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faderiftooc2016-06-13 06:46 pm
serannas) wrote in faderiftooc2016-06-13 06:46 pm
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info post: closed elven ruins player plot
Hey, guys! I asked around on Plurk for some volunteers among Ellana's friends to go on a trip with her where they will explore an elven ruin. This post is just a place where I'll divulge all the info for the players involved.
WHO: Ellana Ashara, Sam Gareth, Korrin Ataash, Beleth Ashara, Mal Reynolds, Katniss Everdeen, Galadriel
WHERE: Emprise du Lion
WHEN: mid or late June (now is the time to let me know if you have a preference!)
This all came about from a suggestion from Blackwall. He said if you want to explore elven ruins, just go, and gather herbs for the Inquisition while you're out there so you're still doing something for the Inquisition. Ellana will approach each of the characters involved and ask them two questions: "Would you like to go back to Emprise du Lion with me to gather rare herbs for the Inquisition?" and "Would you be willing to explore an elven ruin with me while we're there?"
The characters should gear up and prepare for anything, because who knows what dangers lie in an ancient ruin? In reality, the trip will be pretty simple and pretty short, just leading up to a bigger plot later! I've borrowed a few ideas from the Dead Hand cave but without that pillar and arrows thing. On entering, there are lots of nooks and crannies to explore. They'll find several dead Tevinter explorers early on (and you can loot them if you want), but in the beginning it's just wall paintings and statues. In another room, there will be a floor tile puzzle (like from the Temple of Mythal) and on completing it, a gate will open to reveal a lever in an alcove. Throwing the lever will shut the person inside the alcove, but open another gate with a lever. Throwing that lever will open the first gate, freeing the first person, but closing the second gate. This will repeat a couple of times until the final lever is pulled (the last person isn't locked in, woo) and a big, impressive door opens to reveal loot.
Oh, no, wait. It reveals walking corpses! So our merry band will need to defeat the corpses before seeing that the room contains a loot box. Of course trying to open the loot box doesn't actually open it; that'd be too simple! Touching the box summons a Revenant guarding it, and he'll need to be defeated before the box unlocks to reveal...
...a journal. This journal contains clues as to the final resting place of the Sulevin Blade, so in the future (once they make sense of the clues), there will be another plot to visit the Cradle of Sulevin and recover the blade fragments (which Ellana and Katniss will take charge of together).
So! To sum up:
— One person needs to do the floor puzzle.
— Four people need to do the gates and levers puzzle.
— Everybody can fight corpses and NPC it ourselves.
— Everybody can fight the Revenant. Please let me know if you'd be willing to have your character be the one grabbed by the Revenant and I can RNG for the lucky character! Your characters' injuries from the corpses and Revenant are up to you.
— There will be no tag order, in the interest of keeping things moving. Please let us know on Plurk if you want to get a tag in, but just can't do it at the moment, so we can wait.
The final things, I will need from you guys:
— Let me know if you have a schedule that requires this plot be posted on a certain date.
— Let me know if you want separate top level threads for gathering herbs, first exploring the ruin and puzzles, and the fighting at the end (so three threads that are one after the other chronologically), or it to be done as all one linear narrative.
If you have any questions for me, drop them below.
WHO: Ellana Ashara, Sam Gareth, Korrin Ataash, Beleth Ashara, Mal Reynolds, Katniss Everdeen, Galadriel
WHERE: Emprise du Lion
WHEN: mid or late June (now is the time to let me know if you have a preference!)
This all came about from a suggestion from Blackwall. He said if you want to explore elven ruins, just go, and gather herbs for the Inquisition while you're out there so you're still doing something for the Inquisition. Ellana will approach each of the characters involved and ask them two questions: "Would you like to go back to Emprise du Lion with me to gather rare herbs for the Inquisition?" and "Would you be willing to explore an elven ruin with me while we're there?"
The characters should gear up and prepare for anything, because who knows what dangers lie in an ancient ruin? In reality, the trip will be pretty simple and pretty short, just leading up to a bigger plot later! I've borrowed a few ideas from the Dead Hand cave but without that pillar and arrows thing. On entering, there are lots of nooks and crannies to explore. They'll find several dead Tevinter explorers early on (and you can loot them if you want), but in the beginning it's just wall paintings and statues. In another room, there will be a floor tile puzzle (like from the Temple of Mythal) and on completing it, a gate will open to reveal a lever in an alcove. Throwing the lever will shut the person inside the alcove, but open another gate with a lever. Throwing that lever will open the first gate, freeing the first person, but closing the second gate. This will repeat a couple of times until the final lever is pulled (the last person isn't locked in, woo) and a big, impressive door opens to reveal loot.
Oh, no, wait. It reveals walking corpses! So our merry band will need to defeat the corpses before seeing that the room contains a loot box. Of course trying to open the loot box doesn't actually open it; that'd be too simple! Touching the box summons a Revenant guarding it, and he'll need to be defeated before the box unlocks to reveal...
...a journal. This journal contains clues as to the final resting place of the Sulevin Blade, so in the future (once they make sense of the clues), there will be another plot to visit the Cradle of Sulevin and recover the blade fragments (which Ellana and Katniss will take charge of together).
So! To sum up:
— One person needs to do the floor puzzle.
— Four people need to do the gates and levers puzzle.
— Everybody can fight corpses and NPC it ourselves.
— Everybody can fight the Revenant. Please let me know if you'd be willing to have your character be the one grabbed by the Revenant and I can RNG for the lucky character! Your characters' injuries from the corpses and Revenant are up to you.
— There will be no tag order, in the interest of keeping things moving. Please let us know on Plurk if you want to get a tag in, but just can't do it at the moment, so we can wait.
The final things, I will need from you guys:
— Let me know if you have a schedule that requires this plot be posted on a certain date.
— Let me know if you want separate top level threads for gathering herbs, first exploring the ruin and puzzles, and the fighting at the end (so three threads that are one after the other chronologically), or it to be done as all one linear narrative.
If you have any questions for me, drop them below.
Just general stuff
And completely willing to be grabbed by Revenant.
Glad to pull any lever.
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Separate top-levels sound good to me.
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I highly recommend for the sake of moving things along and keeping momentum going that you go with subthreads for each area.
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I'm good with this starting this weekend, but waiting doesn't bother me much, either.
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