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[piecewise]

I like the game, and would be interested in it continuing, but I imagine if you end it and start on something else we'll all enjoy that more.  I was considering having Nyw search for some kind of underground crusade to drag the crew into (along with his squad of NPC convicts and adventurers), but haven't had the motivation to pursue it--even beyond other players probably not being very interested in that.  I think I should play a more curious and adventurous character in the next game.

How close is Call of Earth to being a thing?

Its 133 pages in or something close to it. I'm working at 1000 words per day, or trying to. Not sure about an end date; as its hard to estimate creativity. But its still being actively worked on.

[Pancaek]

I still like DIG and would like to continue. I'm just drowning in work and overtime these past two weeks due to Brexit bullshit, so I haven't been on the forums much.

The whole crystal race revival thing might be off putting to other players though, since they have little reason to care. So maybe it'd be better to work something out for the crystal race stuff to happen independently behind the scenes, so that Clate can rejoin the team permanently to have wacky adventures again? Rather than going off and doing things on his own. Maybe that'll be more interesting for everyone involved.

[Radio Controlled]

((I'd also like to present something of a dissenting voice to what syv said, in that I'd rather have DIG continue than for it to be dropped for something else. 

Adam has been setting things up for his personal quest but there is no rush in this whatsoever, and like for Clate it's probably less interesting for other people to tag along for (though note I did enjoy the crystal mission), so we were also thinking about looking for a more action-oriented mission for people to sink their teeth into.))

PW, this is the list of open quest hooks we have encountered so far (note, list is outdated, Pan could you perhaps update it to account for the completed crystal questline once you have more time?): https://dig.fandom.com/wiki/Current_expedition/event#Available_Expeditions

Are any of these action oriented? Or at least of the type where everybody present could do things on their own without endangering the main quest (so unlike eg. a diplo mission)?

If not, have Adam look around the city and ask the church for an actiony or explory questhook.

Finally, remember that door leading into giant world, where things were really big? Could we go explore there or is that questline closed? 

Spoiler: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza (click to show/hide)

Name: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza
Description: A young man of slightly pale complexion and eternal 9 o’clock shadow, he was raised in a small village. While the village priest and passing mystics droned with endless sermons of the Church and their teachings, what had always captivated young Adam’s attention more were the stories of his Granny.
Old stories of the world as it once was, before people were forced to flee to the caves and crannies of this damp hell. Of warm days where pleasant green plants tickled your feet as you walked through them and a cool breeze blew through your hair. Where food was plentiful, nature was benign and endless vistas reached as far as they eye could see.
Adam was nominally a card-carrying member of the church, though he mostly did it for the connections and perks that brought. They were powerful and had ancient lore, all things he would need to fulfill his true heart’s desire: to return to the surface, vanquish the madness that tainted their homeland and reconquer paradise.
After his encounter with a Word of God, the edges of his vision are flickering with black flame and his skin is extremely pale with what appear to be black veins instead of the normal blue ones. It also forced him to reevaluate his views on the cthonic church and god.
Goal: Plunge the secrets of the depths below to find an answer to the horrors above.
Stats
Str: 12
Dex: 12
Spe: 13
End: 13
Awa: 12
Cun: 12
Kno: 11
Ner: 14
Skills
Diving: +3
Stealth: +2
Occult: +1
Flammenvision!
Inventory

anti-heat suit
Soldier's chestplate
Clothing: simple priest robes, currently worn long to hide the black veins
Rubber Suit
Sobriety helmet: provides a +3 bonus against mind fuckery, though it will degrade over time as it gets "hit" with more effects.

1 ethral rifle [7 rounds]  (pierce 3)
5x black flame
2x smoke bomb
1 flashbang

3 Silent Night
4 worm blood

1 minor artifact
1 beaker artifact (found in crystal ruins) => in locker
1 broken crystal construct
labradorite rod
2 x crystal telescope (can look through solid matter)
boxed crystal toothpick
crystal radio

Transport mission papers
1 black book copy
1 black book
1 book "Artifacts of Faith"
1 empyrean city map
1 field lighter
1 radio
portal knives design
130 fathoms
6 unspent skillpoints
copy of cult papers sold to the church
cult holy book sold to the church
scribbled notes with faces of cult conspirators sold to the church
slabs with the history of the crystal people
mysterious cult chest sold to the church
set of numbered metal plates
anatomical drawings of ancient corpses found in the molten heart

- 1 x portal knife, not yet enchanted (cost 17)
- 1 x sacrifices for +3 (cost 50)

1 x large collapsible doorway (large enough to allow crawler to move through), enchanted, Set up on the bore in the main cargo hold/entry point. (cost 30)
2 x portal knife, enchanted, 1 given to Clate
1 x Custom collapsible doorway, enchanted (Warning: portal's end point isn't very well anchored to the physical object, 4,5m max drift. 2 reinforcements on each to fix.) Currently deployed on the bore, there is padding on the floor to prevent damage from drift. Set up on the bore in an open room.

[piecewise]

((I'd also like to present something of a dissenting voice to what syv said, in that I'd rather have DIG continue than for it to be dropped for something else. 

Adam has been setting things up for his personal quest but there is no rush in this whatsoever, and like for Clate it's probably less interesting for other people to tag along for (though note I did enjoy the crystal mission), so we were also thinking about looking for a more action-oriented mission for people to sink their teeth into.))

PW, this is the list of open quest hooks we have encountered so far (note, list is outdated, Pan could you perhaps update it to account for the completed crystal questline once you have more time?): https://dig.fandom.com/wiki/Current_expedition/event#Available_Expeditions

Are any of these action oriented? Or at least of the type where everybody present could do things on their own without endangering the main quest (so unlike eg. a diplo mission)?

If not, have Adam look around the city and ask the church for an actiony or explory questhook.

Finally, remember that door leading into giant world, where things were really big? Could we go explore there or is that questline closed? 

Spoiler: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza (click to show/hide)

Name: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza
Description: A young man of slightly pale complexion and eternal 9 o’clock shadow, he was raised in a small village. While the village priest and passing mystics droned with endless sermons of the Church and their teachings, what had always captivated young Adam’s attention more were the stories of his Granny.
Old stories of the world as it once was, before people were forced to flee to the caves and crannies of this damp hell. Of warm days where pleasant green plants tickled your feet as you walked through them and a cool breeze blew through your hair. Where food was plentiful, nature was benign and endless vistas reached as far as they eye could see.
Adam was nominally a card-carrying member of the church, though he mostly did it for the connections and perks that brought. They were powerful and had ancient lore, all things he would need to fulfill his true heart’s desire: to return to the surface, vanquish the madness that tainted their homeland and reconquer paradise.
After his encounter with a Word of God, the edges of his vision are flickering with black flame and his skin is extremely pale with what appear to be black veins instead of the normal blue ones. It also forced him to reevaluate his views on the cthonic church and god.
Goal: Plunge the secrets of the depths below to find an answer to the horrors above.
Stats
Str: 12
Dex: 12
Spe: 13
End: 13
Awa: 12
Cun: 12
Kno: 11
Ner: 14
Skills
Diving: +3
Stealth: +2
Occult: +1
Flammenvision!
Inventory

anti-heat suit
Soldier's chestplate
Clothing: simple priest robes, currently worn long to hide the black veins
Rubber Suit
Sobriety helmet: provides a +3 bonus against mind fuckery, though it will degrade over time as it gets "hit" with more effects.

1 ethral rifle [7 rounds]  (pierce 3)
5x black flame
2x smoke bomb
1 flashbang

3 Silent Night
4 worm blood

1 minor artifact
1 beaker artifact (found in crystal ruins) => in locker
1 broken crystal construct
labradorite rod
2 x crystal telescope (can look through solid matter)
boxed crystal toothpick
crystal radio

Transport mission papers
1 black book copy
1 black book
1 book "Artifacts of Faith"
1 empyrean city map
1 field lighter
1 radio
portal knives design
130 fathoms
6 unspent skillpoints
copy of cult papers sold to the church
cult holy book sold to the church
scribbled notes with faces of cult conspirators sold to the church
slabs with the history of the crystal people
mysterious cult chest sold to the church
set of numbered metal plates
anatomical drawings of ancient corpses found in the molten heart

- 1 x portal knife, not yet enchanted (cost 17)
- 1 x sacrifices for +3 (cost 50)

1 x large collapsible doorway (large enough to allow crawler to move through), enchanted, Set up on the bore in the main cargo hold/entry point. (cost 30)
2 x portal knife, enchanted, 1 given to Clate
1 x Custom collapsible doorway, enchanted (Warning: portal's end point isn't very well anchored to the physical object, 4,5m max drift. 2 reinforcements on each to fix.) Currently deployed on the bore, there is padding on the floor to prevent damage from drift. Set up on the bore in an open room.

Traveler's guild would be most action oriented. Ant exploration could be stealthy or not, depending on you.

That giant door is still there. Still giant. Its a permanent "ruin" on the map.

[Radio Controlled]

Traveler's guild would be most action oriented. Ant exploration could be stealthy or not, depending on you.

Hmm, that sounds like "you could do it loud but doing it silent and careful is the better way to do it".

Any other leads for something actiony? Anyone looking for mercenaries perhaps, or any (church) business where undesirables need to be purged troubleshooters are required?

Secondly, for the various exploration questshooks we have open, which ones seem like the kind where people should have a lot of independence for looking around and getting things done, and which ones look more like they would require either coordinated team effort or depend on 1 person enabling them to get things done (like how Clate was indispensable for the crystal ruins, or how some explorations might really require the bore and thus relies on a pilot)?

Finally, for the traveler's guild mission, some inquiries (thanks wiki):
What will we be paid?
Does this also count as our initiations to the Traveller's Guild? Beceause joining the guild requires retrieving an artifact with their knowledge.[2]
If this is an initiation, we should ask what benefits and obligations are attached to membership.

We can raise it to 5 for each thing then.

So that's 20*5 + 5*5 = 125 gold then? Seems more reasonable already.

Spoiler: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza (click to show/hide)

Name: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza
Description: A young man of slightly pale complexion and eternal 9 o’clock shadow, he was raised in a small village. While the village priest and passing mystics droned with endless sermons of the Church and their teachings, what had always captivated young Adam’s attention more were the stories of his Granny.
Old stories of the world as it once was, before people were forced to flee to the caves and crannies of this damp hell. Of warm days where pleasant green plants tickled your feet as you walked through them and a cool breeze blew through your hair. Where food was plentiful, nature was benign and endless vistas reached as far as they eye could see.
Adam was nominally a card-carrying member of the church, though he mostly did it for the connections and perks that brought. They were powerful and had ancient lore, all things he would need to fulfill his true heart’s desire: to return to the surface, vanquish the madness that tainted their homeland and reconquer paradise.
After his encounter with a Word of God, the edges of his vision are flickering with black flame and his skin is extremely pale with what appear to be black veins instead of the normal blue ones. It also forced him to reevaluate his views on the cthonic church and god.
Goal: Plunge the secrets of the depths below to find an answer to the horrors above.
Stats
Str: 12
Dex: 12
Spe: 13
End: 13
Awa: 12
Cun: 12
Kno: 11
Ner: 14
Skills
Diving: +3
Stealth: +2
Occult: +1
Flammenvision!
Inventory

anti-heat suit
Soldier's chestplate
Clothing: simple priest robes, currently worn long to hide the black veins
Rubber Suit
Sobriety helmet: provides a +3 bonus against mind fuckery, though it will degrade over time as it gets "hit" with more effects.

1 ethral rifle [7 rounds]  (pierce 3)
5x black flame
2x smoke bomb
1 flashbang

3 Silent Night
4 worm blood

1 minor artifact
1 beaker artifact (found in crystal ruins) => in locker
1 broken crystal construct
labradorite rod
2 x crystal telescope (can look through solid matter)
boxed crystal toothpick
crystal radio

Transport mission papers
1 black book copy
1 black book
1 book "Artifacts of Faith"
1 empyrean city map
1 field lighter
1 radio
portal knives design
130 fathoms
6 unspent skillpoints
copy of cult papers sold to the church
cult holy book sold to the church
scribbled notes with faces of cult conspirators sold to the church
slabs with the history of the crystal people
mysterious cult chest sold to the church
set of numbered metal plates
anatomical drawings of ancient corpses found in the molten heart

- 1 x portal knife, not yet enchanted (cost 17)
- 1 x sacrifices for +3 (cost 50)

1 x large collapsible doorway (large enough to allow crawler to move through), enchanted, Set up on the bore in the main cargo hold/entry point. (cost 30)
2 x portal knife, enchanted, 1 given to Clate
1 x Custom collapsible doorway, enchanted (Warning: portal's end point isn't very well anchored to the physical object, 4,5m max drift. 2 reinforcements on each to fix.) Currently deployed on the bore, there is padding on the floor to prevent damage from drift. Set up on the bore in an open room.

[Pancaek]

Give my fathoms to Adam as payment for a portal knife

Spoiler: Clate (click to show/hide)

Name: Clate
Race: Shluck
Description: To bring back the crystal race
 
Stats
Str:  12
Dex:  10
Spe:  11
End:  13
Awa:  12
Cun:  11
Kno:  14
Ner:  15

Skills
Natural +3 Caving
Natural +3 Geology
Natural Mute
Natural No clothing
Natural Stonesenses
Natural Stoneshaping

Unarmed: +2
Weapon skill: Stone Blade +2
Stealth: +1
Archeology: +2
Weaponsmith: +2
Navigation: +1
Armorsmith: +1
Chemical: +1
Crystal Biology: +1
(((2 free skillpoint from levelup)))

Inventory
pair of crystal swords. (cut 6, pierce 3) They look basically like normal crystals, but flattened so that two of its sharp edges are aligned.  There are no handles, as you can just fuse them to your body.
10 Crystal spears (pierce 3)
6 crystal lazer guns (pierce 3)


Bladed Shovel - handle coated with Pseudomagnetic mortar
Knife (cut2, pierce2)
TNT x5 (3 fitted to spiderbots)
Dynamo lantern
Field lighter
Path markers x10
"Muggy"(skull mug scrimshawed with "can we fix it?" on the side, "No, it's fucked." on the bottom. Has trigger on the inside of the spine-handle that, when squeezed, caused the mandible to open and close)
100ft silk rope
6 Octahedrons - supposedly replicate materials
1 container of Pseudomagnetic mortar
labradorite/Obedience rod x2 (1 on loan to Kara, 1 in Clate's possesion)
Silver ethral pendant: small silver pendant in the shape of a compound eye wreathed in white fire
Ethral archive promissory note



243 Fathoms


Crystal Babies
1. Ramiel V2.0, half the size of the original
2. Pryamid with stumpy limbs
3. Crystal snake. hiss. 18 inches long.
4. snake golem. Its larger than the original by several times and rougher, sort of like a squirming line of uncut gemstones, each the size of a human fist.
5. Crystal Praying Mantis (Can fire lazer, Cut 4 Claws)
6. 2 small golems with black flames mounted on their heads. Suicide bots.
7. 3 suicide spiderbots. Smol, fast, each holds 1 TNT charge.
8. Knifebirb: Two long legs, attached to a single, long, razor sharp blade of crystal. It moves in a jittery, rapid way that makes anyone with flesh that can be cut stay far away from it. Cassowary Sized.
9. Protecto: a big rolling wall of hexagons that can reshift themselves around to form shields of different sizes, shapes, and thicknesses.
10. Death Blossom:  floating flower, it has a bunch of little points  and when attacking it rotates rapidly in place, firing small energy bolts from those points, like a minigun.


Warehouse/bore storage:
Bomb Collar
Slate box
Spool of thermoreactive wire.
Acoustic guitar (Metal + guardbone, totally mundane.)
Rifle (pierce2, 6/10 magazine)
Small Knife from crystal barrel
Small bowl from crystal barrel
roll of very thin and flexible stone
small cube of the extremely dense material
sharp pyramid shaped wedge thing
3 structural junk
30 chemical junk
1 gold ingot

[Parisbre56]

((Sorry for not posting. Been busy and was waiting for RC and gang to finish.))

I'm fine with the Traveller's Guild quest. Or maybe some job for the Seekers, Kara thinks they're cool, maybe killing some gangsters like the Iron Teeth. Or a job by Righteous Fury, that guy seems fun.

My character's goals are finding out more about the Korax, gain money by selling Crystal equipment and exploiting the warrior's flame, but these are exploration missions I can take care of later.