EBON GATE GAMES: GM Xynwen published the Schedule for Live Games at Ebon Gate. These various GM-moderated games will require a service pass to participate. Six games will be held at Gallivant Manor and Grounds from October 6 to October 11. Details and schedule:
Text of Discord Post follows:
GM Xynwen
[Ebon Gate] Live Games Schedule & Info
on 23 Sep 2023 4:22 PM
from the Official GemStoneIV Discord
on #forums/paid-events channel
Greetings, all! It’s that time of the year — time to prepare for the Ebon Gate Live Games! Information on live entries for GHOUL and the Costume Contest will be done separately.
Location: Gallivant Manor & Grounds
Find [Innocent’s End, The Explorers] (8083120) and wander down the byway then go southeast. For events taking place in The Gallivant, you can GO MARQUEE here. Otherwise, head down the mossy cobblestone path to look for your location.
Requirements: Requires the games pass.
Platinum Schedule (all times ET):
10/1 – 4 pm, Cryptic Chronicles, [Abandoned Cemetery] (8085034)
10/1 – 6 pm, Blind Luck, [The Gallivant, Marquee] (8085023)
10/2 – 9 pm, Pyrestarters, [Bonfire of the Gallivants] (8085033)
10/3 – 9 pm, Spooky Ciphers, [Gallivant Manor, Library] (8085065)
10/4 – 9 pm, Haunted Spirits [Gallivant Manor, Kitchen] (8085062)
10/5 – 9 pm, Wheel of Misfortune, [Under the Manor] (8085066)
Prime Schedule (all times ET):
10/6 – 9 pm, Blind Luck, [The Gallivant, Marquee] (8085023)
10/7 – 2 pm, Cryptic Chronicles, [Abandoned Cemetery] (8085034)
10/8 – 4 pm, Pyrestarters, [Bonfire of the Gallivants] (8085033)
10/9 – 9 pm, Spooky Ciphers, [Gallivant Manor, Library] (8085065)
10/10 – 9 pm, Haunted Spirits [Gallivant Manor, Kitchen] (8085062)
10/11 – 9 pm, Wheel of Misfortune, [Under the Manor] (8085066)
Judging Info (for Cryptic Chronicles, Haunted Spirits, and Pyrestarters)
Content: Was the content of your presentation good? Did you manage to meet or exceed the requirements?
Style and Flair: How well did you present your offering? Creative use of ACTs, SMILEs, and other RP tools like speech, tone, or items count too!
Theme: Was your presentation keeping with the theme of the event? If it’s a spooky tale contest, did you tell a spooky tale?
Time Management: How well did you manage time? Do not go over, but do not be too short either!
Wheel of Misfortune:
The Wheel of Misfortune is a dagger-tossing game of chance! It will be held in below Gallivant Manor in [Under the Manor] (8085066). A volunteer will be strapped to a board, and while they are spinning, a contestant will TOSS BOARD. Each contestant will get 5 tosses. Each toss scores points dependent on the location. After 5 tosses, the huckster will yell out your total score. Top 2 scorers will win prizes. In the case of a tie, the top scorers will go again until there is a clear 1st and 2nd place.
Spooky Ciphers
Spooky Ciphers will take place in [Gallivant Manor, Library] (8085065). Your hosts will read out a word that may be a little mixed up, different, or spooky! It is your job to decipher it first. First person to decipher it wins a point. The game continues through ten anagrams or one hour. The contestants with the two highest scores win the game and get prizes.
Pyrestarters
Join the Naidem residents at the [Bonfire of the Gallivants] (8085033) on the grounds of Gallivant Manor and teach everyone your favorite method to create an Eve of the Reunion-themed bonfire.
OOC Description: In the room will be a barrel with leaves, a rack with logs, and a crate with twigs that you can take from. These are non-description (a log, a small twig, a leaf) so you can describe them how you like. You can also bring and use your own items. Up to 9 items can be placed in the stone circle when it is your turn. You should describe what each item does, why the order matters (if it does), and what the final, lit bonfire would look like (details like scent, color, smoke, etc. Use the RP tools at your disposal such as ACT, SMILE, TONE, other verbs, and items, etc. “Eve of the Reunion-themed” just means something that fits EG — it may be a bonfire you light for the dead, for the fall, for harvest, for remembrance, etc. Judging will be done by NPCs on the four categories of Time Mgmt, Theme, Style and Flair, Content
Haunted Spirits
Haunted Spirits is a creepy, mixed drink game! An hour before the start of the event, the containers in [Gallivant Manor, Kitchen] (8085062) will be opened, so players can see the this year’s ingredients. Only ten contestants can participate, so a sign-up list will be posted at the start of the event. You must create a drink using at least 4 of the supplied ingredients. You can also use water for free and one ingredient of your own choosing. Plus, you will also draw a special item that you must incorporate in. You will draw this 10 minutes before your turn starts.
When it is your turn, you will have five minutes to make your drink. You do this using ACTs and other RP verbs, speaking, etc. Judging will be done by NPCs on the four categories of Time Mgmt, Theme, Style and Flair, Content.
Cryptic Chronicles
Welcome to Cryptic Chronicles, a game of graverubbings and storytelling! At the start of the event, a sign-up list will be available. Those wishing to participate should JOIN (LIST) when it is opened; only the first ten (10) to sign up will be able to participate. Ten minutes before their turn, the contestant will be given a blank slip of graverubbing paper. They will RUB (PAPER NOUN) ON (GRAVE NOUN). This will generate a graverubbing, and they can LOOK at the paper and/or READ it to get information. Contestant should then craft a spooky story, poem, or other unique work based on the graverubbing. They will have then five (5) minutes to tell their story, which must be spooky and related to the graverubbing. They will be judged on Content, Style and Flair, Theme, and Time Management. When it is their turn, the contestant shall give the game runner their paper, so the judges can see for themselves what the prompt was (if the contestant wishes it for a souvenir, they can request it back after the judges read it).
Location: This year’s Cryptic Chronicles will be held in the [Abandoned Cemetery] (8085034) on the Gallivant Manor grounds. Once there, you can LOOK MARKERS and LOOK SITES to see the different gravestones that will be available for the contestants to choose.
Blind Luck
Blind Luck is a game of spooky chance! Do you have what it takes to participate? Join everyone in [The Gallivant, Marquee] (8085023) and find out! This game goes in rounds, and you need to be there from the beginning. When instructed, each contestant will GET BOX. A variety of different outcomes may occur, but as long as you are not totally blinded, you will move onto the next round. The final two standing win!
Participant Prizes
Everyone who participates is eligible to get a fun toy at the end, just like in years past.
Winners’ Prizes
In the Common language, it reads:
~~ 5123 Ebon Gate Live Games Prize Options ~~
Custom signature verb
Custom swear
Custom logon/logoff messaging
A spell prep from the options below:
First Person: With a primal scream, you issue a demand to the dead. Sinuous spirits rise from the ground and twine about your arms as you prepare to cast [Spell Name]
Third Person: With a primal scream, [Your Name] issues a demand to the dead. Sinuous spirits rise from the ground and twine about [his/her] arms.
OR
First Person: You invoke the spirits of the harvest as you prepare the [Spell Name] spell, and dozens of will-o’-wisps in autumnal hues dance about you.
Third Person: [Your Name] invokes the spirits of the harvest, and dozens of will-o’-wisps in autumnal hues dance about [him/her].
Death Announcement that reads:
In the game of life, Xynwen just rolled a natural one.
Manna Bread – Aspic option.
Unlocked Toasting Stein with custom toast of your choice. (This will be a delayed service as it requires QC.)
Winners may only pick one prize and if that prize has been picked by another winner at the same game, then that prize is not available to be picked again.
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