ACTIVITY CHECK: MARCH 2023

[abraxasmods]

Activity Check: March 2023

It's time for activity check! Activity requirements are outlined below. If you have any additional questions, you can reach out to us on the FAQ.

View Activity Requirements

• Players will be required to link at minimum two threads with a brief summary of what each thread entails. Some months will have specific goals or events where linking extra threads related to those plots will result in extra rewards.


• There is no minimum comment count for linked threads, since we understand that sometimes threads were started late in the month or are slow for reasons of conflicting availability. That said, we are not a check-in AC game. Submitted threads should indicate some interactivity with another player, and we expect a certain level of overall engagement with the game's plot and playerbase. If we notice a pattern of responding to threads only after the AC post has gone up, making threads solely to fulfill AC requirements, or frequently dropped threads (especially after AC is approved), we will have an individual discussion with the player in question.


• TDM threads, network threads, and inbox threads are acceptable as proofs for AC, but should not make up the total of both proofs (i.e. your two thread proofs submitted for AC cannot consist only of inbox threads). Further, at least one proof should be a log thread - both proofs cannot be network-style comment spam.


• Backdated threads from the previous month are acceptable, so long as the comments linked take place during the current AC month and the thread has not been used for a previous AC or for AC rewards. Backdated threads that were started at the end of the previous month are especially fine. If we notice a consistent pattern of backdated threads started at the beginning of the previous month with very sparse comments or regularly dropped threads, then we may have an individual discussion with the player in question.


• If you plan on using additional threads in a log post or top level to purchase bonus Activity Rewards, please link individual threads when filling out the main Activity Check rather than the entire top level or log, to help us keep track which thread has already been submitted where.


• You may hiatus once every four months (so, once you use a hiatus, you must make activity for the next three months). If you have extenuating RL circumstances that would require you to hiatus more, please contact the mods. There are no strikes separate from hiatuses, but you are not required to hiatus in advance of AC so if you find yourself without the necessary activity you can use your hiatus pass.


• Failing to post to AC before closure will count as idling out. If you think you'll be unable to post during this time period or extenuating RL circumstances prevented you from posting please contact the mods.

Please fill out the following form by March 31st at 11:59 PM ET to stay in the game! Failure to reply will count as idling out.

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Thread 1 Link + Summary:</b> <b>Thread 2 Link + Summary:</b> <b>Faction:</b> (Fill this in only if 1. this is your first time submitting AC for the character; or 2. your character's faction has changed since the last AC round) <b>Power or physical gain:</b> (Either from the Horizon or event rewards. Please note you can only submit ONE gain request per AC period, but the choice is yours as to which one you want to claim first.) <b>Notable actions:</b> (If applicable. Let us know of NPC threads and/or actions that may result in others around them noticing for the month. Include a brief description and a link if there is one.)

If you are using your Hiatus/Strike, please use this form instead:


<b>Hiatus/Strike</b> <b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Faction</b> (Fill this in only if 1. this is your first time submitting AC for the character; or 2. your character's faction has changed since the last AC round) <b>Power or physical gain:</b> (Either from the Horizon or event rewards. Please note you can only submit ONE gain request per AC period, but the choice is yours as to which one you want to claim first.)

NOTE:

1. We will accept Quests as completed as long as the thread is submitted by the end of the March AC period, and consists of a few tags from the characters involved. Please submit your quest threads to us for your reward even if they haven't reached a formal completion point in the thread itself!


2. If you participated in Part 1 and/or Part 2, you can request a reward gain during any Activity Check before the start of the next main event in June. Though not required, we encourage players to consider a gain that reflects their experiences throughout the event! See Reward Gains for details.


3. New submissions for Plot Engagement are currently closed. They'll open again once the current event is wrapped.

Comments

[bealufull]

Player Name: Will
Character Name: Kaz Brekker
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Kaz alienating Wilhelm
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Not murdering friends of friends. For some reason.

Power or physical gain: Combining that Kaz would focus on what small sciencemagic he knows and the disadvantages he found himself at during their capture, I’d like for Kaz to develop the skills of a heartrender. This would allow him to take control over a person’s organs and cause changes. Speed up or slow a heartbeat. Take the air from their lungs. Cause their organs to release hormones to cause emotions. He’ll have to have his hands free and have full sight of someone to use this on them. Beginning it would be for a limited time before he lost control over his focus on it, no matter how much he’s focusing on. Not long enough to say kill, but enough to knock someone out, or leave them out of breath. With practice and time he would develop much of the same full skills of any trained Grisha of the Corporalki order, though this is much down the road.

Notable actions: Despite his usually singularly focused attention on those that matter to him, Kaz found himself acting more for others in their capture than he’s ever done. Not only in ensuring they had food, such as it was but distributing what he found rather than hoarding it. He was also unable to merely grab his own and go when escape was found, making sure that any near where they found their escape were urged to leave with them. While he left himself rather than staying behind, it’s one of the first times since arriving in the city that Kaz has found himself reaching out to help others in the start of a shift for him due to those he’s known and met here. Not hugely notable but enough for those that might know him - and who doesn’t since he’s one of Jesper’s - may notice that shift.

[abraxasmods]

Your activity has been accepted!

Kaz can have one ability of a heartrender per gain. Future gains can be used to upgrade or add to those abilities. Please let us know what ability you'll be choosing to start with and its limitations.

[bealufull]

I'd like to start with the ability to slow or speed up a person's heartbeat.

[abraxasmods]

Accepted! Please note the effects will not be fatal, but may incapacitate someone for a few minutes. He can do this once per day and increase his frequency and length of time with practice.