Tone down the extreme weather?

[Wenin]

It sleets more often in this world than in the real world. =) Half the time it feels like it is foul weather. =)


So often I find myself and others simply ignoring the foul weather as it steps in and is frequently interrupting good RP that is occurring outdoors.

[Alitar]

The west coast (Waterdeep and the surrounds) is famed for its terrible weather.

[Aldren]

And claims a rather peculiar and morose band of Umberlants who practice their "Art" quite often.

[Casamir]

Little band you might not of heard of called the Grateful Drowned, though not as well regarded as Mistcap.

Though, I think this probably has more to do with the rapidity of in-game seasons. In the worst part of winter, it will storm pretty much all the time. So it will cycle to this quite often.

[Gwain]

Its good for the crops.

[Elenthis]

I actually have thought the weather needs a little love for a long time. But I think the problem doesnt lay in frequency, but speed between changes. Seems to me is goes from "Not a cloud" to "OMG-Sleethailsnowhellfire" in about 2-3 minutes. I know it's trying to follow in-game time...but if we increased the amount of time it spends on intermediary weather bits...I think it would -feel- more organic. Plus slowing the system down a little might also make the control weather a little more worth it.

~Jeff

[Wenin]

I hadn't considered the impact of evil PCs being involved in the frequency. Though I'm not always around Waterdeep.

Weather is determined by zones or something right?

[Zorinar]

From my own experiements with control weather, you can bring out the sun in your room, and then walk one room away and it is storming there. I dont think that control weather is causing the almost always cloudy or raining weather we have in FK.

I only really noticed this because one of my characters has a travel spell that only works in good weather and he has never been able to actually use it.