woodswitch | Debts & Debt Quests

DEBTS & DEBT QUESTS

Here on Koriko, everything revolves around commerce, including your stay! After all, you're in debt. But you don't really want to stay in debt, do you? Fear not, because it's actually possible for your character to succeed in getting out of debt! Just like real life- Oh wait...

'Debt' is not simply monetary here; in fact, if you try to pay the Witch in gold or some other typical currency, she'll thank you for the donation and then laugh. Your real payment comes from your work - and your work isn't limited to just your day-to-day life. The Witch realised what makes a place somewhere that people want to come back to is a feeling of 'home' and 'happiness' - a sense of community. The work a debtor does is about affecting people's lives, whether it's the customers or your coworkers'.

Of course, 'home' and 'happiness' can mean extremely different and sometimes dark things depending on the person, but details aren't something she gets caught up on. Haha.

In order to really lower your debt, there will be small 'quests' available for debtors to take up. These won't be announced ICly - usually - but rather OOCly, during announcement posts.

Most tasks would be able to be completed by multiple characters in some fashion, making them ideal for building CR, but only the character who chose to undertake it will be rewarded with a debt decrease. However, all others will receive rewards as well, as an incentive for improved services in the future, so don't let that stop you!

Below is an example of how a typical monthly quest set-up could look:

Tier One [3 Points]

- Help another character clean five or more baths

- Volunteer at an understaffed restaurant with rude customers

Tier Two [6 Points]

- Find a way to stop a feud between two rival kitsune

- Train a hopeless employee in a new job

Tier Three [15 Points]

- Do whatever it takes to trigger a fellow employee's name

- A customer desires you to poison an employee who wronged her: Tell the employee or poison them?

Tier Four [30 Points]

- Deliver meals on time to the residential district in the deep forest

WARNING: It will be impossible for your character to escape injury

More details would be given upon request for those who choose to do the task. Tasks can be failed and we encourage players to do what feels like the most fun and IC! Don't sweat it if your character fails; in fact, something good or interesting could be triggered from it. Please explore your options and take risks! More fun will be had the more players and their characters wiggle around the debt tasks.

Regarding the points themselves, however - they're just for fun. We encourage players to set their characters' debt point total themselves, and reasonably balance the numbers if they wish. If your character does succeed in getting out of debt, but you wish for them to remain in game, they could sign a new contract to help out castmates or friends or for further rewards or any other method that you think would suit your character.

If you don't want to religiously track your debt, that's fine! Again, we do not want this to be a stressor, but rather a fun mechanic. However, if you wish to keep track or just enjoy having hard numbers, please see this handy stats and permissions post we made for a possible template!