The fifth morgue of Essex has risen, located on the fractured lawn of Governor Amberdraught’s personal estate and geographic center of the City of Light and Sound. The Scientist has emerged from The Atrium and pledged himself to the Grave Council’s cause.
In the month since The Emergence the peoples of Essex have begun to experience strange dreams in stranger places. Ephemeral oceans full of themselves; tiny deaths they wake up from in a cold sweat. There are reports of otherworldly music on the wind without a mouth or a radio to sing them. Drunkards stumbling home hear the gauzy notes of a distant melody and wake up the next morning dry-mouthed and a mile into the Dune Sea with Essex only a shadow on the horizon. Wandering the city you might hear it in an alley-way only to find that alley vacant and the music a memory.
Map of Essex
Registration
Our event takes place loosely from Friday, May 8th - Sunday, May 10th with primary content happening on Saturday, May 9th from 8:00 AM - 12:30 AM.
Registration opens Monday, May 3rd at 10:00am and is available through Saturday, May 9th. After the event you can backbuy the XP, but cannot backbuy items earned. See below for the specific event schedule breakdown.
Grab Bags
This month we have an optional, special plot-related grab-bag available for $5. Grab Bags will close at noon, Friday, May 8th to give us time to process your selections. ;)
Discord Server
The Lonestar Skies Discord Server is here, and is where all our primary interactive content will be held other than the text adventure(s).
Announcements
This link is where you can see all Lonestar Skies related updates and content links, including info from last month’s first Lonestar Skies event. If you haven’t checked out the Scientist vids, we highly recommend doing so! And many thanks to Heather Halstead for creating them! <3
Bravado Bones
We are using a Powers by the Apocalypse conversion system for Dystopia Rising: Texas to convert your LARP skills into Virtual LARP skills. Many thanks to Sam Mars for creating this system and enabling us to use it! And if you are a game runner looking to use Bravado Bones, please contact him!
How do I use my Dystopia Rising Character Sheet for Virtual Mods?
How do I learn skills?
Please email us at info@dystopiarisingtx.com to request any XP expenditures on your sheet for this event. We are not doing Professional Focus Achievement trials at this time.
How do I craft/trade/sell things?
To simplify the logistical burden of virtual events, everyone has the ability to earn the same amount of Cali*Co Caravan points which are then converted to items, currency, and resources just for participating in our content. Please see the Cali*Co Caravan Points section of this post further down for more info.
If you require further assistance, please post in the Discord server or contact staff!
Virtual Mod Signup
Virtual Mod Signup will go live later in the day on Monday, May 4th.
To help ensure everyone gets an equal chance to participate in a small-group RP setting, we have a signup system for Virtual Mods. Each ticket-holding player may sign up for three mods initially. If there are open seats on other mods before they start, the STs will put out an all-call in the discord channel for last-minute alternates. If you fill a seat last-minute, it does not count as one of your three mods.
Event Time Table May 2020
Friday, May 8, 2020
9:00 PM Discord channels open for soft player-driven RP
Saturday, May 9, 2020
8:00 AM Lonestar Skies:The Crystodyne Principle Text Adventure Goes Live
9:30 AM Opening Announcements!
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Module Series 1
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Break for RP and Food!
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Module Series 2
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Break for RP and Food!
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Module Series 3
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Break for RP and Food!
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Module Series 4
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM Break for RP and Food!
10:00 PM - 12:00 AM Module Series 5 (Final)
Sunday, May 10, 2020
12:00 AM - 12:30 AM Short Break to wrap up last minute plot
12:30 AM Closing Announcements!
— end of staff-provided content —
10:00 PM Discord Server Closes
Cali*Co Caravan Points
Our virtual events are primarily aimed at roleplay and story, but we understand that for some, economic and crafting play is most enjoyable. While Lonestar Skies events do not provide traditional crafting opportunities or check-in skills, you are still able to earn resources and currency by engaging in the various parts of our event and then converting those experiences into Cali*Co Caravan Points.
After the event ends, a survey will go up that will ask you to indicate what you did for each of the main 10+ hours of content time. More engagement = more ability to earn Cali*Co Caravan Points. These are points you get for engaging content and your fellow players throughout the day that can be spent to generate things like items, prints, and story opportunities.
When we return to live games, Cali*Co Caravan Points may be spent at Check-in. If you are not a local DR:TX player, our logistics coordinator can work with you to have those items assigned to your character in the National Database before your next Live Event.
Cali*Co Caravan Points Assignment Rubric
6 CCP
2 CCP
+2 CCP
Per Two (2) Hour Mod in a #mod-room during a Module Series
or
Per One (1) Hour of soft/crafting RP in one of the IC Hangout Areas during Module Series
Per Two (2) Hours spent continuously in soft/crafting RP in one of the IC Hangout Areas during a Module Series. This Player Behavior stacks with the above.
The math breaks down that the maximum number of CCP an individual can earn per event is capped at 30. We’re making the choice to standardize this because we think it is the most elegant and honest way to evoke the generation of resources in a setting/environment where we don’t have the same privilege and resources as when we are running live events. Storytellers are not individually empowered to give you extra CCP - but they are definitely empowered and expected to give you story rewards and consequences that affect the live playspace. <3
Breaks
This month we also included 4 scheduled 1 hour breaks throughout the day. Not only does this allow our players (and storytellers!) to eat, use the bathroom, and rest their voices, but it also provides an opportunity for players to swap plot info and engage with each other if they’ve been out on mods. While these breaks don’t provide Caravan Points, we do encourage you to use that time to rest, share info, and socialize as desired!
*This does not guarantee your LC Society Membership as a rule. This guarantees you an honest conversation with a Face NPC and the start of a larger story about your LC’s investment in that faction.
Questions?
Please message us on Discord, on Facebook, or email us at info@dystopiarisingtx.com for assistance! We will do our best to answer before/during the event but responses may be delayed at peak hours.