this is Salem, a land filled with magic and maladies. It is a place where witches and their elemental familiars gather, a home to legend and
lore that predates time itself. Yet of all the wicked and wonderful stories the past can tell us of, the most magical are the ones yet to happen.
This is Salem - this is the start of your very own journey. Welcome to starfall
Starfall is an animaga witch roleplay set in mostly modern times. Members play as witches in a world plagued by monsters, where the only safe spots are walled cities. Starfall strives to be a character-driven roleplay with expansive lore and a highly interactive plotline. We want to allow members to
create and look back on a magical journey, and mold the site and its plot as their characters grow.
Post by Erin Caulfield on Jun 30, 2017 17:57:21 GMT
-----basics----- name: operation: hydra participants: many™ threads: many™ sponsor: coven leviathan objective:d e s t r o y the competition danger level: apprentices and up are encouraged, but there will also be less dangerous missions for fledglings. moderation: should be fairly self-sufficient, besides mission approval and overall grading, but feel free to wreck us some more. ily. also give me fane.
-----details----- ic description: it has recently come to coven leviathan's attention that their name has been suddenly brought up to the public interest after half a century of lying low. some civilians take it as a bad joke, some are starting to spread conspiracy nonsense. it needs to stop.
in order to stop all these rumors from spreading further, a mass call for all leviathan witches has been issued. whether fledgling or novice, leviathan has put out a variety of missions to help take down this enemy force once and for all.
ooc description: this raid will basically consist of a series of missions and "social" threads to help track down and neutralize the threat that hydra poses to leviathan. each completed mission will add a certain number of progress points towards the overall raid's progression, so that it is reliant on member participation. however, there will be 50% progress point bonuses for finishing missions in two weeks or less. additionally, rounds in phase iii will be timed.
there will be 3 phases, each one with its own progress bar to be filled before we can move on to the next phase.
phase i: various tracking missions for several small gangs that are going around sundial committing petty crimes. fledglings are encouraged to do some reconnaissance but keep their distance from targets, while novices are free to engage. the name of hydra may or may not show up in individual missions, based on the mission taker's discretion.
in this phase, each successful mission will add a base value of 20 progress points to the overall progress bar. 30, if completed within two weeks of starting. unfinished missions will add no points, but may be eligible for rewards once they are completed.
progress points to phase ii: 100/100
one extra event thread will be up, set towards the end of phase i, where leviathan members get to share their findings and discuss what to do from there.
phase ii: obviously the answer is annihilation. the coven meeting has shed some light on the matter at hand. all these petty crime incidents are linked to a bigger organization called hydra, which claims to be a reborn leviathan. the true leviathan is letting its novices lead an infiltration raid to vanquish hydra once and for all. capture or kill all heads.
there can be various missions depending on how many members wish to join. hydra is supposed to have many heads spread throughout the city, and all of them need to be taken down simultaneously so as to avoid any specific group to be notified and for them to flee. a minimum of 1 novice (or higher) must be present in each mission, but apprentices and fledglings are welcome to join as well.
each mini raid will add a tentative 50 progress points to the overall progress bar. value subject to change depending on interest/activity. 75, if completed within two weeks. in the event of failure, the entire raid must be repeated starting from phase i.
progress points to phase iii: 150 ( total progress points: 250 )
phase iii: during phase ii, witches may have noticed that not all heads were found where previous missions had hinted. someone has tipped hydra off. someone from within leviathan. everything leads to an as of yet unnamed npc, who happens to have fled the scene as soon as the mini raids in phase ii started. a joint effort from leviathan's athenians' part has finally gotten them the information required to deal with the last hydra head standing.
the naval raid everyone's been waiting for. phase iii's main event thread will be death enabled and will require participating witches to be able in combat. witches will have to infiltrate the last hydra stronghold: ironically, a ship named s.s. red skull. fight through throngs of enemy witches, find the last head, and cut it off.
there will be modded posts to guide witches along, each with prompts that need to be fulfilled within the round in order to progress. the actual length of each round will be stated in these posts, but they will all give members at least 72 hours to post.
to clarify: your character won't necessarily die if you fail to post in one round, but they won't get any points for that round, and they won't be counted towards overall progression either. they might, however, die from being struck by strong blows, from sustained wound damage, falling off the ship, blood loss, etc. just have fun and don't do anything too reckless. most of the time, you will have control over whether your character actually dies or not.
witches who do not wish to partake in the main event will have a separate thread to help evacuate the docks, or create a distraction. either or, up to you guys. anything that makes the battle about to take place at sea less of a scene.
keep in mind only characters not participating in the main event thread for phase iii will be able to join this side mission. this thread won't be modded, but it will add 10 progress points per member to the progress bar. have fun!
progress points to complete the raid: 200 ( total progress points: 450 )
one extra event thread will be posted, following the events of the raid, where the members who contributed the most points towards the completion of the raid get to torture the traitor.
dear Erin Caulfield, [break] your raid has been approved by sundial government. good luck and may you do well in your endeavors! when you have finished (each phase), please report back to us and post again in this thread with a link to the finished mission![break][break]
each phase will require approval before initiating. for clarification, mod intervention will occur along the following points and the following structure must be followed. [break][break] phase i. [break][break] each mission must be tagged [hydra] and must have staff approval as a normal mission.[break] the end-of-phase thread may include NPC interaction at staff discretion.
[break][break] phase ii. [break][break] will require each mission thread to be given to staff for approval before creation.[break] sign ups may be collected by member discretion.[break] each completed mission will be judged by staff after individual completion.[break][break]
phase iii.[break][break] the threads must be submitted to staff for checking before creation.[break] the naval raid thread will be staff moderated at an interval of 72 hours[break] the same will also have mandatory low-risk death enabled mode with potential for injury.[break] depending on timeline factors and scale of the final product, the raid may have moderate to severe consequences for members of the coven and the coven as a whole.[break][break]
over all[break][break] staff reserves final decision in any dispute that may arise[break] rewards will be given by staff on a per-phase basis. suggestions are welcome but may not be implemented.
Coven Leviathan has found a gang which has been tarnishing and exploiting Leviathan's name to make a reputation for themselves. Unfortunately, before the true Leviathan could form a plan to take the imposters down, Fane, whose name is ever-entwined with the name "Leviathan", was taken by the Helios Knights for questioning. After some snooping, it has been confirmed that the Knights suspect her for orchestrating the activities of the Leviathan imposters, Hydra. They don't seem to be planning on releasing her any time soon. [break][break] Even so, Leviathan cannot be made to look weak from the loss of a single member. Now is the time to strike. To fight.
[attr="class","stafftempitem"]Sea Serpent's Fang A moderately sized, curved blade with a purple tint in the metal. The blade can bend and coil at the will of its wielder, similarly to a serpent's body. This can cause massive internal bleeding when used while it's already piercing the flesh of a target. This weapon is resistant to magical influence from elemental manipulation.
[break][break]AWARD FOR HELIOS KNIGHT MEMBERS ONLY:
[attr="class","stafftempitem"]Salamander's Claw A moderately sized, recurve blade with a reddish-copper tint in the metal. This blade can become searing hot at the will of the wielder without melting or distributing any of its heat to the handle. This weapon is resistant to magical influence from elemental manipulation.
[break][break]BONUS, FOR THOSE WHO COMPLETED A RELEVANT THREAD: (note: if thread is ongoing, this will be rewarded upon mission completion)
[attr="class","stafftempitem"]Nectar of the Abyss There are spells to suppress and alter memories, but very few are able to wipe them completely from the mind. This rare potion is designed to do exactly that: it completely erases all memories created within the last 24 hours from the brain of the person drinking it. An adept or higher athenian may be able to guide the effect to shift the 24 hour erasure window to even earlier memories (for example, erasing all memories from last Tuesday, rather than erasing all memories from yesterday), but this requires an awareness and chronological understanding of the target's memories. (this potion is made for 1 time use)
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phase ii
There will be three missions which must be successfully completed before the final phase begins! Each mission corresponds to one of the leaders (aka heads) of Hydra's organization -- the leader must be killed for the mission to count as a success. [break][break] These missions should be created as a normal mission, with a minimum of novice rank and include [hydra ii] in their title. Since these missions happen simultaneously, each character may only participate in one of them. [break][break]
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[attr="class","stafftemptitle"] defending the heart
The initial investigation uncovered that a branch of Hydra knew of the true Leviathan and was planning a forceful takeover of Bell's Bar to seize control of Sundial's docks. With the night of the planned assault known to Leviathan, they should be able to prepare and turn the tables on the imposters. Rumor has it that Captain Casimir Lombard will be there in person to oversee the event. He's an adept-level augmenter and fire elementalist, known to have a large boar familiar. Though he will be accompanied by a fighting force, he is by far the most magically skilled person who will be there and will not go down without a fight.
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[attr="class","stafftemptitle"] go for the throat
The underground familiar fighting arena in The Hovel is one of the main bases of Hydra, where back-room deals and the storage of less-than-legal items takes place. While a significant part of Hydra's forces are away attempting to seize Leviathan's base, Leviathan is planning to strike down the arena owner, Ejiri Riko, at her own base of operations. She is a cunning, adept-level runescripter, athenian, and ice elementalist with rune-protected safe-rooms and countless guards under her command crawling around the building. Simply finding her is the first of many challenges you will need to face to take her down and escape the building alive.
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[attr="class","stafftemptitle"] cut out the tongue
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