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seasonsmods) wrote2023-07-21 04:37 pm
seasonsmods) wrote2023-07-21 04:37 pm
Player Suggestions
PLAYER SUGGESTIONS
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This is a handy place for OOC suggestions, such as player plots that need mod approval, player submitted quests or anything that might be useful to add to the game (like locations that would be nice to have in the city).
Please note that not all suggestions will be used 100% as they are, as they may be edited to suit the world properly.
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Details: nothing super important!! i just thought it might be a good addition to the cr meme to include a part where people can link any open posts/ top levels they might have, since the meme goes up mid-month.
Other things important to note: nada!
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Details: A promotion for a brand new clothing store or something like that - you can get a free/heavily discounted outfit, but you're limited by a "random" (player selected) fashion style assigned when entering the store.
Other things important to note: the desire to give your characters cute outfits that they would not ordinarily buy for themselves is real and strong. i know deca understands me
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Details: Eren is using the power of the Founding Titan to share memories with Reiner. But OOPSIE because of ~reasons~ it gets out of his control and spills over, initiating memory share weirdness with other characters. Normally only shingekis would be subject to this but why not ruin everyone's day instead! So any character that wants to can be involved in this.
Other things important to note: I think I need some help hashing out exactly the effects we want to have. I'm aiming for early December for this plot. It will only last about 1 IC day but since time isn't real in the Paths it can feel like however long.
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The player plot and the timing sounds good to us!
As for effects, we will happily brainstorm them with you. Do you have any initial ideas?
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Details: Relius Clover has taken an interest in the information he found from the library as well as the overall mission to defeat Darkness. As such, Relius will first wish to join the Research Center as someone in the Research and Development department for combating Darkness. His overall plan is to gain access to their research and use what data they have to propose a project; to create living weapons that can fight Darkness by working together easily and without issues. That was how a similar threat was destroyed in his world. His plan will be to try and find other seasonal power users who are willing to infuse their powers into a prototype weapon.
My other character MK will be the prototype chosen. That way I can control the pace easier and no one has to deal with their character changing but me. Relius will kill a couple people and attack MK to capture his target. He will smelt MK into a new weapon using seasonal magic and altering MK's soul to be a weapon. Whether or not he gets to test his weapon against Darkness I wanted to leave to the mods due to your own story plans for the metaplot.
Relius will be stopped and MK returned to normal either after the test or before, depending on your input. MK will be fixed by his close CR and castmates so that won't have to be handled by the Research Center. After he does all this, Relius will definitely end up in jail. Just RP will decide if he dies first by vengeful CR or not before he's locked up.
Other things important to note: Relius after this will probably be a great candidate for criminal quests as he will go underground after released from prison to continue his research into the Darkness. He will work with the gangs and their scientists to do this.
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As for testing the weapon, he can of course attempt it on Darkness-corrupted monsters, but the barrier would stop him from testing it on anything further. Which is to say his weapon will likely have a good effect on the monsters, at least.
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Details: Lego Monkie Kid has some fun demon types I wanted to throw out some inspirations for monsters for new monsters here in Ellipsa.
The Thousand Eye Militaur: A centaur like creature but a millipede. It has eyes all over it's long body that can lock a person into a trance. The monster traps its victims in their worst memories as it feeds off their emotional and life energies. Might be good for the Autumn sections.
S.O.S Demons: Demons who stick together in groups of three or more. They disguise themselves as locals or maybe even outworlders in danger to try and lure would-be heroes to their doom. They ambush them when they arrive to help, intent on devouring their prey. They grow stronger the more of them there are and the more victims that they eat.
Other things important to note: These are just two I had in mind inspired from Lego Monkie Kid. Is here a good place to add more monster ideas if we have any? Just wanna check on that. Thank you.
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Details: Lucifer is hosting a big Haven Hotel welcome party and wants to start it off with a little fun game. He wants to find an item that will give people a number on their forehead that rates how bad they are. The number being determined by the character's own self image and player decision. The item could be cursed to maybe inflate the number a little.
Other things important to note: Not much. It would just be a little fun thing to do for his hotel opening.
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Details: Lycaon is going to hack his way into the criminal quest board. With the two quests this time around, he will be inspired to try and infiltrate the criminal underground as an attendant and skilled operative. His goal is to find more information on criminal activates and secretly try to feed information to the police about the more dangerous and unethical criminals.
How high could Lycaon infiltrate if he does good work and doesn't get caught?
Other things important to note: Lycaon is also using the funds to get ready to open a branch of Victoria Housekeeping eventually. Just another part of why he's doing it.
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The information he can gather will be based on which one he chooses.
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Details: With Max's music powers and how they work with getting stuck in people's minds, on Halloween Night, Max wants to play Thriller out in Nightwake. Anyone who hears the music and wants to give into the music will all start dancing the Thriller dance in the streets. Locals and outworlders alike. Others can watch and react to everyone's suddenly perfect choreography.
Other things important to note: The dancing would be opt in for all player characters, of course.
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It's also cool if you want to backdate it. Halloween is a state of mind, after all.
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Details: currently, players submit threads each time they want to purchase an ic reward. the addition of a "banking" page would allow players to submit threads once completed and have their comments sit in the "bank" for future use. when they wish to purchase rewards, they'd link to their current bank total.
this would cut down on having to search for threads when wishing to purchase items, since comments would already be in the bank. it would also (hopefully) cut down on mods having to count threads multiple times, since players would submit threads for the bank only once they're finished.
also, if someone banked a lot of threads and just drew from that existing total each time they wanted a reward, that would mean mods only had to count threads on one occasion instead of multiple / each time rewards are purchased.
Other things important to note: an example of what i'm talking about (and where i got the idea to suggest it): labyrinthum's banking and spending pages.
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Details: Inner child healing! AKA, perhaps the faeries have realized just how Collectively Fucked Up™ the Otherworlders seem to be and summon up the child forms of (some of) the Otherworlders, with the idea being that they have to watch over their younger selves for the duration of the event in order to help themselves with some of their inner trauma? Perhaps with little faerie trials that they have to run through with their younger selves or something like that? Or maybe it's just a couple days of babysitting yourself!
Of course with the option that it doesn't affect some characters, or that some characters end up with their younger selves but aren't affected by the 'healing' aspect, or there might even be a chance the magic goes a little wonky and some people are simply deaged, themselves!
IDK, I've been tossing this idea back and forth with a couple friends and it sounds like a cute idea.
Other things important to note: I do not have the wherewithall to run this as any kind of player plot, so I'm leaving this idea on the mods' doorstep like a giftbasket in the middle of the night, hitting the doorbell, and running away.
EDIT: I also do realize an event in the past allowed something similar to this to happen, but it's been a while, there's been a lot of new characters accepted to the game, and I'm sure there are a lot of people who (like me) sat out last time that would wanna join in this time around, so!
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We've received your suggestion and will take it into account! We have listed it as a potential future event. We apologize for not commenting earlier.
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Details: Charity Dinner and Date Auction! (With a silent auction and fair-like activities throughout. Could even have Dancing. Why Not.) Likely best when following up on the heels of something that generating funds for is helpful, so post an event or the like that's helping pull in Moon Coins to benefit Ellipsia in some tangible way/benefit the Offworlders or whatnot.
This is more tossing into the pool because I'm 100% okay running an event like this (and have multiple times before), I'd just need a) mod decision on timing since it's usually one easier to run when there's IC reasons that such a charity event is helpful, and b) ... me making sad puppy eyes for getting the mods to have some IC (probably from NPCs) reason to end up having my character be involved in the planning of this kind of event. I can think of plenty of avenues, just want to run with something that makes sense for the game from your POV! Such as "you're one of the junior members and also you're one of the Offworlders so here, this is now your problem, and that's the NPC team there to help make it happen with you."
In the past, I've usually run these things as OOC players agree with who's being submitted for the "date auction," the dates auctioned are "spend a day with so and so" type dates that players can then run wild with as they like. There are age-appropriate brackets (players determine where their characters fall, but it's the easy way to keep teens in their own category, adults in their own), player run businesses can be part of a "silent auction" ran on the night of the date auction (and have NPC businesses be part of it too), having "gift bags" for all those who come to the auction, having fair-like booths and the rest running while the auction does, having it also be a "dinner" experience, and so on. It allows for players to have characters sign up to: provide a silent auction item, participate in a booth or as a runner of a booth, be one of the charity auction dates on auction, work at the charity auction, or just attend the auction and engage with what's there.
It also allows players to have their characters sign each other's characters up, and gives reasons for fancy fun dress styles and other ways to participate, even if a given character isn't the kind who would otherwise.
Other things important to note: Again, I've had fun running these kinds of game-wide opt in events before, including having profiles of the "dates" on auction and all the information for the silent auction items etc. I usually RNG the winners for the auction items if there's a limited supply and many people 'auctioned' for them, and date "winners" can be randomized, left as the last comment "bidding", or specified at the start that anyone can bid while X character will definitely win. It definitely works best when following an in game event that can be a catalyst for why raising funds is important at any given time, hence it's a thing to toss towards the mod team and say when might this slot in as something feasible to run, etc. Also given Ellipsia, there can be as many magical aspects as is wanted (or not wanted), and if you want to include something plot relevant in the event that's entirely doable (but not necessary, usually the plot relevance comes in what happened before this kind of event).
... But yeah I'd want to also work with y'all figuring out why my character's involved and suffering through this, since I'm not playing one of my characters who'd more naturally step into this role. This is more like the angry cat being dragged into the pond and swimming along while baring her teeth, but with a kind of instructed need to step up, Annie will ruthlessly delegate and investigate to get this off her plate and then let it happen. Which opens it up also to other PCs helping make it come together, which is part of the fun.
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Suggestion type: mini player plot and feeling out potential police/gang/NPC engagement?
Details: So me and Schmitt have this silly little plot planned for the end of August where Katsura catfishes Hijikata in an attempt to learn more of ✨the police secrets✨ (which may or may not be entirely misguided), and we were wondering if there might be some actual plot clues to discover or connect with during this! A quick rundown of what we've got so far:
1) Katsura will attempt to infiltrate the PD to snoop around during this. Possible ways he could do this are lifting Hijikata’s keys or passcard and trying to get in when he thinks nobody is at the station (potentially with RNG as to whether he gets caught!) OR he might actually go semi-legit and take Harrisson up on that offer to join the PD to help and enter as a junior/traffic officer (I’m very okay with him getting fired once his plans come to light!).
If he manages this, is there any information he could uncover that is not currently publicly known? He’s especially interested in Nightshade, and would pay attention to things mentioning organized crime (especially if anything deals with drugs or weapons), the baddies whose names start with The, and any suspects or trails of corruption among the city’s authorities. (Also if he has a chance to spit on Herakles he will take it but he will not compromise anyone’s safety or prison integrity for it!)
2) What he does next would mostly depend on what (if any) leads he’s able to dig up during the first phase. The most likely options IF his intelligence hunt is successful is that he would either try to infiltrate or just keep an eye on the organizations to see if they’re up to anything and potentially even cooperate with the law enforcement, OR if he discovers contraband that he would deem harmful (drugs, gas/weapons for Nightshade or traffickers) he would likely try to destroy it, probably by blowing it up (which could do no to little structural damage, instead being limited to contents of the room/container/warehouse). Again I imagine success could be RNG'd here (unless you're interested in a specific outcome - see part 3), and I assume I could hit up the NPC interactions for the relevant group about this?
3) These are just some spitballing ideas since I don’t know what plots you have in the works and what might be useful, but I would be happy to have any of this act as a little flavor catalyst for an event prompt or a quest in the future if applicable. (For example, maybe some criminals get more aggressive after being harassed and cause more trouble, or on the contrary retreat from somewhere potentially uncovering a new area to explore, or if Zura’s mission was successful and someone lost (some of) their valuable stash, the crime questboard could now also feature some requests for questionable ingredients/stuff from the segments or to be stolen from more respectable labs, factories, etc. +Maybe even if he was “successful” he somehow unknowingly sabotaged an undercover police operation that had their eyes on something bigger in the process and gets in trouble for it, etc.)
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We don’t want Hijikata to actually lose his job over this, so please note if any of the suggested paths make him look better or worse than others and we'll go with the least reputation damaging one!
Additionally I would prefer to keep things on a more humorous side, so if possible I’d like to avoid casualties at this time, whether NPCs or PCs. (Property damage is fine and expected though s-sob)
These points aside, I’m happy to have Katsura bear whatever consequences arise by himself! I’m absolutely down for him being arrested, injured, targeted by gangs, blacklisted by the police, jailed, given community service, or whatever else would be applicable, at any point during this.
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We have received your suggestion and are currently talking about it. We will get back to you as soon as we can!
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Details: I've been thinking about Louis's opt-in post and how I'm never quite sure when and where to link these sort of things, and the whole thing made me realize - it could be very, VERY handy if those of us that have opt-ins/outs had them listed on the taken page as part of the little links list!
This also comes after hearing about characters having opt-outs that I hadn't even realized were necessary (because I'm canonblind to their canons/characters); that's the sort of scenario that can be avoided completely if those opt-outs were just listed as part of the taken page, I feel like!
Other things important to note: Obviously, this is something that would be good to mention via mod announcement if you decide this is a good addition, so those of us with opt-ins/outs know to go add theirs once the change is live!
That said, don't stress if you feel like it's unnecessary, I understand that as well!
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After discussion, we have decided not to go through with the suggestion. We think that simple is better and there's already quite a bit of information on the taken page.
However, we do encourage linking your opt-out/opt-in posts to the Permissions/Info Pages. Of course linking it during Event Plotting or CR memes is also a good way to make it be seen - especially if you feel like it's an important to know whilst making CR.
We're aware that not everyone checks someone's Permissions/Info Pages, but we feel it's still a a good place to link extra information like this.
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Details: i've recently been seeing a TON of people talk about wanting to bring characters to a potential fourthwall event, and it was suggested on plurk by a helper mod to bring up the idea here so i'm gonna do that since i noticed no one else has yet!! i dont know if there's been one already in game, but i think it couldn't hurt to do another one soon!!! :3c
Other things important to note: none here!
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We have noted your suggestion. A 4th wall is likely in plans for the start of the years; either for January or the Anniversary in March. We will, of course, notify well beforehand.
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Details: An opt-in AU EVENT caused by Reiner messing around with the Weird Mirror Tree in the Spring Segment.
The AU could be any kind of AU (canon au, player-made au, crau, etc). There'd be no limit on how many AUs a player could do, just a general time limit on how long the event would last.
The one restriction I'd suggest: characters cannot gain new powers through their AUs. This would be due to Reiner's intent when messing with the mirrors. (But ofc if y'all want no restrictions at all, that'd be fine!)
Other things important to note: Date-wise I was thinking either late October (to coincide with Halloween) or early November for this. As far as how long it lasts… Maybe 3 days? Or a full week? IDK what would work best and would love some help there.
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We do agree with the "no new powers from AU". However, clothes or non-magical items could be gotten this way, since the mirrors would temporary even change their clothes potentially!
Since the Halloween Concert is set on end of October, we would suggest early November. The run time could be anywhere from three days to a week. If it's a week, an option to get hit by several different AUs could be proposed.
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Details: This player plot has two phases. The first being Ellipsa wide. One of Max's Fae Titles, Melody Mania, wishes to try and exert full control over Max as the primary personality. So to do this, during a New Years concert with Rinku, he plans to take over and use Rinku's CROSSXBEAT to send out a wave across all of Ellipsa of musical energy. This would cause people, natives and Otherworlders (whose players opt in) to spontaneously break out into song and dance. Like the Once More With Feeling episode from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
The songs can be emotionally charged, reveal secrets, or just be fun cute little moments.
Meanwhile, a more personal plot plays out with Max and his CR to try and save him and stop Melody Mania. The whole thing should only last a week around New Years and then people will stop singing and dancing spontaneously.
Other things important to note: Melody Mania, the fae title, will be "killed" and reset as so this never happens again and Max has full control over the title moving forward after the event.
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Suggestion type: NPC Engagement?, Existing Building/Landmark?
Details: So Zayne's been working at the Research Center for a couple of months, mainly in the medical area and he's noticed two things that are definitely connected: people like to stay up until either sunrise or crash at a god awful hour and that there isn't a place where the researchers and other staff can rest, even for a short while.
In other words: they need a nap/rest area. Would there be a place suitable for one?
Other things important to note: Not to my knowledge. Just thought I'd ask first.
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