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PLOT ENGAGEMENT (ARCHIVED)
What is Plot Engagement and how does it work within Meadowlark? This is the page where players can come discuss with us how to facilitate plots within the setting. However, there will be occasions where a plot doesn't work within Meadowlark's world, and we'll suggest alternative routes. For small worldbuilding or gameplay details, please direct your question to the FAQ. If you're ever not sure if you're at the right page, don't worry—we'll help you get it sorted out. We know we have a load of info!
WHEN WILL YOU HEAR BACK?
◉ All Plot Engagement answers go out on Sunday, except during events.
◉ The deadline to submit a question and ensure you'll hear back from us on Sunday is 11:59 PM UTC on Saturday.
PLOT ENGAGEMENT INCLUDES
◉ Player plots! If you'd like your character to become a mafia boss, this is your place to start. Typically, this involves anything that could impact the setting or other player characters.
◉ Character career advancement that gives the character additional power or status within the setting.
◉ Metaplot exploration and information! We plan all events to give characters something to explore after the event ends. This is the place to do it!
SUBMISSION TIPS
◉ Specify what your character is looking for when they're investigating. What questions are they asking and what angle are they trying to explore?
◉ If you have a specific goal in mind but don't know how to reach it, please let us know.
◉ If you link a thread to us, please summarize it! That helps us process the plot in question.
◉ Don't worry about not knowing the setting like the back of your hand before you submit the plot—that's up to us! We're here to help you with any adjustments to get you on the right track.
NOTES & THINGS THAT YOU CAN HANDWAVE
◉ Characters always start out in entry level positions. Characters can update their skill sets to the 2512 standard through paid apprenticeships or internships.
◈ If a character is advancing within a major corporation (as noted on the Setting or Locations page) or one of its subsidiaries, we will need to approve this advancement.
◈ If a character becomes a supervisor at a local bar or other small business, we do not need to approve this advancement.
◉ Joining the police force within a city requires three months of IC training (six months OOC).
◉ We'll approve whether someone has social media fame, but we will not be providing social media follower counts. Once you have a plot for how to use those followers, that's where we step in!
◉ All Morningstar business goes on our Morningstar page. Please feel free to discuss specific plots here (including joining), and go there for signups and anything else.
◉ Characters getting jobs, finding apartments, participating in the fighting rings, getting married, making workplace friends, the creation of minor NPCs, etc. do not need to be run by us. Please let us know if these expand into player plots or other plot bits!
QUICK LINKS
◉ FAQ: For small worldbuilding or gameplay details.
◉ Setting: Our setting page! We'll update as needed.
◉ Jobs: A reference for who's working where!
◉ Locations: Both major and minor locations within New Amsterdam, as well as outlines for other megacities.
◉ Mod Contact: For wider game concerns.
◉ The Story So Far: Gamewide plot events up to current (your CTRL+F best friend!).
◉ NPC page: Includes NPC blurbs and inboxes.
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Being back in game I'm keen to have Thor get back into the fighting rings, especially with an eye to Make Money (because some brother of his spent all the money he'd saved up last time).
So I'm curious about how 1: Thor will be received coming back into the rings after winning the championship months ago, especially missing both an arm and an eye. He's not especially keen to explain where he's been, but he can probably come up with some excuse if pressed.
I'm also interested in 2: what opportunities could come up in that setting for making money. He's less willing to work his way into saving money again like he has before (being impatient), so Thor is open to people approaching him for one-off chances to be hired for things in exchange for $$$$, though he's unlikely to take the job if he judges it to be against his values.
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Before any money-making gets started, Thor will probably want to pick up a prosthetic arm and eye. He can get one that's completely above board and professionally sanctioned through the world's health care system for free. No one will ask too many questions because of the monsters that just attacked, assuming that he went off to fight against them at some point, coming out of retirement from the rings to do so.
Since he has some fans in the rings from before, some of them will give him connections to various prosthetic modification dealers who can help equip him with a strong, fighting arm, as well as any changes and additions he might want. All these people would ask in return is that Thor puts in a good word—and also helps them move some of their goods for the Black Market. He might not be up to fighting condition, but he should be able to help with a job like this. It basically involves moving illegal goods, but no one appears to be hurt by it.
The reason why we'd advise him go get his arm and eye setup again is because many of the fighters in the rings have always had cybernetic prosthetics to make them more formidable in the ring. While we know Thor is a badass, we figure he'd end up struggling a bit given the circumstances. You can also feel free to have Thor go through other PC-related avenues to get this set up, but we figure it might be easiest for him to start through legal means and then beef up later!
Let us know if you have any questions!