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beautifuldreamermods) wrote2023-03-24 06:15 pm
beautifuldreamermods) wrote2023-03-24 06:15 pm
Excursions & Torment Hunts
EXPLORING DREAMS
- The Dream Sphere is a place full of mysteries and for Dreamers, it's theirs to explore as they see fit. Exploring the Dream Sphere, experimenting with their powers and battling it out with Torments and Nightmares is how Dreamers grow their magic after all - and come on. Admit it. It's pretty fun. Players are, of course, free to goof around in logs at their own pace but for formalized investigation and exploration of the Dream Sphere, this is the place to do it!
Dreamers can investigate the Dream Sphere in two main ways; Excursions and Torment Hunts. All Dreamers are encouraged to take part in Excursions and Torment Hunts and OOCly, the process can be rewarded with points that can go towards... well, rewards!
EXCURSIONS
- Excursions are when a Dreamer explores the Dream Sphere with the specific goal of finding and investigating new locations. They may find new and interesting locales or stumble across trouble in the making and take care of it.
Currently, these new locations will disperse and become inaccessible once the Dreamer leaves it behind, but characters will unlock the option to Stablize a location in an event in the near future, so they can permanently add one to the Outlying Locations page if they so wish.
It's important to note that, like Outlying Locations, Excursions also come with an element of Risk. You're heading out into the unknown, after all! You can indicate in your comment what Risk level you would be comfortable with, which will correlate with how far into the Dream Sphere your character is choosing to go. Some of this Risk can be mitigated by going on an Excursion with multiple characters (up to three at a time) but you still might run into some trouble and should be aware that your character could end up hurt or potentially failing out of the Excursion at higher Risk. Take care out there!
To head out on an Excursion, fill out the form below and submit it in the comments. The mods will reply with the results of your Excursion and what cool things your character may have encountered. You're free to leave things there... but! If you use the results of the Excursion as the basis for a log or thread and submit it as a reply to the Excursion result, you'll receive points! As with AC bonus threads, these completed Excursion results must be AC length and you can submit two per month. On top of this, each character can head out on an Excursion twice per month - though this is an OOC limit and you're free to play out and handwave other IC explorations even if they aren't officially an Excursion.
TORMENT HUNTS
- Torment Hunts are the main method of keeping the Torment and Nightmare populations of the Dream Sphere under control. In contrast to Excursions, Torment Hunts consist of Dreamers going into known locations and hunting down any Torments that have spawned there. Without Dreamers to keep them in check, Torments would eventually form into Nightmares and so, Torment Hunts are the most proactive way of keeping peace in the Dream Sphere while getting to grips with your magic.
Like Excursions, you can complete Torment Hunts by filling out the form below and submitting it in the comments. The mods will reply with a result, taking into account things such as the Outlying Location's overall Risk factor and how many characters took place in the Torment Hunt. You're free to head out on Torment Hunt solo, or with others. Having friends along makes the whole thing safer, of course, but you don't need anyone else to join you - however, higher Risk locations will be much more difficult without the proper backup and should a Dreamer be unlucky enough to be overwhelmed while on their own, they will fail out of the Torment Hunt.
Once again, if you use the results of the Torment Hunt as the basis for a log or thread and submit it as a reply to the Torment Hunt result, you'll receive points! The above limitations on submissions also apply to Torment Hunts though you are, again, free to thread out unofficial Torment Hunts between characters just for fun.
Torment Hunt
Archetype(s): Novice and Sentry
Outlying Location: Vale of Sorrow
Strategy: This hunt is largely to test the pair's compatibility as mentor and student. More specifically, Ai-Doll is trying to train Ghost out of her bad habit of rushing in recklessly as if she's invincible after a few instances of biting off more than she can chew left her repeatedly locked out of the Dream Sphere. With that purpose in mind, Ai-Doll and Ghost will tackle the hunt slowly and methodically, warming up by letting Ai-Doll observe Ghost fighting weaker, isolated Torments on the fringes of the Vale of Sorrow on her own. They'll move on to groups of the weaker Torments after that to get in practice working together and to give Ghost more detailed feedback, then try to separate one of the bounty target lizard Torments from the group using Ghost's Vacuum Soul before fighting it together with Ghost following Ai-Doll's lead.
HUNT RESULTS
With Ai-Doll at the ready to scruff Ghost as and when necessary, things don't go... too disastrously! With her long career of looking out for trainees under her belt, Ai-Doll's in a good position to ease Ghost into things without taking it too slow and by the time they move onto picking off the bounty Torments, they've got a pretty good rhythm - especially once they realize they've got a creative way of combining their powers that makes cleanup even easier!
To claim your rewards for this Hunt, reply to this comment with a thread of four comments from each character involved using this Hunt result as the basis – and since this is part of this month's bounty, every participating character will get a bonus point for their troubles!
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