Pre-Game Plotting Post

[decaymod]

Pre-Game Chatter Post

Hi everybody! I am so pleased and excited to welcome you all to State of Decay. This game has been a longtime labor of love for me, and I cannot wait to see what stories you all tell in the world I've curated for you.

While I will largely be running this game like the other collaborative journal games I know you all from, I'm also trying out some new things. Please anticipate a few growing pains as we try stuff, sort things out, and figure out what works. I am always looking for feedback & suggestions for improvement on how to streamline and organize things, so feel free to drop me a line if you have comments or suggestions. Thanks for bearing with me as I get my feet on the ground!

This game is currently closed to new players. Please don't hold, join our Discord, or comment on this post unless you've already been invited to join us.

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🧟 character concepts

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Comments

Re: meggie's concepts

[transferswitch]

Oh hi awesome!!!

Yeah, no problem about that, they probably worked together setting up the lumberyard's electrical infrastructure. They may have their differences but they ARE guys who get shit done.

I agree, I think they're likely to lock horns over issues but only because they have such different ideas about what collective good/social obligation is. Gideon's more prickly and likes to play defense, and is risk-averse. Being a protective kind of leader is important to him (which can be overbearing), but his version of service to the community is to be the one who makes hard calls. So he's often the one who's arguing for isolation, turning away people their settlement can't support, euthanizing the infected, etc. He had to sacrifice a lot of people to keep others alive, so it's kind of crystalized in his head that this is the way life is now. Celia made some progress on getting him to reconsider his position, which is why he suspiciously didn't put up a huge fight about letting people in. He did some customary complaining and that's about it.

BUT I think he respects John and knows he's important to the group even if he really, really does not understand him. He's an atheist and is/was a regular at those infamous poker nights, as a cherry on top.

Re: meggie's concepts

[lineman]

Ooooh, idk how much backstory plotting you've hammered out, but I wonder if setting up the lumberyard's electrical infrastructure was how Gideon and John initially got to know each other, Roswell's right/lefthand men, and became trusted/valued enough in the community to be elected aldermen? Gideon's technical knowledge + John's willingness to rope himself to a big pole and climb on up... It makes sense to me! I think it also sets a strong base of mutual respect, so that when they do clash it's never personal, but like, "This person that I work well with to keep this community safe and functional thinks in ways that don't make sense to me."

Although going to poker night... John will never understand this. He closes his eyes to the fact of Gideon's presence there. He pretends not to see it.

Re: meggie's concepts

[transferswitch]

That fits in perfectly with what I had in mind. They know they can trust one another to do what will keep their community safe, even if they are wildly different philosophically. If/when Gideon learned John got electrocuted, he ranted about safety measures for at least an hour and was like WHO WAS YOUR FOREMAN, I'D SHOVE HIM OFF THAT POLE MYSELF. But... yeah, they both have the same goal they just chose different routes.

Hey... hey John? John? Have you ever just thought about having fun?

Re: meggie's concepts

[lineman]

I thiiiiiiink John is very secretive; showed up one day to what would become the Lundegaard group and was like "Hi. :)" I don't think he would NEVER tell Gideon personal details about his past but I think for the time being he's been focused on survival + the community, and maybe was juuuuust starting to open up about himself when the murders happened. So now he's like "Back to work :|"

John will have fun in the afterlife, Gideon. 😇