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PLOT IDEAS & REQUESTS (DEFUNCT)

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The world of Dragon Age is big and open and many of our players know at least as much about it as the mods. We hope that Fade Rift will be a collaborative effort where players feel free to contribute and to take ownership of the setting and of the game's direction. To that end, we strongly encourage player plots, quests, missions, adventures, and so on. We are also always open to ideas if players have something in mind but feel for some reason that they can't run a prospective plot themselves.

Plot suggestions can take two forms:

Player Plots: Plots that a player runs, which includes posting OOC sign-ups, posting logs and info, and GMing for other players as needed or desired. These plots can involve the plot-runner's character or not, and they can either be personal in nature ("let's go rescue my brother!") or relevant to the war effort and mot plot. Mod involvement will generally be to supply information to the player running the plot as necessary, signal boost, and otherwise provide support.
Plot Suggestions: If there's some aspect of Thedas you think we should explore or some conflict or plot element you want to see but don't want to run yourself, let us know! No promises, but we'll try.
Info Requests: If your character is looking into something—reading books, conducting experiments, writing to ask NPCs for information, etc.—that doesn't warrant a full plot request, let us know here and we'll tell you what they'll discover. Please keep in mind that these requests must be specific. "My character is reading about the Fade; what will they learn?" is too broad. "My character is researching previous instances of individuals physically entering the Fade; beyond those in canon, are there any in FR's universe I should know about?" is specific.

If you have an idea please fill out the appropriate form below and post it here. We'll get back to you as soon as we're able. Not every idea will be viable as written, or necessarily at all, but we will do our best to help find ways to fit the things players want to do in around setting constraints or behind-the-scenes plot considerations whenever we can. All comments are screened.

Player Plots

WHO: Which characters (if any) are definitely going to be involved?
HOW MANY: How many characters total do you envision this involving?
OPEN/CLOSED: Will this be open to sign-ups from any character in the game, or is it closed to particular group?
WHERE: Where do you plan for this to take place?
WHEN: When, ICly and OOCly, are you hoping this will run?
WHAT: Briefly—in a few sentences—what are characters going to go do? You don't have to give us details or explain the OOC plot mechanics. Just give us the general idea/elevator pitch. If we need more details, we'll follow up to ask you for them.

GOAL: What's your ultimate goal for this? To explore a particular area? Acquire a special object? Trigger some sort of character development? Highlight a particular aspect of the setting/theme? Get characters talking about X or Y? Again, you don't need to provide extensive details of everything you plan to happen, just give us a high-level overview of what you want to accomplish so that we know what's most important to you about it.

IMPACT & CONSEQUENCES: Will this have an impact on PCs other than those that sign up to participate, or on a large number of NPCs? Could it impact the standing of a particular group of PCs (i.e. changing local opinions of Rifters, or creating ill-will toward dwarves in Ansburg, etc.)? What impact do you foresee this having on the Inquisition as a whole? Is it something you think could impact the Inquisition's goals, reputation, or security? What (if any) IC consequences do you foresee for involved characters? Are there limits on the consequences you're willing to accept? If you've already discussed permission for this endeavor with the relevant IC leaders, please also mention that and let us know what they said (but it's not required that you have done so; it can also come after).

MOD INVOLVEMENT: What do you need from us to make this happen? 'Nothing' is an acceptable answer! Please note that as a general rule we won't be GMing or NPCing in player plots, but we can provide information, intel, etc. to you OOC.

If you need additional information in order to run your plot, please ask specific questions. We will no longer be answering general requests like 'let me know what they can learn about X'. These are difficult and very time-consuming for us to answer because they require us to guess what steps your characters would take to investigate what is usually a very broad subject before we can determine what they might learn about it. When asking for additional info/intel, please provide us with context about what your characters will be attempting, how they'll go about it, what theories you/they want to test, and some ideas about potential outcomes. You don't need to have every detail 100% fleshed out, but you do at the very least need to bring us specific ideas about how your character would try to learn the information that you want or what could happen as a result of the experiment you want to try.

Plot Suggestion

As a final note, if you run a plot that pertains to the war effort/larger plot, please file a report using the form on

therookery and tagging the post with the relevant divisions and projects. This is to help everyone keep up with plot developments and is required to get AC bonus points for running a plot.

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

1) Does the Magisterial Senate look like it's going to turn toward Corypheus (or has it already, or has most of it, etc)?
1a) What happens to the Magisters who are vocally against him?
1b) How about non-Magisters?
1c) How mad is the general populace?

2) Has trade been choked off/what is that doing to the region's economy, among both the wealthy and the poorer classes?

3) Are things generally limited to Minrathous, or have they begun to spread outward?

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1a) The Magisterium has approved the Archon, and the Venatori faction, now working openly, has snowballed into the most powerful faction in the Magisterium. Some are true believers, some are converts of convenience or cowardice, but its influence is very real and still growing. Power begets power, after all.

1a & b) It depends. Those who oppose the Venatori through normal channels at normal volumes—voting against their policies in the Magisterium, making the occasional speech, talking at home or among friends and such—are generally allowed to continue doing so. Opposition political factions in the Magisterium are allowed to continue existing and working. However, those who work more directly against the regime—actively fighting its forces, plotting treason, communicating/working with the Inquisition/Orlais, etc.—will be dealt with harshly. Whether or not they're dealt with publicly depends on how prominent and/or popular they are. The bad guys are smart enough not to create martyrs if they can avoid it.

1c) In general, not mad. Some people are just trying to keep their heads down and not attract any powerful attention, of course, but the general populace loves their country as much as the upper classes do and are just as eager to see the Imperium restored to glory. If anything, support among the middle and lower classes is even greater, given how the war has invigorated some areas of the economy and the influence of Calpernia and her efforts to raise up the slave classes. There’s a general belief that when Tevinter throws off its shackles and gets its vengeance on the rest of Thedas—which has been unfairly limiting and maligning the entire country for ages now, clearly—they will all share in the benefits that will follow. Plus, in the meantime they’ll get to kick some jumped-up southern ass.

There may be signs or whispers of underground resistance, but from Benedict’s vantage point this would be mainly in the form of discussions about rooting it out or (very few, not a constant stream of and, as mentioned above, nobody too conspicuous) individuals disappearing and the gossip attributing those disappearances to arrests or treason and so on. There are no open demonstrations in the street.

2) Legal trade with Orlais, Ferelden, and some of the Free Marches has stopped, but Orlais and Ferelden in particular were always collectively hesitant to trade with Tevinter at all anyway. Antiva in its neutrality continues to trade with both sides, and Nevarra is too scrambled to have instituted a consistent policy, so the effective difference isn't huge. Specifically-Orlesian goods will be more difficult and expensive to come by, but this consists primarily of luxury items. The one major staple export that's no longer available is Orlesian grain, but while prices have risen, so far the Antivan and Marcher farmers are still keeping everyone tolerably stocked so it's not to a dangerous point yet.

3) Minrathous is a stronghold—very difficult to get in and out of, 100% under the control of Corypheus and the Venatori—but their looser control has stretched much further, including all the way south to the front. Things in the eastern end of the country remain less clear/more unsettled just by virtue of distance, but for the most part Tevinter as a whole is aligning under the control of Corypheus, the Venatori, and their puppet Archon.

Ideas & Requests (Defunct)

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