player plots

[inthenightmods]

PLAYER PLOTS

For the time being, we're closing new player plot submissions. Please see the recent mod announcement if you have questions!

If you'd like to have your character do something in-game that's a little too wide-reaching for a typical exploration, you've come to the right place! A player plot is any player-orchestrated event or other happening that 1) could affect a noteworthy number of other characters, or even the entire game, and 2) will involve widespread player participation (unlike an exploration, which is a solo/small group affair). Player plots are usually one-off occurrences (like a character hosting a town-wide party) or short-term endeavors that serve as a means to an end (like restoring an existing location). These plots can be positive, such as providing a new resource, or negative, such as destroying a building. In short, it's basically an event run by players.

Whatever it is, the mods won't be in charge of it—but we do have to approve it first. Please describe your player plot in the comments below to open a dialogue with the mods. Be as specific as possible, though we realize some details might need to be hashed out after you get a general approval for the idea. Once we approve your plot, we encourage you to post to the OOC comm to spread the word and potentially get others involved. If you have any updates to relay to us through this process, you're welcome to comment back to us on this page. We like being kept in the loop!

If you'd like to suggest a plot instead of run one yourself, that goes over in the suggestion box. If your character is going to open a business, start a club, or anything else that will serve as a long-term addition to the game instead of a one-off event, that would be a player project.

To submit a player plot, please use the following form:

<b>Primary Contact:</b> (who is "in charge"? we prefer no more than 2 names here; "in charge" just tells the mods who to contact about the plot, though of course collaborative plots with more than 2 players are welcome.) <b>Characters(s):</b> (please list everyone *currently* involved with the plot.) <b>The Plot:</b> (describe your plot here! for the best chances of success, please be as detailed as possible, especially in the case of using magic or abilities specific to your character.) <b>Date(s):</b> (when is this happening?) <b>Effects:</b> (are you expecting anything to happen as a result? what does your character want to happen as a result of this?)

And if you like an example, here's a mock player plot for you to check out!

Primary Contact: Danielle
Characters(s): Michelle Cheung

The Plot: Michelle has decided to reinforce the existing buildings with paper! As a paper bender, she's able to not only control and reform paper, but strengthen and sharpen it so it has the effective durability of solid steel. It doesn't appear that this takes any continued concentration for her to maintain, as in canon she’s shown to actively use everyday items that she's made out of paper both for herself and for others. Paper is, however, still paper, so prolonged exposure to water will get it soggy and ultimately it will lose its tension and strength. What she'd like to do is fortify existing buildings with an internal layer of her ability-enhanced paper, to keep them strong and safe for as long as possible.

Aside from inclement weather, another unfortunate drawback of this ability is that it will dispel instantly if she's ever to die. The paper will fall down uselessly to the floor until she’s able to pick it all back up again. Because of this, she’ll be calling for people to help more permanently stick up the paper in a massive town-wide paper mache project! We'll need all the hands and glue we can get! And, of course, as many unused paper donations as possible so the Librarian doesn’t come after her.

Date(s): March 31st

Effects: Maybe things will be less likely to get destroyed by naughty, naughty children.

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[sunborne]

Primary Contact: Melly!
Characters(s): Daylight vis Lornlit, sunborne. NPC’d spirits. Interested players’ characters.

The Plot:

The friendly spirits of Beacon will be celebrating Valentine’s Day! Most of the spirits have been watching and observing the characters from afar for a while now and, whatever the reasons are, have either started to admire them or even outgrow affectionate for one character or another.

With the help of Daylight, who will be escorting a majority of them through the event to act as either interpreter or moral support, the excited spirits will be giving gifts and parcels they worked very hard on to the character who caught their eyes!

Date(s):

(Please note that these dates are all in GMT +8 on my end.)

February 5 - 7 (OOC)
Sign up. - In the OOC community, I’ll be throwing up a post that explains the event and have two forms the players have an option to fill if they’re interested in joining in.

Generic spirit form. - A form that asks for the characters’ likes and dislikes, along with the option to opt-out from several actions that could happen during the lead-up and the event itself.

Customized spirit form. - A form that’s the same as the form above, only this one is much more in-depth in its questions so the spirit’s gift and personality is more tailored to the character in question. NOTE: This form will have a cap on it to ensure I don’t get too bogged down on whipping up custom-tailored spirits should there be a lot of characters who sign up.

February 8 - 12 (IC)
Spirit Gathering Intel. - Characters who signed up will, now and then, get a reaction reply in their inbox or in their log threads or in their network threads, describing strange little events that happen either around their residence or when they’re going about their day. This is to be their IC hints for the spirits’ trying to figure out what the characters would like as a gift.

February 14 (IC) / February 15 - 16 (OOC)
The event itself! I’ll set up a post in the log community that will consist of the following:

— A description of the attempts by the spirits to make it Valentine’s Day-is as possible, from throwing glitter around to make the areas more pretty or hanging paper hearts and pretty rocks on trees or scribbling hearts on the residences of the characters! Basically doing the well-meaning but gremlin-menacing things the spirits are known to do during the holiday events.

— For my sanity’s sake, a toplevel where characters can finally meet their spirit admirer and interact with the spirit and, now and then, Daylight. Judging by how the interaction is going, RNG events can spice up the back-and-forth until the present is finally given. Some are trinkets. Some will be pretty dirt. Some may prove useful or detrimental to characters.*

* I’ll send a list to the mods for suggested gifts + buffs + debuffs if this part of the plot is approved. If it’s not, it’ll be simple trinkets and items that won’t do anything special.

Characters will be encouraged to interact with one another as they puzzle out what’s going on or compare gifts or try to clean up the mess of their poor, poor houses.

Effects: To run a sort of breather event for the playerbase to give characters a chance to relax and unwind from the fallout of events held in the past and before the big ones hit them. To also foster IC positive spirit-character interactions to show the spirits’ meaning well in their own… spirit-like way.

[inthenightmods]

This event is SUPER APPROVED and we're all very excited about it! One small thing, though: due to the actual month's event starting on the 16th, we'll need you to push it up to the 14th-15th if that's possible for you!

[sunborne]

Oh my gosh sure! That's totally cool with me. :>!!

I'll change the dates on my OOC post and will have it posted in the OOC community later after work on my end. I'll also send the list of suggested gifts + buffs + debuffs to you after to seek approval of them.

Thank you again, mods!