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[cozen]

Hiya! This is a sign-up post for three different player plots. I’m sorry. But they’re all pretty simple and low-commitment! I’ll put logs up mid-month, so let me know if you want to come along by September 13 or so. ☆ﾟ°˖* ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

RECON IN THE ANDERFELS

WHO: Alistair and 1-3 people who can reasonably exist behind enemy lines without immediately drawing attention to themselves but can also reasonably defend themselves (or at least run really fast) if attention is nonetheless drawn.

WHAT: Sneaking into the Anderfels to find out more about what’s going on over there and why. Why, Anderfels, why! They’ll hang out in Hossberg pretending to be pilgrims or merchants or something and mostly keeping their heads down so they can accumulate information and get a read on what the populace believes, while keeping an eye out for signs of dissent and potential contacts for le future. Then they’ll have to make a hasty escape pursued by guards. They might also shove a demon-bound Warden into a sack and bring them back.

HOW: It’s a lot of lowkey info-gathering that will mostly be handwaved, so the main group thread will probably be the chase out of Hossberg. But I can make room for people to do threads focused on the other aspects, too.

BLACKMAIL IN ANTIVA

WHO: Bastien and 1-3 other people who want to be nonviolently sneaky in Antiva. Amateurs welcome—if someone isn’t good at acting or whatever we can invent a task that’s perfect for them just the way they are.

WHAT: Picking a Merchant Prince’s name out of a hat and digging into his dealings until something that might help change his mind about neutrality comes up. Specifically they’ll be able to get proof one Prince is sabotaging another and use that to make one or the other agree to back them if the others do. (One down, eleven to go!) This is super flexible. So far my two main ideas are (1) befriending a group of pirates who were paid to sink a rival Prince’s ships and getting them drunk enough to talk about it, and (2) pretending to be merchants to get into a meeting and having to improvise a sales pitch for something they know nothing about. But it can be basically anything.

HOW: Winging it! Possibly splitting people up to get different pieces of info in different places off-screen and having the main thread be when they all meet afterwards to compare notes and explain why they’re wet or covered in confetti. Maybe they have to go get a missing party member out of Antiva Jail. The sky’s the limit.

PROBLEM MAGES IN ORLAIS

WHO: Kostos and 1-3 other people equipped to track down and neutralize naughty mages. It’ll be pretty Mage Problems focused—maybe also Rifter Problems if any rifters come—but non-mage characters are still invited!

WHAT: As a favor to the Inquisition, which is not involving its own people for morale or objectivity reasons or something, they’ll be looking into reports that Inquisition mages are misbehaving near the front and causing damage to local farms and villages, prompting the locals to complain all mages are rotten and these aren’t being kept on a short enough leash. The culprits will actually be enterprising enemy mages in stolen uniforms, so there will be a nice no-holds-barred scuffle in the woods. Then the locals will throw our heroes a parade! Not really. What’s the opposite of a parade.

HOW: The main two threads will be (1) the fight and (2) a miserable unscheduled camping trip afterwards, but I can make room for other travel and tracking top levels if people want those.

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[cozen]

<b>Character:</b> Which! <b>Plot:</b> If you’re interested in more than one then (1) gosh and (2) just put them in priority order just in case. <b>Wishes:</b> If you have a wish (like your character being Grievously Injured, or getting to dress up like a clown, or showing off a specific skill, or whatever) let me know and I’ll try to provide space for you to make it happen. It’s a-ok if you don’t have a wish. But if you do. <b>Notes:</b> Etc.

[hornswoggle]

Character: john!!
Plot: blackmail in antiva
Wishes: i'm just here for hijinks
Notes: befriending pirates you say

[kalt]

Character: Karoliina

Plot: BLACKMAIL IN ANTIVA
Notes: Does not have to pretend to be a merchant, is actually a fur (& things) trader. Is a fan of blackmail and pitting family members against each other, does it with her own brothers literally all the time. Will enjoy herself Too Much.

Plot: PROBLEM MAGES IN ORLAIS
Notes: Very in to the conceit of neutralizing naughty mages. One of her favorite topics, even though she's only dealt with her own one problem necromancer thus far. Again, will enjoy the task at hand Too Much.

I don't think she needs to do both, but let me know how space and needs shake out. Put them in the order of which is the easiest for her to contribute to.

[tender]

Character: derrica
Plot: problem mages in orlais
Wishes: i'm here for scuffling, patching folks up after and miserable camping
Notes: more details on the not-parade please

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[imbroccata]

Character: lino!
Plot: RECON IN THE ANDERFELS
Wishes: I wish for Lino to disappear for a few moments to find Secret Info that has to do with my own secret plans.
Notes: wassup

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[sulahnan]

Character: athessa!
Plot: Blackmail in Antiva
Wishes: no specific wishes
Notes: smooch

[rathercommon]

Character: Kitty Jones!!
Plot: Problem mages!
Wishes: I want bonding time with Kostos B)

[inkindled]

Character: Matthias!
Plot: Problem Mages
Wishes: he's a mage scrapper and a great camper and wilderness survivalist so if there's a way for me to show that off I would love
Notes: the opposite of a parade is a funeral procession

Character: Nikos!
Plot: Blackmail in Antiva
Wishes: my wish is to play dress up
Notes: this one is very good and I want to send two characters but I can't :(

Character: Darras!
Plot: Recon
Wishes: my wish is to pilgrim cosplay
Notes: the Anderfels sound like hell

[sarcophage]

Character: Leander
Plot: Delinquent Wizards in Not-France
Wishes: Lea rarely does any healing anymore, if there's an opportunity for that it would be cool
Notes: i'm going on a voyage to the stars from Sep 20 to Sep 30, and dislike doing phone tags unless it's network stuff, so will likely be slowing down then

[doneisdone]

Character: Teren
Plot: Reconderfels!
Wishes: grievously injure her, don't actually, can she please help bag the demon warden
Notes: you know what's up, she lives for this shit

[heorte]

Character: ellis
Plot: recon in the anderfels
Wishes: generally him just being present and being internally dying of guilt is satisfying to me.
Notes: first warden outing eyy

[hassaran]

Character: Yseult
Plot: Anderfels or Antiva
Wishes: Some sort of getaway that involves ridiculous costumes or hiding in baskets Indiana Jones style or something else along similarly silly lines.

Character: Nell
Plot: Orlais
Wishes: Doing some necessary but alarming magic accidentally in view of townspeople who are like NOPE would be fun.
Notes: No more than 2, 1 is fine