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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! | ||||||||||
SCI-TECH
RANK 1
• Water Damage: Your yimo got rather wet recently, either in the storm or during the recovery efforts, and now it's not working. At all. It's dead, Jim. When you go to the Opara Core for a replacement, every single person there is harried and looks exhausted, and there is a long line for replacement yimos. Apparently, you aren't the only one with a yimo brick, and they don't have enough staff or stock to meet the demand right now. You can try waiting for a few hours, or you could come back in a few weeks.
• Slime Mold Invasion: One of the places your frequent, such as your home or job, is still damp from the storm, and a strange, seaweed-like mold has decided to take up residence on the walls. It's a bugger to get rid of, and in the meantime the place smells like a fish market.
RANK 2
• Cord Capture: Whether you're participating in Tine's Commemoration or simply passing by one of the knot-tying events, you trip and somehow end up improbably, ridiculously, comically tangled up in a length of cord. It's to the point that you can't actually walk or move your arms, you're so wrapped up. An engineer wants to study those unique knots, so you may have to wait a bit.
RANK 3
• Jury-Rigged: Repairs are ongoing at one of the places you frequent, but they're a little… improvised. With such a demand for engineers, carpenters, electricians, and more, someone has decided to take things into their own hands. The table does in fact function as a table, even if the joints look suspect. There are materials used in ways that they really oughtn't be all over the place. Nothing's caught on fire yet, you're assured. Everything is mostly working. Just be careful of splinters.
RANK 4
• Hydroponic Bounty: You must look like you enjoy plants, because a woman who oversees hydroponic farming and research has just recruited you to test one of her new in-home units. You can eat what you grow and even keep the setup as long as you give her occasional updates; she'll be disappointed if you say no, but she understands if you have a black thumb.
• Power Up: Your residence or one of the places you frequent not only has power restored this month, but it's gotten some free upgrades to the wiring! That'll keep things more stable moving forward, not to mention safer in the case of any emergencies.
RANK 5
• Macgyver Miracle: Whether you're a complete tyro or an engineering expert, you definitely only have a vague idea of this piece of tech you've been tasked with working on. Somehow, using completely improbable parts and techniques, you finish the project. The Opara Core wants you to consult with them regularly now, and someone jokingly wishes you could donate your brain to science rather than go back to your homeworld.