MARCH 2019 PLOTTING POST

[recollecters]

MONTHLY PLOT POST

PLOT POST - March Welcome to our March plotting post! Please feel free to comment to these posts with your character's plans for the month or with what you would like to do for the month, and feel free to discuss those plans with everyone else! Here is the mod questions thread! You may also use this thread to leave comments about the below. MOD BULLETIN BOARD AC -As mentioned last month, we will be going forward with two different methods for players to turn in AC. Our first option will be keeping AC the same as before. This means that players may submit threads for points as always (network comments being 1 point, action comments being 2.) These will be counted as usual by the moderators. The second option will be changing AC to where players may submit a summary for bonus points instead, allowing the moderators to read and review a monthly write-up and determine points based on this. This write-up would be a summarization of what your character has done in the month whether it's plot-related threads, character development threads or more (please also provide links for cross-reference!) Dependent on the presentation and review of the summary, mods would determine the amount of points given each month. In addition, with these two choices we will host a points donation pool. Each month, we will allow for players to donate points to be awarded to their fellow players. Players may sign up to either donate to or receive from this pool, and at the end of the month (pre-AC closing), moderators will reply to sign-ups with the amount of points rewarded per month. This line item would then be added to your own AC for the month. Signing up to receive points does not disqualify you from turning in your own bonus points! NEW: Thanks to a suggestion in the mod write-up from February (which can be found here!), we will be keeping the pool open all month but we will allow players to use the points from this pool right away rather than waiting for the end of the AC cycle. As we're getting into endgame, a point was made that it doesn't make a lot of sense to have people wait on stuff and that there's an appeal in being able to play with canon powers right away. That said, we will allow players to sign up and then update their AC comments accordingly with donations received and items bought. Please see March's thread for donating and receiving points here and here. NEW: There has also been discussion about AC requirements! The game has shrunk and we have reviewed the options suggested. After careful consideration, we will be changing AC to: -15 comments (you can still submit up to 4 threads, 3 comment minimum per thread); editing to say that all comments can be claimed for bonus points now and the AC post will be updated post-AC to reflect this. -1 memory regain We feel that as a memloss/regain game, taking away the memory regain portion doesn't really make sense especially given there are opportunities for multiple freebies every month! If a character is starting to run out of memories that they may regain at this time, please let us know and we can discuss options/an opt-out for you! -We will have an opportunity for a monthly freebie every month going forward! However, we would like to clarify that all freebie regains must be applied for before the end of the AC period! We do not accept freebies beyond this barring specific circumstances. NEW: After reading the feedback post and reviewing, we realized that the structure of events is a little daunting! As such, for the month of March we're going to try something a little different to see if this helps with pacing and breaking things up a little bit. Please see below for the monthly calendar. IMPORTANT DATES 1st Retrospec post at 9pm EST 7th Event Log at 9pm EST 10th AU Workshop 17th TDM/Reserves/Second Retrospec post at 9pm EST 24th Apps open 31st AC Due, Apps close Ideally, the event log being a little later in the month but also providing a variety of prompts (see: February part 2) will allow players to play with all parts of the event while also being able to facilitate new CR and also have a "check-in" point during the second monthly network mingle. see our calendar for a look at upcoming dates this month and further! WORLD CHANGES • At this time there are no new world changes! Be sure to check out our world changes page over here and our world regains page to track all changes and read up on our guidelines. Players are free to buy back certain aspects of their canon to help impact and change the world as well, though we may delay the installment of some features for plot purposes. Players may also contribute points toward bringing back world patches representing their canons that other players may explore outside of the city! Please see the world changes page for more information. Of note: players are allowed to help contribute to buying world changes not from their own canon. Players may donate up to 500 points to another player's cause. When donating points to a canon buyback, please put them on the same world change page here! Please note, these are only for world changes and not items/powers/personal locations/etc. EVENTS Notes As we're going into an endgame period, here's a reminder of what's to come. -March-June. These events will be focused on certain measures to be taken to get us to endgame for not only Recollé but the areas around the city (i.e. the four regions.) Events will be heavily focused on mission-esque tasks, teamwork, alterations of specific areas and more. -July. This is the final month of gameplay, officially, to focus on ending the Vanderweele arc and will remain dependent on how the months prior play out. -August. Endgame! The moderator team will write a group of closing events for players to play with in August and after that the game will officially be in a sandbox mode. With this said, we will be hosting our last official application month for new characters in March! Previously dropped characters may be apped back in at any point between March and June, with the first of July being the final cut-off. More details about how the return of dropped characters will play out will be detailed during March's app cycle. Please let us know if you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding this schedule. EVENT With the destruction of facilities underground in the sixth layer, Retrospec users will feel something shift in the air and beneath their feet. The lab that was discovered has fallen silent and while the underground city still exists (and is available for characters to return to, wendigos and all), it seems as though Vanderweele's hold on that region has loosened. After an update from the liaison of your progress made (March 1st), users will come to realize that this is just the beginning and things will begin to abruptly change now that Vanderweele's attention has been caught. For the next week, users will be encouraged to prepare for another journey and to batten down the hatches, so to speak. We're in full-blown fighting mode now and there's no holding back. Users can spend the first week exploring the underground city, grabbing items and equipment, or simply spending time with friends and family. On March 7th, a portal will open to send volunteers to a wintery abyss in the sixth layer beneath Magatus. Much like before, the door will appear somewhere in Recollé, but this time instead of multiple doors it will be one that serves as an in and out point. Rather than driving the seven hours north, characters will find themselves navigating down an icy slippery slope into the new layer. With the guidance from the liaison, volunteers will be told of areas in this layer that have to be dismantled, scavenged, and scoured in order to free the region from Vanderweele's hold. Characters can expect to experience: -Extremely cold temperatures -Light psychological horror -Combative elements -Cosmic horror -Plot information This will be happening over the course of the rest of the month! It will take multiple attempts and efforts from all kinds to work on destroying what's in the layer and retrieving what's been left behind/freeing trapped souls. However…there's also Magatus itself to take care of. For those who aren't interested in delving into the sixth layer, the region itself will need to be cleared. Characters will be told that a rescue team should also be formed to help clear the area via evacuations, mountain rescues, supply raids and more. Ideally, the goal is to transport everyone from Magatus back to Recollé, but it seems as though the effects of Vanderweele's domain are seeping up into the top layers as well. Characters on rescue missions can expect to experience: -Winter conditions -Reconnaissance missions -Rabid animals -Struggles in travel including but not limited to road closures, car damage, etc. And for those of you staying behind in the city, there's still that weird evil eye lurking around. Though it's moved on to another region, and though the leylines have been cut, it seems as though it still has its own roots in the city of Recollé. During the time of these other missions, characters in the city will be able to mostly handle things as normal. They can go to school and to work, they can spend time with their friends and doing their hobbies, and they'll find that two large domes appear over the Recollé Art Museum and the concert hall. Well that's weird. These domes are visible to PCs and NPCs alike, but while NPCs are free to enter these places without issue, player characters who enter will experience a few other things. Upon entering the art museum at any time, characters will find that the paintings, photographs and sculptures begin to take on a mind of their own. Figures will escape their frames, sculptures will begin molding themselves into something new, and the setting around you warps to match the artistic view. Tired of being mounted in place, the art will express themselves and begin escaping out into the city. The sky takes on the appearance of Van Gogh's Starry Night. The Scream comes to life in the form of an NPC running up to you and shrieking in your ear. The Persistence of Memory leaves you with no escape as things begin to melt and fold over themselves, blocking your path. Herding everything back in place may be complicated, but doable. Likewise, should you investigate the concert hall instead you'll find yourself in a pitch black room. The power's out and with a line-up of bands waiting to play time is of the essence to get the houselights working. Flipping breakers and checking wires alone won't work. There seems to be something only you can do to bring the light back…but what's that skittering around coming from the rafters? Better get on that. As a note, players do not have to play with all of these! There will be no more than 6 prompts for the most part (3 for the sixth layer, 2 for the city, 1 for the region of Magatus) and the event will be going for the entire month. The second network post will serve as a check-point as well for characters to share notes, etc. FREEBIE -Players may claim one freebie for a thread on the mod-posted Retrospec post. This thread should be ten comments from you. -Players may claim one freebie for a thread on the second mod-posted Retrospec post. -Players may claim one freebie for a thread confronting an art piece. This must be at least 5 comments from you. -Players may claim one freebie tackling the electricity problem in the concert hall. This must be at least 5 comments from you. -Players may claim one freebie for a thread on the second log exploring an area in the Mythos layer of Magatus. This must be at least 5 comments from you. -Additional freebies will be listed for various prompts on the event log. -For your reference, check out the plot clues/finds page found here! This is all for OOC knowledge, though characters have been spreading the information ICly as well. As of this post, this plot page is up to date. -Additionally, if you haven't yet be sure to check out the regains guide to help outline what kind of triggers will work for obtaining regains and memories in-game. As mentioned above, please feel free to comment to this post (and to each other) with your character's plans for the month for plotting and CR building.

Comments

[frostythehitman]

boy he sure is!!! Thankfully James is a little less sensitive this month now that he's stopped hallucinating so Malik's snottiness isn't gonna get to him as bad. probably.

Lucky for Malik, James knows he just doesn't want to accept all his bad shit. BUT TOO BAD BUCKO BECAUSE THIS IS THE BAD SHIT EXPRESS, CHOO CHOO, ALL ABOARD. Sometimes ya just gotta accept you're a bad person!!!! and what better place to do it in than a frozen hellscape in the middle of some psychological/cosmic horror nightmare

[godcards]

THIS ISN'T WHAT HE SIGNED UP FOR!!! LET HIM TALK TO YOUR MANAGER, ZEE

[frostythehitman]

NO GODS, NO MANAGERS

ONLY THE BAD SHIT EXPRESS