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« captain's log #19: march 1, 2025 »
QUICK UPDATES
YO HO HO!! This month is going to be a bit different in how things are flowing, mostly due to all the arrests and abductions going on. We had quite a few people signed up and we look forward to seeing how it all unfolds in April 👀 But for those who aren't involved or may need something else to do, we have a few things on the MANTA Board that will certainly be worth your while!
Apps are also open so good luck to all!
We have updated the Calendar for important dates, but here is a quick heads up on what to expect this month:
The Manta Board has been posted with new and updated quests! Please look at the Special Quests because we have quite a few that we're starting up and we'll also be having another "mini event log" of sorts for one! More details further down.
Our Rewards page has been updated with a few new things for the month!
Apps are also open so good luck to all!
We have updated the Calendar for important dates, but here is a quick heads up on what to expect this month:
» 03/01: Applications open
» 03/03: Applications close
» 03/04~05: Apps processed; CR Meme
» 03/15: Kudzu Island Adventure Quest
» 03/29-31: Activity Check
» 03/03: Applications close
» 03/04~05: Apps processed; CR Meme
» 03/15: Kudzu Island Adventure Quest
» 03/29-31: Activity Check
The Manta Board has been posted with new and updated quests! Please look at the Special Quests because we have quite a few that we're starting up and we'll also be having another "mini event log" of sorts for one! More details further down.
Our Rewards page has been updated with a few new things for the month!
AC RESULTS AND REMINDER
Here are the results for last month's AC round:
Loid Forger |averagedad
Yor Forger |circuslady
Jack Frost |floeing
Reno |general_affairs
Our player cap is currently at 52/65, which means we have 13 slots open.
Loid Forger |
averagedadYor Forger |
circusladyJack Frost |
floeingReno |
general_affairsOur player cap is currently at 52/65, which means we have 13 slots open.
» We would like to remind players that if you are requesting to have a quest on the MANTA board to please write the quest in full with your AC submission, including rewards (if any). Going forward, we will be asking players to write their own submissions in order for it to be featured. If we have any questions or need changes, we will reach out.
NEXT APP CYCLE
Assuming that all new reserves apply and get in, our game will be squeaking near the cap again! Which means that public applications may or may not be open for the next application round in May.
So this is just another reminder of how our application rounds will continue to work:
5 or less (cap at 60): Public applications will be closed in May and will not reopen until July. Current players can still apply for additional characters.
At least 10 (cap at 55): Applications will be open in May but will be limited to player invites only. Direct mod invite requests will not be open.
At least 20 (cap at 45): Direct requests from mods will be open.
So this is just another reminder of how our application rounds will continue to work:
5 or less (cap at 60): Public applications will be closed in May and will not reopen until July. Current players can still apply for additional characters.
At least 10 (cap at 55): Applications will be open in May but will be limited to player invites only. Direct mod invite requests will not be open.
At least 20 (cap at 45): Direct requests from mods will be open.
EXTRA NOTES
Here is a recap of a few things that occurred last month.
In terms of Special Quests on the MANTA Board, there are two new entries that involve treasure: one for the treasure map from the auction, and the other for Sarht's Treasure introduced in the Dragon's Gale event. These aren't high priority or anything and will carry over to next month and for however long they need for development. But if anyone wants to start gathering the pieces and work out a path for where these treasures might be, please do so! We are going to let players first try and come up with something neat for these, but if you need our hand or need more direction, feel free to ask questions and we can give a hand.
And if you remember back in December there was a group of eccentric pirates who wanted to put together an Escordvi Advent Calendar. It took them a while to put the calendars entries together but you can see the final results here. Feel free to have your characters comment on them.
» Several of Sarht's golden keys were found by Shadow, Joshua, Emet-Selch, Kolnatha, Gale, Lyney, Cid, and Benedikta.
» Shadow and Kieran located a section of the temple that was split off from the main site with three indents in the stone fitting a cube... What could that mean? (Due to current happenings, the Temple Ruins Special Quest is paused and will return once things settle down!)
» After a lot of hard work gathering materials, Zelda's crew, Hand and Hearth, has finally received their ship! A ship with a striking white hull flying a blue and white standard can now be found docked at Eltrut.
» Sherlock and Lyney learned that the alchemist keeps track of the moon using a clockwork machine, and there was once something that the alchemist kept contained against its will with chains. Also, be warned: the curse can and has turned people into cats.
» Congratulations to Cid Telamon and Benedikta Harman on their marriage!
» Shadow and Kieran located a section of the temple that was split off from the main site with three indents in the stone fitting a cube... What could that mean? (Due to current happenings, the Temple Ruins Special Quest is paused and will return once things settle down!)
» After a lot of hard work gathering materials, Zelda's crew, Hand and Hearth, has finally received their ship! A ship with a striking white hull flying a blue and white standard can now be found docked at Eltrut.
» Sherlock and Lyney learned that the alchemist keeps track of the moon using a clockwork machine, and there was once something that the alchemist kept contained against its will with chains. Also, be warned: the curse can and has turned people into cats.
» Congratulations to Cid Telamon and Benedikta Harman on their marriage!
In terms of Special Quests on the MANTA Board, there are two new entries that involve treasure: one for the treasure map from the auction, and the other for Sarht's Treasure introduced in the Dragon's Gale event. These aren't high priority or anything and will carry over to next month and for however long they need for development. But if anyone wants to start gathering the pieces and work out a path for where these treasures might be, please do so! We are going to let players first try and come up with something neat for these, but if you need our hand or need more direction, feel free to ask questions and we can give a hand.
And if you remember back in December there was a group of eccentric pirates who wanted to put together an Escordvi Advent Calendar. It took them a while to put the calendars entries together but you can see the final results here. Feel free to have your characters comment on them.
ARRESTS/ABDUCTIONS
All right guys, as mentioned last month there will be a massive uptick of arrests and abductions occurring on both sides of the Armada. It also needs to be made clear it is not just PCs or even just riftfarers, it's everyone. PCs, NPCs, Paladins, Corsairs, riftfarers, locals, known criminals, upstanding citizens— A lot of people are getting blamed, framed, abducted, with only a handful being rightfully jailed. Although most are in relation to the crackdowns on the whale and crystal markets, the reasons will still vary wildly which makes it even more chaotic.
Needless to say, tensions will be very high this month and thus there will be a lot of suspicion and distrust between the Paladins and Corsairs. Members of the opposing Armada may find themselves barred from certain businesses, including those in Eltrut. For example, a Corsair owned shop may ban any Paladins from entering. It will also be more difficult for members of opposite Armadas to travel to the Leviathans. For example, any Corsair ship may be refused to dock at Elah, or a Paladin trying to enter Nogard may be immediately detained before released if proven "safe." Even then there will be a hostile atmosphere and eyes watching their every move.
Of course, while there are definitely bad actors involved, there are groups on both sides trying to fix things and make them right. These groups don't want the relationship between the two Armadas to deteriorate, so they will be working hard to release any who are unjustly detained or help investigate those who are kidnapped. Corsairs in particular will not shy away from taking down their own, though that also means the opposite is true: there are those who will gladly take the opportunity to cut down the more "just" to keep them off their trail. So for those who are working on the side of justice regardless of Armada, be careful.
As for us, here is the final list of those who signed up for their character to be either arrested or abducted throughout this month:
Why are there more Paladins—
Given the variety and how most have their own plans, please make your own logs!
FOR THOSE WHO SIGNED UP AND WANTED TO BE INTEGRATED INTO THE FINALE LOG IN APRIL!!! Please comment HERE to confirm that your character will be part of it. ICly, this will likely mean that your character will not be arrested/abducted until closer to the end of March. And just to clarify, by "integrating" what we mean is we will try to include the characters in the log in prompts in some way, and we will work with players for whatever ideas they may have. Otherwise, these characters will be part of other victims who will also be in the finale log that will need rescuing (or will attempt their own jailbreak y'all do what you want lmfao).
Finally, we have an entry on the Special Quest section of the MANTA Board regarding these arrests and abductions, but it's mostly there to give a basic framework and give everyone a bonus for participating. So when you do your threads, be sure to mark them for the 12 points!
If you have any other questions, comment to the general Questions thread.
Needless to say, tensions will be very high this month and thus there will be a lot of suspicion and distrust between the Paladins and Corsairs. Members of the opposing Armada may find themselves barred from certain businesses, including those in Eltrut. For example, a Corsair owned shop may ban any Paladins from entering. It will also be more difficult for members of opposite Armadas to travel to the Leviathans. For example, any Corsair ship may be refused to dock at Elah, or a Paladin trying to enter Nogard may be immediately detained before released if proven "safe." Even then there will be a hostile atmosphere and eyes watching their every move.
Of course, while there are definitely bad actors involved, there are groups on both sides trying to fix things and make them right. These groups don't want the relationship between the two Armadas to deteriorate, so they will be working hard to release any who are unjustly detained or help investigate those who are kidnapped. Corsairs in particular will not shy away from taking down their own, though that also means the opposite is true: there are those who will gladly take the opportunity to cut down the more "just" to keep them off their trail. So for those who are working on the side of justice regardless of Armada, be careful.
As for us, here is the final list of those who signed up for their character to be either arrested or abducted throughout this month:
Why are there more Paladins—
Given the variety and how most have their own plans, please make your own logs!
FOR THOSE WHO SIGNED UP AND WANTED TO BE INTEGRATED INTO THE FINALE LOG IN APRIL!!! Please comment HERE to confirm that your character will be part of it. ICly, this will likely mean that your character will not be arrested/abducted until closer to the end of March. And just to clarify, by "integrating" what we mean is we will try to include the characters in the log in prompts in some way, and we will work with players for whatever ideas they may have. Otherwise, these characters will be part of other victims who will also be in the finale log that will need rescuing (or will attempt their own jailbreak y'all do what you want lmfao).
Finally, we have an entry on the Special Quest section of the MANTA Board regarding these arrests and abductions, but it's mostly there to give a basic framework and give everyone a bonus for participating. So when you do your threads, be sure to mark them for the 12 points!
If you have any other questions, comment to the general Questions thread.
SPECIAL QUEST: KUDZU ISLAND
As mentioned earlier, there is a special quest listed on the MANTA Board…though there's not much there for the moment. Instead of one of our usual "events," because we have the arrests/abductions we're going to have more of a "mini event log" sort of thing and utilize the Special Quest structure for this.
While we won't give all the details here, this will be more of an exploration adventure type quest that will last for a majority of the month. This should hopefully allow those who are in the arrest/abduction group opportunity to participate if they wish. But even if not, not to worry! The location won't be going anywhere and will carry over next month on the MANTA Board. Despite what the quest description might imply, the prompts will be a lot simpler and the vibe in general will be more relaxed to help balance out the tension in the game. Expect dealing with plants…a lot of plants. And this will be the start of a chain of related quests that we hope will be fun!
We're kind of using this as a "test run" of sorts as we look into different ways to provide different content that's not always some big huge event. This is alongside the future Crew Quests mentioned below. So we'll see how this works and will appreciate any feedback later!
While we won't give all the details here, this will be more of an exploration adventure type quest that will last for a majority of the month. This should hopefully allow those who are in the arrest/abduction group opportunity to participate if they wish. But even if not, not to worry! The location won't be going anywhere and will carry over next month on the MANTA Board. Despite what the quest description might imply, the prompts will be a lot simpler and the vibe in general will be more relaxed to help balance out the tension in the game. Expect dealing with plants…a lot of plants. And this will be the start of a chain of related quests that we hope will be fun!
We're kind of using this as a "test run" of sorts as we look into different ways to provide different content that's not always some big huge event. This is alongside the future Crew Quests mentioned below. So we'll see how this works and will appreciate any feedback later!
FUTURE CREW QUESTS
We mentioned this back in December that we are considering providing Crew Quests on the MANTA Board to help give folks things to work on alongside whatever players themselves come up with. We've been able to work out some ideas and how we want to do this, but we won't be able to implement them until April or May due to other things happening in-game at the moment. So we're going to take the opportunity to discuss it further as well as hopefully get feedback and suggestions from our crews on what they would like to see so we can start working on any particular content!
For a general idea of what to expect, we're thinking of utilizing Crew Quests as another means to help people get out and explore and find things, as well as more opportunities for players to help build the world. Some quests may have specific settings, but others may be more generic, allowing players to come up with whatever they think is neat. In terms of prompts, those could range to something serious or something more generic. From helping villages to finding certain resources to hunting treasure to eliminating monsters and more. And as said before, we welcome any and all suggestions!! These quests are meant to cater towards different groups, so the more direction we have that can help our crews, the better. Players can even write up quests for us to put on the MANTA Board if it will fit.
Another thing we hope to do with Crew Quests is give us yet another avenue to open up certain "plot settings" so that we can have multiple threads going and progress before focusing on one and then moving to another. We hope this will make things a bit more organic, especially as crews may actually influence certain outcomes and developments. It's going to be a bit experimental, so we'll see how it goes. But we do hope this will help provide more things for everyone to play with.
Last thing to note, is that at least for now we will include Crew Quests with the Special Quests. We don't foresee there being too many of them at once, but if over time it gets crowded we'll create a separate section. Regardless, these quests will be worth 12 points for crew members. For characters not in a crew, you can still participate by helping crews take on quests! However, non-crew members will only receive half the points, which would be 6 points. For those using the spreadsheet, you can either overwrite the QS value to 6, or just mark it as QB, whatever works for you.
As said before, this will be a little experimental, so we'll continue to work and tweak it with any feedback players have. But we're kind of excited about it so can't wait to get it going soon!
For a general idea of what to expect, we're thinking of utilizing Crew Quests as another means to help people get out and explore and find things, as well as more opportunities for players to help build the world. Some quests may have specific settings, but others may be more generic, allowing players to come up with whatever they think is neat. In terms of prompts, those could range to something serious or something more generic. From helping villages to finding certain resources to hunting treasure to eliminating monsters and more. And as said before, we welcome any and all suggestions!! These quests are meant to cater towards different groups, so the more direction we have that can help our crews, the better. Players can even write up quests for us to put on the MANTA Board if it will fit.
Another thing we hope to do with Crew Quests is give us yet another avenue to open up certain "plot settings" so that we can have multiple threads going and progress before focusing on one and then moving to another. We hope this will make things a bit more organic, especially as crews may actually influence certain outcomes and developments. It's going to be a bit experimental, so we'll see how it goes. But we do hope this will help provide more things for everyone to play with.
Last thing to note, is that at least for now we will include Crew Quests with the Special Quests. We don't foresee there being too many of them at once, but if over time it gets crowded we'll create a separate section. Regardless, these quests will be worth 12 points for crew members. For characters not in a crew, you can still participate by helping crews take on quests! However, non-crew members will only receive half the points, which would be 6 points. For those using the spreadsheet, you can either overwrite the QS value to 6, or just mark it as QB, whatever works for you.
As said before, this will be a little experimental, so we'll continue to work and tweak it with any feedback players have. But we're kind of excited about it so can't wait to get it going soon!
LAST WORDS
And that's it! If you have any questions, feel free to comment here. All quest-related questions should be posted to the Manta Board post.