Criminal Guild Ragthorn's Hostel

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Welcomes You.


Operating out of a collapsed shanty, Ragthorn's Hostel finds itself at the heart of Crookback's explosive affairs against the encroaching waves of Regalian authorities. Home to crooks, thieves, and city outlaws, this chaotic crime group fronts as a hostel and conducts shady business in the back, preferring high-risk lifestyles over ones of safety and comfort. From petty thievery to large-scale raids, every crime serves to restore a piece of Crookback's pride, honor, and dignity in Regalia's cut-throat underworld of betrayal and backstabbing.

Ragthorn's Hostel was founded by Ana Cervantez in January of 312 AC, who refuses to prescribe any sort of hierarchy to this crew of ruffians. With her chaotic leadership, Ana prioritizes personal freedom, community belonging, and a fierce adherence to the final commandment of the Crookback Code: don't be a snitch.​

I. CORE IDENTITY

• Core Identity: Unlawful, downtrodden Crookbackers with undercity affiliations
• Traits: Violent, Cut-Throat, Resourceful, Proud, Hypocritical
• Allies: Outcasts, Occult forces, Commoner Supporters
• Enemies: Regalian Authority, Aristocracy, Anti-Occult Forces
• Level of Wealth: Impoverished
• Occult Stance: Radical inclusion
• Religion: Absolute religious freedom
• Common Classes: Rogues, Thieves, Bruisers, Sharpshooters, Criminal Entrepreneurs

Captioned and designed by @Brobbey​

II. WHAT WE DO​

• Casual Drop-In Roleplay. This group primarily roleplays between 21:00–24:00 EST in Crookback and the Sewers. Every character retains their independent identity and works towards their own goals. Some roleplay activities include Crookback Bridge fights, criminal scheming, gambling nights, and hostel housekeeping.
• Private Crime DMed Events. We host private crime DMed events once every two weeks.
• Monthly OOC Check-Ins. We get together once a month to discuss RP direction and character goals (e.g. What is your character up to? Is the RP that you're engaging in conducive to your character's arc? What are some RP challenges that you are facing? What can be done to overcome those barriers?). These meetings are informal and a chance to connect OOCly as a group.

III. OOC EXPECTATIONS

• Players must adhere to Roleplay Rules.
• Players must demonstrate appropriate conduct on the server and in Massivecraft-associated Discord channels.
• Due to the nature of crime roleplay, players must be able to embrace IC losses.
• Players are expected to address concerns that they may have respectfully while assuming in good faith of the other party to resolve conflicts.

IV. HOW TO GET INVOLVED
This criminal guild is ideal for players that...

• Want to integrate an existing crime-based character
• Want to create a new crime-based character
• Want to put an existing character through a crime arc

Recruitment is done through IC invitation or OOC coordination. Contact Soggytoenails on Discord. If I have conduct concerns during this period, I will provide feedback to you and either invite you to re-apply later on or proceed with recruitment under the condition that that feedback is acted upon. If I think your character would do better in another existing RP group to support your goals and interests, I will refer you to them instead. Players are free (and encouraged) to have their characters join and leave this IC organization as their character develops and story arcs expire.

 

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Event History
Descriptions of past heists, ambushes, and events.

Spoiler: Wagon Ambush

January 2024

Spoiler: Mercenary Keep Robbery

January 2024

 

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JANUARY 2024 ROUND-UP
- Heist RP. Need cooldown breaks.
- Slice-of-life RP. Between heists, explore daily impact of crimes. Hunter's healing RP.
- Gambling RP. Slow-burn progression: gambling nights, crookback gambling event, underground gambling ring for poor people, underground gambling ring for rich crime lords, eventual association with other businesses and potential political/financial corruption. Explore how this affects Keith's gambling problem.
- Negotiation RP. Ideas: steal valuables and offer it back for money; convince REDACTED to do a hit on REDACTED
- Political Corruption RP. Consider jobs from city entitites. Need strong reasons before pursuing. Bookmarked for later.
- Black Market RP. Selling items, shopping trips. Connections with other dealers.
- Monthly IC meeting and OOC round-up. We'll do these at the end of each month.
- Clandestine base application(?). On hold. Want to keep hostel aesthetic.

CHARACTER-SPECIFIC NOTES
- Hunter - exploring underground research
- Niamh - exploring gambling opportunities
- Keith - exploring gambling opportunities and black market activity
- Kurahe - exploring personal morals and religion
- Fernando - exploring REDACTED and REDACTED

 

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FEBRUARY 2024 ROUND-UP
- RP highlights for the month? slice-of-life RP, illegal hit RP (will improve OOC coordination and expectations to reduce OOC anxiety).
- Muddiest RP moments for the month? Post-hit RP (need to establish "safe-zone" area while also being available for IC confrontations; explore ways to maintain RP satisfaction while being ICly hunted; need resolution for wagon heist RP).
- Gambling RP: continue casual slice-of-life gambling RP, plan for event end of March, seek out event hosting mentor, gather info on numbers, plan venue (pending clandestine base app).
- Group Connections: maintain individual connections; explore connections with [REDACTED].
- Cockroach/Scorpion/Snake Fight Pit RP: start with small casual RPs for March to experiment; build to event-scale RP for April.
- Infiltration RP: prepare disguises and coordinate with [REDACTED].
- Crookback Bridge Riot/Protest RP: keep as Ana's personal goal; coordinate with Keith.
- Firearms Distribution RP: Share [REDACTED]'s contact.

 

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MARCH 2024 ROUND-UP SUMMARY NOTES
Where are our characters at? Are we feeling stuck in RP? How do we overcome that?
- We talked about our character arcs, character fantasies, and how to achieve them
- Hunter - Engaging in Crookback-based medic RP with Avril, Aster, and Samira
- Kaiyusa - Looking for money tycoon characters or Sihai
- Samira - Finding a vampire mentor and engaging in Crookback-based medic RP
- Keith - Finding positions with businesses in the city for redemption arc
- Aster - No issues. Explore Markenism in RP and Crookback-based medic RP
- Ana - No issues. Doing some Crookback outreach with other characters.

HOUSEKEEPING
- Crime DM. Soggytoenails is going to try and do crime DM events once every two weeks. One is being planned in coordination with another player right now for April. Soggytoenails might host some impromptu ones on her own from time to time.
- Reglian Rogue Guild Discord. We will be moving communications to that discord server to consolidate.
- Crookback/Sewers Setting. Pending
- Recruitment. I am going to start posting in OOC Notices to open recruitment for core characters that carry the Ragthorn's Hostel identity. I'm not looking to blast it with crazy numbers and grow the group to insane amounts. I can't keep up and coordinate very well if there's too many, not with my current time commitments. But just a heads up to expect new people potentially.
- Clandestine Base. The place is still being built. Thank you @Sniperby2021 for helping. The plan is to get this to a functional level. Once it's useable, we can start using the place and roleplay happenings to promote whatever RP we want to do there.

 

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APRIL 2024 ROUND-UP NOTES

• April RP: Slow month due to school/work commitments. Going with the flow of things. No significant events.
• Group Identity: Discussed the group's identity as a petty nuissance to Regalian authorities with anti-knight sentiments. Low life crime activities (e.g. graffiti and propaganda). Possibility of more alms activities typical of some organized crime groups when looking at history. Maintain Crookback focus.
• RP Activities: Vandalism, propaganda, petty thievery, impersonation, counterfeiting, non-lethal violence.
• Gambling Night: Forums page posted. Discord event made. Saturday May 11, 5pm EST.
• Shelving Event Series: Shelving this project for a now. Trialed a few RP event activities but difficult to commit to with other commitments. Will revert back to more improvised RP sessions/events. Player manual document will be archived.