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ACTIVITY REWARDS
AC REWARDS
Since Kenos is a plot-heavy game based on engaging with other characters and the setting, we want to reward people that go above and beyond! Kenos does this through a Token system, which is a set of OOC rewards that translate to IC rewards. Using Tokens, you can make augment your character’s powers (or make completely new ones), get plot clues, or buy an exotic pet, to name a few things!
Tokens can be used to purchase items from the list below. If you have an idea for something you might like to use tokens on that isn’t listed or aren't sure how many tokens your idea would cost, feel free to ask! Mods may adjust the Token cost for some requests, since below are guidelines, and specific requests may fall into a different Token cost depending on the capabilities of the request.
Note, the Power Cap applies to all purchased items and powers, so they may require adjustment to fit underneath these limitations!
Finally, this system also includes a Powerlevel Discount. As a part of your application acceptance, you were assigned a Level based on the powers you described in your application. This Level entitles you to a discount of the prices above, which is as follows:
This discount is to help address power creep and try and make the stakes of the game more even. This way characters who come into the game well-equipped from their canon don’t dominate others, which results in better tension and stakes! With that in mind, mods may reduce or take away a character’s discount as they become more evenly matched with higher Levels, which you will be informed of.
In addition, this page is also used to share and submit your Notable Actions! Notable Actions sounds fancy, but it’s essentially a summary of what your character did during the month! This helps the Loremaster team by giving a good view of what characters are up to and interested in so that we can help the world be responsive to character actions. This summary can be a bulleted list or prose, and we would love it if it also included links, but it doesn’t have to. For an example of what we’re looking for, see this comment which shows the general format and what you can expect from rewards and/or this comment, which is a character played by one of the Loremasters!
Notable actions should include things that have been threaded out this month, but can also include hand-waved interactions about interacting with the world of Kenos at large, and we in fact recommend this! Is your character a regular at a bar? Did they start modeling for a clothing shop they like? Or maybe they're often seen at one of the city's libraries this month because they're deeply researching a new topic. Let us know, since this helps us get a sense of what your character's interests in the world are and can help us create more customized hooks for your character in turn!
IC, characters are asked to at least check in with their faction’s second-in-command once a month, since they’re similarly interested in what characters are getting up to. This check-in is at the character’s leisure and meant to be casual IC as well! Depending on what characters tell their respective NPC, they may get special information or missions that are relevant to what they’ve been doing IC, or the NPC may be the one to ICly grant them the boon that’s bought OOC with Tokens. For more on your faction’s NPC, you can read up on both Cetina (Meridian) or Kathova (Zenith).
If your character does not have a faction affiliation, they’re not missing out, don’t worry! They may still receive information and/or missions, but they’re more likely to come from a generic, unnamed NPC instead. In terms of boons, you’re free to figure out how it’s received or hash it out with the mods.
(We also recommend keeping your Character Survey up to date, since you never know when a mod might think to reference it, hint hint!)
Notable Actions
A summary of what your character was up to this month! This can be prose, a bulleted list, however you want to do it. It's truly just to let mods know what your character got up to this month.
Specific Actions
Which city did your character spend most of their time in during this AC period?: Self explanatory!
What venues or residences did they spend the majority of their time in while there?: This one too!
Did your character perform any notable actions in front of NPC's in either city this month? If so, what/where?: Did they deck someone out in public? Did they steal something and get caught? Were they blackout drunk and stumbling around the city? Did they help a kid who scraped his knees when he fell? Tell us what the populous saw your character up to this month! For anything important, please include a thread link!
Did your character contribute to either city? (Resources, work, side quests, etc - this includes Kowloon): Again, feel free to give us links to any threads with your character completed, contributed, or partook in something that contributed something to one of your factions/cities.
What is their current discord level (at the time of their check-in)?: If you'd like to include a brief blurb about whether this has increased or decreased from last month and how, that's a bonus but not required.
Did Your Character Check In?
With either Cetina or Kathova, if applicable. A simple yes or no is all we need, but if you want to add a detail like "they would have, but they were dead half of the month", that's fine.
Token Purchase (Delete this section if you are not using tokens this month)
Purchasing: What are you purchasing
Cost: How many tokens does this cost? Remember to include your Powerlevel discount if applicable!
Description: If applicable, a full description of your purchase including parameters, limitations, etc. Please see examples for how to describe these best!
Notes: Anything additional to tell the mods?
Token Requests and Notable Actions are processed on the first week of the month. If you purchased a lore quest, a gift, or a power, we'll let you know if it's approved/what your character received!
For examples of what these rewards can look like, see below!
TOKENS
Tokens are earned through going above and beyond with game participation in the following ways:- Completing Bonus AC (1 token)
- Participating in an Oracle Event Log (1 token) (Max 1/month)
- Running a player-led event (2 Tokens) These happen once every 3 months (eg. Xanadu, World's Edge)
- Tagging new players on the TDM (1 token)
Tokens can be used to purchase items from the list below. If you have an idea for something you might like to use tokens on that isn’t listed or aren't sure how many tokens your idea would cost, feel free to ask! Mods may adjust the Token cost for some requests, since below are guidelines, and specific requests may fall into a different Token cost depending on the capabilities of the request.
Note, the Power Cap applies to all purchased items and powers, so they may require adjustment to fit underneath these limitations!
☸1 TOKEN
• Swap a Spellbook Spell : Spells learned via Harmonization can be swapped out for a different spell from the same Spellbook. Note: Spells purchased via tokens cannot be swapped. (Leveled discounts do not apply)
• A Gift! : You can have Cetina or Kathova gift your character something from the timestream! It will be fully at mod discretion what they gift them, and it can be anything from something useful, to something silly! Make sure to keep your survey up to date, or you might get a repeat!
• Weapon/Minor Magical Item Regain : Standard weapons or items with basic magical properties. For example, a Hidden Blade, Harry Potter's Wand or Sending Stones.
• A Gift! : You can have Cetina or Kathova gift your character something from the timestream! It will be fully at mod discretion what they gift them, and it can be anything from something useful, to something silly! Make sure to keep your survey up to date, or you might get a repeat!
• Weapon/Minor Magical Item Regain : Standard weapons or items with basic magical properties. For example, a Hidden Blade, Harry Potter's Wand or Sending Stones.
☸2 TOKENS
• Learn a Tier 1 Spellbook Spell : Learn an additional spell from the Tier 1 Spellbook (assuming you are already able to wield these spells)
• Minor Power : Powers roughly equivalent to the Tier 1 spellbook in power. These are small versions of abilities that may have use in combat, but may be limited in some way. These powers are approximately up to half of the power cap or less.
• Standard Mount : A non-magical creature that can be ridden
• Minor Power : Powers roughly equivalent to the Tier 1 spellbook in power. These are small versions of abilities that may have use in combat, but may be limited in some way. These powers are approximately up to half of the power cap or less.
• Standard Mount : A non-magical creature that can be ridden
☸3 TOKENS
• Furnished Home : Purchase a fully furnished home in your city of choice (Leveled discounts do not apply)
• Start a Business : Start a PC/Player-Owned business in your city of choice (Leveled discounts do not apply). If you would like for it to be added to the maps on the wiki, just take a screenshot pointing out where you would like your business to be! Once approved, please fill out the form on the Setting Submission page so that your IC business can be easily found and referenced by other players.
• Upgrade a Minor Power : Upgrade a Minor Power to a Major Power
• Minor Lore Quest : A lore-associated questline, designed largely for off-Oracle month enjoyment. Minor quests do not have the degree of risk or detail required by participants. To claim a quest, file your purchase request below and then include the link as a comment under its header on the lore quest page. Once the purchase is approved, you can get started!
• Start a Business : Start a PC/Player-Owned business in your city of choice (Leveled discounts do not apply). If you would like for it to be added to the maps on the wiki, just take a screenshot pointing out where you would like your business to be! Once approved, please fill out the form on the Setting Submission page so that your IC business can be easily found and referenced by other players.
• Upgrade a Minor Power : Upgrade a Minor Power to a Major Power
• Minor Lore Quest : A lore-associated questline, designed largely for off-Oracle month enjoyment. Minor quests do not have the degree of risk or detail required by participants. To claim a quest, file your purchase request below and then include the link as a comment under its header on the lore quest page. Once the purchase is approved, you can get started!
☸4 TOKENS
• Learn a Tier 2 Spellbook Spell : Learn an additional spell from the Tier 2 Spellbook (assuming you are already able to wield these spells)
• Magical/Flying Mount : A creature that can be ridden that either flies or is magical in some way
• Major Weapon / Major Magical Item : An item with significant innate power which approaches a Major Power. For example, Mjolnir, Lasso of Truth or a Lightsaber.
• Mid-value Lore Quest : A mid-value questline associated with the overarching lore of Kenos. Mid-value questlines are categorized by their need for a modest degree of planning. To claim a quest, file your purchase request below and then include the link as a comment under its header on the lore quest page. Once the purchase is approved, you can get started!
• Magical/Flying Mount : A creature that can be ridden that either flies or is magical in some way
• Major Weapon / Major Magical Item : An item with significant innate power which approaches a Major Power. For example, Mjolnir, Lasso of Truth or a Lightsaber.
• Mid-value Lore Quest : A mid-value questline associated with the overarching lore of Kenos. Mid-value questlines are categorized by their need for a modest degree of planning. To claim a quest, file your purchase request below and then include the link as a comment under its header on the lore quest page. Once the purchase is approved, you can get started!
☸5 TOKENS
• Learn a Tier 3 Spellbook Spell : Learn an additional spell from the Tier 3 Spellbook (assuming you are already able to wield these spells)
• Major Power : Abilities that can go up to (but not past) the overall powercap. These can be roughly equivalent to the Tier 3+ Spellbook Spells.
• High-value Lore Quest : A high-risk, high-reward questline associated with the overarching lore of Kenos. High-value questlines are categorized by their need for detailed planning, preparation and participation. To claim a quest, file your purchase request below and then include the link as a comment under its header on the lore quest page. Once the purchase is approved, you can get started!
• Major Power : Abilities that can go up to (but not past) the overall powercap. These can be roughly equivalent to the Tier 3+ Spellbook Spells.
• High-value Lore Quest : A high-risk, high-reward questline associated with the overarching lore of Kenos. High-value questlines are categorized by their need for detailed planning, preparation and participation. To claim a quest, file your purchase request below and then include the link as a comment under its header on the lore quest page. Once the purchase is approved, you can get started!
Finally, this system also includes a Powerlevel Discount. As a part of your application acceptance, you were assigned a Level based on the powers you described in your application. This Level entitles you to a discount of the prices above, which is as follows:
- Level 1: -2 Tokens
- Characters with no or extremely limited abilities.
- Level 2: -1 Token
- Characters who have special abilities, but perhaps only a few or those that are quite limited in scope.
- Level 3: No discount
- Characters with a large or wide variety of abilities.
This discount is to help address power creep and try and make the stakes of the game more even. This way characters who come into the game well-equipped from their canon don’t dominate others, which results in better tension and stakes! With that in mind, mods may reduce or take away a character’s discount as they become more evenly matched with higher Levels, which you will be informed of.
NOTABLE ACTIONS
In addition, this page is also used to share and submit your Notable Actions! Notable Actions sounds fancy, but it’s essentially a summary of what your character did during the month! This helps the Loremaster team by giving a good view of what characters are up to and interested in so that we can help the world be responsive to character actions. This summary can be a bulleted list or prose, and we would love it if it also included links, but it doesn’t have to. For an example of what we’re looking for, see this comment which shows the general format and what you can expect from rewards and/or this comment, which is a character played by one of the Loremasters!
Notable actions should include things that have been threaded out this month, but can also include hand-waved interactions about interacting with the world of Kenos at large, and we in fact recommend this! Is your character a regular at a bar? Did they start modeling for a clothing shop they like? Or maybe they're often seen at one of the city's libraries this month because they're deeply researching a new topic. Let us know, since this helps us get a sense of what your character's interests in the world are and can help us create more customized hooks for your character in turn!
IC, characters are asked to at least check in with their faction’s second-in-command once a month, since they’re similarly interested in what characters are getting up to. This check-in is at the character’s leisure and meant to be casual IC as well! Depending on what characters tell their respective NPC, they may get special information or missions that are relevant to what they’ve been doing IC, or the NPC may be the one to ICly grant them the boon that’s bought OOC with Tokens. For more on your faction’s NPC, you can read up on both Cetina (Meridian) or Kathova (Zenith).
If your character does not have a faction affiliation, they’re not missing out, don’t worry! They may still receive information and/or missions, but they’re more likely to come from a generic, unnamed NPC instead. In terms of boons, you’re free to figure out how it’s received or hash it out with the mods.
(We also recommend keeping your Character Survey up to date, since you never know when a mod might think to reference it, hint hint!)
FORM
Notable Actions
A summary of what your character was up to this month! This can be prose, a bulleted list, however you want to do it. It's truly just to let mods know what your character got up to this month.
Specific Actions
Which city did your character spend most of their time in during this AC period?: Self explanatory!
What venues or residences did they spend the majority of their time in while there?: This one too!
Did your character perform any notable actions in front of NPC's in either city this month? If so, what/where?: Did they deck someone out in public? Did they steal something and get caught? Were they blackout drunk and stumbling around the city? Did they help a kid who scraped his knees when he fell? Tell us what the populous saw your character up to this month! For anything important, please include a thread link!
Did your character contribute to either city? (Resources, work, side quests, etc - this includes Kowloon): Again, feel free to give us links to any threads with your character completed, contributed, or partook in something that contributed something to one of your factions/cities.
What is their current discord level (at the time of their check-in)?: If you'd like to include a brief blurb about whether this has increased or decreased from last month and how, that's a bonus but not required.
Did Your Character Check In?
With either Cetina or Kathova, if applicable. A simple yes or no is all we need, but if you want to add a detail like "they would have, but they were dead half of the month", that's fine.
Token Purchase (Delete this section if you are not using tokens this month)
Purchasing: What are you purchasing
Cost: How many tokens does this cost? Remember to include your Powerlevel discount if applicable!
Description: If applicable, a full description of your purchase including parameters, limitations, etc. Please see examples for how to describe these best!
Notes: Anything additional to tell the mods?
Token Requests and Notable Actions are processed on the first week of the month. If you purchased a lore quest, a gift, or a power, we'll let you know if it's approved/what your character received!
For examples of what these rewards can look like, see below!
Plot Reward Investigation
Meridian Alenroux Expedition: Team Girl Power
Players involved: Rizu, Jill, Boba, Kiva
Characters involved: Hayame, Akua, Gray, Byleth (& Johnny's horse Slow Dancer)
Investigation Details:
Following the orders of the Tribune and General Zaman, Hayame (in coordination with fellow team leaders Dextera and Liem) assembles a team comprised of Legionary soldiers and Meridian shard-bearers to head into the northern Alenroux woods in order to investigate the source of the remaining island monsters and the possibility of Aetos' (and Yima's?) meddling on the island.
Unit Composition: Using knowledge gained by working directly with Springstar's military for months, Hayame will select soldiers she knows are competent and experienced in Alenroux, particularly at monster patrols. She'll try to keep a balance between scouts/trackers and melee fighters (short and long ranged), with a few magic users and a medic.
Preparation: After planning prep with Liem and Dextera, expedition supplies include: a few days worth of light travel rations (which can be supplemented with food and water foraged/hunted along the way; in case of emergencies, Hayame has the Meridian spell "Create Food and Water" handy), combat and medical equipment, signal whistles given to each shard-bearer and to key members of the military unit, materials for making marks or taking rubbings, and general supplies like rope, hatchets, shovels, and crowbars. Gray has custody of Johnny’s horse Slow Dancer, who will be helping with supply transport.
Strategy: Since they are anticipating a variety of threats including monsters, nature's hazards, and potentially magic, Hayame is going to be stressing a combination of physical and magical scouting and combatting. They'll be heading into the northern forest in a coordinated different direction from Liem and Dextera and heading deeper into the forest to look for a source/nest of monsters or hint of foreign interference (cough Aetos).
Hayame will be relying on her experience tracking/hunting down escaped jinba (:/) and game to try and lead the search for signs of monsters that can hopefully be tracked as they look for a potential source of them. When scouting ahead, she will leave Byleth in command of the Legionary troops. The physical scouting will be accented by magic, relying on Akua's spellcasting and Gray's high spiritual sensitivity toward ghosts, magical energy, etc. Intermittently, Hayame will be casting the T3 spell "Commune with Nature" to try and ascertain the presence of powerful monsters, influence from other planes of existence, and buildings... any of which would be suspect and worth investigating. Gray will be using “Speak with Animals” to ask them if they’ve seen anything sus.
In the case of a fight breaking out, Hayame will be relying primarily on archery, Akua will be glass cannon magicking from the safety of the Legionary rear, Byleth will be engaging close quarters and switching between sword work and magic (and can manipulate time a little to dodge or save someone about to get hit?!), and Gray will be utilizing her high-speed melee fighting style with magical strengthening. In the case of puzzles or magical traps the sort of which Hayame and Akua encountered together in Aetos' hideout in the Below... Sorry, Akua, those are maybe all you...
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MODERATE OBSTACLES
DIFFICULT OBSTACLE
Time Manipulation: As the group draws closer to the North of the forest, they'll trigger a trap that was clearly set by Aetós. Once triggered, the group will be in the center of a 1 square mile area where they will encounter temporal distortions. Their overall goal will be to escape the 1 mile area (at which point the spell will end), but while inside it, they'll encounter obstacles meant to take a toll on their sanity.
In some areas, they will stumble upon time loops, finding themselves trapped in repetitive sequences where they must break free by finding the key to unraveling the loop. The challenge lies in identifying the trigger that causes the loop to reset and finding a way to alter or disrupt the sequence.
They will also encounter pockets where past, present, and future blend together. They may witness echoes of past events or glimpse glimpses of possible futures. Navigating through these anomalies becomes a test of their adaptability and quick thinking, as they must discern reality from illusion and make decisions that might have rippling effects in the future of the island of Alenroux.
They may experience moments of confusion and disorientation, struggling to distinguish between memories, present events, and visions of possible futures. Maintaining their mental stability becomes paramount as they confront the shifting nature of reality and face their own fears and doubts.
Once their adventuring has been threaded out, please return here with a link (or links if multiple!) to receive the Lore (tm) and overall results of the expedition!