Ancient Ruins Archaeology

Those who are interested in that which has been forgotten in these sunken lands may opt in to archaeology events hosted by yours truly! This thread will explain what these events entail, how you can join them, and why you should opt in!

The Ruins of the Sunken World

During your travels through these untamed lands, you may stumble upon ruined structures; remnants of another age and time. These structures are interesting to look at, but even more so to prospect for hidden treasures or forgotten relics. Much has happened in these lands while we were away. Some remnants date as far back as when our people still lived in these lands. Other ruins might date back to the mysterious dark ages during our absence. All hold secrets and forgotten lore that, when pieced together, will reveal lost knowledge that will help us to get a clearer picture of this hidden past!

How to QUALIFY

STEP 1: Discover an undiscovered ruin during RP (not by dynmap / flying around)
STEP 2: Opt in to an archaeology event by posting a comment with the signup form (below)
STEP 3: Attend the event at the agreed date and time

What do these events entail?

Your party will travel to the ruins you discovered, where an archaeologist will have set up a tiny workshop below a tarp. This archaeologist will give a bit of context information as to what the ruin is and what theme of items you may expect to find. They will give you the supplies needed to excavate the ruins.

Within the ruins, there will be a couple of excavation sites. Each of the sites will have 4 common, 3 uncommon, 2 rare, and 1 legendary lore item to be excavated. Which item you excavate will be determined by a D20 with a "+ #" which will be determined by your level of scholarly persuits. You will be allowed 3 excavations per event per person. This means the entire loottable will be available for those who are the first to find the ruin. Later parties may come to excavate the same site, but some of the lore items might already be excavated and removed

Another added bonus to those who discover the ruin will be the event itself. The first event will not be just excavating. It will also involve finding the excavation sites, maybe solving a puzzle to reach them, or fighting an enemy that might be guarding the site. As a last bonus, the first to find the ruin will also take home a book with a scrap of written lore. Together, all ruins on the map will eventually yield the complete picture of what happened in the "Before Times"!

One last note: This is an opt-in. You are not obliged to do an event if you find a ruin!

SIGNUP FORM

Coords of the ruin:
[X, Z]
Proof of RP:
[Screenshot of your emotes / dialogue at the ruin]
Character names who will join the event:
[Minimum 4, no maximum, do not need to have been present at the discovery of the ruin]

Overview TL;DR

Find a ruin
Fill in the signup form to activate the event
Talk to the archaeologist
Solve puzzles or fight enemies to access the excavation sites
Find the scrap of lore about the before times
Excavate three times per person (D20 + [scholar])