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[Samthere]

Do we want more of an invasion-style thing or something a little more subtle? My first thought was Cthulhu style, but maybe with less human history and cult stuff. Maybe a few people actually get the broken tech to work fully, or partially, and end up communicating with the extradimensional sanity-destroyers

[Gotdamnmiracle]

I prefer subtlety over blatant junk. Yeah. That would be great. I assumed it was aliens, not extradimensional travelers, but that is a better explanation. And yeah I would like it to be used only by a few at a time no massive scale. Flip flop.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Yeah. The extradims could send some probes, humans get a hold of them, listen to lovecraft speak, go mad, start building machines (and weapons) to bring their masters into our world.

[Samthere]

So here's the vague time/plotline (not official, but to be worked on by all players):

BACKSTORY:
> Fairly developed West
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> Star falls in mostly remote region, near mountain ridge
> A few locals investigate, but mostly avoid it superstitiously (some minor weird events just after starfall)
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> Travellers pass through, investigate star, find bits of stuff (no weirdness, all "broken" but have some useful functions); news spreads
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> More starfall in the mountains; a few enterprising groups settle there trying to stake claim
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> Government offers rewards for findings as starfall becomes more common; town springs up at mountain base, individual groups maintain the region is theirs and move partially into mountain
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> Players start - heading to the town

Player plot: TBD

Main early risks in zone:
> interfering with group territories
> structural/survival risks in mountains
> individuals who've had "ideas", partially completed machinery and start to communicate
> further/deeper into mountain is more dangerous - more complete machinery, more weirdness, more starfall, more chances of cave-ins

Factions (not strict separate groups, but factors):
> religion-for (stars are divine, should be used); more likely to become cultist groups
> religion-against (this tech is from the devil and will corrupt)
> science (use tech for advancement)
> pure opportunity (groups who moved/thieves/mercs guarding prospectors)
> federal (land is government's, protect civilians and retrieve tech)

[Gotdamnmiracle]

No screw the government idea. We don't need coin, we're the protagonist. And I liked your idea about extradimensional beings and their madman thralls.

[Samthere]

I was thinking more that the government's announcement made the knowledge much more public and that drew people to it, rather than the characters were working straight for the government. Maybe the town has a strong non-government presence and as such the federal factor is weaker in the main location? Or something else could have made it well-known.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

I was thinking more that the government's announcement made the knowledge much more public and that drew people to it, rather than the characters were working straight for the government. Maybe the town has a strong non-government presence and as such the federal factor is weaker in the main location? Or something else could have made it well-known.

Yeah okay. I just don't want it to be, go out, get stuff, get coin, rinse, repeat.

[Samthere]

For sure; when other player have had input on the setting, we'll try to figure out a script outline for the plot, so there won't just be fetch quests. The good thing about the vague plot points is that the specifics come out in the session as the group decides, and if we can do this reasonably well (group GMing) then we can all have characters too.

Edit: accidental strikethrough!

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Okeydoke.

Heh. I thought you meant we need another player.

[Samthere]

It was meant to be player{s} but I forgot about the meaning of s in square brackets

[Johnfalcon99977]

God damn it, this sounds so awsome and in my line of interests, but my Mic broke awhile ago and I don't have skype >.<

Edit: You would also need to move up the session times to 8:00 PM GMT for me to even have a chance to play, seeing that the high school doesn't let me out till 3:00 PM EST.

[Tidal]

Ohwait. We need a MIC? Eh, mine broke.

And also, mine isn't over until 4:30 EST. Officially. And it's actually awhile until I reach any sort of computer that can run Skype on Fridays.

[Samthere]

Well, if using a mic isn't practical for at least 3 people then we'll type, no problem. If we can't find a time for at least 3 people then we'll make it a forum game. Since the previous session time doesn't work, let's cancel our current plans and reopen scheduling. I'll PM out my contact information so we can try to rearrange.

I'm editing the OP to move the focus onto MapTool instead of Skype.

[Johnfalcon99977]

Ok then, I'll join. Don't see any reason not too, really.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

When is this going on?? I totally forgot.