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[Haika]

What about extending the cycle length? Looking at the grand scale of work here and the high level caps, 10 worlds seem, well, a bit short.

If I may be so bold, you can always return at the third cycle, without losing any equipment/inventory. I think there are several persons, including me, who'd wish the time was a bit shorter so they could try this themselves.

Exactly, the cycle length is there to allow for new players to come in and enjoy the game after a cycle. You may return with a saved character after the next cycle, and theoretically every other cycle after that.

Waiting on Rashilul and Grek. I'm interested in seeing if we loose any players due to critical non-craft fails on a 3rd day. Then a waiting list player could sign up for this cycle.

[qwertyuiopas]

Theoretically, with very few players, couldn't some people have to cycles consecutively?

Other than that, the whole cycle idea seems to be one of those things that would really let this game last as long as you can run it, similar to how Dr. Who hasn't quite ended *ever*, they just used an ingeniuos plot device to switch actors in a massive, popular, season-end movie.

[Haika]

Theoretically, with very few players, couldn't some people have to cycles consecutively?

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Yep if we don't have enough players, I will allow people to have more than one creator to keep playing. I won't however let people play the same character right after a cycle they played in. Even with only three or four players I can run a cycle, it might even be faster.

Other than that, the whole cycle idea seems to be one of those things that would really let this game last as long as you can run it, similar to how Dr. Who hasn't quite ended *ever*, they just used an ingeniuos plot device to switch actors in a massive, popular, season-end movie.

and yep that's the idea, to be able to keep the game going, let people join in without seeing any end in sight to player spots, and to keep new blood in the system.

also, I am a big Who fan, currently working my way through the early serials. Still wating to decide if 'gerenimo' boy or however you spell it, is going to work out.

[Rashilul]

I will craft the plasma I found into a stable mini-sun growing lamp.

@Rashilul: Can you craft a glass box for me? I will trade you a plant of your choice or my 100 quality purpleness if you can.

Sure, I don't need anything, though.

Make a glass box out of 1 small pile of green rocks and give it to Grek

[Grek]

I use 1 small pile of rocks and the rest of the needles to create a pile of ☼mulch☼.

[Cheddarius]

Nice, I'm watching this.

[Phantom]

You CAN join.

[Haika]

World Difficulty:

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 69. Outside the viewport you find yourself on a rocky outcropping in the middle of a yellow ocean. Orange sky and the yellow banana-pudding like water stretch as far as the eye can see. Several small, startling neon-red crabs blink at the portal as they scurry along the rocks.

group storage:

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raw lime metal and green rock chunk
4 small piles of green rocks
Blue chitin longsword, complete with scorpion stinger hilt clutching white crystal orb pommel. !base influence: 55!
weak scorpion pincer scabbard !base influence: 21!
Twisted lime green metal necklace adorned with polished green stones and small yellow needles. !base influence: 147!
2 red compound eyes on stalks
1 gallon red ichor
4 iron bars
Lump of iron and green stone.
glowing gold-steel bar !base influence: 95!
2 units of orange-sun plasma

thunderclan:

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Creator: Fireheart the Peasant
Influence: 248
Gather{2} 87/100
Stonesculpting{0} 50/100
Enhanced Incubation{0} 58/100
Bioenhancement{0} 6/100
Personal Inventory:
- blotched purple, white egg, about the size of a grape.
- blotched purple, white egg, about the size of a grape.
- blotched purple, white egg, about the size of a grape.
- blotched purple, white egg, about the size of a grape.
- white stone Hephaestus Idol !base influence: 110!
- chromium block(approx 30 gallon solidified volume)[Notes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium]

Rashilul:

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Creator: Nevets the Crafter
Influence: 932
(Crafter: +20% to all crafting rolls. -30% to all other rolls.)
woodsculpting{0} 27/100
woodcrafting{0} 25/100
milinery{2} 36/100
jeweler{0} 51/100
stonesculpting{0} 28/100
glassmaking{6} 90/100
Equipment:
[glassmaking]: 1/50
Personal Inventory:
- extraordinary reddish-green, oak slatted, patterned face-mask. !base influence: 157!
- pristine, light-green 16oz. glass goblet, ringed with lime metal. !base influence: 159!
- glass encased feline skull with glowing eyes. !base influence: 73!
- Smooth glass magnifying lens(x10 magnification) !base influence: 71!

Kinesen:

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Creator: Matis the Gatherer
Influence: 76
(Gatherer: +20% to all gathering rolls. -10% to all other rolls.)
gather{3} 79/100
bonecrafting{1} 20/100
cloning{0} 49/100
chemist{0} 52/100
Personal Inventory:
- piece of blue chitin
- piece of blue chitin
- piece of blue chitin
- 1qt solid grey fluid
- 5 packs of AA batteries, 8 batteries per pack.
- gas-powered chainsaw(if dismantled: 1 sharpened metal chain, 2 long side blades. about 12 screws, 1 small engine, 1 smallish gas tank full with fuel, one pile of assorted scrap)
- unit of orange-sun plasma
- unit of orange-sun plasma
- unit of orange-sun plasma
- unit of orange-sun plasma

Grek:

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Creator: Yu the Peasant
Influence: 600
Gather{2} 76/100
Trade{0} 73/100
Enhanced Botany{0} 58/100
Furniturecrafting{0} 84/100
Biochemistry{1} 92/100
Equipment:
[gather] 1/50
Personal Inventory:
- 1/2 jar of condensed purple air
- bolt of red silk
- 3 old silver-plated coins
- pile of sawdust and splinters
- iron based, red plasma lamp !base influence: 156!
- 1ft cube glass box, with open top. !base influence: 115!
- 15 units of needle mulch !base influence: 129!

lordnincompoop:

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Creator: Aristothenes the Crafter
Influence: 563
(Crafter: +20% to all crafting rolls. -30% to all other rolls.)
woodcrafting{2} 28/100
woodsculpting{1} 2/100
metalcrafting{2} 14/100
stonesculpting{0} 57/100
silkcrafting{0} 87/100
Personal Inventory:
- oak cylinder with wooden handle. !base influence: 108!
- large and conductive, lime green metal sphere !base influence: 73!
- simple oak cylinder !base influence: 94!
- lime green metal rod with mostly blunt spikes !base influence: 25!
- sharp spiky lime-green metallic rod. !base influence: 61!
- 2 handfuls of sawdust and bark shavings.
- 1 massive white stone pipe !base influence: 94!
- bolt of red silk
- slightly misshapen oak log

Phantom:

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Creator: Elias the Peasant
Influence: 56
gather{2} 7/100
woodcrafting{0} 34/100
ore smelting{0} 85/100
weaponforging{0} 46/100
metalcrafting{0} 4/100
- barrel full of oil. Approximately 42 gallons.

Waiting list:

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(RAM) the Crafter
Hercul(Jetsquirrel) the Crafter
Osin(EagleV) the Peasant
Alfie(alfie275) the Gatherer

Craft. While I failed to gather more sources of energy the plasma will do. What I'm going to create is a fully functional fusion reactor the size of the chainsaw engine. I will create it out of the solid grey fluid

attempt:52-10=42
Taking your grey fluid and one unit of plasma you attempt to fuse the two together and form a sort of engine running on internal power. As much as you attempt such however, your inexperience keeps this from happening.
+42 chemist exp
[this attempt split the pack of 6 plasmas, therefore, your inventory is full, you held onto 4 of the plasmas, and the other two go into group inventory. If you gather or otherwise gain items with a full inventory new items will directly go into group storage.]

Smelt the remaining lime rock into chains, which I will use on the barrel of fuel to make it like a flamethrower tank,

note: 2 craft actions here, so you get the first one of the chains, you may do the other later if your successful.
attempt: 4
You choose another piece of lime metal and remove the rocks from it, and focus your power onto the item. The plan was to make small links out of metal into a chain, but something went horribly wrong. A massive blast of scrapnel heralds the explosion of the lime metal, and an alarm as your work area is surrounded by an energy shield to protect the rest of the ship. After a moment the shield fades as the explosion is noted to be gone, but this cost you: 39 influence.
-39 influence
+4 metalcrafting exp

I'll have another go at Gathering material from the depths of the star.

attempt: 47+2=49
So close and yet so far. You plan out your focus gathering, hoping to find a spot that is easier to drill into. You plan so well, that you run out of time for the day, and decide to return to the ship before it leaves without you.
+49 gather exp

Create an ornate wooden block, large enough to support my previous experiments, and possibly decorate it to make it pretty or elegant. Use a divine and electric/lighting theme.

attempt: 19+20=39
You claim the mishapen oak log out of storage and try to form it into a cohesive block stand to hold your great craft. However, the log remains just a log, and you can't seem to figure out how to make a block of the size you need out of it.
+39 woodsculpting exp(~levelup!~)

Make a glass box out of 1 small pile of green rocks and give it to Grek

attempt: 29+20+6+1=56
quality: 86
base influence: 29+86=115
Taking another pile of the green rock you pulverize it into the green sand you've been using for glasswork all this while. With a box shape in mind, you flatten the glass into four sides and a bottom, leaving an open top. The box is about a foot cube.
+56 glassmaking exp
+115 crafting influence
[ approaching 1k influence again, perhaps another upgrade to your glassmaking gear is in order? or maybe another piece of equipment to boost a different skill.]

I use 1 small pile of rocks and the rest of the needles to create a pile of ?mulch?.

attempt: 96
quality: 94
base influence: 35+94=129
Taking a pile of the green rocks from storage, and the remaning 14 needles, you mix them together and grind them just enough to pulverize some of the rock into smaller pieces, and crush a few of the needles, combining the mixture just right to provide a boost of nutrients for a plant. You do such a good job, that the amount of the mixture ends up being more than just the rocks and needles could create, boosted by the surge in your power, you've absorbed minerals and elements from the very air to create 15 full units of mulch.
+ 192 biochemistry exp(~levelup!~)
+ 258 crafting influence
+ 15 units of needle mulch !base influence: 129!
+ 1ft cube glass box, with open top. !base influence: 115!



As the appointed time comes, a massive lurch causes everyone to stumble slightly to the right as the ship yanks itself from the world of the star. The swirl of light and slight rumble of the ship herald a new world outside to explore.

World Difficulty: 69. Outside the viewport you find yourself on a rocky outcropping in the middle of a yellow ocean. Orange sky and the yellow banana-pudding like water stretch as far as the eye can see. Several small, startling neon-red crabs blink at the portal as they scurry along the rocks.

New world, new stuff to see and gather. Good luck, hope you brought your swimtrunks. And yes, the waiting list has open spots for next cycle, shouldn't be as long as some other games, but people are welcome to just read along as well.

[Cheddarius]

You CAN join.

I'm sort of busy though... I anticipate business in the future.

[Phantom]

Attempt to use the barrel as a flotation device and swim around, looking for rubber, driftwood, anything floating around.

[thunderclan]

Go outside and see what there is to Gather

[Grek]

I am going to craft a mini-greenhouse from the mulch, lamp and glass box.

Also, am I able to get equipment bonuses?

[Haika]

I am going to craft a mini-greenhouse from the mulch, lamp and glass box.

Also, am I able to get equipment bonuses?

right now the only equipment you have is for gathering, as a bonus to a crit roll near the start. You may certainly purchase more equipment for the skill of your choice, just let me know, and remember, 250 influence per equipment level.

[KineseN]

Craft. Seeing that I just can't make my engine work I decide to work on my plasma tank. I take one iron bar from the group storage and one piece of my blue chitin and fuse them together to form one smallish plasma tank that is able to contain plasma, just the size to fit in the chainsaw. This I will keep, but the chainsaw will be given to Elias the Peasant.

[Haika]

hmm, just thought of another rule to add to this. No making of items that produce other items. Robots making robots type thing, or even something like a replicator or 'wood generator'. With the plasma you have the fuel for that sort of thing, but would make gathering obsolete with some good rolls, so going to disallow it. Let it be something that the ship dislikes and so bans.

Along those same lines, I have a challenge for those of you playing, or waiting, or just watching. If someone could look over the first post, my further posts, and ending with this one, compile and reconstruct the straight rules for easy viewing.  I will give 500 influence for their character, even if they haven't signed up or started play yet. PM me the lists, the influence will go to the one I copy onto the first post.