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PLOT REPORTS

If you run a player plot, participate in a war table mission, or do something unplanned/unofficial that you feel may have wider implications for the game world, please use this page to submit an OOC report! Your report doesn't need to be lengthy or overly detailed but should include the basic premise ("A and B hunt down C"), state the outcome ("C is caught and placed in Inquisition custody"), and explain anything significant that is handwaved rather than played out if, for example, the log in question ended prematurely.

The purpose of these reports is twofold: first, to provide an easy reference for players to keep up with what's going on (or to get caught up if they're new); second, to allow the mod team to monitor the results of player plots and show the impact of those plots on the game world moving forward.

To submit a report, please use the form below and respond to the appropriate comment. In the subject line please put the date (or date range) of the plot as well as some sort of informative title ("Catching C").

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Reports for plots that occurred (or concluded, if they were prolonged) in Harvestmere 9:42.

PLOT: The Mysterious Ruin
PARTICIPANTS: Ellana Ashara, Korrin Ataash, Vasran Thelassin, Thranduil, Felix Alexius, Sam Gareth, Velanna, Merrick Ashara, Eirlys Ancarrow
LOG: Link
PREMISE: A trip to an elven ruin in search of the Sulevin Blade.
OUTCOME:

There were simple puzzles to solve to move forward through the rooms.

They found really random stuff, but no enemies to face at all.

In the end, they retrieved the next clue which Ellana and Leliana's scout will work on to find out where this weapon is hidden!

PLOT: Dalish Diplomacy Disaster
PARTICIPANTS: Herian, Pel, Sina
LOG: HERE (follow up to Gwen’s plot, main log followed by a network post from Pel.)
PREMISE: Herian, Pel and Sina go to meet with Clan Grymusseth regarding attacks on an Inquisition group that declared themselves peacefully, as well as other attacks by this same Clan.
OUTCOME: ( cw: reference to deliberately inflicted injuries outside the heat of battle )
It goes really very badly.

Sina lead the party and was treated as the leader of the group by both Herian & Pel; negotiations began well enough but disintegrated as the Clan’s Keeper and lead Hunter pushed a hard policy of justice and retribution.

The presence of hunters (archers, dual knives) in the trees suggests the diplomatic mission may have been doomed from the start

Our intrepid heroes are attacked and ultimately captured

All characters sustained minor to moderate injuries in the forms of burns, traps going off, blunt fore attacks and some sword/knife/arrow attacks.

Herian suffered some mutilation to her left ear.

An undetermined number of NPCs were injured and possibly killed through the combination of escape fighting, part of the camp catching fire, and demons. The lead Hunter and Keeper’s First were both definitely killed.

No actions were taken in public, in the sense of it being a densely populated area with lots of humans. The only witnesses were the Dalish Clan itself, and not even all of them saw what happened although they would have been aware of demons and fire, obviously.

A rift opened while our heroes were escaping! It wasn’t Sina’s fault, but what whacky timing.

Edited 2016-10-25 14:31 (UTC)

PLOT: The Big One?
PARTICIPANTS: Korrin, Araceli, etc.
LOG: Link
PREMISE: Korrin's contacts in Honey Badger Hold have sighted a herd of elusive nuggalopes. It's time to lure them in and acquire new mounts for the Inquisition.
OUTCOME:

The group divided into teams to plant lures and win over the nuggalopes.

Their success impressed Honey Badger Hold, who didn't expect the nuggalopes to behave for anyone but the Avvar.

No nuggalopes were hurt in this operation. People, on the other hand, endured a little bruising but no real injuries unless they were marvelously stupid.

"Our people have flushed out... something. Something big and stubborn. You were seeking a mount that spoke to the tenacity of the Inquisition, and this... frankly I'm not sure what this says, but it is definitely a mount, and it is definitely tenacious. I'm not sure what to say, except that the stables now have new residents, and to echo the report from our people: "That is one big nug."

PLOT: Mirrors & Monsters
PARTICIPANTS: Merrill, Morrigan, Thranduil, Ellana, Inessa, Zevran, Bruce, Maxwell, Bethany, Beleth, Leliana, Amelie
LOG: Link
PREMISE: Fetching Merrill's eluvian from Kirkwall.
OUTCOME: Please briefly summarize the outcome of the plot. Essentially, we need to know about the parts that might influence the Inquisition's reputation, resources, and connections, such as:

Two teams were sent to Kirkwall; one via Morrigan's eluvian and one via ship.

The Venatori had already moved the eluvian; Team A exited out it to find themselves deep in an abandoned part of Kirkwall from when it was a part of Tevinter.

Team B arrived at the Hawke manor and discovered two dead Venatori henchmen and were directed to investigate the Gallows, which led to a secret passage.

Both teams had to deal with horrors in the passage, ranging from the natural to traps to abominations.

Multiple Venatori were killed by the Inquisition, as well as several rats, walking corpses, etc. in the passage. Everyone sustained some injuries but there were no PC deaths.

Kirkwall still sucks.

PLOT: Sins of the Father
PARTICIPANTS: Raylan Gibbs, Adelaide Leblanc, Pamelia Islain, Lex Luthor, Yngvi Congealedinagutterson, Kif Kroker, Kaisa Daesun, Leliana, Christine Delacroix, Bruce Banner
LOG: Link
PREMISE: Stopping a slave ring in Crestwood.
OUTCOME:

The PCs handled the situation reasonably well. By the scoring system discussed with the mods, we got 27 points out of 40. This included being relatively helpful and generous with their time to those in the town who needed it.

Minor to moderate injuries were sustained by the Inquisition. A few Inquisition members were kidnapped briefly, but freed within hours.

A few criminals died in struggles; most were arrested and brought back to Skyhold; the slaves were freed.

A rift opened underneath the lake in Crestwood.

Boyd Cropper learned of the Inquisition and arrived back at Skyhold with the team.

PLOT: War Table: Investigate Comtesse de Veloney
PARTICIPANTS: Anders, Herian Amsel, Inessa Serra, Malcolm Reed, Pamelia, Velanna
LOG: Link
PREMISE: Inquisition scouts go missing near a Comtesse's estate, and our motley crew of heroes go to investigate and hopefully find answers
OUTCOME: Please briefly summarize the outcome of the plot. Essentially, we need to know about the parts that might influence the Inquisition's reputation, resources, and connections, such as:

The group asked the various staff members questions about the household, the last time they saw Inquisition scouts, and turned up with a lot of weirdness and things that just didn't add up!

No NPCs were harmed in the bust.

At night IT ALL WENT DOWN and by the time they were done the group learned a couple of things: one, that the meat was people, and had been people for some time, two, that the Comtesse knew nothing about it, and three, the valet, the butcher, the tanner and the perfumier are terrible terrible people.

The guilty have been brought back to Skyhold and the Inquisition scouts were found alive and relatively unharmed!

PLOT: Operation: Sweetest Downfall
PARTICIPANTS: Bruce, Christine Delacroix, Ciri, Inessa Serra, The Iron Bull, Issaquntaar, James Norrington, Kain Ventfort, Raleigh Samson
LOG: Link
PREMISE: Inquisition forces ambush a red templar caravan headed south. Samson is with them. Surprise!
OUTCOME:

Christine, Inessa, Issaquntaar and Kain participated in the neutralization of the red templar forces, particularly by taking down a behemoth. Nice. One assumes they did not die nor lose any vital pieces during this event.

Bruce, Ciri, Iron Bull, and Norrington dispatched four red templars before facing Samson himself, probably also without dying. The general resisted their attacks at first, but over the course of an exhaustingly long battle they wore him down until finally, in anger and desperation, he took one too many doses of red lyrium and collapsed on the field.

He was then dragged back to Skyhold like heavy, stinky luggage.

Overall it was an extraordinarily violent battle with significant NPC casualties on both sides.

All participants experienced temporary discomfort due to the proximity of red lyrium, with no permanent negative effects (luckily).

Norrington got a cool scar. Other people got scars too but his is the coolest.

The wagon ultimately forded the river along with with five red templars protecting its heavily hooded passenger, whose identity was not revealed. A group of inquisition agents pursued the wagon several miles south of the river before successfully disabling it. Three of the five red templars escaped into the Wilds with their passenger, while two were slain.

The red templars set fire to the wagon upon abandoning it, but a small quantity of red lyrium research records and equipment were salvaged.

Samson's custom-forged red lyrium armour and greatsword were also retrieved from the battlefield. Both are presumably kept somewhere dark under lock and key (and lock and key and lock) until someone can figure out how to deal with them without going crazy.

Samson's last words before losing consciousness were, "You mustn't hurt him... he's just a boy. Don't..."

Edited (a thousand edits) 2017-01-12 03:11 (UTC)

Plot Reports

Harvestmere 9:42

Harvestmere 1-5 { The Mysterious Ruin }

Harvestere 4(ish) ( Dalish Diplomacy Disaster )

Late Harvestmere (The Big One?)

Harvestmere 7-11 | Mirrors & Monsters

Mid-Harvestmere

Mid-Harvestmere THE MEAT WAS PEOPLE

Harvestmere 20-ish / Samson fight and capture