EVENT #12: INVOCATION - COORDINATION POST (PART 1)

[abraxasmods]

Event #12 - COORDINATION (1)

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This post is for coordination to prevent the IC Event Log from being overrun by OOC mod and player communications. Forms and instructions are available in this post.

Use this post to:

◎ Coordinate event plots with the mods
◎ Request a mod dice roll
◎ Submit noticeable actions
◎ Write rapid IC exchanges
◎ Investigate a plot point or track ongoing investigations

If you have any questions, see the Questions thread on the OOC Plotting Post.

Available Forms

For details on each form, see the sections below.
Be sure to reply under your assigned category if applicable.

Mod Communications

If you have an idea related to the event plot, communicate and coordinate with us here. This includes NPC meetings, requesting resources, destroying the environment, or anything else that may require mod permission. If we can't accommodate a request for any reason, we'll do our best to offer an alternative!

Contact Us

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Randomization Request

Request a mod dice roll at any time for outcomes and consequences. Some actions require a dice roll to proceed, such as attacking an acolyte NPC or attempting to break anything major in the environment (chains, doors, walls). If you aren't sure, you can check with us.

Request here

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Action:</b> (Describe what your character is attempting to do and how) <b>Thread:</b> <a href="urlhere">Thread</a> (Link to the thread where this is taking place) <b>Notes:</b> (Anything else)

Notable Actions

Submit notable actions that are likely to gain attention from other players, such as fights or disturbances.

Submit a notable action

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>When:</b> (Approximately when is this incident taking place?) <b>Where:</b> (Where is this incident taking place?) <b>What:</b> (Describe the incident) <b>Link:</b> <a href="urlhere">Thread</a> (If applicable. Actions can be submitted without a thread if they're minor, such as if your character snores loudly every night.)

IC Exchanges

Use this option for interactions you'd like to play out, but setting up a standard IC thread would be impracticable. For instance, if your character wants to speak to several people about an event they witnessed together, you might want to do an IC exchange.

Treat this like an informal IC network thread done in person, where character reactions, snippets of dialogue, and other details can be quickly played out and concluded in-game without committing to a full log thread. Exchanges are game canon and can count towards Activity Check under the category of a Network thread.

Start an IC exchange

Using the provided form is optional. Begin a thread freeform if you prefer.

<b>Where & when:</b> (Where and when is this exchange taking place?) <b>Purpose:</b> (What's the reason for this exchange?) <b>THREAD START</b> (Write the scenario, your character's actions, and any dialogue as usual)

Investigations

Several investigation paths are available for characters to interact with. Each assignment group will have their own set of investigation paths. You can investigate something as many times as you want, as long as there's a reasonable explanation for your character making their second attempt. Interacting with investigations might carry IC consequences. We'll try to telegraph when characters are at high risk of triggering something major. To investigate, fill out the form, then comment under the item you're investigating.

Interact with an Investigation

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Other characters involved:</b> <b>Action:</b> (Describe what your character is attempting to do and how. If multiple characters are taking action, include their actions.) <b>Thread:</b> <a href="urlhere">Thread</a> (Link to a top level or any other relevant threads. This is so we can review what the characters involved have been doing to best flavor the investigation outcome for you!) <b>Notes:</b> (Anything else)

Comments

meeting w/ ambrose

[sorser]

[He has plenty to discuss with Ambrose, so much that he has to take a minute to get his thoughts in order before he requests an audience with the High Mage. Wherever he might find him once called upon, there is a haste in Stephen's step; and a tiredness shadowing his features.

The latter, these days, is perhaps nothing new.]

I'm sure you've noticed one of the Thaumametors spiking in activity. That's us. Yennefer and I have been trying our hands at a locator spell, and the results are...

[He hesitates to say "promising". It sounds almost too hopeful, and he doesn't want to set himself up for disappointment.]

Well, they have potential.

[abraxasnpcs]

[ Ambrose is equally frazzled, which is no surprise to anyone who has been around the castle. The appearance of his sister has deepened the lines around his face and pulled his lips further downward than his usual frown. A meeting with Stephen is a welcome excuse to separate himself from her.

As expected, Stephen gets right to the point. ]

I had a feeling you were up to something.

[ His grouchiness isn't reserved for Stephen. ]

It was only because you weren't found at the Castle that we didn't raise the alarm.

[ Ambrose crosses his arms. ]

So you found something.

[sorser]

[Straight to the point. By now, they've had enough conversations between them to know that this is a preference more than it is a lack of propriety. He crosses his arms, too, scarred fingers idly worrying at the fabric of his navy robe.]

We're not trying to cause a stir. But I'm sure you can understand why the Summoned are treating this with a special kind of urgency. [The kind that requires them to sometimes take liberties with, ah, what may or may not be allowed. To be fair, Stephen does not think they overstepped too far with the use of the thaumametor system.]

But yes. We did find something. It's a location, even if it's just a general one. When I altered the spell to focus heavily on one individual instead of many, and we decided to put the thaumametors into play, the signal bounced back from the northeastern coasts of Thorne's territory.

Does that area have any special significance?

[abraxasnpcs]

[ Ambrose can be dramatic at times, but that is rarely when he's working. From colleague to colleague he prefers to respect that time is limited especially at times like this. ]

And secrecy, yes, until we can weed out any traitors in our midst.

[ He works with the full authority as the High Mage but there is a reason he has an inner circle. If there were any actors in Thorne that played into the disappearance of the Summoned, Ambrose will see that they meet justice.

To Stephen's findings, his frown deepens. ]

Northeastern coasts...

[ There's a short pause as he strokes his beard. ]

Endsmuth lies to the northeast. Are you familiar? It's a settlement of outcasts, built on the backs of Thoreans who refused to acknowledge our magic. I would laugh at the notion that they had resources to pull off a sudden abduction of our Summoned let alone that of other nations so easily. They would need that selfsame magic that they refuse to participate in. No, no... Endsmuth. No one speaks of Endsmuth these days.

[sorser]

All I know about Endsmuth is what I've read or heard about around the castle. Never visited.

[Which, of course, anyone keeping track in the castle would know. No record of Stephen having ventured into that settlement of outcasts, supposedly.]

You think maybe they're holding some kind of operation out of Endsmuth, though? Laying low where others might not go looking?

[Unlikely, but he has to ask.]

[abraxasnpcs]

Another group working out of Endsmuth?

[ Though he gives the notion it's due consideration, Ambrose eventually shakes his head. ]

Unlikely. The people of Endsmuth wouldn't entertain harboring a fringe group bent on waging war on all of Abraxas, which is essentially what they're doing by kidnapping Summoned all over the realm, isn't it? But there are acres of land that have gone uncharted in that area. The wouldn't need to go to Endsmuth to stay hidden.