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faderiftooc2021-09-06 12:53 pm
propulsion) wrote in faderiftooc2021-09-06 12:53 pm
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war table scouting/research misson: operation WARSHIP.
Operation WARSHIP is a joint effort by the Research and Scouting divisions to identify scholars who are assisting the Venatori in their pursuit of the Seven Gates, so that Riftwatch can watch them, figure out what they're doing, and ultimately get ahead of them.
Stage One of this mission involves building out the list of scholars whose work might be relevant.
We'll be doing this by searching information about personnel from sources like Circles, the dwarven Ambassadoria, or university archives—particularly those in the Tevinter Imperium. These will be infiltration missions conducted by small teams with maximum secrecy to make sure that the enemy doesn't become aware that Riftwatch is doing this. Because these missions require both spy skills to get into these places and nerd skills to find the right information without tearing the place apart, we'll be pairing up members of Scouting with members of Research. (Members of other Divisions with relevant skills are welcome to sign up, but we will be prioritizing Research and Scouting. Characters who have not actually joined Riftwatch and are not members of any division will not be permitted on these missions.)
OOCly, our plan is to tailor these assignments somewhat to fit the skill-sets and interests of those of you who sign up. We'll provide each team with a location and its unique risks and challenges; it will then be up to you two to tell us how you want to approach it and we'll let you know the likely outcomes (and, depending on how things shake out, possibly offer a little GMing/NPCing). You can then go forth and RP whatever parts of it are fun for you.
Sign-ups will close end of day Thursday, 9/9. We'll be getting the initial write-ups out by the weekend, with the goal that you can be ready to start RPing by mid-month. Reports will be due no later than the end of October (but the earlier the better!).
These assignments are designed to lead into a Stage Two, which will have separate sign-ups but build on the work your characters do here. The overall aim is for Riftwatch to eventually get a grip on a major part of the mod plot by acquiring new sources of information about the Gates and what the Venatori are up to so that they can start working directly to stop them. Because this is key to on-going plot and meant to be built on, we're going to be pretty strict with report deadlines and keeping things moving, and will do what we can on our side as well to support you!
Sign ups can be found in the comments below. And you'll have to ask Tony personally what WARSHIP stands for.
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Character: Allumin
Division: Research
Spy skills:
[-] Breaking and entering (Gaseous Form and/or Darkness may be useful for these)
[x] Forgery and/or disguises
[ ] Interviews and interrogation
[ ] Social engineering (deception, cover identities, cultivating connections, etc.)
[x] Surveillance (places, people, etc.)
[ ] Parkour
[ ] Something we missed?
Nerd skills:
[ ] Alchemy
[ ] Ancient (Thedosian) languages
[x] Archival research
[-x] Fade and/or rift studies (depending on how much data/research there is to catch up on, would say his familiarity would be more middling than high)
[-] History (he's been spending a lot of time studying Thedosian history but I'd say there's still plenty of stuff he hasn't learned yet. Has been focusing more on ancient history than recent stuff though, if that helps to narrow his scope.)
[-] Magical artifacts and/or devices (familiar as a concept/practice from home but still learning traits and workings of Thedosian stuff)
[x] Magical theory
[ ] Something we missed?
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Grigorios Hanniwald, a renowned Nevarran researcher and collector of all things Ancient Age, has died, and his heirs are auctioning off much of his library and collection to cover the apparently massive debts he accrued over the years in acquiring it. Riftwatch has identified a number of potentially interesting books and artifacts but doesn't have the funds to persuade the owners to part with them pre-auction.
This sale is likely to attract a decent crowd from around Thedas but not an especially glittering one, with its contents being of interest primarily to academics and fellow collectors. The auction is being held at the Spannagel auction house in Cumberland, formerly the most prestigious auction house in Nevarra but now only the fourth or fifth most prestigious. Fortunately for Riftwatch, this means its security has lapsed, although how much is unknown.
Ellie and Allumin are assigned to attend the auction with two objectives. The first objective is finding a way to get a closer look at the most interesting lots, ideally with enough time to pore over them for useful information before they're sold. The second is finding out who else is trying to buy these things so that Riftwatch can determine whether they're enemy agents.
How they approach their first objective is up to you. They could break in somehow, or try to finesse their way in by posing as potential customers, or representatives of customers, who wish to look at the lot in more detail. Please respond to this comment after conferring among yourselves about how Ellie and Allumin will approach this task.
We will respond with further information, and then outline the set up and outcomes of the second objective of observing the auction.
Lastly, it's important to Riftwatch that nothing they do be traceable back to the organization and that they avoid tipping off any potential enemy agents to their interest, since the Venatori don't presently know that Riftwatch knows about the Gates (as far as we know). (Stealing the items of interest is therefore discouraged, since Riftwatch already tried to buy them and failed and so would be an obvious suspect.)
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