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Fourth Wall timeline and December-January jaunt vote!
First up! Our final Fourth Wall event and app window open to new characters will take place November 7-25. More details on the fourth-wall event itself are forthcoming, as well as a rough timetable for the approach to endgame. After this app round closes, we will still accept re-apps and dungeon requests for idled characters!
As we approach endgame, the plot notes we’d like to hit necessitate restricting jaunt vote options more than we have in the past. That said, we’re all in favor of giving you guys some input on how we hit those plot notes. As such, the December-January jaunt will be one of the following:
Slivers & Shards: A generation ago the Umbrian Protectorate splintered. For generations the Protectorate Overmind psionically directed irrigation on the dying world, enforced the peace with rightthink, defended against the subterranean Nation-Eaters, psionic kaiju that had devoured civilizations centuries ago, when the world ended.
Without the Protectorate, Wild Talents have banded together and created new polistates, miniature nations prizing freedom, fighting for resources, and discovering new powers and old customs that may create the seeds of a new world in the dying soil of this one. But the Nation-Eaters have evolved as well - shrunk, like their prey has… and now packs of sleek crystalline psychic predators are devouring the remains of the world, one city-state at a time.
This jaunt contains a heavy emphasis on psychic skills, and strong elements of survival horror.
The Ark: a cyberpunk dystopia on a harsh alien world, all that keeps this fragment of humanity alive is a massive Arcology, or Ark - a self-contained, overcrowded urban environment, full of unimaginable technology that’s slowly running out of power under the strain of population pressure and a populace that’s not as well educated as its predecessors were, before an event they call The Fall. Rich in metaplot, dangerous crime, survivalist themes, social revolution, and subtle dangers, the Ark is as dark and deadly as any Jaunt we've run.
Before anyone panics about the holiday season overlap: We’ve already thought of that, and no matter what wins, the jaunt will be pausing for a couple of weeks to accommodate holiday travel and obligations.
Voting will close Tuesday, November 5th, 11:59 PM Central US time. Due to the ramp-up to Endgame, there will not be Walkabouts during the last few Jaunts; however, players who need to opt out will have Liminal mini-events to participate in.
As we approach endgame, the plot notes we’d like to hit necessitate restricting jaunt vote options more than we have in the past. That said, we’re all in favor of giving you guys some input on how we hit those plot notes. As such, the December-January jaunt will be one of the following:
Slivers & Shards: A generation ago the Umbrian Protectorate splintered. For generations the Protectorate Overmind psionically directed irrigation on the dying world, enforced the peace with rightthink, defended against the subterranean Nation-Eaters, psionic kaiju that had devoured civilizations centuries ago, when the world ended.
Without the Protectorate, Wild Talents have banded together and created new polistates, miniature nations prizing freedom, fighting for resources, and discovering new powers and old customs that may create the seeds of a new world in the dying soil of this one. But the Nation-Eaters have evolved as well - shrunk, like their prey has… and now packs of sleek crystalline psychic predators are devouring the remains of the world, one city-state at a time.
This jaunt contains a heavy emphasis on psychic skills, and strong elements of survival horror.
The Ark: a cyberpunk dystopia on a harsh alien world, all that keeps this fragment of humanity alive is a massive Arcology, or Ark - a self-contained, overcrowded urban environment, full of unimaginable technology that’s slowly running out of power under the strain of population pressure and a populace that’s not as well educated as its predecessors were, before an event they call The Fall. Rich in metaplot, dangerous crime, survivalist themes, social revolution, and subtle dangers, the Ark is as dark and deadly as any Jaunt we've run.
Before anyone panics about the holiday season overlap: We’ve already thought of that, and no matter what wins, the jaunt will be pausing for a couple of weeks to accommodate holiday travel and obligations.
Poll #22818 December-January Jaunt Vote
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 19
What is your FIRST choice for the December-January jaunt?
What is your SECOND choice for the December-January jaunt?
Voting will close Tuesday, November 5th, 11:59 PM Central US time. Due to the ramp-up to Endgame, there will not be Walkabouts during the last few Jaunts; however, players who need to opt out will have Liminal mini-events to participate in.