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culture and history of outsider towns
gridflay:
I don't have much to add, but thank you all for doing this. I'm enjoying reading these posts.
DamFrawd:
I am also enjoying the history here. Thank you. I came across a place in the jungle west of Racktam that I've always been curious about. The tiles description reads; Plenty of large bushes fill the area and some tall grasses are growing in the gaps. You see a tall mound of moss-covered skulls and rusting cutlasses. Decayed and rotting leather together with bleached human bones are scattered around the area.
I have searched here and found it a treasure trove of odd things. No swords or clubs discovered yet but quite a few other items have been pulled out of this spot.
DamFrawd:
Heh.. It wasn't till after I posted looking for information on this spot that I ran across a signpost nearby.
Stuck in the ground is a makeshift sign. It reads “Battle of the Pirates Graveyard Geocache: Victory of the Imperial Raktami Army 26 Aug '07”.
That implies the backstory is bigger than I thought. :pirate:
Neil Tathers:
That was the sight of a real time battle between pirates and Raktamites.
Dani:
--- Quote from: DamFrawd on March 03, 2019, 06:45:41 pm ---Heh.. It wasn't till after I posted looking for information on this spot that I ran across a signpost nearby.
Stuck in the ground is a makeshift sign. It reads “Battle of the Pirates Graveyard Geocache: Victory of the Imperial Raktami Army 26 Aug '07”.
That implies the backstory is bigger than I thought. :pirate:
--- End quote ---
I'm pleased that geocache still exists.
Geocaching was an exploration-based mini-game I imported a few years ago. We had a clan of four or five people who went around building 'geocaches' [signposts with buried loot] and trying to discover each other's geocaches. We posted incomplete gps coords on the forum to help guide the search.
One thing that I wanted to do with the geocaches was to use them to mark sites of historical value [like this battle] as well as draw attention to obscure but important characters who've stopped playing. There are [or ought to be] several still around that say something to the effect of '[CHARNAME] lies here. [FLAVTEXT]. Take something / leave something.' The latter so that the loot inside would rotate rather than be used up.
Unfortunately, around this time there were a few signpost smashers around who'd caught wind of this idea and were on the lookout to break these things. They'd already demolished much of the roadways [for 'roleplay' purposes], and it quickly stopped being fun.
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