Operation Word

This very rough page related to background on the upcoming investigations & machinations to Liberate Borovia & the Elvish Isles in accordance with the Elvish court's wishes and the best judgement of relevant guild members.

This an OPEN page to all players, in GM-Voice, to the players ... so that:

• several upcoming "investigation" adventure can be GM-ed,
• players have an idea of what rumours their characters may have heard & how their various characters will interpret the situation ...
• players can decide what their characters will try to do.

The Recent Unpleasantness

A general statement of the current state of occupation. Since Spring 813 WK:

Borovia is currently occupied by Drow and they are a remainder from Drow Invasion of the Western Kingdom. The tunnel between Alfhiem and Borovia has been closed for years. The Borovia portal to Kin-Lu has somehow been retasked to act as a two way portal between Borovia and Elven Isles. A large portion of the general population of Borovia escaped as poor refugees, later becoming guests of the Superstition Mountain Dwarves south of Carzala.

The Elvish Isles has been sold to the Kingdom of Destiny and is said to still be largely occupied by the Drow. Few details are known at this stage.

The Elvish Court of Alfhiem wishes to have the Drow removed from Borovia ASAP, and hopefully information which will assist the liberation of the Elvish Isle.

The payment of budget will need to be agreed to by the ambassador Isil Eth backed by the Elvish Court of Alfhiem will need to be agreed to for the mission. Payment - Coin, Land & Favours.

Some TOP-LEVEL SPY guildmembers are investigating with almost imperceptible discretion
... and hope to have more actionable intelligence this season
SOME TOP-LEVEL MilSci guildmembers are mobilising troops, gear, and support structures.

General Process

PHASE ONE will be conducted by email, as in players need to sort out what their characters are going to do ... and the summary of gained knowledge (& cost) posted here.

Then, as determined by the GM of the first part (Jono) ... although he will pay attention to evil whispers suggestions from other players, options include:

PHASE TWO which may require a (few) short (concurrent) specialist sessions later THIS session.

THE UPCOMING MISSION — the Main Event

The Elvish Court of Alfhiem wishes to have the Drow removed from Borovia ASAP, and hopefully information which will assist the liberation of the Elvish Isle.

In other words, the mess on Alfheim’s Doorstep is top priority;
but the Crown also needs to get the Drow out of the Elvish Isles;
and the portal re-dedicated to profitable trade with Kin-Lu (principally for Alfheim, naturally), but of advantage to surviving towns in the Baronies and future rebuilding.

The big WHY / WHO / WHAT / WHERE problems, so far

Are (as below):

• Find out the number of Drow involved in the occupation of Borovia and Elvish Isle.
• Find out who leads the Drow involved in the occupation of Borovia and Elvish Isle.
• Find out their aims.
• Information on their capabilities would also be appreciated (but hard to evaluate).

And these are some suggestions —

• How to create the conditions to make the Drow in Borovia want to leave.
• See how or find some way to make the portal in Borovia to/from Elvish Isle one way to stop reinforcements to Borovia from the Elvish Isle

Alternate, parallel & subsequent stratagems may ensue when we know a bit more … or REALISE what other questions need to be answered.

However we must AVOID embroiling Alfheim in further conflict ... even if we “know” that certain Destinians, (former) Bowcourtiers, or Whatever, are up to no good.

Strategic questions include:

• Is there an importance to the fact the Drow now control the Portal (on the Elven Isles) to the Empire of the Sun.
• What is the truth behind Destiny’s rumoured purchase of, or involvement with, the Elvish Isles?

ACTUALLY: The Islanders sold the Islands to Destiny for cash; the Destinians turned up to find the original inhabitants absent (with their cash) and the Drow very much present. The Elvish crown has temporarily placated the Destinians (Future promises, partial repayment, etc).
This is little-known and not discussed.

• We assume Rabenschloß castle (which overlooks Borovia Town) has fallen to the Drow.
• Dread & devious traps have undoubtedly been wrought by the Drow.

Bull little actionable intelligence is yet known to the Guild.

Participants

IRL - Could players who are interested please email jonobean@gmail.com - thanks --Jono (talk) 22:58, 10 April 2018 (MDT)

Autumn 818

Characters able to participate in the pre-missions and build-up during Autumn 818. Please note their key (relevant) skills/abilities, money/resources, and amount of time they are contributing.

Character	Player	Roles/Skills/Abilities/Resources	Time
Silverfoam	Michael	Strategist/General Mil Sci 10+	13 weeks
Aryan	Stephen	Scout/Commander/Operative Mil Sci 10+, Ranger 9, Navigator 9, Courtier 8, Spy 5, transformations/disguises. Transport	13 weeks
Braegon	Stephen	Seagate based - Buffs and Healing for operatives. Healer 10+ Elemental buffs	x days
Capt Zohar	Chris	Scout and infiltration roles. Master spy, thief, assassin and mil sci. Has an armed 'Merchant' fleet of various types	13 weeks
Sooty	Bernard	SAT equivalents at 5, healer 10, Wings, Improved wildfires, 325+ mile fire portal, 13+ mile fire teleport	13 weeks
Aurora	Keith	Courtier 4, Troubadour 3, Spy 4, Assassin 2, Stealth 5, Flying 10. Several languages, Air Wings(14), Flying(20), Personal fae glamour(10)	13 weeks
Callas	Ross	High level earth mage. Logistical support and group teleport. Details sent to Jono	13 weeks
Ishamael	Ross	Flying Logistical support. Details sent to Jono	13 weeks
Turf	Terry	Murder, death and killing. Assassin. Stealth monster. Summoning people. "Teleporting" groups. Details sent to Jono	13 weeks
Kel	Terry	Mind mage. Spy. R20 Bind Will (21 days). Read and speaks Drow. Details sent to Jono	13 weeks
Sabastian	Terry	Celestial. Merchant (cover story). Dark Spheres. Can provide unlimited fatigue. Details sent to Jono	13 weeks
Everan	Dean	Necro. Spy, Scholar, Philosopher, gathers knowledge from the dead	13 weeks
Alandis	Fabio	Fire Mage. Assassin 7, Spy, Thief, Fire Elemental, knowledge of Dylath and already holds a place in the Drow society	13 weeks

Winter 818

Dolphin Island liberty

Chars...

Liberty of County Palatine of Borovia

Chars...

The tuning of Queen Ithilmor

Chars...

Buffs provided

Magic	Caster	Rk	Effects	Dur
Lesser	Sebastian	R22 (enh)	-1 on rolls	3 months
Greater	Zohar	20	+21% BC	3 months
Long term CS	Turf	varies	varies	Up to 24hrs
Death Ward	Turf	R20 (enh)	Negates a magical attack	Until used
Enchancing Enchantment	Callas	R18	Required Callas to be present
Lesser Enchantment	Callas	R20	-1 off all dice	30 months
Strength of Stone	Callas	R20	20 points split between PS and EN	38 hours (enh)
Armour of Earth	Callas	R20	+42 Defense	17 hours (enh)
Potions of Healing	Callas	R42	Restores 42 points of damage	Until use
Elven Waybread	Callas		Replaces hotmeal and restores 24 points of FT	One season
Strength of Stone	Braegon	20	+20 EN	41 hrs (enh)
Armour of Earth	Braegon	21	+44 Def, 2 DR	22 hrs (enh)
Fire Armour	Braegon	20	100 Ablative Mag. Fire	41 hrs (enh)
Heat Shield	Braegon	9	40 Ablative Mag. Cold	19 hrs (enh)
Fire Proofing	Braegon	13	Prot. Normal Fire 5 less Dmg	27 hrs (enh)
Cold Resistance - Water	Braegon	13	Prot -22°C 4 Less Damage	27 hrs (enh)
Water Proofing	Braegon	7	Dry, protection from Rainstorm	45 hrs (enh)
Water Breathing	Braegon	6	Breathe and see in water	13 hrs (enh)
Witchsight	Braegon	20		20½ hrs (enh)

Proposals

Questions

What basic information is available about the occupation of the Elven Isles and Barovia. Are outsiders (non Drow) welcome? What level of scrutiny are outsiders subject? This info will be useful is forming plans.

Face makeovers

With having the Healer power we do, those that aren't good at disguises themselves but who may be well-known adventurers can have faces resculpted into something that isn't as obvious. Will not disguise aura's.

Updating general overview of Borovia.

Currently, a lot of our information on Borovia is out of date. Sooty would like to propose recruiting some suitable former Borovian residents who managed to get out and training them in basic spycraft, then inserting them into the general human population if there is still one. As locals they will be able to spot recent changes that may otherwise fit into the area. Also scrying through Crystals or other means in order to get an idea if any new roads, forts, towns or mines have been established, as well as identify scry shielded regions that they can be a priority for the high ranked spies to gather information about.

Diversions/Distractions/Destructions

Salamander plague

If a particular area is obviously being exploited, especially if it is a wooded region, Sooty can with a source of Ft (including restoratives/healing potions) let loose quite a significant number of Salamanders to cause a wildfire that will be very hard to extinguish. Obviously, this is quite destructive and not controllable so can't be used in any location where there are things or people that are important to preserve.

Reports

The GMs will engage with players by email (twice a week to a timeline) and players are encouraged to share information with each other (posting on the wiki pages) in a general hope to assist each other. The aim of this is so that Characters and The Seagate Times, can gain a "report" which will be a useful document which will be for Guild members only (as in - there is no chance of the enemy getting ahold of the information).

• Borovia Issues - Information / Spy reports from characters
• Borovia Issues - Questions for GM from Players --Jono (talk) 16:00, 12 April 2018 (MDT)