METAPLOT AND OPEN COLLABORATION

[modormenace]

METAPLOT AND OPEN COLLABORATION

The world of Mask or Menace is intended to be a dynamic, evolving environment where character actions have meaningful impact. We aim to accomplish this by building a setting that generates a broad range of hooks for player engagement. Other plotting options (e.g., player plot requests, reporting NPC injury, etc.) are on this page, where all comments are screened.

Players are encouraged to approach us on this page to brainstorm with other players and othewise engage with or investigate the setting! Please make sure to use the subject line to indicate what you're trying to accomplish:

Plot Brainstorming

These are open calls for collaborating on a plot idea with the mod team and other players. To open a brainstorming session, please submit a central idea or jumping off point for discussion! The team will unscreen these once we've determined viability to allow for input from other players who may be interested in developing the idea with you. In most cases, submissions involving investigation of modplot elements should be submitted like this to allow for collaborative planning.

<big><b>PLOT BRAINSTORMING SUBMISSION</b></big> <b>Player:</b> Your name/handle <b>Character(s):</b> Yours and those of whoever else might be already involved. <b>Plot Pitch:</b> A broad stroke summary of your idea in 1-3 sentences. (e.g., 'a renaissance faire goes wrong,' 'time-loop,' 'a zombie attack') <b>Details:</b> Please lay out any elements and ideas you've already got covered and are not looking to change. <b>Looking for</b>: If you have any particular plot hooks or themes you're hoping to get other players interested in exploring with you, this is the place to list them! <b>Anything else:</b> Anything not covered above!

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Comments

[helpdesk_hero]

David is Psychometric and a technopath. He's going to be investigating this initially through his own home security systems, both using the psychometry to see if the physical objects are the ones he installed, what they say over the month, and if anyone tampered. Then he'll use his technopathy to double down with software.

If strange discrepancies are found, he will likely expand his search with other help.


David is also a publicly known Psychometric thanks to his TV show, so he might even be someone that people might say 'maybe he can help us figure it out' and he can be contacted easily for readings.

[modormenace]

Using psychometry, David will find that most of the memories of the objects around his home and other frequented locations are significantly 'off.' Purchase dates, times they were used, how they were used, etc., do not line up with what he remembers, though there is nothing inherently sinister about the 'new versions' of experiences. Perhaps even more unsettling, however, is that roughly twenty percent of his belongings still 'read' the exact same as they did before, down to the exact details of what ImPorts or NPCs might have been present, emotional states, and so on.