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Mod Announcement + Overall Feedback
GREETINGS EVERYONE!
Hello everyone! We hope you are all enjoying yourselves and the overzealous violence of September. We have several exciting updates for you! As always we are developing this game and trying to make it better and more cohesive. Thank you for all your patience as we process how to best handle things, and how to improve current situations within the game.As always, if anyone has any questions, please leave your question in the appropriate section listed in the comment section.
We look forward to hearing back from everyone!
F.E.A.R UPDATES
We have noticed and been alerted that F.E.A.R was rather lacking in certain important information, primarily regarding membership and how memberships work within the facility. We have updated the page to thoroughly explain how memberships are gained, how they work, how members can figure out who else is in the organization, and how sneaking in may work.
If you feel we are still missing vital information, please let us know and we can work on that as soon as possible!
We also have provided a comprehensive rules segment to ensure that certain elements of the organization are handled fairly.
To check out these changes, head on over to the page!
REWARDS UPDATES
We have updated some information on the Rewards page to be more clear about what we expect with reward requests. We freshened up our form to reflect some of these changes. There is now a suitability section to ensure a baseline standard for the kind of items that characters can bring into the game.
We have also included a section on the form specifically for invented items and a request for you to be as detailed as possible in that section. This is only really relevant to those who may want to request unusual things like spells, etc.
As for canon items, we have updated our requirements to maintain balance between potential canon conflicts re: requesting certain items that should technically only belong to certain characters. The update is as follows:
"Canon Add On: You may only request a canon item from your own character's canon. If the item does not belong to your character but is from the same canon, you will have to fill out the suitability section on the form to explain why your character would have the weapon, what connection they may have to it, or if they can even use it if it's powerful.
You may request a sort of "knock-off" item that comes from a different canon than your character's. If it's powerful in any way, it has to be greatly warped as your character technically should not be in possession of it. In other words, if you wanted to request Harry Potter's invisibility cloak, it may very well come to you, but it will have splotches where you can still see your body through it, and it might be called the "Not Completely Visible Bathrobe" instead."
If you have requested items from other canons in the past, we request that you warp the strength of those weapons accordingly. You may still keep them and use them, but they will not be nearly as powerful as they are in their original canons. Thank you!
A FEATURE OF THE GAME HAS BEEN UNLOCKED!
Several characters have died recently, and when a character dies, a ghost of themselves appears in a cyclical image of that character dying over and over. Players can spend 50 horror points to stop this cycle from happening.
And someone finally did which means that a new feature of the game has been unlocked!
When a character's ghost is exercised, a deer statue will be near the location of their death. We will select what the statue looks like and provide you with the image. Deer will often visit this statue, laying near it, even taking naps by it. They also seem to bring flowers to the statue, as if they are paying their respects to the fallen.
Anyone who may have access to spiritual awareness whether through abilities or items will be able to feel the presence of the deceased's soul in the statue. It will not feel like the complete soul, but instead part of it. If they are capable of seeing the spirit realm in any way, the statue will seem to have an unnatural glow around it.
We will provide further details on the deer statue on the Death Certificate page itself at a later date!
ABOUT OCTOBER - NOVEMBER EVENTS
October's event is going to properly open up a large part of the game's story. This event will seem larger than past events as there will be two sections posted at the same time.
However, Part 1 will be the section of the event that is traditional to our regular events with prompts aimed at the individual level. Part 2 will focus entirely on the game's central story line! Part 2 can only be accessed through sign-ups. Characters will be split into three different groups to access the three different parts of Part 2 and to interact directly with the game's story line. You do not need to sign up for Part 2- it's completely optional! We will post the sign-ups when the event is posted. Part 2 will be posted at a later date than Part 1 so that new players can have time to settle in and plan with everyone else.
October's Part 1 event needs to last the entire month and therefor will also be posted earlier than usual. It will be posted on October 3rd, but we have the start date for the event marked as October 7th so you can still have time to plan things.
The event will be accessible to all new October players. We will provide them with the appropriate links upon their acceptance into the game.
All unlocked locations will be inaccessible during October and November! All locations period, including personal homes, will be fully inaccessible during November due to the game event. This event is to encourage displacing characters and providing new/mixed CR opportunities. Maybe you can finally get the CR you have always wanted, but haven't had a good IC reason for approaching. Despite what it sounds like, November will be much calmer than September-October and will provide ample time for people to catch up and take it easier (for Deerington) for a month.
We wanted to let everyone know ahead of time so you don't accidentally plan for something to happen at the Hart Mart in November or try to unlock a location for October or November. Thank you for understanding!
RE: LOCATIONS
Even though we are locking all locations for the entirety of November, you can look forward to new locations coming to Deerington such as a department store and a record store. We have a few other ideas we are discussing as well that we think would add to the game. We are updating some old locations that we feel could provide more interactivity within the game such as the Broadcasting Station.
We will not be doing this often, but as Deerington is technically a dream, we feel it is reasonable and interesting for the setting to occasionally change.
We would love to hear back from all of you any locations you feel would fit the setting of Deerington! Please provide your suggestions in the appropriate section below. We will consider each idea fully! We do have a handful of new locations in mind already, but don't worry about suggesting we might already be drafting up. While we will consider all ideas, not all ideas will be canonized for the game at this time. Thank you for all suggestions ahead of time!
FEEDBACK
As this is a lot of information and a lot of updates, we would love to hear feedback from our players! If you think something is unclear or feel as though we missed important information, let us know! Tell us how you are enjoying the game, and let us know if you feel anything could be improved upon- even if it isn't one of the mentioned subjects above!
Thank you everyone for your time!
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maybe something to do with machine maintenance as a nod to spiderman, the become human cast, firefly...anything else I can think of?
I have many ideas I can go all day