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aftr_ooc2018-03-04 09:33 pm
hellawrath) wrote in aftr_ooc2018-03-04 09:33 pm
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Phone Network Kickstarter
As Lup will explain ICly, we have a shot at a magical phone network if we pool enough favors. Stones of Farspeech, for those not familiar with The Adventure Zone, are literally small magical stones that work more like walkie talkies than like phones, as in the person who is called has to respond immediately or there can't be a conversation. There's no inboxes on these things, also no texting or caller ID. Also mind the sad lack of Fantasy Snapchat so far. The original restriction on Lup's test Stones was as follows:
As long as some contact with skin is maintained, paired with firm, directed thoughts toward the individual in possession of another stone, mental communication can be achieved over great distance.
- At present, the stones can function only on a one on one basis; threeway or fourway conversations cannot be had between stone-holders. If more than one person tries to use a Stone at the same time, the result will be a muddled buzz of sound at whoever might be listening on the other hand, otherwise indistinct.
- The Stones will function only in the physical realm; should one or more of those bearing them be in Mu or in some other indistinct, metaphysical realm, communication will not be possible.
Mute characters can use the Stones, in their case their thoughts will be broadcast instead of their voice.
As you can imagine, this is gonna be expensive as hell and kind of an ongoing project. The Storyteller will need 30 offerings to provide our roughly 80 characters with Stones, and then a monthly supply of around 5 favors to give new arrivals Stones as well. This may vary if enough dropped characters leave behind Stones to redistribute, Bird will keep track of that for us. But this is a good starting point for a more direct network than the Rock, and we can probably add to its functions in the future!
As you can imagine, this is gonna be expensive as hell and kind of an ongoing project. The Storyteller will need 30 offerings to provide our roughly 80 characters with Stones, and then a monthly supply of around 5 favors to give new arrivals Stones as well. This may vary if enough dropped characters leave behind Stones to redistribute, Bird will keep track of that for us. But this is a good starting point for a more direct network than the Rock, and we can probably add to its functions in the future!
If you have OOC questions or suggestions for how we might augment this network to run by the mods, please comment on this post! For IC questions and suggestions, you can use Lup's post. I'll also use this post to collect the favors.