8. Outworlds

Outworlds

The Outworlds consist of any realm that is not Astrae. This means there are, by definition, an infinite number of these realities out there. And for some unknown reason they are being linked, one by one, to Astrae. This is causing occupants of these Outworlds to be torn from their home and thrown into this brand new world. A flash of light on either end of the link and they've become an Outworlder on Astrae.

But these links are still alive, still active. This means that it's possible to travel back through them. Except they're unstable and won't accept any traveller. Not in this form, anyway.

An unstable link can be made stable through a stabilization quest. Once there are three or more members from a particular Outworld on the board, they can get together (along with any party members they wish to bring, to a maximum limit decided by staff) and petition staff via the STABILIZATION QUEST FORM to begin a quest. This event will be staff run and will require use of the Combat System.

Once the Stabilization Quest has been completed, a new board will be available in the Outworld section. The link has been stabilized and characters are allowed to traverse between these worlds at will through the link. There will be no subboards added, but one all-encompassing master board.

For example, if Cloud, Aerith and Zack were all created as characters on the forum, they can band together to take on a Stabilization Quest. They will defeat whatever boss the staff member puts them up against and stabilize the link. A new board will be added to the Outworld section allowing any character to now RP in Gaia. Because we do try to encourage members to keep their RPing in Astrae, however, no subboards or detail will be added.