“The Warlock(s) of Firetop Mountain”

Being The First of a Series of Assaults Against Interactive Fictions In A Persistent World

The Seed

An unending line of adventurers wait in the foothills of Firetop Mountain. Each day one embarks on a mission to defeat the Warlock dwelling within. Most die, or fail, but each leaves an impact.
  • The first adventurer enters the ‘game‘ on Day Zero. That adventurer experiences the ‘game’ as written, though they are not limited to the choices given, as The Author shall adapt in real time to other choices.
  • The second adventurer enters the ‘game‘ on Day One. Whatever the first adventurer did on Day Zero, remains done. If the first adventurer remains within the Mountain on Day One, dead or alive, the second adventurer may interact with them.
  • ...and so on. A new adventurer enters each Day. Should the Warlock become too powerful for a lone adventurer to handle, parties of adventurers may band together.
  • Each day after Day Zero, the Warlock and his minions perform some maintenance on the Mountain. The Warlock has a ranked set of maintenance activities, including Expansion, Repair, Opulence, Defense, etc., and a Power rating equaling the number of days the Warlock has ruled. Together, these determine what gets done and how long it takes. This allows the Warlock to return stolen items to their homes, to train or replace guards, to enhance or reset traps, to create new rooms, or even to spread false rumors to the waiting adventurers.
  • Adventurers who escape the Mountain but fail to depose the Warlock may offer information to future adventurers, though the Warlock may also be the origin of rumors!
  • Adventures who defeat the Warlock and replace him become the new Warlock. They rearrange the ranking of maintenance activities as they see fit and spend the previous Warlock's Power in one burst of magic to make as many changes as the Power allows, all at once. They start with one Power the next day, when their first challenger arrives.
To play one of these adventurers, kindly join the discord for scheduling. Summaries of the activity will be discussed here, and individual adventures will be described on Twitter at @basilisk_star.


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