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apocalypsehowmods) wrote2021-07-02 08:31 pm
apocalypsehowmods) wrote2021-07-02 08:31 pm
Player Plots
Player plots are plots that have a large enough reach to require some sort of sign up, or would be difficult for those not directly involved to ignore, or need some sort of NPC/mod involvement.
Examples of player plots include:
Please submit player plots at least a week or two in advance of when you'd like to run it. In the event something happens suddenly that would escalate to a player plot, please let us know as soon as possible.
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1. Nia will be back in town next month for a brief time, so yes! Aelwyn will be able to get in touch with her. She would agree to this plan with the caveat that they squeeze Fenix for whatever information they can before killing him and they bring along one of the seasoned, native ADI operatives. This will be a man named Austin who will be appearing in the next TDM. He will provide general logistic support to make sure no one gets left behind and no one is using magic (folks can slip things past him, but he's not going to make that easy). She will want to hear how they plan to actually do the killing, as well. Nia will go with whatever the PCs' plan is for that piece. From an OOC-perspective, the mods have privately identified a few ways in which Fenix could feasibly be killed in a permanent way. Please be aware, depending on the method your characters ICly choose, this may result in only a temporary death for Fenix. He is definitely killable, just difficult, given his nature as a powerful acolyte of the Desolation.
2. There wouldn't be any books with that particular content available to take; however, Aelwyn could pick up another Desolation-aligned object or even a book (just not one that's going to be a how-to guide) that could pull her closer to the Desolation and propel her into becoming an avatar. A couple ideas off the tops of our heads as a starting point (feel free to use these or propose something else):
- An old children's book called I Am Fire. Reading it induces a tingling, then burning feeling across one's body. It is excruciatingly painful if one reads all the way to the end, feeling like your joints are actively on fire. However… if one were to experiment in reading this book TO others, they would quickly find that the pain and burning effects can be passed on to someone else.
- A mason jar labeled 'Important Things.' There is nothing inside the jar, but anything put there seems to vanish as soon as the cover is put on. The owner of the item that has been destroyed will feel a physical and emotional pang of loss commensurate with the personal value of the object that's been burned. The person who has destroyed the object will feel a burst of pleasure to a similar degree as the pain.
Notes and Questions from the Mods
3. We are onboard with your timeline. We have another player plot that's going to be happening at the end of February, so we'd prefer either early in February or later in March to give both groups appropriate spotlight for what they're doing. Please let us know which you'd prefer!
4. If you want the group to ask Nia or Austin any specific questions, please get together a list, and we'll answer them like we did for Kurapika's questions plot. You may ask unlimited questions for Nia and Austin. For Fenix, the number of questions will be limited to the number of characters engaged in the kidnapping plot. At the moment, they would get four solid questions.
5. Fenix is a powerful avatar surrounded by other powerful avatars. We'd like to see at least some measure of negative consequences for one or more of the group involved in this. Not everyone has to personally suffer something, but it will be impossible for the entire group to get away scot-free. Some potential options include:
- Burns (1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree are all options) - All troupe members can inflict these
- Chronic pain (it would be up to the player the specific location and nature/degree of what this is, but it should be something that would present a potential disruption to their life/activities they enjoy) - Fenix can inflict this
- Temporary (or permanent) vision or hearing loss - Roderick and Penny can inflict these if they're engaged.
- Capture and torture (and eventual release as a potential trade for Fenix) by one of the other avatars in Fenix's troupe.