diceofthegods

Only recently has aught been learned of Vorrun, relatively speaking. Previously a secretive city-state sequestered off from the rest of the world, Vorrun has now joined the alliance of Kamurkia and begun to deal in open trade. It is a sanctuary for beastmen, who still suffer some discrimination, and as such they have developed a close-knit community.

Correspondence from Nobu, a leader of their community, reaches Charlie. It is a request for aid from him and the offworlders he's been overseeing. Although a great ask, he has seemingly exhausted all other options dealing with increasingly aggressive monsters and keeping his people safe.

They are still trying to determine the cause of the sudden shift of the surrounding monster's temperaments in the meantime and maybe a few more eyes wouldn't hurt in figuring it out.

Spring has fully sprung! Plants are pollinating aplenty, warm breezes roll through the valley, and temperatures are consistently comfortable. There is more sun than anything these days and both nature and citizens alike seem to be enjoying it to the fullest.

While the weather is perfectly fine still, reports of rumbling throughout the continent begin to reach Town through word of mouth. By and large, they appear to be small tremors almost unnoticeable except to those sensitive to it. Town so far is spared from any disturbance but it is suspicious how nearly every surrounding area is experiencing some activity.

Near the end of the month, traveling merchants will speak of a large earthquake that rocked Raumm. Thankfully, the city is engineered amazingly and so they suffered minimal damages. The cause of the natural movement is yet unknown though they are investigating it.

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Although our unique way of defining it, bonds are essentially points that you can optionally tally up to get an item, object, building or any other material items from home (or otherwise). Obviously, bigger things will cost more bonds.

Any comments posted in childrenofbahamut, childrenofbahamutlogs, childrenofbajablast, or character inboxes will count.

If using TDM threads, characters do not need to be accepted into the game for the threads to count! We understand that plans fall through and TDMs are sometimes just for funsies. This shouldn't punish the characters in-game though and you'll be able to count these threads as normal whether or not the person you were threading with joined the game proper or not.

This is defined as either 1) completed by the two players or 2) finished out in the form of a write-up or little mini-fic hashed out between all players involved.

In the case of a player dropping, we still encourage people to hash out/summarize how a thread would have gone when they're informed of this decision! If that isn't possible, we'll leave it to the remaining player to decide the best outcome for their character when summarizing for bonds. (Added 12/31/2024)

Additionally, bonds can only be submitted the month the threads occurred - if a thread goes on for a few months though, submitting it in the month it was officially completed is acceptable!

After some feedback and re-evaluating the activity reward system, we've made an adjustment to the way it works! Our goal was to incentivize activity, not limit or punish people, and hopefully these changes reflect that. While we are keeping the monthly limit of twenty (20) bonds per month to pace rewards to incentivize and reward long-term investment, we are no longer requiring that completed threads may only be submitted in the month they were completed. Going forward, players can bank excess bond points to be able to turn in whenever they so wish.

So long as threads are completed or handwaved with a write-up, it does not matter how old they are. For example, if you finished a thread in October but already had your 20 point limit, you can turn that thread in instead in November, December, and so on. That way, even on slow activity months, you can use prior threads to be able to hit your 20 point cap if you so wish! As of right now, we are also not putting an expiration date on any threads but may re-evaluate that later.

This will ultimately be the player's responsibility to keep track of and ensure that they are not re-using threads already submitted. (We'll also check to make sure, but appreciate the assistance on your end as well!)

⁂ 1 fully completed action or log thread = Five (5) bonds.
⁂ 1 fully completed conversation/text thread = One (1) bond.

Although some text threads can get quite intensive, they tend to be the 'easier' ones for people to complete. They also tend to be limited to one-on-one communications through the sending-stones.

By contrast, action brackets/prose threads are where characters are interacting with each other in real time. This is not only more intimate by nature but also might see them engaging with the world around them including the natives of the world. Since that's what these bonds are all about, we want to reward people for having their characters engaging with the setting versus sitting at home on their smart rock.

While we appreciate the enthusiasm, we don't want people to burn out either! For this reason, the limit is currently twenty (20) bonds or four completed threads/write-ups per calendar month.

Bonds are also limited to be per character rather than per player as of our answer here on the FAQ. This means that bonds are capped at twenty (20) bonds per character a month. Rewards that are 40 will take 2 months, 60 will take 3 months, and so on. (Added 10/31/2024)

That's completely fine! In fact, it's encouraged. The point of this isn't to rush anyone into completing threads or make it a race to see who can tag the fastest. We expect it to take some time before bonds are generated by players for submission since... Well, that's the point of literal bonds too!

Again, this is entirely optional and not to force anyone to tag at a faster pace and why we offered the option of a write-up in place of a completed thread. So long as people are communicating and on the same page about their character's interactions, that's all we hope for.

⁂ Five Bonds - A small-sized item from home, such as a personal handheld device or a favorite book. Be warned though: the service here is non-existent so anything that connects to the internet usually... won't.

⁂ Ten Bonds - A medium-sized item from home, such as a familiar piece of furniture or musical instrument.

⁂ Fifteen Bonds - An animal companion. This could be your best friend from home or a companion from another canon, your design, etc. As long as they're not an appable character, they can be summoned.

⁂ Twenty Bonds - An item they had back home that would provide long-term assistance within the setting. A collection of scrolls for a wizard, for example, or a rogue's fully-loaded thieves tool kit.

⁂ Thirty Bonds - A personal setting addition! This could be a building of the character's choice whether from home or a business title (tavern, produce farm, etc) and location to operate their own within the game.

⁂ Forty Bonds - An additional character slot. The strings of fate (you, that's you in this scenario) are able to summon forth another character and bypass the limit in place of only two; however, you can have no more than four (4) under your control.

⁂ Sixty Bonds - A "get resurrected by Charlie for free" pass. This can be purchased and used for anyone who happens to die, not just the one who asked for the pass! This will negate the cost of death although we ask that it be limited to once every two quarters (or six months.)