applications

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APPLICATIONS

Eastbound 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.

APPLICATION FORM & INSTRUCTIONS

EXISTING / RETURNING PLAYERS

<b><Small>PLAYER NAME</small>:</b> <b><small>CONTACT</small>:</b> <b><small>CHARACTER</small>:</b> <b><small>CANON</small>:</b> <b><small>CANON POINT</small>:</b> <b><small>BACKGROUND</small>:</b> link out or write no more than two-three paragraphs...! <b><small>PERSONALITY</small>:</b> bullet points a-okay, or written out. You can also link out to it, if you agree to what's on your wikia. <b><small>SAMPLE</small>:</b> a written sample or one or more threads to show your character's personality. <b><small>NOTES</small>:</b> you know the ropes, jot down if your character has any world-breaking powers or accommodations you need for them!

NEW PLAYERS

<b><Small>PLAYER NAME</small>:</b> <b><small>CONTACT</small>:</b> <b><small>REFERRED BY</small>:</b> Who invited you, please? c: <b><small>CHARACTER</small>:</b> <b><small>CANON</small>:</b> <b><small>CANON POINT</small>:</b> <b><small>BACKGROUND</small>:</b> written or linked history both fine. Bullet points also a-okay. If no information is available in English, please write this out in short. <b><small>ABILITIES | POWERS</small>:</b> Include any relevant power restrictions, so you don’t break our playground. <b><small>PERSONALITY</small>:</b> make sure this ties back to the character’s time point and background. <b><small>SAMPLE</small>:</b> one or more samples to showcase the nuances of your character’s personality. Submit at least one prose sample of five comments or more. You can link memes, PSL or other game threads, provided they took place within the last 12 months. You can also write a single prose sample in the game or character canon setting, if you think you can cover good introspective ground that way, or a top level with enough variety to show how the character engages in various scenarios. <b><small>INVENTORY</small>:</b> No world-breaking items. For living or magical beings, or anything colossal (think... Gundams...) please let's talk beforehand! <b><small>SUITABILITY</small>:</b> Eastbound is a plot-heavy game that typically features sleuthing, action and the undead. How is your character likely to deal with all that (and the game bear)? <b><small>NOTES</small>:</b> Are there any particular accommodations your character will need? How do you propose to handle that?

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Heya — couple of notes:

1. The app is accepted. Given a list of sins comprising: pride, greed, lust, envy, glutony/drunkenness, wrath and sloth/indifference, I'm going to need you to comment back to me with:

— two sins from that list, which will form the basis of his ancestral curse.

— the sin you think Astarion is guiltiest of.

Please ensure no repeats between the two sin lists. Thanks!

2. The... tadpole. So, you make it clear his tadpole is alive, but also that Astarion himself is a vampire spawn. You're more familiar with the canon, so, bottom line: does he count as alive, or dead? You get the one pick.

3. Please remind me if we get in a situation where there's a lot of unavoidable running water, we'll plot device him a fix.

[good_taste]

Huzzah!

1. hooboy SIN TIME

- For his ancestral curse, gluttony and greed.

- It was really, really hard to figure out which sin Astarion has the most of. But... given how his personality has become very focused in on himself, Pride is probably Sin #1 for him.

2. By the rules of D&D, Astarion is undead! Please note, nobody knows what the hell the tadpole's whole deal is. There's no precedent I can find for a tadpole successfully implanting into a vampire, but it's managed to do that anyway. TL;DR It's probably living, he definitely isn't.

3. Can do!

ACCEPTED

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Thank you for your application!

ADMIN

When you have a second, have a last read through the game rules and comment to the TAKEN LIST.

Join eastbound, lostcompass, westwhere. Feel free to make an OOC intro post on lostcompass, if you want!

All game-relevant updates will be posted on lostcompass, but you can also consider following eastbound. There is an informal optional game discord server — you’ll get a private message with an invite, once you comment to the Taken List.

Like it says on the application page tin — you can have a maximum of three characters in the game, and you can invite one new person in per month.

If you’re not already served on that front, we have some custom codes to help you set up a character inbox or permissions post. Both are entirely optional, and feel free to customise at will!

Your character is exempted from activity requirements this month.

Our latest plot point is here — feel free to jump right in.

NOTES

INTRO: Alas, as he participated in our test drive event, there’s no option for a plot-heavy intro for Astarion just yet. However, he’ll be officially welcomed as a new member of Ke-Waihu, and asked to drink an elixir that will entitle him to take on and atone for the sins of a village ancestor. In this way, reverent villagers insist, the wrongdoings of the community will be slowly cleansed, and justice and righteousness will be restored. You can find Astarion’s ancestral curse here. You can see how ancestral curses manifest here and decide which of his two sins you’d like to work with.

Astarion now also has his ’family unit’ and housing assignment, alongside several other party travellers. Bear in mind that the villagers of Ke-Waihu believe the party characters are truly family or clan members, so try to keep up the pretences and get along with your new huddle buddies, Astarion!