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So, here's what we're looking at for MQs:
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Title of Mission: All Nightmare Long
Brief Synopsis of Mission: Sixteen Aleraran assassins are in an airship bound for Corone. They will sailchute down over strategic locations by darkness, the last one killing the airship’s pilot as she goes. Upon landing they will attempt to perform a simultaneous spell using synchronized watches, tainting the Eternal Tap on Corone so that anyone who uses it will become afflicted with an illness similar to leprosy. At this point the only way to safely channel magic from the Eternal Tap on Corone would be through the filters built into their scabbards. After the spell the assassins fade into the night, each with their own mission designed to dismantle Corone's defenses and infrastructure in advance of a full-scale invasion. Work with the Alerarans in their attempt to topple a nation, or join Breaker in fighting and plotting against them.
Number of Players: 4 Maximum
GM: Breaker
Closed
Quality Expectation: 3
Dirks note: Nothing to add here, just note the quality expectation.
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Name of Mission: Panorama of the Endtimes
Brief Synopsis of Mission:
Whilst Shinsou and Storm march a massive army up to Radasanth to stage a coup, it is up to the Radasanthian Resistance and the Coronian Rangers to attempt to stop the Brotherhood from succeeding. After all, who wants them providing the island with a half decent government, healthcare incentives, real aid and a whole heap of character development? Right?
Unless you want Shinsou and Storm setting your economic and social policies for the forseeable, you'd better get your heads together to bring it.
GM: Shinsou
No of players: Any. Bring it.
Open or Closed: Open
Quality Expectation: I don't care.
Dirks Note: I'm inclined to make this a Cell style team up battle to predetermine the outcome of Shinsou's invasion. I'd think the quality level would be 3. At this point, I'm digging the idea of a ridiculous character fight off, but I think we should first see if anyone else wants to jump into the ring.
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Title: Reckless Abandon
Synopsis: Heroes hastily evacuate Scara Brae and Corone to help thousands of panic-stricken people flee the super volcano eruption. Yvonne convinces her caravan contacts to pool all of their resources, bringing aid from far and wide to soothe the fears of the people. Superstitious thinking ripples through the refugees to explain the calamity and who they should turn to from here.
Arriving in Southern Raiaera the island refugees discover the mainland populace leaving in droves. Refugees following Yvonne more than double and tension becomes thick as races from all walks come together. High elves disapprove of the mass migration through their land. As the ash cloud looms in the distance the course changes from north to east. Elven anger turns to hostility as their trees are cut down. Ships are assembled on the beach and walls are hastily constructed to buy time for another escape.
GM: Yvonne
No. of Players: Infinity
Open
Quality: 2
Dirks note: Looks solid. If you don't mind, Yvonne, I'd like to combine all the do gooder storylines into a single thread.
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Title of Mission: Black Glass
Brief Synopsis of Mission: A group of adventurers go to the lava flows of what was once Lornius to mine obsidian. Unfortunately, they come across a graveyard amongst the cooled down lava - and worse, a mutated salamander twisted by the lava attacks the party.
GM, if any: N/A
Number of Players: 2-5
Open or Closed: Open
Quality Expectation: 1
Dirks note: I'm going to amp the quality to 2 here. Traditional boss battle rules will apply. To "win" or defeat the salamander, the team must exceed a 65 score.
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Title of Mission: Chasing a shooting star
Brief Synopsis of Mission:
Eteri has always been one to dream big, get distracted, and just go with the flow. So what happens when an easily distracted catgirl who just so happens to hold the soul shard of a forgotten one (pode) decides to follow 'the big bright thing in the sky?' Well, lets find out.
Mission will be Eteri getting distracted by the comet. Drawn by the brightness of it and the strange power that resonates within her Eteri goes on a mission to find out WHAT that thing is, and WHERE it will land. This will start in Corone and based on people joining/interacting with Eteri will proceed across the continent - perhaps toward other lands.
The main goal of the mission is to inevitably be near the comet crash landing site.
Number of Players: No limit
Open
Quality Expectation: 1
Dirks note: Just the low key, fast paced thread I was looking for. Here's the deal though, if that comet falls, it'll have to be in a higher quality thread.
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Title of Thread: Gathering of Shadows
Brief Synopsis:
Disaster is a prime time for people to take advantage of situations they never had available before, or for new players to make themselves known. One such new player seeking to take advantage, is Estus. The streets will run red with blood and ash - and he is going to make sure the right people (or the wrong) know he was involved. Either join in the growing shadow of his House - or try to oppose it.
(Murders and assassinations and thievery. If you're Crooked, drop on by. If you aren't, fite me bro)
Number of Players: 4
Open
Expected Quality: 1
Title of Mission: The Hedgehog's Dilemma
Brief Synopsis of Mission: Thanks to a handy treasure map (awarded during the 2015 AC) and the explosion of Lorinus' volcano range, Sulla has found the prime location where obsidian meets ocean, and the easiest place to gather it. While still dangerous, the area is the best bet for treasure seekers to fill their pockets with the valuable material. However a group of Scara Brae pirates, armed and with slaves stolen from coastal cities in toe, have similar coordinates they're going to. Will the adventurers choose to line their pockets? Will they choose to save the helpless? Will they do both? And why is Sulla so generous with the payout, and have foreknowledge of this pirate captain?
Note: The map (check profile) allows me a 500% increase in GP earned, which could be used for the value of the obsidian in spoils to either sell or keep (making it a more realistic reward). I'm willing to split it (unsure if it's for group or just for me) entirely even.
GM: Sulla
Number of Players: 1-5
Open or Closed: Open
Quality Expectation: 2
Mission Title: Into the Black
GM: Mikhail
Brief Synopsis:
As others seek to profit from the obsidian wave, the question of just how much damage has been done to the landscape arises. Concerned for possible survivors trapped by lava or obsidian, Mikhail mounts an expedition into the depths of the wave.
Warning: You're probably going to need inhuman durability to survive here, we're plunging into the heart of the ash cloud and the obsidian wave. All are welcome to join just keep that in mind!
Slots: 4
Expected Quality: 1
Dirks note: I'm thinking of breaking this into two threads. One for the rescue of Lornians, and one for the plunder. Would Sulla and Mikhail be willing to GM their own threads?
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That brings us to a total of 7 threads. Right where I wanted to be w/ main storylines. I'll also add a generic bar thread to allow for the quick spread of information (to avoid metagaming) and to serve as another jump in jump out thread.
Everything not mentioned here, I assume will be a side quest. Did I miss anything? Let me know if I skipped your bit and I'll go back and review.
For attention of Dirks. Main? You might have missed it as it was amongst other stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Professor Charles
I'm up for gming my own thread sure - Mikhail. Going to be exploration focused, probably not too many survivors to encounter I think, unless we run into something bizarre and unexpected.
What about the Ayaka cure thread thay wa previously given the OK? Will that be considered for later?
Philomel, sounds like Charles could be involved with Mikhails thread, no?
Sorry Amari, thought that was a side quest.
Title of Mission: Cure for a Crisis
Brief Synopsis of Mission:
After fine Tuning the antidote and dealing with the events in 'Hearing without Listening' Ayaka realizes she cannot go back home to Kugoshima. Instead, she chooses to push her antidote for Ashen lung. Using the Faith United and others who choose to help her she will attempt to further the creation that she has made to aid in the relief of the aftermath. Pending on the thread outcome Ayaka may chooses to become more selfish, and start putting a price on the much needed antidote/relief.
As the ash falls ingredients become harder to acquire and the potion will become harder to create, produce and give out.
Number of Players: Max 6
Open slots
Ayaka
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Quality Expectation: 2-3
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Firebird, is this the thread you were interested in joining, or do you still wish to proceed in a side quest?
All good. There was a bit of confusion as it was changed around a fair bit to suit the Fq. Thanks for adding it and clarifying. Appreciate it
Charles is looking for a way to stop the volcano, and is going directly to it at its source, Mikhail was going to the Obsidian ash field. So they'll be heading in different places. It was not going to be exploration focused, purely based on trying to stop the calamity. I can add in more details if that is not clear.
If you're still no convinced, then that's fine. I will focus on other stuff.
Rehash:
Name of Mission: An Attempt to Intercede in the Matters of Volcanic Eruption
Type: Main
Brief description: Professor Charles was there at the time of the original Great Calamity that let the Thayne grow as a might over the Ancient / Old Gods. He knows what disaster it brought and is going to make a bid to stop it. Obviously that means hijacking an airship and flying straight to the heart of the volcano. An interceding with gods may occur, this will be a focus on trying to stop the worse damage at its core. Imagination and integrity will be key here, scholars and warriors wanted.
GM: Charles
No of players: 4
Open or closed: Open
Quality Expectation: 2
Note: Anyone is welcome to join. It will start with an opening post from me of Charles stealing the airship but from there anything could happen... And he has no actual plan of how to stop it.
Uh, the wave is at the source. You'll be going to the same place.
Dirks, I'm primarily planning on joining Breaker's thread, but I'd love to join both if possible xD
Dirks. I think this was the updated one as you said you weren't sure on her having already monopolized the cure in a closed thread. Sorry just read what you had and went to go find this on my mobile.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ayaka
Rather have the correct one and make it fair. Unless you're happy with what you put up. I can go either way
Source as in he was going to go to the crater, obsidian flows from that. Its also not exploring at all, which was Mikhail's. But I get the similarities.
But you're not convinced, sure. I can bring the ideas of in elsewhere.
I think liquid time isn't as liquid for the FQ, Ash, so you may have to pick one lol. I'm currently being convinced to have Nevin join the alchemical brigade. Which would mean he can't follow Eteri.
Ah, okay. Thanks! I'm joining Breaker's thread then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nevin
I mean don't take my word as law here, I don't know yet lol. Gotta wait for the Word of Dirks on it.
Omg idea for next chapter...
Mordor.
Hmm, Philomel at this point, I'm not even sure we'll have the manpower to fill all the main quests up, which is why I'm looking to consolidate. Let me do some development and I'll get back with you.
Nah I can bring in the ideas that I had with the thread for other times. I'll fill out the others.
Thanks for the time though on looking at it.
I'll try to jump in on Mikhail's and go from there. Might be more of a chapter two thing anyway.
So excited.
How are we doing, gang? Still excited? I played some catch up. Some good ideas in here! Super excited to see it all come to fruition. Have any of the quest rosters filled up more since last month?
Super stoked!!!
Looking forwards to it!
I'm still interested in this as well. As we discussed on Discord I'm going to be adding my Exodus quest to the roster to this weekend.
Alright everyone. I have given the Main Quests Dirks picked out their own OOC threads. Split up and begin conversing in those separate threads so we can refine those. I have an estimated start date of September 1st. If more time is needed, I will declare an extension here. I plan to work with each group/GM separately to develop a good foundation for you to work on. Dirks will be taking a back seat driving role and I'll work with him to ensure quality and direction.
If you have more ideas for Main Quests, please continue to brainstorm here. I also welcome feedback as well since I'm coming in a little dark on this.
As for the Side Quests, please feel free to orchestrate your own OOC threads. We will launch the first wave on September 1st!
I'm looking forward to see how you'll reshape Althanas Lore for the next generation.
I'm not entirely sure how this'll go, but by the nature of natural disasters and things that are happening, Azza as a character can almost indefinitely counteract some of the effects. The question for her then comes from her mentors in the form of, "Should you? It'll bring trouble once people know what you can do."
Azza can treat and heal people with ashen lung. She can even restore the land back to its former vibrancy. Those who would want to exploit her most definitely will appear. Worse still is the possibility of being revered as a prophet or some sort of savior.
That being said, I'm not entirely sure where to go with this and I don't think it'd work well in a thread as a focus. I've thus thrown my hat into Reckless Abandon, but I'm also curious about the thoughts of others. I realize I am coming to this super late though.
Event is live! GMs make your posts! If no GM is listed, it’s first come first serve! Go! Go! Go!
I dunno what's going on, how do I get in on this?
Okay guess not, sorry for asking.
If there is an event (thread) that you are interested in being in you can always pm to see if there is spots still left open and if you can jump in. If not there are plenty of other open threads that aren’t related to the FQ
Sorry rayse I missed your post here.
You can have a look at all of the main quests that are open in the main forum for the FQ. If there are any spots open, hop on in. If there are none yet started, go ahead and make a thread :)
So are people doing side quests elsewhere? I think they should be posted in here. Do you have a side quest? I'll move it if you'd like. Given the lull of activity, if you have any active unrelated quests that you want to make canon, let me know and I'll move them here as well.
So, I was trying to let you guys decide the scope and scale of the volcanic devastation, which is why I left coy responses. However, it seems that's becoming an issue for story writing. Let's assume it is not a super volcano, which could cause mass extinction, but rather a large volcano. The ash cloud has engulfed Lornius. A tsunami from the related earth quake reached the coasts of Tular, Fallien and Corone. Because I know ash has a lot to do with Corone stories, let's assume that wind currents in Althanas flow west to east and now an ash trail is going towards/is over Corone. Does that work?
I mentioned this in chat, but I will reiterate it here to be safe.
I was counting on the ash-cloud spreading further than that, and its presence plays a significant role in the story I had planned. As I understand it, the origin of this concern was someone who found it difficult to believe that magic could prevent the mass-extinction caused by this event. I provided several examples in chat, but my main point is that there was only one person expressing this concern. As far as I've heard, everyone else has been planning for this to be a super-volcano, including me. If there are others who wish the volcano down-sized, we could consider setting up a poll, but I would personally appreciate it if we refrained from changing the scope of this thing a month into it, and left it as it was.
I don't think anyone as yet has written a tsunami.
I'm currently working on a solo that should bring some things up to speed on some things in Raiaera.
I think at the moment most folk were working on the idea that the volcano hasn't erupted yet, it's just been the initial ash cloud warning thing before the BOOOOMM!!
I have no idea what's happening, lol
Hmm, well what is the general consensus for those participating? I think we should stick with that, even if it causes some writers to slightly modify their stories.
I would say keep the boom for the next chapter.
All else a run up earthquake or two and lots of raining ash sounds all fine.
Okay so in Sulla's thread, which I have neglected but will be going full throttle in shortly, the clouds of Ash have already covered Corone.
'Significant role' may not have been clear enough. The effects of the ash during the sealing of Ettermire is one of the main focuses of the thread I am writing for the FQ, and greatly impacts the main characters, including keeping mine in the city at all. I included that in the summary for my side quest that I submitted to this thread over three months ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Max Dirks
I appreciate the intent, but I think there may have been a misunderstanding in the chat. The person that voiced the extinction issue to you is not even participating in the FQ. I am already more than 10k words into this story that requires the ash-cloud to reach Ettermire, so I again request that we don't change the scope of the volcano.Quote:
Originally Posted by Max Dirks
I think you misread my post. Whatever the majority of you are doing is best, not the smaller scale of the devastation.