT a level 20 guild with a nearly completed Stronghold.  All that is left to complete are support structures which will be built as resources are made available via coffer donations. Guild members will be asked not to contribute influence to our coffer but instead donate it to the new helm guild, RC.

Fennik noted that GT has stepped down as the Alliance helm guild and RC has taken our place.  Therefore, the Alliance is now known as the Ruathym Corsairs Alliance. GT now has a gauntlet position.  Discussion ensued as to why InSanes left the Alliance. Fennik reported that their guildmaster, Ishtar, was not happy with the direction in which the Alliance was moving in organizing itself as a more efficient and effective council. Xerxes reported that Ishtar contacted him about their leaving and suggested that language problems and cultural differences were also part of the reason why they left. Xerxes noted the need for GT members to be sensitive to cultural differences and language barriers by speaking slowly on TS and by not using colloquialisms in written and spoken communications.

Fennik reported that GTBank is functioning well and that the guild has many resources and Astral Diamonds on hand. He requested that Xerxes continue to use his luck in opening lockboxes using the daily VIP key.

Mrs Toons, guild banker, noted that the guild bank is often difficult to keep clean as she can only move a certain almount of articles from one repository tab to another in any given day.  Therefore, Fennik will change the bank settings so marshalls will be able to move or remove more items each day.

Dusk was thanked for his consistent service to the guild as a Battlemaster.

Xerxes noted that he stepped down as co-Grand Master for personal reasons. However, he will continue to serve the guild as needed as a Marshall by maintaining the guild blog and other duties as requested by the guildmasters.

Elections were held in which Dusk and Haelirin were elected by unanimous vote as co-Grand Masters along with Fennik. Fennik requested that the new GM's promote their own alt characters to rank 7 status to avoid the accidental promotion of other toons which could place the guild in jeopardy of being hijacked by an outsider.

Xerxes noted that the guild is very active with a full roster of active members. He will continue to maintain the roster and recruit new members. He reported that the New Member Code on the guild blog has been effective in introducing new recruits to the blog and in learning how to participate in a dragonflight.  Xerxes requested that new members be of 10K+ IL and that they have "good" gear; meaning that they have their enchant slots filled, have appropriate artifacts and artifact gear, etc.  Fennik expressed concern that we do not become an "elitist" guild.  Xerxes noted the need to make sure that interested players are not bots or "merchants" as they usually do not have good gear and a higher item level. The members agreed that we will not become an elitist guild; however they approved this proposal.

Xerxes also noted that the guild calendar only contains two daily dragonflight events. He suggested that the calendar show the weekly events that are usually conducted by the guild. Dusk and Haelirin agreed to work with Xerxes in developing the guild calendar as a way to show new members that we are indeed a very active guild and so that members may plan for these events in advance. The MOTD will announce daily events to enhance participation.

The meeting ended with all Council members congratulating Dusk and Haelirin on their election as guildmasters.

The next meeting is Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 2PM EDT.

Respectfully submitted,
Xerxes

GT Finishes Stronghold and Hands Over Alliance Helm Position to RC

WE DID IT!!!

We finally are a rank 20 Guild with maxed out PVE Boons and a rank 10 Marketplace.
All other Structures are secondary and will be ranked up over time.

The Sorcerer Towers at each entrance to our Stronghold were build purely out of asthetic reasons and are my personal icing on the cake. I was happy like a little kid while watching them being constructed.

A big THANK YOU to each and every guild and alliance member for banding together to help build up our glorious Guild Stronghold!

Being done also means WE DON'T NEED INFLUENCE ANYMORE!  So please donate all your Influence to our alliance friends Ruathym Corsairs to help them build there Boon Structures as well.

Since we are done with our Stronghold we are stepping down from the Alliance Helm position and making room for the next guild in line which is Ruathym Corsairs.

For that purpose the Alliance will be restructured Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 7:30pm ET (1:30am central Europe). After disbanding we will reform the Alliance with some changes and on Monday, August 13, everything should be back to normal.

Gratefully,
Fennik

New Member Code Policy

TEMPLARS:

We've had some problems with our daily Dragonflight and T3 influence runs because new recruits do not know how to participate correctly.

Therefore, new recruits must go to the blog, click on the New Members menu page, and follow directions to the Dragonflight page. At the bottom of the Dragonflight page can be found the NEW MEMBERS CODE. New recruits are to send the code via in-game mail to Xerxes@fidelis#5885 to show that they have viewed the blog.

Promotion from Recruit to Templar rank depends on sending the proper code to Xerxes. 

This will take effect immediately. Current recruits must send the code to Xerxes in order to be promoted after their probation period has ended.

Thank your for your participation.

All the best,
Xerxes 

Helpful Castle Ravenloft Guides

The following guides were recommended by Cambria Kilgannon of The Grey Company:

Castle Ravenloft Survival Guide

Castle Ravenloft Guide Vol. 1: Introduction and the Sister of Strahd Fight

Castle Ravenloft Guide Vol 2: Arcolith & Strahd Von Zarovich

Cradle of the Death Gods Full Mechanic Guide by Gallactic Underwear

Astral Diamonds Smackdown

Major Update: July 23, 2018

I will plan on updating this article periodically while we all adjust to the new mod.  There are many ways to make AD, and with a little effort you can easily make 700,000 to 1,000,000 AD per week.  There are two major sections below, Quick & Easy and Supplemental,

TL;DR for Quick and Easy

Every day pickup your stronghold, daily key, do random leveling, intermediate, advanced. Run a bunch of epics for the drops, check your seals frequently and trade them in.  Every Monday do your weeklies, sell unbound goodies on at the auction house.  Rake in a million AD per week.

TL;DR for Supplemental

Play the auction house, use your guild marks wisely with scrolls and mastercrafting resources, farming items for the auction house, and level your leadership profession to 25 to make RP to sell or use.

Enter the Explorer Boon Contest

Neverwinter Geeks, a Ghost Templars Alliance guild, are well on the way to upgrading the Explorer's Boon, currently rank 4.  An Explorer guild structure at rank 6 provides double resources from scroll cases (Quadrupled during double profession resource events) Any alliance member can harvest scroll cases, progress in master work professions or make AD, and temporary access granted to the NW-G's for this purpose ONLY, once Rank 6 is achieved.

EXPLORER BOON UPGRADE COMPETITION
NW-Gs (Neverwinter Geeks)

WHICH PACKAGE WILL BE YOURS?

1st PRIZE PACKAGE Value-approx 2.26M
1 Stack Blood Rubies (99)
1 Stack Black Opals (99)
1 x Coalescent Ward
2 x Ultimate Enchanting Stones
                               
2nd PRIZE PACKAGE Value-approx 1.35K
3 Stacks Block Opals (99 each)               
1 x Coalescent Ward
1 x Ultimate Enchanting Stones
                                 
3rd PRIZE PACKAGE Value-approx 350K
1 x Epic Mist Form Mount    
3 x Insignias (to the value of 100K in total)

WHO WANTS IN?
Package Giveaway NWG's are giving away some great packages for YOUR next refining upgrade.
Its easy to enter and it is only for a short time, so GET IN QUICK!

HOW DO I DO THIS YOU ASK?
EASY! - Go the the Master of Coin in your Strong Hold, complete the Adventure Shard Quests, and drop them into NW-G's coffer for your chance to win one of 3 great packages. EASY RIGHT?!

STARTING: July 19th, 2018 (includes Double Shards of Power event) to
FINISHING: August 2nd, 2018 (up to but not including Double Professions, XP and Resources event)

WHY are we doing this you may ask? So, any alliance member who wants to harvest scroll cases,
progress in master work professions or make AD will be granted temporary membership to the NW-G's for this purpose ONLY, once Rank 6 is achieved.

Your crazy alliance member
Aussie@mysticaussie (AKA Rymyass NW-G's)

Castle Ravenloft Guide by Unforgiven

Ghost Templar reaches level 20!

Ghost Templars celebrate becoming a rank 20 guild.  Thank you guildies and Alliance members for making this possible.

Locations of the Traveling Merchant in Boravia

Notice the small arrows at 4 locations where the Merchant appears.

Click on the pick to get a larger viewing.

MINUTES OF THE ALLIANCE COUNCIL

July 2, 2018 at 4PM EDT

A quorum of guilds was present. Leaders were shown where to find the last meeting minutes on the TS server channel and on the Ghost Templar's website at neverwintertemplars.blogspot.com

The members discussed guidelines and protocols for running the Alliance effectively and efficiently. Both Feygorn and Iceman had prepared documents for this purpose.  The members unanimously agreed that Feygorn and Iceman are both to discuss and merge the two documents for presentation to the Council at the next meeting.

A lengthy discuss ensued about guild inactivity and the ways the Alliance could monitor member guilds activity.  It was unimously agreed that all member guilds are to post their Guild Activity Log on the TS server in the appropriately indicated channel.  Fennik is to post the method for preparing and posting the logs which are to be posted on the 1st and 15th of every month before the monthly meeting.

A few members noted that some players have been abusing Alliance chat by making inappropriate comments and using inappropriate language for a family-friendly chat channel. Guild leaders are to monitor the chat channel and if they see an infraction of the policy they are to contact that person and/or his or her guildmaster. 

Feygorn discussed the creation of the Explorer boon structure at Neverwinter Geeks to promote the masterworking professions of Alliance members.  As agreed at the June 4th meeting, guild leaders are to encourage their members to donate Heroic shard and other needed resources to the Neverwinter Geeks coffer. 1,900 Heroic shards are needed.

The next meeting of the Council is on Monday, August 6th at 4PM EDT.

Respectfully submitted,
Xerxes

THE GRAND TEMPLAR AWARD

<> Anually awarded to a Ghost Templar in recognition of extraodinary service to the guild

<> A Templar who has received the award cannot receive it again.

<> This honorary award consists of gifts totalling 500K Astral Diamonds.

2018 RECIPIENT
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<> In recognition of his daily service to the guild by leading dragonflights, T3s, and various other adventures for the guild and the Alliance; and for his long-time service as a Marshall, the Council of Templars is proud to present the annual GRAND TEMPLAR AWARD to DUSK aka TARA. Join us in thanking Dusk for everything he does for the guild and the Alliance.

All the best,
Fennik and Xerxes

TEMPLAR UPDATE: Guildhall Upgrade, Legendary Rank, and TeamSpeak

RANK 20 GUILD!
Thanks to your help and determination, we have finally pushed the upgrade button to become a rank 20 guild. In 12 days we will finish this project when the guildhall upgrade is complete. 

However, we still need your help in gathering influence and resources to produce the boon upgrades and boon structures so we can all become even more powerful. Only your continued support will unlock these Stronghold boons.

NEW RANK LEVEL: LEGENDARY
Since the crafting program is no longer existant, we are going to change the crafting rank; that is, rank 5 or Knights Crafter.  The new rank, Legendary, will be bestowed upon our members who reach an 18K+ Item Level.

Legendary members have some special benefits: 1) Invite new members to the guild; 2) Doubled the amount of gold and resources that can be withdrawn from the bank; and 3) Attend meetings of the Council of Templars to help grow and empower the guild.

Therefore, the current rank 5 members will all be demoted to their appropriate rank, that is, ranks 2-4.  We are sorry for this inconvenience, but this step was necessary since the crafting program is defunct.  There are currently no members who have achieved the prestigious Legendary rank.

CHAT ON TEAMSPEAK
Join the fun on Teamspeak and get to know members of the guild and Alliance.  You'll also learn alot about the game and your class from TS discussions. Officers in the guild must be on TeamSpeak so if you want to serve the guild as an officer, please join us on TS.

ALL THE BEST,
Fennik and Xerxes

MOD-14 Barovia Hunt Clues

From Neverwinter Unblogged

Farming Favors in Omu

-- an excellent video on You Tube that helps you get the Ring of Offensive Action and Enduring Boots and other goodies.

Some Interesting Facts About Neverwinter

• The near 18 million players amount to 775 times the population of Neverwinter (not counting the kobolds in the sewers, of course).
• Players have died 202 million times (as of the stat reveal this morning). I’m sure I account for at least 1 percent of this.
• More than 14,000 people have created their takes on the famous Dark Elf Ranger, Drizzt. Sounds like some old D&D groups I’ve played in.
• The deadliest dungeon is the Temple of Lostmauth, which is part of the Tyranny of Dragons module. The boss is a gigantic red dragon, Lostmauth. I’ve died here, too. (More than once.)
• We’ve killed more than 6.5 million dragons.
• Neverwinter now has 325,000 guilds. I still prefer to play alone (no, I do not call my character the “Lone Ranger.” Well, not often…)
• We’ve slaughtered 63 million monsters, with Devils being the most-killed type of monster. Undead follow.
• Humans are the most popular race. I prefer Tieflings, the second-most popular race. Wood Elves are third (hey, that’s me!).
• Great Weapon Fighter is the most popular class, followed by Trickster Rogue and Hunter Ranger (guess I’m the hipster adventurer with my Scourge Warlock and Control Wizard. At least I’m not a murder hobo).

From an article on Venturebeat.

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Minutes of the June 4, 2018 Alliance Council Meeting

1)  A message should be sent to the guild members about the use of their own guild title.

2)  Each guild designee is to send an in-game mail to MrsToons @blondetoon to identify who gets mail for their guild.

3)  The inactivity of the new Cult of Luna (CoL) was discussed. There were mixed feelings about removing them for this reason. The Council decided that Fen'nik is to inform CoL's GM of the lack of activity issue and issue warning a warning about removal from the Alliance.

4) Feygorn and MrsToons will prepare the notes from this meeting and put together "draft" protocols for kicking and inviting guilds to the Alliance based on these discussions.

5)  The alliance has no guild with the Explorer's Guild building. This is an important structure for players who do the masterwork professions or anyone who wants to make extra AD by opening scroll cases.  The Neverwinter Geeks are willing to build the Explorer's Guild to benefit the Alliance should the Council agree to help raise the necessary resources.  Feygorn will oversee this process.

6) The next regularly scheduled Alliance Council meeting is July 2, 2018 at 4PM EDT.

Respectfully submitted,
Mrs Toons and Feygorn

Quartermaster & Dragon's Hoard Enchantments

With these two types of enchantments in your five utility slots you can start to collect lots of refinement points (RP).  I like to run with three quartermasters and two dragon hoards.  you can purchase both off the auction house.  You can also obtain quartermasters during certain CTA events throughout the year.  You can also make dragon hoards in the Tyranny of Dragons: Well of Dragons campaign (go up the tree one level, turn right).  Get your quartermaster's first, they yield better rewards!  Be sure to immediately go to your inventory and right click them and "Mark as Protected" so you don't accidentally refine them.

Lastly, here is the key information on each and a super useful video at the end.  You will see in the video 1200 bags are going to be opened.  This is not uncommon!  Watch and see what kinds of rewards are given.  ALWAYS, ALWAYS, wait for the 2X Refining events to open them and get the double the rewards.

Quartermaster's Enchantment (Second Generation)

When applied to an item:

Utility Slot: You have X% chance after killing a foe to find a bag of goods.  Mutliple copies and higher ranks of this enchantment increase the chance of finding a bag of goods, and improve the quality of the goods found, including Refinement items, Campaign currencies, and Enchantments up to Rank 7 (bound when awarded).  You do not have to pick up these rewards off the ground, they automatically appear in your inventory when awarded!

Quartermaster's Enchantment, Rank 12 YIELDS 3.5% chance each.
3.5% x 3 enchants = 10.5%

This is the magic percentage, 10.5%, because that's when rank 7 enchantments have a chance to drop.  So keep ranking them up to at least rank 12, until then BORROW someone's level 12's when OPENING your spoils of war and other bags.  It is when you open them that you need 10.5%.  Thus, you can be a lower percentage while collecting them.  When borrowing be sure to immediately go to your inventory and right click them and "Mark as Protected" so you don't accidentally refine them.

Dragon's Hoard Enchantment (First Generation)

When applied to an item:

Utility Slot:  You have a X% chance after killing a foe to find a jewel at your feel.  Multiple copies of this Enchantment increase the chance of a find (so you do have to pick up the reward off the ground).
There is no magical percentage, the higher the percentage the more often a reward drops.

click the [  ] in the lower right to go full screen

Article by El Sacerdote@John#5811 of The Grey Company

Treasure Maps - Lost City of Omu

These maps are from Neverwinter Unblogged