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DM: @romanticchemist
Adventurers: @keystrings, @Spearmint
Party Name: Heirs of Onyx
Likely RP Type: Storybook
Fighting for the title of capital, Onyx is home to King Rhys' half-sister, Aveline, who heads the Kindling faction of the prophecy interpretations. Built on the interpretation that to avoid the land of ice and water, they must sacrifice King Rhys to the sea and annoint Aveline in his place, Onyx has one of the biggest wealth gaps in the kingdom.
The nobles are bejeweled, living in houses with up to dozens of magic workers to create artificial lighting, temperature control, and easy living. The civilians in Onyx barely scrape by, with many relying on the local woods for hunting and gathering. The general consensus in Onyx is that if Aveline were queen, poverty would disappear. No one seems to question why it still exists in Onyx, even though she's the one in charge.
PREMISE IDEAS
To prepare you for your journey, we've created three ideas that would suit your region and genre preferences. You are more than welcome to tweak them to your taste or go for something else entirely. Remember that you'll need to complete this roleplay in a month, so the scope of your story should be small.
ð–¢» UNMASKED ð–¢»
Hired by the royal guard in Ebony to assassinate a Kindling leader, things go awry on your very first night in Onyx when one of you is exposed as a traitor.
ð–¢» HOLY GHOST ð–¢»
In the poorest areas of Onyx, a stray priest prophesizes the end of the monarchy and attracts the wrong kind of attention. The monarchy has never done much for you or your loved ones, so you decide to smuggle him out of this dystopian city. How do you do it, and what do you risk leaving behind?
ð–¢» ROYAL ON THE RUN ð–¢»
Aveline's daughter has been betrothed since she was three to a noble in Vediatha, now a skilled dragon rider. Now, she's run away with one of her handmaids, and you, her remaining servants, are the ones in the castle who know her best out of everyone. You're given the option to help track her, or be jailed for treason.
DM CHECKLIST
A handy guide to help the DM prepare the party for July's adventure!
DM: @romanticchemist
Adventurers: @keystrings, @Spearmint
Party Name: Heirs of Onyx
Likely RP Type: Storybook
Fighting for the title of capital, Onyx is home to King Rhys' half-sister, Aveline, who heads the Kindling faction of the prophecy interpretations. Built on the interpretation that to avoid the land of ice and water, they must sacrifice King Rhys to the sea and annoint Aveline in his place, Onyx has one of the biggest wealth gaps in the kingdom.
The nobles are bejeweled, living in houses with up to dozens of magic workers to create artificial lighting, temperature control, and easy living. The civilians in Onyx barely scrape by, with many relying on the local woods for hunting and gathering. The general consensus in Onyx is that if Aveline were queen, poverty would disappear. No one seems to question why it still exists in Onyx, even though she's the one in charge.
PREMISE IDEAS
To prepare you for your journey, we've created three ideas that would suit your region and genre preferences. You are more than welcome to tweak them to your taste or go for something else entirely. Remember that you'll need to complete this roleplay in a month, so the scope of your story should be small.
ð–¢» UNMASKED ð–¢»
Hired by the royal guard in Ebony to assassinate a Kindling leader, things go awry on your very first night in Onyx when one of you is exposed as a traitor.
ð–¢» HOLY GHOST ð–¢»
In the poorest areas of Onyx, a stray priest prophesizes the end of the monarchy and attracts the wrong kind of attention. The monarchy has never done much for you or your loved ones, so you decide to smuggle him out of this dystopian city. How do you do it, and what do you risk leaving behind?
ð–¢» ROYAL ON THE RUN ð–¢»
Aveline's daughter has been betrothed since she was three to a noble in Vediatha, now a skilled dragon rider. Now, she's run away with one of her handmaids, and you, her remaining servants, are the ones in the castle who know her best out of everyone. You're given the option to help track her, or be jailed for treason.
DM CHECKLIST
A handy guide to help the DM prepare the party for July's adventure!
Spoiler
1. Coordinate introductions and set expectations with your party. What kind of roleplay will you be writing? How will the party brainstorm, plan, and collaborate - OOC only, WFP, Riseup? What does everyone's weekly availability look like? What is everyone's time zones?
2. As a team, decide on a premise that everyone is on board with. This premise can be one of the three provided, a derivitive of it, or something else entirely, as long as it takes place in your region of Blitzia and adheres to the general Blitzia lore provided here.
3. Create a character profile template and share it with your party. We suggest all characters are created before outlining the story gets too underway.
4. Decide on a name for the story. At this point, you may create the official RP thread (under Storybook Sanctuary, Roleplay Realm, etc.), but posting the actual story can't begin until July 1st! When creating the official RP thread, please add "[RP Blitz]" to the front of the topic title, so that it looks like: [RP Blitz] Dragon's Maw
5. Brainstorm the story and begin working on an outline together. As a reminder, please keep the scope of this story SMALL. The outline should hit all the main story beats but doesn't need to get into too much detail. Here's an example outline:
The Grocery Store: Your characters are preparing to make the perfect soup--but then, they realize they don't have the special ingredient! Can they make their way to the grocery store during rush hour and back home in time to eat their perfect soup before leaving for a birthday party?
6. When you've finalized the outline, post it here in the OOC and tag @DungeonMaster. We need to receive the finalized outline from you by June 30th in order for everyone in the party to earn the Blitz Bard Badge!
7. Beginning July 1st, the roleplay may begin. Above all, have fun!
2. As a team, decide on a premise that everyone is on board with. This premise can be one of the three provided, a derivitive of it, or something else entirely, as long as it takes place in your region of Blitzia and adheres to the general Blitzia lore provided here.
3. Create a character profile template and share it with your party. We suggest all characters are created before outlining the story gets too underway.
4. Decide on a name for the story. At this point, you may create the official RP thread (under Storybook Sanctuary, Roleplay Realm, etc.), but posting the actual story can't begin until July 1st! When creating the official RP thread, please add "[RP Blitz]" to the front of the topic title, so that it looks like: [RP Blitz] Dragon's Maw
5. Brainstorm the story and begin working on an outline together. As a reminder, please keep the scope of this story SMALL. The outline should hit all the main story beats but doesn't need to get into too much detail. Here's an example outline:
The Grocery Store: Your characters are preparing to make the perfect soup--but then, they realize they don't have the special ingredient! Can they make their way to the grocery store during rush hour and back home in time to eat their perfect soup before leaving for a birthday party?
- Our characters meet together at the house and have a good talk about how their days have been! In the middle of the talk, one realizes-- OH NO! We don't have the special ingredient for our perfect soup!
- Characters get dressed in their very fancy jetpacks to go to the grocery store, but the sky highways are SO busy at this time of day. They try to use the sky highways.
- When they come across a huge road block, they decide they should find a different way to the grocery store. Our characters land on the ground and try to walk over the apocalyptic ground and avoid zombies.
- Attack!! Run from the vampires!! Our characters have a huge fight and chase scene, and barely escape with their lives. Secretly, one of them has gotten bitten... DUH DUH DUHHHHH!
- Looking a bit worse for wear, our characters finally reach the correct neighborhood of the grocery store--but now, since they don't have their jetpacks, they can't pass the security fence meant to keep dragons out! Oh gosh, whatever will we do?
- One character goes, "Hey!! I have a brilliant idea! Let's use our earth magic to tunnel our way INTO the jetpack parking lot. That way, we avoid any vampires, we don't have to try to climb and avoid dragons, AND we get to find the secret ingredient! Also, confession time, I got bitten by the vampire :[." GASP! The other characters go, "Oh no! We will magically solve that problem later. But first, your idea sounds great. Can't wait to eat soup!"
- After a lot of hard work, our characters are in the parking lot and enter the store. But-- GASP!! It is OUT OF THE SECRET INGREDIENT!! This is a tragedy. Sad and soupless, our characters taxi-jetpack home, using the money they would have used for the secret ingredient.
- Our characters finally get back home, depressed and with no soup. Then, LIGHTBULB MOMENT. One character goes, "WAIT! The secret ingredient is LOVE!!! WE CAN MAKE OUR SOUP! And ALSO, that is how we cure vampirism so now we are all safe. Yippee!"
- TRIUMPH! Our heroes victoriously sit down to bowls of perfect soup. Then, one of our characters, Charles, says, "hey wait... did we ever get a birthday present for the party tonight?"
- Facepalm moment. Oh, Charles, you silly man!! The SOUP is the present! And the past. And the future. Everything is soup.
6. When you've finalized the outline, post it here in the OOC and tag @DungeonMaster. We need to receive the finalized outline from you by June 30th in order for everyone in the party to earn the Blitz Bard Badge!
7. Beginning July 1st, the roleplay may begin. Above all, have fun!
Good luck, adventurers! First thing's first - what premise tickles your fancy, and what kind of story are you itching to tell?
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