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Saga of the Wind Swept Sands - Episidoc Garlean Spy RP event (Balmung) - Askier - 04-09-2014

"A song I sing, of the desert Jewel,
Ul'dah, the city, home to no fool,
She reigns mighty in the desert lands,
What force could oppose the Jewel of the sands?"

Saga of the Wind Swept Sands

[Image: Uldah_ARR_01.jpg]

“Saga of the Wind Swept Sands”  is a joint, community based episodic rp event  (Could that title get any longer?) being run my myself and Erik Mynhier on Balmung.  The story will involve a band of heroes attempting to stop a group of Imperial spies from destroying the city of Ul'dah.  Our hope with this event is to bring to community together and have some fun and, hopefully, make a story we all can remember fondly.

 
Okay, you have my attention. So how does this all work?

We are breaking this rp event into weekly mini-events to make it more manageable for everyone and to try to accommodate as many people who want to join in.  My plan is that each episode will take roughly one to two hours so people can fit it into their busy schedules.  Each week, everyone will log in at a set place and we will run the story from there.  These will take place on Wednesday nights starting at 8pm CST.

 
There will be two sides. 
The heroes and the spies.

 
If you are interested in joining either group, post below or send Erik or I a message on these forums.  All races are welcome for either faction.  Once we have the set amount of players, we will give a set date for the first event.  At the moment, Erik and I are planning to start this event AFTER the ball Erik his hosting in Ul’dah tonight, which will be a perfect place to relax, meet other people and have a good time.  Anyone wishing to join the spies, tonight would be a perfect time to meet Askier IC and reveal you serve the Garlean Empire as well.  If you are unable to attend the ball, there will be plenty of time to meet either Erik or Askier before the first episode.

 
There are five planned stages for this event. (Warning Spoilers ahead.)

Stage 1 is registration and a meet and greet.  This will take place at the ball and with side rps occurring between the ball and the first event's start date.

Stage 2:  Erik will receive an in-game letter that is supposed to be for the Garlean head agent, Askier.  Erik will gather the hero participants and go to confront the spies with the direct evidence.  At the confrontation, the Garlean agents will escape, but not before the Erik takes possession of a certain document Askier leaves behind detailing information about the arrival of the last three parts of the magitec bomb and when they will be arriving.

Stage 3:  The race.  The three bomb parts all arrive on the same day at three places.  These three locations will be described with a short riddle for each. The heroes will have a set amount of time to decipher the riddles and then get their characters to the locations.  The heroes will need to split up to find the devices in time.  If the heroes arrive at each location before the time runs out AND there are more heroes than spies, the heroes seize the part.  If either the heroes fail to arrive in time, OR if there are more spies than heroes, the spies take the part.  At the end of Stage 3, the side with two parts wins, leading to either:

 A) The spies take the parts to Ul'Dah and set up the bomb.

 B)  The spies are forced to flee, their plan in ruins

Stage 4 then becomes either:

 A) If the spies have more parts, a race against time to defuse the bomb as the spies defend the bomb ferociously.

B) If the heroes have more parts, they must hunt down and capture the fleeing agents who will be taking various roads north.

Stage 5
The heroes will interrogate the agents they capture and then dish out their punishments  accordingly. 

It is very possible some agents will escape capture and might attempt to free their brethren.

That was a lot of text. So about dem Rules:

1)  IC knowledge does not equal OOC knowledge.  For this role-play it is imperative that you don't use OOC information.  I don't think this will be a problem though. 

2) Please note that the Garlean characters are people's characters and we ask that they not be killed unless permitted by the player in (OOC) 

3) Combat:  There will be fighting in this.  Rules are below.

4) Have fun! I want this to be a lot of fun, and there will probably be a few hiccups along the way.  I ask that you be understanding and go with the flow. I've never done anything quite like this before and if it goes well enough, I'll try another. =D

5) Registration.  Once registered, I will put your name on a list for your chosen side so players can rp together.  Please note though that for stage  2, there will be a finite number of entries who can participate directly since it requires some pretty personal role play in a small space, though all can watch.  Other than that, there will be no limit the amount of players in this event. 

6)  We request that any orders Erik or I give during this event either IC or OOC, be obeyed without to much arguing simply for the sake of keeping this thing organized.

7) Garlean agents, please understand that as much as your character doesn’t' want too ,  they will lose.  This event is designed this way intentionally to give everyone a fun story to tell, but heroes win in stories. Plus we can’t actually destroy Ul’dah. Lol. Please note this going forward.

Combat:  to make combat a smooth action and to remove level gaps from the equation, we will be rping combat.  However, to keep things from getting bogged down, we will be using the following rules.

1)  Combat will take place as a back-and-forth.  One side will go, making their attack (or attacks, if multiple attackers) first.  To see if your attack hits, please have a simple, everyday house die with six sides nearby.  Combat will be based on dice rolls with Attacker and defender trying to role higher than the other.  When attacking,  you will post how you want to attack and roll the dice, adding the dice roll to the post:  Ex:

  -Tom rolls his dice and then posts in game : Adin draws his sword and lunges forward, trying to impale his foe with the pointy end.  (( rolled 4))

It's important that your post says what you're trying to do, not that you hit, because the defender will roll and then post what happens.  Ex:



  - Ali rolls her dice and gets a five.  Since the result is higher, she takes no damage.  Ali posts: Meera steps to the side and avoids the attack, grinning. ((Rolled 5))

Now that Tom's attack is resolved, it is Ali's turn to attack.  In the likely situation of multiple attackers on one person, all players on one side attack first, each going in order from left to right making an attack and letting the defender defend. Ex:

  -Tom keeps missing so Fred joins in.  Tom is on left so he goes first - Adin attacks ((Rolls 3))



 - Ali rolls and posts "Meera dodge." ((5))

  - Fred rolls and posts - Torin attacks with an axe swing.  ((6))



  -  Ali rolls and scowls as she posts  -  "Ali is struck with a glancing blow on the shoulder and blood rushes out.  ((rolled 3))

Now it's Ali's turn to attack but she can only attack one so she must be careful.

But what happens when you are hit?  You lose a hit point!  All heroes have 2 hit point, all agents have 4 (this is subject to change based on player numbers on either side.)

Once you have 0 hp, you are knocked out, or forced to flee, player's choice.

Healing classes can, instead of attacking, heal a wound on someone.  Note, can only do this once every three rounds to prevent over healing.


2) No one player may be engaged in combat with more than 3 opponents simultaneously.  To indicate you are in combat with someone, walk up to them and unsheathe your weapon.  Once a player has 3 people standing in front of them, no other player may enter the fray until a player is beaten.  An example of said formation is below with "O"representing one side and "X" the other

O  O  O
    X

3) But what if a friend is in trouble against three people?  You may run over and engage one of the enemies one on one by walking over and standing in front of them with your weapon unsheathed.  Whisper them you are engaging them and both you and the person you've engaged move a few feet away to show your ally is only engaged with 2 people now.  Visual example below.

O  O  O = O  O  O =  O  O      O
    X     =     X  X  =       X      X

4) IMPORTANT:  During combat, your emotes should be no more than a few sentences long.  This is to keep combat flowing quickly and from jumbling up the chat window with long posts.

So what next?

Well from here, we all enjoy the ball tonight and Erik and I will start getting this all set up for the first Event on April 23rd. Any updates or further information can be found below and, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask.  Hope you all have a great day and look forward to role playing with you soon. Thumbsup

RE: Saga of the Wind Swept Sands - Episidoc RP event - Askier - 04-09-2014

Schedule and Updates

 - 4/10/14 - The ball is tonight, I hope everyone is looking forward to it as much as I am! Big Grin

 - 4/10/14 - Episode 2 will take place two weeks from today at 8pm CST April 23rd, giving everyone plenty of time to meet IC.

- 4/23/14 - Episode 2 will begin at 8pm CDT on March 23.  The spies will meet directly inside the city of Vesper Bay while the heroes will congregate outside and move in when they are ready to confront our spies with a letter Erik Mynheir has received, which will be posted on Wednesday for all to see, that implicates the spies. I hope everyone has a good time and am looking forward so seeing everyone!

- Confusion update - There seems to be a bit of a mix up.  The date for the event is tomorrow at 8.  I apologize for the confusion. Rolleyes

4/23/14 - The event this evening was a success.  First off, I would like to extend my deepest condolences to Erik, who was unable to attend due to a death in the family.  All our best to you.



  Secondly, in Erik's absence, a thank you is in order for Kahn'a Od'hilkas for stepping in and leading the heroes at the last minute and doing an excellent job considering how little time he had to prepare and how much info I threw his way. 


Third, combat seemed to flow smoothly and I want to thank Jana for the wonderful advice about Rolz.org


So what happened?

Well, in summary, Askier's package arrived ahead of schedule and was hidden without Askier's knowledge, wasting valuable time.  Only moments before our heroes entered Vesper Bay, Askier received a linkshell message from his agent telling him the package was already there.  Without the package in hand, Askier had to suddenly face down the heroes as they present him with a damning document. 


At first our villain tried to deny the heroes' claims, but constant, and rather clever verbal assaults by the heroes stressed him and he made a break for the package, his allies holding back the  heroes long enough for Askier to retrieve the package and decode the riddles.  Unfortunately, his almost clean escape was stopped and he was badly injured.  He was saved at the last moment when his chocobo rushed in and dragged him to safety.  Askier now hides, nursing his injuries and wounded pride as the heroes must now uncover the secrets of the new message Askier dropped after the got the snot kicked out of him (Seriously, he took an arrow through the foot and a book to the eyeball.  Does that sound like a good time? lol)

The heroes, meanwhile have sworn to stop Askier and are working to decipher the riddles.

4/30/14 - Episode 3
 
Episode 3 will takeplace tomorrow, May 1[sup]st[/sup], at 8 pm CDT.
 
The spies will meetat the Coffer and Coffin by 8.  Theheroes will meet in Ul’dah (location incoming). 
Askier will send the spies to the three locations to retrieve theparts.  Once the spies are at all three,  I will send a tell to the heroes telling themto go.  The heroes will then have tenreal world minutes to get their characters to where they believe the parts to be.
 
If the heroes arriveat the correct locations in time, the spies have a choice, they can either fight the heroes for the items, where the winners walk away with the item, or the agents can drop the items and simply run, allowing the heroes to retrieve it.
 
If the heroes do notarrive in time, the spies at the location leave with the item and take it back to Ul’dah before going to help their fellow agents who might be in combat.
 
Remember, this evenis dynamic and will change the flow of the entire event.  If the heroes obtain 2 items, next week’sevent will involve the spies trying to evade the heroes and head north. 
 
If the spies possess2 items, next week’s event will involve the heroes trying to stop the bomb and find it.
 
Combat will be thestandard rules and I will have a dice roll room on rolz.org again called “Sage of the Winds” for everyone tojoin.  If you have any trouble joiningit, just grab a normal dice and start rolling. Lol.
 
Hope everyone is excited. I have had a ton of fun rping all the special events over the past week and am eager to see everyone again tomorrow!

5/1/14 -
EPISODE 3 RECAP
WHEW, WHAT a night!


SHORT VERSION:
SPIES RECOVERED TWO PARTS MAKING THEM THE WINNERS. 

Long Version on forum pages 3!

5/6/14 - Thursday, May 9 at 8:30, episode 4 shall commence!  I hope everyone can be there.  We will start gathering everyone at 8 to give people plenty of time to make it.  hope to see you all there!




RE: Saga of the Wind Swept Sands - Episidoc RP event - Askier - 04-09-2014

Participant List

((forth coming))

Heroes:                                                                      Spies
- Erik Mynhier                                                          - Askier Mergrey
- Osric                                                                   - Rynsur Grymm
- Mykaul                                                                 - Delial Grimsong
- Jana Ridah
- Kahn'a
- Avalt
- Daphine
                                                  


RE: Saga of the Wind Swept Sands - Episidoc RP event - Evie - 04-09-2014

Definitely interested. I'm cross posting this on my FC's website to see how many can be dragged along.

RE: Saga of the Wind Swept Sands - Episidoc RP event - Melkire - 04-09-2014

This sounds really fun, I'd love to participate. Just in case I don't catch either of you in-game today with a /tell, please put Osric down under the "heroes" column.

RE: Saga of the Wind Swept Sands - Episidoc RP event - Askier - 04-09-2014

Welcome aboard Osric. =D

RE: Saga of the Wind Swept Sands - Episidoc RP event - Jana - 04-09-2014

This is interesting. If I may make a suggestion though, for combat, you can use rolz.org and make a dice room with all combatants in it so that everyone can see the dice rolls instead of having to take it on good faith. It's what is used for the dice-combat in the Grindstone tournaments.

Edit: I should add that my character Jana Ridah, will be on the "Hero" side. She's an adventurer and might need to be hired IC, but is more than happy to go up against Garleans!

RE: Saga of the Wind Swept Sands - Episidoc RP event - darkendsol - 04-09-2014

Count my character, Mykaul, in as a proud hero!

RE: Saga of the Wind Swept Sands - Episidoc RP event - Kahn'a - 04-09-2014

You can count Kahn'a in, Hero side~!

RE: Saga of the Wind Swept Sands - Episidoc RP event - Avalt Laguz - 04-11-2014

I'd like to bring Avalt as a hero possibly! But he's not really amazing at following orders ;3

RE: Saga of the Wind Swept Sands - Episidoc RP event - Koninbeor - 04-11-2014

Even though I set up Itarliht for this via PM, I'm going to go ahead and comment here so I'm on the board. Hero, please!

RE: Saga of the Wind Swept Sands - Episidoc RP event - Askier - 04-12-2014

Glad we have so much interest already. =D

RE: Saga of the Wind Swept Sands - Episidoc RP event - Askier - 04-12-2014

(04-09-2014, 02:19 PM)Jana Wrote: This is interesting. If I may make a suggestion though, for combat, you can use rolz.org and make a dice room with all combatants in it so that everyone can see the dice rolls instead of having to take it on good faith. It's what is used for the dice-combat in the Grindstone tournaments.

Edit: I should add that my character Jana Ridah, will be on the "Hero" side. She's an adventurer and might need to be hired IC, but is more than happy to go up against Garleans!
 This website is perfect! Thumbsup Thank you for the info.   I'll be sure to set up a dice room then for the event! Big Grin

RE: Saga of the Wind Swept Sands - Episidoc Garlean Spy RP event (Balmung) - TheBlob - 04-13-2014

I would love to have Daphine do any doctoring needed.

She's certainly more hero than spy, though.

RE: Saga of the Wind Swept Sands - Episidoc Garlean Spy RP event (Balmung) - cuideag - 04-13-2014

I'll volunteer my Delial Grimsong for the spy side of things. She's been working in Ul'dah under one Garlean agent as it is, while making a mess subverting the efforts of an Ala Mhigan Resistance movement so it would not be entirely implausible that someone from the Garlean side might either know of her or find out about her and her actions.