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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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so first things first jon needs a job. I'm really into the idea of him being a bartender as it's probably the best application of his stewarding skills--he's going to say something at some point to the effect of the only thing he's (legally) good for here is making hot spiced wine. are there still jobs like this? how would he obtain one? he doesn't know much about mixed drinks but he's a quick learner.
another thing is he wants to sniff out morningstar a bit and see if they are a worthwhile organization, or if they are ultimately destructive and need to be stopped or modified somehow. I'm not expecting him to find anything out right away, but he will be hanging around the npcs acting like he doesn't know anything and playing the part of the honorable knightly character who believes himself in their debt for saving his life, and sansa's. he'll offer to pass along any information he overhears as a bartender,which probably isn't anything very useful, but if he proves himself an asset maybe they'll place him somewhere he can overhear Real Stuff? he's trying to lay the groundwork for a long term relationship and make himself seem trustworthy. None of this will be particularly obvious, he won't be doing or saying anything out of character or telling outright lies, he'll just be trying to make himself present and useful in the hope that people tell him things, not unlike his behavior with the wildlings. how will that go over?
and also!!!! he'll want to try and make some extra money in the fight clubs and he'd like to do that under a fake name. he'll be willing to pass on any information he learns here to morningstar as well. how would I get him involved with the fights and will he be able to use a fake name publicly or will viewers/bettors need to access his id (if that is the case he probably won't want to do it)? can they bring or improvise weapons to the fights?
thanks, I hope my questions are straightforward, ahahaha............
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1. Bars are still tended to by people. He's welcome to find any entry level opening and gain his cocktail experience from there. Of the very few remaining NPCs, Gaby is a bartender in her "real life," so she would offer to put him in touch with some bars willing to train him without saying how she knows this information. (Though he would be able to find out the how eventually.) We'll be expecting frilly drinks from Jon Snow in the future.
2. There's not much of Morningstar left in New Amsterdam, but we urge you to thread with Gaby during the arrival log to give Jon a good idea of who and what Morningstar does from an NPC perspective. The thread to do that is here. With the general state of disarray between Morningstar and the PCs, we would like to see the development of this over time. If there is information that he'd pass along to Gaby, please feel free to let us know! He can begin to work up his rapport with her.
3. Character identities are tied to their neural implants, so it's nearly impossible to go by a fake name. Think of it this way: any fiscal transaction will need to be done through neural implant, if that's buying a drink, or receiving money from a fight that Jon's won. Most of the places that host the fighting rings want to keep their reputations on the downlow, so there isn't the normal amount of security that comes with most other New Amsterdam establishments. He'd have to be very careful about how he conducts himself, and even more careful about who he's associating with if he doesn't want to be
Getting involved is simple, feel free to take a look at this comment we posted to another player as a springboard. Let us know if you need us to expand on that. Again, if there's information that you'd like to inquire about that he'd pass along to Gaby, please let us know!
As most weapons are illegal in New Amsterdam, the fights are mostly hand to hand! If he wants to dive further into the underworld where things get more illegal, he'd probably be able to find something a little more questionable, but there's likely less of a payout.
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They would not be able to access his ID! We have some information regarding this here, albeit in a slightly different context. It's more that it would be puzzling that he would avoid sharing his public identity in a world where almost no one tries to do that.