Introduction

Here on Standing Trials we are very fortunate to have the most excellent Tech Guy, who has brought us a custom-built system for recording our character progression. The aim of this is that, eventually, everyone's CS will be entirely automated (for those who wish it). We are very lucky that he continues to work hard on our behalf, and that updates are very regular.

Therefore, it is worth to keep checking the news and new features thread for updates. We would advise all players to subscribe to this as it's where we let you know important things!

Jargon Busting

Throughout this article, there's a few terms which are specific. These are:

• UCP. This is the "User Control Panel" and is accessed via the top header on every page on the site.
• MCP. This is the "Moderator Control Panel" and is accessed via the top header on every page on the site for moderators only.
• XP. This is Experience. The points you get for completed threads.

The UCP CS

This is the Character Sheet on your UCP. To access it, just click on "UCP" on the top header - it automatically takes you to the "Character Tab".

Finding the UCP Character Sheet

1) Go to the far right button on the top bar of the website, and click the button labeled 'UCP'.

2) Go to the tab on the right labeled 'Character'

3) You will come to a page with the following sections listed.

Character Sheet Sections

Skills

The Skills section consists of two parts: your current skill list, and available skills.

Your Skill List

Going from top to bottom, we have:

1. The skill search bar, which allows you to search for specific skills by typing in its name.
2. Your total experience bar, which tells you, from left to right:
   1. How much experience you've spent on skills
   2. How much experienced you've earned overall
   3. How much experience you have remaining
3. The skills you have listed. Each skill has:
   1. The skill name, followed by your current level in that skill. If that is followed by a star, that is a magic skill. If it is followed by double arrows, it's a fast track skill. Note that each skill name is also a link to its wiki page.
   2. The next skill level available to you
   3. Your XP bar for that skill.
      1. In the middle of the bar, it tells you how much xp you have in your current level, followed by how much xp you need to get to the next level. If there is a star instead of numbers, you have reached the number needed to level up, but you don't yet have enough knowledges.
      2. On the right of the bar, it tells you how much xp you have in total, followed by how much xp you need to max out the skill.
      3. On either side of the bar, there are [-] and [+] buttons that you can use to increment the amount of xp you have in the skill.
      4. You can also edit the number directly by clicking on the number of xp you have in total (for instance, in the above image, it would be the number 29 for the skill acting, and 26 for the skill Combat: Ranged)
   4. Your knowledge bar for that skill
      1. In the middle of the bar, it tells you how many knowledges you have in your current level, followed by how many knowledges you need to get to the next level. If there is a star instead of numbers, you have reached the number needed to level up, but you don't yet have enough xp.
      2. On the right of the bar, it tells you how many knowledges you have in total, followed by how many knowledges you need to max out the skill.
   5. On the far right of the bar, there is an [x] button you can use to delete a skill from your skill list. This will refund all the xp you put into the skill, but keep all the knowledges you have in it.

Available Skills

Going from top to bottom, we have:

1. The skill search bar, which allows you to search for specific skills by typing in its name.
2. The available skills, which are all the skills that you have not put in your skill list. Going from left to right, each skill has:
   1. The skill name. Each skill name is also a link to its wiki page.
   2. The [Add Fast Track Skill] button. This button will add that skill to your skill list as a Fast Track Skill, which counts total xp out of 100 instead of 250. Note that magic skills cannot be chosen as fast track skills, and so the button is absent for them.
   3. The [Add Skill] button. This button will add that skill to your skill list as a normal skill.

Renown

This is a list of all the threads where you earned renown. Your total renown is in the top left corner.

1. Thread: This is the name and link to the thread where you earned this renown.
2. Issued By: This is the name of the person who issued this renown to you.
3. Flavor: This is flavor text, telling you what you got the renown for.
4. Gained: This is how many points you gained.
5. Total: This is your running total of renown points.

Faction Points

This is a list of all the threads where you earned faction points. Your total renown is in the top left corner of each faction section.

1. Thread: This is the name and link to the thread where you earned these points.
2. Issued By: This is the name of the person who issued these points to you.
3. Gained: This is how many points you gained for this faction.
4. Total: This is your running total of faction points for this faction.

XP

This is a list of all the threads where you earned xp. Your total xp is in the top left corner.

1. Thread: This is the name and link to the thread where you earned this xp.
2. Issued By: This is the name of the person who issued this xp to you.
3. Gained: This is how many points you gained.
4. Total: This is your running total of experience points.

Knowledges

The Knowledges section consists of two parts: the Current Knowledges section, and the Update Knowledges section.

Current Knowledges

This is a list of all the skills you have knowledges in, with a number indicating how many knowledges you have in it. Click on any of the skills to expand it into a list of threads where you gained these knowledges.

Every entry in this list of threads has:

1. Date: This is the cycle in which you earned this knowledge
2. Thread: This is the name and link to the thread where you earned this knowledge.
3. Issued By: This is the name of the person who issued this knowledge to you.
4. Flavor: This is flavor text, telling you what the knowledge is.
5. Gained: This is how many knowledges you gained.
6. Total: This is your running total of knowledges for this skill.
7. [x]: This is a button that will allow you to delete knowledges.

Update Knowledges

There is a button on the upper right that says "Update Knowledges". Click on it, and it will expand into this box.

Going from top to bottom:

1. How many knowledges does this count for: This is where you input the number of knowledges you want to add to your ledger.
2. Skill: This is a dropdown menu of all possible skills this knowledge could be for. You can scroll down the dropdown, or you can click it and type in the name of the skill to find it faster. Alternatively, you could choose 'Non-Skill' to receive a non-skill knowledge.
3. What is the knowledge you are adding: This is where you input the name of the knowledge, or flavor text saying where it came from.
4. URL of thread where this knowledge was issued: This is where you input the URL of the thread you got the knowledge from.
5. Update Knowledges: Once you have filled in all the other fields, press this button to update your knowledge ledger.

Wealth Points

The Wealth Points section consists of two parts: the Current Wealth Points section, and the Spend Wealth Points section.

Current Wealth Points

This is a list of all threads where you gained or lost wealth points, along with any transactions you may have made yourself. On the upper left corner is your current wealth point total.

Every entry in this list of transactions has:

1. Thread: This is the name and link to the thread where this transaction happened.
2. Issued By: This is the name of the person who issued this transaction.
3. Flavor: This is flavor text, telling you what the transaction is.
4. Gained: This is how many Wealth Points you gained or lost.
5. Total: This is your running total of Wealth Points.
6. [x]: This is a button that will allow you to delete purchases that you have made.

Spend Wealth Points

There is a button on the upper right that says "Spend Wealth Points". Click on it, and it will expand into this box.

Going from top to bottom:

1. How many points would you like to spend: This is how many wealth points you want to spend on this transaction.
2. What are you spending them on: This is flavour text explaining what you spent these points on
3. URL of thread if applicable: This is where you put the URL of the thread where you spent those points, if you did it in a thread.
4. Spend Wealth Points: Once you have filled in all the other fields, press this button to update your wealth point ledger.

Wealth Bonus

Language Points

Still Being Developed

Point Bank

Character Notes

Useful Links

• The "News and New Features" thread
• The On-site guide to BB Code
• If you're not sure on how to use the wiki this page shows you how.
• The left-hand menu is your easy navigation tool.
• Or you can always go back to the Contents page.

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