Test Drive - October/November

[d3mods]

You wake up... in your bed or wherever you went to sleep because your character is exactly where you left them. A revival of the classic LJ/DW game DramaDramaDuck (DDD), D3 is an attempt to capture the spirit of the classic with some adjustments. The name, and the names of many parts of the game, pays homage to the original while allowing it to be something different as I'm not a founder of the original. I just had fun there and thought it sounded fun now.

An Open Lid game, as opposed to a JamJar; your characters remain in their canon worlds and timelines but can access a magical network to connect to other canon's universes. You, with the help of your castmates should you have them, decide how they experience shape your remaining canon, even if it means nothing changes at all.

Welcome to the D3 test drive. Prompts are sparse because this is the game where you make the story. Some optional suggestions are:

A. Hit by an infection

Like it says on the label. Your character has been hit by one of the monthly infections that take place on the network. This particular infection shouldn't alter the personality too much if you're planning to use it as a sample. For more information on infections, read the faq found here.

B. Canon update

Something happen at home you want to share? Or don't want to share, but the network is showing anyway?

C. A call to arms

Trouble is brewing, and you need help? You have worlds full of superheroes to ask for help. That doesn't always mean they can reach you...


That's the down and dirty. Not quite as fancy as you're used to seeing, huh? D3 is a simple game. Or it's not. It's up to you, the player, to make your experience. There will also be a log community so you can do face-to-face meet ups, and anyone can go off-world this time.

To perhaps capture the group game feeling that differentiates D3 from memes, consider noting whether you're open to threadjacks with a subject line like so:

Character | Canon | Open/Not Open to threadjack

We recommend you read the following to help you along:

FAQ → Rules → Reserves → Taken
Reserves will open for the first time on October 1st and apps will follow October 7th. After they open, they'll remain open instead of having cycles.

Comments

[pocketfulof]

But not every death is nice.

I mean...What if that shade ends up in Tartarus or something?

[oneiroslacker]

In that case, it's officially not my job to make their stay any more pleasant!

[pocketfulof]

Guess that's fair.

You think Hades would be up to that new greeting. I never met him personally, but the way Nico talks about him I don't think he's the type to really go for change.

[oneiroslacker]

Oh, he's definitely not. But he knew what he was getting into when he gave me the job of greeter!

[pocketfulof]

Why did he make you greeter anyway? Don't you have...other things to do?

[fruitknife]

I don't think that stupid tower's full of dead people. Probably be easier to handle if it was.

[One of these... Tartari? is not like the other. But it's not like Greek creation stories have really factored into Shinji's life up to now.]

[pocketfulof]

Tartarus isn't a tower. I don't think...

Why would having it full of dead people make it easier to handle?

[fruitknife]

Well, no, not most of the day. Still don't understand how that doesn't fuck up the actual building.

Dead people probably wouldn't be monsters who need the shit beat outta them before they leave you alone.

[pocketfulof]

Definitely sure we're talking about different places.

Because Tartarus is where the worst of humanity go when they die. And it definitely has its share of monsters.

[fruitknife]

Huh. Didn't know it was named after an actual thing.

Guessing you've never heard of the Dark Hour, then.