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Hello Valikorlians! I am going to host an event for you within the week.
This is actually an idea Wind had brought to my attention last night, but i'm going to be managing it! These are mini-events that pit the Guards of Esthras against the criminal element of the city (Esthras Underground). Each event will involve a goal for each faction.
Examples include:
-One side may need to attempt to steal a magic item, with the other attempting to stop them
-Both sides may attempt to find an NPC who has crucial information, attempting to capture and obtain the info by whatever means necessary
-The guards may have to move a noble on a procession through the city, while the others try to have him killed
The idea here is to pit the sides against each others in dynamic and interesting ways. Of course we don't want to leave people out, so especially in cases where the teams are unbalanced, you would always have the option of creating an NPC throwaway character to use (and who knows, these "throwaway chars" could develop into something more.
One thing I would want to stress is that the point isn't to kill other characters, although NPCs should be fair game. So much of power RPing and people not having fun comes from fear of losing characters, and I don't care if it's unrealistic but unless you would like to openly flag yourself killable I want this to be something you can jump into and have fun with, and not worry that you can't use your character anymore afterward.
The thing about this is that I don't have to run it every time. RPAs can run them any time, and players could submit ideas to be used. If this was popular and could become a weekly or biweekly thing, I think that'd be fantastic. Sometimes you just need a shot of action, and this would give you the chance. It'd also get people into the city, and start to form some new relationships, both good and bad, between characters.
I have assignment boards set up at each base of operations that I will update as we go along and put under each task "Mission Success" or "Mission Failure". I also already have what little NPCs we need set up. Just the players are missing.
Here are the tasks.
Esthras Guard: Task 1
Task 1- Recquisition; an informat by the name of John Cower, a former financial broker for the Esthras Underground, has information vital to us that could land some of his old friends in a cell. He has agreed to share it with us. He lives in the Esthras Resident Area by the hydra fountain. Deliver him back to HQ safely.
~Baurus Joffrey, Guard Captain
Esthras Underground: Task 1
Task 1- Assasination; Our target is John Cower. He used to run numbers for us, but now he wants to spill some information to the guard, so we will spill his guts. Go to the Resident Area, his house is just west of the hyrda fountain. Kill him.
~Jacoby Smitts, Under Boss
Now all I need to know is whether we have enough interest to get an equal amount of people in on each group, and what your schedules are like! |
03-18-2012, 09:56 PM
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