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December 2022 Newsletter
DECEMBER 2022 NEWSLETTER
AC FREE MONTH
December is an AC FREE MONTH. You will not be required to make AC during December, but you still need to check-in. If you need someone to check in for you, please ask a friend or reach out to the mod team so we can prepare that for you.
COLOR/STYLE CHANGES
In the near future, we will be changing the color palettes for all of the info pages, events, newsletters, etc. We will be switching to darker text on a lighter background to be more accessible for those who suffer from migraines, vision issues, or basic eye strain. It should also fix the issue of the color of the links being unreadable in certain themes on Dreamwidth. I wanted to give everyone a heads up so they aren't startled by the sudden color changes once they are finished. I will do another announcement when they are about to go live.
IMPACT SUMMARIES (OOC/IC)
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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Environmental Changes • Influences on Blood Types • Monthly Calendar • Mod Announcements • Impact Summaries • Newsletter Questions
ENVIROMENTAL CHANGES (IC)
Environmental Changes • Influences on Blood Types • Monthly Calendar • Mod Announcements • Impact Summaries • Newsletter Questions
CURRENT SEASON:: The Bone Season is still going strong, with much of Trench now feeling fully asleep in the winter snow.
THE MOON:: Bone Moon. This bone-pale moon can be blinding to look at for too long and strike fear into the heart if you find yourself all alone under its light. It can chill a soul to the core. Moon Presence can be seen floating gently through the sky, moving far less than usual, occasionally vanishing over the ocean.
PATRON PTHUMERIAN:: Dorothea. Rabbit prints can be found in the snow all throughout the city, though this year they seem a bit chaotic rather than their usual calm trail. Almost as though Dorothea may have been fleeing from something.
There is once again an increase of deer traveling in the streets and it seems they hold no fear towards Trenchies or Sleepers. Per usual, Trenchies will heavily caution Sleepers against hurting any of the deer. After all, this is Deer Country. Deer are to be respected, not killed.
MONTHLY BLESSINGS:: On your Blessed Day this month, your Patron Pthumerian will bless you with a silver antler ring. This ring will help the person wearing it to be able to deceive anyone successfully. No matter how bold faced and obvious the lie may seem, whoever the wearer is speaking to will believe it completely.
Deception can be a tool necessary for survival, but when used too frequently or with poor intentions, quickly becomes a weapon. Those who abuse the power of the ring will find that aspects of them start to change with each lie. Their skin may start to turn ashen in color, their bones will become frail, and their muscles thin. They will become more and more fragile as they slowly waste away. Removing the ring is the only thing that will restore a person to their previous strength.
THE WEATHER:: The city is now regularly blanketed in heavy snow. The streets can be dangerous to navigate with black ice hidden in plain sight. The days are cold and the nights are frigid. You can expect to have to bust your back shoveling if you really want to work against the snow. Might be wise to invest in some sleds and snowshoes.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES:: Trenchies gradually begin to keep indoors more often than not. They may light up blue lamps in front of their homes to indicate that they are available for services, but don't want to risk the weather. More Trenchies may take visits to Lumenwood as they go through seasonal sicknesses, but at least Sleepers don't really need to worry about it! Still might be nice to help out fellow human citizens.
EFFECTS FROM PREVIOUS MONTH:: Blood Crazed Zealots may still appear from time to time to drag people back to the Sleeper Farm, but it seems like they believe they once again made their blood quota for the season. The Tower's symptoms have somewhat lessened thanks to the successes of the Mushroom Quests, but he still doesn't seem to be doing all that well. The city will still occasionally seem to twist and bend abnormally, but not as often as through November.
MONTHLY INFLUENCE ON BLOOD TYPES (IC)
THE MOON:: Bone Moon. This bone-pale moon can be blinding to look at for too long and strike fear into the heart if you find yourself all alone under its light. It can chill a soul to the core. Moon Presence can be seen floating gently through the sky, moving far less than usual, occasionally vanishing over the ocean.
PATRON PTHUMERIAN:: Dorothea. Rabbit prints can be found in the snow all throughout the city, though this year they seem a bit chaotic rather than their usual calm trail. Almost as though Dorothea may have been fleeing from something.
There is once again an increase of deer traveling in the streets and it seems they hold no fear towards Trenchies or Sleepers. Per usual, Trenchies will heavily caution Sleepers against hurting any of the deer. After all, this is Deer Country. Deer are to be respected, not killed.
MONTHLY BLESSINGS:: On your Blessed Day this month, your Patron Pthumerian will bless you with a silver antler ring. This ring will help the person wearing it to be able to deceive anyone successfully. No matter how bold faced and obvious the lie may seem, whoever the wearer is speaking to will believe it completely.
Deception can be a tool necessary for survival, but when used too frequently or with poor intentions, quickly becomes a weapon. Those who abuse the power of the ring will find that aspects of them start to change with each lie. Their skin may start to turn ashen in color, their bones will become frail, and their muscles thin. They will become more and more fragile as they slowly waste away. Removing the ring is the only thing that will restore a person to their previous strength.
THE WEATHER:: The city is now regularly blanketed in heavy snow. The streets can be dangerous to navigate with black ice hidden in plain sight. The days are cold and the nights are frigid. You can expect to have to bust your back shoveling if you really want to work against the snow. Might be wise to invest in some sleds and snowshoes.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES:: Trenchies gradually begin to keep indoors more often than not. They may light up blue lamps in front of their homes to indicate that they are available for services, but don't want to risk the weather. More Trenchies may take visits to Lumenwood as they go through seasonal sicknesses, but at least Sleepers don't really need to worry about it! Still might be nice to help out fellow human citizens.
EFFECTS FROM PREVIOUS MONTH:: Blood Crazed Zealots may still appear from time to time to drag people back to the Sleeper Farm, but it seems like they believe they once again made their blood quota for the season. The Tower's symptoms have somewhat lessened thanks to the successes of the Mushroom Quests, but he still doesn't seem to be doing all that well. The city will still occasionally seem to twist and bend abnormally, but not as often as through November.
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 see, hear, and taste things that other people can't. It will be impossible to tell if they are simply experiencing real things that are invisible to other people or if these are merely hallucinations.
COLDBLOODS:: Coldbloods will find that they aren't able to think or talk as clearly as they usually do. Their thoughts will feel jumbled and their speech may come out disorganized or even incoherent. They may stumble over simple words or mix up their words without realizing it.
PALEBLOODS:: This month, Palebloods will be suspicious of other peoples motives and a general certainty that everyone around them has bad intentions. They will find it more difficult to trust, no matter how trusting a person they were previously.
VILEBLOODS:: Vilebloods will find that their behavior becomes more sporadic and unpredictable. They might be interested in activities they normally hated, or have their temperament completely changed on them.
DARKBLOODS:: Throughout the month, Darkbloods will be highly energetic, bordering on hyperactive at times. These high levels of energy will feel difficult if not impossible to control.
LEVELS OF CORRUPTION:: Mixed. For the most part, corruption will stay low, but those who get hit with it may find that it increases suddenly and rapidly.
LEVELS OF BEASTHOOD:: Low.
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 see, hear, and taste things that other people can't. It will be impossible to tell if they are simply experiencing real things that are invisible to other people or if these are merely hallucinations.
COLDBLOODS:: Coldbloods will find that they aren't able to think or talk as clearly as they usually do. Their thoughts will feel jumbled and their speech may come out disorganized or even incoherent. They may stumble over simple words or mix up their words without realizing it.
PALEBLOODS:: This month, Palebloods will be suspicious of other peoples motives and a general certainty that everyone around them has bad intentions. They will find it more difficult to trust, no matter how trusting a person they were previously.
VILEBLOODS:: Vilebloods will find that their behavior becomes more sporadic and unpredictable. They might be interested in activities they normally hated, or have their temperament completely changed on them.
DARKBLOODS:: Throughout the month, Darkbloods will be highly energetic, bordering on hyperactive at times. These high levels of energy will feel difficult if not impossible to control.
LEVELS OF CORRUPTION:: Mixed. For the most part, corruption will stay low, but those who get hit with it may find that it increases suddenly and rapidly.
LEVELS OF BEASTHOOD:: Low.
All Newsletters will be posted around the end of each month.
1st:
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.
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: