Professor_Wyvern

Estermere - A Medieval Fantasy Roleplay

For the sake of stuff, I'd say it was recent. Also it was out past the forests and into the Gnollish Plains.

Aramil is an Elf Ranger you occasionally see during the hunts in the forest. Nice guy, nice guy. He generally uses a bow and hatchet.

And Benjamin is simply doing tasks!

He isn't kidnapped/turned evil/something that breaks Corinne's heart JUST YET.

Redacted

But soon...

Estermere - A Medieval Fantasy Roleplay

The Dwarf paused a moment, before he quickly looked at the Elf as he was being intimidated by the Gnoll. The Dwarf let out a chuckle, because it did amuse him to see Elves get terrified of things. "Aye, that was a good growl. Not nearly as good as me Granmum's." He stopped as he listened to what the Elf said. "Dark Elf... good stuff. Well, Gnolls tend to be hunted, but... why would someone offer to cover your tracks?" The human female glanced to him, "To avoid the wrath of a Gnoll tribe?" The Dwarf stroked his beard, "It is a possibility. But why did the Elf hide his identity? And what did he offer to them to get them to attack the Gnolls?"

He snapped his right fingers, "Search the Elf for whatever interesting he received." The human male on his side gave a nod and approached the Elf, and began searching him.

"Well let us see what this Elf has." The Dwarf commented, as the human quickly approached the Dwarf, and handed him the first item that was scavenged, a small coin-purse, with a partial tear on a symbol that was on it. "Sir he has two coin-purses on him, this one is the more ornate of the two." The man said, as he handed it over to the Dwarf as it jingled a bit.

The Dwarf stared at it for a long time with his good eye, examining it. "...Well, I'll be." He began stroking his beard.

Estermere - A Medieval Fantasy Roleplay

Well you are also STILL IN THE VILLAGE. So really couldn't be you. Though the Elf that was captured, could certainly be a pal of yours.

Say what ever happened to Aramil? I was -sure- he was in the bar...

Estermere - A Medieval Fantasy Roleplay

Now, let us take a look at Ark. He introduced a Dark Elf. Say, that Dark Elf seems suspicious! By golly he's an agent of the Empire, who was threatening the Gnoll Tribe to defeat them and make it easier to take over Estermere!

Now through that, I've connected him to the Empire and to the War that is brewing, which say, would give him a motivation to fight the enemy. Because they were jackasses to the Tribe.

... Whiiich I'm gonna do.

Estermere - A Medieval Fantasy Roleplay

IncredibleBee said
Except there's no reason for any character to work together; half of us haven't even met each other, and a good other chunk are more likely to just leave Estermere.Furthermore, a demon invasion is something you lead up to, not something you use as a lead.

For a Demon Invasion. You hear weird stuff, you find cultists. Say, you know how there was that Creepy Kid at the Graveyards? Surely they'd know stuff about this, and the Priesthood certainly would think they are related to the Cult.

And it turns out the Cult was using some Gnolls as shock troopers and framing a certain clan. The cult may have taken a fascination with a certain new child with red eyes and took them to their lair. Etc.

You need to establish these connections between the players before activating MEGA EVENT. Because, as Bee said, why would we help each other when we don't know each other? OR why stay when you don't have a connection to the town?

Estermere - A Medieval Fantasy Roleplay

Yes, but the Demon Card was pulled out too early. ESPECIALLY with the War Scenario going down as well.

It's important for the characters to have, ya know, a personal motivation for actions.

Estermere - A Medieval Fantasy Roleplay

And by neglecting a personal involvement from the characters, the thing will essentially be seen as the 'Monster/Loot of the Week', nothing of any real/personal concern. Because you didn't tie it into the characters, and the players would just see it as a target.

It is more important to have the personal connection and stories with the player characters, then a Mega-Threat.

But yes, Bee you were correct. I am working on a variety of things for the characters, and various storylines that'd be able to intertwine and such

Estermere - A Medieval Fantasy Roleplay

Remington perked up as he searched the same bookshelf, where he found the one earlier, and began searching through the shelves. "Back there you say..." He pulled out some books and looked at the spines of them, as he heard the child gasp. "Oh no, Elric didn't need that book." he stated. Where is it!? Where are the documents with Surgical Method #198!? Remington angrily thought as he continued searching.

Well I can exploit and use this child to my advantage. ...If they fail, and the book they used to clean up the mess did entail the last collectible piece... Well. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. He thought to himself. "Well, I need to find another book, one that could possibly help him yes. It should have a lot of pictures in it. If you find something with 'Surgery' written in it, followed by a set of numbers, please tell me would you? Elric would really appreciate you helping me find that. And I'm sure once we find it, it'll be easier for Elric to get better."

Mimsy, I swear if you make a mistake getting to the rendezvous point with Elric... No, no, think of the success and the reward that you will make Remington. He thought to himself as he continued his search.

Estermere - A Medieval Fantasy Roleplay

Tirarian blinked at James, "Well I suppose there is that. But why did you have to kill the man in that manner?" She asked, "Why kill the Street Thug when you could have just easily roughed him up, and leave the final judgement to the authority of the guards?"

Estermere - A Medieval Fantasy Roleplay

The Dwarf paused, "Describe the Elf and the situation of the rule breaking." He said with a rather serious tone. The human male looked flabbergasted, "B-but sir they a-" The Dwarf raised up his right hand, "If the Elves were in fact actually breaking protocol and rules, they must be held accountable. Even if they do it to Gnolls." The human backed down as he hunched over, "Y-yes sir." He was tugging on his beard, as the human female continued analyzing her surroundings, mentally taking note of them.

The Dwarf glanced at Ark'kruy'ek, "But as for the Beast Master, if that was the only hyena that your village had. Then yes, we are done with that series of questions. But onto the matter of the Elves... Then back to the Green-furred Gnoll."