Dystopia Rising Live Virtual Event Prep
Greeting Hazers and fellow refugees fleeing to the Haze Hollow Outpost on the Anthracite Express. In the following section we will go over: Where you can find the Dystopia Rising Live Online Play, Helpful charts for using your skills, How econ works, and what Special DRPA Surprises and Systems we have in play for you.
Where you can find the Dystopia Rising Live Virtual Play
The full rules for Virtual Play are located here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F5H0hxlygPQn7SsqPQPyl_9JzOXYt41R/view
THE ENTIRE RULES SECTION IS ONLY 7 PAGES OF INFORMATION
So it’s very easy to digest and enjoy
We recommend everyone read through these rules and have a copy handy. We will also be going over the Virtual rules as part of our Book Club On April 7th at 8:30pm in our OOC voice chat on discord https://discord.com/channels/1211736777971212288/1211771913505083453
In order to help even further our friends in DROH made this handy Player reference:
This will be very helpful for quick reference during mods.
How Econ works:
The full econ rules can be found in the Virtual Play Guide on pages 20-22
Let’s break this into 3 parts Carded Crafting, Virtual Crafting, and Loot
Carded Crafting: Each player (not character will have 6 hours of crafting time to use with no mind refreshes of any kind allowed.
The Econ Sheet for carded crafting has changed. The new sheet will be available on 4/11/25 in the afternoon before game on.
THIS SHEET MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE GAME IF YOU WISH THESE ITEMS TO BE ADDED TO YOUR VIRTUAL INVENTORY
Dystopia Rising Live Virtual Player’s Guide: P21
If you turn in your form before the event to add items to your Virtual Inventory you will then need to complete a second form to log any changes to your character sheet at the end of the event.
Virtual Crafting:
In short there isn’t any, as we knew it. Any items you wish to use in Virtual play must be created using the above 6 hours or added to your Virtual Database at a Live event. There is no way to turn Virtual Inventory into physical cards. In short it’s a one way process. You may worry that will reduce our treasured Virtual Crafting RP groups that led to such good RP moments and wandering mods…FEAR NOT just read the lower section on Special DRPA Surprises and Systems (Continual Environmental RP mod)
LOOT!!!!!!!!:
Mod Loot is returning in a big way to DRPA. you will gain items, resources and consumables on mods during the event.
Loot is LIMITED to a certain amount of each type a player (not character) can receive during an event.
Please reference this chart and know that if you hit a maximum in one area when loot is distributed helpful NPCs will notice and quickly arrive to make sure you are rewarded with something you can carry.
Dystopia Rising Live Virtual Player’s Guide: P22
Special DRPA Surprises and Systems
Anthracite Express: is the setting for this game. It’s a Train? Well yes in the most technical of terms. It’s a series of connected “Cars” pulled by Anthracite Express Engine
The “Cars” are represented by the various chat rooms more descriptions will be shared during the event but quickly they are
Anthracite Express: The front of the train and locomotive. In this area people will find challenged of engineering and dangers that must be defended against or the train will come to a stop and become a tomb
The fuel car: What does this engine burn? Does it matter? Wanna find out?
Coach: Where those without influence are forced to ride. Might as well not have a roof, in fact it really doesn’t, and that smoke from the engine is really awful on the lungs
Middle Class: A proper train car but only just, you will need the scrip or the right connections to get a ticket here, but you are mostly safe from the things outside and the smoke in here.
Presidential Car: the height of style on the Express. Only the wealthiest or most prestigious can get past the Coyne Co. and Debeers guards into this car
The Dining car: A place to eat, set up a bar, or play some cards
The Kitchen: Is what is sounds like but the meat in the larder looks funny
Dr. Wako’s Lascarian Cabbage Car: A Mad Herbalists experimental lightless greenhouse
The Armory: This car has a workbench and also is where you will prepare for mods or get arms for defense of the train. (see ‘Emergency Survival Gear”)
The Caboose: The last car and normally a quiet place when not being chased.
Continual Environmental RP mod: This entire event is one giant mod. There will still be shorter specific mods but many mods will affect the whole train or multiple cars at once.
To that end Players who choose to RP crafting, gathering or other social activity involving 4 or more people should tag a guide to observe or note previous exchanges over the last hour. Guides will review and if the RP is of an In character, inclusive, and thematic nature then loot will be awarded in line with the RP to all involved. Loot may include story progression as well depending on player actions.
Emergency Survival Gear: Being our first virtual game in Live we recognize most players will not have Virtual equipment. To that end We present the following.
“The Restorators and Union of Red Stars have piled as much life saving equipment into the armory as they can since most folks running for the train had to leave their gear behind and both groups had cast off equipment warehouses nearby. This equipment is being distributed among the people on the Express to help defend the whole of the train”
Mechanics: Every Character will be allowed to have up to two weapons, 1 suit of armor (they will be the base armor points) 1 brew, and 2 gizmos at any given time. They can be any from the list of Blueprints a character can use with the following exceptions, no necrology items and no items that allow for items or resource generation. These items will not be added to your Virtual Inventory and will be considered in any applicable circumstance to have an expiration date of 4/15/25. Players may change what items they have with a trip to the Armory or at the start of a scheduled mod
