Hello, mods! You've told me that influencer falls under the "high publicity career track" umbrella, so here I am checking in with the beginning of Jaskier's career. Before I start tldring, allow me to clarify this is going to start at the end of the month, once Jaskier's time in the hotel is over. That means is post-event, in case the Alliance's reaction to his ideas may change accordingly.
So! Jaskier has been using his two months in the hotel to the max. The credit card was burned with shopping for clothes, jewelry, fine dining, and most importantly, instruments. Including a fucking piano. He's discovered his powers, which caused minor shenanigans in karaoke bars as you saw in the comment I submitted to Rue, and read as much as possible about the music scene and the guilds. This bard now has a plan! He will do the two identity thing (which luckily I had already decided before today's news haha) and he wants to join the Alliance if they agree to his limits. Both these things are influencer-related so let's break them down.
Civilian: Jaskier the musician He'll do gigs in local bars, and he's already opened a youtube channel. He'll upload simple videos of him playing covers and his own songs, but his main attraction is streams, which he's already tried a couple of times. Once a week, he'll go live and ask people to make requests, wanting to prove there is no song under the sun he doesn't know. Obviously he is using his power for this, but he'll play it off as being very knowledgable about music - I think this gimmick could give him a good amount of views because the internet will take the challenge of trying to prove him wrong. While Jaskier will stick to this being his civilian identity, he'll sometimes tease the audience about the idea of powers, trying to play a is he or isn't he game to keep discussion and rumors going. This is part of him wanting to normalize metas and improve their reputation, more of that below. Jaskier posts quite a bit on Instagram, and it's not hard to get him to argue with people on Twitter.
Sidekick: The Sandpiper Jaskier does want to join the Alliance, but only if they aren't too annoying about it - he'll show up at headquarters and discuss his ideas before signing up for good to avoid surprises. The goal is to improve metas' reputations. To achieve that, his main idea is to be The Sandpiper, a sidekick for heroes, since all his spells are for support. He'll have a second youtube channel where he uploads his adventures to show everyone how metas save people, maybe include a little interview at the end. He knows how to manipulate information so if something goes wrong, welp - in the early days, he won't upload the video at all, later on, once he learns to edit he'll edit accordingly (one idea for the future is asking for a drone or a spell that makes the camera follow him around). The Alliance can have his phone number and call him when a hero is in action so he can come over to boost them up. When I make his youtube page, I'll include his work being handwaved with a bunch of NPC heroes to get him going, but of course, I'll add threads with other players as they happen. This channel will also have songs written about these adventures and praising metas (Jaskier will encourage everyone to make covers), and a video where he introduces the spell that allows him to summon a bird illusion to send messages - people can hire the bird to surprise loved ones with love songs or happy birthdays, or send "you suck" messages to their enemies. Because the Alliance pays for heroing and Jaskier also has his civilian youtube channel, those two things should allow him to rent his own place and live comfortably, therefore Jaskier will donate all the earnings of his hero channel to charity. He'll do that thing on youtube where you click on a video and you have the charity information next to it, you guys familiar with that? Well, every video on this channel will have it. To finish the "improve metas' reputation plan", there's the teasing I mentioned above, and sending tons of nice stories to Rue to spread.
Now, what are the "limits" Jaskier wants to discuss with the guild? Here is the thing: Jaskier is an independent man that lives in the moment. He's willing to help, but he doesn't want to be the guild's puppet, and he definitely doesn't want a manager that controls his schedule and drags him around (basically, the answer Hibiki got haha). He wants to do his own thing - so the Alliance may call him one morning and tell him "hey we have a free spot on this tv show today" and Jaskier may accept to go, but he doesn't want it to be an obligation and it must work with his own schedule (sometimes you wake up with a hangover and two other people in bed and that requires action, okay?). Basically, he wants to be guild-aligned but still a freelancer that can say no if he doesn't feel like taking a job that day or dislikes the host/reporter. He also wants the freedom to record with members of the society and the unaligned, and to speak shit about the government if he ever sees a reason to. If the Alliance agrees to this, he'll gladly join and print a bunch of business cards that the guild can give out to their heroes.
In summary~
1) Is everything I described above approved? If you need me to answer more questions about how the discussion between Jaskier and the Alliance went before deciding, let me know.
2) If everything is alright, let me know how this will affect his life from now on. He'll be living in Sunset Falls, if that's important, and his castmate Yennefer will, later on, come live with him. I don't know if she'll be with a guild or unaligned, but let me know if this is something I need to update you on because of reputation issues.
3) A plan for the future is to create player plots that are charity events centered around metas, from casino nights to carwash. How long should I wait for Jaskier to be important enough to start working on that? Aka, when should I check in again.
4) As you've already seen, Jaskier submitted a bunch of things to Rue, and he'll continue to do so in the future. Now, is Rue an NPC avalaible for player plots? If so, how should I plan such a thing?
Sorry again for the tldr and thank you for all your work and the chances for players to fool around with the setting!
Influencer Shenanigans (so sorry for the tldr)
So! Jaskier has been using his two months in the hotel to the max. The credit card was burned with shopping for clothes, jewelry, fine dining, and most importantly, instruments. Including a fucking piano. He's discovered his powers, which caused minor shenanigans in karaoke bars as you saw in the comment I submitted to Rue, and read as much as possible about the music scene and the guilds. This bard now has a plan! He will do the two identity thing (which luckily I had already decided before today's news haha) and he wants to join the Alliance if they agree to his limits. Both these things are influencer-related so let's break them down.
Civilian: Jaskier the musician
He'll do gigs in local bars, and he's already opened a youtube channel. He'll upload simple videos of him playing covers and his own songs, but his main attraction is streams, which he's already tried a couple of times. Once a week, he'll go live and ask people to make requests, wanting to prove there is no song under the sun he doesn't know. Obviously he is using his power for this, but he'll play it off as being very knowledgable about music - I think this gimmick could give him a good amount of views because the internet will take the challenge of trying to prove him wrong. While Jaskier will stick to this being his civilian identity, he'll sometimes tease the audience about the idea of powers, trying to play a is he or isn't he game to keep discussion and rumors going. This is part of him wanting to normalize metas and improve their reputation, more of that below. Jaskier posts quite a bit on Instagram, and it's not hard to get him to argue with people on Twitter.
Sidekick: The Sandpiper
Jaskier does want to join the Alliance, but only if they aren't too annoying about it - he'll show up at headquarters and discuss his ideas before signing up for good to avoid surprises. The goal is to improve metas' reputations. To achieve that, his main idea is to be The Sandpiper, a sidekick for heroes, since all his spells are for support. He'll have a second youtube channel where he uploads his adventures to show everyone how metas save people, maybe include a little interview at the end. He knows how to manipulate information so if something goes wrong, welp - in the early days, he won't upload the video at all, later on, once he learns to edit he'll edit accordingly (one idea for the future is asking for a drone or a spell that makes the camera follow him around). The Alliance can have his phone number and call him when a hero is in action so he can come over to boost them up. When I make his youtube page, I'll include his work being handwaved with a bunch of NPC heroes to get him going, but of course, I'll add threads with other players as they happen. This channel will also have songs written about these adventures and praising metas (Jaskier will encourage everyone to make covers), and a video where he introduces the spell that allows him to summon a bird illusion to send messages - people can hire the bird to surprise loved ones with love songs or happy birthdays, or send "you suck" messages to their enemies. Because the Alliance pays for heroing and Jaskier also has his civilian youtube channel, those two things should allow him to rent his own place and live comfortably, therefore Jaskier will donate all the earnings of his hero channel to charity. He'll do that thing on youtube where you click on a video and you have the charity information next to it, you guys familiar with that? Well, every video on this channel will have it. To finish the "improve metas' reputation plan", there's the teasing I mentioned above, and sending tons of nice stories to Rue to spread.
Now, what are the "limits" Jaskier wants to discuss with the guild? Here is the thing: Jaskier is an independent man that lives in the moment. He's willing to help, but he doesn't want to be the guild's puppet, and he definitely doesn't want a manager that controls his schedule and drags him around (basically, the answer Hibiki got haha). He wants to do his own thing - so the Alliance may call him one morning and tell him "hey we have a free spot on this tv show today" and Jaskier may accept to go, but he doesn't want it to be an obligation and it must work with his own schedule (sometimes you wake up with a hangover and two other people in bed and that requires action, okay?). Basically, he wants to be guild-aligned but still a freelancer that can say no if he doesn't feel like taking a job that day or dislikes the host/reporter. He also wants the freedom to record with members of the society and the unaligned, and to speak shit about the government if he ever sees a reason to. If the Alliance agrees to this, he'll gladly join and print a bunch of business cards that the guild can give out to their heroes.
In summary~
1) Is everything I described above approved? If you need me to answer more questions about how the discussion between Jaskier and the Alliance went before deciding, let me know.
2) If everything is alright, let me know how this will affect his life from now on. He'll be living in Sunset Falls, if that's important, and his castmate Yennefer will, later on, come live with him. I don't know if she'll be with a guild or unaligned, but let me know if this is something I need to update you on because of reputation issues.
3) A plan for the future is to create player plots that are charity events centered around metas, from casino nights to carwash. How long should I wait for Jaskier to be important enough to start working on that? Aka, when should I check in again.
4) As you've already seen, Jaskier submitted a bunch of things to Rue, and he'll continue to do so in the future. Now, is Rue an NPC avalaible for player plots? If so, how should I plan such a thing?
Sorry again for the tldr and thank you for all your work and the chances for players to fool around with the setting!