Crystal M. V. Rosepaw
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Post by Crystal M. V. Rosepaw on Aug 9, 2020 20:59:09 GMT -5
As a leader needs to approve a quest before they're posted, and since the idea has been floated that we would perhaps like to start a new quest, I thought it may be best to make a thread specifically for that, since I feel as though it may increase likelihood of getting them formed. Pitch your Quest ideas here, and give feedback to other ideas! Keep in mind that Quest RPs are generally 'high quality' RPs of DAB, where posts have a 100 word minimum and the plotlines are a bit more involved. Both Adult and Dibbun quests are fine! When a Quest is decided on and approved, once an inital RP thread is created, please make an Out of Character (OOC) Planning thread for that specific quest; it keeps things tidy in the quest itself, and let's people have a place to discuss it!
With all that said, going back through old things, Zeke and I were discussing Verboten, an old quest that was not completed. The premise was Redwall being beset by an army after having found their sick prince alone in the woods; the Abbeybeasts feel the child is in danger, and refuse to return him until his safety can be assured, and have asked the RP participants to help unravel the mystery and avoid a potential battle. I was previously running Verboten before my last health related absence, and I wouldn't mind rebooting it if there would be interest! We could do a fresh restart, or I could write up a larger end of the previous scene, and we continue from there. I still have my old notes from the original thread for plot beats I wanted to throw at you all (me? Tricks? Why would anyone think that?? :3c). I'm open to discussing logistics of how we would go about implementing a reboot, but I wanted to gauge interest first! I just know some of the users seemed really partial to the idea at the time (My apologies for being unable to continue!), so wanted to discuss it!
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Zeke Ruffgar
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Post by Zeke Ruffgar on Aug 9, 2020 23:32:26 GMT -5
I love the Verboten plot hook, mostly because it feels like such a Jacques plot - it's a classic "the vermin army is at the Abbey gates", but with a twist. I don't have a strong opinion on which way we resume it, but I would do it either way.
Pros to starting fresh: - totally clean slate for new joiners who were not in the first version - those of us who posted in the first version don't have to worry about continuity
Cons: - we lose some good posts, maybe end up rehashing the same territory.
Pros to reviving as-is: - story is already rolling, we don't have to deal with the ungainly start-up posts of "how does everyone get in the same room on the same page" - we hadn't made it that far in, so new joiners wouldn't be joining
Cons: - Bit of an awkward spin-up to jump back in with a year's gap and some different players ____________________________
That said, I'd also be down for a new quest, but I'd have to go think about new plot hooks, tbd
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Post by Celebes on Nov 18, 2020 9:51:08 GMT -5
I don't have too much an opinion one way or the other on Verboten, but I'd thought I'd throw this idea into the ring while we're talking revivals. The short version is that Redwallers and that latest batch of Vermin are racing to obtain a super weapon: any animal that is bigger than a badger. The idea was to explore how an animal much larger in scale than is typical in the Redwall bestiary could be used, like the horse that pulled Cluny to Redwall. While maybe the initial plans and act structure were too ambitious, maybe a scaled down version of this quest could work? Original Plot Hook and Discussion (Halfway Down)Planning ThreadRP Thread
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Post by Madeline on Mar 6, 2021 21:27:17 GMT -5
I would love to do the Verboten quest. (100 word minimum? I think I can handle that ) If we started from scratch, that would be less stuff to read for this busy college student. Conversely, if there aren't more than like 5 or so poses in the original, then I'd be okay joining that one since I can probably read 5 poses. But whichever is chosen...can we pllleeeeaaassse start it?? **puppy eyes**
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Crystal M. V. Rosepaw
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Post by Crystal M. V. Rosepaw on Mar 7, 2021 20:18:03 GMT -5
If we were to reboot Verboten, I also wouldn't mind picking up where we left off, writing a longer post that sort of summarizes the dialogue that was happening, and then sort of skipping a bit of time to the start of the next scene.
In the RP, we had made it to a pont where the group was actively having a parley with our baddies, with Crystal acting as sort of the speaker for the group. So I could feasibly finish that exchange, in turn providing a little bit of a recap for those who weren't around for the original, and set things so that the RP continues when we are back inside the Abbey after the meeting?
Granted, doing it like this would mean it would probably take me a bit to do. Would something like that be alright with everyone? (Edit: Or if you'd all like to move on to fresher ideas, that's fine too! Y'all are allowed to tell me no, lol!)
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Post by Celebes on Mar 8, 2021 19:55:04 GMT -5
NO CRYSTAL! (sorry, but you gave me permission)
Personally, I'd like to start with something fresh. I like to be on something from the ground up, but I totally get it if you want to finish the story that you started. I'll still join in.
If I had to throw out some other ideas, I'd say that I'd want to do something with Salamandastron. It's such a unique concept in Redwall and yet it seems to be rarely mentioned in DAB simply because were dibbuns at the Abbey, instead of at the mountain of the fire lizard. Perhaps this is a little too ambitious, but we could even all make one off hare characters and do a unique quest just with them, say a Long Patrol squad on a special mission to disrupt the enemy. Perhaps they could have been sent off on a reconnaissance mission on an enemy force in the area, but by the time they get back, Salamandastron is already besieged! So now they have to break through the siege ring just so they can get in and deliver the vital information defend with their comrades.
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Crystal M. V. Rosepaw
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Post by Crystal M. V. Rosepaw on Mar 8, 2021 21:19:04 GMT -5
Oh nooooo (Honestly I'm happy somebody is telling me no, because I'm always worried nobody tells me 'no' enough because of my elderly-beast status... Somebody bully me, please.)
We used to have (way, waaaay) back a dedicated patrol to the Long Patrol, but it was a bit of a pain to run and it got scrapped because of it. Old Sea Patrol mentioned good old Fire Mountain often, but it isn't really an area DAB explores much, true!
For your idea, I would prefer if maybe it's a 'Long Patrol puts out a call for help' instead of 'everyone creates a one-off character.' I'm just not sure how well I could personally keep up with making a new character for something as long-form as a Quest RP; my actual DAB characters live rent-free in my head most of the time, makes things easier on me, lol. A lot of the RP lately has been dibbun RP, which has always been less appealing to me than adult RP (just generally lower stakes, so I don't get a chance to Brood and be Dramatique).
And, to be honest, as much as I really liked Verboten and would one day enjoy finishing it, I don't know if I could currently give it my all. I'm sort of up to my eyeballs in things to do right now - working on some stuff for DAB, for another writing project, some art stuff I'm chipping away at, and of course Real Life Things - so I'm probably not best pick to run something as intricate as Verboten. I was basically set to run like 6 or 7 characters at the same time!! ^^;
I'm cool with the idea if you'd want to run it, Celebes! Unless anyone else has any other ideas?
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Post by Madeline on Mar 8, 2021 23:26:21 GMT -5
...I also run, over on the RWMUCK, the leveret Julia, Ringleader of the Salamandastron branch of the DAB, so I find this suggestion ironic We could do a first person POV RP where each person is 1 of their own chars. I will say...one of the main reasons I have always loved reading y'all's RPs and a big part of why I joined is all the Dibbun shenanigans. They always make me laugh, and despite the teenaged spar I started, I want more Dibbun RP. Over on the MUCK, most of my chars are adults; most of the RPs make more sense for grown up chars, not children. So I joined in the hope of there being more Dibbun RP. That being said, I can understand why some may want to run their chars as grown ups. Could we perhaps have more than 1 quest going? Say, one with our chars as adults and one with them as Dibbuns? I think I could keep them straight As for making one-off chars.....I barely know Madeline. I would like to explore her more before I try to make an ALT or one-off or whatever. So there's my n00b thoughts. (I can say no....)
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Post by Fyri on Mar 9, 2021 5:50:50 GMT -5
*Insert dramatic Star Wars NOOOO!!*
Though I have a preference, it shifts depending on how much drama I feel like writing, and in the end I'd be down to do a quest as either dibbun or adult or anything in between. Or even as elders. Has that been done before? An Elders RP? Vivid descriptions of aching joints and trying to distinguish between a heart attack and acid reflux? The dramatic pain and haunting worries of an aged beast would be quite a world apart from those of dibbuns. Personally I also rather not create a one-off character. Especially since, like Madeline, I only just made Fyri and would like to figure and flesh her out first. I don't even have her personality for her mini profile yet! Playing her would help with that since I tend to get a feel for characters more through writing them than anything else. I'd like to see wot's wot with her before I wot wot about.
I like the adjustment made by Crystal so we can play our own characters and still get to that coveted Salamandastron location.
I'm not sure if these count as [Quest] ideas or would belong more in the general [PROSE] RP area but I'll throw them out here for inspection and to gauge interest:
A Murder Mystery: A whodunit at the Abbey. This could be either dibbun or adult, the seriousness of the crime depending on this of course. For adult RP, there could a real murder or a theft (beasts are always after that fine tapestry. Weavers must be a rare profession!). For Dibbun RP, it could be the "murder" of a beloved plush, or theft again. Either of something important that the dibbuns take upon themselves to investigate, or of something important in their eyes but not really. Some dibbuns treasure of some sort, for example. (A mystery would work best if one person is in the know and leads it, leaving the rest to be sleuthing. Like real Mouse Detectives! ...or other beasts. This would require time and greater effort on that person's part however as they'd be playing the witnesses as well)
An actual RPG: Basically a sort of spoof quest where everything follows game logic. A parody of the Redwall RPG we all secretly crave would exist. (or is that just me?). Complete with stats, skills, level-ups, loot, and riveting turn-based battles! [This may be more of a QPFBF... QBPFBEBFP... sort of RP]
The DAB Expansion: A Dibbuns RP where they overhear some ruins, sunken or otherwise, have been discovered in Mossflower and decide to go on an 'expotition' to claim it for DAB by planting their flag there. Some nice outdoors travel and action could occur on the way, and encounters with rival beasts or territorial fish. Everything is a magnified threat in dibbuns eyes. All rather innocent but thrilling!
That's my two franks for now!^^
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Post by Madeline on Mar 9, 2021 10:36:54 GMT -5
I like ideas 1 and 3 from Fyri. I still vote for Dibbun shenanigans.
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Post by Celebes on Mar 9, 2021 21:41:40 GMT -5
I'd be a fan of some dibbun shenanigans as well, I particularly like III. It'd be nice to have another group prose going, and it doesn't have to be as grand as a quest. Not to say we can't keep looking for that illusive perfect quest idea!
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Post by Celebes on May 1, 2021 23:04:43 GMT -5
So, kicking this thread back to the recents, anybeastie still interested in trying a quest?
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Post by Madeline on May 2, 2021 23:18:56 GMT -5
i am!!
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Post by Otus Shortwing on Jul 2, 2021 9:48:21 GMT -5
Oh boy this is making me want to pick up a Redwall book and create a quest from it...Jacques had SO many good mysteries, riddles, and quests! Unfortunately I am moving in 3 weeks and all my Redwall books are already packed. I could risk borrowing from the library...but then I might lose the book in the move. I'll have to wait until my move is over to plan something.
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