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October 2022 Newsletter
OCTOBER 2022 NEWSLETTER
Welcome to Deer Country's Newsletter! This is a half IC, half OOC informational post. We strongly urge our player base to read all Newsletters posted to the community as they contain important information about that month's weather, environmental changes, other plot-important information, important dates, and any important mod announcements. Newsletters will allow a chance for players to post about the impact their characters may have made in the setting using the form down below.
You can always feel free to ask questions on newsletters. Of course, we may sometimes suggest you wait until the event for certain questions, but for the most part, we should be able to help you out! Players are welcome to engage with the prompts/elements from Newsletter as soon as they are accepted into the game. Players may also use newsletter prompts as a basis for writing samples in applications.
You can always feel free to ask questions on newsletters. Of course, we may sometimes suggest you wait until the event for certain questions, but for the most part, we should be able to help you out! Players are welcome to engage with the prompts/elements from Newsletter as soon as they are accepted into the game. Players may also use newsletter prompts as a basis for writing samples in applications.
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Enviormental Changes • Influences on Blood Types • Monthly Calendar • Mod Announcements • Impact Summaries • Newsletter Questions
ENVIORMENTAL CHANGES (IC)
Enviormental Changes • Influences on Blood Types • Monthly Calendar • Mod Announcements • Impact Summaries • Newsletter Questions
CURRENT SEASON:: Season of Blood; the season of change and movement. The nights seem to last longer in October. The sun begins to set around 4pm. You have precious hours of daylight left.
THE MOON:: Blood Moon. October deepens the red of the Blood Moon from September, turning it a more familiar shade of dark red. The moon remains fuller for longer, the streets vibrant with its unusual red light. It can pull people into trances, leaving citizens vulnerable to attack as they stand about outside, staring up at the moon as if expecting answers to questions they never asked. You cannot see the Moon Presence this month. Instead, you hear a constant sobbing throughout the streets. It's enough to give anyone the chills.
PATRON PTHUMERIAN:: Cloverfieldand Mother Mercy. Those who's patron is Cloverfield or falsely Mother Mercy will find themselves easily driven to tears this month. To those who have lost loved ones emotionally or physically, you will find yourself thinking about them more than usual and may start to mourn the lost souls. It is easy to fall into despair this month.
MONTHLY BLESSINGS:: On your Blessed Day this month, your Patron Pthumerian will bless you with a Memory Crystal. This crystal can store a single, precious memory of the wearers choice inside, and once stored, it will never be able to be forgotten. The memory can be of a particularly feeling, place, person, event, etc., but it will only have enough room for one. Choose carefully. Once the memory is stored, it can not be replaced with a different memory. The crystal is indestructible, but can be lost, so be sure to keep it somewhere safe. To store the memory, the person must simply hold the crystal in their hands and focus on what memory they want stored. The crystal will glow brightly, feeling warm in the person's hands, before sealing itself. It turns a strange shade of blue and purple and will look as though there is smoke swirling inside.
THE WEATHER:: The winds will have become even worse than they were before. Small tornadoes may touch down on land and destroy fields, houses, streets, etc. Hurricanes are also prone to striking up and disappearing quickly, causing flash flooding and property damage. It will make the upcoming celebrations of the Black Parade more difficult, but the citizens of Trench are determined to carry through, no matter the weather that hits on any given day.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES:: Darker and longer nights, even chillier weather, and many farmers will start the last of their harvests for the season (assuming their fields have recovered from the Bugge fiasco the previous month).
EFFECTS FROM PREVIOUS MONTH:: People can still find themselves being pulled into the Other Trench at random, though the rate will become far more random and with lesser abductions as the cultists realize that many know how to escape now.
MONTHLY INFLUENCE ON BLOOD TYPES (IC)
THE MOON:: Blood Moon. October deepens the red of the Blood Moon from September, turning it a more familiar shade of dark red. The moon remains fuller for longer, the streets vibrant with its unusual red light. It can pull people into trances, leaving citizens vulnerable to attack as they stand about outside, staring up at the moon as if expecting answers to questions they never asked. You cannot see the Moon Presence this month. Instead, you hear a constant sobbing throughout the streets. It's enough to give anyone the chills.
PATRON PTHUMERIAN:: Cloverfield
MONTHLY BLESSINGS:: On your Blessed Day this month, your Patron Pthumerian will bless you with a Memory Crystal. This crystal can store a single, precious memory of the wearers choice inside, and once stored, it will never be able to be forgotten. The memory can be of a particularly feeling, place, person, event, etc., but it will only have enough room for one. Choose carefully. Once the memory is stored, it can not be replaced with a different memory. The crystal is indestructible, but can be lost, so be sure to keep it somewhere safe. To store the memory, the person must simply hold the crystal in their hands and focus on what memory they want stored. The crystal will glow brightly, feeling warm in the person's hands, before sealing itself. It turns a strange shade of blue and purple and will look as though there is smoke swirling inside.
THE WEATHER:: The winds will have become even worse than they were before. Small tornadoes may touch down on land and destroy fields, houses, streets, etc. Hurricanes are also prone to striking up and disappearing quickly, causing flash flooding and property damage. It will make the upcoming celebrations of the Black Parade more difficult, but the citizens of Trench are determined to carry through, no matter the weather that hits on any given day.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES:: Darker and longer nights, even chillier weather, and many farmers will start the last of their harvests for the season (assuming their fields have recovered from the Bugge fiasco the previous month).
EFFECTS FROM PREVIOUS MONTH:: People can still find themselves being pulled into the Other Trench at random, though the rate will become far more random and with lesser abductions as the cultists realize that many know how to escape now.
Each month, blood types will be impacted differently depending on events, Pthumerians, and moon cycles. These changes will vary significantly. These changes are meant to represent the intricate relationship between Sleeper blood and the world around them.
Players are always welcome to opt-out of anything in this section, but we do strongly encourage participants to help create a consistent atmosphere for the game. To those who opt-out OOCly, characters cannot ICly contradict these events.
There will be some months where all blood types are impacted or only some blood types are impacted. Rarely will there be months where no blood types are impacted.
WARMBLOODS:: Warmbloods will feel particularly restless this month. They'll be on edge without being able to pin point a reason why. They'll feel a need to get the energy out somehow, whether it's bouncing their leg, playing a sport, dancing, etc. Restlessness will be its worst at night when trying to rest.
COLDBLOODS:: Will be extremely tired. They'll feel weighed down by the world and it will manifest heavily in non-stop fatigue. No amount of rest seems to make it go away and even getting out of bed will sometimes feel like too much of an effort. Ironically, exercise can increase energy, but only for an hour or so. Afterward, the fatigue will come back.
PALEBLOODS:: Palebloods will feel particularly irritable. They'll be quicker to snap at others for the smallest things, feeling inflexible and wanting to do things their way. It can be anywhere from low, constant frustration to giant, rage-induced outbursts. Deep breathing and other calming exercises can help to hold back the outbursts, but the irritation will always be there under the surface.
VILEBLOODS:: Vilebloods will be dealing with constant worry, to a level of obsession. Did they leave the stove on? Did the door get locked when they went out? Is their loved one cheating on them? Do they have enough food? What if there's a famine? The anxious thoughts will feel never ending. Meditation can ease them for a few hours, but they'll always return.
DARKBLOODS:: Darkbloods will experience unexplained aches and pains. Chest pains, joint aches, headaches, stomachaches, etc.— any of these can happen at any time, sometimes just one at a time, other times all at once. It can be eased with rest, but can appear again without warning and no idea when it will end.
LEVELS OF CORRUPTION:: High.
LEVELS OF BEASTHOOD:: High.
MONTHLY CALENDAR (OOC)
Players are always welcome to opt-out of anything in this section, but we do strongly encourage participants to help create a consistent atmosphere for the game. To those who opt-out OOCly, characters cannot ICly contradict these events.
There will be some months where all blood types are impacted or only some blood types are impacted. Rarely will there be months where no blood types are impacted.
WARMBLOODS:: Warmbloods will feel particularly restless this month. They'll be on edge without being able to pin point a reason why. They'll feel a need to get the energy out somehow, whether it's bouncing their leg, playing a sport, dancing, etc. Restlessness will be its worst at night when trying to rest.
COLDBLOODS:: Will be extremely tired. They'll feel weighed down by the world and it will manifest heavily in non-stop fatigue. No amount of rest seems to make it go away and even getting out of bed will sometimes feel like too much of an effort. Ironically, exercise can increase energy, but only for an hour or so. Afterward, the fatigue will come back.
PALEBLOODS:: Palebloods will feel particularly irritable. They'll be quicker to snap at others for the smallest things, feeling inflexible and wanting to do things their way. It can be anywhere from low, constant frustration to giant, rage-induced outbursts. Deep breathing and other calming exercises can help to hold back the outbursts, but the irritation will always be there under the surface.
VILEBLOODS:: Vilebloods will be dealing with constant worry, to a level of obsession. Did they leave the stove on? Did the door get locked when they went out? Is their loved one cheating on them? Do they have enough food? What if there's a famine? The anxious thoughts will feel never ending. Meditation can ease them for a few hours, but they'll always return.
DARKBLOODS:: Darkbloods will experience unexplained aches and pains. Chest pains, joint aches, headaches, stomachaches, etc.— any of these can happen at any time, sometimes just one at a time, other times all at once. It can be eased with rest, but can appear again without warning and no idea when it will end.
LEVELS OF CORRUPTION:: High.
LEVELS OF BEASTHOOD:: High.
All Newsletters will be posted around the end of each month.
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MOD ANNOUNCEMENTS (OOC)
1st:
Activity Check opens at 12:00 am.Rolling 2-5th::
Reserves close at 12:00 am.
Application Cycle opens at 12:00 am.
OOC Introduction Post made for new players. Will be posted upon first batch of replies sent to applicants.5th:
Application cycle close at 12:00 am.Rolling 5-10th::
Activity Check closes at 12:00 am.
Event Plotting Post incountryclub
Activity Check results posted including allowances for error correction.8th:
House keeping post included with Activity Check Results.
Game Event goes live in15th:
Character Relationship Meme posted toRolling 24-26th::
Test Drive Meme goes live in26th:
Reserves open.
If we have anything to say, you'll be the first to know.
IMPACT SUMMARIES (OOC/IC)
Did your character start a new business last month? Did they have a massive fight? Solve some mysteries? Then this is the place to summarize the impact they have had on the setting! We hope this makes it easier for everyone to collectively stay in the loop about what other players are doing. This is not required but we feel it will help provide a sense of community among the characters. All impacts summarized should be incidents that could be publically discovered or referenced. Impacts can be from player plots, mod events, TDMs, character-created businesses, or other such concepts.
This will also serve as a light plotting post for those who are interested in bringing on more people for whatever they have done/how they plan to continue with their personal plots. Please fill out the following form and post it as a comment on this page!
Impact summaries are more or less meant to keep characters and/or players in the loop. This does not take the place of proper CR memes or plotting posts for events.
There will be a OOC Impact Top Level comment players can use to discuss OOC impacts in a more formal, OOC manner where players can discuss the nitty-gritty details and ask questions or plot. This is where you can use the form:
This will also serve as a light plotting post for those who are interested in bringing on more people for whatever they have done/how they plan to continue with their personal plots. Please fill out the following form and post it as a comment on this page!
Impact summaries are more or less meant to keep characters and/or players in the loop. This does not take the place of proper CR memes or plotting posts for events.
There will be a OOC Impact Top Level comment players can use to discuss OOC impacts in a more formal, OOC manner where players can discuss the nitty-gritty details and ask questions or plot. This is where you can use the form:
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