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4 months ago

Project Update: UPDATE 4 ▫️ The One About Community Breaches & Anomalies


Hello!

Last update, we talked about the Certain Fathoms Soundtrack and previewed one of the tracks, cf_guitars.

This update, I need a little help from you. You're going to help select the bonus Breaches & Anomalies that will go directly into the core book itself,

Wait, what?

For those who missed it, Certain Fathoms is a depth-crawl by way of the Black Elevator - a sort of paracausal machine that takes players from the safe zone of the Basement to the random destinations found in Welkin Campus.

So about Anomalies... 

When players enter the elevator and hit "Down", the Warden rolls a random destination that they arrive at. The Warden also rolls for an Anomaly - a modifier to the location that affects its current state. This can be something as relatively benign as gravity being turned off to something as serious as an unstable reactor about to explode in mere minutes after arrival.

Here's a list of the Anomalies found in the core book (WIP!):




As for Breaches...

Think of them as the random encounters that occur every hour, wandering around Welkin Campus. Sufficiently loud noises, gunfire, and other actions that draw attention can provoke earlier breaches as well.

And a list of the breaches found in the book so far (also WIP):



So what are you doing?

Glad you asked!

Below are links to two polls: one with 20 extra anomalies, the other with 20 breaches. You're going to vote on your absolute favorite. You only get one vote for each poll, so make it count! At the end of the campaign, I'll tally up the most popular 12 of each and add them to the official, printed and digital book.

Keep in mind: Polls on BackerKit have a character limit! That means that in the actual book, the anomalies / breaches will likely be a bit longer—expect something closer to a paragraph in length or longer for each entry.

Sound good? Good. Get voting!

Click here!


Click here!


Best,
- Nate
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