synodiporia_ooc | February State of the Game!

Just a quick check-in, Fellow Travelers, and a poll about Things To Come! from the feedback we’ve seen, it looks like the Cosmic Horror jaunt went pretty well - there will be comment threads below for discussing the fallout from that plot, and offering concrit about what we did right/what we could have done better. Now we’re into Doki Doki no Gakuen, and it seems to have started off with a bang - but we have seen a little more confusion than usual as well, so there will also be a thread below for airing questions and concerns about the Jaunt. As always, players are also welcome to email, private message, or PP the mod team with questions or concerns, but we like to foster open discussion whenever possible.

Next up! After this plot wraps in late March, we’ll once again have a Liminal Event. Since the timing on this plot would make it awkward to open apps mid-Jaunt in early March, we’ll have apps open in time for the Liminal Event in late March. One of the suggestions that’s been made is that we have a combination Liminal Event & Testdrive - a 4th Wall event, where players can come in for a week or two and test the waters, see how things work out, and possibly have a tangible effect on the game before they decide to app in. The first question on the poll below is whether you’re for or against a Fourth Wall event! Let us know, & we’ll go with the majority’s preference.

The second question, very briefly, is what other sorts of Liminal Events players would like to see. The third question is if there are any Jaunts players would like to see, or to help run in conjunction with the mod team, and if so, when they’d be available to do that.

Fourth - last time we asked players about skills, there was an overwhelming demand for combo skills that let characters work together and empower one another. This is a fantastic idea and we’d like to do it - can you give us some examples of what you’ve got in mind? We’ll listen to other skill suggestions, too.

Fifth, last, and most importantly, we are, as usual, voting on the next Jaunt! Rank the three options in order, from most desired to least desired. Votes are weighted - your first-choice Jaunt receives two points, your second-choice Jaunt receives one, and your third-choice Jaunt receives zero.

The options this time are:

Compass Fell: a team amnesia plot. Dropped onto a hex-grid of wilderness terrain with no tools and no memories, the Travelers must find a way out and determine just who or what has hijacked their Jaunt - or what the Trumps really have in mind for them. A popular option in our last vote, which lots of people insisted they’d love to see later, we’re offering a chance right away - but don’t worry, if now’s not the time, we’ll offer it again later. Both infiltrators and investigators will have the option of total or partial amnesia, and some investigators will be able to avoid memory loss altogether if they wish, but this is a jaunt that will blur that investigator/infiltrator line - whether that sounds cool or terrible to you, please keep it in mind.

The Digital Frontier: A jaunt set in a strange and wonderful cyberspace, the Digital Frontier is a land of sentient, anthropomorphic computer programs, driven by purpose to recover a grid of corrupted data. On the edge of synthetic civilization, a labor force of programs is forced to sift and correct the data, uncovering weird and wonderful things, but living a dangerous life, little better than slaves, with their only other options being gladitorial combat in deadly video games, or open rebellion against the Operating System that holds their social order intact.

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 by far the heaviest of the three suggested plots - not quite as dark as Harrogate, but close enough in places that we want to warn folks who’d rather not get quite so grim, so soon afterward.

The poll will be open through the end of February, & results will go up March 1st!

Harrogate Discussion & Questions | Doki Doki Discussion & Questions | Other Discussion & Questions | Poll

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1. Should we do a 4th Wall event in late March? Yes yes and yes
2. Suggested Liminal Events? A humongous luxury cinema where each theatre is playing segments of the traveler's lives? An abandoned town and onsen catering to spirits like in Spirited Away?
3. Jaunt suggestions/Jaunts you’d like to run: Some folklore-esque fantasy with fae, sidhe/seelie vs unseelie etc. If wanting to aim for a more purpose-driven idea, then could have the divided courts or the 'Messenger' in the Land of the Dead (check Folklore, the game, for a clearer example).
On the folklore arc, again suggesting Spirited Away where Travellers could be workers at the onsen or guests as well?
Angels vs Demons? Tiers of angels and demons etc?
4. Combo Skills/New Skills you’d like to see: Element-based abilities like conjuring sparks and tiny bolts of lightning to their fingers, summoning mini-hurricanes etc? More minor transformations? Booster abilities for the teamwork thing? As in, someone concentrates on pouring their energy into the other so that person's skill of choice is amplified? Or a more obvious combo skill like Vivi and Steiner using Magic Sword in FFIX.
5. Vote on the April Jaunt: The Digital Frontier, The Ark, Compass Fell!

1. Should we do a 4th Wall event in late March? yes
2. Suggested Liminal Events? ...got nothing, sorry
3. Jaunt suggestions/Jaunts you’d like to run: Eurovision/battle of the bands/music festival jaunt. Penal colony jaunt. ~Urban fantasy~ jaunt. And I'm still up for helping run an Oz jaunt if we ever want to try canon based again.
4. Combo Skills/New Skills you’d like to see: ...nothing there either, sorry.
5. Vote on the April Jaunt: (rank your choices from 1st to 3rd)
1. digital frontier
2. compass fell
3. ark

1. Should we do a 4th Wall event in late March? YES DEAR GOD YES
2. Suggested Liminal Events? n/a I'm lame
3. Jaunt suggestions/Jaunts you’d like to run: same as above......
4. Combo Skills/New Skills you’d like to see: one day I will have suggestions.... that day is not today
5. Vote on the April Jaunt:
1. Digital Frontier
2. The Ark
3. Compass Fell

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