Zelknolf wrote:I believe the plan was to schedule these things somewhat regularly, with variable times / days of the week each time, so that folk with different and/or hectic schedules can still get a shot.
I also believe that the plan was to rotate servers, as such trips tend to be good for sight seeing and interaction with locals, too.
Scheduling these to coincide with canon religious holidays and festivals is the way to go. Make them a regular ALFA tradition. It also gives PCs IC reasons to travel cross-server other than an OOC notice of the event in the forums. ICly most PCs would know the time of year of major festivals in the region and where they are held.
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That's a brilliant idea; perhaps throw in widespread "rumors spread around various regions that city/town X is planning on a particularly noteworthy/quaint celebration of holiday x this year" or some such and it makes it more reasonable folks might be interested in traveling there instead of sticking around for the local festivities (which obviously are not happening In Game) for the nth time. There's always religious/cultural/racial reasons as well obviously to pilgrimage to place x during festivals, etc.
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Regent's Field on MS has a full-on fair ground. Walk south from the capital, (it's the city you arrive in when you travel by boat from BG, not the server start town). You may need to avoid some bandits, rumor has it, but they are a lazy sort and only waylay travelers who venture too close to their ambush spots.
So this available for any manner of festival anyone wants to DM. Being in a major kingdom, it would be well known for it's party scene.
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Zelknolf wrote:I believe the plan was to schedule these things somewhat regularly, with variable times / days of the week each time, so that folk with different and/or hectic schedules can still get a shot.
I also believe that the plan was to rotate servers, as such trips tend to be good for sight seeing and interaction with locals, too.
Scheduling these to coincide with canon religious holidays and festivals is the way to go. Make them a regular ALFA tradition. It also gives PCs IC reasons to travel cross-server other than an OOC notice of the event in the forums. ICly most PCs would know the time of year of major festivals in the region and where they are held.
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That's a brilliant idea; perhaps throw in widespread "rumors spread around various regions that city/town X is planning on a particularly noteworthy/quaint celebration of holiday x this year" or some such and it makes it more reasonable folks might be interested in traveling there instead of sticking around for the local festivities (which obviously are not happening In Game) for the nth time. There's always religious/cultural/racial reasons as well obviously to pilgrimage to place x during festivals, etc.
I suggested Greengrass on page 1 ;-F
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loulabelle wrote:Greengrass is coming up soon (end of April?) and acknowledged as a holy day for so many deities that this scale of celebration seems like it would fit right in.
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April 30th.
I remember there used to be a google(?) calendar that Rotku made of all the holy days that was interactive and kept itself updated. I'm pretty sure it's long gone now but maybe another one could be made? Maybe I'll look into that, it seems like something that should be in Realmslore anyway.
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we can hold Greengrass whenever we want in RL calendar days, no need to rush, but we have about a month or so to plan...hmmm. Can we get a DM volunteer?
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April 30th happens to be not only Greengrass... but the Orgy of Destruction, sacred to Ilneval. How about that? And yeah, like 10 other religions random parties (Sune's "Chase", Mielikki's "Wild Ride", etc)
Cast, there's a long thread about this in the DM forums as well.
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