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WAR TABLE ASSIGNMENT: BANG AND BURN

THE PLAN: Reports that the pirate stronghold of Estwatch suffered collateral damage during the red lyrium sea monster attack on Ostwick, and the recent capture of two pirate ships by the Hercinian navy—whose crew might have benefitted from some mercy, someone could theoretically imply, had they not been in league with Tevinter's terrorism of the shipping lanes—suggests that now might be a good time to swing local pirate sentiment away from supporting Tevinter's naval presence in the south.

More importantly: Riftwatch has received intelligence identifying specific Venatori agents among the Estwatch pirates, and needs to root them out.

With all this in mind, Riftwatch is sending a small group to the pirate fortress of Estwatch to play a particularly prickly game of diplomacy in an effort to squash Tevene sympathies, recruit allies among the pirates, and hopefully effect (either personally or by proxy) some targeted murders to wipe out the Venatori among the community.

That's the plan, anyway. When they arrive, Riftwatch will find Estwatch on the eve of its own miniature civil war, with a number of prominent crews already in full revolt against the Venatori-aligned crews. Riftwatch will instead find themselves bolstering the revolt-in-progress, and getting to act with far more latitude than originally anticipated… but at what cost, and to whose benefit?

THE ACTION:
A plot log will be posted at the end of January with details about the setting, the situation, and some specific hooks for rp. The format for this is going to be something between a mingle log and not-a-mingle-log—no one will have specific assigned mini-missions, but there will be a number of setting-specific adventures your character can engage in. Flavor of the adventures will be prickly politicking, helping to sway the local opinion of neutral parties through gossip, feats of derring-do, and/or trickery, backroom wheeling and dealing (which may or may not end with a knife point), and some light exploration and skirmishing in a decrepit old fort.

More importantly, Riftwatch will be looking to cover a lot of ground and everyone will be expected to act with a certain degree of independence. So, 1) no one has to write big group threads unless they want to, and 2) you're welcome to say that your character did a thing on their own, and just rp talking about doing/having done the thing.

WHO'S COMING:
Flint, Silver + 4. As this was ICly intended to be both a diplomatic meeting among scoundrels and rooting out/dispensing with Venatori agents, priority will be given to characters who seem like they could either manage to do diplomacy with a bunch of murdering cutthroats or kill some Venatori (stealthily or otherwise).

WHEN IS THIS HAPPENING: End of Fantasy!January. Sign-ups are open through 1/24. Player character selections will be made, and the log will go up afterward. I'll file the report for this, so there's no fantasy paperwork to worry about.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Want to come along? Fill out the below form and comment to this thread. The four available slots will be allocated according to best IC suitability once sign-ups close after 1/24.

Character Name:
Character Division:
Suitability: Was your character selected to do diplomacy, stab a Venatori, or both? No need to get long with this; surely we all know each other by now.
If your character is tagging along for their offensive Venatori-murdering capabilities, do you want to be RNG'd for the potential to receive a special plot hook?: Y/N

Character Name: Loxley
Character Division: Scouting
Suitability: Loxley can do both stabbing and diplomacy. Experience with piratey settings as a bonus, as his brand of diplomacy is best suited to fellow criminals anyway.
If your character is tagging along for their offensive Venatori-murdering capabilities, do you want to be RNG'd for the potential to receive a special plot hook?: Y, though happy to err more towards diplomacy rather than action, I just also like to receive things.

Hello! A log has been posted, and the RNG has been spun. Congrats on being the lucky winner, one of us will be in touch via DM shortly.

Go forth and choose your own adventure, engage with the hooks and setting as you please. Any requests for bespoke hook generation can be dropped at the attached link, and one of us will be in touch. Any questions, leave them here!

Character Name: Gwenaëlle Baudin
Character Division: Forces
Suitability: Maximum stab times.
If your character is tagging along for their offensive Venatori-murdering capabilities, do you want to be RNG'd for the potential to receive a special plot hook?: Y

Hello! A log has been posted and the RNG has been spun. Thank you for your interest, but you are not tonight's lucky RNG winner.

However, you are free to go forth and choose your own adventure, engage with the hooks and setting as you please. Any requests for bespoke hook generation can be dropped at the attached link, and one of us will be in touch. Any questions, leave them here!

Character Name: Bastien
Character Division: Diplomacy
Suitability: Diplomacy with a capacity for stabbing if things go south.
If your character is tagging along for their offensive Venatori-murdering capabilities, do you want to be RNG'd for the potential to receive a special plot hook?: n/a

Hello! A log has been posted.

You are free to go forth and choose your own adventure, engage with the hooks and setting as you please. Any requests for bespoke hook generation can be dropped at the attached link, and one of us will be in touch. Any questions, leave them here!

Character Name: Lazar
Character Division: Scouting
Suitability: Murder, mostly the exploration/skirmishing variety.
If your character is tagging along for their offensive Venatori-murdering capabilities, do you want to be RNG'd for the potential to receive a special plot hook?: Nope

If you get more sign-ups after this, please kick me out of the running. Thanks!

Character Name: Yseult
Character Division: Scouting
Suitability: Mostly stabbing, but she does have some old contacts she could dig up, and there are people who might recognize a name of hers, for good/ill
If your character is tagging along for their offensive Venatori-murdering capabilities, do you want to be RNG'd for the potential to receive a special plot hook?: Y, but on the other hand you can also cut me entirely for being chronically unreliable I will not be mad

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Edited 2024-02-13 03:13 (UTC)

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