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Trek to the Caves (Over)
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 11:54 am
by HuniPi
Nearly a year ago, here at the very edge of the swamp was a gathering. It was one unlike the Winter Market, though it would take place during the festivities. The booth that had been set up was brightly painted, almost garish as if to make up for the flimsy construction.
Heart and Home had to convince Forward by Choice that it was fine, that the booth didn't need to last forever. Just long enough for kin to notice and hopefully take interest in the expedition the kimeti doe had planned.
Heart had consulted with Real Big Fish about the trek to the caves, planning out a route that Forward was in charge of keeping on course. Though the obelisks were available for use, it only made sense to travel through the in-between if speed was a point of consideration. For the beginning of the trek, it was the company and the environment that mattered.
The zikwa caves was the
goal.
The journey there was the
point.
Trek to the Caves
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 4:49 pm
by HuniPi
There will be three "legs" to this booth with staggered prizes. Each leg will last (roughly) as follows:
Leg 1: 7 days (give or take a day)
Leg 2: 7 to 10 days (give or take a day)
Leg 3: 7 to 10 days (give or take a day)
This will mostly be quick and easy tasks with some opportunities for extra tickets (when they apply). Each person can only win
one pet/familiar and
one kin. Any "leftover" prizes per leg will be included in the final leg.
Trek to the Caves
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:04 pm
by HuniPi
While Heart and Home has prepared as best as she could, it was still a long way from the Swamp to the Zikwa caves. Thankfully it wasn't the first time such a journey was undertaken and she had first-hand (hoof?) experience. She was confident that things would go well. Sort of. Mostly. With the unearthing of that glowing stone (
"Ignore that twinge of guilt, please."), who knew how recent events have affected the landscape and those that dwelled within?
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Let's start things off with an easy, one-and-done type of event! This is an elimination type of raffle where the goal is not to get rolled! To enter, simply post the form below. If you're going for ascension points, feel free to tag me (or anyone interested) and I'll respond with either Heart and Home or Forward by Choice!
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[size=150][b]Walk On[/b][/size]
[b]Username:[/b] your forum username
[b]Kin For Leg 1:[/b] [url=link to ol]Kin Name[/url] (If you have none, feel free to make up a kin)
[b]Preference:[/b] (Green, Yellow, Furb 1, Furb 2, Furb 3) list the prizes you're interested in winning, leave out those you aren't.
(Purely Optional RP response)
Trek to the Caves (U/C)
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:06 pm
by HuniPi
Ticket Holders
- Beejoux
- AstoriaFallen
- SkylerKarashi
- Kalahari
- Nashawryn
- elvy
- Lirilei
- Peanutbutter
- Tiarana
- Eevee
- Fasti
Trek to the Caves (Leg 2)
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:07 pm
by HuniPi
The caves weren’t all too different from when the expedition was first held. Perhaps the strange pockets of darkness had not found its way here. The sense of normalcy Heart and Home felt here suggested to the kimeti that that was the case.
"We'll be here in the caves for only a few days, but we'll still have to earn our keep," Heart began.
"This won't be too much work, just gather some water, some food, maybe firewood, simple things like that." She recalled there were other chores at the caverns but she didn't want to force the kin who joined her to take on more than what was necessary. The doe herself had promised to bear most of the labor tasks, and while she hadn't asked them, the members of her family would pitch in as well.
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Leg 2 is going to be your usual raffle where getting more tickets increases your chances of winning. Posting the following form will automatically give you one ticket. And if you'd like additional tickets, the next post will have the instructions.
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[size=150][b]WORK IT![/b][/size]
[b]Username:[/b] (your username)
[b]Participating Kin:[/b] (can be the kin from Leg 1, can be a different kin, can be a made-up kin if you have none)
[b]Preferences:[/b] (include a name for the kin), leave out any you're not interested in (any not picked will be added to the final raffle)
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The Prizes
Note: The totos are from a breeding, I'll be posting them for certing.
Trek to the Caves (Leg 2)
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:07 pm
by HuniPi
You can get extra tickets by claiming the extra ticket(s) you got from Leg 1, but you can also "bank" them for the final Leg of the booth.
Answering the following RP "Chores" prompt will also give you bonus tickets. These have no minimum word counts, so a couple of sentences is acceptable. You can answer each prompt as many times as you want, but you can only earn tickets from each prompt
once. Please also put the total amount of extra tickets you got for the prompt.
Mechanics
- Roll 2d4, and a d6.
- Pick and answer a prompt using the dice rolls.
- ?
- Profit Tickets!!!
Prompt 1: Food
Dice 1 Even – Algae Harvesting, Odd – Fishing.
Dice 2 Complications
- You got a little turned around in the caves and don't get as much time. (+1 ticket)
- You passed through a pocket of darkness on the way to the algae/fishing spot. (+1 ticket)
- You get the strangest feeling that someone (or something) is watching you. (+1 ticket)
- You find a short-cut and are able to get a headstart. (+2 tickets)
Dice 3 How much food gathered
- 1-2 – You got a lot but some mysterious creature stole most of it when you weren’t looking (+1 ticket)
- 3-4 – Just enough to be comfortable (+2 tickets)
- 5-6 – A generous portion, enough to feed a second kin (+3 tickets)
Dice 1 You follow a stream and it leads you to: Even – Waterfall, Odd – Lake.
Dice 2 Complications
- You find a safe spot to gather water and are able to take your time. (+2 tickets)
- You note unsettling ripples approach you whenever you try to gather water. (+1 ticket)
- You end up at the back of a very long line of other kin collecting water. (+1 ticket)
- You constantly notice a pair of glowing eyes staring at you from the darkness. (+1 ticket)
Dice 3 How much water gathered
- 1-2 – Enough to keep you sated without any additional work (+2 ticket)
- 3-4 – Not only is there a lot, but it's extra refreshing! (+3 tickets)
- 5-6 – A lot but you're going to have to boil it first (+1 tickets)
Dice 1 Deep in the caves there is a massive tree that broke through the cavern roof. How do you get there? Even - You find the gathering spot unassisted, Odd - You find the gathering spot with help from another kin.
Dice 2 Complications
- You notice a strange slime-trail on the walls. (+1 ticket)
- You notice the air has taken on a tingling sensation. (+2 tickets)
- You hear a fight breaking out but can't find the source. (+2 tickets)
- You smell something fragrant. (+1 ticket)
Dice 3 How much firewood gathered
- 1-2 – We can have a bonfire everynight for the next week! (+3 ticket)
- 3-4 – Enough to cook two meals, tops. (+1 ticket)
- 5-6 – This should last your visit. (+2 tickets)
Trek to the Caves (Leg 2)
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:08 pm
by HuniPi
Tickets
- doomsayer
- doomsayer
- doomsayer
- doomsayer
- doomsayer
- doomsayer
- Fasti
- Fasti
- Fasti
- Fasti
- Fasti
- AstoriaFallen
- AstoriaFallen
- AstoriaFallen
- AstoriaFallen
- AstoriaFallen
- AstoriaFallen
- AstoriaFallen
- AstoriaFallen
- AstoriaFallen
- AstoriaFallen
- AstoriaFallen
- AstoriaFallen
- AstoriaFallen
- AstoriaFallen
- AstoriaFallen
- doomsayer
- doomsayer
- doomsayer
- doomsayer
- doomsayer
- doomsayer
- Ryuukishin
- Lirilei
- Tiarana
- Kalahari
- Kalahari
- Kalahari
- Kalahari
- Niyaru
- Niyaru
- Niyaru
- Niyaru
Trek to the Caves (Leg 3)
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:08 pm
by HuniPi
The visit to the zikwa caves had been uneventful, minus the odd furbody popping in out of nowhere. The pockets of darkness had been minimal at best and it was time to head back to the swamp. With everyone gathered and ready, they set off to the nearest obelisk. Unfortunately, a slice of darkness opened and swallowed the group.
When eyes adjusted to the dim light, they were still in caves. Well, yes, why wouldn't they be? They'd been hired to explore the dangerous Underdark in search of, in search of, wait what were they hired for? A group of important dragonborn delegates had gone missing? Oh, yes, right, that's what happened. The last news was their diplomatic party were attacked by strange beasts, mostly native to the Underdark.
Right. That's right. What are we waiting for? We should go save them!
((Even if you haven't done any previous leg, you can still join! I'll roll sometime on the 27th))
Trek to the Caves (Leg 3)
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:08 pm
by HuniPi
This is a themed naming raffle. The theme is
TTRPG related/adjacent (Flame Strike, Saving Throw, Spare the Dying), the
title of a song (No Falter, Hit That, Coming For You), or a
line from a song (A Scene About Me, Blood of the Forgotten). To enter, just post the following form and you get a ticket! (A couple of posts below will show how to earn more tickets)
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[img]https://i.imgur.com/S4rNVNQ.png[/img]
[b]Username:[/b] (that's you)
[b]Preferences:[/b] List them in order of interest, leave out any you're not interested in
[b]Name Entry:[/b] (if you have different names for each toto, specify which they apply to)
Note: If you've already won a kin from Legs 1 or 2, you unfortunately are ineligible for Leg 3.
Trek to the Caves (Leg 3)
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:08 pm
by HuniPi
Trek to the Caves (Leg 3)
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:09 pm
by HuniPi
It appears that some familiars from the caves have become mighty curious of our visitors. It's possible that they too stumbled into these slices and pockets of darkness together with kin and while they don't remember exactly what happened in these erstwhile worlds, they feel a connection strong enough to make them want to join these kin.
If you want one of these familiars, just fill in the following form and you get 1 ticket! (A couple of posts below will show how to earn more tickets)
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[img]https://i.imgur.com/mC4bWkV.png[/img]
[b]Username:[/b] (that's you)
[b]Preferences:[/b] list in order of interest, leave out any you're not interested in
Note: If you've already won a pet or familiar from Legs 1 or 2, you unfortunately are ineligible for Leg 3. However, anyone who participated in any leg has permission to custom/request one displacer cheetah.
Trek to the Caves (Leg 3)
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:10 pm
by HuniPi
Trek to the Caves (Leg 3)
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:10 pm
by HuniPi
Want More Tickets?
While there are two raffles going on, not everyone will be participating in both. They do share the same ways of getting additional tickets, which means doing any of the following will earn you tickets for the raffles you entered. So if you entered both and earned an additional 5 tickets, each raffle you entered also gets 5 tickets. If you only entered one raffle and earned 5 tickets, the raffle you entered gets 5 tickets.
These are all optional with varying effort-levels.
One-Shots
These are the one-and-done ways of earning tickets. You can claim them all in one post or spread them throughout.
- State if you posted the form in Leg 1 (+1 ticket)
- State if you posted the form in Leg 2 (+1 ticket)
- Tally and state any extra tickets earned in Leg 1 and/or 2 apart from the "enter form get 1 ticket" ticket (+X tickets)
- Make and upload a picrew of your kin in the Underdark AU (can be any kin of yours) (+2 tickets)
- What class/race do you think your kin would be? (+1 ticket)
A Whole Campaign
This is a D&D AU specifically set in the Underdark. But if you're not familiar with D&D, no worries, the prompts below are setting agnostic. While there is no word count minimum, it should have a couple of sentences. Filling a prompt earns you +3 tickets. You can fill in a maximum of 5 prompts, though please make them in separate posts.
You can roll a d10 or choose from the following prompts
- A scene from your life before you became an adventurer.
- The moment you decided to become an adventurer.
- Why are you being chased out of a bar/town/house?
- Your party has set up camp for the night. What happens during your first watch.
- It's an ambush!
- The Big Bad Evil Individual tries to lure you to their side.
- Something's wrong with the party's cleric.
- That's a weird-looking rat coming straight for us.
- It's an escort mission.
- Okay so there's this big chest in the middle of an empty room. What do you do?
Sometimes it's just really about the visceral satisfaction of hearing and rolling a metric-ton of dice. Digital dice is incomparable but it's a lot more convenient. The following are dice games that each can be done up to 3 times with their own ticket payouts. Please make them in separate posts, and include the total of tickets you earned.
Roll for Stats
Roll 4d6, drop the lowest. Add up the highest 3, the total corresponds to how many tickets you've earned.
- 3 or 18 = +6 tickets
- 4-8 = +2 tickets
- 9-13 = +3 tickets
- 14-17 = +4 tickets
Wild Magic Surge
Roll 5d100 you get +1 ticket. Each
7, 8, 41, 42, or 69 that comes up earns an additional +3 tickets.
I give the Help Action and Guidance
Roll 2d20+d4 you get +1 ticket.
If any of the d20s are a nat 20 or a nat 1, you get an additional +3 tickets.
If the d4 is a 4, you get an additional +1 ticket.
Trek to the Caves (U/C)
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:10 pm
by HuniPi
Trek to the Caves (U/C)
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:10 pm
by HuniPi
Thank Yous
To the husband who helped me with the graphics (ideas are mine, he can only do so much)
To the colorists for their AMAZING work on the prizes
To the staff of Matope for enabling such an awesome event
To the community for being a place that lets me be a complete dork and embraces my cringey-ass self.
