A Frozen Future (TES Quest) [M]
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Rated M for possible violence, sexual references and drug usage.
New players are always welcome!
Omakes are open!
Spoiler: Everything you'd ever want to know!Spoiler: What is a Quest?To put it simply, it's a collaborative effort from the Quest Master (Me) and the readers (You). I give you a list of decisions, you make the decisions and vote on them. Then, after all's said and done, I take the most voted choice and enact it. Sometimes there'll be multiple things that we can do, other times not. Sometimes because of our character's history or prior actions, they'll be locked onto one choice.
A lot of these things will be dictated by a d100 (with modifiers), so it's entirely possible our hero could die right out the door.
But that's half the fun of it.
Spoiler: Destiny PointsThese can be used in a variety of ways, but are essentially categorized into three groups. They are spent, burned, or invested.
Spent:
When you spend a Destiny Point, you are sacrificing 1 or more for a set result. For instance, you can spend 1 point for a reroll of any non-global roll, or 20 for a global roll. You can spend a point to gain +5 to a d100 roll, or to gain +1 to a d6 roll. Likewise, on an opposing roll, you can spend the same to get -5 or -1 on enemy rolls. You can spend a Destiny Point to gain 1 extra Lesser Action per turn, to ignore armor penalties in combat, or to roll to improve (or worsen) another character's perception of you by 1 level.
Burn:
When you burn Destiny Points, you are spending 1 or more points for a fluid result. For instance, you can burn as many Destiny Points as desired to change an environmental aspect, such as creating sudden rainstorms. Against another character that has Destiny Points, you can burn them to counter his usage. You can change details of a scene, such as making a lock less effective, and able to be broken open, or making a path through the forest more easily followed. You can heal wounds and ignore injuries, and add bonuses to select skillsets.
Invest:
You can redeem 1 Destiny Point for 100 experience, or one level in an applicable trait. If you do not have a skill, you can invest 5 Destiny Points to gain it at low level.
Note: If the PC would die, DP is used to reroll/increase the roll until survival occurs - if this isn't possible, the PC dies and the Quest ends.
Spoiler: Destiny TokensUpon achieving a total of 100 Destiny Points (Or during the course of the Quest), you have the option of converting the Points into a single Token. This can then be used at any stage to instantly crit-success a roll. Any roll.
This is mostly useful for things on the level of 5d100 or something similar.
Spoiler: OmakesEvery now and then, I'll give you guys a chance to write an Omake. Whether you choose to write it from the POV of the PC, or another character reacting to the PC is up to you. Depending on the quality of the writing and what happens, you might get skill bonuses, Destiny Points, reputation bonuses or the opposite.
Everyone is allowed to post an Omake in the IC when I give the greenlight, but you'll only have a set time to write it. It won't be deemed canon unless I say so, under which circumstance you can put:
This Is Canon - Rho Certified
At the top of it.
Spoiler: The SettingIn the land of Tamriel there are many different types of people. Adventurers, scholars, commoners, bandits, kings, underlings… and you are one of those people.
Set in the year of the same to the Dragonborn's rise of power in Skyrim, you have come into the world at a tumultuous time. Wars are being waged, families are being torn apart – and all you can do is attempt to make your own fortune out of it all. Will you be a great savior to the people of Tamriel? Or a villain? Or perhaps you'll simply fade into obscurity?
Only time will tell.
Our story begins in the land of Skyrim. What will you do, adventurer?
Spoiler: Rules1. Listen to the Quest Master.
2. Respect everyone else in the Thread. We're all here to have fun.
3. Don't spam your votes over and over again. Once is enough.
4. If I give you a Destiny Point, don't use it to troll everyone and make a stupid decision. I will veto it and take away your Destiny Point.
5. Keep chat in the OOC constructive. So long as you're talking about the Quest, I won't step in, but if you start talking about things irrelevant to the Quest I'll ask a Mod to have a talk with you. Unless you're a Mod, in which case… scold yourself, pls.
6. Have fun!
Spoiler: FAQQ. Rho, why do you keep changing the OP?
A. I'll always have the latest set of choices up on the front page so newcomers can just make votes on what's going on right now, if they want.
Q. How does the rolling system work?
A. I'll be using the in-Forum roller for most things, except for fights as they'll be too fast paced. To give a brief breakdown, almost every action (bar a few select ones) will have me rolling a d100. There will be +'s or -'s depending on the appropriate skill.
Q. What are the rolls?
A. Do note that any rolls which are a double (11, 22, 33 etc.) are an instant critical success.
Critical Failure 0 - 10
Failure 11 - 39
Nothing 40 - 60
Success 61 - 89
Critical Success 90 - 100
Q. How often will you be posting updates?
A. Every 1-2 days. Keep this in mind, as I can't wait just because you have a Destiny Point and could make a really good choice.
Q. Do I have to be here from the start to participate?
A. No! You can vote whenever you please, whoever you are. If you miss a few days, that's no big deal. Just make sure you're at least somewhat up to date and know what you're voting for.
Q. What happens if I use a Destiny Point?
A. All other votes for that round become moot and only your choice matters - so long as I don't veto it.
Q. You said you'd update every day or two, why are you updating on the same day?
A. If I see a majority vote (3 or more) on one choice, I'll immediately enact it. Or, if someone uses a Destiny Point.
Q. You said you'd update every day or two, why has it been ages?
A. If it's a major choice that could change the Quest forever, or has lots of choices, I may leave it for longer depending on what day it's posted. If I post it on a Friday, then I'll get to a response faster than if it was on a Wednesday.
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Originally Posted by onyxdragon
<3 I plan on joining in too
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