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

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Request:</b> (Describe what you'd like to do)

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

[abraxasmods]

She will answer that he was a hunter but a poor one. This is what he was doing when he disappeared.

[beloyaltome]

Thank you! We'd like Lenore to do some scouting of those woods. She'll be scouting as a small flock of bats (so she'll be navigating by echolocation rather than sight), and she's skittish about going, so she'll just do a few loops of a half hour each (at bat speeds, she would reach no more than 5-7 miles from town at the farthest point on her loop) and then return to check in with Rhy.

[abraxasmods]

Although Lenore won't see much without going too far, her height advantage will allow her to see that the tops of the trees in one small patch of the evergreen woods has withered into a dry brown. There also appears to be an absence of birds around the site, as if something has driven them away from the area.

[londonbound]

When Lenore returns with this info, Rhy will suggest they investigate further, knowing about the desiccated carcasses found by Kyle -- all the way near the Solvunn border. He also found similar signs when looking for Mat with Jon, so it's become a pattern.

Lenore and Rhy both want to be careful and increase their chances of hopefully not getting kidnapped too, so at this point, before venturing into the woods, Rhy will ask for help from the Nott city guard if a couple wouldn't mind accompanying him and Lenore. He'll give context that they're following up on leads regarding the taken and have reason to believe this may be a site where the kidnappers were using magic.

Rhy knows that the people in Nott are a lot more likely to practice Wild Magic, and that most of the investigations around Thorne are going to center Academic Magic. If there's a chance that the guards know someone magically inclined in Nott, Rhy will ask them if they can recommend someone or introduce him. He will admit he's looking for avenues that may have been missed by the castle's mages helping investigate, due to their different approach to magic. Not throwing anyone under the bus - just exploring all possible angles.

tl;dr - can Lenore and Rhy take a couple guards to investigate the woods + find someone good at Wild Magic in Nott willing to talk to them?

[abraxasmods]

They'll receive a guard to accompany them. As expected, they find similar patterns as the others have discovered, confirming that this must be one of the locations where victims were taken through to where the Lost are kept. They'll also find a broken piece from a hunting bow that may belong to the man the woman spoke of, though his body will be absent and the rest of the bow is missing. The bit of wood will show similar signs of rot to what was discovered in the lumber delivered to Libertas - the first sign of the flesh rot in Thorne, as Lenore may recall the grain sent throughout Thorne was overall found to be safe.

Lenore may further smell trace amounts of blood, though the blood would not be visible to the human eye.

With a bit of coin, they can find a mage who's willing to speak to them. He has a disfigured eye and operates a business that's somewhat under the table.

He'll explain that most people in Nott use Wild Magic for low level magic such as household chores and day-to-day activities. For larger spells such as what's being observed here, Wild Magic is unlikely to be a source as the amount of power it would take is too great to perform safely. There's currently no one he's heard of who could maintain this type of magic using Wild Magic. It would either fail or the attempt would cause undue destruction to both the user and their surroundings. Therefore, the type of magic used, if not Academic Magic or New Magic, must be High Magic.

He adds that if Rhy wants help from one of his own, there was a pink-haired Summoned lass who possessed a noticeably powerful ability with Wild Magic, though he believes she also lacks the control to do any magic of this type on a large scale. She lived in Nott many months ago and hasn't been seen since. He bids her "good riddance," claiming she destroyed his window. He tells Rhy to be careful if he talks to her as she might "blow him to pieces, too."