Overlying Plot

[Mason Nighith]

I've been doing some brainstorming after finding it difficult to come up with some one off threads.  What if Berk or somewhere had some sort of overlying issue that needed to be solved?

Since I don't know much about what's going on, I thought I could start a thread and brainstorm.

It could be anything.

-Drought
-Frozen crops
-Illness (in people and/or dragons)
-Alliance with another clan gone bad
-Big Bad Guy ( I have a great idea for a baddie)
-Cold Snap resulting in Stranded boats, dead stuff, etc
-Sea is tainted with something, making fish and water dragons in jeopardy
-Another clan wants something Berk has (resources, people, etc)


Share your own ideas!

[PIME2]

We have done it in the past. The original foundation of the site when Abyss (the founder) first started this place was that there was strange earthquakes and happens and that it was something which people were going to look into, but nothing ever happened with it so when we took the reigns we removed it because it didn't really fit the site.

We also, around the time I first joined, had a site-wide plot of a war between Berk and Hysteria (this was before [and the cause of] Hysteria became a place you could create characters to live in). I took role of main controller of it but in the end I turned it into a character plot for Luna, who's the daughter of Hysteria's chief hiding out on Berk.

I think past experience (those two are just examples) that overarching plots run best when they are limited in the characters they affect. Big stuff like Draughts or the sea getting tainted has the problem of it forces everyone to have to try and keep continuity within the time period which the event happens, which is a lot of hassle for everyone. Bad guys and dealing with clans is a good idea, but it's best if you think about it in a way which means that only the people who join in on the threads where it matters need to worry about what happens in those threads.

All this said, I am a total hypocrite on this in that I do have an idea which would have pretty big site-wide ramifications if I ever ran it, but it's definitely something I need to think about a lot and work out how to do it in the least problematic way if I ever do xD.

[PIME2]

Also, as I mentioned in the suggestion post, I am working on something similar to this which I need to get round to writing fully xD.

[Mason Nighith]

Many ideas I have up there can be short term missions. Rescuing people from a stranded boat sounds like a cool couple of threads anyway.

I am up for brainstorming with your idea too. I make a kickass baddie

[PIME2]

I can't wait to see That particular idea I was mentioning is one I think I'm going to keep to myself until I'm ready to run it (because I'm also a showoff and I like my reveals xD) but I know I've got other plot ideas that it would be useful to have someone other than me run the baddie of so it would be interesting to scheme about them

[Mason Nighith]

PM??

[PIME2]

Maybe at some point or cbox

[Your Humble GM]

The new feature has been introduced so you can do start towards trying out Villains!

berks-dragons.proboards.com/board/73/oneshot-characters-events