Basically, Magnes will be retired at the end of volume 3. He won't be dying or anything, but will be gone from the city.

This is largely because I feel that Magnes has been brought to near his narrative conclusion, once I've tied up these loose ends. While there's always a slim chance I decide to do differently, my mind and feelings are pretty set on this happening. I ultimately feel as if there's not much more I can really do with him, and, as I've mentioned many times, Magnes was a character I'd basically retired after String Theory closed. It was nice being able to play him again and bring him to his full potential, but I really think it's time to formally put an end to things across this volume.

This post is for if anyone has any lingering things that they want to do with him. They will have the entire volume to do it, so there's no immediate rush. I felt everyone should have a chance.

As for what I'll be doing after Magnes, I'm basically adapting the OC I played for many years after I was done with Magnes. He never quite worked out where I played him, but was a character I had as much energy for playing as Magnes, who I don't believe ever truly reached his full potential. I always believed he would be great on String Theory, but never adapted him for a number of reasons that no longer apply. Consider it the stars aligning. I've discussed this character and adapting him with Manhattan, but I'm largely keeping it a secret until it's closer to the point where I'll be formally apping him. I do feel this character fits my modern play style more than Magnes did, given how old I was when I created Magnes, so I look forward to showing you this character who I have a lot of inspiration for.

But yeah, that's all. This isn't anything negative, there are no real negative feelings involved, and it'll otherwise be business as usual with all my other characters. This is more me making what I believe is a necessary creative decision for myself, and I hope that we can all have fun with Magnes with this time we have left!

In about his exact words, he said you (Ellis) could feel free to run scenes of people hitting Yamagato transports carrying robotics tech in return for solar cells or whatever they need.

SO YAY STUFF

Nothing constructive to add. I'm just excited lol.

I'd like to split the following groups:

Kara/Yi-Min - GMed by Luther
Finn/Chris - GMed by Ollie
Weasel/Max/Ollie - GMed by Magnes

We can add one each to the first two groups if there are other takers who want to be added to these groups. Byron, Danko, Lang, Tara and/or Reena, etc. Let me know and we'll rope you in.

I want Eve to fight one she's not a Providence person but if anyone wants a guest Eve in their scene ping meh!

EDIT: (Er, this is Luther. Durrhrr.)

There's been some interest on the Providence front in taking down a few of the cephalopods that are roaming the area. Eileen is coordinating the effort, but in order to be successful, the Remnant crew needs supplies.

So we're going to set up some quests so Kara can upgrade the armory. I will confer with Rockefeller about things Hector may need as well, but in the meantime, I'm looking for volunteers:

• To go out into the world to scavenge for supplies on both the armory list and Hector's list.
• To GM for the above (they can also participate with their own characters).

I'm trying to get everyone in the habit of running things for each other with staff guidance this volume so we aren't spread so thin, and so we don't encounter delays. 3 scenes of 2-3 people each running simultaneously, stewarded by 3 different individuals will move the plot along a lot faster than one GM trying to pose in three documents at once. I can provide a location, an obstacle, and the loot to the GM, and how the sequence plays out would be left to their discretion.

Leave a note here if interested!

Wants to GM

Wants to be GMed

• Max
• Chris

We have:

• Eileen (M)
• Iago (M)
• Danko (M)
• Lang (M)
• Finn (M)
• Kara (M)
• Yi-Min (M/Praxis)
• Byron/Gabriel (M)
• Reena
• Paul
• Max
• Ollie
• Hector (M)
• Tara (M)
• Odette (M)
• Charity (M)
• Johannes (M)

M stands for militia-affiliated, which means they are currently hanging out at: http://string-theory.wikidot.com/location:sunken-factory

Which is everyone except for Max, Ollie, Paul, and Reena, who live in Providence proper and are considered neighbors/among the people that the militia is protecting just by being in the area and scaring other militias off. This is a large group of characters, both consisting of both PCs and NPCs, so there's lots of mixing and matching we can do.

As a reminder, people are free to come and go as they please, pursue other things and generally be true to themselves. Iago took some people to go rescue Hector, for example, so if you want to go on a globetrotting adventure or lend yourself to other things this coming volume, you are more than welcome to. Providence is a safe place for you to land when you get back, or a base of operations for things you might want to do in the region, depending on your personal needs/desires.

I will be running the following scenes in the next block of time:

• Scavenging missions in nearby ghost cities with obstacles characters must confront, including Humanis First holdouts, the cephalopod monsters Raytech accidentally let into Prime when they opened a test portal, AND MORE.
• Some sequence that gets Odette/Addie back to Magnes and Elaine based on people's availability.
• A train robbery, after the scavenging missions so I have a feel for what dynamics are like and know the most dramatic way to set it up.

I would love for people to build social scenes around the day-to-day life of living out in the Barrens, and encourage folks to also run their own events if they are so inclined! The more we help each other out and run things for each other based on needs/wants/desires, the more fun we're all going to have.

All ideas below.