Welcome to the World Series (Info Post)
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powersthatbeOver the course of (about) five weeks and four liminal events, the Powers The Be will prepare for Phase III of the contest they (and we) call Synodiporia by dividing up the remaining Travelers evenly between them. After this event, every new Traveler will be marked the moment they first appear in Liminal Space.
What’s this going to look like in practice?
For four weeks, while unique situations present themselves in Liminal Space, Travelers who have already been marked will be separated from those who have not by a transparent barrier dividing Liminal Space in two. Those with teleportation skills can still cross the barrier - it’s more a cosmetic touch than anything else. Slowly, Travelers will disappear from the Unmarked side, and re-appear on the Marked side, until everyone has been Marked.
Travelers, when Marked, or if already Marked, will have the chance to have a brief encounter with the Major Arcana Marking them (or who Marked them before). Given just how many of these threads the moderators will have to write, they will happen a few Arcana at a time, and players should expect delays in the completion of these threads. Which Arcana are having conversations each week will be noted on the posts themselves.
Characters who have not yet been marked should comment on the screened post linked here with their character name. In a screened comment, they will be presented with the list of Arcana who might be interested in marking them. If any obvious choices are missing, or any absolutely, positively, unacceptable choices are presented, a substitution or veto can be placed. However, players cannot choose specifically which Acana marks their character, and cannot choose not to be marked. Because we are giving each Arcana an equal number of Marks for this event, we ask that players only exercise their veto if they must - the logistics are already pretty complex!
If your character has already been Marked, since no skill proofs are necessary for Marks after this point, your character will receive a free Mark Skill instead - a new category of skills we will be unveiling in late November. (Note: This is separate from the planned free regular skill this month.)
The scheduling for all of this has been made much more complex by Matt’s being away for election work, necessitating delays in rolling out new pages we hoped to have up before this event began. We will all be working our hardest to finish the page changes before the holidays, so that in January, when Phase III gets going, all the new information and new pages will be readily available.
What will everyone be doing when they’re not being Marked? Well, the Liminal Events we have planned for this period of time should keep characters busy with player-driven content. In Week One, characters, while navigating a mazelike Liminal Space, will see some of their CR differently: illusions will make their friends appear to be Someone Significant from their past, which may spark awkward confessions, squabbles, or very confusing reunions. In Week Two, as characters explore a very linear, obstacle-heavy Liminal Space, they will be randomly affected by areas which make them behave more like the archetype associated with one or more Tarot Arcana - not necessarily the ones who have Marked them. A list of archetypes will be provided for reference. In Week Three, characters can, at player-option, flash back to relive previous infiltrations, in a Liminal Space with images and themes drawn from past jaunts. Finally, in Week Four, characters will receive a preview of some of the dangers ahead of them, as the Arcana attempt to explain, as directly as they know how, why they desire human help.
What’s this going to look like in practice?
For four weeks, while unique situations present themselves in Liminal Space, Travelers who have already been marked will be separated from those who have not by a transparent barrier dividing Liminal Space in two. Those with teleportation skills can still cross the barrier - it’s more a cosmetic touch than anything else. Slowly, Travelers will disappear from the Unmarked side, and re-appear on the Marked side, until everyone has been Marked.
Travelers, when Marked, or if already Marked, will have the chance to have a brief encounter with the Major Arcana Marking them (or who Marked them before). Given just how many of these threads the moderators will have to write, they will happen a few Arcana at a time, and players should expect delays in the completion of these threads. Which Arcana are having conversations each week will be noted on the posts themselves.
Characters who have not yet been marked should comment on the screened post linked here with their character name. In a screened comment, they will be presented with the list of Arcana who might be interested in marking them. If any obvious choices are missing, or any absolutely, positively, unacceptable choices are presented, a substitution or veto can be placed. However, players cannot choose specifically which Acana marks their character, and cannot choose not to be marked. Because we are giving each Arcana an equal number of Marks for this event, we ask that players only exercise their veto if they must - the logistics are already pretty complex!
If your character has already been Marked, since no skill proofs are necessary for Marks after this point, your character will receive a free Mark Skill instead - a new category of skills we will be unveiling in late November. (Note: This is separate from the planned free regular skill this month.)
The scheduling for all of this has been made much more complex by Matt’s being away for election work, necessitating delays in rolling out new pages we hoped to have up before this event began. We will all be working our hardest to finish the page changes before the holidays, so that in January, when Phase III gets going, all the new information and new pages will be readily available.
What will everyone be doing when they’re not being Marked? Well, the Liminal Events we have planned for this period of time should keep characters busy with player-driven content. In Week One, characters, while navigating a mazelike Liminal Space, will see some of their CR differently: illusions will make their friends appear to be Someone Significant from their past, which may spark awkward confessions, squabbles, or very confusing reunions. In Week Two, as characters explore a very linear, obstacle-heavy Liminal Space, they will be randomly affected by areas which make them behave more like the archetype associated with one or more Tarot Arcana - not necessarily the ones who have Marked them. A list of archetypes will be provided for reference. In Week Three, characters can, at player-option, flash back to relive previous infiltrations, in a Liminal Space with images and themes drawn from past jaunts. Finally, in Week Four, characters will receive a preview of some of the dangers ahead of them, as the Arcana attempt to explain, as directly as they know how, why they desire human help.
