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Plot submission for MF4 is now open.

== Deadlines ==

Please submit New Overviews by next Monday – 1/09/2025 Midday.

Please submit Encounters by Monday – 8/09/2025 Midday.

== Process ==

If you have an existing plot overview that has been approved you can go straight to the encounter submission form. We do need you to resubmit encounters so that we can ensure it still fits within the schedules slots.

If multiple people are submitting linked encounters please try to ensure you spell the overview name the same.

We will be reviewing as things comes in, and in a similar fashion to previous reviews, we will create a thread in the relevant plot channel to talk to you about your plot.

If you have enchanted item or potions as part of your plot please fill in the crafters form below.

== Links ==

* Overview Form: https://forms.gle/LLswwEKJdPVwHazY8
* Encounter Form: https://forms.gle/vuD9vyLFbZbmUYnn6
* Crafters Form: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_cYm2iNQjzDBTqnLGgBOzJmstlzWDCQRNPZ7OJirwBg/edit?usp=sharing

== Campaign Plot ==

Haven will be in Valdreath this event. You may have seen a planned campaign plot overview for this, centered around an event called the Tournament of the Spheres. This is currently still under review and the overview should be ready by Wednesday. If you wish to link plot to this, please read the overview and we can provide additional guidance.

The Campaign plot will be added to the form submission links when ready, to make it easier to find than Discord.

== Monster Slots ==

Here are our expected monster slots for the event – these are provisional and can change, but we are aiming to work to these as much as possible.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
! Day !! Time !! Slot !! Details
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''Friday''' || 18-20 || || Dinner
|-
| 20-22 || SLOT A || Syradonia (Fallen 'heavy')
|-
| rowspan="5" | '''Saturday''' || 07:30-09:30 || || Breakfast
|-
| 10-12 || SLOT B || Valdraeth (Void)
|-
| 12-14 || || LUNCH
|-
| 14-16 || SLOT C || Urdrevan + The Wonder (Bandits)
|-
| 16-18 || SLOT D || Hammerstadt + Avereaux (Void)
|-
| rowspan="2" | || 18-20 || || Dinner
|-
| 20-22 || SLOT E || Portavas (Fallen 'pirates')
|-
| '''Sunday''' || 10-12 || SLOT F || Kairos + Morvalis (Void)
|}

== Skirmish Writing ==

If you are planning to write a skirmish, here is an overview of the changes we're making to ensure Skirmishes are delivered on schedule and without burning out our skirmish crew for MF4!

=== Schedule in place before plot submission ===

We've got our monster slot schedule and a schedule of when various enemy types will be available. We will be keeping to this schedule and so your plot is more likely to be approved if it has a monster type that has higher availability. We will also be keeping to a schedule that keeps skirmish teams in the same locations, so plots that are flexible on location will also be favoured.

There is a small amount of availability for continuing plot encounters outside this structure (eg Water realm monsters for the god patronage plot) but we may reject encounters like this as the availability is very limited.

=== Night fights ===

We have less lighting on this site and limited space for night fights.

=== More thorough plot review and encounter sheets ===

We will be fully pre-planning skirmishes with player, skirmish crew and estimated player monster numbers, and full monster stats; if you don't feel confident setting these yourselves, don't worry, we'll help you through it during plot review, part of which is a review by the skirmish captains and lead to make sure it's feasible on their end and stat blocks are written and ready for every type of enemy.

The idea behind this is everything should be available for the skirmish team to know their event schedule before the event.

=== Time limits / Start times for encounters ===

All encounters will have a strict timer, generally half an hour unless otherwise stated. Encounters will also have a set start time window, a quarter hour to half hour into the hour slot they are set in.

The gaps this leaves around half hour encounters in hour-long slots should give us time to get player monsters briefed, kitted and moved into place, and time to unset the previous encounter, deal with any player incidents, re-brief and have a quick drink break before the next encounter, as well as giving Nation Support certainty on when players will be required.

Obviously in some circumstances we'll have to move these, but that should be much rarer and therefore easier to communicate.

=== Rifts / Portals ===

Still a work in progress – rules for when player characters can enter and leave the fields which will be enforced – stragglers may be turned away.

=== No Surprise / Extra Encounters ===

We will not be running any extra bonus encounters this time – we will be looking at skirmish encounters at encounter sheet close time and will pick a few people to write extra encounters if necessary at that point.

Please do not make any encounters that may or may not run – it's almost as disruptive to suddenly not have an encounter as it is to have an extra encounter to fit in!

=== Incursion discussion ongoing ===

Please write any incursion in such a way that it can be changed to a nearby field encounter if necessary. We can't guarantee we can make incursions safe to run on the new site for MF4 due to the tight turn around.

== Sub-pages ==

* [[Crew:Plot Writing/Plot Writing Advice|Plot Writing Advice]]

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