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Phantasmal Rift Mods ([personal profile] phantasmods) wrote in [community profile] phantasmemes2018-12-07 12:25 am
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TEST DRIVE - BELLMARE MOUNTAINS

Hello and welcome to Phantasmal Rift's Test Drive Meme!

Test drive threads are assumed to be game canon for accepted characters unless otherwise noted, so don't feel like you'll have to introduce yourself a second time to everyone you meet! As an added bonus, participation in the test drive comes with the chance to earn up to two items of loot for your trouble! Characters who are accepted can earn one item for having a top level, and one for tagging out to someone else's top level! Your SWEET LOOT will be included with your acceptance notice.

Additionally, characters currently in game can earn themselves a piece of bonus loot for the dungeon by tagging people's top-levels on the test drive! Existing characters get their bonus loot along with the rest of their loot at the conclusion of the dungeon.

This test drive takes place in the Bellmare Mountain range, a chilly environment even when it's not locked in the dead of winter. Considering that November is just starting to bite - or is it, with the Fissure's time-displacement effect in place? - that makes for an extremely chilly reception for all of the new arrivals. If you're a person at risk of frostbite, you'd better hunker down in one of the scattered mountain cabins or find someone with extra snow gear, and quick.

Once you're a bit more warmed up, exploration of the area will reveal that it's largely abandoned, but there's still some evidence of past human habitation. Old chair lifts stand guard over untouched ski slopes, the remains of what was once a resort, and a handful of hiking paths twist back and forth through the mountain forests, the snow melting off them due to the magical crystals in the gravel that lines the paths.

LET IT SNOW

Chances are that, upon arriving, you find yourself outside in the snowfall. Hopefully you weren't from somewhere too terribly warm, but chances are that unless you were specifically in a cold environment before, you're going to be feeling the chill now. (Unless, of course, you're not human and don't get bothered by the cold. That happens.)

Fortunately, there are plenty of paths scattered around that are warm enough to keep the snow melted off of them - it shouldn't be that hard to stumble across one. The question then becomes, which way to shelter and civilization? You'll have to take a bit of a gamble, but it's almost certainly better than staying where you are and freezing.

LOCKED IN

How fortunate, then, that you were able to find shelter against the cold - at least for the time being. The wooden cabin is the exact opposite of luxury, but there's a bed and wood to make a fire in the fireplace, so you can't ask for terribly much else. Especially once night falls - or when the snow outside begins to fall in more than flurries - it's far better to be outside than in. Even if you can't figure out how to start the fire, the dimly glowing crystals that serve as fire starter will at least keep your hands warm.

Of course, with only a limited amount of shelter to go around in these mountain trails, it's fairly inevitable that you would have to share with someone... Hope they're friendly, otherwise this place is going to get awkward fast.

FROSTY THE - OH, MAN!

And if you're still running around outside, sooner or later you're almost certain to run into a deep patch of snow that rises up to meet you. These giant snowmen, ten feet tall and aggressive, stand up in response to anything that isn't the local wildlife approaching - and their goal is quite simple. Better watch out, because these guys are your own personal avalanche, seeking to bury you under themselves until either the cold or the weight saps the life out of you.

One's dangerous, but it's not uncommon to find them in groups of 3-5, either, which is where things start getting to be a problem. Luckily, it's possible to melt them down to nothing, or just blast them apart with pure force - the scattered snow won't rise again, at least not any time soon.
liveofftheland: Shocked and irritated. (you let WHO cook)

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[personal profile] liveofftheland 2018-12-09 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[The ranger in a green hood stops, arm still pointed at where the snowmen were with a small crossbow mounted up, and stares.]

How'd you manage that much?
keraunocentric: (and wanna leave my old life behind)

[personal profile] keraunocentric 2018-12-09 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
A mere static shock. [He frowned, lowering his hand.] There's nothing worth the wasted energy here.
liveofftheland: Embarrassed and angry. (there's a moose in the way)

[personal profile] liveofftheland 2018-12-09 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Come on, that was not. [She shakes her head, muttering something like "mages."] I'm guessing someone made these to guard something. They don't exactly give me the "we just live here" vibe.
keraunocentric: (a seat in the foyer take a number)

[personal profile] keraunocentric 2018-12-10 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
I am far from a mage. Yet if these are magical constructs, they're poorly planned and easily destroyed.
liveofftheland: Embarrassed and angry. (there's a moose in the way)

[personal profile] liveofftheland 2018-12-10 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
They could be thinking numbers are more important than individual strength.
keraunocentric: (and wanna leave my old life behind)

[personal profile] keraunocentric 2018-12-10 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
Then whatever is being guarded is liable to be protected by a fool or merely not worth investigating. Numbers can be exhausted and strength outpaced; it requires a balance to create sufficient force.
liveofftheland: Smiling. (well that's a victory)

[personal profile] liveofftheland 2018-12-10 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
That's true enough, though I doubt they expected that kind of strength in return.
keraunocentric: (Default)

[personal profile] keraunocentric 2018-12-10 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
Then that is poor planning.

[tesla for christ's sake.]
liveofftheland: Embarrassed and angry. (there's a moose in the way)

[personal profile] liveofftheland 2018-12-10 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Are you like this all the time?