QUICK! A MINI-PLOT POST!!

[theearth]

With the trap sprung on those who went to meet the Sage in person, here is simply a post that you may use to work out further shenanigans with your fellow trapped-character-players. Fight! Get hurt! Receive Echoes! Figure out how to get out!

Note that characters do not have to be there in person to receive a plot-related Echo if they hear the Sage speak-- so long as someone inside the mines is broadcasting to the network somehow. People inside the mines may receive one Echo from meeting the Sage (plot-related), and one Echo from either interacting with some of the nasties that show up or some sort of canon recurrence. Likewise, people simply watching may receive an plot-Echo from hearing the Sage speak, and then maybe a recurrence Echo if something they see during the characters trying to get out happens to trigger them.

People inside mine: 2 plot-related Echoes OR 1 plot-related and 1 canon recurrence Echo possible.
People watching at home: 1 plot-related Echo and 1 canon recurrence Echo possible.

As always, questions for the mods can be directed at the specified thread below.

Comments

QUESTIONS

[theearth]

[professorwolf]

How do the vermedi hunt and/or catch people? Do they hunt by sight, smell, sound, some combination of the three, or something else entirely? Would someone invisible escape their notice, or would they be sense by some other means?

[theearth]

Their visual senses seem to be not-so-good at any distance further than a few yards (even in well-lighted areas), but up close, with their extremely sensitive tactile senses, they are... very dangerous, to say the least. There's also their inherent ability to sense the distortions in reality that are in turn inherent to the reincarnated characters; however, with so many present, this is no doubt pretty muddled.

Re: QUESTIONS

[hollowleg]

Will tre be additional cave ins or are the bats the only source of damage?

[theearth]

I'm not saying there will be, but there can be.

[hollowleg]

OK! /brainstorms hideous ways to hurt Shiro

Re: QUESTIONS

[testsonseashells]

How tough is a Vermidi? Can it take significantly more damage than a human?

/late

[theearth]

Not really. What is described in the log and the bestiary is about all there is to them.

[argents]

do all the tunnels leading out of the caves have about the same amount of vermedi guarding them or are there some with more than others? (basically would there be one passage that might be safer than others, barring structural damage and cave ins and such?)

[theearth]

I know this is coming really, really late, but it's up to you. :x We wanted to make it so that maximum possible drama is available, so you're free to say whatever for the purposes of what you wanna do.

Re: QUESTIONS

[odd_jobs]

What do we have on layout? Any defensible areas for the wounded and tired or is a straight shot at one of the entrances the best shot?

[theearth]

Like I said above, we left it vague on purpose, so it's really variable to how you and the other players want to do things...! If you want to "find" an area that's like... low enough to warrant protection from the bats as others try to fight off them and the Vermedi, feel free. If you also wanted said area to suddenly turn dangerous by being revealed as unstable, go for it.

Clues to Earth Gem

[depolarized]

Hiya! I kind of... want to get Riku trapped in the mine for a couple of days if that's ok, and was wondering if it would be possible for him to find any clues about the earth gem that the sage mentioned or find a network of tunnels deeper in leading to it, etc./ anything strange? Ifff so, what kinds of things might he find? c:

Obviously he can't find it yet (and might be organizing a search party for it later on), but yes, would that be possible? He'd probably post about the findings once he's recovered a bit, while inside.

[theearth]

Sorry for the delayed answer!

And also sorry to say that during his time wandering around in the mines, he won't have found anything on his own but more tunnels.

Lots of them, if that helps!

Re: QUESTIONS

[espigeonage]

Julien dragged the Sage's body outside and forgot about it. A week later he and Mordin decided to go find it to autopsy.

Is it still there? Can cause of death be determined? Also Julien got a couple images of the guy's face when he was fresh. Was he a local homeless dude? How long before the event did he go missing?