faderiftooc | MOD UPDATES: January 2025

MOD ANNOUNCEMENTS: JANUARY

OOC & ADMIN UPDATES

Notable Dates

Applications: Open indefinitely
Leadership Applications: Due at the end of the month
Test Drive Meme: Here! A new TDM for a new year. As usual we plan to keep this one up long-term, so we highly encourage tracking the post for new top-level comments!
Activity Check for January–March: Early April

Veilguard Notes

Applications, including for characters from or inspired by Veilguard, re-open tomorrow. We'll also now be accepting plot requests that incorporate Veilguard info, and there's also a lot of new world info that can be used in game without the need for a request. We've written up a detailed overview on how all of this is going to work HERE.

We of course also plan to incorporate aspects of Veilguard's plot and lore info into Fade Rift's overarching mod plot, but we're not going to tell you exactly what or when, because where would be the fun in that?? Play and find out.

IC & PLOT UPDATES

Mod Plot

We'll be kicking off 2025 with our first mod plot event of the year toward the end of this month. It'll involve a trip to Nevarra to follow up on some plot threads raised in our August mod plot, plus some new developments. In the meantime, in case the holidays and various other events of the last few months wiped your brains smooth like it did to ours, here are some reminders about background things going on in Riftwatch these days:

Crystal Interference

The instability of the Veil that's causing the various strange effects across Thedas (as described most recently in the current mod plot) has been getting stronger, and Riftwatch will find that this also seems to be affecting their sending crystals. The primary side effect is messages being lost or significantly delayed. The further people are from each other, the more likely it is that messages will not transmit or will only do so after a long delay. Messages will also occasionally be misdelivered, but this will only happen when a message is first sent or a connection is first formed, rather than in the middle of an ongoing conversation on an open channel.

You're not obligated to include delayed/lost messages in any thread at any given time, but you can employ it whenever it would make something more interesting—if you want to draw out suspense, cause misunderstandings between characters who don't realize what they said didn't go through, or have characters in the field have to make hard calls without consulting their bosses or resident experts for orders/help.

Housing Changes

The Gallows' remaining residential tower reopened a few months ago now. Housing is more limited than it used to be, so characters residing in the Gallows may find themselves with more roommates than they're accustomed to. Roommates were randomly assigned but are not set in stone. If your character switches rooms, make sure you update the spreadsheet to say so!

We've also added a new block to this page for people who, thanks to the eluvians, decide to room permanently in either the underground Gwaren outpost or the Hunterhorn Mountains lodge and "commute" to the Gallows via eluvian. (It's faster than the ferry ride.) If your character is an official member of Riftwatch and has completed their month-long quarantine period if a Rifter, they can choose to live in one of those two places instead of in the Gallows if they want! No one will be ordered to live in those places, though, given their even-more-limited amenities.

War Table

We're working on a refresh of war table assignments and a new and improved version of the jobs board, but until that's done, the existing war table assignments are available to claim at any time! You can review available assignments on the wiki and claim them on this post.

IC Leader Updates

Leadership applications re-open tomorrow, 1/12 as well. As always, a list of all available roles is on the wiki and we review any applications we've received at the end of each month. If you have questions, feel free to toss them at the Mod Contact. Applications should be submitted here.