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affinity ranks;
✽ AFFINITY RANKS | ||||||||||
Areas of Repute Within Aifaran are some unofficial factions that represent some of the interests or aspects of the city life. These are not ICly recognized groups (that is, there are no guilds or formal organizations representing these areas that a character can approach ICly) in that they have no defined structure, but merely areas of general repute.
Upon application acceptance, each character will receive a randomized set of starter rankings totaling 20 points altogether, which are randomly distributed throughout all the factions using RNG when a character joins the game. This point cap will prevent anyone from being able to max out too many affinity factions at one time. OOCly, each faction has ranks from 1-5 (with 1 being the lowest, 5 the highest), with each rank producing multiple different types of interaction with that group throughout the month. Players can choose to have their characters experience one or more of these instances to happen, depending on what their rank standing is with that respective group. Characters will not be required to experience all instances for all factions in a given month. This Google Spreadsheet is kept current by the mods that can be viewed by the players at any time, so players will always have access to their various Affinity standings at a glance. EXAMPLE: CRIME Rank 1 • Slippery Fingers: You are targeted for pickpocketing on the street! • Get Trashed: Your property (home, work, etc) suffers vandalism. • Shakedown: Your preferred places of patronage are harassed for protection money. Rank 2 • Supply & Demand: You sense eyes on you frequently, and when looking to purchase your usual staples, you find them either out of stock or ridiculously marked up in price. If asked, the shopkeepers will avoid answering the questions, as if they've been intimidated into silence. Rank 3 • Swag Swap: You are targeted for a mugging, but you're offered a cheap set of crystal glasses in exchange for all you lose. • Insurance: You're offered an insurance policy against theft for the month, but if you don't pay up, you may be more heavily targeted. Rank 4 • Mistaken Identity: During what looks like it will be a mugging, the perpetrator seems to recognize you and breaks off the attempt. • Guardian Criminal: Alternatively, during what looks to be a mugging, ANOTHER mugger will intervene, successfully chasing the first offender away from you. Rank 5 • Sudden Windfall: An anonymous person mails you a package containing what is definitely stolen, but likely untraceable, money and luxury items, the contents of which are now yours to do with as you please! Affinity Rank Changes Each month as part of AC, players will be required to submit their rank changes, moving 4 points total per month in any combination of their choosing. An affinity cannot be ranked at 0 or over 5, and all the Affinity ranks must collectively total 20 points - so points being added to one rank must come from subtracting from another rank, etc. Part of the AC requirement is a (VERY) brief description of the character's behaviour that led to the fluctuations in affinity. EXAMPLE AC COMMENT: Character: Bugs Bunny AC Proof 1 (required): LINK AC Proof 2 (optional): LINK Allegiance Rank Changes: +2 Sci-Tech, -2 Faith Notes: Bugs offered to teach a class on network basics to some less-than-tech-savvy elders (+2 Sci-Tech) but flipped off some Ban Om devotees when they wouldn't take a hint (-2 Faith). Affinity FAQ What happens if my character gets randomized Affinity starting ranks that don't make sense? IE; my sweet cinnamon roll gets a high Crime ranking? That's half the fun! ICly, it's explained by characters arriving that don't have any background in the city yet. Since these aren't literal, recognized factions, it's a little bendable. Maybe they're going with a gut feeling. Maybe they just don't like your character's face. Who knows! These rankings aren't static either - they go up or down with each AC, depending on what you want for your character. What if I don't want to use any of the monthly instances for my faction rankings? You don’t really have to if there isn’t anything in there you’d want to play with. Or make up something (reasonably) within the parameters that would be better suited to your character. Why do I have to move Affinities rankings around every month? As your character interacts with the peoples of Khu Ioduan, they will naturally get along with some groups and people, but not others, just as in the real world. Adjusting Affinities rankings is based on how you think your character's choices have been viewed by the various factions in the city. There is no 'right' or 'wrong' standing with the factions, so don't worry about keeping a set number; every option has new opportunities! | ||||||||||
ARTS
RANK 1
• Murphy’s Law: If you were thinking of some DIY construction or crafts, you’ve certainly had better ideas in the past. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Warped wood, dry clay, busted tools - let’s just hope you didn’t have any deadlines to meet.
• Broken Base: You managed to amass a bit of a following on the XaXa network, but a social faux pas has left your minor fanbase bickering. At best, the general consensus they reach is that you’re “problematic”.
RANK 2
• A River of Colour: You purchased some rather pricey pigments, but unfortunately they were knocked from your hands and washed away by the floodwaters. Not all is lost though - you managed to get a shot of it and the post on the XaXa network has gone viral. You may have just started a new tradition...
RANK 3
• A Good Eye: While purchasing some decorative supplies to fix up your living spaces - whether inside the Dreaming Bridge or your own space if you've since moved out - an excitable kedan comes by to compliment you on your colour choices! They'll ask for your yimo number, and if you give it to them, you may receive several image chats from the kedan's friends, all wanting to know your opinions on similar projects.
• Inspirational Sounds: Some work of yours impressed a merchant so much they offered you a set of windchimes that, when they sound, can give one a stroke of inspiration. And at such a nice price too! Unfortunately, there’s nothing truly magical about these chimes if one were to get them looked at by a professional, but they’re certainly pretty looking and sound nice, and despite knowing they’re not enchanted, you still feel a slight urge to create whenever a breeze passes through….
RANK 4
• He’s Having A Stroke… Of Genius!: Your work has inspired a fellow artist who has gained quite a bit of popularity. They’ve emphatically cited your own work as a major source of inspiration, and this has turned quite a few eyes your way, and you’re finding more and more opportunities opening up to you. Also a few love letters that may be from your not-so-secret admirer.
RANK 5
• The Way To Your Heart...: A famous chef in the city contacts you one day out of the blue, and they want you to be their dedicated taste-tester for their new spring lineup of meals. Over the course of several days, you'll be plied with dish after dish of fantastic food, so you might want to loosen that belt a little. At the end of the week, they'll assure you that you've been an invaluable help, and the next time you want a privately catered meal (perhaps for you and a special someone?) to give them a call.