Circus Talk - OOC

Nice descriptions and intros so far. Khali's area is cool. I like how, she purposely doesn't have much 'flair' because she feels these are distractions. Her space will be visited soon!

Love the videos of Tasya's and Khyree's acts! The crowd goes wild!

MaJunior will be setting up Anlo Westwind, human thrower soon and we'll get the game moving.

Wonderful! I'll get a post up tonight!

I got a post up. Have a wonderful New Year’s Eve everyone!

Awesome! Everyone has got a post in about what their characters are up to post show. Now it's my turn. I'll get on it ASAP.

I started a subforum for information regarding Episode 1. One thread lists the NPCs (aka suspects). I will elaborate that thread as you interact with these NPCs throughout game play.

Also, the other thread is the planned schedule of events for the week leading up to the tournament. This "in game" schedule is was Madagast was hired to do, but as the drama unfolds things may or may not go as planned.

Finally (in this update post), I still have to work more on the circus ship map. And I will be, also ASPA. There are more levels and details to include there.

Would Tasya, Khyree, and Anlo be expected to be present for the all presentations at the beginning of the activities in the lounge? With the change from a normal post-show, Tasya would have gone to do a quick clean up and costume change if so, instead of her usual routine. She may or may not be present yet.

Hi everyone. This is going to take a while folks! Longer than I expected. Sorry.

Well, I got the initial appearance and openly known backgrounds of the tournament contestants up so far. I still have the rest of the NPC cast to do. Yikes!

Again, I figure as you all interact with these characters and they reveal more about themselves, I will update their descriptions in the Episode 1:NPCs thread.
Rage if you are referring to the activities in the lounge as they relate to the Scedule of Events Plan, I will leave it up to you exactly what you have been expected to do on similar occasions in the past. I see it like it's mostly Madagast's job to entertain special guests but he of course always wants to show off his greatest stars in various meet and greet occasions. Beside the fact that he likes having his troupe liking there, it's good PR for the circus after all.

BUT as we play you all can make your own choices as what to explore, who to talk to, where to go before and after engagements, etc. And also this episode will not be only about training and putting on the tournament circus style, but other problemsome things will happen that interfere with the tournament you all will be faced with them.

I will--in game--roleplay what Magagast explicitly asks of you, like for example he has already asked the four of you to train the contestants and design their events. Exactly, how you do that is up to you four. I would hope from a gaming logistics point the four of you communicate in-character and out-of-character alike to devise these plans.

Okay, I finally got another post in! Really sorry for the wait! Hopefully everyone is still onboard (pun intended).

I haven't added anything to the Circus Ship map. But I still hope to. We should just get going anyway and that will all unfold.

I did add a bunch of NPC characters in the NPC (aka suspects) thread. Don't feel like you have to know all that or anything, just get interacting with these NPCs and use the NPC thread as a reference.

@Seck , is there a way we can get messages to each other on the ship?

Hmm...interesting thought.

If you guys think that you might want to communicate that way, we could say that the key circus players:

the four PCs,
Ganesh,
Jin (Ganesh's grandson, magician, and ringmaster understudy),
and Caspian (lead roustabout)

all have linked sending trinkets in their possession that have been charmed with magic that allows a short message of twenty-five words or less to be sent by anyone with a trinket to one or more characters who possess the other linked trinkets. The recipients hear the message in their mind, recognizes the sender, and can answer in a like manner immediately. Messages can be sent across any distance and even to other planes of existence, but if messages are being sent across different planes of existence, there is a 5 percent chance that the message doesn’t arrive. Each item allows its possessor to freely send a message a number of times per day equal to the character's level.

This might make sense and fit nicely, since Madagast Circus is quite a large, intricate operation--as far as circuses go in this world, the sending trinkets would function like headsets of modern real world theater.

If you guys would like to incorporate them into the game let me know.

By the way, even though much of this episode will likely take place on the circus ship, don't feel like you can't take the game off the ship if you want.