Bulk Activities - a Guide
Writing this up is harder than I expected, but I will do my best!
Effective August 17, 2022 Ketucari is now accepting Bulk Activities. There are caveats to this:
1: You can still only submit one “piece” per activity type per day. A “piece” is defined as whatever panel(s) or literature section(s) you’re choosing to submit. This will be explained in further detail later on.
2: Each Panel/Panel Cluster or Lit Section/Sections submitted is still held to a 4 max ket limit.
3: For Comics and Long Lit, each “piece” must be set in the same zone.
4: There are different activity forms when doing bulk activities.
5: For fairness’s sake this is not retroactive*
6: *Theme count is retroactive.
What this essentially means is:
If you do a comic, an activity sheet, or a 4000 word lit piece, you no longer need to split it across multiple deviant art pieces for submission, you can submit the full comic page/sheet/lit as one deviant art piece and tell us in the submission comment on dA and/or on Lorekeeper which particular part(s) are being rolled.
DEFINITIONS
Here is how we will be defining Bulk Activities:
ART PIECE DEFINITIONS
Comics- Comics are defined as: Multi-panel visual stories with or without words that have a narrative flow and may feature panels that contain only headshots or panels that contain only backgrounds. Panels may be rolled separately or in “Clusters”. Details below.
Activity sheets- A group of three or more individual pieces which may or may not share common themes. Must be separated by either blank space or some sort of border or frame. Unless player indicates otherwise by numbering the activities these will be assumed to be numbered left-to-right. Panels must be rolled separately. Details below.
LIT PIECE DEFINITIONS
Vignettes/Anthologies- Grouped lit pieces that may or may not be connected. Each “section” should have a title or a number. May be rolled separately or in “Clusters”. Details below.
Long Lit- Singular lit pieces over 1600 words. Often unsectioned beyond paragraph breaks (we will be requiring paragraph breaks) and thus very difficult to break into smaller chunks naturally. Word count is essentially “restarted” every 800 words, regardless of the number of ketucari present. Details below.
I’m going to break this into the following sections, this is going to be long, please use CTRL+F or “Find On Page” to get to the section you need to check.
Sections:
HT-COMICS
HT-ACTIVITY SHEETS
VIS-SUB
HT-VIGNETTES
VIGNETTE-SUB
HT-LONG LIT
LL-SUB
HT-COMICS
How To Process Comics
Submitting Comics is done in individual panels and the contents of that individual panel, or in panel “clusters” that when combined meet the minimum group rolling requirements.
Unless stated otherwise, admins will assume Western comic flow (left-to-right) for panel numbering.
Every used “Cluster” of panels may be claimed for Themes towards Elderhood for as many separate clusters as a given ketucari is in, and each “Cluster” may be submitted for a different activity type.
Extraneous panels may NOT be used for Misc. Activities.
TL;DR
You can make multiple submissions with 1 page, by declaring which panels are part of that given submission.
Acceptable Rolling combinations:
Example 1: Panel 1 is a wide setting shot, panels 2, 3, and 5 each have one half-to-full body which may or may not have their own backgrounds and are of separate ketucari. Panel 4 is a different ketucari on a different background. Any combination of 1+[2,3,5] and 4+[2,3,5] where 2, 3, and 5 are not duplicated, can roll.
Example 2: Splash Page with a many characters and a few small cutaways: any combination of up to 4 ketucari may be collected from the page.
Example 3: Panel 1 is a travel shot with 3 fullbodies, Panel 2 is close-up with a distinct background and two rollable ketucari, Panel 3 is a separate headshot, panel 4 is another wide shot with three fullbodies: Panel 3 may be declared to be part of any of 1, 2, or 3. 1 cannot combine with 2 or 4, 2 with 1 or 4, or 4 with 1 or 2.
Some leniency may be given to physical presence in a piece if the overall story of the comic makes it clear the ketucari is fully present (i.e. reaction headshots may be accepted for full rolling with appropriate background panels, at admin discretion.)
[visual examples soon]
HT-ACTIVITY SHEETS
How To Process Activity Sheets
Submitting activity sheets is done by individual panels. Panels must be visibly separated somehow.
Again: Multiple submissions off of one page, but unlike with comics, no panel clusters per submission.
Every Panel may be claimed for Themes towards Elderhood for as many separate clusters as a given ketucari is in, and each Panel may be submitted for a different activity type.
Extraneous panels may NOT be used for Misc. Activities.
[visual example soon]
VIS-SUB
How to Submit Your Comics and Activity Sheets for Rolling
Adventures
Import Link: DA | LK
Zone:
Difficulty:
Panels: (if comic can be multiple, if activity sheet please only list one)
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these panels are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)
Sub-Category: (specify reaping, prospecting, or venture)
Pet Skill: (if your ketucari has a trained pet, list their skill here. The pet has to be shown in the picture in order for the skill to count. Remove if not applicable)
Deity Alliance: (if your ketucari is in a pack allied to a deity, include the deity's name and alliance confirmation here. Remove if not applicable)
Old Soul: (if your ketucari has Old Soul, list the pet they are seeking here. Must be in the zone's fauna and must be present in the piece. Remove if not applicable)
Mentor: (if your ketucari is benefitting from an elder with Mentor, specify this here. Remove if not applicable)
Other Bonuses: (if your ketucari has other bonuses from items or otherwise unlisted categories, list them here. Remove if not applicable)
Permission to Revive: Yes/No (please specify yes or no. If yes is specified, you are giving rollers permission to deduct meat from your hoard to revive your ketucari if they are KO'ed so that the piece doesn't have to be moved to corrections)
Battles (KvE)
Import Link: DA | LK
Panels: (If comic can be multiple, if activity sheet please only list one)
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these panels are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)
Pet Bonuses: (please list any pet skills your ketucari has equipped)
Pet Capture Items: (please list any bonus items you're using for pet capture. Must be in your hoard)
Creature You're Battling:
1st Turn Skill/Potion:
2nd Turn Skill/Potion:
3rd Turn Skill/Potion:
IF APPLICABLE:
4th Turn Skill/Potion:
5th Turn Skill/Potion:
Permission to Revive: Yes/No (If your ketucari reaches 0 or below over the course of the battle, if you marked Yes, the admin will use meat chunks in your inventory to restore your ketucari to health. This means that if at the end of the battle your ketucari is at -100 health, we will use the equivalent of 10 Chunks of Meat from your hoard. If you do not have the appropriate items, your ketucari will be at a negative health and unable to participate in activities! If there is a specific item you would like for us to use instead, you may specify here as well.)
Battles (KVK)
Import Link: DA | LK
Opponent Link: DA | LK
Panels: (If comic can be multiple, if activity sheet please only list one)
1st Turn Skill/Potion:
2nd Turn Skill/Potion:
3rd Turn Skill/Potion:
IF APPLICABLE:
4th Turn Skill/Potion:
5th Turn Skill/Potion:
Skill Unlocks
Import Link: DA | LK
Panels: (If comic can be multiple, if activity sheet please only list one)
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these panels are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)
Quests
Import Link: DA | LK
Panels: (If comic can be multiple, if activity sheet please only list one)
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these panels are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)
Honor/Notoriety: (Delete if quest does not have honor or notoriety)
Hallowed Tarn (Healing)
Import Link: DA | LK
Panels: (If comic can be multiple, if activity sheet please only list one)
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these panels are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)
Hallowed Tarn (Elemental Blessing)
Import Link: DA | LK
Panels: (If comic can be multiple, if activity sheet please only list one)
Element:
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these panels are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)
Hallowed Tarn (Ressurection)
Import Link: DA | LK
Panels: (If comic can be multiple, if activity sheet please only list one)
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these panels are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)
HT-VIGNETTES
How to Process Vignettes
Much like with comics, Vignettes may be submitted either individually or in Clusters. At least 1 Vignette in the Cluster must be a minimum of 500 words. Beyond that, total word count will be taken from the combined clusters.
For Adventures and Battles, all Vignettes in a cluster must be in the same zone.
For Quests, all Vingettes in a cluster must be of the same quest.
For Skill Unlocks, as long as all declared skills are correctly displayed they can be in any zone.
Obviously, Tarns must be of the Tarn.
Every used “Cluster” may be claimed for Themes towards Elderhood for as many separate clusters as a given ketucari is in, and each “Cluster” may be submitted for a different activity type.
Extraneous pieces or clusters may Not be used for Misc. Activities.
VIGNETTE-SUB
How to submit your Vignettes
Import Link: DA | LK
Zone:
Difficulty:
Sections:
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these panels are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)
Sub-Category: (specify reaping, prospecting, or venture)
Pet Skill: (if your ketucari has a trained pet, list their skill here. The pet has to be shown in the picture in order for the skill to count. Remove if not applicable)
Deity Alliance: (if your ketucari is in a pack allied to a deity, include the deity's name and alliance confirmation here. Remove if not applicable)
Old Soul: (if your ketucari has Old Soul, list the pet they are seeking here. Must be in the zone's fauna and must be present in the piece. Remove if not applicable)
Mentor: (if your ketucari is benefitting from an elder with Mentor, specify this here. Remove if not applicable)
Other Bonuses: (if your ketucari has other bonuses from items or otherwise unlisted categories, list them here. Remove if not applicable)
Permission to Revive: Yes/No (please specify yes or no. If yes is specified, you are giving rollers permission to deduct meat from your hoard to revive your ketucari if they are KO'ed so that the piece doesn't have to be moved to corrections)
Battles (KvE)
Import Link: DA | LK
Sections:
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these panels are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)
Pet Bonuses: (please list any pet skills your ketucari has equipped)
Pet Capture Items: (please list any bonus items you're using for pet capture. Must be in your hoard)
Creature You're Battling:
1st Turn Skill/Potion:
2nd Turn Skill/Potion:
3rd Turn Skill/Potion:
IF APPLICABLE:
4th Turn Skill/Potion:
5th Turn Skill/Potion:
Permission to Revive: Yes/No (If your ketucari reaches 0 or below over the course of the battle, if you marked Yes, the admin will use meat chunks in your inventory to restore your ketucari to health. This means that if at the end of the battle your ketucari is at -100 health, we will use the equivalent of 10 Chunks of Meat from your hoard. If you do not have the appropriate items, your ketucari will be at a negative health and unable to participate in activities! If there is a specific item you would like for us to use instead, you may specify here as well.)
Battles (KVK)
Import Link: DA | LK
Opponent Link: DA | LK
Sections:
1st Turn Skill/Potion:
2nd Turn Skill/Potion:
3rd Turn Skill/Potion:
IF APPLICABLE:
4th Turn Skill/Potion:
5th Turn Skill/Potion:
Skill Unlocks
Import Link: DA | LK
Sections:
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these panels are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)
Quests
Import Link: DA | LK
Sections:
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these panels are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)
Honor/Notoriety: (Delete if quest does not have honor or notoriety)
Hallowed Tarn (Healing)
Import Link: DA | LK
Sections:
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these panels are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)
Hallowed Tarn (Elemental Blessing)
Import Link: DA | LK
Sections:
Element:
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these panels are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)
Hallowed Tarn (Ressurection)
Import Link: DA | LK
Sections:
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these panels are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)
HT-LONG LIT
How to Process Long Lit
Personally, I like to call this one “getting the bang out of your ketucari novels”. The rules are stricter for these, and there’s no special formatting necessary like with Vignettes (any formatting you choose to do is optional).
The big BIG rule is that a ketucari must actually be present and involved in the lit in order to roll. If your lit is 4000 words long, and a ketucari is only briefly mentioned in the first 800 and then again in the last 1600, and has no impact on the overall story? Then they are only able to be rolled up to 3 times, instead of for every 800 words.
Every 800 words is +1 Theme.
The other big rule is that there is wiggle room on word-count sections: If you have 6 major characters in the first 800 words, and then four of them take a backseat or Go Elsewhere for the next 800 words, you can take the two who aren’t rolled in the first 800 words and tack them into the 800-1600 bracket if you’d like. Do not submit pieces with wordcount sections outside of that 800, no it does not matter that the scene doesn't end for another 42 word, Long Lit takes the piece as a whole, NOT each individual section.
Now, to explain how the word counts actually work:
When you finish a long lit, you first figure out what your word count is: Remember Long Lit requires you to be over 1600 words. Round to the nearest 100. Divide that wordcount by 800. Every 800 words is another “section”.
Wordcount MUST be listed somewhere.
Extraneous sections over 500 but under 800 may be rolled after all other sections, for the number of ketucari they count for under normal lit rules.
When submitting, you specify which section we’re in for the purposes of rolling. Not what scene we're in. What 800 word section we're presently counting. The scene could end and move onto the next piece at 400 words, it doesn't matter, what matters is that 800 words is the cut-off for a "Section". The actual contents of a section don't actually need to correlate to the roll as long as the roll correlates to SOME part of the literature as a whole. You may additionally mark where a specific Scene ends, but the actual section of 800 words MUST be clearly labeled in your submission form.
Every section counts for +1 theme for all rollable (even if Not Rolled) ketucari, and can be used for rolling by up to 4 ketucari present in the piece (remember, sections are fungible)!
Again: Long Lit is divided by 800 no matter how many ketucari are present, except for any extraneous 500-700 sections at the end of a piece.
LL-SUB
How to submit your long lit. Your submission segments must ONLY be counted in 800's.
Also, while not required we DO strongly appreciate if you include the form in the description for both every section and every ket.
Adventures
Import Link: DA | LK
Zone:
Difficulty:
Long Lit: (Wordcount Range, i.e. 0-800, 800-1600, 1600-2400) [First two to five words of section] - [Last two to five words of section]
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these segments are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)
Sub-Category: (specify reaping, prospecting, or venture)
Pet Skill: (if your ketucari has a trained pet, list their skill here. The pet has to be shown in the picture in order for the skill to count. Remove if not applicable)
Deity Alliance: (if your ketucari is in a pack allied to a deity, include the deity's name and alliance confirmation here. Remove if not applicable)
Old Soul: (if your ketucari has Old Soul, list the pet they are seeking here. Must be in the zone's fauna and must be present in the piece. Remove if not applicable)
Mentor: (if your ketucari is benefitting from an elder with Mentor, specify this here. Remove if not applicable)
Other Bonuses: (if your ketucari has other bonuses from items or otherwise unlisted categories, list them here. Remove if not applicable)
Permission to Revive: Yes/No (please specify yes or no. If yes is specified, you are giving rollers permission to deduct meat from your hoard to revive your ketucari if they are KO'ed so that the piece doesn't have to be moved to corrections)
Battles (KvE)
Import Link: DA | LK
Long Lit: (Wordcount Range, i.e. 0-800, 800-1600, 1600-2400)
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these panels are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)
Pet Bonuses: (please list any pet skills your ketucari has equipped)
Pet Capture Items: (please list any bonus items you're using for pet capture. Must be in your hoard)
Creature You're Battling:
1st Turn Skill/Potion:
2nd Turn Skill/Potion:
3rd Turn Skill/Potion:
IF APPLICABLE:
4th Turn Skill/Potion:
5th Turn Skill/Potion:
Permission to Revive: Yes/No (If your ketucari reaches 0 or below over the course of the battle, if you marked Yes, the admin will use meat chunks in your inventory to restore your ketucari to health. This means that if at the end of the battle your ketucari is at -100 health, we will use the equivalent of 10 Chunks of Meat from your hoard. If you do not have the appropriate items, your ketucari will be at a negative health and unable to participate in activities! If there is a specific item you would like for us to use instead, you may specify here as well.)
Battles (KVK)
Import Link: DA | LK
Opponent Link: DA | LK
Long Lit: (Wordcount Range, i.e. 0-800, 800-1600, 1600-2400)
1st Turn Skill/Potion:
2nd Turn Skill/Potion:
3rd Turn Skill/Potion:
IF APPLICABLE:
4th Turn Skill/Potion:
5th Turn Skill/Potion:
Skill Unlocks
Import Link: DA | LK
Long Lit: (Wordcount Range, i.e. 0-800, 800-1600, 1600-2400)
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these panels are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)
Quests
Import Link: DA | LK
Long Lit: (Wordcount Range, i.e. 0-800, 800-1600, 1600-2400)
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these panels are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)
Honor/Notoriety: (Delete if quest does not have honor or notoriety)
Hallowed Tarn (Healing)
Import Link: DA | LK
Long Lit: (Wordcount Range, i.e. 0-800, 800-1600, 1600-2400)
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these panels are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)
Hallowed Tarn (Elemental Blessing)
Import Link: DA | LK
Long Lit: (Wordcount Range, i.e. 0-800, 800-1600, 1600-2400)
Element:
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these panels are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)
Hallowed Tarn (Ressurection)
Import Link: DA | LK
Long Lit: (Wordcount Range, i.e. 0-800, 800-1600, 1600-2400)
Mixed Roll: (List other roll types these panels are to be used for by other ketucari. Remove if not applicable)