The Academy (for the tutelage and training of fledglings)

[Blake]

Due to the recent discussion on fledglings, I wanted to take a couple moments to post about a project Blake has had in the works that will benefit the community. Although it has been a brainchild of mine for the last year or so, with contributions from many different players, I think instead of waiting to have this happen when I 'have the time' I should launch this little project now and commit the time to making sure this succeeds.

Now, as for Blake and this little plan of his... His vision is to open a school, called The Academy, which will be open to all new fledglings. It is his desire that this school will help train future generations to be successful members of society while being independently resourceful.

The school will have two interactive bases – online and physical. The majority of classes will be online to allow fledglings to work at own pace within the set deadlines. The physical base, located in Bullwood, will allow for hands-on training in areas not suited to online study – such as combat and item creation.

The physical base will house many of the necessary tools for training the multitude of skills within the city. It is currently three floors and will eventually be expanded to include others so there is plenty of room to run various exercises at once and/or without changing layouts too often. Facilities are set to include:

• Three current floors with expansion plans to add two very large floors and a smaller floor
• Shop, Magic Shop and ATM
• Low quality traps will be collected to be used in live fire training exercises in the future
• Fadeportal access to vital areas of the city

The curriculum of the Academy currently includes:

1. Old Code (Teaching this to the fledglings will hopefully instill an understanding of where we came from)
2. The Masquerade (For obvious reasons)
3. New Code (which will take some figuring out, unless someone has a copy on hand?)
4. Ethics of The Community (Things that are and are not acceptable within Harper Rock)
5. History of Harper Rock (And all that has occurred since the elders escape from the Shadow Realm)

From there, students can elect to continue on to a more focused course of study in which different skills will be taught. Each student will be able to choose one or two of the following at a time that they would like guidance and tutelage in:

1. Hacking
2. B&E
3. Tracking (of monsters)
4. Fighting of Monsters
5. Tracking (of Vampires)
6. Fighting other Vampires
7. Rituals
8. Business
9. Commodity Manufacture (Gunsmithing, Swordmaking and Trap Making)

I would like to stress that the school will not be overly hand holding in its methods. Students will be asked to acquire materials for certain classes, such as rituals or weapon crafting, in order to foster independence. They will be allowed to buy or find items, but will also be encouraged to form relationships with others.

This is all of course just a rough outline and is subject to change as needs are evaluated. At this point in time, the school preparations are nearly complete. However, I am looking for some thoughtful feedback community.

For those who might have characters interested in being involved either by mentoring or by donating resources, that information will be in the IC post I plan to post shortly.

[Elizabeth]

Good luck.

[Blake]

Thank you!

I'm sure The Academy will do very well. There are some wonderful players on board who are more than happy to dedicate their time and energy to this as well as the plethora of knowledge they have gained over the years they have been playing Path.

[Velveteen]

It has been a long time in the making. I am excited to finally see it come to fruition. =D

[Pi dArtois]

Would you guys like to use the Sanctuary as a base? Mine was created as a place for new characters to find abodes and stories, so feel free to incorporate it if want IC.

I'm easy, since what we hope to do for Haven is mostly RP, it could work well together.

[Blake]

We plan to have plenty of RP with The Academy, we're just ironing out the details of where exactly that is going to happen.

As for using The Sanctuary, I'm not sure Blake's ego would allow such a thing. He sees this as his brain child and is more apt to do things the hard way to ensure it's 'his' than share something with someone that wasn't even involved in the conception of the idea.

Though, Pi is more than willing to attempt to convince him. Even if he laughs in her face it'd be good RP I'd think.

[Pi dArtois]

I don't mind Pi being laughed at. You did say you wanted the chance to RP with me and I can swing an RP if it's about Sanctuary, just start us up a thread.

[Stryge (DELETED 7204)]

Is it terribly nerdy of me to enjoy the idea that there might be two different organizations competing for the hearts and minds of new vampires, almost a la New Mutants vs the Hellions from the old X-Men comics? (answer: Yes, but I don't care. )

[Pi dArtois]

*grins* You're a good dude. Just wait, we're planning to throw our new d'Arties into some training to see if Lan and Pi have the right of it for Haven.

:) Just wait, we has plaaaaaaaans for Stu.

[Stryge (DELETED 7204)]

Woohoo! :)