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the_plateau2020-03-09 03:13 am
schachmeister) wrote in the_plateau2020-03-09 03:13 am
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Lets become penpals!
Hi!
As you probably saw on the main comm network, Armin has a new little thing he wants to introduce - The ability to become penpals with people living in Sinnoh!
Essentially this is... not exactly a plot? There isn't really a set outcome associated with this thing. It's just something Armin would feel very strongly about (thus making it IC for him to set something up like this) and from an OOC point of view, it gives characters a chance to interact with the wider pokemon world and gain little bits of new insight.
I figured there might be some questions so let me clarify them here.
Who will they be writing letters to?
The letters will all be going to random NPCs (of your own choice) living in Sinnoh. Why Sinnoh? Cause I fucking love Sinnoh.
Do I actually need to write out any letters or--?
No. God, no. Essentially, this little 'plot' will be mostly one to handwave. You don't have to write out the letters your character is sending. You definitely don't have to write out the letters they are receiving. There is no list to sign up or anything. It's just a little additional world flavouring to play with.
So, what is the point?
Well, really, the point is whatever you want to make of it. The letters will be a way for characters to make friends in a different region and learn little bits of insight into the wider pokemon world. Which they can then share with other player characters if that is your interest. As I said, this is not exactly a structured plot. It's not a case of 'send 30 letters and unlock the next stage'. It's just a bit of flavouring for your RP soup.
What sort of information can characters learn via the letters?
Okay! So, your character gets to communicate with someone (or multiple someones living in Sinnoh). These are all going to be regular normal folks, just sort of like the NPCs you run into in the game. As such, they will be able to tell your character anything a regular Sinnoh person might have knowledge of. Or they can just talk to your character about their lives and problems. Whatever you want.
I checked with the mods on what is and isn't cool, and we came up with these little lists:
Okay
- general day to day things living in that region
- general geographic facts of the region that anyone would know (so like, cool to learn about a particular mountain that is there, but if the game happens to have a really exclusive or hidden area, that wouldn't be something that could come up in the letters)
- general knowings about the gyms there (like, just roughly what type, maybe some really basic info about the Elite four there, but again, nothing beyond what an ordinary person on the street would know)
- common myths and stories from that area about the legendaries there.
No no
- anything big and plot related to the games in that particular region (so no like... hey lemme tell you what Lysander is up to as if anyone could ever understand his motives).
- nothing on actual big plot characters from the games beyond basic information on the gym leaders.
- nothing on any pokemon or mechanics that haven't been introduced officially in the game yet.
If a topic is something you aren't sure on, just let me know, and I can let you know if it falls within the allowed topics. Also if there are any other questions, please let me know here and I'll try and answer 'em.
Also, just to clarify, this is a little player plot from Dees-the-player. There is no mod involvement in this plot beyond things I've hashed out with them. Just wanted to make that clear so people can better understand the scope of this plot. (aka small)
Link to the IC post
As you probably saw on the main comm network, Armin has a new little thing he wants to introduce - The ability to become penpals with people living in Sinnoh!
Essentially this is... not exactly a plot? There isn't really a set outcome associated with this thing. It's just something Armin would feel very strongly about (thus making it IC for him to set something up like this) and from an OOC point of view, it gives characters a chance to interact with the wider pokemon world and gain little bits of new insight.
I figured there might be some questions so let me clarify them here.
Who will they be writing letters to?
The letters will all be going to random NPCs (of your own choice) living in Sinnoh. Why Sinnoh? Cause I fucking love Sinnoh.
Do I actually need to write out any letters or--?
No. God, no. Essentially, this little 'plot' will be mostly one to handwave. You don't have to write out the letters your character is sending. You definitely don't have to write out the letters they are receiving. There is no list to sign up or anything. It's just a little additional world flavouring to play with.
So, what is the point?
Well, really, the point is whatever you want to make of it. The letters will be a way for characters to make friends in a different region and learn little bits of insight into the wider pokemon world. Which they can then share with other player characters if that is your interest. As I said, this is not exactly a structured plot. It's not a case of 'send 30 letters and unlock the next stage'. It's just a bit of flavouring for your RP soup.
What sort of information can characters learn via the letters?
Okay! So, your character gets to communicate with someone (or multiple someones living in Sinnoh). These are all going to be regular normal folks, just sort of like the NPCs you run into in the game. As such, they will be able to tell your character anything a regular Sinnoh person might have knowledge of. Or they can just talk to your character about their lives and problems. Whatever you want.
I checked with the mods on what is and isn't cool, and we came up with these little lists:
Okay
- general day to day things living in that region
- general geographic facts of the region that anyone would know (so like, cool to learn about a particular mountain that is there, but if the game happens to have a really exclusive or hidden area, that wouldn't be something that could come up in the letters)
- general knowings about the gyms there (like, just roughly what type, maybe some really basic info about the Elite four there, but again, nothing beyond what an ordinary person on the street would know)
- common myths and stories from that area about the legendaries there.
No no
- anything big and plot related to the games in that particular region (so no like... hey lemme tell you what Lysander is up to as if anyone could ever understand his motives).
- nothing on actual big plot characters from the games beyond basic information on the gym leaders.
- nothing on any pokemon or mechanics that haven't been introduced officially in the game yet.
If a topic is something you aren't sure on, just let me know, and I can let you know if it falls within the allowed topics. Also if there are any other questions, please let me know here and I'll try and answer 'em.
Also, just to clarify, this is a little player plot from Dees-the-player. There is no mod involvement in this plot beyond things I've hashed out with them. Just wanted to make that clear so people can better understand the scope of this plot. (aka small)
Link to the IC post