Post by Arielle (Ivy Clark) on Feb 9, 2011 21:47:40 GMT -8
Okay maybe it's a little late but I figured since I'm still the newbie and my job may seem vague I'd post a bit of a "meet your new AST" thing.
So, hi. I am your newest AST. Although I am currently playing an NPC my main job is to run "side quests." I am on Facebook both OOC and IC. Elaine Grey has an account now, and I still do check Sheila's although I'd prefer ST stuff not go through there. I'm also on GChat and email (elanareskin@gmail.com). Anytime I am online, I'm available. Feel free to ask questions or brainstorm OOC things, and feel free to chat me up IC.
So... WTF are side quests? Well, almost anything. Have mortals you want to do something with? That can be something I run. Epiphanies--Reverie, Ravaging, Rapture (once the rules are fully revised) are something I can run. Stuff from histories or backgrounds, general ideas you had of stuff that might be cool, quests into the Dreaming... I can do all of that. If I can't for some reason, I'll point you to the ST who can.
I bring all this up because I have had two people directly tell me they are interested in plots, and one more person whose idea I'm taking on. One of those people isn't at game much and another one has an idea that they really aren't ready to implement yet. I am available a lot. If you're bored and haven't come to me... it's your own fault.
I figure if you don't have anything for me you have one of three reasons: one is that you're already busy, which is great. Two is that you don't have ideas, which is fine. You can just come to me with "so I want to do something and I don't know what" and we'll brainstorm. Three is that you just don't care, and that sucks.
So, fair warning: I get bored easily. If you guys don't come to me with ideas, I'll start thinking them up on my own and targeting whomever I think has an interesting history or backgrounds or flaws. And my first rule of storytelling is that drama comes from conflict, and conflict comes from the possibility of loss. Come to me with ideas or your characters will live in interesting times, as the Chinese proverb/curse goes.
Err, I mean. They will be loved and cuddled. Yes. Really.
I'd also like some time to think things up. I do a lot of research and planning. While I can run things off the cuff I prefer not to unless I have a good grip on what I'm doing. So if you want to do something "a ways down the line" plant the idea in my head now so I can work up ideas while I have spare CPU cycles in my head. And as I do put in effort, please be willing to follow through. I won't pour ten hours of work into something simple (probably) but I'll at least have spent a little time on it; please respect that and stick around and go through with what's being planned.
Anyway, off my soapbox now. I hope to have lots of fun with all you folks and I'll state again: I'm on here, Facebook, and GChat, and email. If I'm online, IC or OOC, I'm on-duty. Feel free to ask whatever, whenever. And good gaming!
So, hi. I am your newest AST. Although I am currently playing an NPC my main job is to run "side quests." I am on Facebook both OOC and IC. Elaine Grey has an account now, and I still do check Sheila's although I'd prefer ST stuff not go through there. I'm also on GChat and email (elanareskin@gmail.com). Anytime I am online, I'm available. Feel free to ask questions or brainstorm OOC things, and feel free to chat me up IC.
So... WTF are side quests? Well, almost anything. Have mortals you want to do something with? That can be something I run. Epiphanies--Reverie, Ravaging, Rapture (once the rules are fully revised) are something I can run. Stuff from histories or backgrounds, general ideas you had of stuff that might be cool, quests into the Dreaming... I can do all of that. If I can't for some reason, I'll point you to the ST who can.
I bring all this up because I have had two people directly tell me they are interested in plots, and one more person whose idea I'm taking on. One of those people isn't at game much and another one has an idea that they really aren't ready to implement yet. I am available a lot. If you're bored and haven't come to me... it's your own fault.
I figure if you don't have anything for me you have one of three reasons: one is that you're already busy, which is great. Two is that you don't have ideas, which is fine. You can just come to me with "so I want to do something and I don't know what" and we'll brainstorm. Three is that you just don't care, and that sucks.
So, fair warning: I get bored easily. If you guys don't come to me with ideas, I'll start thinking them up on my own and targeting whomever I think has an interesting history or backgrounds or flaws. And my first rule of storytelling is that drama comes from conflict, and conflict comes from the possibility of loss. Come to me with ideas or your characters will live in interesting times, as the Chinese proverb/curse goes.
Err, I mean. They will be loved and cuddled. Yes. Really.I'd also like some time to think things up. I do a lot of research and planning. While I can run things off the cuff I prefer not to unless I have a good grip on what I'm doing. So if you want to do something "a ways down the line" plant the idea in my head now so I can work up ideas while I have spare CPU cycles in my head. And as I do put in effort, please be willing to follow through. I won't pour ten hours of work into something simple (probably) but I'll at least have spent a little time on it; please respect that and stick around and go through with what's being planned.
Anyway, off my soapbox now. I hope to have lots of fun with all you folks and I'll state again: I'm on here, Facebook, and GChat, and email. If I'm online, IC or OOC, I'm on-duty. Feel free to ask whatever, whenever. And good gaming!
(Don't ask, it's happened before.)