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FEBRUARY CR MEME & PLOT WORKSHOP
PLOT WORKSHOP
Guidelines
In lieu of a CR meme, Meta Heroes will be holding bi-monthly plot workshops. These memes are designed to help players brainstorm, develop, and shape their character arcs and personal plots into something that engages them. (If players feel that this meme is not serving the function of a traditional CR meme and would like to see the inclusion of a more traditional CR meme in the future, please reach out to us!)
Players with player plot and character arc ideas — no matter how pie in the sky or early in development — should post top levels to this entry using the form below. These posts will include character hooks and motivations, general plot ideas, and potential roles in others' plots.
Your ideas can be as specific or as general as you want — e.g., "I want my character to start pursuing politics" or "I want to run a plot where Spider-Man takes down a serial bank robber who's funding meta-drug experiments on children." This is not the place to censor yourself! Put it all out there!
What we do want to impress is more specific posts will make plotting smoother. Try to avoid 'down for anything' posts and comments — if you do not feel you have specific ideas to throw out, we encourage you to simply tag around and collaborate with others. This meme can't succeed without both posts and replies!
In addition to player replies, the mods will have two top levels.
The first, MOD QUESTIONS, is a space for players to ask clarifying questions about things like player plot tier of certain ideas and the ability to impact aspects of the setting or world in substantial ways. We can provide quicker approvals on these memes to help get things rolling to a player plot submission.
The second, SETTING IMPACT, will have a form for players to pitch larger-scale plots (including those that they may not want to run themselves, or that they don't have a character who can spearhead). This section is for players to brainstorm and collaborate on big ways to engage and alter the setting. We encourage players to think creatively! We will also offer our two cents where possible, but if you feel something needs our attention, feel free to drop a direct link to the comment in the 'mod questions' header too.
Event Information
To facilitate your plotting for the coming month, here's a quick preview of the February event, which will be Valentine's themed! Love Potion #9 will take place during a love-themed festival in Sunset Falls while the characters are touring their new housing. Your opt-out option is to not be in Sunset Falls at that time.
The main thrust of the event is a love spell that will push characters into rom-com trope scenarios like Meet Cutes, as well as prompting confessions of real (and manufactured) feelings. Not just romantic love confessions, but also the compulsion to just tell people how you really feel — family, friendship. Get sappy!
The event will also include options for bizarre effects as a result of some of the festival food. Effects include exceptional boldness, emoji eyes, and fireworks when touching.
Form
Please use the form below to pitch your character-specific plots and ideas.
Player Name & Pronouns:
Preferred Communication: Plurk, Discord, DM, etc.
Character Name & Journal:
Guild Affiliation:
Plot/CR Hooks: What kinds of things does your character get up to that might throw them in the path of someone else's plot, or that you would like other players to engage with?
Character Motivations: What does your character want? You can list short term and long term goals, but also emotional needs that aren't being fulfilled.
Potential Roles: What role does your character play in their canon plot? What role might they play in others' plots, and what would it take to get their attention? Are they an antagonist, a researcher, a tech whiz?
Plot Ideas: What plots do you specifically want to run with your character in them?
Roles Needed: What kind of CR and skills do you need in order to make that plot happen?
Players with player plot and character arc ideas — no matter how pie in the sky or early in development — should post top levels to this entry using the form below. These posts will include character hooks and motivations, general plot ideas, and potential roles in others' plots.
Your ideas can be as specific or as general as you want — e.g., "I want my character to start pursuing politics" or "I want to run a plot where Spider-Man takes down a serial bank robber who's funding meta-drug experiments on children." This is not the place to censor yourself! Put it all out there!
What we do want to impress is more specific posts will make plotting smoother. Try to avoid 'down for anything' posts and comments — if you do not feel you have specific ideas to throw out, we encourage you to simply tag around and collaborate with others. This meme can't succeed without both posts and replies!
In addition to player replies, the mods will have two top levels.
The first, MOD QUESTIONS, is a space for players to ask clarifying questions about things like player plot tier of certain ideas and the ability to impact aspects of the setting or world in substantial ways. We can provide quicker approvals on these memes to help get things rolling to a player plot submission.
The second, SETTING IMPACT, will have a form for players to pitch larger-scale plots (including those that they may not want to run themselves, or that they don't have a character who can spearhead). This section is for players to brainstorm and collaborate on big ways to engage and alter the setting. We encourage players to think creatively! We will also offer our two cents where possible, but if you feel something needs our attention, feel free to drop a direct link to the comment in the 'mod questions' header too.
Event Information
To facilitate your plotting for the coming month, here's a quick preview of the February event, which will be Valentine's themed! Love Potion #9 will take place during a love-themed festival in Sunset Falls while the characters are touring their new housing. Your opt-out option is to not be in Sunset Falls at that time.
The main thrust of the event is a love spell that will push characters into rom-com trope scenarios like Meet Cutes, as well as prompting confessions of real (and manufactured) feelings. Not just romantic love confessions, but also the compulsion to just tell people how you really feel — family, friendship. Get sappy!
The event will also include options for bizarre effects as a result of some of the festival food. Effects include exceptional boldness, emoji eyes, and fireworks when touching.
Form
Please use the form below to pitch your character-specific plots and ideas.
Player Name & Pronouns:
Preferred Communication: Plurk, Discord, DM, etc.
Character Name & Journal:
Guild Affiliation:
Plot/CR Hooks: What kinds of things does your character get up to that might throw them in the path of someone else's plot, or that you would like other players to engage with?
Character Motivations: What does your character want? You can list short term and long term goals, but also emotional needs that aren't being fulfilled.
Potential Roles: What role does your character play in their canon plot? What role might they play in others' plots, and what would it take to get their attention? Are they an antagonist, a researcher, a tech whiz?
Plot Ideas: What plots do you specifically want to run with your character in them?
Roles Needed: What kind of CR and skills do you need in order to make that plot happen?
Locations | Teams | The Guilds | Plotting Post | Mission Board | Mod Contact
NETWORK COMM | LOG COMM | OOC COMM
Kaitie's dumb golden retriever (Eddie Myers)
Preferred Communication: Either Plurk
Character Name & Journal: Eddie Myers / Teflon
Guild Affiliation: Still on the fence--he could be talked into either guild with the right motivation, but he is currently leaning towards not being allied with either.
Plot/CR Hooks: Eddie is a big, dumb cyborg golden retriever raised by the "eat the rich" kind of supervillains. Despite this, he decided to go into superheroics when he grew up (though is still down with eating the rich).
Eddie is game for almost any adventure anyone wants to drag him on. Dude is an A+ follower, 10/10 would follow again. He's also a bit gullible, so as long as you're nice to him he will believe the best in you or whatever nefarious motives you have planned if any characters want to amuse themselves that way.
As he's used to being on a team back home, he's still looking for people to fill that void, especially if someone wants to tell him what to do in a fight, that would be great.
Growing up with supervillain relatives, Eddie has an eclectic variety of tastes--he's a fantastic painter, swordsman and marksman. Loki might be in the process of convincing him to take up fine art forgeries, we will see how that goes.
He is really open to anything anyone would want to throw at him.
Character Motivations: He's still determining if he should join a guild or not, and is listening to as many people's opinions on the matter as he can find. He is still on the fence, though his gut tells him not to.
He's also currently on the hunt for a job that is okay with giant cyborgs working for them and a place he can hang his hat at night. Maybe with a roommate?
Finally, he really wants some friends and/or teammates that he can gel with. He enjoyed teaming up with people during the last confluence, but he's hoping he can find a group more permanent. Anyone who can look at him as a person and not a museum exhibit or circus sideshow is a huge plus.
Potential Roles: As mentioned above, Eddie is a follower above all. He knows he doesn't have the brains for strategizing, but is big and heavy and can punch really good. Anyone who can utilize his skills while keeping their heroics down at the street level, Eddie will follow to the ends of the earth.
Also, he's just a really nice guy. He will talk to literally anyone, and people feel just as gravitated towards him to unload their problems and thoughts onto him. He wants to help people however he can. Sometimes he gives bad advice. Sometimes it's really good. It's a chance people are willing to take.
Also also, as he came to his abilities from a traumatic event, he had to really learn how to control his abilities to not accidentally hurt someone. He might make a good mentor to anyone looking to get that sort of level of control--mostly those with super strength, but he can definitely try to help anyone!
Also also also, his morals are a bit grey from the aforementioned supervillain raising, so he's not above getting himself into a bit of mischief. The hard line is hurting anyone. He'll give pickpocketing tips if the person promises to only go after a certain type of mark, can forge documents like a pro, etc.
Plot Ideas: Nothing really concrete just yet--as mentioned before, he is currently in the process of being convinced by Loki that he should take up fine art forging again for a big payday. Loki wants the money, Eddie wants to help local community centers with said money.
Roles Needed: Anyone with morally dubious backgrounds who want to support, or heroic characters who want to convince him this is a terrible idea would be equally welcome!
Re: Kaitie's dumb golden retriever (Eddie Myers)
Also would be down to have Balthier offer to be roommates because he is just so magnanimous (he doesn't realize he's fucking lonely and Eddie is nice). Balthier is also very down to just strike up friendship/teammate because Eddie seems down to earth and not jumpy at pirate-y things.