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Jan. 8th, 2021 08:33 am( mask and mirrors )
Jan. 8th, 2021
( mask and mirrors )
applications
Jan. 8th, 2021 03:30 pmEastbound is primarily an invite-only game — each existing player can currently invite up to one person per month, or get in touch about further invites. Existing players can hold two characters in game. A third character can be applied, if players can prove they have met activity requirements for two consecutive months with their existing two characters and have stayed engaged with the game. If you don't have an invite, somehow stumbled upon this neck of the woods, and you’d like to stay, drop the mod journal a line — we'll try to figure it out.
As of Oct. 1, cast/game caps are off. Please note, as of Dec. 1, Eastbound only has 3-4 months of gameplay left.
WHAT CHARACTERS CAN BE APPLIED?
YES: canon and original characters, if they have a solid and consistent personality and background. Characters brought in after they've died are a-okay. For characters taken from a time point just as they're in the process of dying, please read below on meeting medical requirements.
NO (at this time): real people, original characters set in a canon environment, characters from canons or canon instalments that have been released for less than one month, characters with imported development from other games (CRAU), alternate universe, or gender-swapped versions of canon characters.
Children or characters with very specific medical/magical/environment needs: appable, but please make a note of how your character will ICly meet their requirements and stay alive. Likewise, if you are applying for a character taken just as they're dying, provide a suggestion for how they can be kept alive on arrival (this might be easier in some app cycles than others). You can bend the world a little to make miracles happen (ex: a substitute for the medication your character needs to survive can be found for a high price at certain apothecaries, etc.)
Characters that were dropped or swept by activity checks: yes, but they’ll come back without their previous memories, if they are applied in by a different player.
APPLICATIONS CLOSED
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(actual) ground rules
Jan. 8th, 2021 03:45 pm| → Please play nice and be welcoming to players who are new to the game or to roleplaying. That’s it, that’s the gist of it. → No out-of-character (OOC) hostility, intimidation, crowding out of other players, in-character (IC) godmoding, infomoding, fourth-walling, blurring of ye olde IC/OOC line. → Do your best to strike an acceptable compromise with players you disagree with, but don’t hesitate to reach out for mod help, if things escalate. → Cut & warn/label any graphic content. → Try not to hoard quests, plot-leading roles, magical items. Some characters will organically end up more proactive, but sharing is caring, there's no I in team, long live clichés. → Eastbound is a player-led plot exercise, so players will be counting on you to deliver the plot elements you volunteer for. If you repeatedly overstretch in terms of plot involvement and fail to deliver, you won’t be assigned plot leadership roles for the short term, til things wind down on your side. → Have fun? Have fun! |
Further itemsa on game mechanics (expectations, activity requirements, plot) are answered on the FAQ POST.
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mod contact
Jan. 8th, 2021 04:41 pmHeya! Your main and only mod is ruxi (GMT). Leave any questions, comments or concerns you don't want to take to the FAQ or a more public venue here.
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SETTING
Eastbound is a panfandom campaign-based fantasy game where characters are summoned into war-torn Akhuras and promptly skip town east to escape eerie curses, undead hordes, debt collectors, harried natives seeking discount Chosen Ones and a mutinous bear.
Along the way, they’ll solve one too many supernatural mysteries pro bono, evade their warlord hunters, sabotage the occasional city-state, meddle with magic they’re unequipped to handle, side-eye their dubious benefactor and all around downvote their caravan experience on TripAdvisor. Maybe the last eastern portals still have a final gasp of magic in them to ferry them home.
Started in March 2021, the game has a two-three-year scheduled lifespan.
The bullet-point edition:
- ■ Eastbound is a fantasy game divided into Arcs set in various locations of war-savaged Akhuras.
■ Characters summoned into Akhuras can escape their captors and join the Merchant’s party east to Shar-Nazhin, where some unconquered portals remain to return travellers to their home worlds.
■ ...or they can stick it out on their own, hunted down by largely undead hordes. It’s a free world. For now.
■ While each Arc will feature overarching plot elements, how or if assignments are completed, along with where the good people are ultimately headed to next, will depend on character actions and/or out-of-character votes.
■ You can expect anything from mystery, magic, horror, heists, lighter events and bona fide hustling.
■ Player plots and suggestions for further locations and bestiary entries are loved, please & thank you.
■ Play nice, be kind, have fun — and laugh far too much. That's the agenda.
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hiatus | drop
Jan. 8th, 2021 08:02 pmSorry to see if you go, if this is your last stop!
To drop, please leave a comment titled DROP and fill out the below:
To hiatus, please leave a comment titled HIATUS with:
Remember you need to be hiatused for more than half of the month (a minimum of two weeks) to qualify for an activity check exemption.
Hiatused this month so far:
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player plot suggestions
Jan. 8th, 2021 08:30 pmIf you want to pitch or brainstorm a player plot for mod assistance, you're in the right place!
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npc inbox: sa-hareth + stairs of sighs
Jan. 8th, 2021 08:32 pm( a cold wind upon us )
F E B R U A R Y
- 1 FEB | Activity check + admin
3 FEB | Hatthevar: Part II (log)
23 FEB | Conclusion
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