The Ghostfence rp: Discussion and Planning #1 Options

[jack cloudy]

Sorry, no. Even if I had paid attention to the statue, I wouldn't have recognized it because I always mix them up. I could try to see if the Uesp has anything on it.

Edit: Assarnatamat, shrine to Mehrunes Dagon.

This post has been edited by jack cloudy: Jan 3 2009, 05:30 PM

[bbqplatypus]

Alright. This is some good stuff. I think I'm going to work a bit of it into my next post, if you don't mind. Reconcile it with my last post, I'm thinking.

[Dantrag]

All good ideas. The camp in the shrine, attacks, etc. I like where we're headed. I also agree with Olen; keep the first attack pretty moderate so we can have crazier things happen later.

To speed things along, I suggest we all put our characters to sleep so the caravan can get going.

[bbqplatypus]

Agreed. We should resolve all current conversations and then get moving. Apelles has packed it in for the night, Has-no-Tail is asleep by the river bank, and Dranas Heleran is (cough, cough) occupied for the rest of the evening. We don't want to rush things too much, but we do want to get things moving.

This post has been edited by bbqplatypus: Jan 5 2009, 07:37 AM

[minque]

All good ideas. The camp in the shrine, attacks, etc. I like where we're headed. I also agree with Olen; keep the first attack pretty moderate so we can have crazier things happen later.

To speed things along, I suggest we all put our characters to sleep so the caravan can get going.

Yes yes! i also like the ideas! camping in a shrine? Awesome!

And let's go to sleep then, I guess all char's are signed up for the caravan by now?

[Olen]

When you're character is done for the evening and you're ready for the caravan in the morning say so we can get things moving.


Mine is.

[jack cloudy]

All tucked in, ears plugged, sheep's counted.

[canis216]

Dranas is ready for anything.

[minque]

Rianne is sleeping safe and sound, so she's all ready for the wake-up call!

[bbqplatypus]

Apelles is ready to go.



On an unrelated note, I think I might create a character description of that Buoyant Armiger leader I introduced, just in case I want to give him his own POV post. I think, as traumatized as he must be from the last attack, his reaction and characterization might be interesting.

[bbqplatypus]

So...is that everyone?

[minque]

So...is that everyone?

Ehhh well Dralas should be somewhere as well, hopefully sleeping in his room, but except from him I think maybe we're all set

[Olen]

There's no one for him to rp with now so I think we can assume he is. Give it a few more hours and then someone post the next morning. Danny can always post something spanning the night before until the morning if he had unfinished things.

[minque]

There's no one for him to rp with now so I think we can assume he is. Give it a few more hours and then someone post the next morning. Danny can always post something spanning the night before until the morning if he had unfinished things.

Hmm Dralas rp:ed with Rianne but we were asked to go to bed so......

[bbqplatypus]

Sounds good. I think Apelles should be at least ONE of the first people up. I've got some stuff to do - errands to run and whatnot, but I should be able to get something in by the evening.

[bbqplatypus]

Another question - just how big is this caravan in actuality (NPCs included)? And how many escorts should there be for it? That's a number that I think it would be nice to settle on.

This post has been edited by bbqplatypus: Jan 9 2009, 07:53 AM

[Olen]

Looking at the people going (ie services the outpost camp will have enough people to support) we're looking at a significant population in the camp, maybe a bit over a hundred (minimum) once you include leaders, buerocrats, labourers, skilled workers, gaffers, merchants, cleaners (all that rubbish/'human waste' has to go somewhere), soldiers, dealers, 'nighttime entertainers', cooks, and other hangers on.

Now, this is the seventh? (ish?) caravan to head up there so the average of the other six will have been about 20 perminant residents plus guards and guides and scouts and caravaners who were just there to get people and materials to the camp in one piece.

I'd say there would need to be about 10 guards for a caravan this size and a fair number of caravaners who just move materials and goods, almost certainly they will outnumber the people who intend to stay there for any length of time.

This is all minimum's though, could be more. Top limit is probably in the region of 300 as more would require sufficent infrastrcute as to be worth building and clearing a road to it. By the same calculation that would mean an average of 50 people per caravan would have to remain in the outpost making the number of guards proportionally higher and also the caravaners (though with a higher proportion of food/drink/etc than of building materials).

Of course you could quite easily justify any number but I'd say around 40 people in the caravan with slightly under half intending to stay at the camp long term fits well and a camp of about 120, enough so as we can kill a few without worrying but small enough to be vulnerable.

[minque]

hah great! I was just wondering how Rianne would have a chance to get a guar, since she (me) forgot all about that when she was signing up, but obviuosly there are opportunities to get one of those at the council building....thanks Beanie!

[Colonel Mustard]

You're welcome Minque. After all, there's bound to be someone who can't come.

Or that can be organised...

[minque]

Oops....so Erna is going to be a bad guy! hehe Well Rianne could notice and give him a big surprise....or not I'm not sure, maybe there shall be murder already?

Or else Rianne could make use of her bow...not for killing but for frightening erna...