arc v: alem | cr & plotting meme

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ALEM

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Sound the drums, head on to war — seized citadel Alem has already been there for the lion's share of a year.

Under the Scavengers' guidance, the four sand worms the party captured gently graze underground corridors allowing the group to reach halfway up Mount Attevar. From there, they quickly infiltrate Alem through a bustling trade route.

Young King Deimar strikes a simple bargain: serve Alem in its bitter last days until inevitable downfall, and the citadel will grant access to its Beacon before the final evacuation is completed.

Sounds simple enough. Now, survive it.

Characters arrive today, with our first proper taste of event chaos due on 27-28 January. Get your character settled in, check out the setting and their assignment, and strike some CR:

■ Arc setting & locations

■ Character assignments

■ New NPC inbox — more this round, because most won't make it so every level has a patron. As usual, reach out to NPCs at will and please share findings with the class!

■ Questions

CR & PLOTTING MEME


<b><small>PLAYER</small>:</b> <b><small>PREFERRED CONTACT</small>:</b> Are you open to plurk / discord friending? <b><small>CHARACTER & CANON</small>:</b> <b><small>THEIR ONE-LINE ELEVATOR PITCH</small>:</b> <b><small>THEIR ASSIGNED LEVEL & ROLE IN ALEM</small></b> <b><small>WHY THEY'RE GOING TO MESS EVERYTHING UP, REALLY</small>:</b> <b><small>THEY'VE SECRETLY GOT A THING FOR RATHAKKU, DON'T THEY?</small></b> Just look at that handsome face. <b><small>PLOTS AND PLANS</small>:</b> <b><small>WHAT THEY CAN OFFER</small>:</b> <b><small>CR YOU WANT</small>:</b> Specificity is key!

Comments

[stephanivien]

Pietro how would you like to learn how to build a ballista that can take down a dragon?

Not even magic guns? Snacks or other fun gadgets he can do, too.

[margenes]

holy shit... he'd think that'd be kinda cool ngl. "learning" with him though, good luck keeping his attention for longer than a few minutes, but he will try, goddammit

talk to his sister first but awesome yes please get him a fidget spinner aowiejf

[stephanivien]

Everyone learns at their own pace! Pietro's pace might be five minutes only every 24 hours but that's okay! they'll figure it out.

ur sister is scary tho i suppose that's valid homg stephanivien will invent one of those fidget cubes with a million different buttons and click sounds. just for u

[westviews]

👀👀👀👀👀

[margenes]

LET HIM MAKE FRIENDS

[stephanivien]

if the guns are magic do you like them more or less, inquiring weaponsmiths would like to know.

[westviews]

Less :| guns and their owners around her brother are not approved!!!

[stephanivien]

if it helps the ones he makes fire slower than submachine guns (mostly) so there's real odds pietro could outrun them this time

so that means teaching pietro how to make a ballista is totally better then, noted. Maybe some bombs that explode to form electric spheres. as a treat.

More genuinely, though, Stephanivien has lost a younger brother to battle and he's definitely never coming back and nearly lost another, so if Wanda used her words he'd probably be deeply sympathetic.

[westviews]

HAHA I would love for dead brothers to come up somehow and Wanda is like yeah I know mine is too :( try to backtrack that one, Wanda.

[stephanivien]

Pietro, literally in the room, ???

Even more reason you should let them be friends, Wanda! Now there's someone else to keep an eye on Pietro! So he doesn't do the dying thing again.

Legitimately tho, they could probably have a really good talk about, like, grieving, and being healthy and moving on with the wounds that they left you with.

[westviews]

He does need babysitters...

I think so too! Grief sucks :( I'll toss her at him next opportunity!

[stephanivien]

💖💖💖

[margenes]

don't worry, he's smarter than he seems. time is nothing to him. but yeah! they'll figure it out!!

good luck buddy she found u this is incredible, please and thank u

[stephanivien]

i want u to know the hilarious mental image of pietro learning how to build a ballista in short bursts whilst running back and forth passing notes between stephanivien and viktor, who are argue-collaborate-ing with each other in engineer is now a thing i think we should try to make happen.

Of course! Anything to help a friend or just a random somebody, to be honest.

[margenes]

LMAOOOO i do hope the two of them use pietro at some point to pass on notes/messages, and pietro will be trying his best to not confuse the messages. so basically yes, we should try to make this happen.