[OOC] Tales from Frontier Village: A Rune Factory Roleplay {Always Recuriting/Accepting}

[LiverisGood]

@Mangrale

Should we do a collab once the monster hunt begins?

[Mangrale]

@LiverisGood
Sounds about right. I reckon it's something I'll start giving my full attention towards as the deadline draws near if I'm honest, keeping in mind that I'd like a count of all players that wish to take part. I feel it kinda early to expect people to line up so soon in the RP, not everyone has even had a chance to post yet.

That said, I wouldn't want to push things back that much. If someone hasn't shown interest soon after learning about it, I doubt that would change much weeks down the line.

Perhaps what I will do, given how I wouldn't want to inconvenience people by demanding they write out in detail their characters arriving at the guild to sign up for the quest, is just require them to tell me OOC, or a PM here or on discord that they're interested. The cut off date will probably be by the end of next week. That way I'll know who's up for it and will be able to prepare accordingly.

In-story, I see the quest having been up a day or so before the IC starts anyway. I might be off about that, but that's my interpretation. That's a convenience for player characters who are already settled in the village. To newly arrived characters who are joining the quest, I would love just a small but clear mention of signing up at the very least. I'm of course not going to hold people to that though.

[Jerkchicken]

Working on a large post. More characters to be introduced, oh boy!

[Rune_Alchemist]

@DocRock

Heyo, a huge Rune Factory fan here. I noticed Half-monsters were on the limited races, so if I wanted to app one would I just need to submit it and have you tell me yay or nay?

[DocRock]

@Rune_Alchemist

Just shoot it to us in a DM, and we'd have a looksee, we being me and Jerk. Glad we could provide you with a place for RF rping!

@ All Players
I know I promised you guys a 2.0 that would include information on locations in the town and other stuff, but I both forgot and the renovations here at my folks place kinda made me forgot. That being said, hope to have something up tonight or tomorrow!

[Mangrale]

Time seems right to unveil the character I had in mind for a while. I hope you guys won't mind the extra elfling. She'll probably be delivering mail to an establishment near you. I haven't decided where to start her off, so if anyone wants to sway me one way or another, go ahead and tell me.

I also took some liberties in the skills section, as I intend for her to improve as time goes on, depending on how the RP itself goes. Hope that's okay.

Vivian

Vivian

14 ◆ Female ◆ Half-Elf

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Appearance

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Occupation

Every morning, Vivian will depart from her residence and head directly to the post office to begin her routes as a mail delivery girl for the day, a job she takes to diligently and with a vibrant smile on her face, especially when she comes across other people on her route. After she's finished and returns to the post office to turn in her equipment, she'll go to the Golden Hind Inn where a good portion of the afternoon will then be spent waiting tables.

Skills

• (Journeyman) Singer - Has the makings of a skilled, melodic vocalist with a number of various songs in her repertoire
• (Apprentice) Tailor - Can't fabricate entirely new clothing from scratch but can sew and patch existing fabrics relatively easily
• (Novice) Cook - Conceivably able to prepare a few meals slightly more difficult than cooked eggs fairly consistently

Description

Even by human standards, Vivian is usually considered by many to be too young to have spent her early childhood moving from place to place. Yet she herself would look fondly back at the great adventure her life's been prior to a fateful encounter with Rowan some years ago. She saw something in the grumpy old fogy that day and has since accompanied him even as far as Frontier Village. Heeding his advice to get settled, Vivian very quickly decided on the mail delivery service as her main way of supporting herself, but eventually took on extra work as a waitress at the local inn, mostly as her way of thanking the establishment's keeper for giving her a place to stay. She can be quite inquisitive and outgoing when it comes to people, but does appreciate some alone time now and again.

Point of Interest

Post Office - It has always stood near the heart of the village, its growing operations in conjunction with the settlement's expanding borders necessitating a number of key extensions over the years. Most notable is one of it's newest additions, a wood and cobblestone tower that supports a sort of aviary at its head for all the office's resident messenger birds, perfect for express letter delivery to and from many major villages and cities. Employment has likewise grown, from the workers made to sort the mail and run the postal service from the inside, to the mail carriers whose combined routes encompass the entire village.

[LiverisGood]

@13org

You want to do a short dialogue with Al'nehak and Kumiko?

[13org]

@LiverisGood

Sure!! Kumiko will certainly be intrigued by Al'nehak's exotic appearance! :-)

[Mangrale]

Update Time

I've thought about how to handle the hunting quest from a game runner's perspective and decided to propose the general idea here first before moving forward. Hopefully this way, those who expressed interest can voice whether or not they can work with this, and if not perhaps an agreement that works with everyone can be reached.

As far as what I'm leaning towards for now, I suppose if I had to give the approach to leading this entire event a name, it might wind up being something like "sequential check-pointing" or something like that. I believe most reading this would have at least experienced something similar in previous RPs. Essentially, the GM or other such showrunner (me in this case) will be in charge of making a post for each and every key development in the story from start to finish.

Really basic in nature, but to use this hunting quest as an example, my first post would probably be seeing the caravan gather in the morning. Keep in mind that I will probably be providing the precise time of day (or time bracket) that each checkpoint takes place as a point of reference. So naturally after everyone is gathered for instance, the party will begin the first leg of the journey and so on and so forth until they make it back to the village.

Side Note: I believe it only fair to tell everyone interested that the journey from the village to the festival grounds is set to take nearly a whole day (partly because I intend for medium to large pack animals to be involved with the trek). That means leaving and returning to the village may take a few days in total (in-story).

With that in mind, I intend to move things along with updates to the quest on a weekly (real life) basis. My first thought would be every Monday (exact time of day isn't a concern unless enough of you really want that set as well), but that day can be changed to one better suited to as many as possible. I really hope everyone can follow along with posts of their own week to week, and of course collaborations are welcome. That said, I don't intend to postpone scheduled updates just because one or two players won't be available for a turn. A courteous heads up is always welcome in that regard nevertheless.

So hopefully that helps paint a reasonable picture of how this could go. Feel free to let me know who's still interested and if this approach is worth going with. I can't say for how much longer this current day we're on will keep going, but if this plan of mine gets the all clear, I will begin brainstorming and drafting this coming week.

[DocRock]

Additionally, to add upon what Mangrale has said, no need to worry if you want to do something with others while the adventuring party is off on their own, there will be plenty to do still. So keep tuned for developments.

I'll be working on some stuff soon, just been battling school work and some physical health stuff, nothing serious, though!

[Jerkchicken]

The hunting event will soon be happening.

[LiverisGood]

According to Rowan, the hunt starts tomorrow? Where does this put my timeline with Al'nehak arriving? Just want some clarity as I thought it would be

Al'nehak arrives > signs up > joins the hunt immediately

Otherwise I think the progression would be

Al'nehak arrives > signs up > waits for tomorrow > goes to hunt

[Rune_Alchemist]

I have a similar question as I intend to have Alfy crash their hunting party after a small misadventure

[Mangrale]

[GM has spoken. Reply rescinded.]

[DocRock]

@LiverisGood@Rune_Alchemist
In regards to both your questions, the timing of you two getting involved is up to you. Given everyone in the rp currently is on the same day, in the case of the approaching traveler that Liver plays, you could arrive the day of the hunt, if you're still far enough out. For Alfy, she could go up to her area for something, then come back down and stumble on the team setting out?

I completely understand your concerns, since timing issues are never fun. If the above didn't help, let me know, and I'll see what we can do, alright?

@ All Players

I think I may have already said this, but just incase, some of your secrets may start going into play soon. I won't be saying who of course, but there will be events happening both out at the site of the festival disturbance, and at home here in the village.

I did promise some stuff about a month back and never delivered, and I am sorry for that, hoping to get at least started on it by Weds, as college work has had me focused on day to day.

[LiverisGood]

Ok, Al'nehak will be arriving on the day of the hunt then.

[Rune_Alchemist]

Anyone in town wanna do something with Alfy? She's currently heading in that direction.

[DocRock]

I do have my "scene" open as the Innkeeper, if you want to come in there, otherwise I think we got a mail gal somewhere.

Hoping to have James' Commentary upon each person ready soon, hopefully.

[Rune_Alchemist]

Well, depending on what Kaze does we'll see. He's currently following her it seems.

[Mangrale]

Vivian only has one definite and eventual stop on my end, but it can wait as far as I'm concerned. I may have a more drop-in friendly post before that, but she's pretty much open to meet just about anyone.