Player Plot: Simple Gifts (Sign Ups)

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WHAT: A group of Inquisition members are invited to travel to a remote Abbey on an island off the coast of Ferelden. The island is not wealthy, nor extremely populous; it is a rough, unpleasant place that is cold and at the mercy of the sea. Their correspondence, however, is curiously upbeat and strangely positive. They have decided, almost to a man, to send all the wealth they can to the Inquisition. Their letter, which accompanied the gold, was very appreciative of the Inquisition's good works and had an abnormal amount of praise for Rifters, specifically.

The people of the Abbey are good Andrastian folk who just want to meet the good people of the Inquisition. Unfortunately, the islands around the Abbey are dangerous, littered with bandits and pirates, and the waters that surround the island are a well-known hazard. It is a risky invitation to accept, but also a strangely enthusiastic gesture. Why this Abbey has sent all of their material wealth to the Inquisition is a mystery, but their overture deserves some response, even if it is only a visit.

WHERE: An island off the coast of Ferelden, the Abbey on the White Cliffs.
WHEN: September 4th.
WHO: Galadriel, Thranduil, and up to 10 others.

EXTRA INFO: This plot will be steeped in mysterious cult things, spooky scary nonsense, and (probably) horrible violence. To exacerbate these features I will be adjusting minor details of the plot and how I GM it based on which characters sign up. As such, this sign up form is a bit long.

Sign ups will be active until 8/31, but the sooner you sign up the better and the easier it is on me.

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<b>Character name:</b> <b>Are they a Mage/Templar/Rifter?</b> <b>Are they Andrastian?</b> <b>Proficiency:</b> Choose only one from the following list. Your choice will determine what tasks and attempts your character will automatically succeed at (or will succeed as much as possible at), it will also determine what clues and information are given to your character specifically. The skills are borrowed from Dungeons and Dragons but they are only a vague guideline. Each one will encompass everything related to the skill selected. Athletics/Acrobatics, for instance, will relate to all feats of physical prowess. Arcana can be either knowledge of magic or the ability to sense magical fields or inherent wrongness that is caused by magic. Persuasion/Deception will effect all conversation and, if the character goes this route, would include attempts at Intimidation. Choose one: (Athletics/Acrobatics, Arcana, Persuasion/Deception, History/Investigation, Insight/Perception, Stealth, Survival/Nature, Medicine) <b>Additional Skill:</b> The D&D list above doesn't encompass the more subtle skills a character can have, or the more individual interests/knowledge that might be available. If you want to list something here that isn't above, hit me. Good examples of things that would go here are: Necromancy, Language, Baking, Spelunking, Gardening. Please try to be either more specific than the choices above or choose something entirely unrelated. If you can't think of anything and just pick a second listed skill, it's not the end of the world, but its better to make up something new. <b>Do any of the following bother you, personally, as a player:</b> Body horror, graphic descriptions of injury, suicide/murder. <b>Is there something that does bother you, personally, as a player that I should avoid?</b> You can PM me if you would rather not post it here. Or post it here. Your call. <b>Are you alright with your character potentially being injured?:</b> Yes/No <b>What extent of injury are you alright with?:</b> Extremely Mild (Scrapes, cuts, bruises), Mild (Stab wounds, low end blunt trauma, light burns), Considerable (Sprains, more serious burns, mild concussions), Serious (Broken bones, wounds that require treatment), Surprise Me (Anything else shy of lethality.) <b>Is your character physically or morally corrupted:</b> Yes/No? If yes, how? <b>Can your character swim?:</b> Yes/No/Sort of? <b>Anything else:</b> Is there any other data you want to give me, desperately, that you feel might be super relevant to how I tailor this plot? Does your character juggle for children on weekends? Did they grow up in the coldest winter in 50 years? 500 years? Do they excel at singing campfire songs about Andraste? Are they terrified of spiders?

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Character name: Marcoulf de Ricart
Are they a Mage/Templar/Rifter? Nope
Are they Andrastian? Absolutely
Proficiency: Medicine (field medicine aka he can sew)
Additional Skill: Diplomacy (the kind that relies on knowing when to keep his mouth shut or change his opinions for someone else's satisfaction)
Do any of the following bother you, personally, as a player: Nope
Is there something that does bother you, personally, as a player that I should avoid? No, but I'll reach out if something comes to mind.
Are you alright with your character potentially being injured?: Yes/No
What extent of injury are you alright with?: Surprise Me - with the caveat that I'd prefer he still be able to do his sword stuff after, so ideally avoiding major loss of limb/loss of sight.
Is your character physically or morally corrupted: No
Can your character swim?: Sort of
Anything else: Marcoulf is a short-sighted romantic in pragmatist's clothing. He believes very sincerely in social hierarchy norms and is genuinely very supportive of Thedas flavored class warfare despite being on the losing side of it. Bad at questioning the status quo and affable enough about killing people it says would be better off dead. Creeped out by spirits and the concept of ghosts as any sensible persom in Thedas should be, obviously.