event 02 plotting

[thestewards]

A month has passed in the real world and in the game world, and that means it's once again time for something to go hideously wrong.

This month, Strangers arrive peacefully. They sleep through the night, and wake to a household that did not expect more of them. They have the day to grow acclimated to Draega. It's not enough time, but the Guilds and the Council don't care about anyone's comfort but their own. In the early evening, some of the Blood sabotage the power plant northwest of the city. At the same time, a group of angry landens confronts Councilwoman Vera while she's out with her family.

You can read the full event here. The post is currently locked for responses and will open at 8PM EST on the 21st. Take this time to talk to each other about what you're interested in doing and accomplishing in this event.

Questions should be asked here. Strangers are welcome to speak with Loren or Allairavar after breakfast. You may request a thread using our NPC request form. Comment to the appropriate character's top-level. For events like this, simply let us know which of your prompts you'd like the NPC to respond to. You may drive the power plant workers and cityfolk as you please.

Some additional information…

► Strangers at the Queen's Residence will have noticed that more and more often, they are served porridge, simple breads, and fruit of questionable quality at breakfast. There is enough food for everyone, but it's not very tasty.

► At the power plant, Master Elektric Doriah will give Strangers the support they need to get her people out. Inside, there are about 50 landen workers. Each Stranger can save up to three workers. Most of them are trapped in shields of Purple Dusk or lighter. The line managers and overseers are trapped behind Green shields. To free them, you will need to at least wear the Green or use the Breakers donated by Doriah. Anyone trapped in a shield is slowly running out of air as well as overheating. It's not a great feeling.

► The mods will be reading these threads to see how many workers, line managers, and overseers are saved (don't worry about how many of each there are). This will have an impact on faction influence in the future.

► Power will be restored in Draega within a day or two.

► It is common knowledge that Councilwoman Vera loudly dislikes the Guilds. Strangers who have been in Draega for the past month will have heard her position over the Far-casters: if the Guilds are willing to burn the homes of their own people, then they should be willing to fix those homes without assistance of the Blood. The Guilds pursue progress for the sake of progress, polluting the land, river, and air around the city even more than it already is. She accuses the Transport and Tinker Guilds regularly of actively destroying the land, and she has suggested on multiple occasions that the research of the landen Medicos isn't something even the Blood would consider ethical.

► As long as characters are in proximity to Muters, they have no access to any of their powers. They will need to rely on skills that have nothing to do with their supernatural powers. This means that Superman will not have superhuman strength or the ability to fly, and those who can naturally use magic will not be able to. Learned skills (which are those not augmented or inhibited by a Jewel) are not impacted.

► Players have 10 comments (5 each) to diffuse the tensions between landens and Blood in Death of a Councilwoman before the locals become violent. You are welcome to calm people down or let them riot as you please, but the mods will be reading these threads to see if the conflict is resolved peacefully or not. This will have a definite impact on influence in the future.

How will these threads impact influence? Don't worry about that for now. Let your character do what they think is right in these situations. Influence for January will be posted next week when we change over influence jobs for the month. The results of character actions in this event will become apparent in March.

After this event…

► New players can assume that characters know all the information given in the info pages. Whether you handwave a conversation with random NPCs or assume that Loren answered your characters' questions, as of the end of the event all PCs have been informed of the landen Guilds, the Ebon Council, and the state of the world.

► Characters may move out of the Queen's Residence and establish their homes elsewhere. Many buildings in the city are empty and in need of repairs, but no one will stop Strangers from moving in.

► Any one who remains at the Queen's Residence will receive a modest stipend, enough to cover food and drink. Loren will make clear that Strangers who do not live at the residence will not be afforded this money but also that Strangers who do stay are considered part of the Queen's court in as much as actions they take will reflect back on the court.

► Allairavar reminds everyone who chooses to stay at the residence that if you live with the court, you practice with the court. He expects all the Strangers who stay to be on the practice fields with everyone else at dawn. To those who are reticent, he explains that no one needs to learn how to fight only how to defend long enough for help (he seems to imply himself) to arrive.

Comments

GENERAL QUESTIONS

[thestewards]

[mekhanikos]

I wasn't sure whether to ask this here or on the NPC request page, but here we go.

After the power plant has been stopped from exploding entirely, Leo would ask Master Elektric Doriah whether they need help with getting the plant and the e-line working again. He'd be willing to explain why he thinks he'd be able to help, or demonstrate his technological/mechanical gifts to prove it. Would his help be accepted?

[thestewards]

It absolutely would! If you'd like to leave it at that summary, you're welcome to. Otherwise, if you post a simple NPC interaction request, we can give you a response from Doriah.

Regardless, Leo will gain influence with the landen Guilds for his willingness to help.

[mekhanikos]

I went ahead and posted the request, thank you!

[sunborne]

I'm not sure this is where I can ask my question so please forgive me in advance!!

Daylight is planning to leave the Queen's Residence since he doesn't feel comfortable taking up space and supplies in the wake of what happened at the power plant and the Last Meal. Plus he wants to be more involve with the city's people after seeing what happened at the Power Plant so. Would he be able to make a deal of sorts with one of the Guilds to work for them in exchange for housing or something like that?

He's good at scouting and at the arts, in terms of immediate useful talents. Not to mention very tall and strong. I know it's mentioned that many buildings are empty and in need of repairs, so Daylight can take one for himself but he wouldn't feel comfortable doing that since the buildings could be used for families or useful facilities. Is there any Guild that'll be interested in accepting Day's offer of work for housing?

[thestewards]

The Medico, Tinker, Elektriline, and Crafter Guilds will fight for Daylight, yes. The Tinkers and Elektrics are very interested in politely taking him apart and finding out how he works as a combination of machine and man. The Medicos want the same, but there's just something unsettling about Master Medico Lam that will give Daylight pause. Likewise, the Crafter Guild wants Daylight with them because, wow, they have someone who's Blood willingly offering themselves up! A day of work will be so many tests to find out how Craft works!

His up the NPC interaction page under the general tab once you decide which Guild Daylight would like (or if you'd like more on how they try to woo him), and we'll give you some information on what might be expected of him. And how the losing Guilds will take it.

[sunborne]

Daylight is used to new faces wanting to poke at his bits so this is kind of fine. :'>

Thank you so much for the answers, mods! This was a delightful surprise of an answer to get! I'm heading off to bed now, but I definitely will hit up the General section of the NPC interaction page to have Daylight ICly ask questions about the Guilds! He'll want to help but... he also wants to be in one piece, so please have mercy on him.

(Also I love that Daylight can be unsettled by Master Medico Lam. Following the grand tradition of his mother's family being very suspicious of any medical professionals.)

I have a couple!

[hardlyanangel]

The first:
In the Death of a CouncilWoman option how bent out of shape would Alairavar get if she also went after the supposed assassin? I was thinking with, likely several Strangers around, that she would view retrieving him would be Ann important thing for a couple of reasons.

The second:
Muters. I get the gist, but with her using her jewel fueled powers to glamour her wings would it be safe to say that her glamours would drop in their presence? And since flight is 'natural' for her, would she still be able to as well? I know, kind of picking at nits, though I'm still working through jewel->ability impact with her in my head, so any further details would be grand to read.

[thestewards]

1. Yes, Aithne may assist Allairavar, but he will not be too thrilled about it. We want to wait a day to see if other players express interest in chasing down the young man. If no, Spade will reach out to you directly. If yes, we'll loop everyone in with the plan.

2. Muters come in two varieties: large ones that are complicated to install and require e-line power. The advantage to these is that they cover a larger space (about 900 square feet) and can always be turned on. The small, portable muters cover about a 10 square foot area and can hold a charge no more than an hour at most.

Craft cannot be performed inside a muter's area of effect. Craft that is created and maintained from outside that area of effect will still work inside it. For example, if Verim shields Allairavar and Allairavar plunges into a fight in an area effected by a muter while Verim remains outside, that shield will hold. Allairavar would not be able to use his own Craft or Jewel inside that area of effect.

Likewise, since all of Aithne's superhuman powers come from her Jewel, none of them will work inside of a muter's AOE.

[hardlyanangel]

1. Groovy. It seemed an interesting detail to me.

2.That makes a bit more sense to me, so thanks! The magic/Craft bit is easy as well as any extra strength/whatever stat, it was the flying part that was my main concern because it could be both 'biological' and 'magic/craft assisted' (the entire physics of it).

[thestewards]

2.) It is stated in BJT that Eyriens use some Craft to aid their flight. Whether or not PCs have the same limitation we will largely leave up to the players. The only exception would be if they are attempting to do something extraordinary (for example fly as as fast as a jet) then that would require Jewel power.

If you would, set up a thread in the event log of Aithne going after Allairavar and either link it here or on the NPC page!

[hardlyanangel]

2. Yea, that was kind of my thinking. And the exception makes sense to me (and I could even make a good argument for more tightening).

Here you go, if there is something horrible about it, let me know and I'll fix it