WORLD EVENT: THUNDERFALL RAID

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{THEME MUSIC}

YOU HAVE 1 NEW MESSAGE!

From: System Admin:ProfessorAsh
Subject: GIANT SHRINE UPDATE

Trainers, the time has come. You are needed on the front lines.

As you know, we are on the edge of an expanding new frontier. Our survey of Area 1: Asper has been a rousing success thanks to all of your hard work, and it is time to press onward. However, Area 2: Mistra remains too dangerous to enter, much less explore or settle. I can only conclude the Corruption has not receded because the Giant Shrine, while active, is not in its proper place here on the Steppes.

As some of you know, Zapdos has returned and has taken the Shrine. I have been monitoring its movements in the lower stratosphere and believe, with the aid of Cygnus's breakthrough technology, it can be retrieved.

It is our mission to explore the boundaries of this world. It is humanity's task to reclaim this land from the Corruption. At any cost— save you or your Pokemon's lives.

It is time to take back the Giant Shrine.

Zapdos will not make this easy for us. Fortunately, we do not have to defeat him. We simply have to separate him from the shrine, and the magnetic failsafes we've put in place will do the rest.

Come to my forward camp at the Surge Steppes at the following timestamp. I have calculated the shrine, and Zapdos, will be in an optimal place to strike at that hour.

Good luck, trainers. I'm counting on you.

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{THUNDERFALL RAID: ABOUT}

Raid Stats

• CHARACTER LIMIT: None! You may join with multiple characters.
• CYCLE LENGTH: 72 hours per cycle (48 mechanical, 24 flavor-only)
• RUNTIME: ~2 Weeks (5 cycles) from July 2 ~ July 16
• POST LIMIT: Maximum 2 per cycle OOC, but only 1 effective [tangent=A Mechanical Post has the following:
  - Pokemon 1’s action (attack, heal, or switch out)
  - Pokemon 1’s core ability (disrupt, recoil, etc)
  - Pokemon 2’s action
  - Pokemon 2’s core ability
  ]mechanical post[/tangent] per cycle. This can be split across characters (see the Detailed Breakdown).
• REWARDS: You may select loot at the end depending on [tangent=If you post once, you can choose 1 item from the list. If you post twice, you can choose 2 items from the list. This goes up to a maximum of 4, so if you post just 4 times, you get max rewards!
  
  You may distribute these items across any of your participating characters.]OOC participation.[/tangent]
• OTHER: For more information, see the Detailed Breakdown.

Difficulty Levels

This is something we're trying for the first time! Players may choose different difficulty levels for this raid. This is an OOC choice to help you interact with the raid in the way you're most comfortable. There are no difficulty levels in-character.

[tangent= No HP or dice rolling! Full creative freedom, including when/if your Pokemon faints. No stats, including Supereffectiveness or Rarity. You can choose to do a flat 100 DMG or 50 Healing on your post. Core Abilities Permitted: Escape, Disrupt ]FREEFORM[/tangent]

[tangent= Upgrades, Refresh, and new captures are permitted mid-raid. This is retroactive: pretend they happened before the raid! Reduced damage from the boss Reduced consequences from IC actions (less likely to draw aggro/negative consequences) ]MECHANICAL (EASY)[/tangent]

[tangent= Upgrades, Refresh, and new captures are locked. You may not upgrade mid-raid. Full damage from the boss, high casualties expected without teamwork and strategy Greater narrative consequences/significance Unique Trainer Title: Hard Mode Survivor ]MECHANICAL (HARD)[/tangent]

Secondary Objective:

During the raid, a small group of players may have the opportunity to leave combat and visit the noonlight shrine or precipice shrine to complete a secondary objective. If (potentially) interested, please note your preference in your signup post. We especially recommend this option for players on Freeform!

What to Expect:

You will be doing single or double battles with a maximum of 2 Pokemon out at a time. You're expected to need your full team and will likely have multiple Pokemon faint. As the battle will take place entirely midair, will not be immune to for this raid. Ground-types will take standard damage from electric attacks.

Narratively, we will not be recapping or summarizing "what happened" during the player round— it'll be up to you to stay up-to-date with what your fellow players have been doing (though we'll try to help when we can!) We'll also be using the Comments function during the raid on a player-by-player basis to help take some of the load off the mod posts.

We anticipate several different possible outcomes at the end of the raid. However, there is no Perfect Ending. Both good and (objectively) bad things will happen, regardless of the path we end up going down. Please treat these as interesting consequences to roleplay, not as a punishment or a failing on anyone's part!

The fate of the raid is in the hands of you, the players. If the majority moves towards a particular outcome, the raid's narrative will follow, even if a minority are opposed. If this happens, we ask you to accept the outcome gracefully, even if it's not what you were hoping for!

THUNDERFALL WILL BEGIN SUNDAY, JULY 2! Mechanical signups will then close.
New participants may still join on Freeform after the raid begins.