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faderiftooc2016-09-26 11:59 pm
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SINS OF THE FATHER - plotting post
Signups for Sins of the Father have closed, and the team has been selected!
The team: Raylan Gibbs, Adelaide Leblanc, Kaisa Daesun, Lex Luthor, Leliana, Kif Kroker, Bruce Not-Banner, Pamelia Islain, Christine Delacroix, Yngvi Congealedinagutterson
SETTLE IN FUCKERS CAUSE YOU GON READ TODAY
Okay so five phases. Phase 1 is interrogation. Phase 2 is evidence-gathering. Phase 3 is making arrests. Phase 4 is the hitch in the plan. Phase 5 is wrapping shit up and getting back to Skyhold. In the unlikely event that that’s not totally all you need, here’s what’s going down:
First of all, we’re going to split this into two parts. Phases 1 and 2 are happening in part 1. Once we have those reasonably completed, I’ll either make a new plot post or add to this one and ping everyone on plurk/discord (in fact I have a discord server set up that I should be inviting everyone to after they put up a comment here — if you don’t get an invite poke me!) and then the threads for part 2 will go up after that.
PHASE ONE: Everyone talks to an NPC. There are nine of you and nine NPCs, thanks plot convenience. (Raylan will have an interrogation too, but I’m not going to…DM a conversation with myself so I’m just gonna post that as kind of a narrative.)
This will be a “choose your own adventure” style thread with four “say this or that” choices to make. You’ll put a number in the subject line to indicate which choice you made, then write a tag around that. I have these threads pre-written and ready to go! This means I will be able to keep up with the threads and get tags out quickly. Unfortunately, it means characters will necessarily be somewhat restricted in actions they can take, but there is more than one way for most of the threads to turn out. It also means sometimes the conversation may not flow perfectly, but hopefully we’ll be able to stay in the neighborhood. Every tag is roughly a short paragraph in length, so don't feel you have to stretch it very far. I will be available for questions if you don’t understand the choices offered or what the logic behind them was. (I can't guarantee I will remember as I’ve been writing them since mid-August but I can try.)
Here's the list of available NPCs, in elevator pitch format. You’ll claim who you want in your comment below!
Bo Cropper - Large and in charge. An older man, patriarch of the Cropper clan, will basically spend the conversation affably menacing you.
Johnny Cropper - Actually has a legitimate income stream, being the owner of the tavern most of the locals go to. He's not actively involved, but bartenders pick up all kinds of tidbits.
Ava Cropper - Wife of a Cropper. Doesn't know a whole lot, but totally willing to give the Inquisition anything she has. Even and especially if it puts her husband in jail. (This thread carries a content warning for discussion and evidence of domestic violence.)
Arlo Gibbs - Raylan's father. Raylan specifically begged off talking to him, but will give whoever takes him a few warnings. A mean old man, but his mind is starting to go, and he might let things slip. Bo's second-in-command.
Dewey Cox - A low-level lackey. Extremely stupid. Wants you to know he's a badass, but doesn't have it down yet. Spills everything he knows.
Daryl Cox - Dewey's cousin. A lot smarter and a lot more dangerous. Likes to play games with the law, including you. Bo and Arlo's third-in-command. (This thread carries a content warning for Daryl being an incredible skeeze who is not above making empty sexualized threats.)
Cutter - a mid-level lackey. Not exactly bright, but smart enough to shut his maker-damned mouth. Will spend the entire conversation threatening you openly.
Conall - A local farmer. Doesn't know anything about the criminals, but knows these hills and this land like the back of his hand.
Sister Winifred - not involved directly, but she's lived in this town her whole life, and generally sympathetic to the Inquisition. Might be able and willing to help.
PHASE TWO: Evidence gathering! I have a list of evidence. Characters can split up however they want, probably in twos and threes, to search a few different places. There will be some light DMing for these threads, telling you what you’re finding, and it will be based on how hard characters search. How much unique evidence is found will affect the score of the quest! We’re also going to talk about this below so we’re not screwed if this falls lower on priorities.
Also, if anyone wants to volunteer, a couple of team members will be kidnapped at this time. DRAMATIC GASP. CLIFFHANGER. ETC.
Notes on scoring: Only part one will affect scoring, unless someone goes really out of their way to be nice or to be an asshole in part 2. The highest possible score is 50, with anything over 40 being considered a perfect score because it would be a pretty awesome coincidence if everyone got all the possible bonus points. The higher the score, the more stabilized Crestwood will be and (assuming the mods choose to use this) the easier it will be to claim that keep and deal with the rift later, which the mods have said won’t be happening until December at the very earliest.
So for threads, I’m thinking a top-level for each phase, plus one for misc stuff associated with each part — part one’s misc being stuff like having drinks in the tavern, the ride to Crestwood, etc, whatever else y’all can think of. Under these top-levels will be any specific threads, with the plot-significant stuff started by me and y’all can start what you want, idk, I’m not ur real mom.
LET’S ESTABLISH
all the shit in this form cause i like forms
CRESTWOOD PLOT 2: WHY IS IT ALWAYS FUCKING RAINING BOOGALOO
Picking up right where we left off!
PHASE THREE: Arrest the bastards. The team now has solid evidence that a local consortium of criminals is smuggling slaves through Crestwood, including kidnapping locals and people passing through for more chattel — that’s what happened to your team members. There’s a cave system that’s being used as the current hideout, so the team goes on a raid. Exactly how well this goes will depend on how this plotting post turns out. The Inquisition will, however, free a chunk of slaves and arrest a few lackeys and one high-level dude no matter what happens. (Incidentally, the high-level dude is Raylan’s father.) Based on your score so far, they'll get about half to two-thirds of the perpetrators, totaling fifteen to twenty people. The characters who got kidnapped will also be freed at this point, having been in the slavers’ custody for all of three hours, and basically physically fine (minus maybe a black eye or a skinned knee here and there).
The team will also have the option of rounding up some others who weren’t in the cave, if they’re not happy with how many arrests have been made.
PHASE FOUR: When the Inquisition goes to turn the criminals in, it turns out that Mayor Shady has ghosted. You’re not investigating the keep or the lake, but the Inquisition’s presence spooked him, so he’s run away and left a very vaguely-worded note. The town guard won’t do anything without him.
Then things really go to shit. The lake has been quiet so far, but while y’all were running around, the rift was cooking in the lake, and now it’s opened and there are waves and waves of corpses coming at you. I HEARD YOU LIKE COMBAT, BRO 8D
Injuries will be discussed below. A few of the criminals will be hurt or killed during this battle, particularly any who have needed to be restrained. (Raylan's father dies at this point.)
PHASE FIVE: Injured and rain-soaked (presumably someone tempted fate by saying “it couldn’t get any worse”), the team makes it with the surviving criminals back to camp. The team is aware they need to move now, before the undead regroup, but the criminals are struggling and fighting and determined to make life hard for everyone, and this is even apart from striking the camp, etc. The only immediately apparent option is to take them to Skyhold to await judgment, but Raylan suggests another way.
It’s going to take a lot of time and resources to travel a group of uncooperative criminals all the way back through the mountains. It would not take a lot of time and resources to slit their throats and drop their bodies in the lake. Or leave them at the site of the battle. Or haul them into the dragon’s territory. Basically, Raylan is advocating summarily executing these criminals (who, he will remind everyone, are slavers and murderers) and going the hell home. The criminals have made it clear by this point that they intend to fight like cornered rats every step of the way. Wouldn’t it be better not to waste resources on these assholes that could go to better things?
Whatever the outcome, they make the choice and flee back to Skyhold.
Edit: ALSO feel free to keep tagging your part 1 threads if you're not done! The score can still be affected by part 1 up until I submit the report which will be at the end of the month so we have time.
LET’S ESTABLISH REDUX
are you ready for another form bitches 8D (you don't actually have to use this now that we have a discord server BUT it's stuff to keep in mind)
The team: Raylan Gibbs, Adelaide Leblanc, Kaisa Daesun, Lex Luthor, Leliana, Kif Kroker, Bruce Not-Banner, Pamelia Islain, Christine Delacroix, Yngvi Congealedinagutterson
SETTLE IN FUCKERS CAUSE YOU GON READ TODAY
Okay so five phases. Phase 1 is interrogation. Phase 2 is evidence-gathering. Phase 3 is making arrests. Phase 4 is the hitch in the plan. Phase 5 is wrapping shit up and getting back to Skyhold. In the unlikely event that that’s not totally all you need, here’s what’s going down:
First of all, we’re going to split this into two parts. Phases 1 and 2 are happening in part 1. Once we have those reasonably completed, I’ll either make a new plot post or add to this one and ping everyone on plurk/discord (in fact I have a discord server set up that I should be inviting everyone to after they put up a comment here — if you don’t get an invite poke me!) and then the threads for part 2 will go up after that.
PHASE ONE: Everyone talks to an NPC. There are nine of you and nine NPCs, thanks plot convenience. (Raylan will have an interrogation too, but I’m not going to…DM a conversation with myself so I’m just gonna post that as kind of a narrative.)
This will be a “choose your own adventure” style thread with four “say this or that” choices to make. You’ll put a number in the subject line to indicate which choice you made, then write a tag around that. I have these threads pre-written and ready to go! This means I will be able to keep up with the threads and get tags out quickly. Unfortunately, it means characters will necessarily be somewhat restricted in actions they can take, but there is more than one way for most of the threads to turn out. It also means sometimes the conversation may not flow perfectly, but hopefully we’ll be able to stay in the neighborhood. Every tag is roughly a short paragraph in length, so don't feel you have to stretch it very far. I will be available for questions if you don’t understand the choices offered or what the logic behind them was. (I can't guarantee I will remember as I’ve been writing them since mid-August but I can try.)
Here's the list of available NPCs, in elevator pitch format. You’ll claim who you want in your comment below!
PHASE TWO: Evidence gathering! I have a list of evidence. Characters can split up however they want, probably in twos and threes, to search a few different places. There will be some light DMing for these threads, telling you what you’re finding, and it will be based on how hard characters search. How much unique evidence is found will affect the score of the quest! We’re also going to talk about this below so we’re not screwed if this falls lower on priorities.
Also, if anyone wants to volunteer, a couple of team members will be kidnapped at this time. DRAMATIC GASP. CLIFFHANGER. ETC.
Notes on scoring: Only part one will affect scoring, unless someone goes really out of their way to be nice or to be an asshole in part 2. The highest possible score is 50, with anything over 40 being considered a perfect score because it would be a pretty awesome coincidence if everyone got all the possible bonus points. The higher the score, the more stabilized Crestwood will be and (assuming the mods choose to use this) the easier it will be to claim that keep and deal with the rift later, which the mods have said won’t be happening until December at the very earliest.
So for threads, I’m thinking a top-level for each phase, plus one for misc stuff associated with each part — part one’s misc being stuff like having drinks in the tavern, the ride to Crestwood, etc, whatever else y’all can think of. Under these top-levels will be any specific threads, with the plot-significant stuff started by me and y’all can start what you want, idk, I’m not ur real mom.
all the shit in this form cause i like forms
CRESTWOOD PLOT 2: WHY IS IT ALWAYS FUCKING RAINING BOOGALOO
Picking up right where we left off!
PHASE THREE: Arrest the bastards. The team now has solid evidence that a local consortium of criminals is smuggling slaves through Crestwood, including kidnapping locals and people passing through for more chattel — that’s what happened to your team members. There’s a cave system that’s being used as the current hideout, so the team goes on a raid. Exactly how well this goes will depend on how this plotting post turns out. The Inquisition will, however, free a chunk of slaves and arrest a few lackeys and one high-level dude no matter what happens. (Incidentally, the high-level dude is Raylan’s father.) Based on your score so far, they'll get about half to two-thirds of the perpetrators, totaling fifteen to twenty people. The characters who got kidnapped will also be freed at this point, having been in the slavers’ custody for all of three hours, and basically physically fine (minus maybe a black eye or a skinned knee here and there).
The team will also have the option of rounding up some others who weren’t in the cave, if they’re not happy with how many arrests have been made.
PHASE FOUR: When the Inquisition goes to turn the criminals in, it turns out that Mayor Shady has ghosted. You’re not investigating the keep or the lake, but the Inquisition’s presence spooked him, so he’s run away and left a very vaguely-worded note. The town guard won’t do anything without him.
Then things really go to shit. The lake has been quiet so far, but while y’all were running around, the rift was cooking in the lake, and now it’s opened and there are waves and waves of corpses coming at you. I HEARD YOU LIKE COMBAT, BRO 8D
Injuries will be discussed below. A few of the criminals will be hurt or killed during this battle, particularly any who have needed to be restrained. (Raylan's father dies at this point.)
PHASE FIVE: Injured and rain-soaked (presumably someone tempted fate by saying “it couldn’t get any worse”), the team makes it with the surviving criminals back to camp. The team is aware they need to move now, before the undead regroup, but the criminals are struggling and fighting and determined to make life hard for everyone, and this is even apart from striking the camp, etc. The only immediately apparent option is to take them to Skyhold to await judgment, but Raylan suggests another way.
It’s going to take a lot of time and resources to travel a group of uncooperative criminals all the way back through the mountains. It would not take a lot of time and resources to slit their throats and drop their bodies in the lake. Or leave them at the site of the battle. Or haul them into the dragon’s territory. Basically, Raylan is advocating summarily executing these criminals (who, he will remind everyone, are slavers and murderers) and going the hell home. The criminals have made it clear by this point that they intend to fight like cornered rats every step of the way. Wouldn’t it be better not to waste resources on these assholes that could go to better things?
Whatever the outcome, they make the choice and flee back to Skyhold.
Edit: ALSO feel free to keep tagging your part 1 threads if you're not done! The score can still be affected by part 1 up until I submit the report which will be at the end of the month so we have time.
are you ready for another form bitches 8D (you don't actually have to use this now that we have a discord server BUT it's stuff to keep in mind)
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NPC: Allow me to be the first 'give me the leftovers' or whatever, Lex is uh. Pretty used to talking to criminals.
How hard will your character search for evidence? It. Depends? If the painted picture is interesting, then y totally a mystery to ferret out. If it looks like an ~open and shut case~ he'll probably stop caring. Since he's really only here to polish swords. (Yes.)
Do you want to get kidnapped? If you need a dude, sure. He is ...absolutely not a combatant, but he is not above cheap shots in terms of self-defense, so uh. Just. Don't break any of his bones or remove anything from his body, please?
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NPC: Ava Cropper because hello darkness my old friend
How hard will your character search for evidence? GOTTA BE THOROUGH IN UR WORK
Do you want to get kidnapped? We already talked about this :U
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NPC: Sister Winifred
How hard will your character search for evidence? Not very. She'll just tag along with a few people and search where they tell her to.
Do you want to get kidnapped? Sure.
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NPC: Dewey Cox is the top preference here, because Kif knows arrogant bluffing dumbasses very well, but he'd be interesting with anyone who would threaten him. Basically I'm pretty open but those would be the coolest in my books.
How hard will your character search for evidence? He's indirectly familiar with Gaspard thanks to Zapp, but even more familiar with Zapp and how people can weasel their way out of anything that isn't airtight. He'll search to make sure the case is good.
Do you want to get kidnapped? Yes. Kif is barely a warrior, and it's the story of his life that if something goes wrong he gets the bum end of the stick, hee.
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NPC: Bo Cropper but whoever is fine
How hard will your character search for evidence? SHE LOVES FACTS SHE'LL SLAY FOR EVIDENCE
Do you want to get kidnapped? prooooobably not but if you are short someonr I'll toss her in
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NPC: ARLO FUCKING GIBBS
How hard will your character search for evidence? No stone goes unturned
Do you want to get kidnapped? Yes!
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NPC: i wanna say daryl cox but with the mention that she will be 100% more likely to beat his ass like a drum than get any information out of him. Cutter is probably better if you just want her to spend a lot of time beating her chest.
How hard will your character search for evidence? She'll do perfunctory searches and listen to what other people think. If it looks clear cut, she might just be like "why are we wasting our time lets bag this fuckalope"
Do you want to get kidnapped? I want Kaisa to rescue everyone heroically and have them all swoon at her biceps.
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NPC: Johnny or Cutter; whoever is least likely to want to deal with a filth demon
How hard will your character search for evidence? In his own special way? Decentlyish. Since Yngvi has basically been a criminal from birth but he also exists in the refuge of audacity.
Do you want to get kidnapped? Yes. Because he is the most annoying creature in the known universe/most likely to try to chew his way out. (Yngvi why are you like this)
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NPC: Dewey Cox, with possible Daryl if no one else gets him because I'm awful.
How hard will your character search for evidence? Pam is nosy nosykins so yeah she'll be looking for physical evidence
Do you want to get kidnapped? Nah someone has to be on the rescue squad.
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Do you want to get hurt in the corpse battle? I'm down, and I'm fine if it's serious, as long as the healers make sure she isn't injured to the point she can't move :V
What’s your character’s opinion on killing the criminals? Kaisa leans heavily towards not fucking around with the law, and she'll be a little iffy on just killing the criminals. She'll probably suggest sending a message via crystal to the Inquisition asking their opinion, but if worse comes to worse, she'll point out that if the criminals try to attack them, fighting back would just be self defense. However, she'll try to stay on the lawful side of things.
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Do you want to get hurt in the corpse battle? Again sign him up he is a smol sturdy dwarf despite being the sleek sexy model
What’s your character’s opinion on killing the criminals? Look, Yngvi is 1. Carta and 2. a mercenary so like...he will probably shrug and want to swing beartraps at them for daring to even breath at Lex. He'll be all for killing them because he is a filthdemon who doesn't even care, no one is going to care about criminals anyway stop being buzzkillingtons about killing people.
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Do you want to get hurt in the corpse battle? Sure
What’s your character’s opinion on killing the criminals? Do it. At this point she'll be out of fucks to give.
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Do you want to get hurt in the corpse battle? See above
What’s your character’s opinion on killing the criminals? BRUCE FEELS BAD but they did do some pretty bad shit tbh. If they can manage it sure, but if they do attack first then. Well. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Bruce is also not above keeping them in line with his fancy fire magic though, so maybe something else can be arranged.
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Do you want to get hurt in the corpse battle? I'm fine with Kif being hurt or not!
What’s your character’s opinion on killing the criminals? While he doesn't feel strongly about it, Kif would point out that they're there as part of the Inquisition and not on their own authority. If they kill them, they get some satisfaction, but they don't really make any lasting changes.
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Do you want to get hurt in the corpse battle? He's gonna be at like ranged distance so maybe?
What’s your character’s opinion on killing the criminals? Lex probably prefers alive with hideously ruined lives but he's. Probably not going to say that aloud because that would make him sound like a sociopath.
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Do you want to get hurt in the corpse battle? Nah this healer will be a busy with the healing
What’s your character’s opinion on killing the criminals? Pamelia thinks that being forced to live with what they've done, plus future repercussions MIGHT be worth dragging their asses back to the Inquisition. ALSO they might know wtf is up with the mayor skipping out.
She won't like, defend their right to live or anything, she doesn't care that much.
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OBVIOUSLY that's how you teach someone not to fuck with you. Dead people don't learn anything.