DM Arrakeen: Quests&Guidelines

[DM Arrakeen]

Date: 04.10.2015
Duration: 1(2)hrs
Tags/subjects: #Warpigs, charity
Category: Small one-shot event
Objectives: Help the warpiglet, talk to the girl and possibly help her, find out the purpose of the warpigs -> Partially met

PCs: Neshera and two bystanders
NPCs: Warpiglet Toffiefie, Girl

Content:Neshera notices the stuck warpiglet, helps the creature out and engages in a lengthy conversation with the pig's owner. Offers some food to the child.

Rewards: 1k exp to Neshera, and 200-500 to bystanders

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Date: 05.10.2015
Duration: 30mins
Tags/subjects: Inn talks, rolplaying
Category: Small encounter
Objectives: Inn talks, engage with Bentley -> Met

PCs: Five or six inn guests
NPCs: Bentley

Content:Bentley listens up on a conversation for a moment, then decides to serve good wine on the house, happy with having some guests in his inn.

Rewards: 800exp, wine
Side notes: Rare thing to see people roleplay miday euro zone xD


Other actions DMCside: 200-300exp to rp-adventurig parties.

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Date: 12.10.2015
Duration: 1,5hrs
Tags/subjects: #BLOP'SLIFEMATTERS, helping Blop, learning about teleportation
Category: Small event as an introduction to the server for a new UD player
Objectives: Help Blop, learn how to teleport -> Met

PCs: Ysrae Keniryn
NPCs: Imp Blop

Content:For some odd reason Blop ends up being teleported to the UD tombs. Meets a drow that bargains with him. Ysrae decides to help the imp in exchange for the Imp teaching her how to teleport. They decide that using invisibility to get out of the tombs is more reasonable. Afterwards Blop explains the teleportation to Ysrae and gives her one scroll. She shows him the way out of the UD.
Rewards: 2k exp for very good roleplay
Side notes: Poor Blop always ends up in troubles.

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Date: 12.10.2015
Duration: 1,5hrs
Tags/subjects: hin-kids, pranks, faith-clash
Category: Small event
Objectives: Help out the hin child gather the bugs, deliver the bugs to her sister, score a contract for a job, -> Partially met

PCs: Kathiara, Maximillian Blackthorne
NPCs: Priest of Kossuth, Talia Mennet (hin child), Merry Mennet (Sheela's priestess).
Content:Kathiara and Max meet Talia while she gathers the bugs not far from the Gullykin. Kathiara offers to help the kid in exchange for her pranking the nearby Kossuth temple. The hin gets caught and the priest tries to reason with Kathiara with little to none success. Kathiara and Max decide however to help the little hin get home given it got late. They meet Talia's sister, Merry and are offered some baked goods and wine for bringing the little one home.

Rewards: 1k exp, consumables, wine

Other actions DMCside: 500exp to rping people around the server, 200exp to rp-adventuring groups.

[DM Arrakeen]

Date: 23-26.10.2015
Duration: 6(7)hrs
Tags/subjects: #Warpigs, #Fungus, Underdark hunts, Hydras, Chaunatean priesthood etc.
Category: 2 surface events and 2 underdark events.

PCs: Many
NPCs: Chauntean priestess, Warpig trainers, Thugs, Hydra, Muchroom Elder etc.

Content: Helping out Warpig trainers, errands for the priestess, neutralizing Thugs, killing the hydra and researching its crown, killing the fungus invasion.
Rewards: 2-3k, consumables, crown
Side notes: The hard drive quit on me so I lost the screens. Due to that unfortunate tech issues I am unable to write up a proper log of the events I conducted last week.

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Other actions DMCside: 500exp to RPing parties across the server.

[DM Arrakeen]

Date: 31.10.2015
Duration: ca. 1hr
Tags/subjects: #Warpigs,
Category: Small short encounter
Objectives: Learn about the pig fights and the reasons for them -> Met

PCs: Rayko Lioncrest, Tytin Tamalask
NPCs: Warpiglet Toffiefie and its trainer

Content: The pair meets the girl that trains its growing up piggy in fighting. They talk about the pig fights, the reason behind them, and how the dukes are not caring for the common folk. The girl is offered a gem before departing.

Rewards: 1k exp

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Other actions DMCside: 500exp to roleplaying players on the server.

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Date: 01.11.2015
Duration: 2(3)hrs
Tags/subjects: #Warpigs, Chaunateans, Woman in Red
Category: Event connected to the ongoing theme of Warpigs
Objectives: Find the establishment where the pig fights are conducted, talk to the priestess, learn about the reasons, figure out solution for the problem that would satisfy at least one of the groups, report back to the nobles -> All Met

PCs: Belladonna, Klait Goldwind, Rags, Bathsheba Ranunculus
NPCs: Three nobles, Chauntean priestess, Woman in Red, Some farmers, Inn keeper of the blushing mermaid, #Warpigs

Content: Three citizens of a higher status gathered to discuss the problem of the pig fights. They were seeking someone willing to solve that problem for them. They claimed the pig are dirty and are a risk to the citizens. They may spread another plague or something. Small group that stumbled upon the whining nobles decided to do something about the issue. Once they reached the Inn in the harbor they talked with the innkeeper that asked them for donations beofre they go to place their bids on the pigs. After talking more with a Chauntean priestess the group learned the reasons behind the pigfighting. They decided to support the effort that was helping rise money for the poor. They asked the nobles to pay for the fights to be transferred outside of the city and with some diplomacy they managed to convince them to do so.

Rewards: 2k exp, some gold extractions and ale
Side notes: Very good RP and dynamics in the group

[DM Arrakeen]

Due to acquiring a new pc I can't recall what I did dmside between 2.11 -8.11. I assume the usual harassment of lowlevels, some happy hours, some contests and such...

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Date: 29.12.2015
Duration: ca. 2hrs
Tags/subjects: #Happy Hour, Dungeon-crawl,
Category: RP-colored instance run for lowlvls
Objectives: Locate and destroy the monsters in the tunnels found by the bandits, kill the little dragon and take his treasures -> Both met

PCs: Multiple
NPCs: Mysterious Stranger

Content: A stranger challenged a group of adventurers to help getting rid of monsters that infested the tunnels found by mistake by local bandits. He warned them that at the end in a big chamber they may meet a dragon. The group decided to take care of the problem, they killed everything that was hostile, finished off the dragon, took his treasures and went back.

Rewards: 2,5k exp, gems, coins, potions, couple of 2nd tier items.

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Other actions DMCside: 500-1000exp to roleplaying players, name changes, trips to Nexus.

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Date: 30.12.2015
Duration: ca. 2hrs
Tags/subjects: Worgs, Wolves, Hunt, Orcs of different colors, DWARVES!,
Category: Small one-shot event
Objectives: Figure out why the worg, wolves are gathering, make the deal with the arctic alfa, find his mate, retrieve it -> All Met

PCs: Macgar Blackbrew, Emiel Everec, Dorzak Fireblood, Amber Absinth, Agnes, Rexes Terror, Elyssa Symbaern, Leaf, Llyra Shacklebreaker, Durin Moundero and...don't see more on the screen
NPCs: Arctic Alfa and his mate

Content: The group was fooling around at FAI when they heard wolves howling laudly, soon they encountered a small pack of wrogs close to the border of Sharpteeth, deeper into the forest they found many more wolf kin, fighting them all properly. At some point the arctic alfa made an appearance demanding an explanation for them killing his kin when he called so manyto help him get his mate back. She was taken by the orcs. The brave dwarven-ish company decided to help the wolf. They fought countless orcs through the tunnels, saved the mate and brought her back to the alfa.

Rewards: 2k exp, gems
Side notes: Very good RP in the party

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Other actions DMCside: 500-1000exp to those who were rping across the server (dwarves you are my heroes!), trips to nexus, deleveling

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Date: 31.12.2015
Duration: 1hr
Tags/subjects: #PIGRUNAWAY, Movie references translated into FR
Category: Small one-shot event
Objectives: Catch the pig, find the owner, adopt the pig or return it, help the girl with the fence-> All Met

PCs: Adamaklas, Tara Leafheart, Leaf
NPCs: Kyloren, Deadpool, Fiona - the three piglets, Empress-their mother, Lisa - the pig owner, FAI guard Ben

Content: A piggie was seen running out of the FAI main gate as if she was chased by a demon. Two bystanders tried to catch it and after some struggle they managed to subdue the very rebellious little piggie. On their way back to the FAI Adamaklas started falling in love with the cutest pigglet on the block. They talked a moment with the FAI guard to locate the pigs owner and that's how they met Lisa, she claimed ownership of the pig so Adam had to give it back. Leaf helped with the fence, enforcing it with magic.
Rewards: 1,5k exp
Side notes: Very good RP and love for the pigs!

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Date: 31.12.2015
Duration: 1,5hr
Tags/subjects: New Years celebration, "treasure hunt"
Category: Small one-shot event
Objectives: Gather the coins from all the piles, find three essences of the same type and exchange i for an item-> All Met

PCs: Many
NPCs: None

Content: Many took part in retrieving as much gold as possible from the coin piles that magically appeared in the farmlands at the end of the year
Rewards: 1k exp to the roleplaying attendees, ring of memory and scabbard

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Date: 31.12.2015
Duration: 45mins
Tags/subjects: Dragon challenge
Category: Tiny one-shot event
Objectives: win over the dragons-> All Met

PCs: Emiel Everec, Llyra Shacklebreaker
NPCs: Dragons

Content: Two adventurers stumbled into something like a dragon's den kind of a meeting and had to fight for their life.

Rewards: 1k exp

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Other actions DMCside: 500-1000exp some of the lucky rping groups, deleveling, changing the appearance on an item,

[DM Arrakeen]

Date: 11.01.2015
Duration: 30mins
Tags/subjects: Dice rolls, thieves!
Category: Small flash-interaction, in reply to RP I caught
Objectives: Find the thief -> Not met, the PC thief was a lucky one!

PCs: Elyssa Symbaern, William Ayleford, Sara Denton (the lucky thief)
NPCs: None

Content: Denton pick-pocketed William and was noticed! Paladin started chasing her, Elyssa followed to aid him but they both lost the lucky sneak.

Rewards: 1k exp
Side notes: Very good RP in such a nice little encounter. I liked how you respected the rolls

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Date: 11.01.2015
Duration: 3hrs
Tags/subjects: Post-War/Siege unrest, sick animals, #RATS, #littlebabythieves, #wherearemefurs, hin throwing
Category: Start up point for BG-postwar RP. Dicerolls, interration, player initiative.
Objectives: Experience the post-siege/war atmosphere, to aid or not to aid, help the sick animal, find the missing furrs, find out where is the thug that beat a child -> Almost fully met

PCs: Elyssa Symbaern, Medune Norman, Macgar Blackbrew, Aigenin, Jonathan Starkwell
NPCs: Citizens of the docks, Refugees, Warehouse workers, kids, thug, cat

Content: A group was walking around the docks to check on a situation, they had couple of encounters with different npc. Jonathan gave some kids 3gp, soon more came for more, the paladin ended up being surrounded by the group of kids demanding more than just 3gp. Other warned him it would happen. Kids threw mud into the paladin. Mac got to search for his furs, Aigenin and Medune got to help the cat mother from whom they learned about the sicknes from eating rats that feasted on dead bodies. Elyssa got to charm a refugee to tell her about a man that beat a child for a necklace and is offering the kids a place to sleep if they loot for him. They decided to find the man. They found the little hideout, some goods, but no other lead. It was up to the players to decide what to do with what they found and how to react to the whole situation.

Rewards: 2,5k exp, 2k gold, and whatever they found in the thief's hide out (poisons, gems, some jewelry)
Side notes: VERY good RP, lots of initiative that sparked BG-focused RP. Well done players

[DM Arrakeen]

Date: 15.01.2015
Duration: 3,5hrs
Tags/subjects: Dice rolls, cleaning the docks, #littlebabythieves, #PostWarBG, #TheEye
Category: Continuance of a previous event in reply to player's need and ideas, Connected to my post-war plot ideas
Objectives: Main: Locate bodies, burn them. Side ones: Find the letter in the bottle -> Took a long time, but both met

PCs: Elyssa Symbaern, Telia Santraeger, Jonathan Starkwell, Macgar Blackbrew, Atashka
NPCs: Frank, Child, Ferryman

Content: Thanks to Elyssa's initiative and rumors, small group gathered to deal with the problem of the bodies in the docks. They got sidetracked due to meeting a drunken sailor that lost his wife's pendant. They found a letter in a bottle under two burned bodies. The group split, part of them went to search for the amulet, the others tried to learn something from the burned corpses. When they gathered up again they managed to find a scrap of a chain with jam stains on it. After that the group finally got to gathering the rest of the bodies learning that other animals have been feasting on them as well while Telia spoke with a child. Using her charms and candy she managed to learn from the child about "the Eye that sees all" and "playing scraps". They burned the bodies.

Rewards: 2,5k exp to <30, 3k gold to Telia
Side notes: Very good RP. Wondering what are you going to do with the bottle letter you found.

I have a request regarding that, I forgot to take the screens so I lost the bottle letter, whoever has is now please send me a screen of the message.

Reminder:
I want to remind you all that you do not need dm presence for everything you wish to do regarding the plots and all. I create the foundation of the story but you are the ones that can choose the course. Which means basically that you can use forum rp/ pm rp for many things. My main goal is to generate as much player to player RP as possible given my dm hours are limited and happen mostly in the off peak times. So if you get players from the main time slot involved I won't be able to cater to all your needs. In this kind of situation don't hesitate to rp, sceen it and send it to me. As long as you do not god mode NPC you will get a result for your RP efforts:)

Thank you for what you have managed to get done to this point. Very good work people!:)

[DM Arrakeen]

Date: 21.01.2015
Duration: 2(3)hrs
Tags/subjects: Dice rolls, #PostWarBG, #RATS,
Category: Continuance of a previous event in reply to player's need and ideas.
Objectives: Main: Locate the rats Sideones: Find sick animals, heal them, learn from them -> Main, partially met, Side: met

PCs: Elyssa Symbaern, Ivan, Macgar Blackbrew, Vasco Montillia, Tarina Mazir
NPCs: Dog, kids, cat, bloated rat, spirits

Content: Thanks to Elyssa's initiative and rumors, small group gathered to deal with the problem of possible disease that rat might spread. Rats have been feasting on the plagued zombies and other bodies. Group gathered by Elyssa encountered a sick dog and a cat. Ivan checked the dog very thoroughly and managed to heal both. Tarina spoke to dog's spirit and learned some things from it. The spirit leads them to a bloated, dying rat. This time Macgar gathers some clues. Rat dies and is burned. Ivan goes for a walk around the city to gather some more information. Mac has a short exchange with a warehouse worker. They all end up in the northern farmlands by the sever grid with two dead rats close to it. They decide to block it. Tarina is overwhelmed by the feel of the spirits around her.

Rewards: 2,5-3k exp to <30, 2k gold to Ivan
Side notes: Very nice rp Keep the shaman with you people And contact me about continuation once you are ready. If you want to heal more animals you know the drill, rp, screen, send.

[DM Arrakeen]

Date: 30.01.2015
Duration: 2(3)hrs
Tags/subjects: Dice rolls, #PostWarBG, #littlebabythieves, #TheEye, connected to my post-war plots.
Category: First event in this plot line for shady gang
Objectives: Main: Get information from informant, find a child, make the child lead Shady Gang to the Eye, Sideones: Be a thief in the middle of the day -> Main, partially met, Side: partially met

PCs: Three Shady Ones and Martin Revel as a guest of honor;)
NPCs: Shady's npcs, Mathilda, Dockworker

Content: Shady trio decided to investigate the issue of The Eye. They asked their informant about what he managed to learn so far then tracked a child by the name of Mathilda. She was trying to bury a treasure but Shady1 caught her in the middle. Spooked by him she hid it in her pocket. Then Shady2 stole it from her. The child realized it at some point and she flipped, going berserk on Shady1. Martin put the child to sleep with a spell. Shady1 suggested taking the child to the orphanage, leading Martin into a blind alley where he was knocked down. Martin received a warning and a message from Shady2. Shady Gang rendezvoused in their HQ where Mathilda was put into a cell while they discussed what they found in her "treasure". TBC.


Rewards: 2,5k exp to <30 Shady2 and Shady3, 2k gold Martin and Shady1
Side notes: I beg someone, script me a spy wand. Remember to point to the team that city means city, no matter the lack of npc in game and the size of the map. Figure out scales.

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Other actions DMCside: 500-1000exp to rpers across the server.
Other actions FORUMside: Overhaul and update of the state of the Mercy's Orphanage. TONs of forumside rp around the orphands and post-war plots (animal sickness, the eye)

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Date: 01.02.2015
Duration: 3,5(4)hrs
Tags/subjects: Dice rolls for everyone, #PostWarBG, #RATS, connected to my post-war plots.
Category: Last event in the Rat arc. Not the last one with the animal-sickness in general. Continuance of a previous event in reply to player's need and ideas.
Objectives: Main: Find the rats in the sewers, figure out what makes them sick and how to help them, connect the dots about the sicknessSideones: restore the cycle -> Main, partially met, Side: met

PCs: ...MANY! Elyssa Symbaern, Onna'Evatril, Ivan (half), Macgar Blackbrew, Etele, Michael Dunn and Rain Dog, Eli Bilsen, Tarina Mazir, Kai
NPCs: Bloater Rat's spirit, different rats, owl spirit

Content: Elyssa organised a trip to sewers to deal with the problem of the rats. She gathered quite a versatile task force. They ventured into the sewers where they found many more dead rats than actually alive specimens. Those alive were however either crazed or bloated or dying. Mac, as usual, tasted the blood of the rat, learning about a toxin in it, Etele confirmed dwarfs statement. They gathered blood samples and ventured deeper. After lots of fighting, tracking, examining they found an enormously bloated rat. Tarina decided to act as a medium between her and the spirit of the dying rat which almost killed her. The group learned few things from the rat, Rain found a newly born rat litter and Eva got to be a Rat Mother. Tarina, who collapsed after the rat died had a vision during her dream stage. Rat population in the gate is at this point almost non-existent, pets, strays and livestock are showing lighter symptoms of the disease.


Rewards: 3-4k exp plus bonuses to Michael and Tarina for the forum/pm rp and exeptional rp during the quest, and Elyssa for her initiative and motivation.
Side notes: Great group dynamic. Still, I need to remember to put a limit on the amount of players. Caterig to everyone's needs makes the quest go for a very, veeeery long time;)

REMINDER:Player-base! If I have missed any of your RP on the forums (you didn't get a reply to your rumor, etc) ----> PM ME IMMEDIATELY WITH A LINK
But remember to be patient. The average, waiting time for my response is 2(3)days. Having in mind your recent activity and amount of initiative.

[DM Arrakeen]

ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to a sudden visit from my family I won't be present server-side from 11.02 till 16.02.

My forum-side/skype presence will be vastly limited.

MESSAGES TO CERTAIN PLAYER GROUPS - please read carefully:

To players involved in the #ORPHANAGE RP: You have gotten your answers about most pressing matters. That should settle you for the upcoming week. RP progress like usual either in the threads or by letters. But remember that the letters may have a delayed response time.


To players involved in ANIMAL DISEASE and #RATS RP: Finding the cure is in the works. Players of the alchemist Maddy and healer Wendy remind me about yourselves if you do not get a progress RP via PM.
Concluding event will have to be set up after the cure is made.


To players involved in #TheEye and #littlebabythieves RP: Forum RP still needs to get to a point where we can set up an event. Please be patient with me for the next week. There will be delay in responses.


To players involved in #wherearemefurs RP: Due to my power shortage today, you are the group at the top of the list for the event once I'm back forum side. Mac, please contact me about this 17.02.

[DM Arrakeen]

I'm back in my usual DM capacity.
To the best of my ability I have responded to all the PMs I found without a reply. If someone is still waiting for one, please let me know.

[DM Arrakeen]

I was absent from the forum the last two days because of RL obligations so I need some time to catch up with all the PMs. Please be patient.
If by the end of the week someone still is missing a reply, please resend the PM.

[DM Arrakeen]

Due to incoming forum move: http://bgtscc.net/viewtopic.php?p=663666#p663666
I need at least few days to go through my inbox and copy what is important.

Player-base, expect a serious delay in my responses to all the Forum and PM RP.
Once I'm fully able to go back to the usual schedule, I'll let you know. Please be patient.

[DM Arrakeen]

Player-base, I'm missing:

-Incoming PMs from 03/06 till 06/06.
-And sent out pms from 01/06 till 07/06.

If someone still has access to the old forum and has anything for me that is missing a reply or anything from me that I sent after 01/06 please resend it to me.

[DM Arrakeen]

On leave starting today: 12/07
Estimated time of return: 26/07

[DM Arrakeen]

Hello player-base, I'm back.
The inbox is exploding with PMs (222 ) so I'd be grateful if those that have any requests or matters to discuss with me resend them as new PMs. Otherwise, it may take me way too long to dig them up;)