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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 9770199" data-attributes="member: 11760">The Root of All EvilIngredients: <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Coin Tree</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Existential Threat</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Upper Decks</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Week of the Monster</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">False Negative</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Mysterious Flowers</li> </ol>[SPOILER="[B][SIZE=7]The Root of All Evil[/SIZE][/B]"]The Naavik! A great hyper-yacht! Meant to tour the multiverse’s rich and powerful through the wonders of creation! Calamity! A powerful astral storm has dashed the yacht to pieces before its very first tour! Parts of the hyper-yacht are scattered throughout time, space and infinite dimensions!The upper decks have come crashing into your reality, embedded in a remote mountain range!Gods and other great powers of this universe are aware of its arrival! Especially one plant in the garden! Money literally grows on the fabulous paisa tree, in the form of gold coins!Two groups now converge on the Naavik!The economists militant! The faithful of Avideco, god of money, wealth and finance! Should the tree be left intact, it can produce enough gold to destabilize civilization as we know it! The economists are on a mission to destroy it, at all costs!Anarchist, rebels and madmen! Servants of Ĥaoso, trickster lord of the fey! They seek to claim the tree and its gold coin fruit! They will plant the seeds across the world, plunging it into anarchy and chaos, destabilizing civilization as we know it!A third group, the players, have learned of the fabulous tree and its wealth by other means! But not that the coins themselves can grow yet more paisa trees! If they seek the riches for themselves — or shape the future civilization — they must join the race and venture into the fabulous wreck of the Naavik!Dramatis personae<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Servants of Avideco: Ruthless economists, swords for hire, guardians of the status quo! The best weapons and armor obtainable through a competitive bidding process! A traitor seeks to steal coins to make their country fabulously wealthy, no matter the consequences!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Servants of Ĥaoso: Anarchists, madmen and revolutionaries! Mismatched weapons and armor, bolstered by fairy magic! A traitor seeks to steal coins to lift their country out of poverty, even though that entrenches the current system in place!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Naukar: Automatons meant to serve the wealthy on the upper decks! Reprogrammed now by Bhram to kill all intruders! But 1 in 6 retain their programming by Naitikata! They offer guidance and non-violent service to all visitors as they wait for repairs that will never come!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Bhram/Naitikata: The Naavik’s number two, their identity torn asunder by astral storm! Two warring personalities within one skull! Bhram, the monstrous! Naitikata, the beatific! A negotiated truce! Control over the body goes to whoever wins a weekly game Niyati, the gods’ own dice game! Naive Naitikata has no idea brutal Bhram has been cheating him, again and again! Naitkata only thought he’s lost! Now Bhram has turned the Naavik into a deathtrap for  visitors soon to arrive!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">“Oracle Flowers”: Slow-moving residents of the Wonder Garden, puffing out clouds of pollen that show visitors secrets of past, present and future! But the crew has been deceived! Jootha, the gardener, went with cheaper and easier to obtain wish flowers! They only show visitors visions of what they wish to see! The unwary sink into blissed-out catatonia many will never want to escape from! Even if they do, they believe tempting lies over harsh reality!</li> </ol>Upper decks of the Naavik<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Climbing wall: Brightly colored handholds, an alternate route into the rest of the Naavik! But at the top, naukar automatons!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Night club: Dark, even in the middle of the day! Strange mists, flashing lights, booming, uncanny music from nowhere! A good spot for an ambush by rival parties, naukar or Bhram!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Observation deck: The obvious entrance, dotted with empty tables and chairs! Naukar servants, waiting for guests who will never arrive! But should those naukar be under the command of Bhram, there’s no place to hide!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Office: Separate logs by Bhram and Naitikata! Naitkata logs the history of their weekly games of Niyati, noting how unlucky he is! Bhram’s log: gloating! His Niyati dice, weighted!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Water park: Great saltwater pools, water slides, quiet cabanas! Beware the enemies who lurk within!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Wonder Garden: Plants from across creation! Fabulous fountains! Wandering oracle flowers! At the center: The paisa tree, gleaming with golden fruit that can decide the fate of nations! Too large to simply carry off! Too wet to easily burn!</li> </ol>[/spoiler]</blockquote>

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