Welcome Back Sea Dog
Virtual Event Prep
Greeting Hazers and fellow Sea Dogs making your way back to The Rig. In the following section we will go over: What Special DRPA Surprises and Systems we have in store for you.
Where you can find the rules for Dystopia Rising Live Online Play, Helpful charts for using your skills, and how econ works.
Special DRPA Surprises and Systems:
The Rig is in trouble
From food shortages to political arguments over the importance of discovery vs survival. Tensions are high and desperation is making people do so low down, no good, things. You the players must investigate the causes for this strife and decide what should be done about it. Will you be the mediator, the agitator, or the voice of a new way forward?
What does this mean for players?
We will again be having open soft RP (Friday at 6pm-8pm) on The Khiron (The ship that brings people to The Rig) this is open to everyone not just ticket holders. Here you can talk with NPCs and other survivors about the state of The Rig
On Saturday there will be several “all participants welcome” events. These will happen in view of all ticket holders and people can take part in various ways. We aren’t revealing them all yet, but two of them are:
The DeadTalk (Ossuary Society Hosted research symposium) Players are encouraged to sign up to present their recent research on any topic to the audience and take questions. So come tell us about that strange experiment, that botched grave dive, the strange state of science in your home settlement.
The Funeral procession for Capt. Mayne: Funerals on The Rig are quite a site and really more of a roving party celebrating the lost. Join us and share your own traditions for honoring the dead
NPC’s will be in play to be questioned or bargained with and players should feel empowered to ping the cast in channels if they are looking to talk with specific NPC’s
Just like last game, you may encounter a number of zones of mechanics relating to environmental effects. The wonderful team At Dystopia Rising “The Whaling Shores” came up with these and in the spirit of Nation wide cooperation and consistency allowed us to use them. You can find the rules for these ZOMs can be found using this link.
Link to ZOMs of the Rig
Here you will find:
Zones of Mechanics: Choppy Water
This Zone of Mechanics simulates the challenge of managing a vessel during active combat in
rough seas. The focus is on maintaining control of the ship while responding to threats,
balancing movement, and coordinating actions between crew members. The encounter
emphasizes decision-making under pressure rather than granting any ongoing bonuses or
Resources.
Zones of Mechanics: Bitter Winds
Scope:Applies to open water winter scenes in the Wailing Shores. This zone adds environmental pressure without creating new abilities, currencies, or ongoing boons. All rolls use existing checks and outcomes already in play.
Zones of Mechanics: Frozen Waters
Scope: Applies whenever characters are immersed in open winter ocean water. This zone simulates cold shock, numbness, and the lethal pull of the depths without creating new abilities,
currencies, or permanent boons. All outcomes reference existing Body, Resolve, Fracture, and
Killing Blow effects.
Zone of Mechanics: Deep Water Hazard
This Zone of Mechanics simulates the challenges of swimming, holding your breath, and avoiding drowning when moving through deep water in dangerous conditions. The focus is on physical endurance, timing, and applying existing abilities to survive—without providing buffs, resources, or skill gains. Saltwise and Full Dead characters do not take drowning damage but may still be affected by other environmental factors in the scene.
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
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.
DROH ref card
How Econ works:
The full econ rules can be found in the Virtual Play Guide on pages 20-22
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 is a simple form located here.
THIS SHEET MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE GAME IF YOU WISH THESE ITEMS TO BE ADDED TO YOUR VIRTUAL INVENTORY. To have them entered in time for use during game they must be turned in by Wednesday Jan 21st
Dystopia Rising Live Virtual Player’s Guide: P21
We are excited to continue adventures with you all in this unique setting, so welcome aboard and remember to wear your life jacket!
