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[Emily]

I'll make this pretty some other time. But it was pointed out that we don't have a dedicated spot for this. Have at it, stab me with knives.

[Rex Draco]

SO I have been to many Zelda sites throughout the years. While every one does it different I have always liked the concept because it gives like mini DM flags to people willing to dedicate the responsibility and if no one took it -- well it was NPC'd which was fine. What I'm talking about is roles.

I am sure it was common on other sites as I know some had "mentors" for swordplay to teach characters skills and ability sets so it wasn't LoZ-ccentric.

I wanna suggest roles for mini plot purposes.

Town Leaders -- Canon or non canon
Soldier Ranks -- positions for the Knights of Hyrule given the castle is up and running agian
Bosses/Enemies -- dedicated slots for named mini bosses or the big boss of the site themselves, etc
Blacksmiths -- Other trade jobs that one boss teaches others the trade or helps spread that expertise


Also towns. New towns run by these said town leaders that can run certain plots and they can fill out town censuses

I liked the role system but sometimes it just wasn't used to the benefit of the plot as they were limited to just name-only which did encourage people, still, to join and take them

[El]

Ooooh~! I didn't have any suggestions initially, but after reading Rex's comment a masterpost somewhere summarising all the currently posted characters and their occupations would be VERY useful. I try to stay up-to-date with things as much as possible but it'd still be handy to have something to quickly reference. All the more so for any new players! (Since we do indeed already have various craftspeople amongst our ranks, and military professionals.)

Thinking about it... I bet there's already a ton of NPCs the community as a whole has created which would be worth adding to such a list too? (I have that second newspaper company, as just one example.)  But then things might get complicated!

[LuckyBlackCat]

Also towns. New towns run by these said town leaders that can run certain plots and they can fill out town censuses

Yes!! We should definitely rebuild some old towns, and/or build new ones, à la Tarrey Town. Seems a few people in Hyrule are still living nomadic lifestyles, so they could do with some permanent settlements besides Castle Town.

Also, we need to actually get that castle cleared out so Zelda can move back there! That way it'll make it easier for her to fully re-establish the military, especially if Akkala Citadel gets restored too.

[Emily]

Thanks so much for the initial suggestions! I see no reason we couldn't implement a lot of these things. Here are some more specific thoughts:

'Site Canon' Roles/Characters: While I've never been as into 'site canon' characters myself, I can see where some structure would be useful, and people might be more interested in making characters to fit certain roles if they can fill them in a more official capacity. Would we like to farm out suggestions to everyone via a separate thread, or do you think it'd be more useful for people to post their thoughts and suggestions for roles here? Once we have a list of roles we agree on, I'll be happy to make a new thread for it.

More Towns: Yes, 100%. Please work together and make towns. This was actually something that existed as a thing on the old Sinking Lure, where multiple players could work together, and over the course of posting in a certain area, have a town built (it also cost 'Tingle Points', which was a sort of site currency you got through posting, but that was its own mess we wouldn't get into here). I love this idea.

NPC List: I 100% agree that a list of NPCs, not only mine but everyone's, would be a very useful thread. Do you think it would be better to have a thread that I start, format with the site NPCs and my own NPCs, and then each person can post beneath that with a list of their own, or would it be better if I get a list from each of you via chat or forum PM and organise it via location/role?

Get Zelda a Castle: While I have my disagreements with monarchy as a system (yes, I know several of us in this thread share a king), I'd love for an upcoming event to clear the castle and get it on the ground somehow or maybe make a weird magical way of getting up and down there.

[Rex Draco]

Roles: So the way I was used to it in the different sites is that each race/large group had their own government and bits and generally it was the same each region just because it was a different cultural group they served that group so in example:

Hyrule: King, Queen, Heir, Knight Captain, Scribe/Advisor, Governor/Mayor, etc

Zora Domain: King, Queen, Heir, Guard Captain, Advisor, but no mayor/governor but a Council Manager, etc.

This is not for everywhere, just the major regions/kingdoms. I would also like to note for places with canon rulers -- they should not be player characters and remain their canon characters to be used as needed by GMs

Towns/Villages: We can get a map and add them generally where it can be found in the regions as they grow, any towns not maintained by their governor/founder are become ghost towns and are abandoned after x amount of time not active on site or not on vacation. They should have to meet a criteria for a town: (A leader, a reason for settlement like farming crafting etc, and an industry, basically what they do to be able to survive)

NPC List: Easy to do, again just give a lil criteria list to fill out and the admin available adds them to the list. It can be categorized by the type of NPC: Main Plot NPC (for site wide plots), Sub Plot NPC (specifically for player/GM plots) and common NPC (for regular things like a shop owner or mask salesman). To make one they would need a [Name, Alignment, Role (main, sub, common) and a blurb on the what's who about them]

Castle: While we are not fond of kings and queens -- it's okay in the Zelda verse so far. Unless we are blasting people by canons, we could just configure a Zonai pad to port LOL

[Rex Draco]

A new suggestion: A quest/contract system similar to that of a Job's Bill Board at an Adventurers Guild. Hecc, make an adventurer's guild.

Have staff run or player run quests/contracts for helping to restore different parts of the kingdom/world and exploration respectively. Weave into the main plot

[LuckyBlackCat]

Roles: Hopefully the player character list will help! I know the role system is a lot looser in this RP than in others, which works for what we're doing, but what do people think of a list of suggested roles to fill? Obviously it'll be easier once more of the rebuilding is underway.

Towns: I also love the idea of rebuilding a town over the course of a thread! Much like the Castle Town one, only probably quicker for a lot of them lol. Which ones should be rebuilt first?

NPC List: I like how the newly implemented list works, it should be a pretty solid structure once we have NPC input from everyone. And as well as the main canon ones, do we need to list other leader figures like Paya, Reede, Rozel etc?

Castle: Yeah, not a fan of monarchy either (despite my country having a king), but at least Zelda is much more involved with the public than real life monarchs are - that and Hyrule mostly seems to run on mutual aid anyway, with her just helping things along. How should we go about restoring the castle and making it accessible once more?

Quest System: Ooh, sounds pretty cool! I can see Gralens of the monster control crew running an adventurers' guild in Castle Town, considering he gives out several quests in-game.