Post by emeralddragon on Jun 12, 2017 21:30:57 GMT 10
Current Time and Date: DAY 2, AFTERNOON.
Current Mission Status: MID-MISSION
Ok, after hearing everyones opinion, I am going to do a merger of what I planned to do originally, with the suggestions of Kailen and Shinwa.
Threads are divided into Main Story Thread [MAIN] and Side story threads, [SIDE], Mission Status will be divided into MID-MISSION and DOWNTIME, and time is divided into MORNING, AFTERNOON and NIGHT time periods.
So, during MID-MISSION status, the MAIN story thread will have its time rotate once a week, and the current time will be listed at the top of this thread. Their are Effectively 2 slots in these threads, with NIGHT almost never used. The MAIN story thread is considered to be almost lockstep with the current time in the time thread, although the transition from AFTERNOON to MORNING the next day can be delayed slightly so you can actually get into a place to sleep.
Likewise, if a Party's actions in their MAIN thread would put them ahead of time (say they have to make an 8 hour flight) time can progress ahead of everyone else. I will try to limit this, but it can happen.
No MAIN thread will fall behind the above time for more then a day or two, just to get you to sleep.
This is done because the bad guys are also acting. They have a plan...and that plan is on a timer to a degree. As time progresses, things will be destroyed, people will be killed and the certain avenues may close to you.
NIGHT threads can occur during MAIN threads only if I inform you at the top of the post that this is a NIGHT thread.
FINALLY should a situation occur where all three parties MAIN threads are ahead of the Time Thread, the Time Thread time will move to match the time of the parties.
During MID-MISSION status, SIDE story threads can occur at the same time as MAIN story threads, and must be marked with the time and day they start. I will allow essentially unlimited number of these threads at this time, per time progression, but I reserve the right to change this, should players start doing 30 things in a single afternoon. These threads are considered to only occur at the time they start.
NIGHT SIDE story threads can be started during the AFTERNOON time period, however, participating in such threads (Unless they occur in Yume-do) risks Fatigue.
For example, Tetsuko started a call to her mother on Day 1 in the Afternoon. An hour latter she is also helping load the ship in another SIDE thread and before that she is talking to Asoka Honoka MAIN plot thread, however its reasonable that all three events occur in the same afternoon. If the phonecall thread is somehow still going in three weeks from now, it is still, "Day 1, Afternoon." However the MAIN story thread for the Inquisitor plot will be on Day 3, Morning or further progressed.
During DOWNTIME status, standard MAIN story threads will not occur. You can progress the main story if its research or such things, but this will occur in threads marked MAIN/DOWNTIME to specifically emphasis you are doing something over multiple days with breaks. Unlike during MID-MISSION times, time will move at a speed of X IC days (Depending on how far ahead you are and how long the Downtime is) for ~2 RL days (pending GM ability to respond), allowing for research projects and the like to be done quickly. You will be warned in advanced when DOWNTIME is coming and how long it will be to give you time to figure out what you are doing.
During DOWNTIME status SIDE story threads will continue to occur as they would during MID-MISSION however you can tag a thread SIDE/DOWNTIME to likewise emphasis you are doing something in DOWNTIME that will take multiple days, for example painting a picture, or answering Fanmail.
In any thread marked with DOWNTIME you must mark every post with a time and date its occurring so I have an idea of how long you have been doing this thing.
For example, Ikoma Tamiyo has just finished part of her mission and has decided she will spend DOWNTIME increasing her fame. She will thus have 2 SIDE story events of her appearing at Red Carpet events and one SIDE/DOWNTIME story thread where she will spend free time during three days answering fanmail. Meanwhile, long suffering Heiwa Miumi is spending her time researching a particular Samurai they will be wanting to track down once mission status changes back to MID MISSION and thus makes a MAIN/DOWNTIME thread to represent that.
Finally, if a party ends up to far ahead, I will potentially give them a mini-Downtime. Such events are not something I wish to do, but I recognise the possibility of someone ending up 3 days ahead.
This thread remains unlocked currently so that any thoughts or concerns can be addressed here.
FAQ:
We are told that we have some time to take care of our stuff and report to another system for the next mission thread. Per your explanation above I assume that this time is the D1 Afternoon. We were planning to do a quick research/study thread and then a group meeting before contacting the Dragon Champion with our list and setting up for the next mission thread. Is that acceptable? If yes, on what day/timeslot are we allowed to do these threads? Last, how much time do we need to travel to Hantei 's Garden?Leeway is important for Side Threads and I am very aware of that. Those threads started on Day 1 Morning, so they could either be Day 1 Morning, or Day 1 Afternoon.
You will get some freedom to post 1 time period backwards or forward in time should it make sense to do so. The ONE except to this is Night. Night threads, by their very nature can give Fatigue to the next day. Thus, they must be started on the Afternoon of the same day so its clear whether they would effect rolls the next morning.
Current Mission Status: MID-MISSION
Ok, after hearing everyones opinion, I am going to do a merger of what I planned to do originally, with the suggestions of Kailen and Shinwa.
Threads are divided into Main Story Thread [MAIN] and Side story threads, [SIDE], Mission Status will be divided into MID-MISSION and DOWNTIME, and time is divided into MORNING, AFTERNOON and NIGHT time periods.
So, during MID-MISSION status, the MAIN story thread will have its time rotate once a week, and the current time will be listed at the top of this thread. Their are Effectively 2 slots in these threads, with NIGHT almost never used. The MAIN story thread is considered to be almost lockstep with the current time in the time thread, although the transition from AFTERNOON to MORNING the next day can be delayed slightly so you can actually get into a place to sleep.
Likewise, if a Party's actions in their MAIN thread would put them ahead of time (say they have to make an 8 hour flight) time can progress ahead of everyone else. I will try to limit this, but it can happen.
No MAIN thread will fall behind the above time for more then a day or two, just to get you to sleep.
This is done because the bad guys are also acting. They have a plan...and that plan is on a timer to a degree. As time progresses, things will be destroyed, people will be killed and the certain avenues may close to you.
NIGHT threads can occur during MAIN threads only if I inform you at the top of the post that this is a NIGHT thread.
FINALLY should a situation occur where all three parties MAIN threads are ahead of the Time Thread, the Time Thread time will move to match the time of the parties.
During MID-MISSION status, SIDE story threads can occur at the same time as MAIN story threads, and must be marked with the time and day they start. I will allow essentially unlimited number of these threads at this time, per time progression, but I reserve the right to change this, should players start doing 30 things in a single afternoon. These threads are considered to only occur at the time they start.
NIGHT SIDE story threads can be started during the AFTERNOON time period, however, participating in such threads (Unless they occur in Yume-do) risks Fatigue.
For example, Tetsuko started a call to her mother on Day 1 in the Afternoon. An hour latter she is also helping load the ship in another SIDE thread and before that she is talking to Asoka Honoka MAIN plot thread, however its reasonable that all three events occur in the same afternoon. If the phonecall thread is somehow still going in three weeks from now, it is still, "Day 1, Afternoon." However the MAIN story thread for the Inquisitor plot will be on Day 3, Morning or further progressed.
During DOWNTIME status, standard MAIN story threads will not occur. You can progress the main story if its research or such things, but this will occur in threads marked MAIN/DOWNTIME to specifically emphasis you are doing something over multiple days with breaks. Unlike during MID-MISSION times, time will move at a speed of X IC days (Depending on how far ahead you are and how long the Downtime is) for ~2 RL days (pending GM ability to respond), allowing for research projects and the like to be done quickly. You will be warned in advanced when DOWNTIME is coming and how long it will be to give you time to figure out what you are doing.
During DOWNTIME status SIDE story threads will continue to occur as they would during MID-MISSION however you can tag a thread SIDE/DOWNTIME to likewise emphasis you are doing something in DOWNTIME that will take multiple days, for example painting a picture, or answering Fanmail.
In any thread marked with DOWNTIME you must mark every post with a time and date its occurring so I have an idea of how long you have been doing this thing.
For example, Ikoma Tamiyo has just finished part of her mission and has decided she will spend DOWNTIME increasing her fame. She will thus have 2 SIDE story events of her appearing at Red Carpet events and one SIDE/DOWNTIME story thread where she will spend free time during three days answering fanmail. Meanwhile, long suffering Heiwa Miumi is spending her time researching a particular Samurai they will be wanting to track down once mission status changes back to MID MISSION and thus makes a MAIN/DOWNTIME thread to represent that.
Finally, if a party ends up to far ahead, I will potentially give them a mini-Downtime. Such events are not something I wish to do, but I recognise the possibility of someone ending up 3 days ahead.
This thread remains unlocked currently so that any thoughts or concerns can be addressed here.
FAQ:
If I understand what you are saying as off finishing the first mission thread (in my toon's case the meeting with the Dragon Champ) my group is on Day 1 morning having a party on Artisan's Den.
We are told that we have some time to take care of our stuff and report to another system for the next mission thread. Per your explanation above I assume that this time is the D1 Afternoon. We were planning to do a quick research/study thread and then a group meeting before contacting the Dragon Champion with our list and setting up for the next mission thread. Is that acceptable? If yes, on what day/timeslot are we allowed to do these threads? Last, how much time do we need to travel to Hantei 's Garden?
You will get some freedom to post 1 time period backwards or forward in time should it make sense to do so. The ONE except to this is Night. Night threads, by their very nature can give Fatigue to the next day. Thus, they must be started on the Afternoon of the same day so its clear whether they would effect rolls the next morning.