>>5385225Here are my notes and guidelines for the Under the Moon quest.
NOTES ABOUT THE CHARACTERS AND PLOTLINES
Starting off, I wanted the names of each characters to be part of naming theme
For Carian Knight - Calabria
The name actually comes from Calabria region of Italy, which has a village called Sellia. Naming scheme was going to be regions and town names of Italy.
This was a coincidence as I just looked up Sellia on google.
For Black Key Confessor - Marina
The name comes from the italian word “Marina” (meaning: coast/shore). I wanted a sea related character name as it will be important for the plot.
For Former convict - Polter
The name comes from [Polter]geist
Naming scheme was going to be ghost related. I wanted these names to be unusual as former convicts would likely have fake names.
For Godskin - Azul
Naming scheme was gems/minerals.
I wanted the names to feel unusual because of the strangeness of the Godskins compared to the rest of the world.
For the other Godskins, the names I considered were..
[Saph]hire
T[anza]nite
E[mera]ld
[Andal]usite
[Ame]thyst
Aqu[amar]ine
[Mal]achite
Azul’s name was actually a mistake, as I was writing something about master azur
(a character from Elden Ring who was a mage) and misspelled it into Azul.
The name sounded unusual and gave me the idea of naming Godskins after minerals since master Azur’s appearance looked like crystals and minerals.
For the stories, I had a few storylines in mind
At the start, I only planned ahead for the first 1-2 weeks of each PC
For Calabria, the first week was going to be spent tracking down the thief who stole ceremonial gift weapons.
It was going to be a puzzle where I gave descriptions and multiple choices. Correct answers will give a +59 bonus ensuring the roll will always succeed
She will discover that Leonine misbegotten in Caelid (these red haired humanoids) were behind the theft. She can try to reason with them, threaten them, kill them or try to steal back their weapons.
Regardless of method, she’ll have an option:
Make her way back to Liurnia with the ceremonial gifts
OR
Investigate further about their employers
The ceremonial weapons are
intelligence-faith scaling weapons that deals a lot of damage but Calabria can’t use them immediately as she doesn’t have enough faith.
If she decides to make her way back, several fights and ambushes will await her.
If she decides to investigate further, she’ll stumble across cave systems which lead to an early version of Mohgwyn palace - base of operations for the prophets who foresaw Lord of Blood’s ascension.
What happens after the first two weeks will be written based on what the players decides to do.
