Post by Ellywick Fizzlespark on Dec 6, 2016 23:59:29 GMT -5
In celebration of Yuletide, our esteemed and awesome leader, Pam, is giving everyone a free character slot to be used over the next year. The offer was provided early enough to allow for those that want to use this slot to make a character with one of the new backgrounds that have become available during this rare Triple Full Moon Event. Each SL provides a little something extra in the form of a flaw or drawback that is mandatory for joining the SL. All but one choice of drawback will have a 'group meeting' where it is revealed the beginning of everyone's journey and from there you can play those characters just as you would any other character within our game.
Note: To join the Feyborn or Stranded SL that comes with the Triple Full Moon - you must apply no later Monday December 12th at Midnight EST.
It is NOT required to use your new free slot to join any of the follow storylines. The new free character slot can just be used to do so if you choose to! If you have character slots that are open, you can join any and all of the following backgrounds but you only get ONE free character to use before yuletide 2017. Be very clear on your application if you are or are not using that free slot. One player per background, please!
Please note - that even doing the below backgrounds, the other people in that background are not guaranteed or mandated to play with you beyond the initial meet-up! These are not storylines like the Gypsies, Nefarious Works or the Scarred Lands. These are just once in a lifetime moments that provide enjoyable backstories. Characters who are made or changed (Bitten) as a result of the Triple Full Moon Event qualify for a special badge "Minions of the Moon."
During the Triple Full Moon, your character is bitten by a lycanthrope of your choice (affected by moon, so NOT werespider or wereraven). All characters created with this chosen Drawback will know each other (at least by face) as you all will be treated in the same facility in Navahla (and we will hold a roleplay session for this very reason).
Your Drawback/Boon will be that you have uncurable lycanthropy, with a forced DC to control your change in the light of the full moon (full moons are marked on the calendar). The boon is that now with the lycanthropy in your veins, you gain a +1 to your Perception trait, but all limits must be abided by.
Things to know!
► Bitten will NOT know they have contracted lycanthropy until the full moon in JANUARY 2017. You may roleplay this character beforehand as their original race, having been bitten by whatever lycan you choose, but your character WILL NOT KNOW they have lycanthropy until we have the SL in January. This would also allow you a little extra time if you wanted to wait to create the character just as long as you have your application in no later than January 12th, 2017.
► This is the only one you can have a current character join. However, you must participate in January's SL, and your race completely changes to Lycan at that time. Not before! Only characters made and accepted just prior to the meet are allowed to take Lycan as their race!
► Players who choose to put a character in the Bitten SL (whether previously made or new) that tell us/apply before Monday at midnight will get a special mission that can be played out as being the night your character was wounded. This will also give you the xp and bonus that comes with doing the missions for the Triple Full Moon Event.
► Full moons in Arith last for 3 days and it will only be a forced DC for when Lunne is full and in the nighttime hours. Vermill and Rrok will not play a factor when it comes to this drawback. The DC for controlling the change will be explained at the time of everyone's first change (when we do the play session of everyone finding out they can't be cured.)
► If possible, please choose logical creatures to turn into that would be A list of possibilities that are already a part of our world's culture - Werewolves, Werefoxes, Werepanthers, Wereleopards, Werebears, Werelions, Weretigers, Wererats, Weresharks, Werehyenas, Werecheetah, Werecoyote, Werecat, Weredog, Werebird (not raven!) maybe, Werebadgers (good for halflings, gnomes, dwarves).
During the Triple Full Moon, your character suddenly finds themselves on Arith. All characters created with this chosen Drawback will know each other (at least by face) as you will all appear in the same place (and we will hold a roleplay session for this very reason).
Your Drawback/Boon will be that you take a -10 to all Knowledge Checks involving anything specific to Arith, and cannot learn any Arith specific language. The boon is that you are allowed a +2 DEF above any limits for surviving the travel between the worlds.
Things to know!
► To join the Stranded, you must have your application no later than Monday at Midnight! Talk with me (Rica) and I will try to work out a schedule for us to do the initial 'appearance' of the stranded as a group. This is how you will learn the faces of those that arrive with you so that you could have a friend before your adventuring begins, if you need one after meeting some of our other characters!
► A Stranded can be from Earth, Rhy'Din, another plane, or somewhere else entirely, it's your story but they will all end in the same way. Your character goes through whatever and finds themselves standing next to the faces of all the others with no way of knowing how to get back.
► The roleplay session of you landing here will be considered a special mission under the rules of missions for the Triple Full Moon Event and you will be given xp and a bonus accordingly.
During the Triple Full Moon, your character, born in the fey realms, slipped into Arith through a rift. Now that the rift has sealed, your character has decided to stay. All characters created with this chosen Drawback will know each other as you all will have come out of the same rift. You may choose how well they know each other. Your character must be a fey race: changeling, elf, faerie, feykin, fey'ri, ghost elf, half-nymph, nymph, moonfey or wilden.
Your Drawback/Boon will be that due to the difference in our magic, you take a -2 against all magical and psionic abilities used against you. The boon is that due to your fey heritage, you gain a +1 to your Charisma trait, but all limits must be abided by.
Things to know!
► To join the Feyborn, you must have your application no later than Monday at Midnight! Talk with me (Rica) and I will try to work out a schedule for us to do the initial 'appearance' of the fey as a group or put up a message board post so that everyone can post to it their reaction to staying here. This is how you will learn the faces of those that stay with you so that you could have a friend from home, if you need one after meeting some of our other characters!
► Getting your application in by the deadline also means I will customize a special mission to play out your introduction to our world in the country that's been chosen for the invasion. This can be done alone or with others and count for the xp and bonus that comes from doing the missions during the Triple Full Moon Event.
During the Triple Full Moon, your character, born elsewhere in another world or plane, was sent to infiltrate Arith during the chaos. Who sent you, and why, is up to you but ideas could be another world's government, a religious organization, an organization seeking certain magical items, or simply to blend in and learn the culture to report back. You have created a new identity here on Arith, with a Arithan background to match. Who, what, why, where - that is up to you.
Your Drawback/Boon is that your whole life has been about this very moment in your life, and while you have tried to study for it, your social skills are lacking. You take a -2 to any social based skills, talents or tactics you attempt to use. The boon is that your lies are always honest and any skill/item that would normally autopass to know if you are lying has to make a check, allowing you a +5 bluff bonus to the save.
Things to know!
► Those who choose to do this background storyline are coming here on their own. There will be no group meetings. There will be no friends and there will be no one leading your story. Your ability to contact whoever can be lost or it could be intact. Have fun with this if you can but don't expect anyone to bend to how you want the story to go if they didn't agree to it previously.
►By choosing this background and getting your character application in before the deadline, I will customize a mission for you to bring you into our world or you will be allowed to join 'others' during one of the available missions for Tuesday and gain access to the mission bonuses for participating during the Event.
If you have any questions about the missions that will be available or anything else, please feel free to contact me or Pam and we will try to answer you as soon as we can. If it's a complaint.. email it.
Enjoy!
Note: To join the Feyborn or Stranded SL that comes with the Triple Full Moon - you must apply no later Monday December 12th at Midnight EST.
It is NOT required to use your new free slot to join any of the follow storylines. The new free character slot can just be used to do so if you choose to! If you have character slots that are open, you can join any and all of the following backgrounds but you only get ONE free character to use before yuletide 2017. Be very clear on your application if you are or are not using that free slot. One player per background, please!
Please note - that even doing the below backgrounds, the other people in that background are not guaranteed or mandated to play with you beyond the initial meet-up! These are not storylines like the Gypsies, Nefarious Works or the Scarred Lands. These are just once in a lifetime moments that provide enjoyable backstories. Characters who are made or changed (Bitten) as a result of the Triple Full Moon Event qualify for a special badge "Minions of the Moon."
The Bitten
During the Triple Full Moon, your character is bitten by a lycanthrope of your choice (affected by moon, so NOT werespider or wereraven). All characters created with this chosen Drawback will know each other (at least by face) as you all will be treated in the same facility in Navahla (and we will hold a roleplay session for this very reason).
Your Drawback/Boon will be that you have uncurable lycanthropy, with a forced DC to control your change in the light of the full moon (full moons are marked on the calendar). The boon is that now with the lycanthropy in your veins, you gain a +1 to your Perception trait, but all limits must be abided by.
Things to know!
► Bitten will NOT know they have contracted lycanthropy until the full moon in JANUARY 2017. You may roleplay this character beforehand as their original race, having been bitten by whatever lycan you choose, but your character WILL NOT KNOW they have lycanthropy until we have the SL in January. This would also allow you a little extra time if you wanted to wait to create the character just as long as you have your application in no later than January 12th, 2017.
► This is the only one you can have a current character join. However, you must participate in January's SL, and your race completely changes to Lycan at that time. Not before! Only characters made and accepted just prior to the meet are allowed to take Lycan as their race!
► Players who choose to put a character in the Bitten SL (whether previously made or new) that tell us/apply before Monday at midnight will get a special mission that can be played out as being the night your character was wounded. This will also give you the xp and bonus that comes with doing the missions for the Triple Full Moon Event.
► Full moons in Arith last for 3 days and it will only be a forced DC for when Lunne is full and in the nighttime hours. Vermill and Rrok will not play a factor when it comes to this drawback. The DC for controlling the change will be explained at the time of everyone's first change (when we do the play session of everyone finding out they can't be cured.)
► If possible, please choose logical creatures to turn into that would be A list of possibilities that are already a part of our world's culture - Werewolves, Werefoxes, Werepanthers, Wereleopards, Werebears, Werelions, Weretigers, Wererats, Weresharks, Werehyenas, Werecheetah, Werecoyote, Werecat, Weredog, Werebird (not raven!) maybe, Werebadgers (good for halflings, gnomes, dwarves).
The Stranded
During the Triple Full Moon, your character suddenly finds themselves on Arith. All characters created with this chosen Drawback will know each other (at least by face) as you will all appear in the same place (and we will hold a roleplay session for this very reason).
Your Drawback/Boon will be that you take a -10 to all Knowledge Checks involving anything specific to Arith, and cannot learn any Arith specific language. The boon is that you are allowed a +2 DEF above any limits for surviving the travel between the worlds.
Things to know!
► To join the Stranded, you must have your application no later than Monday at Midnight! Talk with me (Rica) and I will try to work out a schedule for us to do the initial 'appearance' of the stranded as a group. This is how you will learn the faces of those that arrive with you so that you could have a friend before your adventuring begins, if you need one after meeting some of our other characters!
► A Stranded can be from Earth, Rhy'Din, another plane, or somewhere else entirely, it's your story but they will all end in the same way. Your character goes through whatever and finds themselves standing next to the faces of all the others with no way of knowing how to get back.
► The roleplay session of you landing here will be considered a special mission under the rules of missions for the Triple Full Moon Event and you will be given xp and a bonus accordingly.
The Feyborn
During the Triple Full Moon, your character, born in the fey realms, slipped into Arith through a rift. Now that the rift has sealed, your character has decided to stay. All characters created with this chosen Drawback will know each other as you all will have come out of the same rift. You may choose how well they know each other. Your character must be a fey race: changeling, elf, faerie, feykin, fey'ri, ghost elf, half-nymph, nymph, moonfey or wilden.
Your Drawback/Boon will be that due to the difference in our magic, you take a -2 against all magical and psionic abilities used against you. The boon is that due to your fey heritage, you gain a +1 to your Charisma trait, but all limits must be abided by.
Things to know!
► To join the Feyborn, you must have your application no later than Monday at Midnight! Talk with me (Rica) and I will try to work out a schedule for us to do the initial 'appearance' of the fey as a group or put up a message board post so that everyone can post to it their reaction to staying here. This is how you will learn the faces of those that stay with you so that you could have a friend from home, if you need one after meeting some of our other characters!
► Getting your application in by the deadline also means I will customize a special mission to play out your introduction to our world in the country that's been chosen for the invasion. This can be done alone or with others and count for the xp and bonus that comes from doing the missions during the Triple Full Moon Event.
Infiltrators
During the Triple Full Moon, your character, born elsewhere in another world or plane, was sent to infiltrate Arith during the chaos. Who sent you, and why, is up to you but ideas could be another world's government, a religious organization, an organization seeking certain magical items, or simply to blend in and learn the culture to report back. You have created a new identity here on Arith, with a Arithan background to match. Who, what, why, where - that is up to you.
Your Drawback/Boon is that your whole life has been about this very moment in your life, and while you have tried to study for it, your social skills are lacking. You take a -2 to any social based skills, talents or tactics you attempt to use. The boon is that your lies are always honest and any skill/item that would normally autopass to know if you are lying has to make a check, allowing you a +5 bluff bonus to the save.
Things to know!
► Those who choose to do this background storyline are coming here on their own. There will be no group meetings. There will be no friends and there will be no one leading your story. Your ability to contact whoever can be lost or it could be intact. Have fun with this if you can but don't expect anyone to bend to how you want the story to go if they didn't agree to it previously.
►By choosing this background and getting your character application in before the deadline, I will customize a mission for you to bring you into our world or you will be allowed to join 'others' during one of the available missions for Tuesday and gain access to the mission bonuses for participating during the Event.
If you have any questions about the missions that will be available or anything else, please feel free to contact me or Pam and we will try to answer you as soon as we can. If it's a complaint.. email it.
Enjoy!