Welcome Back to XA0024!
We wanted to give a quick OOP update for the IP boards following the most recent return to XA-0024 and Xadune.
What is the Island like?
Current In-Play Setting: The island remains surrounded (and sealed beneath) by a barrier-like field. Nothing can portal off the island, and no portals anywhere on Island are functional at this time. Travel and communication beyond the barrier are cut off. However, Wards 2, 4, 5, 6, and 3 are now open and accessible. Ward 4 returned first (roughly two weeks before Ward 5). Ward 2 “unlocked” two days before Ward 5 “appeared”. Seven days after Ward 5’s reappearance, Ward 6 opened. Two days later, Ward 3 followed (so, that would be like… right now). Ward 1 remains sealed and out of contact.
Between Event Roleplay is Back!
In-Play Roleplay Access: We are reopening the Broken Rabbit for roleplay on Discord, and as always, encourage it’s IP use. Only players who attended the last event (the ones who were reintroduced to Xadune) have posting privileges right now. Anyone else wishing to return to in-play roleplay must contact Staff first for clearance and backstory. There is no exception to this. Until then, your characters should be considered unreachable, presumed to be elsewhere or affected by unseen events (all of which is 100% to do with what the players just went though).
This ensures that everyone’s re-entry fits the ongoing story. There’s no “just showing up” with a new backstory or jumping into RP. Every returning or new character must go through the same story integration process the rest of the active cast has been following. New players (as in ones yet made or played yet) cannot post in-play yet.
The players from the last event will be automatically granted access. Anyone not present at that event must talk to Staff before posting again. We’ll handle returning players case-by-case, depending on their participation this season. Players who haven’t attended any events this year will also need direct coordination before they can rejoin in-play content. If a player does not check in with Staff, it should be assumed their character’s status is unknown: whether missing, trapped, or otherwise uncontactable. There will be narrative explanations available for these later. It’s again safe to presume it had to do with what the playerbase just went through. We’ll have more small updates and clarifications as we continue housekeeping and expand the story of what’s next. Thank you for helping us maintain continuity as we move into the next arc.
You’re a Heroic Soul, Harry
In the world as it stands, you can’t just arrive on the Island as that’s part of the story itself. When someone is portaled to the Island by the Island (literally how everyone gets here), that means they have a “Heroic Soul”. It’s not assumed, it’s a fact now. Future character stories should align with this: characters aren’t “traveling to” the island; they are drawn there when the island itself calls them. Backgrounds should reflect that this is handled through staff and plot, not player backstory. One can want to go to the Island, but that does not mean you should have the means to go or are on the way or just went there yourself. Not unless you don’t want a heroic soul…
Rules Reminders from Staff and the Park Rangers
I would also like to take the time to thank all of you for being awesome. You have all made this season amazing, and I can’t wait to see where it goes next. I have also been asked to pass along this information (both from the Parks, but also Staff)
Shared Facilities: The facilities are shared by all of Xadune, and we clean them up ourselves! If you make a mess, please clean it up. If you miss while using the toilet, please clean it up. If you spill a bag of chips, please clean it up. Accidents happen, but let’s be adults and clean up after ourselves!
Please be mindful of your OOP activities in shared spaces. Don’t engage in activities in shared spaces that are outside of common courtesy. Should you need to engage in an activity which requires privacy outside of what can be expected in your cabin or the bath house, please use your vehicle. If you notice someone is in the middle of a roleplay, please don’t interrupt them with an out of play question!
Beds: Don’t move the beds in the cabins! (This is a recent big one the Parks have been hounding us on). If your cabin isn’t set up, for example at Danny Mo, in the single – bunk – single fashion (per side), feel free to fix that. At the end of the event, the bunks must be left in this configuration regardless of how you found it. Please report if bunks are wrong upon arrival.
Smoking: Smoking and vaping are allowed outside, but please be mindful of others. Smoke/vape downwind of others and away from buildings.
Phones: Taking out your phone for a quick picture is encouraged. Sitting in the Tavern on your phone is not. Help us keep an immersive environment by using your phone in your cabin.
Orange Headbands: Don’t touch orange headbanded folks with anything, including a boffer. If you are orange headbanded, it is your responsibility to get out of the way of combat and remain as such until the combat is over.
Tavern Tabs
You will not be allowed to order food if you have a negative tavern tab. We have been lenient in the last year, but we are no longer able to be so. If your tavern tab is more than $10 in the negative (roughly the price of dinner), you will not be allowed to register online for the event. Changes to cards will not be made on site. Check your character card on your Xadune.com profile and Submit a Question if there is an error. You can add money to your Tavern Tab below:
