MOD POST ↠ March Assignments

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MARCH ASSIGNMENTS

Assignment teams and details will be posted and linked as they're determined.

↠ The Heart of the Matter: Bastien, Ellis, Wysteria
↠ Dramatical Cats, Diplomatical Cats: Gwenaëlle, Sabine, Jenny Lou
↠ The Best Shade Plans: Barrow, Marcoulf
↠ In the Nick of Thyme: Ilias, Matthias, John
↠ Tulipgit to Quit: Sawbones, Tavin
↠ How Do You Solve A Problem Like The Anders: Jenny Lou, Alistair, Ket
↠ Uncrossing the Crossroads: Richard, Loxley, Athessa, Yngvi
↠ In the Enemy's Grippe: Nikos, Derrica, Lino
↠ Join the Navy, They Said…: Bastien, Darras
↠ How to Train Your Draconology Expert: Julius, Fitcher

If you didn't sign up for assignments and wish you had, we'll have more next round (or sooner)! And if you did sign up for assignments and wish you hadn't, hahaha sucker.

Jk, just let us and your teammates know if you need to back out for any reason.

RULES

OOC, the only two rules regarding these assignments are: (1) they must be RPed in some way, not entirely handwaved, and (2) you have to file a report by the deadline. Otherwise, you can handle them basically however you want. For example,

— Format: You can write a log addressing the main action/meat of the assignment, handwave that and do a log or crystal post that’s instead focused on deciding what to do about the problem or discussing how it went after the fact, or whatever else, as long as you RP about the assignment’s substance in some way.

— Personnel: You can limit the assignment to only the assigned team, if you prefer, or you can take other people along, whether that means involving just one other specific character to go for some specific reason or turning the assignment into an open log/discussion that the whole game can participate in. Just make sure everyone on the team is on board with whatever you decide, and check with the relevant project leaders or division heads if you want to include someone whose suitability for something is in question, since they might not be willing to OK their inclusion.

— Content: If you want to add obstacles, problems, pit stops, etc. to your assignment, you can, as long as they’re reasonable given the scope and spirit of the assignment. For example, if your characters are tasked with finding a lost child in the woods, it’s fine for them to accidentally wander into a bear’s den or to get caught in a storm that causes a flash flood in a ravine, because those are hazards that make sense given the assignment and its setting, whereas finding a zany artifact that causes bodyswaps or assassinating Corypheus would be outside the scope.

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How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Anders

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TEAM: Jenny Lou, Alistair, Ket
REPORT DEADLINE: April 5, 2020

ASSIGNMENT: A team is tasked with sneaking Revered Mother Adalberta of Perendale (not present in the city at its capture, obviously) into the Anderfels to meet with Chantry leaders in Hossberg. As a native Ander who trained in Hossberg, it's believed that Adalberta's personal connections will help her accounts of the invasion be believed and convince the local Chantry leaders to help spread the truth and support resistance. Unbeknownst to the Revered Mother, the team is also smuggling a recently-retrieved eluvian into the city to facilitate future work.

DETAILS: Revered Mother Adalberta is about 60 and in good shape, the sort of woman who does lots of brisk walking and vigorous gardening. She'll bear the rigors of the road with good humor and resilience, and will do her best to help out and do her part rather than expecting to be waited on, though she'll occasionally need some assistance with the roughest terrain and obviously can't defend herself. She's a very earnest woman, but with a quietly dry sense of humor and clearly deeply troubled by the war and its impact on her homeland, which she hasn't visited in a few years.

Orders are that no one outside of Riftwatch is to learn of the eluvian, but that protecting Revered Mother Adalberta is the #1 priority. These goals may come into conflict at the border or when attempting to get into the city, forcing the team to risk either Adalberta or the eluvian or themselves in order to circumvent security. The team will need to keep watch while she meets with leaders at the local Chantry, but must also be careful to remain unobtrusive--not only do they need to avoid detection by local authorities, but they also don't want to give the impression that the Revered Mother is under any sort of duress. As long as they do that, the meeting will go well--Adalberta has several old friends among Hossberg's clergy, including now-Revered Mother Seguina (who it turns out is actually a distant cousin). It won't be an easy talk, they will speak for hours, late into the night, but in the end Adalberta's report will be that she thinks they believed her, even if they do still have some reservations. Ultimately, unless you'd prefer some form of failure, the team will get her back to Cumberland safely and the eluvian installed in a safely-hidden location in the city of your choice.

The authorities in Hossberg aren't particularly wary, because so far nobody has made much attempt to infiltrate the city, since it's so far away and who cares about the Anderfels. The native resistance is their main concern, and the group will see signs of its influence like those previously reported if they go looking, mostly in the form of wanted posters and graffiti, which most often takes the form of dead crowned griffons, quotes from the Chant, or the arms of House Augustin. The authorities also aren't dumb though, and Adalberta isn't a totally unknown figure, so if you'd like to add the complication of the government getting wind of her presence to force some escape hijinx, feel free.

QUESTIONS? If you have questions specific to your assignment, reply to this and we'll answer them. If you have general questions applicable to every assignment instead of just yours, ask here.