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Adventure WV Orientation Trips
General FAQs 2014
- What are Adventure WV Orientation Trips? Who runs them?
- What are the benefits of participating in a trip?
Trip Design
- How many people are on each trip?
- What is an HD version?
- What is an early move-in trip?
- When and where do I need to show up for my trip?
- How do you recommend I get to and from Morgantown? Is there somewhere to stay if I arrive early?
Registration and Payment
- How does Adventure WV communicate with me?
- How do I register for the programs?
- What is the cancellation policy? How do I cancel my trip?
- How do I cancel my trip on-line? What do I need to do if I decide to withdraw form WVU after I register for my trip?
- How much do trips cost? How can I pay for them?
- If I am on a waitlist, how will I know a space has become available? Is it likely I'll get off the waitlist and onto a trip?
- Is it true I get academic credits for going on an Orientation Trip?
- Do I need to register for RPTR 140?
- Does my Adventure WV Orientation Trip count as a freshman seminar?
Day of Service
Many of your equipment questions will most likely be answered in the Equipment Information & List document, available in the program packets.
- Do I really need all the required items? It's going to be hot outside!
- That's not a lot of clothes for a week…
- Why do you tell me to avoid bringing cotton?
- I don't see a lot of information about backpacks, sleeping bags, or sleeping pads on the Equipment Information sheet. Can you provide me with more details?
Rules & Expectations
- Are there any items that are prohibited on Orientation Trips?
- Why can't I bring my cell phone or MP3 player?
Communication during the Trip
- Do I need to provide my own meals?
- What are we going to be eating?
- I'm a vegetarian. Is that a problem?
- I have food allergies. Is that a problem?
- I have another dietary restriction. Is that a problem?
Hygiene and Health
- If I have had previous or have current health conditions, who do I contact if I have concerns or questions before I register?
- There are going to be bathrooms and showers, right?
- Do I need to bring a First Aid Kit?
- What if I take prescription medication?
- What if I use contacts?
- Females: What if I might get my period while backpacking?
Preparing for your Adventure WV Orientation Trip
- I've never been backpacking, built a home, been rock climbing, been whitewater rafting, been camping…etc…before. Is that a problem?
- Is there anything I should do to prepare for the trip?
Adventure WV Orientation Trips are WVU's outdoor orientation program. They are run by the Adventure WV program (which also runs international programs and operates a challenge course and canopy tour throughout the school year). The trips are run by a collaboration of trained student leaders and professional staff. Typically, trips leaders are current WVU students trained in outdoor skills, wilderness medicine, leadership, and orientation to the university. These leaders are supported by professional staff, who do much of the "behind the scenes" and preparation work in the off-season.
No prior experience in the outdoors is necessary for participation in the trips. In fact, while the majority of the trips take place in an outdoor setting, this is not the main focus of the trips. As an incoming freshman to WVU, the benefits of participating on an Adventure WV Orientation Trip are three fold: 1) whether in-state or out-of-state, students will have the opportunity to learn about the many natural and cultural resources West Virginia has to offer 2) students will have the opportunity to learn all about WVU as an institution and be able to ask the many questions they have prior to actually living on campus in the fall 3) students will have the opportunity to engage with their peers (other incoming freshman) to create bonds and form friendships. This sense of belongingness will help to ease the students' transitions to WVU and allow them to experience what is like to be a part of a larger community.
Enrollment depends on trip-type and specific trip. Enrollments are subject to change. Typical numbers are as follows:
- Wilderness: 16 students and 4 leaders, split into two groups of 8 students and 2 leaders for most of the trip
- Habitat: 12 students and 2 leaders (except for Habitat Early Move-In, which has 22 students and 4 leaders)
- Odyssey: 22 students and 4 leaders (exception: HD Version, see below)
- Explore and specialized programs (Honors, Engineering, Davis College, B&E, School of Journalism): 22 students and 4 leaders (exception: HD version, see below)
- Transfer and Veterans trips: 10 students and 2 leaders
HD stands for "Half-Double." Select Explore and Odyssey trips are HD Versions. These trips will split into two smaller groups (10-12 students and 2 leaders) for the majority of the trip, coming back together as one large group of 22 students and 4 leaders for select activities. Many students find they enjoy the smaller group environment. Friends who sign up together for an HD version trip or for a Wilderness trip should be aware they may be split up between the two sub-groups. Please contact us with any specific requests regarding group placement.
Early move-in trips allow participants the option of moving their things into their dorm before move-in day. These trips all start in the afternoon of Friday, August 8. During the morning of the 8th, students move their belongings into the dorms. Please note: the residence halls will only allow students to move their belongings into their dorms on this day. Dorm decoration and set up must be done when they return back from their trips. The trips all run from the afternoon of the 8th until move-in day, Friday, August 15. Students do not sleep in their dorms until the 15th. These trips are extremely popular and fill up quickly. They cost slightly more as they are a day longer than most trips. Please first contact WVU Housing at http://housing.wvu.edu/residence_halls for information regarding move-in to specific resident halls.
Please refer to your trip's itinerary, found in each trip's program packet, for details on when to meet (program packets are available online and through download upon completing registration). Most trips start at 9am, although certain trips meet in the afternoon. Trips all start at Outdoor Recreation Center, located within the Student Recreation Center on WVU's Evansdale Campus.
Please refer to the Directions, Lodging, and Transportation section of the program packet (program packets are available online and through download upon completing registration).
Adventure WV will communicate with you via your (the student's) MIX email account. You MUST check your MIX account! If you are unsure of how to check your MIX email, please contact the help desk at 1-877-327-9260 or email@example.com.
Register online at http://adventureorientation.wvu.edu. Programs are first-come, first-served. You must have your WVU ID # and password available to register (this number will be listed in your WVU acceptance letter). Please note registering for a trip will NOT automatically register you for the academic fall class associated with the trip, RPTR 140. Please see the RPTR 140 section below for details on class registration.
The next important step in the online registration is submitting the Program Billing Agreement. If you are 18 or older, you may sign the online billing agreement without a parent/guardian. If you are under 18, please make sure a parent/guardian is with you (both you and your parent/guardian will need to sign). If you are under 18 and a parent/guardian is not available at the time you register, you will be given 10 days to have a parent/guardian sign the online billing agreement. If a parent/guardian does not sign the agreement within 10 days, you will be automatically removed from the trip.
The next step is to download the paperwork for the trip. Each trip has a series of forms that must be completed and submitted to the Adventure WV office within ten days of completing the on-line registration through the website. If you have difficulties signing the on-line billing agreement or downloading the trip program forms, please email email@example.com. If you do not send in your trip paperwork forms within 10 days, we will send you an email requesting your paperwork. If you do not make efforts to submit your paperwork at that time, you will be automatically removed from the trip.
Your registration is confirmed once you have completed the online registration process, the billing agreement, and all of your trip program forms have been received. You will receive a confirmation email notification upon successful completion of the process.
Once the billing agreement is properly signed, you are obligated to pay for your trip. If you find you need to cancel, you will still pay a $95 cancellation fee. If you cancel within 30 days of you trip, you will pay the entire trip fee.
The registrar's office will not contact our office if you withdraw from WVU. Therefore, you MUST withdraw from your trip via our website. This process will not automatically take place once you withdraw from WVU.
Trips cost $95 due to generous subsidies by WVU or Free for students who are eligible for Pell Grants. Trip fees are all-inclusive: food, transportation, lodging, etc. The trip fee will be applied directly to your student account. Adventure WV does not accept payment in any other form. Please note there is a $95 non-refundable deposit when you register for a trip. Each Adventure WV Orientation trip is recognized as a fall course. Hence, you will pay for your summer trip at the same time you pay for all of your fall courses. Your trip fee will appear in your STARWEB account as a MAVT SRC AdventureWV charge. You will receive an email to your MIX address from the Office of Student Accounts, letting you know the balance of your account. Typically, students are able to view and page pay for changes to their accounts at the end of July.
All correspondence is done via your MIX email account. We will alert you and others on the waitlist of available spaces via an email to your MIX account. The space is given to the first person who responds to the email.
Your likelihood of getting a waitlist depends greatly on the trip. We do encourage you to look at other trip options and try to find another one that fits your interests and schedule, as there is no guarantee you'll get off the waitlist. Please contact us if you'd like to switch onto another trip.
Note: In our on-line registration database, students cannot be registered for a trip and be on a wait list(s) for another trip(s). However, if you are registered on a trip, by request, we can put you on a separate wait list spread sheet. This spread sheet has been created for those students who are currently registered, but would like to switch to a different trip if a space becomes available. This request can only be submitted by email to firstname.lastname@example.com. When or if a space becomes available, Adventure WV emails each student's MIX account on the database wait list, as well as, those currently registered who have requested to switch to a different trip. Regardless of whether you are currently registered or on the database waitlist, the first student to respond will be registered for the open spot.
Even though trips take place during the summer, each Adventure WV Orientation trip is considered a fall course. All students who participate on their summer Orientation Trip, attend four fall class sessions, and complete relevant coursework (reflection papers and a service-learning assignment) will receive three academic credits through the Recreation, Parks, Tourism, and Resources Department. The class associated with the Orientation Trips Program is RPTR 140: Outdoor Orientation. This class meets the GEC 6 graduation requirement.
Yes, you need to register yourself for RPTR 140. Due to university regulations, Adventure WV cannot register you. Once your registration is complete (you have filled out the online registration AND returned your written paperwork to Adventure WV); you will receive an email to your MIX account with instructions for registration. Most incoming freshmen will need to register at their New Student Orientation (NSO) session during the summer. Be sure to bring the information you receive about RPTR 140 to NSO so your advisor can help you register. You will NOT get academic credit for your Orientation Trip experience if you do not register yourself for RPTR 140.
No, it does not. In 2012 and prior, Orientation Trips had counted as a freshman seminar, but this has not been the case since 2013. Since 2014 RPTR 140 has met the GEC 6 graduation requirement.
In addition to our Early Move-In Programs, Adventure WV and the Center for Service and Learning offer the Day of Service program to qualifying Adventure WV participants* (see below). This program allows our students the opportunity to move into their residence halls on Thursday, August 13. Dinner and evening activities will follow; attendance is required.
On Friday, August 13, students will travel to local non-profit organizations and volunteer their time and effort to give back to the Morgantown community.
- Priority move – in date – Thursday, August 13 between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
- Student lodging in residence halls Thursday night
Note: students will be charged one additional night stay in the residence halls on their housing contract; this charge is in addition to the $65.00 fee.
- Thursday evening dinner and planned activities (Required Attendance) 5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Details TBA: A follow up email will be sent to the students WVU MIX email account
- Adventure WV and CS&L t-shirt
- Day of Service – Friday, August 13 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- Breakfast, lunch and transportation provided
- Participation in Day of Service satisfies the Adventure WV RPTR 140 community service requirement.
Day of Service is *NOT available for students participating in Explore 11, Explore 12, Odyssey 20, Service WV, Wilderness 28, program as early move-in is already included with these programs. Additionally, students enrolled in the Honor's College (or any other college or program that requires attendance on August 13 & 14) are NOT eligible as early move-in is required as a member of the WVU Honor's College.
Yes, you really need all the required items. The weather in the mountains can be unpredictable. We ask everyone come prepared for cool and rainy weather.
You're right, it's not! Most students change their t-shit and underclothes each day, but you'll be wearing the same long pants, long-sleeved shirts, and jackets for the whole trip. It is not necessary or practical to pack a distinct outfit for each day! Please stick to the packing list.
Cotton takes a very long time to dry and does not keep you warm once it's gotten wet. A few cotton t-shirts can be comfortable for sunny days and for sleeping, but we encourage you to bring synthetics and athletic fabrics (e.g. polyester, nylon, etc.), as they will still function well when it is raining outside. Please note sweatshirts and jeans are typically made out of cotton and are generally NOT acceptable warm layers. See you packing list for more information.
Adventure WV provides high-quality backpacking backpacks, sleeping bags, and sleeping pads to all participants. We anticipate most participants will be borrowing our gear. If you have questions about using your own personal gear, please get in touch with us to see if it will be suitable for your trip.
Yes. Orientation Trips are a drug, alcohol, and tobacco-free environment. We also do not allow cell phones or personal MP3 devices (more on that below). Generally, you should not bring anything not included on the Equipment List. It is useful to have a small pocket-knife, but otherwise no weapons should accompany the trip. Any students in violation of these rules may be removed from the trip with no refund, have their RPTR 140 grades reduced, and be subject to university sanctions.
Chances are your phone won't work where we are going and your battery will definitely die, so bringing a phone is impractical.
More importantly, cell phones and MP3 players detract from the group experience. One of our trip goals is to get to know each other well and to share a challenging and rewarding group experience together. It's very difficult to be fully focused on the experience at hand when you're distracted by your phone or checked out into your music. We've found these devices really do take away from the shared group experience. Furthermore, even though leaving your phone for a few days may seem daunting, most people find they really enjoy being "disconnected" for the duration of the trip. It's an experience we rarely get!
If you need to bring your phone or MP3 player to check-in; we will provide a locked space to store it for the duration of your trip.
We will carry an emergency cell phone (in the "off" position) as well as a satellite phone (depending on the trip, if necessary) for use in case of an emergency. Adventure WV has detailed emergency and emergency communication procedures. Our staff are trained in wilderness medicine, emergency management, and evacuation planning. In the event of an emergency, our staff will contact the on-campus, on-call staff coordinator, who will in turn be in touch with relevant parties on and off campus, and your emergency contact, if applicable.
Being in touch with you while you are on the trip may be difficult, depending on the specific nature of your trip. You should make sure your family and friends are aware it will be challenging to be in touch with you and should not be attempted except in the case of an emergency. In the case of an emergency, at check-in you will be given an on-call phone number. This number can be called at any time to reach an Adventure WV staff member, who in turn can determine the best way to get in touch with your trip. If your parent or guardian wishes to request the on-call number in advance (in the event they will not be bringing you to your trip); they may call the main Adventure WV office at 304-293-5221.
No. All meals and snacks will be provided as soon as your trip begins. Refer to your program packet for information on what will be the first meal provided on your trip.
Lots of great and healthy food! We are always busy on our trips and expending a lot of energy. Your specific menu will vary by trip type. Some typical meals are…
- Breakfasts: Pancakes, cereal, oatmeal, french toast
- Lunch: Sandwiches and wraps
- Dinner: Pasta, stir fry, quesadillas, burritos, cookout
- Snacks: Crackers, cookies, fruit, veggies, trail mix
- Beverages: Hot chocolate, coffee, lemonade, water
No. Most meals are vegetarian friendly and we have alternatives for those meals which are not. Please include you are a vegetarian on your Participant Information Form so we can plan accordingly.
No. Please be sure to include information about your allergies on your Participant Information Form. If you think additional information is relevant, please get in touch with us. We may also contact you to gain more information. We can plan a menu around most food allergies.
No. Please be sure to include information about your allergies on your Participant Information Form. If you think additional information is relevant, please get in touch with us. We may also contact you to gain more information. We can plan a menu around most food allergies.
No. As long as you let us know what your restrictions are, we will almost always be able to accommodate them. Don't hesitate to be in touch with us if your dietary restrictions may need an explanation. We may also follow up with you. We have accommodated many diets in the past, including Kosher, Halal, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free, along with having accommodated a wide range of food allergies.
If you have any health concerns or conditions, it is extremely important you contact the Adventure WV Office at 304-293-5221 before your register. In many cases, our trips take place in areas that are not in the immediate proximity of a hospital or medical facility. Our staff are trained in Wilderness First Aid and Emergency Management. Please call us if you have concerns about being removed from advanced medical care.
The answer to this question depends on your trip!
- Habitat: Yes.
- Odyssey: Yes, though slightly more rustic as Odyssey trips stay at a campground.
- Wilderness: No, there will be no bathroom facilities during the 5-day, 4-night backpacking portion of your trip. Bathrooms and showers will be available only on your last night. But this does NOT mean we'll totally abandon sanitation! Your leaders will teach you how to use the bathroom outside, how to clean your hands, how to brush your teeth, and other things you'll need to how about how to stay (relatively) clean. We will carry plenty of hand sanitizer and biodegradable soap and will be regularly washing and cleaning our hands and cooking supplies. We require you bring a toothbrush and toothpaste and highly encourage caring for your oral hygiene while on the trip. You may smell a little funky, but we work hard to prevent the spread of germs while on the trail.
- Explore: You will have access to bathroom facilities EXCEPT while on the backpacking portion of your trip. Read above about Wilderness trips to see how we'll manage to stay relatively clean while backpacking.
No. We bring a well-stocked First Aid Kit.
Please be sure to take them with you, take them as prescribed, and keep them accessible. Take special care to bring and keep accessible epi-pens and/or asthma inhalers if you have had these prescribed to you for any reason. Also, be sure you have noted these medications on your Participant Information Form. If you get new medication after filling out and sending in your form, please let us know.
You can definitely bring and use contacts while camping and/or on the trail. Be sure to bring 1-2 extra pairs, plenty of solution (usually a 4oz travel size is sufficient), and definitely bring your glasses as a back-up. Some people like to bring a travel-size mirror, as well. Your leaders can show and help you wash your hands with our biodegradable soap before putting in and taking out contacts.
We encourage ALL female backpacking participants (Wilderness and Explore) to make and pack a "period kit." The changes in diet and activity level often cause females to get their period when they are not expecting it. Even if you recently had your period and/or are on birth control, pack a kit just in case. We will NOT be carrying extra supplies and you will NOT be able to swing by a store to buy them!
Having your period while backpacking does not have to be a bummer and is in no way a reason not to come on the trip. You can construct an easy backcountry period kit with:
- 1 small, lightweight, opaque (non-see-through) bag/stuff sack
- 3 zip-loc baggies
- Baking soda (few teaspoons) or a few crushed aspirin tablets
- Tin foil (about 2 square feet, folded, is plenty) (optional)
- Travel pack of baby wipes
- Generous supply of tampons or pads. We recommend using tampons without an applicator (like OB); these take up less space and create less waste. Pads can be bulky and take up a lot of space. Really though, it is most important to use a product you're comfortable with.
Take the baking soda/aspirin and put it in one of the zip-locs. This will be your waste bag (the baking soda/aspirin controls odors). Put the tampons/pads in another zip-loc (to protect from rain) and the baby wipes in the third (to retain moisture). Put everything in the opaque sack. Voila! Your pack is complete. In the woods, any trash, used baby wipes, and used tampons/pads may be wrapped in foil (optional—so you don't have to see them) and then dropped in the bag with the baking soda/aspirin.
No! Our programs are designed for beginners. We do not expect you to have experience or be proficient in anything we do. Your leaders will teach you what you need to know for your trip. You should anticipate the experience will be a genuine challenge, along with being a wonderful, fun, and valuable experience.
Doing some type of regular exercise may help you feel more comfortable with the activities on trip. But really, the only thing you need to do is get excited!


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I have FEAR to see Ascension as a core-book.
The End?
Posted 25 May 2013 - 02:00 AM
Posted 25 May 2013 - 04:44 PM
Adeptus-B said:
So, if there is a Second Edition, what changes are you hoping for? The two things that top my 'wish-list' are:
1) Reign in Psykers! I don't really have any suggestions about how to do that, but something needs to be done to bring them more in line with the other classes.
2) Do away with money! Agents of the Inquisition should be Purging the Unclean, not looking for stuff they can steal and sell; looting used armour from dead heretics to sell in town reeks of D&D, and shatters the game's 'suspension of disbelief'. Wealth should be abstracted to a statistic, to make it clear that accumulating Thrones is not the objective of the game.
Both of these things were actually done in later 'versions' of the game! I respectfully disagree about the Thrones thing though; I think at the level of "Acolytes" players are interacting with Imperial society at the "normal joe" level. Their Inquisitor is well beyond such concerns but the Acolytes are not! It is actually mentioned that some Acolytes take on the challenge af being a throne agent to enrich themselves! Selling 'loot' from ones adventures may seem somewhat pedestrian but than the Gm should allow for asset seizure and 'Bonus payments' for mission completion in the same vein. Additionally, The Cell's Inquisitor SHOULD be provideing the Acolytes with Specialist gear should he 'deem' that they need it!
BTW; Updating the rules for DH would be pretty simple since many of the classes have already been redone in OW includeing
Cleric; Guardsman (Multiple variants); Sanctioned Psyker; and Tech priest. All that are left are Adept (A Specialist); Scum (An 'average' citizen/rogue); Arbitrator and Assassin (Yet another specialist). (Plushy has done some fine work on this BTW! FFG take note!)
What remains is to rewrite the Core rules to Encompass all levels of Imperial play (DH, OW, RT and DW!)
Posted 25 May 2013 - 05:00 PM
"Selling loot to get along" certainly doesn't sound very fitting when one thinks of Inquisitional operatives, yet I also agree that the concept of monetary management does have its place for a deep cover group. I think there is a compromise to be found somewhere in the middle, such as a combination of free basic equipment, whereas the agents need to manage an expenses account for anything else they might need, from local transportation and lodging all the way to saving up for customized gear. Certainly, this could be worked into the basic rules somehow. And while we're at it, we may as well get rid off the monthly salary that lets working for the Inquisition appear like some part-time job.
That being said, I also never quite understood why Black Industries opted for an Inquisitorial cell without an Inquisitor back then. Sure, it's one way to pull it off, but it doesn't exactly meet expectations when someone comes in having read about the Inquisition from all those other sources, does it? The "low start" always seemed a bit weird - it's like a game of Rogue Trader where the players start out as crewmen!
Adeptus-B said:
Personally, I'd hope for a unified core rulebook that promulgates a single system for everything and everyone, allowing for maximum crossover-compatibility between the many forms of campaigns one could play. I realise that this would affect the various tweaks that the different 40k product lines of FFG have taken in order to focus to a unique style of narration, yet I always disliked that comparability had to be sacrificed along the way. In fact, this has been one of my biggest gripes. But it's just a matter of preferences, I suppose.
Needless to say, however, this would also include the necessity to "reign in" Space Marines, and I'm not sure they'd be willing to do that. "Inquisitor" has shown that the approach is possible, though.
Oh, and please, no actual "divine magic" in 40k …
Posted 25 May 2013 - 08:28 PM
Lynata said:
Oh, and please, no actual "divine magic" in 40k …
What about "Pure faith"?
Posted 25 May 2013 - 10:05 PM
Lynata said:
That being said, I also never quite understood why Black Industries opted for an Inquisitorial cell without an Inquisitor back then. Sure, it's one way to pull it off, but it doesn't exactly meet expectations when someone comes in having read about the Inquisition from all those other sources, does it? The "low start" always seemed a bit weird - it's like a game of Rogue Trader where the players start out as crewmen!
Probably because an inquisitor has too much political and financial power, he could even declare the destruction of an entire planet in less than an hour.
And I think that Dark Heresy, in the end, is the most clearly focused game of the line, the part written by the BI at least.
For example, I think that the archetypal character of Rogue Trader is Han Solo, a wrong choice to me, the tipical character of Rogue Trader should be Sir Francis Drake, a man who commanded many sailors, not a man with only an hairy friend!
And I think sometimes that FFG is too much bounded to the Codex, instead of Black Industries which were more "free".
Posted 26 May 2013 - 05:05 AM
There are a few things I would like changed if there was a DH v 2.0.
First: Righteous fury. It is just way too easy to kill off the big bad with 1 hit. I like the OW mechanism.
Weapon dmages. Some weapons, (e.g. plasma pistols), feel very underpowered.
More experienced starting characters. Current, level 1 starting characters are very weak. Especially when it comes to knowledge skills. I would have the new start at the equivelenet of level 3.
Economics: This is a major headache for me. (a) Players have different incomes, (b) the cost vs. salary scale is really off, © some items shuld not be on the common market, and should only be rare/very rare if you have a connection to a relevant instiution, (d) some rare/very rare items are very cheap, especially when you consider that they are in very short supply.
As an exampe for (b), a guardsman starting salary is 50 thrones, whereas a mid grade meal costs 5 thrones. He could only eat for 10 days!, never mind transport and hotels. He would not even be able to afford a common quality doctor (75 thrones).
Posted 26 May 2013 - 08:25 AM
To be honest I'm not sure what I would change if I wouldm make a second edition. One thing that I know however is that I would probably update the rules to BC and OW and probably introduce a new rule to when wounded; all hits in the head does double damage after AP for any helmet or cover has been removed. I introduce that into my game and suddenly it became alot deadlier, and in my mind more realistic, as hits to the head means bad business for the reciving part. Just like in real life.
Otherwise I would probably focus more on the supplements that could be make for the game. Ideas for them could be the following.
Ordo books
Ordo Xenos-including a xenos generator
Ordo Hereticus-including a cult generator
Ordo Malleus-including a daemon generator
Radical's Handbook
Puritan's Handbook
Classbooks, like Lathes World was a kind of classbook for the Tech-priests, Book of Judgment for the Arbitares etc.
Scum and the Calixis underworld
Arbitares and the Calixis law enforcement
Adepts - and the Calixis administration and rule
Psykers - and such stuff
Guardsmen - lots of stuff about war and violence in the Calixis Sector
Tech-priests and the Adeptus Mechanicus
Assassins and the death cults and murder guilds
Clerics and the Ecclesiarchy
World of the Calixis Sector
Monster book (1-3)
Lots of other stuff…
Posted 26 May 2013 - 12:58 PM
Radwraith said:
Sebashaw said:
As an Acolyte, you can theoretically kill random people on fabricated grounds as well. In terms of gameplay style, what's the difference between one life and a billion when it comes to wanton murder?
Plus, look at Ascension - all that the designers ultimately did was "delaying" people's experience in actually getting to play the Inquisition as they might have imagined when hearing about the game first. Or was I really alone with these expectations?
Sebashaw said:
Posted 27 May 2013 - 08:04 AM
But iis it confirmed a second edition of DH?
Or is it just a rumor?
Posted 27 May 2013 - 08:01 PM
Sebashaw said:
But iis it confirmed a second edition of DH?
Or is it just a rumor?
As far as I can tell its just speculation by the fans.
Posted 28 May 2013 - 01:29 AM
If there was to be a second, or revised, edition of DH I would like to see….
- The psychic disciplines revised to fit in with the wh40k rpg line RT, DH, etc.).
- The refinements made to combat implemented in BC/OW.
- Not to mention the handling of unnatural abilities and tech priest talents which were changed to implants.
I think thats it, though i may have missed other facets which were refined through the line.
Posted 28 May 2013 - 04:05 AM
Rictus said:
Separating characteristic bonuses from tests were a bad idea, and whoever came up with it ought to feel bad. Either you are strong/tough/clever or you aren't, and assigning bonuses that are supposed to represent the same, yet circumvent the core characteristic mechanics are just a sign that you're attempting to cover up an imbalance in scaling.
Posted 28 May 2013 - 06:00 AM
They shoul make unnatural talents require at least a rating of 60-70 in said characteristic. The problem is that a d100 system has to fail the more character progress you allow. At some point you have a strenght characteristic of 80. To add 20 to that gives you an auto sucess. There is no way to keep a d100 line alive without capping potential or accepting that is HAS TO break.
Posted 28 May 2013 - 06:38 AM
Well, they kind of did cap potential with characters only being allowed to increase characteristicy by a set number of +5 steps. And what's wrong with auto success for menial tasks? More heroic characters will also face more heroic challenges of increasing difficulty, which in turn pushes down their chance of success to a level where the outcome once more may not be quite as certain.
Not that I think that any character should ever get a characteristic of 80, mind you. 51+ is already "Heroic" if you go by the benchmark in the original Dark Heresy rulebook, giving a Daemon's Willpower as example. Why should it be necessary to go to such heights - especially when you have to "cheat" in that the character isn't quite as powerful after all? It just feels like a redundant power up whose main impact on the game is that it clutters up an otherwise sound mechanic.
Posted 28 May 2013 - 07:17 AM
Well, the four +5 raises may look like a cap but for some careers it is not, even more if you later on allow ascention. Especialy for Tech-Priests there are lots of ways to go around this.
Also unnatural characteristics are not only multiplying your characteristic bonus, they mulitpy your degrees of sucess on an opposed roll. And with the Inquisitors Handbook they make every test one step easier, resulting in a +10% chance. In the end Unnatural Characteristics make you much better.
And the example sheet you are refering to… that thing is bad… just horrible bad.
Unnatural Characteristis are a decen way to give a huge bonus without making every test "menial". You do not even test for the most "menial" tests in this game. You test for tasks there is a chance of failure even for a professional though he may reduce the chances to fail. But an unmodiefied test aka challenging should not be an auto sucess…
Posted 28 May 2013 - 09:01 AM
I know that Unnaturals are not only multiplying the bonus, but all the other stuff is just as senseless. As I said, either you are that good - at which point you also ought to be better at succeeding the test itself - or you are not. I just cannot wrap my mind around the supposed logic behind this talent improving the effects of a success, yet having zero influence on the test itself. And it should be obvious that this lack of influence stems solely from the designer's (valid) concern that it would break the challenge.
Also, why should the example sheet be bad? It obviously got thrown overboard with later supplements, but at its time it was a handy and crystal-clear overview on which sort of characteristic would represent what.
FieserMoep said:
Why not?
Characters progress and get better at what they do. To me, it is logical that the challenges they are presented with change accordingly. A character that starts with a characteristic of, say, 30 will treat a "Challenging" (+0) test differently than he would with a characteristic of 50 many levels later. In essence, to this character, the "Challenging" (+0) test has now become a "Routine" (+20) test, because his aptitude at solving such challenges has improved by +20 through character progression.
That crate you just lifted won't magically increase its weight to be just as heavy to lift in a couple years when your character gained more Strength.
And just like that, tests can become menial. If this is not intended, then the rules should simply not intend to let characters progress that far. I would not see a problem with that, either, as long as the rules do follow one of the two paths instead of attempting to patch the obvious issue with redundant talents that, let's be real, just do not make a lot of sense when you examine their effects:
The Space Marine is so strong, if he manages to lift that metal bar he will gain so many Degrees of Success that he can do so with his little finger! But of course all that Unnatural Strength apparently does nothing to actually help with the test because he "needs" to have a viable chance at failing everything?
… oh well, it's just one of the small things that always bothered me, I guess.
Posted 28 May 2013 - 10:17 AM
Lynata said:
Normal Bounty Hunters are just as Agile as Orks are Strong? A Race that defines itself with its strenght? A Cult Fanatic is 6 points away from the Willpower of a Daemon? Even a PC can start with a Characteristic on 45 as long as he rolls lucky and is one raise away from beeing heroic… on level 1.
Lynata said:
Does Deathwatch not have the Rule that every multiplyer of an Unnatural Characteristic makes a test on said characteristic one step easier just like dark heresy does with the Inquisitors Handbook?
Also please take another example, not a crate or anything with weight for exactly these test benefit the most from unnatural strenght for you may not even have to test for your carry/lift/push for you automaticaly suceed for weights as seen on the table, you need only to test if you want to push this limit further. For example someone with TB 8 and SB 8 because of an unnatural characteristic can lift a crate 1.350kg heavy without the need to test. Without he could only lift 112 kg. I would say pretty good.
And for other tests. As a GM I define a test as challenging +-0 no matter what character may try to suceed on it. So yes, for a character that has progressed his four advancements this test has become two steps easier though it is still challenging. He is someone realy good, indeed he is. But now this guy started with 35 on this characteristic, +20 and we have 55. Additionaly +20 from Skill mastery, +10 from some tool (there are tons of) +10 from an unnatural characteristic. He will test now on a 95 an it would not be dificult to push this even more for alot of tests. So something challenging is so easy, e does not even have to test for… unless he needs some degrees of sucess.
A d100 system will break, sooner or later. Well, it will at last if the company tries to sell further rulebooks that have to include more character progress to be interisting for the target audience. We could play with the dark heresy core book, everything would be limited, fine, but it could become booring very soon and wont generate profit for FFG.
Posted 30 May 2013 - 01:35 PM
So as I posted this with a question, there is still no answer. No actual writer, developer or insider has said what "may" be in the works… which is the same answer given at GenCon last year after Lathes was released. (Even if an announcement was made now, it would me no new product in at least a year.) There is nothing in the Upcoming, even under the In Development heading. It will be interesting to see if anything is announced in August this year.
Posted 31 May 2013 - 04:20 AM
FieserMoep said:
I don't really see a problem with any of this. The standard Ork in DH's "Creatures Anathema" supplement has a Strength rating of 46, and Fanatics are called fanatic for a reason. Also, that lucky 45 would apply only to a single characteristic dependent on one's homeworld. If his people are generally renowned for said characteristic (such as Catachans for their Strength), why should the player not be "close to heroic"? And are player characters in RPGs not heroes by default, anyways?
FieserMoep said:
You are quite correct! Still, obviously this is not an accurate representation of the character's capabilities when they are counted as twice their number elsewhere. It just doesn't … "feel right" if it needs special rules that segregate one characteristic from the others instead of just giving them a +X.
FieserMoep said:
So … you're agreeing with me?
FieserMoep said:
Okay, there we are in agreement. I've certainly noticed the "power creep", too. Although I still believe that it wasn't necessary to prevent boredom. It's not like there were no other forms of character progress available, no?
To me it just feels as if they didn't really plan everything out from the start as perhaps they should have. Or maybe they did, but it has gotten lost when the license was transferred from Black Industries to FFG. Whatever the reason, I would hope that this gets adressed in a "2.0" version of the game - yet at the same time I know I shouldn't expect it, which makes me feel sort of indifferent about the whole thing. Too many divergent expectations, I guess.
Posted 31 May 2013 - 10:59 AM
Well, power creep is roughly never intentional, as last if it tends to harm a gameline. There are supplements that are not creeping on theirself but in the end the line is the sum of all its parts and there we have a conglomerate of synergies someone might not have forseen. But the damage is done.
The problem with a 2nd Version is that FFG has to make a descition: Start it vom Scrap or recycle the old supplements too.
A new beginning would allow aa new system, maybe even not d100 though I am a huge fan of the percentile die. But this solution would doom and end the line, the old supplements wont generate any profit or might not even amortise themself, I doubt FFG would do this. The other approach is to release a new core rulebook with updated rules that tend to be like BC/OW and to release a shittasticly huge Errata/FAQ/Appendix for the other supplements. And this is a monumental task I doubt the few authors are capable off.
This is the same experience I had in some of my jobs: Sometimes it is better so work with a damaged system you know the errors off that no start something anew.
But ATM with out highranking group we somehow reached a pretty bad level off power creep, even unintentional to some degree. But every fight is either narrativ because some enmies will never be able to even harm us or it is Unreal Tournament Insta-Gib Arena where everyone is onehittich each other.


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When you happen to read about stories like the one of the 29 year old jewelry designer Heaven Tanudiredja, you start believing to fairy tales.
His fashion life started when he was 15 years old, working as an assistant designer in Indonesia. He then studied and graduated at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp in Belgium and soon had some working experiences at Galliano, first, and Dries Van Noten later. But the fact is he never intended to become a jewelry designer: he just made a first jewel for a teacher of his at school, she liked it, everybody noticed it and people started placing orders. Heaven himself says he started as an accessories designer just because he had no budget to start a womanswear fashion label… and now his jewels, all hand beaded in his studio in Antwerp, are sold for around 5.000 $ at Barneys New York, just to name one.
He uses a lot of vintage beads because of his love, inherited by his mother, for 19th century antique pieces, especially 1930. He used to browse Porte de Clignancourt flea market in Paris looking for beautiful ancient glass beads, and that's why his jewels are so unique and personal.
For me, it's like if exotic flowers meet robotic shapes, giving the woman who wears his creation a super contemporary but in some way cyborg-romantic allure.
At the moment Heaven is still thinking about a clothing collection, though. He says: With jewelry, you only have the space around the neck to work in, and that's it, you have to put everything there: your thoughts, your creativity. It's almost like a dream, and the clothes bring it into reality.
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DIY - Repair Your Table Fan
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Giovanni Acuna: What kind of oil did you use in your video?
Kevin Kulberg: didnt worked for me :( I have to buy new fan. Mine is 8 years right now
blmeflmm66: Oiling the main body of the rotor is both useless and a bad idea. The rotor is centered in the stator and doesn't contact it. Only the shaft and bearings need lube. The extra oil you put on it will only attract dirt and dust where it wouldn't have settled before and cause a possible failure later. Additionally, the oil on the rotor will be slung onto the stator windings and could possibly break down the varnish on them and short it out..
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Exercise has important health benefits for everyone — regardless of age and physical condition. But if you have arthritis, regular, moderate exercise — within your limits — is critical. It can reduce joint pain, improve flexibility, build up muscles to lessen the load on joints, and increase endurance.
It also helps promote your overall health and fitness by giving you more energy, helping you sleep better, controlling your weight, and decreasing depression.
The following tips will help you start and stick with an exercise program.
Remember to start slowly. Stretching exercises, which improve your flexibility and range of motion, help you perform daily activities. These are good exercises to begin your routine with. A physical therapist can help you get started. Once you feel comfortable, you may be able to progress to weight training and endurance workouts, such as cycling, swimming, walking, or yoga. Consult your doctor before you begin an exercise program. You should also talk to your doctor if you notice a change in your condition, such as increased pain or decreased mobility. Over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medications are available to ease any discomfort you may experience during and after exercise.
When you have arthritis, physical activity and exercise may not seem appealing. The thought of walking or swimming might make you cringe when your body already aches.
Physical therapists encourage water exercises, such as lap swimming, water walking or jogging, and water aerobics. The buoyancy takes the weight off your joints.
Increasingly, physical therapists offer exercise treatments in the water, an approach that is often called "aqua-therapy."
Yoga, tai chi, and cycling are other forms of low-impact workouts that place less stress on your joints. Cross-country ski simulators or elliptical trainers also place less stress on your joints. Cross training — performing a variety of exercises and activities on different days — helps prevent overuse injuries, keeps your program fresh, and contributes to better training for your muscles.
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Legion meeting
The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 236 of Levy County will be holding its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. The post is located at 9550 NE Hwy 27 Alt, just southeast of Bronson. Phone number is 352-486-5003. All ladies married to veterans (living or deceased) and daughters or granddaughters of veterans are welcome.
Chiefland High variety show
Shrine Club breakfast
The Suwannee River Shrine Club will hold its semimonthly Country Breakfast from 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the clubhouse on State Road 26, about a half mile north of Fanning Springs.
The menu includes sausage, eggs, bacon, sausage gravy, biscuits, pancakes and coffee for $5.50 per person. This event is open to the public.
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Holiday Duet marries chopper,
color red with seasonal music
Actors singing traditional songs of the season, admission to the "Art of the Chopper" and "Red" exhibitions, and tasty holiday treats are all included in the Holiday Duet program offered by the Ocala Civic Theatre and Appleton Museum of Art of Central Florida Community College.
Admission is $18 per person and tickets are available at the Appleton Museum, Ocala Civic Theatre and online at www.AppletonMuseum.or, and www.ocalacivictheatre.com.
Dunnellon Community Thrift Store open
The Community Thrift Shop has opened a new store at 11871 Illinois Ave., in the old Sertoma Club building behind the Route 41 Dry Cleaner across from Dunnellon Printing on Illinois Avenue.
Thrift Shop hours are now 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mon. through Sat.
In addition to providing a place to donate gently used clothing, household and decorative items, it gives the community a place to shop for low cost necessities.
Actors singing traditional songs of the season, admission to the "Art of the Chopper" and "Red" exhibitions, and tasty holiday treats are all included in the Holiday Duet program offered by the Ocala Civic Theatre and Appleton Museum of Art of Central Florida Community College Dec. 17-20.
Admission is $18 per person and tickets are available at the Appleton Museum, Ocala Civic Theatre and online at www.AppletonMuseum.org and www.ocalacivictheatre.com.
The combined choirs of the Old Town and Chiefland United methodist Churches will present "Christmas is Coming" in two performances. The first presentation will be on Saturday, Dec. 19 at the Old Town United Methodist Church at 7 p.m. The second performance will be at the Chiefland United Methodist Church at 4 p.m. All are welcome to come and enjoy the performances.
The Lighthouse Word Church will be hosting a Christmas holiday extravaganza titled, "It's Christmas Time" with the international singing group, Shekinah Glory, on Saturday, Dec. 19, at 7:30 p.m. The performance will be a mixture of Christmas and traditional holiday music and drama. Appetizers and holiday baked goods will be served after the performance.
There will be a Bluegrass Gospel concert at Hardeetown Baptist Church featuring "Lou Reid and Carolina" at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10. The Band, consisting of Trevor Watson on banjo, Shannon Slaughter on guitar, Lou Reid on mandolin and his wife, Christy, on bass guitar, is from Union Grove, N.C.
The public is invited to attend and will hear a good message delivered in song with fantastic bluegrass picking and beautiful harmony.
Admission is free. Hardeetown Baptist Church is located at 1716 N.W. 14th St., in Chiefland, along Hwy 341.
The Levy County 4-H is hosting their Annual Christmas Party on Dec. 14 at 6 p.m. at the Levy County Extension Office.
Everyone is invited, without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, or religion. Each family is asked to bring a covered dish to share and a small cake or cookies for the Cake Walk. All the 4-H Clubs in Levy County are asked to prepare an activity or a Make-and-Take to share with everyone. For more information, please call Brenda Heberling at 352-486-5131.
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Take a pet home for holidays
Dixie County Humane Society is participating in the national "Foster A Lonely Pet For the Holidays" pet fostering program starting today and having a foster/adoption event on Sunday, Dec. 6 at Walmart in Chiefland.
Across the country, over 13,000 pet rescue organizations are trying to empty their kennels for Christmas, encouraging members of the public to invite a pet home for the holidays.
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Medical marijuana enforcement rules in a haze
Updated On: May 08 2014 06:50:05 PM CDT
They came, they sold, and now some medical marijuana shops are closing.
"It's heart-breaking knowing all the time and money that I put into this, and it didn't get me anywhere," High Grade Organics owner Nick Harsell said Wednesday.
Harsell is the owner of one of four shops in Bend that have been denied registration by the Oregon Health Authority.
Eight other cannabis shops in the city have been approved.
The stores required to shut down received letters of "proposed denial" from the state.
High Grade Organics and CannaCopia Collective are two dispensaries that were found to be out of compliance with state law.
"We approved another dispensary that had their application in before the CannaCopia application," said Tom Burns, director of the OHA's pharmacy program.
High Grade Organics also lost the race of registration to nearby Garden King. closing for the same reason as CannaCopia -- they are too close to another registered dispensary.
Oregon state laws says medical marijuana shops must be more than 1,000 feet apart.
It's hard pill to swallow for Harsell, who said he put much time, effort and money into his facility, not knowing his application would be considered by the order in which it was received alone.
"I worked on my application for months and months and months to be fully compliant," Harsell said. "And to realize it all came down to a click of a button, and the time stamp was more important than becoming fully compliant."
Burns said full compliance is not required in order to apply, and dispensaries granted licenses have extra time to get up to code.
Still, two months into the medical marijuana program, the state does not know who's following the rules on the High Desert.
Burns said none of the state's three inspectors have set foot in Bend.
It's on the to-do list.
"We'll be checking up on those dispensaries that we've approved, as well as verifying that we have denied an application to are in fact closed," Burns said.
It's a little too late, considering OHA and police say a Bend shop was operating illegally for weeks after its application was denied.
CannaCopia only recently shut its doors, even though OHA sent them a proposed denial letter back in mid-April, noting the shop was too close to the Herbal Center.
On Tuesday, Bend police delivered a letter to the dispensary, telling owners they were operating illegally.
"They (were) in violation of the law and subject to both criminal action and we can start the process to impose civil penalties on them," Burns said Tuesday.
Easier said then done.
"This is all brand new, so we're working very hard to figure out where we should go with this," Bend police Capt. Ken Stenkamp said Wednesday.
Stenkamp said the department will look to the Oregon Health Authority to take the lead.
"We're not in the business of shutting businesses down," he said. "The way this was put together is, primarily the enforcement is through the Oregon Health Authority through a civil process."
Burns said OHA will fine illegal shops $500 a day, but also must rely on local police to enforce the law.
"We can impose civil penalties, but law enforcement must be the ones to physically close and lock the door of a dispensary," Burns said.
So far, it's a new program where the questions are high and the answers hazy. Some state regulations are going through the approval process, with four upcoming hearings, including one in Bend on May 22nd.
The Oregon Health Authority wants to make it clear that marijuana shops that are sent a proposed letter of denial are not allowed to operate during the appeals process.
Other rules dispensaries must follow include being a certain distance away from schools, installing proper security, and keeping track of patient information.
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Plastic surgery is an art form. It creates beauty in every patient through the use of specialised tools and the surgeon's artistic skills. It has become refined over the years with the help of technology.
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