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The True Meaning of Expendable

The Plunge takes place during the first moments of The Long Night, when the light of the sky has disappeared and darkness reigns throughout the land. A genocidal cult led by a Nim despot takes control over the Telrainian government in The Peak, with plans to eradicate its non-Nim residents. As bedlam breaks out, you must struggle to find their seat of power before it's too late.

When the Power Goes Out...

The Inmates Run the Asylum

The Nim megacity is a spectacle of magical engineering: its enormous arcologies circle The Peak, the seat of power in Telrain. With the power out, and in the race against the clock of a ticking time-bomb, you must reach The Peak by finding alternative connection points between arcologies. All the while, the ravening populace has fractured into tribal factions, and they're all out for blood.

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Turn Foes into Allies of Convenience

Choose your allies wisely: with scarce resources to gather from the crumbling towers that make up this megadungeon, mettle is more valuable than means. Will you pit the Nutrients Bureau against the IT Division, to centralize food and information under a single commission? Or will you opt for firepower by joining the Enforcers? The world's your fucked up oyster.

Who Will You Be?

The Enforcers

Telrain's elite police once roamed the towers with authority, but now their only authority lies at the end of a barrel. Can you secure the floors before The Peak wipes them out completely?

The Trade Union

Working class cogs got no respect from the upper floors, even though they kept the lights on from the basement. Now those on top too afraid to get their hands dirty need your help. Will you tighten the valve, or let it blow?

The Safety Commission

You are the bureaucratic liaison between the Peak and its divisions, paying lip service to city officials to keep everything funded. You know the city's ins-and-outs, mostly because you've got dirt on every stinky rat from floor 0 to 100.

The IT Division

They say you are just a bunch of nerds in charge of the city's magic pipes, but your red access badge says otherwise. All you need is a working terminal and you'll be deadlier than any well-armed Enforcer.

The Nutrients Bureau

Without your bureau, nobody eats: you handle hydroponics, clean water, and arcology-wide epidemiology. But now it's time to put your research into practice, before The Peak kills everyone.

The Sump Market

The Sump's always been half underwater, and nobody cares. That's how you like it. In the chaos, Telrain's underworld black market has a chance to surface, and you're making your move.

Overworld as Faction Play

In The Plunge, the overworld represents the megadungeon of interconnected towers in Telrain, as well as the state of each player’s faction. As you recruit NPCs to your side and unlock the secrets of the city, your faction becomes stronger, meaning each PC you generate starts with better equipment, higher levels, and more metanarrative currency.

Attrition Mechanics

To simulate the ever widening chaos of The Plunge, you have to deal with malfunctioning equipment that fails when your usage die inevitably turns against you. Add to this that your party can only rest in specific safe zones you discover, which means traveling far and wide is always a risk.

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