WAR TABLE ASSIGNMENTS: COASTING AROUND

[katabasis]

WAR TABLE ASSIGNMENT(s): COASTING AROUND

WHAT: A series of mixed-division (and mixed-project) assignments focused on sea-faring faction building, resource acquisition, and strengthening Riftwatch's intelligence network along the Waking Sea. See comments for specific mission details and sign-ups.

These are 'odd-job' style assignments that are either meant to be done by a small (2-3) number of characters or styled as mingle logs for ease of play.

HOW: You'll be provided with a brief overview of the goals/stakes/potential complications of each mission, but will otherwise be expected to set up their logs/conduct the missions as you see fit. Everything is fairly open ended and/or low stakes, so if presented with a choice of A path or B path, the selection won't affect that mission itself but it will affect future endeavors/the world state.

WHO: Forces Division + Everyone Else

WHEN: OOCly, sign-ups for this close at midnight on July 18th. Assignments will be rngd and additional details distributed in the next 48-ish hours. This sign-up window is purposefully long so you can have a chance to plan given the density of mod plot related activities this month.

ICly, you're welcome to date these however is convenient given the ongoing Free Marches invasion. If you want to backdate it and say your characters were sent to do this before Tevinter's invasion into the Marches, feel free. If you want to say this is part of the work they're doing during the invasion (although some assignments will lend better to this than others), then you're welcome to assume that Tony (for anything +Research or Especially Forces-y), Byerly (for anything +Diplomacy or +Scouting), or Julius (for "Into The Woods") are giving the orders. And if you want to hold ICly off until after Flint has time to come back from being missing, that's okay too.

The only important part is that reports for each assignment be filed no later than September 19th as the outcome of these will affect future war table assignments to come.

Comments

[tender]

PLAYER: eppy
CHARACTER: derrica
CHARACTER'S DIVISION: forces
MAIN OR SIDE CHARACTER?: main

[katabasis]

A raven from out of the occupied city of Val Chevin has been tracked to a most unusual roost: the boat of a coastal fisherman who plies his trade between Jader and the promontory directly south of the city. Derrica (and her +1, if you choose to write something where she needs a sidekick) will need to apprehend this fisherman, preferably while he is in possession of one of Val Chevins ravens so that the bird can be used to send false information to whoever is waiting for it to return to the city.

Regardless of how Derrica approaches the situation, she will discover that sending messages back into the city will be a complicated undertaking: it appears all the messages going to and from the city are written in elaborate code. On the plus side, the fisherman is in possession of a Venatori signal encryption book.

The fisherman will need to be creatively disappeared (either willingly or unwillingly - exactly how stubborn this fisherman, if he has any partners in fishing and crime, etc, is totally up to you) in order to conceal from the Venatori that one of their signal books has fallen into enemy hands.

Be prepared to include a summary of her findings and decisions in a group report which will be due by September 19th.

[katabasis]

Hey there! This is your casual reminder to get with Cami and MJ to hash out a group report summarizing the findings for this; this is due September 19th.

PS. After posting this, I realized you and MJ are scattered all over this so consider this your reminder for the other assignments under this umbrella too (and thank you jumping on all of this!)