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[Tacobob]

Currently have a few players already, and we've been floating around with an ADVENTURE type RP. The characters are given a grand quest/job/task to perform and the pay is good, but there's a catch. The pony who gave them the quest also wishes to tag along to make sure it is done properly. Along with the current players, we would need someone who can play Prince Bloodblood, or any other royal/wealthy type character. Must be a pain in the flank to work.

We're also trying to come up with the quest idea. Any ideas?

[Phil the Time Wizard]

That sounds fun. I rather like adventure RPs. I'm definitely intrigued to hear a little more.

Blueblood already has an assigned player on the site by the way. You might consider contacting him if you haven't already.

[Tacobob]

We're still throwing ideas around, so if you have any suggestions, please throw 'em here.  Thanks!

[ShadowStorm88]

Id be up for joining if allowed

[Tacobob]

Go right ahead (once we set up the proper subject on the non-oc board)

Just thinking of a proper quest for a prince..And also waiting to hear back from said prince's player.

[Stainless Steel Fox]

I'm in.

Check my character description to see just how perfect this would be for him.

As for quest ideas, what does Blueblood value?

Some rare orchid or other flower as a birthday gift for his mother might take the group to far Uyanazi or the Gallopagos Islands.

Since looking good is so important to him, some vital ingredient for stallion cosmetics maybe?

His father, the 51st Duke Blueblood was a great explorer, lost on an expedition without trace about a decade ago. If there was some evidence that it might be possible to find him, or even what happened to him, he would move Cloudsdale, Canterlot and Tartarus to do so.

Those are the 'far off lands' style quests, which would also work as my version of Blueblood has an ulterior motive, one that he won't actually admit to himself.

[Tacobob]

Finding his father is a pretty noble cause. Fire Walker (My OC) has never really met Blueblood. She was a guard for the past few years, and during that time, had worked in gaming halls/clubs that Blueblood had frequented and she made up her mind that she did not care for the guy, judging him on the comments he made, or just by the way he looked at other ponies. Still, she considers herself a professional and would still work for him.

Just waiting to hear back from Dunder...As always, anymore ideas, just keep toss'n them.

[Sturmmann]

Question: was this adventure fleshed out/planned with Muggo' in the bar? I'm too lazy to scrub through the post xD If so, I may have him come along.

[Dunder]

Of course you can have him come along.

[ShadowStorm88]

Perhaps the Prince could go on a quest to see if he can become a better/braver prince by going into dangerous territory?

[Tacobob]

Sturmmann, on 03 June 2012 - 03:03 AM, said:

Question: was this adventure fleshed out/planned with Muggo' in the bar? I'm too lazy to scrub through the post xD If so, I may have him come along.

He probably heard they were going to be checking out the "Job Board" the next morning and might have decided to tag along.

[Tacobob]

We also have to figure out where the majority of the game will take place, so I have a place to put it in the right category...

[Dunder]

And whoever else wants to be there can be there.

[Tacobob]

The game could have started in Fillydelphia, where Dunder and Fire Walker were at and where they got the quest. While Bluebood's home is in Canterlot, he could be there for thy quest! Any other ideas? And who will run this?

[Dunder]

What exactly are we going to be doing for Blueblood, though?

[Tacobob]

Stainless Steel Fox (Who plays Blueblood) gave out some suggestions (See above). I like his idea about Blueblood going on a quest to find his father. But if you see or have any other ideas, please feel free to toss 'em out here.

[Dunder]

Hmm... that one sounds really good actually.

[Dunder]

Probably meld that one with the last one and make the expedition in Ushanti or Badlands or something.

[Tacobob]

I'll just wait to hear back from SSF and then we can start the RP.

[Stainless Steel Fox]

Where's Ushanti? I know Uyanazi, the land of the zebras. But either the Badlands or Uyanazi are good as far as I'm concerned.

But we need a trigger, a reason for Blueblood to start the quest in the first place. And we need a reason to crowbar the Blue Blunder out of Canterlot and to Fillydelphia. Or get the rest of the party to Canterlot to meet with him.

If one of your characters is an explorer or trader, or someone with reason to have been out in whatever hinterland the RP will primarily take place in, I think we can do both.

Blueblood the Elder kept diaries of his expeditions, Blueblood carries the next to last one with him at all times as a momento. If an adventurer found the one he'd started just before he set off on his last mission, it would be the first sign as to where he was lost, and if it had been in some sort of waterproofed pouch that had partially failed, or under some proofing spell. There might just be enough information to give cryptic hints as to where he went, without making it easy for an expedition to follow him.

It could be easily identified without opening it, as his notebooks were horn-made of tooled leatherbark, and had the insignia odf the Duchy of Canter (a white castle with a solar and lunar cutie-mark in the upper left and right corners respectively), closed with a clasp. Inside it would be full of horn-written notes on high quality bonded paper. Due to exposure and whatever damage, some would be unreadable, but the notes would clearly be in Blueblood 52's horn-writing style. It might be enchanted so that only Blueblood or his mother could open the clasp.

So one of the other player characters finds it, brings it back and contacts the Duke, as it has the Ducal symbol and can't be opened. If the player is based in Fillydelphia, it might intrigue the Duke into coming there to see it. I am so thinking the opening to Last Crusade or Raiders. This would be an awesome mission for Daring Doo. (He has all her books, you know, though you'd pull his horn out by the roots before he'd admit it.)

Does that strike people as a decent set-up? I'm willing to go with something else, but I warn you, undeerr normal circumstances, Blueblood is pretty hard to shift.