challenge #2: whodunnit?
Hi everyone! It's Lauren here. Get out your magnifying glasses, dust off those evidence files and get ready to play detective, because I'm bringing you May: A Classic Mystery Challenge. I'm posting a few days early so you can take time to plan, but please don't forget that the Mixed Bag Challenge ends in two days on APRIL 30TH.
This month's prompts are inspired by the classic mystery game Clue/Cluedo. Your challenge, gumshoes, is to "solve the case." Pick your suspect, your crime scene and your murder weapon, and then complete the prompts to secure your detective badges. The prompts are inspired by the clues, and anyone who completes at least three will get a badge!
Your final 'guess' card will look something like this:
THEN FILL IN THE LINKS AS YOU COMPLETE EACH CHALLENGE
FAQs
WHAT ARE THE PRIZES? Anyone who completes at least three prompts will get a special badge. Anyone who completes the entire card will get a prioritized request over at capping for caps of anyone from anything (that I can find), plus an extra special badge. If you guess the "correct" combination and solve the case, you'll get a rename token on me, plus a super special badge!
DO WE TAKE THESE PROMPTS LITERALLY? Not necessarily! There's no hard and fast rules - the words and devices are meant for inspiration and are widely open to interpretation. For example "Cause a distraction" doesn't mean your character has to do something to draw attention, it could be a conversation that is meant to distract from another topic, etc.
DO THESE PROMPTS RELATE TO THE ~FALLCITY MYSTERY? Nope, they're just prompts to do with murder mystery. But if they can somehow help push the story along feel free to use them in that way (with mod approval of course).
WHAT IF ME AND MY WRITING PARTNER HAVE DIFFERENT PROMPTS? Since the prompts are likely to be so diverse, you and your writing partner can use a log or interaction for a different prompt, one per player. So if you have 'Jumping to Conclusions' and they have 'Eureka Moment' the same log can be inspired by both and count.
IS THERE A BONUS? Yep! If you finish all 12 prompts, the bonus three prompts are the clues themselves (in this case 'Miss Scarlet' 'In The Library' and 'With the Knife'). If you need even more, you're more than welcome to add additional cards!