April Guest Plot Event Info!

[Gandian Ravenscroft]

Hey y’all!

In case you weren’t aware, the Southern Minnesota Alliance LARP April 21st-23rd Weekend Event is a special Guest Plot Team event! This means that a group of non-staff players are stepping up to run an event while the ordinary staff gets to step back and PC! All of that said, here’s a bit of event-specific information you should know:

Who’s on the April Guest Plot Team anyway?

The Plot Team for this event is composed of Alexander Thompson, Rick Blatz, Mariah Sletten, and Dan Sellers (or the folks that play Gandian/Sarvenius, Oliver/York, Talitha/Negora, and Glav, if you’re more familiar with them in-game than out-of-game).

Where is the in-game setting for this event?

This event is taking place in Bomae, the hidden mountain nation of the Biata! Unfortunately, Bomae is very secretive regarding maps of their country, so we can’t show you where exactly you’re headed. More specific info about your destination will unfold as the event draws nearer, though!

Wondering why the event is taking place there? In-game information as to why the adventurers are traveling has been posted in the in-game forums, so if your character doesn’t know, maybe check that out!

Are production workshops going to be available for use this event?

Pre-existing workshops may be used for production skills at Logistics on Friday night (representing your character using the workshop before heading out to Bomae), but will not be automatically available for use at Logistics on Saturday. Of course, if you purchase or otherwise gain access to a workshop in Bomae during the event, you are more than welcome to use that for Logistics on Saturday.

How will IBGAs work for this event?

Due to the nature of the Guest Plot event and how we only really have knowledge/control Plot-wise over this one event, only IBGAs that are related to the Guest Plot event (preparing for the trip, researching things you've heard are in Bomae, etc.) will receive responses before this game. That said, these types of IBGAs should be sent to SoMNGuestPlot2016@gmail.com before the deadline of Monday, April 10th at 11:59 PM! We cannot guarantee responses to IBGAs sent past that point, so make sure you get yours sent in before the deadline! You might not have ideas for a guest plot IBGA at the moment, but more information on things you might want to look into will start to appear over the next few weeks, so keep an eye on the forums!

If you have other types of things you would like to look into, those IBGAs will have to wait until the normal Plot team is back in business. We apologize for any inconvenience!

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We hope you’re looking forward to this event as much as we are! If we come up with any other new information about the event you might need to know, we'll post it up here, and if you have any questions, please let us know and we will be sure to answer as best we can!

Thanks,
SoMN April Guest Plot Team

 

[DracoIam]

Well I've got my IBGA sent in.

 

[Gandian Ravenscroft]

Well I've got my IBGA sent in.

And a response has been sent!

Want a cool IBGA response like Andrea got? Be sure to send in an IBGA, then! More in-game hooks and info to look into will be posted in the upcoming days, so keep an eye out!

 

[Bigens73]

Sent mine in as well. Yetis beware.

 

[Gandian Ravenscroft]

We originally planned to have any of the non-standard effects for our event explained on a prior-to-the-one-encounter-where-it-appears basis, but there's one that has the potential for players to come across it throughout the event without necessarily having a marshall present to explain it every time. So, we figured we'd clarify it ahead of time:

Non-Standard Effect: Return!

Return is a defensive that you may hear used when an NPC or object is hit by a martial skill, spell, etc. The spell/skill is effectively treated as if it had been Cloaked (so that the target does not take the effect), but then the skill is returned to the user's card and can be used after 5 minutes (see Example 1). If a creature Returns a spell or other effect that a person has multiple uses of, other uses of that effect can be used before the 5 minutes until the original charge can be used is up (see Example 2). Any effects used from a production item (such as a battle magic scroll, alchemical gas, etc.) that are Returned are simply expended and cannot be used again (see Example 3). This also applies to Magic Item charges, which are not returned (see Example 3).

• Example 1: Bruisey Foemangler runs up to an enemy and calls "Prepare to die, Disarm weapon!" The enemy calls "Return" and doesn't take his Disarm, but Bruisey can use his Disarm again after 5 minutes.
• Example 2: Jamina casts a Weakness at a creature that calls "Return", so she must wait 5 minutes to re-use that Weakness spell. However, if Jamina had more than one Weakness remaining in memory, she could continue to cast the other Weakness spell slots.
• Example 3: Kalith casts a Flame Bolt from a scroll at a monster, Jasper chucks a Paranoia Gas at the same monster, and Ilana activates an Elemental Lightning Burst from a magic item and throws it at the same monster. The monster calls "Return, Return, Return," and since Kalith, Jasper, and Ilana used production/magic items, none of the effects are renewed to them in 5 minutes.