Legwork Guide

NEW: Legwork Workshop 1 (Legworks, Martial PCs and Legworks)

What Can Legwork Do?

Legwork is an ingame mechanic that may used to:

1. Gather information
2. Let staff know what you’ll be doing in response to a situation and/or plot
3. Alert staff that you and a group of others have come up with a plan to deal with some problem and wish to schedule a scene (DMs are not required to give scenes, though they may arrange one; in addition, some legworks may be resolved within the queue, not dissimilar to a PbP; this usually depends on the amount of time the DM has, as well as the details of the plot)

For example:

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   Bucket: LEG                              Due On: Sat Aug 15 06:51:02 2015
    Title: Investigating the woods     Assigned To: OtyughHugger
Opened On: Tue Aug 11 06:51:02 2015         Status: Yellow 
Opened By: Grubbar
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Grubbar added on Tue Aug 11 06:51:02 2015: 

Grubbar overheard some of the Dranei threatening to start a riot at the Dragon's Den. Not wanting to see violence break out (that he didn't start), Grubbar would like to inform the owners ahead of time. After, he'd like to confer with other local woodsguides and see if any of them were hired lately, to show the Dranei local hunting spots, and so on.

He has Influence among the local druid's union, and would like to use this to contact local guides.

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Anyone may use legwork. If you're a martial PC and would like some help because "I only have 2 skill points per level!", check out Legwork Workshop 1. The second half covers that expressly. The basic gist of it though, is that no one should feel left out, or unable to investigate a plot point for further information.

What do I Include?

1. What are you wanting to accomplish? This helps staff out quite a bit, so open with this.
2. How is the PC trying to accomplish these goals? For example:

Example: Going to a tavern to encourage anti-Dranei sentiment

Example: Speaking with your contacts about the things they know about (see the influence and organization RPP spends!)

Example: Speaking with the tavern owner whose house was recently burned down.

1. Who would you like to include on the legwork? Not only are there advantages to seeking help, DMs appreciate it, too.

...and so on. Any character may do any of these things.

Things Not to Do

1. Forget that Tenebrae is a team game.
2. Demand a scene from the DM (they may be busy or have a lot on their plate; or, the LEG may not need one in the greater scheme of things).
3. Forget to state your intent.