Collaborative Storytelling
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 6:10 am
Ask anyone who's played in any of my games, and the biggest flaw with my STing is the same: burnout.
Staff exists to create a consistent world and ambience, and to carry the threads and themes of the narrative through all the plots. We'll be handling character approval, downtime, important spirits, etc, but I've created this world to share it with you. So...
Collaborative Storytelling
Narrators
Any player is welcome to run approved plots for our game. This should help keep people engaged if STs becomes busy. While these plots will be small in scale, it means that your pack can stay active and accomplished. People who take on the task of running side plots will be our Narrators.
What Narrators Can Do:
- register an account named for narrator purposes
- run personal plots (with permission/upon request)
- run monsters of the week
- run kin NPCs
- run spirits (jagglings and below) and minor antagonists
- run a pack's patron (upon request/not their pack)
- develop an area within Murias to run with the ST and handle all scenes in the region
- roll combat/frenzy (outside of PvP)
What Narrators Can't Do:
- ANYTHING that directly impacts/involves the narrator's PC
- supernaturals without consulting staff
- Endron without consulting staff
- access character forums/sheets
Submitting Plot
PM/DM/FB the ST with your idea for a plot. I'll work with you to ensure it fits in with our setting, without tipping the hand of the larger plots in play. There's a very good chance I'll let you run some heavier/bigger things, we just need to communicate to ensure nothing needs to be redlined. For instance, if there's a Tremere Prince, he'd want garou brought back alive instead of hunted by the scourge. If we're running with a Medusa plot higher up, it'll impact how Pegasus' brood interacts with people.
Make sure your submission details:
- what you're running
- duration of story (one encounter or story arc)
- where it's happening
- scale of difficulty
- why you want to run it
- worst and best case scenario outcomes
If it needs tweaking, or just won't work, I'll let you know. Otherwise, I'm excited to see what you guys come up with!
Incentive
In gratitude for their hard work and acknowledgment of how much time this can take, Narrators will be guaranteed the 5 Literary XP that can be earned each month on both PCs.
Storytellers
We are always accepting volunteers to step up as additional Storytellers. This comes with heavy responsibility, however, and every ST is expected to take on responsibility for one major aspect of running the game, in addition to all the above traits.
Storytellers can access character areas and sheets.
Tasks A Storyteller Can Take On:
- Forum Administration
- Downtime Actions
- Character Sheet Approval & XP Review
- Personal Plot Networking
- Larger scale plots impacting multiple packs
- Bunker development and sharing history
Storytellers still cannot run anything that directly impacts their PC(s).
Incentive
In gratitude for their hard work and acknowledgment of how much time this can take, STs will be guaranteed the 5 Literary XP AND the 5 Shout Out XP that can be earned each month on both PCs.
If you're interested in either of these roles, please contact the Storyteller!
Staff exists to create a consistent world and ambience, and to carry the threads and themes of the narrative through all the plots. We'll be handling character approval, downtime, important spirits, etc, but I've created this world to share it with you. So...
Collaborative Storytelling
Narrators
Any player is welcome to run approved plots for our game. This should help keep people engaged if STs becomes busy. While these plots will be small in scale, it means that your pack can stay active and accomplished. People who take on the task of running side plots will be our Narrators.
What Narrators Can Do:
- register an account named for narrator purposes
- run personal plots (with permission/upon request)
- run monsters of the week
- run kin NPCs
- run spirits (jagglings and below) and minor antagonists
- run a pack's patron (upon request/not their pack)
- develop an area within Murias to run with the ST and handle all scenes in the region
- roll combat/frenzy (outside of PvP)
What Narrators Can't Do:
- ANYTHING that directly impacts/involves the narrator's PC
- supernaturals without consulting staff
- Endron without consulting staff
- access character forums/sheets
Submitting Plot
PM/DM/FB the ST with your idea for a plot. I'll work with you to ensure it fits in with our setting, without tipping the hand of the larger plots in play. There's a very good chance I'll let you run some heavier/bigger things, we just need to communicate to ensure nothing needs to be redlined. For instance, if there's a Tremere Prince, he'd want garou brought back alive instead of hunted by the scourge. If we're running with a Medusa plot higher up, it'll impact how Pegasus' brood interacts with people.
Make sure your submission details:
- what you're running
- duration of story (one encounter or story arc)
- where it's happening
- scale of difficulty
- why you want to run it
- worst and best case scenario outcomes
If it needs tweaking, or just won't work, I'll let you know. Otherwise, I'm excited to see what you guys come up with!
Incentive
In gratitude for their hard work and acknowledgment of how much time this can take, Narrators will be guaranteed the 5 Literary XP that can be earned each month on both PCs.
Storytellers
We are always accepting volunteers to step up as additional Storytellers. This comes with heavy responsibility, however, and every ST is expected to take on responsibility for one major aspect of running the game, in addition to all the above traits.
Storytellers can access character areas and sheets.
Tasks A Storyteller Can Take On:
- Forum Administration
- Downtime Actions
- Character Sheet Approval & XP Review
- Personal Plot Networking
- Larger scale plots impacting multiple packs
- Bunker development and sharing history
Storytellers still cannot run anything that directly impacts their PC(s).
Incentive
In gratitude for their hard work and acknowledgment of how much time this can take, STs will be guaranteed the 5 Literary XP AND the 5 Shout Out XP that can be earned each month on both PCs.
If you're interested in either of these roles, please contact the Storyteller!